In Liaodong, after a snowfall, the weather became colder.

Han Yong took more than 30 horsemen and took advantage of the night to head south. The horse's hooves stepped on the snow and made a "crack" sound. The cold wind blew on his cheeks, making a pain like a knife. He pressed his head low to maintain warmth to the maximum extent. His originally white face began to accumulate beards, making it look much older than his actual age.

After defeating Lekdehun, Jimu led most of the cavalry to evacuate south from the direction of Liaoyang, and Han Yong took the initiative to stay with the wounded soldiers. At first, the Qing Dynasty was busy chasing Jimu and had no time to take care of him. He took advantage of the situation to reorganize the soldiers under Liu Mazi, and looted several Qing army garrisons around him, and incorporated the Han slaves inside. After learning that there was a Ming army in the hinterland of Liaodong, countless Han people who could not bear to oppress the Manchu captives, killed their so-called masters and came to surrender. For a time, the wind and panic everywhere in Liaodong greatly shocked the top leaders of the Qing Dynasty.

But this situation did not last long. After Jimu fled back to Lushun by boat, the Qing Dynasty began to return troops to clear Han Yong and others. These Qing soldiers were familiar with the situation in Liaodong and their combat effectiveness was far stronger than the group of mobs led by Han Yong. Moreover, a large number of people came to surrender, and Han Yong could not verify their identities one by one, some of which were detailed works sent by the Qing army.

After several battles, the Ming army led by Han Yong suffered heavy losses. Fortunately, Liu Mazi was a bandit for many years and was familiar with the terrain around Tongyuan Fort. He led the remaining people to escape into the mountains and shuttled through the dense forests. Although there were constant casualties and injuries during this process, at least most of the elite troops were retained.

The colder weather also helped them. The Qing army who came to fight failed to provide logistics supplies, and a large number of soldiers were frostbite and frozen to death. Seeing that they had almost completely defeated the Ming army, they returned to their troops and evacuated the forests and deployed their troops in several key fortresses. They thought of trapping them first and sending troops to clear them out in the beginning of spring.

Although the conditions of the Ming army in the deep mountains and forests were a little difficult, they at least had a chance to breathe. Han Yong and Liu Mazi took advantage of this time to investigate most of the work and reorganized the entire army. In the end, nearly 4,000 people, including more than 2,000 young and strong people, which was a very different place from the previous 20,000 people. However, these people fought hard and persevered, and were full of hatred for the Qing Dynasty.

The supplies that Liu Mazi scattered before the war also played a great role. Food, weapons, various cotton coats and hats were dug out of the buried area. Although they were trapped in the mountains and the environment was harsh, few people starved to death and froze to death due to lack of food and clothing.

Moreover, the Ming army in southern Liaoning did not completely forget the existence of their Ming army. Huang Fei used locals who were familiar with the terrain of southern Liaoning to find several paths leading to the hinterland of Liaodong. Although under the strict seal of the Qing army, they could only transport a small amount of materials and resources at a time, they were never interrupted.

Now, Han Yong came to receive new supplies. He heard the movement and waved his hand. The cavalry behind him quickly dismounted and spread around. They each held bows and arrows, facing forward in a fan shape.

Han Yong took out the flint and ignited the Rockets. The Rockets emitted a red light and danced in a circle.

After a while, a fire flashed on the opposite side, but the color was red and some cyan.

Han Yong said to Zhou Xian's soldiers: "It's your own people. You can stay here first, and Ma Shi will go with me first."

The visitor turned on the brim of the hat and looked at Han Yong and said, "Han Guerrilla, you are late."

When Han Yong heard his voice, he was stunned, "Meng Yue, why are you in Liaodong?"

Meng Yue said: "The military gate asked me to come. He was afraid that you would not survive alone in the hinterland of Liaodong."

Han Yong curled his lips and said, "Fuck. I have been here for several months and I haven't lived well."

Meng Yue nodded and said, "Okay, I will tell the military gate what you said after I go back, and I will say you said he farts."

Han Yong said angrily: "Meng Yaba, are you looking for a slap! I'm talking about you fart, not the military fart. If you mess around like this, be careful that I will tear your stinky mouth directly."

Meng Yue smiled faintly, "Please take care of yourself! This time I came, I brought five hundred kilograms of medicinal materials, two hundred long knives, three hundred spearheads, and two hundred pieces of armor. In addition, as you said before, I also brought some frostbite medicine and two doctors."

Han Yong said in surprise: "That's great. You don't know that the weather in Liaodong can really freeze people to death. With them, I don't have to listen to the howls of those bastards every day. Time is urgent, so I won't talk to you anymore. Hurry up and bring my horse on me, and I have to rush back as soon as possible while the night is dark. Now the Tartar soldiers are like dog noses, and they are uncomfortable looking for me every day. This time, I spent an extra hour to bypass them. It will be even more difficult to deal with it until dawn."

Meng Yue nodded and said, "It's already done, you can set off now."

Looking at the large package that had been loaded with horses, Han Yong asked in confusion: "What do you mean? Use these horses to transport these baggage back directly, so how do you go back?"

Meng Yue said: "No need to go back. Let's go to Liaodong with you. The military gate wants you to find a way to capture Ningguta and rescue the Ming generals who are unwilling to surrender to the Qing army. And I happen to be familiar with the local terrain, and maybe I can help."

Han Yong and Meng Yue were speechless all the way. When they returned to the camp, Han Yong took off his armor, changed into a thick tiger fur, and took another one and handed it to Meng Yue and said, "You turtle bastard to death."

Meng Yue smiled and changed into it. "Han Guerrilla, are there only so many people left now?"

Han Yong shook his head and said, "The Tartars sent a lot of tricks to get in, and we suffered a lot of losses. There are only 300 people here, which are the front camp, which are used to prevent the Tartars from attacking. There are more than 3,000 soldiers and nearly 5,000 people in the back camp, and there are more than 8,000 people in total!"

Meng Yue was a little surprised, "There are still people?"

Han Yong said "Yeah", "The Tartars are fierce, and they will kill all the people who dare to resist. If these people do not follow us, there will be only a dead end. Moreover, most of them are relatives of those soldiers and cannot be abandoned. In the past or two months, I sent about a thousand old and weak to southern Liaoning to avoid worries. The rest, basically everyone can take up weapons to fight the enemy, and it is not useless."

Meng Yue nodded.
Chapter completed!