Baoding City.

Prince Rui of the Qing Dynasty, who was ordered to be the general Dolgon, was also at this moment, like Rao Yu Bel Abatai of Gaoyang, who was in the army.

Dolgon is an old slave, the fourteenth son of Nurhachi, the Manchu meaning is a cunning badger, deeply liked by the old slave, the old slave in the twelfth year of the mandate of heaven, that is, when Dolgon was fourteen years old, he was named Baylor, and the slave chief Hongtai and others were at the same level.

After Hong Tai succeeded to the throne, in order to deal with Dai Shan, Amin, Mang Gurtai and others who were sitting with him facing the south, Hong Tai ordered Dolgon to hold a white flag to counterbalance the influence of Dai Shan and others in the court.

After depriving Dai Shan and others of their powers, the now twenty-seven-year-old Dolgon has actually become the number two person in the Qing court.

Because after the death of the old slave, Hong Tai and others forced Dolgon's biological mother Abahai to die, Dolgon has long been dissatisfied with Hong Tai and others, but the general trend of the Qing court has been in Hong Tai's hands, Dolgon has to be respectful on the surface, but secretly accumulates strength, in a vain attempt to replace him one day.

For this southern expedition, Dolgon was full of expectations, first, to rob the population, weaken the Ming Dynasty, and enrich the power of the Qing Dynasty, second, to make military achievements and strengthen his prestige in the Qing court, and third, to win over Yue Tuo, the prince of Qing, who also came with him.

The facts are the same as he expected, after the Qing army broke through, it was swept all the way, the Ming army was invincible, the only one who dared to fight was that Lu Manzi, but Lu Manzi did not have many military horses in his hands, only more than 20,000 people, as for the Guanning Iron Cavalry from Liaodong, did they dare to show their knives in front of the Eight Banners?

In this attack on Baoding, Dolgon's purpose was to lure Lu Xiangsheng out, in order to complete his work in one battle, and completely solve the only Ming army that could fight in Gyeonggi.

However, since the army entered Baoding, the Qing Dynasty's Prince Rui had a little headache, and Liu Guangyong, the general of Baoding, dared to openly resist the Tianwei of the Qing army, relying on the strong city walls and many artillery pieces in the city, desperately resisting.

To tell the truth, as long as he spared his life, Dolgon was sure that he could capture Baoding, but there were only a few men and horses in the Qing Dynasty, even if one or two thousand people died, and the gain of taking Baoding would outweigh the losses.

Of course, if you can't take Baoding, it's not a big deal, it's a big deal to follow the example in Liaodong, attack Jinzhou, come to a siege point to help, and completely annihilate Lu Xiangsheng in Baoding.

Sure enough, as expected by Prince Rui, after the Guanning army could not arrive at Niulan Mountain for a long time, Lu Xiangsheng's plan to annihilate the enemy had been completely bankrupt, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had already seized the power of Lu Xiangsheng's troops and horses, and he immediately led his troops to rescue Baoding.

Just when Prince Rui thought that he had a plan, Gaoyang's Rao Yu Belle Abatai sent a battle report asking for help, and Huang Wenchang, the general soldier of Baoding in the Ming court, also swore not to surrender, and repeatedly thwarted the offensive of the Qing army in Gaoyang, and even caused the Qing Dynasty to lose nearly 2,000 Manchu and Han troops.

"Bastard, in just a few days, Abatai has lost nearly 2,000 men and horses, and hundreds of Manchurian warriors, how did Brother Qi fight this battle?"

In the camp of the Qing army in Baoding, Duoduo, the prince of Yu who accompanied Dolgon on the westward expedition, was furious with the Gaoyang battle report handed over by Dolgon.

"Fifteenth brother, now we are not discussing the matter of Abatai's ineffective fighting, but whether to transfer troops to reinforce Gaoyang, what do you say?"

Dolgon's face was gloomy and terrifying, this southern expedition was in the hands of Huang Wenchang, the chief soldier of Baoding, nearly 4,000 people.

The Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty had a total of no more than 300 Niu Lu, plus the Han Army Banner and the Mongolian Army Banner, with a total strength of only about 130,000 troops, how many 4,000 troops could be eaten?

This Huang Wenchang is so brave, it is reported that this person is now the Baoding general soldier of the Ming Court, if he is allowed to develop, wouldn't the Qing Dynasty have another strong enemy? It stands to reason that it is time to take advantage of the fact that he is trapped in Gaoyang City by Abatai and annihilate him in one fell swoop.

It's just that Lu Xiangsheng has already marched westward, and if he goes to Gaoyang by himself, won't the plan to gather and annihilate Lu Xiangsheng be in vain.

Long.

Dorgon spoke slowly, "What do you think should be done now?" ”

Zhengbai Banner Dutong Luo Shi got up and said: "Lord, according to the view of the slaves, the Ming army in Gyeonggi, the more than 20,000 people under Lu Xiangsheng's department are a great threat to our army, and Huang Wenchang is just a self-defending army, and there are so many cities in the Ming Dynasty, so why bother to compete with Gaoyang." ”

"What Lord Dutong said is, let's enter the customs, the emperor has an explanation, let us try to destroy the cities of the Ming Kingdom, rob them of food and materials, and don't fight to the death with the strong cities of the Ming thieves."

"That's right! That Wang Ba calf Fan Wencheng, didn't he say that the Ming Kingdom is like a towering tree, we can only slowly remove his branches and leaves, and then uproot it in one fell swoop? Yes, what is cut down is like cutting down a tree. ”

The Zhengbai Banner Commander Ekesu, the Deputy Commander of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han Army, Tong Tulai and others all agreed with Rosh's view, and the purpose of their entry into the pass was only to loot or gather and annihilate the main force of the Ming army in a field battle, not to fight to the Ming army's fortified city.

Duoduo said angrily: "What you said is right, but now that Qibeile has broken so many people in Gaoyang, if we can't beat Huang Wenchang, how can we explain to the emperor when we go back?" ”

Dordo and Dolgon are fellow mothers, and since Nurhachi's death, the two have been watching and helping each other, and naturally they know Dolgon's thoughts very well, which means that Dolgon's thoughts are spoken.

"This?"

Since Dolgon was the commander of this southern expedition, it was naturally his confidant who could be summoned into the big tent by him, and the generals sitting there knew more or less about Dolgon's efforts to win over Abatai.

Tong Tulai has read the book for a few days, and after a little thought, he said: "Prince Rui, now that Lu Xiangsheng is leading the army westward, we will encircle and annihilate this army and horses, and the Ming army will inevitably lose courage, and our army can be divided into two ways to attack Shandong and Shanxi, as long as we have won enough, how can the emperor blame?" Besides, we can also put some of the battle damage on Sun Degong. ”

Tong Tulai's father, Tong Yangzhen, was originally the deputy chief soldier of Fushun, and in the forty-third year of Wanli, he colluded with his younger brother Tong Yangxing inside and outside, and in the name of his own Jurchen, he led the army to break through Liaoyang and surrender to the old slaves, which was really the first hero to help the rise of Houjin.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong raided Zhenjiang with 200 soldiers, and Tong Yangzhen and his sons and nephews were captured by the Ming army and sent to Beijing, and they were all sentenced to Ling Chi.

The old slave thanked the Tong family for their loyalty, took more care of Tong Tulai who stayed in Liaoyang, and repeatedly rewarded him with favors, and even made him the daughter of the clan, so Tong Tulai covered for Abatai, and Hong Tai was not too likely to be punished.

Dolgon has been on the battlefield for a long time, so he naturally knows the priorities, and he naturally knows which is more important than the meaning of defeating Gao Yang and defeating Lu Xiangsheng.

So when Shen Shen said: "In this case, Shilling Abatai returned to Baoding, and let him cooperate with our army to attack Lu Xiangsheng, and then let Yue Tuo and Haoge monitor the Guanning army of Gao Qiqian, let's fight this Lu Xiangsheng first, and then attack Gaoyang City." ”