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  Chapter 573 570【I can’t escape after all】

   Anshan.

  The rainy season has not yet ended, the Datong Army did not attack Liaoyang, but only instigated peasant uprisings in the countryside.

At the military meeting, Li Zheng said with a smile: "We must not forget our old line of business. Liaoyang, Shenyang, Fushun, Tieling, Kaiyuan, these places have many Han peasants. Since the Tartars are defending the city, they will mobilize Farmers, kill the landlords and bannermen, and occupy all the land under the city. As long as the Tartars dare to leave the city, we will find an opportunity to wipe them out. If the Tartars do not leave the city, they will starve to death in the city, anyway, they are not allowed to go into the city sell things!"

   "This trick is really good." Lu Xiangsheng nodded.

   "Haha," Xiao Zongxian laughed immediately, "General Lu didn't know that His Majesty used this method to deal with the Ming government when he raised troops in Jiangxi. At that time, the city belonged to the government, and all the countryside belonged to our Datong Army."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Then leave 20,000 people to fight for the peasants' uprising. The rest of the troops will go to occupy the west of Liaoning. Open up from Haizhou to Shanhaiguan. If Haoge's army is not destroyed, maybe it can be blocked. But then Send a cavalry to deter the grasslands in the northwestern part of Liaoning, and induce those Mongolian tribes to rebel."

   "This plan is very good." Li Zheng nodded in agreement.

   "I'll take people to the grassland!" Wang Tingchen immediately called for a fight.

   Taking advantage of the rare weather, the Datong Army began to divide its troops.

   Ten thousand people stayed in Anshan, and ten thousand people stayed in Weining Camp, watching Liaoyang from the east and west, supporting the peasants to occupy the villages and towns in Liaoyang.

  In other places, there may be good landlords.

  But in Liaodong ruled by the Tartars, there would be no wrongdoing if all the landlords were killed, just let the peasants feel free.

  Xiao Zongxian and Hu Dinggui led troops to western Liaoning, Xining Fort, Xiping Fort, Zhenning Fort, Pingyang Bridge Fort... all the way to Yizhou, these cities and fortresses were all empty. The Tartars abandoned the Han people and serfs, crossed the Great Wall with their goods, and all migrated to Shenyang.

  Hu Dinggui went straight to the Xiaoling River, and the two castles were also deserted, only a group of Han people who had been robbed of their property remained.

  The two met outside the city of Jinzhou. Xiao Zongxian said: "Within the Great Wall, all the Tartars have fled. I asked the Han people along the way. The Tartars crossed the Great Wall and walked over the Great Wall. It should be from the northern grassland to Shenyang."

   "It's the same here, I don't see Tartars at all." Hu Dinggui said.

  Liaoxi Corridor was abandoned by the Tartars!

  The loss of Haizhou means that western Liaoning is cut off. It is impossible for the Tartars to occupy there for a long time, so they chose to withdraw as soon as possible. They just took away the coats, and they didn't even bother to plunder the Han people, because the food could not feed so many serfs.

  The city of Jinzhou, which has repeatedly fought for decades, is now open to the Datong Army Cave.

   Hu Dinggui entered on horseback, as if he had come to a ghost town. The street was in a mess, and no one could be seen at all. Only a few Han people hid in their houses and watched secretly. They were robbed once by the Tartars, and they were afraid of being looted by the Datong army again.

   Xiao Zongxian led his troops straight to Ningyuan, the situation was the same, all the tartars in the city ran away.

   When the two of them were depressed, Wang Tingchen, who led the cavalry to the grassland, was like winning the lottery jackpot.

   Those Tartars in the West Liao Corridor, after crossing the Great Wall, headed for Shenyang along the edge of the grassland. Wang Tingchen's cavalry division also patrolled the edge of the grassland, seeing groups of Tartars almost every day.

   "General, there are Tartars ahead!"

   "Kill the past!"

  The cavalry division was divided into two and wandered on the edge of the grassland. At this moment, more than 4,000 people rushed out.

