"Sir, the enemy was found five miles ahead, under the banner of the Restoration Army!"

To the east of Xining Fort, a Ming army was stationed to prevent the Fu Liao army from in Liaodong and in southern Liaoning to provide reinforcements to Xining Fort. A few days later, the figure of the Fu Liao army was finally seen.

"How many people are there on the other side?" The person responsible for the blocking mission was Wu Sangui, the son of Wu Xiang, and a general under Zu Dashou.

"There are thousands of people! Their cavalry wandered in front, and we were driven back if we didn't dare to get close." said the Ming army's scout.

"Which army is this the Liao army? It is the third infantry brigade stationed in Jianzhou?" Wu Sangui speculated, "Are they not afraid of the Jianzhou Jurchens rioting again?"

"It is also possible that the Liu Liao army suppressed the Sixth Infantry Brigade of the Jurchens in the West Sea went south. No matter what, the Liu Liao army has been affected by us. They are also afraid that Xining Fort would be in trouble, so they also need to assist Xining Fort despite the risk of the Jurchen rebellion. It seems that the Liu Liao army is also going to make a desperate bet." Zu Dashou's general said.

"Since the main reserve force of the Fu Liao Army has arrived, their firearms are powerful, and we cannot fight head-on. It is better to set up a suspicion array so that the Fu Liao Army dare not attack us easily." Wu Sangui said.

"How to set up a suspicion array?"

"But this is like this..."

When Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou's generals were discussing the main reserve force of the Refuting Liao Army, the "main force" they mentioned also found their traces. They never thought that this was just a new force that was newly established and landed on the South China Sea and the South China Islands to fight in the East China Sea, and it was not the old Refuting Liao Army that had fought with the Later Jin and Mongolian tribes.

This mixed infantry brigade, which was responsible for special tasks, was temporarily transferred from Jinzhou City in southern Liaoning to the battlefield in western Liaoning after the military headquarters passed Chu Yun's consent. As their first actual combat, the opponents were 30,000 Ming troops and possibly more Ming troops.

"Sir, the ranger in front found that the Ming army had a population of about 5,000, and there were some cavalrymen, with smoke and dust rolling, so it was difficult to tell how many people were."

"The Ming army is just making a fool of themselves." The brigade commander of the mixed infantry brigade was a new officer. It turned out that Liu Wang, who was born in the first infantry brigade, "there are only 100,000 Mongolians who depend on the Ming army, and more Mongolian tribes are on our side. They don't have many war horses. Even those who are willing to work hard for the Ming army, there are only a few thousand, so how can they be used to go out in one go?"

"The Third Battalion deviates from the right wing to encircle the enemy's retreat. I personally lead the main force to defeat the enemy head-on. If the Ming army does not retreat, they will be swallowed up." Liu Wang said.

Knowing that Xining Fort was still safe, Liu Wang and his infantry approached the Ming army without any haste, and the artillery also followed.

Sure enough, in the direction of the Ming army, the smoke and dust splashed from horse hooves rolled, and it looked like a huge cavalry was indeed appearing.

However, in Liu Wang's opinion, even if there is really a huge cavalry, just push it directly with the gunfire gun. Moreover, the Liao army in the rear actually had three infantry brigades and one of the artillery brigades without any movement. Even if the mixed infantry brigade loses, they will take it forward, and Liaodong has no worries at all.

"Stop moving forward for the time being. After the third battalion arrives at the combat position, we will launch an attack." Liu Wang ordered the army to stop.

The Ming army, who had been deploying the suspicious formation, stopped when they saw the Fu Liao army advancing towards them. They were overjoyed. Could it be that the plan was successful?

"We can only hold them back for a while after bluffing. When they come back to their senses, they may attack us at any time. The current strategy is to quickly notify General Zu and General Yuan from the rear." Wu Sangui saw the "main force" of the Restoration Army who stopped, and believed that his plan to suspicion had achieved results.

"I have sent a fast horse back to inform us. We only need to hold on for a while and get the main force ready to retreat." Zu Dashou's general said.

"I hope to restore the Liao army later to discover that this is our plan." Wu Sangui prayed.

"I hope the Ming army will find out later that we will encircle the third battalion." Liu Wang also prayed.

The two sides confronted each other on the plain for half an hour, but were indifferent. The atmosphere was a bit weird. In Liu Wang's eyes, the Ming army was still performing the so-called suspicious plan in embarrassment.

"The time is almost over. I believe the large army is ready, let's retreat." Wu Sangui looked at the sun, roughly calculated the time, and felt that it was time to retreat. "Let the cavalry continue to bluff. We each lead a unit and retreat alternately. When retreating, we must not panic and lose order, otherwise the Refuting Army will take advantage of the opportunity to enter."

"No problem." Zu Dashou's general said.

"The time is almost over, the Third Battalion is roughly in place. Start the attack!" Liu Wang saw that the Ming army's lineup was a little turbulent, and knew that the Ming army was going to wait for the car, so he issued an order to attack.

Dongdongdongdongdong. The drum beat of the attack sounded, and the main force of the mixed infantry brigade led by Liu Wang pressed towards the Ming army in a thick line.

"The Fu Liao army is here!" When the Ming soldiers looked behind them, they were frightened to find that the black Fu Liao army was coming.

"Don't panic, the cavalry of the Liao army were all transferred to the grassland. They had two legs, and we also had two legs, and they could not escape ours!" The Ming army officer quickly calmed down and then retreated with the soldiers.

However, their peace of mind only lasted for a short time, because the raid troops of the Fu Liao army were found on the right rear!

The muzzle was filled with fire and white smoke. No one knew how many people were from the raid troops of the Fu Liao army. A row of bullets shot over, and one or two rows of soldiers in front of the right side of the Ming army fell down one after another.

The improved flintlock rifle had the power and rate of fire that the Ming soldiers holding back muskets could not imagine. After they rushed with a round of fire with muskets, they were busy loading gunpowder. The flintlock rifle rang again, and invisible bullets drilled into the bodies of Ming soldiers, shooting dozens of Ming soldiers again.

"The Refu Liao Army wants to surround us!" Zu Dashou's general saw that Wu Sangui's troops on the right had already exchanged fire with the Refu Liao Army who was detouring from the right. He was frightened and suspected that the Refu Liao Army on the left was also trying to surround him, and he was even more frightened.

"Let's retreat first, don't give the Restoration Army a chance to surround us!" He looked at Wu Sangui's troops in the fierce battle, gritted his teeth, and led his subordinates to escape towards Xining Fort.

As for the alternate retreat agreed with Wu Sangui, he was long thrown away. Saving his life is more important than anything else at this time!

"Sir, there is a Ming army unit going to escape." said the scout who was observing the battlefield.

"Let them run away, didn't we even bite a Ming army? We must capture them all, and there is a shortage of people in the mines in Anshan."
Chapter completed!