The battle was fierce, and the Qing army obviously had the upper hand in terms of numbers and strength, but because of the shameless tactics of the Hongtang army, it had not been able to completely strangle the Hongtang soldiers in the hilly area south of Gongchangling, but they had many losses.

On the frontal battlefield, the newly reinforced more than 10,000 Hongtang recruits, combined with the 20,000 Hongtang elites who were originally fortified, built a not strong, but tough defense line in the hilly area of the front, and blocked the fierce offensive of 100,000 soldiers of the Qing Dynasty.

In the rear of the Qing Dynasty, there were countless Hongtang soldiers, large or small, totaling more than 10,000 people, harassing the Qing Dynasty's position barracks all the time, so that they could not be at peace for a moment.

On this scorching battlefield, the Qing army could only fight steadily, clenching all the troops in their hands tightly into a fist, advancing step by step.

Although this requires a lot of time and energy, it is the most stable and least costly strategy.

However, the victory of the Qing army was not seen at the dawn, and several urgent secret reports sent behind him one after another made Prince Dolgon and the three commanders of the Qing army all change their faces and expressions were different.

"When did this Yitong Department hook up with the Han people???

But there was one question that the three of Dolgon wanted to know.

"It's really vicious and bearable, this Yitong Department has waited until now for them to come out, and they really haven't seen it!!"

Prince Zheng's eyes fluttered, and he sighed with a unique taste in his heart.

"Hey, it's a thing of the past to see it or not, and now there are only two ways to go in front of us: first, let's continue our current actions and break through the Hongtang battle line in this hill, and the field behind will be a flat river, let me ride the Qing Dynasty iron horse; Second, let's withdraw our troops, return to Shengjing, and suppress the rebellion of the Yeheyi tribe, and let them be wiped out! ”

"No matter which of the two plans we choose, we will suffer heavy losses, and with the current strength of our army, we cannot achieve a two-sided battle, so we must give up one side, what do you two think?"

As a man who knew the soldiers, Hauge was naturally able to judge his own military situation, and asked the opinions of his two younger brothers with considerable concern and vacillation.

"Now that the arrow is ready to be launched, even if we return to help, it may not be of much use, this Yehe cavalry marches quickly, and the domestic troops are extremely empty, I am afraid that it should be destroyed, destroyed, and it will be the ruins of the opponent's iron horse."

"Instead of going back to clean up the mess, we may not be able to catch up with the other party's footsteps, but now let's continue to go south, first recover our lost territory, and strangle the henchmen in front of us, which is the right reason, two brothers, what do you say?"

Each of the three princes represented a faction, so although Dolgon occupied an auxiliary position in the government, in terms of military control, the forces led by the two princes Hauge and Zilharang were naturally unwilling to allow Dolgon to arbitrarily destroy their army.

At this moment, Dolgon wants to continue fighting, but he needs the nod and approval of the two princes, Hauge and Zilharang, which is also the reason why the two princes Hauge and Zilharang sent troops with Dolgon.

"I don't object to your idea of the Fourteenth Emperor Brother, but I need to remind you that the foundation of our Qing Dynasty is not in the territory, and in those clansmen, if the population of our Aixinjue Luo clan is slaughtered by the Sakchi cavalry in this war, whether it is the Mongols who are close to us or other Jurchen tribes, I am afraid that they will jump out to compete with us for power and seize the territory and pasture of our Aixinjue Luo family."

Zilharang's words were already at the high speed of Dolgon, and he did not support Dorgon's idea.

When Dolgon heard this, his eyes darkened, and then he gradually turned his gaze to Prince Hauge, who had not yet expressed his opinion.

At this time, Hauge's eyebrows were furrowed, obviously there was a war between heaven and man in his heart, and when he raised his head, he could still see the hesitation and hesitation in his eyes.

"If you want me to see it, it's better for us to withdraw the troops first and return to help, after all, we can't always hide from the soldiers below, what happened to the clansmen in the rear, what will the soldiers who learned about this matter think in their hearts, we are difficult to predict, and we may even be depressed and unable to fight."

"And to tell you the truth, the nobles who support me are all in Shengjing, and it is impossible for me to give up on them and still fight here, so I decided to withdraw my troops and return to help!"

Hauge is still a soldier, and he doesn't hide what he thinks, which is why he has always been unable to compete with his younger brother in the political arena.

"Okay, you two withdraw the army, I will take my two white flag disciples to continue to attack the Han army here, so it's all right!!"

Dolgon hated iron but not steel, and was extremely angry at the two ends of the first rat like Jilharang and Hauge, knowing that going back at this time would not have much effect, but still for the sake of the nobles who supported them behind them, they didn't dare to take the risk of going south with their hearts, which really made them look down on them.

"How many of your two white flag soldiers are there? 10,000 people? 20,000 people? When we left the army, more than 100,000 troops had been fighting for more than a month, so now look at what we have gained? ”

"We have taken away most of the troops, with your two remnants, can we still break through the defense line of this Han army?"

"Don't be tough on my brother, although we have had a lot of fights in political affairs before, but at this moment, when I love Xinjue Luo's crisis, we should unite and deal with this critical moment together."

Since the two of them have decided to return to the country, then the matter of returning to the army is a sure thing, and now seeing that Dolgon still has to resist stubbornly, this is what Hauge and the two of them do not want to see, and they have persuaded them.

"Could it be that we have tens of thousands of sons in the Qing Dynasty, and we have sacrificed in vain? Don't forget, you two, this time when we send troops, we are already the only large army in my hands that can be organized. If we can't drive this Han army out of our Qing Dynasty this time, then it will be extremely difficult to gain the upper hand in the war like we are now! ”

Dolgon still wanted to persuade the two princes to join him and continue to attack the Hongtang position.

"And you have also seen that the ability and speed of the Han people to build city fortifications are really amazing, if we withdraw our troops this time, we don't know how much time will be delayed on the road to suppressing the rebellion of the Yehe tribe."

"When the time comes, when we have the strength to kill back, I don't know how many Gongchangling castles this Han people will build are waiting for us!!"

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