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At this point, this short but fierce cavalry hedging operation was over.

The Qing army suffered nearly 250 casualties, while the Ming cavalry had 42 killed and 55 wounded.

"Commander, the enemy has fled, but you want to continue the pursuit?" A flying harrier with a meritorious service wiped a handful of blood stains on his face, and asked Liu Wenxiu anxiously.

Liu Wenxiu frowned, but shook his head slightly: "No need, I have to leave some people to go back and report to Qingyu, our army has fought at this point, it is enough, and the whole army will return to Jintang City south with the general." ”

A group of flying harrier cavalry immediately turned around and left.

They didn't clean up the battlefield either, but before they left with the wounded, more than 500 flying harriers, still among the Qing cavalry who were wounded and fell to the ground, but had not yet died, trampled on horseback.

When the remnant sun defeats the enemy like blood, it is unpunished to step through the hearts of the Tartars!

After these flying harriers roared south, on the original position, there was only the sound of the wind, and there was no scream of the wounded soldiers of the Qing army.

"What! Are you saying that the reason why your troops returned with a big defeat is because the Ming army has been prepared?! ”

Prince Yu Duoduo, with a shocked face, looked down at the cow forehead Zhen Baiketu who was holding his severed hand and kneeling on the ground.

"Prince, that's exactly the case. Slaves and others sentry all the way, have not encountered the enemy, who and in the land close to the Ulle camel sea, suddenly encountered a large number of Ming troops to attack, our department was caught off guard, in an ambush, only to such heavy casualties. Fortunately, I waited for a desperate fight before I could come back and report to the Prince. ”

Having lost too much blood and had a pale face, he was in pain but couldn't help but tell a lie.

Duoduo's young and handsome face was suddenly full of awe.

He waved his hand and asked Baiketu and the others, who were seriously injured, to retreat first.

"Prince Yu, it seems that our army has already known about this surprise attack. The Ming army can send so many cavalry troops to ambush our army sentinels, it seems that the number of this Ming army is probably not as rare as those Mongols say. Therefore, in my opinion, our army's current actions need to be more cautious. The Minister of Mongolian Affairs, Yingordai, also whispered with a worried face on the side.

Dodor nodded, "That's true. The thief Li Xiao is cunning in battle, and has always had many tricks, but I have an army of 20,000, but I need to be careful in my actions. Anyway, now that it is getting late, the order of the king is passed on, and the whole army will rest and camp, and after dawn, they will march again. After arriving at Naul Luohai tomorrow, we will fight a decisive battle with the Ming army! ”

The herald promised and was about to go down to convey it, but Duoduo added: "Around the camp tonight, prepare more sentry posts to strictly prevent the night attack of the Ming army." ”

"Huh!"

After dawn the next day, the army of Duoduo began again.

However, because they were searching all the way, the whole army moved very slowly, and it was not until nearly dusk that day that they finally reached the east bank of the Xilin River.

Looking at the city on the other side that had just begun to be built, but it was already empty and burned black, Duoduo's face was inexplicably complicated.

Next to him, Ying Ordai also had an ugly face.

Soon, the sentinels who had gone to the other side of the Xilin River to investigate came to report the news.

"Report! Prince Yuyu, the city on the other side was set on fire by the enemy before it was built. In addition, on the east bank of the entire Xilin River, there was no Ming army, and the Ming army had already withdrawn. ”

"Well, I see, you can step down."

"Huh!"

", it turns out that Li Xiao has no soldiers! It's a pity that our army has been delayed for a day and a night in vain by this person's way, and it is so easy to let go of the great opportunity to pursue! Duoduo gritted his teeth and couldn't help but curse with hatred.

"Prince Yu, can our army send cavalry to pursue it again?" Inordai asked eagerly.

Dodor shook his head slowly.

"The enemy soldiers are already far away, and it is too late. If the hard-hitting cavalry pursues, these thousands of cavalry go deep alone, and there are no reinforcements outside, if the cunning Li Xiao sets up an ambush because of the place, and then defeats these cavalry of our army, then our army is stealing chickens and rice. ”

"What does Prince Yiyu mean?"

"Since Li Xiao has already destroyed his city, then our army can be regarded as having achieved the purpose of sending troops." Duoduo said coldly: "Passing on the king's order, the Ming army was afraid of the might of our army, and the whole army fled overnight, and our army retreated. ”

"Prince Yu, what should we do with this Abahanar hometown?" Inordai asked.

Duoduo sighed lightly and said: "We are only responsible for sending troops to conquer Li Xiao, how to deal with this land of Abahanar, just wait for me to report to the emperor after I go back." In the eyes of this king, the original Abahanar tribe has been completely wiped out by Li Xiao, and the royal brother should want to give this Abahanar land to the rest of the four Inner Khalkha tribes. ”

Ying Erdai sighed, and without saying anything, he commanded the Qing army to return with Duoduo.

