The Eight Banners and nobles present all felt that Haoge was simply crazy, so desperate and rushed all the way to the retreat, they would definitely suffer heavy losses on the way to retreat, and if they were lucky, the thirty Niu Lu armor soldiers and sixty battalions near Caozhou might only need to lose one-quarter to five-fifths of the strength and one-third of the baggage, and if they were unlucky, they would lose nearly half of the troops and baggage.

And more importantly, although the Ming army suddenly launched the Northern Expedition, the Qing State has not even figured out the specific strength invested by the Jinhua thieves, and only heard that the Ming army has invested hundreds of battalions, but whether the Ming army has so many troops is a problem.

If the Yue Ming army only launched the Northern Expedition with partial divisions, then Haoge and everyone would become a joke of the entire Qing Kingdom, and even cause a series of aftermaths, but the Eight Banners relatives and nobles present agreed with Haoge's decision after a little thought: "Quickly withdraw the Yellow River!" ”

"As long as we cross the Yellow River, we will be safe!"

"You can keep one or two strongholds in Henan to pick up the Wang Shi who has retreated from Caozhou!"

"The sooner you leave, the better!"

The reason why everyone made such a judgment is not only because the previous southern expedition to Duoduo, Daishan, and Hauge took the lead in escaping but were unscathed afterwards, but also because they are now out-and-out feudal towns.

Although Ruan Dacheng believed that after the implementation of the feudal town of the Great Qing State, the princes and Baylor would definitely fight to the death with the Yue Ming army in order to keep their territory, but the development of the matter was completely contrary to the estimation of Ruan Dacheng and the princes and Baylor, and now the most concerned issue of each large and small feudal town is how to preserve its strength.

As long as the strength is preserved, there is a way to control the new territory, if the strength is lost, then it is meaningless to hold the existing territory, so Haoge can abandon the Eight Banners and 30 Niu Lu and the 60 battalion of green battalions who are still fighting hard near Caozhou and decide to withdraw directly across the Yellow River.

You must know that the main force of the Yue Ming army is still fighting in southern Lunan, even if there are a small number of scouts who rush all the way to the north, they have just arrived in Luzhong, Hao Ge and the eight banners of the nobles can organize resistance in the periphery of Jinan, and see that the situation is not right and then make a decision, but Hao Ge has decided to give up almost the entire Shandong to the Yue Ming army.

And all the nobles of the Eight Banners also fully agreed with Haoge's decision, and some even said their true thoughts: "As long as we retreat across the Yellow River, the Jinhua thieves want to catch up, and we have to deal with Prince Ying first, and then we can launch a counterattack at any time as long as we have a few castles left in the south of the Yellow River!" ”

This is also Haoge's true thoughts, anyway, almost all the thirty Niu Lu near Caozhou are not under Haoge's name, and most of the green battalion soldiers are also the divisions of the imperial court, anyway, no matter what goes wrong, you can let King Azig carry it first, and it is not too late to do it yourself when you see the situation clearly.

Haoge soon found himself making the right judgment, the Yue Ming army swept from Xuzhou had at least one hundred and fifty battalions, considering that they could still get the full cooperation of the Caozhou thieves and other thieves and bandits, the Qing State could not hold the south of the Yellow River no matter what method was used, and it was the wisest strategy for him to retreat in time.

Of course, the 30 Niu Lu armor soldiers and the 60 battalion green battalion soldiers who fought near Caozhou became the biggest sacrifice, and it was not only the Yue Ming army and the Caozhou thieves who pursued and killed them, but also when they knew that Haoge had directly abandoned Jinan and had withdrawn to the north of the Yellow River, the whole of Shandong was chasing down this unlucky Qing army with all its might

By the time they withdrew to the bank of the Yellow River, there were less than 3,000 elite members of the so-called 60 battalions of the green battalion, and the average number of soldiers and auxiliaries at the head of each battalion was less than 50, but the worst was the 30 Eight Banners Niulu.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Niulu is better than that of the Green Battalion soldiers, and they perform better in the breakout, but this also leads to them becoming the primary target of the Yue Ming Army and the thieves and the Tukou to chase and kill, many times the Ming Army and the Righteous Army are several times or even more than ten times the Eight Banners Army, and there are more and more Yue Ming troops nailed into the battlefield, and the Qing Army does not dare to stay for a long time even if it has the upper hand, and the result is an avalanche-like situation.

Now it is still nominally thirty Niulu, but the one with the least number of troops is only seven even if the armor and flag are counted, and the situation of other Niulu is slightly better, but it is not much stronger, and now the thirty Niulu soldiers together are only 500 people, even if the clothes and slaves are counted, it is only 800 people.

But Haoge was glad that he had withdrawn to the north of the Yellow River in time: "Quickly withdraw a few cattle records on the south bank, as long as we run fast, the Jinhua thieves will never want to catch up with us!" ”

Whether the Yue Ming army can catch up with Hauge is naturally an important question, but everyone does not know the answer in a short time, because the Yue Ming army has already pointed the main target to the Azig division that has not been attacked by the Ming army.

