In the second year of Chongzhen, November 28.

Wang Zezhi suffered heavy losses in the north of Shengjing City, and after he gave the order to recuperate, he took the body of a soldier who died in battle and moved to the nomadic land of the Oba Korqin tribe in the Western Liao River Valley.

Wang Zezhi's army swept through the herdsmen in the area, and those who resisted were either killed or captured and transported back.

In other words, this bit is relatively safe.

From here, it is possible to reach the grazing land of the Keshketeng tribe directly, shortening his grain supply line.

In addition, there is another problem that Wang Zezhi is very worried about.

It's snowing in the territory of the country.

In just a few days, the snow was knee-high, and if Wang Zezhi continued to stay in the territory of Jin, his food supply would become a big problem.

As for heating, it's not a big problem, it's thanks to the pyramid scheme he got before.

When the Yang State swept through the various Jurchen tribes in the southeastern Jianzhou, a large number of briquettes were seized.

Wang Zezhi knew that these briquettes were used for pyramid schemes.

Originally, he still thought that this kind of thing was cumbersome, and at most it was a little useful when burying the pot to make rice.

He didn't expect him to use briquettes so soon.

In Wang Zezhi's big tent, he added real briquettes to an iron stove with a chimney, and closed the lid to seal the smoke from the burning briquettes.

"You both report the battle damage and tell us about the situation."

"In this battle, the sergeants of our battalion killed 3,764 people, seriously wounded 1,401 people, and slightly injured 800 people..."

Yang Guo read the casualty report under his command with a heavy heart, and after reading it, his face sank like water, and he retreated without saying a word.

"In this battle, 4,972 sergeants of our battalion were killed and 1,900 were seriously wounded..."

The sergeants under Xiao Liuzi often had to go out to find out information, which also made the casualties of the soldiers and horses under his command greater.

According to statistics, from the beginning of entering the territory of Jin Kingdom to the next battle in Shengjing City, the soldiers and horses in his hands lost more than 10,000 people with dead and wounded.

Even the firecrackers and steel-armored heavy cavalry under Wang Zezhi's command also suffered heavy losses, and now there are only more than 14,800 people in his hands who can fight.

More than 14,800 men, if they encountered a large force of enemy troops, they would be completely annihilated.

He had thought about bringing them all back alive, but now he had lost his word.

"Wang Xian, tell me about the situation in Shengjing City."

"Yes." Wang first saluted the three of them and began to speak.

Wang Zezhi's counter-plot worked, and after the Emperor Taiji's Great Fu Jin took control of Shengjing City, he refused Amin Belle to enter the city to rest.

The civil and military generals in the city, whether they were Jin or Han, began to participate in the impeachment of Amin Bel.

The leaders of the tribes of Houjin said: "Amin Belle is called defending the city, but he allowed the Ming army to plunder, rob cattle and sheep, and capture the people of Jin, and did not dare to go forward to stop it, and the grazing land of the tribes outside the city was ravaged by the Ming army. ”

Although Zhezhe is the great fortune of Huang Taiji, she is just a woman, and she can't treat Amin Belle as well.

So, she sent an envoy to send a letter to Huang Taiji to ask Huang Taiji for instructions.

From Shengjing to Beijing, it is a long mile away, not to mention that there are border troops of the Ming Dynasty on the way, and when Huang Taiji's letter returns to Shengjing, it is estimated that it will be more than a month later.

Amin Belle had the intention of being self-reliant, and with his recent consecutive defeats, he has lost the hearts of the people.

Zhezhe was afraid that he would be angry and do something irrational, so he did not put Amin Belle into the city, but just stationed him at the north gate of Shengjing City.

Of course, there is no shortage of food and pay for them.

After all, Amin Belle still has more than 10,000 elite ones in his hands.

If Amin Belle is forced to be in a hurry, and he really surrenders to the enemy with more than 10,000 people, the loss will be great.

Wang Zezhi thought about it seriously, if this was a scene played by Amin Belle and Zhezhe, their purpose was to trick Wang Zezhi into attacking the city.

If Wang Zezhi rashly attacked, he would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

If these two people are really like the information that Wang Xian bought, they already have a dislike in their hearts, and Shengjing City may not be able to fight a dozen.

