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After Duoduo broke through, more than 20,000 men and horses galloped all the way south to Pukou.

Pukou is the main ferry port to the north of Jinling, there is no city wall, but there is an old mountain across the north, like a natural barrier.

The old mountain is composed of nearly 100 large and small peaks, about 70 miles long from east to west, the mountains are undulating and the forests are lush, which is also one of the reasons why thousands of people and horses in Xia Chengde can hide a few days ago.

At present, Pukou is the only place where the Qing army can quickly get a large supply of grain and grass, and it is only thirty or forty miles away from the Qing army's rush to cross the Chuhe River.

But it is this dozens of miles of distance, but let the Qing army extremely desperate, when crossing the river, many Qing army cotton clothes were wet, after a big battle was tired and cold, in this snowy night, many people can no longer support, fall from horses, corpses all the way.

The vanguard led by Chebai was killed in Laoshan, but was blocked by the 3,000 men of Yangpu's Ma Yishan of the Qin army, and could not advance an inch. After the arrival of the Duoduo army, they launched a fierce attack, but it was only a pillar of incense, and then I heard that a large Qin army was chasing and killing.

There was a blockade in front and a pursuer in the back, and Duoduo was so desperate that he hurriedly gave up attacking the mountain and fled west along the northern foot of the old mountain.

Chasing from behind was the 5,000 cavalry obtained by Niu Wanchuan after gathering the two armies of the north and south of the Chuhe River, they fought all night and were also very tired, but they had a full meal before chasing them.

Yangpu's 3,000 men and horses were all cavalry, and they were sent by He Liang, the secretary of the military department, to chase down Xia Chengde after Pukou was attacked, Niu Wanchuan ignored it, and immediately ordered Yangpu to chase the enemy with him, so that his men and horses also reached as many as 8,000.

More than 20,000 Duoduo fled overnight, and when they fled to Tangquan Town at the fourth watch, more than 2,000 people had frozen to death and died of exhaustion on the way to escape. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a corpse all the way.

Most of the people in Tangquan had been evacuated across the river, and the Qing army could not find any supplies here.

In a fit of rage, Duoduo set fire to Tangquan Town. Let the soldiers warm themselves by the fire, but they didn't enjoy it for long, and Niu Wanchuan chased after him again. Dordor had no choice but to order a flight westward again.

When I fled to Harrier Mountain, the westernmost part of the old mountain, it was already the fifth watch, and I said to Duoduo: "Lord Wang, the soldiers are cold and hungry, and there is countless grass in the army. The Qin army in this area must have been fortified and cleared, and it will be difficult for us to get supplies, Lord Wang. If we continue like this, after dawn, we will no longer be able to get rid of the pursuers, and then we will only be completely annihilated. ”

These Duoduo don't know. He himself was cold and hungry. Said anxiously: "What can I do about Master Ning, say it quickly." ”

According to Zhou Chongshan, twenty miles to the west is Xingdian Town, and there are mountains and forests in the northwest of Xingdian Town with a radius of twenty or thirty miles, Wangye. Let's divide our forces in two, and hide half of them in Harrier Mountain for the time being. The remaining half will lead the pursuers to Xingdian Town, and then retreat to the mountains and forests northwest of Xingdian Town, and after leading the pursuers away, we will kill him again."

"Okay, that's it."

Duoduo did not hesitate at all, and immediately followed Ning Wan's plan, took 10,000 horses and hid them in the valley of Harrier Mountain, and let Gong Acha lead an army of 10,000 to continue to run westward.

The night was vast, the wind and snow were combined, Niu Wanchuan didn't know that Duoduo had divided his troops, and was led away by Gong Acha all the way.

After Niu Wanchuan passed, Duoduo 10,000 soldiers were in the grass, horses, and under the cover of the dark night, they quickly moved south from the west side of the Harrier Mountain, bypassing the peaks of the old mountains and killing eastward towards Pukou.

More than 30 miles away, the cavalry arrived in an hour, at this time the sky was just dawning, the defenders of Pukou thought that the Qing army had been pursued and killed, Duoduo made a move back to kill the horse gun, the defenders of Pukou were caught off guard, and the defense line was quickly defeated.

Duoduo grabbed thousands of stones of grain and grass, and had a full meal in Pukou before leading his troops west

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After Qin Mu received this news, he couldn't help but be furious, as the so-called people are iron, food is rigid, Duoduo's 20,000 troops are under the pursuit of cavalry, and if there is no food and grass, it will not be able to support it for a day.

It's good now, Pukou was attacked twice in a few days, especially this time, it was equivalent to saving Duoduo's life, how could Qin Mu not be angry?

