After cleaning up the battlefield, the mixed brigade only rested for two hours, and set off again at night. Before setting off, Xu Lang ordered all the food in the fort to be taken away, not a single one was left, and all the ones that could not be taken away were burned to ashes.www.biquge.info

Although Han Wantao and the others felt that Xu Lang was doing something excessive, no one said anything.

Huang Taiji was furious.

Yue Tuo trembled and knelt in front of Huang Taiji, although Yue Tuo had repeatedly made military exploits, and he was deeply favored by Huang Taiji, but this time the loss was indeed too great. The only thing that came back from the 3000 Eight Banners elite was his more than 100 followers, and of course, that master Tao Min.

"The slave deserves death, please punish the slave by the Great Khan." Yue dragged himself to his knees on the ground and kept kowtowing.

"Someone." Huang Taiji shouted angrily, "First take this slave into custody and hand it over to the Minister of Parliament for punishment." ”

"Sweat profusely and slowly." Tao Min stepped forward and said, "The failure of this pursuit is not the responsibility of Yue Tuobeile. It's really like this, and my gold deserves this catastrophe. ”

"The number of days?" Huang Taiji snorted heavily.

Tao Min played again: "Great Khan, although the number of days is like this, we still have a chance now. ”

"I don't know what other tricks the master has?" Huang Taiji asked.

"Great Khan, please look." Tao Min spread out the map of Liaodong he drew in front of Huang Taiji, "Although the enemy army has achieved some victories in Jiguan Mountain, it is also exhausted. Moreover, the enemy army is short of food and grass, and if they want to go to Lushun, they will definitely go to capture Xiuyan City. Because Xiuyan is where our grain is located, it is in charge of the granaries of Jinzhou, Haicheng and Gaizhou. Now that the 10,000 elite soldiers of Jilharang are waiting for the enemy army in the Yalu River, the Great Khan can quickly order someone to send an order to Jilharang to rush to Xiuyan City to wait for work. The Great Khan can personally command the army to continue the pursuit, and we will attack from both sides, and we will definitely inflict heavy losses on the enemy. ”

The mixed brigade walked non-stop for another three or four days, and because there were some casualties in the ambush at Jiguan Mountain, the speed of the mixed brigade slowed down.

"Wan Tao, Xu Lang." Zeng Guangxian rode on the horse and tried to open his eyes, "I have to have a place to rest, the soldiers can't bear it anymore." We've run out of food. ”

"I can't rest." Han Wantao said, "We brought dozens of wounded people, and we walked up to 80 miles a day. Although Huang Taiji was heavily defeated, his pursuers were likely to chase after him. ”

Xu Lang did not speak.

"What are you thinking?" Zeng Guangxian asked.

"How much food do we have?" Xu Lang asked rhetorically.

"It's only enough to eat one meal, and we only ate one meal yesterday." As soon as Zeng Guangxian finished speaking, there was a gurgling sound in his stomach.

"Guangxian, your stomach is protesting." Xu Lang said with a smile.

"You're still kidding." Zeng Guangxian asked, "What should we do now?" ”

"Let's go to Xiuyan City." Xu Lang said suddenly.

"Why go to Xiuyan?" Han Wantao and Zeng Guangxian asked at the same time.

"Because there's food there." Xu Lang replied, "Xiuyan City is the granary of Jinzhou, Gaizhou and Haicheng. ”

"But haven't you thought about it?" Han Wantao asked again, "Just because there is food there, the defense must be tight." We're exhausted now, can we take it down? ”

"There is no other way but to gamble." Xu Lang restrained the war horse, "According to historical records, in 1633, that is, in March of this year, Jierharang supervised the construction of Xiuyan City and sent troops to garrison it. In 1644, the city was defended by 205 soldiers. In 1687, the number of officers and soldiers defending the city reached 1,000. In other words, now Xiuyan City has just been repaired, and it may not have been repaired yet, the defense should not be very strong, and the defenders should be less than 200 people, we can defeat it. ”

"But if we attack Xiuyan City, will it be delayed?" Zeng Guangxian hesitated, "Huang Taiji will not stop there, he will definitely send chasing soldiers." ”

"That's why I said we're going to take a gamble." Xu Lang explained, "According to Tao Min's character, he will never stop there. Not only will Huang Taiji continue to send troops to pursue, but Tao Min is likely to bring out the heavy troops in ambush by the Yalu River to pursue us. Because Tao Min knew very well that we wouldn't be going back to Nanpu by land, and I think he should be able to guess that we were going to attack Xiuyan City. ”

"Now that you know what to do, why do you have to go to Xiuyan?" Han Wantao didn't quite understand Xu Lang's thoughts.

