"You mean, that Dolgon's guy has already reported to Bumu Butai at this time?" Hauge turned his head suddenly, his eyes full of coldness.

"Exactly." Sonny hurriedly replied: "If Dolgon wants to send troops to Zhenyuan Fort, he must have the support of the Queen Mother on the surface. The two of them also have this well-known ambiguous relationship, presumably after Dolgon finished talking with Prince Su, he would immediately go to meet the Queen Mother overnight to obtain her firm support. Dolgon did this because he wanted to strike first, so that he could greatly take the initiative in the court the next day, in case of a dispute with Prince Su. ”

"Huh, so what? This king also told him that he was going to attack Zhenyuan Fort, and he could bring his troops to go, anyway, my subordinates and soldiers and horses, a soldier and a soldier, he Dolgon don't want to move! This king wants to see what he can get by doing this! ”

Sonny smiled coldly, but lowered his voice even more: "Prince Su, do you think that Dolgon's westward expedition to Zhenyuan Fortress is not ready in case of failure?" The minions were extremely suspicious, and Dolgon's men were ready. If he really fails in this expedition, he will definitely put the pot on Prince Su, saying that you are secretly pulling back your legs, refusing to send your own troops, and even secretly reporting to the Tang army, so that they can prepare in advance, and finally lead to this defeat. In this way, the charge of the failure of the Western Expedition, Prince Su, is extremely difficult for you to get rid of. ”

"If so, what can I do?" Hauge is a person who has no city government and opinions, and when he saw Sonny say this, he couldn't help but worry in his heart.

"The only way to deal with this plan is for us to spread the news in advance, so that Shengjing City, and even the entire Qing Dynasty, will know that it is Dolgon's own opinion, regardless of the current situation of the weak national strength of the Qing Dynasty, and force the troops to compete with the Tang army. Prince Su was helpless, so he drew a clear line with him and no longer participated in the westward expedition. Only by spreading this news in advance, so that the entire Qing Dynasty knew that it was Dolgon's gang, who decided to send troops to attack Zhenyuan Fort, Prince Su, you did not participate at all, and you were completely an outsider. When the time comes, if Dolgon wins, if he loses the battle, he wants to pull you into the water again, Prince Su, you have the support of the whole country's public opinion, even if Dolgon has this intention, but it is difficult to achieve. “

"Well, yes, Sony has a great plan." Hauge shook his head again and again: "Anyway, there is still some time before the snow melts and spring begins, and this king now has enough time to spread the news." This king wants to see what tricks Dolgon can play and what good fruit he can eat under such a crowd of people! “

Time flies, and before you know it, it is the end of February, the entire land of Liaodong, the ice and snow are thawing, everything is recovering, and the long-lost spring has finally arrived.

As soon as spring arrived, the first thing the Qing court had to deal with immediately was to immediately arrange the burial of Huang Taiji.

First of all, the Qing court summoned to give the emperor Taiji the temple name Taizong, and the name was Ying Tianxing Guohongde Zhangwu Kuan Wen Ren Shengrui Xiao Jingmin Zhaoding Longdao Xiangongwen Emperor, after the name was determined, he urgently built a tomb and gave the name Zhaoling. After more than a month of emergency excavation and construction, the cemetery took shape, and the burial ceremony of Longsheng was immediately held.

The coffin of the Emperor Taiji stored in the stone house, was solemnly invited out of the ceremony, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were sent to the funeral together, the gongs, drums and firecrackers rang out in unison, the paper money was all over the sky, and the prayer flags were everywhere, which could be described as extremely mournful.

After the coffin was put into the ground and the emperor's mausoleum was officially closed, Dolgon Hauge and others wept bitterly in front of the spirit, beating their chests one by one, tears flowing, their expressions were sincere, and they fully demonstrated the brotherly affection and the filial piety of father and son to the civil and military officials who wept and watched.

After the burial of Huang Taiji, Dolgon immediately began to dispatch troops to prepare for a large-scale expedition against Zhenyuan Fort occupied by the Tang army.

On March 25, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Yi soldiers and horses, Li Zheng, Dolgon ordered Duoduo to be the main general, led to the rank of general, the second son of Daishan, the main Shuotuo of the red flag as the deputy general, and the third-class commander Lazhang Jingshaer Huda as the vanguard, a total of 55,000 elite soldiers and horses, with a large number of artillery, west to the town of Yuanbao.

The most frustrating thing about Dolgon's dispatch of troops to conquer this expedition was that the news that the Qing Dynasty was going to send a large army to conquer Zhenyuan Fort had already spread to the whole country, making the secrecy of this operation disappear.

Almost intuitively, Dorgon thought that Hauge must be secretly playing tricks, in this way to secretly dismantle himself, so that his expedition would not go smoothly.

