This matter was settled, Han Wantao replied to Hong Chengchou, and all the remaining Liukou Yulin Bay picked by the Ming army were all accepted. Xia Yang and Xu Lang will start training them according to the model they had in Shandong and Xuanfu, and gradually send them back to Yulin Bay.

The war in Beijing has reached a white-hot level, Tao Min finally said that Huang Taiji mobilized 40,000 Eight Banners, and hundreds of thousands of Korean New Army and Eight Banners launched a desperate charge towards Beijing City again and again.

Beijing City was a little unbearable, and Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen rarely went to the officer training group to find Jiang Beiming.

Jiang Beiming naturally knew the purpose of their coming, and Jiang Beiming was also ready to evacuate these days.

"Two fathers-in-law." Jiang Beiming felt that it was better to say this first, "Xiaguan has made all preparations, once the sky changes, the emperor and father-in-law can immediately hunt south." The road from Beijing to Tianjin has been swept clean, and the two warships have been waiting for the saint in Tianjin for a long time. ”

Cao Huachun glanced at Jiang Beiming with great satisfaction: "General Jiang bothered, but we still want to ask, will the sky really change." ”

"Father-in-law Cao, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky." Jiang Beiming replied, "The Tartars are also afraid of our emperor Tianwei, they only dare to besiege the city on three sides, and my emperor is foolproof in hunting in the south." ”

Wang Chengen's brows were still tightly locked: "General Jiang, I guess General Xu Lang also told you." At the beginning, our family asked him for two things, and you arranged the matter of Nan Hunt quite steadily, but our family doesn't know why another thing is so difficult? ”

"Back to the words of the prince." Jiang Beiming knew that Wang Chengen was asking about peace talks with Huang Taiji, "General Xu Lang went to Lushun twice, but the price of the Tartars was too high, and we really couldn't agree." Xiaguan originally planned to be able to hold on to the Beijing Division, as long as Lord Yang and Lord Hong recovered Xi'an, then our Ming army could return to the Beijing Division. Just now。。。。。。 ”

As soon as Jiang Beiming's voice fell, Zhang Hai broke in from the outside: "Beiming, Beiming, there is news from Xi'an." ”

"What's the news?" Jiang Beiming didn't care about Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen's presence, grabbed Zhang Hai and asked, "Aren't you on the city wall, why did you come back?" ”

"Don't scratch me yet, it hurts." The injury on Zhang Hai's arm is not yet healed, "The messenger from Xi'an didn't find you, so he went to find me." ”

"General Zhang, what's the news in Xi'an?" Although Cao Huachun and Wang Chengen were very eager to know the news of Xi'an, the two still asked quietly.

Zhang Haichong saluted the two: "Back to the two fathers-in-law, Lord Hong will recover Xi'an." At present, our Yulin Army and the cavalry of various units in Xi'an are returning to the Beijing Division in the starry night. The cavalry of the Yulin Army was only four or five days away from Beijing, the infantry still had more than ten days to go, and the cavalry of the rest of the 20,000 people from various units was about ten days away. At the same time, the second wave of reinforcements from Lord Yang and Lord Hong has also departed, but it may take a month for them to reach Jingshi. ”

"Okay." Jiang Beiming was very excited, "Two fathers-in-law, since Xi'an has been recovered, reinforcements will arrive soon, then we will hold on for a few more days." Right in Beijing, we fought to the death with the Tartars. ”

Cao Huachun said with a smile: "Everything has General Lao Jiang." ”

Tao Min also received the news that Andreas's cavalry division was only four days away from Beijing, and behind him was the 20,000 Ming cavalry led by Sun Chuanting, and then the infantry divisions of Zhou Lei and Ye Zhan.

Tao Min found a problem, in order to rush back to Beijing Qinwang, the troops of the Ming army were very scattered and did not form a fist. Especially in the Yulin Army, the cavalry infantry did not closely integrate, let alone carry artillery. An idea popped up in Tao Min's heart, to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and block the reinforcements of the Ming army on the periphery of Beijing, and it was best to deal a heavy blow.

Although this southward move did not capture Beijing as originally planned, Huang Taiji was not idle when the new Korean army stormed Beijing. The 40,000 Eight Banners looted around Beijing, and although the Ming Dynasty government cleared the walls in advance, a considerable number of the people did not withdraw to Beijing. Huang Taiji captured a total of more than 120,000 people and animals, more than 20 taels of gold and silver, and seized a large number of grain and cloth. For this result, Huang Taiji is still satisfied.

Huang Taiji did not object to Tao Min's proposal to encircle the point for reinforcements, but Huang Taiji conveyed to Tao Min that he wanted to withdraw the army. Both Huang Taiji and Tao Min understood that once the Ming army in Xi'an returned to the aid of Beijing, Beijing would not be able to defeat it at all. Moreover, the performance of the Mongols this time also made Huang Taiji worried, they were likely to fall to the Ming Dynasty again, and it was more important to pacify the Mongols than to take Beijing.

