After detailed calculations, the Lushun Intelligence Department came to the conclusion that there were a total of 270 Niu Lu in the Houjin Eight Banners, with a total strength of about 90,000, but with the rise of Yang Bo's military group, the elite of the Houjin Eight Banners was constantly consumed, and as of August, the Intelligence Department counted the approximate number of Houjin casualties in previous battles, plus the number of people consumed by the Eight Banners in Liaoxi and Guannei, and subtracted the consumed troops from the total strength, so that the current strength of the Houjin Eight Banners is roughly about 70,000, for the Lushun Group with a total strength of less than 15,000, The other side is still an insurmountable mountain, and this numerical comparison has also quieted down many fanatical generals.

The most critical point is that the Intelligence Department has not counted the emergency mobilization of the Eight Banners for the time being, you must know that Houjin will carry out this kind of general mobilization every time there is a critical moment of life and death, if Huang Taiji orders all the Eight Banners over the age of fourteen Dingkou to join the army, Houjin can quickly assemble nearly 100,000 combat-effective troops, if the young and strong Han people are also counted, maybe it is not impossible to break through the scale of 200,000,

Dolgon and Duoduo with the elite of the white and inlaid white flags, but also wrapped in a Chahar of nearly 1,000 people, a total of more than 6,000 troops, after nearly a month of galloping day and night, finally arrived in Shenyang on August 28, the emperor Taiji ordered Dolgon to lead the cattle Lu, the main goal is two, rescue Gaizhou to stabilize the situation, and drag Yang Bo's troops in Fuzhou, to create opportunities for the army to encircle and annihilate Yang Bo's troops.

Along the way, Dolgon and others continued to receive urgent reports from Shenyang, Gaizhou, Haizhou and other places, Dolgon had a headache, although he had 6,000 soldiers and horses, but the Ming army attacked the entire Liaozhong region. For this reason, Dolgon temporarily decided to send 2,000 soldiers and horses to reinforce Hetuara on the right and Lianshanguan on the middle road, and personally led more than 4,000 soldiers and horses to Gaizhou. But Shenyang is also a rumor, the Ming army posted notices in a big way, Haizhou, Yaozhou, and even Shenyang everywhere are privately circulating the notices of the Ming army, because the mobile forces are all transferred to various places by Zilharang, Shenyang is very empty. In addition, the Han people were ready to move, and Dolgon had no choice but to leave nearly 500 armor soldiers to assist in the suppression. In this way, Dolgon finally rushed to Gaizhou with only 3,500 men, and Dolgon was depressed, because this little army was more than enough to defend the city. But if you want to fight with the Ming army in the wild, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it. What's more, he still wants to drag the Ming army in Fuzhou, is this bit of strength enough?

Unexpectedly, on the way, Dolgon received the news of the large-scale evacuation of the Ming army, not only that, but even the Dongjiang soldiers on the middle and right roads also retreated, Shang Kexi's troops were stationed in Phoenix City, and Tan Yinghua's troops were stationed in Tieshan. If you want to besiege one place, you will face a strong blow from another, that is. The Dongjiang soldiers went ashore again after retreating to Phi Island in the era of Mao Wenlong, not only that, but they also firmly nailed themselves to the land and gained a firm foothold, and it was not so easy to drive them into the sea, and the culprit was Lushun Yang Bo!

After passing Haizhou, Dolgon Duoduo and the others looked at the burned wheat fields everywhere around, the ruins of the tunbao that had been ripped off, and the rotting and blackened corpses hanging on the wooden stakes along the way.

"The Ming army is a group of bandits" Seeing this desolate and miserable situation, Duoduo scolded loudly.

Dolgon nodded and sighed, "Yes, even the wild grass has been burned out, so it's okay, the land will be more fertile next year."

A Niu Lu was afraid that his master would make a fool of himself, so he secretly said: "The Ming army also sprinkled salt in the field!" ”

"What?" Dolgon and the others were really stunned, Yang Bo's methods were far more ferocious than Genghis Khan's back then.

"Don't you want money for the fuck their salt?" Dorgon was furious

"Yang Bo started by selling smuggled salt in Shandong, and the Ming army bypassed Gaizhou and broke the two salt farms in Haizhou, and we lost nearly 500,000 catties of sea salt, all of which were sprinkled into the fields."

