On the twenty-first day of the leap month in the thirteenth year of Yongli's reign, in the early morning, mist filled Mopan Mountain, but on the top of the mountain, one could still vaguely see a Qing army's scouting horses running towards them at great speed, and they cleared them as he had expected.

He dropped the second fence that he could monitor here. Li

"Next, it will be the third one, and then one of the explorers will go back to report, and the rest will continue to explore forward."

Li Dingguo looked at the path at the foot of the mountain from a distance, watching the Qing army's scouting horses drive away without any signs of urgency. The Qing army was arrogant and would definitely follow these scouting horses into the mountain, and would not wait until the scouting horses confirmed that there was nothing unusual along the way before moving forward.

Apart from anything else, the performance of the scouting horses that just passed by is a good example - they were just standing guard when dismantling the fence, and had no intention of going to the hillside to watch closely. After the demolition was completed, they immediately

He got on his horse and flexibly controlled the horse to gallop on the mountain path.

Sure enough, at about the time he expected, a Qing army scout turned back. It was estimated that in another hour, the Qing army's forward would be within Yifu's attack range. And waiting there

, is the most courageous general under his command now. Tai'an Hou Dou Mingwang, who once defeated Sun Kewang thirty times in a row, led his Dading camp, which was adapted from the imperial city defense force when Zhang Xianzhong was alive, and Yang Wubo and Liao Yu's

Wuying camp, four thousand armors!

Now, the two battalions of men and horses have been ambushed on the slopes on both sides of Yifu's mountain road, just waiting for all the Qing troops to enter the urn before firing cannons.

The reason why the strongest battalion heads were placed in the Yifu position was to allow them to block the retreat of the Eight Banners Army led by Doni. Because of the previous expedition reports, the Qing army was always led by Wu Sangui.

and Lvying as the forerunners, Zhao Butai and Doni respectively commanded an Eight Banners Army as the back-up force. This is in line with the Manchu Qing tradition of letting Han people serve as cannon fodder, while for the Ming army, the only option was to annihilate or cripple the Eight Banners Army.

Only then did it truly become possible to turn the tide of the war around.

Li Dingguo is still waiting patiently, which is what he lacks most now. However, at this moment, Yu Youhan is like an ant on a hot pot, because until now, he still has no clue.

The ambush that Chen Kai insisted on in the kit has now happened, and although the following words are more of suspicion and speculation, he clearly remembers how solemn Chen Kai was at the moment when he handed the kit to him.

Its matter.Li

"The chief helmsman must have known or guessed something that is inconvenient to say clearly, so he sent me here. That must be what happened!"

Thinking of this, Yu Youhan's pace quickened even more. The army has already set off for the battle, and it should have been ambushing since yesterday. With Li Dingguo personally in charge, there should be little chance of problems. At this moment, in the Olive Po Camp

There was only one escort, plus the accompanying staff, clerks and auxiliary soldiers. Naturally, what he could do was to go around again to see where the problem might go.

This time, it didn't take long, because all the troops were gone, leaving only Li Dingguo's Chinese army camp and the camp where the baggage was stored, and there were only a few guards in the other camps.

Yu Youhan first rushed to the camp where the baggage was stored. From a distance, he saw Jin Weixin sitting there. However, the staff, clerks, and especially the auxiliary soldiers seemed a little uneasy, probably still worried about the ambush.

Well. This is all human nature, and there may not be any problem. So he went straight to the Chinese army camp. There, another of Li Dingguo's highly relied on staff, Gong Ming, was busy sorting out the copy.

, there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with it.

"It doesn't seem to be a problem." As soon as this thought came up, Yu Youhan shook his head violently, trying to get it out of his mind: "There must be something I didn't notice, otherwise the chief helmsman would have

It won’t be that formal.”

Sitting on the ground, Yu Youhan held his head and recalled the scenes of the past few days, trying to connect them again.

"The Marquis of Pingyang has gone to escort him, the Marquis of Tai'an, the Marquis of Huairen, the Marquis of Xianning, the Marquis of Qishan... they all went out with His Highness the King of Jin. The Jin Shilang is in the supply camp, and the Gong Shilang is in the Chinese army's tent. That's right, what I just said

See you, Minister Jin, Minister Gong, no!" Jumping three feet high, Yu Youhan suddenly remembered that someone was missing: "Where has the young minister of Guanglu Temple, Lu Guisheng, been in the past two days?" Li

"Oh, Mr. Lu, I somehow offended His Highness the day before yesterday and was dragged down and beaten with twenty army sticks."

Relying on the familiarity gained from more than a month, Yu Youhan quickly found the guard general on duty today. It was still Hu Shundu the day he left Yongchang Camp, and the latter pulled him aside and lowered his voice.

The voice explained what he had seen the day before. As for why Lu Guisheng was beaten with a military stick, the guards responsible for the execution did not explain it. The marshals and civil servants who were also discussing politics in the lobby were also tight-lipped, so he had no idea.

