Chapter 706: Breaking through to the north

Sun Chuanting and He Shiyu led thousands of cavalry from Yansui Town to leave quietly in the early morning of the third day of the lunar month.

And Li Banghua also sent a team of men and horses to the east quickly in the early morning of the departure of this group of cavalry, to contact the cavalry of the ancestor Dashou in Datong Town, and rush to reinforcements as soon as possible.

At the same time, the Yansui army camp that was originally set up outside the north gate of Kuku and Tun to block the Jianyu in the city from breaking through to the north was deliberately kept as it was by Li Banghua, the purpose of which was to set up a suspicious formation, so that the Jianlu in the city did not dare to break through from the north gate.

But this camp of suspicion only played the role of a day.

In the evening of the same day, Hauge, who didn't care about anything and just rushed forward, rushed over with more than 10,000 cavalry inlaid with yellow flags and the remnants of Horqin.

At this time, Huang Taiji, Baishan, Yue Tuo, Mang Gurtai and others in the city also knew the general reality of the Ming army outside the city - the cavalry of the Ming army outside Kuku and Tunbei Gate was gone.

That night, while anxiously waiting for reinforcements from Datong Town, Li Banghua hesitated to lead his army away quickly, so as to prevent his army from being annihilated by the Mongol army, which suddenly increased more than 10,000 cavalry in the city.

At the same time, the same tangled scene was also being staged in the Huangtaiji Palace in Kuku and Tuncheng.

After Haoge, Zhaisang, Yangshu, Suohai and others led their troops into Kuku and Tuncheng, they were soon taken to Huangtaiji's palace by He Luohui.

As soon as Hauge and the others saw Huang Taiji, they immediately knelt on the ground to plead guilty, and Hauge himself knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

Haug wept as he said, "Khan Amma! Erchen has betrayed Khan Ama's trust! The retainers have failed the trust of Khan Amma! The yellow flag was unfavorable under Dushikou and Duolun City, and many of its warriors and men were damaged! ”

Then Hauge sobbed and turned his mind upside down, telling the story of what had happened outside the monolith and around Doronor.

And Horqin's left wing Beile Zhaisang, the head of the Yellow Banner Yang Shu, and Gushan Ezhen Suohai also added with a heavy heart, and also reported how they evaded the pursuit of Jizhen, Shanhai Town, and Duolun Tribe, and reported their encounters one by one after they rode their horses into Dashawo.

These people's stories can be said to be accompanied by Yue Tuo, Baishan and others in the palace of Huang Taiji, looking sad, shaking their heads and sighing, including Huang Taiji himself is also red-eyed, sometimes resentful, sometimes remorseful.

When Haoge, Zhaisang, Yangshu, Suo Hai and others told them the ins and outs, Huang Taiji stepped down from his seat, stepped forward to help Haoge and others up one by one, and said:

"There is a saying that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers! Although the soldiers and horses with yellow flags were seriously damaged, it was very rare for you to be able to cross the Hanhai Sea and bring back tens of thousands of warriors! ”

"This time, after I led the army to pacify Mo Nan, I should not rush south when the situation is unclear, so that I lost my troops and fell into today's situation! In the meantime, I have thought about it in the past few days, and I have many regrets! Wait and don't blame yourselves first! ”

After saying this, Huang Taiji stood in the middle of the crowd, walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then said again:

"I had made up my mind a few days ago to evacuate this dangerous place, and now that the Yellow Banner and the left flank of Horqin have arrived, the army in the city is enough to break through.

"It's just that the 15,000 men of the Bel Abatai Division have not heard from him since he left, and I am really worried! If I lead you and the others to leave Kuku and Tun, if Abatai's troops still obey their previous orders and lead their troops to meet here, I am afraid that there will be many bad luck in the future! ”

After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he looked around at everyone, and his eyes fell on Yue Tuo's body.

Yue Tuo immediately bowed down and said, "Great Khan! Slave view of today's situation, our army can no longer stay in Monan!

"Not to mention the current crisis in the fundamental land of Liaoshen in my Dajin Kingdom, it only shows that the soldiers and horses of Rehe, Jizhen, and Shanhai Town under Sun Chengzong, the minister of the National Auxiliary Minister, have gathered, and it will be difficult for Kuku and Tun to live for a long time!

"Today, Haogebeile rushed into the city, which is enough to show that the troops under the command of Li Banghua, the Shanxi governor of the Ming army, are insufficient, and the North Gate camp is an empty camp. This is exactly an opportunity for our army! And once this opportunity is missed, wait until the army in the Ming State Pass arrives, or the Ming State cabinet minister Sun Chengzong leads the army to arrive, and the Great Khan will regret it too late! ”

After Yue Tuo finished saying this, he saluted and retreated, and at this time Mang Gurtai suddenly said: "The Great Khan must make a decision quickly if he wants to withdraw his army!" Haugbel led the army to come, of course, it was a good thing, but more than 10,000 men and horses were added to the city out of thin air, and the daily consumption of grain and grass would also increase a lot! No matter how much grain and grass there is in the kuku and tun, it can't support these many people and horses to sit and eat all day long!