Seeing these tragic scenes on the way to the march shocked all the soldiers who were hurrying, and Dolgon and Duoduo did not open their mouths, covering the area of the two white flags, and the Fuzhou Azig army was annihilated, and the heavy losses of the two white flags made them frightened.

The next day, Dolgon's army entered Gaizhou and met Abatai, who had a haggard face.

"Seventh brother, why don't you save Fuzhou?" As soon as they met, the young and vigorous Duoduo asked angrily.

Abatai held back his anger and said, "Fuzhou fell too quickly, it's too late"

Duoduo asked again: "The twelfth brother fell into the hands of the enemy, and now he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and the seventh brother doesn't save Fuzhou, why don't you ignore the capture of the twelfth brother?" ”

Abatai was extremely dissatisfied with the arrogance of the two brothers, but he still endured it and said to the Dorgon brothers: "Gaizhou is very besieged, you two just need to look below." ”

Although it has been many days since the Ming army evacuated, there are still large blood stains on the city, and even the baffle is densely packed with gun holes, Abatai signaled downward, and everyone couldn't help but exclaim, I don't know how many siege vehicles were piled up under the southern city, and almost the entire city wall was smoked black, which showed the tragic situation at that time.

"The Ming army has not yet transported the artillery, otherwise Gaizhou has fallen into the hands of the Ming army now, and I heard that Fuzhou fell quickly, which was caused by the Ming army's artillery bombardment of the city wall." Seeing that the arrogant Duoduo was silent, Abatai patiently explained.

In the city of Gaizhou, Dolgon couldn't care about the fatigue of coming from afar, and gathered everyone to discuss the matter of sending troops, in addition to Abatai and other people with yellow flags, there were also Zhengbai, inlaid white and other Jialazhangjing, and even Chahar's Niu Lu participated.

"When the Ming army withdrew, I also sent troops to chase after me, but the Ming army retreated in an orderly manner, alternately covered, and there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, plus in the past two days, the Ming army's naval division appeared under the city of Gaizhou from time to time, which was a huge threat to Gaizhou and Haizhou, so ......" Although Abatai's face was full of painful tone, he was still a little complacent in his heart, compared to Azig, who lost his division and land, he only lost more than half of Niu Lu, and it was far from the time to break his muscles and bones.

"How is the movement of the Ming army?" The anxious Duoduo asked, he didn't care if Abatai shirked his responsibilities, and left these words to Huang Taiji.

Abatai said: "The Ming army has placed a large number of cavalry in the area of Yongningjian, and the sentry cavalry cannot investigate the situation in Fuzhou, but according to the news from Baoyi, the Ming army is vigorously repairing the city defenses. There's a good chance you'll hold on to the city! ”

Dolgon's eyes flashed, and he said, "Yang Bo actually refuses to give up Fuzhou? That's good news! "He had been stationed in Fuzhou before, and he knew the city defense of Fuzhou well. If he hadn't participated in the southern raid, maybe he would not have been the one who had become a prisoner now.

Duoduo was anxious, jumped up and muttered: "Since Yang Bo didn't go better, our army will besiege Fuzhou first, and when the Great Khan arrives, we will encircle Yang Bo and them all." ”

Abatai lowered his head expressionlessly, and Niu Lu Zhangjing beside him also looked the same. Dolgon quietly pulled Duoduo and said in a low voice: "Yang Bo's Ming army is about more than 10,000, how many soldiers and horses do we have?" ”

A thud. Only then did I react that the Lushun Ming army was no better than other teams in the Ming Kingdom, and these Ming troops were not inferior to the Eight Banners Field Battle, and they wanted to drag these Ming troops. At the very least, the troops should be comparable.

"The Great Khan has appointed my brother to be the vanguard. It's to drag down the Ming army in Fuzhou, so let's send someone to chase back a few Niu Lu who supported the middle and right lanes, and Brother Qi will help me wait again, how about it? ”

Dolgon also looked at Abatai, who heard that it was Huang Taiji's order, so it was not good to refuse directly, and thought about it: "Lushun soldiers are difficult to fight. They have sharp guns and many cannons that can be dragged quickly. This is the first, and the second, what if the Ming army takes advantage of the emptiness of Gaizhou to take the opportunity to take the sea route to seize it? Third, it's no problem for us to join forces in one place, but Gaizhou is two hundred miles away from Fuzhou, how to solve the grain and grass burden along the way? I mean, let's wait until the Great Khan comes back, right? ”

