Ming politicians

Chen Xinjia, who was about to go down the mountain, saw the orderly rushing up, holding a letter in his hand.

Chen Xinjia thought it was a letter from Wang Daozhi or Dorgon, and didn't even have the energy to read it, but the messenger said it was a letter from another place. Chen Xinjia was a little puzzled, and the letter was quickly opened.

Before he finished watching, Chen Xinjia's body shook. If it wasn't for the support of the soldiers around him, he would have fallen to the ground.

Chen Xinjia's body began to tremble, his face turned pale, and curse words spewed out of his mouth. As the cabinet assistant of the Ming court, as a scholar, it is unbelievable that he swears on such an occasion.

Fortunately, Chen Xinjia woke up quickly, and he gave orders to the messenger.

"Withdraw from the battle immediately, all sergeants withdraw from the battle..."

The Datong frontier army began to retreat on a large scale. The order to retreat was so sudden that they were not well organized during the retreat, causing heavy casualties again. However, in Chen Xinjia's view, these casualties were simply not It's nothing, the news he received is too important, and the battle plan must be changed, otherwise the whole army will be in danger of being wiped out. At this time, Chen Xinjia is left with only bitterness. He thought he could become famous Yes, who knew that Su Tiancheng had planned a long time ago, designed a trap, and waited for him to get in, and half of his body was trapped in it. If he didn't get this information, it would be too late to save everything tomorrow. .

Facing the large-scale retreat of the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars, the Jiangning battalion soldiers did not give up the opportunity this time, and chased them all the way across the valley. Seeing that the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars were about to enter the barracks, they gave up.

certainly.The casualties of the Jiangning Camp itself were also very high. The fighting on the second day was even more tragic than the first day. Although it was not so vigorous, the deadly resistance of the Ming army and the Hou Jin Tartars still made many soldiers down forever.

It was getting dark.Chen Xinjia's face was livid.

A piece of news that he did not expect came. Dorgon led the sergeants of the Eight Banners and withdrew without authorization, without even leaving a word. When the messengers went to the temporary barracks to inform Dorgon to come to discuss matters At that time, what he saw was an empty barracks, and there were no sergeants at all. The orderly thought he had misread, and boldly walked into the barracks.Only then did I realize that there were indeed no sergeants left in the barracks.

Chen Xinjia couldn't help cursing Dorgon and the Houjin Tartars. At such a critical moment, the Houjin Tartars still escaped. This shows that Dorgon had received the information long ago. Why didn't Dorgon ask for help during the fierce battle during the day? Attacking across the board, this time can also be explained.To Chen Xinjia's bitterness, Dorgon must have received information before him.

Wang Daozhi turned pale.The heavy loss of the Datong frontier army made him a little overwhelmed. He fought for two consecutive days, and lost more than half of the [-] Datong frontier army. He fought fiercely at this pace.It won't be long before the Datong Frontier Army will cease to exist, and the Houjin Tatars have already withdrawn, so it is impossible to continue the Battle of Cangzhou.

Chen Xinjia and Wang Daozhi had to make a decision.

"Wang Daren, the sergeant of the Jiangning battalion led by Lu Xiangsheng. I'm afraid they will be able to arrive in Cangzhou tomorrow. Dorgon, that bastard, has already led the Houjin Tatars to retreat. There is no hope. It is impossible to rely on the Datong frontier army." I have dealt with it. My idea is to fully retreat to Tianjin tonight. Fortunately, Tianjin has not been lost and is still in the hands of our army. There are 15 troops that I transferred to Tianjin for reinforcements, and basically did not suffer much loss. , the remaining nearly 25 troops will retreat to Tianjin, so there will be about [-] troops, and there is still a great chance of relying on the city of Tianjin to fight."

Wang Daozhi sighed lightly, a fool would make such a choice.

"The lower officials agree with this decision, but after retreating to Tianjin, will they be able to defend Tianjin? If Su Tiancheng leads the Jiangning Battalion directly into the capital, the army will still have to go out of the city to fight. How can they resist the Jiangning Battalion?"

Seeing Wang Daozhi's attitude, Chen Xinjia didn't have the confidence to lose his temper anymore. After two consecutive days of bloody battles and heavy casualties, the iron-clad fact was before him that the Datong frontier army was no match for the Jiangning battalion.

"Don't think about these things for the time being. We have to retreat tonight. Cangzhou can't be defended anymore. I think that the retreat must be quick. If Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ningying find out, I'm afraid something bad will happen."

Wang Dao pulled himself together, he must have personally implemented the specific instructions.

"My lord, I'm going to arrange it now. Fortunately, the route of retreat has been determined long ago. The scouts have been investigating these days, and nothing else has been found along the way. I suggest that we start to retreat now. The retreat cannot wait until dark Now, who knows if Jiangning Camp has any arrangements."

"Okay, evacuate Cangzhou immediately, and don't disturb the people in the city, so as not to leak the news."

In the valley, the Datong Frontier Army and the Houjin Tartars left two huge military camps.

