The battle became more and more intense, and the Datong Iron Cavalry came from the Biansai Grassland, which was obviously stronger than the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry from the mountains and forests, but Wu Bai's character was resolute and indomitable, and he entangled the Datong Iron Cavalry to the death and did not retreat, and Zhang Ding was unable to defeat the opponent for a while. Ma Xianglin's department was defeated by Kong Youde, Cao Ying, the commander of the Left Association, was killed, and the former Association commander Ma Hutou was wounded, the Sichuan army had never fought such a difficult and dangerous battle, and involuntarily began to retreat, Azig immediately decided to send Nikan to reinforce Kong Youde, and Ma Jinzhong's flank was in danger.

At the rear of the battlefield, the Datong Army Bu 1 Town, Bu 2 Town, and the Chu Army Cavalry Association are ready to go, under the attention of all the soldiers, Ma Guangyuan is draped on the war horse, but he is still hesitating - the arrow has been shot three times, Li Dingguo's department has not moved, this child has been taught by him in the Wuxuan School, and has always been brave and good at fighting, is this time timid?

Li Dingguo was actually close to the battlefield, but the battlefield was chaotic and it was difficult to find fighters, and the deputy town commander Gartu kept asking for an attack, and he was strictly ordered to stop, but the longer it dragged on, the more likely it was that the five towns would be exposed, and he paced back and forth anxiously, looking in the direction of the battlefield from time to time.

"Dashuai, the situation is not good, the Qing army has broken through the flank of our army, and Ma Shuai's Bu Eight Town is in danger." Scout Pegasus comes to report.

"All of them are on the horse, and the reinforcements of Buba Town are at full speed." Can't hesitate any longer, Li Dingguo ordered loudly, and eight thousand iron horsemen swarmed out and galloped towards the battlefield.

Two thousand Eight Banner soldiers were walking on the way to help Kong Youde, and suddenly there was dust and horses' hooves in the distance, and Belenica's face changed greatly - a huge cavalry was galloping, and there were not so many Qing cavalry nearby, it must be Datong Iron Cavalry.

"Datong Iron Cavalry is coming, report to Prince Ying," Nikan roared and drew his sword out of its sheath, and rushed out in the lead, "My Qing soldiers have advanced and not retreated, follow me to kill!" ”

Nikan is the son of the late prince Chu Ying, his brother Du Du broke his brain in the battle with the Datong army, and the whole family relied on him to support the face door, even if he died in battle, he could not retreat, but after all, the two thousand foot cavalry was too weak, no matter how brave it was, it was useless, and it was soon swallowed up by the iron cavalry, and Nikan did not retreat and died in the chaos of arrows.

Kong Youde expelled Ma Xianglin's troops from the battlefield and dispatched troops to prepare to attack Ma Jinzhong's flank, but unexpectedly, Datong's iron cavalry fell from the sky, and the situation of victory and defeat was reversed in an instant. Kong Youde has been on the battlefield for a long time, and immediately reacted, ordering the Eight Banners Han Army to retreat to defend in formation, and the Green Battalion Han Army went up to block the enemy cavalry - the Green Battalion soldiers were frightened by the black pressure and rushed to the iron cavalry, and they ran away with a burst of bows and arrows and guns, Kong Youde was furious, and led his own soldiers and Aha to rush up to stop the deserters, but he was surrounded by the Datong Iron Cavalry, this guy was also a tough guy, he did not retreat but gritted his teeth and fought to the death, and finally died on the battlefield like Nikan.

Kong Youde's stubborn resistance delayed the Datong Iron Cavalry, the Eight Banners Han Army took the opportunity to line up in battle, and Bellebolo also rushed to take over Kong Youde's command, Li Dingguo's troops were insufficient to gnaw on this hard bone, so he had to call for friendly support. Zhang Ding was also having a headache, Wu Bai was beaten off the horse and fought more fiercely, and also shot and injured his deputy town commander Jida, this guy is too difficult, hearing the horn of the five towns, he simply rushed to join forces with Li Dingguo to attack the weaker Eight Banners Han Army, but Wu Bai was pasted up like kraft candy, Bo Luo immediately echoed, the two armies each densely formed a formation and cooperated with each other to move closer to Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming in front of each other, and the Datong Iron Cavalry couldn't stop the other party with a salvo of arrows, so he had to stick to the Qing army while walking and fighting.

The frontal battlefield is inseparable, Ma Jinzhong found that the cavalry of Zhang Ding and Li Dingguo galloped to the top of his spirits, and immediately commanded the troops to launch a counterattack, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi turned the attack to defend the hard top for a while, and waited until Wu Bai and Bo Luo approached, and the various departments formed a dense formation, and not long after, the commander Azig personally led the elite Eight Banners Army to support, the Qing army lineup suddenly grew, and the strength of the Datong Army was also strengthened at the same time - Ma Guangyuan finally made a move, leading the Bu Yi Town, Bu Er Town and the Chu Army cavalry to attack, and after meeting with the Tie Biao Department, Chase Cherg's ass to the front.