In the end, Huang Taiji and Tao Min reached an agreement, and the 40,000 Eight Banners evacuated first with the looted people, animals and property; Tao Min set up an ambush outside Beijing, hoping to inflict heavy damage on the cavalry division of the Yulin Army. Regardless of the outcome of this battle, the new Korean army will also withdraw from Beijing after the battle.

Andreas's cavalry division rushed to Beijing regardless of the horsepower, running an average of more than 200 miles a day, and many horses died on the road. When there was still a day's journey from the city of Beijing, there were only 5,000 men left in the entire cavalry division. Andreas gave an order, and all the stragglers assembled nearby, waiting for Zhou Lei's infantry division in place, which was collected by the infantry division.

Zhuozhou is the southern gate of Beijing, 200 miles away from Beijing, which is exactly a day's trip for the cavalry division. In the evening, the cavalry division set up camp in Zhuozhou, and Andreas sent the scouts out for ten miles. The place was already very close to Beijing, and Andreas knew that now was the time to be extremely careful.

In Fangshan County, about 70 miles from Beijing, the 30,000 Korean New Army did not rest, but seized the last opportunity to set up an ambush circle. Tao Min gambled again, he decided that the cavalry division would definitely rest in Fang County, and it was impossible to run down the 200-mile journey a day.

The topography of Fangshan is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, belonging to the Xishan Mountain Range in Beijing, and it is now the rainy season, the road is muddy, and it is not too easy to walk. But Tao Min also knew that it was impossible to encircle the cavalry division, and the cavalry of his Korean New Army was scarce, and the 40,000 Eight Banners had now been evacuated, so he could only find another way.

Tao Min first rejected the idea of fire attack, the ground was full of mud this season, and it was impossible to set fire. The range of the flintlock pistol was only twenty or thirty meters farther than that of the rifle, and this advantage did not play much role on the battlefield. Tao Min finally decided to use cannons, and the scattered shells of the 6-pounder cannon were still very effective against the cavalry, although these cannons were very troublesome to carry.

Tao Min brought 20 artillery pieces and ambushed 10,000 infantry and 6 artillery pieces south of Fang County. The role of these people was to quickly build defensive positions after letting go of the cavalry division, set up artillery, and block the retreat of the cavalry division. Tao Min decided that Andreas would definitely choose to break through in the direction of Beijing when he knew that the back road was blocked, because his mission was to return to the Beijing Division.

The remaining 20,000 horses, including 2,000 cavalry and 14 artillery pieces, were placed on the front, striking the cavalry division from the front.

The whole ambush plan seemed foolproof, and Tao Min was already imagining Jiang Beiming's expression after knowing that the cavalry division had suffered a heavy blow.

Under the city of Beijing, the fierce battle of the day ended again, Jiang Beiming took Xiao Junzhe back to the officer training regiment, Zhang Hai's injuries were almost healed, and the two of them took turns to command the battle in the past few days.

"Beiming, how did you play today?" Zhang Hai asked, "I'm almost fine, or you rest tomorrow, or I'll go." ”

Jiang Beiming didn't speak, but lowered his head and thought about his thoughts.

"What's wrong with Chief Jiang, what's on your mind, have you encountered anything today?" Zhang Hai asked Xiao Junzhe.

"Sir, it's fine." Xiao Junzhe replied, "It's just that the attack of the Tatars seems to be less fierce in the past few days, and the Eight Banners don't know where to go, and the siege of the city in the past two days is the new Korean army." ”

Jiang Beiming took out a cigarette and took two deep puffs, and suddenly asked: "According to the news transmitted back from Xi'an, will our cavalry division arrive in the next two days?" ”

"Yes." Zhang Hai said, "It should arrive tomorrow and the day after tomorrow at the earliest." ”

"The day after tomorrow?" Jiang Beiming walked to the side of the map and looked at it carefully.

"Beiming, what could go wrong?" Zhang Hai didn't know what Jiang Beiming was thinking.

"I don't know, I always think something might be wrong." Jiang Beiming muttered, "Why did the 40,000 Eight Banners suddenly disappear, could it be that Huang Taiji wanted to withdraw from the army." And it seems that the offensive of the new army of North Korea has not been so fierce these days, what do they want to do? ”

"Sir, will the Tartars want to surround the point and send reinforcements and snipe our reinforcements?"

