Chapter 571 568 [Desert]

“The Tatars are running!”

"Aren't you always running?"

"Running north!"

"Chase!"

Luanzhou was also one of the Qing Dynasty's grain and grass transfer stations, and many small boats were built there.

Hauge and Mandahai did not continue walking to Shanhaiguan. Because it is the rainy season in the Western Liaoning Corridor, it is very slow to return to Liaodong via Shanhaiguan, and it is easy to be blocked by Li Zheng, Hu Dinggui and others.

As a result, the Tatars abandoned tens of thousands of civilians and a large amount of luggage that was difficult to take away. The infantry took boats north along the Luanhe River and then took its tributaries to Lulonggusai, while the cavalry marched along the river bank.

The withdrawal route that the Tatars changed was exactly the route used by Cao Cao in his expedition to Wuhuan!

A part of the Datong cavalry had already detoured across the river and headed towards Shanhaiguan to intercept them. Hauge and Mandahai suddenly changed, disrupting Zhang Tieniu's arrangement. Nearly ten thousand Datong cavalry were waiting for air in front.

"The infantry crosses the river, and the dragoons shoot along the river!" Zhang Tieniu ordered.

It was already midnight, the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, and there were torches everywhere on both sides of the Luanhe River.

The Datong infantry tried to cross the river and were attacked by the Manchu rear troops. In desperation, they had no choice but to go a few miles south and cross the river on simple tools such as wooden planks.

Tens of thousands of civilians, abandoned by the Tatars, are fleeing in all directions.

The Tatar rear troops numbered three thousand, all of them elite infantry. First, they blocked the Datong infantry from crossing the river. After the Datong infantry detoured, these Tatar soldiers retreated to Luanzhou City.

For a while, Zhang Tieniu was unable to conquer Luanzhou, so he had to send troops to gather the civilians who had been abandoned by the Tatars.

At the same time, five thousand soldiers were sent to block the north of Luanzhou City. Zhang Tieniu led the main force of infantry and continued northward to chase the main Tatar force. After all this trouble, Hauge has led his army to retreat more than ten miles north.

As for the thousands of Datong dragoons, they pursued them along the west bank of the Luan River and kept shooting at the boats in the river.

"Dismount and shoot more accurately, and aim at the Tatar ship yourself!" Huang Fei ordered.

It was pitch dark in the middle of the night, and the boat in the river had no lights, so we could only shoot at the black shadows.

Yuan Shizhong stood on the shore, stuck the torch in the mud, took aim and fired at the black shadow in the river. Using the light of the torch, he quickly reloaded his ammunition, rode to the front, aimed at the black shadow in the river and fired again.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Boohoo!"

Not only were the dragoons shooting, but the Tatar musketeers on the ship and the Tatar archers were also firing at the dragoons on the shore.

Finally, the boats the Tatars were riding on started to light up one after another, but it was the firecrackers who needed to reload their ammunition.

In the darkness, they had no idea of ​​each other's casualties. But the Tatars' hit rate must be lower, because the boat shook violently and was still sailing, while the Datong Dragoons fired from the ground.

After chasing him from midnight until dawn, he was finally able to see the situation clearly.

There are hundreds of Tatar boats. Some boats can hold six or seven people, and some can hold one or two people. The reason for the small number of people is to make room for loading luggage.

More Tatar infantry were trotting along the river bank. They took off all their armor and put them on the boat.

Under the command of Li Dingguo, the dragoons ignored the enemies in the river and accelerated their march towards the north, intending to cross the river further north to intercept the Tatars.

As soon as Li Dingguo moved, Rausa also moved. He led the Tatar cavalry and chased Li Dingguo across the river. Anyway, he refused to let the dragoons cross the river.

"Your Majesty, there are a large number of deserters in Wuzhenchaoha camp!" Shang Kexi rode to report.

Hauge's idea was good and he took everything into consideration, but ignored the morale of the troops.