All the main forces of the two armies met head-on, but the battle could not be fought - the strength of the two sides was equal, and they were old opponents for many years, and the details of each other were clear: the elites under Azig Daxu were all two white flags Niu Lu, and Nurhachi's old two yellow flags, the elite of the elite - Ma Guangyuan was a little stunned in his heart; Buyi Town and Buer Town appeared, this is the old Fengzhou army that has won a hundred battles, and it can't be touched - Azig felt his scalp tingle.

The sky gradually darkened, the commanders of the two armies felt empty, did not dare to put the last elite in their hands into the night battle, the other soldiers fought for a day and could not move, the war was basically over, but the scene had to be done, the two sides began to shoot fierce firearms, the sound of guns was earth-shattering, after dark, Azig felt sorry for his firearms and gunpowder, and simply did not play and withdrew his troops back to the camp, so the Datong army returned triumphantly in the sound of gongs and drums of the Shaanxi militia and the Tukou of western Henan.

In the Xiangcheng camp, in the middle of the night, Yun Rong arrived from Wei Hui, and when he entered Ma Guangyuan's tent, he asked how the battle was.

"It's not good, our army has suffered more than 10,000 casualties, the tenth town, the eleventh town, and the first town of the Chu army have all been disabled, and the town's unification-level generals Ma Ke and Li Wanqing have been killed, and Hu Dawei and Jida have been seriously injured, this battle is too contemptuous of the Qing army, I will ask the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion for guilt," Ma Guangyuan shook his head and sighed, and asked Yun Rong softly, "How is Wei Hui's battle situation?" ”

"It's not good either." Yun Rong whispered about the battle situation of Wei Hui - Azig sent troops to Xiangcheng, only Duoduo's 4,000 Eight Banner soldiers and more than 10,000 new green battalion soldiers on both sides of the Yellow River, Qin Hu, the town commander of Buqi Town, stationed in Wei Hui, made meritorious contributions and attacked without authorization, and was defeated by Duoduo, the former assistant commander He Jinlong fell into a heavy siege to cover the retreat of the whole army, and fought hard for three days to run out of ammunition and food, and the camp was full of wounded soldiers, and was forced to order the remnants of the army of 1,200 people to surrender to the Qing army. Weihui Mansion was preserved.

"This is the second case of the glorious surrender of the whole establishment after the martyrdom of Dehun An, He Jinlong is the old foundation of Fengzhou, and he is worthy of a good man," Ma Guangyuan hung his head in pain, and asked again after a while, "Do you want to fight?" ”

"Don't fight, Luo Xiujin, the governor of Henan in the Qing Dynasty, sent me a letter suggesting that the two armies cease fighting, and there is another news that I didn't dare to spread for fear of affecting morale, and now I can tell you, the Erji Lama died of illness five days ago, and Datong is afraid that he will make peace with the Qing court."

Ma Guangyuan trembled when he heard this, and collapsed on the handsome chair with his hands covering his face.

Naturalization, in the middle of the first month, Shanxi, Khalkha, Xihai, Tibet, the Western Regions and the Qing Mongolian foreign domains of the monks and lamas arrived one after another, under the auspices of the fifth ** living Buddha and Angdun Lama gathered in the Silver Buddha Temple to discuss Lamaism, the Erji Lama dragged the sick body to attend the meeting, and handed over three major events to the public - first, it was confirmed that Li Yu had the merit of rebuilding Mongolia, and his descendants also had the blood of the ancestor Genghis Khan, the honor and luxury of the Li family are not comparable to the world, and they should inherit the authority of the Mongolian Great Khan, and enjoy the title of Hutuktu Baturu forever in the first line; Second, it is confirmed that Li Yu has the virtue of nurturing all the people and will ascend to heaven and become a Buddha, but because the killing is too heavy to be reincarnated, all those who call Tuktu Batulu the reincarnation in the future will be rebellious and disorderly; Thirdly, the Little Living Buddha Zhana Bazar was officially awarded the title of Jebtsundan Bahutuktu, enjoying the highest authority of Mongolian Lamaism, but in the future, the reincarnation of Jebtsundamba Hutuketu must be discussed by the senior monks and lamas and reported to the Presidential Office for approval.

Since the Constituent Assembly has quietly canceled the clause on the president's lineage, Lamaism must adhere to the Hutuketu Baturu lineage - all the eminent monks and lamas are well aware of the power of it, and unanimously agree to the proposal of the Yuerji Lama.

