"Poof" the Tatar soldier's head was smashed open, and his brains sprayed all over Zu Kuan's head and face. Zu Chengxun's war horse neighed and stepped over the Tatar soldier's body. The moment it flew over Zu Kuan's head, Zu Kuan

Chengxun threw down his saber.

"Master Beile, leave quickly!" Fan Wencheng pushed Dorgon.

Li Xiao stood on the hill and saw that the town of the Hou Jin Army finally collapsed. Except for a few people who were fighting for their lives against Zu Dashou, most of the Hou Jin Army began to retreat into the woods. The cavalry would not easily enter the woods.

, whether it is Mongolians, Jurchens, or Zu Dashou.

"Retreat the troops!" Li Xiao sighed and gave the order to withdraw the troops.

The main force of the Eight Banners in the distance is less than twenty miles away. If you pursue them at this time, you will die uglier than a pig.

Everyone likes to win a battle, but the feeling of defeat is not pleasant. This time, Yuan Chonghuan suffered a big thunder. However, it is good for Yuan Chonghuan to come to the rescue. If Ao Canghai is allowed to take charge, the defeat will only be worse.

No matter what, Yuan Chonghuan was able to regain the city with the help of the Mongols and Qin soldiers.

It was already late autumn, and it got dark very early. Under the last ray of skylight, the two armies broke away from contact. Li Xiao worked hard to gather his troops and retreated towards Jinzhou under the cover of night.

At the same time, Dorgon was also retreating. But behind him were the other Six Banners of Houjin, and the retreat distance was much closer than that of Li Xiao.

"Great Khan, we have severely damaged Li Xiao's troops. If our army pursues it now, we will definitely be able to eat up Li Xiao's main force. Then we will take advantage of this opportunity to capture Jinzhou and even Shanhaiguan." Dorgon had a dark look on his face.

Bai Yiyi, his white armor was also stained with blood, and he looked somewhat embarrassed.

"Fourteenth brother, I know you are eager to achieve great results. But Li Xiao is very cunning. How do you know that he is not luring the enemy deeper? It would be better for us to wait until dawn and take a look before talking." Daishan glanced at him with a half-smile but not a smile.

Dorgon.

Just by those people under you, Dorgon, you dare to say that you severely injured Li Xiao? Why did Li Guanzhen escape so embarrassed? Looking at you now, it doesn't seem like you won the battle.

All the Baylors present looked at Dorgon with suspicion. He said that Li Xiao's troops were severely damaged, but few people believed it to be true.

"While we were struggling, no one came to reinforce us. Now that Li Xiao's remnants of troops are right in front, do you still dare not pursue them?" Duduo finally couldn't bear it anymore and stood up and roared angrily.

"Little brother, why are you so anxious? The second brother didn't say anything and just chased. It's dark and there's no moon, so we can't see the road clearly. How can we chase? Don't be impatient. It won't be too late for us to chase after dawn tomorrow." Amin

Playing on the side haha.

Duduo stared, now he wanted to kick his cousin to death.

Dorgon gave Duduo a try. Last time, he was deprived of Niulu because he roared in front of the Great Khan. The same mistake should not be made a second time.

"Khan, what I said seems to make sense. Why don't we send someone to chase him?" Just when Huang Taiji was about to let everyone disperse and go to bed to fight again tomorrow, suddenly Mang Gurtai spoke!

Huang Taiji, Daishan, and even Amin looked at Mang Gurtai strangely. They didn't know what Wu Beile, who was famous for his bravery, was doing.

Mang Gurtai kept an eye on it, and asked someone to ask about today's battle. He had just received a report from his subordinates, and he felt that what Dorgon said seemed to be correct. Li Xiao's troops had already suffered heavy losses. If

A tail-to-tail pursuit will definitely yield great results.

Zhenglan Banner suffered too much at the hands of the Liao Army. The person Mang Gurtai hated the most was Li Xiao. Now that he had the opportunity to kill Li Xiao, how could Mang Gurtai be willing to let go of this opportunity?

