Chapter 86

"Quick, speed up! If anything happens to my son-in-law, I won't let them off easily!"

On the vast grassland, a group of cavalrymen, dressed in various fur coats and armor, were galloping across the grass. This group was rather disorganized, with members wearing all sorts of attire and carrying various weapons. There were about three to four thousand of them. Behind this group, another cavalry unit, all dressed in white armor, followed. This unit was much smaller, with only about a thousand men. This group included the hastily gathered Zaisang, Hailanzhu, and Dorgon.

At this moment, Hailanzhu was riding a white horse, her face tense due to her bad mood. She frequently whipped the horse, urging it to go faster. Behind her, Zaisang and Daeul were closely following.

"Sister, slow down a bit, wait for me and Abu!"

Daeul, who hadn't ridden at such a speed for a long time, was desperately holding onto the reins. She didn't dare to be careless or make any unnecessary movements. Having grown up on the grassland, she knew very well that if anyone fell off their horse during such a large-scale cavalry charge, the consequences would be terrifying, almost certain death. Therefore, she could only lean on the horse's back and shout desperately, hoping that Hailanzhu, who was leading the charge, would slow down.

After a while, Hailanzhu gradually calmed down and began to slow down. At this point, Zaisang and Daeul took the opportunity to speed up and catch up to Hailanzhu.

"Sister... Sister, don't worry. Dodo didn't take many people. Given my brother-in-law's abilities, Dodo won't have any advantage! And although Dodo has a bad temper, he can still distinguish right from wrong. He probably just wants to make things difficult for my brother-in-law, but he won't dare to do anything serious!" Daeul, who was used to a life of luxury, was now gasping for breath on the horse, speaking in a broken voice.

"Boom... Boom..."

Just as Daeul finished speaking, a series of dull musket shots were heard from ahead.

"Oh no, they've already started fighting!" Daeul's face also changed. If both sides had already engaged in combat, the nature of the situation had changed. What was initially a matter of Dodo's bad temper or lack of judgment had now turned into something more serious that couldn't be easily dismissed as a misunderstanding.

However, unlike Daeul's worried expression, Hailanzhu's face relaxed when she heard the gunshots. She recognized that the distant musket fire was orderly and not chaotic, indicating that the side firing was not at a disadvantage. Since the Later Jin had not yet formed a firearms unit, the side firing could only be Yueyang's men.

Hailanzhu could think of this, and Dorgon, who was following behind, naturally thought of it too. Dorgon was both anxious and angry. What was supposed to be a peaceful visit home had become complicated due to Dodo's sudden outburst. Now, he could only hope that the two sides hadn't engaged in a full-scale battle, otherwise, it would be difficult to resolve the situation.

However, fate did not favor Dorgon. When he desperately galloped to the scene of the battle, he was stunned by what he saw.

About a mile away on the grassland, two groups of cavalry were fiercely fighting. One group was dressed in white armor, which Dorgon immediately recognized as his own White Banner. The other group was peculiar, wearing a type of gray armor that covered their entire bodies, something he had never seen before. This group was divided into infantry and cavalry, with about a thousand cavalrymen surrounding a group of about a hundred Jurchen iron cavalry, attacking them relentlessly. Another group of about a thousand infantrymen had formed a large square formation, continuously firing muskets at a group of dismounted Jurchen warriors, with a thick layer of white smoke covering the area above them.

Dorgon could see clearly that although the Jurchen warriors were charging on foot, the distance was too great, and they couldn't reach the square formation. Each time the muskets fired, a batch of Jurchen warriors would fall in the blood. What made Dorgon even more furious was that the banner representing Dodo's identity, a golden dragon banner, was about to fall, which meant that if the banner fell, Dodo would be in grave danger.

With his mind blank, Dorgon shouted at a Jurchen officer behind him, "Akedun, take five hundred men and quickly rescue Dodo. If anything happens to Dodo, I'll cut off your head!"

"Understood..."

This Jurchen officer also saw that their side was on the verge of collapse under the attack of the Ming army's superior cavalry. Without hesitation, he led five hundred men toward the location of the banner.

Leaving the various emotions of the others aside, Dodo was now in a desperate battle. He never imagined that his initial plan to teach a lesson to a Ming merchant would turn into a life-or-death struggle.

As a prince, Dodo had high standards. When he accompanied his secondary consort into the tent and saw Hailanzhu, he was immediately captivated by her. Her cheerful and graceful demeanor and stunning beauty instantly won his heart. At