"Stay calm, don't chase, don't chase!" Li Mingxun's voice was hoarse, and he shouted loudly, constantly sending guards holding the order flag to the front of each square.

"Master, let me lead the cavalry to rush for a while." Wu Mu came to Li Mingxun's side and shouted loudly. Following the direction of his finger, Li Mingxun saw the banner of King Gongshun looming under the reflection of torches.

Li Mingxun said, "No, don't attack. You can transfer the cavalry to the far left wing to guard against the enemy's sneak attacks. Never leave half a mile away from the stairs formation."

At this time, Li Mingxun no longer hoped to expand the results of the battle. The two infantry battalions of the club fought in the morning until night fell, and their physical strength was exhausted. Especially in the last battle, both sides put in full force. Except for the cavalry, all the reserve teams participated in the battle. After several battles, they became exhausted beasts. If it was daytime, Li Mingxun could also make the array of solemn infantry formations forward, but the sky was almost dark, and there was no way to stop large-scale military operations at this time.

The retreat of the Han army flag was also very serious. Kong Youde's main formation and another cavalry personally came to a rear guard. It was difficult to open up the situation at this time. Li Mingxun did not want the community to invest huge new military camps to lose all their losses in this battle. Even now, both new military camps were broken, and the huge casualties made Li Mingxun's heart bleeding.

Both sides were separated from contact, and both ferocious beasts returned to a safe place to lick their wounds. The ground between the two armies had been trampled and mud was rising. The bodies of soldiers and war horses were scattered everywhere. The injured people and war horses kept wailing. The north wind melons and fruits were all desolate. Even though Li Mingxun had prepared in his heart, he was still sad in his heart so tragic.

Fortunately, the club's camp held the last momentum, forcing Kong Youde to retreat on his own initiative, and the club cavalry that took the initiative to push forward to control the battlefield. The overall situation still has an advantage over the club.

The two new military camps deserved the strong investment of the club, blocking the fierce attack of the veterans who had lived in the Han army flag for the rest of their lives. The morale and morale of the army were prosperous. The only shortcoming was the array. At the beginning, the array could still be maintained intact. However, with the increase of casualties, especially the deaths of officers and veterans, the infantry formation was once in trouble, but this could not be improved by training. Only through blood and fire can an invincible army be forged.

In the middle of the night, the casualties were counted. The new military camp had a total of more than 800 casualties, and nearly 300 others were seriously injured and more than 1,000 were injured, which was equivalent to more than half of the casualties. Fortunately, the enemy suffered greater losses. The heads cut from the front of the formation alone had more than 1,200. The damage to the Han military flag must have exceeded that of the new military camp, but the situation was still different. Although there were also battles in the right wing and the central army, the scale was not large. It is certain that the losses of the Eight Banners of Manchuria under Turg were minimal, and the Eight Banners of Mongolia did not lose many troops. Although Zeng Ying was the same, Li Mingxun did not think that Zeng Ying's Ming army could go to fight the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

The Qing army retreated for several miles and lined up the river. Obviously, they had the idea of ​​fighting again tomorrow. Li Mingxun didn't know that Turg had made up his mind to attack the club tomorrow. Even if he lost some troops, he would destroy the new military camp of the club. In fact, this also corresponded to the usual style of the Donglu. The more brave the opponents were, the more they were targeted. Whether it was Liu Dadao from Sarhu, the Qi family army on the bank of the Hun River, the white-armored soldiers in the Battle of Shenyang, or even the Tianxiong soldiers in the Battle of Zhuolu, they were defeated or even killed by the Donglu. In this way, the bravery of the Ming army had been broken and had no courage to confront the Donglu.

The Qing army was mobilized throughout the night, and Turg even mobilized the troops of the Mongolians such as Korqin who were staying in Laizhou. It was obvious that they would take a desperate bet tomorrow.

At midnight, Li Mingxun came to the big tent on the Baji Mountain. The big tent was full of officials and generals. Everyone was extremely excited. When Li Mingxun got into the tent, everyone was quiet. No one present was a fool. Everyone understood that the war in the day was so smooth because the Eastern Bandit blocked the strongest attack of the Qing army and was also extremely awe of Li Mingxun.

"After the daytime battle, our army defeated the attack of the Eastern Barbarians. The results have been counted. Nearly two thousand beheaded by the Eastern Barbarians, including more than 300 Manchu real barbarians. This is a rare victory in decades. Generals, please drink this cup to congratulate the soldiers of Denglai and congratulate the Ming Dynasty!" Zeng Ying raised his wine glass and said.

Everyone drank the wine in the glass in one sip. Zeng Ying looked at Li Mingxun, and saw his face full of sorrow, and asked, "Mr. Li, you have a sad face, but what about you?"

"Mr. Zeng, the Eastern Barbarians were only temporarily defeated and they would definitely launch a large-scale attack tomorrow. The elite of our community suffered too much loss. If the Eastern Barbarians attacked fiercely today, it would be difficult to maintain." Li Mingxun was not polite and expressed his worries.

