As a result, the soldiers who did not know the truth behind them were disheartened and collapsed to the end.

The two support soldiers were defeated by the Jurchens so easily.

And Luo of Xiping Fort, after losing reinforcements, still stopped the Jurchens who were ten times his size for three days with only a few thousand people, and finally died in battle.

When Nurhachi's army broke through Xiping Fort and arrived in Quang Ninh, Sun Degong had already deceived Wang Huazhen and opened the city gates to meet him.

And Wang Huazhen, who was defeated to the end, fled to Shanhaiguan with only a few dozen personal soldiers.

Halfway through, Wang Huazhen met Xiong Tingbi with 5,000 soldiers and horses ready to support him.

When Xiong Tingbi heard that Wang Huazhen had lost Guangning and 100,000 soldiers and horses that had been in business for many years so quickly, he finally couldn't help but reprimand Wang Huazhen loudly. But scolding and scolding, the most important thing at the moment is how to prevent the Jurchens from coming to Shanhaiguan.

You must know that because the imperial court put all its hopes on Wang Huazhen, almost all the elites of the Ming Dynasty were handed over to Wang Huazhen. All the 100,000 elites were given to Wang Huazhen, and although Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong Economic Strategy, said that he was Wang Huazhen's top boss in his position, the army he could really call on was only 5,000 people.

No one expected that Wang Huazhen's 100,000 elites would be defeated so quickly and so miserably. It's so fast that people are caught off guard, and it's so miserable that people can't pick up the mess.

Xiong Tingbi sat on his horse and looked at the distant city of Quang Ninh, which had fallen into the hands of Nurhachi.

"Let's go! My lord. The Jurchens are about to call. If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave! The clerk who followed Xiong Tingbi reminded softly.

Xiong Tingbi shook his head slowly. "No, I can't. We can't go right now. As soon as he leaves at this time, Nurhachi will definitely take the opportunity to hit the Shanhai Pass. At this time, the defense of Shanhaiguan was very fragile, and it was almost impossible to stop the Jurchens who were in high morale.

If Shanhaiguan is broken, the overall situation in the world will be out of control. ”

"However, Lord Wang's 100,000 army has been defeated, and even with our 5,000 people, it is impossible to stop the Jurchens!"

Xiong Tingbi shook his head.

"I know that these 5,000 people can't stop the Jurchens from advancing eastward, but I can't just give up. We certainly can't do it head-on, but we don't necessarily have to fight the Jurchens head-on. Remember, our biggest task now is to prevent the Jurchens from attacking under the Shanhai Pass.

Whether the Jurchens took the initiative to retreat, or were repelled by us. The result is all the same. ”

"However, the Jurchens have just taken Guangning and defeated Lord Wang's 100,000 elites, they will definitely take advantage of the victory to march towards Shanhaiguan, how can they retreat?" The clerk was obviously a little unimpressed by Xiong Tingbi's words.

Xiong Tingbi heard this and looked up into the distance. As if talking to himself, he said, "Now, he is the only one who can save the fate of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

The clerk followed Xiong Tingbi's gaze and looked into the distance. He knew that the "he" that Lord Xiong was referring to was Yu Ren, who had just established himself in Zhenjiang.

"General Yu has just taken Zhenjiang Fort for more than a month, and I heard that he has less than 1,000 officers and soldiers. If you want to rely on him to stop the Jurchens, I'm afraid it's unrealistic! Even if General Yu did what the adults thought, he sent troops in time to contain the Jurchens from the west. With his little strength, it is difficult to protect himself, let alone threaten the Jurchens! If General Yu sends troops at this time, it is likely to be eaten by the soldiers and horses left behind by the Jurchens! "The clerk clearly didn't have much hope for Yu Ren.

Xiong Tingbi shook his head, "You underestimate this Yu Ren too much." A thousand rabble, if it is placed in the hands of others, let alone attack the Jurchens, even if it is to defend Zhenjiang Fort, I am afraid it is impossible. But in Yu Ren's hands, he will definitely be able to make some big noise.

He only needs to make a big noise behind the Jurchens, and let's give the Jurchens a strong wall and clear the wilderness, so that Nurhachi feels that even if he goes eastward again, he will not reap much benefit, and there is still the danger of being attacked by Yu Ren's lair. In this way, he will naturally take the initiative to withdraw his troops.

