Chongqing Mansion is hilly and undulating, a long dragon composed of torches is winding forward on the official road, looking from a distance, in the dark night embellished by the firelight, like countless fireflies flying on the ground, the scene is very strong, close and close, but they are all calm faces, expressionless soldiers with torches bowing their heads and hurrying, like Yin soldiers transiting, giving people a sense of mystery and panic.

At this time, the torches on the north ferry on the north bank of the Yangtze River were bright, illuminating the entire ferry as if it were daytime, and countless sergeants and soldiers were holding torches and standing solemnly, and the appearance of the firelight flickering on their faces was obscure.

On a small hillside next to the ferry, He Tengjiao, Fan Yixuan and others stood on it, watching in the dark night, three fire dragons trotted through the pontoon bridge erected on the river, and the soldiers lowered their heads one by one and walked forward quickly, as if someone was chasing after them, like a school of fish rushing to the pontoon bridge.

These three pontoon bridges were not built temporarily by the Ming army, but the Sichuan governor Wang Yingxiong spent a huge amount of manpower and financial resources, and spent more than a year casting twelve 5,000-pound iron oxen to fix the ropes, the purpose is to connect the two sides of the strait, so that the Ming army can quickly increase the number of troops in Jiangbei, and do not want to become the way for the Ming army to retreat in a hurry.

Not long after Haoge arrived at Fotu Pass, Jiang Tianyi and others also left the mountains and forests and fled into the camp of the Ming army.

After Jiang Tianyi failed to resist the Qing Dynasty in Huizhou, he drilled through the mountains and forests, and fought a guerrilla attack for a long time with the remnants of the army.

After arriving at the Ming camp, Jiang Tianyi and the others did not have time to rest, so they met He Tengjiao and others and stated the details of the battle of Hezhou.

He Tengjiao and others in the tent were shocked when they heard this, Zhongyi Town wiped out more than 20,000 people at once, it can be said that after the Fujian Incident, the Wuzhong Army suffered the greatest loss, and this loss was enough to make the armies frightened, because all along, the Wuzhong Army was the myth in the Ming Army and the spiritual pillar of each army.

It was determined that Hezhou had fallen, He Tengjiao's face was panicked, and the other generals in the tent were also fluctuating, in this state, the possibility of the Ming army defeating Haoge was very small, and it was very likely that Haoge would be defeated again with the power of breaking Hezhou, He Tengjiao was afraid in his heart, and immediately decided to abandon the camp and evacuate overnight with only food.

At this time, many Ming generals stood on the slope, and the people passing under the mountain were silent, only the sound of hurried footsteps came into their ears, and their hearts were a little desolate, but they were also a little secretly happy.

"Elder Ge, Taifu Qin has been sent to the other side, you should hurry up and cross the river!" Zhang Tongchang climbed up the hill, wiped his forehead, and bowed down to He Tengjiao and said.

There were Wang Deren and Li Dingguo behind him, so He Tengjiao was not worried that the Jin army would catch up immediately, but after hearing this, he shook his head and said: "Don't be busy, this governor wants to watch the soldiers cross the river." ”

He Tengjiao said such a sentence, and he really moved the surrounding generals, and the hearts of the people around him were full of hesitation and helplessness after the defeat, but they were a little tragic by his words.

"Elder Ge, the most important thing at the moment is to organize the defense of the river in Chongqing and re-establish the defense line, so that Haoge will not rush across the Yangtze River with a great victory. Ge Lao is a scholar, please retreat to Chongqing as soon as possible to sit in the town, defend Chongqing, and hand it over to the lower officials, who will definitely take the soldiers across the river!" After hearing this, Fan Yixuan couldn't help but clench his fists and said.

Everyone also persuaded him, He Tengjiao hesitated for a moment, and did not insist anymore, the Ming army must stabilize its position in Chongqing, leave such a foothold for the imperial court in Sichuan, and wait for the future counterattack. He listened to the words of the people, and besides, he was indeed a little frightened in his heart, so he agreed to cross the river at once, according to the wishes of the people.

In Fotu Pass, Hu Guozhu, who was patrolling the city, saw that in the camp of the Ming army, there was only a fixed brazier, and there were no soldiers to raise fire to inspect, and now the Ming army has withdrawn.

Jin Guo has 200,000 armor, and his troops seem to be abundant, but he has to take into account Sichuan, Guanzhong, Hexi Corridor and Longyou and other places, and to guard against Dolgon, Junggar Mongolia, and Yarkand Khanate, and at least 100,000 troops must be deployed in the north, so the troops in Sichuan can only be 100,000 at most.

Now the retreating 50,000 Ming army is undoubtedly a huge threat to Sichuan, once the Ming army stabilizes its position, the Ming reinforcements enter Sichuan and join the 50,000 Ming army, the Ming army can immediately make a comeback.

Hauge had to buy time for himself to digest the fruits of victory, so he finally chose Aobai's opinion, he must hit the 50,000 Ming army hard, so that the Ming Dynasty has no ability to counterattack Sichuan in a short period of time, so that he can take southern Sichuan with peace of mind, use the wealth and population of the newly acquired land, raise soldiers and horses, and expand his strength.

Ao Bai got the military order and immediately led 10,000 cavalry to pursue, while Wu Sangui was ordered to lead 10,000 horses to respond to prevent the Ming army from ambushing.

10,000 cavalry carried torches, and by the moonlight, they left the Buddha Pass and pursued south.

These 10,000 cavalry were not Manchurian, but were all composed of Mongol and Hui men and horses recruited during the Hao Gexi expedition.

The Manchu strength of the Jin State was relatively weak and could not afford to lose, so the Manchus basically only undertook the task of defending Chang'an and defending Haoge, and generally did not directly participate in the battle.

In this way, although it helped the recovery and increase of the Manchu population, it also deprived the Manchu people of the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

The Han army naturally had more opportunities to obtain merit than the Manchus through successive battles, and their status was bound to rise, while the Manchus were only guards and had been standing still, so the Han army looked down on these Manchu troops.

In this atmosphere, the Manchus were eager to master an armed force that could be used on the battlefield, and Hauge also intended to balance the Han people, so he handed over the army composed of these western tribes to the Manchu commanders, so that the Manchus could obtain military merits by commanding them to fight, so that they would not be completely compared by the Han people, and finally suppressed by the Han people.

This time, Haoge brought more than 10,000 Mongols and Hui troops to Sichuan, which was to give them a chance to make meritorious contributions, and these people did not disappoint him on the Hezhou battlefield, and successfully blocked Yuan Zongdi's breakthrough several times.

Ao Bai led 10,000 cavalry, after leaving the pass, he hurried south, although it was inconvenient to gallop his horses at night, but the horses were slow, and the degree was much faster than the infantry army.

In fact, by the time of the Ming Dynasty, the official roads and post roads in various places had been very reachable, and there was absolutely no problem with running two carriages side by side.

When the cavalry jogged on the official road and chased five miles south, they had already left Wu Sangui behind to eat ashes, and when they were ten miles ahead, they could no longer see Wu Sangui's figure.

(End of chapter)

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