Jia Waixiong, Lao Jiu, and Song Luoshu, the brothers and sisters at the top of the north gate, watched the Qing troops slowly pouring in outside the city, and lined up outside the four gates to wait for orders, their faces all serious.
At this time, they also saw that the Qing army wanted to use the two northwest gates as the main attack points. It would be difficult to deal with it with a two-pronged approach, but it was nothing new for Jia Waixiong. When he followed Chang Yu to defend Taiyuan, Li Zicheng had hundreds of thousands of troops. In order to break the city, he had not used any tricks, and even used feint attacks as the main attack, and used many false and real tricks such as feint attack as the main attack. At that time, the little eunuch was really overwhelmed and almost lost the defense several times, but in the end he still held it.
Although the Qing army's current move is ruthless, it still seems too monotonous compared to what it was in Taiyuan.
But he also knew mentally that although the Qing army did not have many tricks, it was better because of its physical strength and toughness. So he also made deployment adjustments. He led the Black Panther Battalion to guard the north gate, Lao Jiu's Black Wolf Battalion changed the south gate to the west gate, Song Luoshu and Song Luoyu guarded the southwest gate, and evened out most of Li Shiyuan's eight hundred officers and soldiers. Two doors to the northwest.
Song Luoshu's brother and sister have no meaning in this. Although they are superb in martial arts, they are far less experienced than Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu in terms of fighting experience. It is even said that they are not on the same level at all. At this time, they are only following orders.
King Heng Zhu Youyi also knew that the most critical moment of life and death was approaching, so he sent nearly 200 servants and guards from the palace to the city. At the same time, more than 200 horse thieves led by Qin Fugui's three brothers were also ordered to go to the city. He served under Song Luoshu's brother and sister.
As for the public security in the city... who is in charge of it at this time? There is no need to do so, because Jia Waixiong has ordered all four city gates to be blocked with huge rocks!
This move also made everyone understand one thing: He was not going to go out at all costs, either to defend the city, or the Tatars would invade and leave no one behind!
The soldiers and civilians in Qingzhou City were united and vowed to live and die with the city, which was heroic. The four Qing troops lined up under the city and stared at them with great momentum.
However, the Qing army camp was peaceful.
Dorgon was relaxing in his commander's tent with his generals. After an afternoon of discussion, they had formulated a perfect offensive and defensive plan. If the predictions were correct, before noon tomorrow, the palace of Prince Heng would open. Celebration banquet!
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming led 10,000 elite cavalry to garrison the Beiyang River to block the Ming army's westward reinforcements and prevent them from crossing the river. Shang Kexinikan led 5,000 elite cavalry to attack Beicheng, Duduo and Mandahai, and Wakda led troops Five thousand troops attacked the west gate, while Kangkal, Tuoshu and Nephew, Tunji and Dude each led more than a thousand flanking the southeast gates.
Pre-attack time: Yinshi (three o'clock in the morning)
"Tomorrow, after breaking the city, we will rest for three days and plunder the surrounding areas. After seven days, we will break up camp and march northward to leave the Pass." Dorgon raised his wine glass and swept away the generals: "Although extraneous branches were damaged this time, the harvest was not even half of what was originally expected. , but if the Qingzhou City is defeated, it will be worthwhile, so go back early to rest and recuperate, and when the time is right, first defeat Ningyuan and then enter the pass. Sooner or later, this country of the Ming Dynasty will be owned by the Qing Dynasty."
"First defeat Ningyuan, and then enter the pass!" The generals raised their glasses with great pride.
"Report, Your Majesty." At this moment, a messenger ran in hurriedly, holding a letter in his hand, saying that it was sent by the Ming army!
Dorgon did not answer it in a hurry, but raised his glass and smiled: "Could it be the peace request letter from the Ming army?" The generals laughed loudly, but the ordering soldier looked panicked: "The letter, my lord, seems to be a letter from the Prince of England." "As he said this, he turned over the envelope and found it full-text on the top, which read: Fourteenth Brother personally opens it!
Everyone in the tent was shocked.
It has been more than ten days since Azig was captured in Xianghe, and little news has been lost. Dole simply thought that the Ming Dynasty would immediately use Azig as a hostage to negotiate with him, and he had even thought about how to deal with it. How could Ce take the opportunity to fight back, but he didn't know that there was no movement at all from the Ming court. However, he was surprised and puzzled. However, he had no time to think about it due to the busy military affairs recently. He originally wanted to ask when he passed by Beijing when he returned home after plundering Qingzhou. The Ming court wanted someone, but now there is news.
"Where did this letter come from?" Dorgon's face turned livid, thinking that maybe the Ming army had secretly tricked Chencang into not sending Azig to the capital, but actually bringing him to Qingzhou City. It would be difficult to force him to retreat if he hangs himself on the city wall...
"The Ming army on the other side of Beiyang River surrendered!" the messenger said quickly.
Dorgon secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took the letter and slowly opened it. The contents were all written in Manchu. After reading it at a glance, he was sure that it was Azig's own handwriting.
