After this time, the Jin army entered the customs, and Zu Dashou first followed the then supervisor Yuan Chonghuan into the Qinwang of Shanhaiguan. But after Yuan Chonghuan was imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen, Zu Dashou was very scared in his heart, and immediately fled back to the gate with the Liaodong Iron Horse.

But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers in the court understood that with the death of Zhao Shujiao and Man Gui, the strongest generals in Liaodong Iron Cavalry were Zu Dashou and He Kegang. Especially Zu Dashou, more than 20 of his nephews and domestic slaves have become generals of all sizes in Liaodong, and it can be said that Zu Dashou is already the first person among the generals in Liaodong.

Because he was afraid of Zu Dashou's surrender, Emperor Chongzhen immediately sent eunuchs to Zu Dashou's army with holy decrees and rewards to appease him. In addition, Emperor Chongzhen reinstated Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chengzong was Zu Dashou's old boss, and he also knew that Zu Dashou was promoted. Therefore, Zu Dashou's fear gradually calmed down.

When the imperial court wanted to recover the four cities of Yongping, under the order of Sun Chengzong, Zu Dashou took the Liaodong iron cavalry and entered the Shanhaiguan. However, in the process of King Qin this time, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry was not too tired to run inside and outside the pass!

But after all, it came relatively late, so Zu Dashou's Liaodong Iron Cavalry also marched behind Qin Liangyu's army and Shanxi and Shandong troops. Fortunately, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry Pioneer led by Deputy General Zu Dale and Zu Kefa finally met the defeated Shanxi and Shandong armies. However, they didn't dare to move forward any further, and they had to wait until the main force of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry led by Zu Dashou came to converge.

When the three armies were combined, it took several days to gather the rout and regroup. Then they discussed how to proceed next. Because among all the generals here, Zu Dashou is the strongest, so although it is said to be a discussion, it can also be said to let Zu Dashou make a decision.

Zu Dashou looked at the generals who asked him to make a decision, and he thought to himself: "You are really lacking in virtue!" Now that the army is like this, how can it move forward? But you are not willing to say retreat from your own mouth, and it is clear that I am asked to say the word 'retreat', and if you pursue responsibility, you will put the basin on my head. ”

However, he had to come up with a decision, so Zu Dashou said: "The imperial court requires us to recover the four cities of Yongping, and the military situation must not be neglected." But now the siege of the city is in urgent need of people, and after the plague of the Tartars, it is inhabited. There is an urgency, therefore, we should immediately recruit enough people to recover the four cities of Yongping in order to repay the emperor's favor. ”

The young men recruited by the army in Shanxi and Shandong were indeed killed and escaped when the Houjin army came over, and there are indeed few people left now. And here, because of the war and the Tartar looting population, there are basically no ordinary people left.

If you want to recruit people, you must retreat to a place with a lot of people. The reason for this ancestor Dashou's retreat is so high-sounding, it is worthy of being an old fritter in officialdom.

Zu Dashou's decision was of course unanimously approved by these generals, and after sending a messenger to Qin Liangyu's army to deliver the news, the three armies retreated in the direction they came.

In fact, before Zu Dashou's messenger arrived, Qin Liangyu had already learned the news of the rout of the Shandong army in Shanxi. Because some of the defeated soldiers and young men fled to the vicinity of Qin Liangyu's camp in a panic. And Qin Liangyu gathered these people, and even got three or four hundred people.

However, Qin Liangyu suddenly lost the protection of the two armies behind him, and immediately stopped his actions. Because the spies could not be sent out, they lost their eyes and ears, and did not know what the latest war situation was. Therefore, now Qin Liangyu's army has no choice but to camp on the spot, and everything will be said after the dust settles.

At this time, Qin Liangyu convened all the military attaches to discuss how the army should proceed with its next move. The vast majority of military attachés believe that now their army has become a lone army, and there is no way to capture the four cities of Yongping. Therefore, for the sake of stability, the army should be withdrawn.

And a small number of military attachés thought that they would station the army on the spot, anyway, the grain and grass carried by Qin Liangyu's army was enough for the entire army to consume for more than three months. With a strong battalion, the cavalry of the Tartars did not dare to attack them.

But neither of these suggestions was in line with Qin Liangyu's thoughts. Don't look at Qin Liangyu as a woman, in fact, in her heart, she advocates aggression very much. Dare to take the initiative to find the enemy to fight a decisive battle. Besides, he withdrew like this, although the reason for the withdrawal of troops was not on Qin Liangyu's head, but Qin Liangyu always felt that he couldn't save face.

So she saw that Wu Shigong was silent on the side, so she asked by name: "Wu Qianhu, what do you think?" ”

In fact, in Wu Shigong's heart, he also agreed with the withdrawal of troops, and when the time comes, after meeting with the main force of the Ming army behind, there will be more people who can strengthen their courage. However, Wu Shigong was also thinking about a problem just now.

So, Wu Shigong said to Qin Liangyu: "Chief Qin, I was thinking about a problem just now. If we withdraw, we will be alone on this road, and there will be no other Ming army to take care of each other at all. ”

"And the distance to withdraw is at least more than half a month. And because of our retreat, without containment, the army defending the city of Tartars can let go. When they join the Tartar army that attacked us, they will be greatly strengthened. At that time, the way we retreat will definitely not be peaceful, and the losses will not be small. ”

"I think that we are not far from Luanzhou City now, and it will only take two days to march quickly. Since you want to camp on the spot, you simply camp at the foot of Luanzhou City. In this case, the Tartar army and our army have scruples about each other, and they will not dare to send troops to attack without scruples. It is better for these Tartars to attack our camp and let them gnaw on the turtle shells that Lao Tzu has built. ”

Wu Shigong's words made the people in the big tent hahadaxiao. For Wu Shigong's method of building a large camp with the Extreme Turtle Stream, it has become a joke in the mouths of Qin Liangyu's white pole soldiers. However, these military attaches also admitted that it was indeed reassuring to stay in such a large camp to defend against enemy attacks.

