Just after noon, the Chu army had all withdrawn to the east bank of the Liao River.

After half a day's rest, Liu Jun led the army to continue to fight back to Liaoyang City. There are only 10,000 Chu troops and 20,000 Kong Youde and other old soldiers under the banner of Liu Jun in Liaoyang City, and they are actually very worried under Liaoyang City, and when they see Liu Jun and others come back, they actually lost more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, which is a big shock.

"Is this a lost battle?" Cai Yuan, deputy commander-in-chief of the First Division, hurriedly asked.

"No, we won, a big victory." Cai Yuan's former subordinate, Zhang Guodong, now the deputy commander of the Second Division, replied. "We annihilated all the 5,000 Tartars on the banks of the Liao River, and also beheaded the Tartar Emperor."

"Don't joke with me." Cai Yuandao.

"The body of the Tartar Emperor is right behind, and we have also beheaded his brother Bel Abatai, captured two of his Belle nephews alive, and captured two of Gushan Ezhen, and three scholars." Zhang Guodong said proudly.

"Oh my God!" Cai Yuan exclaimed, shocked a lot. Although he knew very well that Liu Jun had led his army to attack the Tartar Emperor before, he never imagined that they succeeded and achieved such a complete victory that even the Tartar Emperor was killed.

Liu Jun nodded at Cai Yuan, signaling that what Zhang Guodong said was true.

"What is the situation in Liaoyang?" Liu Jun asked.

"According to the orders of the commander, I bluffed under the banner of the commander, and set up an empty camp far away from the north, south and east of Liaoyang, bluffing the flag, and only arranged the soldiers and horses on the west side, and also set up cannons outside the city, and shelled them every hour. Until now, Haug should have not seen through our reality, he has not dared to leave the city, but only closed the four gates, busy strengthening the defenses, waiting for reinforcements. ”

The main forces of the Qing army are now in western Liaoning. There will be no reinforcements for a while.

"Tie the bodies of Huang Taiji and Abatai to the flagpole, push them to the gate of Liaoyang, put out the captured dragon robes, etc., and then take the prisoners of Beledudu, Shuotuo, Turge, Yingordai, Xifu, Ganglin, etc., to the city, so that the defenders of Liaoyang know that we have killed the Tartars. Destroy their reinforcements, well, let Kong Youde Geng Zhongming and a few others also go over, and let them help hold the prisoners. ”

At the head of Liaoyang City, the Qing army discovered the movement of the Ming army and hurriedly reported to Haoge.

Ai Xin Jueluo. Haoge, one year old today Chinese New Year's Eve, is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, the first year of Chongde. Jin was named Prince Heshuosu. He is the first son of Huang Taiji, and the only adult son of Huang Taiji, in his early years he followed his father to conquer the Mongolian Dongkui, Chahar, Ordos and other departments, several battles have military exploits, by his grandfather Nurhachi named Beile.

Because of his courage and ability to fight, and because he was the only adult son of Huang Taiji, he was able to be crowned Prince Su and was within the Manchu Dynasty. It also has a lot of strength.

Hearing the report below, Hauge rushed to the gate tower of the West City. Then he immediately found that he was only a hundred steps away from the city, pushed a few lookout cars, and hung three people on the door.

"Bring the clairvoyant mirror!"

The Qing army at the head of the city had already seen a person hanging in the lookout car wearing a dragon robe, but they didn't dare to talk nonsense. Hauge saw it too, but couldn't believe it.

Holding the clairvoyant, Hauge looked at it for the first time. I felt that the person was very similar to his father Huang Taiji, and he was also wearing a dragon robe. However, when I looked closely at the face, I found that the face was rotten and looked quite hideous.

Although his face was rotten, Haoge still confirmed in his heart that this was the corpse of the Qing Emperor.

The clairvoyant looked to the side again. The person on the left is also quite familiar, it is his seventh uncle Abatai, and the person on the right he also knows, the head of Hanchen is also the head of Wenchen Fan Wencheng.

Hauge felt dizzy.

