It was not until all the galloping Manchu and Tatar cavalry troops passed Xuguan Bridge and continued to gallop north that the generals who had previously thought of going down the mountain to intercept the ambush recovered from their shock and climbed out of the trenches where they were hiding to look north.

"Good fellow, these Manchu Tatars who have withdrawn are probably six to seven thousand men and horses!"

"Fortunately, the governor is wise and does not allow us to take people down to intercept it. Otherwise, even if we are intercepted, we may not be able to eat tonight!"

"Yes, yes, the governor is still wise!"

Hu Dabao, Pan Xi, Li Shouzhong and others, within less than half an hour, witnessed with their own eyes the changes that had taken place on the post road not far away, and they all admired Yang Zhen's previous order.

Seeing that the Tatars on the post road at the foot of the mountain were crossing the river and walking away, they hurriedly came to Yang Zhen. They talked to each other and flattered Yang Zhen with a smile.

At this time, Yang Shen, who was also following Yang Zhen, suddenly said: "But what are the Mantatars doing? If it is to rescue Xiongyue City, it is a little too late. If it is because the Mantatars are

Knowing that Xiongyue City was lost and they withdrew their troops from Fuzhou City, what about the rest of their troops?"

Faced with the flattery of Hu Dabao and others, Yang Zhen completely laughed it off and ignored it at all. However, regarding Yang Shen's question, Yang Zhen immediately took over and answered him:

"Twelve hours have passed since Xiongyue City was captured by us. Dorgon must have received the news! This time the men and horses with white flags withdrew from the front line, presumably not to rescue Xiongyue City, but Dorgon's massive move

The vanguard of the retreat!"

Yang Zhen and others had already determined that Dorgon's army, which had lost Xiongyue City, would not be able to sustain a long-term confrontation outside Fuzhou City and at the foot of Xiping Mountain. They would withdraw in large numbers within three to five days, or even within three or two days.

This was also the reason why they continued to stay near Xiongyue City and conduct an ambush after they defeated Xiongyue City.

Now that Azige's men and horses with white flags are returning north first, Yang Zhen's judgment has been strengthened.

Since Dorgon allowed Azig's white flag to leave the front line, it means that he has made up his mind to withdraw his troops in a large scale.

"Haha, as for the other troops under Dorgon's command, I think they will arrive one after another after dawn. At that time, you must be calm. You must not act rashly until Kong Youde's heavy artillery team appears!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen found Pan Xi among the generals following him, then stared at him and said: "Once Kong Youde's heavy artillery team appears, our troops ambushing on both sides of the post road will immediately launch an attack. When the time comes, you

My only mission is to blow up the Xuguan Bridge on the Fudu River! Do you understand?"

"clear!"

This time Pan Xi followed Yang Zhen out. It was the first time that he separated from Li Lu's command and independently commanded his grenadiers to fight.

He knew exactly what this meant.

This is a test. If he passes the test, he will be able to stand alone in the future.

If he unfortunately fails to pass the test, his chances of being able to stand alone in the future will be slim.

Now, he had made the first contribution in the battle to capture Xiongyue City. Now he was once again given an important task by Yang Zhen. He was in a very excited mood. He immediately accepted the task assigned to him by Yang Zhen and turned around to receive his own.

The team went down the mountain towards Xu Guanqiao.

With Yang Zhen telling everyone the clear goal, everyone also had a unanimous opinion on when to launch an ambush.

After listening to Yang Zhen's analysis and final order, everyone clasped their fists and said yes. No one dared to make a mistake at this critical moment.

However, it was said that not long after Azig led the white-flag brigade and headed north through Xuguan Bridge, the sky gradually dawned.

Dorgon did not receive news that Azig was ambushed, so he withdrew his troops according to the original plan.

The first to set off was the blue banner of Prince Zheng Jierhalang who had been stationed outside Fuzhou City.

In order not to alarm the defenders inside Fuzhou City, Jierhalang did not even ask people to dismantle the various camps outside Fuzhou City, including the tents inside the camp. He simply ordered the entire army to simply pack their luggage and hurriedly

He hurriedly embarked on the journey to withdraw his troops.

Coincidentally, the Xianglan Banner camp outside the south gate and east gate of Fuzhou City had just withdrawn from the rear camp. Zu Keyong followed their own assault plan and suddenly opened the east gate from the inside, heading towards the camp outside the east gate.

The enemy camp rushed over.

As one can imagine, they attacked an empty camp, not only did they not attract Manchu reinforcements outside the other two city gates, but they also encountered no resistance at all.

Only some of the soldiers, Aha, who finally evacuated, did not have time to escape and fell into the hands of Zu Keyong's cavalry.

After asking, it was said that Xianglan Banner had withdrawn its troops. Zu Keyong and others were really surprised and happy.

When they hurriedly circled the northeast corner of Fuzhou City and arrived outside Zhenhai Gate, they met the confused and incomprehensible Lu Pinqi's men.

"What's going on? What happened last night? Why did the Tatar camp outside Zhenhai Gate become an empty camp overnight? What's the situation outside Mingtong Gate?"

Lu Pinqi led a group of subordinates to see Zu Keyong and immediately asked him.

After he finished asking, he didn't even wait for Zu Keyong's answer, and immediately shouted again: "Could it be said that - could it be said that the Manchu Tatars just withdrew their troops? We were guarding Fuzhou City, and we didn't even have to fight a tough battle.

