After Yang Guli heard the news of Qin Shuhuai's army attacking, his face also changed.

Duoduo asked directly, "Yang Guli, how long do you think Shimen Village can be guarded?"

After removing the 5,000 cavalry of the Duoyan Division, Shimenzhai now only has 8,000 elite soldiers and 3,000 soldiers.

Yang Guli said without thinking, "I may not be able to keep a day." ”

"This Qin Shuhuai, is it really so strong?" Duoduo sighed, "At the beginning, we thought that the Demon Sect in the Ming Kingdom was raising troops and the rogue was raging, so we just took advantage of the fire to rob it. But I don't want this Qin Shuhuai to level the Demon Sect and destroy the Liukou so quickly, and the current situation is really embarrassing. ”

Yang Guli said, "Qin Shuhuai's army comes from Wulin, which is unprecedented. In my opinion, these martial arts people will only get stronger and stronger. As long as they are familiar with the battle formation, I am afraid that there is no army in the world that can match them. ”

Duoduo waved his hand, and his young face showed an incomparably resolute expression, and said, "That's it, let's not say that this will destroy our own prestige because of other people's morale." Now that his army is coming, what does he think? If he can't hold it, Benbel thinks it might as well retreat. ”

Yang Guli said, "Retreat is not possible. The Great Khan is in Zunhua, we have to buy time for the Great Khan and let him arrange it calmly. ”

Dodor smiled bitterly, for Yanguli was right. If he had abandoned the city and fled like this, his political career would probably have ended. Duoduo is only 16 years old this year, and this is the first time he has officially taken charge of the army, and if he abandons the city and flees for the first time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win the trust of the Great Khan in the future.

"Did you send someone to inform the Great Khan?" asked Yanguli.

"Go. ”

Yang Guli groaned, and said, "After the Great Khan receives the notification, eighty percent will let us withdraw." But until the Great Khan's order comes, we will not be able to withdraw. Therefore, we need to find a way to delay time. ”

Duoduo thought for a moment and said, "The strategy of delaying the army? It's just that Qin Shuhuai is menacing, but I'm afraid that it won't be hindered by anything." ”

"If it doesn't work, then we'll have to go out of the city and ambush it." Seven or eight miles out of the city, there is a narrow passage with mountains on both sides, about three or four zhang wide. Soldiers are ordered to carry physical barriers, which can be forcibly blocked. If our army is condescending to attack it again, it should delay for a while. ”

Duoduo pondered for a moment and said, "There is a point in that. In this way, not only can Qin Shuhuai's army be delayed, but our army is finally outside the city, and it can be withdrawn in case of defeat. If you defend the city, if the city is broken, it will be difficult to fly. ”

That's exactly what it means. Yanguli said.

Without further ado, Duoduo was about to give an order, but he only heard a report from the guards outside!

"Announce! The messenger of the Great Khan has arrived!"

Duoduo was stunned for a moment, he had just sent out a horse sentry, why did the Great Khan reply so quickly?

This is impossible, the Great Khan should not know about Qin Shuhuai's visit to Shimenzhai now, and it must be something else to let the messenger come.

Unexpectedly, after the messenger came in, the first thing he said was: "Duoduo Belle, the Great Khan ordered you to retreat to Zunhua quickly!"

Both Duoduo and Yanguli were surprised and delighted, and at the same time full of questions.

Could it be that the Great Khan did not know the prophet and counted Qin Shuhuai to come to Shimen Village?

He asked the Courier what was going on, and the Courier told them what had happened.

It turned out that after Dolgon found out that Qian'an was an empty city, he immediately sent a fast horse to report the matter to Huang Taiji. After receiving the information, Huang Taiji was shocked and immediately summoned Fan Wencheng and others to discuss countermeasures. Fan Wencheng once again demonstrated his strategy and suggested to Huang Taiji: just in case, the Duoyan cavalry and 8,000 elites of Shimen Village should be withdrawn, and only a part of the horse sentry should be left to investigate the situation. The reason is that if Qin Shuhuai really makes a detour, then Shimen Zhai is destined to not be able to defend it, and it will only send troops in vain. And if Qin Shuhuai didn't make a detour, then it would be easy for the Dajin Army to recapture Shimenzhai.

Huang Taiji thought so, so he immediately sent someone to inform Duoduo.

Dolgon found that Qian'an City was empty after Qin Shuhuai arrived in Jizhou, and it was only 40 miles from Santunying to Zunhua, and it took about half an hour to arrive as a fast horse. From Zunhua to Shimenzhai, it is only about 40 miles, and it will take half an hour to arrive.

And Qin Shuhuai's army marched slowly, so Huang Taiji's order arrived at Shimenzhai before him.

Duoduo and Yanguli both breathed a sigh of relief, since it was the order of the Great Khan, they could give up Shimenzhai openly. Otherwise, let them ambush Qin Shuhuai's tens of thousands of troops with tens of thousands of people, and their hearts will be furious.

So, the elite soldiers and soldiers in the city brought the grain and grass they could bring, burned the unused baggage, and then quickly left the city and ran to Zunhua.

So, Qin Shuhuai, who was in a hurry, hurried up, but he was still one step slower!

When he arrived at Shimenzhai, he saw an empty city.

Originally, I thought it was Duoduo who was planning to empty the city, but after a closer look, there was not even a sprinkler sweeping the floor at the door, and no one was pretending to be forced to play the piano at the head of the city, and the front army didn't even see a Tartar ghost after entering, and it seemed that the other party had indeed escaped.

There were no Tartars in the city, but there were Ming troops who surrendered to the Tartars, and they all shaved their heads and wore rat braids, so they were called "two Tartars".

Speaking of the Ming Army's "two Tartars", it is also unlucky enough. Many of them had been captured by the Tartars last year, and they had shaved their heads and had "rat tails", and now their hair grew a little and was shaved again.

But they were lucky. Because when Shimenzhai fell, a total of more than 3,500 Ming troops surrendered, of which 3,000 were buried alive by the Tartars, and the remaining more than 500 Ming troops were used to do coolies. If it weren't for Qin Shuhuai's menacing approach and letting Duoduo run away, he would definitely kill them too.

Why did the Tartars surrender this time? Because in the change of Jisi, the Tartars understood that even if the Ming army's troops were shaved their hair, as long as their king and division came, they would sooner or later turn back. Rather than this, it is better to kill it simply. Moreover, they are so short of food now, how can they raise these soldiers?

The soldiers were yellow and thin one by one, and when they saw that Wang Shi had arrived, they came out and knelt on the side of the road.

Their little braids, constantly fluttering in the wind.

Qin Shuhuai looked down on these soldiers, but he couldn't kill them, right? After all, they were also Ming soldiers.

So he ordered to kill the leaders of the generals and above among the surrendered soldiers first, and then let the surrendered soldiers shave their heads, and then send some people from the Jianghe Gang to lead them.

A "bald army" was formed.

After entering Shimen Village, the next step needs to be cautious.

Because there is no doubt that Qin Shuhuai knew that Huang Taiji must have learned of his actions, and the so-called "surprise attack" tactics no longer worked.

He didn't know how many people there were in Huang Taiji now, because he didn't know whether Dolgon, Haoge and others in the Santun camp had returned to Zunhua.

But there is no doubt that if the army continues to advance, then a decisive battle will break out with the Tatars in Zunhua to determine the future pattern of Liaodong.