Although it has nothing to do with him, this time, after all, such a big mistake has been made, and the people above will definitely be very unhappy. For example, the prince in front of him looks as ugly as he looks. It is better to be careful with him to avoid being angered.
But then again, who made the Ming army be so strong at the beginning? They directly wiped out the Qing army in Tashan and threw their heads under the walls of each city. In response to this kind of incoming situation, everyone felt that the coming Ming army was not good at all.
If the Ming army had no ambitions to plot Liaodong, they could have taken Prince He Shuorui back to the Ming capital with tens of thousands of heads after winning the Battle of Tashan. That would definitely be a very glorious thing. However, the Ming Emperor did not do that.
No matter who encounters this kind of thing, they will think that the Ming Emperor must be very ambitious and want to continue to attack the Qing city. Who would have thought that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would feint a shot and just send out cavalry to show off his power!
As a small soldier in the military establishment, the messenger was of course unable to consider the overall situation. He did not know that Emperor Chongzhen did this in order to coordinate the war in Pyongyang. Therefore, the momentum must be large enough to scare Jianlu, thinking that he will lead 50,000 troops and continue to capture cities and territories in Liaodong.
Originally, Dorgon should have had a sense of the overall situation, but he was the defeated general in the Battle of Tashan and was severely beaten by Emperor Chongzhen. Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen was in the army and wanted to show Dorgon that he wanted to see it. Of course, he also made a gesture to mislead him by continuing to attack the hinterland of Liaodong.
Finally, when Dorgon finally got the news from the Ming army, Jianlu must have believed it. Dorgon's proof would make Huang Taiji even more worried about the situation in Liaodong.
At this time, after Duduo heard what the messenger said, he was basically certain that the Ming Emperor was really just a false shot. He couldn't calm down and think about what happened next. He just stared at the messenger from Ximu City and asked, "Where is Prince He Shuorui now?"
"Before the villain left, His Royal Highness Prince He Shuorui had already left. It seems he went back to Shengjing."
After the messenger finished answering, he saw that Duduo did not ask any more questions, but just lowered his head in a daze. He still had important matters to attend to, so he said goodbye and left, continuing on his way to report the news to Huang Taiji.
"Master, what should we do next?" Dodo's personal guard watched the messenger go away and saw that it was getting dark, so he had to remind Dodo.
Duduo came back to his senses and couldn't help looking up to the sky and sighing: "God, why do you like to play tricks on people so much? What should I do now?"
To be honest, Huang Taiji's power was already very high, and Duduo had no idea of resisting Huang Taiji. However, what would happen if Dorgon was executed by Huang Taiji?
Duduo was a little confused. For the first time, he felt very hesitant and at a loss!
Finally, he decided to rush back to Shengjing after a night's rest and meet Dorgon first.
As for Huang Taiji, of course he doesn't know these situations yet. He personally led the main force of the Jianlu Infantry Army and hurriedly rushed back to Liaodong.
On this day, he finally led the army to the Yalu River, crossing over to Liaodong, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
It can be said that after rushing from Pyongyang to the Yalu River, he really didn't rest at all. With him personally controlling it, even if the infantry did not recover from the Battle of Pyongyang and was forced to march back to Liaodong, there would not be many complaints.
But as for Huang Taiji himself, he was extremely anxious and wished he could go faster. But it is an infantry army after all, so it can only go so fast.
What also made him a little regretful was that Lu Xiangsheng did not lead the pursuit. It seemed that although Lu Xiangsheng acted as if he was very loyal to the emperor, after being beaten hard on the ground by Da Qing, he was still afraid and did not dare to pursue him and harass him.
Haha, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are actually just like this!
Just as Huang Taiji was thinking this, the guard of Zhenjiang Fort on the other side saw the emperor's honor guard and rushed over with his people to see him in person.
"How is the situation in Liaodong?" Huang Taiji was of course very concerned, and asked immediately just like others who had just arrived in Liaodong.
The guard of Zhenjiang Fort had been threatened by Duduo before, so he had been desperately collecting information. Just as messengers from various places were arriving one after another, he first asked about the news, and after making a summary, he brought the messengers from various places to see him. .
