Regarding the sudden escape of the Ming army, what they hated most was not the Jianlu soldiers who had just rushed to the Ming army's position, but the Jianlu soldiers who worked hard and lost many of their companions to get over the mountain.
Seeing their companions on the road chasing after them on horseback, these soldiers waved their weapons and howled loudly. They encouraged their companions in the hope that their companions would kill more Ming soldiers, which was also a way to vent their anger.
But in the midst of their howls, a puff of gunpowder smoke suddenly appeared on the official road not far away. The nearby cavalry turned on their backs and became a mess. Then they heard several loud noises.
These Jianlu quickly looked around and saw no Ming troops, let alone artillery. They couldn't help but look at each other, wondering what was going on.
Driven by General Jianlu, the cavalry that had stopped due to the sound of the explosion avoided the corpses on the official road and their injured companions who were crying and howling, and then started to chase the Ming army again.
However, Jianlu's cavalry, mainly the light cavalry of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, had just picked up their speed when they saw an explosion on the official road without warning, knocking over a bunch of people.
The Mongolian soldiers were all frightened, thinking that it was God's forbid to pursue the Ming army, so they all dismounted and worshiped in the direction of the explosion, praying to the Immortal God for forgiveness.
However, the veterans among the Jianlu soldiers did not believe this. Some of them had seen the Ming army use landmines before.
Therefore, although the power of the current explosion was something they had never seen before, they had more or less guessed what was going on. A leader of Jianlu went to the explosion site to check and found that the scene was consistent with their guess.
So, they explained to the Mongolian soldiers what was going on. The mines were made by the Ming army and were not caused by the anger of the Immortal God.
The Mongolian soldiers were urged to pursue quickly under the suspicion of their generals.
But the fear of the Mongolian soldiers did not last long, and another explosion occurred. This time, the Mongols gave up and wanted Jianlu to solve this problem, otherwise they would not be able to pursue them.
Jianlu had no choice but to tell them that if they found traces of things being disturbed or buried on the ground, they should go around because it was very possible that the Ming army had buried mines.
Helplessly, Jurchen was the master of the Mongolian soldiers, so they had no choice but to remember their master's instructions and start the pursuit again.
However, this pursuit speed cannot be compared with the previous time, it is not much faster than a person running. It still takes detours from time to time, as if there are Ming army mines everywhere.
The speed of pursuit was so slow that Huang Taiji soon found out.
He directly divided the forward Mongolian Eight Banners into five groups, and killed the leader of the group that was lagging behind.
With this order, the Mongolian soldiers were urged to rush forward even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead.
Although they were helpless, all the Mongolian soldiers had a sense of resentment in their hearts. Why did the Jurchen cavalry not pursue them first, but used such a vicious strategy to deal with them?
This was actually an injustice to Huang Taiji. In previous battles, because they were attacking positions and requiring close combat, most of the people Huang Taiji sent were Jurchens. Now it was a pursuit, and the Mongols were better at it, so of course they had to be used.
A landmine would explode every once in a while. At the back, not only the official road, but also the four groups of Mongolian pursuers on both sides of the official road encountered landmines.
This is exactly the rhythm of using people to clear mines, but otherwise, there is no other way. The Mongolian soldiers had no choice but to pray that they were not the unlucky ones who were bombed.
Fortunately, the Ming army did not have many mines, otherwise the mines alone would have tortured the pursuers to death.
However, Niutugang is only about 40 miles away from Haizhou, so it doesn't take much time for the cavalry to let go of their horses and run quickly.
But when Jianlu saw the back of the Ming army, Haizhou City was not far away.
When Zhong Jinwei was about to enter the city, he was about to be overtaken by the Jianlu. He looked at the distance between the two sides and frowned. If he entered the city regardless of the Jianlu, the rear formation would be directly attacked by the Jianlu, and the losses would probably be huge.
Not small. So he ordered the new army to meet the enemy.
The new army formed a formation quickly, and the fusiliers covered the artillery in preparation for the battle. Thanks to the regular formation speed training, they were ready when the prisoners rushed over.
The artillery roared and the flintlock guns responded, and many of the Jianlu's forwards fell down. The Mongolian soldiers among the Jianlu did not have the fighting will of the Jurchen soldiers. When encountering this situation, they quickly dispersed to both sides. It was like a torrent meeting a mainstay.
, split into two sides and flowed through.
The Jurchen generals in the vanguard saw that the Ming army was divided into two groups, one group defended, the other group retreated, and then defended on the spot. The first group then retreated in turn, retreating towards Haizhou City.
A frontal attack on the awaiting Ming army was not in line with reality. Thanks to his rich combat experience, he immediately ordered the cavalry to attack the Ming army from both wings to intercept the retreating Ming army.
However, when the Jianlu Cavalry attempted to execute this order, the artillery at the top of Haizhou City fired, just enough to protect the retreating Ming army's two wings.
Jianlu just watched helplessly as the Ming army retreated into Haizhou City. Their pursuit seemed to be like escorting the Ming army back to Haizhou.
The slave chiefs soon arrived at Haizhou City. Seeing the red dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty flying above the city, they knew that Haizhou City had fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and that strange firearms unit had also entered the city.
After a hard night's fighting, heavy losses were suffered, but there seemed to be no gains. Huang Taiji had no time to vomit blood, so he ordered Haizhou City to be surrounded, and then sent out detective horses to check the situation around Haizhou City.
The new sergeants had just retreated into Haizhou City. When they found out that they had reached a safe place, their nervous expressions relaxed, and they could no longer bear the fatigue of their bodies. They all fell asleep on the side of the road.
The soldiers could do this, but Zhong Jinwei fell to the ground without any luck and slept without caring about anything.
He said to the three generals who came up to him: "Immediately organize people to carry the brothers into the house to sleep, otherwise they will definitely get frostbite."
After finishing speaking, he immediately said to Cao Wen: "Where is the man? Take me to see him."
At the former government office of Ezhen in Gushan, Haizhou City, Zhong Jinwei met the imperial envoy sent by Emperor Chongzhen.
The news brought by the imperial envoy greatly shocked Zhong Jinwei. He did not expect that his time travel would lead to Zheng Zhilong's defeat and a situation similar to the Opium War in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
But the experience of more than a year has tempered Zhong Jinwei. When he heard about this major change, he did not panic at all.
After the imperial envoy left, Zhong Jinwei said to the three generals who followed him: "This incident has a great impact, but it will not cause substantial harm to the Ming Dynasty. Instead, it will stimulate the Ming Dynasty, the giant dragon in the East, to rise again. No need to ask for details.
The reason is, what I said is correct. I am very sleepy and I have to seize the time to finish arranging things."
The three people who originally wanted to ask had to shut up and listen to the arrangements of Marquis Zhongxing.
"First, no fourth person besides you can know about this matter. They only need to defend Haizhou City for the time being. We will talk about it after the war is stable."
"Second, Zu, Commander He has experience in defending the city. The defense of Haizhou City will be under the command of the two of you."
"Third, all the Hongyi cannons in the car camp are unloaded to increase the defense of Haizhou City."
After Zhong Jinwei said this, he told them to do things and he wanted to rest.
Just as the three generals were saying goodbye and preparing to go out, Zhong Jinwei's words rang out again: "You did a good job this time. You were able to adapt to changes and make prompt decisions, allowing the new army to withdraw so early."