At this time, Jianyu's organizational ability was still at its peak, and it was not affected by Huang Taiji's burp.

Dolgon was the commander of the 50,000 horses in the early stage, and Zilharang was the vanguard, with a force of 15,000, and finally arrived at Haizhou, a city that must be passed.

At this time, Haizhou, although it has been three years since it was burned down by the Ming army, traces of being burned down can still be seen everywhere.

In this regard, Zilharang had no intention of sighing, just thinking about how many men and horses came to the Ming army on the front line, and they were able to defeat Ningyuan so quickly?

The Ming Kingdom is indeed a big country and has a lot of people, but it has only been two short years since the Battle of Songjin, how many people can the Ming Kingdom organize?

In short, Zilharang really couldn't think clearly, so he summoned Hong Chengchou, who was with the army, and asked this question.

After all, Hong Chengchou was the governor of Jiliao in the Ming State before, and he was one of the highest-ranking officials in the Ming Kingdom. In terms of the degree of understanding of the Ming Kingdom, there is definitely an authoritative right to speak.

Before, I was in a hurry all the way, and I didn't have the heart to ask. Now it has arrived in Haizhou, and it is the last place to rest outside Jinzhou. Zilharang had to think about fighting against the Ming army, so he had to think about this issue clearly.

"Your Highness, this matter is really strange!" Hong Chengchou listened to it and said cautiously, "It stands to reason that the customs are all in chaos, and the imperial court is ...... It is absolutely impossible for the Ming Kingdom to send troops out of the customs......"

Hearing this, Zilharang frowned and asked, "Could it be that the Ming Kingdom has already quelled the Thieves' Rebellion?" ”

"It's absolutely impossible!" As soon as he heard this, Hong Chengchou didn't think about it, and immediately replied, "The thieves are really like that weed, the spring breeze blows and grows, even if a thief is exterminated, but there will be new thieves who will come out, and they will be killed endlessly!" ”

Speaking of this, he also said with emotion: "Since the beginning of Chongzhen, the villain has led the army to suppress the thieves, and he has a deep understanding of this!" ”

Hearing him say this, Zilharang did not doubt it. But in this way, there is no reasonable explanation for his previous problem.

I heard him continue to ask Hong Chengchou and said: "Since the Guannei is not peaceful, where did the Ming State have the troops to attack Ningyuan on such a large scale, and Ningyuan was defeated in just two or three days, and the troops are approaching Jinzhou. With such a large-scale offensive, even when you led the 120,000 Ming Kingdom army, you might not be able to do it, right? ”

"......" Hearing this, Hong Chengchou was silent, thinking about the events of the year in his mind, and then sighed in his heart, and had to admit, "Your Highness is wise, the villain's original strength is absolutely impossible to defeat Ningyuan so quickly and approach Jinzhou!" ”

When Zilharang heard this, he gasped in his heart, and asked Hong Chengchou again: "Then do you think that if it were you, how many men and horses would you have to lead to defeat Ningyuan in two or three days?" ”

Speaking of this, he thought about it for a while, and then added: "Even if the incident is suddenly better, there are only 20,000 Qing troops in Ningyuan City, including 5,000 of my Manchurian Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners, and the infantry army is the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Korean Musketers. ”

The combat strength of the various ethnic groups in the Qing army is different. It is related to Hong Chengchou's estimation of the strength of the Ming army, so he made it particularly clear.

Hong Chengchou listened, and lowered his head to think about it again.

Zilharan was patient and did not wait to interrupt his thoughts.

After a while, Hong Chengchou raised his head to look at him, and said seriously: "If it is a villain leading the troops, it must be an elite army, and the general soldiers of each army must obey the command, then there are 100,000 horses, with fifty Hongyi cannons, regardless of casualties, maybe you can defeat Ningyuan." But if you think about Jinzhou reinforcements, you must have another 50,000 horses. In addition, the grain road starts from Shanhaiguan, and another 200,000 people will be used. ...... of food and grass required"

Hearing this, Zilharang waved his hand and said, "Now there is a great possibility that the grain and grass of the Ming army will be hoarded to Juehua Island by sea in advance. ”

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then corrected: "In this case, there are 150,000 horses to attack Ningyuan, and 20,000 horses to defend Jinzhou's Qing reinforcements, maybe it's okay." However, it should be considered that if Jinzhou is to be attacked in the future, the number of troops must not be less than 200,000, and they must be elite. ”

Speaking of this, he himself was a little dumbfounded, so he took the initiative to add: "But there are definitely no 200,000 elites in the Ming Kingdom. No, no, no, let alone 200,000 elites, even 100,000, 50,000 elites can't have. ”

When Hong Chengchou led the main force of the Ming army to rescue Jinzhou, he drew the last bit of the Ming army from all over the country and gathered 120,000 horses. However, these leading soldiers did not listen to him very much, that is, Cao Bianjiao and others who had been leading the troops under him to suppress thieves could only listen to his command.

It can be said that there is a big reason why the Battle of Songjin was defeated at the beginning, that is, his subordinates were all gathered from all over the place, and some of the troops he could not command.

