In the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, Wu Sangui raised his hand and shot an arrow at the Han Eight Banners sergeant who was on guard outside the barracks, seeing the sergeant fall in pain, Wu Sangui did not have a happy look on his face, but his expression was a little dignified, but it was impossible to stop the torrent that had been charging at high speed, and it was always heading towards the camp of the Khan Eight Banners.

Everything in front of him is too abnormal, the camp of the Eight Banners of Khan is too quiet, the silence makes people panic, even if the charge of the army is sudden, even if it is a surprise attack on the camp of the Eight Banners of Khan, there should be panicked sergeants in the camp, or sergeants who are in a hurry to resist, but all this is not seen, the screams of the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan guarding outside, and the rumbling hooves of horses should have woken up the sergeants in the camp a long time ago.

Wu Sangui is not a rookie, but also experienced a lot of fighting, when he was more than ten years old, he followed his father Wu Xiang and his uncle Zu Dashou galloped on the battlefield, he witnessed how the imperial court lost the city of Guangning and Yizhou and other places, saw Liaodong Jingluo Xiong Tingbi was passed on the head of the nine sides, saw the governor of Liaodong Wang Huazhen died in prison, but also witnessed the arrogance of the Houjin Tartars in Liaodong.

Wu Sangui is not an ordinary general soldier, he was admitted to the martial arts examination at the age of less than 20, and he became the youngest general in Liaodong before the age of 30, and became the great general who guarded Liaodong valued by the Ming court.

Wu Sangui, who was charging in front, his face became more and more solemn, and just as the war horse was about to enter the camp, he roared angrily with sharp eyes and grabbed the reins of the war horse.

"Everyone's attention, there are taspers on the ground......"

The swarthy taper nail fell on the front of the camp, this thing is specially used to deal with war horses, the nails are facing upward, once the war horse steps on it, it pierces directly into the horse's paw, and the war horse is in unbearable pain. It is simply impossible to continue fighting.

It should be said that the Eight Banners will not use the taper spike, they disdain to use this trick, and the trample spike is only suitable for use in the process of sneak attack, and it is impossible to spread the trample spike on a large area in the real field fight, so that their own war horses will also suffer irreparable damage.

It's a pity that this is the camp of the Khan Eight Banners.

The group came to an abrupt halt outside the camp because the charge was too fast. It even led to the collision of some war horses that could not control their speed, and some people were knocked off the horse's back and fell to the ground in pain.

Wu Sangui's eyes were almost spewing fire, he didn't expect the Eight Banners Army to use such a trick, in fact, the best way to deal with the tapered horse nail is to send out the foot soldiers, when the foot soldiers rush to kill, they can quickly sweep away the tack nails and open a channel for the cavalry charge.

It's a pity that Wu Sangui didn't lead the infantry to fight.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Wu Sangui. The order was given decisively.

"Evacuate here and return to the camp......"

This order was carried out quickly, and many sergeants began to turn their horses' heads, and the sergeants who fell to the ground also resisted the pain, and struggled to climb onto their horses, preparing to evacuate quickly.

It was also at this time that a rain of arrows suddenly appeared in the barracks. Black-pressed bows and arrows were overwhelming.

Wu Sangui was also prepared, waving the spear in his hand. Blocking the whizzing bow and arrows, the sergeant beside him, also brandishing his spear, formed a formation to resist the fire of the bow and arrow.

The speed with which the army charged was as fast as the withdrawing speed.

Wait until Wu Sangui turns back again. It was already nearly two miles away from the camp of the Eight Banners of Khan.

He didn't see the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan who charged out, the surroundings of the camp were still very quiet, and there were a few corpses on the ground, including the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan, and the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry of Guangning who were shot by bows and arrows.

Well-prepared battles. This is the end, Wu Sangui was a little unbelievable, he led five thousand soldiers to charge hard, and found that the camp of the Eight Banners of the Khan was covered with taper nails, so he asked the army to retreat, in the process there were only a few rounds of arrow rain, and there was no one to see the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Khan, which was not like a fierce fight, but like a game.

Back to Rushan Gang, Wu Sangui was worried in his heart, and didn't know how to report to Lord Hong Chengchou, but fortunately, Hong Chengchou didn't get to the bottom of it, after listening to Wu Sangui's report, he fell into contemplation, as for the rest of the general army, many people thought that Wu Sangui's impromptu decision was completely correct, after all, the opposite side was the camp of the Eight Banners of Khan.

Hong Chengchou did not make any comments, and for the next few days, he sent his sergeants to probe the army, launching tentative attacks from the south, east, and west, which were roughly similar to the first attack, and neither side fought with all their might, but only made contact and got out of the battle.

It's not like fighting, it's like a game.

However, there is also a change, that is, many of the general soldiers have a rare smile on their faces, and even when they are ordered to fight, including after they come back, they will laugh and joke with each other.

