The dog barbarian on the opposite side will probably not be destroyed before the emperor personally conquers it. The letter has been sent out, but there is one more thing that makes Dorgon anxious.
Due to the scorching sun, although there was a strong sea breeze blowing around Lushun, the temperature still could not be significantly lowered. Due to improper treatment, the wounds of the injured Qing soldiers began to rapidly suppurate and become infected.
The scale involved was very large, involving all ministries. Even though the accompanying doctors tried their best, the iron balls and bullets contained lead powder and could not quickly contain the injuries.
Not only that, many of the wounded soldiers under Shang Kexi of the Tianzhu Army had died, and these doctors were helpless.
Nearly six thousand banner soldiers also lost their combat effectiveness due to injuries. After Dorgon personally inspected the injuries, he frowned, and even the situation was not good, which made the banner owners even more distressed.
According to doctors' reports, the first problem faced by these wounded soldiers is that their wounds cannot heal due to various reasons. The second is that the injury will worsen over time, and this process is very rapid. In the end, it was either amputation or death.
These are only people with minor injuries who were shot in their limbs. For those with serious injuries, doctors still don't have much hope. Even at the general level, doctors can only do their best and obey fate.
The dog barbarian must have done this on purpose!
This was the only reasonable explanation that Dorgon could come up with. His purpose was to kill thousands of Qing warriors through lead powder.
What a vicious plan is this? ? ?
Could it be that the wise dog prince also learned it from the dog-headed military advisor Liu Bowen?
Dorgon didn't dare to think any further. If Master Wang entered the pass in large numbers, Prince Gou might have more sinister tricks ready to use.
Regarding this aspect, Dorgon's mood is very complicated.
He not only hoped that Wang Shi would not suffer heavy losses, but also wanted Huang Taiji not to conquer the capital too smoothly.
From the current point of view, it seems that the possibility of Wang Shi entering the pass and capturing the capital in one fell swoop is extremely slim.
If Huang Taiji is ill, the eldest brother Hauge will definitely take his place.
With the support of Abatai, Dudu, Jierhalang and others, he still could not become the emperor.
Unless Hauge and his Ama are together...
But this possibility is simply too slim, much smaller than the Qing Dynasty's victory over Man Ming's thousands of miles of territory within three months.
That's what Dorgon thought, and he immediately gave up this ridiculous idea.
It's not that he didn't covet the throne, but he was ranked low. He was still young at the time and was really no match for the wily Emperor Taiji.
The thing that bothered Dorgon the most was that his biological mother Abahai was forced to be buried with him. This was a shame and humiliation that he would never forget.
Being able to allow the three brothers to firmly control the two white flags is already the most favorable result.
As for revenge, Dorgon had no choice but to bury this idea deep in his heart.
If Huang Taiji can do it, Dorgon can do it.
In Dorgon's view, the only difference between him and Huang Taiji was that he had no children.
But that’s something for later, at least after he ascends the throne as Dabao.
As long as I have a concubine, are I still afraid that I won't be able to give birth to a son?
Dorgon originally didn't want to think too much about these things.
It's just that the current war situation is unfavorable, and there is nothing to do except stabilize the camp.
In this battle, the Qing Dynasty not only lost face, but also lost lizi.
Not only did they not kill the barbarians, they also suffered an unprecedented loss of troops.
Dorgon didn't know how many casualties the dog barbarians on the opposite side had suffered, but based on intuition, he guessed that there would be no more than his own.
This old iron mountain is not amazing in appearance, but from the perspective of Master Wang, it feels as if it is as unshakable as Mount Tai.
Starting from the Heavenly Blessing Army, they launched successive attacks, and each battle was bound to be difficult, resulting in excessive casualties and ultimately failure.
With another 50,000 reinforcements, Dorgon was confident of defeating Goumanzi, but his side would still suffer huge battle losses.
Faced with the obstacles posed by the three firearms, Dorgon could not think of a better way to deal with the enemy in person for the time being.
"Prince Qi, the captured dog barbarian prisoner woke up and just spoke a bunch of barbaric language, which no one could understand!"
"Oh? Bring it up first!"
The Eight Banners soldiers were not fools. In order to find out the strength of the Ming army, they captured several barbarians on the battlefield and knocked them unconscious before carrying them down the mountain.
Dorgon also wanted to know the situation of his opponent, so he ordered his subordinates to report to him at any time if they found any movement.
After a while, four tightly tied prisoners were brought into the tent.
The soldiers kicked them behind the knees, making the prisoners kneel down and salute their masters.
"Can you understand Manming Mandarin?"
Dorgon can also speak idioms, but he only learned northern Mandarin. He can't understand the southern dialect at all, let alone speak it.
When a prisoner saw that the person in front of him seemed to be an enemy general and was interested in chatting with him, he started talking "blah blah blah", and Dorgon was confused.
"Second brother, could it be that it's really a white-pole army?"