So at the beginning, it was ostensibly an army of 120,000 to rescue Jinzhou, but in fact, God knows how many elites there were!

When Zilharang heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart. To put it mildly, it is the same as saying it in vain.

What the situation of the Ming army is, there is no way to estimate it in advance, and it can only be said after going to the battlefield. In this way, the strategy of using troops must be based on prudence.

At this moment, Hong Chengchou said to Zilharang in that absolutely sure tone: "Your Highness, although I don't know how many men and horses the Ming army has dispatched this time, and how did this man and horse come from?" But one thing is for sure, if you want to take Ningyuan and attack Jinzhou again, you need at least 100,000 troops. If it is less than 50,000, it will not be out of Shanhaiguan! ”

Zilharan listened, nodded, and was about to say something, when suddenly he saw a fast horse coming.

This was sent by He Luohui in Jinzhou, and the first time he saw Ji'er Harang, he told him: "Your Highness, the Ming army has withdrawn!" ”

"What?" As soon as they heard this, whether it was Zierharang or Hong Chengchou, they couldn't believe their ears.

Zilharang hurriedly asked again in confusion: "Will He Luo repel the Ming army?" Where did the Ming army retreat? ”

According to his understanding, Turge's ability should be stronger than He Luo's, otherwise, he would not have placed Turg in Ningyuan and He Luo would be placed in Jinzhou, which was in the rear.

However, Turg was captured alive by the Ming army, but He Luohui repelled the Ming army, which made him a little incredulous.

"Back to Your Highness, the main force of the Ming army did not arrive in Jinzhou, and returned halfway." The messenger hurriedly reported in detail, "We have been investigating to Shanhaiguan, but we have not found any more Ming troops, and the Ming army has returned to Shanhaiguan!" ”

"......" Hearing this, Zierharang and Hong Chengchou glanced at each other, and both showed expressions of disbelief.

Wasn't it menacing before, quickly defeating Ningyuan, and attacking Jinzhou again, why did he suddenly retreat?

"What about the sea? Did the Ming army retreat to Juehua Island? Hong Chengchou remembered something, so he hurriedly asked.

The messenger glanced at him when he heard this, then turned his head to Zilharang and said, "It seems that there is no retreat to Juehua Island, Lord He is investigating the situation further, but first let the villain come and tell His Highness the news." ”

When Zilharan heard this, his brow never relaxed.

Judging from the current situation, the Ming army did not retreat to Juehua Island, but did go back to Shanhaiguan along the land route. What the hell is this Ming army's idea?

Unable to comprehend this, he ordered the army to halt its advance.

An army of 50,000 people, if it is always in a state of combat readiness, or if it is on the march, the daily consumption of grain and grass is an astronomical amount. And now the grain and grass of the Qing Dynasty itself is not enough, so try to save as much as possible.

Therefore, Zilharang stationed in Haizhou, and at the same time transmitted the news back to Dolgon, waiting for further news in the future, so as to save a lot of food and grass.

Soon, a day later, He Luohui reported further military information.

When Zilharang saw the urgent report, he was suddenly a little dumbfounded.

According to the information gathered by He Luohui, especially the Jianyu stragglers who fled into the mountains and forests, they learned about the general course of the battle.

Although they didn't know that the Ming army had invaded Ningyuan through tunnels, other than that, He Luohui basically said in the emergency report.

The Ming army turned out to be only 10,000 infantry troops, and 20,000 cavalry troops participated in the war, if the Ming naval division was added, it was estimated that it would be about 40,000. It was these 40,000 Ming troops who defeated the Qing army?

In this way of fighting of the Ming army, the water division first transported grain to the front line, and at the same time transported the infantry army over, and then the cavalry army bypassed the acropolis of the front line and attacked Ningyuan City directly.

They must have some special way of playing, they can take down Ningyuan City, after all, Ningyuan City was built by the Ming army, and it is not impossible to imagine what kind of hands and feet they can do. Then after defeating Ning Yuan, he went back and took the entire Ning Yuan system.

Seriously, Zilharang had never thought that the Ming army could still fight like this before?

In such a war, although the Ming Navy Division did not directly participate in the war, it played a vital role. As a result, the food and salary constraints that had been in place all of a sudden changed.

At this moment, Zilharang felt that the Ming army had really changed, and he actually used new tactics.

So, while he sent someone to send the urgent news back to Dolgon in the back, he himself took five thousand cavalry and hurried to Jinzhou day and night to find out in person.

On this day, Zilharang led his troops to the city of Ningyuan. At this time, Ningyuan City was still an empty city, and He Luohui did not send troops to "pick up" it again.

"Welcome back"

On the city wall at the city gate, four dazzling Chinese characters are very eye-catching.

At this time, Zierharang actually understood that the battle of the Ming army was also unexpected, but it was for the purpose of consuming the Qing army, not in one city and one place, otherwise, it would not have taken the initiative to withdraw to Shanhaiguan again!

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So do you still want this Ningyuan City?

That's a problem!

While he was struggling with this problem, Zhang Mingwei had already led part of the triumphant division and escorted the prisoners back to Beijing.