Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Therefore, the entire campaign plan drawn up by Dorgon is quite rigorous and complete, and in the two cities and one pass area, all possible emergencies have indeed been taken into account.

However, in the minds of Dorgon and other Qing generals, they neglected two points, which can be said to have two blind spots: one is that the Han people dare not take the initiative to attack the grasslands outside the pass; the other is that North Korea is safe due to the sea barrier.It is precisely because of these two blind spots that considerable changes have been brought about in the entire battle.

But at this time, Dorgon was still full of confidence in winning.But after all, this was Dorgon's first battle since he took over the Qing Dynasty, so Dorgon still did everything by himself, for fear of any negligence.

As for the two cities of Ningyuan and Zhenyuan, the Qing army also had a focus.Because Ningyuan City is located on the line of Shengjing-Jinzhou-Ningyuan-Shanhaiguan, its strategic position is more important.Although the Qing army has surrounded Ningyuan City, if the Daping Army in Ningyuan City breaks out of the encirclement and attacks the Qing army reinforcing Shanhaiguan, it will cause great chaos to the Qing army.Therefore, Dorgon arranged his two most trusted brothers and the most elite troops in Ningyuan City.

Compared with Ningyuan City, Zhenyuan City is much higher.But if the main force of the Daping army in the pass takes the road of leaving Juyongguan to rescue the two cities of Liaodong, then the Qing army in Zhenyuan City will bear the brunt of it, so it cannot be said that it is not important.

It can also be seen from this that Dorgon's arrangement for Zhenyuan City is also intriguing.Not only did he place his biggest political opponent, Hauge, at the forefront of Shanhaiguan.He also placed Huang Taiji's loyal cronies—Sony, Obai and Tan Tai in Zhenyuan City.

The troops led by Sony and the other three were mainly composed of two yellow flag soldiers and horses and the Han army flag that had just surrendered.

Although there were many contradictions within the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time.But they can still work together externally and will not tear each other down.So when Dorgon rushed to Zhenyuan City, he found that the siege fortifications built by the Qing army had basically been completed.

"Not bad! Not bad! You are worthy of being a veteran in the army!" Accompanied by Suo Ni and other three people, after carefully inspecting the various places, Dorgon did not hesitate to utter the loudest praise, "You can do it in such a short time." Within a short period of time, the city can be surrounded like an iron barrel. All three are meritorious. You should also report the meritorious soldiers in the army. As long as you can defeat the Han army this time, the king will not hesitate to reward you in the future .”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Regent!" Sony and the other three immediately saluted and thanked.

Actually now.The relationship between Dorgon and Sony is quite delicate.As the de facto victor, Dorgon is now unwilling to drive Sony and others to extinction. After all, these three people are all highly prestigious generals in the Two Yellow Banners, and Dorgon is unwilling to cause the Eight Banners to split due to internal conflicts.

And Sony and others are just the hard-core cronies of Huang Taiji alone.It is not necessary for Hauge to succeed.So now Fulin, a direct descendant of Huang Taiji, succeeded to the throne smoothly.Sony and others also believed that they had fulfilled their responsibilities.Therefore, the conflict between Dorgon and Sony and others has been weakened a lot.

Of course, Dorgon, Suo Ni and others also knew in their hearts: it is absolutely impossible for them and each other to pee in the same pot.But at least on the surface, they can maintain a normal relationship.

"The two sides near the river are a little weak, you have to be careful!" After praising, Dorgon raised some minor problems he saw. "Also, beware of a small group of Han cavalry attacking you from behind!"

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then.Sonny, the leader, said: "His Royal Highness! We have made the Mongols on the grassland pay more attention, and even put the spies a hundred miles away, please rest assured!"

"Not bad!" Dorgon said with a smile after hearing Sony's explanation.

But then, Dorgon's eyes widened immediately, because he saw the city gate suddenly opened wide, and a group of Daping Army cavalry in the city came out of the city gate and began to line up, probably to attack the weak point pointed out just now.

So Dorgon said with a smile: "It looks like this king is a crow's mouth! You see, the Han army in the city is going to attack the place I just pointed out."

Sony and the others immediately stretched their necks and looked in the direction of the Daping Army cavalry.Then Sony laughed and said, "The slaves have already made arrangements, and there are already five Niulu bannermen there. I hope they will be more aggressive, and don't lose face to the slaves in front of His Royal Highness the Regent!"

This is indeed the case. Seeing the cavalry of the Daping Army marching out of the city, there is no need for Sony and others to order. The five Niulu cavalry of the Qing Army by the river also lined up.Around and behind them, other Qing troops were also ready to fight, and some Qing soldiers who were eager to fight, mounted their horses and joined the five Niulu cavalry of the Qing army.

