After this battle, Huang Taiji's army of 100,000 was left with only 60,000.
There were about 30,000 cavalry and less than 40,000 infantry.
In Guang Ning City alone, they had lost more than 60,000 soldiers.
This also caused the entire Houjin to suffer severe injuries. It would be difficult for them to recover in ten years.
They had lost the elites of the Eight Banners Army.
The Green Camp, the Ancient Eight Banners, and the Han Army Eight Banners had yet to be established.
One could imagine how serious Huang Taiji's losses were.
"Bastard, you're all good-for-nothings, you're all good-for-nothings."
Even the shrewd Huang Taiji had turned into a furious lion.
Such a painful loss was already unbearable for him.
"Tudor…"
Tordor, who had been shot, knelt on the ground with a defeated expression.
After hearing Huang Taiji's roar, he couldn't help but shiver.
"Men, capture Tudor and demote him to a commoner. Go and guard the Ning Ancient Tower.”
After hearing this, Todor could no longer hold on and fainted.
However, no one dared to stand up for him, not even Dorgon.
Someone had to be responsible for the failure of this battle.
Otherwise, did he want Huang Taiji to be the scapegoat?
After a long time, Huang Taiji asked calmly,"The defeat of this battle has dealt a blow to our morale. I wonder if anyone has any good ideas to defeat the enemy?”
Daishan's eyes flashed when he heard this. He stood up and knelt down."The siege of Guangning cannot be ignored. I suggest returning to Shengjing and reorganizing the troops before we attack this thief.”
Huang Taiji wasn't asking for a good strategy to defeat the enemy.
Zhu Heng relied on Guang Ning City to defend, and they had no way at all.
His real intention was to retreat. If they continued to fight, Hou Jin might really be buried in his hands.
However, how could he take the initiative to propose a retreat?
Naturally, it needed to be brought up by a general with a higher prestige.
As long as he agreed to it, the matter of retreating troops would naturally come to fruition.
Daishan had followed Huang Taiji for so long and naturally understood his intentions.
"Bastard," Huang Taiji rebuked,"our Houjin army has suffered such heavy casualties at the hands of this person. How can we retreat if we don't kill him?"”
The performance of being kind began.
"Khagan, I, a true man, must not be buried in Guang Ning City."”
"There is a saying in the Ming Dynasty that goes,'As long as there is life, there is hope.' We will take revenge sooner or later, but not now.”
At this moment, Dorgon, Haug, and the other Baylors knelt down and said in unison.
"Khagan, please retreat!"
Huang Taiji retreated two steps as if he had lost all his strength and sat down on the chair.
"Then let's retreat tomorrow morning."”
"Scum!"
At night, on the banks of the Daling River in Yi County, a huge camp was erected by the river.
The surroundings were filled with patrolling Jiannu Beetle and cavalry.
This camp was used by Slave Jian to store the resources plundered from the Ming Dynasty, and it was heavily guarded.
At first, there were 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry stationed here.
It was to prevent Zhu Heng's cavalry from attacking the camp.
Due to the tense situation at the front line, the losses were too great.
Therefore, they constantly transferred troops from here to replenish the front line of Guang Ning City.
Currently, there were only 4,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry stationed here.
To Huang Taiji and the others, having so many troops stationed here was already enough.
Zhu Zhen had set his eyes on this camp from the very beginning.
If they could burn down this camp, then Huang Taiji's trip to the Ming Dynasty would have been in vain.
Unfortunately, there were too many soldiers stationed here at the beginning.
If the cavalrymen were trapped in the camp, they would become trapped beasts.
Once Slave Jian's main cavalry arrived, these two cavalry regiments would have no chance of escaping.
However, as the garrison here was constantly being transferred away, and the defense was not as tight as before.
This allowed Zhu Zhen to see an opportunity.
Therefore, he decisively used the messenger pigeons to gather all the cavalry squads outside and scattered them in a few hidden camps.
When dawn arrived, several hidden camps began to move.
After wrapping the hooves of the warhorses with soft cloths, they led thousands of cavalrymen towards the Daling River camp.
They were very careful along the way.
In order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, one had to be silent and achieve the effect of being undetected.
That's right, Zhu Zhen was planning to attack the Daling River camp at night and burn all the resources inside.
This time, Zhu Zhen wanted Huang Taiji to lose both money and manpower and return to Houjin empty-handed.
During the day, they had already figured out the patrol route of the camp.
Therefore, he arranged several small elite cavalry units to lie in ambush along the patrol route.
These small elite troops did not disappoint Zhu Zhen.
They used bows, crossbows, knives, arrows, and other weapons to successfully get rid of the patrolling sentries on the periphery.
At this moment, they were less than two kilometers away from the camp.
Further ahead, the sentries and hidden sentries were densely packed. It was impossible for the large group to advance in secret.
Therefore, Zhu Zhen waved his hand and led 4,000 cavalrymen to charge towards the camp.
"Boom boom boom…"
The galloping horse hooves landed heavily on the ground, making a rumbling sound.
Slave Jian immediately reacted.
However, the distance of two kilometers was only a matter of a few minutes for Qi Bin, who was speeding on the plains.
The soldiers of Slave Jian in the camp hurriedly put on their armors, picked up their weapons, and prepared to fight.
However, it was already too late.
The cavalry had already rushed to the front of the camp.
Their various fortifications did not stop the well-trained elite cavalry.
Soon, some cavalrymen broke into the camp.
A battle began.
The sudden attack of the cavalry in the night caused the entire camp to be in chaos.
In the chaos, Slave Jian was forced to flee in panic.
Before long, a huge fire rose up in the camp and spread across the entire camp.
"Retreat!"
After Zhu Zhen saw that his mission was completed, he waved his hand and began to retreat.
Their reinforcements arrived more than an hour later.
At this moment, the camp was already enveloped in flames that soared into the sky. It was impossible to put out the fire.
After Huang Taiji received the news that the Daling River camp had been burned.
Huang Taiji, who had suffered another heavy blow, felt dizzy and fainted.
On the other hand, Slave Jian's army retreated under Daishan's leadership.
The Battle of Guangning ended with Zhu Heng's complete victory.
Zu Dashou didn't use this special force.
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