Chapter 625: Dolgon's helplessness, remorse, and fantasy

In the city of Dengzhou, it was bleak and lifeless.

There was garbage everywhere, there was a stench everywhere, there were unknown bugs flying everywhere, and there was a mess everywhere. There was a suffocating smell in the air, and even the constant blowing of the northwest wind could not completely dispel the stench.

Since Dengju City was surrounded by the Tiger Army, all kinds of stenches have accumulated together and cannot be discharged. A large amount of garbage could not be transported out of the city, so it had to be piled up in various corners of the city, and over time, it became more and more smelly. Later, due to the increase in the number of dead people, a large number of bones were thrown in the garbage heap, and the stench became even stronger.

Some people say that Dengzhou City is close to the sea, so why not just throw garbage into the sea? Dolgon thought about it, but unfortunately the Tiger Army didn't agree. The gunboats of the Tiger Ben Army have always been stationed near the dock, and as soon as someone comes out, they will immediately fire grapeshot bombs, and they will be beaten all over the world. In such a situation, who would dare to send garbage outside? It's almost the same to send a small life outside. Even Kong Youde's rebels resolutely refused to carry out such a mission to their deaths.

The same is true for Southside. In the beginning, Dorgon ordered the rebels to dump garbage outside the city and not to stay inside the city. Dorgon feared that there would be too much garbage in the city and a plague would break out. However, the snipers of the cavalry of the Tiger Army are waiting outside the city, and whoever takes out the garbage will shoot whomever he colds. Even in the middle of the night. As a result, every time the defenders took out the garbage, they had to pay several lives, and after a long time, no one wanted to die.

Of course, in the vicinity of the Yamen of Dengzhou Mansion, the streets are still relatively clean. No one likes to be in a rat nest, and neither does Dolgon. Therefore, the street next to the prefect's yamen is often cleaned. Before the New Year, Dolgon also took people to clean several important streets with their own hands. There is no way, the defenders have already fallen ill a lot of people. If there is an outbreak of the plague, there will be more deaths.

The serious consequences of the siege were the lack of medical care and diseases. Coupled with the severe shortage of food, I can't eat enough every day, and the body certainly has no resistance. The surrounding environment is poor, mosquitoes breed, and diseases are rampant. In addition to food, water is also a big problem. The underground water source of Dengzhou City has been polluted due to the serious accumulation of garbage. It's no wonder that you don't get sick if you eat polluted groundwater every day.

Those who die are often the most unlucky. Because there is no meat to eat, some people are secretly eyeing the dead. Dolgon could only ignore this and pretend not to know. Anyway, he didn't eat meat anymore. Dodor accidentally recounts that he once ate a piece of delicious offal, and Dorgon vomited for days, calling Dodor a devil.

After a full meal, Dorgon regained some of his life. As the Tiger Army prepared to attack, he had already ordered that the rest of the food be distributed according to twice the previous standard. As a result, during the Chinese New Year, the food of the defenders did not increase in the slightest and was firmly controlled. However, with the arrival of Zhang Zhun, the defenders finally had a full meal. It seems that they are going to be blessed by Zhang Zhun.

The consequence of this is that they are obviously ready to take a gamble. There is very little food reserve left in Dolgon's hands, which can last for about half a month at most. If the Tiger Army does not attack, the defenders themselves will rush out of the city and fight with the Tiger Army. Otherwise, you will only be starved to death. He hoped that Zhang Zhun would not understand this, otherwise, the Tiger Ben Army could have waited for them to rush out and commit suicide.

There was a constant sound of messy footsteps outside, which was the movement of troops. Taking into account the actual situation of the troops, Dolgon adopted a strategy of decentralized resistance. In layman's terms, it is to fight for each other. Because at this point, it is impossible to concentrate forces and face off against Zhang Zhun. Whether the hungry soldiers could continue to line up, whether they could keep the formation intact under the high pressure of the Tiger Army, Dolgon was completely uncertain. Since there is no bottom, then I have to herd the sheep.

Anyway, at this point, it is unrealistic to expect victory and survival. Unless they are willing to throw up their hands in surrender. However, with the grudge between the Ming Kingdom and the Dajin Kingdom, even if they raised their hands to surrender, they still couldn't escape the fate of being beheaded in the end. The only thing they could do was to delay the time for the Tiger Ben Army to occupy Dengzhou City and add a little more casualties to the Tiger Ben Army.

Since yesterday, Dorgon has known that the Tiger Army has come for real this time. There was a report from the observation post that they saw Zhang Zhun appear with their own eyes. Zhang Zhun appeared in Dengzhou City, of course, he didn't come to see it. He'd seen it last time. Zhang Zhun came this time, obviously to personally command the siege. In other words, the time of Dengzhou City is running out.

