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The sentry riders were a little puzzled, because there were traces left by the Tartar army in both directions.

They divided into two groups, continued to inquire east and north, and at the same time sent people back to report.

"Maybe the Tartars got into the ravine?"

Lin Zhidong was perplexed when he received the news. If the Tartars don't continue to go east, why are they drilling the ravine?

Could it be that they want to ambush in the ravine?

But if you plan to ambush, you should spend time cleaning up the traces. How can the scouts of the Datong Army know it at a glance?

Lin Zhidong really couldn't figure it out, and while continuing to move forward, he sent someone back to report to the main force.

After continuing to run for more than ten miles, a scout on a horse ran back quickly, and said happily: "The independent regiment captured Hetuala and blocked Mardun. The Tartars have nowhere to go, so they can only go into the ravine!"

"What did you say?"

Lin Zhidong quickly recalled the military map, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was outrageous, and he didn't understand how Yang Zhenqing used troops.

The scout said: "The independent regiment set out from Yaful Pass and surrendered several Tartar fortresses one after another. One of the fortresses refused to surrender. Commander Yang ordered most of them to set up camp, pretending to storm the fortress, and led 1500 people to overturn the Mountain.

After finishing the food on the way, he was hungry and made a surprise attack on Jianzhou (Hetuala), and took Jianzhou City in one fell swoop.The puppet empress dowager and the emperor all fled in haste.Commander Yang made some corrections, and then marched westward to capture Mardun, completely blocking the retreat of the Tartars' main force! "

Lin Zhidong was speechless for a long time, and finally muttered: "This guy is a lunatic for fighting. If the Tartars in Jianzhou City stick to it, all the people he leads will starve to death."

Lin Zhidong sent someone back to report the news, and then ordered: "Follow me to chase the Tartars, be careful in ambush!"

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Man Dahai originally wanted to set up an ambush in the ravine, eat up a group of Datong army's pursuers, and at the same time vent his bad temper, it could also boost the morale of the Eight Banners army.Then they burned the luggage that could not be taken away, and the whole army fled for their lives over the mountains.

However, he couldn't suppress the morale of the army anymore, and a group of Eight Banners nobles ran for their lives immediately.

"You don't go, I go!"

Fratta roared loudly: "Suzi River Valley, there are Nanmanzi on both sides. You still want to set up an ambush here? Even if you win a game, so what? If you go one day late, you will be caught up by the main force of the Nanmanzi!"

Frata is the fourth son of Jierharang's eighth younger brother, and it is impossible for him to inherit the title of Prince Jane due to the twists and turns.

But he is the successor to Prince Jane, because all the heirs ahead of him were killed or captured during the battle with the Datong Army.Judging from the succession of the Manchu nobles, we know how much talent withers, and the more battle-tested, the earlier they die.

"Stop!" Man Dahai scolded.

Fratta was not afraid at all, turned around and said: "You are the newly-appointed Prince Li, this title is unclear. I am the serious Prince Jane, and you have no right to order me. I want to take my cow record, bring Follow my people, and immediately flee for your life across the mountains. If you dare to stop, I will fight with you!"

Man Dahai looked at the other nobles and was instantly disappointed.

Fu Lata returned to his camp and immediately ordered: "No gold, silver or treasure is needed. Everyone should bring food, as much as they can. If you can't take it away, burn it all!"

Prince Shuosai of Chengze bowed his hands to Man Dahai in the Han ceremony: "It's about the lives of the people, so I'm leaving too."

One by one, the Manchu nobles announced their departure, unwilling to set up an ambush with Man Dahai.

People's hearts have long since dispersed.

After a while, thick smoke billowed in the ravine, but it was burning the luggage that could not be taken away.

At this moment, the dragoons led by Lin Zhidong had just chased to the entrance of the ravine.

Seeing the thick smoke inside, Lin Zhidong immediately came to his senses: "The Tartars are going to flee, they are burning food!" Then he said, "Don't rush forward, it may be a trick of the Tartars to lure the enemy!

These dragoons were only chasing the enemy's vanguard, and they didn't dare to go head-to-head with tens of thousands of Tartars.

When Lin Zhidong was extremely cautious and led his troops to chase to the end of the ravine, he saw only burning supplies all over the ground, as well as the old, weak, sick and disabled abandoned by the Tartars.

Lin Zhidong managed to catch a young and strong Tartar, and the soldiers who could speak Manchu asked, "Where's the main Tartar?"

"Cross the mountain and leave." Qing Zhuang replied.

"Why didn't you leave?" Lin Zhidong asked.

Qing Zhuang raised his hands, but the thumbs of both hands were gone, which were chopped off by Hu Dinggui during his surprise attack on Haizhou.Qing Zhuang said:

"Fleeing across the mountain, I need to bring food and climb the mountain all the way. I don't have a thumb, so I can't use my strength, so I can't get out of the mountain."

Lin Zhidong raised his head and looked up at the surrounding mountains. The Tartars probably hadn't gone very far, but he really didn't dare to abandon his horse and chase them. If he didn't pay attention, the whole army would be wiped out.

