At the beginning of June, Dolgon and his entourage arrived in Pyongyang Prefecture in Pyongan Province in a hurry, and Fei Yangguo, the king of the capital stationed in Pyongyang, went out of the city to meet him.

After narrowly escaping death, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Feiyango, the sixteenth and youngest son of Nurhachi, was almost executed by Huang Taiji when he was a child, and it was Dolgon who saved the little brother.

Although Fei Yangguo did not have Lao Tzu, he could not go to the battlefield, but he had a banner of Mongolian soldiers in his hand, plus the city of Pyongyang was negative and blocked by mountains and waters, controlled the northwest, overlooking the Yangtze River (Datong River), it was the military town of the Qing State in Korea, and there were many troops stationed, and it was almost impossible for the Ming army to conquer it in a period of time.

In June, the hot summer has begun, and the scorching sun is like a big fireball, scorching the earth, but the atmosphere in Pyongyang is very cold.

After a bumpy journey, Dolgon became more and more unable to do it, chilling all over his body on a hot day, and pulling his clothes tightly all day long.

If it weren't for the fact that he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, his body was strong, and the military doctor rescued and cared for him, he would have been unable to survive Zhu Cihong's two shots.

The news of the complete defeat of the Liaodong battlefield has unconsciously reached Shengjing, the army of more than 100,000 troops was almost completely annihilated, Emperor Shenxing retreated to Pyongyang, and the forward forces of the Tianwu army chased to Pyongyang, which was only 400 miles away from Shengjing, and the Qing court was in a panic.

Prince Zheng Ji'er Harang, Parliamentary Ministers He Luohui and Shuo Zhan, Han Army Qigushan Ezhen Li Guohan and others rushed to Pyongyang overnight to save the driver, but in fact they fought for power.

Dorgon has no heirs, only a daughter, and if he can't bear it, who will succeed him? What will be the pattern of the DPRK and China in the future?

These are the issues that everyone is most concerned about.

In order to prevent Dolgon from passing on the throne to his own brother Azig, the Manchu and Han officials in the court almost unanimously accused Azig of losing troops and demolishing generals, losing land and humiliating the country, and abandoning the army and fleeing north alone, which is an unforgivable crime!

Azig was furious, drew his sword in public, and was about to cut people, shouting in his mouth: "Shut down Lao Tzu's!" ”

This brainless sentence couldn't even stand the always low-key Prince Zheng Zierharang, and took the opportunity to him.

After the most powerful Prince Zheng spoke out, the ministers became even more unscrupulous, including some of Dolgon's henchmen and cronies, and they also began to turn against him, please punish Azig severely, remove his title, seal his palace, and hand it over to the Zongren Mansion for investigation!

In the face of the menacing ministers, the few hardcore ministers of the Duogon such as Suppilon all became inaccessible and did not dare to speak.

Rao was mentally prepared for Dorgon, but he didn't expect that this storm against himself would come so quickly and violently.

After being seriously injured, Dolgon was bumpy for more than ten days in a row, and there were two heavy rains on the road, at this time he was ashamed and ashamed, angry and remorseful, and he was in a hurry, his blood was rolling, his eyes were black, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and he fell unconscious on the temple.

It's a pity that Dolgon's soldiers were not angry to death, and woke up the next day, which made many people sigh in their hearts, this fight is too hard!

In order to divert everyone's attention, Dorgon convened a council of the kings, preparing to come first outside and then inside.

He convened the Manchurian ministers Jierharang, Fei Yangguo, Ashan, and He Luohui, Manchurian University Shi Ganglin, Hanchen Hong Chengchou, Ning Wanme, Bao Chengxian, and Joseon Kim Zidian to discuss how to deal with the current war situation.

Azig was excluded from the inner circle, and coupled with the crisis of the military situation outside, everyone did not continue to make trouble, and sat down quietly to discuss.

