Du Wenhuan dropped the obstructing slave soldiers, led more than a thousand cavalry, and chased after Yue Tuo's ass.
Soldiers on both sides did not have time to eat or drink, or even to pee and shit, and the horses ran all the way without a moment of rest.
Now the two sides are comparing will.
Yue Tuo and Jiannu were fleeing for their lives, so naturally they would not leave any extra energy, but their horses had been fighting Yuan Chonghuan's army for a long time, and their physical strength had long been overwhelmed. There were continuous soldiers who built slaves falling behind and fell in front of the Ming army.
Du Wenhuan didn't even look at these soldiers, they were directly engulfed by the torrent of Ming cavalry.
However, the skirmishers also slightly blocked the speed of the Ming cavalry. The other part of the cavalry who had just solved the construction of slaves and blocked the soldiers also gradually caught up.
The sun couldn't bear to watch the blood on the world, and finally disappeared.
The Ming army has been chasing after most of the day, hunger, thirst, fatigue, and sultry, plagued every soldier.
"Military seat, it's getting dark, do you still chase?" The soldiers reminded Du Wenhuan.
"Chasing, Yue Tuo is more tired than us." Du Wenhuan did not hesitate.
"Military seat, after dark, you won't see the establishment of slaves." The horses of the soldiers did not slow down at all.
Du Wenhuan thought for a moment: "It doesn't matter, Jiannu is not far in front of us, we can follow the sound of horseshoes."
"What if I encounter an ambush who builds a slave?" The soldiers were still worried.
"Yue Tuo can arrange an ambush with just such a small number of soldiers? Besides, there are our main forces behind, and they will come to meet us soon." Du Wenhuan rushed over with a horse in his belly.
The soldier stopped talking, his eyes looked forward, Jiannu's figure was not in the darkness.
But Jiannu was less than two thousand steps ahead, and the sound of horse hooves broke through the shackles of darkness, pointing out the direction for Du Wenhuan's cavalry far away.
After chasing for more than an hour, Jiannu was still in front, the distance had not been significantly reduced, and even Du Wenhuan had to give up.
"Military seat, why is there a lot of noise in front of you?" The soldier immediately listened.
Du Wenhuan raised his head. In the hazy moonlight, he seemed to see the outline of a castle. There was still a faint fire light in the castle. The noise came from the light of the castle.
Du Wenhuan slowed down: Is there an ambush in slave building? It's not like, if they are ambushes who build slaves, they should hide and make no noise.
"Is there a castle ahead?"
"Military seat, won't you catch up to Guangning, right?"
"Guangning?" Du Wenhuan's blood boiled all of a sudden, and a stream of air rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead, "It should be the city of Guangning in front of him. Everyone should be careful to prevent a slave in the city from meeting Yue Tuo."
Du Wenhuan added a whip to the horse under his seat. After a while, the city of Guangning appeared in the field of vision, blurred in the moonlight, but there were a few torches on the top of the city, and it was still certain that it was a castle.
Yue Tuo had fled to the city of Guangning, but unfortunately, the defenders above the city were a few soldiers from the Han army, and they didn't understand the language of Jurchen at all.
Yue Tuo's soldiers yelled at the city, but the soldiers of the Han army couldn't understand either. They could only feel that the other party was insulting themselves based on Jiannu's emotions.
The soldiers of the Han army slowly set a torch on the spot. They wanted to see where the slave was coming, and then they could report to Youmei Le Ezhenhulu who was staying in the city. This was the torch Du Wenhuan saw.
The Jiannu under the city also lit a torch so that the Han soldiers at the head of the city could see clearly.
When the soldiers of the Han army saw Yue Tuo, they were all frightened. They didn't know whether to open the city immediately or report to Hulu first.
Du Wenhuan arrived while they were still struggling.
The sound of horseshoes in the dark became more rapid and dense, and obviously there were more cavalry.
The Han soldiers on the front of the city thought it was Yue Tuo's rear army, and were about to open the city gate.
Chang Yue Tuo sighed, the good time is in the hands of these Han soldiers. If the soldiers on the front of the city open the city gate early and let him in, relying on the advantages of the city wall and the remaining troops in the city, he can completely block the cavalry of the Ming army. Cavalry.
Now that the Ming army has caught up, if Yue Tuo forcefully enters the city, then the Ming army will definitely enter the city at the end, and he has already lost the opportunity to enter the city.
Yue Tuo turned his horse's head and fled to the northwest.
Although Guangning City is a square city, its direction is inclined. The South City Gate where Yue Tuo is located is not facing the south, but facing the southwest.
Du Wenhuan has already pressed from the south, and his route to escape eastward to Shengjing (now Shenyang) has been cut off. If he flees eastward forcibly, whether he can break through the encirclement, his soldiers will suffer a greater loss, so Yue Tuo could only escape to the northwest along the city wall.
Du Wenhuan didn't see the reinforcements in the city, so he became bold and chased after Yue Tuo.
Yue Tuo was unable to escape around the city, so he had to continue to flee to the northwest.
Du Wenhuan chased after him for a while, but still did not catch up.
"Military seat, if this is the city of Guangning, then the northwest is the territory of the Mongols. If Yuetuo receives reinforcements from the Mongols and there are also slave-building soldiers in the city, then our army will be encircled." The soldiers who first met geography reminded Du Wenhuan.
Du Wenhuan also thought about it, now that the Mongols have basically taken refuge in slavery, and seeing Yue Tuo's defeat, it is not impossible for the Mongols to fund some of his cavalry.
He strangled the horse and stopped chasing, "Cheap Yuetuo, hey! If the infantry behind catches up, I will chase."
Two thousand cavalry stopped to the northwest of Quang Ninh City.
