Chapter 258: Escape from armor

The cavalry of the Ming army, who had just entered the camp, received a military order from Wu Sangui before they had time to rest, and five thousand light horsemen rode on war horses, quickly left the camp, and galloped south in search of the horseshoe marks left by Jianyu.

"Chase, don't let Haug run away!"

"Master Hou said, capture Haoge alive and reward a thousand taels of silver! Kill Hauge and reward 800 taels of silver!"

"Annihilate all the prisoners, go home for the New Year!"

The officers shouted slogans, and the non-commissioned officers immediately came to their senses.

They secretly made up their minds that they must kill Hauge in this battle. As for the difficult work of capturing the enemy chieftain alive, it was not within their consideration.

The difference between the two rewards is only 200 taels, who will spend effort and increase the danger factor to capture the enemy alive.

Although Wu Sangui was tired, he still pursued with the army, and he was very confident in recovering Haoge, after all, judging from the horseshoe prints, Haoge only ran out for less than two quarters of an hour, and fled in the middle of the night, the snow was thick and thick, and the speed of the capture could not be too fast.

Moreover, he only needs to find the horse's hoof prints to move forward, and he does not need to find his way in real time, so his speed is naturally faster than that of Jianyu.

The 10,000 Ming troops in the battalion quickly took control of the camp gate and the commanding heights everywhere, controlled the Korean soldiers in their own military tents, forbade them to come out and move around, and ordered them to wait until dawn before coming out of the tents to confess.

When the 30,000 Korean soldiers learned that the Great Tomorrow Division was not ready to slaughter them, they were so excited that they hurriedly shaved off their rat tails and sat in their tents waiting for dawn.

Shang Kexi showed his loyalty, and consciously went to the Ming army and took the initiative to accept the supervision of the Ming army.

The Ming army was very relieved of him, and the barracks were all dedicated, and Shang Kexi could no longer be the one who built the captivity. Everyone knows that Shang Kexi may become the only one among the Hanchen who surrendered and built a captive who can die a good death.

Hauge escaped from the camp first, and although he was able to escape, he was embarrassed and angry, and his heart was full of unspeakable remorse.

How could he believe that Shang Kexi and Shang Ke were in place, so why did he divide his troops into three places.

"Hooray, there seems to be a faint sound of horses' hooves behind me!"

There was the sound of horses' hooves all around, and Hauge didn't know how the soldier could hear the movement behind him, but he had to get back to Hanyang as soon as possible, whether there were pursuers or not.

At least the members of the Joseon royal family and the families of the civil and military forces were controlled first, so that they would not defect to the battle.

Especially the 30,000 Korean soldiers, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not fall to the Ming army, but as long as he masters their families, he can control some of them to some extent.

Looking at the last 2,000 white-armored soldiers around him, Haoge wanted to cry without tears, at this time, what else could he do except run wildly?

A moment later, Hauge could faintly hear distant voices through the sound of hurried horses' hooves around him, and he looked at the equipment of the white-armored soldiers around him, and suddenly understood.

These people are all full armor, and even the war horses are covered with leather armor, if the Ming army is pursuing with light horses, sooner or later they will catch up with themselves.

"Take off your armor! Thrown! Quick!" Hauge yelled.

These elite white-armored soldiers are all heavily armoured, and heavy armor is their other life. Everyone cherishes it.

But now, the disadvantage of heavy armor has appeared, and if it is not discarded, it will definitely be chased and surrounded by the enemy.

In the rear, Wu Sangui quickly rushed to the location where Jianyu abandoned the armor, and looking at the precious armor, he ordered loudly, "Leave 50 people in the rear team, collect the Jianyu armor, and drag it back to the camp."

The army will not slow down because of these armors, and has been closely following Hauge.

This field battle took place in the second half of the night, and after more than half an hour of pursuit, the sky began to gradually brighten, and Wu Sangui soon discovered a black spot in the distance.

"We're about to catch up, throw away the baggage and increase the speed of the horse!"

Wu Sangui was now leading the Great Ming Yuelong Army, and their equestrian skills were the best in the Ming army, and even in the entire East Asian region, and they quickly threw down unnecessary things and outflanked them at a faster pace.

Hauge's troops fled with heavy loads at the beginning, and the detachment of armor in the middle delayed the speed of the horses, which would have brought the two armies close together.

After the Ming army further increased the speed of horses, the distance between the two armies was further shortened.

Hauge looked back, and saw that the Ming army was gradually approaching, and he was furious in his heart, how could he be hunted down and killed in such a humiliating way.

He is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, and he is the current emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and he must not be shot by the enemy in the pursuit battle, let alone captured alive after being surrounded by the enemy.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, Hauge drew his saber and shouted, "Go back with me!" The Manchurians are invincible!"

Seeing that the emperor reflexively killed the enemy regardless of life and death, the two thousand white-armored soldiers were aroused by the courage in their hearts, and they turned their horses' heads one after another to kill the Ming army.

Wu Sangui was overjoyed when he saw it, "Kill all the Tartars! Capture Hauge alive!"

If you can capture Haoge alive, it is a shocking achievement, you know, he is no longer the regent of Jianguo, but the new emperor of Jianguo, as long as he succeeds, his name of Wu Sangui will always shine on the roster of Ming generals.

Cornered, Haug burst out with infinite strength like a trapped beast, calmly opening his bow and arrows, and constantly shooting the approaching enemy troops on the opposite side.

The Ming army was also unceremonious, thousands of sharp arrows greeted Jianyu, and the white-armored soldiers who had lost the protection of heavy armor fell off their horses one after another.

But the white-armored soldiers were undaunted, and fought back with the same superb marksmanship, while not forgetting to protect Haug behind him.

Soon, the two armies were at war together.

The Ming army surrounded the Jianyu regiments, and the two sides shot at each other, and from time to time there would be fierce hand-to-hand combat and horse fighting.

By this time, the white-armored soldiers were already fearless of death, and they only thought about taking a few more enemies in their hearts.

The white-armored soldiers around Haoge were even more ferocious, their arrows were not missing, and every time they attacked, they could shoot through the cheeks of the Ming army, exerting their greatest combat power in this life.

However, there were few Jianjiao, the Ming army gradually gained the upper hand, and the people around Hauge gradually became fewer.

Wu Sangui was also surprised, he thought that he could quickly disperse the Jianyu and easily take down Haoge, but he didn't want these Jianyu to be so cruel, so he killed more than 1,000 of his own people in just a short time.

"It's a pity, if you don't leave all the grenades in Kaesong, this battle will already be won!"

Regret is useless, there is no powerful firearm, real knife and real gun combat is the most practical.

"Capture Hauge alive! Capture Hauge alive!"

The Ming army roared constantly, cheering themselves up.

The white-armored soldiers swung their swords desperately and kept releasing arrows.

The number of people on both sides is rapidly decreasing, and no one dares to slack off.

Haoge was fighting while looking for the generals of the Ming army, and suddenly, he saw the red tasseled helmet on the outside of the Ming army's encirclement, although he was not sure if it was Wu Sangui, but at least it was the biggest official on the scene.

As long as this general is shot, he has any hope of escaping.

He drew his bow and shot three arrows in quick succession.

These arrows were quite accurate, and they rushed straight towards Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui heard the rapidly approaching whistling, his hair stood upside down, and he subconsciously dodged.

But it was too late, and one arrow went straight into his chest, another into the red tassel above his head, and the third arrow went deep into the horse's eye and into the horse's brain.

The war horse barely neighed, and fell to the ground in an instant, throwing Wu Sangui three or five meters away.