golden scales

"Go back to your lord, Yi Lanbo found the Ming army's flying ball." Tan Ma ran back to the camp, knelt down in front of Jierhalang, and reported loudly.

Ji'erhalang frowned, pondered silently, and thought to himself: The Ming army probably got the news beforehand that our army was going to attack Haizhou from here.Alas, this matter has been done so top-secret, how could it be leaked?As one of the regents, he knew that Dorgon liked to use "jian".He is very supportive of this, because Lao Khan knew everything about the Beijing court because he was able to use his time well.

However, now that Nikan has also learned how to use his time, he seems to have stripped off the girl, allowing them to look wherever they want.

"My lord, do you want to fight in another place?" the aide at the side asked tentatively.

Jierhalang has been feeling deeply unwell since he came back from the pass, and he could not recover from a cold for a long time, which had consumed a lot of his mental and physical strength by now.Others may not be able to see it, but he himself is very clear that if he attacks Haizhou in another place, he may not be able to withstand the pain of such a long-distance attack.

"What else to change? Let's fight here!" Ji Erhalang said: "If the Nine Kings don't get our news, I'm afraid it will affect the military situation."

Now that Manchuria is going to war with the Ming army, they are all trembling, like two mischievous people doing bad things, agreeing to go in and out together, and once they find out that their partners have run away, they will never stay a step.

If the plan is changed before the battle, Dorgon's East Route Army may think that they are fleeing, and immediately withdraw their troops.It is not easy to conscript once in the cold winter months, how can they stand up to such a toss?

——If the Qing Dynasty cannot win a big victory, the foundation laid by Lao Khan and the late emperor will cease to exist.

Although it was only to launch a strong attack before the Ming army was ready to delay the speed of the Ming army's advance, its tragic nature was like a battle for the survival of the country.Jierhalang was a little dazed, and for some reason, a drop of tear leaked out.

……

"If this battle is won, will the Ming army stop attacking our capital?" The 11-year-old Fulin grew up rapidly under the pressure. Consult Sony, Hong Chengchou and other ministers.

At this moment, Sony, Qi Chongge, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and others stood in front of Fulin with their heads down, not knowing how to answer.

This made Fulin a little annoyed.I don't know how to reverse the current situation, it seems that every day is covered by dark clouds.For this reason, he imitated the Ming Dynasty in every way, and even kept his hair long and no one was allowed to shave it. He also avoided the kneeling ceremony of important ministers and allowed them to stand and talk, but there was no turning point.

Although he trusted Sonny Baksh the most, even Sonny suggested him to consult Hanchen, which shows that the number one wise man in Manchuria has reached the point of desperation.

"Hong Chengchou, tell me." Fulin called Hong Chengchou's name.

"Your Majesty." Hong Chengchou swallowed.Taking a sneak peek at Soni, he saw that the treacherous and cunning old minister closed his eyes and rested his mind, as if he had fallen asleep, and finally said: "In my opinion, there is no better way to ask for peace."

Sony trembled slightly, but still did not open his eyes.

Qi Chongge looked sideways, and was about to raise an objection, but he heard Fulin say like a young adult: "Mr. Hong play carefully."

Hong Chengchou bowed his body.Said: "Your Majesty, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is no less than ten thousand miles from west to east. From Beijing to Shengjing, it takes half a month at least, and as long as one month. The territory is so vast that it is difficult to send officials to govern it. Especially in Liaodong, where there is not much local production. If the Ming army stays here for a long time, how can the national treasury bear the huge consumption?"

"Since Mr. Hong knows, why do you still want to make peace!" Qi Chongge shouted: "Since the Ming Dynasty cannot be stationed for a long time, we only need to keep them out of Shengjing, and they will eventually retreat. Even if they don't retreat, they will Powerless to attack Shengjing for a long time!"

Fulin moved forward, apparently preferring what Qi Chongge said.

"The key is not being able to defend Shengjing." Hong Chengchou lowered his head.Said something very regrettable.

"I still have..." Qi Chongge was furious.

"What else?" Hong Chengchou interrupted Qi Chongge's yelling: "When we entered the customs, I collected the people's power in the Qing Dynasty. The Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of Mongolia drew two out of three, and one out of five banners of the Han army. A total of more than [-] soldiers were obtained. I also mobilized nearly [-] men in coats, which is already the foundation of my dynasty. After returning from the customs, the banners suffered heavy losses, and there was not enough rations. , what else do you use to defend Shengjing?"

"The Ming army's elite soldiers are not inferior to my Ba Yala. There are 20 of them. If their auxiliary soldiers and civilian service are counted, it may exceed [-]." Fan Wencheng reported the military strength of the Ming army, and he himself Heart flustered.If you only look at the number of elite soldiers in the Ming army, it seems to be half the number compared to the Qing army, but if you count the coated Aha in the Qing army and only count the armored soldiers, the Ming army still has an advantage.

"You Han people are shaking the morale of our Qing army!" Qi Chongge scolded.

Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng quickly fell to their knees and said in unison: "I will die."

Fulin lingered in his mind for a long time, and just after digesting the message, he said, "The two gentlemen are dead."

Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng did not dare to stand up, but still knelt on the ground.

