After confirming that the Tatars had retreated, Lu Xiangsheng, who was about to risk his life to rescue Tushan, breathed a sigh of relief and could no longer stand. Even though he was the Minister of the Ministry of War and commanded the world's troops, he still sat down in the cold like an ordinary soldier. on the ground. Compared to the carnival of others, he was still a little confused.
If the Tatars' retreat was actually a desperate attempt to get their side to relax their vigilance, Lu Xiangsheng thought it was unlikely. Because the situation just now was critical, there was no need for the Tatars to do this. If you evacuate in a hurry, the most likely possibility is that you have to leave! Could it be...could it be that his trick to mislead the enemy worked?
This thought flashed through his mind, but soon, Lu Xiangsheng denied it himself. If his trick of suspecting soldiers had worked, the Tatars would not have withdrawn in a hurry until now. Judging from this situation, it is more likely that something must have happened that made Dorgon make the decision to withdraw his troops immediately, but what exactly was it? Could it be that reinforcements really have arrived?
Naturally, Lu Xiangsheng could not have guessed that it was Emperor Chongzhen who knew about his idea through eavesdropping seeds and immediately cooperated, which made the hesitant Dorgon make up his mind to withdraw his troops.
Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and couldn't figure it out, so he buried this doubt in his heart. After resting for a while, he stood up and walked towards the bodies of his comrades who died in the battle. Now, it’s time to organize and place them!
In the military tent where Gao Qiqian was, he and Wang Chengen sat facing each other with sad faces. Due to the attrition of those who dared to fight, especially the casualties of more than half of the Tianxiong Army, the advance to Jiazhuang was getting slower and slower. Neither Gao Qiqian nor Wang Chengen could do anything about it.
To be honest, Wang Chengen didn't know much about military affairs before this. In his opinion, the battle between the two armies is more about a comparison of numbers. There are 50,000 troops here anyway. Such a large army can charge forward no matter what, right?
But since he came here, he has seen those soldiers who usually boast that they are elite divisions and look very powerful. When they encounter the Tatar army, they cannot resist for a long time. Some armies even collapse at the first touch. Not to mention one-on-one, but also one-on-four, or one-on-ten, it’s all a problem. War is not just a numbers game at all. Including morale, training, command, etc., many things are not what we usually imagine, nor are they just what we usually look like!
Although if Lu Xiangsheng cannot be saved, Wang Chengen does not have much responsibility. But since he came from the capital, he naturally knew how much the emperor expected this. As a servant of the emperor, he naturally thought that it would be best to save Lu Xiangsheng. However, at this time, he actually had no hope for it!
At this time, suddenly some guards rushed into the tent without reporting anything. They looked surprised and reported loudly: "Sir, the Manchu and Qing Tatars have retreated. The Manchu and Qing Tatars have retreated..."
"What?" Gao Qiqian and Wang Chengen stood up almost at the same time, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Especially Gao Qiqian, who was the most excited. He quickly walked up to the guards and shouted loudly: "You said it again, the Tatars have retreated?"
"Yes, the Tatars in front of us have retreated and are pulling out of camp to retreat north!" the guard quickly replied, pointing outwards with his hand, "Your Excellency, please go and see for yourself!"
Needless to say, it’s definitely a must-see.
Gao Qiqian and Wang Chengen rushed outside the tent together, climbed up the watchtower, and found that the Tatars in the distance were indeed retreating. Under the cover of cavalry, the army is moving north. Seeing the whole battalion of Ming soldiers cheering happily, they were happy for a while, but suddenly they were struck by lightning, their faces turned pale, and they were dumbfounded.
Wang Chengen, who was next to him, was ecstatic, but he immediately noticed that Gao Qiqian's expression was wrong, and couldn't help but asked doubtfully: "Eunuch Gao, the Tatars have retreated, why are you still not happy?"
"Lu... Lu Shangshu is probably in danger!" Gao Qiqian said a little lost, "It's over, it's over, it's all over!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen was immediately dumbfounded. Thinking about it, it seemed that the reason why the Manchu Tatars were blocking the way was to prevent him from rescuing Lu Xiangsheng. Now that we are retreating, we must have achieved our goal before we retreat.
Thinking of this, Wang Chengen's happiness disappeared. Thinking that the emperor would be very disappointed and furious when he found out that Lu Xiangsheng died in battle, he immediately became frowning. At the same time, he stared at Gao Qiqian and was thinking about whether he should take him back to Beijing now.
The two of them stayed on the watchtower and worried. Even though the generals came to the central military tent to report the good news, they ignored them.
For those generals, at least they did not escape, which was considered as their best effort. At least compared to before, this time they really tried their best. Even if some of them thought about Lu Xiangsheng being killed, they didn't think anything was wrong with them. Therefore, each of them is happy. Only Lu Da and Yang Guozhu were as worried as them and asked Gao Qiqian for instructions to send Ye Bushou to Jiazhuang to find out.
At this time, he was galloping into the camp without stopping all night long. While driving his horse around the camp, he shouted excitedly: "My soldiers have guarded Jiazhuang, Jiazhuang has relieved the siege..."
Hearing this, Gao Qiqi, who was stunned, suddenly jumped up, so much that he almost fell off the watchtower. However, he didn't care about this and quickly verified the situation.
After a while, he knelt down on the watchtower and thanked God for saving his life! Then, he immediately ordered the entire army to set off and go to Jiazhuang to join Lu Shangshu. Wang Chengen was also extremely happy and quickly arranged for someone to return to the capital to report the good news to the emperor.
When the news spread throughout the army, all the soldiers' mentality changed in a way that they were unaware of. In these days of field battles with the extremely powerful Tatars, I actually persisted, and the final result was that the Tatars retreated and my side won!
Although there is a gap in the casualty ratio between the two sides, and although the Tatars are still so arrogant, these Ming army soldiers no longer seem to be so afraid.
At the same time, Emperor Chongzhen had just finished arranging the refugees and returned to the palace. At this time, he learned from Wang Chengen's eavesdropping site that Lu Xiangsheng was fine, and he couldn't help but be very happy.
In fact, he already knew that the false news had been successfully passed to Dorgon through Wu Zhong's eavesdropping seeds. But what the effect was, because Wu Zhong was taken away, he didn't know. Hearing this, he felt relieved.
Now at this time, only he knew what the real reason was for the Manchu and Qing troops to withdraw, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment in his heart. There is a feeling of being in the midst of strategizing and winning a victory thousands of miles away.
As he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw text displayed on the eavesdropping system: Using a trick to make the Manchu and Qing troops retreat, he achieved his goal. This was an experience to become a commander, and he was rewarded with a Grade C eavesdropping seed.
