The retreating Qing army was constantly attacked by small groups of Ming troops along the way. They did not fight head-on by the Qing army, but kept roaring gold, drums, snails and trumpets, and held red flags to create tension for the Qing army. Sometimes, the crossbowmen of the mountain army occasionally fired a cold arrow, and sometimes, the scattered soldiers ran away with a cold gun. The mountain army arranged a few more traps, which made the Qing army exhausted.

Nikan and others walked through the mountains for three days. Every day, the Green Camp soldiers fled, and even the Eight Banners soldiers ran away. In addition, those who were killed by cold arrows and guns and fell into traps in the mechanism. The defeated Qing army was killed and injured during the march in the mountains and left their bodies all the way.

On the fourth day, the fifth day, the sixth day..., the dense forests in the valley cover the sun, and the direction is difficult to tell. After taking a few detours, the Qing army finally gradually figured out the terrain in the mountains. The peaks are continuous, but there are also some small paths that can be passed through. No matter how you go around, you will eventually turn back to the original place!

On the eighth day, the Qing army was about to run out of food, and even the horse meat was almost finished. Finally, I saw the open land ahead.

"I'm finally coming out of the mountains!" Nikan cried with joy, "Walk a little more and we'll reach the plain."

But what Nikan didn't expect was that when they walked out of the mountains, their nightmare had just begun.

The Huai Army Mountain Army always kept an eye on the movements of the Qing army. The news that the Qing army was about to leave the mountainous area could not be hidden from the news that the mountain army would not accept it at night. When they didn't accept it at night, they found that the Qing army was about to leave the mountainous area, and immediately sent a signal to Li Guodong.

"Jiannu is finally going out of the mountainous area. Cao Bianjiao, Wang Fuchen! Your chance to make meritorious service has come!" Li Guodong called two of them and ordered them, "You two immediately click all the 25,000 cavalry of our army and bite Jiannu tightly on the plain! You can't let them run away! They are all infantry, and there are not many left. You should be able to wipe them out, right?"

"It's absolutely fine!" Cao Bianjiao and Wang Fuchen straightened their chests and replied loudly.

Nikan and Mandahai finally escaped from the mountainous areas and entered the Central Plains plains south of the Yellow River. However, more than 200,000 Qing troops had only less than 30,000 people left, and they had been arduously trekking in the mountains and forests for several days. The Qing soldiers' physical strength was severely overdrawn, and their combat effectiveness was less than half of their usual ones. They were all exhausted, tired and hungry, and could not fight any longer.

The Qing army fled like crazy, desperately trying to stay away from the damn mountainous area. In the past few days, they have been in the mountains. People die every day. In the end, the Qing soldiers in the Green Camp had to eat the meat of their starving companions. After all, the green camp soldiers received much less food distribution than the Eight Banners soldiers, and the Eight Banners soldiers also had horse meat.

When we arrived on the Great Plains, the mountains behind us had become blurred.

"From here, we can escape the Yellow River all the way north!" Nikan said.

Mandahai asked people to count the number of people and found that most of the Eight Banners soldiers were still there. He breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as my Eight Banners soldiers are still there, I can still pull up a large army when I return to the capital."

However, a rapid sound of horse hooves quickly shattered the dreams of Nikan and Mandahai. A cavalry appeared on the plain, galloping towards the Qing army.

"Go away!" Nikan shouted.

Needless to say, you can still see cavalry at this time, and cavalry coming from the southwest. It is impossible for Mongolian reinforcements from the outer vassals from the north, right? There is only the possibility of Ming cavalry!

But how could a person run a four-legged war horse with two legs? The Eight Banners Army tasted the feeling of the Ming army's infantry since the Battle of Sarhu. The Eight Banners soldiers who had lost all their war horses are now just infantry, being followed by Ming cavalry, and they could not escape, but could not be beaten. Everyone was running away desperately, trying to surpass their companions, hoping that their companions could help them block the Ming cavalry.

But all struggles were futile. The Qing soldiers who were chased by the Ming cavalry were either cut to death with one knife or surrendered on their backs. At this time, both the Eight Banners and the Green Camp were the same and had no ability to resist.