Unwilling, really unwilling. Dolgon was not reconciled in any way. He was really unwilling to let his life end hastily in Dengzhou City. When he first entered Dengzhou City, Dolgon had infinite scenery, and even Huang Taiji had to publicly congratulate him, believing that Dolgon's wisdom, courage and courage were incomparable to other slave chiefs. At that moment, Dorgon was indeed intoxicated.

Entering the core hinterland of the Ming Kingdom by sea has always been Dorgon's dream, and it is also an important way for the Dajin Kingdom to rapidly expand abroad. He planned for this for a long time. As long as he does this, his military exploits will be much higher than those of Hauge and others, and the benefits he will obtain will be much more than that of Hauge. The distance he was close to the throne of the Great Jin Kingdom was a little closer.

However, just when he was about to forge the most glorious life in life, he suddenly fell from heaven to hell. The battle of Huangxian completely stunned Dolgon. Such a heavy loss has never been seen in the world of Dajin Kingdom. At the time of the retreat, Dorgon's mind was basically blank. He even forgot about the Hongyi cannons that were very important to him, and gave them to the Tiger Army in vain.

By the time he figured out what was going on, he had no chance of turning the tables around. The relationship between Dengzhou City and Liaodong was completely cut off, and both materials and information were completely incompatible. The two exits of Dengzhou City were also firmly blocked by the Tiger Ben Army. All of a sudden, they were abandoned. In the days that followed, they had to wait for death slowly.

"Did we fail like that?"

Dordor's voice seemed to still ring in Dorgon's ears.

Yesterday was the most painful day in Dengzhou City. The reason for the pain is that everyone present must choose their own way of death. With the arrival of Zhang Zhun, their lives have finally come to an end. All the original fantasies, all the hopes, have come to naught. Huang Taiji did lead his army south, but he did not rescue them in time before Zhang Zhun could make a move.

After Zhang Zhun arrived in Dengzhou City, Dolgon summoned all the officers of the Dajin Army, as well as Kong Youde and others of the rebel army, and reluctantly held a military meeting to determine the resistance plan. Idiots know that Zhang Zhun went to the outside of Dengzhou City, obviously the good ones don't come, the people who come are not good, today is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and it is good that they can live until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

As for the firearms of the Tiger Army, I believe that all the defenders in Dengzhou City still remember it vividly. The first battle of Huangxian County can be said to have left a deep shadow in their hearts. The gunpowder weapons of the Tiger Ben Army are too powerful to be resisted by the flesh and blood of the defenders. Especially the ** bag used by the Tiger Ben Army later, it is simply the life of the Tartars. Countless Tartars had rushed to the bottom of the city walls, and as a result, there was no way to rush to the top of the city.

It is conceivable that when the Tiger Ben Army launches an attack, it will still use a large number of these ** packs. As long as the thought of the companion who was blown up and bled out, but did not have any scars on the outside, all the Tartars shuddered. They don't understand how their companions were killed. Their leather garments, their armor, and even their bodies were intact, but the people did die.

"We can't sit still!"

"We're going to rush out and fight the Tiger Army to the death!"

"We can't die in the city! I'd rather die on the way to the offensive! ”

Before the meeting had even begun, Duoduo couldn't wait to get into the clamour. In the past, Dordor had great respect for Dorgon, listening to him in everything and never having his own opinions. For Dorgon was wise and wise, knew politics, knew how to fight, had courage, skill, and strategy. Under Dolgon's command, he just had to play the role of a striker and rush and strike.

However, after being besieged for half a year, the light on Dolgon's body has completely receded. He's gone from genius to stupid. Even, some people complain behind their backs that it is precisely because of Dolgon's strong advocacy of entering Shandong by sea that it will lead to today's failure and such a tragedy today. As a result, Dorgon's image plummeted, and even Dorgon was unwilling to regard him as an older brother. The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, both ancient and modern.

Duoduo's opinion is very representative, that is, everyone should stop defending the city, go out and fight to the death with the Tiger Army. Even if you are killed, you will be killed happily, don't stay in the city like a mouse, being dug up and executed one by one by the tiger army. The smell of hunger was so unpleasant that I simply died.

However, Dorgon vetoed such an opinion. Dorgon was adamantly opposed to going out of the city. He insisted that in the current state of the defenders, it would be pure suicide to rush out and fight the Tiger Army. When the soldiers were strong and strong, they couldn't rush in front of the Tiger Army, let alone the current state of exhaustion? If nothing else, the speed of this run alone is twice as slow as before. didn't have time to run in front of the Tiger Army, and was overturned by all the guns of the Tiger Army.

"Stay in the city and take time to assassinate the enemy."

"If you can kill one, you can kill two, and you can earn one."

"We are not fighting for ourselves, we are for the sake of the Dajin Kingdom."

