Chapter Ninety-One: One Stone Stirs Up a Thousand Waves
Outside the city, the Qing army camp began to stir up before dawn, and groups of soldiers were nervously shuttling in the camp, and a large number of people and horses drove out of the camp, making a state of vigilance against Datong City.
With such a big movement, the Ming army at the head of the city naturally noticed it, although it was not clear what was going on, but they were still on urgent alert.
The sky was already bright, and Li Yongnian, the general soldier of Datong, hurriedly came to the city, looked at the Qing army camp for a long time with clairvoyance transmitted from the west, and spit out a sentence: "The Tartars are going to be withdrawn." ”
Few of the generals behind him believed that the Tartars would withdraw at this time, although the Tartars had suffered heavy losses in the past two days, they were not fundamentally injured, and Dolgon had always been conceited, and it was impossible for him to withdraw his troops at this point.
But they have been under Li Yongnian for a long time, and they know that although this chief soldier is brave in battle, he has always acted steadily and dignified, and has rich military experience, so it is impossible to talk nonsense, so they all stared at the city with wide eyes.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Qing army camp under the city to begin to dismantle the camp tent, and a team of men and horses hurried north.
"Lord Commander, the Tartars are really going to withdraw, can we take the opportunity to go out of the city to chase and kill, we can't let the Tartars just leave." A young general shouted.
"Hmph, do you think the Tartars are comparable to those rogues? Didn't you see that the group below didn't move, that's what Dorgon used to guard against us. Li Yongnian snorted coldly and reprimanded.
The young general was a little sneering and didn't dare to say more.
"Remember, never underestimate any of your enemies, what you can think of, others can often think of. Those who despise the enemy on the battlefield often end up with a dead and disgraced end. Li Yongnian said slowly and solemnly.
"We will follow the teachings of the Chief Soldier!" The generals behind him hurriedly hugged their fists in unison.
"After all the Tartars have retreated, send someone to find out what is happening behind the Tartars." Li Yongnian paused and commanded.
"Yes! My lord, did you send someone to report the victory to the imperial court? The lieutenant behind him asked.
"Victory? Do you think that the Tartar retreat was fought away by us? When did my Li Yongnian's face become so thick-skinned? Quickly find out the real reason for the Tartars' retreat, and then I will report to the imperial court. Li Yongnian's face sank and he reprimanded, and then picked up the clairvoyant mirror and began to observe the retreat of the Qing army.
"Obey the order, and the last will arrange it!" The adjutant general behind him reprimanded him with a look of shame and hurriedly bowed his head to receive the order.
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At this time, five thousand iron horsemen from the capital of the Qing Dynasty flowed out of the promise outside the south gate, galloping towards the south, the first rider was slender and long, and his expression was gloomy, it was the half-brother of the Manchu Emperor Huang Taiji, Yu Wang Duoduo.
Duoduo was temporarily ordered to take 5,000 men and horses as the vanguard to rescue Liaoyang, and together with Dolgon, who led the troops back to help, flanked the enemy army in Liaoyang.
Duoduo was known to be resourceful and calm, and was one of the few brave and resourceful generals among the Manchu nobility. The only thing that makes people criticize is that Duoduo kills too heavily in every battle, and once the city is broken, he will order the slaughter of the city, so he has earned the nickname "butcher".
Dolgon, Dordor, and Azig were the siblings of the same mother, and Dorgon was resourceful, long-sighted, and overly conceited. But Azig is a reckless man who is short-tempered and easy to be impulsive when encountering problems, so he is not as valued by Huang Taiji as the two brothers.
This time, the emperor ordered Duoduo to find his daughter and find out who did it.
Huang Taiji is really out of anger this time, so many years the national strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been thriving, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, the population is getting bigger and bigger, even the Mongolian tribes that have always been brave and unruly have surrendered to him, and the huge Ming in the south is even more defeated under the iron hooves of the Eight Banners warriors, only to parry, there is no power to fight back.
From the first emperor Nurhachi to his army with thirteen pairs of armor, and for decades to conquer the east and west, Manchuria's territory gradually expanded from a corner of the land to the entire Liaodong, and countless people became their subjects or slaves. It can be said that many people in the upper echelons of the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty have an illusion that "I am invincible in the Qing Dynasty".
Even many people felt that the huge empire in the south, as long as the Qing Dynasty gave a hard blow, the crumbling edifice would soon collapse.
This attack on Datong is a test to test how much confidence and strength Daming still has at this time.
Although Huang Taiji was the most sober-minded among the Manchu nobles, he knew that the behemoth of the Ming Dynasty was far from being comparable to the loose Mongolia and the weak Korea, but the continuous defeat of the Ming Dynasty over the years also made him despise the Ming Dynasty.
This time, with Dolgon as the commander to attack Datong, the Qing State from top to bottom, no one in the Manchu Dynasty would feel that it would be lost. Not to mention Dolgon's own ability, let's just say that the dozens of red-clothed cannons that were successfully copied made the Manchu nobles who had suffered enough under the cannon fire of the Ming Dynasty hold back their anger and want revenge.
Is there anything more enjoyable in the world than attacking an enemy with a weapon that he is good at? In the words of the Han people, it is to repay the other with the way of the other, so that when many Manchu nobles are discussing, they think that the black iron cannonballs that once fell on the heads of the warriors of the Eight Banners will fall on the heads of the Ming army this time, and think of the appearance of the Ming army flying flesh and blood one by one, they can't help laughing and drinking and carnivaling.
It can be said that the entire Manchu state was filled with an arrogant and belligerent atmosphere, and the only thing that would win was not at all thought that someone would take the initiative to break ground on Tai Sui's head and take the initiative to provoke this kind of thing.
And if no one cools them down, this atmosphere will turn into a raging flame, which will eventually swallow everything they can see, and of course, burn themselves to ashes.
And Jiang Chuan, the guy who was born out of nowhere, suddenly poured a big basin of cold water on their heads, not only annihilated the Tong Yang and 5,000 heavy soldiers who were valued by Huang Taiji, but also took away the red-clothed cannon, the weapon of the country that the Manchu State had high hopes for, and what is even more odious is that he also broke through Liaoyang in the Qing Dynasty and captured the favorite princess of the Qing Emperor, which is not only a big basin of ice water for the Manchu Qing who has always been full of ambition and looks down on the world, but also a heavy slap in the face.
Therefore, after Huang Taiji sent Duoduo with 3,000 cavalry to take the lead, he sent people to recall Dolgon, so that they could attack from both sides, and they would definitely annihilate this unknown enemy and find the princess.
This battle is about the face of the Qing Emperor and the face of the entire Qing aristocracy.