Dorgon looked up sharply and listened, for it was the end of September, and there was no moonlight, so there was nothing but the faint light of the fire.

The night breeze was blowing on his face, and although it was not yet officially winter, he felt a chill to his bones.

A day earlier, under the pretext of a decisive battle with the besieged Huaxia army, he left Tianjin Wei, drove his troops to build a bridge, and came to the south bank of the Wei River. He clearly remembered that Wu Sangui came to ask what had happened and what news Nikan had brought.

At that time, he prevaricated on the grounds that Abatai was sick, and he did not know if Abatai was dead, but when he used his brother's life as a reason, he did not change his face at all. But Wu Sangui is cunning, for this reason, he only believes half of it, but he does not believe it all.

For this reason, Dorgon had to wait an extra night to reach the south bank of the canal.

"Are all armies in line?" Dorgon asked in a low voice.

"It's all right, it's all right."

Since he was preparing for a decisive battle, it was natural to send his troops to his side, and Dolgon sent all his loyal troops to his side, and sent his brothers and nephews out—these relatives were still afraid of him, but when the time of the great defeat, perhaps some of them would learn from him in killing Huang Taiji. Rather than this, it is better to let them make the final contribution to help him stop the pursuit of the Huaxia army.

There is also Wu Sangui, who must also stay here, his more than 100,000 troops, even if they surrender, are enough for the Huaxia Army to be absorbed for a few days, and the longer the Huaxia Army is delayed. Then the more favorable it is for Dorgon to leave.

"40,000 people...... This is the limit. ”

Assessing the number of people he could take with him, Dorgon sighed.

He has already sent a messenger, if it goes well, then he can get out of Gubeikou, and it will only take about half a month to return to Liaodong. In that case, he would have prepared enough food for 60,000 men. However, the enemy is expected to be lenient and strict, if the Gubei Pass is lost. He could only leave Gyeonggi from Juyong Pass in Badaling, and then go to Zhangjiakou Fort and go back with a big bend. Even if he could force the Mongols to send food along the way, it would only provide him with 40,000 men at most.

And below this number, it makes no sense for him to bring back to Liaodong. Because of this, he simply could not subdue Mongolia, Korea, or even control the Eight Banners.

By the light of the torches, Dorgon took out his pocket watch and checked the time.

Clocks and watches have long existed in the West, but Xinxiang is very accurate, this kind of clockwork mechanical watch, even in Xinxiang, is only handmade by the most clever jewelers, and the price of each is more than ten gold dollars, which is one thousand taels of silver in the past. Within the Huaxia Army, it was only popularized to officers at the battalion level. Or it is used as an ordnance during a mission. Dolgon was able to get a batch through various channels, and this time all of them were sent to his cronies.

It was already 1:15 a.m., and it was only 15 minutes before the appointed time.

One last glance at his own artillery battalion. Dorgon rubbed his face vigorously for a moment, then tried to laugh.

He must laugh, he must give confidence to Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, only by giving these traitors confidence, they will fight to the death in the next big war.

"Let the two princes come over." He raised his voice.

After a while, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were brought to him. Both of them looked tired, and it was only when they saw him that they were a little excited.

"Two, when the first emperor crowned the two as kings, he once said that after I entered the Central Plains in the Qing Dynasty, I divided the southern land into three, which was still happy and unfortunate, and it was already folded in the hands of Yu Guozhen, and now I am in the Qing Dynasty and Yu Guozhen decisive battle here, I will also give the two a thorough bottom, if this battle is won, the Central Plains can be determined, one of the two is the king of Qi, and one is the king of Chu. The east of the mountain and the south of the river were handed over to the two. ”

"If you accept the favor of the first emperor and your uncle, you will die in retribution!" Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were grateful and thanked them.

They didn't know about Shanhaiguan, so until now, they thought that Dolgon's strategic goal had been achieved, and that if they attacked tonight and consumed the ammunition of the besieged Huaxia army, they would be able to win the victory the day after tomorrow.

"I'll hand over all the artillery to the two, and then we will start bombarding, don't worry about attrition, as long as we win, we will have as many cannons as we want!" Dorgon said again.

Kong Youde was slightly surprised in his heart, it is not a matter of one or two days to build a prisoner to imitate the artillery of the Huaxia Army, since the defeat of the mountain 'east in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Dolgon has been working very hard to imitate the artillery of the Huaxia Army, but because of the problem of material technology, it is always in vain. Dozens of heavy cannons were finally created, which Dolgon regarded as treasures, and these dozens of cannons had always been under the control of Dolgon's cronies, and they were all given some inferior artillery. Today, Dolgon brought these cannons here, and it was a real cost.

He didn't doubt him at this time, he only felt that he had deep trust in Dorgon, and said gratefully at the moment: "With the emperor's order, the two of us are more sure that the southern thief will look good!" ”

"It's getting late, I still have to command the armies, you two...... Let's do it. ”

When Dorgon had finished speaking, he turned over and got on his horse, and without looking back, he left the barracks.

At 1:28 a.m. on September 28, the 19th year of Chongzhen, Dorgon returned to his camp.

