On the border of the Great Wall, Zhenjing Fort.
"Have all the things been handed over to Wu Sangui?" asked Jirgalang.
"In reply to your Highness, my men saw the Guanning Army enter the city with their own eyes, and everything inside must have been taken by Wu Sangui." said Wakda, who was in charge of this matter.
"That's good," Jirgalang nodded with a smile, "I have made inconspicuous marks on the gold and the calligraphy and paintings. One day in the future, these things will become evidence of Wu Sangui's betrayal of his allies."
"When the critical moment comes, I will tell the Ming court all these evidences. Even if Chongzhen wants to let Wu Sangui go, the ministers and other generals in the court will not tolerate it."
"In order to protect himself, Wu Sangui will definitely surrender to the Qing Dynasty and be used by me!"
"Hahaha!"
Jirgalang laughed from the bottom of his heart.
"Your Highness is wise and brave, and is truly the greatest prince of the Qing Dynasty!" Wakda flattered him against his conscience.
"Let's talk business." Jirgalang put away his smile and asked Tunqi next to him: "Where is the main force of the Ming army?"
"The vanguard Wu Sangui has arrived at Zhenbianbao, and Wang Yongji is about fifteen miles behind him." Tunqi replied.
"Where is Lekedehun?" Jirgalang continued to ask.
"I have led my troops to the Gaotaibao area and are hiding there without exposing my whereabouts."
"Where's Liu Zhiyuan?"
(Liu Zhiyuan was the leader of the Han army of the Bordered Yellow Banner.)
"The troops have arrived 30 miles north of Yizhou and are waiting for orders at any time."
"Where's Mandahai?"
"We have arrived in Haizhou and are secretly marching towards Xining Fort."
"Where is Dorgon? Hasn't his navy arrived yet?" When mentioning Dorgon, Jirgalang's face trembled involuntarily.
As a great general, he was unable to mobilize Dorgon and his navy.
Every time when he was called upon to serve, Dorgon would refuse to send troops, citing the tense war situation in southern Liaoning as an excuse.
He neither understood naval warfare nor knew the specific situation in southern Liaoning.
All we can do is let it go and swallow our anger.
"Prince Rui wrote back saying that the war in southern Liaoning was intense and he could not personally come to help..."
Before Tunqi could finish his words, Jirgalang glared at him and said angrily, "What? How dare this fellow Dorgon disobey the imperial edict? I have a decree for my mobilization of troops this time!"
"Your Highness, calm down!" Tunqi began to explain: "Although Prince Rui did not come, he sent Prince Gongshun Kong Youde and 3,000 soldiers to help. Prince Gongshun has arrived at Ximu City, 30 miles away from Haizhou, and will soon meet up with Prince Li (Man Dahai)."
"That's better!" Jirgalang's anger subsided a little. "Dorgon still has some conscience and didn't plot against me at this time."
After a moment of silence, Jirgalang said, "Tell the tribes on the grassland that it is very difficult to set up a post station on the grassland this time. All participating tribes can obtain more than 1,000 stones of grain and grass after the war."
"Yes." Tunqi nodded and asked: "Next, let's..."
"Continue to retreat northwards and lure the main force of the Ming army out of the Great Wall!"
The next day dawned.
Under Jirgalang's order, the Eight Banners soldiers evacuated Zhenjing Fort and came to the north of the Great Wall.
Wang Yongji could not be happy after he recaptured Zhenjing Fort and the border Great Wall without bloodshed.
Because the Jiannu had destroyed the walls of the Great Wall long ago.
The gap is hundreds of miles long.
"Sir, are we going to continue the pursuit?" Generals Li Xingzhong, Liu Zhaoji, Huang Degong and others came to Wang Yongji and asked.
Wang Yongji was very conflicted.
Whether chasing or not, it would be troublesome for him.
If you chase something, you may not necessarily gain anything.
After all, each Jiannu had three horses and ran too fast.
The Mongols went too far, with one person having four or even five horses.
Beyond the Great Wall is the grassland, and catching up with them on the grassland is harder than climbing to the sky.
But if we don't chase them, the Jiannu army and the Mongolian tribes will be lurking outside the Great Wall.
As long as the Ping Liao army retreats, they will come back at any time.
"Go after him," Li Xingzhong suggested.
"I don't think it's necessary," Huang Degong shook his head. "First of all, the grasslands are the world of the Mongols. The Jiannu have the help of the Mongols. It is difficult for us to defeat them on the grasslands."
"Secondly, the army's mission is to pacify Liao, not to pacify the grasslands."
"Not necessarily," Li Xingzhong, who comes from a military family in Liaodong, continued, "The Mongols in Liaodong have become one with the Jiannu. To deal with them is to deal with the Jiannu."
"Also, it is indeed difficult to catch up with and defeat them on the grassland, but we can drive away the Mongolian tribes that are grazing nearby."
"Wars are fought for money and food!"
"They can certainly come back, but every time they go out they consume a lot of food and supplies."
"The Jiannu can afford it, but the Mongols can't. The milk lumps and dried meat they have stored will be consumed very quickly."
"So we have to drive the Mongols away and increase the cost for them to come back."
After listening to Li Xingzhong's analysis, Wang Yongji looked at the others and asked, "What about you? Do you have any suggestions?"
Everyone has different attitudes.
Some people felt that what Li Xingzhong said made sense and that they must continue the pursuit.
Some people believe that it is unnecessary and that the defense system in existing areas should be strengthened.
The choice finally returned to Wang Yongji.
"Let the scouts find out the situation within a radius of dozens of miles first. This commander needs to think carefully about whether to continue the pursuit." Wang Yongji said after hesitating.
Everyone didn't know what to say, so they could only obey the order and agree.
After the others left, Wang Yongji fell into deep thought.
He was thinking...Why did the Jiannu retreat to the grasslands? Instead of retreating to Liaoyang?
The difficulty of transporting supplies from Shenyang to the grassland is much greater than that of transporting supplies to Liaoyang.
As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Jirgalang would not cause trouble for himself.
He must figure out the purpose of Jirgalang's actions, otherwise he might fall into the other party's trap.
After thinking about it all night, Wang Yongji finally figured out why Jirgalang did this.
Liaoyang is only a hundred miles away from Shenyang. If the war is brought to Liaoyang, Shenyang will also be affected.
This problem will not arise if we retreat to the grassland.
The two sides would even fight back and forth on the grassland, dragging the war back.
By winter, the Eight Banners Army and the Mongols had reached their dominant period.
"So, we must drive them north!" Wang Yongji muttered to himself and waved his hand and ordered: "Send orders to all units to prepare to continue chasing the Jiannu."
Two days later.
After resting, the main force of the Ming army crossed the dilapidated Great Wall and came to the grassland.
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