Chapter 948: Unexpected Reversal
When the twilight was heavy, a light rain fell in the sky, the people in Binzhou City on the north bank of the Yellow River were frightened, since yesterday they saw a large group of people crossing the river to take a closer look and gasp, it was actually the people and animals who were captured by the Tartars, and they could not see the end at a glance for more than ten miles, and the common people were strung into a string of difficult steps, and there were fierce Tartars on one side whipped and whipped and scolded to speed up the foot.
There were too many people, animals, carts, horses, and baggage, and it took more than a day to cross the river to the end, and the people were secretly relieved to see that the Tartars were only passing by and did not disturb, but at dusk their hearts rose again, and suddenly saw that there were tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers and horses crossing the river on the south bank of the Yellow River, which even made Cheng Ming, who was sitting in the city, frowned.
When the Qing army went south, Binzhou was lucky enough to escape, will it be ...... to return from the north this time? Everyone was on the lookout.
On the south bank of the Yellow River, Dolgon dismounted and sheltered from the rain under the trees, looking at the weight of crossing the river, his brows furrowed and stretched for a while, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Lord, before the hour (nine o'clock in the evening), all the baggage can cross the river" The pioneer master Man Dahai came to report.
Dolgon nodded, walked to the ferry and looked, the generals followed, Shang Kexi exhaled: "If you cross the river to the north of the river, if you have a tight foot, you can reach the capital in ten days."
Everyone agreed, Shang Kexi and said: "After the palace of Prince Yu, let's set up another front here, and it can always be dragged for ten days, and then the horses will go to let the Ming army chase it, and chase it to the capital, our baggage will be out of the customs early, and there will be no drag on 20,000 iron horsemen and see how the Ming army can stop it!" ”
"I hope so" Dolgon rarely showed a hint of a smile: "It's just that I'm afraid that the Ming court has mobilized troops and horses to intercept it in Gyeonggi at this time, and that little eunuch has always done things well, and he must be prepared to talk about peace with both hands."
"Where does the Ming Court still have soldiers and horses in Gyeonggi at this time, even if there are, there are very few, so there is no need to be afraid!" Shang Kexi shrugged and looked relaxed.
Dolgon glanced at him and said: "King Zhishun is also a veteran of the battlefield, how can he still be so light on the enemy, don't forget that when the little eunuch chased from the capital, there were nearly 100,000 cavalry and horses, and only 30,000 or 40,000 cavalry participated in the battle in Qingzhou, so where did he go?" ”
How do you know that Shang Kexi is still calm: "Lord, what is there to be afraid of if the foot soldiers are 100,000?" ”
Dolgon was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "That being said, but now is different from the past, and the overturning of the boat in the gutter is not once or twice, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years!" ”
"What the prince taught me was" Shang Kexi put away the disapproving bow and said.
Dolgon wanted to say something again, but suddenly rode up and shouted: "Report to the prince, Prince Yu is urgent" turned over and dismounted, took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Dolgon.
There were soldiers next to him who raised the torches, Dolgon opened it and looked at it, his face gradually changed color and then he trembled, and suddenly crumpled the letter in his hand and threw it out, pulled out the steel knife on his waist, rushed to the river crossing team and raised the knife to slash, and slashed three Ming people in an instant, and the rest of the people fled in panic and frightened.
Seeing his gaffe, everyone hurriedly shouted, and they were all secretly shocked in their hearts, not because the rear had lost.
"Gelding deceives people too much!" Dolgon gasped and looked at the blood drops of the steel knife in his hand slowly falling: "This king will not kill this fang, and he will not be a man!" ”
Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to comfort and asked what had happened, and Shang Kexi picked up the paper ball on the ground, which had been beaten by the rain
Wet but the handwriting is visible, and I read ten lines at a glance and then I trembled with anger!
The rain was dripping, and the Qing army on the riverside looked for trees to shelter from the rain, which was also their own doing, and when they went south, the villages on both sides of the Yellow River were burned, and now there is no place to stay and shelter from the rain.
