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That night, Emperor Chongzhen fell asleep happily. But Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Denglai who was far away in the Korean Peninsula, was far from having such a good fate, or he asked for it.

In a bare mountain col, Lu Xiangsheng and two thousand Ming troops were hiding here, relying on a temporary tent to avoid the cold. At dawn, a North Korean general, led by the Ming army at night, came to look for him.

"Report to the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, the last general has dug the last road, and Jianlu has no way to turn back!" The general said with a tired look, but a bit excited.

Lu Xiangsheng was in good spirits, and it seemed that such simple rest conditions did not affect him. After listening, he nodded and praised: "Well done, the people in the villages along the way should be evacuated as far away as possible, and don't let Jianlu catch them!"

"The general has been following the orders of Master Zhongcheng for a long time. He will never let Jianlu capture another commoner to build roads for them!" the North Korean general replied immediately.

After hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng nodded again and said, "Okay, you can go and rest until I notify you."

After finishing speaking, Lu Xiangsheng walked to the military map and looked at it. This military map was also provided by a North Korean general and verified by Ye Bushou of Dongjiang.

Lu Xiangsheng's final decision was not to lead troops to attack Yiju, which had stored a large amount of food, as the Koreans wanted. The reason why he did this was that he understood the sixteen-character mantra given to him by Emperor Chongzhen.

He was not so naive that the combat effectiveness of Dongjiang's army could be increased to the level of attacking Jianluo head-on in just a few days after being integrated by him. In today's weak environment, we must not go head-to-head with Jianlu. That is exactly what Jianlu wants. What he has to do is to fight under the condition that he can win the captives, accumulate small victories into big victories, and train the army in battle. Therefore, he set his sights on Jianlu's grain transport team to Yizhou.

There were several roads that could be taken from Tieshan to Yizhou. Lu Xiangsheng asked the Koreans to come forward and dig out only one road left for Jianlu to transport grain. After detecting the departure of Jianlu's grain transport team, he chose a place and dug the roads in front and behind Jianlu overnight. All that's left is to find the right opportunity to annihilate these food transport teams in one fell swoop.

It was bright and bright, and the Ming army refused to accept Liu Yuangen and led ten of his comrades to ambush on the roadside. With them, there were more than a hundred Korean volunteers. These are actually composed of defeated troops or strong people, and do not have much combat effectiveness.

On the road in front of them, not only were there dug pits to the east and pits to the west, but there were even roadblocks placed on the road. Even if the war horses passed by, they had to slow down and pass slowly.

They didn't wait long before they heard the faint sound of horse hooves. When the leading North Korean general heard this, he couldn't help but get a little excited. He turned to look at Liu Yuangen, and seeing him nodding, he retracted into his own team and began to wave.

Soon, ten Jurchen soldiers came over on horseback. As soon as they saw the roadblocks, they became vigilant and shouted angrily at the mountains and forests on both sides.

As they expected, there was a sound of gongs, and about fifty Korean volunteers emerged and attacked the captives.

One of the Jianlu was hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, but the remaining Jianlu were not afraid at all. Instead, they became more fierce. After the leader Jianlu roared, they even drew their weapons and rushed towards the Korean volunteers, obviously looking down on them. The combat power of those Korean volunteers.

At this moment, about fifty Korean volunteers appeared on the road from where the Jianlu came, and attacked these Jianlu. But Jianlu still didn't panic. Instead, they concentrated and attacked forward.

Seeing that the road was blocked, Liu Yuangen shouted softly to his colleagues around him: "Do it!"

After finishing speaking, he first patiently aimed at a prisoner about twenty meters away and shot an arrow. Other Ming troops followed suit and shot arrows calmly even at night. With North Korean volunteers in front of them, they were not afraid of Jianlu escaping.

The Jianlu were fierce and well-equipped, but under the interference and siege of the Korean volunteers, they gave the Ming army the opportunity to attack calmly at night. Especially these eleven Ming soldiers were selected from the entire army by Lu Xiangsheng. He has good archery skills and is specially used to kill the messengers sent back by Jianlu to report the news.

The war ended without any suspense, and the goal was achieved. Not a single Jianlu messenger slipped through the net. The Ming army did not retreat at night and was not injured. Even the Korean rebels were shot dead by the rebels, and only seven or eight were injured.

Liu Yuangen looked through the corpses of the prisoners and found no letters. They must have been oral messages.

Then it was time to divide the spoils. According to the prior agreement, the war horses belonged to the Ming army, and the weapons and armor were divided equally between the Ming army and the Korean volunteers.

Liu Yuangen watched the North Korean volunteers dragging away the naked corpses of the Jianlu. He could probably guess what would happen to these corpses, but he didn't care who allowed these Jianlu to rob all the food.

At this time, he was touching those war horses as if he were a lover. It is pitiful to say that there are no war horses in this dignified town. Even after Master Zhongcheng came, there were only about a hundred horses in total. Now Lord Zhongcheng has given orders to capture as many war horses as possible. The credit for capturing a war horse is greater than the credit for beheading a prisoner.

He was so happy that he turned around and saw the leader of the North Korean volunteers coming. He ordered them to clean up the scene and continue to ambush until dark.

In the mountain col where she was hiding, Wei Mulan was beside Lu Xiangsheng, listening to the Ming army staying away at night or the Koreans coming to report Jianlu from time to time. Although she looked calm on the outside, she was still a little nervous inside. This was her The first time I was in the battlefield.

Half a year ago, I was just a smiling girl in Yihongyuan. Now we are on the battlefield, armed with iron horses, and the changes have been so great that it is really unpredictable.

Wei Mulan thought to herself, looking at Lu Xiangsheng with a calm face, listening to his calm and calm manner of issuing orders from time to time, she couldn't help but secretly admire him.

She only heard about Lu Xiangsheng's performance in the Battle of Changli and did not see it with her own eyes. Sometimes, it was hard for her to imagine that such a dignified scholar would dare to go to the battlefield and be so powerful. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I am really impressed. Thinking this way, she gradually calmed down.

In the afternoon, when Lu Xiangsheng received the report that the grain transporters were already trying to build a road to advance after failing to capture the Korean civilian husband, he ordered the Korean volunteers to start gathering, and the Ming army also began to prepare.

There were about a thousand Jianlu who transported grain, including about five hundred Jurchen Tatars. At this level of quantity, if we rely solely on Korean volunteers, no matter how large the number is, it will be difficult to gnaw down. We must have real combat power with the courage to fight in the field with Jianlu, and this is also possible. The reason why the Ming army needs to be dispatched.

An hour later, at the selected battlefield location, the battle began.