  The Tartars in front came from Yizhou. There are only fifty regular Eight Banners soldiers, plus a thousand banner troops, and the rest are all Tartar civilians.

   "Run, the barbarians are coming!"

  The Tartars panicked and did not run to the north, because the north is full of grasslands, and it is impossible to run past the cavalry. They abandoned their belongings and fled south into the mountains, maybe there is still a way out.

   "Forgive me, forgive me!"

  The Han people Baoyi did not escape, and they all knelt down and begged for mercy.

  Datong cavalry dragged their swords and galloped, reaping their lives along the way until no Tartar escaped.

   "Teacher, there are more than 1,800 prisoners, hundreds of them are coated." The law enforcement officer rushed over and said.

  Wang Tingchen said: "Choose a hundred Tartar prisoners, let Baoyi stab them twice, and then let Baoyi take the captured luggage across the Great Wall to Yizhou City."

  Wang Tingchen's cavalry division came to the grassland for a walk. There was no logistics supply, but the Tartars who moved from western Liaoning became his supply team instead.

   There are quite a few such supply teams along the way, waiting for Wang Tingchen to receive them.

  …

  Haoge and Mandahai, after crossing the Great Wall, confiscated the leather armor and weapons of small tribes along the way, and even directly killed people and robbed food and livestock.

   When the news of the defeat of the Manchu Qing came, these small tribes would rebel sooner or later, and the Tartars might as well strike first.

  In the ravines of the Yanshan Mountains, the main force of the Tartars plundered all the way, and soon reached the territory of the left-wing Mongolia of Karaqin.

  They still wanted to rob this place, but they missed it. Gurus Qibu, who killed his uncle, had evacuated his uncle's tribe and moved them all to the pastures in the north, and raided several small tribes by the way.

   Taking advantage of the Horqin Mongol leader who was conquering the Badali tribe, Gurusqibu led troops to invade the Horqin Grassland and captured a large number of people and livestock.

  The leaders of Horqin were furious, and returned to the army to fight Gurusqibu, but they were ambushed in Yuanbao Mountain.

  Under heavy losses, Horqin Mongolia and Harqin Mongolia began to appear evenly matched. For the next few years, they will definitely conquer each other, and it will be nothing more than the end of one party conquering the other.

   What's even more funny is that these two Mongolian tribes sent envoys to proclaim themselves ministers to Emperor Zhao in Nanjing.

  Karaqin Mongolia, originally a branch of Yongxiebu tribe, moved eastward to occupy the territory of Duoyan Sanwei.

   And Yongxie Bubu, at the end of Ming Dynasty, has been fighting with Chahar. Lin Danhan of Chahar formed an alliance with Ming Dynasty and wiped out Yongxie Bubu. As a branch of the Yongxiebu tribe, Harqin quickly fell to Houjin and became Nurhachi's help in attacking Chahar.

  Gulusiqibu's ambition is to rebuild the Yongxiebu tribe, first make friends with the Chahar tribe, annex the Horqin grassland, and then unify the left-wing Mongolia as the Great Khan.

   Haug, who failed to capture Karaqin Mongolia, continued eastward and arrived at Xingzhong (Chaoyang City) to reorganize his troops.

  The garrison here is only a few dozen people, but there are many bannermen and Han people, who are led by Hauge to continue eastward, and no one is allowed to stay with the Datong Army. They even deliberately galloped their horses, trampling on the crops that could be harvested one month after the rainy season!

  The next route of the Tartars is to walk along the periphery of the Great Wall of Liaodong, hoping to return to Shenyang directly from the edge of the Horqin Grassland.

   Just in time, Wang Tingchen's cavalry division was there.

   Before even entering the grassland, just in the hilly area, the two sides collided head-on.

  …

  West of Ulanmutu Mountain.

  A team of Datong cavalry, who were scouting for the Tartars, rode up the hillside, intending to climb up and look far away.

  A team of Manchu and Qing cavalry exploring the way also ran up the hill.

