In the Yanqing Prefecture Zhizhou Yamen, Hauge, Jierhalang and Abatai were anxiously discussing countermeasures.
At this time, Huang Taiji had fallen into a coma, and the three of them immediately had differences.
Hauge said: "Now the battle flags of Liu Yan's new army's guard camp, right camp, cavalry camp, rear camp, and middle camp have appeared outside the city, as well as the so-called three garrison battalions in Liu Yan's hands. This has already There are a hundred thousand troops. With the current strength of two yellow flags, two blue flags and one white flag, we can't rush out at all. We might as well hold on to the spot and fight for a few days to consume Liu Yan's troops, and then wait for an opportunity to retreat!"
Abatai said: "What Prince Su said makes sense, but Dorgon and Duoduo are leading their troops to evacuate outside the customs at a rapid speed. We can't delay here in Yanqing Prefecture!"
Ji'erhalang also said: "If it doesn't work, just go out of the city at night and break out. According to His Majesty's arrangement, let two minions, Geng Zhongming and Ma Guangyuan, guard the city here to delay Liu Yan's troops."
Haug said dissatisfied: "Can Ama Khan continue to travel in good health? I think you have evil intentions and want His Majesty to die on the road!"
Abatai and Jilharang were immediately furious. The Qing prince in front of them was simply an idiot.
Abatai said: "Since Prince Su does not agree to break out, then we will hold on here. When the time comes, Dorgon and Duduo will return to Shengjing to take control of the overall situation and seize Prince Su's position. Don't turn your head. Come and blame me and Prince Zheng again!"
After saying that, Abata turned around and left. Haug opened his eyes angrily and wanted to roar again, but was stopped by Jierhalang: "Prince Su, please stop saying a few words! You will stay here with His Majesty." ,by
In case something unexpected happens, Rao Yubeile and I will go to supervise the battle. Now only Prince Wuying and the two servants Geng Zhongming and Ma Guangyuan are sitting on the top of the city, I don't feel relieved! "
Ji Erhalang also left quickly, and Haug suppressed the anger in his heart and returned to the bedroom in the backyard.
"Khan Amma?"
Hauge knelt beside the bed, his anger disappeared instantly, and softly called Huang Taiji.
"Um?"
Huang Taiji woke up slowly and asked feebly: "Can I still leave the city?"
"Liu Yan has brought tens of thousands of elites and has blocked the city gates everywhere."
"Alas! It's still a step too late."
Huang Taiji said in disbelief: "Most of Liu Yan's troops are infantry, how could they come so fast!"
Hauge said: "Prince Zheng and Rao Yubeile just now suggested breaking out of the encirclement. Liu Yan's troops came on a forced march while his troops were exhausted. The army can still rush out. What did Khan Amma say?"
Huang Taiji smiled bitterly and said: "They are right. Now one of us, father and son, must return to Shengjing before Dorgon and Duoduo, otherwise the Qing Dynasty will change!"
Hauge was a little moved and said: "It seems that Prince Zheng and Rao Yubeile are the loyal ministers. I wrongly blamed them."
"Loyal minister?"
Huang Taiji looked at Hauge with some hatred, and said: "There are no loyal ministers! They are just not trusted by Dorgon and Duoduo. Once Dorgon takes power, they will not have any good fruits. , so I have to help you and my father and son!"
"Then, what should we do for now?"
Huang Taiji said without hesitation: "I can't leave. I left behind the soldiers and horses with the yellow flag, as well as Geng Zhongming and Ma Guangyuan. You
Break out with the remaining Two Blue Banners, Zhenghuang Banner and Azig Tribe, and be sure to return to Shengjing before Dorgon and Duduo! "
"Khan Amma!"
Hauge finally burst into tears.
At the same time, Liu Yan looked at the city of Yanqing in the distance. Although the cold wind was blowing at this time, Liu Yan was still sweating profusely. His head and body seemed to have just finished a sauna, and he was braving white hair in the cold wind. gas.
The same was true for the surrounding Miao Shao and other soldiers. Everyone was panting and sweating profusely.
"Ha ha!"
