CHAPTER XXXV

Dolgon and Yue Tuo sat in the big tent at this time, relatively speechless, after a day of fierce fighting, although they basically destroyed the Xuan Ming army under the command of Lu Xiangsheng, but they encountered such a Ming rebel army that appeared on the battlefield inexplicably, this Xingtian army showed them a new tactics today, and also showed them the strength of the Xingtian army, which made everything that went smoothly become terrible.

After a day of fierce fighting, the number of flag generals under their command have lost a lot, and most of the losses are elite soldiers, which is also the biggest loss after they entered the customs this time, and both of them have lost their minds for a while.

Although both of them felt that this breath was really difficult to swallow, they also knew that this Xingtian Army was not something they could eat if they wanted to, and if they fought hard here, they didn't know how many men and horses they would have to lose before they could win, but even if they finally defeated this Xingtian Army, I am afraid that they would incur a big loss in their strength, and they would not be able to explain to Huang Taiji after they returned, and from then on, it would be difficult for them and their bannermen to gain a foothold outside the pass.

So although the two of them didn't speak, they both knew what the other party was thinking, in short, now they can't fight, they can't fight, and there are tens of thousands of Ming officers and soldiers in the south, and what they are most afraid of is that now this Xingtian Army and the Ming Dynasty official army will join forces to deal with them together.

In that case, if they enter the customs this time, it should end here, and it may be a problem to withdraw from here to the outside of the customs.

Now the two of them are faced with the question of where to go, and they are a little indecisive for a while.

"Prince Rui, what should we do now? We didn't expect that this Heavenly Punishment Thief Army would be so fierce, with the bravery of our soldiers, there was no way to pick it up! Now what I'm most worried about is that Gao Qiqian will lead his troops to join forces with this Heavenly Thief Army to deal with us, if that's the case, we must gather our troops and horses and fight to the death again! Eventually, he couldn't help but ask Dolgon.

Dolgon suddenly sneered, crossed his legs and used a sharp knife to cut a large piece of beef on the low table, stuffed it into his mouth and ate it, and after swallowing the piece of beef, he said, "We are all too worried! I admit that this Heavenly Punishment Thief Army is indeed powerful, and it is very difficult to deal with! Today we have suffered a big loss under them! But we don't have to be too nervous!

You must know that this Heavenly Thief Army is a Ming anti-thief, and they came north to deal with us this time, and they are also fighting in a guest land! With the Ming monarch and minister, he will never join forces with them! ”

Yue Tuo frowned and said, "But this time they came to save Lu Xiangsheng, isn't it enough to show that they have the idea of joining forces with the Ming official army?" The Ming official army has such strong reinforcements, how can they not join forces with it? ”

Dolgon sneered and drank another bowl of wine, and said with a smile: "You still don't understand the thoughts of the Ming monarchs!" The current Ming monarchs and ministers, although it is true that they hate us, but what they hate even more is these rebel people's army! They can sit back and watch us enter the customs and plunder, but they can't see these mutant army on their territory, otherwise, Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang's people will not secretly want to negotiate peace with us, and their purpose is to concentrate their official and military forces to deal with this torture thief army! Moreover, Gao Qiqian led tens of thousands of Guan Ning officers and soldiers, but he never dared to confront us head-on, this time he would rather sit back and watch Lu Xiangsheng be destroyed by us than send troops to save him, which shows that Gao Qiqian never thought of fighting us to the death!

Now that the Xingtian Army is heading north, for him, not only will he not be regarded as a strong reinforcement, but it will make the Ming monarchs and ministers feel deeply uneasy, because in their eyes, we will have to go south this time, and sooner or later we will have to go out of the customs and return to the outside of the customs! But once the land of Jingfu is controlled by the Xingtian Army, it will directly threaten the dragon throne of the current Ming Emperor, do you think they will join forces to deal with us?

So this time we don't have to worry, and we don't have to worry too much, I dare to conclude that Gao Qi will not join forces with the Xingtian Army to deal with us!

