Ming Jun's actions did not surprise Shuo'ertu, but that guy Shang Kexi disappointed him too much.

The Qing army abandoned the Beishan Pass only one thing, that is, they had completely lost control over the periphery of Hanzhong and could only hide in Hanzhong City and defend against the city of Hanzhong.

If the situation had not been so bad, Shang Kexi would not have given up on Beishan Pass.

What a useless waste.

Shuo'ertu thought in his heart.

He had no good feelings for Shang Kexi, and now he even sneered at him.

If His Highness Prince Ying had no choice, he would not have come to this muddy water no matter what.

But since he has arrived, he must think about how to fight this battle well.

This Beishan Pass is the first level.

Judging from the terrain, the Beishan Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but it is far less exaggerated than being a one-man pass, and not as open as ten thousand men.

If the layout is properly arranged, it is very likely that the troops will lead to take over this pass.

The key to the problem now is how many people the Ming army stationed at the Beishan Pass.

Is it one thousand? three thousand or five thousand?

Different numbers can mean completely different results.

Shuo'ertu claimed to have experienced many battles, and he never fought unprepared battles. Therefore, the first thing he had to do now was to ask the scouts who returned to the sending for specific details.

More than a dozen scouts were all taken to Shuoetu, and he asked them one by one with great patience.

From the scouts, he got a quite consistent message, that is, there were no less than 10,000 Ming troops at the Beishan Pass.

If it were just one person who said this, maybe Shuoetu would not believe it. But it is unlikely that so many people say this.

How many people did the Ming army bring to Hanzhong this time? It was able to station so many people at the Beishan Pass.

And the concept of not less than ten thousand people is very guilty.

How many people are there?

Ten thousand? Twenty thousand or thirty thousand?

Shuo'ertu's mood couldn't help but become heavier.

He was unsure and decided to send troops to explore again.

This time he sent nearly a hundred cavalry, hoping to get more useful information.

Before that, he decided to hold his troops still.

Soon the Ming army took action.

Not only did they capture all the scouts sent by Shuoertu this time, they also ordered one of them to send back a message, that was to wash their necks and wait for death.

The scout returned to Shuoertu's army and told Shuoertu in an extremely frightened tone that he could not count the number of Ming troops at all.

Shuo'ertu is completely stupid now.

Can't count clearly? Doesn't that mean that the number of troops has reached a certain level?

But no matter what, the battle is to be fought, and the Beishan Pass is also to be fought.

Otherwise, what would he have come to Hanzhong like this? Not to mention that he could not explain it to Prince Ying, even the soldiers could not explain it.

However, Shuoetu was not too angry because he was sure that Mingjun was just using aggressive generals.

The Ming army general stationed at Beishan Pass wanted to deliberately anger Shuo'ertu, making him feel hot and make a foolish decision.

But how could Shuo'ertu be that stupid person?

The more the Ming army used aggressive methods, the more he wanted to fight steadily, and would never give the Ming army a chance to succeed in their traitors.

He decided to divide the army into two parts, and the pioneer took the lead and went to Beishan Pass to knock on the gate.

The so-called vanguard army does not expect to take down the Beishan Pass in one fell swoop, but we must understand the virtuality and reality clearly.

After all, only by fighting in person can you understand the reality of Mingjun. Otherwise, at most, it would be like headless flies to bump around everywhere.

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"Report!"

A cavalry rushed forward. As soon as he approached, the Ming soldiers on the mount turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground to report to Liu Fangliang: "Report to General, the Tartar army was found in front of him."

Liu Fangliang raised his eyebrows and thought to himself that he was finally here.

Of course he noticed that the soldiers used the words "Tartar troops" rather than scouts or whistle cavalry.

This shows that it is not just as simple as more than a hundred and ten riders coming to knock on the door.

"Don't be anxious, let's talk about it slowly."

Liu Fangliang was not panicked at all.

As a veteran who has experienced many battles, he knew very well that the Tartars were not as terrible as they imagined.

He had fought with the Tartars in the Battle of Shanhaiguan and killed many Tartars with his own hands.

If it weren't for the disintegration of the army at that time, it would be unknown who wins and who loses.

Later, in the battle of Sichuan, Wen'anzhi outside Chengdu City defeated Hong Chengchou. Liu Fangliang was even more experienced by himself.

After repeated experiences, he told him that the Tartars were just a paper tiger and they just looked scary.

"General Xie."

The soldier paused and tried to calm his breathing down.

When he felt that his mood was almost calm, he continued to say: "When he was patrolling in Qishandianzi, he found a large number of cavalrymen. When he looked closely, he was under the banner of Tartars."

He paused and continued: "According to his subordinates, there were at least 10,000 people on this trip, and all of them were cavalry."

More than ten thousand riders.

Liu Fangliang recited silently in his heart.

This is definitely not all the Tartars soldiers.

At most, it's just a pioneer.

It seems that the Tartars were also unsure of directly attacking Beishan Pass, so they sent a pioneer to test it first.

"Can they carry artillery?"

Liu Fangliang asked an extremely critical question.

If the Tartars brought artillery, it would still be a certain threat to the Beishan Pass.

"This... I didn't see it."

The soldier said with some guilt.

Not seeing it means that there may be or may not be, and the soldier is difficult to determine.

Liu Fangliang was a little disappointed. However, he didn't use to blame the soldier. After all, it was already very good for him to hear these news.

"You go back and rest."

Liu Fangliang waved.

"Thank you, General!"

Liu Fangliang was already in deep thought.

He now has 30,000 troops under his command, all of which are stationed in the Beishan Pass.

If the generals of the Tartars reinforcements were under him, he would definitely be able to defend them.

But if the Tartars came to the army as many as 70,000 to 80,000, it would be difficult to defend.

After all, Beishan Pass is not a dangerous place in the absolute sense, let alone a man who can pass by ten thousand men.

As long as the Tartars are willing to smash people and fight to the death, they are likely to compete with Liu Fangliang.

Of course, as the defensive side, Liu Fangliang has many advantages, and it depends on how he takes advantage of these advantages.

Of course, the original stone castle should be used reasonably, but Liu Fangliang felt that this was not enough.

He ordered the soldiers to build some chest walls along the mountain to prevent the Tartars from directly attacking the stone fort.

The chest wall is not complicated to build, and the soldiers follow the implementation.

The key is still the question, how many people will come to the Tartars.

There will definitely not be too many vanguard troops, but this is just the first wave.

Liu Fangliang knew very well that this round of tentative offensive was a more violent attack waiting for him.

No matter who the Tartar generals were, he would definitely not give up attacking the Beishan Pass easily. Liu Fangliang was ready to fight to the death.

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Chapter completed!