Huang Taiji knew very well what was the most important thing for the current Great Jin Kingdom. It was not the city, territory, but the population!

If the people who were plundered by the Ming army could be saved, and if the remaining 200,000 bannermen, women and children in Liaoshen land could be saved, Huang Taiji would rather give up the fertile Liaoshen Plain and retreat to the poor mountains and forests of Jianzhou. .

Therefore, Huang Taiji was not interested in defeating Lu Xiangsheng's army outside Chenyang City. What he wanted to do was to rescue the people.

So Huang Taiji sent someone to send an order to order Degele from Chenyang City to lead 5,000 troops out of Shengjing to intercept the Ming army who were returning from Kaiyuan to Fushun to rescue the Kaiyuan Banner women and children who were looting by the Ming army.

He ordered Mangguertai to lead the right four banners, with Ajige as the deputy, and set out first to rescue the bannermen and Baoyi who were surrounded by the Ming army in Liaochen.

To Huang Taiji himself, he led the left four banners and the guard camp and headed straight to Liaoyang to assist Liaoyang City, which was being attacked by the Ming army. Liaoyang City has a population of more than 100,000 and 70,000 or 80,000 bannermen, which is Huang Taiji who is absolutely unwilling to give up. of!

In order to confuse Lu Xiangsheng, Huang Taiji decided to lead the army to take a turn outside Shengjing City first, and then quickly go south. Liaoyang and Shenyang are more than 100 miles apart. Huang Taiji's eight banners have war horses and cavalry. If you go south quickly, it will only take one day. It takes more time to arrive, and it takes less time to waste

The weather has been getting colder in recent years, and the winter outside the pass is even colder. The snow that fell a few days ago has not melted yet. It will only melt in the sunlight at noon, and it will soon become harder. Although the weather is still It didn't snow, but it was colder than it was snowing.

In this kind of weather, the most suitable thing is to hide in a warm house. However, for many people, it can only be a fantasy, because the main force of the Eight Banners soldiers came back.

On the snowy field, a team of thousands of people was trekking hard. Except for more than a thousand soldiers wearing Ming military uniforms, most of the remaining were rescued Han people, as well as more than a thousand bannermen, women and children.

Except for more than a thousand Ming soldiers, everyone has horses, whether it is Han people or bannermen, women and children, except for a few elderly and weak children who can ride in horse-drawn carriages, others can only walk, because most of the vehicles in the team are equipped with food, cloth, fur and other goods. .

Surrounded by his cavalry, Liu Xingzhi rode on one side of the team and looked at the far northwest from time to time with concern.

Liu Xingzhi had already known the news that the main force of Jiannu was back, and he was very worried that the Eight Banners soldiers would suddenly appear in front of him.

Living in Jiannu for many years, Liu Xingzhi knew that the power of the Eight Banners was beyond the power of most Ming troops. Although Liu Xingzhi had more than a thousand troops under his command, once the Eight Banners main force came, he would not even have the courage to resist.

God opens his eyes, I hope Sun Jingluo can restrain the main force of the Eight Banners so that I can retreat to Liaoyang safely. Liu Xingzhi secretly prayed. In this battle, the Liu brothers made great contributions, and in the process of looting Jiannutun Village, Liu Xingzhi He made a fortune, and his belongings in the team were loaded with two carriages, including gold and silver, ginseng, and a large number of precious furs.

The contributions made were enough to be promoted to several levels, and the robbed wealth, he reached the peak of his life from then on. At this time, Liu Xingzhi did not expect any accidents.

Perhaps because of the fact that there have been too many killings these days, God has not stood on Liu Xingzhi's side today. He has not walked forward for a few miles and suddenly he rode away from the north like a flying horse.

"General Liu, Jiannu is here!" The sergeant immediately shouted loudly.

"How many people are there, how far is there?" Liu Xingzhi was shocked and asked hurriedly.

"There are countless numbers of them, and there are still thirty miles away!" the whistleblower reported.

It's over! Liu Xingzhi sighed sadly in his heart. The distance of thirty miles is only one hour for the cavalry, and there is not much time left for himself.

Fighting? Liu Xingzhi didn't dare. Didn't he listen to the whistle detective? The Jiannu cavalry was overwhelming, at least thousands of them.

Escape? Unless you abandon the wealth of these hundreds of carriages, and abandon the Han people's clothes and bannermen, women and children in the team, you will not be able to escape at all.

What should I do? Liu Xingzhi thought quickly and gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

"Send the order to kill all the bannermen, women and children in the team, and set fire to all the vehicles!" Liu Xingzhi ordered sternly.

Things that you can’t take away by yourself cannot be cheaper than Jiannu!

Although he lost a lot of wealth, as long as he killed all the bannermen in the team, even Sun Jingluo would not blame himself. After all, he did not leave the bannermen to Jiannu.

