Li Dingguo's attack came so suddenly that the Dragon Court in Manchukuo was completely unprepared. The one-sided battle lasted just over an hour before the Ming army did not pursue it, it was too dark and the Manchus were scattered and fled, and the Ming army could not pursue it at all.

The battle ended quickly, but the Ming army was still in excitement, and they were not sleepy at all, and they all seemed to be still intoxicated by the big victory just now.

As soon as the day dawned, the battle report of this battle had been preliminarily counted. In this battle, the Ming army killed 147 people, wounded 322 people, captured more than 40,000 Manchus, killed more than 20,000 Manchus, captured cattle, sheep and horses and other livestock, as well as countless grains and grasses, and obtained a large amount of gold, silver and other property.

After reading the battle report, Li Dingguo walked out of the camp, he walked slowly with the attitude of a victor on the ruins of the Dragon Court of Manchukuo, which was already a mess, he felt that Manchukuo seemed to be the long-cherished enemy in his life, today it is considered to have completely defeated Manchukuo, and the remaining Manchurians are no longer enough to threaten the empire's rule in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, but it is impossible to completely purge the Manchus, Canada is too big, and once the Manchus are scattered, they will not be able to find all of them.

"My lord, what should I do with the captives?"

"Waiting for Ma Jinzhong in Ottawa, our army will break through Longting, and the Manchurian army must be discouraged, and there is no suspense in this battle." Li Dingguo thought about it and said.

……

Five days later, the news of the Ming army's breakthrough of the Dragon Court reached the armies of the two armies. The Manchurian army decided to retreat overnight, and in order to stop the pursuit of the Ming army, the Manchurian army left 5,000 men to intercept the Ming army.

The 5,000 Manchurian Army only won most of the time for the Manchurian Army, but this half a day was enough for the Manchurian Army to get rid of the pursuit of the Ming Army, not to mention that the Manchurian Army had a large number of cavalry and was faster than the Ming Army.

On July 10, the two Ming armies met at Longting. Li Dingguo decided to send Feng Shuangli with 5,000 troops to escort the prisoners and booty back first, while he led the remaining army to pursue the remnants of the Manchurian army. It's just that at this moment the Manchurian Army has disappeared.

At the end of July, Zhu Cijiong received a battle report of the victory of the Ming army.

"Admiral Li's army will continue to conquer Manchukuo, and it will not be completed until October." Zhu Cijiong handed the battle report to Ai Yuchu.

Ai Yuchu took the battle report from Zhu Cijiong's hand, read it again, and then said excitedly: "Lord Wang, this matter can be said to be heaven's help to the prince." ”

"Mr. Ai, what do you mean by that?" Zhu Cijiong asked suspiciously.

"The battle report said that the adjutant general Feng Shuangli would take 5,000 soldiers and horses to escort the prisoners back first, although Ma Jinzhong was our first choice, but Feng Shuangli was also a very good choice, and I think Feng Shuangli was better controlled than Ma Jinzhong. And we can pick out a group of captives from among the captives and take them together. ”

"Those who are not of my race will have different hearts." This sentence Zhu Youxiao often recited, which left a deep impression in the heart of the prince, although Zhu Cijiong was far away in the Great Wilderness Dongzhou, he still only trusted the Ming people who were born and raised in the empire.

"The prince misunderstood, we only need female captives. Lord Wang, think about it, how many people were there in Jianyu at the beginning, didn't they all quickly multiply to hundreds of thousands of people by plundering the women of the Ming Dynasty? What's more, we took 10,000 troops to the Southern Wilderness Dongzhou, and these 10,000 troops are all men, and there will be chaos if yin and yang are out of tune. Ai Yuchu explained.

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, nodded and said, "Mr. Ai, this matter will be handed over to you to be responsible." ”

……

After Feng Shuangli received an official letter from Zhu Cijiong asking him to return to Indian Province as soon as possible, he immediately ordered the team to speed up. This team was originally a team of prisoners and booty, and the speed of the team was no more than thirty or forty miles a day, which was already the limit of this team. However, the sudden increase in speed caused a large number of captives to begin to lose their strength, and now the speed of the march was only doubled.

Soon Feng Shuangli received a second official letter from Zhu Cijiong urging him to rush back as soon as possible.

"My lord, the captives can't keep up with the team."

"This is the second official letter from the prince, and by the thirtieth of August, the army must arrive at the king's designated place, Winnipeg. From tomorrow the team must travel 100 miles a day. Feng Shuangli held Zhu Cijiong's second official letter and said.

"For our army, it is not a problem to travel 100 miles a day, but it is simply impossible to make a prisoner travel 100 miles a day."

"Nothing is impossible, you have forgotten what you learned in the military academy, it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, from tomorrow all the prisoners who can't keep up with the team will be killed, and all the mounts such as cattle and horses will be used." Feng Shuangli said coldly.

"No."

"Remember that horses can only be ridden by female captives, and adult males are not allowed to ride horses, and Jianlu has grown up on horses since childhood, and once they get on the horse, they will become a disaster." Feng Shuangli admonished.

"No."

Traveling 100 miles a day is a challenge for this team to surpass the limit. And for more than 40,000 captives, it was a path to death. The first to be removed was the thorns of the captives, and the hundreds of miles traveled every day caused rebellion among the captives, and Feng Shuangli did not hesitate to use iron-fisted means to kill hundreds of people before they were able to calm down.

The party arrived in Winnipeg on August 30 as scheduled, but at the cost of less than 20,000 of the more than 40,000 prisoners, most of whom died of exhaustion on the road, and a few were killed. Such a high-intensity march even the Ming army was exhausted.

After five days of recuperation at Manipeg, the team set off for Indian Province again. The speed is still 100 miles a day, but this time the situation is much better than the last time. The Ming army was well supplied at Mannipeg, and nearly seventy of the men of the army had mounted or ox carts.

At the end of September, the team finally completed the rendezvous with Zhu Cijiong in India. And there are only about 15,000 captives left, and more than ninety percent of them are young and middle-aged, and nearly seventy percent of them are women, which has a lot to do with Feng Shuangli's strategy.

"Lord Wang, the Emperor asked the last general to accompany you to the Eastern Continent of the Southern Wilderness?" Feng Shuangli asked suspiciously. He didn't see the military order from the Governor's Mansion, only a secret letter that was said to be from Zhu Youxiao. Of course, the Emperor was the only person in the empire who bypassed the Grand Governorship and the Metropolitan Governor's Office and directly ordered the mobilization of troops.

"What? Feng Zongbing did not believe the words of this king. Zhu Cijiong asked coldly.

"Don't dare, it's just that military discipline stipulates that no one is allowed to mobilize the army without a military order determined by His Majesty and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, of course, His Majesty's decree is also possible, but this is just a secret letter...... Lord Wang" Feng Shuangli said softly.

"Feng Zongbing, this matter involves the Emperor Taishang, the secret letter used by the Emperor Taishang, this word is written by the Emperor's imperial pen, and this seal is used by the Emperor's private palace, do you still want to doubt it?" Ai Yu said righteously

Zhu Youxiao's words and seals, Feng Shuangli has never seen them, and he was stunned by Ai Yuchu's question, although he still had doubts, but he didn't dare not accept the order.

The book is almost finished, and there are probably a few more chapters left!

(End of chapter)