Duoduo was furious, pointed at Abatai's nose and scolded: "The Great Khan brought a lot of Dingkou, and he only walked forty or fifty miles a day, and when the Great Khan returned to the twelfth brother's corpse, the bones were cold, if you refused to send troops, you just said directly, what are you doing so vaguely and unpleasantly?" ”

Abatai didn't answer, Dolgon suddenly sighed and said: "Seventh brother's words also make sense, this Fuzhou is not fighting, not fighting, if Yang Bo is allowed to entrench in Fuzhou, Liaozhong will have no barrier, the next time Yang Bo goes north, Gaizhou, where Seventh Brother is stationed, will bear the brunt, if you fight, there are few soldiers, and there are more soldiers, and the grain and grass are not good, so it is better to wait for the Great Khan to come back and decide!" ”

Dolgon glanced at Duoduo, and said: "Anyway, Gaizhou, Haizhou, these places are not my Zhengbai, the territory of the two families, whoever wants to fight Fuzhou will send troops together, I have lost most of the white flag, it makes no sense to want me to fight Yang Bo with two flags now, right, Brother Seven, what do you say?" ”

Hearing Dolgon's explicit words, Duoduo paused for a moment, his face was thoughtful, Abatai was also full of embarrassment, according to Dolgon's meaning, you two white flags can't be lost, I, Abatai, just received five of my own cattle records with yellow flags, should I fight with Yang Bo? But with his identity, this sentence can never be spoken, although Dolgon politely calls himself the seventh brother, Abatai knows that not many people can afford him as a concubine.

Dolgon spoke bitterly and persuaded again: "Seventh brother, at the beginning, the Great Khan was determined to pacify Liaonan, to be honest, everyone had complaints, and I was no exception, but now looking back, how fast is Yang Bo's department expanding?" More than 2,000 people and horses have more than 10,000 people now, and the Dongjiang departments have not yet been counted, the most important thing is that this Ming army can not only defend, but also fight with us in the field, if you indulge, I am afraid that the strength will be reversed in a few years, if you don't clean up Yang Bo, we can't even rob the Ming Kingdom, and the eight families will eventually decline, when my brother came, the Great Khan said, how many Dingkou have been lost this time, and the Great Khan has given priority to make up for it, does the seventh brother have any ideas? ”

Abatai bowed his head and was silent, to be honest, Huang Taiji's promise he was indeed a little tempted, but it was based on the fact that his own strength could no longer be lost, Dolgon's title was "Morgen Daiqing", but others didn't know, how could he Abatai not know? Dolgon is just a mediocre idiot, that Duoduo is even more young and domineering, looking like Lao Tzu is the best in the world, the three brothers are actually the hot-tempered Azig is the best at fighting, the most important thing is that these two brothers have not yet touched the Lushun soldiers, and they don't know each other's means.

Seeing Abatai's hesitation, Dolgon said again: "That's it, as soon as the seventh brother and my brother join forces, they are divided into left and right wings, and the seventh brother brings his own soldiers and horses on the left wing, and the Great Khan said that this time he will send troops to Fuzhou as long as Yang Bo's troops are dragged to death, and the Great Khan will bring the elite of the Eight Banners back to annihilate the Ming army." ”

Hearing Dolgon's words, Abatai was finally relieved, nodded and said, "Okay, then we will have Yang Bo for a while, when will we send troops?" ”

Concerned about Azig, Duoduo shouted, "Without further ado, the army will be sent tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow it will reach the Yongning prison, and then the decision will be made." ”

Dolgon shook his head: "It's too urgent, I mean to recall the reinforcements from the two routes, my brother will take the two banners to investigate the situation in the Yongning area, since Yang Bo is reluctant to give up Fuzhou, then we just need to maintain the confrontation with the Ming army, and the seventh brother will bring his own troops and horses to escort grain and grass to join me, and then discuss whether to fight or not."

Hearing that Dolgon's arrangement was reasonable, Abatai nodded and agreed, the grain and grass in Gaizhou was enough for the army to eat for two months, and besides, the grain and grass shipped out this time were all from the public, and he was not reluctant, so he nodded and agreed.

Dolgon said again: "In this way, while the time is still early, let's summarize the combat strength of the Ming army, so as not to be overwhelmed when the time comes" (to be continued......)