Duduo's good news was that the cavalry he led encircled the Ming army and more than 3,500 accomplices, including 28 Dongjiang army cavalry. The rest of the Dongjiang Army's cavalry fled upon hearing the news and have returned to the sea.
This is also good news for Duo Duo. If it were anyone else, Duo Ergon would definitely curse. Is this considered good news? Do you want face or not?
Dorgon could figure it out with his toes. The cavalry of the Dongjiang Army must have received the news in advance, allowing Duduo's troops to miss. The so-called accomplices must be those escaped Han slaves. As for the twenty-eight Dongjiang Army cavalry, they were probably just battle losses of the Ming Army in previous battles.
It can be said that a war involving a large number of troops did not achieve any results, and so many escaped slaves were killed, which made the manpower of the Qing Dynasty even more tense. Is this a great victory? Do you have the nerve to claim victory?
In Chongzheng Hall, there was only Daishan's sneer: "Hehehe..."
Dorgon ignored him and immediately opened another good news from Yue Tuo. After just one look, he also sneered, which "complemented" Daishan's sneer.
When Daishan saw it, he stopped laughing and walked over to read the good news.
In Yue Tuo's victory report, it was stated that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of the country, was known to be both civil and military, and had the courage to be worthy of ten thousand men. However, after hearing that Yue Tuo was leading the rescue, he immediately fled after hearing the news. The army has now recovered Jinzhou and took Lu Xiangsheng and others. The Ming army blocked Lushun. As for how many enemies were killed, the victory report did not mention it at all.
Daishan and Dorgon were both experienced in the battlefield, and it was natural to see that Lu Xiangsheng's side should have received the news in advance to retreat. What was better than other places was that an empty city in Jinzhou was left for the Qing Dynasty. As for what blocked Lushun, unless the Qing Dynasty had a navy that could defeat the Ming navy, how could it block the Ming army in Lushun?
Bumbutai looked at the expressions of the two of them and felt something strange in her heart. After reading the victory report, she couldn't tell the difference. She couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Such a great victory should be a good thing, why are you laughing?"
She could still hear the sneers of Daishan and Dorgon. After all, she is good at the intrigues between people and observing words and emotions.
Seeing her asking questions, Dorgon pointed out the flaws in Yue Tuo's good news, and Daishan also pointed out the flaws in Duduo's good news.
When Bumubutai heard this, he was stunned.
Doesn't this mean that the allied forces of the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia came to ride with 90,000 troops, but in the end they mobilized their troops to achieve nothing, and did not achieve any results at all. The Ming army retreated on its own.
She looked at Dorgon and found that he was frowning, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem. She originally wanted to ask him what to do next, but seeing this, Bumubutai had to turn her head and look at Daishan, too. He frowned and asked: "Prince Li, what should we do with these three good reports?"
Daishan listened and glanced at Dorgon. He didn't see any movement from him. He was still thinking about something. Then he saluted Bumubutai and said, "In my opinion, the Qing Dynasty needs a show of understanding now." The victory of the country. No matter what these three good news are, it is our Qing Dynasty that wins in the end! Therefore, the old minister thought that they can be spread widely to boost the morale of our Qing army and people!"
Bumbutai nodded after hearing this. He was indeed a mature and prudent minister who knew how to use these things to help the Qing Dynasty get out of trouble.
So, she agreed: "Prince Li's method is very in line with my wishes! In that case..."
Before she finished speaking, Dorgon seemed to be sure of something. The face he raised his head was very ugly. When Bumbutai saw it, he couldn't say anything else.
Dorgon glanced at the two of them and said in a very bitter voice: "We have all been fooled. The real intention of the Ming Emperor was indeed to mobilize the tigers from the mountains, but not to mobilize our Qing cavalry, but to mobilize the various tribes on the Mongolian grassland. The cavalry!"
"What?" Upon hearing this, Daishan seemed to be agitated. He immediately stared at Dorgon and asked, "Isn't it possible?"
Bumbutai's mind was so confused that he couldn't tell the difference at all, so he could only shut up and look at Dorgon, waiting for his explanation.
"Let me ask you, is there any news about the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty since the Liaodong War?" Dorgon stared at Daishan and asked sternly, "In these three victory reports, there is no mention of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty or the emperor's palace. Riding camp! If we were really in Liaodong, would we not mention these three good news?"
Upon hearing this, Daishan fell silent.
