Chapter 69: Retreat on all fronts

Mang Gurtai ran around Quang Ninh City on horseback, and after repeatedly checking with his subordinates, he finally determined that the ruined city in front of him was Quang Ninh.

At this time, the fire in Guangning City had been burning for more than half a day, and it was impossible to extinguish the fire again, so she could only wait for her to burn it out by herself.

Five thousand cavalry gathered in front of the huge city of Quang Ninh, and no one spoke for a long time.

An hour later, Dai Shan led a large group of Manchurian cavalry to arrive, and after learning the reason, he also sighed with joy.

Everyone was a little confused about the Ming army's practice of destroying the city as soon as it was captured.

But just as the 20,000 Manchurian cavalry watched the fire, more than 10,000 Ming cavalry rushed to the bank of the Daling River.

"Your Majesty, after Wenyang Station, you will be able to reach the Daling River in half a day, the sergeants are a little tired, do you want to rest."

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen's horse speed was getting slower and slower, Zu Dashou stepped forward to persuade him intimately.

After running for many days, the sides of Zhu Youzhen's thighs were already red and swollen, and Rao had made sponges and other things by himself, but the horses still had bursts of pain when they ran.

For Zhu Youzhen's fatigue, Zu Dashou naturally saw it, seeing that Da Ling River was in sight, and there were no chasing soldiers behind, Zu Dashou wanted to let Zhu Youzhen take a break.

"Well, the whole army is ordered to rest for half an hour after arriving at Wenyang Station."

At this time, on the banks of the Daling River, Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao were anxiously waiting.

Half an hour ago, Man Gui rushed back to Daling River with 3,000 cavalry, but there was no trace of Zhu Youzhen's withdrawal.

The hearts of the two immediately raised their throats.

Without taking a break, Man Gui immediately led 5,000 cavalry out of the Daling River to meet Zhu Youzhen.

At the same time, Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai, who were watching the fire from the other side, finally woke up, Guangning was worthless, and the Ming Emperor estimated that he had already run away, and the only thing he could do now was to intercept the Ming army in the direction of Liaoyang.

The two immediately decided to march eastward and intercept the Ming army that was attacking Liaoyang on the banks of the Shuangtaizi River.

After resting for a while, and briefly using some dried meat and milk tea, the Manchurian cavalry of the brigade headed east again.

In Wenyangyi, which was an hour's horse ride away from Guangning, the cavalry of the Ming army also mounted their horses and headed for the Daling River.

When the sun set, Man Gui, who came out to answer, finally saw the exhausted Zhu Youzhen.

After the ceremony, Chief Inspector Zhu You breathed a sigh of relief and took more than 10,000 Ming troops into the Jurchen hinterland, and the pressure on Zhu Youzhen can be imagined.

At this time, he was about to reach the sphere of influence of the Ming army, and Zhu Youzhen's tense nerves for days finally relaxed, and he immediately felt a pain all over his body, and he was about to fall on the horse in a trance.

But Luo Yanghe and Cao Wenzhao, who saw the clues, immediately rode forward, one left and one right, and firmly clamped Zhu Youzhen on the horse.

"Your Majesty! All the soldiers watched. ”

Luo Yangxing whispered.

Zhu Youzhen heard that he was excited, and he was busy stabilizing his mind, holding the reins with both hands, clamping the horse's belly with his legs, cheering up his spirits, and coming to the front of the battle first.

"I'm mighty!"

Although the more than 10,000 Guangning iron cavalry who accompanied Zhu Youzhen on the expedition this time were elite, they were also exhausted from the daily battle.

But seeing that Zhu Youzhen was still in high spirits and the prancing horse shouted, one by one suddenly cheered up, raised the saber and bow and arrow in his hand, and raised his arms and shouted.

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

Such a mountain call, for a time the momentum is like a rainbow.

When the Ming army crossed the Daling River on horseback, Man Gui whispered to Cao Wen.

"Our Ming Dynasty attacked in three ways this time, and within a few days, it was even a thousand miles away, and Liaoyang was conquered in one fell swoop.

"Not only that, Your Majesty personally went to Liaoyang this time, eating the same food and traveling the same distance as ordinary sergeants, and even after the sergeants rested at night, he repeatedly deduced the changes of the fighter plane with me."

Speaking of this, Cao Wenzhao secretly glanced at the Jinyi guard not far away, and then said in a low voice.

"Before, these ordinary sergeants declared their allegiance to the Son of Heaven, but for those military salaries, but after this battle, I found that these sergeants really admired Your Majesty, you don't know, the night of the capture of Liaoyang, Your Majesty actually went to attack the city before us, and the Tartar shells almost hit Your Majesty, and many sergeants cried on the spot after knowing it."

When Man Gui heard this, he was so shocked that his jaw was about to drop.

"Is this true?"

"Of course it's true, at that time I was galloping towards Liaoyang with my army, and I saw with my own eyes that His Majesty was less than four hundred steps away from the city wall, and a cannonball fell beside him, and my family saw it."