Qi Chongge also knelt down and said: "Master! We can still defend Shenyang, and if Shenyang can't defend it, we can go to Ninggu Pagoda! The Ming army will leave after all. Even if they don't leave, they will gradually become depressed, and finally back to how it was before.”

It has to be said that Qi Chongge's views are in line with the law of development of things, which makes it impossible for Hong Chengchou to refute.Moreover, the Qing Dynasty still had personal experience of this point. The Eight Banners army, which was full of invincibility before, became depressed within a few days after entering the customs.

In this dim side hall, there is another person who can suppress Qi Chongge.

Sony slowly opened his cloudy eyes, and his voice was still full of energy: "Master, if it is for the Qing Dynasty, we should guard Shengjing. If it is for Manchuria, we can only move north, even if we move to the East China Sea." Sony's so-called East China Sea is on the coast of Heilongjiang in later generations, even for Donglu, it is also a place in the extreme east.

Fulin was a little hesitant.Before the fall of Haizhou, he also consulted Sonny Baksh for his opinion. At that time, the old Baksh advocated sticking to Shenyang.He wondered: "Sonny Bakshi, you said before that no matter where we escape, the Ming army will come after us."

Sony's eyelids twitched, and he said, "Master, that's true."

"Then we still escape?"

"If you don't leave, there won't be a single Manchurian left in 20 years." Sonny said: "Haizhou was not lost back then, and morale would be lost if we made peace easily. Now that Haizhou has been lost, the southwest of Shengjing is open, which is not conducive What’s more, those who dared to speak Manchu and Mongolian in the Ming army’s occupied areas were punished, and those who wore full-covered costumes were executed. This clearly broke the foundation of our Manchurians.”

Fulin blinked his eyes, and saw the veins on Qi Chongge's forehead exposed, and said loudly: "Can you escape?"

"It's better than being caught all at once." Sonny sighed.

Fulin still didn't know how difficult it would be to continue to go northeast, so he still pretended to be old-fashioned and nodded: "I understand. Please ask the queen mother to know. Kneel down."

A group of people waited for this to worship again, and exited the side hall.

Qi Chongge went out, looked at everyone angrily, and strode away first.Sony hesitated to speak to Hong Chengchou, finally just shook his head, and left immediately.

For a while, only Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng were left. They were both Han Chinese, but they were opponents. In the end, Hong Chengchou put down his airs and said: "This time the two kings attacked Haizhou. Winning is not enough to change the fate of the country. Losing is not enough." No matter how difficult it is to defend Shengjing."

Fan Wencheng said: "Sony's eyes are bright, maybe it's just like what he said, he is going to move north to Ninggu Pagoda."

"If you lose Shengjing, there will be no dangerous mountains and rivers all the way to Ninggu Pagoda, so you can't keep it."

"What does Mr. Hong mean?"

"This time, I'm afraid we'll have to go to Huining Mansion." Hong Chengchou sighed.

After Fan Wencheng went back to find the local chronicles of Nuergan, he realized that Huining Mansion was originally the upper capital of the Wanyan family in the Jin Dynasty, and it was more than a thousand miles away from the Shengjing Shenyang.I used to think that a thousand miles was a long and safe distance, but now that the Ming army is approaching step by step, a thousand miles is no longer far away.

If possible, I really want to be thousands of miles away from these Ming troops.

……

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the 21st year of Chongzhen, Jierhalang led the main force of Zhenghuang Banner, Xianghuang Banner and Zhenglan Banner to attack Haizhou from the northwest of Haizhou.At the same time, Dorgon's two white flags and two red flags also appeared in the northeast of Haizhou.

Without Song Hongye's intelligence support, Xiao Donglou could not know the marching route ten days and a half months in advance, but he still had time to make preparations through the dispatch of scouts and other channels of information from the Jinyiwei and the Military Intelligence Department.

Chang Zhifan was indeed lucky and could not stop it. An accidental encounter made him discover that the vanguard of the main force of the Zhenghuang Banner was the front of Jingludun.The previously arranged protection force immediately turned into a vanguard reconnaissance force and took the initiative to conduct probing attacks, making Jierhalang think that his whereabouts were exposed, so he had to give up the surprise attack and set up camp on the spot.

The main force of the second army who came after that quickly set up front positions and logistics lines with Jingludun as the center, and all work was carried out in an orderly manner in accordance with the drills, without Chang Zhifan's worries at all.Xiao Donglou also took advantage of the situation and arranged the third division as the main forward to carry out defensive operations against Jierhalang.

Dorgon saw that Jierhalang stopped, not daring to go deep alone.He knew the system of three battalions and three divisions of the Ming army, and he also learned to distinguish the establishment of the Ming army by looking at the military flag through friction and inquiring.Now that there is only news about one division of the Ming army from Jierhalang, it is self-evident where the other two divisions are, and there must be a trap somewhere waiting for him to step in.

The most sensible way is to return to the imperial court and stick to the territory south of Shengjing.

It's just that civil servants can be rational, but soldiers may not be able to be rational.

What a humiliation it is to run around on the snowfield in the winter and finally retreat without a fight! (To be continued..)

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