Huang Taiji's expression was uncertain.
The remaining reason prevented him from getting angry on the spot, but at this moment, his blood was still rising and his face was red from suppressing it.
He did not fully believe Dorgon's accusation against Zu Dashou. He still needed to confirm it through Jierhalang, but he was able to confirm that the Qing Dynasty's expedition to Qingcheng was a complete failure.
Although Dorgon is his biological brother, Jierhalang makes him trust him more.
"So the Qing Dynasty was defeated in this expedition?" Huang Taiji asked in a cold voice.
Dorgon lowered his head and replied: "When my brother returned, Prince Zheng still had thousands of soldiers and horses, more than half of whom were elite Eight Banners. Although it was not possible to attack Qingcheng, it should be enough to protect Prince Zheng when he returned safely. What could be the problem?"
Huang Taiji, who was suppressing his anger, stood up from the show, took a few steps to a map hanging on the wall, and said: "Old Fourteen, come here and point to it for me. When you come back , where did Prince Zheng go?"
Dorgon stood up and walked over.
After searching the map for a while, he raised his hand and pointed at a location west of Hala Hetao, and said: "When Prince Zheng arranges for my brother to leave, the army should be in this area."
When the Qing army withdrew from the grassland to the east, the pursuers of the Tiger Character Banner were pursuing them too closely. He was not sure where exactly they were. He could only estimate an approximate location based on his memory.
Huang Taiji walked over, stretched out his finger and pressed it on the location pointed out by Dorgon, then slid a little eastward along the map, and suddenly said: "Prince Zheng and the others have had trouble."
"No way! In a few days at most, Prince Zheng can lead his army to retreat to the Hantao area. The nearby Mongolian tribes have good relations with our Qing Dynasty. They don't like the tiger bandits, a Han force, unless the tiger bandits now want to attack Monan and beyond. The Mongolian tribes in the east must take action, otherwise as long as Prince Zheng retreats to the Hanhetao area, the tiger bandit's pursuers will definitely retreat," Dorgon said.
Huang Taiji looked sideways at him and said, "Just before you came back, the tiger thieves had already sent a cavalry force of tens of thousands of people out of Jizhen. I originally thought that it was you who caused the uproar in Qingcheng and made the tiger thieves unable to do anything. If we don’t send troops to rescue Qingcheng, now that I think about it, these troops should have stopped you.”
"What! The tiger thief actually sent a large army to cut off Prince Zheng and his companions' retreat!" Dorgon showed surprise on his face, and immediately said, "May I please send troops to rescue Prince Zheng and his companions as soon as possible."
With that said, Dorgon bowed towards Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji looked directly at Dorgon.
After a while, he slowly spoke and said: "It is already too late to send troops at this time. Whether Prince Zheng and the others can come back depends entirely on them."
"My younger brother is willing to lead an army to meet Prince Zheng and the others." Dorgon asked for a fight.
Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "It's useless, it's too late. It's too late to mobilize troops and horses from Shengjing and rush to the grassland. Even Prince Zheng and the others have already encountered the tiger bandit's troops. ”
"Even if it's too late to rescue, my brother can still pick up those who escaped." Dorgon said.
Huang Taiji said: "You and Lao Shiwu have just come back from the grassland. It has been a hard journey. I will arrange for others to do the rest. You haven't been home for a long time. Go home and spend time with your family!"
After figuring out the situation of the Qing army on the grassland, it was no longer of much use to keep Dorgon here, so Huang Taiji asked Dorgon and Duoduo to go back.
"My dear brother, please retire."
Dorgon and Duduo bowed and retreated from the hall.
Wow!
Huang Taiji threw the pen holder on the table to the ground.
The celadon pen holder was smashed into pieces, and the shards were scattered everywhere.
Obei in the palace fell to his knees.
"Why are you kneeling!" Huang Taiji glanced at Obai and said immediately, "I shouldn't be so lenient to Guan Ning's army. As a result, my army was defeated on the grassland. Zu Dashou should be killed!"
When it came to Zu Dashou's words that should be killed, he gritted his teeth.
It can be seen that he already hates Zu Dashou very much.
Oboi lowered his head and pretended to be mute.
As a bodyguard, even if he gained Huang Taiji's trust, due to the gap in status, he was not qualified to say anything on such important matters.
After Huang Taiji made a fuss in the hall, he began to arrange for people to go to the grassland to inquire about the details.
At the same time, a team of angels were sent to Gaizhou to bring Daishan, who was stationed in Gaizhou, back to Shengjing.
And Daishan's return was just in case.
Once Ji'erhalang was defeated too badly and too many Eight Banners soldiers could not return, the princes, nobles and ministers in the court would definitely use this as an excuse to criticize him as the emperor. At this time, he would need Daishan's support.
Although the return of Dorgon and Duduo did not bring back news of the Qing army's defeat on the grasslands, some dignitaries in Shengjing had already guessed something.
After all, Dorgon and Duoduo only came back with a few people, and they didn't capture anything at all. Anyone who is not stupid knows that the Qing army did not take advantage of this battle on the grassland.
But no one knows what the final result will be.
The news of the Qing army's defeat on the grassland has not yet come back, and no one knows the outcome of the war. Many people in Shengjing are waiting for news on the grassland.
Before news of the people Huang Taiji sent to the grassland had been sent back, Wu Xiang and his son led a cavalry team of four to five hundred people to the outside of Shengjing.
Among the four to five hundred people, in addition to the dozens of people around Wu Xiang and the two hundred people brought by Wu Sangui, the rest were Qing troops who escaped after the defeat of the Tiger Banner.
Among these people were Eight Banners soldiers, Guan Ning troops, and some Mongolians.
"Second-class general Wu Xiang and third-class general Wu Sangui will immediately follow me into the palace to meet Lord Long Live. The others will stay outside the city temporarily." A third-class guard from the palace came to deliver the order to Wu Xiang and his son.
Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui followed the guards to the palace obediently.
On the way to the palace, the two of them were in a state of confusion.
The Qing army was defeated on the grassland, and the two of them escaped early. They didn't know what Huang Taiji would do with them.
The Qing Dynasty's imperial palace in Shengjing was naturally incomparable to the Forbidden City in Peiping.
But for the Qing Dynasty, it was already pretty good.
In order to build such a palace, it was built starting from Tianming Khan and was not completed until Huang Taiji became the Great Khan.
During this period, it also underwent an expansion, including Huang Taiji's original residence within the scope of the palace.
"Your Majesty Wu Xiang, I would like to bow down to you, Long Live the Lord."
"Your Majesty Wu Sangui, I would like to bow down to you, Long Live the Lord."
Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui entered the main hall and knelt on the ground kowtow to greet them.
Huang Taiji put down a memorial in his hand and looked up at Wu Xiang and his son who had their foreheads on the ground.
