The bloody battles of several days caused considerable losses to the defenders of Jizhou City, especially the elite servants raised by Lu Xiangsheng and Huang Degong.

But it was also because Lu Xiangsheng led these servants to fight directly with the Tartars, which defeated the Tartars' military attacks, which made the Tartars suddenly feel resentful and chased them all the way to the city of Jizhou.

Lu Xiangsheng was also very satisfied with this. In his opinion, the next days, you only need to hold the Tartars in Jizhou City. The longer you drag, the more time your Majesty will have to mobilize the soldiers from all over the country to fight the Tartars.

However, as noon was approaching, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but ask the personal soldiers behind him: "It's already this time, why haven't you heard the sound of cannons from the Tartars siege?"

As he was asking, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly noticed something and stood up quickly, but accidentally pulled the wound. He couldn't help but grin: "Damn Tartar, this arrow almost killed me."

At this time, Huang Degong hurriedly ran in: "No, Mr. Lu, the Tartars gathered outside the city suddenly disappeared overnight, and even the population and property they plundered were not taken."

"What!"

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but roar, and another severe pain came.

Immediately, Lu Xiangsheng hurriedly walked towards the entrance of the city again, but saw that there was no trace of the Tartars outside the city, and the Tartars were walking very eagerly, not even the stove pits for life, and there was still blue smoke. However, it was precisely because of this that the Ming army patrolling outside the city mistakenly thought that the Tartars were still making fire last night, and they were all wary of whether the Tartars had cooked breakfast so early and launched an attack when they wanted to dawn. This made the Ming army guarding the city not afraid of being careless all night.

But what was unexpected was that all the Tartars were withdrawn overnight, which made many officers and soldiers breathe a sigh of relief.

According to the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Tartars retreated and the city was not captured, it would be considered a victory. However, Lu Xiangsheng, who aimed to hold the Tartars in Jizhou City for three months, had no joy at all at this time.

"The Tartars just left quietly?"

"Yes, I bombarded the city gate yesterday, and I was snarling the city, and even lost half of the Niulu, and I still had to attack the city. It can be seen that I was obviously angry with the battle outside the city and wanted to show us the color, otherwise I would not have shot this letter of persuasion that was half a threat and half a pleading, saying that if you don't offer the city again, he would have slaughtered the whole people of Jizhou today, but why was there no one in the figure today?"

After Huang Degong said in confusion, Lu Xiangsheng was just dull and silent, but after a long time he punched the battlement:

"Lu underestimated Huang Taiji. Although our initiative angered him, it also made him realize our determination to defend the city. I am afraid that he also knew our strategic intention. Your Majesty said that the Tartars often had the purpose of entering the pass, not to attack the cities and villages and destroy our Ming Dynasty. They don't have that much appetite yet. They are still fighting for survival, intending to seize the food and population of our Ming Dynasty.

"The best result is that through repeated plunder and erosion, the basic agriculture of our Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and thus triggered rebellion of refugees, allowing our Ming Dynasty to directly die, and then they benefited!"

Huang Degong asked suspiciously when he heard Lu Xiangsheng say this: "I would like to ask Mr. Lu to make it clear, what exactly is the Tartars going to do when they suddenly evacuate?"

"If I were Huang Taiji, I would immediately jump out of the trap after realizing that I might fall into a trap, and no longer insist on attacking the capital, waiting to be surrounded by the king-fighting troops from all over the Ming Dynasty. Instead, I would use my mobility to rob everywhere, and look for opportunities to eat the troops along the Ming Dynasty, and then find opportunities to go out of seclusion. This not only damages the Ming Dynasty's vitality, but also obtains a large amount of food and population."

After Lu Xiangsheng said that, he immediately ordered: "Immediately, people rushed to the capital to report to Your Majesty that the main force of the Tartars seemed to have changed its strategic intentions and siege Jizhou City for several days and suddenly evacuated. At the same time, he was strictly ordered to close the gates of Jizhou gates and not let the Tartars take advantage of the loopholes. Unless the official's personal order is in charge, they must not leave the city! They must not abandon the city and flee. Those who violate the order shall be killed!"

Huang Degong was busy sending someone to convey Lu Xiangsheng's order and left, and asked, "Now, what should we do?"

"You stayed in Jizhou. The Tartars are fighting guerrillaly now. No one knows where he will attack next moment. However, the three most important strongholds must be ensured that they are not compromised by the Tartars. These three strongholds are the concentration of my Daming granary, and there is no mistake at all. One is Jizhou City, one is the capital city, and the other is Tongzhou. Jizhou has you, but Tongzhou is in the south, so I am afraid that the defense is empty. I have to lead an elite soldier to Tongzhou immediately."

As Lu Xiangsheng said, he immediately ordered people to prepare horses, while Huang Degong bowed to him without saying much.

...

Yutian is under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture and is an important market town near the capital. However, because it is located in the south, the county magistrate here does not take the news of the Tatars from the south seriously.

Caravans coming from the south still entered the city in a steady stream, and the people in the city were still buying or selling, and even the county magistrate was still sitting in the Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion.

The soldiers in the city defense also sat lazily on the edge of the city and dozed off.

However, in such a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, a rushing sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the front.

Several alert soldiers had just woken up and had not seen clearly before they could see the first one. Several Tartars who came first used sickle hooks to break their necks.

At the same time, a group of Tartars rushed over with a scream. They were very fast. Before the dust had been lifted, they entered the city and chopped them up as soon as they saw them.

Huang Taiji and other wise figures of the Eight Banners also rushed over: "Immediately occupy the county government and kill all the children and the elderly except for the male and female women! Take all the food away, and all the houses that cannot be taken away are burned."

"yes!"

Several Eight Banners soldiers who had sent the order responded and ran towards the various alleys quickly.

At this time, Dorgon on the side couldn't help but laugh at Huang Taiji and said, "Zhu Youxiao hides in the capital and wants to plan and gather heavy troops to eat us. It's really a whim. Not to mention that his officers and soldiers are cowardly and incompetent, even with the courage of our Eight Banners, he can't stop him."

"Don't underestimate this person. Zu Dashou and Liu Fangming can be quickly eliminated by him, so that he will not have to be distracted from dealing with the three forces now. This has made me look down on him a little bit." Huang Taiji said, and suddenly shot a Han people who were running around under the Eight Banners soldiers with an arrow: "You can't give the Ming Dynasty a chance to breathe, otherwise, if this person is the emperor for one day, I, the Later Jin, will not be able to occupy the pass in one day!"

Yutian City was slaughtered for half a day. It was not until sunset that the blood stained the western mountains. Huang Taiji and others destroyed the city and plundered thousands of people and many wealth came to the prosperous society.

When the magistrate of Fengrun County heard the Tartars approaching, he was so scared that he immediately fled to Tianjin with his family. Therefore, Fengrun County was defeated without any attack, and the people in the city were also tragically damaged.

Hou Shilu, the general of the King-supporting Army of Fengrun County, was so scared that he turned around and ran back to Jinan.

At the same time, the Eight Banners Amin tribes also gave up attacking Yongping City and suddenly disappeared. After a few days, the troops arrived at the city of Tongzhou.
Chapter completed!