From the moment the Tieling city wall was blown up, the Eight Banners Army understood that the general trend had gone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Having had the experience of the last retreat, the Eight Banners Army quickly fled to the north gate. It's just that the auxiliary soldiers, merchants and wealthy people who followed it suffered from it, and these people didn't expect that Tieling City could be breached in such a short period of time. But thinking about the first two times, many people become relieved.

The Eight Banners Army was stationed in Tieling was Yue Tuo, because he contributed a lot at the critical moment of the battle for the throne of Huang Taiji Khan, Yue Tuo was appointed as the supreme commander of Tieling. In the second battle of Fushun, Yue Tuo was seriously injured, and after many days of recuperation, he could barely get out of bed and walk, but his physical condition has not been good. Huang Taiji also sent the Nine Elder Brother Babutai to Tieling to assist Yue Tuo in dealing with Tieling affairs.

Babutai is good at government affairs, but he is not good at military affairs. After receiving the news of the arrival of the Ming army in the early morning, Babutai ordered the city gates to be closed, and he did not even have the determination to test it. After that, the Ming army broke the city in an instant, and Babutai was shocked, so he had to retreat to Kaiyuan with Yue Tuo, who was getting heavier and heavier.

The Eighth Banner Army was not good at street fighting, and with the fact that the commanders fled, the wave of flight soon spread to middle and lower-ranking officers. In order to escape, many people threw down their weapons, and even the war horses did not have time to rob them, and everyone had only one thought, that is, to escape back to Kaiyuan as soon as possible. Kaiyuan City is about seventy miles away from Tieling, and it can be reached in half a day. Tieling City is surrounded by rivers, the largest Liao River flows near Kaiyuan, as long as Kaiyuan is in hand, the Eight Banners Army can go down the river at any time and recapture Tieling. Therefore, as long as Kaiyuan is in hand, the Eight Banners Army has something to rely on, thinking that the capture of Tieling is just a matter of probing.

After two hours of fighting, the clean-up of Tieling City was nearing completion, and the city defense troops organized by Tong Zhonghua uprooted the remnants of the Eight Banners, and Tieling City returned to the hands of the Ming army. The situation is changing too fast, two months ago, the people in the city just restored the Sinicization etiquette of the Eguan Bo belt, and as a result, Jiannu re-attacked Tieling, and many people temporarily found braids to continue. The person who couldn't find the braids simply shaved his head. As a result, a month later, the Ming army broke into the city again, and many people were dumbfounded. However, there are still a lot of people whose brains turn quickly, and the welcome group organized by many old men expressed their goodwill to the Ming army's resumption of Tieling. Tong Zhonghua didn't think much about it, but invited the elders to organize the people, collect the corpses on the street, temporarily repair the city wall, and help the Ming army maintain discipline in the city.

When Jiannu fled, they burned down their houses, causing thick smoke to rise in the city, and many people who had been watching from the wall had to throw themselves into fighting the fire. The shouts of killing were gradually replaced by the shouts of the water, and the city was like a large construction site, full of busy people. After two wars, Tieling has been devastated, and most of the rich families have long fled the war-torn place, leaving behind ordinary people with their families. Looking at more than a dozen burned houses, Tong Zhong's face was full of sadness, it was already the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and it would be snowing in a month or two, if there were no houses to settle the people, there was no need to build slaves, and the angry people would devour themselves.

Just thinking about it, he suddenly saw Shen Jia driving an assault car and suddenly came over.

"Uncle Tong, I have something to discuss with you."

"Boy, I also want to discuss with you, you see that nearly 100 houses have been burned down, before the winter, we must settle the displaced people, you give Uncle Tong an idea."

Shen Jia frowned, thought about it carefully, and said: "We suddenly seized Tieling, presumably Jiannu did not have time to withdraw the materials in the city, first use the materials in the city to stabilize the people's hearts, resettle the displaced people, and send people to investigate those Jurchens who have done a lot of evil and oppressed the good, and confiscated the house, presumably we can squeeze some oil and water." ”

Tong Zhonghua said: "Aren't you afraid of the criticism of Yushi and Lord Yuan? ”

Shen Jia said: "Of course I'm afraid, but at present, Lord Yuan's mud bodhisattva crosses the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, so he can take care of our, and besides, with the premise of stabilizing Tieling, whoever opposes it is against the entire garrison, and now there are no civilian officials in Tieling, and everything is not up to you." ”

Tong Zhonghua said: "Hey, you stinky boy, even I have calculated it, there is no one around you, borrow me a few." ”

Shen Jia shouted, and a man of medium height and thin figure came over. Shen Jia pointed at the man and said, "Uncle Tong, this is my battalion political commissar, it should be no problem to deal with these trivial matters, I will leave it to you for the time being, you can just arrange the task." ”

After that, Shen Jia looked back at Liu Wencai and said: "Political Commissar Liu, you stay in Tieling, the law enforcement company stays with you, you assist General Tong in handling the government affairs of Tieling, first sweep those Tartar nobles, rich households, resettle displaced people, repair the city wall, understand?" ”

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Liu Wencai saluted, and Shen Jia returned the salute, but Tong Zhong's jaw almost fell off in shock, I don't know which play Shen Jia played.

