The battle in the Nameless Stone Gorge was soon over. No matter how elite the cold weapons unit is, when the soldiers find that their homes have been bombarded with muskets and cannot fight back, they will quickly collapse.

Of course, if the Wotu Department wants to run, Li Jichun can't stop it. Not to mention the time constraints, the road behind the full people is smooth, just go.

So General Li, who climbed a certain hill, could only watch the remnants of the enemy in the valley turn around and run away.

With a little emotion, Li Jichun quickly issued an order: First, Feng Shiming's department, who was responsible for the sneak attack after copying, quickly returned to the building.

Second, speed up and chop off some full heads to take away.

Why the emphasis on speed? Because the "front" of the Ming army is passing outside the valley at the moment, followed by the "majority" of the Ming army, and then behind, it is the Houjin army. Therefore, Li Jichun's department is now racing against time, and he does not dare to delay for a moment.

After receiving the order, the troops moved quickly, hastily cut a little head under their feet, and then got on their horses and turned in.

General Li Shen is now long past the green years of living on his head.

The head is useless in the traverser, and the evaluation of military merit is calculated according to the degree of mission completion. On the side of Daming, since the current strategic goal of the Chunlei Camp is to develop and build infrastructure in a trivial manner, there is no need for Yongping Shen to "move against the tide" in this rout.

If he really cuts off a large number of heads and goes back, Li Jichun will immediately register at the top of Daming and become the only highlight in the dark, which is in conflict with the hidden script arranged before.

At that time, it is very likely that General Li, who has made great contributions, will be "entrusted with important tasks" by the imperial court, which is also not allowed. Because of General Li, who cut off the head of the Tartar, nine times out of ten, he will be sent by the imperial court to the front line of Shanhaiguan to prepare for capture...... But who is there in Shanhaiguan? Guanning Jiangmen Group.

If you send it there, you don't want to do anything, and you're left to tear up the warlords every day.

So at least in the Battle of Dalinghe, General Li didn't need any Tartar heads to compete for military merit.

The reason why I cut off some people's heads today is because I am afraid that there will be some sudden changes in the future: the big rout is not to blame the public, but if the imperial court finds out and plans to kill one or two chickens and monkeys, then it can use the heads to make a consequence of the crime.

This set of General Li is too familiar with the grandmaster-level figures who will make meritorious contributions.

There is no second word next, let's run away.

Running away is such a thing, and General Li will definitely be the one to do. This time, the old man still took the lead and led the team out of the valley.

As soon as they came out of the valley, the soldiers of the Chunlei Battalion saw a magnificent picture of the defeat and escape of all kinds of routs. Among them, the fastest runners were the cavalry; They were followed by regiments of soldiers; Further back, there are auxiliary soldiers scattered like ants all over the mountains.

The rout was once very tragic. More than ten miles have passed from the battlefield to the mouth of the West Valley, and the Ming army fled all the way, leaving countless corpses along the way, not to mention, there are many wounded soldiers and people who can't run, helplessly collapsed on the side of the road and waited for death.

The fate of these people is unknown. Although the current post-Jin regime needs captives to be coated slaves, it is for the treatment of healthy people. It is impossible for the wounded to be treated in time, so waiting for death is the only outcome.

After leaving the valley, after looking at the situation left and right, Li Jichun shouted and led the team to hurry. It didn't take long for the team to reach another mountain pass ahead. After a while, the rear team led by Feng Shiming came out of the mountain.

As soon as the two sides converged, a pointed formation was discharged, merging into the rolling tide of escape from the south.

Since it was a great escape for the whole army, the order that should have existed in the army was gone. Therefore, as soon as the Chunlei Battalion officially ran away, gunshots rang out from time to time - there were too many stragglers blocking the road, and General Li had to shoot along the way and shout: "Death to those who stand in my way!" ”

In this way, the soldiers of the Spring Thunder Battalion fought bravely, and in the case of a crushing defeat in the overall situation, they attacked and defeated the Tartar cavalry, and successfully completed the set goal at the time of departure.

Master Lee, who fought bravely to be the first, did not know that he had made history this time.

Originally, in history, the Ming army that went out of the customs this time, including the Zu Dashou Department who was trapped in Dalinghe Fort, can be said to be completely annihilated, and there are very few people who can escape back to Shanhaiguan.

After the Ming State experienced this battle, the elite field corps was wiped out, and the rebuilt troops completely lost the confidence to fight the Manchu and Mongolian armies. This is also an important incentive for Wu Sangui to let go of Shanhaiguan in the future: he can't beat it, he can't beat it since his old generation, and he is really afraid.

And in the plane of the traverser, history has changed slightly.

Due to the surprise attack of Li Jichun's troops, the Houjin blocking troops failed to stop the Ming army at the critical moment, resulting in a butterfly effect: a part of the Ming army fled the battlefield.

The Ming army that escaped was about 30,000 before and after, which can be regarded as retaining part of the main force of the field...... Most of the people who can escape have horses, and those who have horses must be the core force.

In addition, due to the presence of butterflies, a vote of Ming generals, including Zhang Chun, was also able to avoid being captured. After all, these generals have good horses and personal soldiers, and if there is no blocking force, these people are much stronger than ordinary soldiers in their ability to escape.

Two days later, as the deputy general Yongping, who was running wildly with one man and three horses, passed through the gate of Shanhaiguan without looking back, the vigorous strategic counterattack outside the customs in 1631 came to an end.