He was even thinking that in order to defeat himself, Haoge's gang would most likely have revealed to the Tang Army that he was going to attack Zhenyuan Fort. Then, since his departure from Shengjing, he will always act under the nose of the Tang army's spies, and completely lose the suddenness of the attack.

Thinking of this, Dorgon gritted his teeth in hatred.

Hmph, Hauge, damn fellow, this king will kill you one day!

With such a well-known expedition, the Tang army in Zhenyuan Fort had naturally received the news early, and they had been recuperating in the fort for more than a month, and they were already fully prepared and waiting for Dorgon's army to come to the door.

Duoduo, who led the army all the way west, looked at the scene of spring flowers blooming around him. He struck the whip with one hand and stroked his beard with the other, looking triumphant.

However, beside him, Shuotuo, the deputy marshal who set out with him and the lord of the red flag, did not have such a good mood as Duoduo, and he kept his head down all the way, looking preoccupied.

Seeing Shuoto's expression, Duoduo's original good mood diminished a lot, he squinted his eyes, and secretly resented in his heart, so he asked: "Shuoto, why is my army so unhappy when it goes all the way, but why?" ”

Shuoto raised his head and sighed softly: "Duoduo, I always feel that this expedition will not go as smoothly as we imagined. I was wondering if the news of our army's expedition had spread in the Qing Dynasty and whether the Tang army would have been prepared and waited for us to throw ourselves into the net. ”

Hearing Shuoto's words, Duoduo frowned unconsciously.

Shuotuo, how can this guy have so little confidence in the Qing army, and how can he think so highly of the Tang army, it is really chilling.

"Shuoto, our military is on a march, and there is no need to be so self-deprecating. Our army set out on this expedition, with sufficient troops and a large number of artillery to help, and it was not difficult to capture this small and isolated Zhenyuan Fort with a major general. Besides, Tang Jun is not a three-headed and six-armed monster, you are too worried about killing it if it is not human. ”

Shuoto smiled bitterly and wanted to refute, but in the end he shook his head and didn't say anything.

However, although Duoduo was anxious to learn about the shame of the White Wolf Valley that day, and was eager to take the Zhenyuan Fort to take credit for himself, he did not get carried away regardless of the current situation.

When he was about to enter the boundary of Zhenyuan Fort, he ordered to lead a thousand cavalry to enter Zhenyuan Fort in advance and observe the deployment of the Tang army.

Sha'er Huda was ordered to go and lead his troops into the border of the town's far fort. Along the way, his heart was full of emotion.

Sha'er Huda is a person with a white flag, originally a subordinate of Duoduo, he was Niu Lu Ezhen, and led the troops to guard the north gate of Shengjing, but he did not expect that the Qing court suddenly had internal strife, because he did not retreat from Shengjing in time, he was surrounded by Haoge's soldiers and horses, and had to surrender to Haoge in humiliation to save his life.

He thought that in his life, he could only survive in the shadow of Hauge, but he didn't expect that later Dorgon made peace with Hauge, and he was finally able to return to Dorg's subordinates.

This humiliating experience made Shar Huda ashamed. He originally thought that if he returned to the meeting of Duoduo's subordinates, he would be left out in the cold, and he would be depressed for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, in order to win the hearts of the people, Duoduo not only did not punish this tiger general who had made a name for himself in the Outer Manchurian War, but deliberately promoted him to the third-class Lazhangjing to show his favor.

Duoduo was so generous and tolerant that Shar Huda was very grateful, so in this western expedition to the town of Yuanbao, he actively asked for battle, in order to wash away the shame of the day. This attitude of Sharhuda was greatly appreciated by Duoduo, and he immediately played it himself, asking him to be the most important pioneer.

Shar Huda, who successfully served as the vanguard, was very grateful to Duoduo, and he became more and more active in expressing his desire to become the front of the sharp knife of the whole army and drive for Duoduo's liver and brain.

Sha'er Huda's attitude is very much of an appetite for Duoduo, so along the way, all things such as road exploration and reconnaissance are arranged for Sha'er Huda to lead the troops. And Shaerhuda is also conscientious, conscientious along the way, and the sentinel reconnaissance and other things are completed very well.

Led the army into the boundary of the town far fort, the battle-hardened general Sha Erhuda could almost intuitively feel that the boundary here was filled with a solemn aura that made the whole body tense.

Quiet, inexplicably quiet, indescribably quiet, it seems that the spring here is quiet, and can only exist in a quiet.

"Pass on the general's order, pick out dozens of elite white armor, go to the boundaries of Zhenyuan Fort to explore, and the rest of the army will all gather in one place, and must not be dispersed, so as not to be ambushed by the Tang army." Sha Erhuda looked around vigilantly and gave a cold order.