"As for the situation of Abbatebele as mentioned by the Great Khan, I believe in one sentence, life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, and the knights of 15,000 men and horses under his command are more than enough to protect themselves as long as there are no accidents! The outside of Kuku and Tun is so big that it is better to walk away, but it is better than me and others to be surrounded in this city! ”

After Yue Tuo and Mang Gurtai expressed their attitudes, everyone in the palace also saw Huang Taiji's attitude clearly, and Haoge, Baishan, Zhaisang, Yangshu, Suo Hai and others also spoke, all of them persuaded Huang Taiji to make up his mind as soon as possible, and before the large number of Ming cavalry chasing Haoge rushed to Kuku and Tun, he broke through the siege and went north as soon as possible, left Mo Nan as soon as possible, made a detour to Mo Bei, and returned to Liaodong.

After waiting for these important figures in the palace to Huang Taiji, one by one, they all expressed their attitude of leaving Abatai alone, and then evacuating Mo Nan as soon as possible to break through and go north, Huang Taiji finally said:

"In that case, without further ado! Tonight, all departments will rest and prepare dry food, and tomorrow, the army will go out of the north gate and break through to the north! ”

After saying this, Huang Taiji suddenly turned his head to stare at Mang Gurtai and said, "My original intention is to let you stay in Kuku and Tun with the Blue Banner, and wait for Abatai to lead his troops back!"

"However, I was worried that this place would be too dangerous after the army left, so I dismissed this intention! However, when the army breaks through to the north, your department needs to go last, if there is a Ming cavalry to chase, then your department is responsible for breaking the blue flag! ”

After Huang Taiji said this, he didn't care about Mang Gurtai's reaction, and then said: "Today, all the banners are here, and I have also clearly ordered you to break off, if you violate the order again, even if I and you are brothers, I will definitely punish you for the crime of disobeying the order!" ”

After hearing these words, Mang Gurtai was angry in his heart, and suddenly pressed the knife up, glared at Huang Taiji angrily, for a long time, after all, he did not make any further movements, but snorted angrily, turned his head and left.

Mang Gurtai's actions made Huang Taiji's face red, and even more so that the courtiers around Huang Taiji were dumbfounded.

But in any case, this scene passed quickly, and at this time, no one had the heart to investigate Mang Gurtai's disrespect to Huang Taiji.

That night, Kuku and Tuncheng were loose and tight, and everyone prepared bags and dry food.

And Mang Gurtai even commanded the rest of the Zhenglan Banner to scatter and package the gold and silver they had stolen, not only for everyone to carry, but also to tie some of the grain and gold and silver to the horses.

Around midnight the next morning, that is, around midnight on the fourth day of the lunar month, the men and horses of the Mongol servant armies such as the Yellow Flag, the Yellow Flag, the Blue Flag, and the Red Flag in Kuku and Tuncheng, as well as the Horqin and other Mongolian servants, totaled about 30,000.

On the Monan grassland in the cold winter, the sky will not be bright in the early morning, and the army of Shanxi Town under Li Banghua outside Kuku and Tuncheng, except for the battalion head who takes turns to watch the night sentry, the other main forces are still curled up in their tents to rest.

It was at this time that Huang Taiji rode a yellow horse and appeared at the north gate of Kuku and Tun under the escort of the Zhenghuang Banner Guards, Bull Luzhang, Jinghe Luohui, Ahadan and others.

As soon as Huang Taiji's figure appeared at the north gate of Kuku and Tun, Baishan, the clan figure who was responsible for directing the breakthrough to the north, immediately issued a loud order:

"The Great Khan has an order! Open the North Gate! Go north to Erenhot! Transferred to Saihan Mountain, the army returned to Liaodong! I'm back in Liaodong! ”

As soon as Baishan's words fell, a forward man and horse had already opened the heavy north gate of Kuku and Tun, and Baishan led the Mongolian servant army to ride out first.

Immediately afterwards, Huang Taiji rode out under the heavy escort of the Yellow Banner Guard.

Huang Taiji took the people and horses of the yellow flag away, and the next Jianyu and the Mongolian horses were suddenly in chaos, and the original sequence of inlaid yellow flags, inlaid red flags, and blue flags was also made in a mess as Mang Gurtai led the crowd to rush out.

Li Banghua, Wang Guoliang and others, who were in the camp outside the Kuku and Tunnan gates, soon received the news.

Wang Guoliang led the few cavalry under his command, and the cavalry of the former Chahar Wanhu Erke Chuhuer quickly pursued from the south around the city.

The two of them knew that there was a huge difference in strength, so they didn't dare to intercept and attack hard, and they only continued to harass them on the side, although they didn't keep many prisoners, but they also achieved a lot of results.

And it made the already crowded and panicked construction team even more crowded and panicked, and many people fell off their horses in the chaos and were trampled to death by the subsequent horses.

By the time Li Banghua arrived with a brigade of infantry and a few musketeers, the Jianlu and Mongolian cavalry who had just gathered at the north gate of Kuku and Tun had all rushed out of the city, stepping on the ice and snow and heading north.

Li Banghua, who lacked cavalry, did not dare to let the only cavalry under his command go to pursue, and sent messengers to the east again to find Sun Chengzong's subordinates, telling them the news that Jianyu broke through and returned to Liaodong to the north, and asked them to send cavalry to harass and intercept as soon as possible.

At the same time, Li Banghua ordered his army to occupy and settle in Kuku and Tun, that is, the city of naturalization, as soon as possible.

It was also from this moment that the city of naturalization changed hands again and officially fell into the hands of the Ming army.