The day after Zhu Ping'an and others returned to the Zhending camp, the news of the fall of Dingzhou came, according to Tanma, after the Tartars entered the city, the city was on fire, and the flames lit up the entire sky, and none of the soldiers and civilians in the city surrendered to the enemy, and all of them died in battle.

Liao Jinda finally begged for benevolence, and Zhu Ping'an didn't know whether to feel sorry for him or feel relieved for him.

The Qing army conquered Dingzhou at the expense of casualties, and suffered as many as 2,000 casualties, which shows the tragedy of the offensive and defensive battles, but Zhu Ping'an estimated that most of these casualties were the Han army flags. The Mongols and the Eight Banners are good at cavalry shooting, and Dolgon will not use such a valuable source of troops to consume, and the first to enter the siege battle must be the Han Army Banner, these two Tartar cannon fodder.

What is even more gratifying is that this time Hu Dawei, Yang Guozhu and Xuanda Governor Biao Battalion have all made a lot of gains, and the grain and grass strongholds stored by Fan's Commercial Bank in Hebei were almost uprooted overnight, and the grain and grass stolen totaled more than 6,000 stones, which was enough for more than 20,000 people to use it for half a month.

There is no new news from the Beijing Division, and the Ministry of War has not expressed too much of a position on Wang Pu's death, Lu Xiangsheng's recital clearly states that Wang Pu died in the battle array, even if the Ministry of War knows the real cause of Wang Pu's death, it is helpless for the time being, after all, Lu Xiangsheng is outside the army, how to phrase and explain it is up to him to have the final say, no matter how long Yang Sichang's hand is, he can't directly go to the army to find out the ins and outs of Wang Pu's matter.

Gao Qiqian still stationed troops in Jize, and did not have the slightest intention of going north to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, with Lu Xiangsheng 20,000 remnants. It is still necessary to face Dolgon's 50,000 elites, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Zhu Ping'an's judgment is that at present, Dolgon is about to fall into the dilemma of having no food available, and there is only one way in front of him, that is, to continue to go south, and only by eliminating Lu Xiangsheng's Xuanda army, he will have no worries about turning east to join Abatai, so Yang Tinglin's proposal to move to the three prefectures of Jinan must be implemented immediately to attract Dolgon's army to pursue south. Then use the people's hearts and terrain of the three prefectures to break it.

But Lu Xiangsheng was still a little hesitant. In his heart, he was still afraid that the imperial court would attack him in the name of fearing the enemy and not fighting. Death, he Lu Xiangsheng is not afraid, but if he is allowed to die on such a charge, then he will not be able to accept it no matter what.

"IMHO. The Governor's concerns seem to be a little unfounded. Today. The shape shì has changed. Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian and their ilk were bent on making peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there was nothing wrong with it, it was nothing more than to completely solve the thieves. Recuperate and recharge for a decisive battle with the Qing army. But for now, this idea is too wishful thinking. The Qing army would not sit idly by and watch the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty be put down, and the thieves would not change the essence of the rebellion because of the strategy of the imperial court. On the contrary, it was in vain that the people were poisoned by the Tartars and displaced. ”

Zhu Ping'an analyzed the shape in front of him, and saw that Lu Xiangsheng still had a hesitant look, so he simply put the words on the table. "Don't forget, my lord, now that there are also our people in the court, Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian may not be so easy to splash dirty water on your body!"

Because of his personality, Lu Xiangsheng's tragedy in history is definitely not accidental, and Lu Xiangsheng's own vision, ideas and limitations are also the main reasons for his personal defeat and death. What Zhu Ping'an did to do was to dispel his worries, so that he made up his mind to leave Zhending Mansion and go south, this place has become a dead place, in order to eliminate his worries and compete for food, grass and supplies, Dolgon will definitely besiege the Xuanda Army at any cost, and it will be really too late if he doesn't leave. Zhu Ping'an didn't want to spend his 2,000 soldiers in vain in this battle with no chance of winning for the sake of his Lu Xiangsheng's false name.

"Governor, make up your mind as soon as possible!" Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu stood up in unison, with anxious expressions.

Yang Tinglin simply stood at the door of the big tent, waiting for Lu Xiangsheng to give him an order and immediately convey it.

For a while, the four people in the tent all focused their eyes on Lu Xiangsheng. Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, and the silence in the tent was a little unusual.

After a long time, Lu Xiangsheng slapped his thigh hatefully, "That's it!" That's what you say! Immediately reorganize the army and go south to Sanfu! ”

"Yes!" "The Governor is wise!"

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Even if he took the capital city of Dingzhou, Dolgon was still iron-faced, and a squad of eight banner elite soldiers at the outpost was killed by the defenders of Dingzhou, and the head was placed in front of the city gate, which was clearly a demonstration of a decisive battle. As soon as Dorgon's army arrived, they did not even have time to set up a camp, and immediately began to attack the city.

It was not that Dolgon was not sympathetic to the military strength, it was really a last resort, just took Qizhou, and received a flying pigeon from the Fan family firm Dechang in Dingzhou City, and the defenders of Dingzhou seemed to have discovered what they had done.