"Let's fight the time difference." Xu Lang said, "I have made calculations in the past two days, according to our marching speed and the speed of the Eight Banners' dispatch and pursuit, we should have a full day time difference. Let's use this day to lay down Xiuyan City for resupply. ”

Han Wantao and Zeng Guangxian thought about it, and they both felt that this plan was not so appropriate.

"There's nothing we can do." Xu Lang let out a long sigh, "I also know it's risky. So I thought, after we finish the supply of Xiuyan, let's change direction, go straight to the sea, and go to Lushun along the coastline. Tao Min wouldn't have thought of us walking to the beach, and even if he did, I'm afraid it would be too late. ”

"But how do you promise not to leak secrets?" Zeng Guangxian asked, "What about the people in Xiuyan City, can't they all be killed, they will definitely report to the Houjin soldiers after we leave." ”

"A small amount is not a gentleman, no poison is not a husband." Xu Lang sneered.

"Do you really want to kill them all?" Han Wantao shouted, "This is not your Xu Lang's style. ”

"No, don't kill them." Xu Lang said, "But you have to take them all away, and leave no one behind." ”

10 miles away from Xiuyan City, the mixed brigade held a meeting, and Han Wantao arranged the siege mission. There was no food, and after several days of traveling, several more seriously wounded were killed. Liu Guannan's high fever has not subsided, and if he doesn't rest, I'm afraid it's really not good.

Ye Zhan's second battalion served as the main attack. Han Wantao gave all the remaining military food to Ye Zhan, and the people of the entire second battalion lowered their heads and silently ate the little food that came out of the entire mixed brigade, and no one knew if this was their last meal.

"Brethren." Ding Jun shuttled among the soldiers, "Brigade Commander Han, Deputy Brigade Commander Zeng, Chief of Staff Xu, these commanders are hungry and have given us all the food." This is the honor of our second battalion, for the sake of the commander, for the brothers of the mixed brigade, and for the dignity of the Yulin army, we must win, we must win. The Yulin army is invincible! ”

"The Yulin army is invincible!" The soldiers put down their rice bowls one after another and shouted in unison.

When the narrow road meets, the brave wins.

There is no need for any stratagem, and there is no need for any feints, this is a real contest.

Nearly 300 well-fed soldiers of the second battalion rushed to Xiuyan City with flintlock pistols loaded with bayonets and wooden shields.

Ding Jun rushed to the first one with his shield, and the guns under the city and the crossbow arrows on the city shot at each other. Ding Jun's side kept the soldiers of the Yulin Army falling, but no one hesitated, let alone flinched.

"Lift up the ladder." Ding Jun, who had attacked under the city wall, shouted loudly.

Several ladders leaned against the city wall, Ding Jun threw away the wooden shield, drew his handcuffs, and climbed the ladder to climb up first.

A Eight Banners soldier with a bow and arrow showed his head from the battlement, Ding Jun raised his hand and shot it, and the face of the Eight Banners soldier was instantly blasted into a ball of meat sauce, and he didn't even say a word, and he was planted from the city wall.

Ding Jun threw away the handcuffs, drew out the command knife, and jumped onto the city wall: "Soldiers, kill the enemy!" ”

A scuffle ensued over the city. The anxious Eight Banners and the Yulin Army, who were also red-eyed, were mixed together, and the sounds of fighting and wailing continued to sound.

"Wang Qianxiang, He Chaoyong." Zeng Guangxian shouted, "Lead your men to crash through the city gate and reinforce the second battalion." ”

The fighters of the 1st and 3rd battalions, under the cover of flintlock guns, smashed open the gates with ramming logs.

