What Haoge saw on the slope of Dagunling Mountain was the scene when the Ming army stationed in Shigu Mountain moved their camp to Qingliuguan.

Behind Qingliu Pass is Chuzhou City, and it blocks the official road from Fengyang Mansion to Yingtian Mansion, where a small number of Ming troops were originally stationed. However, it was not enough to resist Haoge's army, and if Haoge broke through the Qingliu Pass desperately, Chuzhou, Hezhou, Yingtianfu, Jiangbei and Yangzhou could be poisoned.

Therefore, after Zhu Cihong arrived at Shigu Mountain, he decided to move the camp first and occupy the Qingliu Pass, and then try to deal with Haoge.

There was a risk in moving the camp this time, and a large number of troops would have to pass under the Dagun Ridge in the form of marching troops, and they might encounter the impact of the Qing troops on the ridge at any time.

However, Hauge did not attack when Zhu Cihong moved to camp. On the one hand, it is because there are many soldiers and horses under Zhu Cihong's command, and the military appearance is extremely prosperous. A full 56,000 well-armed troops, in battalion columns, passed under the Great Spear Ridge in turn.

On the other hand, when Zhu Cihong moved the camp, he also set up platoons of troops to cover alternately. On the north and south sides of the Big Gun Ridge, the attack policy was laid out one after another, and quite a few three-pounder regimental guns were erected.

If Hauge really dares to take the risk of attacking, Zhun Bao can't bargain for a little cheap!

But Hauge did not move.

"Good! No surprises, no dangers......"

In the government office of Qingliu Pass, Zhu Cihong, who had just commanded the troops to complete the relocation of the camp, looked relaxed, and said to his generals: "The Tartars dare not go down the mountain, obviously they are afraid of us, and it seems that the Tartars on the mountain do not have much confidence!" ”

His words are quite big, but the real mood is far from being as relaxed as it seems.

Haoge camp is a bit anti-guest on Dagun Ridge!

If he really let him gain a firm foothold in Dagunling and build a cottage fortress. Then the passage from Chuzhou to Fengyang Mansion will be stuck. And at the end of Fengyang Mansion City, with the fortress and reserves in the city, Zhu Chunchen's insistence on the last year or two was not a problem.

But what about a year or two later?

If the Qing army can jam Dagunling, then take Fengyang Mansion City by besieging it, and at the same time build another castle on the shore of the pond between Fengyang Mansion City and Dagunling.

Then it will be difficult for Zhu Cihong to drive the Haoge army out of Huainan cleanly!

"The relocation has been completed!" Zhu Cihong looked at Li Yan, Wu Sanfu, Shi Ruien, Hao Shaoqi, Wang Qi, Wang Fu, Chen Yidao and other generals sitting in the lobby, and frowned slightly, "Now we are undefeated, but we haven't won yet!" If you have any ideas, let's talk about them! ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Li Yan said, "we can build a fort in front of Qingliu Pass and on Huangfu Mountain, and force the Tartars on the Great Gun Ridge away." ”

Wu Sanfu frowned and said, "It's a safe way, but it's too time-consuming." ”

Li Yan said: "Even if it takes a month or two, it can work." ”

Wu Sanfu nodded and said, "That's what I said......"

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, he could feel that Li Yan and Wu Sanfu were a little cowardly - they were so keen on building fortresses if they couldn't fight in the field!

Now there are at most 20,000 Tartars on the Big Gun Ridge, and Zhu Cihong has 56,000 people on hand, and they are well-equipped and well-trained, so what is there to be afraid of?

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, ladies and gentlemen, I don't agree to meet the enemy with a fortress!" Finally, someone who is not afraid of the Tartars has spoken, and this person is the foreign general Shi Ruien, "I think we should seek a decisive battle...... We have twice as many troops as the enemy, but we are far less mobile than the enemy. Therefore, we should seize every opportunity that can be used to fight a decisive battle and resolutely wage a decisive battle against the enemy.

And the Tartar army stationed at Big Lance Ridge gave us the opportunity to have a decisive battle! If you don't hold on to it now, it will be very difficult to hold on when they start maneuvering again. ”

"But the Tartars are on the mountain!" Wang Fu, the commander of the Wu family, reminded, "They were condescending, and they also built a barracks. ”

Shi Ruien touched his golden beard, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "It's just some low hills, which can't stop our soldiers....... And the enemy's advantage is in the cavalry, and it cannot be exerted on the hills.

