The bonfires in the cave were almost all extinguished, and the Qing army had to be careful when searching the mountain, in case Chang Yu ordered the whole mountain to enter the cave, and only the dark sentry was on duty.

At this time, he was leaning against the cave wall with a bowl of hot porridge to drink, Tu Yuan and more than ten other people sat around him, everyone had a solemn expression on their faces, not because the Qing army searched the mountains, but because of another thing.

The Qing army actually sent a team of men and horses to hit the rear post.

And Chang Yu is now discussing with his subordinates, whether it is possible to follow them by surprise and beat them off guard.

Zhonghou is one hundred and sixty or seventy miles away from Ningyuan, and at this time, Ningyuan was besieged and Wu Sangui was unable to draw troops to go to help, and even Dolgon was eager for him to send troops out of the city, so he happened to be eaten in the wild.

In addition to the importance of the geographical location, where the little eunuch's private money, grain and grass are located, Li Yan must not be lost.

But the garrison over there was a little thin, except for the artillery of more than 100 people, there were only a few thousand cavalry of Li Yan, because the main force of the Red Lady had not yet arrived.

More than 100 miles away, the Qing army's rapid march will be reached tomorrow morning, and all of them will be in place in the afternoon at the latest.

So Chang Yu thought about whether he could run around the night and follow the Qing army, and unexpectedly burst a chrysanthemum and Li Yan to fight back and forth, even if he couldn't eat more than 10,000 people, it would make him break his muscles and bones.

After some research, everyone shook their heads, it was not feasible.

The first Qing army is scouting everywhere, and the possibility of them being discovered when they go out of the mountain is great.

There are too few men and horses available in the second mountain, and the Gongzi battalion and the Panther battalion are now less than five hundred, and as for the three thousand men and horses of the infantry battalion, they are not needed for long-distance raids.

Third, the Qing army was too crowded, and the line was too long, even if they were not discovered by the Qing army's detectives, they were easily discovered by the Qing army's rear team.

Fourth, the front and back flank, pay attention to a cooperation, there is no communication with Li Yan in advance, who dares to guarantee that the two can have a tacit understanding, here he **, over there Li Yan will dare to drive out of the city to kill him, he will also wonder if the Qing army deliberately directed and acted to trick him out of the city.

Everyone, you said, I shook my head one after another, feeling that it was not feasible, Chang Yu put down the empty bowl, closed his eyes and pondered, he had expected that the Qing army would break Ning Yuan's back road and attack Zhonghou, but he didn't expect to act so quickly.

But the red lady's people haven't arrived, can Li Yan's manpower stop it?

That's what worries him.

Once Li Yan can't hold it, once the middle and rear are lost......

The consequences are terrible.

The warnings of the dark whistle were transmitted to the cave one after another, and Chang Yu, who was already irritable, couldn't sit still, got up and walked to the entrance of the cave, and looked out from the crack in the branches.

That's right, as a spy of Dolgon's descendants, this Qing army was very dedicated, and was a little panicked after discovering the thorns, and after a little calmdown, it was not sure whether someone had set up a suspicious array to cover up a shocking secret, or it was just a farmer in the mountains.

After discussing for a long time, they still decided to go into the mountains to find out, after all, after thinking about it, it is possible for the Ming army to ambush soldiers in the mountains for a while, but in this icy and snowy place, you say that it is not realistic to ambush soldiers in the mountains for tens of thousands of days.

Since the vanguard of Abatai to the main force of the city, they have not found any abnormality in this mountain, and now the valley is covered with snow, and no one is very bird, beast and human tracks, so subconsciously although this spy is more dedicated, but also does not believe that there are ambushes in the mountains, it is very likely that there are hunters in the mountains, and they heard that the Qing soldiers are coming, and they deliberately cover up in the mountain pass.

The reason why they insisted on entering the mountain was only to fulfill Dorgon's orders.

After turning a few corners, I walked the Riche Road, and the front was cheerful, and finally I arrived at the real entrance to the mountain pass, where the valley on both sides was like a knife.

The spies were amazed and fearful, if there were ambushes on both sides of the valley, they would die without a place to bury, and none of them could escape.

It was only after a round of inspection that I found that the snow in the valley was as usual, and there was no disguise in mind, and everything was pure and natural, so I put my mind at ease and continued to move forward with a torch.

Although there was nothing abnormal in all directions, in the dark night, seeing the steep sides of the river, and hearing the roar of wild beasts, I was still terrified, thinking only about how this valley could be so long, and when it would come to an end.

Soon, they are almost out of the valley, the little eunuch who snooped at the entrance of the cave frowned into twisted flowers, this Qing army spies went into the mountains in the middle of the night to investigate, didn't they send them to death?

Isn't that what Dorgon was thinking?

If there is an ambush in the mountain, if this group of people and horses finds it, it will definitely die, and if it dies, it is just to verify that there is an ambush, if it is not found, then the mountain is clear.

So the question is, if this group of centaurs finds an ambush, will he kill it or not?

Huo Ran was cheerful in front of him, and finally walked out of the frightening valley, and the Qing army spies suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled at each other's relief.

This is a very open valley or basin, the leader signaled his subordinates, in groups of three, to search around, and he led a few people towards the middle millstone ditch.

After the Ming army entered the mountain and entered the cave, it was strictly forbidden to go out at will, and only a few big leaders occasionally came out to secretly get angry, but thousands of people and horses naturally left a lot of traces when they entered the mountain and entered the cave, especially the millstone communication to the halfway slope of the cave.

Fortunately, after entering the cave, two consecutive snows covered up all traces, and with Bai Shiyu's order to clear the cover, it was almost impossible to find signs, let alone at night.

There was a smell of blood and fireworks, and the leader of the spies stood on a boulder next to the Moshigou stream, sniffed vigorously, and said in a low voice, and then looked up at the direction of the cave, only to see the mountain peaks straight into the night sky, and everything was quiet.

Report, my lord, the west side has not been found.

Nor was it found in the north......

"Go up and have a look!" The leader pointed in the direction of the cave, jumped off the boulder, and climbed the hillside with fire.

The hillside is steep, there are rocks and trees, a few people climbed up with a sigh, and slipped several times before walking twenty steps, and scolded angrily.

Seeing these people getting closer and closer, everyone in the cave held their breath and suppressed their nervousness, Chang Yu actually touched his chest in disbelief, how long had it been since his heart was beating so fast!

There must be hunters in this mountain, the leader said breathlessly, looking up at the peak, at this time he was only ten meters away from the entrance of the cave, where the trees were relatively dense, and the line of sight was extremely poor.

After looking for the Orion, let's get it hot...... The leader muttered, and the soles of his feet slipped again, and he fell hard, and everyone in the cave could clearly hear him cursing.

"Overseer, do you want to shoot it?" He asked in a low voice with a bow on his side.

This group of people was just a few meters below the entrance of the cave, the sound of torches was clearly audible, and the folds on the faces of the Qing army were clearly visible, even within reach.

Chang Yu had a hard time making a decision, gritting his teeth and tangled.

Suddenly, when it was only a few meters away from the bottom of the cave entrance, this group of people turned around and ran eastward, and continued to climb up on the east side of the cave entrance.

In the middle of the night, a bonfire suddenly ignited on the summit of the twin mountains, which could be seen dozens of miles away.

In the camp of the Qing army at the foot of the first mountain, Dolgon, who was discussing the military situation, showed his face after receiving the report.

On Ning Yuancheng's head, Wu Sangui and Tang Tong glanced at each other, a little confused, the little eunuch actually held back?