Early the next morning after receiving the news, Chen Renxi convened the generals at his Chinese military station. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Renxi first told the news he received, and then expressed his judgment: "According to the information sent back by the sentinels, the city of Ulan Hada has been destroyed, and the Karaqin tribe has fled south, and the coalition forces dominated by the Horqin people have already crossed Ulan Hada and pursued south.

"This official thinks that it is very likely that the main force of Karaqin is still alive at this time, because if it were not, according to the time of the destruction of Ulan Hada, the allied forces of the Korqin people should have returned.

"There are two roads in front of our army, one is to immediately follow the road of the Korqin people to pursue the Karaqin Division, that is, to catch up with the Korqin people along the Laoha River to the south, and to attack them from the north and south together with the Karaqin Department and the Cao Wenzhao Department of Rehebao, which may be with the Karaqin.

"The other is to the north, on the road on the east bank of the Laoha River where the Horqin people must return to their division, find a suitable terrain for ambush, wait for work, take it by surprise, and annihilate part or most of it."

After Chen Renxi said this, he looked at several generals under his command. After this period of contact, he is more satisfied with Zuo Guangxian's performance, and at the same time he is also optimistic about Lin Chaoen and Zhu Jialong.

Lin Chaoen and Zhu Jialong, who were born in Dongjiang Town, have the ability to go into battle to kill the enemy, but they are just new to Liaodong Town, and the first high-ranking official in Liaodong Town is the supervisor of Liaodong Town, so their every move is decent and cautious, lest they provoke right and wrong and provoke people to discuss, but their enthusiasm for making contributions cannot be suppressed.

For Chen Renxi, although it is important for the generals under his command to have skills, the most important thing is precisely the ambition to make contributions.

Therefore, less than half a month after the contact, Chen Renxi attached great importance to Lin Chaoen and Zhu Jialong, two little people who were born in Dongjiang Town and were unknown before.

Chen Renxi looked at Lin Chaoen and Zhu Jialong and motioned for them to express their opinions.

Lin Chaoen took the lead and said: "Lord Supervisor, I think that our army's 7,000 people are pursuing southward, first, the momentum is huge, which will inevitably cause the enemy army to be prepared in advance, and second, when our army goes hundreds of miles south, it will be dragged down by baggage.

"I think it is better to send fewer sentinels to the south first, first look at the current situation of the Karaqin Department, and strive to get in touch with General Cao, the commander of Rehe Town, and then set the itinerary. This is a little humble opinion, and please be enlightened. ”

At this time, Zhu Jialong said: "I am willing to take a team of men and horses to the south to investigate, find out the situation in the south, and find an opportunity to get in touch with the headquarters of General Cao, the guard of Rehe Town!" ”

Chen Renxi nodded, and then said to his descendant general, Zuo Guangxian: "What do you think of Zuo Zhongjun?" ”

Zuo Guang was first a general of the Chinese army in the standard battalion of the supervising army directly led by Chen Renxi, and Chen Renxi was commensurate with the Chinese army.

Zuo Guangxian said with a deep sigh: "I think that it is almost October now, and no matter whether the coalition army of the Horqin people can finally destroy Karaqin, it will definitely return north within a few days." Rather than working south, it is better to wait for work.

"I think that our army can choose a favorable terrain on the east bank of the Laoha River to ambush the coalition army of the Horqin people, even if it cannot completely destroy the coalition forces of all tribes, it will definitely be able to gain something."

After Chen Renxi solicited the opinions of the three generals, he quickly made up his mind, first sent Hu Yikui and more than 100 people under his command to continue to the southwest sentinel, and then left Zhu Jialong with 2,000 cavalry to stay in the three towers, while guarding the baggage of the army while waiting for the next order, while he took Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen with a total of 5,000 horsemen, left the three towers, and marched towards the confluence of the Laoha River and the Yingjin River.

Because it is located in the center of the grasslands south of the Xilamulun River, no matter which way the main force of the Korqin coalition forces returns, it will not be too far away, which is convenient for both detection and ambush.

In the afternoon of the same day, the army left the former Daming Yingzhou Qiantun Acropolis near the three towers and marched to the northwest.

At dusk, the army marched sixty miles, chose a water source, and set up camp to rest until the next morning.

The 5,000-strong army rested peacefully for the night, and the next morning, the baggage teams of the battalions began to prepare breakfast before departure.

