As a result, the army of soldiers who were unknown to the truth were disintegrated and collapsed to the end.

The two reinforcements were so easily defeated by the Jurchens.

After losing reinforcements, Luo Yiguan from Xiping Fort stopped the Jurchens ten times more than him for three days, and finally lost to the battle and died.

Nurhaci's army captured Xiping Fort and arrived in Guangning, Sun Degong had already deceived Wang Huazhen and opened the city gate to greet him.

Wang Huazhen, who was defeated, fled to Shanhaiguan with only a few dozen personal soldiers.

Halfway through the way, Wang Huazhen met Xiong Tingbi who was preparing to support him with five thousand soldiers.

When Xiong Tingbi heard that Wang Huazhen had lost Guangning and 100,000 troops that had been in operation for many years so quickly, he finally couldn't help but scold Wang Huazhen loudly. But no matter how much he scolded, the most important thing now was how to stop the Jurchens from attacking Shanhaiguan.

You should know that because the court placed all hope on Wang Huazhen, almost all the elites of the Ming Dynasty were handed over to Wang Huazhen. All the 100,000 elites were given to Wang Huazhen. Although Xiong Tingbi, the Liaodong governor, said in his position, was Wang Huazhen's immediate superior, but the only army he could call was only these 5,000.

No one expected that Wang Huazhen's 100,000 elite soldiers would be defeated so quickly and miserably. It was so fast that it caught people off guard and so miserable that it was impossible to clean up the mess.

Xiong Tingbi sat on the horse and looked at Guangning City in the distance that had fallen into Nurhaci's hands.

"Let's go! Sir. Jurchens are about to be called. If you don't leave, you're afraid you won't be able to leave!" The clerk who followed Xiong Tingbi reminded softly.

Xiong Tingbi slowly shook his head. "No. We can't leave now. Once we leave, Nurhaci will definitely take the opportunity to hit Shanhaiguan. At this time, Shanhaiguan's defense is very fragile, and it is almost impossible to stop the Jurchens who are in high morale.

If Shanhaiguan is broken, the overall situation in the world will be out of control."

"But, Lord Wang's army of 100,000 was defeated. With just five thousand of our people, it would be impossible to stop the Jurchens!"

Xiong Tingbi shook his head.

"I know that these five thousand people cannot stop the Jurchens from advancing east, but I cannot give up like that. We must not be able to block head-on, but we don't have to fight the Jurchens head-on. Remember, our biggest task now is to prevent the Jurchens from attacking Shanhaiguan.

Whether it was the Jurchens who took the initiative to retreat or were defeated by us, the result was the same."

"But, the Jurchens just took Guangning and defeated Lord Wang's 100,000 elite troops. They will definitely take advantage of the victory to march towards Shanhaiguan, so how could they retreat?" The clerk obviously disagreed with Xiong Tingbi's words.

After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi looked up at the distance, as if he was talking to himself, "Now, he is the only one who can save the fate of the fallen country of the Ming Dynasty!"

The clerk followed Xiong Tingbi's gaze and looked into the distance. He knew that the "he" that Lord Xiong said was Yu Ren, who had just gained a foothold in Zhenjiang.

"General Yu has just captured Zhenjiang Fort for more than a month, and I heard that he has less than a thousand officers and soldiers. It is probably unrealistic to rely on him to stop the Jurchens! Even if General Yu sends troops in time as he thinks, he will send troops in time and restrain the Jurchens from the west. With his little force, he will not be able to protect himself, let alone threaten the Jurchens! If General Yu sends troops at this time, he will probably be eaten by the soldiers left by the Jurchens!" The clerk obviously has no hope for Yu Ren.

Xiong Tingbi shook his head, "You underestimate this Yu Ren too much. If a thousand ragtags are placed in the hands of others, not to mention attacking the Jurchens, even if they defend Zhenjiang Fort, it is unlikely. But if they are placed in Yu Ren's hands, he will definitely make some big noises.

As long as he makes the noise behind the Jurchens, we will give the Jurchens a strong wall to clear the field, so that Nurhaci feels that even if he advances eastward, he will not get much benefit, and there is still the danger of being sneaked into his lair by Yu Ren. In this way, he will naturally withdraw his troops on his own initiative.

After all, the Jurchens were just robbers. They had no idea of ​​competing for the world with the Ming Dynasty. They just wanted to grab more cattle and sheep, children and property. This was the general trend. Even if Nurhaci wanted to go east to Shanhaiguan and compete for the world with the Ming Dynasty, his subordinates would not get any benefits when they went so far, and they would not follow him to advance east."

