The Qi family knife pierced through the gap in Ajige's armor on his shoulder, and the sharp blade directly pierced his heart.
Ajige turned back in disbelief, but before he could see who was on the warhorse, his consciousness had already blurred and disappeared.
"Twelfth brother!" On the other side of the river, Dorgon's eyes were almost popping out.
He watched Ajige being killed but could do nothing. All he could do was grieve.
Li Xianzhong curled his lips slightly, and pulled the reins hard while drawing his sword.
The warhorse raised its front legs high and stomped hard on Ajige's body.
Snap!
This executioner, whose hands were stained with the blood of the Ming people, ended his sinful life.
Everything happened so quickly that by the time most people reacted, Ajige had already become a bloody corpse.
"You won't be killed if you surrender!" Li Xianzhong immediately drew his sword, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.
At this moment, Li Xianzhong seemed to be possessed by Li Chengliang, and the Jiannu soldiers' fear of Li Chengliang once again grew and spread.
"You won't be killed if you surrender!" More than 10,000 Ming soldiers shouted loudly.
The Eight Banners soldiers who were resisting stubbornly completely lost their faith at this moment. They laid down their weapons one after another and knelt on the ground waiting for surrender.
The noisy battlefield soon calmed down.
Dorgon on the other side of the river was heartbroken.
But things were already irreversible, so he could only order his men to cut the ropes that secured the pontoon bridge and flee south with more than a thousand personal soldiers.
"We must not let Dorgon escape. Quickly hook the floating bridge with ropes!" Li Xianzhong hurriedly ordered when he saw the floating bridge floating downstream along the river.
It was a quarter of an hour later when the floating bridge was built again.
During this period, Li Xianzhong, Ma Dai, Wang Yongji, Bakeyong and Liu Wenyao gathered together and discussed in a low voice.
Wang Yongji glanced at the situation on the battlefield and said, "Dorgon only took more than a thousand people with him when he fled, but the captives said that those people were the elite among the elite. If they risked their lives, they could fight one against two, or even three."
Ma Dai nodded.
Liu Wenyao also nodded: "Although what you said is true, Dorgon is already trapped. If we don't send troops to hunt him down, His Majesty will blame us, which is something you and I cannot bear."
Buck opened his mouth but said nothing.
Hunting down Dorgon would definitely come at a price, and no one would be willing to take the initiative to do this thankless job.
He had already made up his mind. If these people insisted that he send people to chase them, he would just do the work without putting in any effort.
Li Xianzhong squinted his eyes and looked around: "Everyone, I have a plan, I don't know if it will work."
"General Li, please speak." Liu Wenyao made a gesture of invitation.
"Each group will send 600 people, a total of 3,000 people, and I will lead the team to hunt down Dorgon. If we catch him, you can all share the credit. If we fail to catch him or lose to Dorgon, your losses will not be great."
"I wonder what you think?"
Except for Ma Dai, everyone at the scene nodded in agreement immediately.
Ma Dai originally wanted to ask Huang Degong for instructions, but Huang Degong was too far away and it was too late.
After repeated requests, Ma Dai had no choice but to nod in agreement.
After a brief rest, Li Xianzhong led his men to chase in the direction of Dorgon's escape.
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"Great victory at the Wenyu River! Great victory at the Wenyu River!" Outside the Qianqing Palace, the eunuch who reported the news raised the newspaper above his head with his right hand and ran in at the top of his voice.
Under normal circumstances, he would never dare to act like this.
But today is different.
This news is good news, to let everyone know the news of the Ming army's victory.
Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Chongzhen was discussing state affairs with the cabinet.
Everyone was shocked after hearing the news.
You know, although the Guanning Army had won several small victories over the Jiannu after the Battle of Songshan, the Ming Army inside the pass had not defeated the Jiannu for a long time.
The result of repeated defeats was that the Ming army inside the Great Wall developed a fear of the Jiannu.
This victory is very important to the Ming Dynasty and the Ming army.
Wang Chengen took the report and came to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, a great victory at Wenyu River! This is the report."
"Read it." Chongzhen had a smile on his face.
"As you wish."
Wang Chengen carefully opened the newspaper, swallowed his saliva, calmed down his excitement, and then read: "On June 10, the 17th year of our dynasty, Jingnan Bo Huang Degong led 50,000 troops to fight the Jiannu south of Juyong Pass. The Jiannu were defeated and fled south."
"The Marquis of Jingnan sent the Governor of Ji and Liao, Wang Yongji, the Deputy General Ma Dai, and the Lieutenant General Ba Keyong to lead the cavalry in pursuit, and joined forces with the Governor of the Jingying, Liu Wenyao, who set up an ambush along the way to attack the Jiannu."
"The Jiannu were defeated and fled to the Wenyu River area. They stopped to fight back and built a floating bridge to cross the river to escape to the south."
"Governor of Ji and Liao Wang Yongji, Governor of Beijing Camp Liu Wenyao, Deputy General Ma Dai, Lieutenant General Ba Keyong, and Lieutenant General Li Xianzhong lined up to attack. Our cavalry was fearless and fought bravely, and the cavalry and infantry attacked together. The Jiannu bows and armor were scattered all over the ground, and corpses were scattered all over the ground."
"The weather was hot, and the Jiannu fought for a long time without rest. There were pursuers behind them and a big river in front of them, which caused great chaos in the army. Under the strong attack, the Jiannu army was completely defeated and fled. The number of people who jumped into the water and died was countless."
"Li Xianzhong personally killed Nurhaci's twelfth son Ajige. Dorgon and more than a thousand of his personal soldiers escaped. Li Xianzhong has been sent with 3,000 soldiers to pursue them."
"In this battle, we killed nearly 10,000 enemies, captured thousands of soldiers, and obtained more than 10,000 horses, swords, bows, and armor."
"Your Majesty, the Earl of Jingnan won a great victory!" After Wang Chengen finished reading the contents of the newspaper, he raised the newspaper above his head with both hands, his eyes moist.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Li Banghua was the first to stand up and congratulate. "This great victory will surely make the court and the people cheer and rejoice. The foreign barbarians will be defeated, the internal thieves will be subdued, and peace will not be far away."
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