At this time, when he heard Huang Taiji ask, although he was a little afraid that after telling the truth, Huang Taiji would be furious at Long Yan. However, based on Huang Taiji's past performance, he felt that the emperor was still wise and would not vent his anger on him, so he answered truthfully: "Your Majesty, they are all messengers coming from various places, and they just arrived at Zhenjiang Fort. We brought them together. Now it has been confirmed that there are only more than 10,000 Ming cavalry battalions. They take the heads of my Tashan guards and show off their power everywhere. Just a few days ago, the Ming cavalry suddenly disappeared. It is time to withdraw. ”
"What?" Upon hearing this, Huang Taiji's fat face revealed the unbelievable news, and he couldn't help but subconsciously asked in disbelief.
In his mind, it had always been the arrogant emperor of the Ming Dynasty who tried to attack the Qing Dynasty with more than 50,000 troops. Therefore, he ignored the Pyongyang city that was about to be captured and rushed back as quickly as possible, just to prepare to catch the big fish of the Ming Dynasty Emperor. However, now I know that you have been tricked. It would be strange if Huang Taiji could accept it immediately!
Seeing Huang Taiji's appearance, the guard of Zhenjiang Fort couldn't help but hesitated and was a little scared, but in the end he said it again truthfully. The messengers he brought also presented memorials from various places to prove that he was right.
Huang Taiji seemed to have gone crazy and immediately opened each memorial at a very fast speed and started reading. It didn't matter if he didn't look at it. When he looked at it, he immediately vomited out another mouthful of old blood. His fat body didn't even sway and fell directly from the horse.
Fortunately, Huang Taiji's personal guards already had experience and knew that their master might vomit blood and faint under stimulation, so they had already taken precautions. Seeing that Huang Taiji was about to fall, several people in yellow jackets swarmed up and helped Huang Taiji to prevent him from falling.
Huang Taiji regained consciousness without any need for first aid. Just now, he was just furious. After waking up, he couldn't help but feel extremely tight in his chest again when he recalled what was said in memorials from various places.
In the memorial, various places not only reported that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty's personal expedition to Liaodong was a fiction, but also the destruction of Liaodong by the Ming Dynasty's cavalry. From Gaizhou to Anshan Posthouse, from Tashan to Ximucheng, such a large area was under attack from the Ming cavalry.
All the people of the Qing Dynasty who were encountered by the Ming army outside the city were killed; all the Han slaves of the Qing Dynasty who were encountered by the Ming army outside the city, most of them escaped with the help of the Ming army; The Qing's crops outside the city were all destroyed by the Ming army; all the Qing's villages outside the city that had no defensive power were burned by the Ming army...
In short, this time, what will happen if Huang Taiji tastes the suffering caused by Jianlu's past evil deeds? It can be said that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that there will be no reward, it's just that the time has not come yet. How he responded to the Ming Dynasty before, now Ming Dynasty responded to Jianlu.
After all, Huang Taiji was the Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. He was not only in charge of military affairs, but also in charge of people's livelihood. In his eyes, the Ming cavalry was so wreaking havoc in the Qing Dynasty that the consequences for the Qing Dynasty far exceeded the negative impact caused by the consumption of his troops back and forth.
This time, the Qing Dynasty invaded North Korea and launched the Korean War. All in all, it’s not a loss. At least they plundered most of North Korea and stole a lot of food and supplies. However, the Ming army from Guan Ning caused unbearable damage to the Qing Dynasty.
First of all, the Qing army of more than 10,000 people was completely wiped out, and their heads were thrown outside the cities by the Ming army. This not only weakened the strength of the Qing army, but also intimidated the Qing soldiers and civilians and improved the morale of the Ming army. These sudden changes in people's hearts greatly weakened the advantages brought by the Qing Dynasty's long-term victory over the Ming Dynasty.
Secondly, the Han slaves escaped and the Qing people were killed, which dealt another major blow to the Qing Dynasty in terms of population. The population of the Qing Dynasty was not large to begin with. If the Ming army came here a few more times, they would not be able to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army and they would collapse.
Finally, this invasion by the Ming army not only caused the existing impact, but also affected the Qing Dynasty forever. After this news spreads, Han slaves in other places will be ready to take action again, just like when Mao Wenlong was there, and they will think of ways to escape. It had an immeasurable negative impact on the people's livelihood in the Qing Dynasty.
Also, the people of the Qing Dynasty were all panic-stricken. Those people who originally lived peacefully outside the city to spread branches and cultivate the land outside the city for the Qing Dynasty will find ways to return to the strong city, otherwise they will not feel safe. Or, it may take a lot of manpower and material resources to strengthen the castle where they live, etc.
