The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 711 Infighting
Outside the city of Pizhou.

Luo Luo glanced at the sky, cupped his hands to Hauge in front of him, and said, "His Royal Highness, seeing that it's getting late, should the army rest in Pizhou first and leave tomorrow?"

Hauge had just been crowned regent by Shunzhi, and he was in high spirits, but he would not stop, and waved his hands loudly: "Command me, please work harder, and get to Suqian to set up camp before dark!"

"This...he."

Hauge turned his head and said to Wakda next to him: "By the way, someone in the court has submitted a form, please ask the Holy One to make me the regent of the left. What do you think?"

Wakda hurriedly said: "Returning to Your Highness, Dorgon's two white flags are almost completely destroyed. Right now, the most powerful thing in my Qing Dynasty is His Highness's Xianglan Banner. If you want me to say, you should be half a step higher than Dorgon, It is only right that you take the position of Prince Regent alone."

Hauge laughed triumphantly when he heard the words, "Don't worry, the Southern Army is approaching the Huaihe River, without my [-] troops, what will he do? When he begs me, why don't he let me put forward conditions..."

"Boom, boom—"

Before he finished speaking, he was startled to hear a deafening roar not far ahead, apparently the sound of firecrackers firing, hearing the movement, there were at least a thousand blunderbusses.

Wakda pulled up his horse and stopped in front of Hauge, shouting, "Protect His Royal Highness the Regent!"

In an instant, a large number of soldiers emerged from the nearby farmhouses, armed with firecrackers, and quickly formed an formation, pressing on Hauge's Bayala guards from both sides.

The front team of Hauge's guard also encountered fierce shooting, and was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties, so they couldn't help shrinking back.

Hauge hurriedly said to the guards who surrounded him, "Retreat! Retreat into Pizhou City!"

As he was speaking, he saw a large group of cavalry galloping behind him, with a huge "leaf" character on the banner.

"It's Ye Chen." Wakda was overjoyed, and ordered the guards, "Quickly, quickly lead General Ye to protect His Highness!"

"Whoo!"

Hauge was also a little relieved, Ye Chen's men and horses with red flags arrived, they would surely keep him safe.

But he had just retreated for a while under the protection of the guards, but suddenly his heart moved, Ye Chen was the rear army, why did he come near the central army?
His pupils narrowed sharply, and he shouted: "No! Form the formation in place!"

At the same time, Ye Chen immediately pointed forward and said loudly: "Haoge conspired to rebel, punish the rebellious officials!"

Immediately, more than a thousand gallant horses with red flags rushed forward, and the dense rain of arrows fell on the heads of Hauge and others in an instant...

With mental calculations and unpreparedness, the whole battle process took less than half an hour, and almost all the [-] Ba Yala guards beside Hauge were strangled.

It was the first time that Dorgon's carefully crafted flintlock showed its real power.

When Hauge's other ministries reacted, Ye Chen had put the knife on the bloody Hauge's neck, and loudly read out the imperial decree - Hauge conspired against him, ordering the regent Dorgon to eliminate adultery.

The Xianglan Banner men and horses all looked at each other in blank dismay, suddenly losing their backbone, not knowing what to do.

Not long after, Dorgon arrived with the main force of the Xianghuang Banner. Seeing that all the generals of the Xianglan Banner were glaring at him, he immediately shouted: "Hauge's rebellion was all done by him alone, so don't make mistakes!"

He has also ruled the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and his power is even worse. Luo Luohun immediately fell to his knees, "Haoge deserves what he has done. In the end, only His Royal Highness the Regent will look forward to it."

The other generals saw that Hauge was under control, and the general situation was over. With Luo Luohun taking the lead, they knelt down in twos and threes.The few diehard Haoge loyalists were quickly taken down by Ba Yala who rushed up.

After finishing this important event, Dorgon finally felt at ease. From now on, no one in the whole Qing Dynasty would restrain him, and he could concentrate on dealing with Nanming.

