At the same time, Dolgon's troops were invincible, and they took Miyun, an important town in the northern part of the Beijing Division, without much effort. Miyun general soldier Tang Tong's unit suffered heavy casualties, Li Zicheng received an urgent report from Tang Tong for help, and hurriedly ordered Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Jizhou, to rush to the aid of Miyun, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen joined forces to recapture Miyun, but they did not expect to be defeated by Dolgon and fled.

Just when Dolgon wanted to march to the city of Beijing, the bad news came that Hauge's Zhenglan Banner had been wiped out, and the Qing court suddenly shook up and down, and the army was forced to stop.

The Manchu army tent, all the generals gathered together.

"Say it again!" Dolgon pointed at Hauge's nose and said angrily, seeing that the imperial capital was close at hand, but the army had to stop because of Hauge's defeat, and at this moment he wanted to kill Haug with a sword.

Haoge couldn't help but shrink his neck and defended: "Regent, my nephew was also ambushed by Chongzhen's old thief, coupled with the rebellion of the dog thief Zu Dashou, so that he was defeated, and the nephew fought against Chongzhen and Zu Dashou, the old thief, and killed him with one arrow, so he was able to escape!" Hauge didn't dare to say that it was because of his subordinates' greed for merit that led to the defeat, he just pushed the blame for the defeat on Zu Dashou, a dead man, and there was no proof of death anyway.

In fact, Hauge's current mood is more uncomfortable than killing him, the blue flag is all his belongings, after this defeat, the elite of the blue flag can be said to be wiped out, without the elite of the blue flag, Hauge is completely out of the battle for imperial power, and he no longer has the capital to compete with Dolgon for imperial power.

"Chongzhen? Isn't it rumored that he was burned to death? How is it possible to live again? You're not going to be dazzled, are you? Dolgon wondered, seeing that Hauge had suffered heavy casualties in the Blue Flag elite in this battle, and he had also lost the capital to compete with him, he was also mixed in his heart.

Hauge thought that Dolgon suspected him of exculpation, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Wang, this matter is true, damn it, it is because of Chongzhen that Zu Dashou will rebel before the battle, otherwise my nephew will not be defeated and return." ”

The Hanchen in the tent was also shocked when he heard Hao's words, which did not seem to be lying. Especially Hong Chengchou, among the many Han traitors, he is the only one who is the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, so the Hanchen are headed by him.

An extreme person, how good he was to you in the first place, how much he wants you to die after the breakup. Hong Chengchou is this kind of person, he betrayed the Ming Dynasty who had been loyal for most of his life, his past loyalty to his current rebellion is a huge irony, as long as Chongzhen is alive, he feels humiliated, so he is the most hopeful person in all the Hanchen who wants Chongzhen to die, at this time I heard that Chongzhen is not dead at all, and he is the most stunned.

Before Hong Chengchou could speak, Fan Wencheng first said: "Regent, if it is really as Prince Su said, I am afraid that the matter of entering the capital can only be postponed for the time being." ”

Dolgon is also very entangled, the city of Beijing that his father and brother have been thinking about for a long time is close at hand, and it will be easy to take it with a big victory, if he retreats at this time, how can he be willing!

Seeing that Dolgon was still hesitant, Hong Chengchou hurriedly echoed: "Regent, what Mr. Fan said is extremely true! Li Zicheng is a grass coward, but he is an elbow and armpit disease, and Chongzhen is my henchman in the Qing Dynasty! ”

As long as Chongzhen does not die, Hong Chengchou's position is very embarrassing, so whether it is for his own future or for the benefit of the Qing Dynasty, he can't wait for Chongzhen to die as soon as possible.

Hanchen was led by Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, and they all advocated westward marching to intercept Chongzhen, and soon, they won the support of the vast majority of Hanchen present.

Hauge was overjoyed when he saw this, Hanchen was a force that he had been fighting for and couldn't win, but he didn't expect that it would coincide with him now, and he just took the opportunity to win them over.

Although Haoge lost the main force of the Zhenglan Banner, he was still the eldest son of Huang Taiji after all, and he also had a lot of prestige in the two yellow flags. Haorge also urgently needed a big victory to save his reputation, so he said loudly: "Uncle Wang, my nephew is also willing to regroup his troops and horses, and he will be ashamed!" ”

Hauge's campaign was supported by the vast majority of the generals in the camp.

Dolgon's calm face was cloudy, and he silently observed that it was understandable that a group of old ministers who supported Haoge supported Haoge, but what he didn't expect was that the vast majority of Hanchen also supported Haoge, and Dolgon had to think clearly about whether he should give up attacking Jingshi. If he insists on attacking Jingshi against public opinion, then it is likely to leave a pretext for the royalists, and even the Hanchen will not support him, and they will support Hauge instead.

Therefore, the camp was divided into two factions for the next military action, one faction was dominated by a group of old ministers and the vast majority of Hanchen, supporting Haoge, and the army marched west to encircle and suppress Chongzhen to prevent him from going south, as long as Chongzhen did not die, they were all unable to sleep and eat; The other faction is dominated by the new upstart generals of Manchu and Mongolia, advocating to continue to attack the capital in the south, so they don't care about Chongzhen's life or death, as long as they take the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, there will be countless gold and silver treasures and peerless beauties, as long as the general trend loots, they can enjoy the glory and wealth of a lifetime.

In terms of personal selfishness, Dolgon was more inclined to go south, and only by taking down the Jingshi that his father and brother could not conquer, his personal prestige in the Great Qing Dynasty would reach its peak. But he also knew that if the Qing Dynasty wanted to chase the Central Plains and dominate the world, it must go west to prevent Chongzhen from escaping south.

Southward or westward? He hesitated for a moment.

At the critical moment, Fan Wencheng saw Dolgon's thoughts and came up with a compromise method: "Regent, why don't you let Prince Su lead the men and horses of the two yellow banners to intercept and kill Chongzhen, and we will take the imperial capital directly, how about it?" ”

Dolgon pondered for a moment, although the number of the two white flags of his three brothers was not as good as the two yellow flags directly under the emperor, but the combat power was the strongest. And Hauge has a positive blue, two yellow flags, and a kind of veteran support, which is the most powerful. Although the emperor is still young and does not care about the government, even if Dolgon is the emperor's uncle and regent, he has no right to intervene in the affairs of the two yellow flags, so it is better to let Haoge take him to hunt down Chongzhen, it is good to win, and defeat can further weaken the strength of the two yellow flags. In this way, the royalists had nothing to say, so they nodded in agreement.

The plan has been decided, and Dolgon said: "Haoge lost his troops this time, demoted him to the king of the county, and led the two yellow banner soldiers and horses to exterminate the unenlightened monarch Chongzhen. The remaining banners followed the king to capture the capital division. ”

"Let's go!"

Only gave himself two banners of soldiers and horses, but he had to go deep into the Han land to intercept and kill Chongzhen, how arduous the task was, although Haoge secretly hated, but the opportunity to rebuild his prestige was in this fight, and he had to take the order.

You must know that Dorgon's selfish decision to value public heart over public heart gave Wang Jian a chance to escape, which he did not expect.