Chapter 354 Preparing to retreat

Houjin, all of you are in charge of the banner Baylor, and you all Gushan Ezhen want to leave, but the decision-making power is not in their hands, everything depends on the meaning of Huang Taiji.

And Huang Taiji also continued to think about whether to fight this battle in his heart, and the struggle in his heart was extremely fierce.

"Since the start of the war in Dalinghe, Zhushen has lost nearly 3,000, the armor people, the soldier Aha has lost nearly 3,000, and our army has lost as many as 6,000 people. I heard that when the Outer Mongols were at war with the Ming army, they were often crushed at the first touch. ”

Huang Taiji thought of this, so he couldn't help but glance at the Mongolian lords and Taiji on the field, only to see that their expressions were relaxed, they looked like they had nothing to do with themselves, and they were not affected by the fact that the army of the Dajin Kingdom had suffered a defeat.

Although the tribes in the eastern part of the steppe are all subservient to the Dajin State on the surface, they often kill each other in private, if they fight hard for the Dajin Kingdom, resulting in the damage to the strength of their own tribes, then their tribes will be in danger of being wiped out by other tribes in the steppe.

Moreover, Lin Dan Khan, the nominal co-leader of the grassland, is now entrenched in the Hetao, and he may be killed back at any time, and all the departments of the grassland must preserve their strength so as not to be attacked by Lin Dan Khan.

In short, in a word, the living environment on the grassland is extremely bad, in order to protect themselves, the ministries must preserve their strength, if they follow the Houjin to fight a tailwind battle in the Ming Kingdom, by the way, burn and loot, it is okay, if you want to fight against the wind, let the warriors on the grassland die, the Mongolian tribes of the grassland will definitely not do it.

The careful thinking of the Mongolian tribes Beile and Taiji, Huang Taiji actually knew very well that he could not directly control the grassland tribes, and in order to prevent them from falling into the arms of the Ming Dynasty or Lin Dan Khan, he naturally could not punish the grassland tribes too harshly, so he looked at the grassland tribes for a while, Taiji, and then withdrew his gaze and continued to think about his thoughts.

"The two white flags and horses are lost, all the cavalry have become infantry, if there is an accident when fighting with the Ming army, the two white flags cannot retreat in time, and the consequences are unimaginable."

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji thought of the four-wheeled carriage and hot air balloon of the Jingbian Fort Army, as well as the picture of the hot air balloon attacking, and a fire that put his artillery position in a sea of fire.

He couldn't help but shudder, and then he thought with a heavy heart: "I have conquered the Southern Dynasty in the past, and I have no disadvantage, but this time I encountered the guerrilla Liu in the Southern Dynasty Pass, and I actually lost consecutive battles, which is an unprecedented shame since the founding of my Dajin Kingdom!" Now that Liu only has 3,000 troops, he is already so difficult, after this battle, he is only afraid that he will be promoted again, and his strength will definitely rise again, and he is only afraid that it will be even more difficult to deal with when the time comes.

But Zu and Liu had already joined up with the Ming reinforcements, and it was impossible to destroy them or surrender them. At present, our army has no way to deal with Liu's hot air balloon, if the two armies are fighting, he repeats his old tricks and sends hot air balloons to attack, our army has no resistance.

The only way to do this now is to retreat first, and reuse Han craftsmen after returning, so that they can quickly come up with a way to crack the hot air balloon. In addition, this Jingbian Fort army uses firearms, and its power should not be underestimated, after I go back, I will also select loyal people from the various banners that have lived in my Dajin for many years, form the Eight Banners of the Han Army, let them become banner people like Zhu Shen, give them courtesy, let them return to their hearts, and let them die for our Dajin country. In this way, when our army goes on the expedition, there is no need to worry about the loss of Zhushen's troops too much to fight for a long time. ”

Huang Taiji thought about all kinds of things in his heart, and he had actually made up his mind to withdraw from the army, but as the Great Khan of the Dajin Kingdom, he was afraid that it would not be beautiful to say about the withdrawal of the army.

So Huang Taiji looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "Although the Ming army in Dalinghe City has joined the Ming reinforcements, the total strength of our army is still more than that of the Ming army. The horses of the two white flags were lost, and the Mongolian tribes each sent out some horses, and quickly matched the horses for the two white flags. ”

All of you who have already had the idea of going to Beile, Gushan Ezhen, heard this sentence at this time, all of them were uneasy and very worried.