Shen Jia came over and was about to discuss the details with Tong Zhonghua, but heard You Shigong come over with a smile.

"The stinky boy calculated so well, Jiannu was really planted in your hands, fortunately I asked for the assault car back in the capital that day, otherwise we would be really troublesome today, boy, tell me what to fight next?"

Shen Jia looked around, saw that there were many idle people, and said in a low voice: "Uncle Tong, Uncle You, let's go into the yamen to talk, this is not a place to talk." ”

When the two saw Shen Jia's solemnity, they knew that he had a new idea. The three of them entered the yamen, found a secluded room, and let their soldiers guard outside the house, and then began to discuss.

"Uncle You, carrying seven days' rations, how about you take two thousand cavalry and my regiment to Kaiyuan, I don't know if Uncle You has the guts?"

With a snap, Shen Jia was slapped on the back of the head again. Tong Zhonghua was slightly startled, and was about to speak, but Unexpectedly, You Shigong scolded and said: "Damn, don't give me the law to provoke, don't think that Lao Tzu hasn't read "Three Kingdoms", storytellers like to talk about this in the teahouse, you go to Fushun to take a look, who doesn't know the story of Zhuge Liang's anger and Huang Zhong." ”

Seeing that You Shigong was angry, Tong Zhonghua hurriedly persuaded: "You Shuai, don't be like this stinky boy, let's talk about Kaiyuan first?" ”

You Shigong said angrily: "Fight and fight, what is there to be afraid of Lao Tzu, Tieling is more than 70 miles away from Kaiyuan, and the fast horse can arrive in an hour, but there are many rivers from Tieling to Kaiyuan, and the Chai River is several zhang wide and the water is more than one zhang deep, which is not easy." With that, You Shigong's gaze turned to Shen Jia.

"What Uncle You said is that my plan is that Uncle You will take the cavalry first, if you can seize the bridge, it would be the best, if it doesn't work, the engineer company that followed will be responsible for building the bridge with civilian ships, I don't think it should be a big problem. Moreover, the Jiannu were newly defeated, and most of the remnants fled to Kaiyuan on foot, so we only needed to catch up with them. ”

Tong Zhong thought for a while, and added: "I asked the general Wu Wenjie to lead two thousand foot soldiers to go with you, as long as Kaiyuan is taken, Tieling will have peace of mind." ”

Shen Jia smiled, thinking that Tong Zhonghua was staring at Jiannu opposite, but he forgot about the Horqin Mongolia next to him, now that these two forces have merged, Tieling wants to sit back and relax, how easy is it to talk about.

"Thank you so much Uncle Tong's kindness, time is critical, let's arrange it and set off after meeting in the north of the city."

The moon rises, and the earth is shrouded in silvery moonlight. The Ming army held the torch and assembled at the north gate. You Shigong couldn't wait to set off ten minutes ago, and Shen Jia sent the heralds in the regiment to ask the Fushun garrison to send a batch of supplies to Tieling within three days. Looking at the night sky blankly, Shen Jia was thinking about a bigger plan. Now that the assault vehicle is in hand, it is uncertain when the imperial court will take it back, before that, Shen Jia decided to make the best use of the assault vehicle.

After issuing operational orders to the battalions, the forward troops, consisting of the 1st and 2nd battalions, as well as the engineer company, began to set out under the leadership of Li Fulai. The first stop of the Ming army was the flat-topped fort twenty miles north of the city, a military fort that had long been destroyed in the war a few years earlier. Before that, the Ming army had to cross the Chai River, and the stone bridge over the Chai River became the key to the Ming army's advance. Jiannu was defeated and fled, and his morale was low, so Shen Jia simply ordered the Ming army to march with fire, deliberately creating an atmosphere of pressure for the army. Thousands of torches dotted and scattered for hundreds of meters, especially spectacular under the vast night sky.

An hour later, You Shigong sent someone to report that the army had captured the Chai River Bridge, and Shen Jia was overjoyed. Hurriedly urged the regiment to increase the speed of the march. After arriving at the Chai River, Shen Jia was very worried about the assault vehicle when he saw the small stone bridge crumbling on the river. Wu Huayong, the commander of the engineer company, was a thoughtful man, he dismantled a bunch of door panels in Tieling before he set off, and after crossing the river, Wu Huayong collected a large number of ferries and was temporarily building a simple bridge to allow assault vehicles to cross the river. An hour later, the assault vehicles crossed the Chai River, and the Ming army sped up and rushed to Kaiyuan while it was dark.

