Zhang Bin didn't know about Yongqing's victory at this time, because he was running away at this time, this year's past, only the only thing left was running, and there were a total of five days since the New Year, and he ran on the snow with his subordinates for three days!

Qin Liangyu sent two ways to report the victory, and the distance from the capital should be a little farther, but the capital is there, and it won't run around, so the road arrived first, and he had to chase his footprints to report the victory to Zhang Bin, but he arrived a little later.

At this time, the 100,000 Ming army was marching forward on the vast snowfield, Zhang Bin was still in the old formation, let the Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles protect the front and left and right sides, and the foot soldiers lined up in the middle to form a phalanx and march forward in formation.

Due to the rest for nearly two days, the soldiers' physical strength is still good, but everyone is a little depressed, this battle was fought, on the first day with Jiannu Xiao did a battle, followed by running, running, running, running, running hard, running hundreds of miles, not even the shadow of Jiannu!

That's how to fight with Jiannu, they generally don't let you see the shadow, when you see them, you have to be careful, they are here to break each other, Daming has been fighting with Jiannu for more than ten years, basically like this, no matter how many troops you have, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even two hundred thousand, a dozen field battles will be broken by Jiannu, without exception.

At the beginning, 200,000 people moved forward in a group, and everyone was still a little more down-to-earth, but now that they were scattered, everyone began to worry, and they would not be broken by Jiannu again!

This road is unlikely to be broken by Jiannu, because there are 100,000 border troops and 10,000 Qi family troops on this road, as well as chariots, and artillery, Jiannu is unlikely to come to find trouble on this road, but if the other roads are broken, it is also defeated, thinking that every time it is inexplicably defeated, it is strange that the mood can be good.

Zhang Bin was in a good mood at this time, because Zunhua was taken, and Huang Taiji went north in a hurry, and everything was in his calculations, but except for a few important generals, the people below didn't know, because he set off immediately after receiving the news that Cao Wenzhao had captured Zunhua, and he didn't do any mobilization at all, let alone explain anything to the soldiers.

In order to take a shortcut, he did not lead the army to the direction of Liangxiang in the west, but directly in the direction of Tongzhou in the east, here, there may be fifty or sixty miles from the capital.

He was trying to observe the state of the soldiers, and decided how far to go to camp, when he saw the listless looks of the soldiers, he finally reacted, fighting a war, boosting morale is also very important, why did he forget this!

He swept left and right with his binoculars, and then ordered: "Order, the whole army stops advancing, camps on the spot, and in addition, let the three generals Qi Yuangong, Hou Shilu, and You Shiwei come over." ”

The order was formed, and one phalanx stopped one after another, and began to disperse and camp, and soon Qi Yuangong, Hou Shilu and You Shiwei were recruited.

Zhang Bin didn't say much, and said directly: "Fighting a war, boosting morale is also very important, I see that the mood of the soldiers is very low, I guess I don't know why we are running so blindly, you go back and let the generals at all levels convey it, be sure to let every soldier know that Zunhua has been recaptured by us, Jiannu is retreating north in a hurry, as long as our army arrives in Zunhua, Jiannu should run away with his tail between his legs." ”

When Qi Yuangong, Hou Shilu and You Shiwei heard this, they hurriedly bowed their hands and obeyed the order, then turned their horses' heads and ran back to their respective camps.

Zhang Bin stood on the horse, observing the state of his soldiers, at first they were listless to set up tents there, and gradually some people began to scatter to convey the news, everywhere, the soldiers there instantly came to the spirit, and even the speed of setting up the tent was a lot faster, and the original silent soldiers also slowly began to communicate, and smiles slowly appeared on their faces.

It seems that the effect is very good, Zhang Bin looked at it for a while, the handsome tent was also set up, he was about to get off the horse and enter the account to take a rest, suddenly there was a sporadic sound of horses' hooves in the distance, he immediately raised the telescope, and went away, and a herald with a command flag on his back was galloping to this side.

Coming from the south, it should be Qin Liangyu who sent someone to summon the news, could it be that she has already defeated the foot soldiers of the Mengyuan tribes?

Soon, the herald came to the Shuai tent under the guidance of the peripheral soldiers, he should know Zhang Bin, as soon as he came to the Shuai tent, he turned over and dismounted, held an envelope to Zhang Bin, and said loudly: "Lord Qiqi, Governor, our army has achieved a great victory in Yongqing County, and more than 30,000 Jiannu foot soldiers have been annihilated. ”

Zhang Bin was overjoyed when he heard the news, he quickly took the envelope and took out the good news inside.

Subordinate Qin Liangyu hereby reports:

According to the order of the lord, he led the army to intercept the Jiannu foot soldiers, intercepted more than 30,000 Jiannu foot soldiers in Yongqing County, more than 50 miles southeast of Gu'an, fought fiercely for nearly two hours, killed more than 10,000 enemies, and the remaining more than 20,000 people surrendered, and rescued more than 1,000 soldiers of the Ming army such as Heiyunlong and Ma Dengyun, and more than 70,000 people in Shuntianfu.

