The sky was light, and Zhenglan Banner couldn't wait to start the withdrawal.

The withdrawal of the Zhenglan Banner was not disguised in the slightest, and it was so blatantly displayed in front of the Ming army.

Mang Gurtai only hoped that his unusually hasty withdrawal would cause Zhang Pan's misjudgment and make Zhang Pan have the courage to come out and give them a ride.

That's right, it's a gift.

Mang Gurtai did not think that he had used the word "gift" for the Han people wrongly.

Like last night, he made such a big mistake and gave the Ming army such a good opportunity, Zhang Pan didn't dare to come out with the whole army to raid them, which shows Zhang Pan's fear of their blue flag combat power.

The Ming army was so afraid of them that Mang Gurtai was both proud and troubled.

Now the battle with the Ming army is becoming more and more boring.

Since Boljin defeated more than 2,000 Ming troops in Liuhe with a single Niu Lu's troops, the Ming army did not dare to go out of the city to fight against Dajin.

And the failure of attacking Ningyuan and repeatedly attacking Lushun made Mang Gurtai also have obvious resistance to the siege.

The attrition of the siege was too great.

Mang Gurtai felt that if there was no other way (Neiying or the civil strife of the Ming army, etc.), if he wanted to capture the small city of Tuchengzi, the Zhenglan Banner would probably have to attack day and night for at least three days or more, and pay one-third of the pawn as the price before it could be captured.

This is just one of the three small towns that make up Fort Arthur.

With such a high siege price, how can the Blue Banner bear it.

That being the case, it is better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible.

If the Ming army can be lured out, then the Zhenglan Banner will fight again. If Zhang Pan just can't leave the city, then in this season of great gold and grain shortage, it is good to go back early and save a little more food for Zhenglanqi.

Mang Gurtai didn't expect to ambush Zhang Pan now. Mang Gurtai only hoped to catch the small troops sent by the Ming army to follow the gift, so that he could slightly save a little bit of the face of the Zhenglan Banner that had fallen into the dust.

Zhenglanqi is a big loss this time.

"Mang Gurtai, this is really going to retreat."

Standing at the head of the city, with the help of a telescope, after carefully observing the various details of the actions of the Zhenglan Banner, Zhang Pan came to a positive conclusion.

"Let Tanqi, no, let's let the Xiuzi Battalion send a team of rangers to keep an eye on it."

Confirming that Zhenglanqi was really going to withdraw the army, Zhang Pan immediately made arrangements in his heart.

As expected by Mang Gurtai, in the face of the withdrawal of the Zhenglan Banner, Zhang Pan's first reaction was to send a ranger to keep an eye on the Zhenglan Banner until it was confirmed that the Zhenglan Banner had completely left.

To be honest, Zhang Pan's heart was indeed a little afraid of the combat power of the Zhenglan Banner, and he really didn't dare to fight with the Zhenglan Banner.

Zhang Pan was born in Liaoyangwei, and since the fall of Liaoshen in the first year of the Apocalypse, Zhang Pan has heard of, seen it with his own eyes, and personally participated in several battles between the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars.

There were several large-scale battles in Sarhu, Liaoshen, and Guangning, and the Ming army was defeated and lost.

Those veterans of Salhu who aided Korea to resist the Japanese, the white pole soldiers who participated in the war in Liaoshen and the Zhejiang Army (Qijia Army), plus in several battles, more than a dozen generals at all levels of the general and deputy participated in the tour for many years, these forces are no more powerful than Zhangpan's Lushun Ming Army.

These elites of the Ming army were all defeated in the field battle against the Tartars, why did these miscellaneous soldiers in his Lushun go to compete with the Tartars.

When the Apocalypse counterattacked Jinzhou in the third year, Zhang Pan also had a small-scale field battle with Houjin. At that time, if he hadn't seen things badly and quickly withdrew to Lushun to defend with the help of geographical advantages, the Lushun Ming army would have been wiped out long ago.

And in the defensive battle of Lushun in the past few years, Zhang Pan understood that without the blessing of the city wall, the Ming army under his command was indeed not the opponent of the Tartars.

