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Tang Tong left Shanhaiguan but failed to enter it. The reason was that Tang Tong was not a member of the Guanning Army, and more importantly, the original defenders of Pidao were destroyed by Tang Tong, so he had a grudge against the Guanning Army.

Although the defenders of Pidao were Mao Wenlong's subordinates, after Mao Wenlong's death, the Guanning Army had already regarded this force as their own. Tang Tong's interference may not be blamed by Sun Chengzong for the sake of the overall situation, but other Guanning Army generals will not forget this incident.

Besides, Tang Tong belonged to the southern military households with the least combat effectiveness, and the Guanning Army in the north also looked down on Tang Tong's background. Although Sun Chengzong made many efforts to make Tang Tong the general of Dongjiang Army for the sake of the overall situation, in the eyes of those Guanning Army, Tang Tong, the general, was not comparable to those of them who fought their way out in the north.

Tang Tong was too lazy to interact with these big army. In Tang Tong's eyes, most of the big army were no different from bandits. Instead of spending effort to recruit these people, it would be better to train his own men. Not to mention their combat effectiveness, at least the men he trained himself would be much more loyal to him.

Tang Tong abandoned the corpses of 3,000 Mongolian cavalrymen at the foot of Shanhaiguan, and sent someone to deliver a letter to Sun Chengzong, telling him how Zu Dashou, the defender of Dalinghhe City, was arrogant and refused to accept the food he risked sending, which almost led to the annihilation of his Pidao defenders at the hands of tens of thousands of Jiannu.

Although Tang Tong was not a villain, he was very disgusted with Zu Dashou. He expected that Zu Dashou would report him for something bad in the future, so Tang Tong simply reported him first. As for what Sun Chengzong thought, according to historical trends, Sun Chengzong would probably be unable to do anything to him in the future. Sun Chengzong had to take full responsibility for the defeat in the Battle of Dalinghhe, so how could he have the ability to cause trouble for Tang Tong? As for Zu Dashou, if he did not intervene, this guy would sooner or later surrender to the enemy.

Of course, Tang Tong would not just ignore this. His goal this time was to weaken the development momentum of the Jiannu. After his own power developed, it would be easier to deal with the Jiannu. Therefore, Tang Tong led the fleet and turned to Jinzhou, which was in a state of emergency.

Jinzhou City is not far from Dalingh City. Zu Dashou built Dalingh City in order to make Dalingh City and Jinzhou City support each other, but his calculations were too extreme. Huang Taiji was not stupid either, so how could he let Dalingh City become a threat to him in the end? Song Wei and Wu Sangui were ordered to rescue Dalingh City, but they led an army of 40,000 and were easily defeated by Huang Taiji. Instead, Jinzhou City was surrounded by the high-spirited Jiannu army.

There was a Xiaoling River passing by the side of Jinzhou City, and large ships could not enter. Tang Tong had no choice but to leave the Japanese auxiliary troops and Korean laborers behind. He first took 2,000 of his men upstream in a light boat and occupied a small town not far from Jinzhou. Only then did he let the remaining 2,000 Japanese auxiliary troops come over, and the other 1,000 Japanese auxiliary troops guard the Korean laborers.

With the help of the Japanese allied forces, they built a position and transported a few small copper cannons. These things were not as heavy as the red cannons, weighing only a few hundred pounds, and could be loaded onto a carriage for movement, but the range was too short. For these small cannons, the range was still not very effective. They were useful in early naval battles, but they were useless in today's naval battles. They were just something to scare people.

Tang Tong got ten more horses and had ten soldiers ride on them in front of the Jiannu camp. When the Jiannu saw ten Dali soldiers wandering outside the camp, they thought they were the vanguard of a Dali reinforcement army, so they sent out dozens of cavalry to chase them. When the ten soldiers under Tang Tong saw the other side chasing them, they immediately turned around and ran away.

When the dozens of Jiannu cavalry saw this, they would not let these ten people escape, so they chased after them. Naturally, they fell into the ambush circle set by Tang Tong earlier. None of the dozens of Jiannu could escape, but instead they provided Tang Tong with dozens of horses. So when the second group appeared in front of the Jiannu, Tang Tong had dozens of people under his command. When the Jiannu saw that the dozens of people from before did not come back, they knew something was wrong, so this time they sent out a group of Niuluo cavalry.

These 300 Jiannu cavalrymen once again fell into Tang Tong's ambush circle. Facing a thousand breech-loading muskets, these 300 Jiannu cavalrymen were all killed under their horses in just one round, allowing Tang Tong to gain more than 200 horses.

This time, Tang Tong ordered about 200 Japanese auxiliary soldiers to follow the dozens of soldiers dragging the small copper cannons. These Japanese auxiliary soldiers were no longer afraid of the Jiannu cavalry because they had witnessed the scene last time where 3,000 Mongolian cavalry were annihilated in a short time in front of Tang Tong's 2,000 soldiers. Instead, they showed off their might in front of the Jiannu camp and pulled the small copper cannons in a swaggering manner.

