On the rugged mountain road through the Bapanling Mountains, hundreds of black-pressed crowds gathered together and rushed south like ants moving. Most of them were foot soldiers, mixed with cavalry shouting loudly to stay in formation and not fall behind.

These people are the Ming soldiers who withdrew from Shanyangyu Fort, and they were originally a group of people who came out every once in a while, but the quality of these people was good and bad, and the speed of movement was fast and slow, and those who walked slowly in front were gradually caught up or even surpassed by those behind them, but they were pulled to the back.

Everyone subconsciously wants to get as far away from those pigtailed soldiers as possible, so naturally they will not stop and wait for the back to walk slowly. Although the family members shouted loudly on their horses to keep the formation, the formation had already been inevitably disrupted. The columns were already fragmented and implicated, and they were completely chaotic and stretched for miles. Everyone just walked by themselves with their heads down, without glancing at the people around them.

Yue Xiang had a mount, and he had already caught up from behind, and the last team was the most dangerous, because it was responsible for the task of the queen of the palace. In case Huang Taiji sent troops to chase and kill, they would bear the brunt of the attack. With the same mental state of this group of soldiers as refugees fleeing now, I am afraid that there will be more than one bad luck.

Yue Xiang didn't expect to be able to return completely, anyway, he could run out as much as he could. He just rode his horse and kept running past the infantry and rushed forward, and his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced with injuries, and it was better to stay in this dangerous zone. And those foot soldiers ran forward in a panic, the mountain road was rugged and narrow, and they even walked and climbed, for fear that someone would chase after them. Most of these people didn't have weapons, knives, guns, or even armor, some just packed up their belongings, and some simply didn't have anything with their bare hands like ordinary people.

In fact, if Huang Taiji really wanted to send troops to chase and kill, he would not be allowed to leave at all. In addition, the party has already been dispatched, and with his vigorous and resolute style, he will not wait until now. Yue Xiang knew it, but he still felt that it was not safe. I always wonder if this guy is going to do some tricks in the dark, and whether there will be any of his spies in these routs.

Met Dong Mingchuan and Ma Gong halfway, the two led the family to wait for him, and in the mountains and forests on both sides of the slower terrain, they really found traces of the team of people and horses that had been hidden, it seemed that it was an ambush arranged by Huang Taiji, but it had been withdrawn. Yue Xiang gasped, Huang Taiji was really ruthless, it seemed that he didn't plan to let them go back alive in the first place. It's just that his own arrangements are thorough, and after Abahai returns, his main energy is probably focused on compromising with her, and he is not in the mood to make extraneous branches on the side of the Ming army's rout.

"Literally, you are truly a man of God! How can you say that Huang Taiji handed over so many heads? These are all Jurchen heads. Dong Mingchuan had a string of heads tied under his horse's neck, all of them grinning with bared teeth and terrifying faces, and even carrying him was a little vicious. These heads are all military exploits, which means the capital of officialdom in the future.

"No one could convince him, he just figured things out on his own. It's just a dog-eat-dog hair. Compared to hundreds of my brothers, what is so rare for me to give me a few thousand heads? This time I just want to get back a little interest for my brother, and sooner or later I will pay for his blood debts and blood in his family. Pity my brothers, there is no one to collect the corpse in the wilderness, I Yue Xiang can't stand you......"

Tears flowed from the corners of Yue Xiang's eyes, and the people around him didn't know what to say.

In this battle, Yue Xiang's subordinates showed amazing courage and paid an unbearable price, charging in front and retreating in the rear, almost all of them were killed. I wanted to say that the horse leather shroud was returned, and the general would inevitably die before the battle, so I had to accompany him to be sad. After a long sigh, it was difficult to continue on the road.

At that time, through the dense mountain forests and mountain paths, Yue Xiang finally saw the intersection out of the mountain.

The south side of the Bapanling Mountains is the boundary of Qinghe City, and when I went down the mountain, I saw that a large number of people had already gathered at the foot of the mountain. The routs were all nervous and tireless when they fled, and now they felt that they had entered a safe place, and as soon as they relaxed, they were all staggering, sitting or lying, and a large area was gathered in a large mess, as if they were a group of refugees fleeing.

Qinghe City is known as a natural hazard, with mountains on three sides, only the southeast is slightly flat, there are many farmlands nearby, and there are even terraced fields on the nearby hillsides. It's just that at first glance, I saw so many people popping up in the mountains, and the farmers who were farming were so frightened that they ran away early. Moreover, so many teams passed through the mountains, which had already alarmed the light and dark horse shops and scouts arranged by the Ming army, and they were busy running back to the city to deliver the letter.

