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- Dorgon suddenly raised his head and listened. Although the stars were densely packed, it was the end of September and there was no moonlight, so except for the faint light of fire, nothing could illuminate the road in front of him.
The night wind blew against his face, and although it was not officially winter yet, he felt a bone-chilling chill.
One day ago, he left Tianjin Guard on the pretext of a decisive battle with the surrounding Chinese army, drove his troops to build a bridge, and came to the south bank of the Wei River. He clearly remembered that Wu Sangui came to ask what happened and what news Nikan brought.
At that time, he used the excuse that Abatai was ill. He did not know whether Abatai was dead, but when he used his brother's life as an excuse, he did not change his face. But Wu Sangui was cunning. He only believed half of this reason, but not fully.
For this reason, Dorgon had to delay one more night and came to the south bank of the canal.
"Are all the armies ready?" Dorgon asked in a low voice.
"It's all ready, everything is correct."
Now that he was preparing for a decisive battle, he naturally had to mobilize his troops. Taking this opportunity, Dorgon mobilized all the troops loyal to him and sent out his brothers and nephews - these relatives are still afraid of him. , but when the defeat comes, maybe someone among them will want to learn from his past story of killing Huang Taiji. Rather than doing this, it would be better to let them make the final contribution to help him stop the Chinese army's pursuit.
And Wu Sangui must stay here. Even if his army of more than 100,000 people surrenders, it will be enough for the Chinese Army to consolidate for a few days, and the longer it will delay the Chinese Army. Then it will be more conducive for Dorgon to leave.
"Forty thousand peoplethis is the limit."
After mentally evaluating the number of people he could take away, Dorgon couldn't help but sigh.
He has already sent out a messenger. If everything goes well, he can exit the customs at Gubeikou and return to Liaodong in only about half a month. In that case, the food he prepared would be enough for 60,000 people. But if you expect the enemy to be lenient and you know yourself to be strict, if Gubeikou is lost. He could only leave Gyeonggi from Juyongguan in Badaling, then go to Zhangjiakou Fort, and go back in a big detour. Even if the Mongols could be forced to send food along the way, they would only be able to support 40,000 people at most.
And below this number, it would be meaningless for him to bring him back to Liaodong. Because less than this, he could not subdue Mongolia, North Korea, or even control the Eight Banners.
Dorgon took out his pocket watch by the light of the torch and checked the time.
The West has already had clocks and watches, but the ones produced in Xinxiang are very accurate. Even in Xixiang, this kind of wind-up mechanical watch is only handmade by the most skilled jewelers, and each one costs less than ten gold dollars. That is more than the past one thousand taels of silver. Within the Chinese Army, it has only spread to battalion-level officers. Or used as ordnance when performing tasks. Dorgon obtained a batch through various channels, and this time all were distributed to his cronies.
It¡¯s already 1:15 midnight, only 15 minutes away from the agreed time.
He took one last look at his artillery camp. Dorgon rubbed his face vigorously for a while, and then tried his best to smile.
He must laugh and give confidence to Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming. Only by giving these traitors confidence will they fight to the death in the next war.
"Let the two princes come over." He raised his voice.
After a while, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were brought to him. Both of them looked tired, but they were a little more excited when they saw him.
"Two of you, when the late emperor made you two kings, he once said that after our Qing Dynasty took control of the Central Plains, we would entrust the southern land to three people. Fortunately, unfortunately, they fell into the hands of Yu Guozhen early. Now our Qing Dynasty The decisive battle with Yu Guozhen will take place here. I will give you two a thorough explanation first. If you win this battle, the Central Plains can be determined. One of you will be the king of Qi and the other the king of Chu. The two places east of Shandong and south of He will be handed over to you. Two of them."
"I have received the kindness of the late emperor and my uncle, and I will die ten thousand times to repay it!" Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were grateful for their kindness and bowed down to express their thanks.
They don¡¯t know what happened at Shanhaiguan, so until now, they all believe that Dorgon¡¯s strategic goal has been achieved. If they attack hard tonight to consume the ammunition of the surrounding Chinese army, they can win the victory tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
"I will hand over all the artillery to you two, and we will start bombarding you at that time. There is no need to worry about losses. As long as we win, we will have as many artillery pieces as we want!" Dorgon said again.
Kong Youde was slightly surprised. Jianlu's imitation of the Chinese army's artillery was not something that happened in a day or two. Ever since the defeat of Shandong in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Dorgon had been working very hard to imitate the Chinese army's artillery. However, due to the limitations of the materials and technology, Problems always exist in form but without reality. It was not easy to build dozens of heavy cannons, which Dorgon regarded as treasures. These dozens of cannons have always been controlled by Dorgon's cronies, and all they were given were inferior artillery pieces.?Dorgon brought all these cannons here today, and he really spent a lot of money.
He had no doubt that he was there at this time. He just felt that he was deeply trusted by Dorgon. He burst into tears and said with gratitude: "With this order from my uncle, the two of us are more sure that we will make the southern thief look good!"
"It's getting late, I still have to command the armies, you two have a good time."
After Dorgon said this, he got on his horse and left the artillery camp without looking back.
At 1:28 a.m. on September 28, the 19th year of Chongzhen, Dorgon returned to his camp.
