Huang Taiji couldn't laugh anymore, because he found that he met a group of enemies who liked to stalk and fight, and they were also very capable of fighting!
From June 11, the eighth year of Tiancong, to today, in just four days, the army led by Huang Taiji has fought one breakout battle, two rearguard battles, broke through three blockades, and repelled the enemy four times in succession. The night attack... Although it was "ten battles and ten victories", every "victory" would take away the lives of hundreds, thousands or even thousands of Eight Banners Manchuria and Eight Banners Mongolia!
Before the Nalin City breakout battle began, Huang Taiji had at least 64,000 to 5,000 troops on hand! During the breakout process, at least 20,000 people were left behind by him or served as cannon fodder during the breakout process. However, there are at least 30,000 people who have successfully stood out, and most of them are from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia - these people are the real capital of the Later Jin Kingdom. As long as they are still there, the vitality of the Later Jin Dynasty will not be greatly damaged.
However, in the subsequent battles again and again, there was no cannon fodder to use, so the Eight Banners soldiers in Manchuria and Mongolia had no choice but to bite the bullet and go on their own. Although losing 5,600 at one time doesn't seem to be a lot, nine 5,600 plus one is more than 5,000 people.
By noon on June 15, when Huang Taiji ordered his people to count the number of people again, the number of Eight Banners troops who were still following him had been reduced to less than 25,000. Moreover, these people have been marching and fighting for several days and nights continuously. Even the iron-clad King Kong cannot stand it! What's more, when this group of Eight Banners soldiers marched towards Nalin City, they didn't bring much food and grass. When they broke out, they ran north almost empty-handed... Originally, Huang Taiji set up two troops by the Laoha River. A grain storage camp still has a small number of defenders and grain-transporting wrapping minions (Huang Taiji has 70,000 soldiers along the way, and there are still 30,000 to 40,000 grain-coating minions). Under normal circumstances, even if there is one Even if three or four thousand Ming troops attack, these camps can be defended.
But right now, aren’t we defeated like a mountain?
Huang Taiji, the Great Khan, had fled with his coffin. What could be expected of these coated slaves who were left behind by Huang Taiji to guard the camp and store food? After being attacked by Qianhu cavalry sent by Hong Chengchou (carrying 3 kilograms of cannon), they abandoned the camp, burned the food and grass, and fled.
So Huang Taiji's army has been out of food since June 13th!
Of course, they had only been deprived of food for a few days, but Huang Taiji's Eight Banners soldiers would not starve to death... The elite Eight Banners all had horses, at least one person had two horses, and they could kill horses for meat if they had no food to eat!
But if a man can eat a horse, who can a horse eat? Huang Taiji's army fled and was chased and intercepted by the Ming army along the way. They had no time to herd horses. Moreover, those Eight Banners soldiers didn't have anything to eat themselves, and of course they couldn't feed the horses with fine food. They could only use whips to force the hungry horses to run day and night.
As they ran, many people changed from cavalry to infantry. Both the Eight Banners and the Mongolian warriors were accustomed to riding horses, so they could hardly walk. They were asked to carry dozens of kilograms of armor, equipment, and horse meat. They were chased and intercepted by the Ming army for a day or two, and there were no elites left. They all look miserable. Many people had lost their luggage and armor, and were marching with only bows, arrows, swords and guns, and dried horse meat to save their lives.
Even though there was still a horse to ride, the horse on his hip had turned into a weak horse that swayed every step of the way... and could not charge forward at all.
If he encounters a large Ming army chasing or ambushing troops again... Huang Taiji doesn't even dare to think about it!
"Great Khan, Luo Ma River has arrived!"
Huang Taiji, who was drowsily thinking about his thoughts on the sedan chair, suddenly remembered the voice of Obai. Obai was now the Ezhen of the forward battalion, and he still had some cavalry on hand who had horses that could run and fight - the forward battalion's opinion of Huang Taiji. The army is too important, so we must concentrate all our efforts to support them.
I don't know whether Huang Taiji was too thoughtful or had something wrong with his ears. He actually misunderstood Obai's words as "The Great Khan fell from his horse." He immediately frowned: "What are you talking about? How could this Khan fall from his horse?"
Obai knew that his lackey was a loser. Looking at Huang Taiji's current state, he could only sigh.
