The Eight Banners and nobles present all thought Haoge was crazy. He was defeated and rushed all the way, and would definitely suffer major losses during the retreat. The thirty Niulujia soldiers and the Sixty Battalions near Caozhou may only lose one-quarter to five-fifth of their troops and one-third of their supplies if they are lucky. If they are unlucky, they will lose nearly half of their troops and supplies.

And more importantly, although the Ming army suddenly launched the Northern Expedition, the Qing Dynasty has not even figured out the specific forces invested by the Jinhua bandits. It only shows that the army has invested hundreds of battalions, but whether the Ming army has so many troops is a problem.

If the Ming Dynasty army of Yue only launched the Northern Expedition with a partial division, then Haoge and everyone would become a joke for the entire Qing Dynasty and even trigger a series of aftermath. However, the Eight Banners and nobles present agreed with Haoge's decision after a little thought: "Hurry up and retreat to the Yellow River!"

"As long as we cross the Yellow River, we will be safe!"

"You can keep one or two strongholds in Henan to meet the royal army who retreated from Caozhou!"

"The faster you withdraw, the better!"

The reason why everyone made such a judgment was not only because the last expedition to Duoduo, Daishan and Haoge took the lead in escaping but was unscathed afterwards, but the key was that they are now an absolute vassal state.

The vassal states rely on military strength to have territory. Although Ruan Dacheng believes that after the Qing Dynasty implemented the vassal state, all the princes and princes would definitely fight to the death with the Yue Ming army in order to protect their territory, the development of the matter was completely opposite to Ruan Dacheng and the princes and princes and princes. Now the most concerned issue for all the vassal states is how to preserve their strength.

As long as you preserve your strength, you will have a way to control the new territory. If all your strength is lost, it is meaningless to defend the existing territory. Therefore, Haoge abandoned the Eight Banners Thirty Niulu and Sixty Battalions Green Camp soldiers who were still fighting hard near Caozhou and were determined to retreat directly across the Yellow River.

You should know that the main force of the Ming army in Yue is still fighting in southern Shandong. Even if there are a small number of scouts, Hou You has just arrived in Shandong Zhong. Haoge and his relatives of the Eight Banners can organize resistance outside Jinan. Seeing that the situation is not right, Haoge has decided to hand over almost the entire Shandong to the Ming army.

All the Eight Banners relatives also fully agreed with Haoge's decision, and some even expressed their true thoughts: "As long as you retreat to the Yellow River, even if the Jinhua thieves want to catch up, we have to deal with the Prince of England first. We can launch a counterattack at any time in Yellow River!"

This is also Haoge's true thought. Anyway, the thirty Niulu near Caozhou are almost not under Haoge's name, and most of the Green Camp soldiers are military commanders of the imperial court. No matter what problems arise, the British King Ajige can take it over first. It's not too late to take action after seeing the situation clearly.

Haoge soon found that he had made the correct judgment. The Ming army in Yue swept from Xuzhou had at least 150 battalions. Considering that they could still get the full cooperation of the thieves in Caozhou and other thieves and the local bandits, the Qing Dynasty could not defend the south of the Yellow River no matter what method he used. It was the wisest strategy for him to retreat in time.

Of course, the thirty Niulujia soldiers and the 60th battalion of Green Camp soldiers who fought near Caozhou became the biggest sacrifice. It was not only the Yue Ming army and the Caozhou bandits who were chasing them. When they knew that Haoge directly gave up Jinan and retreated to the north of the Yellow River, the entire Shandong was chasing the unfortunate Qing army with all their might.

By the time they retreated to the bank of the Yellow River, there were only less than 3,000 elite troops in the so-called Sixty Battalion Green Camp. On average, the total number of soldiers at each battalion was less than 50, but the worst was the thirty Eight Banners Niulu.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners Niulu is better than that of the Green Camp soldiers, this has also led to them becoming the primary targets for the Ming army and the bandits and the local bandits to pursue them with all their might. In many cases, the Ming army was several times or even dozens of times. The rebels chased these Eight Banners soldiers with all their might. Moreover, more and more Yue Ming army was nailed to the battlefield. Even if the Qing army had the upper hand, they would not dare to stay for a long time. The result was an avalanche situation.

There are still thirty Niulu in name, but the Niulu, who has the least strength, even if the coat of armor and flags has just been counted, there are only seven people. Although the situation of other Niulu is slightly better, it is not much stronger. Now the total number of armor and soldiers of the thirty Niulu is only only five hundred. Even if the coat of coats and slaves are counted, there are only eight hundred people.

But Haoge was glad that he retreated to the north of the Yellow River in time: "Retreat all the Niulu on the south bank quickly. As long as we run fast, the Jinhua thieves will never catch up with us!"

