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Chapter 96
In the east of Beijing, on the banks of the Tongzhou River, in the camp of the Qing army, many generals who joined the Qing army gathered in a luxurious tent with a flaming golden roof.

In the big tent, on the left side of the lower head, a Qing general wearing gilt red armor sat on a big chair, raised his head suddenly, his eyes were shining brightly, and he said: "Two generals, I Waiting for [-] Qing warriors to waste time with Minggou outside the city of Beijing is probably not in line with the emperor's intention."

After he finished speaking, he tilted his head and squinted at Dorgon who was sitting at the top. Seeing that he didn't react, he continued: "That damned Halba from before, underestimated the enemy and made a rash move, which damaged the number of our Qing warriors." Bai, did the general who was ordered want to avenge him?"

A Qing general sitting opposite him didn't take it seriously, but said in a deep voice: "Du Du, are you implying that the general who was ordered to forget his duty for personal reasons?"

The one who was talking all the time just now was the deputy of General Yangwu Yuetuo, Doro Anping Beledudu, who raised his head slightly when he saw Dorgon, the leader, and hurriedly explained: "I'm just talking about things, Prince Su is not good at this say."

On the opposite side is Prince Su, the eldest son of Qing Emperor Huang Taiji and Prince Shuosu, Hauge. This time he entered the Ming Dynasty with the leader of the Zhenglan Banner as Dorgon's lieutenant general, and accompanied him on the expedition.

He sat on the big chair and didn't answer Du Du's words, but squinted at Dorgon who was facing upwards.

Prince He Shuorui of the Qing Dynasty and General Dorgon, who was ordered to sit firmly behind the big case, was not in a hurry to speak. He tilted his head leisurely, but his eyes were aimed at General Yang Wu Yuetuo on the left.

I saw him staring at everyone in the big tent for a long time, stroking his bare chin with his white and tender hands from time to time, without saying a word.

Dorgon couldn't help but cursed secretly in his heart: "Old fox!"

He straightened his body, coughed first, and then said in a deep voice: "Halba underestimates the enemy and rushes forward. It's his own fault. Lu Xiangsheng of the Ming Dynasty has a little combat power, but it's not enough to fear. I intend to divide my troops to raid south and lure The Ming army went south with our army, and then decided to cut them off in one fell swoop, if this is the case, there will be no obstacles for our army to plunder."

After Dorgon finished speaking, he picked up the water bowl and drank the water by himself, waiting for everyone's statement.

On the lower left side of the big tent sat an old general in gilt armor, about fifty years old, and extremely strong, sitting there full of vigor and power. It was Huang Taiji's younger brother Doro Raoyu Belle Aba. Thai.

He only heard him say in a deep voice: "What the General was ordered to say is very true. I was ordered by the emperor to go to the Ming country. The purpose was to weaken the Ming country and plunder the people and wealth to strengthen our country. Now our army has penetrated into the Ming country. In the Ming Dynasty, we should take advantage of the cavalry of the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, divide them to lure the enemy, gather and destroy them, how can we sit and guard one place and waste the enemy's air."

Yue Tuo, the general Yangwu on the left side of the upper head, suddenly raised his head, and asked Dorgon in a soft tone: "I agree with the division of troops to the south, but, does Prince Rui have a plan for how to divide the troops?"

Dorgon did not speak directly, but looked at Hauge, Prince Su, and said, "Haoge, do you have any suggestions for the division of troops?"

Hauge thought for a while, and then said: "According to my opinion, the army will move to the southwest of Beijing, towards Liangxiang, and lead the Ming army to attack. If the Ming army does not move, our troops will be divided into two, and we will go south from Liangxiang to plunder. , to live in the south of Jinan in the Ming Dynasty, first break through one or two fortresses, replenish food and grass, and then plan for the future."

In the big tent, all the generals were deeply impressed after hearing Hauge's words, and kept nodding their heads.

