May 12th afternoon.
Kong Youde led 5,000 troops to leave Dalinghhe Fort and return to Liaoyang for support.
Early the next morning, Li Xingzhong's troops began to have small-scale contacts with Man Dahai's troops to the north of Dalingh Fort.
Both sides were in a tentative mood, so the casualties were not great.
Li Xingzhong was waiting for other friendly forces, while Man Dahai was waiting for the opportunity to break through Dalinghhe Fort.
After the battle, the Eight Banners soldiers in the north of the city did not return to the camp.
Instead, they raced horses in groups in the north of the city.
The sound of horse hooves and billowing smoke.
It seemed to be telling Ma Shiyao in the city that a fierce battle was taking place here.
Listening to the rumbling sound of horse hooves coming from the north of the city, Ma Shiyao became a little restless.
He personally climbed up the city wall and looked towards the north of the city.
There was a temporary trench dug by the Jiannu to the north of Dalinghhe Fort.
Further north is the Jiannu camp.
The sound of horse hooves came from the Jiannu camp.
Under his gaze, Jiannu cavalry continued to walk out of the barracks and rush north.
There was dust flying everywhere and shouts of killing were deafening.
There seemed to be a fierce battle going on.
"Our reinforcements have arrived and are fighting the Jiannu there!" The Ming army on the city wall began to cheer.
Ma Shiyao was very conflicted.
He was wondering...was there a real battle going on there, or was it just a plot by the Jiannu?
If a battle really broke out, he should immediately lead his troops out of the city and attack the Jiannu together with the Ming army outside the city.
Under attack from both inside and outside, the Jiannu army is bound to be defeated.
If it was a plan of the Jiannu, this move was to lure him out of the city.
Once you fall into the trap.
Not only will he lose cities and territories, but he himself will also die on the battlefield.
For the entire morning, Ma Shiyao stood on the city wall and looked into the distance.
At noon, the shouting and thick dust from the north gradually disappeared.
The Eight Banners soldiers returned to the camp one after another to eat.
Shortly after noon, dust started to rise again in the distance.
The Eight Banners soldiers hurriedly mounted their horses and ran towards the north.
What followed was endless shouting and the sound of horse hooves.
"Sir," someone suggested, "the reinforcements are fighting the Jiannu, let's go out of the city and attack them from both sides."
Ma Shiyao shook his head and continued to observe.
He tried to determine by observation whether the Eight Banners soldiers were acting.
However, as the observation time increased, he found that the Jiannu had almost no flaws.
Each time the Eight Banners Army went out, they would only deploy about 70% of their strength.
The remaining 30% stayed in the camp to defend.
Replace with someone else.
They would feel that they had no chance and thus give up the idea of leaving the city to attack the Jiannu.
Ma Shiyao was different. When he was a bandit, he was known as the Little Zhuge.
Not only does he have literary strategy, he also has military strategy.
In his opinion, the less flaws the Jiannu had, the more true this matter was.
"Gather the troops and be ready to leave the city at any time." Ma Shiyao waved his hand and gave the order.
Two quarters later.
Two thousand five hundred Ming troops assembled inside the north gate.
Ma Shiyao continued to observe and wait for the best opportunity.
suddenly.
The battlefield in the north was in chaos.
A cavalry unit broke out from the Jiannu army and headed straight for Dalinghhe Fort.
This cavalry unit held high the Ming flag and charged left and right into the Jiannu army as if they were in an empty space.
The nearby Jiannu kept shooting arrows at them, but they still couldn't stop their charge.
There was chaos in the Jiannu camp.
"Reinforcements are coming," Ma Shiyao grabbed the iron helmet and put it on his head, "My men, follow me out of the city to attack the Jiannu!"
"kill!"
Under his leadership, more than 2,000 Ming troops rushed out of the city gate and attacked the Jiannu camp.
Before rushing into the Jiannu camp, Ma Shiyao was blocked by a trench.
The soldiers were prepared.
They took out the wooden bridge that had been made in advance and placed it over the trench, then rushed into the Jiannu camp on the bridge.
The Jiannu camp was in chaos, and everyone avoided Ma Shiyao when they saw him.
Ma Shiyao accelerated his charge and headed towards the direction of the reinforcements.
Seeing that the two armies were about to meet, Ma Shiyao suddenly stopped his horse and said, "No, retreat quickly!"
Because he found that although the support troops were carrying the national flag of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers were not very clean. Not to mention bloodstains, there were not even any signs of fighting.
You have to know that on a real battlefield, soldiers will have at least a few arrows stuck in their bodies.
This is obviously not normal.
While hesitating, chaos broke out in the rear.
The Jiannu soldiers who had avoided them before appeared in the rear and surrounded Ma Shiyao.
"You won't be killed if you surrender! You won't be killed if you surrender!" The Eight Banners soldiers began to persuade people to surrender.
Ma Shiyao hesitated for a moment, then threw the weapon on the ground and shouted, "I surrender!"
Seeing this, the other Ming troops had no choice but to lay down their weapons and surrender.
The Eight Banners soldiers rushed forward, surrounded Ma Shiyao and brought him to Man Dahai.
Man Dahai could no longer use the word "joy" to describe his feeling at this moment. He did not expect the war to go so smoothly.
He personally came to Ma Shiyao to brush off the dust on him and said: "General Ma, you have worked hard. It is a great blessing for the Qing Dynasty that you can abandon the dark and join the light."
Ma Shiyao blushed and lowered his head, saying somewhat awkwardly: "I am defeated and captured. I am ashamed!"
"Hey," Man Dahai waved his hand, "It's a happy thing that General Ma can surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Why should you feel ashamed?"
"That's right," Ma Shiyao raised his head and sighed, "I am convinced that I was defeated by Prince Li!"
"In that case, please ask General Ma to open the city gate." Man Dahai pointed to Dalingh Fort not far away.
"Your Highness, please!" Ma Shiyao stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of invitation, but there was a hint of viciousness in his eyes.
Man Dahai was very cautious and sent someone to "escort" Ma Shiyao to knock on the door.
There are still 500 defenders in Dalinghhe Fort.
Seeing that their commander Ma Shiyao had already surrendered, they had no choice but to open the city gates and surrender.
In the evening of that day, the Eight Banners troops entered Dalinghhe Fort.
It was also the evening of May 13th.
After a forced march of one and a half days and one night, Kong Youde arrived at Haizhou Wei with 5,000 soldiers and horses.
"Where did the Ming army go?" Kong Youde personally asked the scouts of Haizhou Guard.
"Your Majesty, according to the latest news, the Ming army has bypassed Liaoyang and is heading straight for Shengjing (Shenyang)!" the scout replied.
"What?" Kong Youde was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. "You...say it again?"
"The Ming army has bypassed Liaoyang and headed straight for Shengjing!" The scout lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.
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