"Lao Wu, if you want to go after you, go for it. Our two red flags will not follow you." Daishan refused. In the battle of Juehua Island, Daishan lost two sons and three grandchildren. The harm caused by firearms to him

It was too big. Zheng Hongqi finally recovered a little bit of his strength, but Daishan would definitely not take action now that he was not sure.

"I'll go, I'll go." Mang Gurtai said "hum", now he looked down on this second brother.

"Fifth Brother! When Amma was here, he said, Fifth Brother, you are the number one batulu of my Jurchens. Today I see that Father Khan is right. Be careful, that Li Xiao is full of tricks, don't fall for him.

It's an ambush. I think it's better to forget it." Huang Taiji's eyes turned and the plan came to his mind.

The Eight Banners of Houjin, the first two yellow flags, and now the two white flags were the most powerful. They just suffered heavy losses today, and their strength seems to have been greatly damaged. The second two blue flags, now with strong troops and horses, have become the two strongest flags of Houjin.

Flags. Especially Amin’s blue-trimmed flag has the largest number of flags among the Eight Banners.

Since Mang Gurtai wants to chase, let him chase. If he catches up with Li Xiao, it will be better if he can defeat Li Xiao. If he is ambushed by Li Xiao and suffers heavy losses...!

"Khan is worrying too much!" Mang Gurtai looked at Daishan with disdain on his face.

"Fifth brother must go after him? If he is ambushed on the way, then... your Zhenglan Banner will suffer great losses." Huang Taiji comforted her kindly, as if she was thinking about Mang Gurtai.

"Even if there is an ambush, my warriors from Zhenglan Banner can defeat it in one go without sweating."

"Lao Wu, forget it. Let's wait until daytime tomorrow to catch up!" Dai Shan was also advising beside him.

"The fifth uncle has a strong army and a strong horse, but Li Xiao is nothing. I just don't know who was hit with a bloody head under Jinzhou City. Who knows whether he will be hit with a head injury this time. It's just a poor flagman of Zhenglan Banner.

, Follow such a master." Hauge was behind Huang Taiji, saying strange things in a strange way.

"What did you say, kid?" Mang Gurtai stood up and his eyes widened.

"My nephew is kindly reminding the fifth uncle not to lose as badly as last time." Hauge now has a different status. His father is the Great Khan. As the eldest son of Huang Taiji, he has some status advantages.

"Say it again?" Mang Gurtai doesn't care if Hauge is Huang Taiji's eldest son. If Hauge dares to say it again, he will slap this kid who doesn't know his dignity. You are sweating.

What a big deal, now it’s the Four Beles meeting. This is not the Nurhachi era, when the Great Khan alone had the final say.

"My nephew dare not say anything, lest the fifth uncle take action. But fifth uncle, I am really afraid that you will make the same mistake again. What if you fall into Li Xiao's ambush this time and suffer heavy losses?"

"Hmph! What do you say?"

"Uncle Five, do you dare to issue a military order? Will you be able to defeat Li Xiao this time?"

"Why don't you dare?"

"Okay, Uncle Wu and I will bet that there will be five Niulu under the Zhenghuang banner."

"I bet ten!" Mang Gurtai roared, pulling his neck.

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It's very dark tonight, and the moon in the sky is just a crescent moon. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it. With such a moon, there is no extra moonlight to shine on the earth.

Li Xiao was sitting in the carriage and looked at Cao Wenzhao who was lying on the carriage board. The mountain-like man frowned and his face was like gold paper. His body was covered with blood. Shunzi was holding a strong drink and pouring it on him.

Keep wiping.

This morning, he was still a lively man. At night, he looked like this.

There was a piece of shrapnel embedded in his shoulder, which pierced him very deeply. There were more than twenty wounds on his body, large and small. This was not the most fatal thing. The most fatal thing was that his internal organs were severely shaken. If he could not recover well,

, such a tough-minded man may have been ruined. Qin Qiong, the famous general of the Tang Dynasty, was unable to set foot on the battlefield for the rest of his life because his internal organs were damaged and he lacked energy and blood.

Liquor wiped the wound and looked carefully. There should be no blood vessels such as arteries in this place. Li Xiao slowly pulled out the shrapnel with small pliers.

