The third day of the fifth month.

Liaoxi, Quang Ninh City.

In the marshal's mansion in the city, the blue-armored general dressed in red was sitting cross-legged on the kang bed, with a simple waist knife in front of him, and a furnace of incense rose slowly.

But this precious incense could not calm his fluctuating mind.

Looking at the open wooden box in front of him, and looking at the two lifelike heads sealed with mercury inside. Zilharang's teeth were about to crush.

The 150,000-strong army was wiped out, and the whole army was wiped out, and not a single one of them could escape back.

Prince Azig of Ying, Prince Duoduo of Yu, his two cousins, two banner lords of the Great Qing Kingdom, two princes, and two generals of the army, were presented in front of him without blinking their eyes.

In May in western Liaoning, wildflowers are in full bloom, which is the most beautiful time of the year.

But now Zilharang felt like he was falling into an ice cave, and he was full of despair.

There was a phantom pain from the severed arm.

"You said that Haoge has surrendered to Han, and Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou have also surrendered to Han?"

The Qing soldier who was kneeling on the ground was so frightened that he didn't dare to take a breath, and reported carefully, "Prince Su Luanhe was ambushed, surrendered to the Han Emperor after being defeated and captured, Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou also defected to the Han army, and they joined forces to raid the camp of Prince Ying and Prince Yu and killed them. ”

"Don't call him Prince Su, a bastard who turns his back on his ancestors, is not a filial son, and recognizes a thief as his father. As the eldest son of the first emperor, the dignified auxiliary prince, the marshal of the Western Expedition, he actually surrendered to the enemy, and was willing to be a lackey striker, annihilating our army, a sinner through the ages! Zilharang grabbed the waist knife in front of him and slashed the kang table in two with a fierce knife.

"What about Liu Jiye's messenger?"

"Wait outside."

"Bring him in." Zilharang shouted angrily.

The messenger came in, and surprisingly the person who came was Feng Yuanbiao, the former Ming Dynasty's military squire. Previously, he represented the Ming Dynasty into the Qing camp to negotiate with Wu Sangui, but was imprisoned by Wu Sangui. After Wu Sangui surrendered to the Han court again, Liu Jiye made him a negotiating envoy and came to Liaoxi.

"Feng Shilang, I don't know if you are the squire of the Ming Kingdom or the Squire of the Han Kingdom now?"

Feng Yuanbiao arched his hand. "On behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, I came to meet Prince Zheng."

"Hmph, I didn't expect Feng Shilang to become Liu Jiye's subordinate, let's say, what do you mean by coming?"

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty sent a certain person to ask Prince Zheng, does the Jurchen want to exterminate the species?"

Zilharang slapped his palm on the kang, "You threaten me? ”

"I'm just telling the truth, so what's the threat? At the beginning of the Ming and Qing peace talks, the Qing monarchs and ministers all signed and painted the seals, but now they are vainly torn apart. Isn't it self-defeating to invade my territory? The Emperor of Han asked me to tell His Highness that the 150,000 allied forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had been wiped out, and both Azig and Duoduo had been taken off their heads. Hauge also abandoned the darkness and turned to the light, and surrendered to our court. ”

"My Emperor His Majesty is benevolent, and now let me ask, does the Manchu Qing want to exterminate the race? If so, then the Han Empire is willing to fulfill you, and it will soon be a million troops. Set foot in Liaodong, cut down every Jurchen, and let the Jurchen clan be wiped out from then on. ”

Zilharang's chest continued to rise and fall, and his face was swollen and red.

Although I was unwilling in my heart. But at this time, I can't be hard.

"We are not afraid of anyone, but we are also willing to turn hostility into friendship."

"Good, we like the attitude. The emperor said that if the Jurchens still had a repentant attitude. Then we don't want to kill them all. His Majesty put forward three conditions, first, the emperor of the Qing State changed his title to king. Respect the Han Dynasty as the suzerain, the Qing State as the Han vassal state, the Qing State abolished the era name, and respected the Han Dynasty as Zhengshuo. The Han Dynasty gave the Qing king the golden seal, and the Qing Dynasty called the Han a minister and served Zhengshuo.