Yangwu General Yue Tuo looked at Dorgon, and said in a deep voice: "Prince Su's proposal is indeed a well-thought-out and good strategy, and it is as long as the general is ordered to make a decision."

Dorgon sat at the top with a blank expression, cursing again in his heart: "Fuck, old fox."

He thought about it carefully, and then said in a deep voice: "Decree, at tomorrow's hour, Hauge will lead an army to pull out the camp and move to Liangxiang to station. The king and Abatai will lead the army to Zhuozhou. Du Du is the queen of the army, watching the Ming army's movements, and then making a plan to deal with it..."

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Ming Chongzhen 11th year, October 26th, Xiaoxue.

Snowflakes fluttered with the wind all night, and the outside of Beijing was covered in white.

Groups of cavalry from the Qing army rode their horses across the wilderness in the south of Beijing. Their cavalry were galloping outside to scout, and large carts pressed silvery white ruts between the cavalry.

Turning south of the city of Beijing and heading west, heading straight for Liangxiang, there were occasional firefights between the sentry cavalry of the Ming Dynasty and the cavalry of the Qing Army, but the two sides made contact for a while, and then dispersed and retreated separately. There was no major confrontation.

Commander-in-Chief's Army Gao Qi submerged and led Liaodong to assist Qin Wang's army and stationed tens of miles north of Liangxiang. After hearing that the Qing army moved to the direction of Liangxiang, they hurriedly retreated for more than ten miles.

However, Gao Qiqian did not dare to tell Emperor Chongzhen the truth, and joined his cabinet minister Yang Sichang to falsely accuse Lu Xiangsheng of fearing the enemy and fighting against the enemy. down, nothing left.

Under the urging of Emperor Chongzhen, Lu Xiangsheng had to lead less than [-] Xuanda elites to move to Liangxiang, and then forced the Qing army to withdraw from Zhuozhou.

However, he was a step too late. After the Qing troops attacked Zhuozhou and divided their troops to plunder southward, Lu Xiangsheng led his army to Zhuozhou without even seeing the Qing army.

Later, after being scouted by sentry cavalry, the Qing army moved to Liangxiang. Seeing that the Ming army had not attacked, they went to Zhuozhou with heavy troops.

One of them was ordered by the general Dorgon to lead Abatai, and marched towards Laishui; the other was led by Prince Heshuosu Hauge, and marched towards Dingxing; the other was led by Yangwu General Yue Tuo, to attack Xincheng direction.

Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to stay outside Beijing to deal with Yang Sichang, the cabinet minister, Gao Qiqian and others, so he went to the Shu to ask for orders, and went south to chase the Qing army captives.

He advanced all the way to Laishui, and then turned to Yizhou, but in the end he was not as fast as the Qing army, and once again missed the air. Because he didn't know the movement of the captives, he had to temporarily station near Yizhou, waiting to move.

At this time, according to sentinels and military reports from various places, the Luqi Dorgon tribe approached Mancheng County, the Haoge tribe left Dingxing, passed Rongcheng, and entered Ansu County, and the Yuetuo tribe attacked from Xincheng. Xiong County, and turned to Xin'an County.

Judging from the trend of the Qing troops dividing into various ministries, there is a tendency to join forces and besiege Baoding Fucheng.

The cabinet minister Yang Sichang put forward his own suggestion in front of Emperor Chongzhen, using the Xuanda army of Lu Xiangsheng's department as the right path to pursue the Qing army of Dorgon's department; using the Xuanda army of Chen Xinjia's department as the middle path, leaving Dingxing, attacking Ansu County, and tracking Haug Take the Liaodong Army of Gao Qiqian's Department as the left road, go out of Xincheng, go straight to Xin'an County, and follow the Qing Army of Yuetuo's Department.

According to Yang Sichang's military deployment, the main forces of the three Ming armies will gather in Baoding Fucheng, relying on the strong city, to resist the Qing army's captive cavalry.

(End of this chapter)