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Li Dingguo rescued Pang Shan back to Shazhou, and by the way, he also severely injured the monks, killing nearly 500 enemies.

But Pang Shan was not happy, of the 1,500 men and horses he brought, only 800 survived, nearly half of the losses were lost, and the rest were mostly injured.

In the yamen, Pang Shan knelt in front of Li Dingguo to plead guilty, Li Dingguo looked at him who was so sad that he didn't know what to say for a while.

This time, the monk adapted measures to local conditions, and set a trap very ingeniously, according to his heart, unless he does not chase the enemy, once he chases it, nine times out of ten he will end up like Pang Shan, or even worse.

But military law is ruthless, defeat is defeat, no matter how clever the enemy's trap is, you will lose your troops so strictly, you must bear the corresponding responsibility.

Li Dingguo still held the rank of guerrilla general in Pangshan, and immediately ordered another 3,000 men to be transferred from Suzhou to Shazhou to garrison.

Li Dingguo summed up the gains and losses in the past few days, and deeply felt that it was the lack of intelligence collection that made the Qin army so passive.

Guazhou and Shazhou have been ruled by thousands of foreign races, and even the original Han people have long been Hu, the Qin army lacks a mass base here, and the Hu people under its jurisdiction are suspicious, and some Mongolians even make internal responses to the monks and secretly report the news.

This allowed the monks to come out of nowhere and constantly sneak attack from weak defensive points, while the Qin army was passive everywhere and could only run for their lives.

Guo Ningjian, the governor of the capital, said: "Governor, Abdulaha Khan's injuries have been healed, should we use him to win the hearts of the Hu people in Shazhou?" ”

Guasha Prefecture has been occupied by the Yarkand Khanate for a hundred years, and Afudu Raha Khan still has some prestige among the Hu people in Guasha Prefecture, and Guo Ning's mention is a feasible strategy.

"Hu people, Hu people," Li Dingguo muttered to himself, standing up and pacing up the lobby.

Du Shi Guo Ning said again: "Grand Governor, if you can use the prestige of Abdul Raha Khan to integrate the power of the Hu people in Guasha and Guasha, this power is still very considerable. Coupled with their familiarity with the terrain and their well-informed knowledge, they must have been able to play an unexpected role in resisting the attacks of the Dzungars. ”

"Nope! They are Hu people, and all the people in this city are Hu people, not of my race, and their hearts will be different, and they cannot be counted on. Shazhou has no boundless walls to rely on, we can't continue to stay in Shazhou, and if we stay here, we can only be beaten passively. Li Dingguo seems to have taken the wrong medicine. Suddenly, he said categorically, "Someone come, pass on the order of the governor, immediately abandon Shazhou, shrink the troops, and retreat to Guazhou." ”

"The Grand Duke! I, Great Qin, have finally recaptured this strategic place, how can I give up as soon as I encounter some failures? ”

"Guo Yi doesn't need to say much, the governor has made up his mind, and the military order has been issued. Execute it now, and don't make a mistake! ”

"If the Metropolitan Governor insists on giving up Shazhou, this official will have to join the Metropolitan Governor."

Li Dingguo seemed to have eaten the scales and was iron-hearted, ignoring Guo Ning's strong opposition. Forcibly ordered the withdrawal of troops with his own authority.

Guo Ning did not give up, and the two had a big quarrel in the Yamen, and finally the helpless Guo Ning left the Yamen angrily, and immediately wrote a note to impeach Li Dingguo. Send someone to rush back to Nanjing with 800 miles.

In the city of Shazhou, the army was uncertain because of the ambush of Pangshan and the heavy losses.

Li Dingguo suddenly ordered the withdrawal of troops. Guo Ning, the capital servant, argued on the basis of reason, and the two sides quarreled, which further aggravated the turmoil in the morale of the army.

The soldiers of the Qin army talked a lot, and the Hu people in the city silently watched as the Qin army was preparing to evacuate

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Thousands of miles away in Mobei, a major evacuation was also taking place, and under the tremendous pressure of Zasaktu Khan Norbu and Chitat, Chechen Khan Shuolei had to abandon the pastures with fertile water and grass in the upper reaches of the Klooni River and migrate to the middle and lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River north of the Great Khing'an Mountains.

The middle and lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River were originally the territory of the Jurchens, and after the Jurchens entered the customs, these places became even more sparsely populated. After the Qin army captured Shengjing last year, the general Ning Yuan led an army of 10,000 to sweep north, bringing the area south of Heilongjiang into the rule of Great Qin.

However, there were not many Qin troops stationed on the front line of the Longhei River, with a total of only 5,000 men and horses.

