The Duoduo tribes suddenly retreated, and although You Shilu was suspicious in his heart, he was still relieved, at least this battle was a thrilling one, and the first day of rebuilding Yong'an Fort was off to a good start.

As the saying goes, don't chase after the poor, not to mention that the Duoduo Department seems to be defeated but is actually in order, seeing that the situation of the Tartars is unknown, You Shilu did not dare to raise troops to pursue, and only sent a partial division to pretend to chase for a while. Unbeknownst to him, the Duoduo tribe had no heart to resist, and the men and horses behind the palace were beaten to a pulp, and as many as 1,000 people were killed and captured in battle.

Only then did You Shilu realize the abnormality of the Qing army, the seemingly orderly retreat of the Duoduo Department had actually lost the will to fight long ago, which was just a delaying tactic for Duoduo. After he came to the above judgment through this series of facts, he couldn't help but regret it, and immediately raised troops to chase north in person, hoping to kill or capture as many Qing soldiers as possible.

The Ming army galloped north, and You Shilu really saw all kinds of weapons and materials dropped by the routs along the way, as well as wounded war horses and wounded people who were difficult to march. This scene fell in You Shilu's eyes, and he slapped his thigh with anger, if the whole army was pressed from the beginning of Duoduo's rout, it was not impossible to completely annihilate Duoduo at this time.

The front is not far from the front guard of Guangning, and there are scouts who report that it is the Qing army's camp, asking for instructions on whether to continue to advance. You Shilu was finally not carried away by victory and chagrin, and once again became cautious, still as before, first sent a thousand men to test and investigate, and once he found that something was wrong, he could calmly evacuate.

At the same time, You Shilu sent a Pegasus to return to Hong Chengchou, Yong'an Fort won a great victory, and the Duoduo tribe was defeated and fled. Although this battle was won a little inexplicably, he had a premonition that something big must have happened inside the Qing army's camp, so he led the outcome of this battle.

Thinking that this victory will definitely greatly boost the morale of the Ming army in Shanhaiguan, Hong Butang will definitely be extremely satisfied with his performance this time, and finally live up to his support for himself.

Just when You Shilu was still immersed in longing, the message sent back by the forward troops made him stunned and unbelievable.

"Report to the commander, the Tartar camp is almost empty, and the remnants of the Tartar soldiers are fleeing frantically north."

"What? This, how is this possible? ”

You Shilu even stammered a little when he spoke, the Qing army camp had sixty or seventy thousand eight banner elites, and he led the troops over with the attitude of having dates and not hitting a pole, who would have thought that a blind cat would meet a dead mouse, and there was a strict incident within the Qing army that he didn't know, otherwise they would not have given up the camp of the front guard of Guangning and fled in a hurry.

However, You Shilu is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran, and he still did not lose his mind under the ecstasy, and sent a thousand-person division to test and investigate. In the end, it was finally determined that this was not a trap set by the Qing army, and there was a mess in the camp, and the first soldiers who had not had time to withdraw were in a mess in the east and west, and they withdrew and fled north.

"The whole army presses up!"

You Shilu finally made up his mind and prepared to use the more than 10,000 Guanning iron cavalry led by himself to attack the already messy Qing army camp, and the army was ruthlessly crushed by the iron hooves, and the resistance of the Qing army was almost negligible.

After more than an hour of fighting, it was not so much a battle as a cleaning of the battlefield, You Shilu looked at the messy battlefield in front of him, his heart surged with excitement and remorse, if he had come earlier, maybe he could have achieved greater results. Although it can be regarded as an unprecedented victory now, it is always too easy to win, which makes the victory always feel like a lack of strength.

However, You Shilu quickly shook his head and smiled bitterly, the key of a soldier is to achieve the greatest result at the lowest cost, and it is already very rare to force back the Tartars and occupy the military camp in front of him with almost no blood. As soon as he thought of this, the regrets in his heart were quickly thrown out of the clouds, and he wholeheartedly received the Qing army camp and collected a large number of remaining food and materials.

Occupying the camp left behind after the Qing army retreated, You Shilu did not stop because of this, and still marched step by step as before, sending two thousand-man partial divisions all the way north to continue to track the Qing army. At the same time, a ranger scout was once again sent back to Shanhaiguan to report the victory.

The fast horse galloped all the way, and finally nearly two hours later, the news that General You had won a great victory and occupied the camp of the Qing army was sent back to Shanhaiguan. Hong Chengchou was also inexplicably excited when he learned of this, and at the same time he had deep doubts, the Qing army was treacherous and treacherous, don't be a conspiracy of the slave chieftain.

Hong Chengchou immediately sent a descendant of the city to pick up You Shilu, and after all kinds of grain and goods arrived at Shanhaiguan one after another the next night, looking at the mountains of materials, this doubt was dispelled little by little.

At the same time, more news from the front was sent back, and You Shilu's pursuers pursued until Ning Yuanwei stopped, and the main force of the Qing army had withdrawn to Ningyuan City. It seems that the news I got a few days ago is true, there was an accident in Shengjing City, and the slave chief Emperor Taiji left the army overnight and returned to Beijing, so it is not difficult to explain the sudden defeat of the main force of the Qing army.