Duduo did not return to the camp. There was nothing to do anyway, so he stayed in Dorgon's camp for the time being and could still eat. When he saw the prisoner speaking such barbaric language, he remembered what Shuotuo had said before.
The three brothers have all seen the Baigan Army, but it seems that their troops are not dressed like they are in front of them. Could it be that they are the new chieftain soldiers recruited by that old shrew Qin Liangyu?
Dorgon judged from the prisoner's expression that he seemed to be interested in talking to him, but language was the biggest obstacle. What should he do?
"Second brother, why not find some southerners from the army?"
There are also many people from the southern region of the Ming Dynasty on Master Wang's side. For example, there are many people in the Tianyou Army and the Tianyou Army. Azige thought of this.
"Okay! Come here! Inform King Gongshun and King Huaishun and order them to call some of the southerners who are accompanying the army. Tell them that I will order them to ask the prisoners for confessions!"
"嗻!"
There are very few southerners in the two white banners, and the situation in the two red banners is similar. Only the southerners with different surnames who have defected to the Qing Dynasty have many southerners, and I hope they can be put to use.
The three brothers had to wait quietly in the big tent for good news. As long as there was a southern soldier who could speak such dialect, Dorgon would reward him heavily.
After a while, the respectful king Kong Youde and the Huaishun king Geng Zhongming each brought dozens of soldiers from the south to report.
Prince Rui could use them somewhere, so the two kings with different surnames were naturally very willing to cooperate.
"Take the prisoners outside the camp and let all the soldiers listen. If anyone can understand, I will reward him with a hundred taels of silver!"
One hundred taels is considered a heavy reward. Even the current emperor, if there is no major benefit, the reward to an individual is only thirty-fifty taels, which is nothing more than adding some other items.
Dorgon was very eager to know the general situation of the Ming army and whether what the prisoners said was true or false. Secondly, first of all, there must be someone on his side who can understand what the other party said.
"Can you understand northern Mandarin?"
Dorgon spoke to the four prisoners again in public, with the purpose of getting them to speak, so that the many soldiers from the south could listen to their accents and distinguish them.
In order to achieve his goal, Dorgon ordered four fragrant chicken drumsticks to be used as bait. The captives were also hungry, and when they saw the delicious food, they actually started to speak.
However, all the soldiers looked confused when they heard this. Most of them didn't understand. They stood there with the same expression as the senior officials from the two white flags side.
"Does anyone understand?"
Dorgon asked these people to come here just to translate the other party's dialect. If no one in the whole army could understand it, it would be a big joke in the world. I love
There was a sudden silence on the other side. No one dared to come forward to talk. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming even looked at each other. These two kings with different surnames were helpless.
"Prince Qi, I have something to say!"
"Come forward and say it!"
Dorgon immediately became interested in the sudden sound coming from the crowd, and wanted to give it a try regardless of whether it worked or not.
"Prince Qi, my name is Qishan, and I come from Fujian. In the early years, there was a family member of my hometown who did business with the Japanese country, and he could speak the Japanese language. After hearing what Shicai said, I thought it sounded very Japanese!"
"...Oh? Then can you say it?"
"A small crime deserves to be punished with death, but you haven't done it yet!"
"...No problem! Come here! Reward... fifty taels of silver!"
This explanation makes sense. No wonder this barbarian army is all dressed in strange clothes. It turns out that they are troops from the Japanese country.
Dorgon didn't know much about the Japanese country. He only heard the name and knew that it was on the East China Sea and had a battle with Man Ming.
Shuo Tuo's troops were annihilated, Shang Kexi's troops were severely damaged, and Wang's division suffered setbacks, all because of the Japanese army.
Dorgon knew that the combat power and will of the Manming army were far from reaching this level.
Could it be that letting the Japanese army send troops was also a trick of the dog prince?
Since no one except him understood the Japanese language, Dorgon asked the two kings with different surnames to lead people back to their respective camps.
After seeing off the guests, Dorgon immediately fell into deep thought...
If Japan really sends a large army to help Man Ming, things will immediately become complicated.
The Japanese army only dispatched once, which obviously did not help the Ming court much.
If we think about it in the opposite direction, then Man Ming must have colluded with the Japanese country.
What conditions could be offered to allow Japan to come all the way?
After thinking about it, Dorgon could only think that it was real money.
Reminiscent of the newspaper saying that Prince Gou confiscated a large amount of property and accumulated no less than 50 to 60 million taels of silver.
This time the Japanese army went to war, it must be for a lot of money!
Previously, the Ming Dynasty's standard for the tribes in western Liaoning was to get one hundred taels of silver for winning a song. For the Japanese army, this condition must have been very tempting.
If this is the case, I am afraid that Japanese troops will land in Liaodong every year.
The most frightening thing is that the Japanese army has already tasted the sweetness this year.
Next year...
Dorgon didn't know how many Japanese troops came this time, maybe 50,000, 80,000, or even 100,000.
