This is a duel of endurance and willpower, the Qing army fled very quickly, because their horses are good, the coalition army is always unable to intercept most of its men and horses, can only kill some backward, wounded, and people who can't run, but this also caused great panic to the Qing army, for many years, the Qing army has not fought such a nest battle, was chased by the Han army P share run, but want to turn back to fight, one has no boss, two is not organized, three also know how many people are killed behind, so they can only run north vigorously. 【Fengyun Reading Network. 】

When passing through many cities, the Qing army did not dare to enter the city, and they also understood that they could never defend the city if they entered the city and defended it, they did not have the tools to defend the city, and the people in the city were not of the same mind as them, and entering the city was a dead end. Therefore, the Qing army only picked up the main road and fled, all the way to the city of Beijing.

At this time, Huang Taiji was in the city of Beijing, enthroned and sat in the palace. Since the Qing army entered the customs and drove the Dashun army away, he sent Dolgon and Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui led the army to pursue, and he transferred 20,000 iron cavalry from outside the pass to protect the city of Beijing, and then appeased the people in the city, appointed Ming officials, showing a wise lord and creating a foundation for the frame.

Huang Taiji is very politically minded, much more clever than his father Nurhachi, among the brothers of the same generation, he is also a leader, he knows that the number of Manchus outside the Guanwai is less than one percent of the Han people, and the power of the Manchus alone can never rule the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and the Manchu people's specialty is to ride a horse to kill, on the horse to kill the enemy, off the horse to govern the country, that is a clue, so the Qing Dynasty wants to rule in the Central Plains for a long time, must rely on the Han people.

The Japanese, who invaded China three hundred years later, shared the same view.

Therefore, Huang Taiji attaches great importance to the demotion of the Ming Dynasty, he almost all the Ming Dynasty officials in the capital are all protected by one immovable, and orders his subordinates not to kill a person in vain, and to protect their safety, and then he condescends to condescend, summon these officials, one by one for individual interviews, and give treatment higher than that of the former Ming Dynasty.

And these Ming Dynasty officials were brutally blackmailed and oppressed by Li Zicheng before, and they all hated them to the core, so the Qing army drove Li Zicheng away, which made them all breathe a sigh of relief, but they were also very afraid of the arrival of the Qing army, for fear that Huang Taiji would kill them like Li Zicheng, so they were panicked all day long.

Now that I see it, Huang Taiji actually treated them with great courtesy, not only did he not blackmail and kill, but also sent troops to protect their property and population, and they were all grateful. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the government collapsed, and these Beijing officials did not have a few loyal people, and when they saw that the emperor Taiji treated them so politely, they all knelt down and drove forward, and the mountain shouted long live. Willing to die for the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Taiji was very happy, and he promoted all these people to a higher official position as a reward.

As a result, these officials of the former Ming Dynasty turned into high-ranking officials of the Qing Dynasty, and they celebrated one by one, overjoyed. Not only did his life be saved, but he also had official duties, which was simply unbearable.

At this time, Huang Taiji received a battle report from the front. He opened it and looked at it, and immediately his face changed greatly, and he was so angry that he threw the battle report on the ground.

The news of Dolgon's defeat and Wu Sangui made Huang Taiji deeply uneasy. And the determination of the coalition forces to chase after him to the death and not give up until Beijing made him even more apprehensive.

It stands to reason that after winning a vicious battle, whether it is the winning side or the losing side, it is necessary to stop, reorganize the army and horses, recuperate for a period of time, and then fight, but the coalition army did not rest, and did not let the Qing army have a moment of respite, and pursued all the way to the death. This is no longer an ordinary advance and retreat, a battle and a battle.

Huang Taiji fully sensed the intention of the coalition army, and they wanted to take advantage of the Qing army's unstable foothold in the pass and drive him out of the pass in one go.

At this time, Huang Taiji's subordinates, only 20,000 iron horsemen, to protect the safety of the capital is still possible, to say the decisive battle out of the city, Wan Wan is not the opponent of hundreds of thousands of coalition troops, and at this time the capital has just occupied less than a few months, the people's hearts are unstable, once these Han troops are killed, the people in the city will not take the opportunity to rebel, he is not sure.

Even if these people do not rebel, the coalition army pounces on the city of Beijing and attacks on all sides, the Qing army is good at field battles, and is not good at defending the city, and it will not take long for the city of Beijing to be broken by the coalition army. At that time, it would be difficult to break through and return to Liaodong.

Huang Taiji deserves to be a master with brains, he immediately made a decision, abandoned Beijing City, and returned to Shanhaiguan.

When he left, he took all the officials in the city away, and the whole family could not stay, in case Li Zicheng came back to take revenge.

Early in the morning of the third day, all Qing troops withdrew from Beijing and headed for Shanhaiguan. Huang Taiji also gave an order to Dolgon, telling him not to enter the city, and also retreated all the way to Shanhaiguan.

Dolgon received the order and conveyed the order to the whole army, not to go to the city of Beijing, but to go to Shanhaiguan instead.

