Li Shitou is a person who demands perfection and strictly controls the details of marching and fighting.

There is a unique understanding of how many miles a day, where to camp, how to suppress the advantage, and how to resist the disadvantages when seeking a turnaround.

From Yangzhou to Qingyungang, Changzhou is the only way to go.

Li Shitou learned in advance that the terrain of Qingyungang is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the most easy to set up an ambush, so he chose to send sentries to investigate as soon as possible.

Li Shitou chose to hold his troops until he figured out the situation ahead.

If you don’t advance aggressively, you won’t make mistakes. The Ming army has a very advantageous side. There is no need to make such a stupid mistake. It will capsize in the gutter.

Li Shitou learned that there would be another army attacking Changzhou from the flanks, probably from Yingtian Prefecture.

Although it was a secret competition, Li Shitou didn't want to panic for this reason.

If you really rush forward regardless of this reason, it would be unsightly if something really happened.

The most important thing is to win Changzhou safely and steadily. Under this premise, the higher the credit he received, the better.

The sky is getting darker, and the place where the bright army camps is at the foot of Qingyungang Mountain, and it is also near the river. It is the most suitable place for camping.

In this way, even if the enemy chooses to attack the Ming army with fire, it can be easily resolved without fear.

Not to mention other night attack strategies.

After pressing these and not mentioning them, Li Shitou said that just as he was about to spend dinner, the personal soldiers came to report that all the scouts who had been dispersed had returned.

Li Shitou was overjoyed and quickly ordered someone to call the scout team's boss in.

The scout team's general is called He Batian, a young man Li Shitou admires very much.

To be honest, the most promising army is the scouts besides personal soldiers.

Because scouts are often able to find important information, they are very easy to get promoted. However, the benefits and risks are also proportional, and being scouts are often very dangerous. Because you have to get close to the enemy, the risk of being captured by the enemy is very high.

Needless to say, if you fall into the enemy's torture, you will probably not be able to survive.

He Batian is burly but has no flexibility, so he can complete the task assigned to him by Li Shitou every time.

Li Shitou admires He Batian very much. If he has selfish intentions, he can transfer He Batian to his own military camp to listen to it.

But in this way, the scouts lost one outstanding general manager, and Li Shitou felt guilty.

Soon He Batian was taken to the tent, and he clasped his fists and said, "I beg for the general."

Li Shitou's face was full of smiles and said in a harmonious voice: "Why did you work hard? Did you find out the information about the Tartars this time?"

He Batian nodded and said, "I entrusted General Li's blessing, and the last general sneaked into the valley and discovered the Tartar camp."

Li Shitou was overjoyed when he heard this.

It seems that he is really right. The Tartars really want to set up an ambush in Qingyungang to ambush them.

Fortunately, he dispersed the scouts early to investigate, so he did not succeed in the Tartars' trick.

"How many people have the Tartars sank?"

"Seeing that there are at least tens of thousands of people in the tent, it may be more than that."

He Batian carefully recalled the details and said slowly: "And the Tartars captured a lot of people as auxiliary soldiers. Hu Zhiyi was worried that if they really fought, these people would be used as death soldiers by the Tartars as cannon fodder."

He Batian's words made Li Shitou look dark. The Tartars have always been cruel and never take the lives of the people to heart. They really did such a thing.

The Ming army has always been a benevolent and righteous army, which is equivalent to being held by someone for seven inches and feeling very uncomfortable.

Li Shitou was silent for a long time and sighed, "So what can I do? This battle is still something to be fought. Please avoid the people as much as possible."

In fact, Li Shitou also knew that it was impossible to do this.

But if the Ming army becomes timid for this, the Qing army's treacherous plan will succeed.

"General Li, the last general has one more sentence or not."

He Batian seemed very hesitant and paused for a long time before asking in a deep voice.

"But it's okay."

Li Shitou nodded slightly.

"I discovered that the Tartars had hung several heads on the saith tower outside the camp, which should be the people nearby."

"What!"

Li Shitou seemed very excited. What he hated the most was the people who harmed the people.

The Tartars' methods were so cruel that they even killed ordinary people!

What is the difference between this and beasts?

Ah no, this is even more cruel than a beast!

"It seems that Changzhou will be restored earlier, otherwise I would not know how these Tartars would do what would be inhumane."

Speaking of this, Li Shitou felt a little choked.

After the restoration of Changzhou, there was Susong, and after the restoration of Susong, there was Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian.

Even after pacifying the south, there is still a huge Central Plains waiting for them.

Before the Northern Expedition, the people of the entire Central Plains should have lived under the power of the Tartars, right?

Just like pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep, they are driven and beaten and scolded at will, and they dare not fight back or even dare to talk back. Otherwise, they will be beaten and scolded more severely.

Li Shitou suddenly felt that they had to do a lot and had a long way to go.

However, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. If you want to restore the world, you must first start with the restoration of Changzhou.

Li Shitou is not an ambitious person. In his opinion, it is also very important to do a good job in the present.

Let’s think about how to take down the Qing army in Qingyungang.

Li Shitou thought about it carefully and found that there would not be many Qing troops in Changzhou.

Being able to assemble more than 10,000 people should be the limit of the Qing army in Changzhou. In other words, the Qing army in Changzhou Prefecture City has been transferred, and the troops in the city are empty and vulnerable.

Under this situation, Li Shitou could easily capture Changzhou Prefecture as long as he wiped out the Qing army lying in Qingyungang.

When Li Shitou thought of this, he became excited.

"The Tartars were ambushed in the way the army must pass, so we went against the way, and took the small path and caught them off guard."

Soldiers are very fast.

Marines are about efficiency. Under normal circumstances, no one will take the path to take shortcuts.

The Qing army probably thought so too.

Therefore, Li Shitou planned to bet.

As long as they suddenly emerge, the possibility of a sudden attack on the Qing army would be greatly increased.

As the chief general of the first army, Li Shitou is now considering not only winning but also trying to win at a small price.

It is necessary to make money and losses. If one life is exchanged for another, wouldn’t it be too cheap for the Tartars?

"Report to General, Bei Zhi knew that a small path could bypass the eyeliner of the Tartars and break out from the rear of the camp. However, this road was very narrow, and it was something that woodcutters and hunters could not march on a large scale."

He Batian reported the information to Li Shitou immediately.

"oh?"

Li Shitou thought for a moment and said, "Maybe we can divide the troops. The main force marched according to the original plan to attract the attention of the Tartars, and then sent a team of more than a thousand people to follow the enemy behind the scenes of breaking the stalemate."

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