East Factory Governor

Chapter 614 Entering the Stone Gate

When Yang Guli heard the news that Qin Shuhuai's army was attacking, his face also changed.

Duoduo asked directly, "Yang Guli's son-in-law, how long do you think Shimenzhai can hold?"

After removing the [-] cavalry from the Duoyan tribe in Shimenzhai, only [-] elite soldiers and [-] soldiers remained.

Yang Guli said without thinking, "It may not be possible to last a day."

"Is this Qin Shuhuai really so powerful?" Dodo sighed, "At the beginning we thought that the demon sect would raise troops and the bandits were raging in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and we would just take advantage of the fire. But we didn't expect that Qin Shuhuai would pacify the demon sect and wipe out the bandits so quickly. Now It’s an embarrassing situation.”

Yang Guli said, "Qin Shuhuai's army came from martial arts, which is unprecedented. In my opinion, these martial arts people will only become stronger and stronger. As long as they are familiar with the battle formation, there is probably no army in the world that can compete with them." rival."

Doduo waved his hand, with an expression of incomparable fortitude on his young face, and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about making others want to destroy our prestige. Now that his army is attacking, what do you think we should do? If we can't defend Stay, Ben Belle thinks it's better to retreat."

Yang Guli said, "It is impossible to retreat. The Great Khan is in Zunhua. We need to give the Great Khan time to arrange things calmly."

Duoduo smiled bitterly, because Yang Guli was right.If he abandoned the city and fled like this, then his political career would probably be over like this.Duduo is only 16 years old this year, and this is his first formal command of a soldier. If he abandons the city and runs away after the first time he takes command of a soldier, it may be difficult to win the trust of the Great Khan in the future.

"Have you sent someone to notify the Great Khan?" Yang Guli asked.

"went."

Yang Guli pondered for a while, and then said, "After receiving the notification, the Great Khan will probably let us withdraw. But we cannot withdraw before the Great Khan's order comes. Therefore, we need to find a way to delay the time."

Duoduo thought for a while and said, "A plan to delay the attack? It's just that Qin Shuhuai's attack is so aggressive, I'm afraid he won't be hindered by anything."

Yang Guli said, "If it doesn't work, then we can only go out of the city to ambush. Seven or eight miles away from the city, there is a narrow passage with mountains on both sides, about three or four feet wide. Order the soldiers to carry barriers, and they can be blocked by force. Our army If you attack it from a high position, you can delay it for a while."

Duoduo pondered for a while, and said, "My son-in-law's words are reasonable. This will not only delay Qin Shuhuai's army, but also our army will be outside the city, and we can retreat in case of loss. If we stay in the city, if the city is destroyed, we will be unable to fly .”

"That's exactly what it means." Yang Guli said.

Without further ado, Duoduo was about to give an order, but only heard the report from the guards outside!
"Report! The Khan's messenger has arrived!"

Duoduo was taken aback for a moment, he had just sent out the horse post not long ago, why did Da Khan reply so quickly?
This is impossible, the Great Khan probably still doesn't know about Qin Shuhuai's visit to Shimenzhai, and it must be something else for the messenger to come.

Unexpectedly, after the messenger came in, the first sentence was: "Duoduo Baylor, the Great Khan orders you to withdraw to Zunhua quickly!"

Both Doduo and Yang Guli were surprised and delighted, but also full of doubts.

Could it be that the Great Khan didn't predict the prophet, so Qin Shuhuai came to Shimenzhai?
He hurriedly asked the messenger what was going on, and the messenger told them the whole thing concisely.

It turned out that after Dorgon discovered that Qian'an was an empty city, he immediately sent a fast horse to report the matter to Huang Taiji.After Huang Taiji received the information, he was shocked and immediately called Fan Wencheng and others to discuss countermeasures.Fan Wencheng once again demonstrated his strategy, suggesting to Huang Taiji: Just in case, the Duoyan cavalry and eight thousand elites from Shimenzhai should be withdrawn, and only some horse posts should be left to investigate the situation.The reason is that if Qin Shuhuai really made a detour, then Shimenzhai is doomed to be unable to defend and will only send troops in vain.And if Qin Shuhuai hadn't made a detour, it would be easy for the Dajin army to take back Shimenzhai.

Huang Taiji thought so deeply, so he immediately sent someone to notify Duoduo.

Dorgon discovered that Qian'an City was empty after Qin Shuhuai arrived in Jizhou. It was only 40 miles from Santunying to Zunhua, and it took about half an hour to arrive there.From Zunhua to Shimenzhai, it is only about 40 miles away, and it takes half an hour to arrive.

But Qin Shuhuai's army marched slowly, so Huang Taiji's order arrived at Shimenzhai before him.

Both Duoduo and Yang Guli breathed a sigh of relief. Since the order was issued by the Great Khan, they can abandon Shimenzhai openly.Otherwise, it would be frightening to ask them to use tens of thousands of people to ambush Qin Shuhuai's tens of thousands of troops.

Therefore, the elite soldiers and soldiers in the city took all the food and grass they could bring, burned the unused luggage, and then quickly left the city and ran to Zunhua.

So, the excited Qin Shuhuai hurried, but he was still a step behind!
When he arrived at Shimenzhai, what he saw was an empty city.

At first I thought it was Duoduo's empty city plan, but after a closer look, there was not even a sprinkler at the gate, no one was pretending to play the piano at the top of the city, and there was not even a ghost of a Tartar after the former army entered. It seems that the other party has indeed escaped.

There were no Tartars in the city, but there were Ming soldiers who surrendered to the Tartars. They all shaved their heads and kept pigtails, so they were called "Two Tartars".

Speaking of the "Two Tartars" of the Ming army, it is also unlucky enough.Many of them had been captured by the Tartars last year, and they had their heads shaved and left "rat tails". Now their hair finally grew back and they were shaved again.

But they are lucky again.Because when Shimenzhai fell, a total of more than 500 Ming soldiers surrendered, of which 3000 were buried alive by the Tartars, and the remaining 500 Ming soldiers were used as coolies.If it wasn't for Qin Shuhuai's menacing approach that made Duoduo run away, he would have killed them too.

Why did the Tartars surrender their troops this time?Because during the Jisi Incident, the Tartars understood that even if the surrendered soldiers of the Ming army had their hair shaved, as long as their master came, they would sooner or later rebel.Instead of this, it would be better to kill it.Moreover, their current food shortage is so tight, how can they support these surrendered soldiers?
The surrendered soldiers were all yellow and thin, and when they saw Master Wang arriving, they came out and knelt by the side of the road one after another.

Their braids trembled in the wind.

Qin Shuhuai looked down on these surrendered soldiers, but he couldn't kill them, right?After all, he can be regarded as a soldier of Ming Dynasty.

So he gave an order to kill the leaders of the general and above among the surrendered soldiers first, then let the surrendered soldiers shave their heads, and then send some people from the Jianghe Gang to lead them.

Formed a "bald army".

After entering Shimenzhai, the next move needs to be cautious.

Because there is no doubt that Qin Shuhuai knew that Huang Taiji must have known about his actions, and the so-called "surprise attack" tactics were no longer feasible.

He doesn't know how many people there are in Huang Taiji now, because he doesn't know whether Dorgon and Haoge from Santun Camp have returned to help Zunhua.

But there is no doubt that if the army continues to advance, a decisive battle will break out between Zunhua and the Tartars to determine the future pattern of Liaodong.

(End of this chapter)