The news of the withdrawal quickly spread among the various camps of the Ming army, from the general soldiers to the guerrilla generals, to the small flag officers, and finally to the soldiers at the bottom, the people, at this moment, no one believed that the Ming army had the strength to fight again.

Everyone is like an arrow.

From then on, he guarded the Liao River safely.

From then on, he and Houjin rowed the river to rule.

From then on, he will never fight with Houjin again.

Soon, the plan for the withdrawal of the troops had been decided, and the Ming army had begun to move south out of the city continuously.

It seems that it is still orderly and neat, and it has not directly collapsed for thousands of miles and lost millions of land.

"Zu Dashou led the pioneer battalion out of the south gate, passed through the Anshan Station, and went to Haizhouwei, as the first batch of troops to go south, and at the same time pay attention to the Sancha River and the Liaohe River generation, to prevent the Houjin from sending troops to attack and disturb, so that our army was ambushed and attacked on the way back!"

"Yuan Chonghuan, Cao Wenzhao led the Chinese army troops, crossed the ancient city of Tun and went directly to the mouth of the Sancha River, after arriving, directly crossed the Liao River, sent troops to garrison the riverbank for a generation, consolidated the territory west of the Liao River, and at the same time dispatched soldiers and horses to take strict precautions against Sipingbao and other places to prevent Jiannu from taking advantage of the fire to rob and plunder across the river."

"The rest of the archers, the infantry battalions, led by the guerrilla generals Lord Xu, Lord Zhao, and Lord Wang, left the city in the second half of the night to distract the enemy and buy more time and space for the army to move south."

In the end, Qin Erbao and Lu Xiangsheng led the right army to retreat southward at the beginning of the moment. After the break for the army. ”

It was night, at the head of the city, Qin Erbao and Lu Xiangsheng stood side by side at the head of the city, looking at the army that stretched for dozens of miles under the moonlight, silent.

"At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Zu Dashou worked hard to drill the camp, won the vanguard general, and wanted to take the lead, and now the situation has taken a sharp turn, and it is one step ahead, the first batch of troops to withdraw, tsk, ancestral family. Hehe," Lu Xiangsheng smiled, his face full of mockery.

"Back to the other side of the Liao River, this time, Grandpa Guo will not give them any chance," Qin Erbao's face was solemn, and his eyes were full of murderous intent, since the Northern Expedition, he has long wanted to get rid of his ancestral family and the gate valve families from all walks of life in Liaodong!

As early as a month ago, he had made it clear in his letter to Wang Qi that the Liaodong gate valve family was more harmful to the Ming Dynasty and Liaodong than the Houjin, and suggested that Wang Qi take action to eradicate it, and if he wanted to go on a northern expedition, he would first eliminate the weak soldiers and bloodsucking moths internally!

But at that time, the imperial court was already preparing for the Northern Expedition, and the Duke of Lang was reluctant to take action within his own army at this time, and wanted to observe the performance of the ancestral family and other generals.

The current situation, if it reaches Wang Qi's ears

Qin Erbao believed that under Wang Qi's anger, the ancestral family and other gate valve families would soon disappear from the land of Liaodong.

"What do the other people in my right army think about guarding Liaoyang and breaking off?" After a while, Qin Erbao spoke again and asked Lu Xiangsheng.

After all, after deciding to break off the right army this time, he almost used his own life to protect the retreat of the rest of the army, and Qin Erbao was worried that there would be strange emotions in the army.

"So far in the Northern Expedition, only my right army has suffered almost no losses, the soldiers are strong and strong, the army is neat, and the rest of the armies are already disheartened and have no strength to fight," Lu Xiangsheng's face was extremely relaxed: "In the face of the Houjin people, the generals of all battalions in our army are fearless, and since the Northern Expedition, after eating countless salaries and silver from the imperial court, it is time to move their muscles and bones!" ”

"It's just past now," Qin Erbao looked up at the sky, the bright moon that was still exuding brilliance had disappeared in the black clouds, and the sky was getting darker and darker: "Presumably, it won't be long before the sky will get dark, give the order, rest the whole army, wait for the end of the hour, the sky will be slightly bright, and the army will set off again!" ”

"My lord, which way are we going?" Lu Xiangsheng did not hesitate or doubt, at this moment, it is best to carry out the orders of the officials.

Without directly answering Lu Xiangsheng's words, Qin Erbao just looked at the sky quietly, his eyes flickering.

If Wang Qi is here, with Qin Erbao's understanding of Lang Guogong, it must be that the whole army will go north, take advantage of the siege of the Houjin army and be attracted by the southward army, directly besiege Shenyang City at night, first destroy its old nest, raise fire to the city, and then march westward, enter the grassland, cross the Liao River, meet Horqin, and then go south into Guangningwei, and finally return to Ming.