Wu Shigong continued: "As long as we drag those Tartars under the city of Luanzhou, so that they can't divide their troops and horses to sneak attack the main force behind, then the main force behind will come up soon." At that time, as long as we attack the four cities of Yongping, even if we don't have the first credit, the main credit is always indispensable. At that time, General Qin will have to fight for more silver for us! ”

Wu Shigong's words made the military attache in the big tent laugh again. Qin Liangyu smiled and scolded Wu Shigong: "You stinky boy, if you don't fight well, you will know that you will get into the eyes of money." And you, a young man, don't have any courage at all, and our soldiers and horses are no less than those of the Tartars, so we can't attack the city directly? However, what you said earlier is also true. Guys, get ready to go. ”

Looking at Wu Shigong's back out of the big tent, Qin Liangyu shook his head. In fact, her impression of Wu Shigong is quite good, although Wu Shigong is a little open-mouthed, but the training is quite good, and the work is decent. What is particularly valuable is that there were not many brave military attachés at that time, but there were indeed not many who were as clear-headed as Wu Shigong and could see the problem very clearly.

If Wu Shigong is cultivated well, he must be a good seedling of a famous general. It's a pity that Wu Shigong is more afraid of death, and his enterprising spirit is not enough, so he wants to preserve his strength.

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Liangyu's army immediately marched in the direction of Luanzhou City, a move that caught the Houjin army led by Ba Duli off guard for its sneak attack and harassment army.

Because of the defeat of two Ming armies in succession, Baduli's Houjin army was also relatively tired, and they were all resting in the rear of Qin Liangyu's army. Just sent a small army of hundreds of people to monitor Qin Liangyu's every move. After Qin Liangyu's army retreated, they would attack Qin Liangyu's army as it retreated.

But what Baduli didn't expect at all was that instead of retreating, Qin Liangyu's army marched in the direction of Luanzhou City. On the one hand, the small unit of the Houjin Army, which was surveilling, sent people to report to Baduli; On the other hand, he took the initiative to approach Qin Liangyu's army to harass, wanting to slow down the marching speed of Qin Liangyu's army, and waiting for the main force of the Houjin army led by Baduli to bring it.

You don't need to say that after fighting the Ming army for a long time and defeating the Ming army, the courage of the Houjin army soldiers was beaten. Just such a cavalry team with only 100 people dared to harass and provoke Qin Liangyu's team of tens of thousands of people. And in this team of tens of thousands of people, the number of soldiers is also close to 9,000.

But at the beginning, these harassments by the Jin army were very successful. Because of the need to protect this long marching procession, all of Qin Liangyu's cavalry was very scattered, and in terms of local numbers, the cavalry of these Houjin troops did not have any advantage.

As a result, the cavalry of the Later Jin army often found the weak point of the marching procession, and they rushed to about fifty paces of the marching procession, took out their riding bows, and shot arrows at the marching procession, regardless of accuracy. Although the casualties caused by these arrows were modest, they often caused a moment of confusion in the marching procession. When Qin Liangyu's cavalry gathered and arrived, they turned around and fled again.

After escaping for a distance, seeing that Qin Liangyu's cavalry no longer pursued, these Houjin troops stuck to Qin Liangyu's army like dog skin plasters. If they saw an opportunity, they charged at the weakly defended points of the marching ranks.

And what about these cavalry weishenme of the Houjin army to rush to a distance of fifty paces? Because the bow they used on their horses was relatively small, and their effective range was only seventy or eighty paces. And the longbow they use under the horse, that range is larger. If you shoot by hanging, you can shoot more than 200 steps.

Wu Shigong looked at these flies with fire in his eyes, and he ordered his subordinates to quietly gather the firecrackers and hide in the marching procession. And Wu Shigong let the cavalry in this direction scatter, deliberately revealing a weak point.

The cavalry of the Houjin army were fooled, and when they rushed to a distance of fifty or sixty paces again, they were just about to shoot their bows and arrows, but they heard a loud sound of a volley of firearms. Forty or fifty cavalrymen of the Houjin army were immediately dismounted. These cavalrymen of the Houjin Army didn't expect Wu Shigong's firearms to be so powerful at all. There are so many of them.

In the past, when they faced the inferior guns of the Ming army, sometimes as long as they protected their faces with their elbows, the bullets might not even be able to penetrate their armor. So later, they despised the power of the Ming army's firearms. And this time, their contempt cost them all.

After receiving this heavy blow, the cavalry left behind by the Houjin army no longer dared to stay near Qin Liangyu's army, let alone approach and harass. They had no choice but to hang far behind Qin Liangyu's army, waiting for the arrival of the main force led by Baduli.

And without the harassment of these flies, Qin Liangyu's army resumed the speed of rapid marching. The first day of the march passed without a hitch.

When the camp was set up that night, because the march had been in a hurry all day, there was not much time to build the camp, so the whole camp was just a circle of wooden fences, and then a circle of trenches were dug around the camp. However, Qin Liangyu's army took turns to be on duty at night, and it was because the main force of Baduli had not yet arrived. So the night was fine.