Dolgon's tone of voice was somewhat similar to that of Zhang Zhun. His opinion is that all the defenders are huddled in the large and small buildings in the city, playing hide and seek with the Tiger Army, looking for opportunities to plot against the Tiger Army. With the help of the cover of complex terrain, even if the defenders are all killed, the Tiger Army will have to pay a certain price. Relatively speaking, this way of fighting is much more effective than charging and committing suicide.

That's right, charging to commit suicide is indeed a happy death, but it is useless at all. The Dajin Kingdom no longer needs them to take such a heroic way to be martyred, what the Dajin Kingdom needs is for them to adopt an effective way to weaken the strength of the Tiger Ben Army. It is believed that what the Tiger Army hopes most is that the defenders rush out to commit suicide, and then occupy Dengzhou City without much effort. Dolgon couldn't let the Tiger Army get his wish. He wants to exchange the lives of his men for the lives of the Tiger Ben Army.

Dolgon believed that relying on the complex terrain in the city, it was still possible for the Dajin army to kill about a thousand Tiger Ben troops as long as the Dajin army operated properly. Such a number of people does seem to be a little less. The number of enemies annihilated by the Tartars in each major battle is in the tens of thousands, and it is indeed impossible to take it. However, this was already Dorgon's most optimistic estimate. Wanting to kill more Tiger Ben Army is a fool's dream.

In fact, even Dolgon himself felt an indescribable sadness that he wanted the Dajin Army to fight with the Tiger Army. Population has always been the weakest weakness of the Dajin Kingdom, and it is the strongest advantage of the Ming Kingdom. Now, Dajin Guo wants to use such a weakness to fight against the most powerful advantage of the Ming Kingdom, no matter how you look at it, it feels awkward. If he hadn't been desperate, Dorgon wouldn't have made such a move.

If you take 10,000 steps back, what is the use of more than 2,000 warriors of the Dajin Army, even if they can fight out 20,000 or even 200,000 Tiger Ben Army? The Han people died 200,000, and they were able to replenish 200,000 immediately. The population of the Han people is simply endless. Since the Battle of Sarhu, the Dajin Army has defeated countless Ming troops, but the number of Ming troops has not remained above hundreds of thousands.

"The Seven ...... of Hatred"

Dolgon suddenly felt his mouth bitter.

He began to hate his father Khan's seven hatreds a little. It was after Nurhachi announced the Seven Hatreds that the Dajin Kingdom was raising troops against the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Dajin definitely did not clearly realize how powerful its opponent was. The continuous victories made the whole Dajin Kingdom believe that the Ming Kingdom was weak and could be bullied, and they could handle it as they wanted. Later facts seem to prove this.

Now, Dolgon finally felt it. Ming Guo is clearly a huge lion. Dajin Guo is a porcupine at most, even if he is covered in thorns, in front of the lion, he is not even qualified to beg for mercy. In the past, the lion of the Ming Kingdom was asleep before it was disturbed by the little porcupine. Now, the lion has woken up, and the porcupine is left to be abused.

It's all fate!

Dolgon let out a long sigh and slowly walked out of the prefect's yamen.

The sun was shining today, and he wanted to get some sunshine. Perhaps, he doesn't have many opportunities to get sunshine anymore. Dorgon had already made up his mind that he would not let himself fall into the hands of the Tiger Army alive, and he could not afford to lose this face.

"Dodor."

Dorgon suddenly shouted.

Armed Duoduo, passing by him.

The offensive of the Tiger Army was about to be launched, and Duoduo was to personally take command of the front. In other words, the first to die in battle must have been Dordor, and then he Dorgon. Duoduo died in battle, he died in battle, and the three brothers, Azig was the only one. At this time, Dolgon did not know about the defeat of Azig. He was worried about whether Azig would be able to maintain power under the high pressure of Emperor Taiji after he and Duoduo were both killed in battle.

At this moment, Dorgon's mind was extremely clear. Perhaps, Azig should be persuaded to retreat bravely, give up the position of banner master, and stay out of the matter early. The Tiger Ben Army has risen, and it is impossible for the Dajin Kingdom to get the slightest benefit from the Ming Kingdom. Even, it is very likely that even Huang Taiji will end up with a fate like himself.

The only way out is for Dajin to quickly retreat to Hetuala, and then go to the state to ask for guilt and ask for peace with the Ming country, and not to blame the past. Once the fighting could not be stopped, the Manchus would be exterminated. Yes, Dorgon believes that the Golden Kingdom is definitely no match for the Tiger Army. In view of the hatred between the two, there is a good chance that the Dajin Kingdom will be exterminated by Zhang Zhun.

It's a pity that he can't say it to Azig in person. Even if you have to ask someone to convey it, it is very difficult. The Tiger Ben Army is overwhelming, and the Dajin Army that can escape may not have anyone. However, it doesn't matter if you don't say it. If the Dajin Kingdom is really wiped out, I believe that everyone can still reunite under Jiuquan.

