On the 21st day of the first month, at the court meeting, when the imperial court decided to ask Hong Chengchou to lead the army to expel the Qing army in Tongzhou, he only heard good news.

Good news? Could it be that Chen Xinjia led the Xuan army to win the battle?

The ministers were buzzing and discussing, but only Zhu Cihong smiled and was silent.

"Your Majesty, last night Zhou Yuji led the Tianwu army to break through the Dongyu Tongzhou camp, captured more than 4,000 Tartars, and captured the slave chief Dolgon alive!"

"What? The Tongzhou battalion was breached? ”

"Broke overnight? And capture the slave chief Dolgon alive? ”

"Who's giving the order?"

"It's an order from Hongu!" Zhu Cihong said lightly.

The facts really confirmed Zhu Cihong's guess, the main force of the Qing army was not here at all, and the real Qing army in the Tongzhou camp was only more than 10,000 people, and most of the others were the surrendered Ming army and the captured people.

To Zhu Cihong's surprise, the Qing army's Tongzhou battalion was so vulnerable that even Dolgon was captured.

Chongzhen said happily: "Xuan Zhou meets Ji Ji and brings the slave chief Dolgon to the palace!" ”

Not long after, Zhou Yuji, who was dressed in armor, stepped up to the hall and saluted: "The last general Zhou Yuji, long live my emperor!" ”

Chongzhen called him up, praised him, and then couldn't wait for someone to bring Dolgon to the temple.

"Let go of Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu can walk by himself! ”

Wearing white dragon-patterned iron leaf armor, Dolgon scolded along the way, causing the ministers in the palace to frown, and secretly scolded the slave chief for lacking kinghood and being a vulgar horseman.

Zhu Cihong frowned, is this Dolgon? Why are you in such a hurry? But the armor he was wearing knew at a glance that it belonged to Dolgon.

A few years ago, when Huang Taiji became emperor, he decreed that no one except the emperor could wear yellow satin and costumes sewn with five-clawed dragons, and only those who had been specially rewarded by the emperor could wear them.

Almost all the princes who made great achievements in the Eight Banners were rewarded with five-clawed dragon pattern armor by Huang Taiji, and Beile Beizi and others were rewarded with four-clawed robes.

The eight flags are based on red, white, orange and blue, with staggered four-color borders to form the color of the eight flags, and the name of the flag is determined according to the color of the uniform.

The armor of the yellow flag is yellow, with red edges on the yellow background of the yellow flag armor, white flag armor with white edges, red edges on the white background of the white flag armor, red red flag armor with red edges, red flag armor with white edges, blue flag armor with blue edges, and the whole body of each flag armor is inlaid with copper bubble nails.

Dressed in white armor without trim and with a five-clawed dragon pattern, Dolgon's robe was the only one in the world.

Xu Sheng, who was not far from Zhu Cihong, quietly approached and whispered to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong was slightly surprised, and then he shouted: "Babu Hai! Where is Dolgon? ”

Babuhai was startled and subconsciously said, "How do you know my name?" ”

"He's not Dolgon?" Everyone was in an uproar and was extremely surprised, and someone looked at Zhou Yuji.

Zhou Yuji's face changed slightly, this result caught him a little off guard, and secretly hated that he had reported it without verifying Dorgon's identity.

Chongzhen's face was slightly angry, and he said, "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Shenghong said: "Back to Your Majesty, this person's name is Babuhai, and the last general has fought against him on the battlefield for a while, and he claims to be the eleventh son of Nurhachi, Aixinjue Luo Babuhai. ”

Ba Buhai looked at Xu Sheng, and only felt very familiar, wasn't this the big strong man that day?

"It turns out that he is also the son of the slave chief....... Chongzhen's face softened at this time, and he did not condemn Zhou Yuji.

In any case, the Qing army camp in Tongzhou was served by Zhou Yuji, not only rescued many people, but also arrested the brother of the Jiannu puppet emperor, and there is no reason to blame Zhou Yuji.

Zhu Cihong pointed to the Babu Sea and shouted, "Say, where has Dolgon gone?" Where is the main force of the Eight Banners Army? ”

Babu Haiyi raised his head, looking very gentlemanly, and posed as if he wanted to be heroic and righteous.

