Saving the Ming Dynasty: I can exchange bodies with Chongzhen

Chapter 123 Chongzhen Exposed? !
Yuetuo and Dudu led the fleeing troops and returned to Qingshan Pass after two hours, and told Dorgon the news.

"Captured by the Ming army?"

Dorgon was completely stunned. He felt fear, joy, excitement, and nervousness... Countless emotions flooded his heart at once, and he couldn't express them in words.

My body was trembling at this moment, and I couldn't tell what emotion I was feeling.

He originally just wanted Hauge to stay behind to cover the rear and sacrifice some of the Zhenglan Banner's troops, but he didn't expect that the Ming army was so powerful and captured Hauge directly.

Huang Taiji's health was getting worse and worse, and Hauge was becoming more and more hostile to him. Now he suddenly heard that Hauge was captured by the Ming army. How could he not be excited?

How can I not let my imagination run wild?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Yuetuo called him twice before Dorgon came back to his senses, "Ah? What happened to Yuetuo?"

"My Lord, what should we do now?"

"The Ming army will certainly not give up, let us get out of the pass quickly." Dorgon thought for a moment and decided, "The Ming army's artillery and muskets are fierce, and Qingshan Pass is narrow, which is not conducive to our cavalry's movement."

"Huh!" Yuetuo finally let out a sigh of relief when he heard what Dorgon said.

Of course, this also means that Prince Rui Dorgon has taken part of the responsibility for him, and he can speak a few words for himself when facing the emperor in the future.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned his head and shouted, "Exit!"

Just now, he was really afraid that Dorgon would ask him to go back to rescue Haoge again in a fit of rage, and then he and his Red Banner would probably be completely buried on this Ming land.

……

Perhaps because they knew that the Ming army was very close, the Tartars left the border very quickly and threw away a lot of supplies.

The order of leaving the border was the Eight Banners of the Manchu first, then the small tribes in the Manchu area, and then the Eight Banners of the Mongolian cavalry and the Korean soldiers.

Finally, the Han cavalry...

Unfortunately, the Eight Mongolian Banners had not yet completely left the border. Suddenly, the earth was shaking and black torrents appeared on the horizon.

"Ming army!"

"The Ming army has arrived..."

When Du Du saw the Ming army's sun and moon flag, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Quick, O'Ridun and Bu Jiajian, have your men hold back the Ming army, and the rest of you withdraw with all your strength."

After several battles with the Ming army, he was more panicked when he saw the Ming army again.

Dorgon kicked him out and said, "Why are you panicking? Our terrain is higher than theirs. Qingshan Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if they have cannons and muskets, we may not be at a disadvantage."

Qingshan Pass is located at a high position. If the Ming army wants to capture Qingshan Pass, they need to attack from above. However, the Tatars' bows and arrows are at a high position, so they can have a wider angle and range.

This greatly compensated for the disadvantage of insufficient range, so Dorgon was not panicked at all. Instead, he was extremely calm and directly issued a series of orders.

On the one hand, he ordered all units to evacuate as planned, and on the other hand, he arranged for blocking personnel, led by Manchus, to prevent the Mongols, Korean soldiers, and Han people from being suppressed by the Ming army and defeated in one blow.

Soon, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides at Qingshan Pass.

The cannons roared and the muskets fired.

The battle lasted for two hours before the Ming army attacked.

Huang Degong led his team to charge towards Qingshan Pass, which had been reduced to ruins by artillery fire.

Apart from the corpses on the ground, some Ming people, livestock, and scattered supplies, the Tartars had already left the border.

"Damn Tartars, they actually let them out of the border." Huang Degong slammed his helmet to the ground and cursed angrily.

Sun Yingyuan examined the dead bodies and said, "They are all Mongolian, Korean, and Han Tartar soldiers. The Qing soldiers did not suffer many casualties."

Ma Xianglin looked at the Tartars going away and said, "The enemy hasn't gotten far. Should we give chase?"

Zhang Shize also gritted his teeth and cursed: "Chase them, why not? They still have a lot of our people, livestock, and supplies in their hands. Are we just going to let them take them away like this?"

Sun Yingyuan shook his head. "We can't chase them. Once we get out of the pass, our cavalry will have no advantage. The battle line is too long, and the ammunition for the artillery and muskets has been exhausted..."

While they were discussing, the order from the central army arrived.

"Stop chasing, and rest where you are."

……

At the same time, Dorgon was sitting on his horse outside the pass. He deliberately slowed down his troops in order to lure the Ming army.

Looking in the direction of Qingshan Pass, they had already walked thirty miles, but still did not see the Ming army chasing them out. Dorgon could not help but sigh, "What a pity!"

