In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 191 Lu Xiangsheng is not dead

"Prince Rui, Lord Beile, and the Lin family army are evacuating Shengjing. The emperor asked you when will you be able to leave the Great Wall and return to Liaodong?"

"Is the emperor feeling well?"

In the Ming Dynasty Shuntian Prefecture, Yutian County, and the slave camp, as the envoy sent by Huang Taiji arrived, after describing the current situation in Liaodong, all the Eight Banners Princes Beile and Beizi in the tent were as anxious as a hot pot. The ants on the bed wanted to spread their wings and fly back, but Dorgon's face was gloomy and he knew to take care of his starling's body first.

"Back to my lord, the emperor is in good health, but he is just a little anxious."

The envoy replied quickly, and then looked at Dorgon with burning eyes, wanting to know the exact time when he would return to Liaodong.

"Where will those Lin Jiajun bastards retreat?"

Dorgon did not answer immediately, but asked again.

When talking about Lin Jiajun, a trace of ferocity appeared on his face involuntarily.

The others also clenched their fists, bulged their veins, and gritted their teeth, showing how much they hated Lin Jiajun.

"They are evacuating to the valley in the north of the Liaohe River. Prince, Lord Beile, those dogs not only evacuated the entire Liaodong, they also took away our wives and children. You guys go back quickly..."

The messenger was so choked up that he was about to cry when he finished speaking. None of his three wives, concubines, and five children ran away, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead now.

"bump!"

"I must cut out the heart and lungs of that man named Lin and cut him into pieces!"

"I will eat him alive and cut off his flesh piece by piece..."

When everyone heard this, they immediately went crazy and shouted with blood-red eyes.

"That's enough. What's the use of yelling here now? Can that bitch named Lin be scolded to death by you?"

Dorgon cursed irritably. After everyone calmed down and sat back, he said to the envoy: "Go back and tell the emperor that we can reach Xifengkou and exit the Great Wall by the end of January. If the weather is good, we can finally We will be able to return to Liaodong by the end of February."

"Uncle Fourteen, it's only January [-] now. When we slowly return to Liaodong at the end of February, I'm afraid the Lin family's army has already escaped. How about I lead [-] cavalry back first?"

Yue Tuo Xiangxiang stood up and said, this place is only one or two hundred miles away from Xifengkou. Although the grassland has been covered with heavy snow at this time, the war horses can still barely trot. If they are all cavalry, it will take at most twenty days. Able to reach Liaodong.

"No, we must not divide our troops any more. Lu Xiangsheng and Gao Qiqian have already joined forces and are about to catch up. Once you take the cavalry away at this time, if we are caught up by them, we might not be able to capture them this time. All prisoners’ food and supplies must be thrown away.”

Dorgon immediately shook his head and rejected Yue Tuo's suggestion. Now that Liaodong had been ruined by the Lin family army, the Qing Dynasty relied on these captives for food and supplies to save their lives, so they must be brought back safely.

"What the fourteenth brother said is right, Yue Tuo, if you bring fifty thousand cavalry back now, you may not be able to rescue the kidnapped tribesmen and food. You can't stop it anymore. It's better to safely take the loot this time." Bring back."

Abate also stood up and nodded.

Obviously facing the critical moment of life and death for the Qing Dynasty and his personal grudge with Dorgon, he didn't want to care about it anymore, so he talked about it matter-of-factly.

"Oh! I just can't bear to hate you!"

Yue Tuo also understood that what the two people said was right, so he had no choice but to give his head a hard blow and sat back helplessly.

Everyone was speechless, so how could they be willing to hate?

At this moment, almost everyone was dissatisfied with Huang Taiji deep down, complaining that he didn't keep the house well, which caused everyone to be separated from their wives.

The next day, the army hurriedly set up camp again and trudged toward Xifengkou in the north in the ice and snow.

The entire team stretched for dozens of miles, with countless carriages, horses and livestock, and could only travel more than 20 miles a day at most.

Although in December, Dorgon and Yue Tuo both received the bad news from Huang Taiji, they did not go further into Shandong and southern Beizhili, but hurriedly brought the army and the looted materials, livestock and people. Returned, but still gained a lot.

Not only did they plunder more than 20 people and animals, 45 shi of food, but also thousands of carts of various supplies. It can be said that this was the biggest harvest in the past several plunders.

If it weren't for the sneak attack in Liaodong, which made Dorgon and Yue Tuo have no intention of looting anymore, the harvest this time would definitely be more than that.

At this time, two hundred miles away, in the Ming army camp in northern Tianjin, Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the world's Qinwangzhibing, and Gao Qiqian, the supervisor, had another dispute.

"Eunuch Gao, Jiannu retreated very suddenly this time. The governor concluded that something unexpected happened, which forced Jiannu to retreat and rush back. Therefore, the army must speed up its march tomorrow, with a minimum march of fifty miles per day. If anyone slacks off again, he will be severely punished, and we will never let the slaves escape from the Great Wall this time!"

After Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, he glanced sharply at the generals in the hall.Faced with Lu Xiangsheng's sweeping gaze, the Liaodong generals did not dare to look at each other.

However, Gao Qiqian said in a male-dark voice: "Governor Lu said it lightly. It is difficult to travel in this ice and snow. Could it be that just based on Governor Lu's speculation, more than [-] of my soldiers were allowed to risk everything? If we catch up, what if we fall into Jiannu's trick of luring the enemy and are ambushed and surrounded?"