"What's wrong with Brother Twelve?" Duduo was very concerned. After all, he was a compatriot from the same mother. Dorgon handed the letter to him with a gloomy face. Duduo took it and read it, and his expression gradually became serious.
"Prince Regent..." Shang Kexi boldly spoke out and wanted to ask what happened to Azig, and whether there would even be any changes to the siege plan.
As soon as he started to speak, he was blocked by Dorgon: "The attack on the city is imminent. Please go back to your tent and take a short rest before getting ready to attack the city. Don't delay the important event!"
Shang Kexi and others did not dare to ask any more questions and left one after another.
The letter was written by Azig himself. It was completely different from Dorgon's imagination that it was a letter of persuasion that was forced by the Ming court. It was just a personal letter from Azig, written to his brother, the Regent of the Qing Dynasty. The content of Ergon's private message did not involve anything between the two countries and the two armies.
There was a lot of nonsense in the letter, but it was very true. Between the lines, Dorgon could tell that this brother, who had always been unruly and rough, was actually very scared and afraid that he would be killed by the Ming court!
He said that the Ming Dynasty had no intention of using him as a hostage to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty. He was just a prisoner, but this prisoner was the prince of the Qing Dynasty. At this time, he also became the shame of the Qing Dynasty!
He also said that he had met the little eunuch. The little eunuch said that he knew that Dorgon would not negotiate with him, so the Ming court would not negotiate with him. They would parade Azig around the Ming Dynasty to let the people of the Ming Dynasty see this great thing. He captured the prince of the Qing Dynasty and then cut off his head and hung it outside Shanhaiguan!
To put it simply, Mingting did not intend to negotiate peace with Azig, but only used him to severely humiliate the Qing Dynasty!
But Azig didn't want to die, so he begged Dorgon to save him at all costs, because he was very useful to Dorgon. Azig knew the situation in the Qing Dynasty very well, and Dorgon's regent position was very important. Because of the instability, he needed Azig and a few of his flags.
No wonder Dorgon and Duoduo looked so ugly. Not to mention the court's unexpected refusal to negotiate, the dignified prince of the Qing Dynasty was paraded around the streets, beheaded and hung with flags. This was definitely a shame that the Qing Dynasty had never seen before!
What's more, Azig was right, Dorgon needed him now!
"Brother Fourteen, will Mingting really kill the Twelfth Brother without negotiating with us?" Duduo saw that there were only two of them in the tent, so he had no inhibitions.
Dorgon sneered: "If that's true, why did the Ming court send this letter to me? It's obviously just playing hard to get!"
"But sending him here without all guarantees is an insult to us. I don't think what Lao Twelve said in his letter is fake. He is really scared, which means that Ming Ting really has murderous intentions!" Duduo said again.
Dorgon frowned: "Old Twelve is not very smart and can easily be deceived by others. If the Ming Dynasty had no intention of making peace, why would it send the letter just when we were attacking the city?"
"But it doesn't rule out that Ming Ting really has murderous intentions!" Duduo stomped his feet angrily: "Do you want to save Brother Fourteen?"
"How to save, I ask you how to save!" Dorgon suddenly roared: "Is it possible that we have given up attacking Qingzhou City and negotiated peace with Mingting and released Lao Twelve as a condition? Did you know that our troops are in Ningyuan this time? The loss of troops and generals has caused all kinds of criticism in the court. The purpose of entering the pass and plundering is to win people's hearts and consolidate our status. If we go back with nothing, can those people make it easy for us three brothers? "
"But even if we rob Qingzhou City, it will only be calm on the surface. Without Brother Twelve, we are still struggling every step of the way!" Duduo also shouted.
Dorgon was silent and stared at Dodo for a long time. Dodo panted heavily and did not avoid his gaze at all.
"If Qingzhou City is to be fought, Old Twelve must be rescued!" Dorgon said calmly after a while.
"Brother Fourteen, do you have any ideas?" Duduo asked quickly.
"Secure Qingzhou City first! Don't let a letter upset you." Dorgon walked outside the tent and looked at Qingzhou City in the distance: "Capture Qingzhou City and besiege Jinan to force the Ming Dynasty to release them!"
"If the Ming Dynasty doesn't let him go, will we really attack Jinan?" Duduo followed him outside.
"Take a step at a time. If Ming Ting still refuses to let him go, it means that he really has murderous intentions and refuses to negotiate, and there is really nothing we can do!"
"No" Duduo's eyes suddenly lit up: "They captured Prince Ying of the Qing Dynasty, and we have Prince Heng of the Ming Dynasty in our hands. We have to let him continue talking in this game!"
Dorgon laughed: "I was so excited by that letter that I forgot about it!"
"Two princes, to Emperor Ming, a vassal prince is worthless! Especially a vassal prince who is defeated, surrendered or captured!" It happened to be in this fashion that Xixi passed by outside the tent and heard the words.
Dorgon and Duoduo couldn't help but be startled. The Ming Emperor was wary of all the vassal kings and wanted them all to die. Of course, the Qing Dynasty was not the same. The story of brothers framing each other was no worse than the Ming Dynasty. The palace fights in the Qing Dynasty even Much more exciting and cruel than Daming!