Zeng Ying didn't say anything, but Wang Chengen said: "Today's battle of the Eastern Band Yifeng, I have seen that the Eastern Band Yifeng came from afar, and the imperial captives died, all of whom were generous. Naturally, I, the Ming Dynasty, could not sit still and watch the Eastern Band stand alone. Lord Zeng, I think it would be better to allocate the elite troops of the Eastern Band to reinforce the Eastern Band Yifeng to be the enemy's troops!"

The generals nodded one after another, and several officers in the Biao camp volunteered. I thought that the victory during the day also made these officers beat him up. Zeng Ying shook her head slightly and said, "Is it not right?"

Li Mingxun was stunned. Zeng Ying had always had a good relationship with him, but why did he retreat at this time? Although his original intention of aid was to reduce casualties in the new military camp of the community, it was not harmful to Zeng Ying. He could not withstand it, and the overall situation was ruined. Before he could express what he thought, Zeng Ying had already spoken.

"Please think about it. Today, the Donglu broke out on the side of the Yi Brigade in the East Fen. If the attack will continue tomorrow, I will send support. But tomorrow, the Donglu will attack other directions. For example, the right wing of our army will only rely on the chariot camp to defend. If the Donglu bombards with red barbarian cannons, what should we do?" Zeng Ying looked around and asked.

Li Mingxun nodded slightly, thinking that he had taken it for granted. If the Donglu attacked the right wing tomorrow, the situation would be out of control.

"What do you think should be done?" Li Mingxun asked.

Zeng Ying said: "Look at the enemy's movements tonight. If it remains unmoved, then our army can only shrink in Duji Mountain to avoid the edge."

"Mr. Zeng seems to have made arrangements long ago?" Wang Chengen glanced at Li Mingxun, saw him shook his head slightly, and asked.

Zeng Ying nodded slightly and said, "I have sent my confidant into Laizhou City a few days ago, and agreed to start the war on the night of the war. It's almost the same."

"Do it? What to do?" Li Mingxun asked.

"Set fire!" Zeng Ying said, pointing to Laizhou City and said, "The Donglu invaded Shandong this time, just like the previous times, was for looting. In addition to gold, silver and wealth, the Donglu plunder mainly looted people and livestock. The Donglu camp where it is located is standing outside Laizhou City, banning the people and livestock captured by surrounding counties and cities in the camp, and soldiers rest in the city. Now the main force of the Donglu has left the city, and the city and the camp are empty. The scouts sent by the official will set fire in the city tonight and attack the camp outside the city. If they succeed, the Donglu military camp will naturally be unstable, and then it will be a good time."

Li Mingxun praised his clever plan and became more and more respectful to Zeng Yingxin. After all, it was an old fox. He also planned this war. It is hard to say whether the people sent by Zeng Ying could sneak into the camp outside the city, but entering the city to set fire is a trivial matter. As long as the fire breaks out, the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain will naturally be in chaos. After all, this is in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. How could the Donglu be sure that it was not reinforcements?

Zeng Ying stood up and said to the generals: "The army is not allowed to rest tonight, and we will wait for the opportunity, especially the cavalry of each army, ready to attack at any time."

The generals of each battalion went out to prepare. In the early morning, the sky had not yet lighted up, but there were bursts of riots coming from the Donglu Military Camp in the distance. Soon, a large group of red appeared in the direction of Laizhou City located on the southwest of Boji Mountain, which soon expanded and reflected half of the sky red.

In the Qing army camp, Turge ran out of the tent in armor, and heard people shouting everywhere in the camp: "The camp has caught fire, the camp has caught fire." He looked southwest and found that the direction of Laizhou City was indeed red. He was about to kill a few screaming soldiers, but he saw a cavalry rushing out of the barracks and heading towards Laizhou. Although there were only a few hundred people, it caused chaos in the entire camp.

"There must be a trick of the Ming army when the fire broke out in the city. Wouldn't it be a trap when returning at this time? Which flag of soldiers were there? When I find out, all the members will definitely be beheaded." Turge cursed in anger, and the whip in his hand blew and slapped.

At this time, He Luohui ran over and said, "General Turge is a Mongolian."

"Your subordinate?" Turge asked sternly. If He Luohui had not been the one who was trusted by Dorgon's brother, he would have been killed on the spot.

He Luohui quickly explained: "It's not my Eight Banners Mongolia, but the people of the Mongolian foreign vassals, the people of the Korqin left wing and the Prince of Zasakdoro Batulu, I can't control it!"

"Manzhu Xili, this is a fool, a fool!" Turge cursed.