"Eunuch Gao, I am not making any assumptions, but Jiannu's retreat was indeed very sudden. I believe everyone can see this. At this time, Jiannu was only two hundred miles away from our army, and his movements were slow. If our army pursues it vigorously, we can catch up in five or six days, and by then we will be able to defeat Jiannu under the Great Wall in one fell swoop!"

Lu Xiangsheng refused again and argued hard.

The reason why he concluded that Jiannu had an accident was because he suffered heavy losses after being surrounded by the Jiannu army in Jiazhuang. He was already prepared to die for his country. Who would have thought that Jiannu would suddenly withdraw.

At that time, the Guanning Army led by Gao Qiqian not only failed to rescue Jiazhuang, but also went east to Linqing. How could Jiannu retreat under such circumstances?
The only explanation is that there was an accident in the grassland or Liaodong, and the situation was very urgent, otherwise the two armies of Jiannu would never have retreated hastily.

The only ones north of the Great Wall who could influence Jiannu were the Lin Family Army, so he highly suspected that the Lin Family Army had returned from Mobei and was currently blocking the road north of Ji Town.

At this time, if more than [-] Ming troops catch up and bite Jiannu, the two sides will definitely defeat Jiannu near the Great Wall.

"Haha, if Governor Lu really wants to violate the taboo of military strategists and pursue them recklessly, then he should divide his troops again. Governor Lu will lead Yang and Hu, the two generals, to march first and rush to the Great Wall to block the return path of the slaves. , our family leads Guanning towns to advance steadily..."

Gao Qi smiled secretly, picked up the tea cup on the desk, took a sip and said.

"It's okay to divide the troops, but I have to take away all the cavalry!"

Lu Xiangsheng said in a deep voice that if he hadn't suffered heavy losses in Jiazhuang, he would have chosen to divide his troops without hesitation and lead Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei to catch up.

However, in the battle of Jiazhuang, his Tianxiong army only had [-] troops left, and Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei were not much better. The three of them combined had less than [-] troops.

The combined armies of Jiannu and Jiannu had 15 horses and infantry. If they wanted to catch up with [-] soldiers, it would be impossible to join forces with the Lin family army to recreate Jiannu.

As for Guan Ningjun, once he leaves and is no longer in the army, he will definitely stand still when the time comes.

"This is not possible. Governor Lu has taken away all the cavalry. If Jiannu suddenly turns around and goes south, how can my tens of thousands of troops move without the cover of the cavalry?"

Gao Qianqi immediately shook his head like a rattle, and the Liaodong generals also echoed.

With the support of Gao Qiqian, the supervisor, even if Lu Xiangsheng holds Shangfang's sword, it is still difficult to command the Liaodong generals, and in the end they can only break up on bad terms.

As a result, the army still could not march more than ten miles every day, which made Lu Xiangsheng anxious and helpless. If he were not worried that the Lin family army could not stop Jian Nu outside the Great Wall, he would have wanted to resign again and recommended Chen Xinjia to replace the nominal Governor of the Qin King of the World. .

In this way, the nearly [-] Ming army without any burden, marching every day, could not compare with the Jian slaves who carried more than [-] livestock and countless food and baggage.

By the time the army pursued them to Xifengkou, it was already early February, and all Jiannu had already left the Great Wall.

After leaving the Great Wall, [-] Tumote cavalry clamored to return to the Hetao. Dorgon finally persuaded them to follow them back to Liaodong first after all his good words, threats, and promises of many benefits.

Seeing that the Lin family's army did not block the Great Wall, Lu Xiangsheng was also stunned, but he had no choice but to send detective horses out of the Great Wall to find out the situation.

at the same time.

Lin Rui, who was far away in Shengjing, was also preparing to take the last batch of prisoners and supplies to the valley in the northern part of the Liaohe River. Huang Taiji's wives, concubines, and children were also brought with him.

Shang Kexi and the [-] traitor soldiers all looked like they were crying, and they were very suspicious in their hearts. Was Lin Rui going to abandon them?

"Yuanji, don't worry, you and the brothers. I, Lin Rui, will never abandon the brothers. I will come back immediately after delivering these supplies and prisoners. Shengjing City is tall and thick, and the food in the city is enough for you." For one year, you just have to defend the city with peace of mind."

"But Commander, what if Jiannu besieges us for a long time?"

Shang Kexi also looked helpless and could only say.

"Don't worry, Jiannu definitely doesn't have that much food to waste under Shengjing City for a year. As long as you can hold on, Jiannu will definitely be unable to do anything to you!"

Lin Rui waved his hands and saw that they all looked worried, so he decided to give them another reassurance, so he said: "Don't worry, everyone, as long as you can hold on to Shengjing for three months, if you really can't hold on anymore, , I will exchange those prisoners for you, and I will never leave you alone."

Sure enough, everyone felt a lot relieved when they heard what Lin Rui said. After all, many of the captives were the children, wives and concubines of the princes and nobles who built slaves, including the concubines and children of Huang Taiji. As long as Lin Rui was willing to exchange, they would Shi Jiannu would definitely not refuse.

What's more, now they have no way out. There is really no other way except listening to Lin Rui and sticking to Shengjing.

(End of this chapter)