Duoduo stopped, looked at his brother, and did not speak. At this point, there is no need to speak. The two brothers were surrounded in Dengzhou City, obviously it was impossible to survive for long, and meeting in hell was just around the corner. Let's hope the Azig side is okay.

At the beginning, Azig did not follow Dolgon to Shandong, and Duoduo felt very regretful, thinking that if the three brothers gathered together and joined forces to attack the Ming Kingdom, it would be a good story. Now it seems that this is really a blessing in misfortune. Otherwise, all three brothers will be wiped out.

"Say, where is Azig?"

Dodor said suddenly.

"I think it's over Texas."

Dorgon said bitterly.

"Texas ...... Zhang Zhun is ruthless enough. ”

That's all Dodor could say.

He also believes that Azig has already arrived in Texas, and may even be on his way to Qingzhou Mansion in Texas, and it may even be that Azig has begun to attack Qingzhou Mansion. Because of this, the Tiger Ben army wanted to attack Dengzhou City at this time, so as to avoid being attacked by the enemy on the back and fighting on both sides. The more ferocious the Tiger Army's attack, the more ferocious the Azig's attack was.

I don't know how much time it will take for Azig to attack Qingzhou City? If Azig's attack was fast enough, he might be able to rescue them before Dengzhou City fell. This is a fantasy that is easy to exist for people in distress, and Dordor is no exception. Even, even Dolgon couldn't help but deduce that Azig had really started attacking Qingzhou City, and the Tiger Army couldn't bear it, so they had to find a way to solve Dengzhou City.

If that's really the case, the battle in Dengzhou City will naturally last as long as possible. Of course, the two of them also knew that the Tiger Ben Army would definitely not let Azig advance across Qingzhou City easily. Now, both sides are competing against time and perseverance. Whoever can hold out until the end will win.

"Ordered the whole army, just say that Azig has arrived in Qingzhou City, and will soon conquer Qingzhou City, and then come to rescue us! As soon as Azig arrived, we were rescued! Keep it up and we'll win! ”

As if grasping at a life-saving straw, Dorgon said in a loud voice.

A faint flush of agitation was evident on his sickly cheeks.

However, after Dorgon's words were passed down, they did not cause much repercussions. Obviously, most of the defenders were numb. Whether Azig comes or doesn't come, it doesn't mean much to them. Because everyone knows that it is not easy for Azig to break Qingzhou City. The higher-ups of the Tartars, in particular, knew that this was nothing more than a self-deceptive prospect depicted by Dolgon.

Thinking that at the beginning, Dolgon's hands concentrated most of the elites of the white flag and the white flag, but with all their efforts, they did not break the defense line of the tiger army in Huangxian. The strength of the positive red flag is obviously worse than that of the positive white flag and the inlaid white flag, and with the personality of Huang Taiji, it is impossible to strengthen the strength of the positive red flag. Therefore, relying on the Zhenghong Banner led by Azig alone, it is not impossible to break through the defense line of the Tiger Ben Army in Qingzhou City, but it is very difficult.

"Lord Belle, the Tiger Army is ready to attack."

At this time, someone rushed to report the money.

"Everyone, let's fight!"

Dorgon said perkly.

In the past, such a simple sentence brought full self-confidence. The power of language lies not in the language itself, but in the strength behind the speaker. It's like Temujin, who was rampant in the world at the beginning, and in the face of the enemy's provocation, he replied with only six simple words: If you want to fight, you will fight, what kind of heroic spirit is that? This is what Dorgon is pursuing.

In the past, Dolgon had almost done it, and with just a few words, his command could do things very well. His majesty in the Dajin Kingdom can only be compared with two people, one is Huang Taiji and the other is Daishan. There is no one else. But now, this sentence sounds like a completely heroic feeling, but like a very helpless dying - it's all here, everyone has their own destiny.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the Tartars all left silently. Among the people who left, there was also a Han person, that is, Kong Youde. Hearing Dolgon speak like this, Kong Youde's heart was not at all tasteful, and he even felt a little like committing suicide and hitting the wall. At the beginning, for the sake of fame and wealth, he did not hesitate to take refuge in the Dajin Kingdom, thinking that he could rise to the top and become prosperous and rich. I didn't expect to suffer such a terrible defeat here.

If there is a chance to choose again, Kong Youde believes that he will never choose to surrender to the Tartars. But is there a way back for him? No! Thinking of everything he has done, Kong Youde believes that no one will let him go. Since both horizontal and vertical are dead, there is only one way out, and the Tiger Ben Army is desperate.

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

"Tom!"

At noon, a fierce cannon fire came, shaking the entire Dengzhou City.

The attack of the Tiger Ben Army began on time.