Jinan Prefecture, Feicheng County.
In the lobby of the county town, Emperor Hongxing, who was rushing slowly but still missed the decisive battle, and Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi, Huang Degong, Li Chengdong, and Li Shiyuan, who were fighting against each other many times, were staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes!
His troops arrived at Yunmeng Mountain 20 miles north of the Guishan battlefield late at night on the 24th.
This is not a shortcoming, but a lack of an excellent reconnaissance cavalry!
Dorgon's scouts and soldiers were placed all the way to the edge of Mount Tai. They knew Zhu Cixiang's 30,000 troops as soon as they left Mount Tai.
So before Zhu Cixiang's army climbed to the high ground of Yunmeng Mountain, Dorgon returned victoriously with tears in his eyes...
Zhu Cixiang looked at Shi Kefa and asked quietly: "Supervisor Shi, have the losses been calculated? Can the various ministries continue to fight? Can Qufu...can it be defended?"
What Emperor Zhu Da is really concerned about now is not the losses of several warlord families, because the defeated soldiers who retreated to Feicheng are not old or young. Although everyone has lost their armor and is in a miserable state, as long as there are people around, it will be fine... Replenish some spears, muskets, armor, etc., and send some money and land to soothe the soul, and it will be Ming Dynasty again What a good officer and soldier.
But the gain or loss of Qufu City is a big problem!
Because the matter of "Confucius and Lin's rebellion" was Zhu Cixiang's theme of smearing Dorgon and shorting the Qing Dynasty, and it was also a major theme.
Because of this theme, scholars all over the world stood against the Qing Dynasty one after another, and the market of the Qing Dynasty also fell again and again because of this. In the original history, the Qing Dynasty was now "all gentry returning home" and wanted to "rule the world smoothly". But how has it fallen now? Even Shandong and Shanxi can't settle it.
As a former senior practitioner in the "hype industry", Zhu Cihong knows very well what it means to "exhaust all the bad" and "exhaust all the good".
If Dorgon and the Qing Dynasty want to stop their decline, they must capture Qufu, the source of bad news!
After capturing Qufu, whether it was Zun Kong who bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, or whether he really defeated Confucius in a duel, the story of "Confucius and Lin defeated him in a duel" is over.
At that time, the market in the Qing Dynasty will definitely rebound. No matter how sluggish the Qing Dynasty is, it still maintains an air of rivaling the Nanming Dynasty and opens the second largest official shop in China!
Therefore, after the defeat of Guishan, the gains and losses of Qufu became the key to whether the Qing Dynasty could stop its decline and regain stability.
"Your Majesty, I, I..." Shi Kefa burst into tears as he spoke, looking very distressed, "I have made preliminary calculations. Counting from the retreat of Ziyang, the total number of troops in each department has been reduced by one. There were more than 16,500 people. Although soldiers have returned one after another in the past few days, the number of losses was probably no less than 15,000! Vehicles, grain, horses, artillery and other items were all lost! Escape to Feicheng There are less than 30,000 troops in each department, and half of them are unarmed. If we cannot replenish the armor and equipment, the 30,000 people here will not be able to fight anymore... Your Majesty, I am afraid that Qufu will not be defended!"
Zhu Cixiang's heart sank!
Zhu Cixiang himself saw what was happening to the defeated troops gathered in Feicheng. If he didn't make up for it, he would indeed be unable to fight.
Without these more than 30,000 men, Zhu Cihong only had two infantry divisions and two cavalry regiments on hand, with a total of more than 30,000 men.
As for Dorgon, there were 80,000 to 100,000 troops on the Guishan battlefield alone!
Zhu Cixiang didn't dare to use the 30,000 people at hand to fight against Dorgon's 100,000 and 89,000 banner soldiers!
These 30,000 people are the Dinghai Shenzhen on the battlefield in Shandong. If Zhu Cihong is defeated, he will have to go to the south bank of the Huaihe River!
Therefore, the correct option before Emperor Zhu was to avoid a decisive battle... drag it on. Even if Dorgon was allowed to take Qufu and break the "Confucius-Lin fight" situation, we must delay it resolutely.
As long as the situation in Shandong can be maintained, the Qing Dynasty's rebound height will be limited... Next, even if Shi Kefa continues to lose the battle, fifteen or six thousand will be exchanged for Dorgon's four or five thousand, and he will be defeated ten times or eight times. , and also "defeated" the Qing Dynasty!
Shi Kefa now takes the initiative to say that Qufu will not defend, and I am afraid that this is his idea.
