Chen Xinjia, who was about to go down the mountain, saw the herald who hurriedly ran up, holding a letter in his hand.

Chen Xinjia thought it was a letter from Wang Daozhi or Dolgon, and he didn't even have the energy to read it, but the herald said that it was a letter from other places, Chen Xinjia was a little puzzled, and the letter was quickly opened.

Before he finished reading it, Chen Xinjia's body shook a little, if it weren't for the support of the soldiers around him, he would definitely fall to the ground.

Chen Xinjia, whose body began to tremble, his face turned pale, and his mouth spit out cursed words, as the cabinet assistant of the Ming Dynasty, as a scholar, it was unbelievable to say dirty words on such an occasion.

Fortunately, Chen Xinjia quickly came to his senses, and he gave an order to the herald.

"Withdraw from the battle immediately, all sergeants withdraw from the battle......"

The Datong border army began to retreat on a large scale, and the order to retreat was very sudden, so that when retreating, there was no organization that could be very good, and once again caused heavy casualties, but these casualties, in Chen Xinjia's view, were nothing at all, the news he received was too important, and the campaign deployment must be changed, otherwise there would be a danger of annihilation. The trap was designed, waiting for him to get in, and half of his body was in it, if he hadn't gotten this information, it would really be too late to save it tomorrow.

In the face of the large-scale retreat of the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars, the Jiangning battalion officers did not give up the opportunity this time, pursued and killed all the way, until they crossed the valley, and saw that the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars were about to enter the barracks, so they gave up.

Of course. The casualties of the Jiangning battalion themselves were also very large, and the fighting on the second day should be said to be even more tragic than the first day, although it was not so vigorous, but the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars lost and resisted, and many soldiers fell forever.

It's getting dark. Chen Xinjia's face turned pale.

A news that he did not expect came, Dolgon led the sergeants of the Eight Banners, withdrew without permission, without even leaving a word, and when the herald went to the makeshift barracks to inform Dorgon to come to discuss the matter, he saw an empty barracks, and there were no sergeants at all, and the herald thought that he had seen it wrong, and boldly walked into the barracks. Only then did I find that there were indeed no sergeants in the barracks.

Chen Xinjia couldn't help but curse Dolgon and Houjin Tartar, at such a critical moment, Houjin Tartar still fled, which shows that Dolgon had already received the information, and in the fierce battle during the day, Dolgon was unable to ask for a full-line attack, which could also be explained at this time. To Chen Xinjia's bitterness, Dolgon must have received information before him.

Wang Daozhi's face turned pale. The heavy losses of the Datong border army made him a little relieved, and he fought for two consecutive days, and the 100,000 Datong border army lost more than half, and fought fiercely according to this progress. It won't be long before the Datong border army will not exist, and the Houjin Tartars have been withdrawn, and the battle of Cangzhou will simply not be able to continue.

Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi must make a decision.

"Wang Daren, the sergeant of the Jiangning Battalion led by Lu Xiangsheng. I'm afraid I'll be able to rush to Cangzhou tomorrow, Dolgon, this bastard, has already led the Houjin Tartars to withdraw, can't be counted on, relying on the Datong border army, it is impossible to deal with it at all, the official's idea, a comprehensive retreat tonight, to Tianjin, fortunately, Tianjin has not been lost, still in the hands of our army, the official has been transferred to Tianjin to reinforce the 150,000 army, basically did not suffer much loss, the remaining nearly 50,000 troops, retreat to Tianjin, so there are about 250,000 troops, relying on the city of Tianjin to fight, There is still a great chance. ”

Wang Daozhi sighed softly, a fool would make such a choice.

"Xiaguan agrees with this decision, but after retreating to Tianjin, will he be able to hold Tianjin, if Su Tiancheng leads the Jiangning battalion directly into the capital, the army will still have to go out of the city to fight, how can it resist the Jiangning battalion."

Seeing Wang Daozhi's attitude, Chen Xinjia didn't have the confidence to lose his temper, and after two consecutive days of bloody battles, there were heavy casualties, and the iron-clad fact was in front of him, the Datong border army was not the opponent of the Jiangning battalion.

"These things, don't think about them for the time being, you must retreat tonight, Cangzhou can't hold it, the official thinks, the retreat must be fast, if it is detected by Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ningying, I'm afraid it's not good."

Wang Daozhi cheered up, and this specific command must have been carried out by him personally.

"My lord, Xiaguan is going to arrange it, fortunately, the retreat route has long been determined, the scouts have been investigating these days, and no other situations have been found along the road, Xiaguan suggests that you start retreating now, and the retreat can't wait until it gets dark, who knows if there is any arrangement in the Jiangning camp in Ludao."

"Okay, evacuate Cangzhou immediately, don't alarm the people in the city, lest the news leak out."

In the valley, the Datong border army and the Houjin Tartars left two huge military camps.

