Regardless of whether the other two Ming troops were defeated, Jiang Hongli faced a choice whether to not listen to the persuasion of the Jurchens to continue leading the army to support the Ming army, or turn around and go back.

If you choose the former, you will likely be attacked by Jianzhou soldiers.

The morale of the North Korean army is now sluggish and there are many deserters. If they really fight with the Jianzhou soldiers, Jiang Hongli does not think that his troops can defeat the Jianzhou soldiers.

But if you choose the latter, Jiang Hongli will have to bear the anger of the Ming envoy. Whether in the Ming Dynasty or in North Korea, disobeying military orders will be beheaded.

Jin Jingrui made an idea and said that since Liu Jing had been surrounded by Jianzhou soldiers, they should now find out the situation and report it back immediately.

"The military orders sent our army to meet with Liu's army. Now that Liu's army is surrounded, our army is rashly going without knowing the details. If it is surrounded, wouldn't the two armies be lost?"

Kim Jingrui obviously wanted to use the opportunity to wait for Ming Envoy to reply to the North Korean army.

"Friends are trapped in Jianzhou slaves, how can our army not save them!"

The left camp general Jin Yinghe, the middle camp general Wen Xisheng and others strongly asked for the battle, saying that the Ming army was trapped in the siege of Jianzhou Nu. If the Korean army, as a friendly army, did not go to help the war, wouldn’t it make the people in the world laugh at the Koreans for being betrayal?

Compared with most generals who were determined to fight with the Ming army to eliminate Jianzhou slaves, Jin Jingrui's voice was obviously at a disadvantage.

At the request of many generals, Jiang Hongli decided to lead his troops to continue advancing towards Abudaligang, and asked the left camp general Jin Yinghe and the central army Li Youji to lead 3,400 troops from the headquarters as the vanguard. If Jianzhou troops attack, Jin and Li immediately counterattack.

Seeing this, Jin Jingruimi and his close friends took control of the troops and acted according to the opportunity.

After receiving the order, Jin Yinghe and Wen Xisheng immediately rectified their troops as strikers and formed a formation to continue moving forward.

In fact, there were only a few hundred Jin troops in front of the Korean army. The leader was the Zhenghong Banner Jialazhangjing Kangguoli. He was ordered by the banner leader Daishan to cross Niumaoling to contact the Huerhan tribe. Unexpectedly, he encountered the Korean army coming from the east halfway.

While sending people to scare the North Koreans, Kang Guoli also sent someone to report the information that appeared in the North Korean army to the banner leader who was commanding the army to attack the Ming army in Niumaoling.

Judging from the marching lineup of the North Korean army, both equipment and morale are of very poor type, so Kang Guoli believes that even if the North Koreans are not scared, they will stop marching and watching at this moment, but they did not expect that the North Korean army will still choose to continue moving forward.

In order to prevent the North Korean army from approaching Niumaoling and joining the Ming army, Kang Guoli launched an attack on the North Korean army despite having only a few hundred soldiers.

The North Korean army defended on the spot under the organization of Kim Yinghe and Wen Xisheng, but because the soldiers had no intention of fighting at all, just now the battle was fought, and a large group of soldiers retreated in front.

Jin Yinghe rushed forward with dozens of his personal soldiers to stop the defeated soldiers. Wen Xisheng's general Zhe Chong Huang Dezhang, officer Han Yinglong and others led more than 50 warriors to fight to the death. Only with the sound of guns and arrows, did the Jianzhou soldiers calm down and force the Jianzhou soldiers to withdraw their troops.

In this battle, only 18 soldiers in Jianzhou left behind, while more than 230 Korean soldiers were injured and killed.

Seeing that the Korean soldiers were unbearable, Kang Guoli wanted to lead his troops to fight again and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, he asked Niumaoling for reinforcements. After Daishan received the report, he ordered Kang Guoli to give in and let the Korean army enter Niumaoling, so as to take them away with the Ming army.

After receiving the order, Kang Guoli retreated immediately. When the North Korean side saw the Jianzhou soldiers fleeing, they immediately approached Niumaoling under the command of Jin Yinghe, Wen Xisheng and other officials.