Now the distribution of the remaining troops of the Qing court is: Eight Banners Manchuria, Prince Zheng Jierharang's Manchurian Red Banner 8,000 people, Jiezhi County King Lai Mubu led the Red Banner 3,000 cavalry to Mongolia to find helpers, I am afraid that now there is more than auspicious, and the Red Flag still has 4,000 infantry troops, foot soldiers, and stayed in Shengjing.

Two yellow flags, two white flags, and positive blue flags, these five flags were abolished, and there were less than 1,000 people left in each flag, and there were less than 20,000 in the entire Manchurian Eight Banners.

Eight Banners of Mongolia, the king of the capital Fei Yangguo, the former Manchurian Zhenghuang Banner owner Ashan and others mastered, adding up to less than 20,000 people.

Han Junqi, Li Shutai, Li Guohan, Zu Zerun, Zuo Guangxian and other two Tartars, the total strength of about 50,000 troops, this is not counting the 30,000 horses in the hands of Wu Sangui.

There are still more than 30,000 people left in the North Korean cannon fodder regiment controlled by Kim Zidian, and only more than 10,000 people have been sent to Dongying Eight Banners.

Everyone understands that Dolgon's people have been almost done, and if they fight again, they will have to go up to the people themselves, after all, now there are only one percent of the Manchurian soldiers, and only one percent of the Mongol soldiers in the hands of the Manchus, and if you want to control so many servants, the pressure is very high, and you must first solve the external troubles.

Moreover, the Ming army had more than 100,000 horses in Liaodong, and the gap between the armies of the two sides in terms of soldier quality, combat experience, and weapons was too big.

With only 10,000 forward cavalry of the Ming Army, it is difficult to chase tens of thousands of Eight Banner Army.

In the face of Dolgon's straightforward inquiry, several ministers of parliament looked at each other at first, and no one could come up with any way, or no one dared to say anything.

If you propose to continue to resist, then as the proposer, your men will have to rise up and set an example for everyone.

If you propose not to fight, you will admit it, and you can't say it on your face.

After a moment of silence, a group of Manchurian princes took aim at a few Hanchens, signaling them to take the blame.

The Council of Ministers of the Parliamentary King was originally a system in which the upper nobles such as the Manchu Clan, the Eight Banners, and the Baylor participated in the handling of state affairs, also known as the "National Council", and there was a strong military democratic custom of slave owners and aristocrats.

Later, after Dolgon captured Korea and established the capital of Seoul, he absorbed important figures from the Han military flag and the Korean flag to participate in the discussion of politics, and promoted the transformation of the Manchu Qing from slavery to feudalism.

After finishing the university, Shi Ning ran all the way, and his weakened figure was about to fall apart, he knelt down tremblingly, and said: "The minister suggested that the imperial court immediately recruit soldiers, train soldiers, build weapons, and strictly guard the passes in various places to prevent the Ming army from entering the court......"

Zilharang spoke, "Isn't this nonsense? ”

Dolgon closed his eyes and touched his bare head, this dog thing said the same as he didn't say, where to recruit soldiers? The Qing Dynasty fought for many years, and the young and strong men of the Eight Banners Manchurian Soldiers were almost killed and wounded, and they could not recruit people at all.

After the last Liaodong War, the land of the Qing Dynasty shrank sharply, and the population of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and Han became older and smaller, and there were a lot of losses in this battle, so that many Liaodong troops surrendered, but Dolgon was not at ease with them.

The power of the minions is too large, and it will also threaten the safety of the master, and Dolgon is also trying to find ways to weaken the strength of the Han military banner.

After straightening out all this, Dolgon clearly realized how bad the situation of the Qing court was at present!

Whether it is military strength, or financial and material resources, the Qing Dynasty is no longer an opponent at the same level as the Ming Dynasty.

Dolgon regretted it very much, knowing that this was the result, he should not have sent troops in the first place, or he listened to Hong Chengchou's words, slowed down the southern expedition, retreated to Jinzhou early, rearranged the Guanning Jin defense line layer by layer to consume the Ming army, and the Qing Dynasty accumulated a few more years, and the situation might be different.