Whether the Ming Dynasty army in Yue can catch up with Haoge is naturally an important question, but no one knows the answer in a short period of time, because the Ming Dynasty army of Yue has pointed its main target at Ajige's troops, which have not suffered much attacks from the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, although the Ming Dynasty of the Yue Ming army had the determination to completely annihilate Ajige's troops, they always believed that this was the arrangement for the second or even the third phase of the Northern Expedition. However, Haoge's cooperation was too strong, so Liu Yongxi and the Ming generals on the front line felt embarrassed to completely annihilate Ajige.

Although Haoge was already a defeated general under the Ming army of Yue, the Ming army had a high estimate of Haoge before the war, and felt that it would cost at least a few thousand casualties to take over Jinan. If the battle was fierce, it might even lose tens of thousands of people. However, no one expected that Haoge would retreat directly across the Yellow River without even defending Jinan.

Therefore, the Qing army near Caozhou encountered the first round of fierce attacks by the Ming army of Yue, and the Qing army was thinking about how to deal with Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Zuo Menggeng near Caozhou. Later, they were besieged by the Ming army of Yue, Caozhou army and the rebel army.

The Ming army of Yue came too quickly. Some Qing army Niu Lu did not even receive the order from Haoge to retreat. The reason for breaking north was due to the situation, but the entire breakthrough process quickly turned into a massacre, and it almost re-enacted the great defeat of the Battle of Yanziji.

The attack of the Ming Dynasty army was naturally unstoppable and almost invincible. It was originally planned to pay thousands or even tens of thousands of casualties, but the preliminary statistics of the total casualties have only exceeded 200. On average, only one casualty in each camp was killed or killed.

Although this is only a preliminary statistics, and the final statistics must be higher than this number, it also proves that the Ming Ming army is almost unscathed. In this case, Liu Yongxi and the front-line generals both felt that they had to eat up Ajige's troops: "The strength of Jianlu is only Ajige's troops is still intact. As long as Ajige is defeated, the Ming Dynasty's revival is just around the corner!"

However, Zhang Boyi reminded Liu Yongxi: "Your Majesty, in addition to Ajige's troops, there are Caozhou troops who need to be careful now!"

Liu Yongxi said confidently: "Caozhou is not a problem. Haoge runs north and Ajige will annihilate. Can Caozhou cause any storm?"

For Prince Ajige, he had experienced countless battles in his life, but this was the first time he encountered such a dangerous situation, and he still didn't know where he was defeated.

The raid of the Ming army of Yue was certainly completely beyond Ajige's expectations, but according to Ajige's original plan, the Green Camp soldiers on the front line, and the New Affiliated Army could last for a while without using it. They could use the opportunity of the Green Camp soldiers to restrain the Ming army to lead the elite Qing army to launch a decisive counterattack.

However, the development of the situation was completely beyond Ajige's expectations. First, the Green Camp soldiers on the front line, and the New Affiliated Army collapsed directly on the whole line when they encountered the Ming Dynasty. Even if they did not surrender on the spot, they would be defeated. Tens of thousands of troops had been lost in the blink of an eye. Then, Haoge from Shandong inexplicably dropped the chain and retreated directly across the Yellow River without a single arrow, directly exposing his flanks.

Originally, Ajige was hoping that Haoge could send troops to support him, but the reinforcements did not come. The hundreds of Jinhua thieves in the camp threatened tens of thousands of Caozhou thieves, bandits and local bandits to kill them.

However, the Qing army had scattered all over the place before. Even the Eight Banners Armored soldiers Ajige had put in a big effort to gather together, but before they even started to move south, they were in a state of full siege. Now the Manchu and Han generals all collectively made a request: "King Ying, please retreat quickly. Since King Su has retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River, we have to retreat quickly across the Yellow River, otherwise ten Jinhua thieves will be surrounded by them. We can't even leave if we want to!"

Ajige was quite stubborn: "I have 100,000 soldiers under my command, and there are all high-ranking meritorious soldiers in the south. I think that as long as I seize the opportunity, I can turn defeat into victory!"

A Jiala immediately stood up and accused Ajige: "Even if our army has 100,000, the Jinhua thieves mobilized at least 400,000 to 500,000 this time. We don't have a chance of winning if we stay in Henan. King Su has retreated to the north bank of the Yellow River. Now, only our army is fighting alone to the south of the Yellow River!"

Ajige quickly said, "Isn't King Yu in Shaanxi? He will definitely lead troops out of Tongguan to support us!"

Although Ajige had high hopes for King Yu Duoduo and the Qing army in Shaanxi, someone immediately broke his fantasy: "The thief He Jin and the Jinhua thieves have already come out of Hanzhong. Now, it is still a problem for King Yu to protect himself, so how can he have the strength to support us!"

Someone said, "King Ying, the last time you took the initiative to withdraw from Wuchang and return to Henan was the wisest decision since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass. Now you should make a quick decision and retreat north immediately!"

Ajige couldn't help but sigh, and then said the truth: "In fact, I want to withdraw too, but the Jinhua thief came too fast and too fierce. If I retreat now, I'm probably the second Yanziji!"
Chapter completed!