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Seeing the other party's men and horses gradually converge, Dolgon and Shouhan couldn't help but let out a long breath each, "How can Nima, these damn Tartars (Southern Barbarians) fight like this?" With such a large number of casualties, they still don't collapse? ”

Looking at the wounded and corpses that were carried down by each other, the hearts of the two coaches were dripping blood.

"This is the biggest loss in the day I have ever led my troops!"

"I suffered so many casualties in one battle, how many times can I fight such a battle?"

With their own melancholy, they collected their troops and returned to the camp.

"My lord, Jiannu retreated, why didn't our army chase after him? Make new contributions to adults? A guerrilla who came from the direction of Taean licked his face and volunteered.

"Good! This lord is so enthusiastic about killing thieves and serving the country, he will fulfill you. Someone came, dodged the road, and the whole army lined up on both sides, sending this guerrilla master to chase and kill the slave chief Dolgon and others! ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at each other with contempt, this guerrilla who was hiding behind him was trembling, his face was blue and white for a while, and he didn't know what to do.

"My lord, the slave is willing to lead the stirrup for you." A little eunuch with a face full of soot also came up to him with a wicked smile and fell into the well.

On Dolgon's side, he looked at the dozens of Nanzhong munitions captured by the various departments of the forward. Although most of these firecrackers were mutilated and covered in blood and flesh, he still saw the problem at a glance as a skilled warlord.

"In addition to the extra thorns, these firecrackers are missing the arquebus? Can you ignore ignition when you are facing the enemy? Musketeers don't need to be guarded by swords, shields, and pikemen. Hand-to-hand combat is also possible? ”

He ordered someone to hand over the dozens of first-aid kits called life-saving kits that were seized to the army Langzhong, and be sure to control the injuries of the four-fronted Tuerge, and if the wound could not stop the bleeding, several Langzhong would all come to see him!

These words made Turg lying on the stretcher cry, "Ordered general, for the sake of the minions, you!" Even if a slave is broken, it will be difficult to repay him! ”

Turg always believed that it was because of his own reasons that Dolgon ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

After he had been pulled out by Lang Zhong from the stinger that almost killed him, he disinfected the penetrating wound with alcohol from his first aid kit and sprinkled it with knife medicine to stop bleeding. After wrapping the wound with cotton and gauze. Despite the excessive blood loss and weakness, he insisted on patrolling the camp with Dorgon to comfort the wounded soldiers until Dorgon was invited back by Dorgon sent by Dorgon.

Inside the big tent, two bottles of soju have been drunk. The meat was added to several plates. The three of them were still haggling.

The Shouhan side advocated exchanging the captured Du Du and the beheaded Yue Tuo for the captured Dewang clan and hundreds of thousands of people in Jinan City.

The Dorgon brothers, on the other hand, said that the price was unacceptable to them.

"One for one at most! Then our brother will look at your face again, second brother. Leave 10,000 people for him Li Shouhan, and we will take the rest with us. Let him make this contribution to recovering the provincial city and regaining the clan! ”

Although Duoduo is reckless and cynical on the surface, he is very interested in all kinds of tricks in officialdom. But it is also very clear that he knows how wonderful such results will be in the pen of those literati masters.

"Second brother, you just said that you want to sell the two red flags to our brothers, and it seems that you can't turn the two red flags into our brothers by relying on Du Du and Yue Tuo alone, right?"

Dolgon's thoughts were much deeper than Dordor's, and his eyes were fixed on Li Peiting's eyes.

"Hah! Ha! Ha! My fourteenth brother is indeed worthy of Mo'er Gentaiji! Just be smart! Li Peiting laughed dryly a few times and applauded.

"Fifteenth brother, I bother you to make the brother outside the door work hard, go to my guard and bring my protection book."

Opening the book, Li Peiting flipped through it, found a few pieces of paper, and handed it to Dolgon with both hands.

"This is what General Li asked me to transfer to my fourteenth brother. This is Du Du's confession after he was tortured by the torture master of Dongchang, and in addition to admitting that he was the owner of the Manchurian Red Flag and Anping Baylor, and left a fingerprint of the bucket basket, there were some unfavorable words to the starling. The two virtuous brothers can imagine what the starling would do with Du Du if I gave this confession to the starling? ”

With Huang Taiji's character, if Du Du not only lost his soldiers and horses and was captured in this military operation to enter the customs and plunder, but also confessed his identity to the enemy, and wantonly slandered him as the emperor in front of the enemy in order to save his life, then Du Du's head would definitely move. The red-flag-inlaid Manchuria he was in charge of had to change its owner.