The aftermath was arranged, and even the loopholes for the excuse of Hutuketu Baturu to reincarnate to make trouble were blocked, and the rest was left to the children - the Lama Yuerji was relieved and waited quietly until the last moment of his life, that night, the old lama on his deathbed took Li Yu's hand and repeated again and again, "Don't be greedy, be impatient, everything is empty", "Turn the sea of blood into a sea of milk".

The spiritual leader of the Datong Federation, the advocate of "the same race and different customs", and the benevolent and benevolent Lama Urji are gone, and the compatriots of all ethnic groups are in infinite sorrow.

An altar was erected on the square of the Statue of Liberty in Datong, mourners came one after another, regardless of Huayi, hugging their heads and crying, banners and slogans such as "Homogeneous and Strange, Citizens of Our Nationality" and "Turning the Sea of Blood into a Sea of Milk" could be seen everywhere, and the death of the old lama seemed to unite the citizens of the federation.

Senator Sun Qifeng walked up to the altar and praised the Lama of Xuerji loudly: Eliminate the end of the war, turn the sea of blood into the sea of milk for its great benevolence, be broad-minded and tolerate the coexistence of different schools and religions for its great righteousness, combine the same race and different customs, and combine all ethnic groups as citizens and one clan as its great wisdom, and the sages of the ages are no more than this, the first teacher is gone, and future generations should follow the teachings and treat others with kindness.

Father Deng Ruoshui of the Western Church read the sermon: Everyone's death is my sorrow, because I am a member of the human race, so don't ask for whom the death knell is tolling, it will be for you, an elder who has all the virtues of humanity has left, his kindness has saved countless lives, his tolerance has let the world hear the gospel of God, pray for him, God will not deny him access to heaven because of his different beliefs.

Dr. Ma, the leader of Islam, also praised the kindness of the Lama and his support for the rebirth of millions of Muslims by accepting the displaced people from Shanxi and Shaanxi and eliminating the war in the northwest.

The Statue of Liberty Square is constantly crowded every day, and people of all ethnic groups and religions are grateful for the generosity and kindness of the Lady of the Ilji, and the voices of remembrance and praise are endless. In the last two days of the public festival, Ma Guozhu, the ambassador of trade and commerce of the Qing Dynasty, accompanied two uninvited guests to rush - after the New Year, the Qing court proposed peace negotiations many times, but Datong was annoyed that the Qing army crossed the Yellow River, and ignored it with various excuses.

Ganglin, Sony, and Ma Guozhu separated the crowd and boarded the altar, and after respectfully burning incense and saluting, Ganglin wept and said that the Qing Dynasty also admired Lamaism, and admired such a Buddhist teacher as the Qierji Lama, and heard the news of the death of the old man, all the people in the Eight Banners were sad and sad, and the regent specially ordered them to come to mourn, and allocated 10,000 taels of silver to the Silver Buddha Temple.

Sonny immediately went on to say that the Qing Dynasty agreed with the "same race and different customs", and that Emperor Taizong changed his nationality to Manchuria in order to integrate the Manchu, Mongolian, and Han ethnic groups, and after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, a large number of Han people were raised to the flag, so that the Manchurian family flourished and enjoyed themselves, and the Great Qing Dynasty also supported "turning the sea of blood into a sea of milk", and the Qing Dynasty and Datong were brotherly states, and they should jointly practice the proposition of the Suerji Lama, calm the war and restore the people's livelihood, so that the people of the two countries can share peace.

The two sharp mouths blew into the sky, claiming that they were going to naturalize and find the presidential palace to discuss how to "turn the sea of blood into a sea of milk", and then ran away, but the people of Datong were stunned, why did the Qing people suddenly change their sex?

After the death of the Presidential Lama, President Li Yu was in a trance all day long, and he stayed in the Silver Buddha Temple and closed his doors, so he was really worried that this guy would not figure out how to become a lama, and he could not afford to bear the burden of the Federation.

"The Han people regard the Erji Lama as a mentor and father, and it is inevitable that he will be sad, and he will be fine after a while." Li Fugui disagreed, it was not the first time that the president did not work, everyone had already gotten used to it, so it was better to deal with the business according to the class, and waved his hand to signal Zhang Shi'an, the minister of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, to continue to report the military situation.

"The situation of the Titang Division is wrong, we all thought that the Qing State would not change the strategy of going south, and the troops sent to Henan were only aimed at Li Zicheng, and we did not dare to fight with our army, but we did not expect that the two main forces of Azig and Duoduo were pressed over, our army was not satisfied, and the new army was not well trained, so this battle suffered a big loss." Zhang Shi'an said dejectedly.

"How is the battle situation in Jiangxi?" Chen Qiyu asked.