Speaking of this, Xiong Tingbi's eyes suddenly became firmer and said to the secretary beside him, "You will immediately pass on your order and divide everyone into ten teams, and transfer all the people outside the pass into the pass as soon as possible. Nothing is allowed to be left behind, and any one that can be taken away will be burned down on the spot, and the house will be pushed down on the spot. Never leave a house or a piece of firewood for the Jurchens.

If they cannot transfer to the pass for a while, they will be allowed to transfer to the mountains first."

The clerk showed hesitation. "Sir, if you do this, aren't you afraid of going back to the court and being afraid of the enemy and avoiding the war by those little ginseng in the court?"

Xiong Tingbi suddenly heard the secretary's words, suddenly lowered his head and glared at the secretary's eyes. After a while, he retracted his gaze and looked up at the distance again. Then he said in a firm tone, "The current situation is the only way to stop the Jurchens from breaking through the barrier. I certainly know that this plan may bring me a life-and-death disaster, but for the safety of the Ming Dynasty and the peace of the world, what is my personal life, death, honor and disgrace!"

Nurhaci hesitated outside Guangning City for a long time before stationing the army into Guangning City. It was not that he did not trust Sun Degong, but that this victory came too quickly and easily. From the time his army left Liaoyang to the time of taking Guangning City, it was less than ten days in total, and in these ten days, they had almost no decent battles. The soldiers suffered even less losses. Nurhaci was quite surprised to achieve such a great result at such a small price.

After entering Guangning City, Nurhaci's subordinates began to rob cattle, horses, property and children everywhere. This was the style of the Jurchens. After every battle, their first thing was to rob people, property and livestock.

As soon as he entered Guangning City, Nurhaci was still very content, but soon he could not be satisfied with the current results. Because from the war reports he received, from Guangning to the east, to Shanhaiguan, there was no decent Ming army stationed. This means that Nurhaci could plunder at will after more than two hundred miles east of Guangning.

When Nurhaci thought of this, he couldn't sit still. He was about to send all the beiles to follow him to advance eastward, and a probe sent news from Liaoyang.

Nurhaci started the war report and found out that Yue Tuo was surrounded by Yu Ren at Zhenjiang Fort, but only seventeen people escaped.

Nurhaci was slightly surprised when he saw this. Although he had already estimated Yu Ren's ability in his heart, he never expected that his Changsun would be defeated so miserably.

You know, Yuetuo has been following him in his teenage years. Although he is only twenty-six years old, he is already a veteran who has experienced many battles. In addition, he is all the elite Jurchens. According to Nurhaci's estimate, even if Yuetuo cannot break through Zhenjiang Fort in one fell swoop, Yu Ren will never be able to fight back.

He never expected that Yue Tuo would be defeated so quickly, and he was defeated so miserably that he was almost wiped out.

Nurhaci took the battle report and asked the message soldier, "Are you wrong with this battle report?"

The messenger nodded firmly. "It's true. This letter was handed to me by the messenger from Liaoyang. If the Great Soldier doesn't believe it, he can send the messenger to ask."

Nurhaci nodded, "Call in."

After saying that, he handed the battle report to the Great Beller Daishan who was standing beside him. At this time, the four Jurchens were all present in the room. Nurhaci originally invited them to discuss the matter of going eastward to Shanhaiguan, but he didn't expect that before the discussion of the plan to go eastward to get to receive such a battle report from the rear.

After reading the battle report, Dai Shan handed the letter to the other three Baylors. The four Baylors circulated the battle report one by one. Before he could discuss it, the messenger came in.

Seeing that the messenger was still gasping for dust and gasping, Nurhaci said to the side, "Look at it!"

The messenger thanked the great khan and sat down.

"Who handed over your war report to you?" Nurhaci asked.

"It was handed over to the villain by Lord Li."

"Yongfang!" Nurhaci nodded. Li Yongfang was responsible for guarding the nest when he entered the army, and it was normal for him to send someone to pass on the letter.

"Do you know what is written in this letter?"

The messenger shook his head. "The villain doesn't know."

Nurhaci nodded expressionlessly. "Have you ever seen Yuetuo when you set out from Liaoyang?"

"On the day when the villain left the city, he saw Yue Tuo bringing more than ten people back to Liaoyang City. Soon after, the Lord Efu summoned the villain and asked the villain to send this letter to the Khan as soon as possible."

Nurhaci nodded again. "Very good. You go down!"

Nurhaci waited for the messenger to go out and then turned to the four major belles behind him.
Chapter completed!