The "dang bang" shrapnel was thrown into the tray, and there was still blood on it.

Shunzi quickly took a hemostatic bandage, sprinkled Cao Wenzhao's shoulder with the white medicine prepared by Li Zhongzi, and then bandaged it like a pig.

"Feed him more ginseng water tonight, and if he has a fever, use strong liquor to rub the palms of his hands, soles of his feet, and his forehead and armpits." Shunzi is a careful person, so Li Xiao feels relieved to leave Cao Wenzhao to him.

He got out of the carriage and came to another larger carriage. Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou were sitting in the carriage. The table inside the carriage was covered with a map of the Dahu Mountain line in Montenegro. Yuan Chonghuan had been in Jinzhou for two years and had already understood the terrain of this area.

Must be proficient.

"Master Hong! I'm ashamed of myself for fighting this battle today! I'm ashamed of myself!" Li Xiao raised his hands to Hong Chengchou.

"Master Li, what are you talking about? I just found out today that the Tatars are so difficult to fight. Compared with you, the battle we fought in Shaanxi is not called a war. No wonder it is said that only the Liao Army can defend it in the world.

Liaodong." Hong Chengchou said it very sincerely and without any pretense.

Today's battle really shocked him. Especially when Yuan Chonghuan said just now that these were only two of the eight banners. The next six flags were still twenty miles away from the battlefield. If the enemy army was defeated and they pursued them,

The result is likely to be the total annihilation of the entire army.

The battle was fought like this with just two flags. I really don’t know how the battle of Jinzhou was fought in the first place. Hong Chengchou felt that even if his troops were pulled up, they would not be able to hold on for a whole morning.

"Let's make arrangements for the retreat. This time, only six people from Cao Wenzhao's company survived. But a large number of Tatar soldiers were also killed! Our army has now suffered more than 30% battle losses, and the enemy's elite soldiers from six banners have not yet entered the battle.

If we are overtaken and killed, there will be only one regiment left in Jinzhou and we cannot hold it at all."

"Will the Tatar soldiers come after me?" Hong Chengchou immediately became vigilant. The Qin troops he brought were all infantry and fell at the back when they retreated.

"They will definitely come after us. They are cavalry and move quickly. They will definitely seize this opportunity and pursue us one after another until our entire army is destroyed. This is their consistent tactic against our Ming Dynasty. I just didn't give them a chance before. This time...

…!”

"Then my lord, hurry up and bring out the regulations." Hong Chengchou suddenly panicked.

Although Li Xiao's soldiers were infantry, the infantrymen all rode in large carriages. They walked along the road much faster than his two-legged Qin army. The Mongols were even more powerful with one man and two horses. Only his Qin army

Being at the back, if the Tatars pursue him, he will be the first to suffer, but his elite men must not be lost.

"Here! This is the Daling River, with mountains on both sides. There is only one road passing between the two mountains. This is the only way to Jinzhou. Yuan Chonghuan, you asked Zu Dashou to send two companies out to fall in

at last.

Lay more mines and triangular spikes along the way. Try to slow down the enemy's pursuit!"

"Promise!" Yuan Chonghuan immediately agreed.

"Take your soldiers and rush to ** Mountain to set up a pocket. At the same time, send your horse back to Jinzhou and transfer all the remaining mortars from Jinzhou. I will find the place I lost during the day in Linghai.

Come on. Be careful not to move the rocket launchers over. If this battle does not go well, we will still have to use them when defending Jinzhou. Besides, such a battlefield is not conducive to the performance of the rocket launchers."

"No!" Yuan Chonghuan looked at the map carefully again, planning in his mind how to set up an ambush.

"Mr. Hong, drive your troops as far forward as possible and run directly back to Jinzhou. Geritu's Mongolian soldiers are ambushing in the col of ** Mountain. As long as the Tatar soldiers want to withdraw, I will block them head on.

This battle will let them know that I am not that easy to chase." Thinking about what happened during the day, Li Xiao felt angry. Originally, he wanted to send a symbolic force to show the emperor, and then return to Jinzhou after wandering around for a few months.
To be continued...