Although Liu Yan was tired, he laughed happily. The new army he had built could actually create an attack speed comparable to that of the red army of later generations. It traveled eight or ninety miles from Changping Prefecture, followed closely by the Qing Dynasty. The army of military cavalry arrived and the sense of accomplishment was beyond words!
"Supervisor, attack the city!"
Miao Shao shouted excitedly: "Huang Taiji is in the city, capture Yanqing Prefecture City and kill Huang Taiji!"
All the soldiers around him cheered loudly. Although the soldiers of each battalion were exhausted, they were all fighting high-spiritedly at this time. Liu Yan could be very sure that as long as he ordered the attack, the soldiers of each battalion would be able to rush in roaringly, no matter how tired they were. Go into town.
But the cost of such casualties was too high, so Liu Yan still ordered all battalions to focus on containment.
"The second battalion of the garrison blocked the north, the third battalion blocked the east, the fifth battalion blocked the west, the right battalion of the New Army blocked the south, and the guard battalion, cavalry battalion, rear camp, and middle battalion of the new army were on standby in the east, ready at any time. Get ready for battle.”
"yes!"
After Huang Taiji led his troops to escape, Liu Yan devoted all his troops to the battlefield, and all banners of the Han army collapsed immediately.
In addition to the Zhenshi Tingzhu of Gushan'e of Zhengbai Banner and the true ancestor Zerun of Gushan'e of Zhenglan Banner who were killed one after another, the soldiers and horses of various departments of the Han Army Banner also suffered heavy casualties, and at least 30,000 people were captured as prisoners.
Liu Yan then left the heavy troops of each battalion on the battlefield, responsible for cleaning the battlefield and guarding the prisoners, and then led the main army to pursue Huang Taiji's troops.
At this time, Miao Shao said: "I don't know when the artillery camp will arrive. The governor must wait until the artillery camp arrives before attacking the city?"
Liu Yan nodded and said: "Yes, we were able to defeat more than 300,000 Qing troops at such a small cost. To be honest, this battle was a fluke. There must be something wrong within the Qing army, otherwise we would still be in Changping Prefecture. There is a bloody battle between the Northern and Qing armies!"
"So we must wait until the artillery battalion arrives, and we must not allow the soldiers of each battalion to increase their casualties."
Miao Shao was a little anxious and said: "But according to the urgent reports from the battalions at night, the Qing army Dorgon, Duduo, and the Mongolian banners all left the battlefield before Huang Taiji, and have now penetrated into the deep mountains around Juyongguan. Among them, there are also soldiers and horses with two red flags from Manchuria, following Dorgon's tribe into the mountains."
"Master Governor, if we had been slower, Dorgon's army would have escaped from the pass long ago!"
Liu Yan was also a little anxious at this time. Among the battalions of the New Army, the artillery battalion was still on the road and was rushing towards Yanqing Prefecture. The left battalion of the New Army was ordered to go south to recover Changping Prefecture. The Han army was holding red flags and blue flags. After escaping into Changping Prefecture, Liu Yan would naturally not let go of these two groups of traitor soldiers.
Liu Yan thought and weighed it for a while and said: "In that case, then send Shen Tuo to lead his troops to pursue northward, delaying Dorgon's troops at all costs and waiting for the main force to arrive."
"yes
! "
"Immediately send someone to convey an order to Qian Qian, ordering the artillery battalion to rush to Yanqing Prefecture before nightfall today!"
"yes!"
After receiving the order, Shen Tuo led the soldiers of the New Army's middle battalion to march north. Shen Tuo was born in Ye Bu, so it was perfect for him to lead his troops into the mountains to pursue Dorgon's tribe.
"All units in the battalion only need three days of food and water, and all other baggage will be given up!"
From Yanqing Prefecture to Longmen Pass, if the army marches quickly, it can arrive in three to four days, so Shen Tuo directly ordered that it must reach Longmen Pass within three days to block Dorgon and Duduo's troops.
The officers and soldiers of the New Army's middle camp marched north from Yanqing Prefecture, plunged directly into the remaining mountains of Yanshan, and then rushed northwest over the mountains and ridges.
In the evening of that day, Qian Qian led the New Army artillery battalion to Yanqing Prefecture.
