Li Chengxian's face was stabbed twice, he let out a miserable scream, he felt a huge pain, his eyes were fascinated by the blood that burst out in an instant, he wiped his hand, looked left and right, wanted to see if there was anyone in his inner ding to come to save him, there was still a chance and hope, more than 800 people were regimented on the river beach, as long as they fought back bravely, all of them were armored soldiers, and there were only 100 people who were captured, and there was always a chance to repel the enemy's attack.

There is only the bright light of the torches swaying around, the lights are not bright and the moon is bright, all around are the soldiers of the fleeing iron cavalry battalion, everywhere is the sound of screams and knives slashing on people, at this time Li Chengxian saw that Lu Zhijia was surrounded by several white armor, Lu Zhijia roared angrily, and struggled to resist, but his inner ding escaped, Lu Zhijia retreated while fighting, and there was a thunderous sound in his mouth, but several white armor on the opposite side were not moved at all, the white armor was too experienced, and the Ming general in front of him was powerful, and he was not comparable to ordinary soldiers, they were not in a hurry to rush forward, but slowly forced Lu Zhijia towards the river.

Li Chengxian didn't know the situation below, the white armor next to him gasped and returned his strength, and then slashed Li Chengxian's head, and then another vest came over and stabbed Li Chengxian in the neck, blood flowed, and after the blood-stained tip of the spear was pulled out, the waistcoat with the spear walked over and squatted down, pulled out the ladder knife on his waist, and cut off Li Chengxian's head.

The fight continued, and Lu Zhijia was forced into the river and couldn't defend himself and was hacked to death by several white armors.

Qian Zong Ma Ji and Zhou Shouzhen were killed in battle, Qian Yingke of the Chinese army fell into the water and died, and several capital divisions and garrisons were killed in battle, either falling into the water or being hacked to death.

When the day dawned, the Jurchen women and children in the city rushed over, and the young men and women assisted the soldiers to hack to death the wounded soldiers of the Ming army who were groaning in the muddy water, and then began to peel off the armor of the Ming army with skillful movements.

Everyone's face was filled with a heartfelt expression of joy, the Ming army killed more than 800 people, none of them ran away, and those who escaped sporadically were also chased by armored soldiers, across a big river, there was no boat to escape at all. In addition, there were 800 war horses, and 700 sets of intact iron armor that had been stripped off.

This is an out-and-out victory, a few hundred Ming troops are nothing to the Jurchens, and they don't even have to hand in the head, but seven hundred sets of serious iron armor is a lot of wealth, of course, it is too much for a Niu Lu, it is estimated that most of them will be handed in, and they will get the favor of the owner of the banner, Baylor, which is quite good for the entire Niu Lu.

Tun Bulu was full of joy, he stroked a collar of delicate mountain armor, there were some mud and blood stains on the armor, this is not a problem for this Jurchen old man, he stroked the armor, felt the solidity of the iron scales, the iron blades were arranged very compactly, like the logo of the Mercedes-Benz of later generations, the whole collar armor was intact, exuding a metallic luster, there were heart guards on the chest, there was a thickened leather belt in the middle, and a helmet with red tassels was somewhat damaged, and it was placed on the side of the iron armor.

A headless corpse was still lying in the mud, in its pre-dying state.

"Dog brute." Tun Bulu had no bull record and was really conscious of the highest grassroots official in the Dajin Country, and he kicked the naked corpse a few times regardless of the image.

The rest of the Jurchens were also almost as rude, dozens of Han people were terrified to help them strip off the clothes of the dead, in the Jurchen-controlled areas where there was a serious shortage of cotton cloth, these dead people's clothes could not be wasted, and after the pulp was washed, it was a good source of robes.

In addition to armor, weapons, horses, clothes, and boots, the dead carried all kinds of odds and ends, including flint purses, tobacco, loose silver taels, knives, and all kinds of miscellaneous items.

All these things were scavenged, and in the end there were only the corpses of the red stripes on the river beach.

By noon, Tunburu looked at the cleaned battlefield and ordered: "Shout, call at the other side, and tell them to collect the corpses." ”

Several Han Chinese stood knee-deep in the water, shouting and cursing as close as they could to the other side.

The shouting was unpleasant, and it floated along the river beach all the way to the opposite bank.

Tun Bulu stared straight at the other side, for an old man of his age, most of this era is waist rickety old and dizzy, but this guy has been fighting on the battlefield all his life, has been living a life of eating meat, his back is still straight, and his eyes are as sharp as when he was young.

The Ming army on the other side of the river has already been alarmed, it is impossible not to reach the other side of the night to the dawn of the shouting and killing, this section of the river bank is actually the shortest section of the mouth of the Liuhe River, it was originally the famous Niangniang Palace ferry, after hearing the movement, the Ming army gathered together, there are a large number of soldiers of the iron cavalry battalion on horseback by the river, and dozens of general flags, it can be seen that there are many generals, and a large number of convoys, each car looks very solid and heavy, the Jurchens recognize that it is the chariot of the Ming army, one side of the side car is added with an iron plate, and the protection ability is quite strong, In addition, there were a large number of soldiers with muskets, who stood by the river in a platoon, as if they were facing a great enemy.

There are also small guns on the car, and there are some special gun carriages, and wooden shelves with Franc machines or second general guns.

The artillery battalion did not carry Hongyi artillery, which was too heavy to be suitable for field operations in areas with dense water networks.

A large number of officers and soldiers of the artillery battalion and a small number of ironclad cavalry, a large number of military flags were waving in the wind, and under the red military flags were many Ming officers and soldiers wearing red battle jackets, but if you look closer, you will find the dazed and frightened faces of these soldiers.