The Qing army was defeated and fled all the way, embarrassed, and suffered heavy losses in men and horses. Finally got rid of the chasing soldiers behind him, Dolgon collected the defeated soldiers and scattered them, and finally managed to contain more than 50,000 people, and Wu Sangui only had less than 30,000 horses left, adding up, less than 80,000, a loss of one-third, and a great loss of vitality.

Before the war, the Qing army and the Guanning army had more than 120,000 men, all of whom were the most elite men, and the casualties in this battle were so huge that Dolgon was extremely angry. After collecting stragglers, he returned to Shanhaiguan, feeling worried along the way, and didn't know how Huang Taiji would send him down.

In addition, the coalition army, although the pursuit along the way, but day after day of fighting, non-stop, they are also tired to death, many people really can't run, vomiting blood, there are injured, and the combat effectiveness is almost reduced to the minimum.

Within the coalition forces, the Qin army chased the fastest, because the Qin army was the most powerful, the most well-behaved, and the most obedient to Bai Qi's dispatch. Ten days later, Bai Qi led the Qin army and saw the high walls of Beijing.

At this time, he had already received the news that Huang Taiji led all the people, together with those demoted officials, to Shanhaiguan, it seems that he is going back to his lair, Beijing City is like a **L baby at this time, without any defense.

The first time Li Yan came to Beijing City, he looked at the city wall, remembering that it was recorded in the history books that when the Ming Dynasty was founded, Chang Yuchun and Xu Da went on a northern expedition together, and when they attacked Beijing, Emperor Yuan had already abandoned the city and left, and it was vaguely like today.

He ordered Li Yan to bring 3,000 men and horses into the city to pacify the people, rectify public order, and maintain daily order, while he himself garrisoned outside the city and waited for the arrival of the brigade.

The red lady was puzzled, and came to ask Bai Qi: "General, why don't we go into the city?" ”

Bai Qi said: "What are you doing in the city?" If my expectations are correct, the grain and grass resources in the city have been taken away by Huang Taiji, and we will not get anything if we go in, and who knows if the Qing army is still ambushed nearby, we will all go into the city, in case a fire breaks out in the city, our army will be damaged. Actually, that's not the most important thing. ”

The red lady was stunned: "Then what is the most important thing?" ”

Bai Qi said: "It's a coalition army." We can't enter the city now, let alone enter the palace, you must know the story of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu at the end of the Qin Dynasty. ”

The red lady nodded, she heard Li Yan say that Liu Bang first entered Xianyang, destroyed the Qin Dynasty, and then entered the Qin Palace to have fun, which made Xiang Yu angry and almost killed Liu Bang at the Hongmen banquet.

Bai Qi said: "At this time, the palace is still reserved for those who are anxious to become emperors." I, Qin Jun, are not in the limelight. ”

Only then did the red lady understand Bai Qi's good intentions. Although the Qin army is the leader of the coalition army, but after all, the strength is insufficient, at this time the Qing army fled far away, whether the coalition army can still listen to Bai Qi's command, the variables are very large, at this time, if the Qin army rushes into the capital and occupies the palace, it will definitely make Li Zicheng unhappy.

At this time, the Qin army was far away from Guanzhong and did not respond to the people, in case Li Zicheng suddenly turned his face, the Qin army of more than 20,000 people would never retreat. Therefore, maintaining respect for Li Zicheng is the most important thing. After the Dashun army arrived in this way, when they saw that the Qin army was just entering the city to maintain law and order and protect the palace, they would definitely be grateful to Bai Qi, so that the two sides would not turn against each other.

As for the prior agreement between King Qin and Li Zicheng, everyone knows that it is just a piece of paper, and it is too easy to repent, Li Zicheng really occupied Zhili, and if he didn't give it to the Qin army, the Qin army had no choice. So at this time, I have to give Li Zicheng enough face to make him embarrassed to regret it.

At dusk, the armies came one after another, and everyone rested for the night, and the next day they all came to see Bai Qi.

As soon as Liu Zongmin entered the tent, he shouted: "General, do you want to continue to pursue the Tartars?" I heard that they have entered the Shanhaiguan and are reorganizing the people. It seems that he wants to counterattack back. ”

Bai Qi smiled slightly: "This marshal said that the Qing army should be driven out of Shanhaiguan all the way, and our men and horses will guard this pass, as long as the Shanhaiguan is guarded, it will not be easy for the Qing army to invade the capital again, so we can't stop, we should immediately attack the whole army, so as not to leave a respite for the Qing army." ”

Ma Jinzhong was traveling day and night at this time, and he also arrived, and he frowned: "General, our army has suffered a lot of losses in this battle, but I am afraid that we will no longer be able to chase it." ”

Bai Qi understood what he meant, even if he hit Shanhaiguan, he wouldn't get much benefit, so he said: "General Ma is right, now the Qing army has become a frightened bird, and there is no need to gather the strength of the whole army, so if the army wants to return to the division, it can go." Just leave behind and pick up the mess. ”

At this time, someone outside the tent came to report that Zhang Xianzhong's men had arrived. General Li Dingguo asked to see him outside.

Liu Zongmin snorted: "The battle is over, he is also here, is it cheap to pick up ready-made?" ”