"Haning, what do you mean by that?" Duan Shidi looked coldly at Haning'a, who was standing not far in front of the horse, and asked in a deep voice.

Seeing the Tang Army Commander Duan Shidi asking, Haning bit his teeth, but he knelt on the ground with a plop, and then replied loudly: "General Duan, in the next place, I just want to die!" I just hope that after Xia's death, the general can let my two guards send my body back to Liaoyang. In this way, although the heavy fort is lost in Xia, the army is lost, but the lives of the small family in Xia can all be saved, so that there is no regret in dying in Xia. ”

Duan Shidi stared at Haning's painful face for a long time with a complicated look, and finally replied in a deep voice: "Okay, what you said, this handsome is accurate." ”

Haninga bowed slightly to show his gratitude, and then he picked up the saber thrown on the ground, and pulled out the Xueliang waist knife with a swipe on the ground. His eyes were blank, and he looked at the cold knife face for a long time, then he bit his teeth, exerted his wrist, and wiped it fiercely on his neck.

With a soft sound, the sharp blade, like a knife cutting butter, cut deep into the neck, and blood suddenly spurted out from the neck incision like a tide that opened the floodgates. Then, Haninga shuddered, let go of the hilt, and the blood-stained waist knife clattered to the ground, and his whole body fell limply to the side.

Haning, who fell to the ground and died, had very wide eyes, but there was not much pain on his face, but there was a sense of relief. Perhaps for Haninga, such a suicide should be the best relief.

Duan Shidi and the guards all silently watched Haninga fall to the ground and die, and everyone was silent. In the end, after Haning'a, who fell to the ground, no longer convulsed, Duan Shidi sighed and said: "This person died by suicide this time, but it is really a helpless move. For the sake of his final surrender of the fort, let's give him a good burial, and send two of his guards to escort him out of the fort. ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Soon, the two guards who had been singled out, carrying the coffin of Haning'a, galloped away from the south gate and disappeared at the end of the snow.

Subsequently, Duan Shidi ordered all the prisoners and his own auxiliaries to come to the gap together, clean up the collapsed city wall first, and then carry out simple repairs.

He demanded that his own auxiliaries and these prisoners should rebuild the city wall during the day, and then take advantage of the cold weather to cool down at night, draw water from the well in the fort and pour it on it, just like the Vladivostok Fort guarded by the Tang army last year, and use the cold water to freeze and build a strong ice wall.

When a group of Tang Army auxiliaries and a group of prisoners began to be in a hurry, the officials of the Supervision and Pacification Department were also urgently counting all kinds of stocks in Qingyuan Fort, and in a short time, a civilian official of the Detention and Pacification Department reported the total situation.

"Mayor Yuduan, according to the inventory and statistics of our personnel, in the entire town far fort, only the defenders are stationed, and there are no other residents, and there are 180,000 stones of grain, more than 5,000 pieces of cloth, and more than 3,200 pieces of weapons and ordnance in the treasury,......"

Duan Shidi listened to the civil official's report, and an unconcealable smile suddenly appeared on his face.

He heard the data that pleased him the most, that is, the food reserve of 180,000 stone in the fort, even if it did not count the baggage he carried, his more than 20,000 soldiers and horses were enough to stay in Zhenyuan Fort for more than half a year. The army is stable when it has food, and with this large amount of food in the fort, it is the most reassuring place for Duan Shi.

Subsequently, Duan Shidi immediately flew a pigeon to pass a book, reporting to Li Xiao that the Tang army on the West Road had now occupied the town of Yuanbao, of course, in the letter, he also explained to Li Xiao in detail that Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou and others led their troops to return to the Tang army. It's just that because Li Xiao is now in Haicheng, Li Xiao has not been able to see this flying pigeon biography sent to Shandong for the time being.

Soon, under the command of Duan Shidi, the entire Zhenyuan Fort quickly returned to its normal state, and the next day, after the ice wall was built, another heavy snow fell, completely covering the traces of yesterday's battle.

The entire town of Yuanbao in the heavy snow was silent, as if there had been no battle at all. Only the Tang military flag flying high at the head of the city is reminding everyone who sees it that this place has changed hands and is no longer the territory of the Qing court.

