Chapter 974: Sleepless Night

The time has passed, and the Qing army camp on the canal outside Tongzhou City is still noisy, and the baggage in the rear is slowly returning to the camp, but they have also received a military order, and they will immediately pull out the camp and go north along the Chaobai River after a little rest, which makes the people and prisoners who almost broke their legs cry bitterly.

Dolgon was still in the tent and discussing with Dordo what to do tomorrow, after all, the little eunuch was very cunning, and if he didn't deal with it well, he would waste his work.

At this time, Tanma hurriedly came to report, and found a large number of Ming troops in the west twenty miles, with thousands of people, who wanted to reconnoiter nearby but were intercepted.

This information made Dolgon and Duoduo a little surprised, where did the Ming army come from thousands of soldiers and horses here, aren't they all behind, and since the two armies negotiated peace, although there was friction between the two armies, the two sides scouted each other, but there was no incident of misfire, they were very restrained, but why is this army so angry.

Isn't it the Ming army that stayed in the imperial capital, and came to monitor when they heard that the Qing army entered Gyeonggi?

Dorgon fell into deep thought: "This is the thorn thorn that the little eunuch sprinkled on us, with his urine nature, how can he not prevent us from playing tricks, presumably the guards of the capital will be notified early in the morning to come here to keep an eye on it."

"Fourteenth brother, if you don't do it endlessly, we will eat this Ming army directly, and even take all the people and horses away, this is only more than a hundred miles to the pass, and you can go out of the customs at the latest tomorrow evening, the little eunuch is in the south at this time, and when he hears the news, he may not catch up with us!" Duoduo suddenly gritted his teeth and said, shouting every day that if he can't bear it, he will make a big plan, but he is unwilling to think about the danger of the army all the time.

Dolgon's eyes narrowed, and he paced back and forth in the tent, then walked out of the tent and looked at the light of the fire due south for a moment, and finally shook his head!

First of all, I don't know how many soldiers and horses the Ming army in the west is, what is the strength, and the Ming army in the rear is close to the Qing army's baggage within ten miles, if you can quickly annihilate the enemy if you start fighting here, it is good to say, if the movement is carried out for a long time, the Ming army in the south will inevitably rush to the aid when they hear the wind.

The risk is too great, and if one is not careful, the gains outweigh the losses!

So it's better to move steadily, the main force of soldiers and horses in Tongzhou and the Ming army to fight, there is a heavy overnight sneak run, as long as it drags on for a day and a half, even if the Ming army finds out, it is too late, want to catch up can't catch up, Dolgon is confident that the 20,000 iron horsemen on hand can go sideways under the condition of no worries! No one can catch up and stop it, and the little eunuch can't do it without preparation!

In the second half of the night, the baggage of the Qing army finally returned to the camp to rest, and the rear probed the horses to report: the vanguard of the Ming army was camped ten miles away, and there were its probe horses swaying five miles away.

Dolgon sneered, ordered Geng Zhongming to escort him north after resting for an hour, and ordered Tanma to keep an eye on the mysterious Ming army to the west.

"I think we have to pick something to attract the attention of the Ming army" Duoduo looked at the dark night sky due south and said thoughtfully, Dolgon raised his eyebrows: "Let's hear it."

"An hour later, the camp will be headed north, and there will be a lot of movement, and the Ming army watching us from the west may find out, so we need to do something to divert their attention," Duoduo said slowly.

"What are you going to do?" Dorgon asked.

"Let the spies look for their business, and the south and the west will look for them," said Dordor in a low voice.

Dolgon frowned: "If there is nothing to do, it is easier to arouse the suspicion of the Ming army."

"Then what should I do, if the Ming army in the west finds out that we will block the camp, then the Ming army in the rear will be abandoned." Duoduo had a gloomy face!

Dolgon snorted, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Didn't the Ming army in the west say, don't kill the living, then we will also set up a ban ten miles away, if the Ming army probes the horse close to the killing, if there is a conflict, it will naturally not make the Ming army suspicious and can also attract its attention."

"Good! Do it like this" Duoduo clapped his hands heavily: "When tomorrow the baggage is out of the customs, the wave of killing him will leave!" Let's see who can stop it."

"If you can take the opportunity to capture the little eunuch, the old twelve will be saved" Dolgon also couldn't help but float up, after all, this way is too aggrieved and too depressing!

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, Dolgon in Tongzhou can't sleep, Li Yan and others chasing behind are also sharpening their knives, and Chang Yu and Li Muxian are sitting side by side watching the river in a daze, twenty miles away from Tongzhou in the west.

"Factory, do you think the Tartar will have slipped away now?" Li Muxian broke the tranquility.

"Yes," Chang Yu's face did not change, but he still stared at the river and remained motionless.

"Why don't you send scouts to scout and make sure?" Li Muxian asked again.

"No," Chang Yu shook his head. Li Muxian didn't understand: "Afraid of startling the snake? ”

Chang Yu finally changed his expression, shook his head and smiled: "Because Ben Du likes to see other people's expressions suddenly falling from heaven to hell, let them entertain themselves tonight."

Perverted! Li Muxian glanced at the little eunuch and scolded secretly, but there was a smile on his lips: "Dolgon's expression must have been wonderful at that time."

Just after the ugly hour, the Qing army camp on the west canal of Tongzhou City moved, and Geng Zhongming drove the heavy camp along the Chaobai River with 2,000 soldiers and horses.

Dolgon and Duoduo in the tent were a little restless, and even sent more than a dozen spies out to investigate, but the return was that no Ming spies were found in the west, and there were signs of their activities five miles away.

Dolgon and Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that they have finally concealed the little eunuch, and the Ming army in the west is also a little afraid, the lone army does not dare to move, it is estimated that it is a flower shelf in the capital, otherwise any field army will be bold enough to send some people out to peek at the Qing army camp, but this gang of cowards honestly shrinks, just begging others not to disturb him.

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, just drag it until tomorrow afternoon, the baggage can almost run to Miyun, at that time, hehe, Lao Tzu is going to flip the table and turn his face!

Seeing white in the east, the grass on the riverside was covered with dewdrops, and thousands of war horses were drinking and grazing on the riverside, Dolgon stepped out of the tent and took a few deep breaths of fresh air, and then stretched.

Sleeping late, and not sleeping soundly, made his face look slightly tired, but still in good spirits, too nervous or too excited, to be exact.

What is nervous is whether he can drag on for a day and a half, and what is excited is that once he gets out of the customs safely, he will kill all sides, no one can stop him, no one can!

Tanmalai reported that the Ming army in the west had already pulled out of camp and moved slowly towards this side, and it was estimated that it would arrive in an hour at most, and at the same time, the main force of the Ming army in the south also rushed over.

Call! Dorgon let out a long breath, here! Steady, steady!

Immediately the order was given to make a fire and make food, and enter a state of combat readiness.