The handwriting is beautiful, it should be Qin Liangyu's handwriting, it was written in a hurry, and it was not detailed, but it was enough.

Zhang Bin looked at it, and immediately said excitedly: "Come here, look at the reward, reward ten taels of silver." ”

Xie Zhenggang, who was not far away, heard this, and immediately took out a silver ingot of ten taels from the tent and handed it to the herald, who was naturally very grateful.

Zhang Bin thought for a while and ordered: "You immediately go back and tell Lord Qin, let her speed the white pole soldiers to Zunhua to converge, and hand over the prisoners to Lord Lu Xiangsheng and escort them back to the capital." ”

The herald obeyed, then turned on his horse and galloped away.

Zhang Bin said to Xie Zhenggang on the side: "Little Sixth Uncle, quickly, order someone to inform the three generals Qi Yuangong, Hou Shilu, and You Shiwei, and let them come over again." ”

Qi Yuangong, Hou Shilu, and You Shiwei soon rushed over one after another, and Zhang Bin directly handed over the good news to them to pass it on, and the three of them showed surprised expressions on their faces.

After they finished passing it on, Zhang Bin took back the good news and said with a smile: "Hurry up and report it to your subordinates, so that they can also be happy." ”

The three of them hurriedly retreated, and after a while, the entire camp burst into cheers one after another, such a big victory, the first time in more than ten years, how could the soldiers of the Ming army not be ecstatic.

What about Huang Taiji's side at this time?

Huang Taiji didn't know that his infantry had been completely wiped out, and at this time he had already led the main cavalry to gallop to the border of Xianghe County, but he didn't dare to rush overnight, and it was already the limit for the war horse to run more than 300 miles a day, and if he ran another one or two hundred miles, it was estimated that he would cramp and fall to the ground.

The so-called haste is not reached, and the rest must be rested.

No matter how anxious he was, he could only order the army to stop advancing, rest for one night in Xianghe County, let the horses have a good rest, and rush to Zunhua tomorrow.

At this time, he already regretted it in his heart, he knew that he was a little too confident and underestimated the heroes of the world.

The commander of the Ming army must have seen that Zunhua was his life, but he kept quiet, and when he ran to Baoding stupidly, he suddenly launched, and at that time, it was too late for him to reinforce.

This is really playing with the eagle all day long, but the eagle pecked his eyes, and he still wanted to play with others, but he was tricked by others.

He didn't want to attack the city garrisoned by the Liaodong Army, so he made a detour of thousands of miles to sneak attack the capital of Daming, but he never thought that he would go around and around for more than a month, and he still had to attack the city garrisoned by the Liaodong Army, Guanning Iron Cavalry, Zu Dashou and even Yuan Chonghuan, but he had enough suffering, and at this time he had a headache when he thought of attacking the city they were stationing.

So what are Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou doing at this time?

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan began to disobey the order again, or he modified Zhang Bin's order slightly.

Because after he led the Guanning Iron Cavalry to Tongzhou, he found that it was still early and the horse was not very tired, so he took out the map and analyzed it, and soon came to a conclusion.

After Huang Taiji received the news, he would definitely beat his horse and gallop wildly, and rush to Zunhua, he would be able to run to Xianghe County in one day, and Xianghe seemed to be a little closer to Zunhua than Tongzhou and Zunhua, if both sides set off at the same time the next day, he might have to arrive a little later than him, so it would be dangerous.

So, he ordered the Guanning Iron Cavalry to continue to advance, and rushed to Sanhe in front of him before he was stationed and rested.

Sanhe Zunhua is already only about two hundred miles, much closer than Xianghe, so it's the other way around, he can arrive in Zunhua more than an hour earlier than Huang Taiji!

There was nothing to say all night, early the next morning, Yuan Chonghuan set off from Sanhe, Huang Taiji set off from Xianghe, and both sides rushed to Zunhua at the same time, this time Yuan Chonghuan was really one step ahead, and arrived in Zunhua more than an hour earlier than Huang Taiji.

Qierharang actually arrived in Zunhua not long ago, he was stationed in the south of Zunhua about ten miles, building siege equipment, he heard that his subordinate scouts came to report, Guanning Iron Cavalry came, so frightened that he hurriedly ordered all the soldiers to assemble in front of the camp.

He didn't want to stop Guan Ning Tiecai from entering the city, but to guard against Guan Ning Tiecai's raid, he was very familiar with this old opponent, these guys were amazing, they wanted to find that they were camping to build siege equipment, there was no organization of defense, it was very likely that they would rush over and slash indiscriminately, and at that time, it was possible for the 40,000 horses under their command to be cut down and routed by them.

Of course, it was impossible for Yuan Chonghuan to cut them, because he knew that Huang Taiji was behind, and it was very likely that they would be cut back by Huang Taiji who followed behind, so he ignored Qier Harang, and directly led Guan Ning Tieqi all the way to the north gate of Zunhua City and entered the city directly.