He extremely hoped that the Ming army would chase them out of Qingshan Pass. He even sent a letter to the Qing Emperor Huang Taiji, in which he talked about the power of Ming Dynasty's firearms, once the Ming army chased them out of the pass.

Whether or not we can destroy this group of Ming troops is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to seize some artillery and muskets from the Ming troops.

This would make up for the generation gap in firearms between the two sides, so they would not be at a loss in this battle.

Unfortunately, the Ming army was not fooled. He squeezed the horse's belly and ordered:

"withdraw!"

……

Half an hour later, the Ming army arrived at the central camp.

Cao Huachun sat in the center, Li Banghua, Qin Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng, Wu Aheng and others sat on both sides, discussing the next matters.

Li Banghua spoke first and explained why they did not pursue the Tartars.

Just as Sun Yingyuan said, all the ammunition had been basically used up, with only more than 300 rounds left.

Half of the 120 artillery tractors fell apart during the forced march.

Only 20% of the musket bullets have been consumed.

Logistical food and fodder is also a huge problem. Even if it is transferred from Tongzhou, it will take several days. The soldiers cannot fight the Tartars on the front line on an empty stomach.

Not to mention that once you go out of the border, you will be in the territory of the Tatars. Their cavalry is elusive, and the logistics and food supplies cannot be guaranteed.

The most crucial thing is that Cao Huachun had received a secret order from His Majesty before setting out, which was the prerequisite for this battle: to be inside the Great Wall.

Once you leave the country, you will definitely fail.

After Li Banghua finished speaking, Cao Huachun concluded: "During the invasion of the Later Jin this time, our Ming Dynasty annihilated more than 40,000 enemies, with 30,000 casualties, and tens of thousands of civilians and livestock were looted and taken out of the pass... I will write a memorial and send it to the capital later. Everyone should also write a battle report and send it over!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's face showed genuine ecstasy.

Annihilating 40,000 enemies, what a victory, an unprecedented victory.

It seems that everyone has overlooked the fact that the Ming army suffered 30,000 casualties.

Because before this, the Ming army had not beheaded 40,000 people, let alone 10,000 heads, when facing the Later Jin.

The Tartar soldiers once boasted, "If there are less than 10,000 people in the Later Jin army, we will be invincible if there are 10,000 people!"

Moreover, among the 30,000 casualties of the Ming army, there was also 7,000 soldiers who died in the Tianjin Wei general's rout.

In addition, the troops from Shanxi and Datong led by Lu Xiangsheng were defeated at the beginning of the battle with the Tatars, with heavy casualties, exceeding 7,000.

As soon as the troops from Baoding, Shandong, Denglai and other places came into contact with the Tatars, five thousand of them were killed in the battle.

More than half of the Tianxiong Army was killed, and now there are less than 4,000 people left out of a force of 8,000.

On the contrary, the three major camps suffered the lowest casualties. There were 75,000 troops when they set out, and now there are still more than 71,000.

At the same time, the three camps were also registering the military achievements of the soldiers, asking them to confirm and sign, and they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.

They knew all too well what this meant.

This means a bright future, money, wealth and glory...

……

June 11th,

The aftermath work at Qingshan Pass was coming to an end, and the news of the victory at Qianmaling once again reached the capital.

"Good news, a great victory at Qianmaling, the Ming army annihilated more than 17,000 enemies, and captured alive the eldest son of the Later Jin Emperor Taiji, Haoge..."

As the people were boiling with excitement again, the government and the country were also shaken.

In the Grand Council, Sun Chengzong read it twice in a row and was in disbelief. Yang Sichang also squeezed over and stood there in a daze looking at the victory news.

Zhu Changgan felt as if every pore of his body was breathing in comfort, "This battle will reveal everything."

He turned around and went to Chenghua Palace, and Concubine Chen immediately floated up two white...

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Xinyang Prefecture,
In the past few days, Chongzhen has been moving with the peasant army along the mountain roads to avoid being hunted down by the government troops.

Unlike when he was in Prince Xiang's Mansion, he is now with Prince Xiang every day. In addition, there are peasant soldiers watching him around, as well as Li Yan's people and Hong Niangzi's people, so Chongzhen has not eavesdropped on Zhu Changgan's news for several days.

But today he couldn't help but listen to it. When he heard that 17,000 Manchu Tartars were killed and Huang Taiji's eldest son Hauge was captured alive, his whole body trembled.

With his chest heaving and breathing rapidly, he suddenly stood up and shouted:
"Hahaha~ Great, great... a great victory, this is truly a great victory..."

Suddenly he was stunned, because he saw King Xiang staring at him with his big eyes, his gaze was as sharp as torches.

"My son, what did you say...what great victory?"

　As usual, there is another chapter at nine o'clock

　　
　
(End of this chapter)