But Dolgon did, and all the men in the tent sat in a circle in the grove, all of them grim-faced, silent, and watched the bonfire outside the tent crackle and burn.
What made Dorgon mad was not the defeat in the rear, but the fact that Dorgon and the Ming army had really made peace!
No one could have imagined that the result of the negotiation between the prince of Yu of the Great Qing Dynasty and the little eunuch in the queen of the palace was to agree to its conditions, release all the hostages and leave the plundered property, and no more plundering and raiding along the way, and in exchange for the Ming court would release the British prince Azig when he arrived in the capital.
And what could make Duoduo, who had always fought wits and courage with the little eunuchs, suddenly agree to this extremely harsh terms of peace.
Duoduo was not reconciled, but he had to, the letter said very clearly: the Ming court has made up its mind, and it is definitely not an empty word at any cost, even if the net is broken, because for them, as long as the Qing army's 20,000 soldiers and horses are killed, not only Dorgon's position will not be guaranteed, but the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty will also be hit hard, and it will be difficult to recover in ten years, and it may even be counterattacked by the Ming Dynasty!
In public and private, Duoduo couldn't accept it, Dolgon couldn't accept it, and the Qing Dynasty couldn't accept it.
You must know that this is how much blood and how many lives have been shed by the two generations of ancestors to fight Jiannu from that bitter cold place to the current Qing Empire, which can compete with the Ming Dynasty!
You can't do it all in your own hands!
So Duoduo admitted, even if he was unconvinced and unwilling in his heart, but for the sake of the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty, he had to accept this harsh condition!
Dorgon understood his feelings perfectly, otherwise he would not have been able to do so with his character.
And the generals also understand his decision, at the moment more than 20,000 elites are not only Dolgon's capital but also the old bottom of the Qing Dynasty, if the regent who cripples Dolgon will be abolished, Fulin's little boy is only six years old at the moment, and he can only poke the urine nest, without Dolgon's chao can become a pot of porridge, all kinds of internal friction can make the Great Qing collapse.
"What do you think?" Dorgon stood up and sighed as he looked at the bonfire outside the tent, and the rain seemed to be getting heavier outside, and it was pouring on the fire and popping and popping.
Everyone was silent, but if they didn't speak, they agreed.
Duoduo is highly powerful and wise and brave in the Qing Dynasty, and the decision he made is almost equal to the decision made by Dorgon, what else do the generals have to say, even if they are unwilling, there is no other way!
Today's humiliation, he will repay it several times more in the future! Dordo clenched his fists and trembled, this time he was defeated!
To be exact, it was a big defeat before entering the customs, and entering the customs is even worse! Thousands of elites were lost, the prince was captured, the first fierce general was injured, and at this time he had to slip away with his tail between his legs!
I wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty to take advantage of the situation to consolidate his position as regent, but who would have thought that once he was defeated so far, it was to go back safely this time, and it would be another bloody storm when he arrived in Shenyang, so let's protect myself first.
But there is another question, how to ensure that the Ming court will keep its word and let them out of the customs safely?
Duoduo also questioned the little eunuch in person.
Chang Yu's answer is very simple but very convincing, Daming East Detective Factory, golden signboard!
Everyone knows that Dongchang is the emperor's confidant, and the little eunuch is the admiral of Dongchang, and his representative is the emperor.
But to be honest, Duoduo didn't trust the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but he believed in this little eunuch, although Chang Yu was an extremely despicable person in his serious situation.
It's just that this letter is only a degree, and it is impossible for him to gamble with the lives of 20,000 Qing soldiers and the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty, or Chang Yu has to come up with a specific plan.
So after some bargaining, the two finally determined the process, Dolgon first released more than 400 captives of the Ming army to show his sincerity, and then released 1,000 Ming people and quite a lot of baggage per 100 miles, and when he arrived in the capital, the Ming court released Azig......
"Let go!" On the bank of the Yellow River, the drizzle continued, and Dolgon trembled and said these two words, and the generals looked gloomy and miserable, but they quietly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.