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Soon, Prince Su Haoge, Wuyingjun King Azige, Rao Yu Belle Abatai, as well as Ganglin, Xifu, Sony, Baiyintu and other important Manchu ministers and fierce generals were urgently summoned to Dolgon's big tent.

At this time, Dorgon and Dodor had already put on filial piety, and the people who had entered the tent were shocked when they saw it, and hurriedly inquired about the situation.

"The emperor has died," said Dolgon, "weeping bitterly," said Dolgon, "news has come from Shengjing that the emperor has died of hemoptysis due to overwork." I have summoned you here today to report this matter and then discuss the follow-up arrangements. ”

Dolgon wiped away the tears from his face, and then told the others another serious thing with a gloomy face: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king also tells you another unfortunate thing, the Ming army attacked Shengjing and destroyed Shengjing City, most of the men in the city were killed, the palace and your houses were basically destroyed, our family was basically slaughtered by the Ming army, and Shengjing City was almost in ruins. ”

"Huh?!"

"Oh my God!"

"How so?"

Dolgon's announcement of several bad news blew everyone up like a bolt from the blue. Inside the big tent, there was an exclamation, Ji'er turned into wailing and anger, almost overturning the big tent, and the big man's crying and roaring were too terrifying.

Dolgon shouted angrily a few times before he suppressed his voice, and after everyone had quieted down, he explained his meaning: "Ladies and gentlemen, the misfortune of the country has allowed the Nanming barbarians to take advantage of the situation and get advantage. Shengjing was destroyed and the emperor died, which was a misfortune for the Qing Dynasty. It's just that things have happened, and what we have to do now is to deal with the aftermath. This king has summoned you today to ask you, how to deal with it next? ”

"Then it goes without saying that you must avenge the Emperor Ama," Hauge, who had howled for a while, stood up angrily, glared at Dolgon angrily, and said: "Prince Rui, please announce immediately, attack Songshan and Jinzhou with all your strength, and must capture Songshan and Jinzhou, destroy their cities, slaughter all the people in the city, and avenge Emperor Ama." ”

Hearing Hauge say this, Dorgon and Dodor glanced at each other, and both brothers saw a hint of disdain in each other's eyes. Haoge really has no brains, if Songshan and Jinzhou are so easy to capture, where can there be such a tragedy now?

Now with all his strength attacking Songshan and Jinzhou, not to mention victory, the Great Qing Kingdom may be defeated.

Azig, who is also powerful but has not much brains like Hauge, expressed a similar opinion to Hauge, asking for a decisive battle with the Ming army to avenge Huang Taiji. Seeing Hauge and Azig say this, the others hesitated and did not dare to stand up and express other opinions.

Seeing this, Dorgon smiled bitterly and motioned for Dorgon to stand up and give his opinion.

Duoduo understood and immediately stood up, "Ladies and gentlemen, this king does not agree with the ideas of Prince Su and King Wuyingjun. ”

"Tell me your opinion!" Dorgon said to Dorgon with a blank expression.

Duoduo cleared his throat and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, Shengjing was destroyed, the emperor died, and most of the tens of thousands of bannermen who stayed in Shengjing were killed by the Ming army. You don't know that the news of the destruction of Shengjing has spread, there are signs of riots around, and many tribes are ready to take advantage of the opportunity to fall into the ground. Shengjing is the foundation of my Qing Dynasty, and the remaining people, especially the queen and the emperor's children, must be protected, otherwise once the situation gets out of control, the Mongols and Koreans may take advantage of the fire to loot, and our remaining family members will suffer a catastrophe, and at that time, the Qing Dynasty will really be finished. ”

"And what do you think?" Hauge suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Duoduo unceremoniously.

Because of the great battle, the blue flag he led suffered a great defeat, and he was also injured, Hauge was deeply shocked, and he no longer had the confidence to be in front of others, otherwise today Duoduo would have refuted him like this, he would have been furious, and insisted on his own opinion strongly, and even acted rudely to those who disagreed.

"The king feels that the most important thing now is to stabilize the rear, rebuild Shengjing, appease the bannermen, and avoid being robbed by neighboring tribes," said Duoduo, looking at Dolgon, whose face was showing praise, and then said in a firmer voice: "There is one more important thing, that is, to support the new emperor as soon as possible to stabilize the situation. ”

The last few words of Dodor woke up both Haug and Azig who were originally angry like a thunderclap.

Hauge is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, and it stands to reason that he is the most likely person to inherit the throne, but the truth is the same. Before Nurhachi's death, Dolgon was appointed to inherit the throne, but at that time, the emperor was powerful, and finally the throne was taken away by the emperor. Of course, Dolgon will not stop there, he has been looking for an opportunity, Huang Taiji is dead, and it is a good time for him to regain the throne.

And Haoge is not the son of Huang Taiji, and he is usually not liked by Huang Taiji, so it is almost impossible to inherit the throne.

However, Hauge must have the idea of seizing the throne, for him, now is also the best time to compete for the throne, Duoduo's words to support the new emperor as soon as possible made him wake up, so he did not insist on his own opinion, and wanted to attack Songshan and Jinzhou with all his strength to avenge Huang Taiji. Fighting for the throne is the most important thing at the moment, and once the opportunity is missed, it will be impossible to win the title of Ninety-Five.

Dolgon immediately agreed with Duoduo's opinion: "What Prince Yu said is reasonable, Songshan and Jinzhou cannot be captured at once, Shengjing is rebuilt, and supporting the new emperor is the most urgent thing for my Qing Dynasty." This king thinks that we should immediately withdraw our troops from Songshan and Jinzhou and return to Shengjing!"

Just now, the two brothers had reached an agreement and decided to suspend the Songjin campaign and withdraw their troops from Songshan and Jinzhou.

