"What! Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan retreated?"
All the Qing generals who hurriedly gathered in the Yue Tuo Camp felt incredible. The Ming army, which had not flinched for many days of bloody battles, actually retreated?
But then, these Tatar generals looked at each other and beamed with joy. Yue Tuo laughed even more and said: "Great, it seems that Xuanda and Shandong Army also suffered heavy casualties in the battle the day before yesterday. They are no longer able to defend. Today we take the initiative to Retreat, and our Qing Dynasty will have no worries from now on!"
Jierharang, the leader of the Xianglan Banner, also smiled and said: "We in the Qing Dynasty are invincible. Even the most capable fighters in the Ming Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others, cannot stop the might of our army. Once this news gets out, Let’s see who else in Ming Dynasty dares to fight!”
Several Mongolian banner owners of the Eight Banners even shouted wildly: "Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan led the remnant army to escape. Now we go out to collect food, and we are no longer afraid of the Ming army following and harassing us."
Duduo, the leader of the white flag, stood up and shouted: "Are we going to let them run away like this? We should mobilize all our troops and pursue them immediately."
Dorgon said in a deep voice: "General Yangwu, fellow banner lords, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Ming army suddenly retreated, which must have made people panic. It is a good opportunity to pursue them at this time."
Yue Tuo glanced at Dorgon, coughed, and said: "The Han people have a saying in the art of war: Don't chase poor enemies. They have many artillery and chariots in their army, and they don't know how much food and grass they have. If we pursue them too closely, they will be on the spot. Defend and set up camp. This is another Julu battle. We can no longer afford to suffer losses. It is better to be cautious. It is better to find out clearly first to see if Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's troops really have no intention to fight. .”
After saying that, Yue Tuo then asked Buyan Dai, the leader of the Eight Banners Mongolian Red Banner: "When Yan Dai's consort, Lu Xiangsheng's troops retreated, what was the Ming army's position like? How was their morale?"
The Mongolian soldiers and horses with the red flag led by Buyendai were stationed on the left bank of the Hao River. At this time, it was Buyendai's subordinates who hurriedly came to report. He said: "General Yangwu, general under orders, and banner masters. Lu Xiangsheng, Liu When Yan and others retreated, the Ming army's formation was still very strict. The front army, middle army, and rear army were all in good order, and it didn't look like they were defeated. Moreover, the Ye Bushou and the cavalry of the various departments of the Ming army were still fierce, and they treated me The army's Tanma launched a counterattack, which was very powerful."
"The general has observed that Lu Xiangsheng's troops still have thousands of troops at this time. There are many chariots and horses in the army, which seem to carry a lot of food and grass. Most of the Ming army's artillery is also there. The general's intention is not to push too hard. Tight. For tens of miles from Julu, there is a flat plain. Our army cannot set up an ambush. If we really pursue, our army will have to continue to attack."
"In this wilderness, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan will definitely have to form a car camp to fight. It will be extremely difficult for our army to break through, and the warriors of each banner will suffer countless losses. Just as General Yangwu said, our army We should still be prudent.”
After he finished speaking, all the Mongolian banner leaders of the Eight Banners had timid expressions on their faces, and they all spoke in agreement. They all disapproved of the pursuit. At this time, as long as Lu Xiangsheng and others retreated, why should they continue to chase them? Haven't enough warriors of each banner died?
Guru Sihab shouted loudly: "Don't be troublesome. Just leave Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others. Anyway, they suffered heavy casualties in this battle and will not be able to attack us in the future. Our army should discuss how to collect food , plunder more money and bring people back, this is the right thing to do."
Then Guru Sichabu shouted loudly: "If the general who was ordered to insist on pursuing the pursuit, just lead the troops with Prince Yu to pursue it. As the Han art of war says, a small impatience will mess up a big plan. I am a multi-faceted Guru. Si, you won’t be so reckless.”
Dorgon was furious when he heard this, stood up suddenly, and shouted to Guru Sihab: "You are so impudent, Dorgon, what tone are you using to talk to this general?"
"You are so rude to me, do you think this general dare not punish you?"
At this time, Dorgon was furious. In the past, all banners were headed by him, because the bannermen of the Two White Banners suffered a lot in the Battle of Julu. In recent days, the status of the Dorgon brothers among the banners has declined rapidly.
