The lonely smoke in the desert, the sunset in the long river. The blood-red light shone on the earth, and the night came. The cool breeze floated, the bonfire was lit, and three thousand Qing troops gathered together to drink and have fun. From time to time, people broke into the group of prisoners, and pulled out a few women to drink with them, which caused a lot of screams and crying.

All the prisoners were used to seeing these things, turned a blind eye, and sat in the local area, as if all this had nothing to do with them. Someone silently took out the dry food and ate them on their own, crying from time to time, missing the past and being sad here.

There was a noise from afar, and dozens of Han soldiers came with dozens of young and strong men. They wanted to escape while it was dark, but they were caught back. Treating their own people, these Han soldiers were even more cruel than the Tartars. Basically, everyone who caught them was beaten, covered in wounds, and limped.

When they arrived at the place, they were stripped naked and tied to pillars. The desert was cold, and in winter, when they were tied up like this overnight, most people would be frozen to death. Even if a few people survived until dawn, they would be executed directly as a warning. Within nearly a month after leaving the Great Wall, although a few people took the risk of escaping, most of them were caught and thousands died.

Most of the captured people had already accepted their fate and rushed to Liaodong by the Qing army like cattle and sheep. At this moment, they were no longer humans, just livestock that could stand. Looking at the likes tied to wooden pillars, they were strange and calm.

Nikan ate a whole lamb leg and drank a lot of wine. He felt very tired. He stood up and said, "I am tired, go to bed first. You puppies should not drink too much, you have to hurry up tomorrow morning." As he said that, he staggered towards his tent, which was just set up by the prisoners.

After sleeping until midnight, Nikan suddenly woke up. He leaned against the ground and heard the deafening sound of horse hooves. He jumped up in shock, lifted up his tent and walked out.

Outside, there were many Qing soldiers who had woken up. But their eyes were full of confusion. Could it be that the troops from Jirgalang came over? Everyone thought so.

Nikan roared angrily: "What are you doing standing up? Hurry up and send a scout to check it out, what's going on!"

The first thing that came was not the Qing army scout, but the newly surrendered Han soldiers. He said in horror: "Master, it's the Ming army, it's the Ming army, and it's the Ming army coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, his hooves were like thunder. In the dark night, I don’t know how many Ming cavalry rushed towards this direction.

Bai Hu looked ahead, "The main force of the Tartars is there. Mr. Tang Qian, you led the three hundred cavalry of the Beijing camp to kill the prisoners from the south and kill the Han scum who defected to the Tartars. Let the people find opportunities to escape north to cause chaos. Wu Zhiying, you and I each led a group of people to encircle the Qing army from the left and right sides. You and the other side broke into the formation as fast as possible, and did not give them time to assemble."

In the battle of Tongzhou, the five thousand cavalry commanded by Bai Hu directly lost more than 1,500 cavalry. After the Qing army left, he had been sending scouts to follow him to find opportunities. When he knew that the Qing army had left the Great Wall, he directly divided his troops, and most of them went north, and only three thousand cavalry led the young and strongman who had been captured by hundreds of thousands of people to walk east, he knew that his opportunity had come.

Bai Hu ordered Liu Konghe to lead all infantry back to the capital to report to Emperor Chongzhen, and he personally led all the cavalry to run eastward. They rushed back to Hebei from Shanxi, exited from Xifengkou, and ambushed the Qing army in advance on the road that the Qing army must pass to return to Liaodong. They waited for their leisure and prepared to attack the Qing army here. In fact, the Qing army escorted many prisoners and marched slowly, and they arrived five days earlier than the Qing army.

In order to avoid leaking the matter, Bai Hu did not tell anyone, and only borrowed troops from Wang Xiantong in the name of pursuing the Qing army. Wang Xiantong was grateful for Bai Hu's rescue in Tongzhou, and assigned him his only 300 cavalry, and the one who led the troops was Tang Qi. He shot and killed Wu Dahai and more than a dozen Qing troops in Tongzhou City, covered the Ming army outside the city and made great contributions. Bai Hu was deeply impressed by him.

The Beijing camp soldiers were too heavy to use, and the same was true for the cavalry. Along the way, they complained and caused trouble everywhere. If it weren't for the lack of troops, Bai Hu would have driven them back long ago. Fortunately, Tang Qi also had a certain prestige in the Beijing camp soldiers and worked hard to cooperate so that he could control them without delaying the main business.

Tang Qi led three hundred cavalry to speed along the circled people, running and shouting. "We are the army of the Ming Dynasty, here to save you. Go south, go south, go south, go back to the Ming Dynasty." The high shouts resounded throughout the world, and also made the people who had already linen come back to their senses. The long-lasting depression instantly erupted.

They were angry and looked at the Han soldiers who usually oppressed them, and their eyes turned like wolves. Some Han soldiers who were guarding them relied on the support of the Qing army to scold them loudly and tried to suppress them. But in a blink of an eye, they were beaten to death by the angry people with fists and kicked to death, becoming a ball of rotten flesh under the feet of everyone.

Tang Qi occasionally pulled the strings and pulled the bow to help the people shoot and kill the Han soldiers. The three hundred cavalry beside him were also aroused by the intense atmosphere and charged forward one after another, and his usual cowardice disappeared completely.

The remaining Han soldiers who were lucky enough to die were panicked and fled in scattered, but most of them were chased and beaten to death. This was the power burst out by hundreds of thousands of people, which could change the color of the world.

Along the way, the Qing army was eating and drinking, free and easy, and was no longer as cautious as in the Central Plains. They did not believe that the Ming army dared to pursue them, nor did they believe that the Ming army would appear here.

Such slackness gave the Ming army a chance. When the Ming army came, most of them were sleeping, and basically everyone drank wine. They were not wearing armor, had no weapons in their hands, and they staggered under their feet. Even the horses on their backs became difficult for some people.

As soon as the Ming army rushed, they cut off the Qing army in the waist. The arrows were flying like flying, and the spears were shaking. The Qing army was crying and calling for their parents, and they were in a mess. Nikan gathered some soldiers, but they were dispersed in an instant. He retreated a little and shouted loudly, trying to gather the Qing army by his side, but how could the Ming army give him such a chance? Wherever there were many people, they rushed to the point, not asking for murder, but only trying to disperse the Qing army so that they had no power to counterattack.
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