Xie Baoqing listened to Wang Yue's words and did not leave the court, and was very pleased: "Sihua has made new contributions, and the emperor will definitely reward him." Half of the army of Jiannu has been lost, when will our army continue to march north to overcome the full success? ”

Wang Yue said: "There is a report from the front that Huang Taiji's army is fleeing north day and night, and it should all withdraw from North Korea in the near future." Our goal of aiding the DPRK this time has been basically achieved, and the Tiance Army has suffered serious losses in ammunition in several major battles, and it needs to be replenished in a timely manner. Therefore, the purpose of the next stage of the operation was to drive all the troops of Jiannu out of Korea. ”

Anyone with a little common sense can see that the Tiance Army is an army that fights logistics. Since Wang Yue said so, Xie Baoqing can also understand.

Of course, the Tiance army has the strength to directly attack Shengjing, but Liaodong is vast and does not have tens of thousands of troops, so it is difficult to completely eliminate mites. The frightened boar skins scattered and fled into the mountains, which would be very troublesome.

In all previous battles, the Qing army has lost nearly half of its strength, and the pressure in the direction of Shanhaiguan will be reduced. The Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was beaten and wounded, may not have much strength to launch another southern invasion, not to mention the existence of the Jingshi and the Tiance Army. The only thing they had to do now was to lick their wounds and prepare for the attack of the Tiance Army.

The starting point city also has to smooth out the relationship with the imperial court, and Wang Yue's various practices with the starting point city will sooner or later be regarded as rebellion by the imperial court.

Once there is a conflict with the imperial court, the entire Ming Dynasty may be hostile to the starting point city, and the starting point city will be enemy on all sides, and this situation must be dealt with.

Therefore, the elimination of mites is not a top priority, not to mention that the interests of North Korea must be taken first.

North Korea is in the same breath as the Ming court. If the Tiance Army is not the army of the imperial court, if it wants to be unimpeded in Korea, then it can only open the way with rifles and artillery, where is it as close as a family now?

The battlefield outside Pyongyang has been cleaned up by the Cheonce Army. The work of burying the corpses of the Qing army was handed over to Li Shu, the general of the North Korean army, who rushed over later.

So the whole army of the Tiance Army continued to go north, vowing to drive all the Qing troops out of Korea.

March 21, 1637, February 15, 10th year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.

After more than ten days of fleeing, the Qing army finally escaped the Yalu River and entered Liaodong.

Stepping on the land of Liaodong and looking back at the surging Yalu River, Huang Taiji's tears still flowed. After two months of campaigning, the Qing not only gained almost nothing, but also suffered heavy losses, and now the Qing army has returned all the territory it occupied to Korea.

Half a month's escape was really a nightmare, and the Qing army was eaten by more than 2,000 people by the Tiance army that followed.

Huang Taiji didn't think about turning around and killing the hundreds of Tiance troops and more than 2,000 Baoding troops, but the pursuing Tiance army was not only cautious but also cunning, and always wouldn't get too close, and every time they fought, they would occupy favorable terrain and make the Qing army helpless. So much so that the later Qing soldiers called the task of being responsible for the queen of the palace "an errand to send to death"!

Knowing that the large army of the Tiance army had caught up, Huang Taiji ordered the Qing army to rush at full speed to prevent being bitten by the Tiance army.

When Wang Yue rushed to the Yalu River, he could still see the figure of the Qing army in the distance with high-powered telescopes.

"What a beautiful river!" Looking at the endless river in front of him, Wang Yue sighed.

The Yalu River originates at the southern foot of Changbai Mountain, flows through Changbai, Linjiang, Kuandian, Dandong and other places, flows southwest along the border between Daming and North Korea, and gathers the Hunjiang River, Xuchuan River, Ballu River and other tributaries stretching for 795 kilometers, feeding 64,000 square kilometers of land and hundreds of people on the land of Liaodong, and now it appears in front of its own eyes.

"Commander, it's better for us to cross the river now and go straight to Huanglong and capture Huang Taiji alive!" Li Zixuan, who was beside him, was eager to try.

Wang Yue shook his head and said: "Now is not the time, our army is not fully prepared, let him jump for a few days." We're back now! ”

Feng Yuanshan laughed and said, "According to what the commander said, let him jump for a few days first." However, we have helped North Korea so much by sending troops to North Korea this time, so they should also express it, right? Those mountains and that broken island that the commander wanted, where is it worth the loss of our army? ”

What is the use of those mountains and Jeju Island, Wang Yue has not explained to others, so everyone does not know what they mean.

Wang Yue smiled and said, "Yo, Yuanshan will also fight an economic war?" Do you want to have a beautiful woman as a wife with the king of Joseon? Okay, I'll ask you about this. ”

Being teased by Wang Yue, Feng Yuanshan took off his steel helmet in embarrassment and touched his hair. He was a rough man, thick and fine. The previous family was too poor, so although he was over 20 years old, he had not yet taken a wife.

Li Zixuan and the others also laughed when they heard this, Zhang Jicheng understood the situation better, and said: "The commander doesn't know anything, and now I don't know how many people are the matchmaker for Yuanshan, but he has never made up his mind to deal with the next one." ”

Wang Yue nodded and said, "I just said that the officers and soldiers of our Tiance Army are not worried about not being able to find a wife. However, Genshan's vision should not be too high. There are a lot of good women in our starting point city, so many self-reliant women, you don't have a fancy for them? ”

Feng Yuanshan didn't expect that he would say a word, and the topic turned to himself.

Since the commander asked, he had to answer: "Well, it's not that I don't like those women. There are indeed a lot of good people who come to matchmaking, but my father has set a family business for me in my hometown. Later, when the disaster struck, everyone fled and didn't know what was going on with their family, so I wanted to ask someone to go back to my hometown after a while, and if she was still there, I would take her over. If she's gone, I'll think about someone else. ”

And everyone was surprised. Wang Yue asked, "Do you know her?" Have you seen her in person? ”

Feng Yuanshan said: "Their house is dozens of miles away from our village, I haven't seen her." ”

He also understood why Wang Yue asked like this, so he explained: "After all, it was my father who promised others, and our family can't talk and don't count." What's more, my father is gone, and I still have to fulfill his old man's wish. ”

Speaking of this, maybe he remembered his father, Feng Yuanshan's eyes were a little red.

His father starved to death on the way to escape the famine.

The current living environment of the starting point city is second to none in Daming, and the quality of life of the people has improved rapidly. There is not only material, but also the improvement of spiritual life, so the quality of women within the starting point city is definitely higher than that of Feng Yuanshan's hometown.

What's more, Feng Yuanshan, as the head of the regiment, has a very high income, and the woman introduced to him will not be bad.

However, for Feng Yuanshan's choice, Wang Yue can understand that only such a person is a reliable person. He patted Feng Yuanshan on the shoulder and said, "Yuanshan is a promise and filial piety, I hope you can still find her." ”

(Thanks to book friend Kiba Chabili for his tip)