At dawn, in the northeast direction of the Qing army camp in Chaohe, there was a sudden commotion.

The fog in the valley was so thick that it could not be dissolved, and the noise caused the Qing troops on duty to be nervous.

"Who!"

Ao Bai angrily said to the faint whistle in the mist, "I'm Mei Lezhang Jing Aobai, go and inform Prince Ying and Prince Yu." ”

As the first warrior of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, everyone knows the name of Aobai. Hearing that it was Ao Bai's self-registration, the sentinel quickly breathed a sigh of relief and ran over.

When he saw Ao Bai's embarrassed appearance, he was shocked.

Ao Bai glared at him, "What do you see, don't go back to the camp immediately to inform the two princes." ”

The sentry swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously, "What happened, Prince Su?" ”

"Is it your turn to be verbose, hurry up and report it, just say that we were ambushed by the Han army on the way to withdraw our troops."

"Yes." The sentry did not dare to ask any more questions, so he hurriedly walked back into the fog, took out the war horse from behind, turned over and ran to the camp. Ao Bai listened to the sound of hooves and waved his hand back, "Go." ”

The crisp sound of horses' hooves shattered the early morning silence of the camp.

Dodor was taken aback by what he had just heard.

"Haug was ambushed halfway?"

Azig, who rushed to hear the news, was a little excited, "Fuck let this cowardly breed only know how to escape." ”

But Duoduo was not as relaxed as his brother, he stared at the sentry and asked, "Is it Ao Bai who has come back to report the news?" How many people did he bring back, and what about Hauge? ”

"Ao Bai only brought about 3,000 horsemen, and they looked very embarrassed, and their bodies were either mud or blood. I didn't see Prince Su, and I didn't see his banner. Ao Bai refused to say more, but asked me to rush back first to report the news, and he would arrive later. ”

Duoduo's chin twisted his beard was foggy. Could it be that Hauge has encountered a large ambush army? But how could this be, but if it was only a small group of rangers, Haug would have carried 30,000 men.

But it's useless to think about it now, so I can only wait to see Ao Bai and ask clearly.

"Give the order to go down, open the gate of the camp, take Ao Bai and his men into the camp, and prepare some food and medicine for them."

This time. Not when it was time to read jokes, but Duoduo still wanted to focus on the big picture.

Dordor took his brother Azig and personally rushed to the gate of the camp to greet Aobai.

After a while, Duoduo really saw Ao Bai appear in front of the camp gate with his subordinates in embarrassment, although he had heard the report from his subordinates before, he was still surprised to see Ao Bai at this time.

Looking at it like that, Ao Bai has just experienced a tragic battle, and even if he doesn't lose, he will definitely win a miserable victory.

"Aobai, what's going on. What about Hauge? ”

When Ao Bai saw Duoduo coming, he jumped off his horse, saluted him, and replied with an ugly face, "When we withdrew with Prince Su and arrived at the old camp of the Kara River, we encountered an ambush by the Han army. ”

"How many Han troops?"

"At least 30,000 people, the size of a reorganized town. Very elite. The standard establishment and firepower configuration of Liu Jiye's new army were fired by thousands of artillery guns as soon as they came up. We didn't form a formation when we beat us, and then we rode around and strangled us. Relying on the advantage of their artillery, they attacked again suddenly, and our warriors were caught off guard and suffered a great loss. ”

"Prince Su led us to fight and retreat, and we repeatedly tore them apart. It took a day to rush and kill before he could barely repel these Han troops. ”

Dodor was speechless in surprise.

Ao Bai sighed, "Actually, we lost this battle, and we lost it. In the end, if it weren't for the lack of cavalry in the Han army, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to escape. ”

"Where is Hauge now? How many more soldiers and horses? ”

"Prince Su is resting now, and there are too many brothers who have been killed or wounded, at least five or six thousand brothers have been lost, and countless people have been injured. The prince was very worried that the Han army in the Kara River was not acting independently, and it was likely that Liu Jiye was fighting back in an all-out way. The prince is very worried about this, so I am especially asked to come first and inform the prince so that you can be more careful. ”

Azig sneered and said, "I'm afraid that Hauge doesn't have the face to come to see us uncles now, he was in a hurry to escape, but now, the first to escape was beaten to the ground." If he could have stayed here honestly, he would not have been defeated today. ”

"Say less." Duoduo put an end to his brother's cynicism. "Come on, go and invite Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou to come to discuss the matter immediately."

Duoduo was not as simple-minded as Azig, and Haug's attack made him think of a very bad possibility. Maybe the Han army's immobility these days is just paralyzing them, and now the Han army has finally moved.

