Three days later, Li Yuntian received the news sent by Zhang Hao that the Ming army led by Zhang Hao and the Korean soldiers led by Li Daniu successfully joined forces in Haizhou City, and the Mongolian army in Haizhou City retreated westward overnight, handing over Haizhou City to the Ming army.

Originally, some Mongol generals wanted to set fire to the city of Haizhou after plundering the city of Haizhou when they left, but they were stopped by the Vulture Polo, believing that they should not take actions to provoke the Ming army at this time, not only to prevent the Ming army commander from chasing and killing them, but also to prevent the Ming army from retaliating in the future.

From the fact that Li Yuntian publicly offered a reward for the wanted Hulegen who did evil in Yinzhou City, but gave preferential treatment to those Mongolian soldiers who were captured on the battlefield, it can be seen that Li Yuntian deeply hated the behavior of bullying civilians, and he did not want to resentment Li Yuntian for looting Haizhou City, and then threaten Mu Du's life.

Mu Du and Ancha failed to arrive in Haizhou City on time, I am afraid that there will be many bad luck on the road, and he must leave a back road for Mu Du.

Compared with the unlucky Darlu, the Bald Polo was undoubtedly lucky, and successfully avoided the ambushed Ming army and returned to Haizhou City on a long detour, and then did not hesitate to put the blame for the defeat on Darru, saying that Darru led the army to escape at a critical moment, which affected the morale of the Mongolian army and led the Hupi battalion to lose the battle.

Anyway, Darru didn't make it back to Haizhou City, and it seemed that he was captured by the Ming army, so he could splash the dirty water on him as much as he wanted.

At the same time, the vultures Polo deliberately emphasized to Adai Khan the power of the Ming army's firearms, if it were not for the Ming army's musket battalion and artillery battalion, then the Mongolian cavalry would have rushed the Ming army's formation to pieces.

Moreover, the bald Polo also said that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army participating in the first battle of the Tiger Skin Battalion was far better than that of the Ming army that the Mongol army had encountered in Liaodong before, and the most important thing was that there were many Jurchen soldiers and Mongol soldiers in it, which offset the advantage of the Mongol cavalry.

Adai Khan felt that it was reasonable to say that if the Ming army found that the city of Haizhou became a sea of fire, then it would definitely strive to pursue the Mongol army, and then the Jurchen cavalry and Mongol cavalry in the Ming army would bring great trouble to the Mongol army.

Therefore, the people of Haizhou City escaped the catastrophe, although there were sporadic Mongol soldiers who still plundered the inhabitants of the city, but the general situation was still good.

When Zhang Hao led the army into Haizhou City, he was warmly welcomed by the residents, and the city was empty of thousands of people, and the people were filled with joy.

The Mongol army retreated westward across the Liao River, destroyed the bridge over the river, and then stationed at Xining Fort near the river, and confronted the Ming army across the Liao River.

In order to strengthen the strength of Xining Fort, Adai Khan once again transferred 20,000 troops from the Uliang Habu to prepare for a decisive battle with the Ming army at the Liao River, and this time the Mongol generals learned the lesson of the failure of the Tiger Skin Battalion and prepared to defeat the Ming army's artillery camp first.

The Ming army did not rush to cross the Liao River, but stationed in the city by the Liao River, although they could not cross the Liao River, but it was not easy for the Mongol army to come over, the two sides formed a stalemate with the Liao River as the boundary, and the war in Liaodong calmed down for a while.

It was not that Li Yuntian did not want to destroy the Mongol army in Xiningbao, but after the first battle of the Tiger Skin Battalion, his troops were very tired and needed time to recuperate, and neither the Liaodong Ming army under Zhang Hao nor the Korean soldiers led by Li Daniu could compete with the Mongol cavalry on the battlefield, so there was no way to defeat the Mongol army.

Therefore, the Ming army units in Liaodong under Li Yuntian's construction were rested and reorganized, and at the same time the people in the recovered areas were pacified and the local order and economy were restored.

Zhang Hao knew that Li Yuntian was a good hand at managing government affairs, so he handed over the government affairs of Liaodong to Li Yuntian, and he wandered around the musket battalion and artillery camp of the Xiaowu Army with great interest, and he couldn't put down the arquebus and the Francophone cannon.

It's a pity that for the sake of secrecy, the arquebus and the Fulong cannon are now only equipped with the Xiaowu army in Liaodong, and even the Shenji battalion uses old-fashioned muskets and iron cannons, so if the troops of the Daming Guard Station want to equip them, I am afraid that it will take a long time.

However, although the Liaodong Ming Army was not equipped with arquebuses and Fran machine guns, under the coordination of Li Yuntian, it would definitely cooperate with the Liaodong Ming Army to fight, which would mean that the Liaodong Ming Army had those powerful firearms.

Taking advantage of the time when the Ming army was resting, Li Yuntian successively went to the eastern and southern regions of Liaodong to deal with local military and government affairs, and at the same time, he also made the local people feel at ease and went all out to devote themselves to agricultural production.

At the same time, the battle report of the Ming army in Liaodong to recover Haizhou City was sent by Zhang Hao to report to the imperial court on the sea road, in which Zhang Hao was full of praise for Li Yuntian's three battles in Qingfeng Valley, Yinzhou City and Hupi Battalion, and believed that the situation in Liaodong had undergone a earth-shaking change after the first battle of Hupi Battalion, and the Ming army, which had been in strategic defense, would launch a strategic counteroffensive against the Mongol army.

According to Zhang Hao's optimistic estimate, by the end of this year, the Ming army in Liaodong will be able to recover the Liaodong and Daning capitals and drive away the Mongol troops outside the Guan.