As for Zu Dashou, who is still gnawing on his thigh bones in Dalinghe Fort...... It was already a corpse. Although Comrade Zu Dashou had to hold on for another month before surrendering in history, at this moment, from top to bottom, from the Ming court to Houjin, everyone knew that Zu Dashou was not saved, and it was only a matter of time before the city was opened.

In general, although tens of thousands of defeated soldiers fled back, they were somewhat left behind; However, Chongzhen and the ministers who advocated "hardening the village and fighting a dumb battle" outside the customs were completely slapped in the face this time.

These people finally understood one thing: every time the front is pushed forward, the resources paid will increase exponentially.

However, it is useless to understand. Relying on tens of thousands of brave Ming troops, in the days to come, the Ming court could only shrink on all fronts and maintain the front line in Jinzhou.

As for fighting back, that's no longer a thought.

There are too many things lost in this battle, not only the army and materials, but the most important thing is that since the Houjin entered the Kou, the little bit of energy accumulated by the Ming Kingdom has been lost again......

Chongzhen and the Wenchen clique, who lack strategic foresight and have no pressure on the army's combat effectiveness, will have to swallow the bitter fruit of strategic rashness this time. Sun Chengzong in history, after the Battle of Dalinghe Fort, was quickly attacked by officials of the hostile faction, and had to sue the old man and was driven back to his hometown.

Of course, in this plane, although the old grandson is still forced to retire, Emperor Chongzhen still does not despair: it really can't be done, magnify the move.

What is the ultimate? Cao Zhongchen of the South!

However, whether Chongzhen will take this step in the future, no one can say, after all, history has changed too much to this day. And Emperor Chongzhen is no longer the boy he used to be, he has learned to balance, learned to be suspicious, and learned the emperor's mind.

What's more, under the guidance of some "people of insight" around him, Chongzhen now understands the harm of the feudal town very well - really let Cao Zhongchen destroy the northern captives, what will the court reward at that time? A different surname? Can it be sealed? A piece of white silk? Does the warlord eat this?

Therefore, until the day of desperation, it is estimated that the emperor will not invite the big insect in the south to go north again.

There is a way, there is no coincidence, there is no book.

At the moment when General Yongping drilled out of the gate of Shanhaiguan, Dengzhou City, which was far away at the easternmost tip of the Shandong Peninsula, ushered in visitors.

Dengzhou, near Weihai in later generations. During the Ming Dynasty, the military threat from the Bohai Rim increased, and the imperial court gradually paid attention to the maritime defense of the Shandong Peninsula. As a result, Dengzhou has changed from a small county to an important naval town: "Shiyideng and Laizhou are both bordered by the sea, and they are the main routes between Goryeo and Japan. ”

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, because Dengzhou took on the heavy responsibility of supplying Dongjiang Town across the Bohai Sea, the imperial court added the governor of Denglai, and the prime minister had Liao.

October 25, 1631, in the afternoon.

Located on the official wharf behind the water gate of Dengzhou, the flag is displayed. If you look at the official robes lined up on the dock, all the civil and military officials in Dengzhou City are here.

Such a grand scene, the reception is naturally not an ordinary guest: the anchor is slowly lowering in the water city, and the number is as high as 20 huge ships.

There are so many huge ships, from the moment they enter the city, they will crowd the water surface of the water city to the full.

The person who came was none other than the northbound reinforcement fleet from the Guangdong New Area.

The reinforcement fleet consisted of two gunboats, two frigates, and sixteen large merchant ships. The commander of the fleet was Sha Zhengming, the first traverser to enter the military general system of the Ming Dynasty, and the actual host was Zhang Zhongqi, one of the northern trio.

In fact, as early as 2 months ago, after the meeting on the Battle of the Daling River, the reinforcement fleet organized the departure of men and horses.

However, the reinforcement fleet stopped and stopped along the way, and from time to time they carried some goods to exchange goods, so the journey was not fast. It wasn't until the day before yesterday that the fleet with mechanical power came to the sea off Dengzhou.

After arriving off the coast of Dengzhou, the fleet dropped anchor for another day. After Zhang Zhongqi, who departed from Tianjin, got on the ship, he contacted the Dengzhou official and asked to enter the city.

So what is the attitude of the Dengzhou side towards the arrival of the reinforcement fleet?

Four words can be described: "welcome to the city".

The city here includes at least three Dengzhou forces: Sun Yuanhua himself, Kong Youde and other local armed forces, and in addition, the largest number of Dengzhou indigenous businessmen is naturally considered a share.

With the welcome of these three forces, the grand welcome ceremony that appeared on the dock of Shuicheng today can also make sense.

The reason why people from all walks of life like to welcome guests will be talked about later. Let's say that when the largest gunboat stopped at the dock, the first person to disembark was promoted to a rank not long ago, wearing a lieutenant's robe, tall and majestic not like General Sha Zheng Mingsha of the Ming people.

And Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, who was originally sitting on an official hat chair, had already gotten up to greet him at this moment and exchanged greetings with Sha Zhengming.

After the official etiquette was exhausted, the next step was the introduction session: Governor Sun introduced Dengzhou civil and military affairs to Vice General Sha one by one.

The next moment, when a young general was introduced, a meaningful smile appeared on Vice General Sha's face. I saw him stretch out his hand, hold the young man's arms and shake it a few times: "General Kong, look up for a long time." This time, you and I are in the same boat! ”