Zhang Biwu said honestly, first, the Qing army was like an arrow, and because the strategy was discovered, their morale plummeted, and they had no fighting spirit.

In addition, Huang Taiji is seriously ill, even if he comes to the army, he will be strong, presumably knowing that Lu Dao's clever plan will not work, but the spy is captured, he will definitely fall ill. At that time, if you chase again, if you are lucky, you can make Huang Taiji's illness worse, and he will die. Even if it didn't, the Qing army couldn't organize a decent resistance, which was very easy to defeat.

What Zhang Biwu said was exactly what Wang Chengen thought in his heart, of course he agreed, he knew that Zhang Biwu had few cavalry, and he also drew some brave cavalry from the army to serve as Zhang Biwu's pursuit army, so as to pursue the Qing army. Zhou Yuji also said that he was willing to go with Zhang Biwu.

Abatai couldn't have imagined that they regarded Daming as their own back garden and horse ranch in the territory of Daming, but when they retreated, the Ming army dared to pursue them desperately! However, as soon as he heard that the banner was Zhang Biwu's, he was immediately deflated and did not dare to fight.

And Abatai is only worried about Huang Taiji's illness, and he can't leak it to others, he is full of worries, and it is impossible for him to have the heart to organize resistance, the commander is in chaos, and the whole army is also in chaos, how can he not be defeated?

The situation of the Qing army soldiers is that when they heard that Huang Taiji had returned to Shengjing, they also had to rush back to Shengjing, and their morale was greatly reduced, and the reinforcements who were originally going to replace them were no longer coming, how could you tell them to have the morale to fight again?

After a long journey, they suffered from wind and sand outside the Great Wall, but what they didn't expect was that the Ming army saw through their clever plan, there was no cannibalism, and their spies were captured. The blow to morale is huge!

The most important thing is that they have plundered a lot of wealth and beautiful women, and they just want to go back and enjoy the fruits of victory as soon as possible. If you buy land and buy property, you still fight? Spank the ass! Or I miss my parents and wife at home. Ai'er, enjoy the joy of family early, why are you willing to fight again? Therefore, the Qing army had no intention of fighting again.

It's just that most of the Qing army are cavalry, even if Zhang Biwu gets a lot of cavalry provided by Wang Chengen, but their horses are not as good as the war horses of the Qing army, many of them are Mongolian horses, both strong and fast.

It's just that the tail of the Qing army is constantly ramming, but it also breathes a sigh of relief for the Ming army.

In front of it is the border of the Qing army, and of course there are checkpoints at the border. Zhou Yuji came over and said to Zhang Biwu: "General Guoxiong." Are we going to keep chasing? There's an enemy's head card on the other side! If only ......"

Zhang Biwu's eyes were blazing, and he said, "Pursuit!" Don't hesitate to move forward! Can't go back! The Tartars despise us, and their own army is being pursued, which has never happened since the Battle of Sarhu! We must pursue to the territory of Dongyu, and I will also pursue to the area of Songjin! ”

"What?" Everyone was surprised when they heard it, do they want to chase it all the way to the Songjin area? There are Manchu armies stationed in the Songjin area, and the 100,000 people led by Abatai are not elite, and they are frightened birds that can be dealt with very well, but the Qing army that waits for work in Songjin is not easy to deal with. Maybe it's a snake that adds to the snake and invites a fiasco.

Zhang Biwu replied: "If you don't chase, I'll chase!" As soon as Zhang Biwu finished speaking, "As long as you keep the checkpoint well!" So that our army can come back together. Then go to Ningyuan City to accept the reception of General Wu together! ”

Zhou Yuji was also arrogant when he heard it, and he was willing to lead his troops to pursue Zhang Biwu together.

Indeed, as Zhang Biwu expected, the Qing soldiers welcomed Abatai's army into the customs. It is hard to close the door all at once, and when it is closed. There will be a lot of people who won't be able to enter the customs. They also looked down on the Ming army, believing that the Ming army would not dare to pursue. Now they have to pay the price for their underestimation of the enemy.

After capturing two checkpoints in a row, Zhang Biwu still did not relax, although he brought more than 10,000 cavalry to pursue, and now there are 3,000 people with him, and most of them are not descendants. But he was still catching up, and the other less than 10,000 cavalry were stationed at the checkpoint to wait, and if they heard the Qing army's massive counterattack, they would have retreated quickly.

Zhang Biwu chased all the way, and after chasing to the Songjin area, he temporarily stopped the pursuit.

Zhang Biwu was based here, and he couldn't help but remember that at the beginning of this year, he took the Guangxi wolf soldiers, mining soldiers and gourd soldiers to fight fiercely, but he couldn't rescue Hong Chengchou, only Qiu Minyang and Cao Bianjiao.

Now that I have stepped on my hometown again, I don't know when this old land will return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty?

Zhang Biwu thought so, he knew that he couldn't stay any longer, the Ming army stationed at the checkpoint behind him didn't look at how fierce the pursuit was, once they heard that most of the Qing army was coming out, they would retreat.

