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On the first day of December, the Second Division of Da'ei's Standing Army, two brigades of Shengjie Guards, and one brigade of Xiaoqi Guards were ordered to enter Hejian Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture from Shandong.

Gucheng, Wuqiao, Jingzhou, Ningjin, Qingyun, Dongguang, Nanpi, Yanshan and other places were originally occupied by Shun troops for a short time. Later, Li Zicheng fled westward, and the Shun troops in these places also withdrew.

The Qing army's march south to Hejian Prefecture only completed the nominal occupation of several important cities along the canal. Most places in Hejian Prefecture were still controlled by former Ming officials and local gentry.

As the Wei army continued to move north, the story and results of the battle at Sangyuan Town in the Qing Dynasty spread rapidly.

Many people in Hebei originally had a bloody feud with the Qing captives, and now they learned that the Qing captives, who had been invincible in recent years, were defeated at the hands of the Wei army. When they heard that the Wei army was marching north, they sent envoys one after another to present surrender orders and take the initiative to offer the city back.勋··

Hejian Prefecture governs, Hejian.

In the government office, Li Huaxi asked again with a shocked face: "Is this news true and not a rumor?"

The staff member on the side said helplessly: "Dong Weng, this is the third time you have asked.

Now the news that the Yi army defeated the Jiu slaves in Sangyuan Town has spread almost throughout the states and counties in Hejian Prefecture. Some people also saw the Qing captives fleeing north in embarrassment. The Yi army also entered Hejian Prefecture in large numbers. What is the news about its great victory over the Jiu slaves? Can there be a holiday? "

"It's true." After hearing this, Li Huaxi was stunned for a while, and then he couldn't help slapping his thigh and laughing, "Okay! Okay! Okay! In the past, Jiannu entered the bandit several times and wreaked havoc in Hebei and Shandong. No one in the Ming Dynasty could stop it. Tens of millions of people were taken captive outside the customs like animals. How miserable.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has died, the Jiannu have come again. I originally thought that the Jiannu wanted to steal the land of Hebei and peek into the Central Plains, but I didn't expect that they were defeated at the hands of the Yi army. It was really satisfying! "

The staff was also very happy, but still reminded them dutifully, "Dong Weng, the Wei army is heading north now. I heard that Jingzhou, Ningjin, Dongguang and other places have taken the initiative to offer their cities to Wei, so the Wei army will definitely arrive in Hejian soon. Now How should we choose?"

Li Huaxi put away his smile and was slightly silent for a while.

Then he said: "As the magistrate of Hejian and the branch guardian of Tianjin in the Ming Dynasty, I have the responsibility not only to defend the country and defend the country from enemies, but also to protect and nourish the people.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has died, the responsibility of defending the country can no longer be mentioned. In order to protect the safety of the people in this area and prevent them from experiencing war, I was originally prepared to surrender or even become slaves.

Now that the Wei army has come south, partly because of the influence of our Han family, and partly because it has a new dynasty atmosphere than Li Shun, I naturally want to lead the people of the three cities back to Wei. "

Previously, Li Huaxi resisted the Shun army in the northeastern part of Shandong Province in Hejian Prefecture. Although he had few soldiers, he was quite tenacious, causing the Shun army to spend a lot of troops every time they captured a city.

Later, Li Zicheng entered Shuntian Prefecture from Xuanfu and defeated the capital in a day or two. The morale of the Shun army was greatly boosted, while the morale of the Ming army was about to fall to the bottom. Only then did he, Baoding Governor Zhang Fuzhen, and Commander-in-Chief Zhou Yuji have to shrink the defensive circle.

Zhang Fuzhen narrowed the defense circle of Zhending, Baoding and Hejian to the area between Juma River (north) and Hutuo River (south). In fact, he only controlled a few important cities such as Qingyuan and Anzhou.

Zhou Yuji was originally stationed in Zhending Mansion, but now he controls several cities such as Zhending, Huolu, Lingshou, Jinzhou, and Wuji.

He (Li Huaxi) had the smallest number of troops and was forced to retreat to the west of Hejian Prefecture, close to Zhang Fuzhen's actual control area. Now he only controls the three cities of Hejian, Suning and Renqiu.

As for other cities, they were not occupied by shun troops or Qing captives, but were mostly controlled by local gentry and no longer obeyed their orders.

For example, when they first heard the news that Li Zicheng had defeated the capital and that the late emperor (Chongzhen) had committed suicide by hanging himself, many city officials and generals secretly surrendered.

How could such a city obey their orders even if it was now separated from Dashun?

After finishing his words, Li Huaxi added: "I will write a letter of surrender later, and you can take a small group of cavalry and send them to the south for me, and deliver them to the commander-in-chief of the Yi army.

In addition, I will arrange a few more messengers, and I will write two letters to inform Commander Zhang and Commander Zhou of the outcome of the battle at Sangyuan Town and our return to Wei. "

"I'll make arrangements right away."

After the staff left, Li Huaxi glanced at the south with expectant and anxious eyes, and then went to the study to write a surrender form and a letter...

When the Wei army marched northward, Hejian, and even Zhending and Baoding prefectures all took the initiative to surrender to Dawei, Dorgon and other senior Manchu officials in the capital waited until three days after the battle of Sangyuan Town, Abatai led the remnant army to return When he arrived in the capital, he learned about the battle.

Now that Huang Taiji is still alive, although Dorgon is the commander-in-chief of the Qing army and Prince Rui, he does not dare to overstep his way and live in the Imperial Palace in Beijing.