At this time, Cao Wenzhao was naturally overjoyed, and when he found out that more than 40,000 Houjin and Mengyuan coalition forces were coming, he really sweated in his heart, because he had a total of 4,000 men and horses, and this Zunhua City was not the kind of fortified city with high moats and deep moats.

Besides, he doesn't have a Hongyi cannon in his hand, only a tiger squat cannon with a thin arm, if people attack frantically regardless of everything, what about two hundred tiger squat cannons, five rounds will kill him at most 1,000 people, they still have more than 40,000 people, don't use it!

Fortunately, Yuan Chonghuan and Zu Dashou led 20,000 Guan Ning Tie Cavalry to come, these two people are experts in defending the city, with them, plus more than 20,000 people in the city, Jiannu is estimated to be unable to capture 200,000 people!

So, he happily handed over the command of defending the city to Yuan Chonghuan.

Speaking of defending the city, Yuan Chonghuan really didn't build it, after he took over the command, he immediately ordered Cao Wenzhao to lead people to borrow all the big iron pots from the civilians in the city, put them on the city wall, boiled boiling water and hot oil, and ordered Zu Dashou to take people to demolish people's houses, pull out people's steps, as long as there are huge stones and wooden materials, he dares to demolish the official yamen!

Of course, no one will object at this time, this Zunhua City has been occupied by Jiannu for more than a month, and the people in the city have been cleaned up by Jiannu, I heard that it is used to defend the city, what do you want, they will help you demolish it themselves.

Steps, dig for you, stone slabs on the ground, cut out for you, beams, which room you like, unload for you!

With the assistance of the civilians in the city, the materials for defending the city were simply gathering on the city wall like flowing water, and at this time, Huang Taiji finally arrived, and he heard that Guan Ning Tieqi had entered the city, and his face was immediately as black as splashing ink.

What to do?

I have to try to attack before deciding, this Zunhua City is not as difficult to attack as Ningyuan and Jinzhou.

Early the next morning, he led the Jin Tie cavalry to force 10,000 Mongolian Eight Banner soldiers, abandoned the war horse, carried the ladder, and tried to attack a wave, Yuan Chonghuan used tiger squat cannons, rolling stones, sassal wood, boiling water, boiling oil, etc. to entertain them, as a result, 10,000 Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers dropped more than 1,000 corpses and retreated.

However, at this time, Huang Taiji showed joy, because there was no Hongyi cannon in the city that he was most afraid of, and it seemed that the Ming army only brought tiger squat cannons.

The little tiger squatted with a fist-sized cannonball, afraid of a fart, this Zunhua City is not impossible to attack.

Besides, at this time, he didn't know that Meng Yuan's infantry had been completely annihilated, he thought, drive fifty or sixty thousand Mengyuan Eight Banner soldiers and other Mengyuan cavalry to attack a few rounds, Meng Yuan's infantry should arrive, they also captured tens of thousands of people, when the time comes, drive the people as meat shields, storm a few waves, and they will definitely be able to capture it!

So he ordered Houjin Eight Banners to make siege equipment, and drove the Mengyuan Eight Banners and Mengyuan Tribes to attack in turn, attacking for seven or eight days, leaving tens of thousands of corpses in the south of Zunhua, and at the same time exhausting all the artillery ammunition in the city.

On the eighth day, the scout cavalry came to report that the foot soldiers had finally arrived, but it was not the foot soldiers of the Mengyuan and Yuan departments, but the foot soldiers of the Ming army!

Huang Taiji's face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, so that there was no mouthful of blood spurting out, how can this be fought, there are 20,000 Guanning iron cavalry guarding the city in front, and more than 100,000 Ming army foot soldiers in the back, and they still have that kind of damned, hedgehog-like chariot.

Do you want to retreat here?

Unwillingly, I gathered the Houjin Eight Banners, the Mengyuan Eight Banners, and the more than 100,000 troops of the Mengyuan Tribes, but I didn't catch a single fart, but I lost 40,000 or 50,000 people, how can people be willing!

Zhang Bin didn't care whether Huang Taiji was willing or not, he directly ordered 600 Wuhan Iron and Steel cars to be in the front, 5,000 Qi family soldiers in the middle, 200 tiger squatting cannons followed, and 100,000 border army soldiers followed, just lined up in a neat formation, crushing towards the camp of the Houjin and Mengyuan coalition forces!

Huang Taiji looked at Zunhua City in front of him, and then at the hedgehog array in the back, and suddenly despaired, both sides couldn't move!

He could only roar unwillingly: "Bring food, withdraw!" ”

So, the Houjin and Mengyuan coalition forces didn't even have time to pack up the camp tent, but hurriedly brought a little looted food, and galloped wildly, bypassing Zunhua City, heading towards Xifengkou, and fled.

Zhang Bin was very enthusiastic about beating the horse and sending it off, but in the end, he still didn't catch up with Huang Taiji, and he didn't even say goodbye.

In fact, he just wanted to tell Huang Taiji: "Boy, something big has happened to you in Liaodong!" ”