At this time, he had already reacted. In fact, I already felt something was wrong before. I just hoped that the Ming Emperor would be among the Ming troops who came from the follow-up. After all, the Ming troops from Gaizhou came from the sea in a steady stream.
He was silent, but Dorgon was still arguing his point of view, "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty would never fail to participate in such a major war, but without him in Liaodong, there is only one possibility. He will go On the grassland! And don’t forget, that hussar battalion has proven how strong its attack ability is in the battle of Guihua City..."
After so long, the general situation of the battle in Guihua City, as the top few people in Jianlu, naturally understood the general situation.
After hearing this, Daishan's face turned pale and his lips trembled a little. He was already sure in his heart that Dorgon was right and he had been fooled. It's ridiculous that I still thought about taking advantage of his plan, but I didn't expect that the Ming Emperor was even more cunning and took his own plan into account.
"...Creating that Liaodong is under a comprehensive attack, the Qing cavalry will naturally quickly return to support. At this time, cavalry returning to support is the best way. The cavalry of various Mongolian tribes will naturally be mobilized by the Qing Dynasty. "When Dorgon said this, he smiled miserably and said, "Hahaha, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is really good at planning. He wants to kill all my allies in the Qing Dynasty first, and then finally deal with the Qing Dynasty!"
"Isn't it possible?" Bumbutai still couldn't believe it after hearing this, and said with a sense of luck.
At this moment, there were hurried footsteps again outside the hall. Although they didn't hear the voice, several people in Chongzheng Hall subconsciously felt that there must be another bad news. Not to mention how ugly their faces were.
Sure enough, it was indeed bad news, and this bad news came from the grassland. It was the flying cavalry of the nearest Kulun tribe who had slipped through the net, who came to report that the tribe had encountered a surprise attack by the Ming cavalry.
After hearing the news, the Chongzheng Hall was very quiet, and the silence was terrifying.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was indeed so cunning, and he calculated against the Qing Dynasty's allies on the grassland.
After a while, Bumbutai came back to his senses. His face was very ugly. He had a widow's face and looked like a female ghost. He asked with the last glimmer of hope: "The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty shouldn't be that powerful." Well, although our Qing Dynasty mobilized cavalry from various grassland tribes, didn’t they also have troops left behind? He would definitely be able to defeat him? The Kulun tribe was caught by surprise and the tribe was also small, which allowed the Ming emperor to succeed. Surely it won’t be so easy for other tribes, right?”
Hearing this, Dai Shan also said with great bitterness: "In the past, Li Chengliang's two thousand elite cavalry troops guarded Liaodong for so many years. In the end, it was the various ministries who united and set up an ambush to defeat this cavalry army. Yes. The Imperial Forest Army of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was absolutely well-equipped, and its combat effectiveness was proven in the battle of Guihua City. The remaining troops of the grassland tribes were not elite, and no matter how large they were, they would definitely not be a match for the Ming Army! "
"..." Bumbutai opened his mouth wide upon hearing this, a little frightened. The elite cavalry of the Ming army are so powerful that they can sweep across the grassland?
At this time, Dorgon spoke, and said with the air of trying to grasp the last life-saving straw: "Immediately pass the military order and dispatch the cavalry to return to the grassland! The current plan is to hope that the troops left behind in the grassland can Try to slow down the Ming army's offensive, or in other words, the Ming army will spend more time looking for tribal camps. Without our allies on the grassland, our Qing Dynasty will definitely be unable to support itself!"
Hearing this, Daishan sighed sadly, that was all he could do.
But at this time, Bumbutai suddenly said very worriedly: "Then if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty still sends the tiger away from the mountain, his real intention is to attack the Qing Dynasty?"
"..." Dorgon and Daishan looked at each other and were speechless.
After a while, Dorgon replied: "The Kulun tribe has been attacked by the Ming army. The Ming emperor proved that he is on the grassland and will not move the tiger away from the mountain. And of course our Qing cavalry will no longer go to the grassland. , it is enough for the cavalry of each tribe to return to the grassland."
Hearing this, Bumubutai breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't know how to fight, so her thoughts were unconstrained. She suddenly said to Dorgon: "Then if our Qing cavalry also goes to the grassland, can we defeat the Ming Emperor?" Have you been arrested?"
"..." Upon hearing this, Dorgon and Daishan looked at each other again, but were still speechless.
