"Pah, Wu Sangui, a loser, and Tang Tong are as stupid as pigs. They actually let people attack Xiangyang under his nose. Damn it, they are a bunch of trash!"
Zhu Cixi slapped the battle report on the table so hard that the veins on his forehead bulged out.
"What? Xiangyang was captured by the bandits. How is this possible?"
The red lady's jaw dropped as she looked at the furious little emperor, then she picked up the battle report and read it.
"Wu Sangui is really extremely incompetent. His Majesty can just let him defend. He insists on dragging it out on his own and wants to encircle and annihilate him. Now he has shot himself in the foot. He must be severely punished!"
After reading it, the red lady couldn't help but curse.
Although she no longer cared about the past, her dislike for Wu Sangui would not diminish.
"There must be punishment, but severe punishment is not necessary. Although the guy made some decisions on his own, the strategy of encirclement and annihilation is still fine. It's just that he doesn't know much about the rebel army, so he was careless for a moment."
Zhu Cixi also calmed down and waved his hands.
Originally, according to his intention, Wu Sangui's former army was stationed directly outside Luoyang City, and they were at odds with Gao Jie in the city. He did not give the other side any chance and allowed them to attack. When they could no longer attack, the towns were surrounded and annihilated.
However, the order he gave Wu Sangui at the beginning was not specified in detail. In addition, because of the training of generals, he did not interfere too much. He just determined the big strategy and let it play out.
Who would have thought that if there was a slight loophole, Sun Kewang would take advantage of it.
"Your Majesty, looking at Dorgon's posture, he probably won't take the initiative to attack. Why don't we let my concubine take charge of the war in the south?"
The red lady thought about it and tried to say.
At first, I was worried about the little emperor, fearing that he would suffer due to his lack of experience, but now he is completely relieved. In addition, Jiannu has been reluctant to move, so naturally he wants to deal with King Chuang, Niu Jinxing, and Song Xiance himself.
"Okay, but after the intruders are eliminated, my beloved concubine will come back. It's better to let Wu Sangui attack the Eight Kings of the Southwest, otherwise it will easily damage his confidence."
Zhu Cixi also understood that she wanted to personally avenge Li Yan, so he nodded and decided to fulfill her wish. Anyway, if he didn't die in the battle, he wouldn't be able to do anything with Duolgun.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The red lady was just giving it a try, but she didn't expect that the little emperor actually agreed, and her eyes turned red.
"Alright, dear concubine, there is no need to say anything more between us. Let's go and come back soon."
Zhu Cixi comforted him and said that he hoped that the red lady would quickly avenge Li Yan, reconcile their relationship as husband and wife, and follow him wholeheartedly from now on.
"Well, my concubine will go south tomorrow. Your Majesty, please remember not to rush into a decisive battle with Jian Nu, nor split up your troops to pursue them. If Jian Nu takes a detour to sneak attack on the Tumote tribe..."
The red lady agreed, and then began to chatter endlessly. The more she spoke, the more guilty she felt in her heart, and the more she felt that she should stay by his side at this time.
"Don't worry, concubine. Although I have never fought in a war, my defense is more than enough. What's more, there are Huang Degong, the British Duke and the others."
Zhu Cixiang said confidently that he might be a little guilty if he was asked to lead his army to conquer Jiannu or Mongolia, but he was not worried at all while staying in the camp.
The next day, the Red Lady returned to Xuanfu with more than a thousand cavalry.
Three days later, Dorgun learned the news that the Red Lady had left the Ming army camp and headed south, and his mind suddenly became more active.
"Sir, the red lady suddenly went south. There must have been an accident in the war in the south. The little emperor has never led an army in a battle. The British is a loser. Although Huang Degong is a good general, he has no commander. This is a golden opportunity!
"
"Well, we can indeed test it out. We can first send one hundred thousand cavalry to make a detour around Tumut's troops and see how the little emperor responds."
Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and pondered for a while.
Apparently he also thought that Zhu Cixi had never fought before and could test the depth first.
Two days later, the Jiannu camp, which had been dormant for a long time, gathered a hundred thousand cavalry and marched toward the northwest in a mighty manner.
Zhu Cixi just sneered at this and ignored it at all.
They really bullied him as a new recruit, thinking that a hundred thousand cavalry would frighten him into panic.
Sure enough, seeing no reaction from the Ming army, Dorgun and Hong Chengchou also frowned slightly, but they did not move the cavalry back, but asked the cavalry to continue marching westward in a detour.
It wasn't until the opponent's cavalry had bypassed the camp that Zhu Cixi ordered the South Camp to move forward 20 miles. The next day, he ordered the North Camp to move forward 20 miles. On the third day, the Chinese camp was moved forward 30 miles.
Within 70 miles, they were forced into the Jiannu camp.
Seeing that the Ming army was indeed approaching, and there were countless tanks, Dorgun also ordered the entire army to move camp and retreat twenty miles to keep a safe distance from the Ming army.
Zhu Cixiang continued to press forward, while Jiannu continued to retreat to the northeast. After retreating three times, Dorgon finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Sir, we can't retreat anymore. The cavalry is already a hundred and fifty miles away from the camp. If we retreat again, the Ming army will definitely launch a surprise attack. Without the cavalry cover, the infantry will probably be difficult to stop. Once the camp is breached,
, then it’s over.”
"Then let the cavalry stop advancing and see if the little emperor can press forward tomorrow. If he continues to press forward, let's see if we can lead him to the east of the Liao River."
Hong Chengchou also knew that the cavalry sent out could no longer keep distance from the camp, otherwise they would be playing with fire.
A hundred miles away, the Ming army was covered by chariots and could completely kill them in two days, so the cavalry had to stay within two days' journey of the main camp.
Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to stop the Ming army from attacking the camp.
Jiannu's cavalry did not move further to the west, and Zhu Cixiang did not press further to the east. They also stopped.
The lure plan failed. Both Duoergun and Hong Chengchou were disappointed. They also knew that the little emperor was difficult to deal with, but they still chose to retreat thirty miles again, and were separated from the Ming army by a full one hundred and thirty miles.
Zhu Cihong was also unmoved. Seeing this, Hong Chengchou asked Dorgon to order 100,000 cavalry to continue moving westward.
Sure enough, as soon as Jiannu's cavalry moved westward, Zhu Cixiang continued to press eastward. Although the distance between the two armies' camps was a full 130 miles, Jiannu and the 100,000 cavalry sent out also reached a distance of 130 miles.
A distance of nearly two hundred miles.
This put Hong Chengchou and Dorgun in a dilemma for a while. Although continuing to do so could lead the Ming army to the east of the Liao River, it would inevitably lead to the inability of 100,000 cavalry to support them.
In the end, Dorgun decided to continue retreating, and the cavalry continued to move west. After all, the cavalry's return speed was much faster than the infantry's movement speed.
In this way, both sides continued to retreat and press forward, getting farther and farther away from Xuanfu and getting closer and closer to Liaohe River.
