As the last person to leave the Guan Ning Army, Wu Sangui escaped the fate of being surrounded and annihilated, but because he left the Qing Army too late, he witnessed the entire process on the battlefield.
Because they were far away, he couldn't see clearly, but he could still tell that the Qing army was defeated.
As for the idea of rushing into the battlefield to save people, he had no idea.
There were only 200 cavalry around him. Facing an army with over 10,000 tiger flags, he knew that even if he entered the battlefield, he would be of little help and would have no influence on the war situation.
"Let's go back." Wu Sangui said to a few people around him, and then slowly backed away.
It wasn't until he retreated to the point where he couldn't see the situation on the battlefield that he ran behind a dirt bag, picked up the war horse that was grazing nearby, and rode to meet the two hundred cavalry.
The two hundred cavalrymen who followed Wu Sangui and left Guan Ning's army were arranged by Wu Sangui in a remote place, more than 20 miles away from where the dragoon division was ambushing.
When we returned, meals had already been prepared in the camp.
"Pack your things immediately and prepare to leave." As soon as Wu Sangui came back, he immediately gave the order to leave.
The camp was too close to the battlefield, and he couldn't guarantee whether the Tiger Banner would send cavalry to search for the escaped Qing soldiers nearby.
Once he was searched nearby by the cavalry of the Tiger Character Banner, his cavalry team of about 200 people could not conceal their whereabouts at all.
In order to be on the safe side and avoid encountering soldiers and horses with the Tiger Flag, Wu Sangui led his men to the north, preparing to go further before changing direction to the east.
Duduo, Dorgon and others who left first had already reached the sphere of influence of the neutral Mongolian tribes in Monan. Even Wu Xiang also rushed to settle in a tribe in Hantao.
Huang Taiji, who was in Shengjing, did not know the situation of the Qing army on the grassland, but he would look at the map on the grassland every day and speculate on the situation of the war.
The first battle after the founding of the Qing Dynasty had no room for failure.
And he, Shengjing, was not idle either. He arranged for people to win over the generals of the Guanning Army who stayed in Liaodong, hoping to make these generals of the Guanning Army gravitate toward the Qing Dynasty instead of joining forces with Zu Dashou. The generals of the Guanning Army and the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty contend.
As an emperor, he had too much capital at his disposal.
General Guan Ning's army could not be said to be very loyal to Zu Dashou. After Huang Taiji promised some benefits, he soon turned against General Guan Ning's army.
Some of the generals of Guan Ning's army who did not immediately fall to Huang Taiji began to place their bets on both sides.
Zu Dabi, who was left by Zu Dashou to take charge in Liaodong, was brave but lacking in resourcefulness. He was not aware of the private contact between his general Guan Ning and Huang Taiji.
"Master, Bao Cheng is here first." Obai came in to announce.
Huang Taiji raised his head and glanced outside the palace door, and said, "Bring people in!"
Oboi retreated.
Soon, Bao Chengxian, who was born as a Han Chinese, walked in quickly from outside.
"My lord, long live the Lord." Bao Chengxian knelt down and kowtowed to Huang Taiji.
"Qika!" Huang Taiji looked up at him.
Bao Chengxian stood up from the ground and said respectfully: "Long live Lord Qi, I met He Xundao, the general under Zu Dabi, and he agreed to join the Han army."
"Well done. As a result, there are not many people left under Zu Dabi's command." Huang Taiji nodded lightly, and then said, "When this person joins the Han Army Banner, he will stay under your command. Become a third-class general soldier!"
"Hey." Bao Chengxian responded.
Whether to join the Han Army Banner became a sign of whether the generals of the Guan Ning Army wanted to defect to the Qing Dynasty.
Huang Taiji was fed up with Guan Ning's army being independent from the Qing Dynasty.
When he accepted the Guan Ning Army, he wanted to capture Jinzhou Ningyuan and other places, and at the same time, the Qing Dynasty could have one more troops at their disposal.
However, Zu Dashou and Guan Ningjun were outside the Qing military and political system, which made him very dissatisfied.
He took in Guan Ning's army to deal with the Tiger Banner, not to split off a separate Han force within the Qing Dynasty.
Huang Taiji, who was familiar with the Three Kingdoms, knew very well that others should not be allowed to sleep soundly on the bed.
Seven or eight days later, Dorgon and Duoduo finally returned to Shengjing.
Along the way they rode on horseback and rarely rested.
The war horse under his legs was exhausted, so he exchanged a new horse from the nearby Mongolians and continued on his way.
When we returned to Shengjing, everyone was dusty and the people on horseback were all swaying. Several of the Baya soldiers looked like they might fall off their horses at any time.
"Hurry, I want to see Lord Long Live."
Dorgon took Duoduo directly to the Qing Dynasty's palace in Shengjing without returning to his home.
Both of them were banner leaders of the Qing Dynasty and had a distinguished status.
When the guard guarding the door saw the two of them, he immediately went inside to deliver the message.
Huang Taiji, who had been worried about the situation on the grassland, heard that Dorgon and Duoduo were back, and immediately arranged for someone to bring them to the main hall where he handled official business.
"My younger brother Dorgon bows to the Lord Long Live the Lord."
"My brother Duduo bows to the Lord Long Live the Lord."
Dorgon and Duoduo entered the main hall and immediately knelt down to salute after seeing Huang Taiji in the hall.
Huang Taiji looked at the appearance of the two people for a few times, walked out from behind the table with an enthusiastic face, walked to Dorgon and stretched out his hand to support him, and at the same time said: "I am very relieved that the two emperor brothers have returned safely. I am very relieved."
In front of outsiders, Huang Taiji acted like a brother and brother.
"Long live Lord, my brother is guilty. In order to wait for the army's triumphant return, I escaped with Duduo first. Please, Long Live Lord, punish me." As he said this, Dorgon knocked his head to the ground.
Huang Taiji reached out and grabbed Dorgon's shoulder and said, "Old Fourteen, what are you doing? Stand up with Old Fifteen."
Dorgon stood up and Dodo followed suit.
Huang Taiji turned to look at Obai who was guarding the hall, and said: "Obai, go and move some seats over so that the fourteenth and fifteenth can sit."
"Hey." Obai responded, and then asked people to prepare.
Several Xiudunzi were moved to the back hall, one was placed behind Dorgon and Duduo, and the remaining one was placed next to Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji took the opportunity to sit down, and at the same time he did not forget to ask Dorgon and Duoduo to sit down.
"Tell me about your situation in the grassland! I have been worried about you these days." Huang Taiji asked Dorgon.
These days, he has been worried about the situation of the Qing army on the grassland. Now that someone who knew the situation finally came back, he couldn't help but ask.
"Let the Lord Long Live worry about it." Dorgon bowed and said immediately, "My brother is incompetent. Our Qing army has already begun to retreat when we come back."
Dorgon began to tell about the situation of the Qing army on the grassland, especially about the Guan Ning army, focusing on mentioning it in front of Huang Taiji.
Halfway through the march from Guan Ning's army, they plundered Mongolian herdsmen, which slowed down their march. It was also mentioned that Guan Ning's army refused to send troops, which resulted in the Qing army's defeat and heavy losses, and they had to retreat.
In short, from his description, all the problems originated from Guan Ningjun and Zu Dashou.