"Whew, the minions obey!"

Dozens of white-toothed cavalry, like dozens of arrows, shot in all directions of the town's far fort.

Looking at these elite cavalry sent by himself, Sha'er Huda frowned deeply, his face was serious, he shouted, ordered the whole army to gather in formation, and slowly marched towards the depths of Zhenyuan Fort.

The whole army had been advancing for less than half an hour, and Sha Erhuda suddenly heard a faint scream coming from the advance.

Hearing this scream, Sha'er Huda and the cavalry following behind them all changed their faces drastically.

He was agitated all over, and he secretly said that it was not good in his heart, knowing that the sentinel who must have gone out had been ambushed by the Tang army, and immediately ordered urgently: "The whole army should pay attention, there should be an ambush by the Tang army in front, be careful!" “

As soon as he had finished saying this, he saw two white-toothed soldiers in disheveled armor hurrying back from a distance.

"Master, master, it's not good!" The two sentry riders shouted loudly as they ran, and their voices were very miserable.

When they reached about ten paces away from Duoduo, the two of them dismounted from their saddles and said urgently: "Master Jiala, it's not good! The Tang army set up an ambush in front, and when we were about to get close to Zhenyuan Fort, there were firearms coming in a row, and they were accurate and ruthless! Dozens of brothers were caught off guard, killed or wounded, and only the two of us escaped! ”

Seeing such frightened expressions of the two, Sha Erhuda was full of anger, and his heart was even more regretful.

Okay, dozens of elite white armor, this is a precious wealth in the Qing army, and it is a great shame to be shot and killed by the Tang army like this.

If you don't avenge this revenge, you swear not to be a man!

Sha Erhuda finally suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked urgently: "Then you can go this time, but you can see clearly where the Tang army has set up an ambush?" ”

"Master, the Tang army dug several trenches around Zhenyuan Fort, and there were a lot of firecrackers hidden in them, and they were vicious and abnormal! They had already made preparations, and while we were not paying attention, they were able to get into the firing range, and a dense fire of guns hit, and many of our brothers were immediately killed and wounded......"

"That's it! Say no more! Sha Erhuda interrupted him irritably: "Then what do you mean, but the Tang army has dug a tunnel and prepared an ambush, just waiting for our army to go and take the bait automatically, right?" ”

"This ......"

Sha'er Huda waved his hand and motioned for the two to stand down, and now he felt that he seemed to be in a dilemma.

Because, now he is afraid of the Tang army's ambush, so he does not dare to lead his troops to continue to arrive and investigate, and he does not dare to easily lead his troops to retreat.

After all, his own reconnaissance mission was not done well at all, and his understanding of the deployment and defense of the Tang army was still vague, and if he retreated, Duoduo would definitely be extremely disappointed in himself, and he might even punish himself.

What to do? Whether you want to advance or retreat, you have to make up your mind quickly, so it is not always a way to wait in a stalemate.

Angry and hateful, like a scorched ant, Sha'er Huda thought carefully for a while, and finally made up his mind.

That is, at the cost of sacrificing the lives of a hundred more sentinels, we must also investigate the situation of the Tang Army's position!

If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger!

Sha'er Huda will never tolerate his own return in vain, which is simply a great shame for the Eight Banners warriors!

He reined in the reins of his horse, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Pass on the general's order, select another hundred sentry cavalry, and be careful and vigilant all the way forward, be sure to find out the position situation of the Tang army, and then report back quickly!" ”

"Whew, the minions obey!"

A hundred Qing army sentinels rode forward on horseback, looking at Sha'er Huda who had disappeared into the distance, with a concerned look on their faces, but their hearts were full of fear beyond words.

Another half an hour passed, and when the sound of a row of guns was faintly heard in the distance, Shaerhuda's heart was like a huge stone pressed against him, making him almost breathless.

Eventually, when he saw the sentry horses, which were less than ten horses left, staggering over the horizon, Shahrhuda's heart was like a knife.

Well, a hundred sentinels went forward, but less than ten horses remained, and the heavy casualties of the side and the ruthlessness of the Tang army made Sha Erhuda suffocated.

However, Rao is like this, and he still has luck in his heart, that is, even so, if these Qing army sentry cavalry who fled back can bring back the position information of the Tang army, then all the sacrifices are worth it and are valuable.

Shaerhuda's lucky hope was quickly shattered by the cruel reality.

He was shocked to see that behind these sentry horses who fled back in embarrassment, there seemed to be overwhelming Tang cavalry roaring towards them, with a fierce murderous aura, like a black hurricane protruding from the ground.