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The same sighs were also expressed by General Ma Chongxi, the left Guoyi and General Zhang Neng, the right Guoyi.

Ma Chongxi and Zhang Neng led an army from Daomaguan and out of Beizhi in front of Tumenguan, and immediately launched an attack on Baoding and Zhending Prefecture City.

Except for a few county towns in the capital of Beizhi, most of the other county towns have been abandoned.

However, there are still a small number of residents in prefectures like Baoding and Zhending, and there are also Ming troops stationed in the capital, and the Ming army in each prefecture has an infantry regiment.

Of course it is not a full regiment, because there are no officers and non-commissioned officers.

However, these soldiers from the new army have all received the strictest military training, and the battle to defend the city is relatively simple, and experienced veterans can serve as the most basic commander.

So the result was that Ma Chongxi and Zhang Neng attacked many times, but they all returned in disgrace.

Not only did there be no progress, but many people were lost in vain, and they were cowardly.

After several tests failed, Ma Chongxi and Zhang Neng decisively led their troops to bypass Baoding and Zhending Prefecture City, turned north and moved closer to the capital, preparing to meet with Gao Yigong first.

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The one who progressed the most was Li Yan's 30,000 cavalry.

After Li Yan's cavalry left Huangyu Pass, he traveled day and night, passing through Shunde Prefecture and Guangping Prefecture to directly take Linqingzhou. As long as Linqing Prefecture is taken, the Grand Canal will be cut off by the Dashun Army.

Gao Yigong, Li Yan, Ma Chongxi and Zhang Neng are soldiers who have risen on the same day as agreed.

So when Gao Yigong fought outside Beijing, Li Yan had already fought to Linqingzhou.

Unlike Gao Yigong and the others who suffered setbacks, Li Yan's troops successfully won Linqingzhou.

However, what Li Yan's troops took was an abandoned and empty city. Not to mention people, they couldn't even find a wild dog.

The reason is actually very simple.

Because when Jiannu and the Ming army were confronting each other before, Linqingzhou area belonged to the front line.

Therefore, most of the population in this area was moved by the Ming Dynasty, and the rest were captured by Jiannu and went to Beijing or Jingjin. Therefore, this area between Beizhi, Shandong and Nanzhi became a white land.

This time, Li Yan's troops faced a serious difficulty - they were about to break down!

"Brother, the situation is not very good." Li Nian reported with a dark face, "The nearby Qinghe County, Wucheng County, Xiajin County, Gaotang Prefecture and even Dongchangfu City have all been found, and they are empty cities like Linqing."

"What, it's all empty city?" Li Mou exclaimed in a burst of voice, "How is this possible?"

"How is it impossible? That's the truth." Li Nian said, "These counties, prefectures and even prefectures have been abandoned, with no one at all and no food to be collected."

"What should I do?" Li Mou frowned, "The remaining food and grass are only enough to eat for half a month."

Li Nian pondered for a moment and said, "Brother, this area was originally a battle zone between Jiannu and the Ming army. The local people either died in the war or had fled to other places. It was impossible to collect food and grass here. Otherwise, we would go north or go south to Xuzhou. Du Yinxi had been in the military farm in Xuzhou for many years, so there should be food and grass there."

"But Xuzhou has the Nanzhi Town of the Ming army, and there are 150,000 troops who have been through the battle formation for a long time."

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yan Youyou said: "In addition, the Ming army also built a large number of gun platform fortifications between Xia Town, Xuzhou and Jiezhou. Even the hundreds of thousands of Jiannu army led by Dorgon could not take over, let alone our 30,000 cavalry."

Li Nian was speechless because Li Yan said everything was factual, and Nanzhi Town was not a secret.

In fact, the intelligence work of the Dashun Army is still possible, and we know a lot of information about the Ming army.

Li Mou said: "It's not okay to go south to Xuzhou, so go north to Beijing. Minggou has built a large number of gun table fortifications in Xuzhou. Beijing hasn't built a lot of gun tables, right?"

"There are no gun platforms in Beijing, but there are 180,000 new troops."

Li Yan said: "And these 180,000 new troops are equipped with the most sharp firearms of the Ming army."

After pausing, Li Yan said again: "In the Baliqiao Battle, these 180,000 new troops wiped out 700,000 Jiannu's army. Do you think our 30,000 cavalry can beat it?"

"Ga?" Li Mou was speechless.

After a long time, Li Mou said with a dark face: "Xuzhou cannot win, and Beijing cannot win. We might as well go back to Hetao. We have to starve to death in Shandong while there are still half a month left in food."

"It won't be starved to death." Li Yan smiled and continued, "Didn't Du Yinxi farm in Xuzhou? And the main ones planted are sweet potatoes. If I remember correctly, sweet potatoes can be digged in June, although it's a little smaller."

"Go to Xuzhou to dig sweet potatoes?" Li Mou said in surprise, "But we can't defeat the soldiers in Xuzhou."

"Who said we wanted to fight?" Li Yan shook his head and said, "We only dig sweet potatoes, not war."

The purpose of this time was not to fight with the Ming army, but to cut off the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou.

"I understand." Li Nian finally reacted and said with a smile, "Brother means to use our cavalry's speed advantage to go to Xuzhou to harvest sweet potatoes, and then return to Linqingzhou after receiving the sweet potatoes."

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When Li Yan led his army to Xuzhou to seize sweet potatoes, Gao Yigong suffered another defeat.

After realizing that the bird guns equipped by the Ming army's scout cavalry were extremely sharp, Gao decisively changed his tactics and sent eight thousand cavalry teams to launch an encirclement to the Ming army's scout cavalry from eight directions.

Because the cavalry of the Dashun Army took a long way around, the Ming army's scout cavalry was not discovered in time.

However, what made Gao Yigong's lungs explode was that after the Ming army's scout cavalry discovered that they were surrounded, they made a tactical move and broke the eight-sided encirclement of the Dashun cavalry.

What tactical action is to retreat to the vicinity of the monster.

Gao Yigong was so angry that he launched a head-on attack on the monster.

As a result, he suffered another crushing defeat, and the number of cavalry lost this time was greater.

Three battles were fought within three days, not to mention the loss of all three battles, and the casualties exceeded 9,000.

Looking at the missing cavalry formation, Gao Yi's intention to be successful was broken. How did he fight this battle? Before he could exert much force, he lost 30% of his horse in a confused manner.

Fortunately, Zhang Neng, Ma Chongxi and others arrived in Jingjin.

After the three groups of people gathered, the main force of the cavalry in the rear camp returned to about 40,000 cavalry.

But after the three teams met, what to do next? Several main generals had extremely serious differences of opinions.

Gao Ligong firmly advocated withdrawing the army: "Brother, I really can't defeat the Ming army, even the cavalry can't defeat it. We should hurry back to Shanxi. With Shanxi's terrain advantages for a long time, it is a good idea to stick to it."

However, Ma Chongxi and Zhang Neng firmly opposed the withdrawal of troops and believed that they should surround Beijing.

"It is the will of the Lord to send troops to the north and surround Beijing. How can we resist the order?"

"What's more, the Ming army in Beizhi is all infantry. We are cavalry. If we can't win, we will never be able to win. Since that's the case, why should we be afraid of them?"

Gao Ligong and Ma Chongxi and Zhang Neng had serious disagreements.

I am also undecided in my first year of high school, so I don’t know what to do?

After hesitating for a long time, Gao Yigong decided to ask Li Yan before talking.

Having worked together in northern Shaanxi and Hetao before, Gao Yigong was very convinced of Li Yan's vision. Since it was difficult to make a decision, I would just listen to Li Yan's.

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