And one move was a sharp move, and the Han army actually transferred a town's soldiers and horses to go around behind them. Maybe if it weren't for Hauge's retreat, I'm afraid that later, the Han army would have copied them from all sides.

"Aobai, come here too, we want to hear the details of the ambush." Duoduo walked towards the Chinese tent and said to Ao Bai and his officers.

Across the river from the Qing army camp are the two soldiers and horses of Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou.

The two of them are now each commanding 30,000 troops, and they are opposed to the Qing army's Duoduo camp across the Chaohe River, and the two battalions of Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou are each separated by ten miles from the village, and the three camps are like triangles, relying on each other. The two battalions of Wu Zu are more like the two fists of the Qing battalion, protecting the defense line of the Chaohe River to ensure the safety of the Qing army camp.

Dodor's heralds rushed to the two camps and delivered Dodor's heralds.

After Zu Dashou received the order, he did not immediately cross the river and return to the Qing army camp, but went to his nephew's camp first. And Wu Sangui also seemed to have expected his uncle to come, and he had been waiting for him to arrive in the camp.

When the two met, they glanced at each other, and there was a thick melancholy in their eyes.

"Talking in the tent."

As soon as he entered the tent, Wu Sangui couldn't wait to say to Zu Dashou, "I just heard a very bad news, Haoge was ambushed by the Han army in the old camp of Karahetun and suffered heavy losses, and now he has retreated. ”

"I've heard the news too, and it's said that the loss is more than 20 percent."

Wu Sangui sighed, "Could it be that Liu Jiye really fought back in an all-round way?" ”

"I think it's very likely, otherwise, where did the 30,000 elite Han troops come from in Karahetun, this is an elite integrated army, not a ranger. Since Liu Jiye was able to quietly transfer a town army around there, his intention was self-evident. ”

Zu Dashou shook his head. Feeling a heavy heart, "When do you think the Han army on the other side will attack?" ”

"Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, since Liu Jiye has already made a move, there will never be only such a blow."

"So what do we do?"

Wu Sangui shook his head, he didn't know what to do.

"Great. Someone outside asked to see him. ”

"Who is it?"

Jia Ding said a name that surprised Wu Sangui, "That person is wearing a cloak, but I recognize it, it's Haoge." ”

"Hauge, which hauge?" Wu Sangui asked in surprise.

"It's Haoge, the prince of Manchu Qingsu."

Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou looked at each other, feeling incredible.

"You read that right?"

"It's impossible to be mistaken, the subordinates follow the big marshal's side, and it's not once or twice that they see Hauge."

"How many people did he bring?"

"I brought two people with me."

Wu Sangui was even more shocked at this time, shouldn't Haoge still be resting in the north at this time. Why did you suddenly bring two people over and hide your face?

"Uncle, what do you say is going on?"

"I don't know, it's better to see Hauge first."

Wu Sangui thought about it, and there was no better way, so he had to let the family bring people in.

As soon as the person entered the tent, Wu Sangui recognized it, and it was indeed Haoge.

"Prince Su. What are you doing here? ”

Haug took off his cloak, revealing his big, shiny bald head. This appearance made Wu Sangui and the others even more surprised.

Hauge stretched out his hand and wiped it on the bare head, and sighed, "Wu Shuai, Zu Shuai, meet again." Don't come unharmed. ”

Hauge walked over and sat down, revealing two men behind him, both of whom had also taken off their cloaks.

"Daddy!"

Wu Sangui exclaimed.

The latter two, one of them is his father Wu Xiang. He never expected that he would be able to see his father in this life. What's even more unexpected is that the reunion will actually be at this time, this place.

There is a person next to Wu Xiang, and he is no stranger.

Now Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the military department of the Han Dynasty.

Wu Sangui felt that his brain was a little useless, and the three people who suddenly arrived were all things he couldn't have imagined. One is the Qing Auxiliary Political Wang Haoge, the other is Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Han Dynasty's military department, and the other is his father, who should be in Beijing prison at this time.

The three of them were unbelievable, and even more unbelievable was that they had suddenly arrived in his camp together.

"Father, what the hell is going on?"

Wu Xiang looked at his son, who had not seen him for a while, and his son was much haggard. It can be seen that during this time, my son did not have a smooth life.

He sighed, "Let Hauge tell you." ”

Haoge touched his brain, "Let me get straight to the point, now I am no longer the Prince Su of the Qing Dynasty, I am a big man." Now he is the chief military officer of the Jianzhou of the Han Dynasty, and the old department under my command has also been reorganized into the Jianzhou Army of the Han Dynasty. ”

Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou were speechless in shock, their eyes were bigger than a bull's eye.