Wuzhen Chaoha camp, where Kong was virtuous and commendable, were all Han soldiers. The veterans in Dongjiang Town have been promoted to officers long ago, and ordinary soldiers will be supplemented later. Some of them were transformed from the Ming army in western Liaoning before the Tatars entered the Pass; some were simply Han soldiers who supplemented the troops in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Hebei after they entered the Pass.

In order to withdraw his troops quickly, Hauge asked the soldiers to take off their armor and run away. They ran completely out of organization on the east bank of the Luan River.

As a result, a large number of Han soldiers took the opportunity to escape. They knew that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to end, and they did not want to accompany the Manchu Qing Dynasty to perish. Now they had a chance to survive by escaping.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Several more generals came on horseback one after another, and the contents of their reports were almost the same: "Your Majesty, the Han army flag under my command is escaping!"

On the east bank of the Luanhe River, the Tatar soldiers were stretched out and scattered for several miles. Many Han soldiers deliberately slowed down their pace and said they could no longer run when faced with the urging of officers.

Even if you kill a chicken to scare the monkeys and chop off a few heads, it will only have a short-term effect. If you continue to move forward for a certain distance, you will return to your old ways.

The main force of the Tatars had not yet withdrawn to Lulong County, but the number of Han army flags that escaped midway turned out to be over 10,000.

The Horqin Mongolian cavalry was following Lausa to stop the dragoons along the river. They also received the news soon, so the leaders met secretly to discuss what to do next.

"The Jurchens are dying, and the Horqin tribe cannot follow them to death." The first person to express his attitude was Hong Guoer, Hauge's father-in-law.

Dayu'er's brother Manzhu Xili said: "Are you going to betray the Qing Dynasty?"

Budaqi said: "Your sister is the Jurchen Queen Mother, so she will accompany the Qing Dynasty to death with her clan members? Badali's wife is still the princess of the Qing Dynasty. He has defected to the Nanmanzi."

Manzhu said politely: "The Qing Dynasty is gone, can we resist the Southern Barbarians?"

"Of course we cannot resist. The Horqin tribes should surrender to Emperor Zhao," Budaqi said. "We Horqin warriors also fought with Nurhaci at first. But after we surrendered, not only were we not punished, but we were rewarded by Nurhachi. Treat the Nanman The same goes for Zi, if he surrenders to Emperor Zhao of Nanjing, the Horqin tribes can continue to live in the grassland."

"But Badali has already surrendered. He will lead the Datong Army and steal our pasture and tribesmen." Manzhu Xili said worriedly.

Budaqi said: "No, even if he wants to, the Datong Army must be willing. Emperor Zhao of Nanjing, like Huang Taiji, are very smart people. As long as they are smart, they will not allow the unification of the Horqin Grassland. Ba If Da Li wants to unify Horqin, he will make Emperor Zhao unhappy. When the time comes, we will join forces to kill Badali, and Emperor Zhao will give him a symbolic punishment at most."

Hong Guoer suddenly came up with a good idea: "Why don't we go back to the grassland immediately and annex Badali's grassland and tribes! When Badali leads the Datong army to kill, we will immediately surrender and return some of the grassland tribes. Give it to Badali. Then ask the Datong Army to make the decision and demarcate the pastures of each department, so that Badali will never be able to stand up again in his lifetime!"

"good!"

The Horqin leaders reached an agreement and immediately ran away with the Mongolian cavalry. Their combined troops totaled more than 4,000.

Of course, the excuse was to go to the front to block the Datong Dragoons from crossing the river. These guys ran very fast, bypassing Lulong County and entering the north of the mountain from the Taolinkou Great Wall.

By the time Lausa realized something was wrong, Horqin's cavalry had already been far away for a long time.

The Horqin cavalry not only ran away, but also deliberately spread the news of the Tatar defeat when passing by Sanchakou Castle. The Qing army (Mongolian banner) at Sanchakou was panic-stricken. Their number was not large, so they hurriedly integrated the Horqin cavalry into the castle for defense.