Six days later, two guards returned to Liaoyang City with Haning's coffin.

The two knelt in front of Dolgon, and cried with a sad face about the tragic experience of the main general Haninga being killed in battle, and the entire Qing army in the city was slaughtered by the Tang army. In the end, it was emphasized that only the two of them desperately protected Haning's corpse coffin, drank ice and chewed snow all the way, and finally returned to Liaoyang.

Dolgon listened to them with a gloomy face, the muscles on his face trembling, and a nameless anger swelling in his heart, making him hot and unable to vent.

What a clever man he was, and of course he could see that what the two guards said was false. After all, in the case of the slaughter of the whole city, how could the two of them still have time to decorate the main general's funeral, and escape from Zhenyuan Fort with Haning's corpse like this, such a lie, deceive the ghost!

In his heart, Dorgon had actually roughly guessed the fall of Zhenyuan Fort. That is, the Tang army must have killed Haning'a by extremely drastic means, or forced him to commit suicide, and then forced the whole army to surrender, so as to quickly capture Zhenyuan Fort, and then sent these two guards to bring back Haning's body, so as to show their so-called benevolent attitude, and on the other hand, of course, through these two people, to tell the Qing court that Zhenyuanbao was in the hands of the Tang army. Now the Tang army has firmly punched a solid nail in the western part of the Qingjing.

It's just that there is no need for the current Dolgon to expose their lies. After all, Haninga is dead, Zhenyuan Fort has been lost, and even if these two people are killed, it will be useless. What's more, these two people finally brought Haninga back, and it can be regarded as no merit and hard work.

Dorgon waved his hand slightly, motioning for the two to step back first.

He was silent for a long time, thinking about it in his heart, and then he shouted: "Where are the household officials? ”

"The minions are here."

"Although Haninga lost the town and far away from the fort, he remembered that he died for the country, and his loyalty and courage were commendable. The other two guards were each rewarded with ten taels of silver to show their merit for the return of their protectors. ”

"Tw, the minion understands."

After the household official stepped down, Dolgon sat down in his chair, his face gloomy and gloomy, and he fell into deep thought for a long time, but his heart felt like a large stone had been crushed, and he felt like he was out of breath.

Fighting in the same room, brothers frying each other, the ultimate beneficiary is just an outsider after all! It's a pity that now, he has not started a civil war with Haoge, but instead let the Tang army attack from the southwest first, and successively captured Yingkou, Haicheng, Zhenyuanbao and other places, so that the entire Qing border is rumored, the Qing court is panicked, and the whole situation is frustrating.

And the most frightening thing about such a dangerous situation is that it will not only maintain the status quo, but will most likely continue to deteriorate until the situation is out of control.

The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and the crane and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, these frustrating words keep bursting out of Dolgon's mind, like a sharp knife, constantly cutting his heart, making him painful and helpless.

What to do?

Now self, fighting on both sides, left and right, there is Haoge in the capital to defend itself, and there is the Tang army invading the border and stupid outside, such a dilapidated situation, when will it deteriorate, and to what extent, it will be an end!

Fuck it! Knowing the current situation, I shouldn't have done Huang Taiji with a desire for profit, but should have kept this puppet to dominate the overall situation, and I would have controlled it in secret, which was a more advantageous measure. Now that I think about it, I regret it!

Thinking of this, Dorgon couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and his long face was so gloomy that it almost dripped.

At this moment, a subordinate suddenly came down to report, saying that Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Inner Pavilion University, asked to see me with Ning Wan.

Hearing the news that the two men asked to see him, Dolgon was upset in his heart, and was about to shirk it, but the subordinate who reported it hurriedly said: "Lord Regent, the two scholars said that they really have something important to see this time, and I hope that the regent will take the time to see him, so don't shirk it." ”

Hearing this man's words, Dolgon's heart did not move. He thought to himself, these two people were anxious to see him, but he was afraid that there was something important, and it was better to summon him.

Fan Wencheng Ning finished the two of us, and after being summoned by Dolgon, he hurriedly entered the hall and came to the hall, and was about to bow down, but was stopped by Dolgon.

"Two bachelors, I came here urgently, but what do you ask?"