"It's finally back...... I didn't expect to come back alive. Dong Mingchuan looked at Qinghe City in the distance, and sighed from the bottom of his heart, who would have thought that they would go out to clear the horse thieves and finally fight with the regular army of the Eight Banners Braided Soldiers, who would dare to believe that the number of people who were less than the other party could come back alive.

"This is the pigtail soldier, it is really brave."

Ma Gong muttered to himself, he was keen on fame, and originally thought that the Jianzhou Jurchens were just a group of savages at best, even if they were making trouble now and waiting for the imperial army to gobble them up as soon as the imperial army arrived. But after seeing with his own eyes what the virtues of the "court officials and soldiers" were, he seemed to have shaken the blind superstition of the court army, he didn't want to lie to himself, after all, he had fought with the enemy with his own hands, and knew their combat effectiveness. To speak in conscience, ten Ming soldiers may not be able to win a single person.

Look at these staggering guys, how can they look like soldiers, they are clearly a group of beggars and outcasts, and it is really unreliable to count on these people. But the imperial court should still have elite troops, I heard that the three major battalions of the town guarding the Beijing division are all elite soldiers, as well as famous generals, the imperial court just did not show its real strength, to have confidence, to have confidence......

Yue Xiang dismounted to let the horses rest for a while, and frowned at these miserable guys. Either they pretend to be dead and refuse to fight, or they only know how to escape. This is a completely soulless army that has been beaten, and I really don't know what happened to them under Fushun City. Now, as long as someone shouts that the pursuers are coming, they can run faster than rabbits.

Now the place is full of people, but there are still people in the mountains who are coming out one after another, and no one can say how many people are pulling behind. Yue Xiang has lost his temper, if he waits, the ghost knows when he will have to wait. It was originally calculated well, and the five teams marched in batches, but they were already out of control halfway.

After all, the people of the original Quang Ninh were also known as elites, and the march was nothing to them, and most of them threw away their armor empty-handed when they retreated to Shanyangyu Fort, but now they are still the same, but they are advancing lightly. The burgers live there all the year round, and it is inevitable that there are some soft things such as pots and jars that have accumulated over time, and the quality is the worst, and they go the slower. Most of the people gathered here now are Quang Ninh soldiers.

Who will send back to see how many people are left? No one wants to go back. So Yue Xiang announced that he would rest in place for half an hour and wait for the people behind. At the same time, it was ordered to let the teams that were originally divided report the number as a team.

Originally, the total number of men and horses in the fort plus Qinghe was close to 2,000, and after deducting the casualties in the battle with Zhengbaiqi, the total number of men when leaving the city was 1,516. Now when the count is finished, I find that there are only one thousand and ninety-nine people in all the people, and nearly a third of them are wandering around the mountains, and it is really shameless to march like this.

Originally, the officers must also be responsible, but the generals are also rookies, and they used to lead people to fight and make trouble, but it was the first time to lead the troops to fight, so there was nothing to say, so they closed their mouths and waited for the people behind.

This is the end of my Yue Xiang's battlefield debut, sacrificing almost all of his excellent subordinates and saving back a group of such soldiers. Is it worth it? What can they do? Can you fight? What should I do when I see Zou Chuxian when I go back?

After I don't know how long, there was the sound of drums and horns in the distance, and I saw the city gate open from a distance, and a large number of people and horses appeared from the city, and the people who answered finally came out. Yue Xiang got on his horse and led dozens of horsemen to meet him, but he saw that there were really a lot of people coming out of the city this time, a large area of black pressure, and hundreds of cavalry took the lead in the front row, and the momentum was also quite impressive.

When they got closer, they realized that there were two or three thousand people coming out of the city, and almost all the nearby open spaces were occupied. The dozen or so sentry generals in front of the colonel have a clear armor, and the first one is Zhang Jing. Behind him was the banner of his main general, with a tasseled pheasant tail and a height of one foot and five feet. One belt, eight feet five inches long. The general's flag is six feet long, with a bevel angle and a border, a red heart, a blue edge, and a yellow belt, and four big characters on it: the former military commander's order. There is also a big flag next to it, embroidered with a big bucket of characters.

