After taking the nameless small peak, Zu Dashou and the morale of his generals were greatly boosted.

Zu Dashou ordered Zu Dale to strictly guard the small mountain peak, and at the same time hurriedly sent someone to report to Sun Chengzong, hoping that Sun Chengzong could send a team of artillery to station the small mountain peak and use the nameless small mountain peak as a base to bombard the Qing army.

Although the Liaodong Army's use of artillery is not as professional as that of the Jiangning Army, after all, as a professional soldier, he still has a sensitivity to weapons.

Sun Chengzong was overjoyed after receiving the report of Zu Dashou, and won the nameless small mountain peak to annihilate a Niulu Qing army, which not only created a record for the Liaodong Army, but also gave the Liaodong Army a shot in the arm, which can be seen by the smiling faces of the generals of the Liaodong Army present.

For a long time, due to the brilliant achievements of the Jiangning Army, the generals of the Liaodong Army always had a feeling of inferiority when facing Yang Feng and the generals of the Jiangning Army, and now

Well, Zu Dale actually annihilated the Qing army a Niu Lu.

This is a whole bull record with a genuine red flag, they couldn't think of it before, but now Zu Dale has done it, does this mean that they can also do it?

Sun Chengzong said without thinking: "Okay...... You immediately go back and inform Zu Dashou, and say that the governor has agreed to his request, but it is not easy to carry artillery, but you have to wait patiently. ”

"Whoa!"

After the herald returned, Sun Chengzong asked the officer next to him in a low voice: "Where did the Marquis of Jiang Ning go?" ”

"Governor, the Marquis of Jiangning went to the front to supervise the battle, and I heard that the Tartars have increased their troops to the middle line, and the attack of the Jiangning army is a little unsmooth."

"Hmm......"

Sun Chengzong nodded, and there was no look on his face.

Yuan Chonghuan, who saw all this in his eyes, walked over and said to Sun Chengzong with a happy face: "Congratulations to the governor, judging from today's battle situation, our Liaodong Army may not be much worse than the Jiangning Army, and taking Heishaling is just around the corner." ”

"I hope so!"

Sun Chengzong's face was not only not happy, but he said with some worry: "You don't have to pick up the elements, although our offensive is quite smooth, but this official always feels that Du Du is not so simple, and even if we take the Black Sand Ridge, our army will inevitably have a lot of casualties and material consumption, and it is not known how much strength will be left to attack Shengjing at that time." ”

Yuan Chonghuan was silent, what Sun Chengzong said was not groundless.

After two years of blows and blockades, although the national strength of the Manchu Qing has weakened, but as the saying goes, the mourning soldiers will win, under the pressure of life and death, the Manchu Qing will inevitably burst into combat effectiveness, even if the Qing army on the Heisha Ridge is completely annihilated, but Shengjing still has at least sixty or seventy thousand troops waiting for them, and it is not known who will kill the deer at that time.

Indeed, as Sun Chengzong said, after taking the five peaks, the resistance of the Qing soldiers became more and more tenacious, and even continued to launch counterattacks, and the offensive of Zu Dashou's troops also became suspended.

The offensive of the Jiangning army was also not smooth, although the Jiangning army was sharply armed and supported by artillery. However, as the battle continued, the Qing army also found that the Jiangning army's artillery was not omnipotent, as long as there was a complete cover or hiding in the trench during the enemy's shelling, the damage could be minimized.

After making this discovery, Du Du immediately ordered the Qing army on the Black Sand Ridge to hurry up and dig new trenches, and at the same time came up with a new tactic, that is, let the Qing army hide in bunkers and trenches to resist, so that the attack speed of the Jiangning army was greatly reduced, and the battlefield fell into a stalemate stage for a while......

The Black Sand Ridge is in the shape of a long serpentine, winding and circling in the south of the nerve, because of the inconvenient transportation, so except for the official road, it is not conducive to the passage of the brigade.

After obtaining Sun Chengzong's consent, Wu Sangui led a thousand cavalry to quietly bypass the Black Sand Ridge from a small road on the left.

After a night's journey, the next morning, they had avoided the outposts set up by the Qing soldiers and went around to the rear of the Black Sand Ridge.

After confirming that he had bypassed the Black Sand Ridge, Wu Sangui first ordered him to start eating dry food and drinking water, and after resting for another morning, he ordered the whole army to continue to advance.

In the long procession, from time to time, you can see some people who do not collect at night, sometimes galloping wildly, sometimes holding the reins, sometimes dismounting to take a closer look, and then the group roars away.

When the procession reached a place known locally as the Dew River, Wu Sangui reined in the reins of his horse and several cavalrymen behind him stopped at the same time.

Immediately there was a neighing of horses, although Wu Sangui's cavalry was one person and three horses, but after running for most of the day, the people and horses were very tired, and the war horses under the crotch still kept snorting, and their noses were spraying thick white gas, obviously tired.

Wu Sangui pointed to the river in front of him, which was not spacious, and said: "After this dew river, there is a flat river, and if the Tartars have grain and grass hoarding, they should be near here." ”

An officer asked curiously, "Major General, the first thing in the army is grain and grass." Since the Tartars have a heavy army on the Black Sand Ridge, why don't they put the grain and grass in the Black Sand Ridge, which is safe and convenient, but instead they are willing to put it near and far away by the Dew River? ”

I want to say here that although Wu Sangui is only a thousand generals, whether it is his father Wu Ji or his uncle Zu Dashou, they are both official positions above the general army, so the people below like to call him a major general, and he also enjoys this title, because in his opinion, it is a matter of time before he becomes a general with his ability.

Wu Sangui said with a smile: "You only know one thing but don't know the other, although it is convenient to put grain and grass in Heishaling, but have you ever thought that if the battle in Heishaling is stalemate for a long time, it is fine, if the war is unfavorable or defeated, where can the Tartars take away so much grain and grass in a hurry?"

Besides, it was only a few days' journey from Shengjing to Heishaling, and it was extremely convenient to transport grain and grass, and if I had expected it, this place was located in the rear of the battle, and the Tartars would never have thought that our army would dare to send light cavalry to attack their grain routes.

Therefore, the grain and grass carried with you will generally not exceed three days, and the rest of the required grain and grass will be transported from the rear. At most, it is to set up a place to store grain near the Dew River, so that the Tartars can retreat and defend, and they don't have to worry about grain and grass, so why not? ”

"Major General Takami!"

After hearing this, several of the surrounding Baizong gave a thumbs up, with a look of admiration on their faces.

I have to say that under the teaching of Zu Dashou and Wu Zhuang, Wu Sangui's military level is still good, whether it is marching, arranging, camping, or even exploring and analyzing the enemy's situation, it is above the general level.

At this moment, two horses galloped at a gallop and came to Wu Sangui and dismounted and reported: "Major General Qiqi, a small place for storing grain in the Tartars was found ahead, according to the villain's estimates, there are at least about 1,000 stones of grain and grass there, and there are hundreds of Tartars guarding it. ”

"Finally found it!"

Hearing this, both Wu Sangui and the surrounding officers were overjoyed.