Because the battle preparations had been issued previously, the entire camp was solemn. The soldiers who did not know the truth thought that a bloody battle was about to begin, so they were all nervous and excited. Dorgon looked at them and sighed again.
"These are good soldiers. With them, the Qing Dynasty can conquer the world, take over the Central Plains, and turn the most diligent, intelligent and best-ruling people in the world into their own slaves. The richest country in the world will also continuously provide milk and blood to the Manchu people - Dorgon dreamed of this scene more than once.
However, because of the emergence of Yu Guozhen, all this was just a dream.
"Boom!"
Just when Dorgon was swaying in his thoughts, suddenly, he heard the sound of artillery.
This was the first sound, followed immediately by the sound of hundreds of cannons firing in unison. For a long time, Dorgon has been hearing the earth-shattering sound of the Chinese army's thousands of artillery fire. Now he finally heard the salvo of his own artillery. His ears listened to the sound greedily, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten, because he knew very well that this was the first song and the last song.
The artillery of the Chinese Army is not a vegetarian. They will quickly determine the location of these artillery pieces, and then the battle to destroy the artillery pieces will begin. This kind of consumption. In the past, Dorgon tried his best to avoid it, but now, for his own survival. He couldn't care less.
If he wants to return to Liaodong, he will definitely not be able to take these artillery with him, and will leave them with the Chinese army. It would be better to be destroyed by the Chinese army on the battlefield.
"Let's go." After only listening for a short while, Dorgon ordered.
The troops followed Dorgon out of the camp. At first, there was nothing wrong, but then they realized something was wrong. They were not heading to the southeast, that is, the direction of the surrounded Tian Boguang and Gu Jiaming legions, but to the west!
To the west is the canal!
"Uncle, you are on the wrong track. That side is to the west, and it is the pontoon bridge. It is not the Chinese Army." A general who had been kept in the dark came forward and said.
Dorgon said in a deep voice: "That's right, our target is not in the east, but in the north."
"Whatwhat?"
"Going to Gubeikou, we want to return to Liaodong. Yu Guozhen captured Shanhaiguan. We lost this battle!" Dorgon said calmly.
"ah!"
The surrounding soldiers who did not know the news all exclaimed.
In the Shanhaiguan area, it was not that Dorgon did not set up defenses, he also set up tight defenses. When they heard that Shanhaiguan had been captured and Dorgon chose not to recover it, everyone immediately understood that the Chinese Army had invested heavily in the Shanhaiguan area!
After the army exclaimed, they fell into deathly silence.
Dorgon took a breath and then said: "Although Yu Guozhen has set up such a cunning plan, the news has not yet reached him. He doesn't know about Shanhaiguan yet. We must leave here before he bites us ¡Let¡¯s go!¡±
There were shouts of killing not far away. This was a friendly force attacking Tian and Gu's army at night. The original purpose of the attack was to consume the opponent's ammunition, but now it was to cover their escape. All the people who were following Dorgon thought of happiness at this time. Fortunately, Dorgon chose them. Obviously, those comrades who stayed on the battlefield would face a total defeat, and there would be no way to escape. Escape the rout!
When they came to the pontoon bridge they had built during the day, someone quietly came to Dorgon and said: "Prince Rui, sixteen people have been captured."
This is the confidant who came first on Dorgon's order. Dorgon's face sank slightly: "Whose subordinate?"
"Wu Sangui."
"Damn you slave, you really have bad intentions!"
The pontoon bridge on the westward canal was built by Dorgon in the name of deploying troops to attack the Chinese army. Wu Sangui was arranged by Dorgon to the east of the encirclement, and this was to the west of the encirclement. Wu Sangui sent people here, no doubt, to monitor Dorgon's movements!
Wu Sangui didn¡¯t believe Dorgon¡¯s explanation at all. With his nose that was better than a dog¡¯s, he smelled the dangerous smell, but he couldn¡¯t be sure, so he secretly sent someone to monitor Dorgon¡¯s whereabouts. However, Wu Sangui did notYou know that Dorgon had the idea of ????abandoning most of his subordinates and escaping.
"Everyone has been captured. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Wu Sangui will have to get the news at least tomorrow morning."
"Well, kill them all." Dorgon could only vent his anger by killing people.
Wu Sangui, who was also in the dark, was rubbing his bare head with his hands, feeling a huge headache.
Dorgon placed him in the east, of course with bad intentions. If the Tian and Gu armies wanted to break out, their first choice would be to the east, because they could get to the seaside. But Wu Sangui also knew that he had no way to negotiate terms with Dorgon, and Dorgon was already tolerant of him by not sending a supervisory army to him.
But tonight¡¯s battle was a bit confusing. Dorgon used heavy artillery as soon as the battle started. Isn¡¯t he afraid that the location of his artillery camp will be confirmed by the Chinese army?
"It's time to take action, Lord Marquis. If you don't take action, Dorgon will probably send someone to question you." A close subordinate whispered.
"Wait a little longer. The people he sent will at least get dawn. We are not in a hurry." Wu Sangui murmured.
At this moment, he heard the sound of cannons starting to sound in the Chinese army camp that had been silent.
However, the sound of the artillery was not directed towards the Dorgon artillery camp in the northwest, but towards him!
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