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan glanced at each other, and Fan Wencheng took the lead in replying in a deep voice: "Lord Regent, the two of us really have some major suggestions now, and I want to make them clear to the regent one by one." If the two of us have any inappropriate words, I hope that the regent will not be held accountable. ”

"Oh, what's the matter, you two don't matter."

"Regent, the two of us already know about the loss of the Far Castle in Fangcai. In my view, the current situation is already as dangerous and dangerous as it gets, and if we do not take drastic measures to change it, we will fear that the situation will deteriorate and become difficult to control. Fan Wencheng said worriedly.

"Yes, Lord Regent, Kento is right, and I think so too." Ning Wan interjected on the side: "Now in the Qing Dynasty, I first lost Yingkou, then lost Haicheng, and now, even the Zhenyuan Fort in the west has also been lost. Such successive defeats have dealt a great blow to the morale of our army. If we sit idly by like this, let the situation deteriorate, and let the Tang army continue to attack and plunder the cities and land of our Qing Dynasty, it will be very detrimental to the future of our Qing Dynasty. ”

"Oh, what do you mean, will the Tang army continue to attack our army now?" Dorgon glanced at me.

"Well, now that it's freezing and the roads are blocked, the Tang Army naturally can't further attack our Daqing in such weather." Ning Wan hurriedly replied: "It's just that if the weather warms up, the Tang army will definitely attack from both sides of the southwest, which is a sure thing." In addition, the Tang army in Vladivostok Fort in the east and the Tang army in Miaojie Fort in the north will also be ready to move and keep coming to harass me, in short, I will not have a moment of peace on the border of the Qing Dynasty. Coupled with the Haoge who joined forces with the Tang Army in Shengjing City, and then attacked together, wouldn't my Qing Dynasty be full of beacons, and there would be no peace? And under such difficult conditions, if you want to eliminate Haoge and unify the Qing Dynasty, isn't it basically impossible? ”

After I said this, I really hit Dorgon's sore spot.

The current situation, anyone with a discerning eye can see that although Dolgon occupies the entire Qing Dynasty except for Shengjing, which seems to be beautiful, but now he is in internal and external difficulties, and he is completely unable to exert his hands and feet, and is under the joint offensive of the Tang Army and Haoge.

Perhaps, when the spring thaws, the Tang army will have a new attack on himself with that damn Hauge, which is almost destined to happen.

At that time, I was afraid that I would really have to fight fires everywhere, and I would be anxious.

If it comes to such a point, the civil war of the Qing Dynasty will only deepen and increase, and it will sink deeper and deeper, and the whole country will fall into complete chaos, and there will be no end to peace.

Although Tang Jun and Haoge may not be able to defeat themselves completely, but at this time of such a bad situation, they and Haoge may both be losers, and they have just made wedding clothes for others in vain. The only one who can benefit from the chaos may be Li Xiao's guy.

Dolgon was depressed in his heart, but he didn't have a good seizure, so he had to ask back sullenly: "Master Ning, this situation has evolved, and this king has a lot of thoughts in his heart, but he has not yet thought of a good plan to break the predicament. But I don't know, what good advice do you two have? ”

Hearing Dolgon's question to himself, Ning Wan hurriedly replied: "Regent, there is indeed a plan in the next place that can reverse the current situation. However, this policy is very important, and I hope that the regent will make a good decision. ”

Hearing Ning Wan's cautious appearance, Dolgon's heart became more and more anxious, and he shouted: "If you two have anything to say, just say it!" Didn't this king say it, but you can speak freely, and you don't have to be so restrained, and even if there is anything wrong, this king will not blame you. If there is really merit, choose the good one to accept it, why is it so restrained. ”

Seeing that Dolgon was impatient, I took a deep breath and replied in a deep voice: "Regent, at this moment, in the opinion of the following, the only desirable strategy is to abandon the old suspicions and reconcile with Hauge, so as to eliminate the civil war. ”

"What? What did you say?! "After listening to my words, Dolgon could hardly believe his ears, he glared and jumped up from the tiger head chair;" Rather finish me, are you crazy? Don't you know that now Hauge and this king have become mortal enemies, and it is the time when they are fighting with each other, it can be said that either you die or I die, in such a sinister situation, you want to reconcile with him, isn't it a joke! ”

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