Abatai led the remnants of the army to the dragon tent of Huang Taiji, when he saw Abatai, Huang Taiji was also gloomy to the extreme, besieged on three sides, I didn't expect Abatai to be broken through, although Abatai there was a large number of Han Eight Banners, but there were also three thousand full Eight Banners Xiao cavalry to assist, how could he be beaten so embarrassed, he was very depressed.

"It's just a partial division that attacked you, the main force of the Ming army is here, how can you be so unbearable, you are so embarrassed by the Ming army, what is going on?"

Facing Huang Taiji's questioning, Abatai also replied bitterly at the moment: "The Ming army is too brave, our army is really difficult to resist, 3,000 soldiers, nearly half of the losses, and the Han Eight Banner soldiers suffered heavy losses, and finally broke through by the Ming army." ”

"Your Majesty, this matter is not simple, the Ming army is attacking our army in the front, it is definitely not a feint, but now there is also a Ming army at the east gate, and it is extremely strong, I really don't know what the Ming army wants, do they want to flank our army?" Fan Wencheng said thoughtfully on the side, he couldn't figure out the routine of the Ming army, according to their plan, if the Ming army broke through, it should be a little choice and concentrate superior forces to break through, but now it is scattered, which makes him also worried.

Huang Taiji was also silent, staring at his fingers, thinking about what the intentions of the Ming army were, as Fan Wencheng said, Huang Taiji's first thought was the same, would the Ming army want to flank and cover the withdrawal of the army.

After a long time, Huang Taiji raised his head and said to Abatai: "Abatai, I will give you another chance, you immediately lead the army to the left flank of our army to defend, if you encounter the Ming army, you must destroy them all, if you let them escape, I will punish you." ”

Abatai was also relieved when he heard this, and immediately hurriedly replied: "The emperor can rest assured, the minister will never let the Ming army succeed again, if the minister loses again, he will not work for the emperor to do it, and the minister will apologize for his crimes." ”

Outside Songshan City, at this moment, the Ming army led by Zhang Ruolin and Hong Chengchou is fighting very fiercely, the commander of the Qing army on the opposite side is Azig, Azig personally led the elite soldiers of the white flag to resist the offensive of the Ming army, under the attack of guns, the Ming army suffered heavy losses, only broke through the first line of defense, and was blocked by the Qing army to advance the pace, difficult to advance.

After Cao Bianjiao broke through, he immediately led the rest of the men and horses to the * encirclement, and after marching for about twenty miles, Jiang Zhu, who served as a covering task, also led his troops to follow, and after Hong Chengchou and they led the army out of the city, Jiang Zhu only lasted for a while, and immediately led the remaining men and horses to withdraw from the battle and went to join Cao Bianjiao and them.

"Well, how many centaurs are left?" Seeing Jiang Zhu coming with the people, Cao Bianjiao also asked.

Jiang Zhu sighed a little sadly: "General, of our thousand brothers, there are less than 300 people left, and the rest are all killed in battle. ”

"Good! It is worthy of my Cao Bianjiao's soldiers, who have fought with me for so many years, and have not embarrassed me, so that all the brothers will remember, this time the Qing army took advantage of them, but in the near future, we will definitely let them return tenfold and avenge the brothers who died. ”

"With the general's words, the brothers are worth it!" Jiang Zhu also nodded in response.

After the army left Songshan City, it went to the east, and the men and horses did not rest, until ten ten in the morning of the next day, the army had walked out of seventy or eighty miles before stopping, everyone was tired, and the state of tiredness was undoubtedly, and after fighting for so long, they were already a little tired, and they had rushed for five hours, and now they did not even have time to rest for a breath, and when the army stopped, everyone was lying directly on the side of the road.

Cao Bianjiao, Zu Dale, Zhu Wende, and Jiang Zhu got together to discuss the next trip, although Cao Bianjiao had already made plans, but at this time, they had to unite and respect the will of others.

"Everyone, please see, we have walked seventy or eighty miles in one breath, according to the map, now our location is near Dujiatun, now the soldiers are very tired, and it is not suitable to continue the rapid march, I mean let's take a rest in the mountains and forests near this for the time being, and we will hurry after dusk, and we will rush directly to Panzi Mountain tonight, day and night, so as not to be detected by the Tartar soldiers, only three days, we can arrive in Liaoyang, as for whether to capture Liaoyang at that time, then wait for the time to move, We now only have five days' ration on us, and we don't know how long it will take to go on this journey, so we must lay down a key place before we can get military supplies. ”

"General Cao, we still have a problem at the moment, that is, we are short of troops, we have nearly 10,000 horses when we came out of Songshan, after a big battle that broke through, we lost no less than 2,000 men and horses, and now there are only more than 7,000 people left, and many people are injured, can you take Liaoyang, that is the rear of the Tartars, there will definitely be no shortage of garrisons and horses inside, I am worried that it will ...... then" Zhu Wende said the worries in his heart, it was already this time, and there was no need for him to hide it.

Hearing Zhu Wende's worry, Cao Bianjiao looked very calm, and said with a smile: "General Zhu don't have to worry, you think about it, their army is now in Ningjin, how many men and horses can be garrisoned, and we are so secretive, they wouldn't have thought that we would have the courage to attack Liaoyang, since the Battle of Salhu, it is our army that guards their main attack, in their eyes, we are sheep, will they think that we will suddenly appear under Liaoyang City, besides, the soldiers are not more about scheduling, both of them are battle-hardened people, There is no need for Cao to elaborate on this point, although Cao is not completely sure, but there is at least an eight-point chance of winning. ”

"Now that we have come out, there is no other way out, we don't have much food and grass, no matter what, we can only fight again, General Cao, my ancestor Dale is a rough man, he only knows how to fight on the battlefield, and in the future, my ancestor Dale's life will be handed over to you, and thousands of brothers under my command will also be handed over to you."

"Thank you General Zu for your trust, Cao will definitely do his best to bring you back to the country, and he will definitely not live up to everyone's trust."

"Since the two generals said so, then Zhu will not say more, from now on, I will also obey General Cao's dispatch, and take General Cao's horse as the head, even if I die in battle, I Zhu Wende will have no complaints."

After Zhu Wende saw Zu Dale's statement, he also made it clear what he meant, now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, and everything needs a leader, and at the beginning, this matter was led by Cao Bianjiao, so intentionally or unintentionally, they all obeyed Cao Bianjiao's dispatch, and it was just an attitude at the moment.