Ji Qingwen saw that Yuan Chonghuan was such an arrogant person, his attitude couldn't help but change greatly, and he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, and was just about to open his mouth to introduce his successful experience of defeating the enemy, but when he saw a person rushing over in the city, he hurriedly reported: "Inspector Qi, General Zu, he led the army back......"

After Ji Qingwen's turmoil, Yuan Chonghuan didn't dare to draw conclusions, and asked with a frown: "You tell me clearly, how did Zu Dashou come back?" Could it be that he also won the battle? ”

The man replied: "No, according to the report from the spies, it is said that General Zu met the main force of Huang Taiji with more than 5,000 people after he set out on the expedition, and General Zu retreated while fighting, and has retreated to a place twenty miles north of Tongzhou City!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan was shocked when he heard this, and the muscles on his face couldn't help but tense, and immediately ordered: "What are you still doing in a daze?" The whole army retreated into the city, closed the city gates, and all the soldiers who could move were all guarded by me on the city wall, and those who dared to go out of the city without permission would be killed! ”

Saying that, Yuan Chonghuan turned around and was about to return to Tongzhou, but suddenly turned around and arched his hand towards Ji Qingwen: "Lord Ji, you should also hurry back to the city." These brothers under your command are already tired and hungry after a big battle, so they will rest in the city first, and there is no need to fight on the wall. ”

After that, Yuan Chonghuan turned his head and walked back again, his steps were firm, his back was upright and unyielding, and finally people remembered that he was the world-famous Jiliao Governor who faced the elite of the Eight Banners like a tsunami, stuck to a lonely city in Jinzhou, and killed the Jurchen Great Khan Nurhachi!

Ji Qingwen had already heard the battle report beside Yuan Chonghuan, so he didn't dare to slack off, and after ordering Chen Wenzhao to settle the army in Tongzhou City, he immediately followed Yuan Chonghuan to the city wall, and took out his binoculars to look to the northwest - sure enough, he saw a large group of Ming cavalry rushing towards Tongzhou City.

Ji Qingwen hurriedly stretched out his finger and pointed forward: "Inspector Yuan, the soldiers and horses in front of you are all the uniforms of Liaodong soldiers and horses, it should be General Zu!" ”

Yuan Chonghuan looked at it, only saw a burst of dust raised by the horse's hooves on the horizon, and he couldn't see anything else, so he asked: "There are ten miles away from us, and the spies I sent have not yet made a definite return, how can Lord Ji be sure that person is Zu Dashou?" ”

Ji Qingwen didn't speak, and handed the telescope to Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan learned from the appearance of Fang Cai Ji Qingwen, and looked at the team of people in the distance from the telescope.

At this moment, the Ming army on the opposite side has galloped for nearly a mile, and it is already a lot closer to Tongzhou City, so Yuan Chonghuan has seen clearly from the telescope that among this group of Ming troops, a green-robed and silver-armored general wearing a rather eye-catching is undoubtedly Zu Dashou.

Looking behind him again, he saw that more than a mile away, there were really thousands of Manchurian elite horsemen in hot pursuit, looking at their banners, it was indeed the elite soldiers of the Manchurian yellow flag, the yellow flag, and the white flag.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria have their own belongings, among which the three banners of Zhenghuang, inlaid yellow and Zhengbai are under the personal control of the Great Khan Emperor Taiji, which is the elite of the Eight Banners. Now that the so-called "Shangsanqi" is pouring out of the nest to pursue Zu Dashou, presumably Huang Taiji himself is very likely to be in the array.

This Manchurian Great Khan Emperor Taiji followed his father Nurhachi to fight in the north in his early years, and was a good hand at fighting with soldiers; He was also clever and capable, and he was also proficient in political struggle, and he tightly held the throne that originally belonged to the Great Bel Deshan in his own hands. As a Jurchen Great Khan, he knows how to recruit and appoint Han talents, brainstorm and accept advice, but he is not the kind of unprincipled and soft-eared character.

Therefore, although Zu Dashou is also one of the top famous generals in Liaodong, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry under his command is one of the most powerful armies in the Ming Dynasty, but in the face of the army led by Huang Taiji himself, he has no power to fight back, so he can only gallop back to Jizhou City first.

And Huang Taiji, who was chasing after Zu Dashou, has only lost once since he followed his father Nurhachi to raise troops, and it was none other than Yuan Chonghuan, the Jiliao Governor who stood at the head of Tongzhou City and commanded the battle!

