After receiving the two fierce generals Zu Kuan and Cao Bianjiao, Li Xiao was in a happy mood, and immediately ordered a banquet to celebrate for the two generals of Zu Cao. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Those who win talents win the world, get these two fierce generals in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Xiao was extremely happy, and drank happily with a group of generals that night, and even pushed the cup and changed the lamp with Zu Kuan Cao Changjiao, and laughed and laughed until he was drunk.

The next day, Li Xiao sent troops and horses to prevent the invasion of the Tartars and strengthen the defense of the city, and forcibly stationed in various important prefectures and counties in Shandong, so that the whole of Shandong was finally firmly controlled by him.

The stationing and reception of various important states and counties has been very smooth on the whole.

Of course, there are also some generals who are not convinced by Li Xiao, such as Chen Hongfan, the chief soldier of Denglai, Liu Liangzuo, the deputy chief soldier of Shanxi, and Ni Chong, the deputy chief soldier of Shandong, who hated Li Xiao's domineering and tough methods extremely and secretly cursed.

It's just that although they are dissatisfied, they don't have the courage to engage in a head-on conflict with the fierce Tang army under Li Xiao, and they don't have the courage to refuse the entry of the Tang army.

As a guest army from other places, Liu Liangzuo simply left Shandong in a hurry and returned to Shanxi in the west, finally breaking away from Li Xiao's control.

When Li Xiao forcibly advanced the soldiers and horses of Xingzhong Town under his command to various parts of Shandong, the Qing army, which retreated from Shandong to Beizhili and retreated all the way north from Beizhili, finally retreated smoothly from Qingfengkou in Yongping Prefecture to the territory of the Qing State.

This retreat was completely unhindered by any Ming army, and the 60,000 Qing troops marched on the vast Jizhong Plain, as if they were in their own country.

It's just that when he retreated to Jinghai County, Emperor Chongzhen was very dissatisfied when he saw the Qing army retreating north like this, so he forced Liu Yuliang, the first assistant, to lead the Beijing camp and the troops and horses of the Beizhili Division, and went to flank the retreating Qing army.

And Liu Yuliang, who was originally afraid of Tartar like a tiger, was almost frightened after receiving Emperor Chongzhen's edict.

He led this group of Ming troops, followed behind the Qing army with fear, deliberately maintained the so-called safe distance, and did not dare to harass the Qing army even once.

After following the Qing army all the way north, until they were seen safely out of the Qingfeng Pass, Liu Yuliang took a long breath, played the victory music, beat the triumphant drum, and returned to the Beijing division in high spirits. And personally wrote a brilliant edict, and first sent someone to report the victory to Emperor Chongzhen Pegasus.

The 60,000 Qing troops, under the leadership of Dolgon, after exiting the pass from Qingfengkou, in order to avoid the interception of the Ming army in western Liaoning, specially bypassed Karaqin Mongolia and Horqin Mongolia, and then turned back to Guangning, and then returned to Shenyang in the east.

The 60,000 army, outside the west gate of Shenyang, stood silently, waiting for an edict from the imperial court to arrange disposal.

There was no cheer, no greeting, no consolation, outside the deserted West Gate of Shenyang, the 60,000 troops, as if they had been forgotten, stood awkwardly and silently.

In Shenyang at the beginning of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the scorching sun was in the sky, the heat was unbearable, and the 60,000 troops were exposed to the scorching sun on their heads, but they were like silent sculptures, and everyone had dark and calm faces, standing still.

The main general Dolgon, the deputy generals Hauge, Dudu, Abatai and other major generals, everyone was full of worry and panic, they didn't know what to do with the big fat man in the Shengjing Palace.

Half an hour later, the eunuch came out of the city gate and coldly delivered the decree.

"Spread the emperor's holy message, the whole army was dismissed on the spot, and each returned to the base camp. In addition, the Prince of Rui Dolgon, the Prince of Su Hauge, the Anping Bel Dudu, and the Rao Yu Bel Abatai entered the palace to meet him, and he admired this. ”

"Hey, the minion obeys."

