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Chapter 1568 Trapped in Snake Mountain

"Report, traces of Tatars were found on the other side of the Yangchang River, and traces of fighting were found, but the whereabouts of General Wu and the Jiangyi camp were nowhere to be seen!" Just as Zu Dashou led the army into Snake Mountain, Duduo and his men were quickly detected. trends.

"Continue to advance and confront the Tatars across the river!" Zu Dashou hesitated slightly and couldn't help but order.

Wu Sangui's whereabouts were unknown, which gave Zu Dashou an ominous premonition in his heart.

But fortunately, with Snake Mountain as a basis, he was not worried about any Tatar plots.

As Zu Dashou discovered Hou Jin's movements, Hou Jin's party also discovered Zu Dashou's arrival.

Duduo quickly ordered his people to gather his troops and form an array east of the river. Zu Dashou also formed a formation in Hexi and faced Hou Jin across the river.

Due to the barrier of the river, the two sides were unable to conduct large-scale contact and had to do a little testing.

Soon, it was getting late, and both sides took a step back and set up camp.

When Zu Dashou set up camp with his back to the mountain and the river, he breathed a sigh of relief and wondered: "Where did Wu Sangui go without seeing anyone alive or dead?"

And just when Zu Dashou was puzzled, he never expected that Wu Sangui, whom he longed for, was leading five or seven hundred cavalry to flee south.

"Wu Sangui, where are you going!" Just when Wu Sangui's fleeing men and horses were exhausted, unexpectedly a group of cavalry blocked him in front of him.

Wu Sangui was shocked and was about to pat the horse forward, but was unexpectedly grabbed by the reins by Sang Ang, the general of Jiangyi camp.

"Sang Ang?" Wu Sangui couldn't help but be stunned.

"General Wu, we have been fighting for half a day and traveled for dozens of miles. We are already exhausted. How can we be the opponent of the fresh Tatar army?" Na Sang Ang couldn't help but said.

"Why don't you, general, ask for help from the west? The last general will lead his troops to contain this group of Tatars!"

This Sang Ang was born outside the Great Wall, but he kept calling others Tatars, with a sense of joy like a monk calling a bald donkey.

However, Wu Sangui didn't smile at all after hearing this. Instead, he bowed deeply to him, then got on his horse and headed southwest without looking back.

If you stay, you will have a narrow chance of death; if you run away, you will have a narrow chance of death. Needless to say, everyone knows this.

This Sang Ang clearly gave up the chance of life to Wu Sangui and left the danger of death to himself, so he deserves Wu Sangui's worship.

Wu Sangui finally managed to escape, so he couldn't help but rush towards Guangning overnight.

He didn't know how long he had been marching when he suddenly saw a large army in front of him coming from west to east, and he quickly responded.

After careful questioning, it was discovered that this team was not Zu Dashou's team, but the coach Zhang Sanbai who came to the rescue.

It turned out that after Zhang Sanbai received the news from Zu Dashou, he dispatched Yang Guozhu, who had already occupied Yizhou, to take his place in the attack on Guangning, and at the same time counted two battalions of men and horses to come to support.

As a result, before he could reach Snake Mountain, he bumped into Wu Sangui.

Zhang Sanbai called Wu Sangui and asked him carefully. He was suddenly shocked and said: "It's broken. I didn't expect Duduo, who has always been reckless, to play this trick on us!"

"General, what do you say?" Wu Sangui, who was still young and vigorous, had not realized the danger for a while and couldn't help but asked strangely.

"To the west from here is Snake Mountain, and to the east of Snake Mountain are Yangchang River and Liaohe River." Zhang Sanbai saw that the generals were confused and couldn't help but unfold the map and pointed out.

"To the west of the Liao River, there are castles such as Zhenwu Fort, Xiping Fort, and Dujiatun. The Tatars can use these to keep me away."

"Around its northern wall, there are castles such as Daheishan, Zhong'an Fort, and Zhenning Fort."

"Now that the Tatars are stationed here, they must be preparing to take advantage of our army's occupation of Snake Mountain to either go through Guangning and cut off my retreat; or to insert themselves between Snake Mountain and Guangning to trap me in Snake Mountain!"

When everyone heard Zhang Sanbai's words, they were shocked.

There were no satellite reconnaissance aircraft, telephones or radios in this era, so judging the enemy's movements relied mostly on guessing based on limited information.

If you guess correctly, you are a god of knowledge; if you guess incorrectly, you are ignorant.

As soon as Zhang Sanbai said this, I didn't care whether it was right or not, but it was indeed 70-80% possible.

And because of this, many of the main forces around Duduo were separated, which gave Wu Sangui an opportunity to take advantage of him and catch him off guard.

"General, then... what should we do?" Wu Sangui was shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask quickly.

It is a difficult decision whether to protect ancestors' longevity or to protect Guangning.

If Zhang Sanbai decided to abandon Zu Dashou and attack Guangning with all his strength, I am afraid that Hou Jin would move south from the Zhenning Fort area and cut off Zu Dashou's retreat to Guangning. Then the only outcome waiting for Zu Dashou would be the annihilation of the entire army.

Wu Sangui was the "young master" of the Liaodong soldiers, and he already knew this.

In addition to the marriage and alliance between his Wu family and his ancestral family, this was also an opportunity that Wu Sangui had fought hard to win.

If Zhang Sanbai refuses to save him and just sits back and watches Zu Dashou's defeat, then the main force of the Liaodong soldiers will be gone. What more will he, the "young master", need to do!