In Zhang Pan's estimation, in the field battle, the combat power of the Lushun Ming army and the Tartar pawn was about 3 to 1. He's just a lightly armored tartar.

Zhang Pan is very sensible, since the combat strength of the Ming army under his command is very different from that of the Tartars, he no longer has the luxury of defeating or annihilating the Tartars.

He just wants to hold Lushun firmly, hold this nail pierced in the Tartar's body, and consume and contain part of the Tartar's strength.

As for defeating the main force of the Tartars, this kind of task beyond the ability of the Ming army in Lushun still depends on the main force of the Ming army far away in Ningyuan!

"The herald ordered the Xiuzi battalion to send a team of horsemen out of the city. Divide them into three parts, take turns to follow the Tartars, and make sure that the Tartars leave the country and come back. ”

Putting down the binoculars, Zhang Pan sent out a team of rangers to monitor the retreat of the Tartars, as was customary.

The smoke and dust rose, and the first withdrawal unit of Zhenglan Banner outside the city had officially pulled out the village and set off.

Zhu Youzhen, who was sleepy-eyed, was awakened by the cheers of the Ming army all over the city.

"What's going on? Is it the Tartars who are attacking the city again? ”

After opening his eyes and seeing the dilapidated house and realizing where he was, Zhu Youzhen asked the first question.

"Your Highness needs not worry. It wasn't the Tartars who came to attack the city, it was the Tartars who began to withdraw, and the soldiers cheered and made a noise. The city is now completely safe, and you can sleep a little longer. ”

With a relaxed tone, Gao Qiqian appeared in front of Zhu Youzhen's eyes.

"The Tartars are withdrawing?"

Zhu Youzhen, who was completely sleepy, jumped up from the bed: "Let's go, let's go to the city and have a look." ”

"Your Highness is going to the city again?"

As soon as he entered the door, he heard that Zhu Youzhen was going to the city again, and Chu Tianxing's face was immediately full of bitterness.

Your Highness, can't you stop for a while?

Confirming that the bold King Xin was going to the city again, Chu Tianxing sighed helplessly, and helped King Xin put on his armor with Gao Qiqian.

Chu Tianxing knew that he couldn't persuade the king to believe in it at all now.

King Xin stayed under the city without fear even when the Tartars attacked the city, King Xin had such courage, how else could Chu Tianxing persuade him?

Chu Tianxing now felt that His Majesty the Emperor Xu Xinwang going out of Beijing was a mistake in itself.

Out of Beijing, without the restraint of His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress, who can control His Royal Highness King Xin.

It's like this obviously says that it is going to Dengzhou, but after getting on the ship from Tianjin, it first passes through Guangludao and then to Lushun Nancheng, and finally goes to this Tuchengzi; Where it is more dangerous, His Highness will run there.

If it hadn't been for the guards yesterday, His Highness would have run directly to the battlefield.

It was because of the guards' hard blocking that he Chu Tianxing was sent to the city where arrows rained down to act as a microphone.

You say, who can manage such a highness!

His Royal Highness opened his eyes and wanted to go to the city again, but fortunately, the Tartars had already begun to withdraw their troops. Or, alas!

Chu Tianxing and Gao Qiqian's eyes touched, and the eyes of both parties were full of helplessness.

After putting on the armor, Chu Tianxing plucked up his courage and asked, "Your Highness, when are we going to Dengzhou?" ”

"To Dengzhou? As long as the treasure ship comes, let's go. ”

Zhu Youzhen's extremely relaxed words choked Chu Tianxing's words to death.

When Chu Tianxing reluctantly took the lead in leaving the room, Gao Qiqian's voice came into Zhu Youzhen's ears in a low voice.

"Your Highness, since we got on the ship in Tianjin, we haven't been able to hear from everywhere for 7 or 8 days."

Gao Qidive's words made Zhu Youzhen's footsteps pause.

More than anything else, that's the real trouble.

Zhu Youzhen's brows couldn't help frowning.