Dorgon stood quietly beside Jierhalang.
After a while, Jilharang looked up at Dorgon and said, "Both of the methods you mentioned will not work. There are too many people leaving, and it will be difficult to hide from the tiger thieves' pursuit. If only some people are allowed to leave, If we leave, the people who stay may get into trouble themselves first without the tiger thieves taking action."
Hearing this, Dorgon looked disappointed.
He didn't expect the other party to be so hesitant. If it were him, he would definitely be able to leave a little bit, which would be better than staying and falling into the hands of the enemy.
However, before Dorgon could persuade him again, Jierhalang continued: "As the commander of the army for this expedition, I will certainly not be able to leave, but you are different, Fourteenth, you are still young, and the Qing Dynasty will need you in the future. So you take the rest of the two white flags and leave!"
"What we said before are all our speculations, maybe it's not that serious." Dorgon comforted Jierharang.
Ji'erharang shook his head and said: "Although I am not as good as Long Live Lord and Daishan, I have followed Tianming Khan to fight everywhere in these years. Some things can still be seen clearly. The tiger bandit's pursuers have never been there. We are in a hurry to take action, but we are just following behind. This means that there are either ambushes on our way forward, or there are soldiers and horses of tigers and thieves coming from all directions, and there will definitely be a hard fight behind us."
"Brother Ninth, please go back, I'll stay." Dorgon said.
Hearing this, Jierhalang smiled on his face, shook his head, and said: "Old Fourteen, you are still young. You are the future of our Qing Dynasty. You should not lose it on this grassland. Let's go and leave tonight. "
"But I'm leaving, what will you do, Ninth Brother?" Dorgon frowned.
Jierhalang stood up, looked at a bonfire outside the tent, and said: "The reason why this expedition ended up in this situation is because I, the king, did not do a good job. If I did not condone Guan Ningjun from the beginning, , forcing Guan Ning's army to rush to Qingcheng, maybe we have already evacuated from Qingcheng by now."
"It's all this bitch Zu Dashou's fault for holding everyone back." Dorgon gritted his teeth and cursed.
He hated the mention of Zu Dashou and Guan Ningjun. The reason why this expedition failed so miserably was, in his opinion, largely due to Guan Ningjun.
Jierhalang gave a bitter smile and said: "Zu Dashou has a problem, but I, the king, are also unqualified as a coach. If I were tougher when fighting the tiger bandit, I would force Zu Dashou to send troops, or kill Zu Dashou. Forcibly taking over Guan Ning's army may lead to this result."
"You can't blame Brother Ninth for this. If Long Live Master hadn't always supported Zu Dashou as the general of Guan Ning Army when we were in Liaodong, they wouldn't have dared to disobey Brother Ninth's orders during this expedition to the grassland." Dole Gon said.
Jierhalang sighed and said: "Forget it, let's go with the people from the Two White Flags and save some seeds of the Eight Banners for the Qing Dynasty."
"Brother Ninth, please come with me. People like us are definitely no match for the tiger thieves. If you stay, you will only die." Dorgon wanted to persuade Jierhalang to leave together.
Although he was not a biological brother, he did not want to watch Jierhalang die.
"No need to say any more, you can go on your own!" Jierhalang shook his head, and then said, "I can't leave. I and the people who stay behind will delay time for you, so that you can have more time to return. Liaodong.”
Dorgon hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I will only take a small number of people away. I will stay with most of the two white flags. With them here, they may be able to protect Brother Ninth at the critical moment."
"Since you are willing to let them stay, then let them stay!" Jilhalang did not refuse Dorgon's kindness.
And he also knew that Dorgon couldn't really take away all the people from the two white flags. The movement of so many people leaving the camp was too big, and it was impossible to hide it from Guan Ning's army.
Once Guan Ning's army gets into trouble, the tiger-character flag pursuers behind him will inevitably be attracted by the silence.
Returning to the camp of the Two White Banners, Dorgon handed the Two White Banners to a staff leader below. He only took a dozen people and some dry food with him and left the Eight Banners Army camp at night.
While many people didn't know about his departure, Ke Ke was noticed by Wu Sangui from Guan Ningjun.
It wasn't that Dorgon was careless when he left, but that someone left the Eight Banners camp in the dark the night before, which aroused Wu Sangui's idea, so he arranged for someone to keep an eye on the movements of the Eight Banners camp that night.
When he learned that people from the Eight Banners camp had left again, Wu Sangui approached Zu Dashou again.
"Uncle, just now the general's men discovered that someone else was leaving the Eight Banners Camp under the cover of night."
Seeing Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui immediately told the news that he had learned about the Eight Banners camp.
"Could your people have seen it wrong?" Zu Dashou asked disapprovingly.
Wu Sangui said: "It's true. The general has arranged for people to keep an eye on the movements of the Eight Banners camp. As soon as someone leaves, he will come over and report to the general."
"Perhaps they are the ones sent back to deliver the message. Don't think too much." Zu Dashou said, "Also, tell your people to stop staring at the Eight Banners Camp. If Prince Zheng and the others find out, there is no guarantee that something will happen. No."
Wu Sangui couldn't tell whether Zu Dashou really didn't understand or was pretending to be confused. He said tentatively: "Uncle, do you think it's possible that the Eight Banners camp knew something in advance and deliberately hid it from us?"
"What can they know?" Zu Dashou curled his lips and said, "You kid, don't think about those messy things, just go back to sleep, you have to be on the road tomorrow morning."
It seemed that he didn't want to talk to Wu Sangui anymore, so he directly issued an order to expel the guest.
"I'm going to leave." Wu Sangui bowed, turned and walked out.
When he walked to the tent door, just when he was about to step out of the tent, he suddenly stopped again, turned around and faced Zu Dashou and said: "Uncle, the tiger bandits have been pursuing you for the past two days. Follow slowly, the general will suspect that the tiger thief has other plans, and we have to be on guard."
"Uncle I know, go back!" Zu Dashou drove Wu Sangui away again.
"yes."
This time Wu Sangui did not stop and left the tent where Zu Dashou was resting.
Zu Dashou's words just now made him understand that the other party was not completely ignorant of the fact that someone from the Eight Banners camp had left overnight, and he had even guessed that he might encounter an ambush from the Tiger-Character Banner on the way ahead.
It's just that he couldn't understand why he didn't think of a way to leave since he had already guessed all this, but instead followed the Eight Banners Army to evacuate step by step.
Maybe he was unwilling to give up the last bit of strength of Guan Ning's army, or maybe he was confident in himself and felt that he could escape even if he was ambushed by the Tiger Flag.
No matter which possibility it was, Wu Sangui felt that he could not continue to waste time with Zu Dashou like this.