In addition, when Li Zicheng left the capital, he habitually ordered fires. Although only a few palaces were actually burned down, it still made the already dilapidated Forbidden City even more dilapidated.

Under such circumstances, Dorgon would not be very comfortable even if he lived in it.

He simply lived temporarily in the Yamen of the Ministry of War outside the imperial city.

"Lost six to seven thousand people?!" Dorgon's nostrils dilated and he roared angrily. Regardless of Abate being his brother, he stood up and kicked Abate down, who was kneeling in the lobby of the Ministry of War, and then roared, "You How did you lead this army?! Fortunately, the emperor and I have such trust in you and let you be the general in charge, now it seems that it is better to let a pig lead the army!"

This is very humiliating to say.

Abatai was his elder brother, so his face turned red with shame and anger, and he wanted to immediately draw his sword and challenge Dorgon in a duel. But he didn't dare, because it was a fact that he was defeated in this battle.

The Eight Banners' military laws were strict. If he hadn't been from the clan, Huang Taiji's younger brother, and Dorgon's elder brother, he might have been executed by the angry Dorgon's order.

Although Jierharang, the cousin of the two men on the side, was also surprised by the battle in Sangyuan Town, he knew that Dorgon's insulting Abatai would not solve the problem at all.

He was worried for a while that Abatai would be cornered and fight Dorgon in public, thus losing the face of the Aixinjueluo family, so he interrupted: "Prince Rui, the most important thing at the moment is how to deal with the enemy's advance north. thing."

Abatai was not very stupid, at least he had rich war experience. Although he fled northward in a hurry with the remaining army, he also knew to stay behind to explore the enemy's troops and understand the subsequent movements of the Yi army.

Therefore, at this time, Dorgon and others already knew that the Wei army was marching north to Hejian Prefecture, and even knew that many prefectures and counties had offered their cities to surrender to Wei.

When Dorgon heard this, he frowned.

Although before setting off for the expedition, Huang Taiji gave him a warning and told him that if he could seize the capital and even Hebei this time, he would take it; if he could not seize it, he would plunder and retreat outside the pass just like he did the previous few times he entered the pass. , waiting for the future.

However, Dorgon regarded his entry into the customs as a great opportunity to develop his career and was determined to occupy Hebei.

Now the clan and the Manchu nobles of the Eight Banners knew that Huang Taiji was in poor health and might die within two years.

Although his eldest nephew Hauge was the eldest son and fought bravely, he was similar to Abatai in that he lacked brains.

Dorgon could see that Huang Taiji had long been cultivating Hauge as a prince and intended to pass the throne to him in the future. However, Haug was too unsatisfactory. Although he had many military exploits, he often made mistakes. Unlike Abate, who only made small mistakes, Haug occasionally made big mistakes.

In Han Chinese terms, this son is not like a human king.

Dorgon didn't know what Huang Taiji was thinking. Anyway, he felt that if the Qing Dynasty was handed over to Hauge, the country would probably be destroyed.

In the Qing Dynasty, there was a tradition of brotherhood. In recent years, Huang Taiji continued to add responsibilities and rights to him, and seemed to intend to include him in the selection of the heir apparent.

Therefore, Dorgon felt that as long as he could take charge of the occupation of Hebei this time, he would probably be able to sit on the throne of the Qing Emperor in the future.

Now that Abatai went south and lost six to seven thousand soldiers and horses in the first battle with the Yi army, it can be said that the hope of the Qing Dynasty to occupy Hebei has been sharply reduced. How can he not be angry?

However, he also knew that anger was useless, so under Jierhalang's persuasion, he tried his best to calm down his anger and think about the situation.

Thinking of what Abate had written in the battle report, Dorgon asked with a sullen face: "You said that although the Yi army has many guns and artillery, it is difficult to perform against the chariots?"

Abatai said in a muffled voice: "Their squatting tiger cannons and fire blunderbuss are difficult to use, but they have many red barbarian cannons. If they open more shells, they will be very powerful."

The Qing army now relied heavily on Hongyi cannons to attack the city, so Dorgon was very sensitive to the term "Hongyi cannons". He frowned and asked, "How much is a lot?"

"It's estimated that there are fifty or sixty doors."

"What!" Dorgon and Jierhalang couldn't help but were shocked when they heard this, "So many?!"

No wonder the two men were so out of character. Even though the Qing army could now mobilize far more Hongyi cannons in every battle than the Ming army, the actual number of Hongyi cannons they owned was only over a hundred.

A small part of it will be used as a guard force for important cities and fortresses, and less than a hundred gates can be transferred to the army for field operations.

Moreover, these Hongyi cannons need to be distributed to various armies. Often, a dozen or so Hongyi cannons can be carried by soldiers and horses along the way, which is considered a lot.

Therefore, Abatai said that more than 10,000 troops carried fifty or sixty Hongyi cannons, which was beyond their expectations.

After being shocked, Dorgon couldn't help but look at Abatai suspiciously and said, "In order to reduce the responsibility for the defeat, you didn't deliberately tell more about the number of Hongyi cannons of the Yi army, right?"

Abatai was completely angry when he heard this. He blushed and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers in the army can testify to this matter. How can I boast more? If King Rui doesn't believe it, he can send other generals to come and ask now!"

"Just ask!"

Dorgon is as cunning as a fox, but he doesn't know how to provoke a general.

Moreover, this matter was of great importance, and he had to figure out all the details of the battle in Mulberry Town before he could make a strategic decision.

Immediately, Dorgon ordered all the generals from Niulu Zhangjing and above in the South Route Army to come over. (End of chapter)