At this time, a group of people came over from the opposite side.

"It's Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, three traitors!" There was a Qing general next to him who couldn't help but shout.

Haoge also recognized at a glance that the leaders of the crowd who came over were Kong Youde and other Sanshun kings, and there was also Shen Zhixiang, the prince of Xushun. Gaizhou was lost, and these Han troops directly under the emperor with black flags directly surrendered to the Ming army.

Now these shameless guys are escorting a large group of people over.

"Dudoubele, Shotobel!"

Someone exclaimed again.

Hauge had a dark face, watching his two cousins being escorted to the front by Kong Youde and others, and being pressed to kneel on the ground.

Two Baylors knelt down, and several more were escorted up.

"Gushan Ezhen Turg, Yingordai."

Each of the Eight Banners has only one solid mountain Ezhen, but two of them appeared here at once, and these two people, like the two Baylors, should have been with the emperor at this time.

A few more people were escorted up, it was the university scholars Xifu and Ganglin, if you add Fan Wencheng who was hanging in the car over there, the three major bachelors of the Qing Dynasty have all arrived.

Another group of people were escorted up, some knew each other, some didn't, but looking at the armor on their bodies, they could almost guess that they were all Zhangjing of the three banners.

In the end, there were seven or eight hundred warriors of the Eight Banners.

"Lord Wang!" The defenders at the head of the city were already pale, and they were terrified to the extreme. If it was just a corpse wearing a dragon robe, they could still believe that the Ming army had made a corpse to pretend to be the emperor. But now, one by one appeared under the city, and there was no longer any suspicion.

When the emperor received a letter of help from Liaoyang and led his troops to arrive, he was ambushed and killed by the Ming army.

At this time, Kong Youdece under the city immediately took a few steps forward and shouted to the head of the city, "Listen to Haoge, Prince Su of the city, your emperor, your father, and the captive Huang Taiji have been killed by my Ming Dynasty Governor Chu Guogong last night on the west bank of the Liao River. The five thousand and eight cavalry around Huang Taiji were also wiped out, and the Duke of Chu gave you a day, and at noon tomorrow, if you don't surrender the city, my soldiers will attack the city tomorrow, and there will be no one left. ”

After speaking, Kong Youde turned around and returned to the front of the battle, waving his hand at the more than 800 Qing army prisoners who were escorted to the city.

The executioners were all black-flagged subordinate officers, who were asked to serve as executioners themselves.

"Slash!"

After Kong Youde finished speaking, he pulled out his waist knife and took the lead in front of Belle Shuoto.

Shuotuo saw Kong Youde walking forward with a knife with a ruthless face, and he already knew his fate. couldn't help but scold at the moment, "Kong Youde in the dog's day, your ancestors in my day, and your ancestors in my day." ”

"Lord Belle, someone Kong has sent you on your way."

"Traitor. You can't die a good death, do you think the traitor will have a good end if he kills me? The Southern Dynasty will not let you go. ”

Kong Youde swung his knife violently, and Shuotuo's head fell to the ground, and a cavity of blood spurted up.

Geng Zhongming slashed Beledudu with one sword, Shang Kexi slashed Turg with one sword, and Shen Zhixiang slashed Ying Ordai. The other officers, big and small, were all bloody.

In the blink of an eye. More than 800 Qing army prisoners, from Baylor to ordinary vests, were cut to the ground.

After the killing, Kong Youde took away the heads of Shuotuo and other important figures, leaving behind the headless corpses. The bodies of Huang Taiji, Abatai, and Fan Wencheng were put down, and Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi swung their knives again, cutting off the heads of the three corpses again, and finally threw the headless corpses aside. The body was taken away.

The Ming army withdrew into the camp.

Hauge and the others trembled with anger, and there was fear in the anger.

"Send men to take all the corpses back to the city."

Hauge said word by word.

"Lord Wang, go out and fight with them."

"Fight your mother!" Hauge suddenly yelled at the officer. After yelling, he turned around and went straight down to the city.