The swaggering pursuit of the Ming army made the Jiannu people panic. In order to slow down the advance of the Ming army and let the rout retreat to Kaiyuan for repair, the Eighth Banner Army temporarily organized more than 3,000 cavalry in Pingdingbao, intending to block the Ming army. The first to arrive at Pingdingbao was You Shigong, and the continuous victories made the morale of the Ming army high. After You Shigong found out the enemy's disposition, he immediately commanded 2,000 cavalry and threw himself into battle without hesitation. Under the bright moonlight, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the Ming army, which was once timid in the field, suddenly went against the norm and held the formation steadily under the several charges of the Eight Banners Army. You Shigong was quite stunned, and even he himself did not realize that the Ming army was undergoing earth-shaking changes.

With the arrival of reinforcements from the first battalion and the second battalion led by Li Fulai, the morale of the Ming army was greatly boosted, and Li Fulai concentrated his new forces and tore apart the defense of the Eight Banners Army at Pingdingbao in one fell swoop, and the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of the Ming army. The Eight Banners Army, which had been unable to attack for a long time, was a little timid, and after the offensive and defensive transposition, the Eight Banners Army tried to use the fortifications to resist the counterattack of the Ming army. The walls of the flat-topped fort had long been destroyed, and the Eight Banners had only temporarily built simple defenses. Dismounted to fight, fortifications defense played a certain role. However, as Li Fulai's battalion pressed on, the Eight Banners Army, hiding behind the fortifications, tasted the grenade explosion. A regiment of soldiers was better at foot combat, and it didn't take long for the Eight Banners cavalry, who dismounted to defend, to abandon their positions and hurriedly flee north under the strong attack of the infantry.

You Shigong took the opportunity to organize cavalry to encircle from both wings, and the Eight Banners Army was defeated. By the time Shen Jia arrived at Pingdingbao, You Shigong had already scattered five miles away, collecting people's heads everywhere. Shen Jia was worried about You Shigong's safety, and after discussing with Wu Wenjie, he led a group to set off first and join You Shigong as soon as possible. Wu Wenjie led 2,000 foot soldiers to escort the prisoners, and the captured materials continued to march towards Kaiyuan.

As it turned out, Shen Jia's worries were unnecessary. The Tieling Eight Banner Army, which has been defeated twice in a row, has completely lost its former courage, and the Ming army, which is becoming more and more courageous, has a mentality that is no longer what it used to be. Under the repeated battles, the fleeing Eight Banners Army often fled when they saw the torch of the Ming army. After several hours of hurrying, Shen Jia finally met You Shigong in a small town ten miles away from Kaiyuan City, and it was already four o'clock in the morning.

A large wave of Ming troops suddenly came to the town, and the quiet atmosphere was suddenly broken, chickens and dogs jumped, people shouted and horses chirped, and there was a commotion all around. In this year, the soldiers were in chaos, and the people in the town hid in their homes one after another, refusing to show their heads, in the spirit of having more things than less things. The Ming army did not bother, and after arranging sentry posts and rangers, the Ming army found a few firewood and grass piles, spread the hay, and lay down on both sides of the street to start resting. The noise became intermittent, and the grooms sprinkled the feed everywhere to keep the horses resting and filling their bellies. Running for several days in a row, the war horse has lost weight badly, and the future days will not be easy.

"Lao Li, how is the war horse over there?" It was a thin old man who was in charge of raising war horses in the army.

"Lord Liu, it's generally not good, especially the war horses guarded by Shen, most of them have old injuries, and after half a month of fighting back and forth, this horse is thin and fat." The little official nodded, did not speak, turned around and left quietly.

The first time they saw an army that did not disturb the people, the people of the town were quite surprised. Soon, representatives composed of several old men came to contact You Shigong. You Shigong was so tired that he was going to die, so he sent it all to Shen Jia. Shen Jia was extremely tired, but he couldn't refuse, so he had to bite the bullet to receive him.

"Dare to ask where the general is from?"

"Uncle, we are the border army of the Ming Dynasty, coming from Tieling."

"Tieling? Da Ming? The king is here, it's the king who is here! The old man's eyes were red, and he shouted around with a choked voice.

Shen Jia hurriedly persuaded: "Boss, the soldiers are resting, please keep your voice quiet." ”

The old man hurriedly covered his mouth, for fear of waking up the sleeping Ming army. Soon Shen Jia learned that this old man's surname was Cao, who lived here, and since the loss of Kaiyuan two years ago, the people have barely survived under the exploitation of Houjin. Cao Laozhang thought that there was no hope of seeing Wang Shi again in this life, but who knew that Wang Shi was close at hand. Shen Jia yawned, quietly listened to Cao's narration, and then asked Cao's father-in-law to boil some hot water for the Ming army, make a hot meal, and then Shen Jia asked the quartermaster to offer a hundred taels of silver.

In a remote place, a little hot water is not worth a lot of money at all, not to mention that the Ming army brought its own food, but it was difficult for no one to cook. Uncle Cao's eyes almost fell off when Shen Jia's extravagant gesture fell, when did the Ming army pay for dinner. Uncle Cao repeatedly refused to accept it, Shen Jia forced it to him, and Uncle Cao took it with a red face, and hurried back to discuss the arrangements with the people of the town.