Zhang Jing was a guest in this Qinghe City, he was originally a guerrilla, and after the Fushun City was broken, he was ordered to lead 3,000 people to Qinghe to support. Although this person has never fought against the Jurchens, he often fights with the Mongol Tatars, and he can be regarded as one of the more daring generals. Because he has his own people, he is also a well-known figure in Qinghe City, and Zou Chuxian doesn't want to refute his face. Therefore, Yue Xiang hurriedly pulled the horse to flash on the side of the road, dismounted and said, "The last general will see the adult!" ”

"Yue Xiang? It turned out to be you, I heard that you sent troops out of the city to chase down horse thieves without authorization, what happened to these people? What do they do? ”

"Lord Hui, the lower official did not transfer troops without authorization, but acted on the orders of Lord Zou, and the existing arrows are here." As he spoke, he flashed his arrows. Fortunately, this thing was not lost during the war yesterday, otherwise it would be a dead end if the arrow was lost, and it would have been a dead end, and the head would have been lost.

"Oh, so where did all these people come from? Is it a homeless? Are you all the way with them? ”

"Lord Hui, these people are not exiles, they are all officers and soldiers of my Ming Dynasty. Please allow the official to speak carefully......"

On the top of the city, Zou Chuxian looked into the distance with the battlements, and he had already reported that there were thousands of people of unknown origin who had passed through the Bapanling Mountain Road and entered the territory of Qinghe, but he didn't know where the team was. With his current strength, he can only barely hold the suburbs of Qinghe, and he can't reach it after Bapanling.

After Yue Xiang led the people out yesterday, he only came back to escort a small group of prisoners, and he learned that the so-called horse thieves were originally pretended to be Jurchens. The thought that the Jurchen's range of activities had expanded to such an extent made him feel worried. He is not afraid of war, but with the troops in his hands, he is really outnumbered by the number of people who fight with Jianzhou. And the news of the imperial court reinforcements is even more distant, and he has already sent someone to Sanyang to report to He Shixian. As the chief general of Qinghe, if the war really burns here, it is the responsibility to defend the land, and it is only necessary to give up his life.

As long as he saw that the brigade was not coming from the direction of Liaoyang, he intuitively felt that it was the Eight Banners Army of Jianzhou who killed him. In addition, he didn't think it was possible that the Ming army from other places came to reinforce it, judging from his perennial experience in Liaodong to unify the army, Liaodong not to mention that there were very few generals who were eager for justice, righteousness and courage, even the troops were insufficient.

There are only 60,000 soldiers in the whole town of Liaodong, in addition to the garrison army guarding the fortresses of the city guards in various places, the mobile troops that can be mobilized are less than 20,000, and most of them have been trapped under the city of Fushun.

It was even more difficult for him to believe that those routs who had been broken up by the Jurchen Iron Cavalry could escape from pursuit and flee to him, and he naturally knew that no matter how strong the elite soldiers were, once they lost their leadership, they would be a rabble. It will be the courage of the soldiers and the soul of the army. Unless these routs have a good leader, they don't stand a chance.

Don't...... Is it Yue Xiang? The thought suddenly popped into his mind, that fledgling amateur boss, can complete such a difficult task? He can't even bring a few hundred of his own people neatly, and can command thousands of people to retreat over the mountains?

However, when he saw Yue Xiang in the clairvoyant mirror, he felt a burst of joy.

"I see, you ran into the horse team of the Jurchen Eight Banners?" Zhang Jing felt incredulous, but looking at the bloody heads and Yue Xiang's injuries, he had to believe that they had experienced a bloody battle.

Yue Xiang made up a story and told it half-truthfully. "The lower officials chased and killed those horse thieves, but they were attacked by the female real white flag horse team in the Goatyu Fort, but fortunately the officers and soldiers in the fort helped and fought a bloody battle. All the brothers in Xiaguan were exhausted, and finally took advantage of the night to break through and retreat over the mountain. ”

"These four are the officials of the Dongchang Yamen in the Jingshi, and they can testify for the lower officials." Yue Xiang pulled out Zhang Rushen and the other four people, Zhang Jing was shocked when he heard that it was the Jinyi Wei of Dongchang, and couldn't help but look up and down. The four of them praised Yue Xiang for his bravery in killing the enemy, patted his chest to guarantee Yue Xiang, and let him check the factory guard's waist card, Zhang Jing believed a little. didn't notice that Yue Xiang secretly let out a sigh of relief, and quietly exchanged glances with Xiao Wan.

"That being the case, it is not a trivial matter to let these soldiers gather in the southeast of the city and break the troops into the city. In case it is a great disaster, you need to be strict and upright before you can put it in, you can go back to the city first and pay the order to Zou Junmen. ”

With the chaotic shouting, the rout soldiers dragged their tired hands and feet to their feet again, and slowly moved to the southeast of the city.

It's finally over......