But the Duke of Lang Guo is the Duke of Lang Guo, and Qin Erbao does not have the courage and means of Wang Qi, let alone the power to command the army to die at this moment.

"Zu Dashou went south, passed Anshan Station, went to Haizhou Wei, Yuan Chonghuan went to Guchengtun, and went directly to Sancha River, we don't follow them all the way." Qin Erbao pursed his lips and said with a smile: "It's not as good as Grandpa Guo, but you can also learn a little fur." ”

"Huh?" Lu Xiangsheng's face was full of doubts, what does this have to do with Grandpa Guo?

"You'll know when the time comes," Qin Erbao sold a pass: "Go and let the battalions prepare!" ”

"The last general obeys!" Since Qin Erbao was reluctant to say it at this time, Lu Xiangsheng didn't ask much, bowed down, and went down to do things.

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The moonlight had disappeared into the clouds, and the city of Liaoyang behind him had begun to blur.

Zu Dashou was riding on a horse, his mind was in chaos, and he was still in a trance at this time.

This feeling is indescribable, inexplicable.

In this Northern Expedition, in just seven days, he went from being high-spirited to becoming a lost dog, and was driven south like a cow and sheep.

In this way, although he can go back alive, how can he face the court, the people, and Wang Qi?

Thinking of Wang Qi's deep and dark eyes, Zu Dashou's body shook violently and almost fell off the horse.

"Your Excellency!" The guards who followed closely on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help.

"I'm fine!" Zu Dashou waved his hand, signaling that he was fine, and exhaled heavily, as if he wanted to exhale all the turbidity in his chest.

Zu Dashou sandwiched the horse's belly between his legs, felt a little at ease, and secretly thought: At that time, even if Wang Qi is dissatisfied with himself, the power of the ancestral family in Liaodong will inevitably make Wang Qi jealous. After all, if you want to march in the future, then Wang Qi still has to use himself, this time, at most, is to scold one or two sentences, right?

Thinking of this, Zu Dashou felt at ease, looked up at the front, and asked, "Where have the troops marched?" ”

"If you go back to the general, there is still a distance of seven miles from Anshan Station, and according to our marching speed, it will be about three incense sticks," the guard replied on the side.

"Well, pay attention to the surroundings, release all the scouts, and rotate them once every half an hour," Zu Dashou nodded, as long as he passed the Anshan Station, then his army would be safe and sound.

"After Qin Erbao's right army is broken, I'm afraid that it has already begun to be besieged by the Houjin army at this time, right?" Zu Dashou muttered silently, subconsciously turned his head, and looked in the direction of Liaoyang City in the north.

Shout!!!

At the moment when Zu Dashou turned his head to look back, a cluster of arrows with dazzling light pierced the dark night sky above the head of the ancestral army with a scream.

"What's that?" Zu Dashou was stunned, and asked sharply, "Who is shooting arrows?" ”

"Who's shooting arrows?" The guards immediately rode out on horseback, trying to find out who was shooting arrows indiscriminately in the army!

Zu Dashou hated unorganized and undisciplined people the most in his life!

"Someone must have missed an arrow," Zu Dashou comforted himself: "After all, there is only one arrow"

As soon as the words fell, in the afterglow, countless arrow feathers rose into the sky, from the surrounding mountains and forests, like a sharp blade, scraping through the dark night sky, making Zu Dashou sitting on the horse frightened, as if he was on the verge of hell.

Is it an enemy attack?

No matter how slow the reaction was, Zu Dashou now knew that it was the Houjin cavalry who ambushed him here!

This sky full of arrow feathers has already shown that what awaits him is definitely the main force of the Houjin.

Zu Dashou turned his horse's head and wanted to know how many Houjin cavalry were ambushed, and now there were countless questions in the mind of the chief soldier of the ancestral family who wanted to find someone to answer:

When did the Houjin cavalry ambush here?

How many centaurs do they have?

Why is the route of his withdrawal known in advance?

Even if they were known, then they would never have rushed to the front of their own army so quickly and ambushed here early!

Unless! Unless Dai Shan had long expected that the Ming army would retreat south, he had no intention of attacking the city at all, and directly sent a large army south to ambush him!

Sitting down and neighing, Zu Dashou tightened the reins of the horse with one hand and held the long knife with the other, not knowing whether to run or fight for a while.

The arrows rained down, and for a moment, all around were wails of pain and scattered fleeing soldiers.

It was originally a retreat, but at this time he was ambushed, did he still have to raise a knife to kill him?

