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Mang Gurtai led his people back to the camp outside Jinzhou City.
"Amma, have they stopped you?" E Bilun, who was guarding the camp, saw Mang Gurtai coming back and immediately went to greet him.
Mang Gurtai said with a dark face: "Send the order and order the army to withdraw from camp."
"Ah!" E Bi Lun was stunned when he heard that he was about to retreat.
Mang Gurtai looked at his son and said: "Jilharang's Xianglan Banner and the Han army brought by Tong Yangxing have left. Only our Zhenglan Banner has no men left to take Jinzhou." The city has no chance, and there is no point in continuing to stay.”
"But this time Ama has led the army in Jinzhou for so long and spent so much money and food without achieving any results. After returning, Ama will probably be blamed by the Great Khan." E Bilun said worriedly.
The essence of Daikin is a group of robbers.
The first thing to do after winning a battle is to rob. By plundering everywhere, the bandit group is satisfied from the top to the bottom.
Now instead of grabbing anything, he suffered a defeat. Even if Mang Gurtai was one of the big beile and had the support of the Eight Banners dignitaries, he would still be punished.
The most direct punishment is to deprive Niu Lu and the servants in his family to weaken his strength.
"Let's go back first. Besides, Lao Ba is no longer in Shengjing. He is leading troops to attack Ningyuan. He may not be able to take care of me in a short time." Mang Gurtai said.
Although he is here in Jinzhou, he is also very well-informed about the news in Shengjing.
Mang Gurtai's withdrawal of troops was quickly noticed by the defenders in Jinzhou City.
As soon as Zhao Wu got the news, he rushed to the top of the city as soon as possible.
"The slave thieves suddenly retreated. It seems that something happened that we don't know about." Zhao Wu looked at the slave thieves camp that was slowly retreating and said with half-squinted eyes.
Chief of Staff Yun Xun said: "Do you want to go out of the city to pursue us?"
"Forget it, there are too many cavalry on the other side. If the pursuit fails, it will be easy to lose troops. It is better to wait until the first combat division captures the landing. We will have no shortage of opportunities to counterattack." Zhao Wu refused to send troops to pursue. proposal.
The slave bandit side was not defeated, but took the initiative to retreat. It was of little use to send troops to pursue, and he kept in mind that his mission was to defend Jinzhou City.
"Yingzheng, there are people coming from Nanguandao Fort." A soldier ran over from the horse road.
Zhao Wu turned around and said, "Bring the people here."
Soon, a messenger from Nanguandao Fort was brought to Zhao Wu.
"I've seen Ying Zheng." The messenger took the lead in saluting Zhao Wu.
Zhao Wu asked: "Isn't Nanguandao Fort surrounded? How did you escape?"
"The slave soldiers and horses near Nanguandao Fort have been withdrawn. Deputy Division Xing is sending his subordinates to send the latest battle report." With that, the messenger took out a battle report and handed it to Zhao Wu with both hands.
Zhao Wu reached out and took it, opened it and started reading.
And when he read the contents of the battle report, he grinned widely. While laughing, he excitedly said to the people around him: "The First Battle Division has captured Denglai, and troops will be sent to Lushun soon." Support us, and we will have the strength to fight back when the time comes."
"This is good news. No wonder the slave thieves took the initiative to retreat. It seems that they knew our Tiger Flag's movements in Shandong in advance." Yun Xun said equally excitedly.
Because of the siege of Nanguandao Fort and Jinzhou City, Jinzhou City had not received news from Lushun for a long time. Now that they suddenly received such good news, everyone was refreshed.
They were always serious about fighting slave thieves, and many of the Tiger Banner soldiers stationed here in Lushun were from Liaodong and had a natural hatred for slave thieves.
"It's almost, it's almost." Zhao Wu said with a smile, "I didn't expect the First Battle Division to move really fast. I thought I would have to wait a few more months, but I didn't expect them to capture Denglai so quickly. .”
Due to the lack of military strength, even if their troops in Liaodong are backed by the navy with the Tiger Flag, it is difficult to see that they can do much on land and can only stand in some places along the coast.
Now that the problem of insufficient military strength is about to be solved, those of them guarding Liaodong finally have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Yun Xun looked at the messenger who came to deliver the message and asked, "Did Deputy Division Xing tell you when reinforcements from Shandong will arrive?"
"No, I'm just here to deliver a message." The messenger shook his head.
At this time, Zhao Wu on the side said to Yun Xun: "We have already captured everything we came here. The reinforcements will not keep us waiting too long, so don't be anxious for a while."
He looked at it quite openly.
Because he has been with his lord for many years, he knows very well that his lord attaches great importance to Liaodong, or in other words, the slaves and thieves here attach great importance to him, and they even rank in front of the Ming Dynasty.
So it was only a matter of time before we took action against the slave thieves.
At this time, far away in the General's Mansion in Datong, Liu Heng looked at the map in front of him, unable to hide the joy on his lips.
Chen Xunping led the First War Division to open up the line from Henan to Shandong, directly revitalizing the two chess pieces of Lushun and Pidao.
It seems that the tiger-shaped flag only surrounded the capital and Beizhili of the Ming Dynasty, but it also stretched out an iron rod directly from the top and stabbed the slave thief at the back door.
"My Lord, Governor Li is here." Guard Zeng Yuanxun came up behind Liu Heng and whispered.
After hearing this, Liu Heng turned around and said, "Quick, follow me to greet you."
With that said, he walked quickly out the door.
As soon as he reached the door, he saw Li Shuheng walking over under the leadership of a guard from the General's Mansion.
"Lord." After Li Shuheng saw Liu Heng, he took the lead to step forward and salute.
Liu Heng came to Li Shuheng in a few steps, grabbed Li Shuheng's arms with both hands, and said with a smile on his face: "Brother Shuheng is back at the right time. Come on, let's go in and talk."
With that said, he pulled Li Shuheng towards the house.
At the same time, he did not forget to tell his guards: "Take out the good tea I have collected and brew it into a pot and bring it to you."
Zeng Yuanxun turned around to prepare tea.
Liu Heng pulled Li Shuheng into the house.
When he came into the room, Liu Heng pushed Li Shuheng onto the seat and sat on another seat next to him.
"Brother Shuheng, don't leave when you come back this time. Just stay with me and help me." Liu Heng said, holding Li Shuheng's hand.
Li Shuheng said: "I will obey my lord's instructions."
"Don't be so open to outsiders. You and I have been together since we were poor. Today, Tiger Flag has reached its current scale, and this is indispensable for your hard work, Brother Shu Heng. To be honest, if it weren't for Brother Shu Heng who has been working hard outside these years, It’s impossible for me to stay in Datong safely forever.” Liu Heng said with emotion.
Over the years, the person who has worked the hardest is undoubtedly Li Shuheng.
When the grassland was at its most unstable, Li Shuheng stayed in the Tumote Department to balance the situation. As the Tiger Character Banner captured Henan, because the situation in Henan was different from that of Shaanxi and Shanxi, Li Shuheng went to Henan to promote civil affairs and solidify the Tiger Character Banner. The flag’s foundation in Henan.
