"Master, another boat is heading north." The voice of a Mailer with a red flag sounded in Yue Tuo's ears.

Yue Tuo glanced at the sea, and found that several fast crab warships of the Huaxia Army were emitting black smoke and went north, he nodded to Meler Ezhen beside him, and the other party would go down to make arrangements.

Soon, a group of armored soldiers with red flags rode northward on war horses, following the warships of the Huaxia Army all the way.

Yue Tuo was also a clever man, and when the Jurchen Eight Banners were only concerned with eating, drinking, and having fun, he asked Baoyi, some of the 300 Xiucai who survived the massacre of Nurhachi, to teach him to read Chinese and read Chinese characters.

He not only read all kinds of Ming military books to familiarize himself with the art of war handed down from generation to generation of the Han family for thousands of years, but also read those Confucian classics to familiarize himself with the thinking and etiquette of the Han family, so he was a rare wise person among the high-level leaders of the Later Jin Tartars.

After such a long period of observation, the current Yue Tuo almost understands the Huaxia Army's style of play, that is, to maintain contact between the two sides at any time.

The contact maintained by the Huaxia army relied on a continuous series of small-scale attacks, which made it inevitable that if the Houjin army wanted to retreat from the rammed earth wall, it would definitely be noticed by the Huaxia army.

If the forces retained by Houjin on the front line were reduced to a certain extent, it would be easy to be tested by the contact battles of the Huaxia Army.

Yue Tuo figured that Dolgon's attempt to quietly break away from the rammed earth wall would not go so well. If the rammed earth wall is directly abandoned, then the Huaxia army will immediately judge Houjin's intentions.

At that time, as long as the cavalry of the Huaxia Army was released, it would firmly entangle the troops behind the Houjin Army. This is something that any general of the Houjin Army understands, so if the army is really withdrawn at that time, no banner owner will be willing to come out and break the rear.

The Houjin army wants to retreat, and whoever comes to the palace is the first difference they need to resolve.

Yue Tuo looked at the empty sea in a daze, thinking about these haves and not, and for a while he was a little unsure of how Dolgon would choose.

"Now that the critical moment has come, let's hope Amma won't be calculated by Dolgon. Hope..."

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"The Blue Flag position has been broken through by us?" Chen Xin raised his head in surprise, only to see Chief of Staff Liu nodding affirmatively.

Chen Xin immediately stood up, stared at the map on the wall and asked, "Is there any follow-up troops that can be invested?" ”

"Only one company of the 103rd Infantry Battalion of the 1st Brigade was originally prepared for a small-scale exploratory attack, maintaining contact with the Tartars and not giving the enemy a chance to break away.

Because of the above reasons, the subordinates did not mobilize cavalry units and cavalry infantry at all, and even the follow-up reinforcements were not fully prepared.

But what the rest of the people never expected was that the position of Zhenglanqi was easily broken through by an infantry company of our army, and the subordinates were careless, which was the fault of the subordinates.

The company commander who rushed forward did not expect this to happen, so when their company attacked the rammed earth wall, the commander hesitated for a while.

From the tower of the southern city of Lushun, their subordinates saw that their company flags had crossed the passage between the rammed earth walls built by the Houjin army and remained on the enemy's position for a full five minutes.

It's a pity that the subordinates didn't expect it to be so smooth, the reserve arranged was too far away, and it was really impossible to rush to the place where the battle took place for 5 minutes to support, and the infantry of that company fought alone for a while.

Until the ammunition he carried was about to run out, and there were still a large number of post-Taurus Lu around to support, he could only withdraw back for the time being.

subordinates this time..."

Chen Xin interrupted his words with a wave of his hand: "Immediately mobilize the first battalion of the guard flag team to attack the Zhenglan Flag defense line, and at the same time let the alpine observation troops on Jiguan Mountain pay attention to carefully observe the enemy's situation."

If the Houjin army sends troops back from the rear area, then let that battalion quickly withdraw.

But if the Houjin army could be rescued by mobilizing troops and horses from other positions in the rammed earth wall, it would immediately be put into the combat engineer battalion.

At the same time, the 11th Infantry Brigade was given to replace the defense of the 1st Mixed Brigade on the first rammed earth wall line. Let the battalions of the 1st Mixed Brigade in the forward position and the combat engineer battalion attack the position of Uzhen Chaoha, which was defending in the middle of the enemy's position. ”

Listening to Chen Xin's words, Chief of Staff Liu immediately reacted and asked, "What does the king mean that the Tartars' forces on the front line are retreating?" ”

Chen Xin didn't answer Chief of Staff Liu's question immediately, looking at the situation on the sand table, he thought for a while before he frowned and looked at Chief of Staff Liu, and gave orders continuously.

"The Tartars have built a large number of tunnels behind their rammed earth walls, and the men and horses of the various banners and departments will often change guards and mix, and they will always come and go every fixed number, so it is difficult to say about retreat now.

Only after our army intensifies its attack on the enemy and receives official feedback from the enemy's behavior can we accurately judge the enemy's movements.

The 102nd Infantry Battalion of the Mixed First Brigade on Jiguan Mountain was ordered to also throw part of its troops into the mountainous area to the north to contain the men and horses of the right flank of the Houjin Army.

He also ordered the coast guard stationed in the Arthur area to build a pontoon bridge over the Dragon River, and to transfer a company and a special service platoon from the 102nd Infantry Battalion to assemble on the west side of Jiguan Mountain to observe the movement of troops in the Tartar battalion and be ready to attack at any time;

On the eastern slope, it is also necessary to ensure that the road at the foot of the Cockscomb Mountain is clear, so that the cavalry and mounted infantry can assemble in the left flank position.

The 103rd Infantry Battalion on the Golden Mountain, which carried out two small-scale attacks today, pinned down the left flank of the Tartars, waited until the evening, and then threw in the special platoon to attack, and must always maintain contact with the enemy.

The first rammed-earth wall on the Tartar side was several kilometers away from the enemy camp, and it was not so easy for them to retreat quietly. ”

"The subordinates immediately went to make arrangements, and the subordinates prepared to send a special service group to the ruins of the third fortress, Nanguan and other places to investigate."

Chen Xin nodded, "You can let the special service regiment be dispatched, and if necessary, you can also let the ranger regiment and the reconnaissance regiment act together to capture Jinzhou City."

And on our side, we must also firmly bite the large army of the Tartars, Dolgon has now shown the intention of retreating, the retreating army is the weakest, once we begin to pursue, we must at least pursue to the city of Jinzhou.

If the Tartars retreat, then the soldiers and horses under their command will not have any will to fight, and no banner owner will take the initiative to stay in Jinzhou City like a fool and wait for us to surround and strangle them.

Therefore, we also have to make sure that the Golden State City will not be demolished by the Tartars. ”