However, Dorgon was obviously a cautious man, and he didn't count after listening to them, and was worried that there would be a misinformation when the word was passed on in the middle. Therefore, he politely invited Wang Dengku and asked him about the current situation of the Ming army on the spot.

Wang Dengku came directly from Shanxi, and he didn't know about the major events that had happened in Beijing in the past few days. Therefore, his answers are all based on his previous understanding of the imperial court. For him, it doesn't really make a difference. After all, the emperor is still the emperor, and the court is still the same court, can there be any sudden changes?

As a result, Dolgon had the final impression of the Qin army, that is, after the previous battle, it was a miserable victory, and it was already broken, and it was impossible to have the strength to fight again in a short time. The next thing this Ming army had to deal with was for the Ming court to send people to verify the merits, bargain with the Qincha, and finally determine the final official account of the victory.

With this conclusion, Dolgon was also relieved, and after letting Wang Dengku go back to rest, he said to the other Manchu leaders: "Now we have harvested nearly 400,000 cattle in the Ming Kingdom, nearly 4,000 taels of gold, and almost 1 million taels of silver. After fighting for more than 2,000 miles, a total of more than 50 Ming troops were defeated, a total of Jinan Mansion and other three prefectures, 55 counties, and two passes, killing Wu Aheng, the governor of Jiliao, and more than 100 generals above the garrison, as well as Zhishi scholars, our old opponent Sun Chengzong was also killed by us. In addition, it is the capture of Zhu Youshu, the king of Germany, Zhu Ciying, the king of the county, Zhu Cixun, the general of Fengguo, and Feng Zhuqing, the eunuch of the supervising army. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, showed a hint of pride and said: "This entry, whether it is the results of the battle, or the materials and population obtained, is more than twice as much as the last entry. Ladies and gentlemen, this time, everyone has a lot of credit, and you can get out of the customs! ”

Hearing him say this, the Manchu leaders present all smiled happily. Even Yue Tuo, who had hidden worries, was happy. Such a result, before entering the customs, I didn't expect it. After going back this time, the emperor will definitely be happy.

In fact, these are just the gains of the public, in private, when everyone is grabbing, who will hand over everything? It can even be said that the items that are easy to carry, that is, those valuables such as gold, silver and jewelry, are hidden in private than handed in.

Just when they were all happy, suddenly, they heard Hauge say loudly: "If you want me to say, if you want to go back with more, it will surprise those people who stay in Liaodong, and my father will definitely be happier, how about it?" How about a few more times and grab a few more cities? ”

When they heard this, everyone was stunned, and Dolgon was the only one who could answer Hauge's question, so they all turned their heads to look at Dolgon.

"Greed is not necessarily a good thing, with our military strength, we have to escort these 400,000 people and animals, as well as a large number of supplies back to Liaodong, which is already about the same." Dolgon obviously disagreed, and replied to Hauge, "Besides, the Ming army is still somewhat capable of fighting, the previous Qin army, and the Yongwei battalion behind us, they all have the strength to fight. Although they can't pose a threat to us at this time for various reasons. But if it continues, it's hard to say. ”

Speaking of this, he saw that Haoge seemed to want to speak, so he took a step forward and continued: "Also, judging from the news that we intercepted the horses, the Ming Kingdom asked Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou, to write down the experience of defending the city, and spread it to all parts of the country to follow suit. We came all the way from Jinan City, and when we passed by the cities of the Ming Kingdom, we should also feel this, and the local cities of the Ming Kingdom have increased their defensive strength. It should be more difficult to easily capture the city of the Ming Kingdom and force the Ming officials to land on the Ming State officials as before. Also, the emperor made an appointment that at this time, he should attack the front line of Ningjin and respond to our army. If the delay is too long, there will be a lot more money and food lost there. ”

The matter had been almost explained, so Dolgon said no more, and ordered in a firm tone: "Chuan Ben Wang Order, after a day's rest, we will set off to the east, bypassing the Ming Kingdom and returning to Liaodong!" ”

When Haoge heard this, he couldn't help but speak: "What are you doing bypassing Jingshi?" If you want me to say, we should take so many people and materials, and go around twice outside the capital city of the Ming Kingdom. Last time, Azig wrote a sign that the armies were exempted, and he was very proud for a while. ”

"Ridiculous!" When Dolgon heard this, his face sank and he shouted, "Could it be that you want to force the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom to lose face and jump off the wall in a hurry?" In this way, even if the Qin army loses morale, it will be forced to attack our army, and the Yongwei battalion will also go crazy. Do you think we can still send so many people back? ”

The order he gave to go east, in addition to bypassing the Beijing Division, was actually to stay away from the Qin soldiers. It's not that he's afraid of Qin Bing, but he's worried that Qin Bing will suddenly go crazy again, affecting his harvest this time.

