In the vast and withered wilderness, Ao Baiqin led more than 1,000 elite cavalry to chase Fan Wencheng and others who fled south all the way.

In the rustling rain, more than 1,000 elite cavalry in full armor galloped on the frozen wilderness, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves shook the earth, and countless ice edges and ice slag on the ground were trampled like drum-like horses' hooves.

Rao is Fan Wencheng and others have been pulling out their horses and running away for a while, but under the constant pursuit of the cavalry of the Aobai Department, the distance between the two sides is still getting closer and closer.

Fan Wencheng, who fled in a panic, was out of breath when he ran away from his horse, and he couldn't help but be horrified when he saw the shadows chasing after him and the chasing soldiers of the Aobai Department who were getting closer and closer.

"Hurry, run, or be picked up by Aobai, we are afraid that our lives will be gone!"

Fan Wencheng roared loudly, slamming the horse's belly more and more urgently. The horse neighed at pain, and galloped south with all his might.

After nearly an hour of such a desperate chase, Fan Wencheng and the others were about to arrive at the border of Shengjing, and seeing the pursuers behind them getting closer and closer, everyone suddenly became even more panicked, and the whole team was like a herd of deer chased by lions, fleeing for their lives in all directions in panic.

Seeing Fan Wencheng and the others so embarrassed, Ao Bai and the group of pursuers became more and more high-spirited, and they let out a beast-like howl, rushing towards Fan Wencheng and the others who were scattered, and speeding up the pursuit.

And Aobai, as the general of the unified army, is preoccupied with chasing Fan Wencheng. About a stone's throw away from Fan Wencheng, he quickly took off his bow and arrows, mounted his bow and arrows, and aimed at Fan Wencheng's mount, squeaking and pulling the bowstring.

"Whoosh!" With a soft sound, the heavy arrow in the shape of a shovel crossed a white light in the air, and the meteor shot away like a moon, and it happened to hit Fan Wencheng's back saddle, and the arrow pierced deeply through the cowhide covered outside the saddle, and penetrated directly into the saddle made of pig iron.

The huge impact made Fan Wencheng's mount almost stumble and almost fall to the ground. And Fan Wencheng, who was on horseback, saw that an arrow was shooting, and he was even more frightened, slammed the horse's belly more and more violently, and fled south almost frantically.

Seeing that he shot an arrow in the air, Ao Bai's face suddenly became irritable, he spat fiercely, cursed a foul word in his heart, and then pulled out three sharp arrows at once, and put them on the string together, after squeaking and pulling the string, he carefully aimed at Fan Wencheng's back, gritted his teeth and let go, and the three white lights suddenly flashed.

This time, the Ao Bai bullet did not miss a shot, and all three arrows hit the target.

One of the arrows was shot at the mount's buttocks, and the other two arrows, one hit Fan Wencheng's calf and the other right at Fan Wencheng's shoulder blade.

In the distance, the man and the horse let out a miserable scream together, and the mount was in pain, raised its front hooves, and slammed Fan Wencheng, who was screaming in pain, to the ground.

Fan Wencheng, who had been hit by two arrows and was bleeding profusely from his shoulder blades and calves, fell off his horse, slammed him to the ground, and immediately fainted.

"Scholar! Fan University Scholar! “

Seeing that the main envoy was wounded and fell unconscious, the cavalry of the guards next to him screamed in horror and hurriedly circled him.

They knew that if the Lord's task was wrong, even if they escaped with their lives, they would be punished when they returned. So, they didn't care about the Aobai pursuers behind them getting closer and closer, so they still risked the danger and galloped towards Fan Wencheng, who was unconscious.

Seeing that the guards and cavalry were gathering together towards Fan Wencheng, Ao Bai immediately ordered his subordinates to release arrows and shoot them all on the spot.

The whistling rain of arrows came intensively, and immediately many of the guards and cavalry were hit by arrows, and the screams of the people and the sorrowful roars of the horses suddenly rang out.

It's just that Rao is arrow rain came fiercely, and those cavalry were still struggling to get closer to Fan Wencheng, and the cavalry closest to Fan Wencheng rushed over, and after coming to Fan Wencheng's side, he reached out and grabbed Fan Wencheng from the ground, rested on his lap, and then fled south.

"Grandma's, chase after Lao Tzu, and slaughter all these guys who don't know whether they are alive or dead!"

Seeing that they had saved Fan Wencheng in time, and fled south again, Ao Bai couldn't help but be very annoyed, and he shouted at his own cavalry next to him.

When all the cavalry heard the commander's order, they all mustered up their bravery, and everyone let out a beastly howl, and continued to pursue them with all their might.