The sparse population made this area barren, and the Chechen Khan Shuoli, who had nowhere to go, led his people to move eastward along the Heilongjiang River, and the whole Mobei became the world of Zasaktu Khan and Chitat.

Qin Mu's holy decree to take the initiative to attack came from Nanjing, and before it reached Liaodong, Norbu and Quitat, whose strength had greatly increased after the annexation of the Tuxietu Division, had already sworn to march south in Buerhan Mountain.

People's desires are unlimited, and they want to get more if they get the entire Norbu of Mobei, especially when they destroy Tushetu Khan Gunbu under the sacred mountain of the Mongols, which is regarded by Norbu as a god protecting himself.

He wanted to be the Great Khan of the whole of Mongolia, the Great Khan of all the tribes of Mongolia like Genghis Khan.

Tuya told him that the Qin State was grasping the control of the Monan tribes, this was his last chance, once the Monan tribes were integrated by the Qin State, they would become the pawns of the Qin State, let alone unify Mongolia, and I am afraid that even Mobei would not be able to accommodate it at that time.

Norbu felt that Tuya had a point, as the saying goes, the opportunity must not be lost, and the time will never come. In this way, Norbu obeyed Tuya's Jianyì and, together with Chitat, marched south with the might of a great victory.

30,000 Mongolian troops, under the guidance of a wolf banner and with the blessing of Buerhan Mountain, roared south;

They did not take the Hulunbuir grassland in the east, but took the route of Basejieku, Ulan Toluoli, Ma Tie, and Yilin (Erenhot City).

The road crosses the desert sea, but it is the closest and more hidden.

The terrible thing about the Mongol cavalry lies in its high mobility, Norbu and their three horsemen can march three or four hundred miles a day at full speed, the speed is astonishing, only a few days, galloping thousands of miles away.

After the army arrived at Ma Tie, they camped here at night.

In the big tent of Chitath, he was full of energy and hugged Tuya and the Muttab sisters to do good deeds, after the clouds and rain stopped, Chitat rested for a while, and then couldn't help complaining: "Princess, you want me to listen to Norbu for everything, when he annexed the Tushetu Department, he also benefited greatly, and he will become stronger and stronger in the future, won't we have a day to turn over." ”

Yatu, who was blushing, moved his body, turned around and hugged him and said, "Don't worry, I have my own way." Nowadays, although the various departments of Monan are scattered and scattered, but with the Qin army, Monan is not so easy to sweep away;

Now it is up to Norbu to take the lead, let's pay attention to preserving our strength, you believe me, one day you will be able to replace Norbu and become the Great Khan of the entire Mongolia. ”

Now the number of men under Chitat has increased to 10,000, and although the strength is much inferior to Norbu, it is still twice as strong as before. Thinking of this, Chitate was relieved to hear Yatu's words again.

As he spent more time together, he became more and more dependent on Yatu, and if he asked her directly, he didn't even bother to think about it, anyway, no matter how he thought about it, he didn't think about it thoroughly.

On the fifth watch of the next day, the army of 30,000 set off again, and spent another day to kill Yilin (Erenhot), and when it came here, it was considered to have reached Monan Mongolia.

To the south of Ilyin is the pasture of the Sunit Left and Right Wings.

Teng Jitai, the leader of the Sunit Division, suddenly heard that the 30,000 army of Norbu and Chitate had killed Hanhai, and he couldn't help but be shocked, the two wings of the Sunit Department combined, there were only more than 5,000 people, how could they resist the 30,000 army of Mobei?

At this time, the messenger sent by Meng Ke to gather the troops and horses of the various departments arrived at the Sunit Department, and Tengjitai in the panic seemed to see a savior.

When the messenger of the Qin army learned of this news, he was also shocked, Meng Ke was collecting various armies to prepare to conquer Mobei, and now they were killed in Monan first.

The messenger discussed with Teng Jitai and decided to let the Sunit troops hurry south to temporarily avoid the front, and at the same time send people to Xuanda to rescue Ma Yongzhen, the governor of the left army. The messenger returned to Horqin by the same route to report to Meng Ke, and along the way, informed all departments along the way to prepare for response.

Further south of the Sunit division is the Chahor division. The ranch of the Chahor Department is located outside the side wall, and inside the side wall is Zhangjiakou, where merchants gather.

It doesn't seem far, but if you calculate the real distance, it is more than 900 miles from Yilin (Erlianhao City) to Zhangjiakou, and it takes two days for the messenger to gallop wildly.

At this time, the various tribes of Monan were like scattered sand, and the strongest tribal strength was only a few thousand people.

Norbu's 30,000-strong army was like a giant crocodile suddenly swimming into the fish pond, which made the entire Monan become noisy and full of war clouds for a while

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(To be continued......)