When Man Gui heard this, tears suddenly appeared in his eyes, and he patted Cao Wenzhao's shoulder and said.

"Your Majesty has the wind of Taizu and Chengzu, now the Ming warriors are blessed, and I am blessed."

"That's natural, you didn't fight with Your Majesty, you don't know, Your Majesty's tactics are really unpredictable, and it's not something we can guess a thing or two, anyway, my Lao Cao's life will be Your Majesty's in the future, if Your Majesty doesn't give up, I Lao Cao will be Your Majesty's Kaiping King in the future, what are you like about Mangui?"

Cao Wenzhao squinted, looked at Man Gui and smiled.

"If you are the king of Kaiping, I can only be the king of Zhongshan."

After Man Gui finished speaking, the two laughed.

"If you two are happy, say it and everyone will be happy together."

Zhu Youzhen, who was crossing the river, had already noticed the two muttering, and when he saw the two of them laughing, he also asked with a smile.

"Back to Your Majesty, General Cao just said that he would be your King of Kaiping in the future."

Seeing Zhu Youzhen's face full of smiles, Man Gui said with a big grin.

"Your Majesty, Man Gui said that he wanted to be the king of Zhongshan."

The two revealed each other's secrets, which immediately caused everyone to laugh.

At this time, Wu Sangui stepped forward and said to Zhu You.

"Your Majesty, I am young, I dare not compete with the two generals for the king, I will be Your Majesty's Liangguo Gong in the future, and drive all the Tartars to the sea to feed the fish for Your Majesty."

After the young general finished speaking, he was immediately silent, and the generals looked at each other embarrassedly, and no one dared to say anything more.

Seeing this, Zu Dashou hurriedly stepped forward to ask for guilt.

"Your Majesty, Changbai is young, and he doesn't know how to speak, and he hopes that His Majesty will atone for his sins."

Wu Sangui saw that the atmosphere was extremely solemn, and his brain was excited, and he suddenly remembered that Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang for treason.

Then his back was cold, and despite the cold of the river, he quickly turned over and dismounted and knelt down.

"The kid is talking nonsense, and he has collided with His Majesty, hoping that His Majesty will atone for his sins."

At this time, he was crossing the river, and although the water was very shallow, Wu Sangui was still soaked by the river.

In fact, Zhu Youzhen didn't care about Wu Sangui's comparison of himself to Liangguo Gong Lanyu at first, but when he saw that everyone was silent, he was shocked.

'Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui, you are not comparable to so many generals in the Ming Dynasty, but compared to the blue jade, hey, it seems that you do have the potential to be a traitor in the dark. ’

Zhu Youzhen muttered in his heart, turned over and dismounted, stepped on the icy river, stepped forward to help Wu Sangui up, and all the generals jumped off their horses when they saw this, and they all stood in the river.

Man Gui, Zhao Shujiao, Zu Dashou, Cao Wenzhao, and Wu Sangui in front of him, Zhu Youzhen endured the cold river water, and his eyes swept over the generals one by one.

"Listen!"

Zhu Youzhen shouted, and all the generals bowed down and sang the promise.

"As long as you are dedicated to the country and loyally kill the enemy, I will not only not hesitate to be a marquis, but also do not do the things of Han Gaozu and Huaiyin Marquis."

Zhu Youzhen's words, all the generals wept when they heard it.

But just when Zhu Youzhen bought people's hearts in the Daling River, Huang Taiji looked at the ruins of Guangning in front of him, but he couldn't cry.

After half a ring, he asked Fan Wencheng beside him in a trembling voice.

"Fan Qing, is this Guangning?"

When Fan Wencheng heard this, he did not answer Huang Taiji's question directly, but replied with a solemn face.

"Great Khan, we have indeed fallen for the tricks of the Ming army this time."

When Huang Taiji heard this, he was also silent, looking at the Guangning City that had disappeared in front of him, and two lines of tears flowed.

Compared with Huang Taiji's grief, Mao Wenlong, who was supervising the packing of the Dongjiang Army in Kuandian City, smiled from ear to ear.

"Take it, take it, take everything you can."

Mao Wenlong looked at a bulging Dongjiang Army soldier and said.

The Dongjiang army was carrying a huge burden, and his two hands were still rummaging in a house that had been turned over many times, hoping to use this last time to find some more treasures.

"Dashuai, we have sent it this time, I made a rough estimate, this time we have almost seized more than 200,000 taels of silver, and another 100,000 stones of grain and grain, let's fish again, this year's food and military salary will be enough."

Chen Jisheng stroked his beard and said happily.

"Well, how many years have passed, and we finally have surplus grain in Dongjiang."

Mao Wenlong looked up at the sky, blinked his eyes, suppressed the tears from flowing, calmed down his emotions, and then said.

"The task assigned by His Majesty has been completed in Dongjiang Town, and I ordered to go down, set fire to the city early tomorrow morning, and our class will return to Dongjiang!"