The rumbling horses' hooves galloped past, and trampled the Fan Wencheng escort cavalry, who had been shot and wounded to the ground, and were still screaming miserably.

It's just that it seems that the guards and cavalry in front are getting closer and closer, and Ao Bai was about to order all the cavalry to prepare for a short charge, but the rustling freezing rain was getting denser and denser, and the middle began to be mixed with snowflakes, falling one after another. Then, the snowflakes became denser and denser, and it seemed that in an instant, it turned from a freezing rain to a goose feather snow.

Because of the heavy snow, everyone's vision was seriously blocked, and if you want to shoot with a bow and arrow, the bowstring is covered with snow water due to this pursuit, which is already very soft, and it is difficult to exert force, so it is impossible to pursue it remotely.

"Phew! Stop, stop, stop chasing! “

Ao Bai took the lead in reining in the horse's hooves, looking at the vast wind and snow, Fan Wencheng and the others had gradually run away from being visible, he slurped his teeth and scolded sharply: "Into his mother, it's really not beautiful." Fan Wencheng's good life, there was heavy snow to protect him,, let this guy escape like this! ”

A cavalryman next to him asked softly: "Commander of the guard, you have already shot two arrows at him, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to survive, I will wait to go back, but I can also give an errand to Prince Su, right?" ”

When Ao Bai heard the cavalryman's words of relief, his brows became more and more furrowed, and he shook his head and sighed: "Alas, this is difficult to say. The bowstring of this commander was soaked in rainwater, which was much softer, and the shooting power and accuracy were insufficient, as long as this Fan Wencheng did not hurt himself when he fell, it was very possible to save his life. Hmph, if the sky was fine in the past, he had ten lives, which was not enough to kill. ”

When Ao Bai said this, his face was full of pity, but he could only give an order to let the whole army return as soon as possible, and then report truthfully to Prince Su.

Ao Bai returned to Shengjing, Hao Ge had come down from the city with Hao Zeren, Ao Bai saw him coming, immediately dismounted and knelt down: "Prince Yusu, we were ordered to chase and kill Fan Wencheng all the way, this will fire several arrows in a row, Fan Wencheng was seriously injured, and he was about to succeed, but unexpectedly, it snowed heavily, and our vision was blocked, and because the bowstring was soaked in water and soft, so it was impossible to pursue, and the minions failed to capture the department, only killed about seventeen or eighteen escort cavalry ......, the minions were incompetent, please punish Prince Su." ”

Listening to Aobai's words, Hao Ge sighed, his face suddenly frowned, he turned his head and asked Hao Zeren softly: "Sir, if this Fan Wencheng successfully escapes, what should he do?" ”

Seeing Hao Ge's uneasy expression, Hao Zeren smiled slightly and said: "Prince Su doesn't have to worry too much, even if this Fan Wencheng has a big life and can escape back to Liaoyang, he can't help much." It's nothing more than words like counting us down in front of Dolgon, begging Dolgon to avenge him. Besides, what Hao wanted to arrest him was nothing more than to humiliate him, and then cut off his ears and let him go back to Liaoyang, and now the commander of the army has seriously shot and injured him, but it can be regarded as a lesson for this guy who thinks highly of himself, a lesson that will never be forgotten, and it also makes Dolgon deeply understand that we are not easy to provoke, and let him see well the determination and will of Prince Su to fight against him to the end! ”

Listening to Hao Zeren's words, Hao Ge nodded, but his face swelled with sadness again, and he sighed and said, "Okay, this king is now only Hao Shopkeeper to rely on." Worship, you get up and order the whole city to pay attention to filial piety and mourn for Emperor Chongde. ”

"Hey, the minion obeys." Ao Bai stood up from the ground and answered with a loud voice.

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Just when Haoge ordered everyone in the entire Shengjing City to mourn and wear filial piety for the dead Emperor Taiji, Li Xiao's Tang army was already ready, and the two armies began to attack the Mongolian tribes and the Qing Dynasty from Shandong and Jintang City in Xuanfu Town.

The specific attack plan and route were as follows: the Tang Army in Dingbei Town, Jintang City, Xuanfu Town, left the soldiers and horses of the C Battalion to guard Jintang City, and let the soldiers and horses of the A and B Battalions that had just been redressed, plus auxiliary soldiers and people, a total of nearly 40,000 people, set off from Xuanfu Town and attacked all the way to the hinterland of Inner Khalkha Mongolia.

Among them, the soldiers and horses of Battalion A were led by Duan Shidi, the mayor of Dingbei Town, and the soldiers and horses of Battalion B were led by Liu Wenxiu, deputy mayor of Dingbei Town.