Zhu Cihong turned his attention to Gao Hongtu and Zuo Maodi.
"Your Majesty," Gao Hongtu twirled his beard and narrowed his eyes with a scheming look, "Although I and others are defeated, as long as the overall situation in Shandong is not bad and we can rest for a few months, we will be able to regain our strength!"
Then we can win the battle again...
Zuo Maodi said: "Qufu is actually a fortified city. As long as Duke Yansheng does not waver, there is no risk of falling. What I am most afraid of now is..."
ah! There is also Kong Yinzhi!
Zhu Cixiang glanced at Shi Kefa and complained in his heart: Why don't you let him evaluate Hedinghong?
Working to death to defend Kong Lin... What a good thing! You can have a grand burial, and you can also set an example for future generations!
What should we do now? If this guy is sacrificed in Qufu and becomes a traitor, it will be Confucius’ people who will be lost!
"Your Majesty, how about I go to Qufu?" Shi Kefa also realized his mistake and had no choice but to find a way to remedy the situation.
Zhu Cixiang asked: "Is it possible to go?"
Huang Degong volunteered and said: "Your Majesty, I will take 200 cavalry to escort Inspector Shi to Qufu... Your Majesty only needs to leave Feicheng and garrison Yunmeng Mountain to attract Dorgon's attention."
It is impossible for the army to march to Qufu, but as long as Zhu Cihong sends troops to attract Dorgon's attention, there is still a good chance that 200 elite cavalry can break through.
Zhu Cixiang glanced at Shi Kefa meaningfully, "Shi Shibo, Qufu can be thrown away, but Duke Yan Sheng must set an example for the world!"
Shi Kefa stood up and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Kong Yinzhi is loyal and will never disgrace the Kong family!"
"That's good!" Zhu Cixiang said to Huang Degong again, "I'll give you 200 muskets and 200 good horses... No matter what, we must ensure the safety of Inspector Shi!"
"I accept the decree, and I will risk my life to protect the governor." When Huang Degong said this, he was thinking in his heart: As long as Shi Kefa is saved? Does Kong Yinzhi still want it?
...
Bata, bah, bah...
The Qing Emperor Amadorgun was pulling abacus beads in a bright yellow tent at this time!
While pulling, tears welled up in my eyes.
What a loss!
In a bad year, it’s easy to lose money in anything you do! Nowadays, there is actually someone who wins and loses the battle...it's Dorgon.
In the Battle of Guishan, he killed 20,000 enemies (actually only 16,000) and suffered 5,500 self-inflicted losses (this is a real number). If we include the previous losses along the canal, the Qing army’s losses on the battlefield in Shandong Nearly eight thousand.
In other words, according to the data obtained by Dorgon, the exchange ratio between the Ming and Qing armies on the Shandong battlefield was 2.5 to 1... I almost cried at the loss!
If such a victorious war continues, the Qing Dynasty will be victorious and destroyed within a few years... But the problem is that the initiative to end the war is not in his hands!
He is now forcing his troops to station in Ningyang County, just waiting for Zhu Cixiang to come and sue for peace. The conditions are easy to negotiate. On the Shandong side, the Daqing River and the Grand Canal can be used as the boundary; on the Henan side, the Qing Dynasty only has three prefectures: Henan, Kaifeng, and Guide; on the Shanxi side, the king will withdraw; on the Shaanxi-Gansu side, the Qing Dynasty will withdraw; on the Liaodong and Western Liaoning sides, the Qing Dynasty will withdraw Daming withdrew. Dongguo Gege was immediately sent to Zhu Cixiang's residence...but the problem was that Zhu Cixiang had no intention of peace talks at all!
A burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded, and then Suk Saha's voice: "Emperor Ama, slave Suk Saha has an urgent military situation!"
Dorgon quickly took out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes, then put on a proud smiling face and said, "Come in!"
"Cha!" Suk Saha strode in and greeted Dorgon with a salute, "I'm reporting to Emperor Ama, the Ming army has left Feicheng and is heading towards Yunmeng Mountain!"
What?
Dorgon's heart was agitated. You, Zhu Cihong, are not done yet... It's okay if you don't come to seek peace, but you actually ordered all your troops to fight. What on earth do you want to do? How can you bear to see so many people die?
"Hmph! Seeking death!" Dorgon was almost anxious, but he still had to be stubborn! Otherwise, you have to make the people below look down on you - you can't talk nonsense to the people below about whether you won or lost a battle or something.
"Beat the drum, gather the generals..." Dorgon said, "I will fight to the death with the Southern Army again!"