Five days later, when Duoduo led a large army to return to the Qing court from the Mongolian steppe, Xu Xiu and Liu Wenxiu jointly wrote a letter detailing the loss and abandonment of Xilin City, and in the letter they complained to Li Xiao for their guilt. Then the book was passed on by the flying pigeon and went to Li Xiao in Dengzhou City.

Li Xiao read the letter and was speechless for a long time.

I thought that since Chongzhen has been six years ago, since I crossed into this world, although there have been twists and turns, but I finally went all the way up, step by step, but I didn't expect that in the construction of Xilin City, it was a big heel.

The failure of this city construction is, in the final analysis, that it is too self-conscious.

When the military strength of Jintangcheng was still insufficient, he wanted to infiltrate the Mengyuan to compete with the Qing court, but he would naturally suffer this setback. Therefore, such an ending, speaking of which, is by no means the fault of Xu Xiu and Liu Wenxiu, but the inevitability of their own strategic mistakes.

The meal should be eaten in one bite, and the road should be walked step by step, which is the only way for all successful people from ancient times to the present.

It can be seen that now is not the time for me to show my ambitions, on the contrary, it is imperative for me to continue to hone my internal skills and improve my strength.

At this time, a cold light flashed in Li Xiao's eyes.

Hmph, the west is not bright and the east is bright, and after its own strength is further improved, even if it is still difficult to penetrate this Mongolian steppe, but in the case of firearms and naval divisions and other departments can be greatly improved, for the conquest of places such as Ezo and Outer Manchuria, it should be a matter of course.

In a word, what Li Xiao needs most now is time.

As a result, Li Xiao did not impose substantive penalties on Xu Xiu and Liu Wenxiu, but only canceled their new official positions and let them continue to hold their original positions in Jintang City.

As for the more than 10,000 displaced people repatriated from Xilin City, Li Xiao asked Xu Xiu to transfer them to Shandong and prepare to send them to Taiwan at that time.

Soon after, Li Xiao also got the news that the original Abahanar region was divided by Huang Taiji to the other four Inner Khalkha Mongol tribes as he expected.

Li Xiao finally reluctantly accepted this reality.

In this troubled world, there is no real morality and heavenly principle at all, in the final analysis, it is strength that determines everything. And anger without strength is meaningless.

Another month passed, and the time was unaware of the end of September of the tenth year of Chongzhen.

Huguang, Suizhou.

In the east of Suizhou City, in a valley outside a town called Niuxinzhai, a rogue general with thick hair and phoenix eyes and a magnificent figure was sitting on a smooth boulder, looking at the Shitong River in front of him, silently in a daze.

Next to him was a large group of more than 4,000 rogues with scattered banners, standing or sitting, untidy and untidy, as well as more than 3,000 family members.

"Marshal, at the moment, our army has not captured and replenished, hunger and exhaustion are very serious, and the Ming army is coming from all sides, where to go, but please make a decision as soon as possible!" A man with a melancholy face who looked like a lieutenant general whispered to the chief general who was sitting still.

This general is Liu Guoneng, who is known as one of the eight kings of the late Ming Dynasty, and the deputy general is his most trusted subordinate Dong Guoying, nicknamed Lin Hu.

Hearing Dong Guoying's question, Liu Guoneng's brows furrowed even tighter, and the gloom was deeper in a pair of radiant phoenix eyes.

Seeing that Liu Guoneng didn't reply for a while, Dong Guoying scolded: "Damn, these bright dogs, the methods are vicious, and the rural people in the entire Suizhou area have been killed!" Our army has been fighting in this Suizhou area for nearly a month, and in this countryside, you can see villages that have been burned and looted, and it is rare to see a living person! Damn, our army wants to get some food from the countryside of Suizhou to replenish the army, but it is more difficult than ascending to the sky! These dog-in-law officers and soldiers are talking about protecting the people, but they are much more ruthless than us! “

After Dong Guoying finished speaking, he smashed his fist on his thigh, but Liu Guoneng on the opposite side let out a sigh softly.