"General Li asked me to hand over this thing to the two virtuous brothers for safekeeping." Li Peiting gently put Dudu's confession into an envelope and pushed it in front of Dolgon.

"This is the confession made by the Zhenghongqi Manchuria, Mongolia, the Red Flag Manchuria, Mongolia, several Jiala, Niu Lu Zhangjing, Meler Ezhen and other figures, pointing out Du Du's situation. and handed it over to the two virtuous brothers. ”

The documents related to this chain of evidence are in the hands of the Dolgon brothers, which is undoubtedly equivalent to planting explosives under Dudu's body, and the fuse is in the hands of the Dolgon brothers. As long as Du Du has the slightest disobedience, then, without the two brothers, as long as these documents and confessions are sent to Huang Taiji, Du Du will be dead!

"Hah! When the time comes, Lao Tzu wants Du Du to go east, but he doesn't dare to go west, let him beat the dog, he doesn't dare to shoot the chicken! After listening to this plan to use threatening means to bring Red Flag Manchuria into the scope of the force, Duoduo couldn't help but jump up excitedly, he had long been optimistic about a few women in Du Du's mansion, but he had never found a chance.

"This is Red Flag Manchuria. Two virtuous brothers, as for how to include Zhenghongqi Manchuria in your pocket, this, the foolish brother has also planned for you. ”

Hearing this, it was like scratching the boots, and immediately aroused the curiosity of the two brothers.

Dolgon poured half a bowl of hot wine into Li Peiting's wine bowl, and Duoduo hurriedly cut off a piece of fat for him, dipped it in soy sauce and handed it to Li Peiting.

"Second brother, I would like to hear about it!"

"That's it! It is! Second brother. Don't talk halfway through! Wouldn't it be nice to just say it all?! ”

"Good! I'll tell you a story! I am the owner of the Manchurian White Flag. ”

Li Peiting chewed the scorched piece of oily fat in his mouth, drank hot wine, and said slurredly.

"I snatched back the body of the Manchurian Red Banner Banner Owner who fought with me on the battlefield. According to the old Manchurian ancestral system, I can divide half of the property, population, soldiers, horses, and slaves of the owner of the Manchurian Red Banner. But I have a very good relationship with the brother of this banner master, and I know that he is at odds with his old immortal father. So, during the deliberations, I proposed to the emperor that I would give the property I was entitled to to the younger brother of the banner owner. and nominated him to be the owner of the Manchurian Red Banner. ”

"In this way, the emperor has long wanted to divide the strength in the hands of that old immortal guy. Just like that, I came up with such a method. I pushed the boat along the way and gave the position of the owner of the Manchurian Zheng Red Banner to the deceased's younger brother and my good friend! ”

"In this way, each of the eight flags, which one doesn't say that I am benevolent and righteous? That doesn't say I'm high-winded? The one who doesn't want to go with me to let go of the horses? And that Manchuria is the new flag owner of the Red Banner. I'm going to follow me with all my heart! Otherwise. He can't deal with the henchmen and minions ambushed by his old immortal Lao Tzu! ”

"Not bad! Not bad! "This appalling plan was dumbfounded to Dorgon and Dordor. But if you think about it carefully, it is also in line with the situation inside the Eight Banners. In particular, the grievances and entanglements between the brothers Yue Tuo, Shuo Tuo and Dai Shan's father and son can turn other people's family affairs into a means to expand their own power. This time, Dolgon has grown a lot of knowledge.

Since the two sides have come to this point, whether it is Li Peiting or Li Shouhan, they have thought so carefully about themselves, so they can't help but repay the favor.

Dolgon generously said that he would hand over all the captured Dewang clans to the Nanzhong Army as a condition for exchanging Yuetuo and Dudu. However, Duoduo raised some objections, there is no problem with others handing over to the Nanzhong Army, a side concubine and daughter of King De and a daughter-in-law of King De cannot be returned to Nanzhong Army, he has to keep it himself!

For this objection of Dordor, Dorgon could only smile bitterly. However, Li Peiting is very generous, "As long as the men of the German royal family are here, the rest will die in the war!" ”

In one sentence, all the female family members of the Dewang family were sentenced to death.

That's probably what was characteristic of that era.

The major policies of the two sides have been decided, and all that remains is some specific details.

Dolgon, for his part, had to consider how to keep the news at bay and make sense of how to recapture Yueto and Dudu, and hide it from the eyes and ears of Abatai and Turg.

