Hundreds of households in Liaodong, covering the light with one hand

Chapter 97: Thousands of miles of defeat, the only trump card
  On the third day of departure, Wang Qi and his party galloped through the starry night, finally crossing Shanhaiguan and arriving outside Ningyuan City.

But the scene in front of them made Wang Qi and his party's hearts sink to the bottom of their hearts.

"What's going on?" Lu Xiangsheng, who was originally high-spirited, looked at the defeated troops fleeing towards Shanhaiguan in the distance, and was dumbfounded for a moment.

The defeated troops all over the mountains and plains were surrounded by countless civilians, all coming from the north.
  Xiong Tingbi's memorial clearly states that, including the past few days of traveling, six days ago, the Ming Dynasty troops took advantage of the lack of troops in Jianzhou, marched directly, crossed the Liao River, and occupied the Haizhou Guard in Jianzhou without any effort.

He also wrote to the imperial court and was seizing the time to build fortifications. He wanted to unite with Guangning Youtun and other guard posts east of the Liao River to firmly hold the victory of Haizhou Guard in his hands.
  Now, why did the endless stream of broken troops and refugees have to cross Ningyuan City directly and go to the pass?
  "Haizhou Guard is lost, is Ningyuan City also lost?" Yuan Chonghuan and Lu Xiangsheng rode their horses almost side by side, looking at Ningyuan City in the distance.

"Ningyuan City can't be lost!" Wang Qi looked solemn, raised his whip and pointed at the fleeing soldiers in the distance: "Er Bao, go arrest a few people and come for questioning!"

"Yes, sir!" Qin Erbao didn't waste any words. He led a few of his soldiers and rode out on horseback.

Not long after, when he came back, there were already several soldiers in broken armor following behind him.

"Liu Hei, my lord, my lord!" The dark and skinny soldier saw that Wang Qi was a high-ranking official, and he knelt down with a plop. However, the little flag officer's arm was injured and was hanging weakly. There were wounds on his chest and abdomen, which seemed to be infected. He was obviously weak when he knelt on the ground.

With Wang Qi's look, Liu Hei was helped up by Qin Erbao.

"Which battalion are you a soldier in? Who is your general?" Wang Qi asked as he sat on his horse.

"The little one originally belonged to Guangning Zhongtun, a small flag officer in the garrison camp, and originally belonged to the deputy commander-in-chief of Guangning City, Mr. Liu Qu!" Liu Hei stood there with his head lowered. When he heard Wang Qi's question, he answered obediently.

"Where's Liu Qu?" Wang Qi frowned.

"My lord, General Liu died in the Haizhou Guards in order to protect Mr. Jin," the flag officer named Liu Hei pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. It was hard to tell whether it was sadness or indifference on his face.

"Where is Xiong Tingbi?" Wang Qi tightened the reins, his eyes filled with anger. As a strategy along the way, he was greedy for success and advanced rashly, not only losing troops and generals, but also failing to recover his troops after the defeat, resulting in the loss of large areas of land. This is an unforgivable crime!
  "Xianggong Jinglue was escorted by Master Zu. Now in Ningyuan City, the city defense is being organized. However, the army was defeated like a mountain and the number of defeated troops was overwhelming. In addition to the more than 3,000 cavalrymen in Guangning City, there were also more than 20,000 defenders in Ningyuan City. The rest All the soldiers and horses dispersed and fled to the pass." Liu Hei obviously ran all the way back from Haizhou Guard and knew a lot about the situation.

"Haizhou Guard, Guangning City, Youtun, Zhongwei, Left Guard, Rearguard, and nearly a hundred fortresses north of the Xiaoling River were all lost in six days?" Wang Qi laughed angrily.

No one answered Wang Qi's words, Lu Xiangsheng fell silent, and Yuan Chonghuan stared blankly not far away, speechless and choked.

"Sir, can the little one go?" Liu Hei asked weakly, leaning his head carefully.

Wang Qi's eyes swept over Liu Hei's body, and the little flag official who was covered with injuries was afraid that he couldn't even lift the knife.

"I, Wang Qi, don't like to force others, so please leave!"

The defeated troops fell like mountains, and Wang Qi did not like to use these routed troops.