After a long time, Liu Guoneng raised his head, with a sad wry smile on his face, and said lightly: "Guoying, the matter has come to this, what more can I say!" Now that our army is hungry and tired, and it is difficult to continue with food, how can we still fight against the Ming army that is surrounded on all sides! In the opinion of the commander, if we want to protect our army, the only way is for us to wait for the officers and soldiers anyway. ”

Dong Guoying was shocked: "Dashuai, how can this be made!" ”

Liu Guoneng's eyes didn't look at him, he seemed to be recalling something far away, and said slowly: "Guoying, how many years have you joined the rebel army with me from Yanchuan, Shaanxi?" ”

"It's been nearly ten years。。。。。。"

"Oh, it's been ten years, it's been a snap of a finger." Liu Guoneng said with a wry smile: "I think that at the beginning, I was a student in Yan'an Mansion, because I was angry at the government's urging of grain taxes, and sympathized with the miserable situation of the people who starved and killed, so I gave up my fame and joined the righteous army. But I didn't expect that such a long-fought division of our army would be attacked by various Ming troops in turn in this Suizhou land, and it was difficult to find food and straw, and it was difficult to replenish soldiers, so that it was in this desperate situation. ”

"Don't be discouraged! When I wanted to come to Chongzhen for seven years, our army was trapped in the carriage gorge by Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, the situation was so sinister and difficult, our army survived, and then re-raised the banner of righteousness, and then entered Henan, crisscrossing the Jiangbei area, how heroic. In today's plan, there is not necessarily no hope of liberation. Dong Guoying comforted in a low voice.

Liu Guoneng shook his head, and sighed lightly: "The situation is changing, but today's situation is different from the past. The Ming army has surrounded our army, and An Ke can easily escape. Especially the Ming army of the An monk department stationed outside Suizhou City, the army is fierce, well-armored, and sharp, if you really want to fight to the death, our army really has no chance of winning, and it will only affect you again, and Liu Moudao will die in vain. ”

"Handsome 。。。。。。"

Liu Guoneng stood up and walked slowly to the river, his eyes looked far away: "Guoying, you don't know, in fact, since Ben Shuai joined the rebel army, his heart has been stumbling and sad from time to time. In the past ten years, in every dream, Ben Shuai can still remember that when his mother died, he told Ben Shuai that he wanted me to be loyal to the court and serve the country, in order to win fame and glory in the future. It's a sigh, it's a pity that my mother never thought that the only son she loved the most and had high expectations ended up becoming a thief in the court, under the banner of the righteous army, but she did countless bad things and evil things. ”

Liu Guoneng breathed a sigh of relief, and continued: "Now, Ben Shuai has been thinking about it for a long time, and he still decides to go to the Ming army anyway, return to the imperial court, and redeem his past sorrows, only in this way can the brothers be preserved, and Ben Shuai's heart can finally be peaceful." ”

Dong Guoying saw that Liu Guoneng had made up his mind, and he thought that there was no better way to get out of trouble, so he also sighed and arched his hand: "Since Liu Dashuai has made up his mind, what can he say in the future." Anyway, no matter where the handsome goes, Guoying will live and die with him. But I don't know, which way does the marshal plan to vote for the Ming army? ”

Liu Guoneng pondered for a while and said: "Among the Ming armies in Suizhou, Zuo Liangyu, Zu Kuan, Fan Zhibi, etc., are all greedy and vicious. Therefore, in the opinion of this commander, it should be the safest policy to go to the Ming army of the monk department of Na'an. “

"Oh? Why does the handsome think so highly of this monk An? “

Liu Guoneng had a look of emotion on his face: "I heard that this An monk department is the soldiers and horses of the Shandong official army, and it is the subordinate of Li Xiao, the red phoenix uncle of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, his subordinates have never harassed the local people, and they have won the hearts of the people. Ben Shuai was thinking, if our army goes to his department, it will be able to be treated favorably, and there will be no contempt and blackmail. ”

After listening to Liu Guoneng's analysis, Dong Guoying nodded and said, "Okay, that Guoying and the soldiers of the whole army are all arranged by the marshal." ”

Liu Guoneng turned around, looked at him with a relieved look, and then said loudly: "Very good! Guoying, you immediately go to give the order, let the whole army set off, go north with this commander, and go to Monk Tou'an! ”

An hour later, Monk An, who was reorganizing the army not far south of Suizhou City and preparing to go south for the final decisive battle with the remnants of Liu Guoneng, heard a report from his subordinate sentry that a large group of rogues was running north, as if they were coming in the direction of their headquarters.

"Oh, have you ever found out, which rogue??" Monk An asked the sentinel in surprise.

"Marshal, according to our investigation, it seems to be the remnants of Liu Guoneng, but in their ranks, there are many white flags, but they seem to want to surrender to our army."

"Oh, Liu Guoneng is here, what kind of fame has he made, it shouldn't be a fraud, right?" Hu Shangwen, the supervisor on the side, also looked suspicious.

Monk An wiped his beard like a hedgehog on his face, and his eyes flashed.

He groaned for a moment, and a smug smile appeared on his face.

"Hmph, Liu Guoneng is now hopeless, and he can still play a fart trick! He is now leading his troops to join our army, but he still recognizes current affairs! Monk An said loudly to the sentry horseman: "You wait to find out the situation again, if he really comes to surrender to our army, the general will set up a big banquet to entertain him!" If this guy dares to deceive, I will slaughter him and this group of rogues, and not one of them will be left! ”

"Obey orders!"