Du Wenhuan didn’t know the situation of the defenders in the city. He dared not care: “Everyone can’t dismount. The half of the cavalry on the left drink water and eat dry food. Don’t eat too much. There may be battles later, and then change to the soldiers on the right. Drink water and eat dry food."
The soldiers eat very quickly, and they are extremely hungry, and they solve the belly problem like a windstorm.
Du Wenhuan sent out cavalry in all directions, especially in the direction of the city gate, and sent several cavalry to contact Shen Shiqiang's main force.
A soldier walked towards Du Wenhuan on horseback: "Military seat, shall we camp here?"
The soldiers are already sweaty, and if they don’t take off their clothes to rest, they can easily get sick.
Du Wenhuan looked at Guangning City. He wanted to encircle Guangning City, but his cavalry was too small and there were no artillery. The number of slaves in the city was even more unknown.
"Encamp first, pay attention, and wait until Shiqiang comes." In fact, Du Wenhuan also knew that it was dark already, and the terrain and the status of slaves were unknown. Even Shen Shiqiang came, and he couldn't encircle Guangning tonight.
"Military seat, we picked up a flag." The ranger has returned, and the soldiers are exhausted. They must constantly replace the rangers and let the soldiers take turns to rest.
"The flag? What's the use of the flag?" Du Wenhuan couldn't see what the flag was under the dim moonlight.
"Military seat, this may be Yue Tuo's banner." The Ranger had seen this banner when he was chasing during the day.
"Yue Tuo's flag?" Du Wenhuan took it and looked at it carefully in the moonlight. The flag was trampled on by war horses and there were two small holes on it. "Yue Tuo's red flag is inlaid. Look, this flag It has a pentagonal shape with red in the middle and white borders around it."
"Military seat, is it really Yue Tuo's banner?" The Ranger was happy for a while. Although he didn't catch Yue Tuo, he couldn't get Qianliang reward silver, but he picked up Yue Tuo's banner.
"It's Yue Tuo's banner." Du Wenhuan nodded slowly, but his gaze turned to the northwest. Yue Tuo even lost the flag, indicating that he was very embarrassed. If he chased him for a while, we might be able to catch Yue Tuo. "It's all damned Mongolia." Du Wenhuan cursed in a low voice.
Du Wenhuan suddenly thought that there were still soldiers who built slaves in Guangning City. After Yue Tuo fled to the city, he was still so embarrassed. There must be not many slaves in the city. Otherwise, Yue Tuo would definitely fight with him.
Is Yue Tuo shocked? Or is Yue Tuo too tired to handle a knife or gun
Du Wenhuan shook his head, denying his idea that there were not many soldiers and horses in the city to build slaves.
Perhaps Guangning was the same as Ningyuan and Jinzhou. After Yue Tuo took away the soldiers and horses, there was only an empty city left.
The frustration of Yue Tuo's escape was quickly forgotten. Du Wenhuan was already thinking about attacking Guangning City tomorrow, although he did not have any siege equipment.
About half an hour later, Shen Shiqiang led the main infantry to arrive. They found Du Wenhuan under the guidance of the corresponding soldiers.
"Military seat, did Yue Tuo escape? How about Guangning City?"
"Shiqiang, you let the soldiers eat and rest first. Let's talk in the big tent." Du Wenhuan advanced into his big tent.
After dawn, the soldiers of the Ming Army were awakened by the loud copper horns.
"Get up, come out for breakfast."
There is no usual hot soup for breakfast, and the soldiers can only eat dry food with hot water. After a night of rest, the soldiers faded away from exhaustion, but they did not catch Yue Tuo and were busy for nothing. Most soldiers could not hide a trace of loss in their eyes.
But the soldiers soon had no time to lose.
Just after breakfast, Shen Shiqiang conveyed Du Wenhuan’s military order: “Eight thousand infantrymen, surround the four city gates, and 2,000 cavalrymen, as maneuvers, patrolling on all sides, ready to reinforce at any time.”
The infantrymen rode horses, scattered around the four city gates. Du Wenhuan and Shen Shiqiang each led more than a thousand cavalry, wandering slowly between the four city gates, by the way, observe the city wall to see if there are loopholes in the city’s defense and whether it can be directly Siege.
However, they were all disappointed. The thickness of the city walls in Guangning even surpassed that of Ningyuan and Jinzhou. This was the place where Daming and Dajin and the Mongolian Horqin Division met. The former Liaodong Army repeatedly raised and thickened the city walls.
The importance of Guangning’s location was not only known to the Liaodong Army, but also to Emperor Tianqi who was hiding in the deep palace as a carpenter. He also knew that Guangning was an important channel for the connection between Ming and Mongolia. When Guangning fell, Emperor Tianqi rarely took the initiative to convene. The court meeting, discussing the military situation in Liaodong, even beheaded Xiong Tingbi, governor of Liaodong, and governor Wang Huazhen, and reported that the first nine sides had just finished.
Facing the high walls of Guangning, Du Wenhuan did not have any siege equipment, so he could only sigh with great excitement.
"Military seat, do you want to immediately create a siege ladder?" Seeing that Du Wenhuan's gaze had hardly left the city wall, the soldiers pointed at the city wall repeatedly, thinking that he was going to attack the city.
Du Wenhuan waved his hand, "Now the situation in the city is unknown, wait for a while!"
Suddenly there was the sound of horses' hoofs in front, and several healthy horses rushed towards Du Wenhuan, raising dust.
"Military seat, we caught a Han army soldier named Jiannu fighting." The visitor held the horse back with one hand and jumped off the galloping horse. He showed good riding skills. He saluted and reported to Du Wenhuan. .