At this time, the smart Wu Sangui finally understood what Hong Chengchou meant, it turned out that Hong Chengchou was using this method to solve the fear of gold in various armies, and judging from the current effect, it is still very good, at least many of the general soldiers are no longer in danger of the Eighth Banner Army on the opposite side.

All this also means that Hong Chengchou is ready for a large-scale decisive battle.

Huang Taiji was satisfied with the current situation, and his orders to many county kings, Beile, Beizi and the Eight Banners of Khan were very clear, that is, not to take the initiative to start a large-scale battle with the Ming army, and to find a way to deal with the surprise attack of the Ming army.

Several days passed, although the Ming army attacked the camp of the Eight Banners Army several times, because they had prepared a response in advance, there were almost no scenes of fighting.

What Huang Taiji needs is time, he needs to try to stabilize the Ming army on the opposite side, and he needs to wait for news from Dolgon and others.

Hong Chengchou led the army to Jinzhou City to help, must have carried a large amount of grain and grass, it is impossible to have the problem of grain and grass in a short period of time, even if at this time Dolgon took the city of Tashan and cut off the grain and grass of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou was able to lead the army to evacuate calmly, after all, there is still enough grain and grass, the best way is to delay time, so that Hong Chengchou's grain and grass are almost consumed, and it is the best time to start a fight at that time.

Every time the Ming army attacked, Huang Taiji listened to the report in detail, and discussed it seriously with Fan Wencheng and others, and obtained the intentions and information of the Ming army.

Fan Wencheng's analysis is the most satisfactory to Huang Taiji, the commander of the Ming army, Hong Chengchou, is definitely going to launch a large-scale attack, but he is worried that the Eight Banners Army is too brave, so even if he adopts an overall offensive posture, it is also an offensive with a defensive position, and once the offensive is unfavorable, he will quickly lead the army to withdraw.

So many tentative attacks before have already made Hong Chengchou know in his heart, and soon after, Hong Chengchou may launch a large-scale attack, after all, Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty both want to end the expedition in western Liaoxi as soon as possible.

It has been half a month since the Ming army arrived at Rushangang, and it has been confronting the Eight Banners Army, and Zu Dashou in Jinzhou City has not shown any performance, and the city gate is still closed, this strange scene has hardly appeared before.

Huang Taiji's heart also slowly relaxed, such a situation is obviously unfavorable for the Eight Banners Army, if Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou desperately launched a general attack, the brave and wise Huang Taiji must also retreat, to avoid a head-on conflict with the large Ming army, after all, in terms of numbers, the Ming army occupies an absolute advantage.

Of course, there is one point that cannot be ignored, that is, the Eight Banners Army around Huang Taiji, the sergeants of the Eight Banners of Khan occupy most of them, and there is still a gap between these soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan and the Eight Banners in terms of combat effectiveness, and it is impossible for Huang Taiji himself to fully trust the soldiers of the Eight Banners of Khan.

Strictly speaking, Huang Taiji also encountered difficulties, but he did not say it, on the one hand, the Zheng family army in southern Liaoning is wantonly attacking in the direction of Phoenix City, occupying more places, threatening the left wing of the Qing Dynasty, on the other hand, there are certain difficulties in the maintenance of grain and grass, this expedition, Huang Taiji is determined, many ways to raise grain and grass, and even require the Mongolian tribes to provide a lot of grain and grass, more than a month has passed, the consumption of grain and grass of the Eight Banners Army is also huge.

The characteristics of the Manchurian Eight Banners operation are that they do not carry much grain and grass at all, all of them rely on local collection or looting, and the Manchurian Eight Banners are all cavalry, which come and go quickly, and carrying too much grain and grass is not conducive to the rapid movement of the army, coupled with the strong combat effectiveness of the Manchurian Eight Banner sergeants, a lot of grain and grass can be obtained in each battle.

But this time the battle was different, Liaoxi was originally a barren land, and the army led by Huang Taiji, although it occupied a vast territory except for Jinzhou City, Ningyuan City, Songshan City, Xingshan City and Tashan City, but did not obtain much food, and the grain and grass to maintain the army still needed to be transported from Shenyang and other places.

The longer the time drags on, it will also be detrimental to Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji is gambling, the bet is a huge self-confidence, he believes that Dolgon can take the city of Tashan, can get the grain and grass of the Ming army, as long as the news of the fall of Tashan comes, the Ming army on the opposite side will not be able to hold on for a long time.

The scouts sent out were almost connected, but the news from the direction of Tashan did not come for a long time, that is, after the news that Duoduo had cut off the retreat of the Ming army half a month ago, there was no good news.

Huang Taiji was a little out of breath, if it weren't for the repeated persuasion of Fan Wencheng and others, he was even ready to personally lead the army to fight with the Ming army opposite, either for the overall strategy, or for the interests of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji would never allow the Ming army on the opposite side to be so arrogant, this is a challenge to his authority. (To be continued......)