"Withdraw troops!"
Facing the scorching eyes of everyone, Huang Taiji slowly uttered two words.
These two words were like a huge weight. Everyone's scorching eyes dimmed instantly, and their morale plummeted.
How excited I was before I passed the level, but how disappointed I am now.
Huang Taiji looked at everyone's expressions and sighed in his heart. When he got Fan Wencheng's letter and the news of the fall of Da'ankou and Xifengkou, he wanted to withdraw his troops.
But the words "withdrawal" could not be uttered from his mouth.
First, it will easily arouse public opposition; second, it will direct the finger at his offensive strategy; third, it will greatly damage the morale of the generals.
Everyone was just arguing about continuing the attack and even going to Pinggu to catch Chongzhen. He felt a little anxious.
But Mang Gurtai's analysis made everyone think about withdrawing their troops.
“Everyone, the Han people have a saying, if you keep the green hills, you won’t be afraid of running out of firewood!
Mang Gurtai is right, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The war between us and the Ming Dynasty cannot be resolved in a day or two, nor can the outcome be decided in just one war.
The reason for retreating first this time is not out of fear, but to preserve strength. As long as the army is there, everything will be easy.
If these 60,000 troops are annihilated, not only will I, Dajin, be in danger, but your tribes may also be treated as soft persimmons by the Ming Dynasty.
Since we can come once, we can come a second time, a third time... countless times. Ben Khan promises that he will definitely bring you back if there is a chance. The people here are the ones who accumulate wealth for us. "
I have to say that Huang Taiji's eloquence is quite good, and he lifted everyone's spirits with just a few words.
After a while, Abatai whispered: "Great Khan, which way should we retreat?"
"Longjing Pass!"
Huang Taiji replied without the slightest hesitation: "First of all, after crossing Longjing Pass, climbing over the top of the black pigeon is the Haraqin tribe, and entering the grassland is our home field.
Secondly, Dorgon has brought back five thousand elites, and Fan Wencheng is still here. Even if there are reinforcements at Longjing Pass, we can handle it.
Third, there are many hills and mountain roads outside Da'ankou and Xifengkou, which is not conducive to the charge and deployment of our cavalry. "
"But if the Ming army demolishes the Daichuan Stone Bridge on the Luan River, it will greatly slow down our retreat!"
"Ajige, although the Luanhe River is a barrier for the Ming army to prevent us from retreating, it may not be a barrier for us to have large-scale contact with the Ming army. The key depends on who is in control."
Everyone was stunned again, thought carefully, and suddenly realized.
If the Ming army wanted to pursue them, they would have to cross the river. When the time came, they would defend the bridge and the Ming army would not be able to cross the river on a large scale. This would be a fueling tactic.
It couldn't form a large military formation, and no amount of it could stop the charge of their cavalry.
"Since you all agree to retreat, you must obey the orders of this Khan during the retreat.
Only when people are united can we break out of the siege with as little loss as possible.
Otherwise, you will be surrounded and killed. Don’t blame Ben Khan for not warning you! "
"Please give orders from the Great Khan!"
Everyone stood up in unison, looking at Huang Taiji with firm eyes.
"Tuxie Tuhan, you lead the Horqin tribe as the vanguard and rush to Hanerzhuang City.
They must meet up with Fan Wencheng in Hanerzhuang City before the Ming army arrives, and then reinforce Longjing Pass and prepare materials for building a bridge. "
"Mang Gurtai, you will lead five thousand elite soldiers to block the rear. You will be responsible for blocking the pursuers from Santun Camp and Zunhua City to buy time for the army to advance."
"Yue Tuo and Abatai, you lead two thousand cavalry to guard the left side of the Chinese army to prevent sneak attacks by the Ming army in Da'ankou and Beijing City!"
"Dudu, Azig, you lead two thousand people to guard the right side of the Chinese army to prevent the Ming army from Xifengkou and Shanhaiguan from sneak attacks!"
"Amin, you lead five thousand men to ambush behind the Chinese army. After Mang Gurtai retreats, ambush the pursuing Ming army! You and Mang Gurtai alternately block the enemy, ambush, and retreat!"
"Duduo, you are responsible for transmitting information. Immediately send someone to inform the defenders of the surrounding cities of Hanerzhuang City.
Assemble in Han'erzhuang City immediately and arrive before tomorrow's hour at the latest. If you are late, you will lose your life! "
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A series of orders were issued from Huang Taiji's mouth, and the generals who received the military orders quickly dispersed, but they did not notice the subtlety of Huang Taiji's selection of candidates.
After a while, the entire camp of the Jiannu Alliance Army was filled with a busy and anxious atmosphere.
Such a large-scale move to establish slaves had long caught the attention of the scouts sent by Sun Zushou and Yuan Keli to monitor it, and was immediately reported to the ears of Sun Zushou from Zunhua City and Yuan Keli from Santun Camp.
"Mr. Ge, the Jiannu army has made some changes. Several cavalry teams have left the station and headed towards Longjing Pass, but the army is still in place!"
"knew!"
Yuan Keli looked at the two pieces of intelligence in his hand that came from Da'ankou City and Xifengkou City, then looked at the direction of the slave-building coalition forces, and sneered: "Isn't it too late to retreat now?"
But then he frowned, Da'ankou City and Xifengkou were recaptured by Baigan soldiers and Tengxiang Zuowei respectively, and reinforcements from the two places also arrived within the specified time.
Now the slave-building army has withdrawn towards Longjing Pass according to the predetermined plan.
But there are only more than 2,000 warrior battalions and 3,000 white pole soldiers sent by Qin Liangyu. It is unknown whether they can block the attack of the Jiannu army.
If it can't be stopped, the entire plan to besiege and kill Jiannu will come to nothing!
He could guess the emperor's intention of moving the capital camp to Longjing Pass, but he couldn't guess what back-up the emperor had left in Longjing Pass.
"Come here, please send an order to Zunhua City Guard General Sun Zushou to lead his troops to attack immediately. There is no need to pursue the front and center armies, just try your best to entangle the enemy armies at the rear!"
"Send an order to Xifengkou City and leave 5,000 men to guard the outside of the city. Let Hou Shilu, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan Pass, and Cao Wenzhao, the commander of Tengxiang Left Guard, lead the rest of the troops out of Xifengkou City immediately.
March towards Hanerzhuang City and set up camp forty miles away from Hanerzhuang City. At the same time, we should pay attention to the movements of the slaves.
Once it was discovered that Jiannu was moving towards him, he immediately retreated to Xifengkou and occupied the city to defend it. "
"Send an order to Da'ankou City. After the Xuanfu's 30,000 troops arrive at Da'ankou City, 5,000 defenders will be left. Qin Liangyu will immediately lead the white pole soldiers and the remaining troops to Longjing Pass."
After each of the messengers left quickly, Yuan Keli glanced at the generals behind him: "Zhao Guangrui, Zhou Wenyu, Yang Chunshou, and Liu Zhenhua each lead an army of 10,000, carrying all the movable firearms in the city, and will accompany our reinforcements. Sun Zushou!"
"Wang Laipin and Zhang Zaigeng, each of you will lead two thousand elite troops to distribute on the left and right sides of the army to guard against attacks by small groups of slave builders."
"As fierce as a tiger and as powerful as a tiger, each of you will lead three thousand soldiers to guard the pavilion and supervise the battle. Anyone who retreats without permission will be killed!"
"Mr. Ge, don't you want to stay at the Santun camp?"
Listening to the question from former commander-in-chief Zhu Guoyan, the coldness in Yuan Keli's eyes increased again.