Originally, although the Yue Ming army had the determination to completely annihilate Azig's department, it always thought that this was the arrangement of the second or even the third phase of the Northern Expedition, but Haoge's cooperation was too powerful, so Liu Yongxi and the Ming generals on the front line felt embarrassed not to completely annihilate Azig.

Although Haoge was already a defeated general under the Yue Ming army, the Ming army's estimate of Haoge before the war was very high, and he felt that it would cost at least a few thousand casualties to take Jinan, and if the battle was fierce, he might even lose tens of thousands of people, but no one expected that Haoge would not even defend Jinan and retreat directly across the Yellow River.

Therefore, the Qing army near Caozhou suffered the first round of onslaught from the Yue Ming army, and these Qing troops were still thinking about how to solve Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Zuo Mengeng near Caozhou a moment ago, and then they were besieged by the Yue Ming army, the Caozhou army and the righteous army.

The Yue Ming army came too quickly, and some Qing troops Niu Lu did not even receive Haoge's retreat order, and the reason why they broke through to the north was forced by the situation, but the whole breakthrough process quickly turned into a massacre, and even almost repeated the rout of the Battle of Yanziji.

The attack of the Yue Ming army was naturally overwhelming, almost invincible, and it was originally prepared to pay thousands or even tens of thousands of casualties, but the total casualties in the preliminary statistics were just over 200, and the average was only one casualty at the head of each battalion.

Although this is only a preliminary statistic, the final statistic must be higher than this number, but this also proves that the Yue Ming army is almost unscathed, in this case Liu Yongxi and the front-line generals both feel that they must eat the Azig department: "Jianyu is now only the strength of the Azig department is still complete, as long as the Azig is broken, the Ming Zhongxing is just around the corner!" ”

Zhang Boyi reminded Liu Yongxi: "Your Majesty, in addition to Azig's department, there is still the Caozhou Army that needs to be careful!" ”

Liu Yongxi said confidently: "Caozhou is not enough to trouble, Haoge runs north, Azig is annihilated, can Caozhou still set off any storms?" ”

As for Prince Azig, he has experienced countless battles in his life, but this is the first time he has encountered such a dangerous situation, and until now he does not know where he has been defeated.

The surprise attack of the Yue Ming army was of course completely unexpected by Azig, but according to Azig's original plan, the green battalion soldiers and the new annexed army on the front line could last for a period of time if they were not at the top of the line, and they could use the opportunity of the green battalion to contain the Ming army and lead the elite of the Qing army to launch a decisive counterattack.

But the development of the situation was completely out of Azig's expectations, first the green battalion soldiers on the front line, the new annex army encountered the Yue Ming army and directly collapsed on the whole line, even if they did not surrender on the spot, they were defeated, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had been lost in a snap of a finger, and then Haoge on the Shandong side inexplicably dropped the chain, and had directly retreated across the Yellow River without firing an arrow, directly exposing his flanks.

Originally, Azig also hoped that Haoge could send troops to support him, but the reinforcements did not come, and hundreds of Jinhua thieves at the head of the battalion coerced tens of thousands of Caozhou thieves, thieves, and bandits to kill them.

And the Qing army was scattered all over the place before, even the Eight Banners Armor Azig took a lot of effort to assemble, but before it began to go south, it was in a situation of being fully besieged, and now the Manchu and Han generals are collectively making a request: "King Ying, quickly withdraw, since King Su has withdrawn to the north bank of the Yellow River, we must also quickly withdraw across the Yellow River, otherwise we will be besieged by Jinhua thieves from ten roads, and we just can't go if we want to!" ”

Azig was quite tough in his words: "I still have 100,000 soldiers under my command, and the south is full of defeated generals like Gao Yigong and Li Guo, I think as long as I seize the fighter, I can turn defeat into victory!" ”

Immediately, a Jiala stood up and accused Azig: "Even if our army has 100,000 people, but this time the Jinhua thieves have mobilized at least 450,000 people, how can we have a chance of winning if we stay in Henan, King Su has withdrawn to the north bank of the Yellow River, and now only our army is fighting alone south of the Yellow River!" ”

Azig hurriedly said: "Isn't King Yu in Shaanxi?" When the time comes, he will definitely lead troops out of Tongguan to support us! ”

Although Azig had high hopes for King Yu Duoduo and the Qing army in Shaanxi, someone immediately broke his illusion: "The thief He Jin and the Jinhua thief have been killed from Hanzhong, and now it is still a problem for King Yu to protect himself, how can he have the spare strength to support us!" ”

Someone else said: "King Ying, you took the initiative to withdraw from Wuchang and retreat to Henan last time It was the wisest decision since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and now you should make a decision and immediately retreat north!" ”

Azig couldn't help sighing, and then said the truth: "Actually, I also want to withdraw, but the Jinhua thief came too fast and too fiercely, and if I withdraw now, I'm afraid it will be the second Yanziji!" ”

And Wu Sangui became tough when he heard Azig say this: "Just because it is the second Yanziji, we must withdraw quickly, the sooner we retreat, the better, I heard that there were only 3,000 people who crossed the river with King Yu and Sujiang, as long as we evacuate quickly, even if we can't evacuate 50,000 people, we can evacuate 30,000 people!" As long as 30,000 people are evacuated to the north bank of the Yellow River, it will be an unprecedented victory! ”