And Duoduo is entangled with Li Peiting in the end, how many people in Jinan have to pay in exchange for it. One bite and one second brother. The second brother is longer and the second brother is shorter, but the number is not relaxed at all. At most, he left Li Shouhan with 10,000 Ding Zhuang, and did not set fire to the city when he withdrew from Jinan.

For two days, the armies of both sides confronted each other in this strange calm.

The respective commanders gave death orders not to attack and provoke. Only those who strictly guard the camp are allowed, and those who violate the order will be killed!

As a result, the patrol horses and scout sentries on both sides formed a tacit understanding, and they saw each other from a distance, patrolling outside the range of the firearms, and walking half of the road towards the sky.

Occasionally, there were auxiliary soldiers who cut wood and carried water, and they hurriedly finished their work and left quickly.

The two armies confronted each other in this strange atmosphere.

Abatai first felt that the atmosphere was not normal, if it was said that it was normal to rest for a day or two, treat the wounded, and recover his strength. But two days later, he still didn't do anything, and rumors circulated in the camp that he was going to withdraw the troops, which made him unable to hold back.

"General, is our army going to withdraw to Jinan?"

"Not bad! General Ben has already made a decision to withdraw his troops and return to Jinan. This afternoon, some of the grain and grass baggage will be withdrawn first! ”

"General! You can't withdraw it! Abatai was a little hoarse.

"Our army fought the day before yesterday, and it had already inflicted heavy casualties on the South and Central Army, and this generation was no longer able to fight, so he closed the camp and did not come out. Our army only needs to make persistent efforts to defeat the enemy in one battle! ”

"Spare Baylor!"

Dorgon slammed the case.

"General Ben thinks that you are a brother, and he has been holding back. This time the first war was in Changqing, and the second war was in Ping'andian. In two major wars, our army suffered heavy losses! Yangwu General Chengjun Wang, Anping Baylor and many soldiers of the two white flags were lost here. It's all because of your ineffective fighting! What are you guilty of?! ”

In Abatai's ears, these words were like a series of thunderbolts, which made him dizzy, his eyes turned black for a while, and he couldn't help but stumble a few steps under his feet. Obviously, Dolgon tried to blame him for the ineffectiveness of the battle, which caused the two bannermen of the two Red Banners of Manchuria to fall into the Ming army.

The worst thing is that Abatai has nowhere to reason!

On that day, he set out with Yue Tuo, Du Du and others, and the two red flags were wiped out. But he led hundreds of men out of the siege. This is the case. Even if he was covered with a mouth and defended himself day and night, he was afraid that the people of the Two Red Flags and Emperor Huang Taiji would not believe it.

"Seventh brother, you and I are brothers. Again with two white flags. I look at you. It's the same as looking at the fifteenth brother. We're here to fight this Nanban. It may not be able to do any good, it may just be a loss to the soldiers. ”

"A few days ago, I received a secret report. King Chengjun has been martyred in a heroic battle. Anping Baylor was captured. ”

These words were like a sledgehammer, slamming into Abatai's chest, and he only felt a burst of Venus swaying in front of him, a fishy sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of blood about to spit out. Forced himself to be swallowed back by him.

"It just so happens that the second brother of our Li family is close to the left, so I asked him to mediate to see if I can redeem King Chengjun and Anping Baylor. As long as these two can come back, Seventh Brother, if you don't fight effectively, the charge of losing the main general will be quietly eliminated. ”

Looking at the sincere and friendly expression on Dolgon's face, Abatai couldn't wait to pull out his waist knife from his waist and hack this guy to death!

However, under the eaves, how dare people not bow their heads?

"Thank you, minions, for the compassion of the general, and thank you for the grace of the general to clear his name!"

He stood up and bowed to Dolgon.

"Seventh brother, you and my brother, why are you so polite? In the same flag, we should support each other! ”

Quietly, Dorgon smacked Abatai hard.

If you have the same heart as me, I will make you have nothing to do, if you dare to make a move, just with these things of yours, I will let you die worse than Amin and Mang Gurtai!

Seeing Abatai's face full of the expression that he had to eat a steaming bowl of rice and have to make a very fragrant and loving expression, Dolgon's heart blossomed.

"Seventh brother, you have to work hard, escort these baggage back to Jinan first. Bring King Toku and the others here. ”

"Why is that?"

"Seventh brother, one of the conditions on the other side is to exchange the King of De and the King of De for the King of the County and Anping Belle. Once you've staked these people back, I'll tell you where to trade. ”

Abatai felt a pang of disgust in his heart, knowing that the blood must be spit out.

hurriedly got up and said goodbye, and went to his tent to vomit and vomit.

