Abatai thought that these Bayalas would learn from the Han Chinese at the instigation of Gartu, and they held the hilt of their swords in their hands, ready to burst out and hurt others. He is the owner www.biquge.info of the small banner of the blue flag, second only to Hauge, and is the master of these people, and in the future, although these bayalas can fight, they dare not really do anything to him, as long as they pull out their knives and cut down one or two, the rest will naturally be cowardly.

Unexpectedly, Gartu "plopped" and knelt on the ground, and the rest of Niu Lu Zhangjing and Bayala also knelt on the ground, which startled Abatai.

"Lord Belle, please order the withdrawal of troops! After all, this is the hinterland of the Ming Kingdom, and the Ming army is no longer incompetent, mobilizing troops from all directions to surround us, plus this trick of clearing the wilderness, even if you can't beat us, you can drag us to death. Our Dajin warriors are not afraid of death, but if they want to die, they must die vigorously on the battlefield, and they can't be starved to death! Kaltu pleaded.

Those Niu Lu Zhangjing and Bayala also said in unison: "Please order the withdrawal of troops from Lord Beile!" ”

Abatai reacted at this time, the admonition is an admonition, but it is not a soldier's admonition, it is a bitter admonition. They are so unanimous that they are afraid that they have already discussed it in private. Including Galtu, these Niu Lu Zhangjing and Bayala were the core personnel of the Zhenglan Banner, and the management of the army and the command of the battle depended on them. If they don't have the intention of fighting, no matter how they insist on going their own way, this battle will not be able to be fought.

Seeing that Abatai was silent, Gartu knew that his heart was shaken, so he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, took two steps on his knees, hugged his calves, and continued to plead: "Lord Belle, I know that you want to get rid of a powerful opponent for Dajin, lest there be a second Zhejiang soldier or white pole soldier in the future. But the elimination of this strange Ming army is not your business alone, nor is it the business of the Zhenglanqi family, it is the business of the entire Dajin! You carry it alone, it's too hard, and when the time comes, you have filled in all your capital and become a loner, who will understand your hard work? It would be good if the Great Khan and those princes and princes who discussed politics did not fall into the ground. ”

The last sentence stung Abatai deeply. His biggest heart problem is that his political status does not match his military exploits, age, and qualifications, not to mention that compared with Huang Taiji, who inherited the throne of Khan, even those young brothers and even nephews far surpass him.

The fourteenth brother, Dorgon, who was only twenty-four years old, was now the Prince of Heshuorui, the lord of the White Banner, in charge of the ministry; The twenty-two-year-old fifteenth brother Duoduo is already the Prince of Yu, the master of the white flag, in charge of the Ministry of Rites; Not to mention Haoge, although he is his nephew in terms of seniority, he is the owner of the Zhenglan Banner, his top boss, and he was also named Prince Heshuosu and is in charge of the household department. And he is almost fifty years old, he doesn't even have the title of Heshuo, he only adds a "Rao Yu" (Manchu word for richness) in front of Baylor to cover his shame, and every time the emperor gives a banquet, he can only sit with the little Baylors who are younger than his son, and his face is lost.

Regarding the siege of the fortress, although Abatai is also a little selfish and wants to get more credit, it is still the main reason to relieve Dajin of the trouble. After listening to Galtu's words, he thought to himself: That's it, he doesn't even have the qualifications to go to the palace to participate in the discussion, why do you want to put yourself in for this Ming army? Even if this group of people will be more powerful than the white pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers in the future, the sky will fall from Huang Taiji and those princes and county kings. Even if you withdraw like this, you may be punished when you go back, but as long as you still have a few cattle in your hand, even if you are demoted to Beizi, you are better than the bare-pole Baylor who has no soldiers.

He didn't say anything for a long time, but Gartu thought that he was still hesitating, and after analyzing the pros and cons, he played the bitter card again: "Lord Belle, this time we have entered the customs, we have robbed a lot of good things, and we have captured a lot of Dingkou, it's time to be content, the hero will let the king of Wuying County and them be!" Fujin is still waiting for you at home, and I'm also waiting for me to bring more coatings back! ”

Abatai let out a long sigh, let go of the hand holding the hilt, and said helplessly: "You have said this, what else do I have to say?" Give the order to withdraw the troops! ”

Everyone was overjoyed and said in unison: "Lord Belle is wise!" ”

Except for Abatai, everyone in this army was unwilling to spend any more time with this strange stone fort and the Ming army inside, they just wanted to return to the pass smoothly with the looted goods and Dingkou.

At the order, the whole army rejoiced, immediately packed up their things, pulled out the camp and withdrew. Although everyone was like an arrow, the experience of many years of conquest and strict military discipline made the retreat of the army of 10,000 or 20,000 people in an orderly manner, the front team became the rear team, the rear team became the front team, the baggage and Dingkou, livestock in the front, and the army in the rear, and retreated in an orderly manner along the road to Qingzhou and Jinan.

Su Thick Legs, who was patrolling the wall, saw this scene, jumped up, and shouted, "The Tartars have withdrawn!" ”

The soldiers stationed on the various sections of the walls and the convex corners cheered: "The Tartars have withdrawn!" ”

The cheers alarmed Lin Weiye and the others, and they hurriedly climbed the city wall and checked with binoculars. I saw the flags waving on the opposite side, the smoke and dust billowed out, and a large number of cavalry escorted the baggage convoy slowly away, and it seemed that it had really retreated.

Lin Weiye was afraid of fraud, so he called Ma Wei over and asked: "Among us, you are the one who has dealt with the Tartars the most, with your experience, is the Tartars really withdrawing or playing fake withdraw?" ”

After Ma Wei carefully examined it with a telescope, he replied affirmatively: "My lord, this is the real withdrawal of the Tartars." They put the grain and grass, the baggage, and the dingkou in the front, and the army in the back, and they can't play back with the carbines—the grain and grass are gone, are they hungry and desperate with us? ”

Lin Weiye was completely relieved at this time, and said to Ma Wei: "Hurry up and send the cavalry back to Dengzhou to report the news and tell Governor Xie that the Tartars have withdrawn." ”

Ma Wei responded and ordered a few young horsemen from the cavalry battalion to report back to Dengzhou.

Under the leadership of Abatai, the army of Zhenglan Banner penetrated Dengzhou from Beizhili to Dengzhou, and had an encounter with the independent regiment, the siege was blocked and then besieged, after thirteen days, and finally withdrew on the fourteenth day. The main reason for the retreat was that this army for the purpose of robbery did not benefit from the siege, but instead lost its troops, and the upper and lower levels were upset and unhappy, and although Abatai was the commander, he could not go against the will of the whole army. However, what made Abatai make up his mind so quickly was Xia Nan's move to clear the wall, which was the last straw that crushed the confidence of this Houjin army, otherwise, the siege might last for a few more days, until there was no food and grass to hold on.

The gates of the fortress opened, and several cavalrymen rushed out and galloped towards Dengzhou.