"Kill them all!"

The moment the castle gate opened, the Horqin cavalry immediately launched an attack.

They fled without food. If they did not rob the army food along the way, they would have to return to the grassland hungry.

The Manchu and Qing castles at Sanchakou were slaughtered by the Horqin cavalry, and all the military supplies were robbed by these guys.

Just when Hauge withdrew to Lulong County, the Mongolian cavalry that had not yet escaped encountered serious problems again.

"Uncle, I have something important to discuss!" Grusqibu, the leader of the right wing of Karaqin, led his troops and ran towards his uncle Seleng.

Seleng also wanted to discuss with his nephew. The Horqin tribe had already run away, so should the Harqin tribe also run away.

The uncle and nephew gathered together, and just as Seleng was about to speak, the nephew suddenly drew his sword and struck out.

At the same time, Grusqibu's personal guards killed Seleng's personal guards. The latter were killed by surprise, and soon half of them fell, while the rest fled back to their own ranks on horseback.

The left-wing and right-wing forces of the Karaqin Mongolia were fighting each other outside Lulong County.

After chasing for several miles, Grusqibu held up his uncle's head and said to the remaining soldiers: "I am the master of Haraqin, and it was that damn Huang Taiji who split our Haraqin in two. Want to Those who live must kneel down and surrender to me!"

Seleng was dead, and his remaining troops were unable to reverse the situation and could only dismount and kneel down one by one.

Then, Gulusqibu led the Karaqin cavalry and also headed north over the Great Wall and back to the grassland. He wanted to rush back to digest his uncle's power and truly unify the Karaqin Mongolia.

Gulusqibu had already thought about the next thing. He raised his flag and surrendered to the Datong court. At the same time, he made good friends with the Chahar Mongols, and then sent troops to annex the surrounding small tribes. There was obviously civil strife in Horqin Mongolia, and he could take advantage of the chaos to break out and swallow up some of Horqin's territory.

Gruschibu wanted to take the opportunity to become a Mongolian Khan!

As long as he owns a large territory and remains surrendered to Emperor Zhao, Emperor Zhao will surely treat him favorably and appease him.

When Haug sent troops to break up the fight, the Karaqin cavalry had already disappeared.

At this point, the main Manchu army was still 50 miles away from the Great Wall. However, due to deserters and civil strife in Mongolia, its total strength was less than 30,000, and everyone was panicked and at a loss.

Li Dingguo has successfully crossed the Luan River and is continuing to march north. He wants to cross the Qinglong River again and go around the Great Wall to intercept the Qing army. Another group of Datong Dragoons was coming from the direction of Shanhaiguan, also heading straight for several openings in the Great Wall.

Zhang Tieniu led the main force of infantry. Due to the lack of ships, the entire army wore armor and was still more than ten miles away from Lulong County.

Hauge and Mandahai looked at each other in silence, neither knowing what to say.

The trees fell and the hozens scattered, and the Han army flags and Mongolian cavalry fled, causing Haug's withdrawal to become a joke.

Man Dahai said: "Don't worry about the infantry. Those who can ride horses leave immediately. As for the soldiers without horses, how far they can escape depends on their own luck."

Hauge said: "Some Manchu warriors don't have horses, and some Han soldiers have horses. How about letting all the Han soldiers' horses be ridden by Manchu warriors?"

"good!"

Mandahai nodded and said: "These Han soldiers may cause trouble at any time even if they return to Liaodong. It is better to leave them here to rear. With one more Manchu warrior who escapes, we will be more stable in Liaodong."

Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and other traitors were immediately called in for discussion.

Then, all the Han soldiers and horses under their command who had not escaped were taken away by the opportunity. These traitors were ordered to stay behind.

As for whether they are really behind the scenes or they should take the opportunity to escape, Hauge can no longer control them.