In the early morning of the next day, in the early morning of the 27th day of the seventh month of the third year of Chongzhen, Qin Shuhuai led 60,000 allied troops to arrive 5 miles outside Yongping City.

The army was repaired, He Kegang was arranging the camp, and suddenly Ma Sentry brought two people with haggard faces and dressed as merchants, saying that these two people claimed to have retired from the Santun camp and wanted to find the Marquis of Qin.

When He Kegang heard that he had "retreated" from the Santun camp, his heart suddenly tightened, and he hurriedly took them to find Qin Shuhuai.

Of these two people, one of them is Wang Shou'an, the deputy general of Ma Shilong, who desperately broke out of the encirclement.

As soon as Wang Shou'an saw Qin Shuhuai, he immediately fell to his knees with a puff, and said with tears in his eyes, "Master Hou! In the early hours of yesterday morning, the Tartars suddenly stormed the Santun camp, and General Ma led his subordinates to rescue him from Jingzhong Mountain, not wanting to encounter the ambush of the Tartar army. General Ma led the brothers to fight bravely, but there were too many Tartars, and our army was outnumbered, resulting in a crushing defeat! General Ma was captured and his life and death were unknown, and he was lucky to break through the siege. Hearing that Hou Ye had brought a large army to Qian'an, he turned into a merchant and came to inform Hou Ye day and night, begging Hou Ye to send troops to rescue the Santun camp as soon as possible! The Santun camp is in danger!"

When Wang Shou'an broke through the siege, the Santun camp was still fighting fiercely, and he thought that with Zu Dashou's ability, the Santun camp should be able to hold for a few days, so he said this.

Qin Shuhuai frowned, Santun Camp was attacked?

So the biggest question now is, is the Santun camp still there? If so, he must send troops to help, because the Santun camp has a large amount of military supplies, which is very important for both sides. But if it has already fallen, then it is useless to go by yourself, and you may even be ambushed.

After thinking about it, he asked, "How many Tartar soldiers are there who ambushed you?" You have to tell the truth, otherwise you will not dare to cut off ten heads if you miss the army!"

The reason why he said such a sentence first was that he was afraid that Wang Shou'an would deliberately exaggerate the number of enemy troops in order to reduce his responsibility after losing the battle in accordance with the practice of Ming generals, so that Qin Shuhuai's judgment would be seriously misleading.

Wang Shouan really wanted to say more, but after seeing Qin Shuhuai's fierce eyes, he dispelled this idea. This Marquis Qin is not an ordinary person, if he is found talking nonsense, he will have to kill me.

So he said truthfully, "There are about 20,000 Tartars who ambushed us, and about 30,000 who attacked the Santun camp. However, General Zu commanded well, and the brothers also fought bravely, and now they have at least more than 10,000 casualties, and the general will dare to vouch for this!"

Qin Shuhuai groaned, and said in his heart, that is to say, Huang Taiji secretly transferred 20,000 soldiers from Zunhua to attack the Santun camp. There are 70,000 soldiers in the Santun camp, but there are only 20,000 elites, and I am afraid that it is not good now.

He knew Zu Dashou very well and knew that he could fight, but he was also worried that his will to resist was not so strong. The city of Santunying is small, and if the city wall is broken through and the streets are fought, it really needs the courage to break the boat.

Moreover, if Huang Taiji wanted to get the Santun camp so much, would he pull the soldiers of Qian'an back to attack the Santun camp together? In this case, the Santun camp would be more likely to fall.

The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was possible. Because the White Lotus Sect who picked up Yongping on the road came to report that there were only 8,000 defenders in Yongping City, then it can be estimated that there were 12,000 Tartar soldiers near Qian'an. Qian'an is now surrounded by Tartar territory, what is he doing with so many soldiers? Huang Taiji will definitely transfer some of them to fight the Santun camp.

Thinking of this, Qin Shuhuai suddenly had a bold idea in his mind, that is, to bypass Yongping and go directly to attack Qian'an. If the Tartars have already captured the Santun camp, then their 60,000 troops will be able to separate the Santun camp from Yongping, and then the 8,000 Tartar soldiers in Yongping will be a lone army, and it will be up to Huang Taiji to save him?

The best of both worlds.

So he said to He Kegang, "General He, Ben Hou thinks that there may not be many troops in Qian'an now, why don't we send troops to attack Qian'an immediately?"

Qin Shuhuai didn't know, he had misjudged now. Because Huang Taiji didn't let Qian'an's soldiers attack Santun camp at all.

Why did Huang Taiji put 12,000 heavy troops in Qian'an and did not move? What he was afraid of was that the soldiers and horses of the Ming court east of Qian'an and west of Shanhaiguan would go to the rescue of the Santun camp, so 12,000 elites were arranged in Qian'an.

And Qin Shuhuai took it for granted. He knew that this area couldn't send decent men and horses to save the Santun camp, so he thought that it was unnecessary for Huang Taiji to place so many soldiers. But he never thought that Huang Taiji could not know all the soldiers and horses of the Ming Court well, of course he had to act cautiously, just in case.

After listening to Qin Shuhuai's suggestion, He Kegang groaned and said, "Qian'an has 12,000 Tartar elite soldiers, and there are only one hundred and forty miles from Qian'an to Santun Camp. ”

As one of the important cities of Jizhen, Qian'an is the Great Wall used to block the Duoyan Department in the north, Santunying and Xifengkou in the northwest, and Shanhaiguan in the east, which is the first pass in the world. If it is guarded by 12,000 elite Tartar soldiers, even if 60,000 people attack, they may not be able to capture it in one day.

At this time, Meng Wei said, "General Zu has experienced a hundred battles, and the Santun camp may not have been captured so quickly. If the Tartars were still attacking the Santun camp, they would not have been able to send many troops to aid Qian'an. Moreover, even if they gave up the Santun camp to rescue Qian'an, then our army would have achieved the goal of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. As long as the Santun camp is not lost, our trip will not be in vain. ”

Zhang Xiao also nodded and said, "What Lao Meng said is right. It's a good idea to attack and move to An. Qian'an is only fifty miles away from here, let's march in a hurry, and we will arrive in two hours!"

Meng Wei and Zhang Xiao followed Qin Shuhuai for a long time, and they had always been convinced of Qin Shuhuai's judgment. And, in this case, they do think it's very feasible to kill multiple birds with one stone.

He Kegang saw that everyone said this, so he no longer objected, and said, "Okay, let's set off as soon as possible and go straight to Qian'an!"

The military order is like a mountain!

As soon as Qin Shuhuai gave the order, the army immediately stopped camping, but quickly assembled and set off again.

The spies sent by Yongping City watched Qin Shuhuai's army leave Yongping from a distance and go in the direction of Qian'an, and immediately returned to the city to report non-stop. However, the report is a report, and with Qin Shuhuai's skill, it is impossible for them to inform the Qian'an defenders. Unless they take a detour, but a detour will definitely not be able to catch up with the speed of the martial arts coalition army.

In order to speed up, Qin Shuhuai asked 5,000 cavalry plus 5,000 infantry to walk slowly behind with baggage, while the lightly armed infantry accelerated the march and went straight to Qian'an!

Less than two hours later, at noon, Qin Shuhuai led the 50,000 troops to Qian'an.

Without saying a word, the army directly launched a siege of Qian'an, and then arranged for the soldiers to repair in situ, and at the same time cut down trees to make ladders and prepare for the attack!