The sudden loss of Shanhaiguan gave the Qing Dynasty a slap in the face.

"How so?"

They had just reluctantly abandoned large swathes of northern territory, only to suddenly lose their only gateway to the old lands.

At this point, a minister finally questioned Dorgon's battle plan, "Is it worth it to abandon the city on your own initiative, risking the lives of a large number of people just to provoke civil strife in the Southern Alliance?" ”

"Isn't the price a little too much?"

Shanhaiguan can be called the last line of defense in the hearts of the Manchurians, Shanhaiguan is here, they have the bottom in their hearts, even if they lose in the Central Plains, they can return to the old land, and they can make a comeback.

Once Shanhaiguan is lost, the Qing Dynasty will have no way out.

Therefore, the fall of Shanhaiguan was the most important psychological impact on the Qing Dynasty.

Dolgon learned about the fall of Shanhaiguan during the march, and his knee-jerk reaction was that the benefits outweighed the disadvantages, and it could well gather the morale of the Qing army.

An army that has no way out can often burst out with the power that amazes the world.

Before the expedition, there were many people who did not understand the practice of the Qing army shrinking Yanjing. When the northern territories fell one by one, there was a lot of resentment in the army.

Even if they went on an expedition, the morale was not ideal.

The fall of Shanhaiguan is undoubtedly an opportunity. But the subsequent development of events greatly exceeded Dorgon's expectations, and all his calculations were in vain.

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On the thirty-third day of the battle, Shenwuwei successfully advanced into the old land of the Qing Dynasty.

Shenwuwei's actions in the old land of the Qing Dynasty were as fast as the wind, and they appeared elusively, appearing in the north of Shengjing for a while, and then appearing in the west of Shengjing, like a shadowless fox.

The damage caused by it is also quite terrifying.

A special operations unit in a special operations force like Shenwuwei, facing the already immaculate city in the old Qing Dynasty, can easily infiltrate the city with special operations equipment such as hooks and claws.

It is even said that Shenwuwei can sneak into the city through clever makeup techniques.

Once the Shenwuwei enters the city, they will destroy the central points, or set fire to the treasury, or behead the officials, or slaughter the nobles, no matter what, it is enough to kill.

For a time, the people of the old land of the Qing Dynasty were panicked.

The three thousand gods and guards are like a group of cold-hearted ghosts, floating in the vast old land of the Qing Dynasty, holding the scythe of death, wantonly harvesting life and spreading fear.

"Quick, report to Yanjing!"

When the surrounding cities suffered one after another, the officials left behind in Shengjing could no longer hold on and asked the Yanjing court for help.

Since the Qing Dynasty moved the capital to Yanjing, the officials left behind in Shengjing were basically people who were unwilling to do so, or people who were not trusted by Dolgon.

Even so, Shengjing's status is still unshakable.

Not for anything else, just because Shengjing lives with the remnants of the Manchu Eight Banners, although they no longer intervene in specific court affairs, but every old man is a person who stomps his feet, and the Qing Dynasty will tremble.

From this, it can be imagined that after receiving the urgent report from Shengjing, how the Manchu court would react.

The fall of Shanhaiguan has caused waves in the imperial court, and Sheng Jing's distress letter is like adding fuel to the fire, pushing the dissatisfaction with Dolgon originally caused by the fall of Shanhaiguan to a new peak.

The situation is shaken.

This wave of opposition to Dorgon included some heavyweights. The royalist faction that maintained the orthodoxy of Emperor Shunzhi took the opportunity to attack, and the spearhead was directed at Dolgon, who was in full swing.

For a time, Dolgon, who was in the limelight, became the target of public criticism.

To make matters worse, not only did Dolgon himself lead his troops to conquer, but his close ministers, such as Azig and others, also accompanied the army and were not in the court.

In the face of increasingly fierce accusations, none of the heavyweight ministers stood up for Dorgon. Even if it was really Dolgon's cronies, he chose to protect himself at this time and did not make a bird.

The historical reckoning of Dolgon seems to have been staged in advance.

Fortunately, Emperor Shunzhi was still young and not yet in the age of pro-government, so he had no intention of really eradicating the Dolgon faction. Even so, a slight loss of punishment is necessary.

The imperial court ordered that the expeditionary army immediately stop moving south.

Compared with the conquest of the Southern Coalition Army, the recovery of Shanhaiguan, and the rescue of Shengjing are naturally more important.

Dolgon's face was gloomy when he received the order from the court. He realized that all this might be a trap of the enemy, the purpose of which was to prevent the Qing army from moving south.

As for the court's attack on him, it was enough to arouse Dorgon's vigilance, although Emperor Shunzhi made him regent, but he was not willing to become a puppet emperor.

When the little emperor grows up, it is the time to show his fangs.

These are not the most important, the most critical thing is that in the face of the will of the imperial court, where will the Qing army go?

As the saying goes: "The general is outside, and the king's order is not subject to it." Immediately, the generals of the Eight Banners suggested to Dolgon that they should continue to move south despite the will of the imperial court, and when the southern coalition army was defeated, all attacks would be eliminated.

"Lord Wang, the enemy's small conspiracy shows that they are weak in heart and dare not fight our army head-on. The more this is the case, the less we can afford to be fooled. The old-eyed general said.

When Dorgon heard this, he was also a little moved.

But disobeying the holy decree is not a trivial matter after all, and the number of courtiers who attacked Dorgon this time and the high status are rare.

Even if you are as strong as Dorgon, if you don't deal with it properly, you can capsize in the gutter.

If he disobeys the holy decree and commits a crime against the wind, he will undoubtedly give a tongue to those who attack him, and confirm his "disloyal and disobedient" heart. If things really develop to that point, even if Dolgon leads his troops to defeat the Southern Coalition and achieve a great victory, he will not be able to clear his name, and he will not be able to escape the end of the situation.

An emperor, even if he is not yet in power, can tolerate the defeat of a war, but he can never tolerate a courtier who challenges his authority and overrides the imperial power.

This is a very taboo thing.

Even if this is not considered, only from a military point of view, the fall of Shanhaiguan and the fall of the Qing Dynasty into the flames of war will greatly affect the morale of the army.

One no one knows the number of enemy troops active in the old land of the Qing Dynasty. If it is a large army, they can go south through Shanhaiguan and take Yanjing directly.

Yanjing only had 50,000 troops left, which was quite dangerous.

The nest is unstable, how can the soldiers in front of them fight with peace of mind, especially the Mongolian Eight Banner Army and the Manchurian Eight Banner Army, which act as the backbone, more than ninety percent of them are Yanjing's children.

In Yanjing, they have their wives and children.

If Yanjing is unstable, the army's morale is unstable.

"No way!"

Dolgon endured the temptation of "disobeying the order", although the enemy's conspiracy was simple and clear, Dolgon had no way to solve it, so he could only obediently comply.

"Even if it is the will of God, and it involves the safety of Shengjing, we cannot sit idly by. The order was issued, and the whole army stopped moving south for the time being, and rested on the spot. ”

Dolgon: This is to assess how many troops should be sent back.