And if you think about it, we can go south without grain and grass, and we can meet our grain supply by plundering alone along the way, and we can also plunder slaves to transport money, food, and materials for us, but what is the basis of this Heavenly Army? But they can't follow us, in this area by looting grain and grass to supply their needs, they and the current Ming court is fighting for people's hearts, if they do that, isn't it tantamount to self-destruction of reputation?

Today, we all already know that this time the Xingtian thief army only came with more than 10,000 people, and they brought a lot of grain with the army, and it has been made clear that they have to rely on the grain and straw carried by their army to support their actions, and the Funan area is still controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and they will never provide a grain of food supply to these Xingtian thief army! So I dare to conclude that the Xingtian Army will not last long when it goes north this time, and it will have to retreat to Henan, which they control, so we don't have to fight to the death with them at all! ”

After Yue Tuo listened to Dolgon's words, he suddenly had a feeling of opening his mouth, no wonder Dolgon was so valued by Huang Taiji, he was indeed a very far-sighted person! Thinking about Dolgon's analysis carefully, it is indeed very reasonable, and Yue Tuo is somewhat relieved at this time.

However, Yue Tuo then frowned and asked, "Then this time, is it possible that we will suffer such a big loss for nothing?" ”

Dolgon had already figured it out at this time, shook his head and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, we go south this time, we are dealing with the Ming Dynasty, as long as we rob enough slaves, food, gold and silver before we go back this time, what does it matter if we lose a small defeat?" It's a big deal for us to get it back from the Ming army! Why bother with yourself here? ”

After thinking about it and smiling bitterly, Yue Tuo nodded and said, "Prince Rui is really wise!" It's not as good as you! So what do we do next as Prince Elek sees it? ”

Once Dolgon's mind was open, he didn't have the panic just now, and many things were quickly sorted out by him, and when he heard Yue Tuo ask him, he smiled and said, "Wait! ”

"Wait!" Yue Tuo didn't understand the meaning of coming to Dolgon, after they entered the customs, with a fast word, in order to prevent the Ming army from gathering in large numbers, concentrating troops to deal with them, they fought fast and slow, and continued to march towards the south, along the way constantly divide the troops, combine the troops, attack the city, and always hold the strategic initiative, what I am afraid of is that the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty will slow down and mobilize a large number of officers and soldiers to guard, but the word Dolgon, obviously not in line with their strategy, as the saying goes, ants bite more elephants, fight people's words, With the number of people and horses they entered this time, they couldn't fight for Daming.

"That's right! Just wait, since we have arrived here, we are not afraid of the Ming soldiers and horses to gather over, at this time we are going east or west, we have the final say, even if the Ming soldiers and horses enter the guard, there is no way to take us, the huge Jingfu and Shanxi, Shandong, we can't go anywhere, they can't block us! So don't care about waiting here for a few days and watching the limelight!

If my guess is right, Gao Qiqian will definitely take action after learning that Lu Xiangsheng's department has been defeated, but I expect that he will not join forces with the Xingtian Thief Army to deal with us, we might as well wait for him for a few days to see what Gao Qiqian will do, even if he really joins forces with the Xingtian Army to deal with us, we have already gained a lot from entering the customs this time, and it is a big deal that we will turn around and go back, but if Gao Qiqian does not join forces with the Xingtian Army, they will eat dogs, and no matter who wins at that time, We can all beat the Reservoir Dogs, after all, they are all our enemies! Hum! Dolgon's thoughts became clearer and clearer at this moment, and he replied confidently to Yue Tuo.

After hearing this, Yue Tuo suddenly realized, and praised it again and again, but after the defeat of the Qing army by Abatai and Hauge, they were angry, and asked Dolgon and Yue Tuo to gather the scattered forces and find this group of Xingtian army to fight, but Dolgon and Yue Tuo refused, and made them calm down a little, so that many Qing generals were indignant about this, but they also had to obey Dolgon and Yue Tuo's orders.

(Today's thanks to the Spicy Grim Reaper, Snorr, and Brave 1023 brothers for their tips!) We're all old friends! )