The Jiannu saw a group of people without weapons and dressed strangely, pulling small copper cannons with no power, and swaggering in front of their camp. It was as if they did not take the Jiannu cavalry seriously at all. The Jiannu generals guarding the camp did not dare to be negligent and immediately sent people to prepare to charge. However, the Japanese were also very quick. After the cannons were in position, they quickly untied the horses pulling the carriages, lit the cannons, and fled on horseback.

With a few bangs, several solid artillery shells fell into the Jiannu camp. Although they did not cause any serious damage, they made the Jiannu people very angry. Agji, the Jiannu general responsible for attacking the southern Jinzhou city, was extremely angry about this provocation. He immediately sent two ox-wheeled Jiannu cavalry, three ox-wheeled Han army and ten ox-wheeled Mongolian cavalry, vowing to kill all these provocative guys.

Agji was very cautious in sending so many people. If it weren't for the fact that a large number of Jiannu cavalrymen had not returned, Agji would not have been so cautious. Although this situation seemed a little wrong, Agji thought that since he had sent so many people this time, there should be no problem. If they really encountered a large force from Dali, these people who went to chase and kill them would naturally turn back. Although Dali also had a Guanning cavalry, it would be impossible for them to keep more than 4,000 people.

What Agji didn't expect was that this time they were not facing a traditional large army, but a modern army equipped with breech-loading rifles. The 4,000 cavalrymen were basically just serving as food deliverymen in front of the 2,000 musketeers who had positions to rely on.

Tang Tong looked through the telescope at the four thousand combined Jiannu and Mongolian troops chasing after him. He felt that the number they had attracted was too small. Zhang Yiheng blinked a few times and said to Tang Tong, "Sir, I've always heard people say how powerful the Jiannu are, but I feel like these Jiannu are fools, rushing over here to die like this."

"You are taking advantage of me, kid. You don't even think about what our soldiers are holding. They are muskets that are more powerful than those of Westerners. To be honest, if you hit someone with this thing, I feel like you are bullying them." Tang Tong smiled and made a joke for once.

"Haha, your Excellency said so, but I just like the feeling of bullying others. These Japanese slaves are too arrogant. We must teach them a lesson this time." Zhang Yiheng thought that he had fought many battles, big and small, in the past two months, but he had never lost. A surge of pride and heroism surged in his heart.

"Well, it's okay to have such an idea. Actually, to be honest, the Jiannu are nothing special. The really powerful ones are those Westerners. Not only do they have strong ships and powerful guns, but their industry and military are also developing very fast. Our real opponents in the future will be those Westerners. The Jiannu soldiers are just a stepping stone for us." As a person from the future, Tang Tong naturally had much more ideas than Zhang Yiheng. After joking with Zhang Yiheng, he let Zhang Yiheng go down to command the army.

The Jiannu soldiers who were chasing them saw that the fleeing people in front of them suddenly split into two teams, each lined up in an orderly manner, and passed through two wooden stakes respectively. The leader of the Jiannu team hesitated for a moment, and was thinking about whether to split up his troops to chase them, when he suddenly heard a drum sound, and many people suddenly emerged from the ground in front of him. The black muzzles of the guns made the Jiannu leader, no matter how stupid he was, know that he had been fooled this time, and the trick was serious.

The news that two thousand Dali musketeers completely defeated three thousand Mongolian cavalrymen at the foot of Dalinghhe City had already spread throughout the Jiannu camp. After all, there were so many people watching on the battlefield at that time. Even if Huang Taiji wanted to issue a gag order, he could not stop so many people from talking.

Although the other Jiannu soldiers who did not see it did not believe it, the generals among the Jiannu knew it was true. So when the general leading the Jiannu team saw the musket pointed at him, he knew what was going on. However, no matter how clear it was, when he wanted to order a retreat, it was too late. It was impossible for the cavalry to retreat at will during the charge.

After a row of gunshots, the Jiannu general who was rushing in the front felt that something hit his body hard in several places, and then he was involuntarily carried off his horse by the force that seemed like the force of the collision. The Jiannu general wanted to hold on to the horse and the reins to prevent himself from falling, but all the strength in his body seemed to be lost. He fell off the horse involuntarily and was then trampled to pieces by countless horse hooves.

After hearing the gunshots, most of the people in the back didn't understand what was happening in front. A few days ago, three thousand Mongolian cavalry were wiped out in a very short time. Most of the Jiannu and Mongolian people had heard about it. The shock made many people timid, especially the Mongolian and traitor teams, who wanted to retreat even more. However, after they turned their horses around, they found that their retreat was also blocked. Teams of Japanese came up behind them, lit a black object in their hands, and threw it into the Jiannu crowd.

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