At this time, in the ancestral army, most people's thoughts are to flee, flee without looking back!

Whoever runs slower dies!

Whoever runs fast can live!

After a burst of arrows, there was a loud thunderous sound behind the hills in the distance.

It was the sound of the galloping horses, and the Ming army foot soldiers stood on the ground, and they could clearly feel the slight tremors of the earth.

Not long after, the Ming army saw the heavily armed and murderous Eight Banner Cavalry in the dark.

Iron hooves trampled on the bones, and the armor was dark red.

Galloping like thunder, killing people like slaughtering dogs.

As soon as the battle began, it was a one-sided slaughter.

The anger and desire to kill, which had been suppressed for months, finally broke out at this moment, and the prince of Houjin personally led the cavalry to fight left and right in the Ming army's array.

The blood is splattered from other people's bodies.

The knife has been replaced twice after the blade.

The fact is that the Ming army collapsed when it was killed.

The Ming army, which retreated south, did not have any courage or idea of resisting at all.

And no one expected that the Houjin army would not fight Liaoyang City, which was good, and would go south in advance to ambush the Ming army and withdraw the army!

This time, even the lined fur coat was seen through!

Zu Dashou didn't have any chance to stop the counterattack at the moment.

Not to mention whether the Houjin cavalry gave him this opportunity.

It was that when the entire Ming army retreated, it was impossible for the army, which stretched for several miles, to be organized for an effective counterattack.

At this time, Zu Dashou could only lead his own soldiers, and galloped towards Haizhou Wei in the south, no, no!!

It is towards the Sancha River, towards the Liao River, and towards Ningyuan City.

Zu Dashou could even feel that the arrows of the Eight Banners were already aimed at the back of his back, and if he swung the whip a little slowly, he would be chased by someone, and the fierce horse would be divided!

"Lord Wang, the Ming army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, captured countless heavy horses, and the rest of the remnants fled south while the chaos was lost."

About an hour later, the massacre was over, and his subordinates were reporting the battle to Zilharang, who was sitting on a stone and bandaging his wounds.

"What about the ancestor of the Ming army?" Zilharang waved his arm and rolled two steel knives, tearing the muscles of his arm, and after bandaging, the prince felt better.

"Let him run away At the beginning of the battle, the guy ran wildly with his personal guards, and he didn't hesitate for a moment at all," Obviously, Zu Dashou's behavior made this Houjin general a little speechless.

"It's okay, the remnants of the army are defeated, and they can't stir up any storms," Zilharang got up, picked up the steel knife from scratch, checked it in his hand, and said with anticipation: "Next time, I hope to cut the legendary Wang Qi"

Zu Dashou's army was ambushed, and the armies of Yuan Chonghuan and Cao Wenzhao on the other road also encountered the same trouble.

Fortunately, Erden was eager to make meritorious contributions, acted in advance, and was detected by the scouts sent by Cao Wenzhao, which enabled half of the Ming army to prepare in advance and jump out of the ambush circle, and Cao Wenzhao took the battalion to protect Yuan Chonghuan and Xiong Tingbi and others, fought bloodily, killed more than the public, and finally broke out of the encirclement and escaped from Ascension.

But at the end of the night, the right army of Liaoyang City was also besieged by Houjin outside the city, and directly opened the city gate and poured out of the nest in the dark.

However, unlike the Houjin soldiers and horses who expected to flee south, after Qin Erbao led the army out of the city, he did not take even one step to the south, but went directly to the west. And Dai Shan also stopped the pursuit because he was worried that Horqin would send troops to support the Ming army, and the whole army retreated to Liaoyang City.

At this point, from the beginning of the preparation to the rout and retreat south, the more than 100,000 Ming troops led by Xiong Tingbi of Liaodong Jinglu took three months to end the huge battle of Jin.

Nearly five million taels of silver were consumed, countless manpower and material resources were consumed, and in the end, an inch of land was not collected, and more than 30,000 soldiers were lost.

After this battle, Houjin once again received a large number of grain weapons and population supplements, and the originally precarious Eight Banners regime gradually stabilized in Dai Shan's thunder action, and Dai Shan himself, because of the success of the Ming army, sat firmly in the position of the head of the ministers of the parliamentary king.

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In the second year of the Apocalypse, on October 3, an urgent letter of 800 miles crossed the Shanhaiguan Pass, swept past the Jizhou Mansion, and arrived in Beijing.

Thundered.

In the sky above the city of Beijing, thunder burst out, and black clouds overwhelmed the city.

"This weather is not a good sign!" An old man looked up at the sky, furrowed his gray eyebrows, and shook his head: "I'm afraid something big has happened."

(End of chapter)