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Chapter 862 The Battle of Ningyuan ([-]rd)

The 4 Tartars sent out in the morning were defeated before the sun set, which was not bad. The whole army was not wiped out. The 1 cavalry returned more than [-] people. Only one of the two main generals returned, and the other was killed.

When Tie Ermu, who was covered in blood and embarrassed, knelt in front of Hong Chengchou to plead guilty, Hong Chengchou was stunned.Green Battalion soldiers, Mongol Tartars, Manchu Tartars, Eight Banners elite, what happened?Even losing a battle, it is understandable to say that they can't deal with the iron cavalry and archers of the Ming army, but the Qing cavalry, which is known as invincible in the world, can't deal with the infantry of the Ming army?

The Battle of Yantai River was simply a disgrace to their Qing Dynasty!

Hong Chengchou became angry from embarrassment. He had never been so angry when he failed in the battle of Jinzhou. My elite troops from the Qing Dynasty can’t deal with the tens of thousands of infantry from the Ming army. Do they have muskets? Cannons? Dangerous cities?”

"Answer people, never have."

"Did you fall into their trick?"

"Not at all."

The Mongolian general Tie Ermu was so frightened that he knelt there and shook his head with aggrieved face.

"How did you fail in such a wild battle? How did you explain to the Prince Regent? How did you explain to Emperor Shunzhi and the Queen Mother?"

No need for Hong Chengchou to scold him, he also felt that this battle was too useless.The Mongolian iron cavalry is known as the eagle on the grassland. What kind of heroes were their ancestors, Genghis Khan Temujin and Kublai Khan?Later they declined, and they couldn't win the Jianzhou Jurchen iron cavalry, and now they can't even fight the Han infantry. Even he wouldn't believe it. He was scolded by Hong Chengchou like a grandson. This Mongolian general had no words, no place to be ashamed, and ashamed. He really wanted to find a dry well, plunge into it and drown himself.

The more Hong Chengchou talked, the more angry he became, the crown feather on his hat was about to fly, and finally he flicked his sleeve: "What's the use of keeping you, push it out and chop it!"

Several Qing soldiers rushed up and knocked off Tie'ermu's top-wearing flower feathers, tied them with ropes and pushed them out.

"Keep people under the knife." The voice was a little low, and Dorgon came in from the outside. At this time, his face was as pale as paper, and his two black eyes were shining yellow.

"See the Prince Regent." Hong Chengchou did not expect that Dorgon would come to his handsome tent in person, and hurriedly slapped the dust on his sleeves left and right. Although it was spotless, this was a necessary action before saluting, an original creation of the Qing Dynasty, and then knelt down on the ground.

"Master Hong, get up." After being ill for a few days now, Dorgon, who was originally a burly and tall man, seemed to have become an old man in his twilight years. His waist was bowed, his back was bent, his speech was weak, and he could lift his feet when he walked. I couldn't get up, and someone helped me.The imperial doctor said that the knife wound on his back has almost healed, but his condition has not improved much.

Before Dorgon passed on the coaching case, he slowly sat down in the coach's position, but Hong Chengchou didn't dare to get up.

"My lord is guilty of humble duty. In the battle of Yantai River, we lost more than 2 horses. Please punish my lord for the crime of humble duty."

Dorgon's complexion was very bad, but he didn't look angry at all, and his voice was slow like a Confucian, "This king knows it... Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. If there is a crime, the battle of Shanhaiguan This king cannot escape the blame, and should be punished with a serious crime. Get up."

Hong Chengchou was astonished when he heard this.How did Dorgon, who had always been arrogant and unreasonable, become so tolerant to others now? He couldn't believe it. These words came from Dorgon's mouth.

"Thank you, my lord, for your kindness." Hong Chengchou got up from the ground and stood with his hands down.

"Also pardon General Timu, the Ming expeditionary force is no longer what it used to be."

"I obey orders." Hong Chengchou felt the same way.

Timu survived death, and after he came in, someone loosened the rope for him, and Dorgon personally gave him the top-wearing flower feather and put it back on him, and Timu was very grateful.He also felt that the regent had also changed, from an iron-blooded lord to a more reasonable and lenient man.

"As expected by the king, within three to five days, the Ming army will attack Ningyuan on a large scale. Whether you can hold Ningyuan depends on you guys. Remember to defend the city with danger, and don't go out of the city without permission to fight with the city. The Ming army fought in waves..."

In addition to Hong Chengchou, there were also many descendants of the Ming Dynasty present. These people were all taken away by Dorgon when he was defeated in Beijing. Now, including Hong Chengchou, these traitor ministers can hardly believe it. What Dorgon said, they were too familiar with this tone, it was the one that Emperor Chongzhen said the most, so they all looked at each other in blank dismay, tacitly knowing each other.

When Dorgon said this, he coughed violently, making his pale face turn blood red, and blood streaks spit out of his phlegm.

The imperial physician who accompanied him in a panic quickly knelt down: "It's important that the prince is in good health. Even though he can't go back to the capital for recuperation, he must stop worrying about these state affairs."

Hong Chengchou, Timur, and Ningyuan's former guard Yelubu all knelt down on the ground, and said in unison: "The humble official would like to listen to the teachings of the prince, please rest assured that the prince will recuperate, as long as the humble official is there, Ning Yuan will be there!"

Dorgon nodded in satisfaction, was supported by others, and the imperial physician and others left Hong Chengchou's mansion tremblingly.

"Respectfully send off the Prince Regent." Hong Chengchou and others looked at Dorgon's swaying back and bowed to see him off.

Sure enough, Dorgon expected it.Three days later, Zhang Xianzhong's 10 troops had arrived outside the city of Ningyuan, and Zhang Xianzhong took Li Gaogao and Yuan Zongdi to scold outside the city.

Hong Chengchou said weakly: "Don't pay attention to them. Pass on the official's order, no one is allowed to fight, and those who disobey the order will be executed!"

In fact, even if he did not pass on this order, no one would dare to go out of the city to fight without authorization, and even if he offered a huge reward, no one would take the initiative to invite Ying out of the city to retreat from the enemy.Hong Chengchou knew this in his heart, but the order that should be given must be given.

The Ming army was outside the city, no matter how they shouted and cursed.On the top of the city, the Tartars pretended to be deaf and dumb, acting like turtles.The Ming army's scolding is really ugly, they can't stand it anymore, those traitors will give them a trick, plug their ear holes, so that they can't hear the scolding, as long as they have the strength to let them scold casually, as long as they don't Siege, ignore them.If they attack the city, we will fire the cannons. The prince said that our cannons have better range and power than the Ming army!

No matter how much the Ming army scolded, the Tartars would not fight.Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to withdraw his troops for a few miles, find a suitable location, and set up camp about ten miles away from the city.Then Zhang Xianzhong took Li Guo, Gao Yigong and the generals of the artillery battalion around Ningyuan City to inspect the terrain and find the best position for setting up artillery.

That night, 30 red cannons were set up.Zhang Xianzhong ordered the entire army to have a full meal and rest early, leaving the police behind to prevent the Tartars from coming out to steal the camp at night, and preparing for a large-scale attack on the city early tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)