In the final analysis, the Jurchens are just some robber thoughts, they don't have the idea of competing with the Ming Dynasty for the world, they just want to grab more cattle and sheep, children and property. The general trend is like this, even if Nurhachi wants to go east into Shanhaiguan and compete with the Ming Dynasty for the world. His subordinates saw that they would not gain any benefit by going so far, and would not follow him eastward. ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Tingbi's gaze suddenly became firm, and he said to the clerk beside him, "You immediately send an order, order everyone to divide into ten teams, and move all the people outside the gate to the gate as soon as possible, and nothing is allowed to be left, take what you can bring, burn what you can't take away, and tear down the house on the spot." The Jurchens were never allowed to leave a house or a single piece of firewood and grass.

If they can't move to the gate for a while, let them move to the mountains first. ”

The clerk hesitated. "My lord, if you do this, aren't you afraid that after returning to the court, you will be afraid of the enemy and avoid the war by those little ginseng in the court?"

Xiong Tingbi suddenly heard the clerk's words, suddenly lowered his head, and glared at the clerk angrily. After a long moment, he retracted his gaze and looked up into the distance again. Then he said in a firm tone, "In the current situation, this is the only way to prevent the Jurchens from breaking through." Of course, I know that this plan may bring me death, but for the safety of the Ming Dynasty and the peace of the world, what is the personal life and death honor and disgrace of my Xiong Tingbi! ”

Nurhachi hesitated outside Quang Ninh City for a long time before stationing his army into Quang Ninh City. It's not that he doesn't trust Sun Degong, but it's that this victory came too quickly and too easily. From the time his army left Liaoyang to the capture of Guangning City, it was less than ten days in total, and in these ten days, they hardly fought any decent battles. Soldier losses are even more surprisingly few. At such a small cost, such a big result was achieved, and Nurhachi was quite surprised.

After entering Quang Ninh City, Nurhachi's men began to busily loot cattle, horses, belongings, and children. This is the style of the Jurchens. The first thing they do after every battle is to rob people, goods, and livestock.

When he first entered Quang Ninh City, Nurhachi was still very content, but soon, he could not be satisfied with the current results. Because from the battle report he obtained, Guangning to the east, all the way to Shanhaiguan, there was no decent Ming army garrison. This means that more than 200 miles east from Quang Ninh, he Nurhachi can plunder at will.

Thinking of this, Nurhachi couldn't sit still. He was about to send a message to the Baylor to march east with him, when a horse sent news from Liaoyang.

Nurhachi unfolded the battle report and took a look. It turned out that Yue Tuo was surrounded by Yu Ren in Zhenjiang Fort, but only 17 people escaped.

When Nurhachi saw this, he was slightly taken aback. Although he had already estimated Yu Ren's ability in his heart, he never expected that his eldest grandson would lose so badly.

You must know that Yue Tuo has been fighting with him since he was a teenager, and although he is only twenty-six years old at the moment, he is already a veteran of a hundred battles. In addition, all he brought were Jurchen elites. According to Nurhachi's estimate, even if Yue Tuo could not break through Zhenjiang Fort in one fell swoop. Yu Ren also had no power to fight back.

He never imagined that Yue Tuo would be defeated so quickly, and he was defeated so badly that he was almost wiped out.

Nurhachi took the battle report and asked the messenger, "Are you not mistaken?" ”

The herald nodded firmly. "It's true. This letter was handed over to me by a messenger from Liaoyang. If the Great Khan does not believe, he can send a messenger to ask. ”

Nurhachi nodded, "The messenger comes in." ”

After saying that, he casually handed the battle report to the big Bel Deshan who was standing beside him. At this time, in the room, the four Jurchen Baylors were all present. Nurhachihara recruited them to discuss the matter of entering Shanhaiguan in the east, but they did not expect that before the plan to advance eastward had not yet begun to be discussed, they first received such a battle report from the rear.

Dai Shan read the battle report and handed the letter to the other three Baylors. The four Baylors circulated the battle report one by one, and before they could discuss it, the messenger came in.

Seeing that the messenger was covered in mud and dust, and still panting, Nurhachi stepped aside and said, "Sit down! ”

The messenger thanked the Great Khan and sat down.

"Who gave you this battle report?" Nurhachi asked.

"It was handed over to the villain by Lord Li."

"Yongfang!" Nurhachi nodded. Li Yongfang was responsible for guarding the nest when he entered the army this time, and it was normal for him to send someone to pass it on.

"Do you know what is written in this letter?"

The Courier shook his head. "The villain doesn't know."

Nurha nodded expressionlessly. "When you set off from Liaoyang, did you see Yue Tuo?"

"On the day the villain left the city, he saw Yue Tuo returning to Liaoyang City with more than ten people. Soon after, the Lord summoned the villain and asked him to deliver the letter to the Great Khan as soon as possible. ”

Nurhachi nodded again. "Good. Go down! ”

Nurhachi waited for the messenger to walk out, and then turned to the four great beylers behind him.

"What do you think?"