Now he has nearly 70,000 troops in his hands, and Yuan Chonghuan has 50,000, for a total of 120,000 troops. But among them, only 20,000 Guan Ning troops and about 38,000 martial arts coalition troops can be regarded as elite, and the rest of the guards are completely made up.

As for the Tartars, Qin Shuhuai estimated that they still had a total strength of about seventy or eighty thousand, all of which were elite. If you want to make up the numbers, they also have tens of thousands of soldiers to make up, and the total number of troops can also reach hundreds of thousands.

If the Tartar soldiers have all been united by now, then in field conditions, the strength of the Tartars will definitely be superior. Moreover, the Tartars can also wait for work, and even set up ambushes on the way, which is even worse for their own army.

But if the Tartars don't have a joint force now, for example, their troops in the Santun camp have not been transferred back, then the Ming army must have the advantage in terms of strength.

But the Tartars have given up Shimenzhai, does it mean that they are going to shrink all their forces and wait for their decisive battle in Zunhua?

So do you want to push to Zunhua overnight?

Qin Shuhuai, He Kegang, Zu Dashou, Zhang Xiao and others were very hesitant about this matter.

And in Zunhua, Huang Taiji is also nerve-wracking.

After receiving the horse whistle report from Shimen Village, Huang Taiji confirmed that Qin Shuhuai had made a detour to Jizhou and came to Zunhua!

Next, it was his turn to make a life-or-death decision.

If he continues to stay in Zunhua, then he will inevitably have a decisive battle with Qin Shuhuai. However, he didn't know how many soldiers Qin Shuhuai had brought.

Although the five thousand horsemen had a big battle with Qin Shuhuai, Qin Shuhuai's army did not use torches at that time, so it was impossible to see how many people came from the other side in the dark night, only knowing that there were 10,000 or 20,000 infantry besieging them, and 4,000 or 5,000 cavalry.

But everyone knows that Qin Shuhuai will not only bring this bit of soldiers and horses to Zunhua. First of all, there are about 40,000 of his martial arts alliance left, and he will inevitably transfer troops from Jizhou when he passes through Jizhou.

In the sweat tent, the generals quarreled again.

The conservatives led by Dai Shan insisted that Qin Shuhuai came prepared, and his side did not know the details of the other party, and not only did there be 25,000 soldiers and horses left in the Santun camp, but the 10,000 people who came to the aid of Mang Gurtai were also still on the way, and it was bound to suffer losses if they started a war rashly at this time.

The main battle faction composed of those young and middle-aged officers believed that there were a lot of ambush locations on the way from Shimen Zhai to Zunhua, and as long as they were properly arranged, they would inevitably be able to inflict heavy losses on Qin Shuhuai's army. As for how many guards came from Jizhou to help Qin Shuhuai, they didn't pay attention to it at all, thinking that those soldiers were vulnerable, as long as the Dajin warriors showed momentum, they would only scatter and flee.

This time, Daiseon's determination to demand the withdrawal of troops was higher than ever, because he knew very well that if the army did not withdraw, then the next battle would determine the fortunes of Daikin's country!

He did the math. Qin Shuhuai has 40,000 martial arts coalition troops, and Yuan Chonghuan in the city has 20,000 Guan Ning troops, and these 60,000 main forces alone are enough for the Eight Banners Army to fight. What's more, they still have at least sixty or seventy thousand guards in their hands, and if this battle really starts, their own chances of winning are very small!

He loudly rebuked the young generals who were in charge of the battle, and even threw silver cups in the tent of the Great Khan, like an old horseman who was ready to fight with someone at any moment.

At this time, a large number of young generals such as Azig, Hauge, and Dolgon were still in the Santun camp, so those low-ranking young officers did not dare to fight the angry Dai Shan, and for a while the conservatives had the upper hand!

Huang Taiji was silent for a long time.

In his heart, more than anyone else, he longed for a decisive battle with Qin Shuhuai!

He wants to be ashamed, he wants to use a hearty battle to untie the long-gloomy knot in his heart!