The 60,000-strong army dispersed in an uproar, and among the scattered soldiers and horses, the disgruntled curses could be clearly heard, and these curses from the lower soldiers were like sharp knives piercing Dorgon's heart.

Dolgon suddenly felt that the journey from outside Shenyang to the Chongzheng Hall of the Imperial Palace was so long that it seemed that he could not finish it in his life.

Before entering the Chongzheng Palace, the largest and most magnificent main hall of the Shenyang Imperial Palace, Dolgon took a deep breath before he hardened his head and walked into the palace.

"Minister, Dolgon, knock to the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

"Minister, Haoge, knock to see the emperor, long live Khan Amma, long live, long live."

"Minister, Du Du, knock on the emperor's ,......"

"Minister, Abatai ,......"

Huang Taiji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at Dolgon and the others kneeling down under the Dan steps with an expressionless face and cold eyes.

It's just that under his calm expression, in his heart, blood is gurgling.

Damn! The 100,000 troops who entered the customs lost a full 40,000 soldiers and horses, which was an unprecedented loss suffered by the Qing Dynasty since the establishment of the Later Jin!

What's even more odious is that in this battle to enter the pass, there were actually two clansmen, Yue Zhi and Nikan, who were killed by the Tang army on the battlefield, which was an immeasurable blow to the entire Qing court!

The battle lasted nearly two months, and all the gains were only more than 100,000 people captured before entering Shandong, as well as hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

And this harvest is insignificant compared to the tragic price of the entire 40,000 Qing troops being wiped out in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, during the time of this entry battle, the Jinfu Erzhou, which was completely destroyed by Li Xiao, and the clan Adali, who was skinned and executed by the Tang army in Fuzhou, the loss of the Qing court reached an unprecedented level.

On the same day, after hearing the news, Huang Taiji felt that his heart had fallen to the bottom of the ice lake.

He understood that after the Qing army suffered such heavy losses, at least for two or three years, the Qing army, which had been greatly damaged, would never have the ability to enter the customs and invade the captives.

I wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty by entering the customs again and again, and let the Ming Dynasty finally collapse completely, but it no longer worked.

What worries the talented Huang Taiji even more is that as time goes by, it seems that the Ming Dynasty has gradually become an opponent to worry about, and Li Xiao, a Han dog entrenched in Shandong and possessing a large overseas territory, is his real opponent, and the biggest and most dangerous opponent.

He even felt more and more that this powerful, wise and brave Li Xiao seemed to be running the territory under his rule into an invisible empire that was completely not controlled by the Ming Dynasty, but was full of vigor and promising and increasingly powerful.

This invisible empire is in full swing, and the light it emits seems to cover all the two empires of the Ming and Qing dynasties, so that these two empires are overshadowed by its blazing light.

The ambitious Emperor Chongde Huang Taiji has never been like this, feeling as if he is living in the shadow of a person, crawling and living.

It's an unspeakable shame!

Huang Taiji let out a long sigh and finally came back to his senses from his reverie.

"Kneel down." Huang Taiji finally spoke.

"Hey, Emperor Xie."

Haug, Dudu, and Abatai stood up and stepped aside, but Dorgon knelt as if he hadn't heard.

Huang Taiji looked at it coldly, and the feeling in his heart was very complicated for this unruly and talented younger brother who couldn't kneel on the ground.

In front of the common powerful enemy Li Xiao, the love and hatred between his brothers seem to be not worth mentioning.

In fact, after the 40,000-strong army was annihilated in Jinan City, Huang Taiji still admired Dolgon's ability to immediately make a decision, judge the situation, and no longer forcibly compete with the Tang army with high morale, and let the whole army immediately return to the Qing Dynasty to preserve its strength.

