Niu Wancheng, who escaped from the ambush of the Ming army, can be said to be embarrassed and disgraced all the way, and his mood is also extremely bad.

Finally escaped to Dachang, looking at the sparse rout behind him, Niu Wancheng, who had even abandoned his mount, couldn't help but stomp three times with hatred, and then directly locked himself up in "confinement" under the surprised eyes of the generals, and was lazy to deploy even the least defensive measures.

Qi Yikui, the capital who fled back from behind, couldn't stand it, so he organized people to reluctantly get Dachang's defense system up.

Thanks to the operation of the Ming army in the past, there were two defense systems built with earthen walls, fences and arrow towers inside and outside Dachang, which the Qing army could use as long as it cleaned up a little, and there was no need to build it again, which saved the Qing army a lot of physical strength.

After deploying the defensive measures, Qi Yikui led people to gather the rout soldiers who had withdrawn one after another, and finally counted the heads, and there were about 1,400 soldiers who had withdrawn.

The overall number of employees was reduced by one-third.

It can't be said that it hurts the muscles and bones, it can only be said that it is a heavy loss.

If it weren't for the fact that it was dark and the Qing army withdrew too quickly, the Ming army would not be able to follow the pursuit, and I am afraid that even half of it would not be left.

Although the morale of the defeated Qing army was low and they were very scared, Dachang Town, which had a complete defense system, still allowed them to calm down and then breathe.

Qi Yikui combined with the experience summed up in his many years of military career, and judged that the Ming army would definitely take advantage of the great victory to attack Dachang, and it was very likely to launch a night attack!

Therefore, after the main general Niu Wancheng "gave up on himself", he took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility and ordered people to continuously strengthen the defense everywhere, while also taking his own soldiers around without taking off his armor.

Qi Dusi's figure was like a needle of the sea god, which gave this group of green battalion soldiers who had collapsed from the battlefield a backbone.

As time passed, I gradually came back to my senses.

may know that he doesn't do too much to pick and choose, and Niu Wancheng, who was listless in the middle of the night, came out of the house.

Seeing Qi Yikui being busy, Deputy General Niu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and walked towards Qi Yikui with a light cough.

"My lord, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers..."

Seeing Vice General Niu coming, Qi Yikui hurriedly comforted him.

Persuade what?

Old-fashioned words.

Vice Admiral Niu really listened to this.

For no other reason, it's just getting used to it.

In the past two years, the Huguang Qing army and the Kuidong Ming army have battlefields, if you count, about ten battles, the Huguang Qing army will lose eight games.

If it weren't for the Qing army commanded by Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan on the Western Front, who had always pressed the Ming army, the ghost knows if the Ming army would have hit Wuchang City.

Therefore, Vice General Niu is really used to it, and he also did ideological work for himself when he was in the house just now.

The reason why he couldn't think of locking himself in the house was mainly because he was a five-foot man.

People are more or less self-respecting.

After returning from the state, after listening to Qi Yikui's analysis, Deputy General Niu suddenly mustered up the courage and prepared to lead his subordinates to compete with the Ming army in Dachang.

In order to boost morale, he immediately ordered all the livestock seized from the townspeople to be slaughtered and eaten.

As soon as the cauldron is stewed, the aroma bubbles, and the effect suddenly comes.

However, what puzzled the Qing army was that there was no movement all night.

Don't talk about the army, there are no ghosts.

In this way, no one dared to close their eyes and after a hard night, when the sky was bright, there was movement.

"The Ming army is coming, the Ming army is coming!"

The first to spot the figure of the Ming army was the sentry on the lookout.

The screams alarmed the drowsy green battalion soldiers, and also alarmed Niu Wancheng, who was dozing off with a big knife.

But what kind of Ming army is coming, it's obviously a team of pigtail soldiers!

To be precise, it was more than 100 Green Battalion soldiers who returned empty-handed after having their weapons confiscated.

Not long after, another group of about 100 green battalion soldiers returned to Dachang in despair.

In the end, it was more than 400 troops from the Tengyun Division.

Without exception, they all drooped their heads.

Qi Yikui led people to interrogate the Qing soldiers who came back, and learned that the Ming army took the initiative to release them.

I can't help but wonder when the Ming army gave preferential treatment to prisoners?

"Hmph, the thief is messing with my army's heart and my will!"

Although Vice General Niu had poor courage in the face of the enemy, his head was still enough, and he knew that it was not a good intention for the Ming army to release the prisoners.

However, he could not order the prisoners released by the Ming army to be killed, so as a precaution, let all the prisoners be taken to the back of the town to be guarded, and the prisoners were not allowed to talk to others, so as not to shake the morale of the army.

In addition, he was also afraid that the Ming army would "mix water" in this group of surrendered troops, and he would be greatly shocked by Deputy General Niu at a critical time.

However, a thorny problem was placed in front of Adjutant Niu.

That is, whether the Ming army will come or not?

It was almost noon, and the Ming army still did not move.

Niu Wancheng couldn't sit still a little at this time, and looked at Qi Yikui with an inquiring eye: "Why don't you send someone to take a look?" ”

Of course you have to see.

Qi Yikui immediately arranged for a few soldiers with sharp legs and agile skills to investigate the movements of the Ming army, and more than an hour later, the news came - the Ming army withdrew!

"Withdrawn?!"

Niu Wancheng had a question mark in his head, and at the same time had an illusion: Didn't I lose yesterday?

There is no gullibility, after all, I just suffered a loss yesterday.

Send someone to investigate again!

But the result was still the same, the Ming army really withdrew.

"Is there a possibility that the Ming army who ambushed us yesterday played an empty city plan with this general?"

Niu Wancheng proposed a possibility.

Qi Yikui thought about it for a long time before he figured out what the deputy general meant.

It was the Ming army that calmly retreated after successfully ambushing them.

In other words, the Ming army did not want to be followed by the Qing army, so they set up an ambush on the way.

"I don't rule it out."

Qi Dusi empathized and felt that the truth of the facts might be as the adjutant general said.

"Chase!"

Niu Wancheng made up his mind decisively, he must chase, and he must not let the Ming army escape from under his nose, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the Admiral.

It doesn't matter if Ma Tengyun is dead, but he has also lost hundreds of people!

If he doesn't get the field back, even if the Admiral doesn't embarrass him when he returns, the Governor will probably have to make an account of him.

Qi Yikui supported the decision of the deputy general, because one was prosperous and one was lost.

Soon, the Qing army set out again, and drove out of Dachang towards the deep mountains.

Coming to the place of Ma Tengyun's fiasco yesterday, the Qing army found that the corpses of both sides killed here were only Ma Tengyun's department, and there was no Ming army.

Apparently, the Ming army took away the bodies of their fallen companions.

This strengthened Niu Wancheng's judgment, and yesterday he was bluffed by the Ming army's "empty city plan".

Eager to save face and recover losses, Deputy General Niu immediately ordered to continue the chase.

When they came to the place where they were ambushed yesterday, all the corpses left on the battlefield were the corpses of the Qing army, and all the materials left and discarded by the Qing army were taken away by the Ming army.

The deep chariot marks on the ground say it all.

"Chase!"

After giving the order, Niu Wancheng subconsciously looked at the slopes on both sides.

Everything was calm.

Silent.

A hare could also be seen crouching on a rock, looking uneasily at the human procession below.

"Damn, if you have the ability, you can ambush me again!"

Niu Wancheng spat heavily in the snow, and then heard a sound in his ears, and then countless Ming troops miraculously appeared on the slopes on both sides where there was nothing.

“......”

After holding it for a long time, the old cow gritted his teeth and puffed out a few words: "My day your grandma!" ”