Seeing that Yuan Chonghuan saw the situation clearly from the telescope, he immediately ordered: "Open the north gate of Tongzhou, and close the city gate immediately after Zu Dashou's whole army enters the city." All the crossbowmen, shotgunners, and musketeers are all gathered on the northern wall, and if the emperor dares to approach, he will fire the whole army to repel them! ”

After saying that, Yuan Chonghuan raised the telescope in his hand again, looked at the situation in the distance, and wanted to hide this treasure privately and pin it to his waist.

When Ji Qingwen saw it, he smiled and said, "Inspector Yuan, this thing in your hand is called a telescope, and I got it from a maritime merchant named Zheng Zhilong. It's still good, right? If it's easy to use, I'll buy more than ten or twenty pieces from Zheng Zhilong, and the generals under the command of the superintendent will be the same! ”

The so-called "the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional".

Ji Qingwen's words are not a big problem, but in Yuan Chonghuan's ears, it seems that he is asking himself to return this sharp weapon when he marches and fights, but with his personality and temper, he is not willing to return it to Ji Qingwen like this, so he only replied to the word "good", so he deliberately did not turn his head and ignored Ji Qingwen.

At this time, Zu Dashou's department had already run to a place only one or two miles away from the north gate of Tongzhou.

When he saw that the city gate was open, it must have been Yuan Chonghuan who had left his men and horses to enter the city, so he kept waving his horsewhip on his horse, signaling his soldiers to hurry up and enter the city as soon as possible.

The group of cavalry under Zu Dashou fought with the Jurchens in the woods and grasslands of Liaodong since his grandfather's generation, and naturally understood Zu Dashou's military orders, so he desperately slapped the buttocks of the horses under his crotch, and finally ran all the way back to Tongzhou City.

Yuan Chonghuan saw that the main force of Zu Dashou's army had entered the city, and that the cavalry of the Three Banners under Huang Taiji had also run to a place not far from Tongzhou City, so he hurriedly ordered: "Close the city gate!" ”

As soon as his order was issued, he heard the people in the city shouting: "Inspector Yuan, close the door slowly, my father is still outside the city!" My father is still out of town! ”

While shouting, this man ran up the city wall, knelt down in front of Yuan Chonghuan as soon as his knees weakened, and repeated what he had just said: "Inspector Yuan, close the door slowly, my father is still outside the city!" My father is still out of town! ”

Ji Qingwen looked at it, but saw that this person was not someone else, it was Wu Sangui, who had had several relationships with him - they all said that Wu Sangui was a trustless villain who was in the twilight of Qin, but he didn't expect that when he was young, he was still a filial son!

However, his filial piety did not move Yuan Chonghuan.

I only heard Yuan Chonghuan say coldly: "Is it for the sake of your father's life alone, do you have to ignore the lives of the people and soldiers in the city?" Close the gates with me! ”

Wu Sangui's uncle Zu Dashou also hurriedly climbed the city wall and pleaded: "Inspector Yuan, Sangui's father Wu Xiang, the supervisor also knows, he is a fierce general, and he was sent to the palace by the last general. Now is the time to employ people, if the superintendent does not save him, I am afraid that the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies will be chilled! ”

While listening to the words of Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, Ji Qingwen poked his head out to watch the situation under the city, and saw that Wu Xiang led more than ten cavalry under his command to rush outside Tongzhou City, and although the Jurchen elite cavalry behind him was in hot pursuit, there was still some distance.

Therefore, Ji Qingwen walked quickly in front of Yuan Chonghuan, and bowed his hand and said, "Inspector Yuan, I think it will not be too late to close the city gate after Wu Xiang enters the city......

Unexpectedly, Yuan Chonghuan said bluntly: "No! I am the overseer, and I am responsible for the whole army. Since you have the right to directly submit the secret music, you can naturally report this matter to the emperor, and then the emperor will decide! ”

Ji Qingwen was dumbfounded by this sentence - whether to close the city gate or not to let it enter the city is indeed Yuan Chonghuan's responsibility as the commander of the three armies; And as the backbone of tens of thousands of elite soldiers, he sacrificed the lives of a small number of people for the safety of the army today, but it is understandable on the battlefield.

Ji Qingwen didn't answer for a while, but saw Wu Sangui stand up from the ground and said, "Inspector Yuan can see death without saving him." However, my father was killed by the Manchurian Tartars in front of me, so I naturally have no face to stand between heaven and earth. Well, Daddy, the baby has come to save you! ”

After that, Wu Sangui quickly ran down the city wall again, picked up eight or nine of the Wu family's cronies, stepped on the horse and rushed out of the city gate that had not been completely closed, and went to rescue his father Wu Xiang!