Zhang Hao's war report is undoubtedly a timely rain for Emperor Xuande who has returned to Beijing, due to the fall of Datong City, coupled with the fact that Wanquan Dusi was surrounded by the Mongol army and attacked, which made many civil and military officials in the court worried about the safety of the Beijing Division, and many people have been on the chapter to persuade Emperor Xuande to hunt Nanjing.

The so-called "Southern Hunting" is just a euphemism for moving the capital, when the major yamen of the Beijing Division will follow Emperor Xuande to Nanjing City.

Emperor Xuande was on fire because of the defeat of the Northern Expedition, and he was moved to Nanjing by the ministers, and the depression in his heart can be imagined, he did not want to become a runaway emperor in the history books, and he was even more worried about failing to achieve the victory of the Northern Expedition like Emperor Yongle.

However, a group of Ming nobles led by the British Duke Zhang Fu and the Zhongguo Duke Zhou Zheng opposed the Southern Hunt, believing that Emperor Xuande should sit in Beijing to boost the morale of the front-line soldiers.

Emperor Xuande naturally agreed with Zhang Fu and Zhou Zheng's statement, and he had already transferred troops from Nanjing and other places to Beijing and the north last year, and engaged in fierce battles with the Mongol army in Shanxi Xingdu Division and Wanquan Division.

It is a pity that the Mongol army that attacked the Shanxing Division was nearly 200,000, and the Mongolian Tatar Department and the Warat Department could be said to have poured out, so although the Ming army carried out a fierce resistance in the Shanxi Xingdu Division, it finally lost Datong City and had to retreat to Wanquan Dusi.

Once Wanquan Dusi is lost, then Juyong Pass in the north of the Beijing Division will face a grim situation of the Mongol army approaching the city, so the Ming army has hoarded 300,000 troops in Wanquan Dusi, and the Mongolian army is in full swing.

Now, the situation in Liaodong has suddenly undergone earth-shaking changes, the Ming army of Liaodong, which was originally cornered by the Mongolian army, unexpectedly repelled the Mongolian army through three victories of Li Yuntian, forcing the Mongolian army to shift from strategic offensive to strategic defense, which made Emperor Xuande breathe a long sigh, which not only means that the crisis in Shanhaiguan can be lifted, but also that the Ming army in Liaodong can enter the pass to participate in the war after driving away the Mongolian army, and then he will have an extra powerful new force in his hands.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been such a large-scale war, Shanxi Xingdu Division, Wanquan Division, Daning Division, Liaodong Capital Division and even Nuer Gandu Division have fallen into the flames of war, and the entire north of the Ming Dynasty has become a mess.

In order to deal with the war in the north, Emperor Xuande not only transferred hundreds of thousands of guards from Nanjing and other places, but also transported food and other military resources to the capital through the Guò Canal.

It is worth mentioning that after Li Yuntian seized the case of Lianghuai Salt Road, the treasury of the household department suddenly became extremely full, which also made Emperor Xuande more confident to fight this battle.

In order to be able to hold Wanquan Dusi, Emperor Xuande has sent Zhou Zheng, the Duke of Zhongguo, to Xuanfu City to sit in the town, and has full authority to command the Ming army and the Mongolian army to fight the matter, under the command of Zhou Zheng, the Ming army and the Mongolian army formed a stalemate in Wanquan Dusi, and the two sides won and lost each other after several major battles, and no one took much advantage.

The most important force in Zhou Zheng's hands was the 20,000 Xiaowu army, of which 10,000 were survivors who followed Emperor Xuande's northern expedition, and the other 10,000 were mobilized from the Xiaowu army's Beijing suburb camp and the Xiaowu army's Datong Qinglong camp.

With the fall of Shanxi Xingdu Division, the people of the Xiaowu army Datong Qinglong camp have all withdrawn to the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and at the behest of Zhou Zheng, Emperor Xuande handed over 20,000 Xiaowu troops to his command.

If it is replaced by other Ming nobles, those proud soldiers and fierce generals of the Xiaowu army may not necessarily obey the command, but Zhou Zheng is different, not only the second nobles of the Ming Dynasty, but also Li Yuntian's old Taishan, so the 20,000 Xiaowu troops are completely under the dispatch of Zhou Zheng.

In addition, Zhou Zheng also knew a lot about the Xiaowu army, so he was handy to call, and the first battle he fought with the Mongolian army in Wanquan Dusi was to use the Xiaowu army as the main force, and sent 20,000 Xiaowu troops when the Ming army and the Mongolian army were in a stalemate on the battlefield.

The 20,000 Xiaowu army was like a tiger descending from the mountain, and its powerful impact soon tore open the front of the Mongolian army, and took the Mongolian soldiers by surprise, and did not adapt to the attack of the Xiaowu army, whose combat effectiveness was obviously one or two grades higher than that of other Ming troops, and then made Zhou Zhengshun get off to a good start.

On the battlefield, the most headache for Zhou Zheng is the Mongolian cavalry, the biggest reason is that the Mongolian cavalry are good at riding and shooting, which makes Zhou Zheng have no good way to deal with it, after all, the Ming cavalry is far worse than the Mongolian cavalry, and it cannot be carried hard with the Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield, and if you use infantry such as pikemen, you will become the target of the opponent.

Therefore, the Ming army suffered the most losses in the battle with the Mongol army, which is why Li Yuntian recruited the Jurchen cavalry and surrendered the Mongol cavalry, only they could fight the cavalry of the Mongol army on the battlefield.

Zhou Zheng's goal in Wanquan Dusi was very clear, he did not want to destroy the invading Mongol army, but to drag it firmly in Wanquan Dusi, and then drag the Mongol army down.

It was not easy for the Mongol army to come from afar to raise rations, and even if they survived the winter, it would be difficult to guarantee the next year's rations, which would force them to return to the steppe, while the Ming army took the opportunity to regain the lost territories that had been invaded.