Wang Hong was even more dumbfounded. He had also heard of Qionghai Town's achievements, and the news of the capture of Wang Gao Yingxiang was also announced to the world by the imperial court, but these did not make him feel how powerful Qionghai Haijun was. But after seeing the Qiong Navy slaughtering pigs and sheep like a sheep slaughtering the invincible Tartars, he realized what kind of army he was facing.

As soon as he thought that he had categorically rejected the request of the general army of Qionghai Town, a cold sweat broke out on Wang Hong's body. If you offend Yang Sichang, you will be wearing small shoes in the future, but if you offend Xia Nan, you will be angry and embarrassed, will you turn back to find yourself angry? If such a soldier enters Jinghai County, Wang Hong feels that his fate will only be worse than that of Tartars.

Xia Nan didn't have time to think about Wang Hong's feelings, he was now only thinking about how to catch up with Abatai.

Regardless of whether the general soldier of Guangdong went to Tianjin to fight Tartars, whether he was suspected of being a dog and a mouse, or whether it was inconvenient to fight and supply in other places, these difficulties could not shake Xia Nan's determination. It doesn't matter if it's Abatai or Azig in front of him, he wants to take it down. The generals who can be in charge of the Houjin alone are counted as those few, and if they kill one, there will be one less, and if they become emperors in the future, they will have a lot less resistance to the northern expedition to Liaodong. If it is replaced by Huang Taiji's personal expedition, he will do whatever it takes, even if the soldiers are exhausted, he will take his life - if he can kill Huang Taiji at this point in time, Houjin will be reduced to a plate of loose sand, and the threat to Guannai will be greatly reduced. Huang Taiji is a hero, the soul of the Houjin, worthy of the evaluation of "eloquence", the rise of the Houjin, in addition to the foundation laid by Nurhachi, the biggest credit is still on his head, Dolgon is shrewd, but in terms of opening up the territory, it is still a grade lower than the Huang Taiji. In Xia Nan's view, assuming that Huang Taiji and Chongzhen change positions, with Huang Taiji's vision, wrist and courage, Daming will never die, and Houjin will never be able to pass Shanhaiguan.

With cavalry entanglement, the strategy of infantry pursuit began to take effect. Although Liu Guozhu could not compete head-on with the Houjin cavalry, he took advantage of the opponent's mentality of being eager to retreat and unwilling to fight, and the grappling after catching up could greatly reduce the speed of the Houjin army's march, giving the Qiong navy a chance to catch up.

Although Abatai did not hesitate to "break the wrist of a strong man", he arranged a team of men to deal with Liu Guozhu three times and twice, but he could not delay for long. The men and horses of the Joan navy will soon be able to catch up, leaving one or two thousand men to clean up the situation, and the rest can still maintain the pursuit.

Wei Lianheng led the second regiment to take the lead, and after encountering the second wave of Tartars, he left the first and second battalions to deal with it, and it didn't take long for the third and fourth battalions to catch up after cleaning up their previous opponents, and followed him to continue the pursuit with Liu Guozhu. Then there was the 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment, the brigade trotted forward, not looking at the fighting pair at all, in their opinion, it was only a matter of time before the people of the 2nd Regiment took out these cannon fodder troops, and they just had to maintain the momentum of the pursuit.

This tactic of biting down on a piece of meat and chasing alternately in echelons put Abatai in a predicament. Although the cavalry is faster than the infantry, the men and horses of the Baoding general army are all cavalry, and it is difficult to completely get rid of them. Stop and do it with them, so that you will fall into the trap of Qionghai Town, be caught up by Qionghai Town, and then the two teams will be sandwiched, and you will fall into a place of no return; Leave some men and horses behind the palace, the opposing cavalry and infantry can be eaten soon, and repeating it several times like this, it is like a strong man being continuously bled out, no matter how strong he is, he can't stand the toss, if it continues, I'm afraid that before it reaches Shunyi, this army of Zhenglan Banner will be ground to death.

Abatai looked at the billowing smoke and dust behind him - it was Baoding's soldiers and horses chasing after him - he had a feeling of despair, if this continues, it is estimated that it will be difficult to get rid of Qionghai Town, if he fights the other party in this situation, there will be more than one luck.

Gartu came to his side and asked in a low voice, "Lord Belle, why don't you have a good fight with them?" It's really embarrassing to be chased like a lost dog, it's better to have a good time! ”

Abatai resisted the urge to take this suggestion, and said in a deep voice: "Don't be rash, it's not yet the time when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and we still have a chance to run away." As long as we find an opportunity to kill the Ming cavalry, Qionghai Town will not be able to catch up with us unless we put on wings. You have to remember the words of the Han people: stay in the green mountains, don't worry about running out of firewood, as long as you keep the foundation of the Zhenglan Flag, we will return to the customs in the future, and today's shame will have the opportunity to double back. ”

Gartu lowered his head: "Lord Belle is right, his subordinates are impulsive. ”

The pursuit lasted from noon to dusk, and there were more than a dozen battles, large and small, which, though intermittent, were no less tragic than a long battle. In the pursuit battle like a marathon, Houjin lost more than 3,000 horses before and after, although most of them were cannon fodder troops, and the elite was still relatively complete, but the army of 15,000 people before entering Shandong, several battles were fought in a few days, and now there are less than 8,000 people, which has shrunk by half, and the losses are extremely heavy; The proportion of battle losses of the Qiong Navy is relatively small, but in the process of Liu Guozhu's men and horses, the total number of people killed and straddled in the battle is 2,000, and the loss is nearly half.

The Houjin army marched all the way from Shandong to a high-intensity march, and with the opponent's attacks along the way, they were exhausted and couldn't speed up, but Liu Guozhu's men and horses were also exhausted, and they all relied on one breath to support them. The chasing and being chased are not fast enough, and this battle has evolved into a contest of willpower and endurance, and whoever breathes a sigh of relief first will completely collapse.

Liu Guozhu instructed his subordinates to bite the Tartar in front of him and hang it far behind, and then turned around to meet the team of the Qiong Navy and found Xia Nan. He said worriedly: "General soldier Xia, I am not afraid of fighting Tartars, nor am I afraid of being injured or dying, but people are iron rice and steel, and my sons and daughters are not iron, they set off from Bazhou, rushed to Tianjin in half a day, did not enter the grain of rice at noon, and then pursued Tartars non-stop, now they are hungry, and if they continue to fight, I am afraid they will not be able to hold on......"

Xia Nan glanced at the direction of Tianjin Wei quietly, he didn't know why Yang Youji hadn't sent any news yet, but he must not tell Liu Guozhu about this. Once he knew that he might run off the supply of food and grass and could only fight hungry, Liu Guozhu might be able to understand, but his subordinates would definitely be demoralized and lose the courage to fight, without their assistance, their own infantry alone would not be able to catch up with Abatai in any case, and the pursuit would have been in vain.