Azig was repeatedly frustrated and his temper became even more irritable. He either beat or scolded the soldiers, causing more and more Han Eight Banners soldiers to flee.
Fortunately, some of Duduo's soldiers with white flags lost their commander and did not dare to return to Ningyuan. When they heard that Azig had attacked Shanhaiguan, they rushed to help, and the situation was temporarily stabilized.
However, although those Jurchen soldiers were brave, they were not good at attacking the city. As a result, more than a thousand people were lost in vain.
Gang Lin was originally unwilling to attack Shanhaiguan, but reluctantly agreed because of Azig's insistence.
Seeing that so many soldiers and horses were lost and there was still no progress, and hearing that Dorgon's siege of Ningyuan seemed to be unsatisfactory, he politely withdrew his troops.
At that time, Azig was thinking about how to regain his face. When he saw Gang Lin saying that he wanted to withdraw his troops, he reprimanded him in public.
However, Gang Lin had always maintained a high self-esteem and looked down on Azige who was like a wild bull. Seeing that Azige was so disrespectful to him, he immediately walked away.
After this commotion, the morale of the Jurchen soldiers became even lower.
At this moment, Wu Sangui arrived with Guan Ning's cavalry.
Soon afterwards, Kong Youde also led the navy to Shanhaiguan.
It turned out that Dorgon originally wanted to gather an army and capture Ningyuan City at all costs, but he unexpectedly received a secret letter from Fan Sanba before the battle.
Fan Sanba said in the letter that Duduo had been taken to Ningyuan by Ming soldiers and that he was already trying to rescue him, so that Dorgon must not send a large army to attack the city.
Because Zhang Dabiao and others planned to put Duduo on the city wall and behead him when the Jurchen troops attacked the city, in order to dampen their morale.
After Dorgon received the letter, he felt helpless for a while.
Of course, he did not believe that the Ming soldiers would behead Dodo, but he was worried that if others knew that Dodo was captured, it would affect his status.
Especially since he has been defeated one after another, many people in the army are dissatisfied with him.
If the other party knew that Duduo had been captured, they would slander their brothers and take the opportunity to steal the military power with the white flag.
Even if he rescues Duduo by then, he may not be able to command Xiangbaiqi again.
And if he loses this help, he will be even more passive in the future.
In desperation, he had no choice but to let Wang Xigun attack Ningyuan with a bluff, while sending his cronies to sneak into the city, hoping to rescue Duduo during the chaos.
But what disappointed him was that not only were there no messages from those cronies, but there was also no message from Fan Sanba.
Just when he was distressed, he heard that Azig's attack on Shanhaiguan had been repeatedly frustrated.
Dorgon had not previously expected Azig to capture Shanhaiguan, but only hoped that the other party could contain Liu Wenbing.
But because he could not rescue Duduo now, nor could he attack Ningyuan with all his strength, he sent his army to Shanhaiguan to assist Azige in attacking the city.
The reason why Dorgon did this was to help Azigli establish his authority.
In this way, even if Duduo's capture is exposed, he can push Azig up and consolidate his power.
Although Azig's ability was much worse than that of Dodo, in this situation, he had no choice.
Although it was a helpless move, Dorgon still asked his personal guards to bring Azig a secret letter of deep brotherhood and awe-inspiring justice.
Azig was deeply moved after reading the letter and went to battle in person that day.
If it weren't for his personal guards, he might have stayed at Shanhaiguan.
Just when Azige was anxious, Wu Sangui took the initiative to come to him and said that he had contacted the old troops in the city and could work together to capture Shanhaiguan.
Azig already looked down on the Han people, and because of the precedent of Zu Dashou, not only did he not adopt Wu Sangui's suggestion, but he severely reprimanded him.
Although Wu Sangui was annoyed, he did not give up. He went to Gang Lin to discuss it again, but unexpectedly he was met with disappointment again.
He suffered setbacks one after another and felt some regret in his heart.
It turned out that Wu Sangui had left the country before, and he did have the intention to regain the lost territory for the Ming Dynasty and achieve meritorious service and become a marquis.
But when he was captured in Daling River and was named Queen Pingnan, his mind was a little shaken.
Because he remembered that the prophecy given to him by Zhang Hongren included the words "De Ling Zeping", he originally thought it was
If you capture the Daling River for the Ming Dynasty, you will be able to achieve success.