What's more important is that Lu Guisheng is Li Dingguo's confidant after all. Even if he is wrong, who knows whether he will regain the trust of His Royal Highness the King of Jin, who has special respect for scholars, so who dares to talk too much and cause trouble?

Does everyone in the military know?

"However, Mr. Lu just left the camp in a car and said that he had urgent military information that he wanted to report to His Highness immediately."

"What did you say!"

Hu Shundu's heavy breathing almost made Yu Youhan curse. However, in desperation, he subconsciously grabbed Hu Shundu's arm, and his force was so fierce that it directly caused pain to the muscular general.

Almost jumped.

"Brother Yu, what's wrong with you?"

"Sorry, sorry, Hu Shuai, please say what you just said again." Li

Next, Hu Shun repeated the words without knowing why. Unexpectedly, after confirming that he heard correctly, Yu Youhan slapped his thigh tightly, shouted "It's broken", and ran away regardless of his curiosity.

In the direction of the stables. After a moment, I saw Yu Youhan carrying a Miao knife and a green-maned horse on his hip. He completely ignored the prohibition of horse racing in the Chinese army camp and ignored the obstruction of the guards guarding the camp gate. He rushed out of the camp on horseback.

Camp, running in the direction of the Longchuan River Iron Cable Bridge, disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"What's happening here?"

The short six words conveyed Hu Shundu's confusion, and at the same time, it also exploded in the mind of Tai'an Hou Dou Mingming, who was on the slopes of Yifu even further away than Mopan Mountain.

He is the commander-in-chief of Yifu, and his task is to block the Qing army's retreat. He is also well aware of the reason why Li Dingguo placed him in Yifu. This is a heavy responsibility, but it also contains the Jin Dynasty's

His Highness the King's trust. In this regard, he was full of sacrifice and vowed to block the Eight Banners Army in this mountain road so that they would not be able to return their horses.

The Qing army's scouting horse arrived as scheduled, which suddenly cheered up his already tired body. However, less than an hour later, the Qing army's vanguard arrived early, and the Qing army's vanguard just appeared in his sight.

The vanguard turned out not to be Wu Sangui's vassal soldiers, nor were they green camp soldiers, which made it difficult for him to understand the anomaly of the Qing army for a while.

"The Gushan'e of Mongolia with the red flag really should be called Jixiha... Shalibu of the Mongolia with the white flag seems to have fought against His Highness the King of Shu... Xunta of Mongolia with the blue flag, hiss, it seems like when the Tatars entered Sichuan to fight against the old king.

He has this number..."

The more he read, the tighter Dou Mingwang's brows furrowed. In terms of military intelligence, as early as last year when the Qing army invaded Guizhou, as the intelligence was continuously sent back to Yunnan, he was already familiar with it, but what did he say?

I also don’t understand why the Qing army acted so contrary to common sense. Li

However, with the continuous influx of Qing troops, he seemed to have seen some clues - the Qing troops marched very fast on this mountain trail, to be precise, they were very fast, because they were fast. Those Mongolian Eight Banners

The Qing army was all cavalry, even the Qing army in Manchuria with a yellow flag that followed them. Obviously, the Qing army planned to quickly cross the Gaoligong Mountains, and then use cavalry to pursue the army and Xingzai. But why was the Qing army so anxious?

But he still couldn't quite figure it out.

"Don't worry, you will know sooner or later."

He naturally understands the importance of this, and the top priority is to fight and win first, otherwise even if he figures it out, it will be of no use.

The vanguard of the Qing army was Zhao Butai, not Wu Sangui. This was indeed a military situation worthy of reporting to Li Dingguo. However, he did not give the order to the messengers - setting up an ambush should not reveal any flaws. Now the entire army is ambushing

He was motionless on the hillside. He didn't want to take the risk of the ambush plan failing due to the movement of the messenger.

It was a risk that Dou Mingwang, who was to the east of Mopan Mountain, was not willing to take, and it was also a risk that Lu Guisheng, who was far away at the western pass of Gaoligong Mountain, was not willing to take.

Keep your head but not your hair, keep your hair but not your hair. This was a system practiced by the Qing Dynasty. Even if it made the whole world uproar, they did not abolish it. He did not want to be regarded as a trick of the Ming army on the way to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

Wouldn't it be too unjust to be shot on the spot?

After being aggressive in the direction of Mopan Mountain, Lu Guisheng quickly turned his head and stared at his servant leader. The guy really listened to his words and raised his saber above his head before he was within the range of the Qing army's bows and arrows.

Then he threw it to the ground aside with great fanfare, got off the horse, knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily several times.

When he got up again, the head servant let the horses eat the green grass on the ground. He raised his hands but still did not dare to walk too fast. However, not long after, he seemed to have just entered the Qing army's reach, and two of them

An Eight Banners soldier picked up a bow and arrow and aimed it at him. He was so frightened that he sat down on the ground, his crotch immediately soaked from the inside out.