If nothing else, let's just say that in the past, when discussing matters, the banner owners would gather in his tent, but these two days they moved to Yue Tuo's Zhenghong Banner tent. There are also those Mongolian banner leaders who used to treat him respectfully, but in the blink of an eye, those people all changed their faces. Why didn't this make the arrogant Dorgon angry?
Seeing Dorgon's livid face, Guru Sihab was also shocked. Dorgon was famous for being cruel and ruthless. Although the strength of the two white flags was currently damaged, it was not something that he, the leader of the Mongolian banner of the foreign vassal, could do. I couldn't help but secretly regret it.
Seeing the two people's faces darkened, all the flag owners came out to smooth things over. Yue Tuo advised, "We are a Man and Meng family. Just a few words, don't damage the harmony between our two families."
He shouted to Guru Sihab: "Doleng Beizi, what you said today is really too much. Why don't you quickly apologize to the general who was ordered to do so?"
Upon seeing this, Guru Sishabu quickly got off the donkey down the slope and apologized to Dorgon. Dorgon snorted and thought about how to deal with this Mongolian barbarian in the future after returning to the Qing Dynasty. He wanted all the flag owners to see that he, Dorgon, was capable of competing with Huang Taiji, and not just anyone could stand up to him.
Yue Tuo said to Dorgon: "General, let's do this. We will send some soldiers and horses to follow. If there is an opportunity, we will attack. If the Ming army is in good condition, we should not act rashly."
Dorgon said calmly: "That's all, as the banner leaders said, it's better not to cause trouble, to prevent Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others from jumping over the wall and coming back."
Dorgon naturally understood Yue Tuo's thoughts. He came to power due to the loss of the strength of the Two White Flags, and naturally he did not want to see his brother make contributions again. If the pursuit is successful and their prestige is established again, that is what Yue Tuo, Jier Harang and others do not want to see.
In the past, it was extremely difficult for the entire army to attack Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others. What was the use of sending some troops? Just pretending. Anyway, Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others led the remaining troops to retreat and no longer posed a threat to their own army. Just be patient and solve other problems first.
So Dorgon said: "Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's troops are no longer of concern. They have now been defeated. The morale of the warriors in our army has been greatly boosted. We must take advantage of this vigor to immediately deal with the high-altitude Guan Ning army."
After listening to Dorgon's words, everyone in the big tent still bowed their heads and remained silent.
Although the combat power of Gao Qiqian's troops is definitely not as good as that of Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's troops, they are still tens of thousands of fresh troops. Now all the Manchu and Mongolian banners have been seriously damaged. Once the attack on Gao Qiqian's troops continues for a long time, the troops of each banner will The Warriors have to lose another part, so the gain outweighs the loss!
So Yue Tuo looked at everyone's expressions and said: "General, our army has gone deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty. After a series of fierce battles, the warriors of all banners are exhausted. In my opinion, our army should prepare to withdraw. For the best, it is only right to transport back the captive population, money, food and materials from the generals."
The owners of other banners all agreed. At this time, everyone no longer wanted to fight the Ming army. It would be meaningless to win. Anyway, the army had already captured a lot, but if they lost, the warriors in their own banners would lose again. If it's going to be damaged, no one wants to fight anymore.
Dorgon was so angry when he saw everyone's "performance" that he almost vomited blood. The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Gaoqiqi's base were close at hand. As long as the army swarmed up, they could be defeated. No one wanted such military exploits, they only wanted to If you want to withdraw, everyone is so short-sighted!
Duduo on the side was also furious. Seeing everyone's appearance, he wanted to violently confront them, but was stopped by Dorgon, whose face was ashen.
"Since you don't want to fight, then forget it!"
Dorgon looked at everyone and said coldly: "Tomorrow the army will leave camp and return north. However, after returning, you must explain to the emperor why you left the high-altitude submarine troops and did not fight!"
Yue Tuo smiled and said: "General, don't worry. If the emperor blames you for this, I will stand up and explain!"
This afternoon, Jize.
In the cabin, Gao Qiqian was holding a book and seemed to be reading it with great interest. On both sides of his head, the generals of Guan Ning were chatting casually. They were talking about the weather, the scenery, and women. It's just that no one talked about the Julu War dozens of miles away. It seemed that the Qing soldiers, Xuanda and Shandong troops there had been forgotten.
