Xu Chengming saw that Dolgon had gone and returned, and knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to do well this time, so he ordered the people on the top of the mountain to strictly obey the command. Although he has 20,000 people, he has to take care of a place of several tens of miles, and it is impossible to put all 20,000 people in one place, one is worried that the enemy will surround him after cutting off his way back, and the other is that he can't put 20,000 people on a hill in this place. Xu Chengming divided the troops into dozens of groups, each group of 800 to 1,000 people, and guarded the 60-mile hill from Yizhou to the west of the Daling River.

This arrangement itself is not to confront the enemy fiercely, just to stop the slow pace of the enemy's advance through the gradual progress, Xu Chengming's requirements for his subordinates are to fight when they see the enemy approaching, muskets, bows and arrows, throwing guns, stones, snow blocks, etc., and they can go directly after the fight Anyway, there are people behind who are not afraid of the enemy chasing. Of course, the enemy can't catch up with him below, unless the Jurchens are determined to climb the mountain desperately, in that case, it's another matter, anyway, it's a retreat and transfer, but they can't run in great strides, so that the Jurchens can't chase so smoothly.

Dolgon was ready to let his subordinates bleed or even die dozens of them, who knew that the Ming army ran away after greeting him, which made Dolgon very speechless, why don't you insist on a little more fierce confrontation, then it will be like a war. Now it looks like the Jurchens are driving the Ming army like sheep, and as soon as they get close, they will be beaten on the head and in the face, and then the people under the mountain will watch the people on the mountain flee along the mountain. The Ming army's means of attacking downward were also relatively weak, probably to facilitate escape, they did not carry cannons, only bows and arrows and a small number of muskets, which were not lethal to the Jurchen army with strong armor over their leather jackets.

Because there is snow piled up on the mountain, the Ming army has cleared the snow and piled it up to the side for the convenience of transportation, and the snow piled up on one side sometimes becomes a weapon in the hands of the Ming army. In the relatively gentle place on the hillside, the bored Ming army built a lot of big snowballs, and after the Ming army that retreated from the front walked past him, the Ming army waiting behind knew that the Jurchens were coming, and immediately prepared to block the enemy with snowballs first. When the Jurchens chased down the mountain from one hill to the next, one by one the jar-like snowballs rolled down, although the snowballs could not crush the dead, but one after another they were also powerful, often hitting the Jurchens on their backs.

Dolgon really didn't know what the Ming army meant by doing this, and wanted to send people to climb the mountain to pursue from above, but after looking at the mountain, he gave up this idea. This row of mountains is like a person's toe, the front is isolated but there are roads behind it, if you send troops up the mountain, one can go up not much, it is easy to be besieged and killed by the Ming army, the other is too slow, a mountain is cleared in the past, I don't know when to clear, it is better to go down the mountain. As long as the Ming army does not stop retreating, it is easy to do, slow is a little slower, but it is safe and secure, and they still have artillery and can use artillery to speak when they encounter strong resistance.

In this way, the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, one slowly chased and one slowed all the way to the north, the Ming army was on top, but the unintentional love of the war was dialed and slowly retreated, and the Jurchens slowly advanced at the bottom of the mountain, approaching step by step, not so much in the war as in the exercise, except for some who accidentally did not see the road clearly, and those who broke their feet and injured their legs were almost not dead.

Huang Taiji saw that Dolgon chased all the way to the past was very satisfied, and said in his heart that the Ming army was really bluffing, and looked at the sky It was already noon, so he ordered to attack Yizhou City, he was worried that Dolgon chased far away and chased to the back of Yizhou City, and when the Ming army in Yizhou City came to attack back and forth, there would be a problem. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the capture of Yizhou, Huang Taiji first lined up his position. Then he ordered the eight men in front of the formation to run together and fire at the city gate, because it was observed that there were no cannons at the head of the Ming army, Huang Taiji asked the cavalry to protect the artillery to move forward, which was equivalent to a flat shot at the city gate.

In the salvo of eight cannons, the city gate of Yiju was suddenly smashed into pieces, revealing large gray-black stones, which were piled up in the hole of the city gate one by one to block the city gate tightly. Seeing that the Ming army also learned from Li Yongfang's use of stones to block the city gate, Huang Taiji couldn't help shaking his head, and immediately ordered the soldiers to set up a ladder and climb up to the city. Only the sound of drums and trumpets was heard, and the Jurchen soldiers, led by the generals, shouted trumpets and rushed up with ladders, and in a short time they set up many heavenly roads on the city wall, and the ant-like soldiers climbed up along these heavenly roads.