Seeing that the Qing army on the opposite side had been on guard for a long time, there was a sound of gold ringing from the top of Zhenyuan City.The cavalry officer commanded by the Daping Army looked helplessly at the formation of the Qing Army, and then issued an order angrily.So these Daping Army cavalry could only ride their horses back to the city, and then closed the city gate heavily.

Seeing the cavalry of the Daping Army returning to the city in despair, the soldiers of the Qing Army burst into laughter and cheers.

Dorgon and Sony also laughed.After laughing for a while, Dorgon joked: "It seems that the king is really unlucky today, and he is about to come over to see his future, and those Han soldiers will be scared to retreat. This king does not dare to stay longer. Otherwise, the athletes of the nation will hate this king."

Sony also laughed and joked, "Those Chinese dogs are too cowardly. They don't dare to fight our nation's athletes at all. They only do some sneaky things. But this is also captured by the prestige of His Royal Highness the Regent. In the future, the slaves will I also want to borrow the banner of His Royal Highness the Regent, as soon as the banner is played, those Han dogs will definitely run away."

"Hahaha! Your slave's mouth looks like honey!" Dorgon immediately scolded with a smile.

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But at this moment, several Qing troops galloped over, and they sent an urgent letter to Dorgon.Dorgon took a look at it, his face immediately became gloomy, and then he cursed in a low voice: "What's the matter with the twelfth brother and the fifteenth brother? Will the boat capsize in the gutter?"

Hearing Dorgon's scolding, the surrounding Qing army generals immediately put away their smiles and fell into silence.

Seeing that Sony and the others around him shrank back, looking unwilling to inquire about it, Dorgon handed the urgent letter to Sony angrily, and said, "Look at it too, don't make the same mistake." Not to mention, don’t think about it indiscriminately, our Eight Banners are one when we are fighting abroad, and this king has no problem of avoiding diseases and avoiding medical treatment.”

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Sony took the urgent letter, roughly scanned the contents of the letter, and then handed the urgent letter to Tan Tai beside him.After a while, the generals of the Qing army, those who could read, read the urgent letter, and those who could not read also listened to other people's narrations. In the end, these generals of the Qing army also knew what happened in Ningyuan City.

A few days ago, after learning that Dorgon would inspect the Qing army besieging the two cities today, Duoduo and Azig discussed that they would give Dorgon a "good start" to strengthen the Qing army's strength. morale.

So Duoduo and the others prepared to repeat the old trick and arranged a "good show" outside Ningyuan City.They were going to deliberately make a chaotic appearance in the Qing army camp, as if reinforcements were coming, to lure the Daping army in the city out of the city to attack.Then set up an ambush to eliminate the Taiping army who fell out of the city and attacked.

In fact, this strategy itself is really good, and there are no sequelae.Even if the Qing army returned without success, such a true and false "wolf is coming" would still make it difficult for the troops in the city to distinguish the true from the false.When the reinforcements from the Daping Army really arrived, the troops in the city no longer dared to attack rashly.

But Doduo and the others have made thousands of calculations, but they have not counted that Zuge has confessed that within half a year, reinforcements from the Daping Army will definitely not come.So as soon as he saw the Qing army outside the city performing, and Yao Liang, the commander in Ningyuan City, he immediately judged that the Qing army was putting on airs.So he decided to come up with a trick.

Soon, Yao Liang arranged for a group of Daping troops to go out of the city, pretending to be a flanking attack.The Qing army also pretended to be panicked, and moved Duoduo's commander-in-chief flag forward to the Qing army's ambush, attracting the Daping army to come forward and throw themselves into the net.

But when the Daping army approached, they stopped their steps all of a sudden, and then revealed the four artillery pieces that were brought out of the city in the team.Without a pause, those artillery bombarded the Qing army's camp with a burst of shelling, hitting the Qing army like chickens flying like dogs.Then, the Daping army returned to the city without hesitation, leaving the Qing army with a feather.

Although not many Qing soldiers were killed or injured in this bombardment, the results of the battle were not great.But to die, Hu Meng, the deputy battalion commander of the artillery battalion who went out of the city to direct the shelling, the artillery he aimed at himself happened to break the flagpole of the commander-in-chief Duoduo.

But in this era, it is a very unlucky thing to be knocked down before the battle, so although this battle is small, the morale of the Daping army in Ningyuan City is high, while the Qing army outside the city is downcast.

And now Dorgon's heart is also full of anger: Duoduo and others, who he had placed high hopes on, suffered a blow in Ningyuan City; while Sony and the others, who did not deal with him, did a good job in Zhenyuan City.This made Dorgon feel that he was losing face.

Frustrated with embarrassment, Dorgon actually felt that his troops were not enough, so he yelled at Tuberi beside him: "Have the princes of Mongolia returned? Let them send more troops, Don't just stare at the cattle and sheep in your own tribe. When you really seize the Central Plains, will you still have this wealth?"

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