In the Jiannu camp outside Huaerying City.
The surrendered general Li Chengdong was sleeping.
He slept very restlessly.
After surrendering to the Jiannu, he was promoted and his salary increased, and seemed to be valued.
But actually it doesn't.
Not only did the number of soldiers under his command not increase, but some of them were transferred by Dorgon to the Zhengbai Banner.
He knew clearly that the reason he was not given an important position was that he had not achieved any achievement after surrendering.
So he volunteered to lead the troops to attack Huaerying City.
Unfortunately, the attack in the first battle was not successful and failed to capture Huaerying.
Half asleep, he was awakened by hurried footsteps.
Without waiting for the person who came in to speak, he sat up and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Your Excellency...Sir, the Ming army is coming." The scout who rushed into the tent had a trembling voice because he was too nervous.
"What?" Li Chengdong was shocked. He immediately put on his armor and asked, "How many soldiers are there?"
"Too many to count."
Li Chengdong was even more shocked: "Too many to count? Could it be that the main force of the Ming army came? But weren't they confronting Prince Rui in Zhen'an Fort? Why are they here?"
What answered him was not the scout's explanation, but the shouts of killing all over the mountains.
By the time Li Chengdong put on his armor and rushed out of the tent, Gao Wengui had already led the cavalry into the camp.
Li Chengdong was shocked and angry: "Where are the soldiers on duty? Where did they go?"
It wasn't long from the time he learned that the Ming army was attacking to the time he walked out of the tent.
He set up a large number of fortifications around the camp.
As long as the soldiers on duty could fight to the death, the Ming army would not be able to rush into the camp so quickly.
Now the Ming army rushed directly into the camp, and it was obvious that the soldiers on duty had deserted the battlefield.
"Charge forward with me and kill them!" Li Chengdong commanded his troops to launch a counterattack.
However, the reality was completely different from what he imagined.
He finally gathered more than a thousand soldiers, but as soon as the two armies came into contact, the soldiers in the front row either fled or surrendered on the battlefield.
"This...what is going on?" Li Chengdong could no longer use the word "shock" to describe his feelings.
Although many of his soldiers were former bandits, each of them was an elite warrior with many battles under his command.
Can fight with anyone.
Even if the opponents were all elite border troops of the Ming Dynasty, his troops could not have been defeated so quickly.
In the blink of an eye, the Ming army had already reached a point not far in front of him.
The first thing that catches your eye is a Ming Dynasty national flag and a general flag with the character Gao on it.
"Gao?" Li Chengdong guessed, "It must be Gao Wengui under Li Dingguo!"
Just when Li Chengdong was about to lead the team to charge personally, another flag appeared in the air.
Li Chengdong looked carefully and found a big word "Jie" written on the flag.
"Jie?" Li Chengdong was stunned at first, then he shot the arrow in his hand and asked the lieutenant general beside him: "Is there a surname called Jie in the Hundred Family Surnames?"
"Sir, this doesn't seem to be a surname." The lieutenant general beside him answered tremblingly.
"If it's not a surname, what is it?" Li Chengdong didn't react for a moment.
"It should be a name." The lieutenant general beside him tightened his grip on the reins of his warhorse while speaking, ready to escape at any time.
"Name?" Li Chengdong stopped shooting and thought, "Li Jie? Wang Jie? Or Gao..."
Li Chengdong's voice stopped abruptly.
Because he thought of a name that made him feel afraid: Gao Jie!
Gao Jie is his former leader.
He is cruel by nature and his methods are vicious.
Not only did he kill Gao Jie's nephew, he also took Gao Jie's elite troops and defected to the Jiannu.
If Gao Jie caught him, the consequences would be unimaginable.
That's not right!
Wasn’t Gao Jie setting up border defenses in Jizhou to guard against the Mongols there?
When did we enter Liao?
While he was confused, the Ming army was getting closer and closer to him.
Besides the sounds of horse hooves, weapons clashing, and shouts of killing, there is also the sounds of horses hooves, weapons clashing, and shouts of killing.
He also vaguely heard the Ming army on the other side shouting: "Xuzhou General Gao Jie is here, surrender and you won't be killed!"
Most of the soldiers under his command were trained by Gao Jie.
In their eyes, Gao Jie is their backbone.
Except for a few people who willingly followed Li Chengdong to surrender, the rest had no choice.
They were all forced by the army to surrender to the Jiannu.
Now hearing that Gao Jie was at the scene, many people immediately stopped fighting and surrendered on the spot.
Li Chengdong was furious and regrouped his troops with hundreds of his trusted followers.
He did not hesitate to kill those who were unwilling to continue fighting.
After hacking and killing nearly ten people in a row, some soldiers were forced to pick up their weapons and fight again.
Some people rode away on horseback, choosing to escape.
Another group of people directly left Li Chengdong's team and ran towards the Ming army with their hands raised.
For a moment, the camp was in chaos.
Li Chengdong tried again, but still failed to gather the team.
In addition, the Ming army was getting closer and closer to him, so he had to turn around and run away in desperation.
Gao Wengui brought the surrendered soldiers to the outside of Huaerying and knocked on the city gate with official documents.
The defenders in the city did not dare to stay long and took away all the supplies they could carry with them.
What can't be taken away is burned by fire.
......
North of Zhen'an Castle.
Dorgon was discussing with Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou.
He was the first to say, "The scouts said that although there were soldiers in the barracks, there was no smoke from cooking fires on time. I don't know what happened inside."
"I think this is Li's trick to confuse the enemy!" Fan Wencheng asserted, "He knows he can't defeat our army head-on, and he can't take the initiative to retreat, so he can only use this trick to delay time."
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