Acute Zimang Gurtai was almost about to relapse into his old ways, and ran to Huang Taiji to roar, but fortunately, he remembered in time that he had not been held accountable for the crime of disrespect that he had exposed in front of the king, and at this time, if he ran out to persuade his own Great Khan, it would be a suicide, so he quickly reined in the precipice and stopped his pace.

He can't speak, so only Dai Shan has the qualifications to speak.

And Dai Shan's own red flag has also suffered a lot of losses, he himself is also a cautious person, so he immediately went out of class and said: "Your Majesty the King of Khan, our army is newly defeated, morale is low, Zhushen has suffered too many losses, it has hurt the fundamentals, the two white flags and horses are lost, and the battle cannot be attacked, and the retreat cannot be fast, but I am afraid that it will have a lot of impact on the combat strength of our army."

It took time for the Mongol tribes to match the horses for the two white flags, and during this time, it was impossible for the Ming army, which had just won and had been greatly boosted, not to attack. The combat power of the Ming army encountered by our army this time is all extremely strong, and it can be called a strong enemy, and the Ming army also has hot air balloons and chariots to help, and our army does not have any way to crack it, so the minister thinks that it is better to avoid the enemy's edge, temporarily retreat, and wait for our army to recuperate, regenerate and gather new combat power, and think of a way to crack the Ming army's hot air balloons and four-wheeled carriages. ”

After Dai Shan took the lead, the rest of the Houjin people were in charge of the banner Baylor, Gushan Ezhen, and the Mongolian Baylor of the Outer Domain, Taiji hurriedly echoed and pleaded with Huang Taiji to withdraw his troops quickly.

Huang Taiji pondered slightly, then nodded slightly: "What the eldest brother said is also the truth, it's not that my Dajin Kingdom can't defeat this Lu Ming army, it's just that it won in battle, and the damage is too great, and my Dajin Kingdom can't bear it." ”

The queen passed by the Great Khan to find himself a step down, and then he continued: "Since you want to retreat, there must be a rule, and now the two white flags and horses are lost, which will affect the speed of retreat, if you delay the retreat until tomorrow day, I am worried that the Ming army will pursue." So the time for the retreat was set for this evening.

Please pass on my will after you go back, and let all the officers and soldiers pack their bags secretly. If the Ming army hot air balloon flies in, it looks like a casual dress to prepare for the attack, and if the Ming army hot air balloon flies away, continue to pack your bags. According to the usual practice, the Ming army will inevitably send hot air balloons to attack and disturb at night, and our army should send a small number of men and horses to stay behind, and when its air force sets fire to the camp, it will extinguish the fire in time to confuse the enemy.

After sunset, the two white flags set off first, heading east, remembering, no fire, no noise. Then, the two red flags set off, the two blue flags set off again, and I ruled the two yellow flags behind the palace. While I led my troops eastward, the Mongol tribes could lead their troops to retreat north.

Tomorrow the sky is bright, and the soldiers who stayed behind to fight the fire can ride east on horseback and join our army. My arrangement, can you hear it clearly? ”

Houjin and the others held the banner Baylor, and all the solid mountains were really relieved to see that Huang Taiji was willing to retreat, and the boulder in his heart also fell to the ground.

And Mongol Ertai was especially happy, because this time Huang Taiji did not let the Blue Flag Palace again, but personally led the two Yellow Flag Palaces.

"The ministers have heard it clearly."

The belle, the solid mountain Ezhen, the Mongolian beyler and Taiji replied in unison.

"Very good, let's go down and prepare first, now that the Ming army hot air balloon has not arrived, go and pack your bags quickly." Huang Taiji said.

"Pierce." When the ministers received the order, they each walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army and went to give the order.

Outside the big tent of the army, the anticipating Houjin and Mongolian military attachΓ©s saw that their master had come out, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask the Great Khan if he had ordered the class.

When they heard that Huang Taiji had agreed to retreat, they all cheered and were extremely excited.

It has always been good to grab the west, to have benefits, and the Houjin soldiers have the motivation, and now this time the loss of troops is miserable, who still wants to fight, it is right to go back quickly, so when they heard that Huang Taiji agreed to retreat, they were really overjoyed.

When the flag bearers and their subordinates were happy, they conveyed the will of Huang Taiji.

So the banners began to pack their bags and prepare to retreat.