The army of Abatai they pursued was a tired army that was like an arrow and had no intention of fighting, and it was no better than the high-spirited army that waited for work. Zhang Biwu led the army to return quickly, thus retreating to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The Qing army led by Abatai returned to Shengjing, because Abatai was attacked by Zhang Biwu before, he was defeated in embarrassment, and along the way, he was constantly attacked by the Ming Dynasty, and the casualties were very serious.

On the long journey, many of their soldiers were broken, and some of them died of illness on the way, especially the wounded, so that when they returned to Shengjing, less than half of the remaining 100,000 troops were men, and most of them were in tattered clothes, and one or two of them were like beggars.

Before them, most of the wealth and captives were released by the first army. After all, the plundered wealth was transported back to the country first, and the army was then retreated to guard against the Ming army, or to fight again. Moreover, the Qing army also stayed outside the fortress for a long time, and the wealth they plundered was of course one step ahead of Shengjing.

Emperor Taiji sent Dorgon and Zilharang out to welcome the return of the expeditionary force. Dolgon and Zilharang, including the Manchu ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, saw for the first time that the army going out to conquer the Ming Kingdom would be so embarrassed, if only the army led by Dolgon and Huang Taiji himself in the past was well-groomed.

It's not like I'm depressed now, and I'm listless, like a beggar. Each soldier was like a frightened bird, without the arrogance of triumphant victory.

Dolgon couldn't help but smile in his heart: "Zhang Biwu, you are really powerful!" Let the heroic army of my great Qing become a frustrated army! However, Abatai's command ability is still a little worse! If it were me, I wouldn't be so embarrassed! ”

"Especially when Zhang Biwu was just pursuing, if he could encourage morale and fight in person, he would be able to cheer up, but unfortunately he didn't do it, maybe he wanted to do it, but his reputation in the army was not high enough, and he had too little experience in taking charge alone, so it was difficult for him to make the army obey, and it was difficult to inspire the soldiers to fight to the death!"

"Once you didn't engage Zhang Biwu at the beginning, but blindly avoided the war and fled back to Shengjing, the morale was completely discharged, and the army's morale was discouraged, so you could only be chased by Zhang Biwu like a rabbit, and there was a great shame and shame for the Ming army to chase Songjin!"

Dolgon thought so, and he was full of contempt for Abatai, but he didn't show it, and he couldn't see a trace of it.

When Abbatei arrived, he saw the contemptuous attitude of many people, because they all felt that he was being chased by the Ming army like a rabbit on the way back, which was a great shame!

He immediately knelt down, his eyes full of tears, and said, "The guilty minister Abatet pleads guilty to His Majesty the Emperor!" Due to the 100,000 troops led by the criminal ministers, although the results have been achieved in half a year, but when retreating, they mistakenly fell into the plan of the Ming general Zhang Biwu, and suffered heavy losses. ”

Speaking of which, Abatai's lieutenant generals, as well as all the accompanying generals, everyone bowed their heads, they didn't say a word, for Zhang Biwu dared to go deep into their territory, and even pursued to the Songjin area, to their surprise, they also thought that they had made mistakes, and they were punished no matter what, and more importantly, they all had a great sense of shame.

Huang Taiji did not blame Abatai, because it was Huang Taiji who was also annoyed that he did not remind Abatai that if Zhang Biwu pursued, there must be an army behind him, and he had to fight a tough battle, after all, the Ming army was afraid of the Qing army, as long as there was a battle, the Ming army would not dare to chase, and no matter how much you Zhang Biwu drove it, it would be useless. But if you don't fight, you will retreat in a hurry, which will make everyone who has been away from home for a long time look forward to home, and there will be no desire to fight anymore, and the defeat will be decided!

Huang Taiji did not instruct Abatai, and Huang Taiji also thought that he was at fault, so he suddenly fell ill at that time. So he didn't blame Abatai. Huang Taiji was very, very annoyed, if it weren't for his serious illness, otherwise, Huang Taiji would have been able to explain Zhang Biwu's pursuit to Abatai, and in exchange for Zhang Biwu's entire army, there would be no shame now.

Although Abatai was not blamed, he still felt very ashamed, he did not mention his achievements this time, and his heart felt cold and lightened for everything.

Originally, he passed in front of the Lugou Bridge, showing off his might, how proud, but he didn't expect that on the way back, he was like a rabbit, letting the other party slaughter all the way back, and when he returned to his relatives, he looked like beggars, like a defeated soldier with only half a life left. The soldiers have come to Abatai, how can they have the bitter fruits of today?

There is no doubt that the Manchus thought that Dolgon was still capable! No, Abatai is so embarrassed, and there is such a big difference between Dolgon's army, of course they are more inclined to Dolgon, and Dolgon's prestige is even greater. This is something that Huang Taiji never expected.

According to the Korean history book "Shenyang Zhuangqi", the returning Qing soldiers "wore clothes that were completely torn and invisible, and all of them were in the shape of ghosts", and because of "many deaths", "only half of the number of people who entered the country compared with the previous year". Many family members of military personnel looked through their eyes, but what they were looking forward to was the sad news of the death of their father and son. For a time, "inside and outside the city gates, there were many crying houses". (To be continued......)