There is no need to chase.

Tens of thousands of Tartars, how many days can they eat with that little grain?

I am afraid that half of them will starve to death directly, and the Tartars who can survive probably rely on eating the corpses of their tribesmen.

After turning over a mountain, Shuosai was so tired that his whole body was sore and limp.

He called several Niulu leaders under his command and said: "Our family members are all in Hetuala. The families of our soldiers are all in the east of Hetuala. Others can flee with their tribes, but we can only Escape by yourself. Without parents, wives and children, what is the use of escaping? What's more, can you really escape? The food that each person carries will be eaten in less than ten days. What?"

The leaders couldn't answer Shuo Sai and asked again: "Do you want to survive? Do you want to be reunited with your family?"

"miss you!"

"My lord is smart, come up with a solution!"

The leaders spoke one after another.

Shuosai pointed in the direction of Fu Lata: "People in Mandahai are not easy to mess with, but Fu Lata hasn't fought much. After nightfall, let's kill Fu Lata quietly and cut off Fu Lata's head. Each of you cut off a Let’s go back the same way and go down the mountain to join the Datong Army.”

The leaders are all dumbfounded, you are Prince Chengze, you are Huang Taiji's own son, you actually lead troops to join the Datong Army?

But Shuo Sai said: "My uncle has already rebelled against the Qing Dynasty. Why can't I?"

Shuosai's uncle is Nan Chu of Yehe tribe.

At the beginning, Huang Taiji killed Shuosai's grandfather and married Shuosai's mother, just to rule the Yehe tribe better.

Then, the show operation came.

Huang Taiji not only remarried his side concubine to Shuosai's uncle Nan Chu as a reward.He also remarried his side concubine Yehenara, Shuosai's biological mother, to another minister.After the minister died, he was rewarded by his mother to other ministers.

As Huang Taiji's own son, Shuo Sai was rewarded to his mother.

Especially after Nan Chu rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, Shuo Sai, as Nan Chu's nephew, has been squeezed out by Dayuer and other nobles. There are very few Niu Lu under his name, only four left, and the treatment of these soldiers is also very poor.

To be honest, I don't want to do it anymore.

Shuosai's original idea was to suddenly turn against him and make meritorious service during the decisive battle between the two armies, but he never thought that he would not be given a chance at all.

This guy has no mother to protect him since he was a child, he is always bullied, and he can't play with other brothers.So he doesn't practice martial arts very much, he likes to learn Chinese, and has very close contacts with those Han officials.

Da Yuer doesn't like Han culture, and hates Shuosai even more, which is another reason why Shuosai was excluded.

Shuo Sai said to the leaders: "The Han family has prospered for thousands of years, and the dynasties have changed continuously. What is the big liquidation?

Just barbarians.You and I are both barbarians, how can we compete with the Han people for the world?If the Empress Dowager can change the customs, she still has a chance to be revived.But she rejects the knowledge of the Han family, and she doesn't even bother to learn the Chinese language. How can the Qing Dynasty not fail? "

This statement is purely the worship of the losers to the winners.

Shuosai in history didn't care about these things after entering the customs, and I don't know how much blood of the Han people was stained.He first beheaded Li Zicheng's general Ma Shiyao, and then followed Duoduo to destroy the Nanming Hongguang court. He led the army to quell the Han uprisings in Jiangsu and Zhejiang many times, and then led troops to quell the Mongolian rebellion in Outer Fan.Then put down the Tianjin Han uprising and preside over the Monan Mongolian League.

Shuo Sai in this time and space, who is only 21 years old at this time, has no time to win so many battles, but keeps losing battles.

The more defeated the war, the more I learned Chinese, the more I felt that the Han people were invincible.

In the dense forest at night, Shuo Sai led thousands of people under his command, and moved towards Fu Rata silently.

This guy took a few people himself, and used the pretext of discussing matters to chat with Fratta, and let the rest of the soldiers lie in ambush outside.

After the two met, they began to complain about Man Dahai.The more I talked about it, the more vigorous I became. It seems that the reason for the decline of the Manchu Qing Dynasty all came from the split of the Mandahai.

While chatting, Shuosai drew his sword and said to Fratta: "This traitor, I wish I could kill him with my own hands!"

That's not necessary, this guy is so powerful that he can't beat him. "Flatta quickly persuaded.

"Humph!"

Shuosai pretended to be angry, and suddenly swung his knife.

Fu Lata didn't react at all, clutching his blood gushing neck, he fell down slowly in a daze.

"what!"

Fratta fled for his life across mountains and mountains, and even took his maid with him. At this moment, the maid screamed in fright.

Shuosai chopped off the maid, and the few people he brought also killed Fratta's soldiers one after another.With mental calculations and unintentional calculations, Fratta's soldiers were caught off guard and unable to organize an attack at all.I didn't even understand what happened, and I was so scared that I just ran for my life.