Fight, the Manchu Tatars just withdrew their troops?!"

Obviously, before Zu Keyong led his cavalry team to the north gate, Lu Pinqi and his subordinates must have made their own judgment.

"It's probably Governor Yang who has done something big in the north! Now the Tatar camp outside the east gate is also deserted. And they are leaving in such a hurry that they don't even have time to take down the felt tent they camped in. It seems, not

It looks like a well-designed trap, but it looks like the troops are actually withdrawing!"

"Then, in the opinion of General Zu, what should we do next? Should we stick to the original plan, or should we go back to the city first to prevent fraud and then make long-term plans?"

When Lu Pinqi heard that the Tatar camp outside the east gate had become an empty camp, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then discussed the next arrangements with Zu Keyong.

Lu Pinqi and Zu Keyong have the same status, but Zu Keyong followed Yang Zhen earlier and has many more troops under his command than Lu Pinqi. Therefore, although he is the commander-in-chief of Jinhai Town North Road, he is always in front of Zu Keyong.

We have to discuss everything with Zu Keyong.

"What are we planning for the long term? Since all the Tatars have withdrawn and we have already left the city, of course we have to go to Xiping Mountain and Luotuo Mountain to check out the situation! If we continue to defend the city, we will be able to make all the contributions.

Let others finish it! If you don’t go, I, Xu Changyong, will go!”

Seeing that Lu Pinqi was still looking forward and cautious, Lieutenant General Xu Changyong, who was following Zu Keyong, couldn't stand it anymore and immediately rode forward, shouting.

Xu Changyong lowered his face and said this, and Zu Keyong immediately said: "That's it, Lieutenant General Xu will take the lead and lead a group of light cavalry to the north to scout. General Lu, you will also send a group of people to follow and obey Lieutenant General Xu.

Command, and pass the news back at any time. General Lu and I will lead the other troops to march northward. If there is an accident, we can take care of each other! General Lu, Deputy General Xu, what do you think?"

Lu Pinqi sensed that Xu Changyong was dissatisfied with him, and he couldn't say anything at the moment. He cupped his fists at Zu Keyong and said, "General Zu's arrangement is to have power in front and defense in the back. It is very appropriate!"

Seeing Lu Pinqi say this, Xu Changyong stopped saying anything. He just raised his hands to the two of them, turned the horse's head, shouted at his subordinates a few times, then took the lead, led his subordinates to ride lightly, and bypassed the Tatars' tracks.

Empty the camp and head north quickly.

Although it was not yet sunrise, it was already bright. After Xu Changyong left, Zu Keyong and Lu Pinqi were worried that they had fallen into the Tatar conspiracy, so they sent a message to Li Lu, telling him to close the city gate and defend the city.

, while cautiously heading north behind Xu Changyong’s team.

Zu Keyong and Lu Pinqi's caution later proved to be unnecessary.

But they had fought so many battles in western Liaoning and suffered countless losses from the Tatars, so they had already developed this habit.

How did they know that fighting with Yang Zhen was so "evil" that the Manchu Tatar army, which clearly had the upper hand outside the city, would retreat inexplicably?

However, the truth is so "evil" and so unexpected.

When they led the main team from Fuzhou City and carefully arrived at the foot of Xiping Mountain, the camp on Xiping Mountain was already a sea of ​​joy!

"Commander Zu, Commander Lu, why are you so late? Hahahaha——"

Hearing that Zu Keyong and Lu Pinqi from Fuzhou City also led their team to the foot of Xiping Mountain, Yuan Jin quickly came down from the mountain to greet them personally.

But as soon as he met and opened his mouth, Zu Keyong and Lu Pinqi felt a little embarrassed.

This also made Zu and Lu, who were a little too cautious, have to laugh and say how ashamed they were when they saw Yuan Jin's face.

Fortunately, the Manchu Tatars finally withdrew, and Yuan Jin also knew that they were not making serious mistakes, and did not blame them for being timid. He happily led the two of them up the mountain.

In fact, Yuan Jin only learned not long ago that the Manchu Tatars at the foot of the mountain had withdrawn.

——Xu Changyong was the one who told them the news noisily at the foot of the mountain. Otherwise, it would not have been him who was teasing Zu Keyong and Lu Pinqi, but Zu Keyong and Lu Pinqi who had treated him as a joke.

Just half an hour ago, Xu Changyongcai led his troops to the outskirts of the Manchu Tatar camp at the foot of Xiping Mountain.

With the experience outside Fuzhou City, Xu Changyong made a bold test of the Manchu Tatar camp shrouded in morning fog. After a try, it turned out to be an empty camp.

Dorgon, Abatai, Kong Youde and others had quietly evacuated an hour ago, taking advantage of the darkest night and heaviest morning fog before dawn.

Yuan Jin and others on Xiping Mountain began to direct their subordinates to repair the fortifications as soon as night fell. It was not until late at night that they finally finished the work and hid behind their bunkers and fell asleep. How could they notice the camp at the bottom of the mountain?

Become an empty camp?

Even if they broke their heads, they could never have imagined that the Manchu Tatars had assembled a heavy army to completely surround Xiping Mountain, but they only fought for two days and they were able to withdraw immediately!

Therefore, the generals who were surrounded on the mountain were only preparing for a life-and-death battle in the future, and no one dared to even think about it.
Chapter completed!