I think...... We can launch a night raid! ”

"Night raid?" Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows.

"Yes!" Shi Ruien nodded, "You can let the forward division take on the night attack mission, the attack power of the forward division is very strong, and the morale is high, the soldiers are eager to fight, and they can carry forward the maximum combat effectiveness in the night battle." ”

Night battles required officers and men to maintain extremely high morale and initiative, especially when attacking an enemy like Eight Banners Manchuria at night.

Shi Ruien added: "Because the Tartars are a tribe with a limited number of people, the total number of strong men who can serve as soldiers is less than 100,000. Therefore, if they suffered heavy casualties in a night battle, they would definitely seek to disengage first, and then reposition themselves on the terrain conducive to cavalry charge. ”

Seems to make sense!

Manchuria can't afford to die! Zhu Cihong's elite soldiers are roughly the price of exchanging 50 acres of land for one, and now he has almost 50 million mu of land in hand, which can be exchanged for 1 million soldiers...... Three lives for one life can be exchanged for 330,000 Tartars!

There aren't so many people who can redeem Tartar!

"And we ......," Shi Ruien paused, "we can arrange two more divisions of troops on the east side of Dagun Ridge, backed by Shigu Mountain, form a large phalanx in advance, and wait for the Tartars to descend the mountain!" ”

Tall!

Zhu Cihong's eyes suddenly lit up: "Okay! Good way...... General Shi, I will give you two divisions to launch a night attack from the west and south of the Big Gun Ridge. The other two divisions followed the main palace to the east of the Great Lance Ridge to line up. The north side of the Big Gun Ridge is Chishui, and if the Tartars come out of the mountain from the north, then the four divisions will chase after them together and force them towards Chishui! ”

The water in the pool is not deep, and there are some places where it is possible to wade, but there are also some places where the water level is deep and there are risks associated with wading.

If Haoge's army had crossed the river in a hurry when it was pursued by Zhu Cihong's four divisions, the losses would have been small!

"Ladies and gentlemen....... What do you think? Zhu Cihong's eyes swept around the lobby, and the expressions of the four division commanders were all in his eyes.

Wu Sanfu and Li Yan are not first-line generals now, and the four division commanders are the generals who directly lead the troops, if they don't have much confidence, it will not be easy to fight.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Hao Shaoqi was the first to speak, "Chen thinks this plan is feasible!" ”

Chen Yidao said: "The minister is willing to lead the troops with Commander Hao to attack the Tartars on the Big Gun Ridge at night!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister is willing to follow His Highness into battle!"

"The minister is also willing to fight!"

"Okay!" Zhu Cihong nodded again and again, and then set his eyes on the military advisor Li Yan and the model army chief Wu Sanfu.

Li Yan's brows furrowed slightly, as if he had been thinking about Shi Ruien's plan, "Your Highness, you are a golden body, and you can't be easily put into battle." ”

Wu Sanfu also said: "It's better for the ministers and military advisors to replace His Royal Highness in battle." ”

"No need!" Zhu Cihong waved his hand, "This palace is blessed by Emperor Taizu Gao, and a mere Tartar can't hurt this palace!" ”

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The Big Gun Ridge is not a lofty mountain, nor is it a lonely mountain, but a low hill with a few small valleys in between, and there are many passages in and out, at least seven or eight. Although it is not easy to defend thoroughly, it is conducive to the entry and exit of the army stationed here, and if the Qing army is given three or two months to construct and build, it can turn this place into a large stronghold suitable for the long-term garrison of the army.

However, Hauge did not have that much time, and he did not plan to stay in the Great Gun Ridge for a long time, so he only hastily set up camp and set up fences at the entrances and exits of seven or eight passages. A bald hill was also cut down as a camp place for the army, and defenders and sentry posts were placed on several key high grounds.

At this time, he was on one of the high ground opposite the Qingliu Pass, staring at the Ming army camp under the Qingliu Pass ten miles away, and it was more than two hours at a glance, and when it was almost dusk, he had no intention of leaving.

"Lord, it's not too early, it's time to go back ......"

Aobai's voice rang out behind Hauge. The sun is shining on this mountain! After an afternoon of sunbathing, Ao Bai is about to become "Ao Gan...... And his belly is already gurgling!

But this prince somehow just stood under the sun in a daze!