This realization also made Hong Chengchou's heart of doubt somewhat put back in his stomach, and it seems that the possibility of worrying about the trap of the Qing army has become extremely low. In terms of retreating 10,000 steps, even if it is a trap of the Qing army, at least you can take this opportunity to steadily repair the fortress all the way to the front guard of Guangning. In this way, the first line of defense outside Shanhaiguan can be regarded as preliminarily formed, and it also has the strength to fight in the face of the main force of the Qing army.

A day later, Hong Chengchou decided to personally go to Quang Ninh Qiantun to inspect it, after all, hearing is false, seeing is believing. This time, Hong Chengchou was not as low-key as before, and went to each fort with only hundreds of personal soldiers, but mobilized tens of thousands of horses and horses to rush to Guangning Qiantun Guard.

This inspection gave Hong Chengchou a great surprise, he never expected that the Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning that survived the war was actually well preserved, and the Qing army did not seem to have the intention of defending the city at the beginning, and it was not burned when it was evacuated in a panic.

Looking at the rammed earth city wall several zhang high, a bold idea rose in Hong Chengchou's chest, he decided that the next battle would be in the relatively well-preserved Guangning Qiantun Acropolis, in order to consolidate the defense line outside Shanhaiguan, the remaining materials in the city were far beyond Hong Chengchou's imagination, he immediately stopped the operation of these materials being transported to Shanhaiguan one after another, not only did the existing ones no longer be transported to Shanhaiguan, but also mobilized enough food for 20,000 troops to last more than three months.

With this series of plans, Hong Chengchou wrote tens of thousands of words about the results of this accident, and ordered people to send them to Jingshi by 800 miles of fast horses, and the emperor knew about it. Of course, he also added a little bit of music in this book of ten thousand words, emphasizing You Shilu's combat bravery, and only after the battle did he capture the Qing army's camp and the Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning, and also gave a general description of the victory in the Spring and Autumn Period.

This book of 10,000 words was placed on the desk of Zhu Youzhen, the son of tomorrow, almost before the ink dried.

"Hong Qing really didn't disappoint me! This battle was fought well, and it was fought with great pride! ”

The depression that had accumulated in his chest for several days was suddenly swept away, and there was a problem inside Dongyu, Hong Chengchou took the initiative to send troops to Shanhaiguan to rebuild various fortresses for the battalion step by step, and recaptured the Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning that had been occupied by him, and the urgent need of Shanhaiguan was temporarily solved.

Zhu Youzhen walked quickly to the big map that had just been drawn up, carefully studying the situation in front of him, originally his strategy for the Eastern Captives was determined after listening to Sun Chengzong's Jianyi, while fighting and making peace, Hong Chengchou and Shanhaiguan withstood the strong troops of the Eastern Captives, and then Li Xin rushed to the Eastern Captives to negotiate on the spot in front of the enemy and reached a settlement agreement.

However, the battle situation unexpectedly changed dramatically, Hong Chengchou's army won, and the danger of the destruction of Shanhaiguan was solved. Then the facts effectively vetoed Sun Chengzong's so-called peace talks were the only best solution for the Ming Dynasty, which made Zhu Youzhen a little inexplicably excited.

Wang Chengen, who had been standing behind Zhu Youzhen, saw that the emperor who had been frowning for many days finally had a smile, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knelt on the ground and praised again and again: "Long live congratulations, long live the wise, sweeping away the East is just around the corner!" ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "Pick up the New Year's greetings, I am like a mirror in my heart, how can Dongyu be defeated in a battle?" What is important at the moment is to follow Hongqing's strategy step by step, restore the old view of the Guanningjin defense line, trap the eastern captives in Liaodong, and then concentrate on exterminating the raging thieves in the Central Plains! Only by appeasing the inside of the Ming Dynasty can we let go of the outside of the Guan! ”

Based on this understanding, although Zhu Youzhen, who had many years of experience in government, had reservations about Sun Chengzong's peace talks, he decided to let Li Xin negotiate with Dongyu out of the sake of stability. In addition, he Zhu Youzhen also had a heart in his heart, asking Hong Chengchou to compete with Li Xin to see who was more capable.

On the official road eighty miles west of the Ming Jingshi, two people and two horses began to move slowly along the road after galloping rapidly.

"General Niu, long live let us go and send a message to the general, let him talk about this matter with the Tartars, I always feel that something is wrong when I think about it! Regardless of success or not, doesn't this make our general carry the black pot? ”

General Niu is Li Xin's pro-barracks officer Niu Dan, and the two of them were unanimously recommended by several ministers of the cabinet to go to Datong to find Li Xin with the holy decree.

Niu Dan smiled: "I'm worried, if the general doesn't want to do something, even the emperor will take him!" Let's go to the general, besides, if we don't agree to them, we are still suffering from that prison in the edict! I said when can you change your brains! ”

The other person is Shi Datuo, Shi Datuo also felt very reasonable when he heard this, and nodded in agreement.

"What General Niu said is, let's hurry up and find the general, and tell the general not to carry this black cauldron!"