In the blink of an eye, it was the third day of December, and the land of Hebei was becoming more and more cold, and the barren land was frozen as hard as iron, and the horse's hooves with a large bowl mouth stepped on, leaving only a general outline, and a gust of wind blew, and there was no trace to be seen. This article was first published by When the autumn was high and the horses were fat, the column went south, and it has been nearly three months now, although it is vertical and horizontal Zhili, Shanxi and Hebei, but so far it has not eliminated a large Ming army corps. Local stubborn resistance is not uncommon, such a record, so that the meritorious Prince Rui Dolgon can accept, and even worse, the Manchu family's fourth brother Dolgon's fourth brother Huang Taiji will accept? Don't forget, his eldest son, Hauge, is now in the army.

The commander of the right-wing army, General Yangwu, who had entered the pass, could not wait for Dolgon, and had already led his troops to attack in the direction of Shandong. The strategic concept of the two armies on the left and right has failed.

Next, it's up to Dorgon to command and decide.

Between east and south, Dorgon resolutely chose the latter. The external explanation is that we must resolutely eliminate Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda Army and demonstrate the mighty military might of our Manchu Iron Cavalry.

In fact, from Dolgon to the veterans in the army, they all understood that it was because the Left Route Army was currently short of food. If you go east again, you will be attacked by Lu Xiangsheng chasing your tail, and the loss will be greater, so it is better to solve this trouble nearby first, and then turn east to come in.

But the farther south he went, the more bottomless Dorgon's heart became. Along the way, there was no longer a resolute resistance similar to Dingzhou, but what was even more terrifying was that the cities along the way began to resolutely implement the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, and the tactics of the Ming defenders suddenly became a little unfamiliar to Dolgon.

There are more and more skirmishes that can consume the strength of the Qing army. The whereabouts of the Ming army are also becoming more and more elusive, often a small group of Ming troops appear unexpectedly, sneak attack the Qing army, take advantage of the decisive retreat, eat the appearance of the ugly death, and most importantly, this move is simply to kill Dolgon.

In an enemy country, Dolgon did not dare to disperse his forces too deeply, nor did he dare to give full play to the mobility of the cavalry, because he did not have the guidance and guidance of the traitors of the Fan merchant group. Topography, landforms, and people's sentiments are all factors that can make the army famous. Therefore, only like a hedgehog. Shrunk into a ball, erected the spikes of his body, slowly explored and advanced, and searched for Lu Xiangsheng's main force with all his might. for a decisive battle.

Hauge had already said several times at the meetings of the Qing generals that the army would move closer to the east. But Dorgon didn't scold him anymore. Without a record record, he can only be allowed to be presumptuous at this time, but Duoduo. Privately, there have been many conflicts with the Yellow Banner generals under Hauge.

The cities, towns, and villages along the way can no longer find a little food, Dolgon had to command his soldiers to play the specialty of riding and archery, looking for wild beasts and other hunger in this countryside, slowly, there are already soldiers began to consciously dig wild vegetables, grass roots to fill their stomachs, such survival skills always spread quickly, within a few days, the Han army banner generals have begun to "taste" this rare "delicious".

In the evening, the weather was gloomy, but not a drop of rain fell, and the north wind whistled across the plain. The cold is not unbearable for the Qing soldiers, but hunger will make a little cold feel infinitely magnified.

The two Goshkha filled the firewood they had found into the fire, and the whole Chinese army tent had a little warmth. Duoduo, Tan Tai, Man Dahai, Qi Chongge and other Dolgon's henchmen gathered in the big tent, and a wild deer that was not too fat was roasted on the fire, which was a rare game to see on the barren Hebei Plain.

Tan Tai had gauze over one of his eyes, a wound he had received during the attack on Gaoyi. Who knows, after conquering, it was found that there were only 500 old and weak soldiers in the city, and the people of the city had already scattered and fled for their lives, there was no food, and even the wells were thrown into the carcasses of livestock. With no food or water, Dorgon ordered his army to march at once to the southeast of Bai Township, where he heard that it was a large town and that he should be able to find some food, and that it would be better to rest there for a day than to eat and sleep in the open.

But the plan is always not as fast as the change, just out of Gaoyi not long after, it encountered an unexpected wind, for two hours in a row are difficult to move an inch, just in the wind, the small force of the Ming army launched another attack, the Han army banner of the front army killed and wounded more than 200 people, the Mongolian cavalry also dozens of people were killed by cold arrows.

After the wind subsided, it was impossible to reach Baixiang before dark, so Dolgon had to order the army to set up camp by the river under a mountain bag, and at the same time scattered several groups of patrol posts to act as a guard within a radius of ten miles around the camp to prevent the Ming army from launching another surprise attack at night. However, this possibility is not very large, the Ming soldiers are embarrassed, night blindness is more common in the army, and the capital to launch a night attack is insufficient, as long as you are on guard around you, it is enough to deal with it.

Among the many henchmen, although Qi Chongge is also a Manchurian, he is an extremely rare scribe, born in a pen-style style, inlaid with a white flag, and is a useful secretary in Dolgon's army. However, at the age of thirty, he is proficient in literature and history, but he also has the straightforwardness of a foreigner, so he is quite trusted.

Qi Chongge saw that the venison was nine medium-cooked, so he took a dagger inlaid with gold and jade from his waist and divided the venison into everyone. After Dolgon had drunk a bowl of deer blood, he took the specially cut slices of deer neck and presented them to Dolgon in a bowl.