Su Tiancheng specially took many generals to visit the barracks of the Houjin Tazi. The quality of the army can also be seen from the situation of the barracks. This time, everyone found out that the two barracks are very good. No wonder the two days of fierce fighting It will be so tragic.

The battle situation has been counted. The number of soldiers killed in Jiangning Battalion reached 8000 on this day. The number of soldiers who were directly killed in battle for two consecutive days reached an unprecedented 4000. Not counting the soldiers who were seriously injured and could not continue to fight. For the Jiangning battalion, it was unbearable. Although the [-] Datong frontier troops who fought against the Jiangning battalion suffered heavy losses, and there were less than [-] people left, the losses of the Houjin Tartars were also heavy. People, in terms of casualties, the Jiangning Battalion had won a major victory, but Su Tiancheng couldn't be happier.

The Jiangning Camp has not suffered such a tragic bloody battle for a long time.

The emotions of Hong Chengchou and others were also very bad because of the huge casualties. They did not expect that after two days of fierce fighting, so many brothers would sleep forever in Cangzhou.

Regarding the sudden retreat of the Ming army and the Hou Jin Tartars, everyone agreed that the news of Lu Xiangsheng's reinforcements to Cangzhou must have been known to Chen Xinjia. At this time, Chen Xinjia might have to consider retreating.

Most people's suggestion was to take advantage of the victory and pursue, don't let Chen Xinjia and others run away, and settle the battle in Cangzhou, but Su Tiancheng rejected this suggestion.

This was Su Tiancheng's mistake, but there were prerequisites for this mistake. Su Tiancheng didn't know that the Houjin Tartars had already withdrawn from the battle. He calculated in his mind that there were at least 8 people in the Ming army and the Houjin Tartars. , can persist in fighting, but Jiangning Battalion can persist in fighting, less than 5 people, and many soldiers are very tired.

Under such circumstances, setting up an ambush rashly may not necessarily result in victory. On the contrary, if the Houjin Tartars and the Ming army were pushed to a dead end, no one could predict what would happen.

After two days of fierce fighting, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, which already made Su Tiancheng feel distressed.

Su Tiancheng's analysis was understood by everyone. In fact, everyone also understood that Chen Xinjia must organize the army to retreat.

The final result of the discussion was that the scouts quickly sent information to Sun Chuanting, asking Sun Chuanting to retreat to Dagukou, not to launch an attack on Tianjin, and to wait for the army to rush to Tianjin and fight together.

It was dark, Su Tiancheng stood outside the house, the wind was icy, he didn't feel the cold, Hong Chengchou, Qu Qingze and others were also standing beside him.

Soon, scouts came on horseback, and the horse was almost in front of Su Tiancheng and others.

Qu Qingze was about to get angry, these scouts really didn't know the heights of heaven and earth, the emperor was here, and they didn't know how to dismount, no matter how important the information was, there was no need to be so anxious.

The scout probably also knew that he did not do well, after flying off the horse, he immediately knelt down in front of Su Tiancheng.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates have important information to report. They were in a hurry and lost their position. Please punish me."

"Okay, you didn't do it on purpose, tell me, what kind of information is it?"

"Our subordinates found out that Dorgon led the Empress Golden Tartars and had already evacuated Cangzhou. That is to say, Dorgon had evacuated directly after the battle in the afternoon..."

Su Tiancheng's face turned pale all of a sudden, he raised his fist and waved it fiercely in the air.

"Why didn't I think of this? I missed a good opportunity to wipe out the Datong frontier army..."

Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze were also stunned. They never imagined that Dorgon would lead the Houjin Tatars to retreat without authorization. That is to say, only the Datong Frontier Army left from Cangzhou and rushed to Tianjin. The Datong Frontier Army was hit hard In any case, it is difficult to resist the encirclement and suppression of the Jiangning camp.

Before Su Tiancheng asked, the scout continued to report.

"Before it was dark, the Ming army began to withdraw from the city of Cangzhou. The subordinates have been paying attention all the time, and they still managed to capture an officer in the Ming army, only to learn that the Houjin Tartars had already fled first. "

Hong Chengchou was so angry that he almost jumped up.

"Why did you come to report, such important news..."

Before Hong Chengchou finished speaking, Su Tiancheng spoke.

"Don't blame them. This is all a decision made by me. The scouts did a good job. They knew that they caught the officers of the Ming army and asked about the situation. If they didn't ask about the situation, we and you are still in the dark. inner."

Hong Chengchou, who was so angry, couldn't speak anymore, and he lost an excellent opportunity. Who doesn't feel a pity.

Su Tiancheng quickly adjusted his mood and asked the scouts to continue to investigate, and at the same time sent soldiers to take over Cangzhou City, believing that there were no more officials in Cangzhou City.

Looking at Hong Chengchou and the others, a smile appeared on Su Tiancheng's face.

"Okay, it's a blessing in disguise. Dorgon has escaped, and the army's attack on Tianjin will be much smoother. If I predict correctly, the situation in Liaodong will soon become tense, and the Ming court may not be stable." ( To be continued..)