Ten miles from Ningyuan City, Murcha ordered the army to stop and begin to camp and rest in preparation for the next battle.

When a large army fights, it is not necessary to start fighting directly as soon as it arrives, but it is necessary to constantly investigate the enemy's situation, clean up the ranks, change the army from the marching mode to the battle mode, and make full preparations before fighting.

Although Murcha only has the position of capital commander, he is a veteran who has fought for more than ten years, not that he is not brave enough to fight, but he is not good at this department and cannot be reused.

Although he lost 300 cavalry in Heiwozhuang Fort, Murcha still had 700 Zhenman Eight Banner cavalry in his hands, and his strength was still very strong.

Under Murcha's order, the Eight Banners cavalry crisscrossed the outskirts of Ningyuan, investigating the situation on the battlefield and the movements of the Ming army. Murcha himself rode to the front of the battle and watched the positions of the Ming army.

The intelligence of the investigation showed that although Ningyuan City had not been lost, it had also become a lonely city, under complete siege by the Ming army. The Ming army used the trench as the wall and the camp as the lock, and Ning Yuan had been firmly locked.

On all sides of Ningyuan, there are camps of the Ming army, of which the camp facing the southwest is the largest, and it is the main force of the Ming army.

Moreover, from Ningyuan to the south, there is a small village every two or three miles, all the way to the sea. And on the sea, there are dozens of warships, towering masts, cloud-like sails, which are real giant ships. With such a large fleet, it is no wonder that the Ming army was able to cross the sea to Liaoxi.

After gaining insight into the situation outside Ningyuan City, Murcha couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

In the face of the arrival of the Qing army, the Ming army was not moved at all, and the turtle cowered in the camp and never came out. The situation is already very clear, and the Ming army is waiting for itself to take the initiative to attack.

However, although the Ming army's camp was not very strong, and the ditch outside the camp was not too deep and wide, it was not easy to capture it, and I don't know how much sacrifice it would take.

In the mouths of his subordinates who escaped from Heiwozhuang Fort, Murcha knew that the firearms of the Ming army were very good, and there was a firearm that could explode in the dark of night with a raised hand, and it was very powerful. And now that the Ming army has a camp to resist, it occupies an absolute geographical advantage, and the number of their army is much higher than his own, Murcha does not have much confidence in storming the camp.

It would be nice if the Ming army was willing to fight in the field, Murcha thought. If the two sides fought in the field, even if the strength of the Ming army was several times that of his own, Murcha had absolute confidence that he would be able to break through the formation of the Ming army and defeat them in one fell swoop. Because his subordinates, whether they are 700 Zhenman Eight Banners or 3,000 Han Army Banner soldiers, they are all elites who are used to fighting, and only 700 cavalry in frontal combat is enough to penetrate the Wanming Army array.

But Murcha also knew that the Ming army would never fight with him, and the Ming generals were not so stupid.

Under normal circumstances, the Ming army is unwilling to fight, so everyone will be exhausted, after all, Liaoxi is the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and Ningyuan is surrounded by the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and it is the Ming army that should be anxious.

However, Murcha did not dare to consume it, because the food he carried with the army was only enough for a few days, and the despicable Ming army carried out the clearing of the wall, and the hundred miles around Ningyuan had become an empty land, so that Murcha could not find food at all.

Waiting for the grain from Shanhaiguan to be delivered? With the Ming army behind him, Murcha knew that it would be difficult to transport grain from Shanhaiguan, unless the imperial court sent a large army to reinforce it. But can the imperial court still send a large army to reinforce it? Even if it can be dispatched, the food of his own army will not last at that time.

Therefore, what was in front of Murcha was either to storm the camp of the Ming army and defeat them in one fell swoop, or to break through the siege of the Ming army and enter Ningyuan City to obtain food supplies in the city.

Storming the Ming army camp Murcha did not have the confidence to capture it, and the only choice he could choose was to break through and enter Ningyuan City. Fortunately, although the Ming army dug ditches, ditches without water could not stop the advance of the army!

On that day, Murcha chose to camp ten miles away from Ningyuan, and after repairing for the night. Early the next morning, the whole army poured out of the nest and pressed towards Ningyuan City.

Seven hundred cavalry took the lead out of the camp and pressed towards the Ming army barracks, galloping one mile away from the Ming army barracks, provoking, but the Ming army barracks did not move at all.

As a result, the arrogant Eight Banners cavalry pressed closer to the camp, even approaching a distance of a hundred paces, and the Ming troops on the camp could be seen panicked, and the Eight Banners cavalry laughed.

"Give the cowardly Ming Pig a little color!" The commander of the Eight Banners who was in charge of commanding the cavalry shouted, took the cavalry around in a circle, and rushed directly towards the gate of the barracks, the cavalry of the brigade galloped and roared, the sound of hooves shook the sky, and the wind rushed straight to the face of the people, and its might was earth-shattering for a while, and the Ming army on the frightened camp wall changed color in shock.

At a distance of fifty steps from the Ming army camp, the leader of the Eight Banners roared, and the seven hundred cavalry changed formation and turned to the right, and everyone took out their bows and arrows at the same time, and shot towards the Ming army camp.

As early as the Eight Banners cavalry approached the barracks, the battalion in charge of the command in the camp shouted and ordered his musketeers to prepare to shoot. However, as soon as the arquebus was lit and was about to pull the trigger, the Eight Banners cavalry had already turned, and when the musketeers adjusted their guns to aim, hundreds of arrows rained down.

"Raise your shield!" The battalion was roaring loudly, and the shield-bearers standing on the camp raised their shields in response, blocking the rain of arrows, but dozens of people were still hit by the arrows, groaning in pain.

"Fire!" The Eight Banners cavalry was slightly away from the camp, and the speed slowed down slightly, but it was still within the range of the Tiger Squat Cannon, and the artillery commander saw the timing and gave a resolute order.

Dozens of tiger squat cannons fired one after another, and a large number of projectiles crossed the barracks wall and chased towards the Eight Banners cavalry, and several war horses that fell at the end of the team were shot by the projectiles, and suddenly fell up and down, and the Eight Banners on horseback were thrown off their horses.

The Eight Banners cavalry came too fast and so suddenly, no one thought that they dared to attack the camp with cavalry, so that the musketeers and gunners were not prepared at all, resulting in more than 20 soldiers being killed and wounded by arrows.

Although the chief general Wu Ping didn't say anything, the faces of the officers in charge of the actual command turned red, and they shouted loudly, ordering their subordinates to make preparations, determined to wait for the Qing cavalry to come back to give them some color.

Standing on the high platform built in the middle of the barracks, he looked at the Qing army brigade slowly approaching in the distance. Wu Ping shook his head slightly, knowing that the Qing army would not storm the barracks, because there were no equipment used to attack the barracks in the Qing army's columns.

"All the artillery is ready, most of the Qing army will choose to cross the trench and give them some powerful looks!" Wu Ping ordered.