This news made Dolgon frightened, the Manchu army penetrated deep into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, relying on what, first, looting everywhere, and second, the grain and grass that the Fan firm had begun to spare no effort to store half a year ago. Now the North Zhili is broken, the Ming Dynasty suffers from natural disasters, not to mention the government, even the farmers have no surplus grain in their hands, the Qing army burns and loots everywhere, and robs a lot of gold and silver goods, but they can't be used as food, so the dependence on the grain and grass supplied by the Fan family has greatly increased, which Dolgon did not think of before entering the customs.

The place of Dingzhou in Dolgon's mind can be imagined. According to my information from Ning Wan, the Fan firm hoarded 6,000 stone of grain in Dingzhou, but it was the largest among the Beizhili and Hebei prefectures, as long as Dingzhou was taken, they could obtain the grain and grass that supported the army for about eight days, plus the grain and grass in the Hebei prefectures, enough for the army to circulate in Hebei for half a month to more than a month. Now, he suddenly received news that there was a problem with the grain and grass in Dingzhou, how could Dolgon not be frightened!

Hurry up and hurry, and finally rushed to the city of Dingzhou in the early morning, but first the scout team was wiped out by the whole team, which opened a precedent since entering the customs, so that the generals under the command of Dolgon were furious, and then completely lost contact with the city, in order to gain time and fight for food and grass, Dolgon had no choice but to order to start attacking the city immediately.

But he didn't expect that such a small Dingzhou capital city took Dolgon nearly two days, and for this, the Han army banner besieging the city suffered heavy losses, and a full 2,000 people fell at the foot of this little-known small city. Until the city finally fell, the people and soldiers in the city actually launched a desperate street battle, and every street and alley became a nightmare for the Qing army. Do not die and do not retreat, this is a true portrayal of the soldiers and civilians of Dingzhou, when the battle was at its most intense, Dolgon even sent his own elite soldiers to help the battle, but in the end he still failed to grab a single grain.

The last to fall in the city was the Dechang, which was a well-built mansion, and it seemed that the Fan firm had spent a lot of effort on it, but now it had become the most difficult bone for the Qing army, and it was hard to break through the courtyard wall with corpses and blood, but the house suddenly caught fire, and the mountains of grain were poured with strong liquor and strong oil, and a torch was thrown on it, and the flames immediately rose into the air.

Looking at the lit piles of grain, Dolgon's heart was like a knife, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

The commander of the Ming army who defended the city was in this flames at this moment, and he was followed by more than 200 soldiers and civilians, who never came out of this mansion again, and they chose to die with these grains and grass, and at the same time extinguished the fire of hope in Dorgon's heart.

Without food and grass, how to go south to pursue Lu Xiangsheng's subordinates, and how to turn east and join forces with Abba Taishun became a major problem in front of Dolgon.

However, this qiē is not over, just after the remnants of the battle in the city have been settled, Dolgon went directly to the Dingzhou prefect's yamen to rest temporarily, the army's food stock is only enough for four days, the top priority is to make a decision as soon as possible, to see how to resolve the current crisis.

Dorgon even felt that Haug had a gloating smile on his face, consciously or unconsciously, which made his mood even worse.

Wielding a knife to kill two maids in the prefect's yamen who resisted fiercely, Dolgon always felt that an evil fire in his heart could not be vented, so he came to the front hall in a big hat, and before he could sit down, a person had already run in in a panic outside the hall.

"Fourteenth master, fourteenth master, I'll see you after the slave is finished!"

Dolgon waved his hand impatiently, "If you have something to say, how can there be so many rules in wartime!" ”

Ning Wan got up from the ground with a skeletal look, and it seemed that he was rushing to Dingzhou City.

"How did you do to raise grain and grass, the grain and grass in Dingzhou were burned by the southerners who killed a thousand knives, and the tens of thousands of elites under the command of this king are waiting for the grain to be cooked!"

Ning finished me with a spirit, and hurriedly knelt on the ground again, "The slave is guilty, and the slave has lived up to the expectations of the fourteenth master!" ”

"Tell me, what's going on?" When Dolgon heard this, he suddenly stood up, and he also heard that what I had brought was not necessarily good news.

"The businesses in Xinle, Fuping, Xingtang and other places were confiscated one after another in the past two days, all of which were done by Lu Xiangsheng's Xuan army, they sent elite cavalry to various places, and killed all the cadres of the Fan business, and also confiscated a large number of grain and grass, which were not moved in time, or handed over to the local garrison, or burned to the ground! Now, now......"

I looked at Dolgon with trepidation, for fear that he would slash at him in a fit of rage.

Dolgon's face instantly lost its blood, and the most feared result came, he forcibly suppressed the blood in his chest and slowly sat back in his chair. "Say, what is the matter now?"

"Now, the food that the minions can requisition is only more than a thousand stones, and the minions have spent a lot of effort to find so much food, and the rest is really impossible to recover!"

"Lu Xiangsheng!" Dolgon erupted, and with one kick he lifted Ning Wan and me into a fight, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out! (To be continued......)

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