Chapter 829: Dolgon's helplessness
"After the Aral steppe, you will be a Cossack!" The cavalry of the Qing army galloped into the steppes around the Aral Sea under the leadership of Dolgon.
The Cossack Khanate was very large, and many places with abundant water and grass were larger than the steppes around the Bura in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, and if the Cossack steppes could be annexed, then within five years, the Qing Dynasty would have 100,000 more cavalry and countless excellent war horses.
Although the number of the Eight Banners is not large, and there is no need for so many places to raise horses, on the contrary, some populous cities can enhance the strength of the Qing Dynasty, but who let the Cossack Khan take the initiative to find death. The death of the Cossack Khan, the fall of 80,000 Cossack cavalry, the Cossacks no longer have the strength to resist, annexation is a breeze!
"Regent, the annexation of the Cossack Khanate, the territory of the Qing Dynasty can be expanded by more than half!" Zihar said to Dorgon.
Dolgon nodded, although the territory of the Cossacks is not as large as the current Qing Dynasty, but it also has a large part of the Qing Dynasty, increasing the territory of the Cossacks, and the territory of the Qing Dynasty can even be compared with the territory of the Ottoman Empire.
"The army is speeding up!" After Dolgon spoke, he immediately jerked the horse's buttocks and accelerated his run, and the Qing cavalry behind him also followed, speeding up.
Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound of horses' hooves ahead, getting closer and closer.
On the horizon, a golden dragon flag first appeared, and then a large number of figures also galloped out, it was the Ming army!
"Ming Army!" Dorgon was shocked, and his face suddenly darkened.
"It's the Ming Army!" Aobai, Jihar and other generals of the Eight Banners were also furious.
What will the Ming army appear in this place, including Dolgon, many generals of the Eight Banners have a faint premonition, and they gritted their teeth one by one, staring at the Ming cavalry getting closer and closer.
The Ming cavalry faced the Qing cavalry of Dolgon.
Soon, Dolgon and others were able to estimate that the Ming army came to about 20,000 iron cavalry.
Although the number of people is much smaller than theirs, this is the Ming army! These two words alone were enough to fill the hearts of all Qing cavalry with pressure and fear.
Da Ming! Their Eight Banners had to move west because they were defeated in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and more than a year ago, the Ming Dynasty forcibly oppressed the Qing Dynasty and had to go to the emperor to declare themselves to the Ming Dynasty, and the pressure brought to them by the Ming Dynasty was too great.
"Boom! "Many Qing cavalry began to draw their swords, and once the situation was not right, they would go up to fight the Ming army.
"Don't act rashly!" Dolgon stretched out his hand to stop the impulse of some of the generals of the Eight Banners, and it was best not to have any conflict with the Ming army until the purpose of the Ming army was clarified.
Finally, the 20,000 Ming cavalry stopped about three hundred meters apart.
Ji Feng, commander of the First Army of the Ming Army, stepped forward alone.
"Drive!" When Dorgon saw this, he immediately stepped forward.
The two stopped in the center of the two armies.
"Dolgon, the regent of the Great Qing Kingdom, hehe, we meet again, it's really fate!" Ji Feng smiled at Dolgon.
Ji Fengpi didn't smile, and his words were full of ridicule of Dolgon, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he reminded Dolgon that it was the Qing Kingdom! Under the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty had to go to the emperor to claim the title of minister and remind Dorgon of the humiliation he had been humiliated more than a year ago.
Dolgon's face twitched, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"What is Commander Ji doing here with the army?" Dorgon asked in a calm tone.
"What can I do, of course, is to attack the Cossack Khanate, now that the Cossack Khanate has been incorporated into my Ming Dynasty, it is part of my Ming territory, I would like to ask the regent of the Qing Kingdom, what are you doing here with so many cavalry from the Qing Kingdom? Are you planning to attack my Da Ming? Ji Feng seemed to be smiling, and said mockingly.
Although it is said that there are only 20,000 iron cavalry of the Ming army under Ji Feng, not even one-third of the cavalry of the Qing army such as Dolgon, Ji Feng does not take Dolgon and other Qing cavalry seriously, and even under the arrogance, he can confidently defeat the more than 70,000 Qing cavalry of Dolgon with his 20,000 Ming iron cavalry.
Hearing Ji Feng's words, Dolgon's face changed again, and it was very ugly.
Although he had vaguely predicted the reason why the Ming army appeared here in advance, when Ji Feng said it to him personally, it still made him angry.
The Ming Dynasty really captured the Cossack Khanate first.
He worked hard in the Qing Dynasty and suffered thousands of casualties before annihilating the Cossack Khan's 80,000 army, but he didn't expect that in the end, he cheapened the Ming Dynasty and helped the Ming Dynasty annex the Cossack Khanate effortlessly.
Thinking of the shame and humiliation of being forced by the Ming Dynasty to go to the emperor to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty more than a year ago, and today, Daming's blatant snatching of food from the tiger's mouth does not take him in his eyes at all, which is also a great shame!
However, even if it is a great shame, how can he directly start a war with Da Ming?
Dolgon's fist grabbed and loosened, loosened and grasped several times, but finally he held back.
I have to endure it, even if the current Qing Dynasty has not experienced the two major wars these days, the Qing Dynasty does not have the strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty, and now the Ming Dynasty occupies the Cossack Khanate, and the border with the Qing Dynasty is even bigger.
Da Ming is like a sharp sword hanging above the head of the Qing Dynasty, which may be cut down and destroyed at any time!
Dolgon didn't say a word, turned his horse's head and was about to return to the Qing army, since he didn't dare to start a war with Daming, then it would be superfluous to say a word of nonsense, one day he would make Daming strong enough to compete with Daming again, and at that time, any kind of shame could be recovered.
"Why, the regent left in such a hurry? You haven't explained what you're doing here with your army, and the commander doesn't want to misunderstand that the regent has intentions for the Ming Dynasty's territory, which isn't good! Ji Feng obviously didn't intend to let Dorgon go like this, and said with a smile.
Dolgon had to turn around, and replied helplessly: "Commander Ji misunderstood, this king is just chasing a prey here, and has no other purpose, if there is an offense to the Ming Dynasty, I hope to atone for my sins!" ”
Dolgon was extremely forbearing, even if his anger burned through his reason, he didn't dare to say a word heavy, and he even endured the emperor's claim to be a minister, what is this!
"Oh? I see! The regent hunts a prey and brings so many armies, it is really an extraordinary hobby, this army commander admires, admires! Ji Feng said sarcastically.
Of course, Ji Feng knew what was going on, and Da Ming also had no intention of preparing to start a war with the Manchurians, but he liked to see Dolgon's angry stinky face. Think back then, when Dolgon occupied half of the Ming Dynasty, how arrogant, but there is also today!
He looked forward to the day when the emperor really ordered the destruction of the Manchus, so that he would not need to taunt Dolgon, but directly make Dolgon a prisoner.
Dolgon obviously didn't want to continue talking nonsense, and didn't refute Ji Feng's words.
"If there is nothing wrong with Commander Ji, this king will leave first!" Dorgon said.
Ji Feng smiled, but this time he didn't continue to stop Dolgon.
"Regent, please!" Ji Feng said with a smile.
Dolgon was finally able to return to the Qing army camp, and in the same way, Ji Feng looked at Dolgon's back, snorted coldly, and turned his horse's head back to the Ming army's camp, and ran back to the Cossack territory with the Ming army's iron cavalry, leaving only Dolgon and other Qing cavalry still in place.