Because of the previous order to prepare for battle, the entire camp was solemn. The soldiers, who did not know the truth, thought that a bloody battle was about to begin, so they were all nervous and excited. Dorgon looked at them and sighed again.

These are all good soldiers, with whom the Great Qing Dynasty can conquer the world, enter the Central Plains, and turn the most diligent, intelligent, and best ruling people in the world into their own minions. And the richest country in the world will also provide a steady stream of milk and blood for the Manchurians, a scene that Dolgon has dreamed of more than once.

However, because of Yu Guozhen's birth, all this is just a dream.

"Boom!"

Just as Dorgon's mind swayed, suddenly, he heard the sound of a cannon.

This was the first sound, followed by the sound of a hundred cannons firing in unison. For a long time, Dolgon had been hearing the earth-shattering sound of the Chinese army's 10,000 cannons. Now he finally heard the roar of his own artillery. His ears listened greedily to the voice, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten, for he knew very well that this was the first song and the swan song.

The artillery of the Huaxia Army is not vegetarian, they will quickly determine the location of these guns, and then the battle of the artillery to destroy the artillery will begin. This kind of countervail. In the past, Dolgon tried to avoid it, but now, for his own survival. He couldn't take care of it.

If he wants to retreat to Liaodong, these artillery pieces will definitely not be able to be taken away, and they will be left to the Huaxia army. It is better to be destroyed by the Huaxia Army on the battlefield.

"Let's go." After only a short moment, Dorgon gave the order.

The troops followed Dolgon out of the camp, and at first there was nothing, but then they realized that something was wrong, they were not moving in the southeast direction, that is, in the direction of the surrounded Tian Boguang and Gu Jiaming legions, but to the west!

To the west is the canal!

"Uncle, I went wrong, there is the west side, but the pontoon bridge. It's not the Huaxia Army. A subordinate general who had always been kept a secret came forward and said.

Dolgon said in a deep voice, "Yes, our goal is not in the east, but in the north. ”

"What...... What the? ”

"To Gubeikou, we have to go back to Liaodong. Yu Guozhen...... Captured Shanhaiguan, this battle, we lost! Dorgon said calmly.

"Ahh

The soldiers around who didn't know the news were all exclaimed.

In the area of Shanhaiguan, Dolgon was not without defenses, and he also laid out strict defenses. Hearing that Shanhaiguan was captured, and Dolgon chose not to recover it, everyone immediately understood that the Huaxia Army had invested heavy troops in the Shanhaiguan area!

The army exclaimed, and then fell into a deathly silence.

Dolgon took a breath and said, "Although Yu Guozhen has set such a cunning plan, I think the news has not yet reached him, and he does not know about Shanhaiguan, so we must leave here before he bites us...... Let's go! ”

Not far away, there was a shout of killing, this was the friendly army in the night to attack Tian and Gu's legions, the original purpose of this impact was to consume the opponent's ammunition, but now it has become a cover for them to escape. All the people who followed Dolgon's side at this time thought of rejoicing, fortunately Dolgon chose them, it is clear that those comrades who remain on the battlefield will face a total rout, and there is no escape!

When they came to the pontoon bridge they had built during the day, someone crept up to Dolgon: "King Rui, you have captured sixteen men." ”

This is a cronie who came first on Dolgon's orders, and Dolgon's face sank slightly: "Whose subordinates?" ”

"Wu Sangui."

"Damn cheap slave, you really don't have good intentions!"

The pontoon bridge on the canal to the west was built by Dolgon in the name of transferring troops to attack the Huaxia army, and Wu Sangui was arranged by Dolgon to the east of the encirclement, and this was on the west side of the encirclement. Wu Sangui sent people here, no doubt just to monitor Dolgon's movements!

Wu Sangui didn't believe Dolgon's explanation at all, he smelled danger with his nose that was smarter than a dog, but he couldn't be sure, so he secretly sent someone to monitor Dolgon's whereabouts. It's just that Wu Sangui didn't know that Dolgon was fighting the idea of abandoning most of his subordinates to flee.

"All the people have been caught, please rest assured, Wu Sangui wants to get the news, at least tomorrow morning."

"Well, kill them all." Dorgon could only kill people to vent his anger.

Wu Sangui, who was also in the dark, rubbed his light head with his hand at this time, and felt a headache.

Dolgon placed him in the east, of course, with bad intentions, and if the Tian and Gu legions wanted to break through, the first choice would be the east, because they could go to the sea. But Wu Sangui also knew that he had no way to negotiate conditions with Dolgon, and Dolgon did not send a prison army to him, so he was already tolerant enough for him.

But tonight's battle was a little inexplicable, and Dolgon used heavy artillery as soon as the battle began, wasn't he afraid that the location of his artillery battalion would be confirmed by the Huaxia Army?

"It's time to do it, Master Hou, if you don't do it again, Dolgon is afraid that he will send someone to question him." Some cronies and subordinates whispered.

"Wait, the people he sent will at least get the dawn, let's not rush." Wu Sangui muttered.

At this moment, he heard the sound of artillery beginning to sound in the camp of the Huaxia Army, which had been silent.

However, the sound of artillery was not directed at the Dolgon artillery battalion in the northwest direction, but towards him!