And the reason why he just rested for a day was because he was worried that the Yongwei Battalion would catch up and join the Qin soldiers, and he didn't know what would happen. Just in case, it's better to be on the safe side.

Dolgon was indeed one of the most intelligent people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so in the original history, he safely took more than 470,000 animals. However, in this plane, because of Emperor Chongzhen's crossing, under the butterfly effect, the governor killed one less, and more than 70,000 people and animals were plundered.

As soon as he ordered the withdrawal of the army, the Manchu Tanma went to the point where the Ming army in the west began to shrink a little, and more Tanma was scattered to the east, to find out the road topography, and to expel the Ming army at night, providing a battlefield shield for the advance of the army.

At the same time, the people of the Ming Dynasty who were imprisoned also received a little more food. This is not the mercy of the Manchu Tartars, but the fact that they are about to start marching and walking thousands of miles to Mongolia to return to Liaodong, they must be given more food. It can't be like being imprisoned in the city, they can starve so much that they don't have any strength at all, as long as they don't die, it's okay.

So, a day later, nearly 90,000 Manchu troops, escorting nearly 400,000 animals and countless truckloads of supplies, began to set off eastward. In this vast land, the leader has gone far away, and the tail has not yet driven out of the city.

At the same time, because the Yongwei battalion did not contact the Qin army at night, after the two sides exchanged news, they immediately accelerated their speed, and just when the Manchu army began to set off, they rushed to Jinzhou to join the Qin army.

At the same time, the Ming army that had been sent out to harass Dolgon's subordinates, except for some of them who were more unlucky and were surrounded and suppressed by Dolgon's troops, the others had also been driven back by military orders.

On the side of the Yongwei battalion, who had been chasing the Manchu army all the way back to the north, they were already exhausted and their morale was a little low. After all, they are not the kind that can suppress the Manchu army. Because the Son of Heaven is strong, in order to prove himself and repay the emperor, he is following the Manchu army. But at the same time, they were also worried that the Tartars would encircle them, after all, there was still a gap between them in terms of numbers and combat power.

But as soon as they arrived at Jinju City, they heard about the changes on the side of Jingshi, and also knew that the emperor did his best to relieve their worries, and they came back to life one by one. While hurrying to rest, they also thought that they couldn't be compared to the Qin army, after all, they were the strongest force of the Son of Heaven!

Soon, there was no urgent report at night, and the latest movements of the Manchu Tartars were reported.

As a result, Lu Xiangsheng was the leader, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were on the left and right, the overseers in the army sat on both sides, and the generals stood in two rows, and the emergency military discussion began.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Jianyu is ready to coerce my Ming people to flee back to Liaodong." Lu Xiangsheng sat on the main seat, said in a deep voice with a serious face, "The emperor has worked hard for us, and now it is time for us to repay the emperor." In any case, there was no chance before, and on the way back to Liaodong, we must seize the opportunity to rescue the people of the Ming Dynasty who were plundered and recapture as many supplies as possible. So, do you understand? ”

"Understood!" No matter who it was, it was very serious at this time, and no one dared to smile hippie, even if they didn't dare to dive high, and responded together.

Next, it is necessary to discuss the possible route that the captives will take.

Whether it is Lu Xiangsheng or Hong Chengchou, or Sun Chuanting, they are all experienced in battle, experienced, and never receive returns at night, combined with the news that there are so many people and materials in the Jianyu army, etc., what road they will take, they can basically guess seven, seven, eight, eight, and the route is narrowed down to two roads.

After Jianyu went east, he went north along the Wei River, so that Jianyu could concentrate most of his troops in the west, after all, there was a Wei River in the east, although it was frozen, but there was this river, and it didn't take too many troops to watch the Ming people and prevent the Ming army from sneaking attacks. After going north to the triangle, there are two options.