Overnight, the robes they had crossed the river were slaughtered by the Jurchens on the other side, and the screams of the dead robes could be heard across the river, and after dawn, they could see the Jurchens continuing to kill the wounded soldiers, stripping off their armor and clothes, taking off their boots, taking away all the debris, and then piling up all the harvest together.

The soldiers of the Ming army were frightened and confused, they saw that most of the men on the other side were women and children, and there were about 100 men in their prime, so it can be seen that last night's raid was really a raid by more than 800 soldiers on a Jurchen Niulu who was mostly old and weak, women and children, but the result was incomprehensible, only a hundred men's Niulu killed more than 800 cavalrymen in iron armor, none of them slipped through the net, and the other party obviously had almost no casualties, at least from the other side of the river, there were no Jurchens killed or injured.

This discovery made the Ming soldiers on the other side of the river even more panicked and frightened, and their morale plummeted.

"Handsome ......"

Ma Shilong's Chinese army is a handsome young man, full of cleverness, and usually helps Ma Shilong deal with all aspects of the relationship very well, but the scene at this time today makes this Chinese army not know what to say.

"Alas......" Ma Shilong watched a naked body being thrown into the river, there was obviously a wisp of blood red in the original blue and blue water, he was used to fighting and dying, and he would not be shocked by hundreds of corpses, but at this time, he only felt a burst of sadness and a strong sense of guilt in the depths of his heart.

From beginning to end, this battle was his promotion, including the previous intelligence and decision, the interrogation and trust of Liu Boqiao, and the process of deploying troops.

"Mr. Mao," Ma Shilong said to Mao Yuanyi, who also looked ugly on the side: "This battle was a fiasco, and there is a responsibility that cannot be shirked, and after I go back, I will ask the cabinet lord to resign as the chief soldier of Liaozhen." ”

Mao Yuanyi shook his head and said, "Your Excellency the Chief Soldier won't think that this is the end of the matter, right?" ”

Ma Shilong was taken aback, Mao Yuanyi looked at him and said: "Such a fiasco, more than a dozen military attachés of more than 1,000 generals died, and a deputy general and staff general were also arrested, and a large number of armor, weapons and horses fell into the hands of the enemy, and the soldiers of the 800 Iron Cavalry Battalion became ghosts under the sword...... Liaozhen has not fought for several years, and the first war was such a fiasco, from the promotion to the selection of generals and the dispatch of troops, it is the head and tail of the chief military officer, under the anger of the imperial court, the lord of the general town thinks that he can resign and go home safely? ”

Ma Shilong had also faintly thought about it before, and at this time, Mao Yuanyi shattered his last illusion, and he said with a pale face: "I guess I'm going to prison, and I ask Mr. Mao for advice, if you don't think about anything else, it's a fluke to be able to save a life." ”

Mao Yuanyi wanted to say that Ma Shilong apologized for his crimes, so many soldiers died, and the general soldiers still wanted to go home alive, which was too shameless. But after thinking about it, Ma Shilong has been following Sun Chengzong conscientiously and conscientiously in the past few years, and the generals in western Liaoning are all in their own way, and there are many things that violate Sun Chengzong's yang and yin, but Ma Shilong is not, he has always been respectful and obedient, and it is also common for the generals to lose a battle.

Immediately changed his mind and said: "Lord Zongzhen will hurry up and write a fold when he goes back, and take all the responsibility on himself, in this way, there will always be a chance to turn over again in the future." ”

"I see." Ma Shilong is not stupid, he understood what Mao Yuanyi meant at the moment, and took all the responsibility on himself, leaving aside the boss of the Sun Pavilion, Sun Pavilion, he would keep his life, and there would be a chance to recover in the future, if the Sun Pavilion would fall together this time, it would be difficult for him to say what would happen.

"Thank you, sir."

"Lord Shojo doesn't have to be polite." Mao Yuanyi smiled bitterly and returned the salute, although he was pointing out others, but his own heart was also confused, Sun Chengzong was here, he was comfortable here in Liaodong to praise the painting and accumulate merits, Sun Chengzong's big tree fell, even if he could be promoted as an official, how many years could he be? Besides, there is no one behind him, and the generals who are released are also the masters of the black cauldron, so he is afraid that his future is worrying.

……

On June 27, Liuhe was defeated, and three days later, Ma Shilong dismissed the battalions and horses in Youtun, and rushed back to Shanhaiguan City with only a few of his staff and Cangtou Neiding.

Mao Yuanyi went with him, and continued to send sentry horses to scout along the river in the past few days, increasing the intensity of patrols.

After Yuan Chonghuan received the report of defeat, he ordered Zhao Shujiao, Zu Dashou Mangui and others to strengthen their vigilance, and the defense everywhere was imposed a lot.

Originally, Zhao Shujiao also had the plan to open the defense line from Jinzhou to Guangning this year, because according to intelligence, the garrison soldiers and horses left by the Jurchens in the area of the Thirteen Mountains have been reduced to less than 3,000 people, and only the attached Mongolian departments still have a few thousand cavalry, adding up to less than 10,000 people, mainly guarding the two large exit passes in the east and west of the Thirteen Mountains, Zhao Shujiao's people have already broken through to the vicinity of the West Pass, and there are conflicts with the Jurchen sentinel cavalry, and the defense strength is not very tight, after the defeat of Liuhe, Yuan Chonghuan immediately ordered to be on guard, At the same time, the defense line was contracted, Zu Dashou focused on the Daling River, Man Gui focused on Youtun to Ningyuan, Zhao Shujiao was from Qiantun to Jinzhou and the Thirteen Mountain Stations, and as for the original sentinel range, it was all abandoned in the near future.