"The prince might as well use more, when he captured Gaoyi, the slave found a wine shop in the city, and actually caught a courtesan, which has been sent to the prince's big tent, the prince is working in the military, tonight the wind will not stop, the Ming army will definitely not do anything again, the prince might as well use more food, and whip the southerner woman with a unique flavor!" Qi Chongge sneered.

"Good you minion!" Duoduo scolded with a smile and threw a bone on Qi Chongge's head, "There is such a good thing, why don't you think of my fifteenth master, but come to slap the fourteenth brother, what a fancy minion!" ”

Qi Chongge wasn't angry, he just laughed and made a thousand moves.

The curtain was lifted, but it was Ning Wan and I limped in, and after coming in, I saluted, and Ning Wan stood aside in an orderly manner, but my eyes were always fixed on the roast venison turned over on the fire.

Dorgon didn't look back. Asked directly: "After me, have you ever had dinner?" ”

I swallowed my saliva after Ning Wan, "Back to the prince's words, the slave has already used it!" ”

"Oh? What's it for? ”

"This ......!" I didn't know what Dolgon meant, so I didn't dare to answer.

"Say!" Dorgon suddenly shouted.

"Yes, if you go back to the prince, the slave uses a bowl of gruel!"

"How much grain and rice are there in the army?"

"Just enough for one day!"

"Fart!" Dolgon stood up and slapped a palm on the top of my head. "You have drunk gruel, where did you get a day's food in the army?"

Ning Wan let out a miserable cry and fell to his knees. Hold your head in your hands. "The fourteenth master spares his life, the army has indeed run out of food, and now it is only enough for my Eight Banners strong brigade for one day. As for the Mongols and Han banners, they have run out of food. The Mongols also plundered a lot of livestock, and they were able to survive for the time being. But the Han army flag was nothing. The soldiers have been. There is already some unstable morale in the army. ”

When Dorgon heard this, he immediately looked at Dodor. Duoduo's expression was a little unnatural. "Brother, it's not that I don't want to sue you. It's just that you've been worrying about finding Lu Xiangsheng these days. I discussed it with Seventh Brother Abatai, and I didn't tell you first, but I told the truth, but it was a little too much. My Eight Banners and the Mongols can currently rely on livestock to satisfy their hunger, as long as they get to Baixiang, they can always find some food, those minions of the Han Army Banner do what he does, the Ming army comes to attack, so that they block the front, it is better to die, but there is still food left! ”

When I heard what Duoduo said, the fear on my face became even stronger, thinking that Duoduo had threatened him not to let him tell him about certain situations in the general.

"Nonsense!" Dorgon waited for a glance at Dodor, but out of affection for his younger brother, he did not criticize him too much. During the Nurhachi period, the Han people in Liaodong were wantonly killed, but the result was turmoil in Liaodong. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, although Dolgon had a lot of resentment against the fourth brother who forced his mother to death and was even rumored to have taken away his throne, he was quite in favor of his reuse of Han people, the use of Han control, and the introduction of Han culture, because this was the national policy that could make the Manchus continue to grow.

But today's Manchurian aristocracy, especially represented by Duoduo, Hauge and others, sneers at Han and Han culture. On the contrary, they believed that only the cavalry and bravery of Manchuria were the foundation for being able to compete for supremacy. There are many people who think like Dord, and Dorgon can't openly rebuke their ideas, so he can only guide them subtly.

Just as I was about to comfort Ning after Wen Yan finished comforting me, a series of earth-shattering explosions suddenly came from the southeast of the big tent, and the entire Eight Banners camp and the Mongolian cavalry camp suddenly boiled, and the soldiers were still calm, but thousands of horses were frightened by the sound of the explosion.

Dolgon immediately felt dizzy, and the undulation of the ground made him feel like he was floating on water.

"What's going on? A night attack by the Ming army? What are you kidding, night has just fallen, whose night attack will be so early? It's not dinner time yet! At this time, the people in the tent were strikingly in agreement with Dorgon.

Finally ran in a Goshha, stammered and reported to everyone: "Lord Qiqi and Lord Belle, I don't know what's going on, I don't know what fell from the sky, they all fell into the camp of the Mongols and the Han army flag, and fell to the ground, and it was like the artillery of the southerners, the two camps are in chaos, please make a quick decision!" ”

A few words made Dorgon and the generals even more confused, what alien objects, what southerner artillery. The Nanren artillery is still credible, nothing more than a small artillery such as a tiger squat cannon, with limited lethality, and the flying guns of the Nanren are also imaginary, and Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan army is a role in the Nanren court where the grandmother does not hurt and the uncle does not love, where did so many firearms come from.

Dorgon kicked Nagoshha away, and Dodor threw the big coat on his brother's shoulders and escorted him out of the tent.

The wind in the dark night sky was much less, but the visibility was still very poor, and there was no moon or stars in the sky, only heavy black clouds flowing slowly.

However, in this dark sky, there are constantly dazzling fires piercing the sky, like meteors often seen on the grassland outside the pass, but far more real than the meteors, it is clearly a huge flame, with the momentum of wind and thunder, plunged into the camp of the Mongols and Han military banners, and after falling, it is a huge firelight blooming, covering almost two camps The size of the square circle. (To be continued......)

ps: The commander of the right wing corps of the Manchu Qing Dynasty army is Yue Tuo, and the first few chapters are mistakenly written as Abatai, which is hereby corrected, I'm very sorry! u