After all, in such a dangerous situation, he was able to raise revenge without being hot-headed, and to be able to bring back the remaining 60,000 soldiers and horses in their entirety, which was enough to show that Dolgon was a very qualified army commander, and in this respect, he did not live up to his expectations.

It's just that the 40,000 army was wiped out like this, and Yue Zhuo, Nikan and others all died tragically under the hands of the Tang army. If you don't punish Dolgon and the others, it will be really difficult to convince the people.

"Dolgon, how the Yue Sect was destroyed, you can tell me in detail." Huang Taiji coldly dropped this sentence.

Dolgon secretly gritted his teeth, but he still tried to maintain a calm tone, and explained how he made decisions, how to agree with Yue Zhi and the others, how to divide his troops, and how to attack separately from central and northern Lu, and finally eliminate Li Xiao's plan entrenched in Dengzhou, concisely and quickly.

At the time of Dolgon's narration, this Chongzheng Palace, which was full of Manchu civil and military affairs, was silent, and only Dolgon's voice echoed in the main hall.

"Your Majesty, according to the plan, the younger brother and the general of Yangwu, Yue Zhen, divided the 100,000 troops into two parts, one of which was 40,000 troops led by the younger brother, and feinted to attack Wuding Prefecture, making a strategic illusion that he intended to penetrate Dengzhou directly from the northern part of Lu, so as to attract the enemy army to gather in Wuding Prefecture, and create favorable conditions for Yue Zhi's division of troops to attack the central part of Lu."

Seeing that Huang Taiji listened carefully, Dolgon continued: "And the real main force of our army is the 60,000 soldiers and horses under the command of Yue Zhi. After they bypassed the heavily defended Dezhou of the Ming army, there were basically no enemy troops who could be opponents in the entire Luzhong Plain. Therefore, Yue Zhi divided the 60,000 soldiers and horses into three divisions, the south, the middle and the north, of which 10,000 soldiers and horses in the south were led by Abatai, the northern 10,000 soldiers and horses were led by Du Du, and Yue and Nikan led 40,000 Chinese troops. The three-way soldiers and horses, each other as horns, defend the Chinese army from the north and south wings, and sweep the Ming army into reinforcements to ensure that the 40,000 troops in the middle can take Jinan without distraction, without the interference of enemy reinforcements. ”

"So Yue Zhi used these 40,000 soldiers and horses to attack Jinan City directly?" Huang Taiji interjected coldly.

"Exactly. The Chinese army of the Yue Zhi Division, because there was no enemy obstruction, advanced all the way at a very fast speed, and after crossing the Daqing River, they immediately sent troops to firmly surround the city of Jinan. At this point, the defenders in Jinan City have completely become turtles in the urn, and there is no escape. And Liu Zeqing, the defender of Jinan, saw that the momentum of our army was so great, he was suddenly terrified, and he no longer had any heart to resist, so he surrendered the city overnight. ”

When Dolgon said this, he swallowed his saliva fiercely, then shook his head and sighed: "It's a sigh, Yue Zhi saw that Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, the important place of this thousand-year-old city, fell into the hands of our army so easily, and was immediately carried away by victory. He immediately ordered the whole army to enter the city and plunder, completely forgetting to send troops outside the city to prevent the enemy's reinforcements from coming to attack, which was a major mistake! ”

Dolgon paused, and continued to hate and say: "I hate that dog thief Li Xiao, who has already left Dengzhou, but came to Jiyang City in the north of Jinan, and joined forces with Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Ningyuan in Liaodong, to garrison Tun. After the outpost found out that our army was going to attack Jinan, he led his troops to come to the rescue overnight. Coincidentally, when this thief Li Xiao led his Tang army to Jinan, our army just entered the city, and the city gate was wide open, unguarded. Then Li Xiao seized the opportunity and led all his soldiers and horses into the city to attack urgently, thus catching our army by surprise! ”

Hearing this, Huang Taiji's face on the dragon chair showed a look of pain, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Dolgon's voice continued: "Because the Tang army stood out, our army was defenseless, so it was divided and surrounded, and could only fight separately in the city, unable to organize effective resistance at all. The Tang army, on the other hand, made full use of the advantages of our open enemy and the covert enemy, constantly gathered superior forces, and wantonly intercepted and killed our Qing officers and troops in the city. In this melee, they successively killed Nikan and the main general Yue Xuan, and the 40,000 troops that were originally struggling to support were routed at the time, except for only a few thousand men and horses, while the Tang army had not captured the south gate, so as to escape from the south gate, the rest of the soldiers and horses were wiped out in the hands of Li Xiao's Tang army. At this point, the soldiers and horses of the Chinese army of the Yue Command Department have been lost, and this Jinan City has also been lost, which is really a sigh! ”

Hearing this, Huang Taiji waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to say any more.

Then, he slowly stood up, looked around the civil and military officials in the hall with awe-inspiring eyes, and shouted to Dolgon in a cold voice: "Dolgon, although the defeat of Yue Zhi led to the death of the army because of his own mistakes, but as a general who was ordered to be the general and the chief general of our army, don't you have no responsibility at all?!" ”

Being reprimanded by Huang Taiji in front of so many officials, Dolgon was embarrassed in his heart, and he gritted his teeth when he knelt on the ground: "The subordinate brother is incompetent, the command is wrong, and Yue Nikan is defeated and died, I am indeed responsible, and I ask the emperor to punish him!" ”

Huang Taiji snorted coldly and said: "Dolgon, our army of 100,000 troops has entered the pass, and its power is unprecedented, I thought that under your command, we could achieve greater results than any previous battle to enter the pass. But I didn't expect that you actually defeated my army of 40,000, and killed the two clans of Yue Zuo and Nikan, and the capture of money and grain for men and animals was much smaller than that of entering the customs before. You, the commander of the army, will never escape the blame! If I don't punish you, how can I comfort the tens of thousands of soldiers who died in battle, and how can I make the subjects of the Qing Dynasty obey in their hearts! ”

Dolgon's heart became more and more embarrassed, and his face burned hot, but he could only grit his teeth and say loudly: "But please ask the emperor to punish, and the courtier will never complain!" ”

Huang Taiji sighed and shouted in a deep voice: "Spread my will, Dolgon's entry into the customs this time, although there is a small merit in the capture of money and grain by people and animals, but I have lost 40,000 soldiers and horses, and I have killed two clans of Nikan, I think I have never suffered such a big defeat since the founding of the Qing Dynasty!" I got my reward, and my heart hurt. The crime of this battle, Dorgon, as the main general, will never be sent! It is now decreed that the title of Prince of Dolgonrui shall be cut off, and he shall be reduced to Baylor, and from his white flag, he shall be fined five oxen to be transferred to the Zhenghuang banner, and another fine of 20,000 taels of silver, and ten carved saddle horses and ten saddle horses. ”

Hearing Huang Taiji's punishment, Dolgon was extremely angry in his heart, and his teeth were gritted loudly, but he could only try to reply in a calm tone: "The emperor is wise in punishment, and his brother is willing to be punished." ”

Huang Taiji nodded invisibly, and shouted again: "Haoge, Dudu, Abatai!" ”

The three of them hurriedly came out of the ranks, knelt down, and said in unison: "Your Majesty is here!" ”

"You three are lieutenants, but you have not advised the commander Dorgon, and you should be punished." Huang Taiji didn't wait for the three of them to answer, and immediately said loudly: "Each of the three of you will be fined 5,000 taels of silver, and three carved saddle horses will be punished as punishment." ”

Huang Taiji's punishment ordered, and the three of them were obviously relieved.

Fortunately, compared to Dorgon, his own punishment was obviously very light. So, the three of them replied in unison: "The emperor is wise, we will accept the punishment." ”