When Xia Guoxiang heard this, he immediately said: "Since this is the case, why don't we bring all the leaders of those tribes as well." Each of them will surrender his own people, and we will be able to take these Mongols without a single soldier. ”

Wei Du stopped: "No, you bring them now, when the time comes, when Badali and those leaders meet, won't they all be exposed?" Anyway, we don't need so many Mongols, how many can he recruit, even if there are as many as he wants. Moreover, he has recruited many people now, and he has recruited more than 3,000 people for us. ”

Wei Du glanced at Badali, who was shouting hard, and then said, "He is still persuading that some tribes that are closer to their tribe can still recruit about 2,000 more people. Xia Guoxiang said: "Five thousand people, can you see it?" There are only about 3,000 of you now. Would you like to inform Your Highness and ask them to cooperate with you? ”

Wei Du said: "I have already sent someone to report to His Highness, and it is estimated that there will be a reply soon." Besides, we still have the identity of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. When the time comes, let Badali take people and go to open the way for us first, if the Mongols fight themselves, it will be good. ”

Xia Guoxiang said: "You have the best certainty, don't mess it up." Wei Du said: "No, I told Badali that I had a misunderstanding with the Mongolian soldiers just now." Now the Mongols don't trust us, so let them all lay down their arms and let us pass. Badali was now afraid that you would attack from behind, so he immediately agreed. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Du smiled and said, "Now the three thousand soldiers of his own tribe have laid down their arms and surrendered. I think that with his influence, I can bring another 2,000 men, and then I can attack the other Mongols. When the time comes, you will storm in the back again, and I will force Badali to take the army to fight the Mongols. ”

Xia Guoxiang also smiled: "Okay, when they attack in front, you can take advantage of the situation to kill all the way." I believe that by then, there will only be about 10,000 Mongolian troops left. After you have disrupted the Mongols, we will come up and surrender some of them, and I believe that the rest of the Mongols will not be difficult to deal with. ”

Wei Du looked at the Mongols in front of him again, although Badali was still trying to persuade him, but there were not many people who responded. At the moment, he said: "Okay, I think the people who can be surrendered by Badali are almost there, you go back and prepare first." Now the Mongols are in the canyon, and the whole procession stretches for five or six miles. I am afraid that we alone will not be able to defeat the Mongol army at all, and we must inform Your Highness that they will attack from both sides. ”

Xia Guoquite immediately said: "Okay, I'll go and prepare now, and I'll launch a feint behind your back first." Half an hour later, let His Highness attack them at the same time, and today we must destroy all these Mongol troops. After speaking, Xia Guoxiang said goodbye like Wei Du and returned to the Ming Restoration Army behind.

First send someone to think about Zhu Youdong and others to inform them of the battle plan, and some places that have not been discussed before. Two waves of scouts rushed to Zhu Youdong and Jiang Chao respectively, and Xia Guoxiang also asked his subordinates to prepare a feint attack on the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

About two quarters of an hour later, Xia Guoxiang's army had all been assembled. Xia Guoxiang asked his subordinates to still shout loudly, and launched a feint attack on the army of Weidu.

Wei Du, who was in front, got the signal, and immediately found Badali, who was still trying to surrender. Then Hilgen, who was renamed Zhou Muhan, said to Badali: "I can't wait any longer, the Ming army behind has begun to attack." We had to rush over immediately, it was too late, we had to pass directly through the Mongols. ”

Badali suddenly panicked and said, "General Hilgen, you know it too. They are all sergeants of the Mongolian Eight Banners, and if we force our way through, the casualties will be too great. Let me persuade them again, they are also the army of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Hilgen said: "Lord Badali, it's not that I don't give you a chance, it's that the Ming army behind is attacking too fiercely. Think about the back, can those Mongols alone stop them? If the casualties of the Manchurian Eight Banners are too large, I believe that when the prince returns to Beijing, you will not be able to explain to the emperor. ”

Badali scolded in his heart: "Bullshit, the life of your Manchurians is fate, and the descendants of our wolf and white deer are not fate?" It was you who lost the battle, and now it's up to us to blame. But he said, "I understand, but General Hilgen, how are you going to get through the canyon here?" ”

Zhou Muhan glanced at Wei Du, and then said: "Lord Badali, after all, we had a misunderstanding with these Mongols just now, I think it is better to let Prince Badali take the Mongolian warriors of your tribe and walk in front of the army." In this way, the Mongols will not get too excited, and there will be no unnecessary casualties. Let us break the Manchurian Eight Banners in the back for the prince, so that the prince can open the way in front with peace of mind. ”

Don't say it's Badali, even Zhou Muhan himself feels that what he said is a bit excessive. But now that he has surrendered to the Ming army, he can't care what he thinks, so he has to follow the steps designed by Wei Du. Otherwise, his son's life would not be guaranteed, and there would be a lot of evidence of his betrayal of the Qing Dynasty in front of Shunzhi's eyes. In that case, he and his family would never have a chance to turn over.

Badali listened to Zhou Muhan's words, and sure enough, his whole face turned pale. Of course, Badali knew that this was for him to go ahead and attack the Mongols, and he wanted to fight his way out. The Eight Banners of Manchuria said that they were broken in the back, but in fact they were supervising the battle in the back, so that he could lead the people to rush and kill in front.