Under the city, in front of the Ming army.

Fu Shan watched Kong Youde and the others slash and kill the Qing army prisoners, and his brows furrowed, "It's not necessary to kill the prisoners, besides, how to deal with these prisoners." Isn't it up to the imperial court to decide? ”

Liu Jun is not a murderous person.

He doesn't like to kill prisoners, but that doesn't mean he won't kill prisoners.

"These men killed more than 3,000 of our comrades. This is to avenge them. Liu Jun said, the battle of the Liaohe River was the largest casualty of the nine-headed bird in the two years since its establishment, and there were more than 3,000 casualties in the first war, and Liu Jun wanted to cry in pain. The execution of these captives now is not just for revenge. "It's an example of the monkey."

"Commander, won't we immediately bombard the siege? Dai Shan may be coming, maybe at any time. Chief of Staff Wang Qian said.

"Dai Shan won't come so soon, we have already sent people to patrol the Liao River, as soon as they appear, we will know. And I'm sure Daizen won't come. Dai Shan is an old fox, he has always been cautious, and when he knows the result of the battle of Liaohe, he will not come rashly. And I gave Hauge a day because I was sure that Hauge would definitely abandon the city and flee tonight and retreat to Shenyang. ”

A group of generals such as Fu Shan, Wang Qian, and Zhang Shan were all greatly surprised, and they didn't know where Liu Jun's judgment came from.

Liu Jun is very confident, the nine-headed bird has been invincible since it entered Liao, and now even the Tartar Emperor has been killed, whether it is Daishan or Haoge, they will no longer dare to underestimate the nine-headed bird. Of course, the most important point is that as soon as Huang Taiji died, now the Manchu dragons have no leader, who will be the emperor, this is the most important question.

There are only 10,000 patchwork soldiers and horses in Liaoyang City, and Hao Ge knows very well that his people and Liaoyang City are unable to withstand the cannons of the Chu army. Especially now that Huang Taiji is dead, the throne is empty, Haoge, as Huang Taiji's eldest son and only adult son, he has a very advantage in the inheritance of the throne, rather than being trapped in Liaoyang, it is better to go back to Shenyang first.

In addition to Haoge, the main ones who can covet the throne at the moment are the other three of the four princes, Prince Rui Dolgon, Prince Li Daishan, Prince Zheng Jierharang, and three other county kings: Wuying County King Azig, Ying County King Adali and Yujun King Duoduo, which can also be regarded as strong contenders for the throne.

Prince Li Daishan is the elder brother of Huang Taiji, who is already old and weak, and his heart is more than enough but his strength is insufficient, but his years of business and qualifications will play a major role in this battle for the throne.

Prince Zheng Jierharang is the son of Nurhachi's younger brother Shuerhaqi, who grew up in the palace since he was a child, and has the same brotherhood as Huang Taiji, but his blood relationship is a little far away, and he can basically be excluded, but his strength to support any one will play a key role.

The remaining few people can be divided into two factions, one is the faction led by Dolgon, the prince of Rui, among which his younger brothers Azig and Duoduo, the king of Yujun, and the two white flags are his strong supporters.

On the other hand, Huang Taiji's eldest son, Prince Su Haoge, is the most justifiable heir to the throne.

Even the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had always been united with the outside world, was quite fierce in the internal struggle for power.

Huang Taiji died suddenly, the Qing army gathered in Liaoxi, Dai Shan heard the news of Huang Taiji's death, and the most likely move was to return to Jinzhou City and fight for military control. Even if Dai Shan really doesn't fight for the throne himself, then it is impossible for him not to participate in this power alternation.

It was based on these analyses that Liu Jun believed that Haoge was likely to run back to Shenyang, and that Daishan would return to Jinzhou halfway.

Of course, Hauge was given half a day, also because after a battle with great casualties, the Hydra also needed time to recuperate. If Haoge is still in Liaoyang tomorrow and refuses to surrender, then Liu Jun should launch a siege war, and he will still launch it. (To be continued.) )

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