From what he said just now, Wang Qi also learned that the more than 3,000 cavalrymen he left in Guangning City had arrived in Ningyuan City, and there were originally more than 20,000 soldiers in the city. Counting Ningyuan City's city defense, they were quite useful!
  "Are you Wang Baihu?" Liu Hei was stunned when he heard this, then opened his mouth slightly, and his whole body trembled with excitement. Then he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed and said angrily: "Little Liu Hei is willing to follow the master and fight back." Guangning City!”

Liu Hei knelt on the ground with his head, looking very excited.

This sudden change left Lu Xiangsheng and Yuan Chonghuan stunned.

In just three months, Wang Qi's reputation in Liaodong has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Unlike the people in the capital, these soldiers at the bottom of Liaodong know much more about the actual situation in Liaodong than those in Shanhaiguan. .

The ordinary soldiers in Liaodong respected and admired Wang Qi even more crazily.

At the age of nineteen, who can lead the army into the grassland and kill Huang Taiji?

Ban Chao, Huo Qubing?

Ordinary soldiers didn't understand this. They saw with their own eyes that Wang Qi asked Nurhachi to retreat three hundred miles, and saw Wang Qi's hundreds of people entering the grassland, as if they were in an uninhabited land, which made the northern captives take the initiative to unite with the Ming Dynasty to fight against the establishment of slaves. "You should go back to Shanhaiguan," Wang Qi narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Hei, who had lost half of his body.

"The little one can contact the brothers around him, there are about a hundred of them. They also have some friends who can contact each other. There are about a thousand people available!" Liu Hei looked at Wang Qi with an earnest look on his face: "As long as you have enough to eat and drink! You can even pick up your sword and mount your horse! Kill the Jian slaves."

Looking at Liu Hei who was covered in scars, Wang Qi twitched the corners of his mouth slightly before saying: "If you are willing, call your brothers back to Ningyuan City early tomorrow morning!"

After saying this, Wang Qi turned around on his horse and led Lu Xiangsheng and others towards Ningyuan City in the distance.

"Thank you, sir!!!"

Liu Hei's voice sounded from behind, filled with excitement and joy.

People at the bottom have always been easier to be moved and easier to believe in heroes.

In other words, they have always been willing to believe that there is such a heroic figure in the world who will lead them to find the dawn.

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Half an hour later, Wang Qi and others arrived outside Ningyuan City.

"Who is under the city?" Ningyuan City is now buzzing with wind and thunder, and the grass and trees are all covered with soldiers.

A large part of the reason for the fall of Haizhou Guard was due to internal spies, who cooperated internally and externally, and carried out a sudden attack, which allowed Jiannu to succeed.

Therefore, after Xiong Tingbi arrived at Ningyuan City, he issued a death order. Everyone entering Ningyuan City must be strictly inspected. He would rather kill the wrong person than let him go.

Wow! ! !

Qin Erbao stepped forward: "Below the city, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, Wang Qi, open the city gate quickly!!!"

Wang Qi?

When Qin Erbao's voice came out, the soldiers on the city panicked.

After a moment, the gate of Ningyuan City slowly opened.

A group of generals wearing fine white armor came out on horseback.
  "I will finally pay my respects to you, sir!!!"

After Wang Qi saw the appearance of the visitor clearly, he said in a deep voice: "Get up and follow me into the city!"

The visitors were none other than the twenty-odd generals from Wang Qi's family who had originally stayed in Guangning City.

At first, Xiong Tingbi wanted to send troops to the Haizhou Guard, but without Wang Qi's order, he could not mobilize the more than 3,000 cavalry, so he could only leave them in Guangning City. However, the situation turned suddenly and the Haizhou Guard returned overnight. After the fall, the Jiannu army that was supposed to appear in North Korea appeared on the Liaohe River line and advanced towards Guangning City.

Seeing that there was nothing they could do, in order to preserve their strength, more than 3,000 people went south to Ningyuan City and joined the more than 20,000 people in Ningyuan City, intending to defend accordingly.

Now, these more than 3,000 people have become Wang Qi's last trump card in counterattacking Jiannu.

　Brothers, organize your thoughts and update two chapters today.

　　
  　
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