But the more people come, the greater the threat to the Qing Dynasty.
This is not within the pass, but is a territory belonging to the Qing Dynasty.
The Japanese army, like Wang Shi, plundered the area and was very destructive to the Qing Dynasty.
Looting the peninsula was the next best thing. The key was how could we allow the Japanese army to invade the coast of the peninsula with great fanfare?
What makes our side even more uncomfortable is that this newly discovered opponent is still very good at fighting and does not go deep into the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty.
They were just plundering along the coastline. As soon as they heard the news from Master Wang, they would quickly assemble on the shore.
In this way, Master Wang could not cut off his retreat.
The Japanese army could also take advantage of the navy to hold on and consume the king's troops.
Combined with those exploding mallets and packages, as well as a lot of fierce fire oil, this tactic really made Master Wang extremely uncomfortable.
Dorgon suddenly discovered that his side could not annihilate this Japanese army at all, because the price to be paid was already beyond the range of the king's division.
Since the Japanese army could not cut off the opponent's retreat, they could receive a steady stream of supply support from the sea, so they would not be distracted and eager to break out.
Once they stick to the mountainous area and are equipped with a large number of firearms, waiting for the King's Division to launch a strong attack, the first to be unable to withstand it will be the King's Division who suffered too many casualties.
Dorgon felt that he had fallen into the trap set by the other party. The situation was similar to that of Shuo Tuo, except that the other party's tactics had changed slightly.
Actual combat showed that the Japanese army's combat power was much higher than that of the weak-willed Ming Dynasty army, and they could fight to the death and compete head-on with the king's army.
When the Japanese army's tactics were appropriate and the king's division was extremely unsuited to such tactics, Dorgon even believed that his side had no hope of winning.
Not to mention that as the coach, I became helpless. If it had been anyone else, even if the emperor was personally conducting the expedition, he would most likely be in such a situation.
"Second brother, even if the Japanese army comes, what do you have to fear? It's just that I killed the dog barbarians before, but now I want to kill the Japanese slaves!"
Duduo disagrees with this. In his opinion, as long as the identity of the opponent is clear, the battle will be easier to fight.
"...Just? Hum! One year kills and injures 20,000 soldiers of the King's division. What about five years? What about ten years? Do you think the Japanese army will come just this time?"
This younger brother had been favored when Emperor Ama was still alive. Due to his care, he had never suffered much. This loss of troops could be regarded as a lesson to him, and Dorgon could only use this incident to teach Duoduo a little bit.
“Second brother, you mean the Japanese army will come again next year???”
After hearing Dorgon's speculation, Duduo was shocked. The Liaodong Peninsula is far less prosperous than northern Liaoning, and it doesn't have much to offer. What are you doing here?
"Do you think the Japanese army came here to rob? Use your brain to think about it! If that is the case, the Japanese army would have boarded the ship and left before the king's army arrived!"
Dorgon had already guessed the intentions of the Japanese army, but he knew it too late, and the deal was already done and there was no way to make amends.
"Is it possible that you really intend to fight against our king's army?"
Duduo still didn't believe the Japanese army's true purpose. He felt that the Japanese army had no choice but to stay here, and it was clear that they had no time to board the ship and retreat.
"Otherwise, why dig trenches along the ridge? Such a time-consuming and labor-intensive move, how could it be implemented if it was not intentional? If you were the commander of the Japanese army, the Ming court would give you one hundred taels for every person you kill. Will you be tempted by the terms of the silver?"
"this……"
Duduo was choked and speechless. He also knew that the Man Ming court was already rich, but he never expected to use such a despicable and shameless trick and actually invite Japanese troops to help in the battle.
"This is the second best. I'm afraid that Master Wang won't even be able to surround Jinzhou, let alone conquer Shanhaiguan!"
This is what worries Dorgon.
"Why did my second brother say this?"
Azige didn't understand what the Japanese troops sending troops to the Liaodong Peninsula had to do with western Liaoning.
"The Japanese army could use Manming navy warships to land here, but why can't they land in western Liaoning? If 100,000 Japanese troops landed on the outskirts of Jinzhou, would Wang's division be able to continue to besiege the Jinzhou defenders? If the Japanese army came back and landed here again, Wang Can the division still travel thousands of miles to come to the aid of the Lushun defenders? With only two banners and eight banners troops, can they defeat a hundred thousand Japanese troops?"
Azig and Dodo may not think about this, but Dorgon, as the leader, cannot.
Once the Japanese army relied on the Manming Navy to attack from all directions through the sea, it would really mess up the Qing Dynasty.
The combat effectiveness of the defenders along the peninsula was low, and the strongest Shuktok Division was also wiped out by the Japanese army.
When the Japanese army comes back, who can resist the attack of such a powerful force?
If you can beat them, fight them; if you can't beat them, run away. If you want to chase them, there is no boat.
These are simply a group of brave and cunning pirates...