During the Shen period, the Korean army arrived at Niumaoling. At this time, Gaogang in the valley was shouting and killing. Foresight, the Ming army set up camp on the ridge. There were braided soldiers in the south, north and west. The voices and horses were neighing, and the darkness was all over the heads.

When the Ming guerrilla general Liu Yiqi saw that a Korean military flag came from the east, he urgently ordered his troops to respond. The two sides worked together to repel a braided soldier and welcomed the Korean army into the camp.

After entering the camp, Jiang Hongli and others immediately went to pay homage to the Ming army commander Liu Jing.

Because during the "Renchen Japanese riot", Liu Jing went to Korea to participate in the war and made many military achievements. The Jiang family of Jinzhou, who belonged to Jiang Hongli, worked with Liu Jing during the war, so Jiang Hongli was very kind to Liu Jing himself.

At that time, Liu Jing was commanding the Ming army to counterattack from the west and north, attacking the Jianzhou soldiers on the ridge from the north. He had no time to clone them, and only supervising the army Kang Yinggan received Jiang Hongli and his party.

Jiang Hongli asked Kang Yinggan whether the other two troops of the Ming army had been defeated. Kang Yinggan admitted that Du Song was indeed defeated by the two troops of Malin, but the Liaodong general Li Rubai's troops were moving closer to Abudaligang, so the Ming army was not alone.

When North Korea learned that there was still a Ming army coming here, he felt at ease. When Jiang Hongli asked how many Jianzhou soldiers surrounded this place, Kang Yinggan replied that there were only two or three banners and ten thousand people.

Jiang Hongli was suspicious about this because when he came over, he saw the Jianzhou military flags everywhere around Niumaoling, and he didn't look like there were only more than 10,000 people.

But since the Ming army's military supervisor was unwilling to inform, Jiang Hongli couldn't ask again. After Kang Yinggan asked about the number of North Korean troops, he placed the Korean army behind the Ming army's camp, and Jiang Hongli was divided into the left and right second battalions and the central army.

It was too late, and the Jianzhou soldiers took off their troops in the daytime attack without any gains. After Liu Shi returned to the camp, he held a banquet to entertain Jiang Hongli and his party, and praised the North Korean troops for sending troops to assist in the war. Later, he carefully asked about the movements of the imperial army led by the eunuchs in Liaodong.

Jiang Hongli informed his troops that they received a military order from the Ming envoy two days ago to meet with Liu Jing's troops. The main forces of the Imperial Army had all gathered in the Wunu Mountain area in the east. When he set off, he heard that the Imperial Army had fought with the Jiannu side division in the Wunu Mountain area, but he did not know the outcome.

Liu Jing nodded. Although Jiang Hongli didn't know much, at least one thing proved that eunuch Wei's imperial army was indeed in Wunu Mountain in the east.

The sudden appearance of the main force of Jiannu also confirmed the situation speculated by the eunuch Wei. However, Liu Jing did not expect that the main force of Jiannu came so quickly, and as soon as he arrived at the Zhenghuang Banner of Jiannu in Niumaoling, he launched an attack on the Ming army.

Liu Jing had privately told the military supervisor Kang Yinggan that if it weren't for the letter from the eunuch Wei, they might have set out from Niumaoling to continue westward, and the Ming army, which was in the marching line, would have been raided by Jiannu, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

After entertaining the North Korean side, Liu Jing suddenly raised a question about the military supervisor Kang Yinggan, which was why the urgent report sent by Li Rubo was used by the military supervisor charge, rather than the general seal of Li Rubo, the chief general.

Kang Yinggan was also puzzled by this. If he had not returned with the envoy of Li's army, he was indeed the one who had sent him, he would have really doubted whether Jiannu had pretended to be the Ming army to deliver the letter.

"General, Jiannu's offensive was very urgent during the day. It seemed that he wanted to eat us in one bite. Could it be that there was something wrong with Jiannu?"

"I have noticed it too, but it's good that this is the case. Niumaoling is the leader, and Li Rubai's troops are moving closer to me. There is also the imperial army in the east. As long as I can stick to this place, Jiannu will be more difficult than me."

