On the Shenyang side, more than 30,000 infantry troops were assembled to reinforce Liaoyang, and when they arrived at Hupiyi, Li Laiheng led the cavalry to withdraw. All the way non-stop, arrived at Anshan Post Fort and rested for the night.

Then he set fire to the Anshan Post Fort, and after destroying it as much as possible, he continued to withdraw to Haizhou City.

When they arrived on the way to Haizhou City, Li Laiheng's cavalry caught up with the Han people who had fled south.

These Han people were basically plundered by Jianzhu in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and most of them were people from Gyeonggi and Shandong. After so many years, the people who still survived are all young and strong, but they are all skinny.

Liaoyang is an important town in eastern Liaodong, and there are actually a lot of Han people here. But Liaoyang is big enough, so the Han people belong to the clothes of each family in the city, and they all live in the city, not like Haizhou City, the original city is too small, so the Han people who were plundered are all living in sheds outside the city.

When Li Laiheng's troops arrived outside Liaoyang, there were not many Han Chinese working in the suburbs of the south gate. When the war was together, they fled a lot.

Therefore, later, after the Ming cavalry arrived outside Liaoyang and forced Jianyu in the city and did not come out, not many Han people escaped.

In the few days that Li Laiheng's troops continued to spend outside Liaoyang City, these Han people listened to the greeting of the imperial court and hurriedly fled south.

At this time, Li Laiheng couldn't help frowning when he looked at the people who were supporting each other and fleeing south along the way.

Previously, he was busy with the war and did not pay attention to these people. At this time, he found that these people were like candles in the wind, and they were simply walking with difficulty.

Escaping from Liaoyang, in fact, it is only sixty or seventy miles, and if a normal person walks, two days should be very easy. However, these people in front of them are as if they have traveled thousands of miles, and they are very tired and very difficult.

Some people are supporting each other on the road; Some people take two steps and take one step; Others are even climbing south.

All of them had one thing in common, and that was the longing for the south in their eyes.

Seeing this scene, Li Laiheng sighed, and immediately ordered: "The night of the front and rear sentinels will not be collected and they will probe farther, and the other soldiers, one person will take one and give them a ride!" ”

Hearing this, his guards were a little dumbfounded, so he hurriedly reminded: "My lord, we are still in the hinterland of Liaodong, and it is not safe, what if we encounter Jianyu?" ”

"That's why I'm going to keep the sentry range farther away!" When Li Laiheng heard this, he explained, "With their walking method, they can only go back to the Liao River in the Year of the Monkey!" ”

Hearing this, the guards wanted to say something more, but when Li Laiheng saw it, he added: "The more people are rescued, the more attention the court will pay attention to, and the greater our credit, don't you understand?" ”

As soon as he heard this, everyone around him suddenly realized that he would do it immediately.

While doing some good deeds and accumulating virtues, you can also get greater credit, which is naturally willing. Even if it's possible to take a little risk, it's worth it!

In this regard, Li Laiheng has actually weighed it, not that he is generous and unprincipled.

In addition to the reason he just said to the guards, at this time, he was already sure that at least the Jianyu in this vicinity did not have cavalry, so they could not pose a threat to them.

As for their war horses, they will have an extra load. In fact, he was sure in his heart that after this raid on Liaodong, there would definitely be many war horses that would be scrapped.

In this case, before it is scrapped, use it a little more.

So, after Li Laiheng's military order was handed down, the soldiers of the Ming army found their respective targets, arrived in front of them, and asked them to get on their horses and walk together.

When they said this, the Han people were all dumbfounded, or they couldn't believe what they had heard.

When did the court officials and soldiers turn out to be so good that they had to take them for a ride?

This simply subverted their impression of the imperial court officials and soldiers!

In fact, they were already very grateful that they could escape, and now seeing that the imperial court cavalry was going to take them back together, for a while, when they came to their senses, they were incoherent with excitement, kowtowing and crying.

Seeing this scene, it made the Ming soldiers who were a little reluctant at the beginning feel a little ashamed, so they actively pulled them on their horses and hurried together.

In the afternoon, not far from Haizhou City, I saw a fast rider galloping towards him and told Li Laiheng: "My lord, there is an abnormality in the construction of Gaizhou!" ”

When Li Laiheng heard this, he was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that it was the Jianyu of Gaizhou who had moved, so he hurriedly asked, "What's the situation?" ”

"I don't know for the time being, I just know that the Jianyu in Gaizhou seems to be mobilizing troops, and Chen Guerrilla has personally rushed over."

When Li Laiheng heard this, he immediately frowned, and the location of Gaizhou immediately flashed in his mind.

Gaizhou is on the seaside, more than 120 miles away from Haizhou City, and the middle position is Yaozhou Station.

