Chapter 120 Geldan withdraws his troops, and the Qing Dynasty sends south
When the news of the Ming army's departure came, the Geldan army in Baicheng was greatly encouraged.
"Soldiers, the only army of the Qing army is here, and now the Ming army of 350,000 horses is advancing north, and the emperor of the Qing Dynasty is bound to send the men and horses here back to defend the old nest, so we must seize the opportunity to take Baicheng."
"Yes! Be! ”
In Harbin, Shunzhi, who had not yet gained a firm foothold, heard that the Ming army's three-way army was heading north, and his favorite concubine had recently died of illness.
Although this move was opposed by Da Yu'er and a group of ministers, Shunzhi still has control over the imperial court, so soon, the opposition was suppressed.
Before abdicating, Shunzhi decreed that all the affairs of the state should be entrusted to Da Yuer, and appointed four ministers of parliament, Sony, Aobai, Suke Saha, and Kubilong, as auxiliary ministers.
At this point, the Qing Dynasty had to take emergency measures, on the one hand, let Ao Bai continue to fight against Geldan in Baicheng, and Sony hurried back to Harbin, because he was the first assistant, so the major affairs of the imperial court had to wait for him to participate.
In the Harbin Imperial Palace, Da Yuer convened Sony, Suppilon, and Suke Saha to discuss the matter.
"Now that the emperor has died violently, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and the border river is unstable, what should I do, a few of you will talk about it."
"The Empress Dowager, Geldan is a jackal who can't be fed, so we must win the battle of Baicheng, although the Ming Dynasty is menacing, but its internal problems are serious, I expect that they will not cross the Xiaoxing'an Mountains this time, so the minister suggested, we will go all out to deal with Geerdan, and send envoys to the south to make peace with the Ming Dynasty temporarily, and wait for me to come to my senses, in the other Tu Yi."
"What Lord Suo said is very true, now our national strength does not allow us to be attacked for two years, and at the same time, we must guard against Tsarist Russia in the north, but the Ming army has more than 300,000 horses this time, and it is divided into three routes to the north, I am afraid that the land south of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains will have to be ceded to the Ming Dynasty." Sukh Saha also said.
Da Yu'er listened to their words, and said with a sad expression: "What you said makes sense, okay, just do what you say, negotiate peace with the Ming army in the south, and continue to fight against Geldan in the west, but the people who negotiate peace in the Ming Dynasty must be selected well, and we can't weaken our reputation."
"The Empress Dowager, the minister suggested that Nu Habeile be the main envoy and Hong Chengchou be the deputy envoy to the Ming Dynasty."
"There is nothing wrong with angry Habel, people in their fifties are also safe, but Hong Chengchou seems to be inappropriate, he is a general of the Ming Dynasty, and if he is misunderstood by the Ming Dynasty."
"Please rest assured that the Empress Dowager is really because he is a general of the Ming Dynasty, so he is a lot old in the Ming Dynasty court, and it is convenient to act, as for the misunderstanding, I don't think it will come, after all, it is our envoy, and the Ming Dynasty should not be too embarrassed."
"So, all right." Da Yu'er said uneasily: "The battle of Baicheng also needs to have a result as soon as possible."
"Please rest assured that before the minister returns, Ao Bai has already made a plan, taking advantage of our familiarity with the terrain, he is ready to repeat the old tricks, and set another fire on the way to escort grain and grass in Geerdan, if this plan is successful, Geldan will retreat without a fight, and after this battle, Geldan will no longer be able to launch a large-scale attack on us in ten years."
"That's very good." It's a little fun to hear that.
Due to the Qing army's policy towards the Ming Dynasty, Wu Sangui and other three-way Ming armies went smoothly, and after Li Dingguo took the Yima River, he immediately organized people to look for inlets along the coastline that could be docked by large warships.
After confronting the Qing army for several days, Geerdan's army finally withdrew due to the supply of grain and grass, and the Qing Dynasty temporarily stabilized.
Hong Chengchou followed Nuha to Nanjing, his heart was very melancholy, although he was the deputy envoy of this trip, but the discerning person knew at a glance that he was the main force, or he would not have sent him to the Ming Dynasty at this juncture, at this time he regretted being reused by the Qing Dynasty, but he was on the boat, and he could only admit it, who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty would be old trees blooming, and then re-embarked on the prosperity, if you know, you will not surrender when you were killed.
Or Zu Dashou will play, surrender to the middle of the road and slip away directly, he also came to find himself at the beginning, why didn't he promise him, if he was with him, the high-ranking official Houlu should not be less of himself.
What he thought was very good, if he knew that he had been blacklisted by Gao Yiming, he didn't know if he would regret it.
"This surrender leader has come to Nanjing, do you have any ideas?" Gao Yiming joked that at this time he was discussing with Shi Kefa, Hou Xun, and Zu Dashou.
"I don't know who the emperor is referring to?" Shi Kefa was still the first to speak.
"Hong Chengchou, it is estimated that when that thing surrendered, he would not have thought of today's drama if he wanted to break his head, and he probably wouldn't dare to act like this."
After listening to Gao Yiming's words, Zu Dashou had the most right to speak: "When we returned to the south, we also persuaded him, but he said that he would save the country, I think he is a person who is greedy for wealth and nobility."
"Alas! It's very righteous that people didn't sell you. Gao Yiming said with a smile.