The artillery camp has a lot of equipment, including hundreds of artillery pieces of all kinds. Although it is equipped with a large number of chariots and horses, the emergency march over a distance of hundreds of miles also caused Qian Qian and the artillery camp officers to suffer a lot. The artillery camp alone Twenty-three of the attached pack horses were exhausted, and a lot of baggage had to be discarded along the way.
There were even eight Fran cannons that were damaged because of the gun carriage, so Qian Qian had to order them to be blown up and abandoned. At the end, in order to ensure that he arrived in Yanqing Prefecture on time to participate in the battle, Qian Yan ordered the artillerymen and heavy soldiers in the camp to take turns pushing the cart, and then arrived in Yanqing Prefecture at dusk.
Liu Yan was relieved when he saw the artillery battalion arriving, and immediately ordered all battalions to be on strict alert to prevent the Qing army from breaking out at night.
"Each battalion will start attacking the city early tomorrow morning. We must capture Huang Taiji, no matter life or death!"
"yes!"
Miao Shao hugged Qian Qian excitedly and said, "Tomorrow
Just watch your artillery battalion show off its power and break Yanqing Prefecture. Watch me rush in and take out the wild boar skin Huang Tai Chi and parade it through the streets! "
At the same time, Changping Prefecture.
The sun was setting and the cold wind was blowing.
Standing on the north city wall, Zhenghongqi Gushan'e Zhen Kong Youde, and inlaid blue flag Gushan'e Zhenshang Kexi stood on the north city wall, looking at the soldiers of the New Army Zuoying who were digging trenches and building earthen walls outside the city. Their faces were full of despair.
Outside the city, more than 10,000 soldiers of the New Army's Left Battalion have dug long trenches and built low walls from the excavated soil on the spot, preparing for the attack early tomorrow morning.
This trench and low wall are only 120 steps away from the city wall of Changping Prefecture. It can be said that it has been put in the face of the Qing army in the city. However, neither Kong Youde nor Shang Kexi dared to send troops to block it for fear of offending the new army. Zhang Yi, the general of Zuoying, led his troops to attack the city now.
"Otherwise, let's lead the army to retreat south overnight, right?"
Shang Kexi looked at Kong Youde and said, "Xiang Nan? The remaining soldiers in your hands and mine together are less than 10,000 people. Where can such remaining soldiers go? Do you still think that you can defeat the city of Beijing with these defeated soldiers?"
Kong Youde gritted his teeth and said, "What if we can capture it! When Deng Ai sneaked into Yinping, he didn't necessarily expect to capture Chengdu!"
Shang Kexi shook his head and said: "You and I are not Deng Ai, and Chongzhen is not the emperor. There are no artillery in the army, and there are tens of thousands of new troops chasing behind us. How can we capture the city of Beijing? As long as you and I step out of Changping Prefecture, we will die. The fate of the burial place!”
"Then what should we do? Sitting in a lonely city is also a dead end!"
Shang Kexi said: "Hold on, if you can persist, one day counts."
God, maybe His Majesty can turn defeat into victory and come back with the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry in a few days! "
Kong Youde was extremely frustrated and said, "Do you believe this?"
At this time, in Changping Prefecture, the Han army with the red flag still had more than 2,000 gunmen and more than 4,000 hand-to-hand soldiers. The Han army with the blue flag suffered even more heavy losses, with only more than 1,000 firemen left. , there are still two thousand hand-to-hand combat soldiers.
The total number of soldiers and horses of the two banners is only about 10,000, and these 10,000 soldiers and horses are panic-stricken and have long lost the will to fight. Facing the left camp of the new army outside the city, which is preparing to attack, Shang Kexi and Kong Youde arrive. Even the soldiers under the two banners did not have the courage to fight.
"Maybe we can surrender?"
At this time, Kong Youde suddenly said: "I am King Gongshun of the Qing Dynasty. You said King Zhishun of the Qing Dynasty. You and I surrendered with ten thousand troops. No Ming army general would not want this credit. Emperor Chongzhen would also buy horse bones with thousands of gold." , setting up you and me as a signboard to undermine the hearts of the Qing Dynasty!"
Shang Kexi's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard the words. After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said: "This is a way out!"