"Great Khan," Obai raised his voice, "We have arrived at the Luoma River... Ten miles ahead is the Luoma River! After passing the Luoma River, we will reach Gaozhou City... We have stationed 1,500 Mongolian troops there. Soldiers, and also hoarded a lot of food."
"Ah..." Huang Taiji's eyes finally lit up with fire of hope, "The Luoma River is coming... By the way, Oboi, is the Luoma River deep? Can we cross it? ? Are there any Confederate troops on the other side of the river?"
The Luo Ma River is a tributary of the Lao Ha River. The river is not too deep and there are many places where you can ford it. However, Huang Taiji's army is like this now. There are still pursuers behind them, and they have no time to build a pontoon bridge.
If you can't cross, you'll be in big trouble!
"Great Khan, I just came from the Luoma River and didn't find the ambush of the Confederate army." Obai said, "And the Luoma River is not deep, so it is easy to cross... I have already waded back and forth. We have also left several hundred elite forward battalions on the other side of the river. If the Confederate army group approaches, they will not be able to hide it."
"So, what about Gaozhou City?" Huang Taiji asked, "Have you sent someone to contact us?"
"Sent!" Obai smiled, "I also found a few families of herdsmen and asked if Gaozhou City was not broken by the Southern Army!"
"That's great, it's really the Buddha's blessing..." Huang Taiji exhaled and said to his left and right, "Quick... carry me across the river quickly!"
Huang Taiji at least claims that he is not afraid of death, but he is actually still very scared in his heart! Just to stabilize the morale of the army and to save face. Now that I have escaped and ascended to heaven, of course I am afraid of having many long nights and dreams.
The group of big and small Beile who followed him also listened with open ears. When they heard that Dahan wanted to cross the river immediately, they all started shouting.
"Great Khan, my brother, please cross the river with you!"
"Great Khan, let my slaves protect you across the river!"
"Great Khan, I will carry you across the river on my back..."
They are all loyal and good brothers! Daikin has them, so why worry about the failure of its great cause?
Huang Taiji nodded movedly and waved his trembling hand, "Cross the river...cross the river together! Cross the river now!"
"嗻!"
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The water in the Lok Ma River is really shallow... so shallow that it is almost dry. On the very wide river, only the middle section has water, and the rest is dry.
However, Huang Taiji and others did not suspect anything. The weather has been dry in the past few years. This corner of the Northeast has not received much rain this year. It is not surprising that the Luo Ma River has dried up.
"Cross the river!" Huang Taiji squinted his eyes and looked at the other side of the river. He found that the white-armored soldiers of Obai's forward battalion had set up a cordon. It seemed that everything was safe, so he loudly gave the order to cross the river.
Sony, who was following him and was in charge of both the sedan and the coffin, listened to the order and said loudly: "Let's go...carry the Khan across the river!"
"嗻!"
The four large coated slaves carrying the sedan responded and carried the sedan toward the river.
"Baksh, do you still have to carry this coffin across the river?"
Sony was just about to follow him across the river when he heard someone ask in his ear. When he looked back, he saw that it was Zhang Xiaoqi who was carrying the coffin.
"Cross, cross the river..." Sony waved his hand.
This coffin looks good, maybe it can be used?
"Cross the river, cross the river!"
Seeing Huang Taiji crossing the river with the coffin, Daishan, Abatai, Degerei, Yuetuo, Shuotuo, Saharin and other big and small Beile didn't have the time to take care of their own troops, and they all rushed to lead them. With the white-armored soldiers protecting themselves, they rushed towards the Lok Ma River.
It seems that after crossing the river, you will be safe!
These Lord Beile and the white-armored soldiers they brought had horses. Now the Pegasus crossed the river very quickly, but Zhang Xiaoqi and the others carried the coffin across the river, which was of course slower... And while walking, Zhang Xiaoqi suddenly I found that the water under my feet became stronger and was rising rapidly! Then, he heard the sound of "boom, boom, boom" coming from the upper reaches of the Lok Ma River!
This sound is very much like the sound of water when the waves collide with each other and the waves behind hit the waves ahead!
Sony's voice suddenly rang out: "The flood, the Lok Ma River is flooded...cross the river quickly! Hurry!"