No matter how angry he was, Turge could not really kill Manzhu Xili. He was Huang Taiji's brother-in-law and the prince of Korqin. When he went to the expedition, half of the soldiers of various Mongolian foreign vassals, including Khalkha Mongol, Chahar, Wengniut, Aohan and other tribes also sent half of the soldiers to conquer the expedition, including the Korqin tribe. These outer vassals, Mongolians were all poor as pants. After breaking the border, they snatched some food from the capital, and the cloth and iron tools retreated. Only Korqin and others followed the southern expedition in a friendly manner. Originally, Manzhu Xili was thrown by Turge in Laizhou to take care of the camp, but in order to increase the strength of the attack tomorrow, they were transferred here. Unexpectedly, they retreated before the battle.

"Sir Turge, the Ming army has made some moves in the direction of Duji Mountain!" Zu Zerun ran over and said loudly.

Turge calmed down and heard it. Sure enough, there was a rapid drum sound from the Ming army in the middle of the mountain of Wuji Mountain. He jumped onto the war horse and galloped to the front of the camp. He saw that the entire Ming army had already left the camp and pressed towards the original camp. In the distance, a cavalry of more than two thousand were bypassing the original camp and heading south.

"He Luo will, please check our headquarters immediately. I will support you another thousand armored troops and attack immediately, protect our army's camp outside Laizhou City, and retreat westward. Zu Zerun, immediately notify Kong Youde and let his infantry and artillery team retreat first. You and I lead the cavalry together. This time, I lost a game in the Qing Dynasty, but I cannot let the Ming army take advantage." Turge ordered loudly.

Throughout the day, the inside and outside of Laizhou City was extremely lively. First, the camp full of people and animals outside the city was raided, and then harassed by cavalry. When the cavalry led by He Luohui fought with the Ming cavalry in the field, the camp exploded, and the captured people fled one after another, and let a large amount of livestock go away. The Laizhou area was extremely chaotic.

Turge personally gathered the Qing army in Laizhou area behind the palace. Without hesitation, he retreated westward and headed towards Changyi. After all, several cities to the west were still under the control of the Qing army.

Two days later, the Governor Biaoying entered the burned city of Laizhou, indicating that the city was once again under the Ming Dynasty and recovered Laizhou. Zeng Ying gave a long breath in her heart, at least the lost city was recovered.

Next, news kept coming. The Turge tribe did not settle in Changyi City, but continued to go west and set up a camp outside Weixian City to siege.

Laizhou Prefecture.

Li Mingxun sat on the chair, listening to Zeng Ying promoting his strategic plan in front of the map, and Wang Chengen was also on the side, looking full of anticipation.

"The news sent back by the scouts was that the Donglu intends to besiege Weixian, and Weixian is the only way to Denglai to Jinan. If it is obtained by the Donglu, the Denglai gate will be opened. Therefore, this official plans to reinforce Weixian. I wonder how many soldiers can Lord Li come out?" Zeng Ying asked.

Lee Mingxun put down the teacup and said without hesitation: "No one comes out."

Zeng Ying and Wang Chengen looked at each other, but they didn't know what Li Mingxun meant. Zeng Ying said, "What is Lord Li's intention?"

Li Mingxun said: "It is meaningless to help defend Weixian. Not to mention Weixian, even this Laizhou City, if the time is wrong, you must abandon it."

Seeing that Zeng Ying and Wang Chengen looked bad, Li Mingxun stood up and said, "Two sirs, there are no outsiders here. I will tell the truth. Let's stop when it's good. We can defeat Turg because he is just a partial army and does not want to fight to the death. So what? The main army of Kou Bian is in the hands of Abatai. Now he has swept across southern Shandong and northwest and can go north at any time. It is an army of more than 50,000 people. The Zhenyi Armored Army alone has more than 20,000. Such a strong army, unless all the military strength of the Ming Dynasty is put into use, no one can stop us. All we can do is to defend Dengzhou."

"What you mean is to let me, the governor of Denglai, retreat and give up the Ming Dynasty's city and people to the Donglu!" Zeng Ying said angrily.

Li Mingxun shook his head slightly: "I don't know, but I can tell Mr. Zeng clearly that as long as Abatai's main force goes north, my soldiers are only willing to assist in the defense of Dengzhou City, and the rest of the cities will not send one soldier or another."

"What are you talking about?" Zeng Ying was furious and stood up.

Li Mingxun said indifferently: "Mr. Zeng, we only have more than 10,000 troops, and the rest of the Ming army dare not even enter in Shandong. The court still hopes that the king-supporting troops will protect the capital. There is not a hundred thousand people in his hands. What do you use to care about the gains and losses of a city and a pool with Abatai? You can put as much rice as you can. Don't expect to do things you can't do."

Seeing Zeng Ying's face looked extremely ugly, Li Mingxun solemnly said: "When people have lost their land, people and land have all remain. When people and land have lost their land, people and land have all been lost."

"Mr. Li, have you ever thought about this possibility? If we defend Weixian and the main force of the Qing army cannot break through, we can protect the people of more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Denglai..." Wang Chengen came out to smooth things over.
Chapter completed!