In the afternoon, as Abatai's Golden Dragons and Turg's Dragons were mixed in a long line of vehicles and headed east in the wind and snow, Dordor grimaced with Dorgon.

"Second brother! It's done! This time, even Abatai, the dog thief, is honest! ”

"Clean up, it's time for us to go back to Jinan."

After several days of repeated bargaining, the price of the two sides has gradually approached.

In addition to returning the male Ding of the Dewang family and returning a complete Jinan city, the two sides repeatedly discussed the Ding Zhuang population who were confined to Jinan by the two white flags.

According to the conditions set by Shouhan, these people must not be taken away by Jiannu, and must stay as one of the gains of the Nanzhong Army in the north.

According to the opinion of the Duoduo brothers, at most 10,000 people were left for the Nanzhong Army to embellish their military exploits.

However, as a long-tested Li Peiting, he once again threw out a temptation that the Dolgon brothers could not resist.

"Two virtuous brothers, with your grain and grass, and the seizures along the way, you can't bring all these people back to Liaodong, right? At least a third of the way down, right? ”

This proportion of this figure was vaguely obtained from the statistics of the records of several raids in the customs of the Han Dynasty in those years, and the population captured to Shenyang was less than one-third compared with the population lost in the interior. That is to say, for every person who plunders Liaodong, at least one dies in the same place, and one dies on the road. Those who can struggle to Liaodong are not only physically tenacious, but also Shunmin who have had their will to resist destroyed and completely succumbed to their own fate.

"You have at least 300,000 people in Jinan, and I think only 200,000 of these people can make it to the Gyeonggi region alive, and only 150,000 people can go to Liaodong. How about I, then, give something else and exchange these 150,000 dead with your brothers? ”

Li Peiting's conditions made Duoduo a little excited.

He offered 1,500 pairs of Nanzhong armor, swords, and guns in exchange for the 150,000 people in Jinan City.

"One hundred and fifty thousand? It's a bit much, right? 50,000 people is about the same! ”

Dolgon still has the heart to bargain to see if he can squeeze some more oil and water out of the grinning profiteer in front of him.

"100,000 people! Fixed price! ”

"100,000 is 100,000! But second brother, you have to add something more! ”

Dolgon asked Li Peiting to exchange 1,500 pairs of equipment for 100,000 people in exchange for 1,500 pairs of equipment from the South and Central Army, and also specifically proposed that the knives in the equipment must be made of iron and steel! In addition to these equipment, 2,000 life-saving kits were requested.

On the twenty-seventh day of the first month of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, after learning that Zu Kuan, the general army of reinforcement and suppression far away in Dezhou, began to move in the direction of Jinan, and that a large group of men and horses of unknown origin moved rapidly from the direction of Laizhou to Jinan, Dolgon led the two white flag armies and began to slowly retreat to Jinan.

"Second brother, we gave you all the family of King De, what did you promise us?" During the march, Duoduo was afraid that his interests would be lost, and repeatedly asked Li Peiting when he would return Yue Tuo and the others.

"Fifteenth brother, are you afraid that my brother will lose my trust? I am in your camp, what are you afraid of? ”

"Good! It's good to have a brother, you say this! When you arrive in Jinan, your children's jade silk, second brother, you can choose at will! It's the errand money that our brother gave you! ”

"Those are secondary. The point is that the second brother has done your brother a favor this time! ”

"This is natural! The friendship of the second brother, our brother must keep it in mind! ”

While Dorgon had a braggart chat with Lee in the team, Dorgon was thinking about something else.

After those equipment are in hand, how to distribute it, and how to avoid the eyes and ears of the starling?

Another thing, Dolgon has been keenly aware that with the emergence of the Nanzhong Army, the form of war with the Ming Kingdom began to change slowly but irreversibly.

The use of guns and artillery, the techniques and tactics of the Southern Central Army are incomparable to the rest of the Ming army.

He and his younger brother Duoduo had already decided that after returning to Shengjing, they would suggest to Huang Taiji that they train a firearms unit. If the emperor is unwilling to do it, he will also send shrewd and capable disciples in the banner to learn and practice the fire gun with those clothed Niu Lu, and study the five tigers in the previous battle with the Nanzhong Army, and use it to deal with the three columns of fire guns of the Nanzhong Army.

"Explain well to these minions below, you must treat these firecrackers as Mr. Just like the emperor did with Fan Zhangjing! If anyone dares to put out the master's score in front of these fire gun teachers or disobey orders, they will be engaged in military law! (To be continued......)