It can be said that Huang Taiji thought of a lot at once, thinking that the situation in the Qing Dynasty suddenly became so bad after being messed up by the Ming army. Thinking back to the past, he spent a lot of thought, a lot of manpower and material resources, and even suffered a lot of casualties under Pyongyang City, just to destroy the Dongjiang Army and North Korea. In the end, this strategic intention failed again. It would be strange if he did not vomit blood. .
But he was a fat man and had enough blood on his body. Emperor Chongzhen kept causing trouble, so he must have had many chances to vomit blood. He would get used to it if he vomited!
At this time, Huang Taiji was absolutely sure that the reason why the Ming Emperor did that was because someone tipped off the news and knew that he was going to deal with the Dongjiang Army. The Ming Emperor wanted to coordinate with the Dongjiang Army and used the strategy of surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao. Such a situation occurs.
In other words, the news leaked out from the moment he started making plans. Only by extrapolating from this time on, could the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty do these things. Otherwise, it would be too late. It can't be that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was so bold as to come to attack the Qing Dynasty without knowing that the main force of the Qing Dynasty was exhausted, right?
"So, who will be the spy of the Ming Dynasty?" Huang Taiji couldn't help but ask himself secretly.
He remembered what Dorgon said in the memorial that the prince-in-law Wu Zhong was beside the Ming emperor. This time he accompanied the Ming emperor to attack the Qing Dynasty. This person is a Jin Yiwei spy specially sent to Liaodong by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty! It must be impossible for the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to send only such a Jin Yiwei spy, right? So who else in the Qing Dynasty could be a Jinyiwei spy?
A seed of doubt was buried deeply in Huang Taiji's heart and began to grow slowly.
In such a short period of time, Huang Taiji quickly filtered it through his mind. The first thing he thought of was those who had returned from the Ming Dynasty and had access to more information.
Turg? He was captured by the Ming army, and in the end he was the only one to escape! Moreover, he was related to the demise of the Hetao Tumote Tribe and the demise of the Great Qing Navy. Bad things seemed to happen to everything related to him. So, will he be a Jinyiwei spy?
Thinking of this, Huang Taiji felt a little incredible. Turg's origin meant that he should be in the same boat as the Qing Dynasty. Just like that Wu Zhong, in order to make him betray, he had used many methods. Not only did he let him sleep with the concubine of the Ming Dynasty feudal lord, but he also married his daughter to him. Such methods were not enough to make Wu Zhong betray. Give up the identity of Jin Yiwei's secret agent. As for Turg, what means could the Ming emperor use to make him betray the Qing Dynasty? It’s impossible for the Ming Emperor to marry his daughter to Turge, right?
If Turg would betray the Qing Dynasty, what about Ying Erdai? He was also captured by the Ming Kingdom, would he betray him too? By the way, there is also Dorgon. He was also captured by the Ming Emperor. Did he also betray the Qing Dynasty?
Thinking about it one by one, Huang Taiji felt funny in his heart. How could they all betray the Qing Dynasty! Then the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was neither a god nor a monster, so he couldn't confuse people's hearts to this extent, right?
As he thought about it, Huang Taiji's eyes suddenly became a little colder. At this time, he thought of a person who might betray the Qing Dynasty like Wu Zhong. This person is Ban Zhifu, who was captured and released by the Ming Dynasty.
He was originally from the Dongjiang Army of the Ming Dynasty, and had enmity with the Qing Dynasty. Previously, he followed Shang Kexi and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Logically speaking, once the Ming Dynasty catches such a traitor, he will definitely be executed and will never be released again. Unless he is useful, for example, if he betrays the Qing Dynasty and lurks back to the Qing Dynasty, only then will the Ming Kingdom let him go, right?
After this Ban Zhifu was released by the Ming army, he went to Shengjing to report the situation of Shang Kexi's death in battle, and then stayed in Shengjing. It seems that he returned to Haizhou before leaving Beijing. Could this person be the culprit of this Qing Dynasty incident?
The more Huang Taiji thought about it, the more likely it became. At this time, of course he did not believe that his people, especially the senior generals, would betray the Qing Dynasty, but he would believe these Han people because they had enough motives to betray the Qing Dynasty!
With this in mind, Huang Taiji immediately issued a decree to apprehend Ban Zhifu. Then, he sent people back to check the situation in Pyongyang. If possible, he still wanted to conquer Pyongyang again and eliminate the Dongjiang Army.