   Before the two sides met, they heard each other's hooves and immediately accelerated to run towards the top of the slope.

   After a fight, each other was killed and injured, and each went back to report the enemy's situation.

   "What? There are Nanzi in front!" Hauge was shocked, he already had a psychological shadow.

  Man Dahai said: "This is outside the Great Wall. The Southern Manzis are busy capturing western Liaoning. There must not be many people who have crossed the Great Wall. They probably came to chase the people of Manchuria."

  Hauge also met a lot of Tartar civilians who moved away from western Liaoning.

  Combined with the Mongols and Han people who were taken away along the way, Hauge's team once again reached 24,000 people. About half of them have horses and weapons, but only a thousand or so are actually wearing armor.

   "Then eat it!" Hauge also felt that there were not many Datong troops chasing the Great Wall.

  The horseless Tartars walked slowly behind, and Hauge led more than 10,000 people on horseback in pursuit.

  The Datong army near here is indeed not many.

  The main reason is that Wang Tingchen killed it smoothly, and divided the 10,000-man cavalry division into five teams, and scattered them out to look for the migrating Tartars.

   And these five cavalry teams, after they dispersed, continued to divide their troops.

   Facing Hauge's pursuit, the Datong cavalry had no choice but to flee, while blowing horns along the way to warn.

   After chasing for more than ten miles, Datong cavalry gathered more and more, and there were already three or four thousand cavalry. On the way, Hauge also rescued a group of Tartar civilians, more than 800 people.

   "Sure enough, they are here to arrest our Manchurians." Man Dahai called a captured Eight Banners soldier and asked, "How many Southern barbarians are there?"

  The Eight Banners soldier said: "At least two or three thousand."

  Haug asked: "Do you still want to chase?"

  Man Dahai said: "If you don't eat these southern barbarians, they will definitely keep harassing us on the way back to Shengjing."

   "Then chase!"

  Haug made a decision and led the cavalry to continue chasing eastward.

  Finally, the main cavalry forces of both sides met. Hauge has more than 11,000 cavalry, while Wang Tingchen has gathered more than 8,000 troops.

   "So many barbarians?" Man Dahai was surprised.

  Haug said: "We can't do without fighting. They are blocking the front, so we don't even want to go back to Shengjing."

  Man Dahai said: "Our entire army has no armor, so we are not afraid of their firecrackers. Once the battle starts, the whole army will charge regardless. As long as we get close, we will not be afraid of the southern barbarians' firecrackers."

  Hauge picked up the binoculars and asked doubtfully, "Why are these Southern barbarian cavalry a little different?"

Man Dahai also held up the binoculars, observed for a while and said: "These are the cavalry of the southern barbarians, not the dragon cavalry. Some wear cotton armor, and some have iron armor on the chest. It's very strange. Let's send three thousand cavalry first." Let’s try it out, and let’s talk about the enemy’s style of play.”

  The cavalry on both sides gradually spread out, and this place belongs to the hilly area.

  There are many mountains, but not high, and many hillsides can be ridden on horseback. The respective cavalry are divided into teams of two or three thousand people, and the cavalry formation is deployed as much as possible.

   Three thousand Tartar cavalry stepped forward, and the rest spread out to occupy the nearby hillside, intending to condescend and charge at any time.

   Datong cavalry went to fight, but there were only 3,000 people. All of them wear breastplates, and are all clothed from the waist down, and the horses are not very strong.

  The Tartar cavalry also wanted to try out archery and formed a loose formation of traditional cavalry.

  The cavalry of Datong gathered more and more together, cavalry next to cavalry, and war horses next to war horses.

  Man Dahai said with a smile: "These southern barbarians, apart from riding a horse and shooting guns, they probably don't even know how to fight on horseback. The formation is so tight, once someone falls off the horse, they will immediately fall into chaos."

  The cavalry sent by the two sides to engage in the battle had gradually approached, and the scene made Hauge feel very strange.

  Likes raised, horses accelerated, Datong cavalry, wall charge!

  (end of this chapter)