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Chapter 209 Donglin King Xianggan

Mangurtai Mingjin withdrew his troops, and he couldn't continue to consume it. The Jianzhou Jurchens had a sparse population, and one would die less. Even if one Jianzhou Jurchen soldiers were replaced with two Ming soldiers, it was not worth it. Moreover, they did not bring shield chariots and suffered heavy losses on the attacks on the chariot formation. Such a war was very disadvantageous, so they simply retreated.

Anyway, Mangguertai believed that his purpose of coming to rescue Korqin had been achieved. The 100,000 troops of Lin Danhan's besieged had retreated, and the Ming army that assisted Lin Danhan had also retreated. The purpose of rescuing allies had been achieved, so there was no need to consume the troops in vain.

Looking at the retreating Later Jin army in an orderly manner, Man Gui asked, "Sir, Jiannu is not playing any tricks?" They pretended to withdraw their troops. When we set up camp and walked on the road, they killed us and retaliated. At that time, we had no protection from the chariot formation, and we suffered a great loss. The last general just felt suspicious. Jiannu was mainly cavalry, and there were 30,000 Korqin Tatars to cooperate. Although we had many cavalry, we needed to protect more than 100,000 refugees, as well as countless cattle, sheep, and food, and we were slow to move. If Jiannu stared at us and refused to leave, we would be trapped here and not escape. If we continued for a long time, our army would be defeated."

Gao Shixin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Manguertai was here to scare Lin Danhan to rescue the Korqin people. They didn't even bring enough food and grass. If they confront each other for a long time, who would you say to have enough food and grass to be exhausted first?"

Zhang Yong also agreed with Gao Shixin's view: "Mangguertai is brave but not resourceful. If he had enough food and grass, he would definitely not withdraw his troops. He would take advantage of the flexibility of the cavalry to deal with our army. Moreover, Lin Danhan did not go far. If Jiannu dragged it on, the longer the time would be the more unfavorable they would be! Although Lin Danhan was afraid of Jiannu, if our army restrained Jiannu, he would not think of going back and picking up the bargain?"

After Mangguertai withdrew his troops, Gao Shixin did not act rashly, but instead sent light cavalry and Yebugu's cavalry and conducted two days of reconnaissance within a hundred miles around, confirming that the main force of the Later Jin army had left Grejuergen, leaving only Baoyi Aha to assist Zaisanbeile in restoring the city and assist the Korqin people in defending the city. Yebugu's cavalry spied again, and Lin Danhan's army did not go far, and was moving nearby. If the Later Jin army penetrated deep into the grassland and encountered Lin Danhan's army, it would be in a disadvantageous situation.

In the original time and space, the reason why Huang Taiji could destroy Lin Dankhan was to rely on a large number of Mongolians who surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty. If there was no help from the Mongols, the grassland was the home of the Mongols. The Later Jin army, who was good at fishing and hunting, set foot on the grassland and expeditioned Lin Dankhan, would only suffer the loss.

In this time and space, the traitors on the Korqin grassland were almost cleaned up by Lin Danhan and Gao Shixin, and only the Korqin people in Glejurgen City survived under the protection of the Later Jin Dynasty. This grassland war a month ago to a few days ago caused heavy losses to the Korqin people who surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty. Now it is time to lick their wounds; and the Later Jin army also suffered a lot of losses in the Battle of Fengji Fort. The old slave definitely does not want to fight a big battle now, but just wants to recover as soon as possible.

After confirming safety, Gao Shixin embarked on the road to return to the Ming Dynasty.

The Korqin refugees were sent to the south of the Korqin tribe, and then Gao Shixin led the Ming army into the direction of Datong. The Korqin people and Yehe Jurchens who joined the Ming army followed the Ming army and retreated to the direction of Datong.

After more than half a month of long journey on the grassland, the army finally arrived outside the city of Datong Pass. At this time, the Governor Xuanda was Wang Xianggan, who was 86 years old! Gao Shixin changed into the clothes of Qianhu, the Jinyiwei, arrived at the gate of Datong Pass, shouted to the city tower: "I am Gao Shixin, the commander of the Jinyiwei, the Korqin Tatars in the northern expedition, and asked the people above to open the door quickly!"

"The general dared not open the door, and would allow the general to report to the governor of the king!" said a young general in white helmet and white armor on the top of the city.