"Grandpa, please forgive me. I came here to surrender on the orders of the master of the family. I have absolutely no ill intentions!"

He cried and begged for mercy. However, he soon discovered that something was wrong. In this group of ten Eight Banners troops, only the two bow holders were still staring at him. The others, except for three or four who were always on guard,

The rest had already focused their attention on what was behind him, or rather the direction from which he came. But when he turned his head and looked, what he saw was a fast horse riding straight towards his family head from the direction of the Longchuan River Iron Cable Bridge.

go.

"Master, someone is chasing you."

Hearing this, Lu Guisheng stuck his head out and saw a well-dressed man riding a green-maned horse. He didn't see the appearance clearly, but the Miao knife was too conspicuous. After just one glance,

He immediately wanted to understand why Chen Kai sent such an unofficial man here, and specifically asked Li Dingguo for the right to move freely in the army. Co-author, the guy in Guangdong had already

I expected this day to come!

"Quick! Stop him."

All the servants got on their horses and rushed towards the person. However, in just three moves and two moves, the dozen or so servants fell to the ground without exception. Some were still struggling in pain, and some

Then there was no movement at all. What's even more exaggerated is that the person who came did not pull out the iconic Miao knife on his back, but easily killed his servant with a lancet on his waist.

.俪

This scene shocked Lu Guisheng so much that his eyes almost popped out. You must know that he was also a staff member of famous generals such as Li Dingguo. Although these close servants had not experienced combat, they had all practiced it anyway.

He was skilled in martial arts and worked hard on his body on weekdays. However, in front of the visitor, more than ten people together were no match for that one enemy. It really made him unable to believe what he had just seen.

After removing the obstacle, the visitor continued to ride his horse. Seeing this, he quickly ordered the coachman to drive towards the mountain pass. However, how could the carriage outrun such good horses? Only a moment later, the visitor caught up with him.

, the light of the sword flashed past, and the draft horse fell down in response, taking the carriage with it.

Driven by inertia, the carriage soared into the air. After all, there were still three large living people on the carriage, and the wheels only tilted up slightly before hitting the ground heavily.

But the horse had completely fallen to the ground, and the carriage lost its balance. The coachman, the book boy and Lu Guisheng all rolled out of the carriage and fell to pieces. When they looked up again, they saw that the man had rolled off his saddle and fallen off the horse.

They pressed forward step by step. The will to survive made Lu Guisheng ignore the pain. He left the coachman behind, grabbed the book boy and fled towards the mountain pass. However, the visitor ignored the coachman at all and ran straight towards him.

Caught up.

Let me ask, how could he, a civil servant with an injury on his butt, outrun a martial arts master? But at this moment, he showed his calmness in the face of danger. I saw that the man was about to catch up with him.

As he approached, he pushed the book boy over with his backhand and ran away, shouting for help as he ran.

Unfortunately, the book boy only delayed the visitor for a moment. Immediately afterwards, the visitor caught up with him, taking three steps and then two steps at a time. He kicked Lu Guisheng on his butt and kicked Lu Guisheng to the ground.

One of his front teeth was directly knocked into his throat by a small stone on the ground. He didn't know whether it entered the esophagus or the trachea. He screamed in pain.

"Traitor!" Li

Looking at the traitor who was wailing in pain in front of him, Yu Youhan finally understood Chen Kai's full intention. But at this moment, the Eight Banners Army's horse exploration team on the other side of the mountain pass had also figured out what was going on.

It splashed wherever it passed and flew straight towards him.

Time was no longer enough for him to drag the traitor back to the green-maned horse. Even if he had already carried a large living person and ran towards Olive Slope Camp, he would never be able to outrun the rapidly zooming in sight.

The elite Eight Banners. But he had to save the life of this close staff member of the Jin Palace in order to give an explanation to Li Dingguo for him and Chen Kai behind him.

Seeing this, Yu Youhan twisted his right hand, and the lancet was lifted upside down in his upper hand. Immediately, he pressed his left hand on the handle of the knife, exerted force on both sides, and the lancet was inserted straight in. The lancet was inserted without any hindrance.

It was inserted into Lu Guisheng's thigh, and then into the soil under his body, leaving only a small section in front of the handle still exposed in the air.

The blood didn't spurt out much. It can be seen that the knife did not damage the arteries and veins outside the capillaries. But the huge pain in an instant directly penetrated the limit of Lu Guisheng's endurance. He just screamed and passed out.

passed.

The Eight Banners Army's horse exploration team was getting closer and closer. Yu Youhan glanced at it silently, took off the lancet scabbard from his waist, and threw it on the ground. Then, he turned around, and the Miao knife behind him was already there.

In his hand, he uncovered the old cloth that wrapped the knife, and caressed the spotless blade as if caressing the body of a lover. Then he held the handle in his right hand, and his left hand held the back half of the unedged blade of the Miao Dao.

, the center of gravity pressed down sideways along with the blade, and the last distracting thoughts in the chest poured out with the breath.
Chapter completed!