"How long do you think Zu Dashou can last?" Zhang Sanbai frowned and couldn't help but ask.

You uncle and nephew have made a good plan, but in the end you have to let me wipe your butts.

After careful discussion, Zhang Sanbai was not sure whether the main force of Houjin entrenched in the Zhenning Fort area was preparing to cut off the road from Snake Mountain to Guangning, or whether it was preparing to launch an attack from the Guangning area and cut off the entire rebel army's retreat.

The choice between the two depends on the Tatar's "appetite".

If Duduo wants to capture the entire main force of the rebel army, then he will definitely launch an attack from the direction of Guangning.

If Duduo just wanted to severely defeat the rebel army and eat part of Zu Dashou, he would go south from Zhenning Fort and besiege Zu Dashou in Snake Mountain.

Both options have pros and cons.

If we choose the former, the strength of the two sides is similar. If Zhang Sanbai joins forces with Zu Dashou and Yang Guozhu, and first defeats his troops in the direction of Zhenning Fort, and then pursues Duduo's main force, it will be self-defeating.

If you choose the latter, it is certainly safer, but you will also face Zhang Sanbai's desperate rescue. It is still unclear whether he can eat it by then.

But the most critical thing now is that the rebels don't know which direction Hou Jin is going to choose. This is the key issue that makes Zhang Sanbai hesitate.

Soldiers have hosts and guests. Originally, the rebels divided their forces to seize Jinzhou and threatened the southern Liaoning area, making Duduo unable to take care of both the west and the south, so they took the initiative.

As a result, Zhang Sanbai did not expect that Duduo would have such a hand. He turned against the generals at the critical moment, but instead made the rebels passive.

"Probably... I can probably last for more than ten days!" Wu Sangui hesitated for a moment, and finally said the truth.

"In order to pursue the Tatars as quickly as possible, our army only carried ten days' worth of food..."

"Ten days of food?" After hearing this, Zhang Sanbai couldn't help but feel a sense of regret in his heart.

If Zu Dashou could only hold out until the tenth day, it would not be enough to support the rebels to exert sufficient pressure in the direction of Jinzhou.

And if the pressure from the Jinzhou direction is not enough and the Dongjiang Town direction is in danger, then all this can only be solved by oneself.

It turned out that just as Zu Dashou expected, Zhang Sanbai was angry that he had set a trap for him, so he defeated his army and forced him to pursue Duoduo.

Of course, in fact, Zhang Sanbai's move was not entirely for personal grudges. He also had his own concerns about public and private matters.

He believed that the Liaodong Army had been at war with Hou Jin for many years and had suffered countless defeats, so it should have considerable experience.

Even if he suffers another defeat this time, it will not hurt his muscles and bones.

On the contrary, he can take the opportunity to paralyze Duduo, making him think he has a plan and retreat to Liaonan with confidence.

At this time, Zhang Sanbai can lead the main force of the rebel army to pursue again, which will definitely teach Duduo an unforgettable lesson.

It's just that Zhang Sanwan never expected that just because of his own selfishness, he would actually ruin things and be taken advantage of by Hou Jin.

In fact, this was Zhang Sanbai's misconception. The actual situation was that Zhang Sanbai was trained by Zhang Shun and became a general.

However, after all, his status was inferior, and his vision was still inferior.

It turns out that the status of Guangning is not trivial. In addition to the rebels occupying this place, they can cross Liaoze in winter and directly threaten Shengjing of Houjin. It also cuts off the connection between Houjin and Mongolia to the east.

What makes Duduo even more uneasy is that once Guangning is owned by the rebels, the rebels will have the opportunity to contact the Horqin tribe northward.

If the Guangning area is the southwest gate of the Hou Jin Dynasty connecting Monan Mongolia, then the Horqin tribe is the barrier for the Hou Jin Dynasty to shield Mobei Mongolia in the northwest. This is also an important reason for the frequent marriages between the Hou Jin Dynasty and the Horqin tribe since the founding of the country.

However, all this was ruined by Prince Lilie's selfish motives.

At the beginning, in order to weaken the relationship between Duduo and the Horqin tribe, Daishan coaxed him to give Dayu'er and Hailanzhu, who were born in Horqin, to Zhang Shun.

Originally, that generation thought that the Horqin tribe lived in the north and was blocked by the Mongolian tribes near Houjin and Chahar, so there would never be serious consequences.

However, he never expected that things would change so quickly. In just a few months, the rebel army would reach Guangning.

The Horqin tribe is not monolithic, in fact it is divided into ten tribes.

Among them, Hai Lanzhu and Dayu'er were both from the Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner, which was also the core tribe used by the Later Jin Dynasty to control the Horqin tribe.

If the rebels really took the opportunity to contact Horqin's left center banner, then the entire Horqin would be at risk of falling to the rebels.

For the Mongolian tribes, it is a traditional virtue to be at the mercy of the Qin, the late Chu, and the snake and rat.

As long as they have enough stakes, they can sell out their own people, and naturally they can also sell out the already endangered Aixinjueluo clan.

And this kind of threat is even more terrifying than when Hou Jin lost Jin Gai and restored the four states of Haihai.

After all, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Houjin had lost these four states, but never lost the support of Horqin's ten tribes. This was the fundamental reason for Duduo's risky attack.

He must inflict heavy losses on the main force of the rebel army in the Eastern Expedition to ensure that Guangning was not lost.

As long as Guangning is not lost, Duduo can go to Liaonan with peace of mind and rescue Jinfu and Fuzhou.

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