Although Gao Shixin did not know this person, he saw the "king" flag hanging high above the city wall and guessed that this guy should be Wang Pu. Speaking of which, Wang Pu's father Wang Wei was a famous general in Datong during the Wanli period. Unfortunately, the tiger father and dog son were a playboy. Although he was dressed in a bright armor, he usually rode a white horse with white armor and held a white cherry silver spear. Those who don't know thought that Zhao Zilong was reborn, but in fact he could not beat him, and was afraid of death.

After searching for the memories in his mind, Gao Shixin realized that the Governor Xuanda at this time was actually Wang Xianggan, a Donglin Party member! Wang Xianggan also had a younger brother named Wang Xiangchun, who was also a famous person. It was because Wang Xiangchun forced Kong Youde to rebel, which led to the Wuqiao mutiny, which led to the new firearm troops built by Xu Guangqi and Sun Yuanhua were given to Jiannu for nothing, and also created the Sanshun King.

"Report to the King and the Governor!" Wang Pu reported to the Governor of Xuanda Wang Xianggan, "There is a Ming army outside the pass, including more than 500 factory guards, more than 10,000 Ming cavalry, and two thousand Ming infantry. The rest of the cavalry were barbarians outside the frontier."

"Who is the general in charge of the army?" Wang Xianggan asked.

Wang Pu replied: "The commander of the Jinyiwei, the guerrilla high-ranking soldier of Liaoyang, Liaodong; the military supervisor is Zhang Yong and Zhang."

"It turned out to be a lackey of the eunuch party!" Wang Xianggan snorted coldly.

Wang Pu asked, "Director Wang, then will we let them in?"

Wang Xianggan thought for a moment and said, "It is not reasonable for my Ming army to not let them in. If you go back to them, you will say that the guest army will not enter the city, and only let the chief general, the military supervisor and the five hundred factory guards come in. Let them wait outside the pass. Unless they receive imperial edicts from the court, the guest army will not be allowed to enter the city!"

Wang Pu received the order and climbed up to the city and replied to Gao Shixin: "Gao Chenshi, Eunuch Zhang, and Wang Tuchen said that according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the guest army shall not enter the city at will! You two can lead the factory guards into the city, and the rest of the brothers will camp outside the city to wait."

Zhang Yong shouted to the city wall: "Our family is here to report victory! The Liaodong victory was great. Our Liaodong army was in the north to fight Korqin. We had 26 battles in all sizes and large battles, beheading more than 80,000, killing Korqin Taijioba, winning the ninth level of the head of Prince Beile of Korqin, and killing more than 2,000 Jiannu. Our family plans to bring the soldiers back to Beijing to report victory, so why don't we go in?"

Wang Pu said: "Eunuch Zhang, it's not that the last general will not let you in. It's because the governor Wang has an order. According to the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, the guest army will not be allowed to enter the city! The general Wang can do nothing. If you want to return to Beijing to report the victory, then send someone to the court to ask for an imperial edict first! If there is an imperial edict, the governor Wang will naturally not stop you!"

"Let your daughter-in-law shit!" Man Gui, who was furious, cursed, "I was born and died and fought for the imperial court. After winning a great victory, I was not allowed to go in at the gate of the Ming Dynasty. I asked for an imperial edict? When our people went to the capital, the imperial edict would be at least one month! You thieves will let me stay outside the pass for a month? Wang Pu above, I know you boy! I was originally a soldier from Datong, and I went to Liaodong to fight step by step with military achievements. It was not like you, a playboy, who was born guerrilla? If you don't open the door, I will order the siege!"

"General Mangui, calm down!" Gao Shixin drank Mangui, "They don't let us in, it's their fault. If we attack the city of Daming, we will become rebels! Don't worry, let Eunuch Zhang go in first, and our Shixin will camp with you here! I don't believe it anymore. Can they still let me, the assistant minister of the Jinyiwei, eat sand outside the pass for a month?"

"Okay, brother, I will bring the five hundred factory guards in first. I want to see what the old man named Wang said!" Zhang Yong sneered.

Gao Shixin ordered his soldiers to camp on the spot, and Zhang Yong led five hundred elite factory guards to the Datong city gate. Except for the Jinyiwei's captain and Lishi who were still wearing armor, all officers above the Jinyiwei's small flag took off their armor, put on wingless black gauze hats, flying fish suits, and embroidered spring swords. Dongchang men wore pointed hats and brown Dongchang clothing. More than 500 people arrived at the city gate and shouted to open the door.
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