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Chapter 697 Depressed pursuit

The scout reported that Gao Huan withdrew his troops, and Haoge immediately became energetic.

However, the Qing army was indeed scared by Gao Huan and did not have the courage to take all the money.

After Hauge discussed with Jirhalang, he left the infantry to defend the city to prevent Gao Huan from cheating. He led 30,000 cavalry out of the city to pursue the Liang army.

This time, if you don’t want to defeat Liang’s army, you must at least bite a piece of meat from Gao Huan’s body and kill Gao Huan’s sharpness.

After the Qing army's preparations, it was already dawn. When the soldiers on the city saw that the Liang army camp was indeed empty, all the tents were taken away, and only the fences stood in the wilderness. They immediately cheered, and many women and children of the Eight Banners were so happy that they burst into tears.

I thought the Liang soldiers were going to break through the city and kill them all, but now when the Liang soldiers retreated, they all saved their lives.

The Liang army's attack on Beijing this time caused a great mental shock to the Eight Banners and the Eight Banners' family. They were frightened by the Liang army, and many people were preparing to move back outside the pass.

At this time, the city gate opened, Haoge and Obai led 30,000 troops out and came to the Liang army camp.

When Haogelema observed, he found that Gao Huan was leaving in a hurry, the heavy equipment such as the Red Cannon and the Mortar cannon were all blown up by the Liang army.

Gao Huan didn't even blink his eyes when he destroyed so many artillery at once, which made Haoge envious of Gao Huan's heroic spirit and realized the gap in strength between the two countries.

Haoge looked at the bombed cannons. They were all the best fine iron and could not be wasted. So he put away the rag and "Transport all these waste cannons back to the city."

"Prince! Mr. Gao is leaving in a hurry!" Obai sneered, with a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

In history, there are many examples of winning first and losing later in the Northern Expedition. The most typical example is that Liu Yu opened high and ended low.

Now Gao Huan's power is not as powerful as Liu Yu. He suddenly withdrew his troops. The Qing army seized the opportunity and might turn defeat into victory.

"Prince chase!" Oboi and others said excitedly.

Dorgon was captured, Duoduo was killed, Daishan was critically ill, Fulin was still young, and the Qing Dynasty needed a strong ruler.

Haoge wanted to be this person, but he had no achievements in recent years and had no prestige among the Eight Banners. If he wanted to become the leader of the Qing Dynasty, he needed to accomplish a big thing.

This time Gao Huan withdrew his troops and he went out of the city to pursue him, which was a rare opportunity.

Gao Huan wanted to retreat south, and Haoge took a bite to make a great contribution. If he didn't take a bite, he sent Gao Huan's gift out of the country, it was also a great contribution.

He could claim that he drove Gao Huan out of Hebei and regained the land of Hebei for the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Haoge pulled out his horse's reins, he immediately shouted: "Transfer the king's military order and immediately pursue the south!"

The Qing cavalry roared and drove their horses to chase south, preparing to seek revenge on Gao Huan.

Hebei is flat, and Haoge is not worried about being surrounded by Gao Huan.

If it is found that something is wrong, the cavalry will definitely be able to run out before the Liang army siege. As long as he is unwilling to fight against the Liang army, it will be difficult for the Liang army to capture the Qing cavalry on the plain.

At this time, the Qing cavalry galloped along the official road, and the horse's hooves trampled on the earth, stirring up snow mud, and the cavalry ran past the road excitedly.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise as the cavalry rang, and white light burst out in the middle of the official road. The strong wind blew, and the war horses neighed and were overturned by the explosion. The cavalry and war horses smashed heavily to the ground, and instantly neighed forward.

"Xu" Haoge and others quickly pulled the reins, the front hooves of the war horse were suspended in the air, and then fell heavily to the ground.

At this time, Haoge looked at each other in surprise, looking at the big hole that exploded on the ground, the soldiers and horses wailing around him, and the tragic horses, and they couldn't help but be furious.

"It's a barbarian!" Aobai said hideously.

Haoge gritted his teeth, "Gao Manzi is really sinister. Keep moving forward and pay attention to the ground."

Now the Qing cavalry did not dare to rush on their horses, and the team slowly moved forward. After a while, they found the fried bag buried underground by Liang Jun.

This kind of primitive landmine appeared when Qi Jiguang guarded Ji Liao. After the Liang army improved it, it was even more powerful and had an astonishing lethality.

"Boom" another loud bang, and the Qing army on the road was overturned by the explosion again. The Qing army, who was still pursuing excitedly, was already silent at this time.

Seeing that the Liang army buried a fried bag on the road, the Qing army was unable to move forward, Haoge could only pull out the reins of the horse and get off the official road. The large number of Qing cavalry immediately walked down the official road, trampling on the wheat field and chasing forward.