He then ordered Hauge to be escorted back to Muyang, still ordered Luo Luo to receive the inlaid blue flag, and sent people back to Shengjing to pass the news to Xiaozhuang.

Although the Southern Army's march to the north this time was a great danger for the Manchus, it was also an opportunity for him, Dorgon.Under the critical situation, Bumbutai could no longer find a balance between the two sides, but could only hand over all the power to him in order to integrate his forces and repel the southern army.

Just when he was full of ambition, he saw Ao Bai bringing a person walking quickly, "His Royal Highness, people from Shengjing are here."

Dorgon subconsciously said: "However, for such a trivial matter as Hauge, His Majesty will personally send someone to come..."

The man from Shengjing took out a letter box, held it to him anxiously and said, "His Royal Highness, Shengjing is urgent!"

"What?!" Dorgon opened it hastily and looked at it. The last one was an urgent report from the Ministry of War, stating that the army was stationed in Phi Island and sent troops to repeatedly harass the coast of Liaodong. The Jinzhou Guard and Fuzhou Guard had fallen to the enemy. Straight to Gaizhouwei.Now there are only [-] soldiers and horses near Shengjing, and the southern army's whereabouts are uncertain, so it is extremely difficult to defend properly. Your Highness the Regent, please send troops back quickly.

The latter letter was written by Bumbutai himself, first expressing his absolute support for him, and then mentioning that she planned to take the little emperor to Xingjing for temporary refuge due to the Ming army's harassment.

Dorgon read the emergency report from the Ministry of War again, but he couldn't find the number of enemy troops. He couldn't help looking at the sender, and asked, "How many southern troops landed in Liaodong, and they made such a big battle?!"

The man shrank his neck and said helplessly: "Going back to His Royal Highness, at first it was said that there were more than a thousand people. Later, when the Fuzhou Guard fell, the defenders reported that there were 1000 southern troops. Not long ago, [-] troops from the Gaizhou Guard went to attack the Southerners." The camp was defeated, and it was reported that [-] enemy troops were seen..."

How many people are there? !Dorgon was in a panic for a while, and Liaodong was the foundation of the Qing Dynasty. If there were really five thousand Ming troops harassing there, it would be really bad!
How did he know that Liu Guoxuan's naval infantry was only about a thousand strong, but the Qing army in Liaodong was afraid of being attacked, so he blindly exaggerated the number of enemies in order to ask the court to send more reinforcements.In addition, after the enslaved Ming and Korean civilians in Jinzhouwei and Fuzhouwei were freed, they spontaneously formed rebel armies and harassed Jiancap from time to time. These people were also counted on Liu Guoxuan's head.

But Dorgon didn't dare to be careless. If something went wrong in the land of Longxing in the Qing Dynasty, no matter how great his victory in the Central Plains was, it would be useless.

He weighed it over and over again, and decided to send Ye Chen to lead the troops with red flags, and then bring more than 8000 Beizhili green camps, a total of 1 horses, to rush back to Liaodong to help defend.

When Shengjing came to leave, Dorgon led the army back to Muyang, but fell into worry while sitting on the horse.

He and Duoduo are blood brothers, and they know their ability to use troops. The former Panduoduo concentrated superior forces but was still defeated by the Southern Army, which made him dare not despise Daming any more.

Based on the news that came back at that time, he estimated that at least twice as many soldiers and horses as the Ming army could guarantee the security of the Huaihe River defense line.

Right now, there are 10,000 Ming troops marching northward, and more than 1+ civilians are conscripted with the army. However, I have to send [-] people back to Liaodong, and the strength of the army is already stretched.

He was thinking about whether he could divide some troops from Henan, when he heard several cavalry galloping from behind.

Those Xiaoqi with red flags on their backs ran along the road and shouted loudly, "Urgent police! Mengcheng has fallen!"

Mengcheng is on the south side of Xuzhou, where the gateway of Xuzhou is located.

(End of this chapter)