"It's true." Wu Xiang said on the side.

Hauge smiled self-deprecatingly, "Did you hear that I was attacked in Karahetun, lost thousands of soldiers and horses, and retreated in a crushing defeat, and I also heard that I was resting dozens of miles away in the northeast at this time?" ”

Wu Sangui nodded.

"Actually, this is fake news, and the real situation is that I did have an attack on Karahetun, and it was indeed a fiasco. The difference is that we were defeated, but we could not escape, and those who refused to surrender were all killed, more than 30,000 men and horses, and more than 10,000 people were left, and half of them died there. I was captured, and I didn't want to live, but then I listened to the words of the Son of Long Han and figured it out. We will never be able to win the Han Empire. ”

"In the past, we were able to defeat the former Ming, but now the Central Plains is no longer Zhu Mingxia, but the Liu Han Empire. Liu Han is no longer as weak as the previous Ming, we have fought with them a lot, and we have never won a victory. ”

Haoge sighed and said, "The Emperor of Han made me understand that if we continue to fight like this, we will only lose more and more miserably, until the country is destroyed." Nations may perish, but species cannot perish. I also figured it out, back then, we Jurchens were also vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and we lived well. My grandfather used to be Li Chengliang's righteous son, but later he rebelled against the Ming, why? Because the Jurchens were indeed oppressed back then, and the Ming Kingdom was also decaying, my grandfather thought that there was an opportunity to divide the Guanwai. Later, my father succeeded to the throne and fought with the Ming Dynasty for many years, and he also wanted to negotiate peace several times, but all he wanted was to establish a country outside the Guan, only because he defeated the Ming State again and again, and saw the decay of the Ming Dynasty, he wanted to enter the Guannai and replace it. ”

"But now it's time to wake up from the dream, the Central Plains already has a new master, and this master is even stronger than when Ming was strong. Again and again, again and again, we are now fighting a war that is doomed to lose. Now we can still lose, but how many more can we lose? I am defeated, and then it will be the turn of Duoduo and Azig, then you, then Zilharang, then Daishan, and then only Dolgon of Shenyang. ”

"No one can stop Liu Jiye, and he can't defend it outside the gate, let alone keep the Qing Kingdom. The only hope now is that our submission can be exchanged for a trace of mercy from the Han Emperor, so that our Jurchen will not be destroyed. ”

Zhang Guowei said with a smile on the side, "Your Majesty has promised General Haoge that after he recovers the Guanwai in the future, he will treat the Jurchen people well, after all, since ancient times, the Jurchens have also been part of my China." ”

Haoge also said, "Your Majesty promised me that in the future, Liaodong, Haixi and other places will be divided into provinces and counties, and we Jurchens will be treated equally, and we Jurchens will be retained in terms of property and villages, and Han and Jurchens can live in peace." ”

Wu Sanguihao didn't care about Zhang Guowei on the side, stared at Haoge's bare head and asked, "Do you really believe this?" ”

Hauge smiled, but didn't answer. For him, there is no difference between believing and not believing, unless he is willing to die, or he has no other choice.

Wu Xiang looked at his son, "You still have a choice." ”

"Can Your Majesty forgive us for our previous actions?"

Zhang Guowei nodded, "As long as the two generals are willing to lead their troops to surrender now, Your Majesty promises that they will not blame the past, and after this battle, the two generals can be disarmed and return to the field, and from now on they will be rich and idlers." ”

Wu Sangui smiled, "This is like his words, very sincere, no foolishness." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to deceive you, you have been in the army for many years, presumably you are also tired, retreat with peace of mind and enjoy life, isn't it also good?"

Wu Sangui was silent for a moment.

Ask, "What's the matter?" ”

"Ao Bai is now the deputy general and division commander of the Jianzhou Military Town." Zhang Guowei replied.

"Oh." Wu Sangui nodded, "In this way, Duoduo is in danger. ”

"That's right, Your Majesty's personal army is thirty miles north of the camp of Duoduo."

Wu Sangui asked again, "Is there also a large army ready to attack my camp?" ”

"Today there will be twenty divisions of troops to launch a full-scale counterattack."

Zu Dashou sighed dejectedly, he was powerless to save the sky, as they expected, Liu Jiye was not afraid of them at all, he was just patiently fishing, slowly luring them over, and then waiting for them to bite the hook, and then take them to slip away.

When they're finally exhausted, it's time to take the strings.

Wu Sangui unsheathed his sword and held it in front of Zhang Guowei, "I hope Your Majesty can keep his promise." ”

Zhang Guowei took Wu Sangui's sword with a smile, "You won't regret today's decision!" (To be continued.) )

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