One is to turn to the west and walk along the west bank of the huge lake of the Triangle Lake, so that across such a large Triangle Lake, there is no need to worry about being attacked by the Ming army, let alone the people of the Ming Kingdom escaping. After all, the triangle is too big, and the degree of freezing in the center of the lake is unknown, and it may be very dangerous for people to run up. However, on this road, the Manchu Tatars would have to cross three rivers, which would have caused a lot of delay in their journey.

Another option is to turn east after reaching the Triangle Lake, and walk along the east bank of the Triangle Lake, which can also cover the west side of the Tartar team. On the east side is a north-south canal, which can also be properly covered. However, it will eventually reach Tianjin, and it will also have to cross the river, but there is only one.

Lu Xiangsheng and the others all focused on the second road that Jianyu might choose, and Sun Chuanting directly suggested: "We can rush to Tianjin first, and wait for Jianyu to cross the river halfway to attack, so that we can disperse Jianyu's forces and rescue the most Ming people!" ”

Hong Chengchou listened, did not hesitate, and immediately added: "Just in case, we can increase the difficulty of Jianyu taking the first road, and ensure that Jianguo only takes Tianjin." “

Lu Xiangsheng nodded when he heard this, however, he often took the lead, charged into battle, and had many battles with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so he immediately raised another difficult point: "The Jianlu are used to fighting, and they must know that our army will not give up, so they must be wary of us during the march." Just the cavalry of the Mongolian Eight Banners, scattered around, can effectively eliminate the possibility of our sneak attack. Don't forget, most of the elites in our hands are mainly infantry troops. If it's just a cavalry, you can't attack the Tartars with several times the strength! ”

"In this way, our army still has a very big problem, that is, the Jianyu has already set off, and we have to be the last to arrive first, go around to the front of the Jianyu, and hide in Tianjin in advance, which is a very big difficulty."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the army, who had been a little more optimistic just now, suddenly became serious again.

As people who often fought in the army, they understood that Lu Shangshu had raised a very serious problem, that is, the mobility of the Ming army was not enough.

Originally, if you were fighting at home, you would have the advantage of deploying troops, and you could quickly order the troops in front to intercept and wait for the main force to rush over. However, at this time, how many armies Daming can fight are still in Jinju. On the way back from Jianyu, there is no army that can fight at all, and it would be good if those local armies could hold their own cities, and it would be impossible to intercept them.

Originally, there was an army, and the one that had the strength to intercept the Manchu army was the Guanning army. However, it is said that the Nu chieftain Emperor Taiji personally led his troops to attack the Ningjin line, so the Guanning army could not be mobilized.

In this way, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and she has no troops in her hands, so she can only stare dryly.

Could it be that he watched the Tartars loot so many Ming people and return to Liaodong with people and materials, but he was helpless? In this way, wouldn't you be ashamed of the emperor!

Thinking about it this way, everyone is in a very bad mood.

Hong Chengchou saw that the atmosphere in the Chinese army's tent was getting heavier and heavier, so he opened his mouth to persuade him: "Or if Jianyu carries so many people and materials, it shouldn't be able to go fast, and our army may not be able to keep up." ”

Hearing this, although Lu Xiangsheng didn't want to hit morale, he still said honestly: "Jianyu didn't treat my Ming people as people, and they also knew that if they acted slowly, it would cause unpredictable surprises to them. To avoid this, they certainly don't go slowly. ”

Having said that, he still passed down the military order, ordering him not to reince out the speed of the march of the Jianyu at night, and to report back as soon as possible.

After the tent of the Chinese army was cold again, suddenly, Chen Hongxu, the governor of Jinzhou who was an observer, suddenly spoke: "Or, the lower officials mobilized the squires of Jinzhou and donated their horses, mules, etc.?" This can be used to commute the infantry army, or it can speed up a little! ”

If you talk about other state cities, the magistrates may not have the ability to mobilize. You know, the possibility of returning the donated animal power is very small. At this time, the animal power is very valuable, at least equivalent to the motorcycle of later generations.

However, Chen Hongxu's prestige in Jinju now is very high. He said this, but he was sure. Therefore, he was the only one who thought of this method and brought it up on the spot.