So far, most of the people in the Eight Banners have lost their fighting spirit and their morale is low. The key point is that they still have a way out, and they can return to their "land of dragons" with the looted gold and silver treasures. Therefore, a fight to the death is not a last resort. Human nature is like this, the Jedi fight back, and seek survival in the dead, all of which are said to be outbreaks that only exist when there is no way to retreat.

The Mongolian Eight Banners were brought together by various means such as favors, in-laws, and alliances since Nurhachi. The Manchus were invincible and opened up territory, and the Mongols followed to reap some benefits, which was naturally the best. At this time, when the Manchus were too busy to take care of themselves, how could the Mongols be willing to die with them?

The Qing court also saw it clearly, so although it decided to retreat, it tried not to announce it to the public, and clamored for a decisive battle in Gyeonggi. For this reason, the Qing court also created public opinion, claiming that all Mongolian troops had been dispatched, totaling tens of thousands, and were rushing to Beijing and would use iron cavalry to pacify the Ming army.

All the illusions can only deceive those simple-minded guys, but those who have a heart will judge from the movements of the Manchu princes in the Beijing Division, the strengthening of the troops at Shanhaiguan, and the prohibition of the Eight Banners stationed in Tongzhou, etc., that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is at the end of its rope and is about to retreat.

The attempt to cover up was only to keep the army at the front from collapsing and chaotic too quickly, and at the same time it was a misjudgment of the Manchus. The Ming army advanced slowly in Shaanxi and Henan, and the Qing court believed that the general attack would be after the two groups of enemies approached to reach a joint encirclement, and there was still time to do so; At the same time, the Qing court also misestimated the combat power of the Ming army in front of it, more precisely, the power of heavy weapons, and overestimated the fighting will of its own army.

When the first war zone in the northeast attacked and captured Juehua Island and landed to attack Ningyuan, not only was the Qing army in Liaodong forced to divide its troops to rescue urgently, but the Qing court also realized that it would become more and more passive if it delayed for a long time, and transferred the troops of the Beijing Division to Liaodong to ensure the safety of the "Land of Longxing".

Giving full play to its own advantages, it strategically contained and attacked the Manchus in a vast area, so that their own weaknesses were fully exposed. And on the battlefield where the enemy has the advantage of tactical mobility, it is fought with tenacity and firepower. This is the general principle, and it now seems to be a very successful strategy. And as long as the Manchu Qing showed its decline, the more obvious it was, the more divided the bandit group headed by the Manchu Qing would be.

In this group of bandits, there were not only Mongols, but also traitors, and the number was surprisingly large. These traitors, perhaps not as strong as the Mongols, attached themselves to and helped the Manchus, and gained high-ranking officials in the sea of corpses and blood of their compatriots, and earned blood-stained gold and silver treasures.

The bandit group is about to collapse, the Mongols do not want to serve the Manchus and die, and the traitors are also looking for a way to survive. Especially if he has done a lot of evil, he knows that he can no longer surrender to sincerity, and there is only one way to go to the black, and continue to follow the Manchu Qing to retreat to Liaodong to survive.

Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Zhili, and Jingshi, officials and wealthy merchants who had helped the Manchus and enslaved their compatriots, all packed up their belongings, took their families, and went out of the customs in a miserable panic.

Shanxi Jiexiu, Fan Mansion.

The mansion is magnificent, and it used to be very lively, but at this time, the atmosphere in the house was dull, no matter who it was, everyone looked uneasy, and they all had a sense of impending disaster.

In the study, Fan Yongdou sat decadently, he was already very old, but at this time he was ten years older, his beard was white, his face was deeper, and his every move was like a trembling old dragon.

In the past few days, Fan Yongdou has become even more afraid of the cold, and the fire wall and carbon brazier in the study do not seem to be able to drive away his cold, and he has to wrap his fur coat tightly with every step of the way.

In the past few days, he has always locked himself in his study, and it is difficult for outsiders to see him again, and over and over again, he is thinking about a question, why is this happening?

The hard work of generations and generations! The Qing army was losing and retreating, and the main force had already gone to Beijing to help, leaving only a small number of miscellaneous green battalion soldiers, who could not resist the attack of the Ming army at all. The Manchus had already abandoned these places because they could not afford to maintain sufficient forces on such a wide front. (To be continued......)