This time, it was Daishan who answered him: "The Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is so cunning, how can he put himself in danger? If the prediction is correct, if the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is true on the side of the Kulun tribe, he will definitely return to the pass in time. I am sure Even if the Qing cavalry army comes out of the seclusion, it will be of no use. If the Ming emperor on the Kulun side is actually fake, then maybe the Ming emperor intends to lure our Qing cavalry army out of the seclusion. If that is really the case, maybe As the Queen Mother said, she is really plotting against me."
False and false, true and true, in fact it is really unpredictable, so we can only use the most conservative method and take care of Liaodong first.
This was because Emperor Chongzhen was frightened. If it had been before and I had heard that Emperor Chongzhen was in the grassland, he would definitely have sent troops to try his luck.
Therefore, Shengjing sent messengers to pass the news to the tribal cavalry in various places, asking them to save their own tribes.
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The leader of the Horqin tribe to Liaodong was Wu Keshan, with nearly 20,000 cavalry under his command. They were galloping outside Gaizhou City, trying their best to humiliate the Gaizhou Ming army and do whatever they wanted, but the Ming army did not dare to leave the city at all.
This made Wu Keshan very happy. He looked at the top of Gaizhou City, raised his chin high, and said to Hauge: "Your Highness, this Ming army is actually nothing more than that! This is different from the previous Ming army. There’s no difference, they all just stick to the city and defend it!”
Hauge was not in such a good mood. After all, this used to be a city of the Qing Dynasty, but now it was occupied by the Ming army. Although what he sent to Shengjing was an urgent report of victory, he actually knew in his heart that it was not a victory at all.
Of course, if we can capture Gaizhou and eliminate the Ming army in Gaizhou, it will definitely be a great victory.
However, after Hauge arrived, he tried to attack the city and was directly frightened by the artillery fire at the top of Gaizhou City. The number and power of this artillery are stronger than those in Jinzhou. How can it be described as "difficult" to capture Gaizhou!
Therefore, at this time, Hauge pretended not to hear Wu Keshan's words, and looked at the Gaizhou City with a gloomy face. Based on his IQ, he was trying his best to see if there was any way to make him stand out among all the princes. , and made achievements that no other prince has achieved.
Wu Keshan didn't notice Hauge's mood, and still gave advice: "Your Highness, let's just surround ourselves like this. The Ming army in Gaizhou dare not come out, and they will starve to death sooner or later. Let's go hunting. I heard there is a Siberian tiger in the mountains nearby!”
Encircling Gaizhou until the city is completely exhausted is a sure way to run out of ammunition and food. But the most important thing is, don’t wait until the end. People in the city are still eating and drinking, while those outside the city will starve to death!
When these Mongolian cavalry arrived in Liaodong, the food and grass supplies were naturally provided by the Qing Dynasty. So many people and horses have already exhausted the Qing Dynasty, okay?
In the past, when Huang Taiji was here, they were not family members, so they didn't particularly care about it.
Now that Huang Taiji is dead and the little brat has ascended the throne, Hauge still has some unreasonable thoughts in his heart, so when he usually thinks about things, he will sit in that position and think about it. As a result, he is worried!
Thinking of this, he was not in the mood for hunting, not to mention that there were no Siberian tigers here in Gaizhou. Wu Keshan just wanted to get him to go hunting with him.
So Hauge was a little unhappy. Looking at Wu Keshan, I saw that he was in high spirits and seemed to have nothing to worry about. Comparing myself like this makes me even more unhappy.
But before he could speak, he saw a horse galloping towards him. It was the envoy from Shengjing who informed him of what was happening on the grassland.
Upon hearing this, Wu Keshan, who had just been thinking about going hunting, suddenly felt as if his butt was burning with anxiety. He immediately rode away, shouting to go back to Horqin Grassland.
I don't know why Hauge felt a happy feeling in his heart when he saw him in a panic, and he just couldn't say the word "ok".
But Hauge was not a stupid pig after all. He couldn't say the word "good". He just shouted from behind: "If you can capture the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and offer it to the Qing Dynasty, then I will certainly be able to grant you any request. I, the King, Wait!"
After saying this, he felt a little more comfortable.
But when Wu Keshan heard this, he immediately turned his horse's head, rushed to Hauge, and said eagerly: "I don't care what happens in the future. Your Highness, please allocate the grain and grass from the grassland this time!"
As soon as he heard about asking for food, Hauge's good mood was immediately frozen.