With this map in his mind, Li Laiheng's brain teaser spun rapidly. He was not afraid of Gaizhou's Jianyu reinforcing Haizhou City. Because no matter how you build reinforcements, you have to give up anyway.

What he was afraid of was that if Jianyu did not reinforce Haizhou City, he would still block his retreat. There are also sixty miles of road from Gaizhou to the mouth of the Liaohe River, but there is no official road, and if the army marches, it will take more time than in the official road.

Thinking so, Li Laiheng immediately made a decision, and immediately gave the order that the army march as soon as possible, and in the evening, rushed to Niujiazhuang.

This place is not far from the Liaohe River crossing, and the boats of the sailors are all going up the Liaohe River, and here at this ferry to supply the grain and grass of the cavalry.

It just so happened that Li Laiheng asked all the Han people he brought back to take a boat and go to sea along the Liao River overnight.

Then, on his side, he seized the time to rest.

When the sky was about to dark, another fast rider came and said to Li Laiheng: "My lord, about 10,000 infantry troops from Gaizhou Jianyu left the city and headed for the mouth of the Liao River. Chen Guerrilla led people to harass them, delayed their march, and let the adults evacuate as soon as possible! ”

More than 10,000 infantry troops? When Li Laiheng heard the news, he thought in his heart, and couldn't help asking: "Who is the general of Jianyu, who is so bold that more than 10,000 infantry troops dare to intercept us?" ”

At the same time, he was a little surprised in his heart. Only five or six days have passed, and Jian Yu has already figured out the reality on his side, and even knows that he landed from the mouth of the Liao River?

It feels a little unlikely!

However, on the side of Liaodong, there are enemies all around, just like when he was a thief before, there are officials and soldiers everywhere around, so Li Laiheng didn't dare to be careless at all. If you can't figure it out, you don't think about it, and you plan for the worst.

So, after he ordered to rest until midnight, more than 3,000 cavalrymen, armed with torches, set out overnight and marched south along the river.

After dawn, he rested a little, mainly to let the war horse rest for a while, eat something to replenish his strength, and then immediately went south again. And because it was dawn, the pace of the march was also accelerated.

To be honest, since Shanhaiguan boarded the ship, this cavalry army has not had a good rest.

Riding a boat at sea, although you don't have to march, but you are also tired! After going ashore, he didn't rest for long, and began to rush continuously, attacking, and hurrying again. Although there were breaks along the way, they were all brief.

At the beginning, at least when they first came ashore, the spirit of the Guanning cavalry was significantly better than that brought by Li Laiheng. However, at this time, it was Li Laiheng's men and horses who obviously compared the Guanning cavalry.

The soldiers of the Guanning cavalry were obviously a little sluggish and a little tired, but the 1,000 or so subordinates brought by Li Laiheng still seemed to be similar to when they went ashore, which made the soldiers of the Guanning cavalry secretly admire.

On the way south, Chen Mingyu sent people to keep in touch with Li Laiheng from time to time to inform him of the situation there.

By noon, the latest news had become clear, and the main general of the Jianyu Infantry Army was the former commander of Haizhou City, Ying Erdai.

Before Haizhou City was raided, this Ying Erdai escaped, and finally fled to Gaizhou. Then he strictly ordered the Jianyu of Gaizhou to dispatch more than 10,000 infantry troops to the mouth of the Liao River.

Hearing this news, Li Laiheng couldn't help but admire this Ying Erdai a little. It seems that he still has some ability, and he estimated the situation in such a short time, and guessed that he landed from the mouth of the Liao River.

In fact, from an afterthought, it's not hard to guess.

The best way to march is to march along the river, in that case, it will be easier to deliver supplies. Even if it is all cavalry like Li Laiheng's department. But people have to eat, horses have to chew, and there are a lot of materials to be consumed every day.

If you can't replenish it locally, you have to bring enough supplies yourself. Obviously, shipping is the most convenient.

In this way, it is self-evident to guess where the Ming army landed and can launch a surprise attack on Haizhou City.

In addition, Chen Mingyu also sent people over to say that under the strict supervision of that Yingordai, those Jianyu ignored the casualties caused to them by Chen Mingyu's subordinates, and desperately rushed to the mouth of the Liao River.

According to Chen Mingyu's original words, he estimated that this Ying Erdai had the mentality of making up for his mistakes, and he must stop this side in order to make up for his sin of losing Haizhou City, so he was crazy.

Chen Mingyu has tried his best to slow down this Jianlu infantry army, hoping that the speed of Li Laiheng's side will be faster, and he will not really be preempted by this Jianyu infantry army to occupy the mouth of the Liaohe River, otherwise, the infantry army will form a formation and defend, and the cavalry will also have a headache.

In this regard, of course, Li Laiheng also understands that he is a light cavalry, and he cannot attack the infantry army in formation, and his advantage is that he has strong mobility.

So, he immediately gave the order to speed up the whole army.