Guo Zhiyuan was both happy and worried when he heard this news. He was happy that he ran thousands of miles to Liaodong to capture the retreat of the Later Jin army and finally achieved results. Since Mangourtai would come to pursue him, it means that the Later Jin already knew that his retreat had been copied, and Mangourtai also took away 10,000 cavalry of the Later Jin, so the Ming army had the opportunity to launch a counterattack. (He didn't know that the opportunity to turn defeat into victory that he had worked hard for the Ming army had been missed by Yang Hao)

What is worried about is that Manguertai is coming in a fierce manner, but he only has five thousand cavalry of the Xin army and less than two thousand infantry by his side. It is really unknown whether he can withstand this ten thousand cavalry of the Later Jin. You must know that this ten thousand cavalry of the Later Jin is completely different from the Hou Jin flag Ding who attacked Dunbao in the Xin army before. He is a real elite of the Later Jin. Although he is confident in the combat effectiveness of the Xin army, the Xin army cavalry of the Xin army has just formed a short time ago, and it really makes Guo Zhiyuan have no idea about the horse fighting with the Later Jin cavalry who grew up on horseback.

Moreover, Mangurtai is different from the opponents Guo Zhiyuan had encountered before. Although this guy has a bad temper, he is very brave and good at fighting. I have to say that Nurhaci's sons are indeed outstanding. Almost many of them are military geniuses, and they are not vague in fighting. In terms of fighting skills alone, Mangurtai is definitely one of the best among them. Therefore, despite his bad temper, Nurhaci still respects him very much and often let him stand alone and lead troops to fight independently. When Mangurtai was young, he followed Nurhaci to conquer the Ula tribe of the Jurchens in Haixi. Mangurtai asked himself to be the vanguard, defeating the six cities of Ula in a row, and gaining a great reputation!

Especially this time, Guo Zhiyuan's plan was to attack the rear of the Later Jin army, so he did not carry any heavy weapons like artillery. In other words, the advantages of the firearms of the Xin army could not be used at all. He could only attack the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings and fight cavalry wars with Mangurtai. This is a bit fatal. As the saying goes, the Jurchens are not worth tens of thousands, and they are invincible! There is almost no precedent in history that the Central Plains army is less than the Jurchen cavalry, and can defeat the Jurchen cavalry in cavalry warfare!

However, apart from fighting head-on with Mangurtai, Guo Zhiyuan had no choice, because if he continued to retreat, Mangurtai would pursue the situation with the cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty, and the infantry troops who were captured and the captured women and children of the Later Jin Dynasty and the slow-moving infantry forces took the lead. When the scene was chaotic, the situation would only worsen. The reason why Guo Zhiyuan wanted to plunder the population of the Later Jin Dynasty was to destroy the foundation for the development and growth of the Later Jin Dynasty. Naturally, it would never be possible to abandon the results that had been achieved and retreated without fighting.

Guo Zhiyuan did not conceal the news that Mangguertai was chasing him with 10,000 cavalry of the Later Jin Dynasty. The soldiers of the Southern Jin Dynasty were also shocked when they heard the news. If they were fighting naval battles with the Later Jin army or fighting with the infantry, they were naturally not afraid at all, but they were a little bit confident to fight against the Later Jin cavalry. Especially after seeing the cavalry of the Later Jin people, they felt the gap even more, especially now that the number of cavalry chasing over the Later Jin Dynasty was even more than them, which made them feel that the chance of winning was very slim.

Feeling that the soldiers of the Xinxin Army were a little depressed, Guo Zhiyuan found a relatively favorable terrain and ordered to stop retreating, summon all the Xinxin Army soldiers, and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the Xinxin Army, you have fought a lot of wars with me over the years. We fought rebels, pirates, and Japanese pirates. Many of the battles seemed to have little chance of winning before the war, but in the end we all won! Why? Because we clearly know why we fought! We fought to protect our relatives and protect civilians like us from being bullied! The victory of our battles is never our weapons or our advantage in military strength, but our will and courage! When the two armies meet, the brave will win! Today we will compete with the Later Jin cavalry, who is the brave!..."

The morale of the Xinxin Army, which was originally a little depressed, was instantly inspired by Guo Zhiyuan and roared in unison: "The two armies meet, the brave will win! The Xinxin Army will definitely win!..."

After the roar of the soldiers of the new army subsided slightly, Guo Zhiyuan took his flag recognition from his personal guards, inserted it hard at the highest point of the hillside, and continued to shout: "There are our infantry brothers from the new army behind us, so we cannot retreat! I inserted my flag recognition here, and I promise everyone that no matter what happens, I will stand under this flag recognition, watch everyone fight bravely, and never take a step back!..."

What else can arouse the morale of soldiers better than the commander's lead, so the roar that had just calmed down resounded again in Yuntian: "Fight to the death! Don't retreat!"

Next, Guo Zhiyuan quickly arranged for the soldiers of the Xin army to start digging trenches, logging wood, building stones and building simple fortifications. In short, all the means that Guo Zhiyuan could think of could delay the power of the Jin cavalry. He was not so arrogant that he really fought head-on with the 10,000 Later Jin cavalry of Mangurtai, so he naturally had any moves that were easy to use.

The speed of the Later Jin cavalry was really not great. A few hours later, the reconnaissance cavalry sent by Guo Zhiyuan rushed over and reported to Guo Zhiyuan that the vanguard troops of Mangurtai had reached several miles away. In order to delay the speed of the Jin cavalry and buy time for the main force, the brave Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts of the Self-Scouts have been sacrificed, and only a few have escaped back.

A cold light flashed in Guo Zhiyuan's eyes, and he clenched his fists hard and said in a cold voice: "I will definitely avenge the sacrificed brothers! I will never let them die in vain!" As he said that, he patted the shoulders of the surviving scouts to return to the team to rest, and at the same time asked Li Guozhu to send an order to stop digging trenches and building simple fortifications, save his energy first, and welcome the upcoming battle!
Chapter completed!