Second, the west of the Da Liao River is owned by the Han Dynasty, and the eastern part of Liaodong is divided according to the current line of actual control between the two sides.

Third, Mongolia is a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. ”

"His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has given you three months to consider replying, but your troops must withdraw from the west of the Liao River from now on.

Zilharang took a long breath and endured the unhappiness in his heart, "I have no right to make decisions on this matter, and I must report it to Sheng Jing." ”

"His Majesty the Emperor has given you three months to discuss, but the time limit for withdrawing west of the Liao River is only ten days at the latest."

"I'll think about it seriously, come here, send Feng Shilang down to rest, treat him well, don't be lazy." Zilharan called the guards.

Waiting for Feng Yuanbiao to leave, Zilharang summoned all the generals under his command.

"Yanbei was defeated, presumably you should also know the news, the 150,000 army, the whole army was annihilated, Duoduo and Azig died, Haoge and Ao Bai surrendered to Han, and Wu Sanguizu defected before the Great Birthday Formation." As he spoke, Zilharang couldn't go on.

As the lord of the blue flag, one of the four auxiliary princes, and the commander of the front line in western Liaoning. Zilharan knew very well what this defeat meant.

This was the most serious defeat faced by the Qing Dynasty after the defeat of the former emperor Liaohe and the siege of Shengjing in Liaoyang City.

Last year's defeat caused a great loss of morale. But now this battle is a real injury, and it can even be regarded as a broken hand and foot.

Can the Qing Dynasty still gather 100,000 horses?

When Liu Jun first entered Liaodong, the Qing Dynasty lost the vassal of Korea. Now the defeat of Yanbei not only lost more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, but also meant that the Qing Dynasty may also lose the Mongol vassals, at least now there is information that the two wings of Karaqin have fallen directly to the Han people.

"We still have 30,000 horses in Liaoxi, tell me, where should we go?"

Every general bowed his head and looked defeated.

The defeat came too quickly, they were still glad to seize the opportunity before, not only recruited Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou's 100,000 Liao troops, but also took the opportunity to take the opportunity to Liaoxi, and now, the bitter fruit of defeat is full of bitterness, and the Western Expeditionary Army is gone, with only their 30,000 horses, can they hold Liaoxi?

"It should be reported to Shengjing immediately, please send reinforcements, Liaoxi must not let it." A general said angrily with a red face.

Immediately, another general interrupted him with a cold snort, "How many soldiers and horses are there in Liaodong, and how many soldiers and horses are there in the entire Qing Dynasty, even if you sweep the floor as soldiers, you can't get together 200,000 young people." At this time, Shenyang is out of tune, and Liaodong doesn't want it? Don't forget, Lushun and Zhenjiang each have tens of thousands of elite Han troops, and they have always been eyeing each other. And now it's May, once the soldiers and horses of Liaodong are transferred to Liaoxi, they will immediately be able to take advantage of the weakness to enter Liaodong. ”

"Besides. Liaoxi can still defend now, what is there to defend, what is the use of guarding such an enclave? If we send reinforcements, we will only play into the hands of the Han army, and they can bring our soldiers and horses here and then wipe them out. ”

"Lord Wang, I resolutely oppose the transfer of reinforcements again, it is useless if there are fewer reinforcements, and there is no more. More than 100,000 troops were wiped out in Yanbei. And Liu Jiye only suffered thousands of casualties. His strength has not been injured in the slightest, and he can really say that he can fight. I think we can't make mistakes again, and now it's not a question of whether to protect Liaoxi, but to be able to ensure that the Qing Dynasty will not be swept away by the Han army in one fell swoop. ”

Several other generals also stepped forward to persuade together, "Lord Wang, the proposal of the Han army is still good, it is better to agree to it and withdraw the army." ”

"Please withdraw your troops!"

