"In addition to Zhu Youlang's strict order, the Ming army was short of food and grass, and had to go to Changde to replenish supplies. Therefore, they must be intercepted north of Changde, occupy the advantage of the geographical advantage, and attacked from front to back, how could they be defeated? Changbo said very much in line with the intention of the king. However, when going to Majie Mountain to ambush, it is necessary to be elite soldiers and powerful generals. I am afraid you will have to take action yourself." Luo Luohun shouted.

"If the prince doesn't say it, Bei Zhi is just about to volunteer. As long as he deals with Zhu Youlang and Li Dingguo, Bei Zhi will fight for the first place and go through fire and water!" Wu Sangui said firmly with hatred eyes flashing in his eyes.

"Okay, Chang Bo, you go back and prepare immediately. How about going to send troops tomorrow?"

"Prince, I think that although our army is taking action before the Ming army, it is necessary to detour the public security, and the distance is much longer than that of the Ming army. Therefore, I plan to raise an army tonight and take it quickly while the public security guards are unprepared. After taking the public security, Li Dingguo will definitely know our army's actions, so they will definitely speed up the march. Therefore, if you gain more time, you will have more confidence."

"Very good. Chang Bo, as long as you stick with Ma Neck Mountain for three days, I will lead a large group of people to arrive."

"So, I'm leaving."

"Okay, I wish you a victory and a success!"

...

Wu Sangui knew very well that as long as he could not destroy the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, he would have no way to survive. Therefore, when he heard that there was the opportunity to annihilate the 100,000 troops of Li Dingguo, a fire ignited in his heart, which made his blood rush and his fighting spirit ignite.

Returning to the camp, he immediately summoned Li Guohan, Bayan, Zhang Guozhu and Wang Pingfan to arrange military affairs.

He ordered Zhang Guozhu to be the vanguard and the queen of the Palace of Bayan. He had been in the middle with Li Guohan and Wang Pingfan. He quietly set off the camp that night and headed straight for Gong'an County.

The police were only more than 80 miles away from Jingzhou. As soon as the daylight was dawn the next day, Zhang Guozhu's troops arrived.

The police defenders had only one thousand, and they had few troops, but they were attacked by Zhang Guozhu. In less than an hour, they took down the county town and fled in all directions.

Zhang Guozhu did not chase after him, and welcomed Wu Sangui's army into the city, buried the pot and cooked rice. After resting for two hours, he quickly headed south.

Wu Sangui wanted to get the first to block the Ming army's retreating throat, so before the Ming army could react, he had to arrive at Majestic Mountain as quickly as possible.

Due to the emergence of firearms such as grenades and landmines, the Qing court reduced the cavalry a lot, and the main forces were all infantry. Except for the three thousand "Guanning Iron Cavalry" he relied on to make his fortune, Wu Sangui's troops were actually infantrymen.

The police arrived at Majie Mountain less than 250 miles away. Wu Sangui's army arrived in less than four days, and the advance was quite fast.

There is also a strategic location between the Public Security Bureau and Changde, Lizhou. In order to ensure that we can set up defenses at Majesty Mountain as soon as possible, Wu Sangui ordered the army to go south on Lizhou, but did not conquer the city.

On January 24, after Wu Sangui's army arrived at Majestic Mountain, he received a report from Tang. The Ming army withdrew from Jingzhou and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Five days ahead of them, and there was enough time to arm the defense.

Majestic Mountain is not high, only 500 meters high. A north-south official road traverses the west side of the mountain and connects to Lizhou in the north and south.

Although this mountain is not high, it is stuck on the main traffic road from Jingzhou to Changde. This is also the reason why Wu Sangui set up Lizhou, and the Ming army of Changde ignored it and forced to occupy this mountain.

When the war reached this level, the generals of both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties actually understood that which side occupied the commanding heights would take the initiative in the battlefield.

Zhang Hao cloth bag, Wu Sangui was not afraid of the Ming army not coming, because of Zhu Youlang's strict order, they had to come. Even though they knew that there was an obstacle in Ma Neck Mountain, they had to come.

...

Wu Sangui came to the foot of Majie Mountain and took the generals to look around. He found that although the mountain was not high, the clear water was connected to the Tianhe River, with many steep peaks and beautiful scenery, like a painting. Moreover, the west slope, the north slope and the south slope were relatively slow, suitable for garrison and charge, while the east side was cliff, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Wu Sangui was very satisfied and turned to Li Guohan and said, "It's really good. This is simply a natural place to ambush."

"What the prince said is that this mountain is not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also has gurgling streams and clear water sources. It is indeed a good place to station troops." Li Guohan replied.

Li Guohan was from Tieling, and the Han army of Gushan Ezhen of the Inlaid Blue Banner. He was once the guard of Huang Taiji. He was awarded this position for his bravery in combat.

"After the order, Zhang Guozhu's troops stationed in the south of the mountain to prevent the Changde defenders; Wang Pingfan's troops stationed on the top of the mountain, in addition to protecting food, supplies, they focused on monitoring the east side to prevent enemy troops from attacking from the east side; Li Guohan's troops stationed in the north mountain and responded at any time; Bayan's troops stationed in the west mountain, and this Wang Zhengshi's tent was located in the middle of the mountain, and the "Guanning Army" reinforced all parties at any time." Wu Sangui ordered.

"Abide by the order!" The generals knelt on one knee and agreed with a loud bang.

"Your Majesty, our army only has ten days of military rations. Should we raise some more nearby?" Wang Pingfan stood up and asked.

"Even if the 30,000 troops have a day's military ration, the surrounding mountain villages are scarce, and the people's food reserves are probably not enough for half a day. Unless Changde is captured and the war is imminent, there will be no trouble. The Ming army does not have much food reserves, so they are eager to go to Changde to eat, and they will arrive in four days. Our army has the advantage of the territory and can defeat it in a few days. The military ration is enough." Wu Sangui replied.

"Yes." Wang Pingfan agreed and retreated to the back.

"The Ming army will definitely launch a fierce attack when I learned that I occupied Majie Mountain. Our army will stick to the main army of Prince Xi to seize the retreat, and then the task will be completed. Generals, the Ming army is good at firearms, which will put great pressure on our army's defense. Therefore, we must seize the time to build a fortress, dig trenches, and prepare to roll wood and beat stones. We must not be careless."

"All the generals, you are all old subordinates who have been with Wu for a long time. You should know the grudge between Wu and Zhu Youlang. Is there me or not, and I have him or not. I won't say much about anything else, this battle must be won. Whoever dares to be greedy for life and fears death, fears not to fight, and is captured by the Ming army. I will never care about the relationship and will definitely kill him personally! Do you understand?!"

After Wu Sangui assigned the task, he finally said sternly.

"Please rest assured, the prince follows the prince from outside the pass to inside the pass, and fights for hundreds of battles. How can there be timid and afraid of death?" Li Guohan said.

"Yes, Prince, don't worry. Even if I sprinkle all my blood on Majestic Mountain, I will never take a step back!" Zhang Guozhu said in a high voice.

"Please rest assured, Prince!" Bayan, Wang Pingfan, Tan Hong and other generals crossed their hands together and said.
Chapter completed!