In fact, former garrison commander Wang Tingchen and Yutian commander Cao Bianjiao proposed sending troops, but they were blocked by Shanhaiguan commander Ma Ke: "...two military gates, if the slave thieves are really captured by us in Julu, If it is destroyed, then is it necessary for our Guan Ning army to exist in Liaodong? I am afraid that by then, the money and rice allocated by the court every year will no longer be available! The rabbit will die and the dog will be cooked, and the bird will be hidden. I’m afraid the court will take action on us next, right?”
Of course Marco's words would not be so direct, but that's what he meant. After listening to Ma Ke's words, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao also hesitated. No matter how loyal they were, they had to consider the interests of the entire Liaodong Jiangmen Group.
Yes, there is a chance to wipe out all the Qing soldiers entering the pass, but what will they do after they are wiped out? Is it necessary for the Liaodong Warlord Group to exist in the Ming Dynasty in the future? How will they ask for money and food from the central government in the future? Is it possible for that massive amount of silver and grain to be in my hands? Moreover, other generals did not send troops, so they relied on their own two troops. How could they afford the tens of thousands of Qing troops in Julu, so the two hesitated.
In this way, Gao Qiqian insisted on not moving, and Guan Ning's army was also happy to not move, thus forming a strange sit-in war. Dozens of miles away, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's Xuanda and Shandong soldiers fought bloody battles with tens of thousands of Qing soldiers, while tens of thousands of Guan Ning's troops watched the show.
In the late Ming Dynasty, these fallen groups of literati and warriors were like bastards versus mung beans. The eldest brother did not laugh at the second brother. They were like wolves and tigers against the common people, and they were greedy for life and afraid of death against the Qing army, and ignored the danger of their friendly forces. Helplessly dragging Ming Dynasty to the edge of destruction, just to protect his own small selfish interests.
At this moment, a sentry rushed in hastily and shouted: "Supervisor, Supervisor, something bad is going on, something is going wrong..."
Gao Qiqian was very dissatisfied and said sharply: "What's the matter?"
That night Bu Shou said: "Lu Duchen has broken through to the west, and tens of thousands of Qing troops are also marching north. The war on Julu is over!"
Like a huge thunder, everyone in the hall started talking with a "boom".
Gao Qiqian blinked, unable to believe it, and asked again: "Is the fight over on the Julu over there?"
"The fight is over! When I was exploring, I happened to encounter a group of Ye Bushou under Lu Duchen. According to them, Julu beheaded thousands of slave thieves in the first battle. Now both sides are exhausted from the fight, so they retreated. .”
At this time, Gao Qiqian stood up abruptly and stared dumbfounded at Ye Buzui, who came to report the news. Everyone in the hall was also silent.
Gao Qiqian could no longer hold back the fear in his heart and fell heavily onto his seat.
Cao Bianjiao, the commander-in-chief of Yutian, said hurriedly: "Supervisor, the slave thieves were severely wounded by Lu Duchen and his troops in Julu. If the slave thieves were not already unable to fight anymore, they would definitely not withdraw voluntarily. Our army should attack them head-on. Make new achievements!"
Gao Qiqian stood up suddenly. He seemed to have exhausted all his strength and screamed: "Quick! The whole army rushes to the Julu area to threaten most of the Qing army!"
"threaten?"
Everyone was dumbfounded. At this time, they didn't dare to attack. They still wanted to continue to follow the Qing army?
On that day, tens of thousands of elite Guan Ning troops from Gao Qiqian's troops marched south and followed the Qing army northward from a distance.
Dorgon was furious when he saw this. Although he knew that Gaoqi Qianbu would not dare to attack, if he kept hanging him like this, the warriors of all the banners in the army would definitely be terrified, and there was no guarantee that there would not be any accidents.
So in order to avoid long nights and long dreams, Dorgon had no choice but to give up part of the captured and plundered population, and the entire army went into battle lightly and quickly withdrew northward from the Great Wall.
A few days later, Gao Qiqian heard the news and hurriedly led his troops to seize the materials and people. Then he happily stopped following and turned around to report the victory to Emperor Chongzhen.
Some people died, but not completely...