Since the appearance of this "demon of the Great Ming", he has not slept well for a day, and even wakes up from nightmares from time to time. He always felt that if it weren't for this person, Dajin and even the entire Aixin Jueluo family would have embarked on another kind of fortune.

But as a thoughtful person who never acted rashly, Huang Taiji also knew that it was extremely uncost-effective to fight Qin Shuhuai at this time.

With 40,000 or 50,000 troops in his hands now, how can he deal with the other side's army of more than 100,000 troops? Now is not last year, if last year, 40,000 or 50,000 people will fight the Ming army of more than 100,000, which is more than enough under field conditions.

But now, the annihilation of 30,000 elite soldiers in Qian'an has just happened!

Thinking of this, Huang Taiji quietly looked at Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng nodded at him, expressing support for his idea.

Huang Taiji slowly stood up and said to the generals, "Chuan Ben Khan's order, the whole army immediately retreats to the Santun camp. ”

In Shimen Village, Qin Shuhuai discussed with the generals and decided that for the sake of prudence, he would first send a large team of horse sentries to the front to investigate, and wait for the army to advance slowly early tomorrow morning.

A stressful night passed.

Early the next morning, Yuan Chonghuan, who had been at a loss for many days, had just gotten up when he heard a sudden noise outside.

He frowned slightly, and his heart was surprised, thinking to himself, who is making a noise here?

The siege of the city for nearly a month and a half has made the entire Zunhua City feel like a dead city, the soldiers can't even eat, and no one has spoken so loudly for a long time. Moreover, this is the governor's yamen, who dares to make a noise here?

His heart suddenly tightened, couldn't it be that the Tartars were attacking the city again?

I was about to go out to check, but I heard someone outside shouting, "The Tartars are out!

Yuan Chonghuan's old eyes suddenly opened, and his originally haggard and pale face suddenly became a little ruddy.

He thought he had misheard, so he listened.

At this time, the voices were already coming and going.

"The Tartars are back! The Tartars are back!"

There's something else in between.

"Master Hou's divine soldiers are here to save us!

Isn't this a dream?

The horses in Zunhua City were all eaten, and he was worried about how to raise food or how to break through, but he never thought that at this critical moment, the army of Qin Shuhuai, who had been looking forward to it day and night, had finally come!

He opened the door quickly, and didn't care about the guards shouting and screaming in the courtyard, but said to one of them, "Marquis Qin's army has arrived?"

The man hurriedly saluted Yuan Chonghuan and said, "Supervisor, the army of the Marquis of Qin has not yet arrived! But the Tartars are already frightened, and the Tartars have all slipped away quietly last night! There is not a single one left!"

Yuan Chonghuan was slightly stunned, this feeling seemed familiar to him.

Once upon a time, the report he received from the pond was that the Tartar soldiers had not arrived, and a certain general abandoned the city and fled.

However, now, my Ming army even has this tiger power one day, and the Tartars withdrew first before the army arrived.

It's a pity that such an army is not the Guanning Army that he Yuan has painstakingly managed, but Qin Shuhuai's Wulin Coalition Army, an army that has been formed for less than half a year.

He had mixed feelings in his heart, and finally smiled bitterly.

He first sent someone to look at the chariot and horse prints near the Tartar camp, and after determining that the Tartars were retreating in the direction of the Santun camp, he basically determined that Qin Shuhuai was from Shimen Village, so he immediately sent someone to report.

It is said that Qin Shuhuai's army has been advancing cautiously towards Zunhua since dawn, and as a result, he met a messenger from Zunhua on the road.

As soon as he heard that Huang Taiji had withdrawn, Qin Shuhuai patted his thigh with remorse!

Huang Taiji withdrew, which means that his forces really did not converge, if he went to Zunhua overnight last night, maybe he could catch up with a wave of chasing him!

"Misstep, misstep!" He said to Zhang Xiao, "Old Zhang, such a big fat meat is flying!"

Zhang Xiao smiled innocently, "Master Hou, it's always right to be careful." Sooner or later, we will be able to kill them. ”