At this time, the Qing cavalry was running all the way, and not long after they left, the explosion rang out.

The scout behind the Liang army monitored the route of the Qing army, and then notified the troops burying mines ahead. The Qing army walked on the pass road and buried mines on the official road. The Qing army walked on the fields and buried them in the fields.

This almost caused the Qing army to collapse, and the army was moving slowly and it was difficult to catch up with the Liang army.

"Prince, the barbarian is too sinister. It is not a solution for us to follow like this!" Obai said in a deep voice: "I think we should go around them directly and run to the barbarian."

Haoge's eyes lit up in front of his voice, "This is a good idea!"

At present, 30,000 Qing cavalry took advantage of the mobility of the cavalry and rushed westward for fifty or sixty miles to Bazhou, and then directly rushed southward to Cangzhou, preparing to intercept and block the Liang army's retreat south.

The Qing cavalry ran for two days and arrived in Cangzhou, then waited for the arrival of Liang army.

At this time, Haoge stood on a horse and looked into the north, "Gao Huan is so anxious to retreat south, it must be a bad situation in the south. I don't need to kill many of his men. I just need to restrain him and hinder his retreat speed, which will be considered a heavy blow to Gao Huan."

The generals of the Qing army nodded one after another, and Obai sneered: "The more anxious the man Gao is, the less we will let him go. When I am the Qing Dynasty, I will fight if I want to, and if I want to retreat, I must make him pay the price."

Two days later, the scout reported that the Liang army appeared thirty miles north of Cangzhou. When Haoge and Obai heard the news, they immediately led a large army to gallop north. After a while, they saw the big Liang army coming south.

Seeing this, Obai excitedly said, "Prince, take advantage of the failure to form a formation and the army will rush to kill once."

Haoge quickly grabbed the horse's belly, and the cavalry behind him flocked to him. Thirty thousand iron cavalry rolled towards the Liang army, but when he was about to approach the Liang army, he suddenly pulled the reins again, pulled out his head, turned around in front of the Liang army formation, and then galloped back.

"Damn it, it's so dangerous!" Haoge was still scared, "Is that the so-called hollow array group?"

Oboi and others didn't know either, but they knew that Duoduo led 80,000 cavalry to death by the Liang army group after entering the formation.

In the Liang army formation, Gao Huan rode a horse under the flag of the big crow. When he saw the Qing cavalry pounced towards the Liang army turning around in front of the formation, he ran to the side and immediately waved, "The horse army attacked!"

With the order, the cavalry hidden behind the formation galloped out, rushing directly towards the Qing cavalry as soon as it reached a torrent.

Seeing this, Haoge narrowed his eyes and saw that there were only more than 10,000 cavalrymen in Liang. He immediately rushed out with his horse and shouted loudly, "Kill!"

Two cavalrymen were like two torrents, galloping and fighting in the wilderness, and cavalry kept falling horses.

At this time, Haoge relied on the large number of Qing cavalry and gained an advantage in the battle. The Liang cavalry could only use the infantry artillery to fight against the Qing cavalry.

The two sides fought fiercely for a morning, and Haoge was fighting hard, but a Qing general rushed to Haoge and reported in panic, "Prince, there are cavalry coming to the west!"

When Haoge heard the sound, he turned his head and saw a group of Liang cavalry with tens of thousands of people appearing in the wilderness to the west. They rushed over with roaring and rushing towards him.

Haoge was shocked when he saw this and knew that this was the Liang cavalry that Zhending Mansion monitored Wu Sangui, so he quickly pulled out his horse and decisively ordered, "Retreat!"

The trumpet sounded, and the Qing cavalry hurriedly pulled their horses, trying to escape from the battlefield, but the Qing cavalry and Liang cavalry had been fighting for a morning, and the horses were already tired and exhausted.

"Kill!" Xu Heihu jumped on his horse and raised his sword, led nearly 10,000 new forces to launch a cover-up kill.

For a time, the Liang cavalry relied on horsepower to rush the Qing army to pieces. Haoge intended to get rid of the Liang cavalry, but the horsepower was insufficient and could not raise the speed. He was caught up by the Liang cavalry from behind and intercepted from the flanks. The two sides chased and fought in the wilderness.

After an hour of melee, when Haoge and the 30,000 cavalrymen were almost foaming at the time when they were about to foam at the mouth, Azige led five thousand cavalry to kill him.

The two sides fought for a while, Haoge and Ajige led their troops north, while the Liang cavalry covered the infantry and retreated into the territory of Shandong.

Gao Huan withdrew to Shandong, and the infantry entered the safe area. While publishing a manifesto, denounced Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Xianzhong, while sending cavalry to go south quickly.
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