"Whew~"

It was at this moment that a cold wind poured in from outside the tent, and this wind made Wang Zezhi shiver.

Wang Zezhi opened the big tent, looked at the limping and supporting each other outside the tent, and the figure of the sergeant who was seriously injured with missing arms and legs, and sighed helplessly.

He can't do that, it's a gamble, and if he loses, one after another will die in this war.

Each of them is a living life of their own, and Wang Zezhi is not qualified to gamble with their lives.

"Dispatch 3,000 soldiers and horses, and give priority to the seriously wounded sergeants, followed by the lightly wounded.

When the gunpowder is damp, the three forces of the gunners and the artillery are greatly reduced, and the gunners and artillerymen, as well as our artillery, are not far behind.

We must have an orderly retreat.

When retreating, you can't reveal your whereabouts, otherwise the enemy will come with a surprise attack, and we will all be finished.

Little Liuzi. ”

"Yes."

"With 3,000 sentry horses, I will do whatever it takes to seal the enemy's sentry to death, and we must not reveal our intention to retreat."

"The subordinates must do their best not to let an enemy outpost in."

Xiao Liuzi slapped his breastplate heavily and took the order.

"Yang Guo."

"The subordinates are here."

"Carry the grain and grass to the Chinese army, and the steel armor and heavy cavalry will follow my palace, we must return within a month, if we can't go back within a month, we will be trapped to death by this snow."

"Yes."

In this year, the Ming Dynasty happened to be in the period of the Xiaoice River, and no one understood better than Wang Zezhi how cold it would be in winter in Liaodong.

When the time comes, the roads will be closed by heavy snow, the grain roads will be cut off, and they will have no food, and they will definitely not last long.

Wang Zezhi traveled west from here, and the shortest road had to pass through the nomadic lands of the Naiman people in the Chahar department.

Wang Zezhi could only pray that the Naiman people had left here in the case of the blizzard.

If they hadn't left, it would have been another fierce battle.

You must know that after Wang Zezhi defeated Lin Dan Khan, this Chahar took refuge in Huang Taiji.

In addition to the Naiman, there are also the Ao Han people under the original Chahar Han.

After passing through the nomadic lands of these two tribes, Wang Zezhi was able to quickly reach the pasture of Keshiketeng.

As soon as he arrived at the grazing place of the Keshiketeng tribe, he would immediately be able to contact the soldiers and horses of his headquarters through the herdsmen of the Yongshaobu tribe and ask them to come to meet him.

Wang Zezhi was not afraid of encountering enemy soldiers on this road, he was afraid that the herdsmen stationed here would fight with him.

If he did not give the order to kill these people, his sergeants would die in vain, and if he did, he did not want to slaughter the herdsmen.

It's a very tangled matter.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the third day of December.

The soldiers and horses in Wang Zezhi's camp withdrew one after another, leaving only Wang Zezhi's personal guards and steel-armored heavy cavalry still here.

"Safe, no pursuers."

One by one, the sentinels who had gone out to inquire about the information returned.

According to them, Amin Belle has been honestly stationed in the north of Shengjing since he was denied entry into Shengjing.

Amin Belle gives people the impression that they are disheartened.

It seems that Amin Belle has been hit hard and is stumbling.

No one knew that Amin Bel was stationed outside the city and did not move, not disheartened.

Rather, he was thinking about whether to rebel.

Huang Taiji personally led an army of 100,000 to conquer the Ming Dynasty, and the strongest military force in Shengjing was the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Amin Belle.

If he cooperated with Neiying to suppress Shengjing City, maybe he would be able to become the emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

Amin Belle thought eagerly and thought, and finally could only sigh helplessly.

If Huang Taiji personally led an army of 100,000 to come back, with this little soldier and horse in his hand, he would not be able to do anything to Huang Taiji at all.

However, he lost many cities, and lost one of Huang Taiji's favorite Hanchens, and he was very afraid that Huang Taiji would settle accounts with him when he returned.

Amin Belle was in this entanglement, the repetition of his anxious mood, and for a time no further military action was taken.

His hesitation allowed Wang Zezhi to retreat safely before the onset of deep winter.