Huang Taiji was smug as he watched his soldiers climb towards the city, and Ao Bai came over at this time and said, "Great Khan, the situation is a little wrong. ”

Huang Taiji asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Ao Bai said: "Why haven't we seen the Ming army fight for so long? Didn't they all go to attack Dolgonbele's troops? ”

Huang Taiji thought for a while and said: "Our army has climbed to the top of the city, it is too late for the Ming army to have any conspiracy and tricks, you will bring 10,000 horses to meet Dolgon now, if the Ming army really wants to eat him, you will go to support." If the Ming army really wants to eat Dolgon, I'm afraid the number will not be small, don't fight with them for 10,000 people to drag them down, and then say, after I take Yizhou, I will come to kill the enemy with you immediately. ”

As soon as Ao Bai left, Huang Taiji received a report, saying that Yizhou City was already an empty city, and it seemed that the Ming army had run overnight last night. Huang Taiji nodded and secretly said that the Ming army actually sang an empty city plan with him, and at the same time, a little worry also rose in his heart, this Ming army came all the way to occupy one city after another, and then gave up one by one without a reason, if there is no conspiracy, then no one will believe it, but what is the conspiracy of the Ming army?

Dolgon chased for two days without chasing, because at this time he found that the Ming army was gone, and at this time it seemed that he had chased to the bend of the Daling River, and the Ming army seemed to be turning west along the bend of the river. The road that was previously pursued was also pursued along the Daling River, and the mountains on both sides of this road were more than ten miles apart, which was not a dangerous place at all, and the Ming army had nothing to fear if they wanted to set up an ambush. But at the bend of the river here, the mountains on both sides of the river become too close, and the nearest place is only one or two miles most suitable for ambushing, if you rashly chase it in, once the Ming army breaks the back road, it will be a four-sided attack, and Dolgon does not dare to take this risk.

After discussing with Aobai, who came to meet him, Dolgon decided to wait here for a while, and then sent someone to report to Huang Taiji to let him get an idea, and Huang Taiji immediately called someone to inform Dolgon and Aobai to stop the pursuit on the spot, and first send a small force up the mountain to reconnoitre. What are you kidding, knowing that the Ming army has a Ming Hall to chase, just because the terrain is open even if there is an ambush, you are not afraid, and if you go forward, the terrain is steep, it is a good place to close the door and beat the dog, isn't it stupid to get up and send it to the door to be beaten?

Just when Dolgon was camping on the spot and waiting for orders, Xu Chengming on the side of the Ming army met a person, this person was Zu Dashou, the deputy general of the Northeast Military Region, Zu Dashou specially came here to receive Xu Chengming. Xu Chengming's subordinates are all veterans of mountain warfare, and they have accumulated rich combat experience after fighting against rebels in Guizhou for ten years, whether it is retreating or attacking, everyone can write a book. This time it was an orderly retreat and there was a guide to lead the way, except for some people who were more unlucky and fell on their heels, there were almost no casualties, and it was said that Zu Dashou must be held on to now.

Of course, it was a good thing that someone answered, and Xu Chengming asked: "General Zu, didn't you say that let's delay until the Chinese New Year's Eve?" Why did you come here at twenty-nine? ”

Zu Dashou said: "Did Mr. Xu forget? Twenty-nine is thirty this year, which means that you have completed the task. ”

Xu Chengming was overjoyed and said: "Good little year, then what should we do next?" ”

Zu Dashou said: "This is about two hundred miles away from the mouth of the two rivers, and my men and horses are stationed along the line but they are a little weak, so you can go and defend a section now to increase the defensive strength." If you tell your people to come over, they will raise a fire to warn them that no one is allowed to come these days, whether they are soldiers or civilians, people or ghosts, as long as they dare to cross the river, they will shoot. Of course, the bear overseer explained that it is best to scare things away without killing more, as long as scaring away other things, we don't have to worry about it. ”

Xu Chengming smiled: "I have a set of scary, the iron pimple that Lord Ni handed over to me has not been used yet, this thing explodes with a loud sound but does not hurt people, it is suitable to be scary, but once we leave, can you hold it here?" ”

Zu Dashou said: "Although I don't have a general cannon here, but the Franc machine cannon and the tiger squat bubble have prepared a lot, these are specially prepared here before, the Jurchen people don't chase over, he really dares to chase into such a narrow place, I came with a thousand cannons to fire a lot, it is a great achievement." ”

Xu Chengming didn't have much to say at the moment, he led his troops to the west, and before leaving, he heard Zu Dashou's people digging the road in "Ding Ding", and after careful questioning, he knew that Zu Dashou was going to cut off the way to retreat. As soon as the road is dug and the earth is cut and then guarded with guns, it is equivalent to building a section of the city wall on the mountain. If you want to attack the city on the ground, you can set up a ladder to hit the city gate, and if you want to attack the city on the mountain, it is even more difficult. Knowing that Huang Taiji also brought a cannon, Zu Dashou had already prepared to block a few iron plates in front of those Franc cannons to prevent smashing, and only one cannon was exposed to kill.

There is also a saying about the protection of this iron plate, that is, a layer of cotton wool is sandwiched between the two layers of iron plate, and it cannot be smashed if it can't be smashed or broken, and it is quite safe for people to hide behind the iron plate. It's a pity that these measures of Zu Dashou were useless, because before Huang Taiji could use his cannon, he encountered an unexpected thing, which was that a large number of people and horses shouted and galloped towards him.

Dolgon and Ao Bai were waiting for the news of Huang Taiji, when they heard the earth-shattering shouts, followed by countless people, horses, cattle and sheep surging over like a tide.