Bolo's analysis cannot be said to be unreasonable, but the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang is very uncomfortable, after all, she is from Horqin Mongolia, and Mongolia is her maiden family.

"Bolo, are you alarmist, Mongolia and our Qing Dynasty are allies, how can they attack us? Don't speculate about things that don't have a shadow! The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said displeased.

"The Queen Mother, it's not that the slave is alarmist, it's really unpredictable." Bolo smiled bitterly, "The reason why the Mongols formed an alliance with the Great Qing Dynasty and considered themselves subordinate is because our Eight Banners are invincible, and now our strength has been seriously damaged. It is difficult to say whether the Mongols will have other ideas, hundreds of thousands of women and children, carrying countless gold and silver wealth, walking in the steppe and walking in the territory of the Mongols, no one can say for sure. ”

The grassland is all about strength, where there is any benevolence, righteousness and morality, the Mongolians worship the wolf god, and they have always been the weak and the strong, and it is impossible to say if you take a bite when you see the weakness of the Qing Dynasty, this is a very obvious thing. How can the lives of hundreds of thousands of women and children be pinned on the benevolence of the Mongols? It's not hard to see why.

After Bolo's explanation, except for the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, who was born in Mongolia, who was noncommittal because of her discomfort, Daishan and Zilharang agreed with Bolo's analysis.

"Bolo, you must know that now Liaoxi is occupied by the Ming army, Ningyuan and nearby castles are in the hands of the Ming army, the strength of the Ming army is not weak, Murcha led the four thousand eight banners and was almost completely annihilated by the Ming army, we are afraid it is too difficult to defeat Ningyuan and open up the Liaoxi corridor." Zilharang shook his head.

Bolo said confidently: "I have carefully calculated, the Ming army in Ningyuan is just a partial division, not the main force of the Ming army, only 20,000 or 30,000 troops, relying on firearms to defeat Murcha."

But now Shanhaiguan is still in our hands, and although Ningyuan City is stuck on the main road to Liaodong, there is no need for us to forcibly capture Ningyuan City. The Liaoxi Corridor is twenty or thirty miles wide, how can a small Ningyuan City stop it? As long as we surround Ningyuan with the main force, so that the Ming army cannot leave the city, the old and young women and children will naturally pass calmly. ”

Zilharang pondered Bolo's plan, hesitating in his heart. After all, forcing through the area occupied by the Ming army, even if you can pass, you will inevitably pay great sacrifices. Hundreds of thousands of old and young women and children, I don't know how many will die in the Liaoxi Corridor for three or four hundred miles!

Dolgon was imprisoned for his crimes, the emperor was young, and Zilharang, as an auxiliary uncle, was the de facto ruler of the Qing Dynasty, and he had to be responsible for hundreds of thousands of Qing people.

"From the king's point of view, what Bolo said makes sense, time is urgent, we can't hesitate, the Ming army will attack Beijing at any time, and when the main force of the Ming army arrives, it is impossible for us to evacuate safely."

Prince Li spoke on behalf of Shan, but he supported Bolo.

Although Dai Shan is old, his status in the Manchu Qing Dynasty is extremely high, and he has a lot of strength in his hands, so he has to respect his words.

With the defeat of Dolgon, the generals of the Manchu clan suffered serious losses, Bolo is the only few remaining generals of the younger generation, and he must be the heavy general of the Qing Dynasty in the future.

Therefore, it was decided to withdraw from Beijing from Shanhaiguan through the Liaoxi Corridor.

According to the sentinel report, the Ming army forward was about to arrive in Tianjin, and there was not much time left for the Qing Dynasty.

"If you want to retreat safely, Shanhaiguan is the key, the Ming army will inevitably pursue after learning the news, and someone must defend Shanhaiguan to block the Ming army." Zierharang said, "I don't know who is suitable to guard the mountain customs?" ”

Dai Shanchang sighed: "I'll come, a handful of old bones won't have many years to live." ”

"Lord Wang!" Bolo exclaimed.

"Absolutely not," the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang also said, "Prince Li, you are my important minister of the Qing Dynasty, how can you do such a dangerous thing?" ”

Everyone knows that the Ming army will definitely not watch the Qing army retreat safely, and will definitely storm Shanhaiguan, it is too dangerous to defend Shanhaiguan, it is simply a life of death!

Dai Shan shook his head and said: "Don't say it again, Shanhaiguan is too important, it must be guarded by heavy generals, and I don't worry about others guarding me." ”

Bo Luo hurriedly said: "Don't worry, just hand over the Shanhaiguan Pass to me, I will definitely not let the Ming army cross the Shanhaiguan Pass by one step!" ”

Dai Shan shook his head slightly: "I know you can hold it, but you have more important things to do, you have to fight against Ningyuan's Ming army, you have to protect hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate, and you have the hope of Zhongxing and the Qing Dynasty on your shoulders!" ”

Bolo was about to speak, but Zilharang raised his hand to stop him, he knew it was the best option: "Alright, so be it." The bannermen over the age of forty all stayed, led by Prince Li, and guarded the Shanhaiguan.

Bolo, I will give you 20,000 troops, your task is to find Ningyuan's Ming army to fight, the power of Ningyuan, not to make a Ming army out of the city! ”

"Yes, Vice-Chancellor!" Bolo commanded.

"Let's come back soon, he will lead the cavalry to block the news, so that the Ming army will not find out the direction of our army's retreat." Zilharang continued.

With Zilharang in order, the matter of retreat was quickly decided. Zilharang ordered to prepare for one day, and the day after tomorrow he officially withdrew from Beijing.

At this time, Le Kedehun, who had failed to pursue the Mongol soldiers, returned to Beijing, and immediately ordered to set off with 5,000 cavalry and roll away in the direction of Tianjin, his task was to eliminate the Ming army sentinels, cover the sight of the Ming army, and cover the retreat of hundreds of thousands of Qing people.

The news of the retreat came out immediately, and the whole of Beijing immediately took action, and the old and weak women and children of the banner people silently packed up their belongings and prepared for the retreat.

In the three years since entering the customs and occupying Beijing, each banner family has accumulated a lot of wealth, gold, silver and jade, silk and porcelain, all kinds of property, just one day, it is too hasty, and it is basically impossible to take away all their wealth, and they can only pack and take away the most valuable gold, silver and jade and so on.

However, looking at the wealth in the house, many banner people were extremely painful, and they retreated thousands of miles outside the gate, the road was really long, and they couldn't bring too many things at all, and most of the items had to be abandoned......

On May 5, the twentieth year of Chongzhen, the Dongzhi Gate of Chaoyang Gate in the east of Beijing and the Desheng Gate of Anding Gate in the north were opened, and the Manchu people in the city officially began to evacuate.

After leaving the city, the team did not stop and headed in the direction of Shanhaiguan. All the family members of the bannermen in the entire city of Beijing add up to more than 300,000 people, counting the Han slave cloth as many as 500,000 or 600,000, the number of people is so large, the front team has been out of the city for dozens of miles, and the people behind have not yet left the city......

And Bolo walked at the forefront of the team with 20,000 main forces, and they wanted to coerce Ning Yuan and protect hundreds of thousands of people from passing through the Liaoxi Corridor safely.

The Shunzhi Emperor Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang and Ji'er Harang marched with Bolo, while Prince Dai Shan stayed in Beijing with thousands of veterans of the Eight Banners to take charge of the rear. (https:)

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