Zilharang was unwilling, but the generals' words were to the point. He can't defend it, and he can't beat it. If you want reinforcements and no reinforcements, the most important thing is that if you anger the Han army. They really want to go all out to the east, and the Qing Dynasty will not even have time to react after this fiasco.

Zilharang's gaze swept over the generals' faces again, and on their faces he saw nothing but fear. None of them dared to fight this battle.

"Let's retreat to Liaodong first."

Zilharan called a general and told him to take the heads of Duoduo and Azig. and a handwritten letter from him, which was quickly sent back to Shengjing.

One of Feng Yuanbiao's entourage rushed to report the news as soon as possible.

"My lord, the Qing army is ready to retreat."

Feng Yuanbiao was a little surprised, and raised his eyebrows, "Oh, the Qing army is really going to withdraw?" ”

"Yes, Zilharang has already ordered to withdraw to the east of the Liao River early tomorrow morning, leaving not a single soldier in the west of the river."

Hearing this news, Feng Yuanbiao's heart was a little complicated. After being placed under house arrest in Wu Sangui's barracks for a period of time, he was also in extreme despair and even thought about suicide.

After going through this gloomy and desperate time, he now has many different ideas from the past.

He also heard about the earth-shaking changes in the Central Plains now, and when he saw Liu Jiye easily defeat the Qing army in Yanbei, he also felt deeply angry.

This time he was ordered to come, and at first he also came with himself not as an envoy of the Han Dynasty, but as a member of the Han people in China, concerning Huayi, the Central Plains and Huyi.

But along the way, his mood kept changing.

Liaoxi has really become a no-man's land, a land of thousands of miles, no chickens and dogs smell each other, and no one is inhabited.

In early May, after the defeat of the Qing army in Yanbei, Jierharang led 30,000 Qing troops to withdraw from Liaoxi and retreat to Liaodong.

At the same time, Liu Jun transferred Zuo Liangyu, the commander of the Guanwai Commandery, to Beijing as the commander of the engineer of the Ministry of War, so as to take over his brother Cao Duan as the commander of the Guanwai Governor and the chief military officer of Liaoxi.

At the same time, the former governor of Guanwai, Hou Sui, was transferred to the governor of Saishang, and the commander of the Chinese army in the Privy Council was transferred to the governor of Guanwai.

Deng Yuan was appointed as the chief military officer of Monan Town, and Zhu Yuancheng was appointed as the chief military officer of Lushun Town.

Zierharang withdrew from Liaoxi, and Cao Duan had already stationed in Liaoxi with his army, not only recovering the original Songjin and other places, but also recovering Yizhou and Guangning, and the eastern border extended to the Liaohe River. The north side also crossed the earlier Great Wall of Liaoxi, and reached the new northern border, Nuruer Tiger Mountain.

The newly arrived Admiral Zhang Guodong also took Deng Yuan, the general soldier of Monan, and marched all the way north under the guidance of the two banners of Karaqin.

The Ao Han Banner and the Weng Niute Banner have descended from the wind.

"We are willing to sacrifice our fattest cattle and sheep, the most beautiful maiden of our tribe, to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and we are willing to submit to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty forever!"

"Lord Admiral, this is the Minister of Wang Xun Duling of the Left Banner of the Left Banner of Zha Sak Doro Du Ling."

The leader of the Karazuo Banner, Seleng, introduced Zhang Dong to the two leaders of the left and right wings of the Weng Niute Banner, one of whom was named the hereditary king of Doro County by the Qing people, and the other was the hereditary Dorobelle.

"This is the hereditary Dorobelle Dondai Youth."

The situation of the left and right wings of the Weng Niute and the left and right flags of Karaqin is similar, they are all Mongolian tribes of the Qing Dynasty that have been attached in recent years, and their tribal name is the Wengniute Banner, and the current Zhasaxun Duling of the left banner is the original patriarch.

Xun Duling hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Don't mention the titles given by the Jurchens, now we are all people of the Han Empire." Xun Duling meets with the Admiral. (To be continued.) )