The property that caused the loss could only be burned in one go. Fortunately, his brother Liu Xingji took away a large amount of gold and silver property, and he would not have gained nothing!

With Liu Xingzhi's order, more than a thousand Ming troops immediately started to move. Some of the Ming troops rushed towards the bannermen, women and children in the team, while others lit torches to burn the carriage.

I originally wanted to take these banner women back to the Ming Dynasty and send them to the Ming Dynasty as their wives, but now in order not to leave them to Jiannu, I can only bear the pain to deal with them.

The bannermen, women and children cried everywhere, and the Han people were in chaos.

"June, what's wrong?" A Han man Baoyi exclaimed.

"The Jiannu army is coming, you can escape by yourself, all flee south, as long as you escape Liaoyang, it will be safe." A Ming army soldier replied.

"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Many Han people were in a mess.

When the Ming army rushed to the Liaohe Plain, frightened by the power of the Ming army and its former Ming people, many Han people in Baoyi surrendered to the Ming army and used to slash their swords at the bannermen. They thought they could get rid of Jian.

The slave's slave returned to the Ming Dynasty safely, but unexpectedly, he was told that the main force of Jiannu had been killed.

Thinking about what he did before, how could he spare himself if Jiannu came back? Moreover, Ming Jun seemed to have no intention of taking him away or protecting him. Thinking of this, many Han people were panicked.

However, Liu Xingzhi had no time to pay attention to the ideas of these Han people. After leading his troops to kill all the bannermen, women and children, he immediately led his subordinates to ride south. As a result, those Han people who were crying and begging could only ask for their own blessings. Liu Xingzhi

There is no time to pay attention to them and must escape before the Jiannu main force chases them.

Looking at the backs of the Ming cavalry in the distance, looking at the burning convoy, and then looking at the corpses of flag-men, women and children everywhere, the Han coats shouted and fled and scattered.

Just because of the corpses of these bannermen, women and children, when the main force of Jiannu came, there would be no life.

A moment later, Manguertai led the Eight Banners soldiers of the Right Fourth Banners and Eight Banners to finally arrive, and was furious when he looked at the burning convoy and the corpses all over the ground.

"Damn Minggou, he is so cruel!" Mangguertai cursed.

"Master Beile, there are many Han people running around miles away." An Eight Banners whistle responded.

"Kill, kill all these dog slaves!" Manguertai said angrily.

"Fifth brother, wait!" Ajige quickly stopped, "These coats are our slaves. After the Ming army arrived, they surrendered to the Ming army because of helplessness. Now our Dajin has been severely damaged and the population has decreased a lot. These bags should be taken. Yi stayed and continued to serve Dajin, how could he kill at will?"

"Nonsense!" Mangguertai opened his eyes wide and pointed at the corpses all over the ground and said angrily, "Look at these corpses, there are adult flag children, not even flag boys! More than a thousand women and children, at least ten from There are many villages, and the number of males in the village should be the same. The strong bannermen were transferred to Liaoyang, Shengjing, but where did those elderly bannermen and those underage boys go?

There are 200,000 to 300,000 bannermen in Liaoshen, and only how many Ming troops were attacked? Without the help of these damn Han slaves, how could the Ming army sweep across Liaoshen in just a short time? These who betrayed the Jin Dynasty Everyone should kill Baoyi!”

"But the Khan is destined." When Ajige was still trying to persuade him, he was interrupted directly by Mangourtai.

"Don't mention Huang Taiji to me. If he hadn't been determined to detour through Mongolia to attack Ming Kingdom, how could my Great Jin Kingdom be so in such a situation?" Mangguertai said angrily, "Ajige, you are also from Aisin Gioro. Descendants, the foundation that Ama has worked hard to build is defeated by Huang Taiji. Don’t you feel heartbroken?”

Azig was speechless.

Manguertai then sent an order to divide more than 10,000 Eight Banners into several stocks, chase southwards, and try to catch up with the Ming army with bannermen as much as possible. Anyone who encounters escaped Han slaves along the way will be killed without any hesitation!

Twenty miles away, a ruined village that had been plundered. Liu Xingzhi, who had escaped all the way, stopped and entered the village to pay homage to his elder brother Liu Xingzuo.

After asking Liu Xingzhi briefly, Liu Xingzuo did not say much about Liu Xingzhi's behavior of killing prisoners and burning cars, but ordered Liu Xingzhi to lead his subordinates into the village for dinner and rest.

"Brother, the main force of Jiannu is here to kill him. Let's go south as soon as possible." Liu Xingzhi persuaded.

Liu Xingzuo shook his head and smiled and said, "You and I have as many as 5,000 soldiers in total, and they are all cavalrymen. How can we escape without fighting?"

