Duduo seemed to have expected that Huang Taiji would not believe it, so he said: "Brother Fourteen guessed that the Great Khan might not believe it, so he sent his younger brother to deliver the letter in person. If the Great Khan still doesn't believe it, he can go to the battlefield to see it in person. Once you see it, you will believe it."
After hearing this, Huang Taiji stared at Duduo's face for a long time without moving.
After a long time, Huang Taiji looked away.
Although he still didn't want to believe that dozens of people running around with the Tiger Flag were destroyed, he didn't want Duduo's words to be false.
In fact, he knew that what Dodo said should be true.
"I understand." Huang Taiji said.
Duduo felt a little uncomfortable under Huang Taiji's gaze. He was far from feeling comfortable with Dorgon, so he said, "My brother has already brought the message, so I will go back."
"Okay, Old Fifteen, go back and tell Old Fourteen not to be impulsive. Leave the attack on Shanhaiguan to Zu Dashou. You just need to watch from the sidelines." Huang Taiji warned.
Although he didn't want the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo to get too close, he was even more unwilling to see the people of the Two White Flags die in vain in the attack on Shanhaiguan.
"Brother, I must bring the message." Duduo left the room.
As soon as they left, Obai immediately reported to Huang Taiji: "Master, Zu Dashou has also sent people over, and they are waiting outside at the moment."
"Bring the person in. No, if you ask what's going on, come back and tell me. I've disappeared." Huang Taiji thought that the person Zu Dashou sent back might have the same news as Duduo brought back. Lost the idea of summoning.
Obai turned around and walked out.
After a while, Obai came back from outside.
Arriving in front of Huang Taiji, Obai bowed and said: "Reporting to my master, Zu Dashou sent someone to tell him that the army failed to attack Shanhaiguan. He hoped that the Great Khan could ask the two white flags to send troops to assist, as well as the dozens of gates sent by the Great Khan to support him. All the cannons were destroyed.”
Sure enough, the news sent back by Zu Dashou was the same as the news brought back by Duduo.
Huang Taiji sat in his seat and thought for a while, and then said: "Go and tell the people sent by Zu Dashou, let him tell Zu Dashou that I believe he can win Shanhaiguan, and the two white flags will send troops to assist him at critical moments. Let him feel at ease to use troops against Shanhaiguan, because he has Ben Khan behind him to support him."
"Hey." Obai retreated.
This time Huang Taiji did not plan to provide cannon support to Zu Dashou.
Thirty cannons were destroyed so quickly, which made him understand that it was useless to send too few cannons, and the cannons made by Dajin were not as effective as those made by Ming Dynasty, so he did not use the cannons captured from Ming Dynasty. I plan to waste it on my ancestor’s birthday.
As for asking Zu Dashou to withdraw his troops, he had never thought about it.
Guan Ning's army has so many soldiers and horses that it has threatened the security of Daijin. It is necessary to weaken the power of Guan Ning's army to better maintain the rule of the Jurchens.
Another reason is that Dajin does not have so much food to support its troops, especially the retired soldiers of the Guan Ning Army, which far exceeds the number of retired flag soldiers of the Eight Banners.
The reason why he dared to blatantly consume Guan Ning's army was because he believed that Zu Dashou and the others would not rebel, and even if they rebelled, he would not be afraid.
He completely controls the food and grass of Guan Ning's army, and an army without food and grass has no combat effectiveness at all. What's more, even if all Guan Ning's army rebels, the Eight Banners soldiers he brought can quickly suppress it.
The people sent by Duduo and Zu Dashou returned to their camps.
Duduo and Dorgon had nothing to say, and as soon as the people sent by Zu Dashou came back, they were immediately taken to Zu Dashou's camp.
At this time, in addition to Zu Dabi and Wu Xiang, there were also a number of generals from the Guan Ning Army in Zu Dashou's tent. The lowest ranking ones were also guerrilla generals in the army.
"What's going on? What did the Great Khan say?" Zu Dashou asked eagerly when he saw the people who had returned.
The visitor told the story of his trip to Bali Town, including the fact that he did not see Huang Taiji and only saw the guard Obai, and did not mention everything about it, including the words that Obai passed on to Huang Taiji.
well!
Zu Dashou let out a long sigh, looking sad.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Zu Dabi couldn't help but ask.
Zu Dashou said: "The man we sent, the Great Khan, didn't even meet him and only asked us to continue attacking Shanhaiguan. Doesn't this mean anything?"
"Should we send someone to Bali Town again? Maybe the person who sent the message was wrong." Wu Xiang couldn't help but say.
Hearing this, Zu Dashou shook his head and said: "The Great Khan has already expressed his attitude without seeing our people. It can be seen that not enough people have died. You all go back and continue to attack Shanhaiguan tomorrow."
The faces of the generals in the tent turned ugly.
If tens of thousands of people really die, the damage to Guan Ning's army will be too great, and so many casualties of soldiers will definitely harm the self-interests of their generals.
During these years of living in Liaodong, they have long been accustomed to having power and money only when they have soldiers in their hands.
Without soldiers, they are just tigers without teeth and will only become someone else's meal.
Wu Xiang also returned to his camp.
As soon as he came back, Wu Sangui came over immediately.
"Dad, what did uncle say?" Wu Sangui asked.
Wu Xiang sat on his seat, took a few sips from the water bottle beside him, and then said, "What else can I say? We will continue to attack the city tomorrow."
"The war can't be fought like this. Apart from increasing casualties, there is no benefit at all." Wu Sangui frowned slightly and said, "My uncle has been fighting for so many years, so there is no way he doesn't know this."
Wu Xiang put down the kettle in his hand and said, "So what if it's clear? Huang Taiji asked him to continue attacking Shanhaiguan. Does he dare to refuse?"
"Huang Taiji is also a smart man. How could he do such a thing that would make people die? This is not like the behavior of an old general." Wu Sangui said puzzled.
Wu Xiang rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said: "Smart people will choose to let Guan Ningjun die. It's not their Jurchen who died. How could Huang Taiji feel sorry for him."
"But we are also from Daikin now!" As he said that, Wu Sangui touched the braid on the back of his head with his hand.
As a young man, he didn't have much resistance to joining Daikin, and he would hang out with anyone who offered him benefits.
Wu Xiang said: "Do you really think that if you shave your head, you will be the same as others? Shit, they still don't regard us as their own people. They will only let us do things that cost us death."
"Dad, what you mean is that Huang Taiji deliberately sent our Guan Ningjun to die?" Wu Sangui frowned.
Wu Xiang told Wu Sangui what Zu Dashou said, and added some of his own guesses.
After hearing this, Wu Sangui's face turned pale.
He said: "Dad, let's run. Huang Taiji is too cruel. If this continues, we will be killed sooner or later."
Wu Sangui, who was still young, was also afraid of death.
