A heavy rain extinguished the impending war, making it difficult for both the Ming and Qing armies.

For the Manchus, the difficulties brought by the heavy rain were even greater, after all, they had to retreat outside the pass, and the heavy rain would seriously hinder the speed of the retreat.

And the original plan to annihilate the Ming army was even more blocked, and the murderous aura that had just been condensed was instantly extinguished by the heavy rain.

The Ming army still had a city fortress like Ningyuan Zhongzuo to hide, and tens of thousands of Qing troops just waited to stay in the heavy rain, so Zierharang would let out an angry scolding.

In the midst of the heavy rain, Luckedhun walked in the majestic rain with thousands of cavalry. The road was extremely muddy, and naturally it was impossible to ride a horse, so everyone could only lead the war horse to walk one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The most important reason why Luckedhun had to retreat in the rain was the lack of food. His cavalry was the vanguard, in order to attack the marching Ming army, so it was naturally impossible to bring too much food supplies. If it rains for two or three days, the army will be weakened.

Braving heavy rain and taking half a day, thousands of cavalry arrived at the camp of the infantry led by Bolo.

The Bolo tribe was better, and the army carried a considerable amount of baggage, barely able to set up some tents to shelter from the rain.

Inside the tent of the Chinese army, Bolo and Luckedhun were discussing.

"The rain is too heavy, and even if it can be stopped today, the ground is muddy, and it will take at least two or three days to dry, and this battle will not be able to be fought." Bolo sighed, it is obviously a good opportunity to concentrate his forces to annihilate this lone Ming army, and then take the Daishan Department of Shanhaiguan to leave, and now it is all in the soup because of this heavy rain.

"Can you wait, we can't attack because of the heavy rain, and the Ming army is not comfortable, they have a lot of firearms in the army, and this kind of firearms can't be used at all in the rain. When the rain is lighter, let's brave the rain to attack. Luckedhun said a little unwillingly.

Bolo shook his head: "There's no way, don't say anything else, how can we cross the river two miles from the center and right." On weekdays, we could easily cross that small river, but now? When a flash flood occurs, the river is bound to be extremely fierce and difficult to cross.

The Ming army has already sensed our intentions, we have lost the opportunity to attack, don't forget that the Ming army has a navy and a large number of ships, and the muddy roads can't stop them at all. Retire! ”

"But what about Prince Li?" Luckedhun couldn't help but ask, if he retreated, the Daishan Department of Shanhaiguan would be completely encircled by the Ming army, and there would be no chance of survival.

"When Prince Li took the initiative to take over the task of blocking the Ming army, he had already made up his mind to die." Bolo said with a sad face.

Lucked's face changed, and he finally sighed and stopped talking.

At noon that day, Bolo ordered the whole army to retreat, and nearly 30,000 Qing troops braved the heavy rain to pull out the camp and set off, heading towards Ningyuan.

The rain was so heavy that the water on the ground was up to the surface of the feet, and the once smaller ditches became rushing rivers. Under such circumstances, it is naturally extremely difficult to march down.

In order to speed up the march, Bolo ordered to throw away the baggage of the vehicles and march with only food and weapons.

At night, the army spent the night in the rain, eating dry food soaked in the rain. I have to say that the resilience of the Eight Banners is very strong and patient, and everyone knows the bad situation, even if the marching army is in this situation, no one complains about being tired, just a silent march.

On the second day, after meeting the Jierharang Division, more than 30,000 Qing troops continued to advance in the rain, crossed the Shihe River in the heavy rain, bypassed Ningyuan City in the heavy rain, and headed towards Jinzhou.

In Ningyuan City, Wu Ping had already ordered the Ming army outside the city to enter the city to take shelter from the rain. The entire outside of the city became a Ze country, and the rain blocked people's vision, and the sentry at the head of the city did not even notice that the Qing army had passed a few miles away from Ningyuan City. And because of the heavy rain, Wu Ping did not send outward spies, and he did not expect that the Qing army would march in this weather.

.......

Ning Yuan was on the right side, and Jin Xin patrolled the city wall in the rain, scolding the soldiers in charge of defense to cheer up. The more it rained, the more vigilant Jin Xin became, he was afraid that the Qing army would attack at this time.

Because Jin Xin knew that the Ming army relied too heavily on firearms, and with such heavy rain, the gunpowder could not be used at all due to dampness, and if the Qing army attacked, the Ming army could only fight them hand-to-hand with knives and guns.

On the arrow tower of the city wall, Jin Xin looked into the distance with a clairvoyant mirror, but his line of sight was blocked by rain, and the clairvoyant mirror that could see miles away on weekdays could not even be seen clearly ten zhang away.

"Is the Sentinel back?" Jin Xin asked Lin He, a staff officer who was following behind. It had been two days, and the Qing army had not moved at all, so he had to brave the rain to send outposts to investigate the enemy's situation.

Lin He shook his head: "Not yet, I've been out for two hours, will there be any accidents?" ”

Jin Xin pursed his lips and stopped talking.

In the majestic heavy rain, the five Ming troops walked with difficulty. The ground was so muddy that they couldn't wear their shoes at all, and they all walked barefoot, deep and shallow, and if they were not careful, they would slip and fall to the ground, and they would become mud monkeys. The whole body was drenched by the heavy rain, and the clothes on his body were useless, but fortunately, it was already summer, although he was soaked, it was not too cold.

"Captain Wu, we've been walking for more than ten miles, right?" A sentry couldn't help but ask.

"How can I go back if I don't find out about the enemy?" Wu Chang replied.

"It is said that we have walked so far, we should have discovered the traces of the Qing army a long time ago, did the Qing army retreat in the rain?" The sentinel muttered.

"Retreat? Along the way, have you seen the trail of the army, they will inevitably leave footprints when they walk in the mud and rain. Wu Chang said.

"With such a heavy rain, even if there are traces, they will be washed away." Sentry Path.

"If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense!" Wu Chang finally couldn't help but scold, "Look back at the footprints we left behind, were they washed away by the rain?" You recruits don't know bullshit, if you don't understand, you can learn from Lao Tzu! ”

So no one dared to say much. The group continued to walk in the rain, very silent, leaving only a few series of footprints of different shades behind them.

"Captain!"

"What's wrong again?"

"Look ahead! Footprints, countless footprints! ”

When it was almost dark, the sentry finally returned, bringing back the news of the Qing army's retreat.

"Damn it, cowardly tartar!" The stone in Jin Xin's heart fell to the ground, and he cursed in his mouth.

When the Qing soldiers retreated, they didn't have to worry that they would not be able to use firearms when they attacked in the rain, but there was no chance for them to make meritorious contributions. led the troops to leave Shanhaiguan for a few days, and did not even catch a battle, which made Jin Xin very depressed.

"General, can we chase after us?" The staff officer asked excitedly.

"Chase a fart, such a heavy rain, the army can't travel dozens of miles, and it can't be messed up." Jin Xin scolded.