Liu Jing is so lucky that it's just one day late, otherwise, how could there be a strong camp to defend

After the North Korean side returned to its own camp, Deputy Marshal Jin Jingrui believed that the Ming army had concealed something from them, so he asked someone to find a North Korean servant under Liu Shi, hoping to get some news from this person that they didn't know.

The news they received surprised them. It turned out that there were not many troops stationed in Niomaoling, less than 20,000, while the Jianzhou soldiers who were attacking Niomaoling were at least 40,000 to 50,000.

The North Korean family member was even more worried and said: "The Eastern Army General Liu is composed of Shandong soldiers, Zhejiang soldiers, and Liaodong soldiers. Each general leads his troops. Liu Zheng is not good at using it. If you think that you can fight, you will be afraid that the more than a thousand servants brought by Liu Zheng himself."

In addition, the North Korean servant also said that the Shandong and Zhejiang soldiers who came from the pass came from afar and did not carry many firearms and cannons. Only one soldier from Pi Island had cannons, but the number of this soldiers was only more than 2,000.

As for the other Li Rubai army that was moving closer to Niumaoling, according to the analysis of the Korean servants, we should not rely too much on it, because most of the troops in the Liaodong town were soldiers, and the elite Liao soldiers were defeated by Jiannu in several battles such as Fushun and Qinghe, so the Liao soldiers under Li Rubai were just weak soldiers of Liao Town.

Even if Li Rubai tried his best to move closer to Niumaoling, it would be difficult for him to break through the defense line of Jianzhou soldiers.

This information really scared Jiang Hongli. The remaining soldiers in Liao Town were stronger than his Korean soldiers, and they could not rely on them. Then wouldn't they dive into Niumaoling and wouldn't they enter the tiger's mouth?

Thinking about the battle with the Jianzhou soldiers during the day, more than 200 people died on his side, and only 13 soldiers in Jianzhou soldiers died. Jiang Hongli felt even more heavy in his heart.

"Marson, the Ming army is so weak, how much chance of victory can our Korean soldiers win? Although our country is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, I am so brave to say that if the Ming army is defeated and the Ming Dynasty will not perish, our army will be in danger of being destroyed."

Jin Jingrui, who was trusted by his uncle, wanted Jiang Hongli to understand his intentions and prepare to protect his troops at critical moments.

"I know your intention, and this is not my wish. In the past, the Japanese invaded our country, and invaded our territory. In the face of urgent difficulties, Lai Ming helped me withdraw the Japanese soldiers. Now, in order to repay the kindness, he has been transferred here. No matter how much the incident is, he should first repay his kindness."

Jiang Hongli finally said what he said to Jin Jingrui.

Jin Jingrui immediately understood and said, "Everything is only Marshal!"

Jiang Hongli said again: "But although the Ming army is weak, the imperial army is strong. If there is no support here, the Ming army will not be saved by death."

Jin Jingrui shook his head: "I'm afraid that the Imperial Army will be dragged by Jiannu's partial army to Wunu Mountain and cannot be rescued."

"But if we do our best, if we really do nothing, our country will eventually repay the kindness of the Ming Dynasty and return the morality."

Jiang Hongli sighed lightly. In this war, not to mention that his motherland cannot be independent, even he, the leading general, cannot control his destiny.

At the foot of Wuniao Mountain, more than 4,000 former shogunate Japanese prisoners wearing thin cotton coats and "loyal" heads were surrounded by a large pot of swallowing.

They tried desperately to stuff the meat from the pot into their mouths, without any chopsticks, and they didn't feel the hot and hot at all.

At this moment, they just want to stuff this delicious piece of meat into their stomachs. Even if they chew it, it seems to be a waste of life.

Nearby, there were piles of bonfires that stretched for more than ten miles.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle pierced the calm of the night sky.

After hearing the whistle, the Japanese prisoners were stunned for a moment, then stood up from the ground in a very orderly manner, and took the weapons from the Imperial Army who was monitoring them.
Chapter completed!