In fact, it was not that the Mongols had to block the roads and prevent the army from returning. But after all the 30,000 Mongol troops entered the canyon, the entire army stretched for ten miles, that is, the entire canyon was full of Mongols. When Badali and his party in front found that the Ming army was attacking, the Mongolian army behind had just passed through the Beixia Pass.

Later, the Eight Banners of Manchuria appeared and blocked the exit of the canyon, and it was really an hour later. The news of the blockade of the valley mouth was only conveyed to the back of the Mongol army, and at this time, the people behind knew that the front was no longer passable.

So it's not that the Mongol army doesn't want to withdraw, it's that the people behind are blocked, and now there is no way to retreat. But now Wei Du forced Badali to take the army and fight his way out of the 30,000 Mongol army to open the way for the retreat of the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

The task is daunting, but there is no better option right now. The Ming army behind was attacking the mouth of the canyon, and it seemed that it had already attacked by listening to the sound. Badali had no choice but to bite the bullet and immediately gather his own tribal soldiers. Then, after some mobilization, the army began to slowly move towards the Mongols in the gorge.

Weidu wanted the Mongols to kill each other, although Badali did not understand why. But he understood what Wei Du meant. Under such circumstances, Badali could not directly refuse, let alone attack the Mongols directly. So Badali thought about Bantan, and finally let him think of a solution.

He asked all the soldiers of the Badali tribe to shout in unison to the Mongol army on the opposite side: "Everyone lean on both sides, get out of the middle road, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria go first." In this way, the Mongol army on the opposite side is no longer nervous. Looking at Badali's army, lined up in four columns, it was slowly moving forward. The Mongol army on the opposite side actually began to move closer to both sides, and gradually gave way to a passage in the middle.

Wei Du and Wang Qing didn't expect that Badali would come up with such a solution. Looking at the Mongols in front of them, they were cooperating to give way to both sides, and they were suddenly a little surprised. But some people were really unwilling to let go, and they were directly killed by Badali's subordinates.

This made the atmosphere of the scene very strange, and the army of Badali chanted in unison as they kept moving forward. The other Mongol troops moved to both sides of the road, and although the speed of the march was not very fast, it was much better than the complete confrontation just now.

The Mongols in front hesitated to get out of the way, and the people behind followed decisively when they saw it. When Badali's army entered with about 1,000 men, the Mongols began to give way one after another. After all, they didn't directly engage the army of Weidu, and now that they saw that the people in front of them had given way, they naturally got out of the way.

Seeing this, Badali immediately became happy, as long as it was safe to send the Manchurian Eight Banners over, it was estimated that the Mongolian army behind had already begun to retreat. As long as they walked two more miles, the army could safely retreat to Shucheng. The Mongol army can still be saved, and with 30,000 troops, he can keep at least 20,000 people. As long as he keeps the army, he will not be considered a defeat.

Badali couldn't help but admire himself a little, he actually came up with such a brilliant plan, and was secretly happy that he could maintain his strength. Seeing that Batali's plan was about to succeed, Batali's own army had all entered the Mongol army. Weidu also took the army with him and began to walk towards the Mongol army.

With the movement of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the atmosphere suddenly became tense again. The enemy who fought to the death with a knife just now looked at each other at close range, and no one dared to move. Everyone was nervous, and everyone was afraid that the person opposite would suddenly stab themselves.

But the most feared were the Mongol soldiers, after all, they did not have the courage to take the initiative to attack the Manchurian Eight Banners, especially now that their leaders were not there. As Wei Du walked into the Mongolian army with his army, the Manchurian Eight Banners behind him also followed towards the Mongolian army. The whole scene was eerily quiet, and everyone could hear their own heartbeat.

Only behind the Manchurian Eight Banners, the Ming army's shouting and killing continued to come, as more and more people from the Manchurian Eight Banners entered the Mongolian army, the Ming army's shouting and killing behind became more and more clear. For a time, the Mongolian soldiers had to guard against the sneak attack of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and they had to think about a serious problem.

Even if the Eight Banners of Manchuria are gone, they will have to face the Ming army directly behind. Suddenly, many Mongol soldiers began to look around, wanting to see if they could leave early. No one wanted to stay behind and block the knives for others, so some of the Mongol soldiers began to move north of the canyon.

But now the entire canyon is full of people, and the canyon, which is already crowded, now has to make way for the Manchurian Eight Banners. Make the canyon more crowded, and there are places for people to move. The movement of these Mongols immediately caused the others to shake, and it looked like the people in front of them who were confronting the Eight Banners of Manchuria began to leap and try.

As a result, the atmosphere on both sides became even more tense, and as the last Manchurian Eight Banner soldiers entered the Mongol army, the Restoration Army behind had appeared in front of the Mongols. Suddenly, the Mongolian soldiers at the back followed the pace of the Manchurian Eight Banners and quickly retreated to the north.

The whole quiet scene was suddenly broken, and countless Mongols began to push and shove into the ranks of the Manchurian Eight Banners. For a while, the reprimands from both sides continued, but fortunately, the Manchurian Eight Banners had not yet received a signal and were relatively restrained. Of course, the Mongol soldiers did not dare to move directly against the Manchurian Eight Banners, so although the scene was chaotic, there was no bloodshed.