Ma Bao was seriously injured, the 5,000 pioneer battalion turned from victory to defeat in the blink of an eye, and Tang Wancai was also injured, leaving only the deputy general Li Miniang.

Li Miniang had no choice but to protect Ma Bao and Tang Wancai to lead the crowd to break through, otherwise they would be eaten by the enemy. This murderous battle lasted until the third watch, and they broke out of the encirclement.

After running for more than ten miles, they occupied a small hill.

The number of people counted, the vanguard battalion of 5,000 people, there are still more than 2,000 people left, and if the wounded are excluded, less than 2,000 people can fight.

Unfamiliar with the terrain in this area, afraid of jumping into the encirclement of the Qing-Wu coalition again, Li Miniang did not dare to go any further, and temporarily occupied this small hill to rest and recuperate.

After sending patrol soldiers and settling down temporarily, Li Qiniang came to see Ma Bao and Tang Wancai, although these two were bandaged at this time, they also took healing pills.

But the two of them were seriously injured, Ma Bao's left shoulder was scrapped by Ding Dehai, and he was crushed and fractured, Tang Wancai's back was poked by Ding Dehai's white bone claw with five blood holes, if it weren't for Ma Bao's flying spear, he would have died a long time ago.

The injuries of these two people, only Chongzhen came to make them recover quickly.

But the distant water does not quench the thirst of the near, their vanguard battalion set off two days earlier than the emperor, and they are cavalry, most of the emperor's 30,000 troops are infantry, the speed is much slower, and it will take at least three or five days to get here.

Therefore, the three of them discussed countermeasures, Tang Wancai and Li Youniang were born in the rivers and lakes, it is okay to fight and kill, pay attention to the use of soldiers to fight, and arrange troops, Ma Bao is of course better.

Don't look at him, he is still a teenager, but he first followed Li Zicheng as a thief, and then followed Chongzhen to kill thieves, and he can be regarded as a veteran general with a long time on the battlefield.

He is also the commander of the pioneer battalion, so Ma Bao endured the pain, analyzed the situation in front of him, and felt that he was young and vigorous and made a big mistake in a hurry.

Wu Sangui and *** are strong, they are by no means able to defeat their thousands of men and horses, their vanguard battalion is only concerned about rushing to the capital, and the main force of the emperor behind them is too far, and the lone army is deep, which is a taboo for soldiers, and it is easy to be eaten by the enemy.

Isn't this a big loss in front of you?

Ma Bao immediately made a decision, and their more than 2,000 horses and horses would rest on this small hill, and Ma Bao and Tang Wancai and more than 200 wounded soldiers needed to recuperate.

On the one hand, they sent people to find out how far this place was from the capital and what the current situation was in the capital, and on the other hand, they sent people to find out where the emperor's main force had been, and reported to the emperor the situation of their pioneer camp.

In the afternoon of the next day, a scout came to report that the capital was now safe and sound, and that Li Zicheng's Dashun army had fled south in a hurry after hastily proclaiming himself emperor in the capital, and had reached the border of Hebei. The 30,000 or 40,000 Qing-Wu coalition troops of Wu Sangui, Duoduo and Azig were still wandering around Gyeonggi.

Their pioneer camp is now on the border of Shunyi County in the northeast of the capital, which is very close to the capital, only more than 30 miles.

"In that case, why don't we go into the capital?" Li Qiniang said.

"Mother-in-law is right, General Ma, we can wait for the emperor there, and we can also strengthen the defense of the capital, protect the prince, and the conditions for the soldiers to recuperate from their injuries in the capital are good." Tang Wancai supported Li Yuniang for the first time.

But Li Miniang didn't appreciate it, and glanced at him.

"No!" Ma Bao shook his head and said, "Tens of thousands of Manchu *** are looking at the capital and may attack the city at any time, so we will wait and see what happens here." If *** besieges the capital, we will attack ***'s back road, they don't attack, we are here waiting to meet the emperor. Otherwise, if we enter the city, Wu Sangui and they will besiege the city and storm the city, and the consequences will be unimaginable."

"General Ma is reasonable, we are here to form a horn with the capital, and we will fight with *** to buy time for the emperor's brigade, and when the time comes, we will all be annihilated."

Li Qiniang agreed with Ma Bao again, and said disdainfully to Tang Wancai, "You're just a waste!"

"Why am I wasted? Didn't your mother-in-law propose to enter the capital?"

Tang Wancai's eyes widened again, and he wanted to quarrel with his wife, but as soon as he exerted his strength, the pain in his back made him grin.

"Don't argue with each other." Ma Bao smiled and said secretly: "Tang Wancai is a soldier blind, and he really can't lead troops to fight."

"But Li Qiniang is also nonsense, we are dozens of miles away from the capital, and the prince does not necessarily know about our situation, so it is impossible to talk about each other's horns."

"It's just that she said that we are here to deal with *** and buy time for the emperor's team, which is right......

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After driving away the four famous monks of Shaolin, Chongzhen and them ran out of more than 40 miles in one breath, and the war horse really couldn't run, and if they ran again, they would tire the horse to death.

At this time, the rain also stopped, and the sun was still very hot.

There was a town in front of him, and Chongzhen planned to go to the town to rest for a while before traveling.

Wang Chengen sent a general banner of the Jinyi guard to the town to feel the situation.

Zongqi came back soon with dozens of people, the town was empty, and after looking for a long time, except for a few dead bodies and some burned houses, not even a figure was found, but no thieves and *** centaurs were found nearby.

Here in the Gyeonggi area, the Dashun army and the Qing-Wu coalition army just passed by here, in addition to fighting, it is a robbery, the common people are dead and fleeing, and the people in the town can run away early, not to mention people, not even a dog can be found.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen