Therefore, the whole battle plan formulated by Dolgon was quite strict and complete, and in the area of two cities and one pass, all possible contingencies were indeed taken into account.

However, in the minds of Dolgon and other Qing generals, they neglected two points, which can also be said to have two blind spots: first, the Han people did not dare to take the initiative to attack the grassland outside the Guanwai; Second, North Korea is safe because of the sea barrier. It is precisely because of these two blind spots that the whole battle has brought considerable variables.

At this point, though, Dorgon was confident of winning. But after all, this was Dolgon's first major war after taking charge of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so Dolgon still did everything himself, for fear that something negligent would happen.

For the two cities of Ningyuan and Zhenyuan, the Qing army also had a focus. Because Ningyuan City is located on the line of Shengjing-Jinzhou-Ningyuan-Shanhaiguan, its strategic position is more important. Although the Qing army had already surrounded Ningyuan City, if the Daping army in Ningyuan City broke out of the encirclement and attacked the Qing army reinforcing Shanhaiguan, it would cause great confusion to the Qing army. Therefore, Dolgon arranged his two most trusted brothers and the most elite troops in Ningyuan City.

Compared with Ningyuan City, Zhenyuan City is much more up. But in case the main force of the Daping Army in the pass takes the road - out of Juyong Pass to rescue the two cities of Liaodong, then the Qing army in Zhenyuan City will bear the brunt, so it cannot be said that it is not important.

It can also be seen from this that Dolgon's arrangement of Zhenyuan City is also intriguing. He not only arranged his biggest political enemy, Hauge, on the front line of Shanhaiguan. He also placed Huang Taiji's hardcore cronies - Sony, Ao Bai and Tan Tai in Zhenyuan City.

And the troops led by Sonny and others are mainly composed of soldiers and horses with two yellow flags and the Han army flag that has just surrendered, which is really a little meritorious and dangerous.

Although at this time the Manchu Qing was full of internal contradictions. But they can still work together externally, and they will not tear each other down. So when Dolgon arrived at Zhenyuancheng, he found that the siege fortifications built by the Qing army had been basically completed.

"Not bad! Not bad! They are all worthy of being generals in the army! Accompanied by Sonny and the others, Dolgon, after carefully inspecting the place, did not hesitate to exclaim the loudest praise, "In such a short time, the city can be surrounded like an iron barrel." All three are meritorious. You must also report the meritorious soldiers in the army, as long as you can defeat the Han army this time, this king will not hesitate to reward the future. ”

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Regent!" Sonny and the others immediately saluted and thanked them.

Actually, now. Dolgon's relationship with Sonny and the rest of the world is quite delicate. As the de facto victor, the current Dolgon is unwilling to exterminate Sonny and the others, after all, these two people are highly prestigious generals in the two yellow banners, and Dolgon is unwilling to cause the division of the Eight Banners due to internal contradictions.

And Sony and others are just hardcore cronies of Huang Taiji. It doesn't have to be Hauge to succeed him. So now Huang Taiji's direct descendant, Fu Lin, has succeeded to the throne smoothly. Sony and others also think that they have fulfilled their responsibilities. As a result, the contradictions between Dolgon and Sonny and others have been diluted a lot.

Of course, Dolgon, Sonny and others also knew in their hearts that they and each other would never be able to pee in the same pot. But at least they can maintain a normal relationship on the surface.

"Near both sides of the river, there are some weak buildings, you have to be careful!" After the compliment, Dorgon brought up some of the small problems he saw. "Also, guard against a small squad of Han cavalry sneaking up on you from behind!"

"Wow!"

Then. Sonny, who was in the lead, said, "Your Royal Highness the Regent! We have paid more attention to those Mongolians on the steppe, and even put the spies hundreds of miles away, please rest assured! ”

"Not bad!" Listening to Sony's explanation, Dorgon smiled.

But then Dorgon's eyes widened at once, for he saw the gates suddenly open, and a group of the city's Daping cavalry had come out of the gates and began to line up, presumably to attack the weak points that had just been pointed out.

Then Dorgon laughed and said, "It seems that this king is a crow's mouth!" You see, the Han army in the city is about to attack the place that this king has just pointed out. ”

Sony, too, immediately craned their necks and looked in the direction of the cavalry of the Great Peace Army. Then Sonny smiled and said, "The minions have already made arrangements, and there are already five Niu Lu bannermen there." I hope they will be more angry, and don't lose the face of the minions in front of His Royal Highness the Regent! ”

It is indeed the same, seeing the cavalry of the Daping Army out of the city and lining up, there is no need for the orders of Sonny and others, and the five Qing cavalry of Niu Lu by the river are also in the queue. Around them and behind them, other Qing soldiers were also ready to fight, and some Qing soldiers with a strong desire to fight also joined the five Qing cavalry of Niu Lu.