"Zhejiang General Army Fang Guoan has business dealings with us, the relationship has been good, the Zhejiang army as far as Dexing, and then quickly returned to Zhejiang, and did not really fight, Fujian General Zheng Zhilong's maritime trade was blocked by the United Asia Company, we have always held a grudge, this time sent troops all the way to burn and plunder almost took Jianchang Mansion, the old commander sent Cao Bianjiao to counterattack, in Nanfeng, Guangchang won consecutive battles, killed him four or five thousand people, Zheng Zhilong land war can not beat us also withdrew to Fujian, it seems that the Nanjing court completely turned its face, Titang Si sent someone to contact Ma Shiying, but Lao Ma refused to meet, but it was rumored that the imperial court had adopted a strategy of joining forces to suppress Kou, and this Kou also alluded to us and asked us to be careful. Zhang Shi'an replied.

Zhao Ji shouted: "The Nanjing Imperial Court is a problem after all, if it dares to act first, we don't have to be polite, let the old marshal send troops to capture Anqing and Wuhu, and give Nanjing some color." ”

Batur applauded and laughed: "Zhao Shuai is a good plan, so he did it and destroyed the Nanjing court." ”

"No, fighting on two sides has always been a taboo for soldiers," Xue Xianguang shook his head and said to Li Fugui and Chen Qiyu, "Our army's earliest strategy was to use the Henan battlefield to consume the elite of the Qing army, and then send troops to Shandong to cut it into two sections, but the situation has changed, first of all, we didn't expect that the thieves would suddenly intervene, causing Jingshi, Zhili, and Shandong to fall into the hands of the enemy so quickly, and His Royal Highness the King succeeded to the throne in Datong and abdicated to actually declare that the Nanjing court was a puppet dynasty, and we became the most dangerous enemy in the eyes of the Nanjing courtiers, An alliance with the Qing court is their most realistic option, and the two may converge against us; Secondly, we did not expect that the development of the Datong Federation would be so fast, Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Huguang fell into their hands in a blink of an eye, the territory was large and the burden was heavy, and the new army that had not been reorganized and trained was also put to use, and the battle of Xiangcheng exposed the weakness of our army's insufficient strength and declining combat effectiveness, and it may be difficult to deal with the merger of the Ming and Qing dynasties with such military strength. We still need time to reorganize our armaments for war, and the Prime Minister's Office and the Metropolitan Governor's Office have already urged the implementation of the "Regulations on Citizens' Military Service" as soon as possible, and it is expected that all localities will build defense armies in the middle of the year and select reserve soldiers from the militia, but I am afraid that the formation of combat strength will not take until early next year, and it is best to fight one by one at present and avoid a major war as much as possible. ”

"It is impossible for the Ming and Qing dynasties to converge, the two sides have fought for twenty or thirty years and have a blood feud, even if King Fu of Nanjing and Dolgon of Beijing are tempted, the officials and soldiers below will not agree." Chen Qiyu shook his head vigorously.

"No matter so much, since the envoy from Beijing has arrived, we will talk to the Qing court, Dolgon must still be staring at Nanjing in his eyes, sending troops to Henan is nothing more than to promote peace, and by the way, ask for some cheapness, then satisfy him, the Nanjing court has millions of troops to occupy a rich land, but it is incapable of bending its knees externally and exploiting it internally, what is the use of such a court?" Li Fugui waved his hand disdainfully, and then said to Xue Xianguang, "The Dadu Governor's Mansion immediately formulated a charter and reorganized the messy Sichuan army, Chu army, and Shun army. ”

Batur applauded again and smiled: "General Li has a good plan, so let's do it, let's clean up the Nanjing court and the Beijing court one by one." ”

Ganglin, Sony, and Ma Guozhu were stopped back to Datong halfway through naturalization, and finally someone took care of it, and the governor of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Na Mu'er, the governor of the Department of Manchuria, and the governor of the Department of Internal Affairs, Han Lin, invited them into the prime minister's office with a smile, and they recognized their relatives while walking - this is not surprising, the Fengzhou Group and the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty are popular internal marriages, and the two sides have a flow of personnel, and they can always find some relationship around the corner.

Han Lin insisted that Ganglin was his nephew, and I heard that his nephew had recently married a concubine, and when he was an uncle, he must make up the congratulatory gift.

Chang Shu was very concerned about Sony's family affairs, and repeatedly told him to go back and persuade the old man Xifu to think about everything, Sony's face fell down all of a sudden-Sony's uncle Xifu fell out with Tan Tai last year for a real estate in Beijing, Dolgon protected his cronies, and dismissed Xifu on the charge of "constructing a disorderly government", cut off his office, and raided his home.

Entering the main hall of a side courtyard, the guests and hosts took their seats in turn, and both sides put away their smiling faces and stared at each other with angry eyes.