The withdrawal of the Qing army was something that Shang Kexi and others did not expect, and the contest with the Qing army in the past few months, the determination of the Qing army to defeat the Hongtang army had already become the consensus in the hearts of Shang Kexi and others.

Suddenly, from the fight in full swing to the other party's breakthrough, not only Shang Kexi's troops did not react, but even Zhu Dazhuang, An Xianguo and others, who had been rushing to help for a long time, did not react.

When the other side no longer had a formed army left on the battlefield, Shang Kexi and they suddenly realized that this battle, which lasted several months, finally ended with the withdrawal of the Qing army.

When the news reached Wu Jie's ears, Wu Jie, as the commander of the battlefield outside the Guanwai, was both surprised and felt that it was reasonable.

The results of the Qing army's raid last night have been counted, and Shang Kexi's 20,000 reinforcements lost more than one-third of their troops under its blow, but the price paid by the Qing army was more, and the most important thing was the exchange of the Qing army's Chinese military camp, which made the battle situation that could have been stalemate suddenly become a disadvantage.

Of course, if the commander of the Qing army, Dolgon, really wants to continue to fight against Hongtang, it is not impossible, and he still has the power to fight. After several months of fighting, there were only a handful of battles that really caused heavy damage to the Qing army's Eight Banners, and more often the Qing army relied on the consumption of soldiers from the Han army and the Korean army to open the war.

But Wu Jie also knows one thing, that is, the number of the main forces of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty is too expensive, if the loss is too great in the battle with the Hongtang army this time, then not only will Dolgon, the auxiliary prince, face the questioning and accountability of the other banner owners after returning to Shengjing, but at the same time, their foundation of the Qing Dynasty will also be shaken.

As long as the Hongtang army can gain a foothold on the Shanhaiguan line, intercept the connection between the Qing Dynasty and the Guannei, and make it impossible or difficult to obtain supplies from the land and population of the Han people in the Guannei, the speed at which the Qing Kingdom can recover its strength will be much slower than that of Hongmen, which is located on the South Seas.

Not to mention the dream of occupying the territory of the Ming Dynasty and ruling the Han people, as expected by the leaders of the Qing Dynasty.

It was based on this calculation of interests that Wu Jie had already judged in his heart that if the Qing army could not defeat his main force before Shang Kexi's reinforcements, then the probability of their retreat would be more than sixty percent.

And last night's deliberate surprise attack by the other party failed to achieve its goal, which means that even if the main force of the Qing army still has the strength to fight, but from the perspective of the future of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army will take the initiative to retreat, which will be the best choice.

The retreat of the Qing army, for the Hongtang army, also means that they will completely gain a foothold in the Qing Dynasty, and in a short period of time, the Qing people will not have the strength to carry out another southern expedition and counterattack the northeast coastal territory occupied by Hongtang.

At this point, this battle that lasted for several months was temporarily ended, and there were many local confrontations between the two sides, such as on the way to retreat, Dolgon took Liaoyang City, which had been held on the front line until now, at any cost, and let the western gateway of Shengjing return to the hands of the Qing Dynasty.

The loss of Liaoyang City is also normal, and the main force of Shang Kexi stationed in Liaoyang has already returned to Phoenix City to support Phoenix City, but there are only one or two thousand Hongtang soldiers in Liaoyang City, and thousands of troops absorbed after defeating the Han army under Liaoyang City.

This point of manpower to defend Liaoyang City, where is the opponent of tens of thousands of the main army of the Qing Dynasty who are not afraid of life and death, and it is a matter of course to be attacked by it.

As the saying goes, there must be relinquishing, since you have chosen to lead the team back to help, then the Hongtang Department will inevitably lose something, and now the two sides have exchanged results, and in general, the Hongtang army still takes advantage.

Next, Wu Jie and the others were busy reorganizing the army, settling the people, starting to cultivate the land again, establishing new government agencies, etc., and they had already made enough plans to stay on the land outside the Northeast Pass.

On the Hongmen side, a steady stream of resources was invested in the northeast, cement, steel, artillery and other materials, almost wiped out the inventory of Hongmen in the past two years, in addition to food and wealth, the rest of the materials, including gold and silver, were consumed in the reconstruction of the northeast territory, the pension of the dead soldiers, and so on.

Mobilizing Hongmen's several powerful generals in the peasant army and the Ming army over the years, plus the 100,000 troops supported by the headquarters, Hongtang went north to penetrate into the territory of the Qing Dynasty this time, sending nearly 150,000 troops, and in the end, less than half of them survived the war, only more than 70,000 people.

This tragic battle made the entire Hongmen almost return to the pre-liberation period at once, emptied the savings of the entire Hongmen, and in order to prevent the future counterattack of the Qing army, the results of the sacrifice of tens of thousands of soldiers on their side were not in vain.

At the same time, Hongmen also had to hurry up the time to prepare supplies and establish a strong defensive line on the Liaoyang front line to deal with the counterattack of the Qing people after they regrouped, and they did not know when they would come.

Fortunately, in the days when Hongtang's army invaded the border of the Qing Dynasty, the exploration team of Hongmen who accompanied the army also gained a lot.

Although the surrounding situation was not peaceful since the occupation of the coastal area of the Qing Dynasty, the Hongtang army still sent a lot of manpower to protect the geological personnel of the exploration team, looking for traces of various resources in the territory they occupied.

In Li Tianyang's vague memory, there are huge iron ore and coal resources in the three northeastern provinces, and the grade is also extremely high, which is a rare good base for producing high-quality steel in China.

It's just that where these iron ore resources are hidden, it is not something that Li Tianyang can remember.

At the beginning, in order to impress the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and other members to support him, Li Tianyang drew a very large and tempting pie for them, many of which said that he had found a large iron mine and coal mine resources.

And it is based on Li Tianyang's description that the support given by the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to Hongmen in this war that lasted for several months was also huge, whether it was hundreds of cargo ships under the Chamber of Commerce to help transport materials, or food, steel, gunpowder and other material support, or even real money that directly provided interest-free loans, which created Hongtang's victory in this battle.

Therefore, after the victory, if Hongmen wants to get more support from the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, then Hongmen needs to take out the people, materials, land, etc. they have seized and share them with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, so that they can get their due benefits.

It's just that the Qing Dynasty is located in the bitter cold land outside the Guan, and the war gains such as population and land are certainly somewhat attractive to the members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, but they cannot support them to continue to invest in the support of the Northeast.

Only the resources of steel and coal mines, which have a bright future prospect on Hongmen Dayuan Island, are the cornerstones of their willingness to continue to support Hongmen.

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