Xiao Junzhe's words reminded Jiang Beiming: "There is this possibility. Our reinforcements were in a hurry to come back, and the distances between the divisions were large, and Andreas's cavalry division could easily get into the enemy's encirclement. And even if Huang Taiji and Tao Min want to withdraw their troops, they won't give up without making some benefits. ”

"But where will they set up an ambush?" Zhang Hai asked, Jiang Beiming moved his gaze to the map again, "I can't care so much, just in case, the cavalry division is the elite of our Yulin Army, and we must not lose it." ”

Jiang Beiming turned around and gave an order: "Zhang Hai, immediately assemble our Yulin army, and you will lead it out of the city overnight." Follow the route from Beijing to Baoding to meet the cavalry division, they will definitely take this route when they come from Xi'an. ”

"Is it in time?" Zhang Hai asked, "We don't have cavalry, and even if we set off now, we can only go out more than 100 miles." ”

"Try your best, if you don't go to meet it, my heart has not been steady." Jiang Beiming said, "You prepare and set off in the middle of the night." But be careful, anything can happen. ”

"I understand." Zhang Hai saluted and went out.

The 8,000 Yulin Army infantry set out from Beijing under the leadership of Zhang Hai during the fourth watch. At the same time, the cavalry division in Zhuozhou had already finished breakfast, fed the horses and prepared for departure.

The sun slowly rose, Tao Min received news from Beijing, the 40,000 Eight Banners had withdrawn to Tongxian, although the new Korean army still pretended to continue to attack Beijing today, but privately prepared to retreat. As long as I can strike a hard blow to the cavalry division here today, then I will also evacuate tonight with these 30,000 new Korean troops, this is the last battle with the Yulin army.

Tao Min looked up at the sun in the sky, it seemed that it would not rain again today. It's just that what to do after this retreat, Tao Min's heart is a little worried. Although Li Zicheng has evacuated Xi'an, the main force is still there, and the next step in Yulin Bay will be to concentrate on attacking Li Zicheng or dealing with themselves, or maybe they will focus on Vietnam. And what is he going to do next, and what will be his relationship with Huang Taiji, Tao Min's mind is full of question marks.

"Lord Wang." An officer ran over and reported, "Our scouts have returned, and they haven't found any enemies yet." ”

"They won't arrive so early." Tao Min said expressionlessly, "After the order is given, all the departments are in good spirits and make all preparations, and they must inflict heavy losses on the enemy." The artillery team was ordered to set up the cannons, load them all with loose shells, and immediately open fire upon receiving the order. ”

At noon, Zhang Hai hurried out about sixty miles, and the 8,000 infantry were so tired that they couldn't breathe.

"Order, the whole army to stop advancing and rest in place." Zhang Hai knew that he couldn't go any further, and if he continued to walk, he would have to exhaust these soldiers, "Send someone to the front to see if our scouts have returned." Zhang Hai scattered the scout forward for ten miles.

After resting for half an hour, the scout returned: "Sir, ten miles ahead has found the enemy's defensive line. ”

"They really want to surround and send reinforcements." Zhang Hai was shocked, "What's the specific situation?" ”

"Back to sir." The scout replied, "There are about 20,000 enemy troops, all of them Korean New Army. There were more than a dozen cannons, and their line of defense was facing the direction of Zhuozhou. ”

"Can you get around?" Zhang Hai was worried that Andreas would break into Tao Min's encirclement at this time.

"Back to sir, it's difficult, the enemy's defense line is too dense."

"Let's find out." Zhang Haiping retreated from the scout, sat down and silently thought about his next move.

Tao Min has more than a dozen cannons on his side, and he doesn't even have cavalry, and the 8,000 Yulin troops he brought are still equipped with flintlock pistols, not rifled guns, so he is likely to suffer a big loss if he goes up so rashly. However, this line of defense could not be bypassed, and the news could not be passed on to the cavalry division, so what could be done.

Zhang Hai thought for a while, and decided to go up and have a look first, even if he couldn't do anything, as long as the gun rang out, he could give the cavalry division a wake-up call.

"Someone." Zhang Hai called a scout, "You quickly return to Beijing and tell Commander Chiang that the new Korean army has set up an ambush in Fangshan County, with 20,000 troops and more than 10 artillery pieces, and the cavalry division has not yet arrived." ”

Seeing that this scout Pegasus was gone, Zhang Hai ordered again: "Order, the whole army will strengthen its vigilance and continue to advance." ”

Andreas's cavalry division was galloping on a prancing horse, and a major ran in front of Andreas: "Sir, the front is Fangshan County, we have been running for more than 100 miles in a row, are you taking a break in Fangshan County." ”

"Pass the order down, slow down, and go to Fangshan County to rest." After a morning of galloping, nearly 100 cavalry were left behind, and even the horses could not stand it without resting.

The entire cavalry division slowed down and slowly marched towards Fangshan County. About two miles across the road, 10,000 new Korean troops were lying in the grass staring at the cavalry that passed in front of them. Xiedutong, who led the team, smiled and nodded a few times, the prince was really like a god, and the enemy's cavalry was about to enter the encirclement.

"Herald." Xiedutong commanded in a low voice, "Keep quiet, no one is allowed to speak, everything is at my command." ”

The back of the cavalry division disappeared from the eyes of this Xiedu commander: "Pass my general order, immediately erect cannons and build fortifications." ”