For the talented Dolgon, although it was a pity to withdraw his troops in this way, Songshan and Jinzhou were just around the corner, but the capture of Songshan and Jinzhou was much more important than the struggle for the throne. In addition, Shengjing was destroyed, the rear of the Great Qing Kingdom was in a mess, if the news spread, the Qing army would also be discouraged, and other tribes might take the opportunity to make trouble, and the Mongols might take this opportunity to get out of control.

If there is another war, the follow-up supply of military food and grass will also be problematic.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to withdraw the troops as soon as possible, stabilize the domestic situation in the Qing Dynasty, and support the new monarch. For Dolgon, taking the throne in his hands was more important than anything else.

If the throne falls, it may never be taken back, and there will be opportunities after the war.

The people with their own thoughts also quickly reached an agreement and decided to withdraw their troops from Songshan and Jinzhou immediately.

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When Cao Bianjiao planned to lead his army out of the city again to attack the Qing army outside the city, he found that the situation was wrong, and the Qing army showed signs of retreat.

Before retreating, the Qing army launched a feint siege, the siege of the city was Han Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners, and after being killed and wounded by the defenders at the head of the city, the attack was stopped. This scene is not the same as usual, the Qing army that has not launched a large-scale siege for several days should not have started the siege in such a hurry, and ended the siege in a hurry, Cao Bianjiao, who commanded the men and horses to repel the attack of the Qing army, had doubts in his heart.

Just when Cao Bianjiao was puzzled and was about to organize another attack on the camp, the sergeant came to report that the Qing army had retreated.

Cao Bianjiao hurriedly rushed to the head of the city, and sure enough, he saw that the Qing army was retreating. In the dark night, there was a flickering fire everywhere, and there was a lot of noise.

Cao Bianjiao had been in war for a long time, although he thought that this might be a trap for Jiannu to lure the defenders in the city to attack, but subconsciously he felt that things might change substantially, so he didn't think too much about it, and immediately raised troops out of the city to chase and kill.

What made a big commotion was the Han Eight Banners behind the palace, that is, the "Sanshun King" Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi's people.

In the evening, they received a siege order from Dolgon, asking them to attack the city, and the three commanded their men and horses to attack the city, and after losing a lot of men and horses, they found that the situation was not right, and the Jurchens retreated. This discovery does not matter, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others, who felt abandoned, were afraid of being completely annihilated by the Ming army in the city, so they immediately ordered the camp to retreat.

The military discipline of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty is far less strict than that of the Jurchen Eight Banners, although Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and others have repeatedly ordered not to make a big move, but how can the retreat under the panic not make a big mess?

Cao Bianjiao took advantage of the situation to attack, and the Han Eight Banners led by Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, who were retreating, suddenly fell into chaos.

Hong Chengchou, who received Cao Bianjiao's report, also took the opportunity to command other horses to fight out of the city, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi's troops were all routed and suffered heavy losses, and only one-third of the men and horses escaped from the sky, and tens of thousands of people were annihilated and captured.

A few days ago, after suffering a fiasco because of the escape of several major general soldiers without fighting, Hong Chengchou had a great psychological burden, he was afraid that he would be trapped and die in Songshan City like this, and he wanted to break through and leave several times but failed to do so, but he didn't expect to win a battle in a hurry today, which was something he never dreamed of.

Hong Chengchou couldn't figure out why the Qing army retreated in a hurry, and after the battle, when he summoned his generals to discuss the military situation, he raised this question. Cao Bianjiao, Wang Tingen, Xia Chengde and other generals and governor Qiu Minyang were also completely unaware, but they all knew that such a situation must have occurred due to changes within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, otherwise the Qing Dynasty would not have suddenly retreated on all fronts.

When everyone was puzzled, a general hurriedly entered the house and reported loudly: "Master Governor, we captured Kong Youde's deputy general, and after interrogation, we learned that there was a Ming army that ran long distance to Shengjing and successfully destroyed Shengjing City. Jiannu was afraid of chaos in the rear, so he had to retreat. ”

As soon as they heard the news, both Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao were shocked.

"Great, I don't know who led the army to attack Shengjing and succeeded, this governor will definitely reward him," Hong Chengchou danced happily and laughed out loud, "Haha, Jiannu also has today, haha, great." ”

"This is really a blessing for Daming!" Qiu Minyang, the governor of Songshan, also said with emotion: "I really don't know what kind of general, I have the courage to dare to go deep into the hinterland of Jiannu alone, attack its capital successfully, and destroy Shengjing, no wonder Huang Taiji wants to die of anger." ”

Cao Bianjiao, who had been worried about Cao Yue's comfort, suddenly smiled after hearing the news, and he said boldly: "Master Inspector, if the last general's expectation is good, the sneak attack on the Ming army in Shengjing must have been done by Cao Yue, the cousin of the last general, that is, the deputy general of the last general. When counterattacking the Jiannu attack that day, Vice General Cao and the last general attacked the Jiannu camp together, but later disappeared. The soldiers and horses led by Deputy General Cao were all the soldiers left behind by General Cao, the uncle of the last general, and the level of cavalry and archery was not inferior to that of Jiannu, and it was impossible for the whole army to be wiped out at the hands of Jiannu. Later, they were nowhere to be found, so they must have broken out of the siege of Jiannu and attacked Shengjing. ”

"It's possible!" Hong Chengchou also nodded in agreement after hearing this, "I believe that in a few days, the truth will be revealed." The governor immediately sent a report to the imperial court, telling His Majesty the news of the great victory in Matsuyama, so that His Majesty would be less worried. ”

"That's how it should be, but, Master Overseer, this news has not been confirmed, and if something goes wrong, then ......"

"Don't worry about this, Ben Du has his own measure!"