Su Tiancheng specially took many generals to visit the military camp of Houjin Tartar, and the quality of the army can also be seen from the situation of the military camp, this time everyone found that the two military camps are very good, and it is no wonder that the two-day fierce battle will be so tragic.

The battle situation has been counted, on this day the Jiangning battalion killed 8,000 soldiers, two consecutive days of fighting, directly killed soldiers, reached an unprecedented 14,000 people, not counting the seriously injured soldiers who can not continue to fight, this is unbearable for the Jiangning battalion, although it is said that the 50,000 Datong border army facing the Jiangning battalion suffered heavy losses, and there are less than 10,000 people left, and the losses of the Houjin Tartars are also heavy, and it is estimated that the overall casualties are more than 10,000 people, from the comparison of casualties, The Jiangning camp had won a major victory, but Su Tiancheng was not happy.

It had not been a long time since the Jiangning battalion had suffered such a tragic bloody battle.

The emotions of Hong Chengchou and the others, because of the huge casualties, were also very bad, and they did not expect that in the two-day fierce battle, so many brothers would sleep forever in Cangzhou.

Regarding the sudden retreat of the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars, everyone's understanding is the same, that is, the news of Lu Xiangsheng's reinforcement of Cangzhou must have been known by Chen Xinjia, and at this time, Chen Xinjia may have to consider the retreat.

The suggestion of the vast majority of people was to take advantage of the victory to pursue, not to let Chen Xinjia and the others run away, and to settle the battle in Cangzhou, but Su Tiancheng denied this proposal.

This is Su Tiancheng's mistake, but there are prerequisites for this mistake, Su Tiancheng didn't know that the Houjin Tartars had withdrawn from the battle, and the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars calculated in his mind had at least more than 80,000 people, who could persist in fighting, but the Jiangning battalion could hold on to the battle, less than 50,000 people, and many soldiers were very tired.

Under such circumstances, rash ambush may not be able to achieve the effect of victory, on the contrary, if the Houjin Tartars and the Ming army are forced to a dead end, and they are ruined, no one can predict what will happen.

In the two-day fierce battle, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, which already made Su Tiancheng feel distressed.

Su Tiancheng's analysis was understood by everyone, and in fact, everyone also understood that Chen Xinjia must have organized the army to retreat.

The final result of the discussion was that the scouts quickly sent information to Sun Chuanting, asking Sun Chuanting to retreat to Dagukou, not to launch an attack on Tianjin, and to wait for the army to rush to Tianjin and fight in unison.

It was dark, Su Tiancheng was standing outside the house, the cold wind was blowing, he didn't feel the cold, Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze and others were also standing by his side.

Soon, the scout rode over, and the war horse was almost in front of Su Tiancheng and the others.

Qu Qingze was about to get angry, these scouts really didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, the emperor was here, and he didn't know how important the information was, no matter how important the information was, there was no need to be so anxious.

The scout probably also knew that he was not doing well, and after flying off the horse, he immediately knelt in front of Su Tiancheng.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates have important information reports, and they are in a hurry for a while, and they are out of order, please punish the emperor."

"Okay, you didn't mean it, tell me what kind of information it is."

"The subordinates learned that Dolgon led the Houjin Tartars to evacuate Cangzhou a long time ago, that is, after the battle in the afternoon, Dolgon evacuated directly......"

Su Tiancheng's face turned white all of a sudden, and he raised his fist and swung it fiercely into the air.

"Why didn't I think of this, I lost the opportunity to exterminate the Datong border army......"

Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze were also dumbfounded, they would never have imagined that Dolgon would lead the Houjin Tartars to retreat without authorization, that is to say, only the Datong border army left from Cangzhou and rushed to Tianjin, and the Datong border army, which suffered heavy losses, was difficult to resist the encirclement and suppression of the Jiangning battalion no matter what.

Before Su Tiancheng could open his mouth to ask, the scout continued to report.

"Before it got dark, the Ming army began to evacuate Cangzhou City, and his subordinates had been paying attention, and they still managed to catch an officer in the Ming army, only to learn that Houjin Tatar had fled first."

Hong Chengchou almost jumped up in anger.

"Why did you come to report it, such important news ......?"

Before Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Don't blame them, this is all a decision made by me, the scout did a good job, Zhilu Dao grabbed the officers of the Ming army and asked about the situation, if you don't ask about the situation, I and you are in the dark so far."

Hong Chengchou, who was angry, couldn't speak, and lost the perfect opportunity, who doesn't feel pity.

Su Tiancheng quickly adjusted his mood and asked the scouts to continue to investigate, and at the same time sent a sergeant to take over Cangzhou City, believing that there were no more officials in Cangzhou City.

Looking at Hong Chengchou and the others, Su Tiancheng's face actually showed a smile.

"Okay, Saion lost his horse and knew whether it was a blessing, Dolgon fled, and the army attacked Tianjin, it will be much smoother, if I predict it is good, the situation in Liaodong will soon start to become tense, and the Ming court may not be able to be stable." (To be continued......)