Nowadays, the food of the army outside is much simpler to prepare than in the past, and the baggage teams of each battalion only need to set up more than a dozen large cauldrons to fill with water, wash the newly distributed military rations, that is, the potatoes or sweet potatoes carried by the army, put them in and cook them, and serve them with pickles or salted meat prepared in advance.

If it is inconvenient to get water, you can also roast it directly with the fire and eat it, and the taste is better than boiled.

Since the beginning of September, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other high-yield crops in Fanbang have had a bumper harvest in Beizhili and other places, and now among the border troops from Liaodong Town to Datong Town, most of the military rations distributed to the towns after the autumn harvest are coarse grains such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn.

After eating it, the soldiers in the border towns did not believe that the current emperor loved this kind of food, but in any case, it was much better to eat some than to be hungry.

Chen Renxi, Zuo Guangxian, and Lin Chaoen, who got up early, ate a simple and manageable potato and sweet potato breakfast, rode along the small river not far from the south side of the camp, chatted without saying a word, waited for the army to have breakfast, and then continued to march to the northwest.

At this moment, Lin Chaoen suddenly stepped on his horse and stood up, looked at the south, and said, "There are people coming from the south!" ”

Chen Renxi and Zuo Guangxian were both shocked when they heard this.

Zuo Guangxian immediately rushed south with his horse, and Lin Chaoen stayed where he was with Chen Renxi.

After a while, Zuo Guang came back with a horse, followed not far behind him. The outfit of the person who came looked like the Ming army.

Zuo Guang hit the horse first and came to the front, and said to Chen Renxi: "It's Hu Qianhu's command, there is an urgent military report!" ”

Chen Renxi immediately motioned for the person to come forward, only to hear the other party say breathlessly: "Report to the Lord of the Prison Army, the little one is ordered by Hu Qianhu to rush back to report first." About thirty miles to the south, a group of Tartar camps was found, numbering more than a thousand people. When the little one returned, the Tartar was about to pack up the camp and get ready to go! ”

Hearing this, Chen Renxi was surprised and delighted, and immediately said, "Do you know which direction the Tartars are going?!" ”

I only heard the man reply: "The little one didn't find out, and he was sent back by Hu Qianhu!" Hu Qianhu and the others followed the Tartars, presumably they had already learned at this time! ”

After hearing what the man said, although Chen Renxi was slightly disappointed, he could also understand that if he waited for the Tartar army to set off before Hu Yikui sent someone to report back, he was not prepared, but it was easy to make mistakes.

After listening to the report of the sentry, Chen Renxi immediately rushed back to the camp with Zuo Guangxian and Lin Chaoen, and commanded the army to quickly put on his horse.

At this time, the 5,000 troops on the left side of Liaozhen had all finished their meals, and when they heard that the sentinels had found traces of the Tartars, everyone was gearing up and their morale was greatly boosted.

It has been nearly half a month since the army came out of the fortress, not only has not a single battle been fought, but also not a single Tartar has been seen, and I feel breathless when I think about it.

Now that they have heard the news of the Tartars, everyone is holding back their strength and wants to follow the legendary prison army of Liaodong Town to make contributions!

The army was just getting ready and about to set off, when Chen Renxi suddenly heard shouts from the south side of the camp one after another: "Hu Qianhu is back!" "Hu Qianhu is back!"

Although Hu Yikui's qualifications in Jinyiwei are deep, he is now only the deputy thousand households of Jinyiwei Liaodong Thousand Households, but this has been the case since ancient times, unless his official is present, people always like the official name of the official deputy called the main position.

Chen Renxi took the guards out of the camp on horseback, only to see another team of cavalry in the distance, and after a closer look, Hu Yikui, who had been following him for more than half a year, immediately rode up to meet him.

Hu Yikui saw Chen Renxi welcome him from a distance, and he didn't care about getting off his horse and saluting, so he immediately shouted: "Lord Chen, hurry up and prepare for battle, that Tartar is rushing here!" ”

Chen Renxi is still a layman in terms of operational command, but he also knows very well that he is a layman, so he decisively handed over the command of the battle to Zuo Guangxian.

Zuo Guang first and Lin Chaoen combined, and the two of them each took a left and a right, separated by a mile, and went south to greet them.

Chen Renxi, under the escort of Hu Yikui and the Chinese army guards, followed Zuo Guangxian's 2,000 cavalry from a distance.