Zhu Cihong said coldly: "Drag it down, let him speak within two quarters of an hour!" ”

Xu Sheng smiled and dragged Babu Hai out of the main hall........

In just a quarter of an hour, Babuhai, who didn't know what he had experienced, immediately honestly confessed what he knew.

It turned out that Dolgon used the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain, leaving behind a white flag and letting Babu Hai pretend to be himself, while Dolgon himself led his troops to retreat.

As early as the second day after the Qing army besieged the Beijing Division, Dolgon led the cavalry to the Beijing Division first, and sent a herald to send a message to Babu Hai on the way, asking him to attack the Beijing Division.

It is best to take the city of Beijing, even if it can't be defeated, it will attract the surrounding Ming army to come to the rescue, so that the main force of the Qing army can escort the baggage from Tianjin Weibei and get out of the customs safely.

Dolgon and some of the cavalry of Zhengbai Banner did appear under the city of Beijing, but they only stayed for half a day before leaving in a hurry, and Babu Hai was always a pawn in his hands.

"What a move, the golden cicada comes out of its shell!" Zhu Cihong was secretly frightened.

According to the Ministry of Intelligence, the assassins at the Shangyuan Night Banquet were likely to be the work of Dolgon, and with the assassination plan, it can be seen that Dolgon also has a mysterious intelligence network in his hands.

The second person in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is still like this, how terrible should Huang Taiji, who is even more shrewd than Dorgon? Zhu Cihong felt that it was necessary to pay more attention to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After the small court meeting, looking at the back of Zhu Cihong and the Tianwu Army's military generals leaving the Huangji Palace with a smile and a smile, Hong Chengchou was infinitely melancholy, and some of them suffered from gains and losses.

King Qianliqin, just arrived here before he warmed his feet, the enemy in front of him was wiped out by the Tianwu Army, and Hong Chengchou suddenly felt that he was useless in this Beijing Division.

"Why is Governor Hong sighing?" A breathless voice came from behind him.

Hong Chengchou turned around suddenly, but saw that Yang Sichang, the assistant of the pivot, was standing in front of him, and seemed to look at him with great meaning.

Hong Chengchou hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Yang Xiang, and the lower official was out of shape......

Yang Sichang slowly walked forward, and Hong Chengchou followed closely half a step slower, he knew that the red man in front of the emperor in front of him still held the military power of the Ming Dynasty, and it was absolutely impossible to talk to him for no reason.

I only heard Yang Sichang say casually: "Yan Yan, don't be disappointed, the saint has a very good impression of you, and there will be surprises in the near future." ”

In just one sentence, it was no less than a thunderbolt in Hong Chengchou's ears, and he immediately heard that Yang Sichang was showing favor to himself, and his position would be newly transferred.

Hong Chengchou didn't dare to hold it up, and asked Yang Sichang for advice again and again, which seemed extremely respectful.

Yang Sichang said: "The nine-sided defense of the Ming Dynasty is the most important in Xuanda and Liaodong, Xuanda has Chen Xinjia, and the old man is already relieved, as for the Liaodong side, ......."

Halfway through speaking, Yang Sichang stopped talking, and he glanced at Hong Chengchou meaningfully.

Hong Chengchou is a smart person, he understood as soon as he heard it, and he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you Yang Xiang for promoting!" ”

Yang Sichang smiled and said: "You and I work together, why worry about the unappeasement of this northern country?" ”

Hong Chengchou said again and again: "The lower official is thin and shallow, and Yang Xiang must be dialed from time to time........"

Hong Chengchou was very excited, and after the death of Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao, the post of governor has been vacant, and he didn't expect it to fall on his head.

Among all the governors of the Ming Dynasty, the Governor of Jiliao is the most noble, from Jizhou through the first line of Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou to the Liaohe River, a large area is in charge of the Governor of Jiliao, and the soldiers and horses in his hands are as many as 100,000, and he is also the most elite in the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty.

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On the second day, Hong Chengchou received the emperor's decree early in the morning, as Yang Sichang said, to appoint him as the governor of Jiliao and control all the soldiers and horses in Liaodong.