The marching route of the soldiers and horses of the entire Dingbei battalion was to first pacify the East Tumut, then attack the Naiman Division, then the Kaspur Shen Division, the Karaqin Division, and finally attack the upper and lower Horqin Divisions, and finally reach the border of the Qing Dynasty.

This battle plan was basically only aimed at the Mongol tribes in the eastern part of Inner Khalkha, and after careful consideration, Li Xiao decided not to move them for the time being, and let them go for the time being.

After all, for the current Tang army, the most important thing is that the soldiers and horses of the Dingbei battalion can enter the Qing Dynasty border after conquering the Mongol tribes in eastern Inner Khalkha, thus forcing Dolgon to divide his troops to relieve the pressure on Haoge, who is struggling to defend Shengjing.

Li Xiao believes that as long as he can conquer all the Mongolian tribes in the eastern part of Inner Khalkha Mongolia along the way, so that these Mongolian tribes closest to the Qing court will eventually have to all defect under his own command, then it will undoubtedly be a great deterrent and blow to the Mongolian tribes in the western part of Inner Khalkha and Transkhalkha.

After waiting until the plan to help Hauge seize power was completed, he turned around and attacked them, but it was completely too late.

After all, these Mongol tribes have declined greatly, and it is impossible to regain their strength in a short period of time, Li Xiao does not have to worry at all, after losing the help of the Qing Dynasty, they can make too much changes and deeds in the future.

According to Li Xiao's plan, in order to speed up the march, the soldiers and horses of the Dingbei Battalion did not bring heavy artillery, but only thousands of musketeers, and the rest were basically traditional troops such as spearmen, shield soldiers, and cavalry.

This is because Li Xiao considered that after the Qing Dynasty transferred the most elite tribal personnel from the Khalkha Mongolian tribes to enrich the Mongolian Eight Banners, the current Mongolian tribes are already very weak in real strength, and they cannot compete with the elite and powerful Tang army with a large number of firearms to help them, so the Tang army will actually encounter very slight resistance along the way, and it is more likely that the various Mongolian tribes along the way will surrender one after another. In this way, the belt

Too much artillery is just a burden.

The local soldiers and horses in Shandong, their offensive plan was that after Li Xiao transferred a large number of sailor ships, Li Xiao personally commanded and commanded the whole thing, and Tian Wei, the mayor of Xingzhong Town, led Battalion A, and Liu Guoneng, deputy mayor of Xingzhong Town, led Battalion B, together with sailor ships, to attack the Qing Dynasty border from Dengzhou to the north. In this Shandong land, only Qin Liangyu, the commander of the C Battalion, was left to lead the soldiers and horses of the C Battalion to garrison.

After careful consideration and discussion with Chen Zilong, Jiang Yueguang and others, Li Xiao finally decided to change the original plan of attacking Jinzhou directly from Dengzhou, and instead changed it to the fact that the whole army would turn the Laotieshan Waterway, enter the Bohai Sea, and then go straight north to take Yingkou, the nearest port of the Qing Dynasty to Liaoyang.

Li Xiao knows that the current Haoge, compared with Dolgon, the comparison of forces can be called a huge disparity, if he can't rescue as soon as possible, can't put pressure on Dolgon as soon as possible, but let him smoothly dispatch a large army to attack Shengjing City, then Dolgon really successfully took advantage of this time difference, captured Shengjing City, and then wiped out Haoge's department, then all his plans would be in vain.

What's more, there is another point that Li Xiao is very worried about, that is, as the weather gets colder and colder, if he goes in to attack Jinfu Erzhou as originally calculated, then once the sea freezes and it is difficult for the sailor to use it, then his own army can only attack all the way north from Jinzhou on two legs.

In this way, since there is still a considerable distance from Liaonan to Liaoyang, Dolgon will have plenty of time to make adjustments, so as to set up obstacles at all levels, set up a separation of the city, and hold back his own forces, so that he can not attack northward smoothly.

And once their own offensive forces are delayed, then, in the following harsh weather, the army without the logistics support of the naval division will fall into a dilemma.

In this case, not only will the operational goal of rescuing Hauge and sharing the pressure be unattainable, but the more terrible outcome will be that because of the loss of logistical supplies, this dilemma, and trapped in the enemy's country, will eventually be surrounded and eliminated by Dolgon's troops.

This is an ending that Li Xiao absolutely cannot accept.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Xiao changed the battle plan and decided to send sailors to take the entrance of the camp before the sea froze, so as to insert a sharp knife into Dolgon's back, forcing him to turn his head and entangle with himself, thus greatly reducing the pressure on Hauge's troops.

And just as Li Xiao's whole army was ready, the day before they were about to set off, the two families of the Qing court clan Dexik and Du Erhu, who had escaped from the Qing Kingdom, finally crossed the sea smoothly and came to the outside of Dengzhou City.