"But Jiannu cavalry is overwhelming, with at least tens of thousands of people. Brother, we can't beat it!" Liu Xingzhi said anxiously.

If there were no troops to be divided all the time, the Dongjiang Army in Pidao would have nearly 20,000 people, and they could still fight against Jiannu. Now they have sent troops to escort Hanmin Baoyi to the south, with only more than 5,000 people left here, and they are no match for Jiannu at all!

"Civil Lu and General Cao are still here and have not retreated yet. How can we escape without fighting?" Liu Xingzuo shook his head and said.

When Liu Xingzuo mentioned Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao, Liu Xingzhi stopped talking. He knew that if his brothers fled without fighting, they would probably not be able to gain a foothold in the Ming Dynasty in the future.

"How can I fight? I can't beat it." Liu Xingzhi sighed.

Liu Xingzuo smiled and said, "If you design it ingeniously, you may not be able to fight. Lao Liu, look, this village is sixty miles away from Liaoyang, and there are no other villages around twenty miles. It is almost dusk now. If Jiannu came after him, would he spend the night in this village?"

Liu Xingzhi thought for a while: "It's very likely."

Liu Xingzuo smiled and said, "Then let's use this village as a battlefield to set a trap for Jiannu."

The Mangurtai soldiers divided the troops and personally led more than 2,000 flag soldiers to go south. Along the way, they caught up with many fleeing Han slaves, and all ordered them to be killed.

As the sky gradually darkened, cavalry came to report that a ruin in Tun Village was found in front of him. Mangguertai ordered to rest in Tun Village.

There are hundreds of houses in Tun Village, which is a large Tun Town, but now the entire Tun Town is dilapidated and there is not even a single person inside. Fortunately, some of the houses are quite complete, so the army can rest here for a night.

To avoid wind and cold.

Manguertai ordered a team of sentries to be on guard outside. Other flag soldiers entered the village, and more than 2,000 Eight Banners soldiers entered various courtyards.

There was no grain in the entire town. Fortunately, the army brought some grain and found a few pots in several houses. The well in the middle of the village was still intact and had no freezing, so the bannermen came out of the well.

After getting water, I started cooking.

Who knew that not long after dinner, many flag dicks suddenly shouted that their stomachs were uncomfortable, and many people pulled off their pants and pulled them up. When Mangourtai received the report, more than half of the soldiers in the army began to have diarrhea!

"What the hell is going on?" Manguertai was shocked and angry.

"It should be that the well water was poisoned, but wasn't it tested before cooking? Is it poisonous?" Ajige said angrily, secretly glad in his heart. Fortunately, he and Mangourtai had no time to eat when discussing military affairs, otherwise these people would have been rude.

The flag that was holding his butt had his own heart.

"I went back to Master Beile. I tested it when I fetched water. The silver needle did not turn black. I fed the war horses with well water. The war horses were fine at that time." The chef leader in charge of cooking said aggrievedly.

"It must be that Crotons were drawn in the well!" Ajige guessed, "Go and see the war horses?"

The war horse has a strong resistance than that of humans, but it is not much stronger. Even if there was no diarrhea at that time, I am afraid it will be now.

Several flag knights heard the sound and ran to the house with the war horses tied up. Sure enough, they found that many horses were also suffering from diarrhea.

"Damn Mingdog!" Manguertai punched the table in front of him with a heavy punch, and the table collapsed with a click.

That night, countless flag dicks pulled each other again and again, and many people were almost exhausted. It was too cold at night, and it was easy to freeze to death when they went out to get diarrhea. The flag dicks could only be pulled in the house, and the smell in each room was stinking.

Xuntian almost kills people.

Not only people, but many war horses are also suffering from diarrhea, but the smell of horse manure is not as strong as that of people.

Early the next morning, Manguertai and Ajige suddenly discovered that except for a few guards, most of the people in the camp had become soft-legged shrimps. After pulling them all night, these strong men were strong.

, and even many people can't hold it.

Under such circumstances, we can't continue to chase and intercept, so we can only stay in this town for the time being to rest and recover. But Mangourtai and Ajige were very worried. Since the Ming army was in the well, they would definitely not

Will give up!

"Retreat, retreat quickly!" Azige said impatiently.

Most of the flag captains were extremely exhausted and could not fight at all. Once the Ming army came, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"What are you going to retreat? Many war horses have no strength, how can you retreat?" Mangguertai said angrily, "Just in this town, have a fight with Minggou, let Minggou see, my Eight Banners Warriors,

Even if they have a stomachache all night, they are not able to be humiliated easily!”

The most combative army of Minggou is outside Shengjing City or attacking Liaoyang. At most, it is a weak brigade like the Dongjiang Army. Among the more than two thousand flag soldiers, 500 people were on duty and were not poisoned. There are five hundred flag soldiers.
Chapter completed!