The red lady persuaded him: "Niu Wanchuan people are sleepy and tired, so it's normal to let Yangpu chase the enemy together, but I will do it too." No one expected the Tartars to be so cunning, and it was easy for the Tartars to hide some people on this snowy night, didn't you expect it yourself? If he had expected that Yang Pu would not be allowed to chase the enemy, how could Duoduo succeed so easily? ”

A wise man must be lost. Perhaps, there will inevitably be many accidents and mistakes in the war, in fact, after the first attack on Pukou, the defense has been strengthened, the defenders have reached 10,000, and there are 3,000 cavalry in Yangpu to assist in the defense.

It's just that the Qing army was chased like a lost dog, but after fleeing west, it was able to suddenly kill a horse pistol, which was too unexpected, and Pukou had no city wall, so it would be broken through so quickly.

Listening to the words of the red lady, Qin Mu couldn't help but show a wry smile, at this time, you are calculating others, others are also calculating you, the two sides are fighting wits and courage, the enemy is not only not a fool, but on the contrary, he is as cunning as a fox.

This time, I was able to lure Duoduo into the urn entirely because the Qing army didn't know that Daqin had a powerful rocket, and if there was no such secret weapon, with Duoduo and Ning Wan's deployment, there would be no chance to besiege them.

Niu Wanshan quietly glanced at the red lady, his heart was full of gratitude, if it weren't for the persuasion of the red lady, his younger brother Niu Wanchuan transferred 3,000 people from Yangpu without authorization, and it was also because of his negligence that Duoduo was able to kill a horse gun unconsciously.

At this time, Liu Meng brought several ministers such as the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Du Yinxi, Taichang Siqing Song Xiance and other ministers into the account, and Du Yinxi and others saw that Qin Mu was safe and sound, and secretly relieved, and then bowed to the worship, and said in a loud voice: "The ministers visit the King of Qin." ”

"What are you doing here?" Qin Mu asked quietly.

"Qi played the King of Qin, and the ministers and other representatives came to invite the saint to return to Beijing."

Qin Mu was originally going to go back to Jinling, but when he saw these ministers rushing to urge him, the anger he had just suppressed rushed up again, huh! He slammed the cases in front of him, and his pen jumped.

Du Yinxi and the others were startled, but Qin Mu finally held back, and after filming a few cases, he coldly glanced at the ministers below, and asked in a cold voice: "When will you return to Beijing, this king has his own opinions." Let me ask you, have you finished all your ministry affairs at this time? ”

"King of Qin"

"Answer this king!"

Qin Mu snorted coldly, so frightened that he blocked Yinxi and the others bowed down continuously.

The red lady was a little inexplicable, and couldn't figure out why Qin Mu was so angry with the minister as soon as they met. Where did she know that Qin Mu had the intention to establish authority.

Qin Mu has always been more easy-going in front of the ministers and is very polite to the ministers, perhaps because of this, some ministers began to be self-righteous and began to want to restrict him.

Like this time, Qin Mu himself was going to return to Beijing, but he absolutely couldn't accept being put back by the ministers, as soon as the wind was long, he was afraid that he would be like other emperors, it would be difficult to think of the Forbidden City in one step, and at that time, the affairs of the world would be fooled by the ministers.

Plugging Yinxi, Shou Xiance and others obviously didn't expect that Qin Mu, who had always treated ministers well, would give them a blow to the head as soon as they met.

"King Qin, you are the Venerable of Ten Thousand Vehicles, how can you?"

"Shut up! This time, I will temporarily punish you for three months, where do you come from, immediately go back to this king, and if you say more nonsense, you can return to your hometown. ”

The red lady pursed her lips, maybe she wanted to laugh, maybe it was strange, she saw a few ministers withdraw from the big tent in a gloomy manner, and then said: "King Qin, I heard"

"It's none of your business." Qin Mu interrupted her and said to Liu Meng: "Liu Meng, have you counted the number of enemies you have destroyed?" ”

Liu Meng clenched his fists and replied: "Back to the King of Qin, in this battle, our army destroyed more than 4,300 enemies, captured more than 3,600 people, and many Tartars sank in the river, which was not counted. ”

"Well, the wounded of our army should be sent back to Jinling for treatment immediately. Did Li Jiu and Su Jin chase after them? ”

"King Qin rest assured, he has already chased after him."

"Okay, order Huai'an and Luzhou, and immediately attack according to the plan."

"Whoa!"

Liu Meng is thick and fine, he knows Qin Mu's character very well, and he answers neatly, without a word of nonsense.

Duoduo's 40,000 troops went south, and now there are only 20,000 left, suffering such a big defeat, the Qing army must be afraid, it is the best time for the Qin army to go north to capture the entire Huainan and Xuzhou, Qin Mu will naturally not let go of such an opportunity.

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(To be continued......)