"woo woo woo woo!"

Shuo Sai blew the horn, and all the ambushes on the periphery came out, and the soldiers chasing Fu Lata started to slaughter.

Everyone cut off a head, then began to gather slowly, and followed Shuo Sai down the mountain to join the Datong Army.

"The southern barbarians are here?"

Man Dahai was awakened by the sound of horns and shouts of killing.

It is far away here, so I don't know the situation, and Man Dahai's personal soldiers don't know what to ask.

The rest of the Manchu nobles were also terrified, thinking that the Datong army had come to kill them.Regardless of Sanqi 21,

Shayazi ran away, and the mountains and plains were full of messy Tartars, and many people didn't even have time to take away the only food they had.

"My lord, run away, the southern barbarians are coming!"

After a while, the chaos spread to Man Dahai, and they still don't know that Shuo Sai took the lead in turning back the water.

Man Dahai couldn't find out the truth, so he had to flee with his troops, and he didn't stop until the next morning.

Tens of thousands of Tartars ran away at night and became dozens of groups in the mountains. Only after Man Dahai ordered the blowing of the trumpet did they gradually gather.But many low-level Tartars did not want to come to meet again, and hid scattered food with them. They planned to hunt and farm in the mountains in the future.

As for Man Dahai, I don't know where to retreat.

He planned to go back to the mouth of Meihei River first. If it was occupied by the Datong Army, he could only lead his troops to Heilongjiang.

Chapter 692 [Savage Jurchens Rise]

Wang Tingchen took the cavalry division and rushed to the outside of Jiefan City.

Looking at the national flag and military flag fluttering in the wind on Tiebei Mountain, Wang Tingchen was a little dumbfounded: "This brought down Jiefan City? Damn it, we made a trip for nothing!"

Let the whole army camp and rest on the spot, and Wang Tingchen took Wang Yaochen to ride a horse to meet the friendly generals defending the city.

When I met a checkpoint halfway, I realized that most of the troops defending the city were peasants and soldiers accompanying the army, and there were only more than 1000 regular troops.Some of the main force of the Datong Army continued to besiege Sarhu, and some had already gone to Gule City.

"The Tartars here really don't have to be beaten," Wang Tingchen complained, "We gnawed all the hard bones, and the cavalry division suffered heavy casualties. I don't know how much credit can be given."

Wang Yaochen said: "Your Majesty knows how to fight, you must understand."

Although the cavalry division commanded by the second king only captured a small town, they wiped out the remaining elite infantry of the Tartars and blocked the way for the Tartars to evacuate from the northeast.

In terms of its merits, it is second only to Yang Zhenqing's independent regiment.

The two discussed a few words, Wang Yaochen went back to the camp to manage the troops, and Wang Tingchen rode to Gule City for a meeting.

Riding their horses all the way, they finally came to the outside of Gule City, but saw the main force of the Datong Army moving again.

Seeing the whole army beaming with joy, Wang Tingchen stopped an officer: "Where is this going?"

The officer saw Wang Tingchen's badge clearly, and hurriedly saluted with arms crossed: "To teach the general to know that the independent regiment has won the battle. It not only captured Jianzhou City, but also occupied Mardun. The Tartars can't advance or retreat by the Suzi River. The second time was to encircle and wipe out the main force of the Tartars."

"The independent group... is that Yang Zhenqing?" Wang Tingchen exclaimed.

"It's Commander Yang." The officer said with a smile.

"Okay, go now," Wang Tingchen sent the officer away, muttering in a low voice, "Go to his mother, I rushed to the mouth of Meihei River, I thought I had fought a good battle. The grandson of Yang Zhenqing actually took the capital of the Tartars." Yes, his ghost name really changed correctly."

Riding past the marching troops, Wang Tingchen soon saw the coach Li Zheng: "Captain, the cavalry division Wang Tingchen is here to see you!"

Seeing that Wang Tingchen was a little surprised, Li Zheng asked, "Did you penetrate the Hunhe River in the northeast?"

Wang Tingchen said: "All the Tartar infantry left behind by Man Dahai were wiped out, but...the cavalry division suffered heavy casualties when they attacked the city."

With the sentence "heavy casualties", Li Zheng already understood the situation. This must have been caused by the cavalry dismounting and storming the city.He sighed, "Thank you for your hard work."

"What should be done is not hard work." Wang Tingchen replied.

Li Zheng said: "The cavalry division suffered a lot of casualties, and after rushing all the way here, I think it is exhausted. I won't trouble you for the rest of the battle. The whole division should take a good rest."

"Yes!"

Wang Tingchen can only accept opinions, because most of the encirclement and annihilation battles will be carried out on the banks of the Suzi River.The flat land along the river is very narrow, and there are too many soldiers but they can't line up. There is really no need to bring the tired cavalry division.

"Da da da da!"

"Urgent report, urgent report!"

Two dragoons came on fast horses, found Li Zheng and reported the news: "Captain, the Tartars burned the luggage and ran north over the mountain!"