Seeing that the Qing army on the opposite side had already taken precautions, there was also a sound of gold at the head of Zhenyuan City. The cavalry officer under the command of the Daping Army looked helplessly at the array of the Qing Army, and then issued an order angrily. As a result, these cavalry of the Daping Army could only return to the city on horseback, and then closed the city gate heavily.

Seeing the cavalry of the Daping Army returning to the city in a gloomy manner, the soldiers of the Qing army suddenly broke out into a burst of laughter and cheers.

Dorgon and Sonny were also smiling. After laughing for a while, Dolgon joked: "It seems that this king is indeed unlucky today, and he is going to come over to see off his future, and those Han troops will be frightened and retract." This king doesn't dare to stay longer, otherwise, the national athletes will hate this king. ”

Sonny also smiled and joked: "Those Han dogs are too cowardly, they don't dare to fight with our national athletes at all, and they will only do some things to steal chickens and touch dogs." However, this is also taken by the prestige of His Royal Highness the Regent, and in the future, the minions will also borrow the banner of His Royal Highness the Regent, as long as the flag is played, those Han dogs will definitely flee from the wind. ”

"Hahaha——! Your minion's mouth looks like honey! Dorgon immediately laughed.

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But at this moment, several Qing cavalry troops galloped in, and they sent an urgent letter to Dolgon. Dolgon opened it and looked at it, his face suddenly became gloomy, and then he scolded in a low voice: "What's the matter with the twelfth brother and the fifteenth brother? Will the boat capsize in the gutter? ”

Hearing Dolgon's scolding, the surrounding Qing army generals immediately put away the smiles on their faces and fell into silence.

Seeing that Sonny and the others around him were shrinking and looking unwilling to inquire, Dolgon angrily handed the urgent letter to Sonny and said, "Look at it, don't make the same mistake." Don't even think about it, when we are fighting outside, our Eight Banners are one, and this king has no problem with avoiding medical treatment. ”

"Wow!"

Sonny took the urgent letter, roughly scanned the contents of the letter, and then handed the urgent letter to Tan Tai beside him. After a while, those Qing army generals, those who were literate read the urgent letter, and those who were illiterate also listened to the narration of others.

A few days ago, after learning that Dolgon would inspect the Qing army besieging the two cities today, Duoduo and Azig discussed that they wanted to give Dolgon a "good start" to boost the morale of the Qing army.

So Duoduo and the others prepared to repeat the old trick and arrange a "good show" outside Ningyuan City. They were ready to deliberately make a chaotic appearance in the Qing army camp, as if there were reinforcements coming, luring the Daping army in the city out of the city to attack. After that, an ambush was set up to eliminate the Taiping army that fell out of the city.

In fact, the strategy itself is really good, and there are no sequelae. Even if the Qing army returned in vain, such a true and false "wolf" could make the troops in the city unable to distinguish the true from the false. When the reinforcements of the Daping Army really arrived, the troops in the city did not dare to attack rashly.

But Duoduo and they did a lot of calculations, but they didn't calculate that Zug had already explained: within half a year, the reinforcements of the Daping army would definitely not arrive. So as soon as he saw the Qing army outside the city making a show, Yao Liang, who was in command of Ningyuan City, he immediately judged that the Qing army was pretending. So he decided to come up with a plan.

Soon, Yao Liang arranged for a team of Daping troops to go out of the city and make a flanking appearance. The Qing army also pretended to be panicked, and moved Duoduo's handsome flag forward and moved it to the ambush of the Qing army, attracting the Daping army to throw themselves into the net.

However, as soon as the Daping army approached, it suddenly stopped its footsteps, and then revealed the four cannons in the ranks and brought out of the city. Without any pause, those artillery shelled the Qing army's camp, and the Qing army was like a chicken. Then, the Daping army did not hesitate to turn back to the city, leaving the Qing army with chicken feathers.

Although there were not many Qing soldiers killed or wounded in this shelling, the results were not very large. But it was so good that Hu Meng, the deputy commander of the artillery battalion who went out of the city to direct the artillery bombardment, the artillery he personally aimed at happened to break the flagpole of the Duoduo Shuai Banner.

And in this era, it was a very unlucky thing to be defeated before the battle, so although the battle was small, it made the morale of the Daping army in Ningyuan City high, and the Qing army outside the city was depressed.

And now Dolgon's heart is also full of anger: Duoduo and the others, who have high hopes for him, have been deflated in Ningyuan City; And Sony, who doesn't deal with them, is doing a good job in Zhenyuan City. This made Dolgon feel that his face was a little unbearable.

Annoyed and angry, Dolgon felt that his army was still a little insufficient, so he shouted to Tuberi beside him: "Have the princes of Mongolia come back with a letter?" Let them send some more troops, and don't just keep an eye on the cattle and sheep in their own tribe. When the Central Plains is really captured, will there be no such wealth? ”

"Wow!" (To be continued......)