An hour later, the battle ended.

Not a single of the more than 100 Eight Banners soldiers defending the city remained, and all of them were annihilated. The Yulin army lost 21 people in this battle.

More than 100 heads were cut off, and more than 100 headless corpses were piled up in the center of Xiuyan City.

After the soldiers of the Yulin Army had a full meal, they brought five days' rations and drove all the captured people of Xiuyan City to the direction of the sea. There was another sky-high fire in Xiuyan City.

Zhang Hai found more than 200 horses from Xiuyan City, and together with the more than 300 captured in the last ambush, the Yulin Army now has a total of more than 600 horses. All the lightly wounded were mounted on horseback, the seriously wounded were mounted in carriages, and the whole mixed brigade marched much faster.

Four hours after the mixed brigade withdrew from Xiuyan City, Zilharang's army arrived.

"These damn Nikans." Zilharang was furious, "Go to the fire immediately, immediately rescue the food." ”

The fire gradually went out.

"Order, the cavalry in front, the infantry in the rear, continue the pursuit."

"Master, master." A Niu Lu Ezhen ran over, "We found a coat, he has something to say to the master." ”

A wrapper was brought to Zilharang and knelt down in front of him: "Enlighten the master, the slave knows the direction of the Ming army's escape." ”

"Really? Where did they go? ”

"Returning to the master, they ran in the direction of the southeast sea."

"Do you see clearly?"

"Returning to the master, the minions can see clearly, and they have taken all the people in the city."

Zilharang stared at the coat and suddenly asked, "Why weren't you taken away?" ”

"The minions were hidden, and they didn't find out."

"Good." Zilharang jumped off his horse and walked in front of this coat, and suddenly the big knife in his hand flashed, and a human head rolled out of the distance.

"You deserve to die, Nikan deserves to die." Zilharang roared, "Order, the direction of the army is southeast, pursuit. The fat ones drag the thin, the living ones drag the dead, and I must catch up with them. ”

Xiuyan City is 200 miles away from the sea, and the mixed brigade finally arrived at the beach after two days of walking.

Xu Lang opened the map: "There are still nearly 400 miles from here to Lushun, and we will have at least four days." ”

"Four days is four days." Han Wantao said, "Fortunately, we got rid of the chasing soldiers, and our food is still enough." ”

"Can't let up." Xu Lang suddenly said worriedly, "Wan Tao, I'm worried about something now. ”

"What are you worried about? Are you still worried that the Eight Banners will be able to catch up? ”

"No, I'm worried that Nanpu is gone."

"Why?" Han Wantao asked strangely, "Why do you think so?" ”

"Since Tao Min has been planning for so long, he will never just want to solve our mixed brigade this time. He is well aware of the forces on the Nampo side, and he is also well aware of the current situation in North Korea. Since Tao Min arranged for Huang Taiji and Kong Youde to take Lushun, his purpose is to help Huang Taiji win the world, so he will definitely take down North Korea this time, and our Nanpu may be gone. ”

Han Wantao was a little upset by Xu Lang's words: "If Nanpu is really gone, what will happen to Xin Jiaju, where are we going?" ”

"Xin Jiaju should be fine, he has the God number, and he will definitely withdraw. If Nanpu is really gone, let's go to Phi Dao and Dengzhou, which is why I want Ye Zhan to cut off people's heads. ”

"You want to use the heads of the Eight Banners to open up relations with the Ming Dynasty government?" Zeng Guangxian on the side asked.

"Wan Tao, Guangxian." Xu Lang said slowly, "We have completely lost this Goryeo operation. The strength of our Yulin Bay is too small, and it is difficult to change the direction of history with our strength. Moreover, Tao Min and Tao Gong went to Huang Taiji, and the reason why they were able to wait for four years was that they must have prepared everything. It won't be long before Huang Taiji will have a large number of artillery and flintlock guns, and the iron ore and coal mines in the northeast are much more abundant than those on Hainan Island. If we don't use the power of the Ming Dynasty government, we will definitely not be able to. ”