Now it seems that the word "Ling" does refer to the Daling River, but the word "Ping" may not mean the rise to success, but may mean King Pingnan.
However, although he had already rebelled, he thought that Wu Xiang and Chen Yuanyuan were still in the hands of the Ming soldiers. If he openly rebelled, their lives would be killed.
But he was also worried that he would be too staunch and anger Dorgon, so while acquiescing to the actions of Wu Guogui and others, he secretly communicated with Zu Zerun and others, intending to play both sides.
It was only later that he heard that Chongzhen had given Chen Yuanyuan to Zu Zerun, and he was immediately furious and wanted to conquer Shanhaiguan and take back Chen Yuanyuan, so he was so active.
But what he didn't expect was that the other party didn't even want to hear the end of his elaborate plan.
Just when Wu Sangui was sad, Kong Youde found him.
After a confidential discussion, the two formulated a plan to attack Shanhaiguan at night.
It is a pity that this ambitious action by the two of them not only made Liu Wenbing famous, but also earned them ridicule from the Jurchens.
Because Wu Sangui had limited troops and horses, he had no choice but to endure.
But Kong Youde still had more than ten thousand people in his hands, and he immediately vented his anger on the city wall of Shanhaiguan.
To say that Kong Youde's combat power was indeed not bad, he not only forced Liu Wenbing to deploy two-thirds of his troops for defense, but also climbed the city wall several times.
If Azig had not determined that this was Liu Wenbing's trick to lure the enemy, he would not have led his army to attack.
Otherwise, there is a real risk of Shanhaiguan falling.
At this moment, Zhu Chenggong led his army suddenly, launched a fierce attack on Kong Youde, and successfully repelled him.
However, although Zhu Chenggong was strong in the naval battle, he did not dare to land rashly, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a while.
At this time, rumors arose among the Jurchen army that Zu Dashou had rebelled again and had taken control of Jinzhou, cutting off their way back.
Azig didn't believe it, so he killed more than a dozen people who spread rumors, and finally stabilized the morale of the army temporarily.
Unexpectedly, he received a secret message from Dorgon the next day, saying that the situation in Jinzhou was critical and asking him to immediately lead the elite cavalry to assist.
Azig was shocked when he heard the letter, and after hurriedly handing over the affairs of the general to Gang Lin, he rushed to Jinzhou with five thousand elites.
But when Dorgon and Azig rushed to Jinzhou, they only saw an empty city.
Just when they were confused, they received another report of Gang Lin's defeat.
It turns out that not long after Azige left, Ganglin was attacked by Zu Dashou and Shi Tingzhu.
Although he tried his best to resist, the morale of the army was already in chaos. In addition, Kong Youde escaped and Zhu Chenggong made a strong landing, resulting in the Jurchens' defeat.
In desperation, he had to lead his army to retreat to Ningyuan.
Unexpectedly, he had just arrived at Ningyuan, and Zhang Dabiao and others led their troops to fight out again.
Fortunately, Wang Xigun's camp was strong and they were able to block the attack.
But not long ago, the spy came back with news that Zu Dashou's army was on the way and could reach Ningyuan in one day at most, so he asked Dorgon to come to help quickly, otherwise they would have to retreat to Jinzhou.
Dorgon was about to rush to Ningyuan immediately, but he received news from Bumbutai, saying that there seemed to be changes in the Mongolian tribes, and there were also many Zheng navy troops in the Jurchen territory, and asked him to transfer Kong Youde and others back to the defense. .
After a night of thinking, Dorgon finally asked Gang Lin and others to return to Jinzhou...
Zhu Yuanzhang carefully read the battle report from beginning to end, and then frowned again.
Because according to his estimation, Zheng Hongkui should be the one to relieve the siege of Shanhaiguan, but unexpectedly it was Zhu Chenggong who came.
From this point of view, Zhu Chenggong should not have captured Pidao.
Judging from the Zheng navy's raids on the Jurchen coast, it was not that they were unable to capture Pi Island, but that they were unwilling to do so.
"The Zheng family is forcing us to become a nobility by doing this. It seems that we must speed up our overseas trade plan and disperse the Zheng family's strength, otherwise the Zheng family will definitely bring us trouble..."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought as he held the battle report.