"Prince, this is not OK. None of us can escape. Let me stay and lead a team of Erlang to cut off the back. Prince, run away quickly!" Mandahai suggested.

Li Guohan also said: "I'm also staying. There are spearmen from the Eight Banners of Manchuria and our firearms to stop Mingdog!"

"Two good brothers!" Nikan patted the two of them on the shoulders, "I will definitely ask for me after I go back!"

After saying that, Nikan brought less than 10,000 Manchu-Mongolian Eight Banners Army to escape, leaving Mandahai and Li Guohan, as well as 5,000 Manchu-Eight Banners soldiers, 3,000 Han-Eight Banners soldiers, and less than 1,000 Green Camp soldiers to cut off the rear.

Mandahai shouted: "Form a formation to meet the enemy! All the warriors in Manchuria will form a formation with spears!"

But at this time, the heavy infantry riding of the Manchu Eight Banners had already become simple light infantry. They had no horses, and even most of the armor had been discarded. The protection on their bodies was similar to that of the Green Camp soldiers with only one garment. However, most of the Green Camp soldiers surrendered, and the remaining thousand Green Camp soldiers were also pushed out to act as human shields and blocked the front of the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers.

The Ming cavalry approached the Qing army and found a row of green camp soldiers in front of them holding spears, behind them were super spearmen from the Eight Banners, and behind them were firearm soldiers from the Eight Banners.

Cao Bianjiao and Wang Fuchen naturally would not let the cavalry go directly to attack the Qing army formation. Cao Bianjiao ordered: "Wang Fuchen, let all your scattered soldiers and dragon cavalry dismount, approach Jiannu, and shoot them with muskets!"

Wang Fuchen accepted the order and took the scattered soldiers and the dragon cavalry to 100 steps away from the Qing army. All the dragon cavalry were used as line infantry and arranged neatly to approach the Qing army. The scattered soldiers scattered, holding rifled rifles and aimed at the Qing army.

"Bang bang bang" the sound of rifled rifles came one after another, and the Han Baqi musketeers behind the Qing army formation fell one after another.

Then, the dragon cavalry arranged in neatly and formed formations approached the Qing army and began to fire guns fifty steps away. The firing rate and firing of the flintlock rifle were much greater than that of the bird gun. The sound of the dragon cavalry divided into three rows did not stop for a moment, and kept roaring. Starting from the green camp soldiers outside the Qing army, the Qing army arranged in neatly and formed formations fell down layer by layer as if someone was peeled onion.

"Kill!" Mandahai saw that the situation was not good, and shouted, and rushed towards the dragon cavalry with the remaining Man Eight Banners soldiers without fear of death.

"Bang bang bang" rows of gunfires of the dragon cavalry sounded, and the Eight Banners soldiers around Mandahai fell one by one. In the end, Mandahai and his more than ten Goshha were also beaten into a horse's nest.

Mandahai was dead, and Li Guohan and the remaining Eight Banners soldiers and Green Camp soldiers simply knelt on the ground and raised their hands to surrender.

Nikan ran away with the defeated generals. He found a small county town ahead of him and immediately urged his soldiers to run as soon as possible and quickly ran into the county town.

But when Nikan and his team ran to the city wall of the county town, they found that the Qing flag at the top of the city was suddenly knocked down, and a Ming army flag was raised on the top of the city!

"Arrow defense!" Only a roar was heard, and the arrows on the city were raining, shooting Nikan and the others back.

Nikan had no choice but to order the defeated generals to escape around the city. However, they did not run far away, and the sound of the Ming army's horse hooves sounded again behind them.

The remaining Eight Banners soldiers had no intention of fighting again and all knelt down and surrendered.

"You surrender and save your life!" Nikan sighed helplessly, "I, the grandson of the Qing Taizu, will never surrender to Minggou!"

After saying that, Nikan pulled out the golden sword, put it on his neck and pulled it hard, and a blood sword rushed into the sky.
Chapter completed!