"What! Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan retired? ”

The generals of the Qing army who hurriedly gathered in the camp of Yue Tuo all felt incredible, and the Ming army, which had not flinched after many days of bloody fighting, actually retreated?

But then, these Tartar generals looked at each other with joy, and Yue Tuo laughed even more, and said: "Great, it seems that in the battle the day before yesterday, the Xuanda and Shandong armies also suffered heavy casualties, and they were no longer able to defend it, and they took the initiative to retreat today, and I will have no worries since then!" ”

The blue flag lord Zierharang also smiled and said: "My Qing Dynasty is invincible, that is, Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others, who are the most capable in the Ming Kingdom, and they can't stop the majesty of our army, once this news spreads, see who else dares to fight in the Ming Kingdom!" ”

Several Eight Banner Mongolian banner owners even shouted wildly: "Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan led the remnants of the army to escape, now we will go out to collect food, and we will no longer be afraid that the Ming army will follow and harass." ”

The White Flag Master Duoduo stood up at this time and shouted, "Is this what they want to do?" We should raise our army and pursue it at once. ”

Dolgon said in a deep voice: "General Yangwu, all banner masters, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Ming army suddenly retreated, and the people must be panicked, and it is a good opportunity to pursue at this time." ”

Yue Tuo glanced at Dolgon, coughed, and said, "The Han people have a saying in the art of war: don't chase after the poor. They have a lot of artillery and chariots in the army, and they don't know how much grain and grass there is, if we chase closely, they defend on the spot, set up camp, and it is another battle of giant deer, we can't afford to lose it, or hold on to it, it's better to listen clearly first, and see if Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's troops really have no intention of fighting. ”

After speaking, Yue Tuo immediately asked Bu Yan Dai, the owner of the Eight Banners Mongolian Red Banner Inlaid with Red Banners: "Yan Dai, when Lu Xiangsheng's department retreated, how was the Ming army's formation?" How's the morale? ”

The Mongolian soldiers and horses with red flags led by Buyandai were stationed on the left bank of Artemisia, and at this time they hurriedly came to report that it was Buyandai's subordinates, and he said: "General Yangwu, ordered generals, banner masters." When Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others retreated, the Ming army's position was still very tight, the front army, the middle army, and the rear army were all in order, not like a rout, and the Ming army's various departments were still fierce at night and the cavalry were also fierce, and they launched a counterattack against our army's exploration horses, which was very powerful. ”

The last general observed that at this time, Lu Xiangsheng's department still had thousands of troops, and there were many chariots and horses in the army, as if they were carrying a large amount of grain and grass, and most of the artillery of the Ming army was also there. The meaning of the last general is not to push too hard. Dozens of miles past from Julu, it was a flat river, and our army could not set up an ambush, if it really pursued, our army had no choice but to continue to attack. ”

"In this wilderness, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan must still form a car battalion to fight, it is extremely difficult for our army to break through, and the warriors of each banner have to lose an unknown amount, as General Yangwu said, our army should still be based on weight."

After he finished speaking, the faces of all the Mongolian banner owners of the Eight Banners were timid, and they all echoed their words, they all disapproved of the pursuit, at this time, as long as Lu Xiangsheng and the others retreated, why should they continue to chase after others, could it be that the warriors of each banner have not died enough?

Gulus Shibu shouted loudly: "Don't worry about it, it's good that Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and the others are gone, anyway, they have suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and they won't be able to attack us in the future." Our army still discussed how to collect grain and plunder more wealth and people to go back, which is the right reason. ”

Then Gurusi Shibu shouted even louder: "If the general is ordered to pursue, he will lead his troops with Prince Yu to chase it, the Han people's art of war says, if you can't bear it, you will have a big plan, I will not be so reckless." ”

Dorgon was furious, and he stood up sharply, and shouted at Gurushab, "Presumptuous, Dorengbeizi, what tone are you talking to the great general?" ”

"You are so rude to me, do you think that General Ben will not dare to punish you?"

At this time, Dolgon's heart was furious, and in the past, all the banners were headed by him, because the two white banners were damaged a lot in the battle of the giant deer, and the status of the Dolgon brothers in the flags has declined rapidly in the past few days.

If nothing else, let's just say that in the past, all the banner owners were gathered in his tent, but in the past two days, they were changed to Yue Tuo's big red flag tent. And those Mongol banner lords, who used to be respectful to him, but in the blink of an eye, those people all changed their faces, how could this not make the arrogant Dolgon angry?

Seeing Dolgon's blue face, Gurus was also taken aback, Dolgon is notoriously ruthless, although the strength of the two white flags is damaged at the moment, but it is not something that he, the small Mongolian banner owner, can provoke, and he can't help but secretly regret it.

Seeing that the two of them had black faces, a group of flag owners came out to play a round, and Yue Tuo persuaded him: "We are a family, and the loss of words should not damage the harmony of our two families." ”

He shouted to the Gurushab, "Dolengbeizi, what you said today is really too much, why don't you make amends to the general who was ordered to do so?" ”

Seeing this, Gulus Habu hurriedly got off the donkey down the slope and quickly apologized to Dolgon, who snorted and thought about how to clean up this Mongolian barbarian in the future after returning to the Qing Kingdom. He wants to show the banner lords that he Dolgon has the ability to compete with Huang Taiji, and not everyone can put his nose on his nose.

Yueto said to Dolgon: "I have ordered the general, so let's send a part of the soldiers and horses to follow, and if there is an opportunity, we will come forward to attack." If the Ming army is in good order, we should not act rashly. ”

Dolgon said lightly: "That's it, as the banner owners said, it's better not to make extraneous branches, in case Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others jump over the wall in a hurry and come back." ”

Dolgon naturally understood Yue Tuo's thoughts, he came to the throne due to the loss of the strength of the two white flags, and naturally did not want to see his brother make another meritorious service. If the pursuit is victorious, and his prestige is erected again, that is what Yue Tuo, Zilharang and others do not want to see.

In the past, it was extremely difficult for the whole army to attack Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others, so what was the use of sending some soldiers and horses? It's just pretending. Anyway, Lu Xiangsheng, Liu Yan and others led the remnants to retreat, and they were no longer a threat to their army. Just bear with yourself and solve other problems first.

So Dolgon said: "Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yanbu are not worried, they have now been defeated, and the morale of the warriors of our army has been greatly boosted, so we must take advantage of this sharp spirit to immediately solve the Guanning army." ”

After hearing Dorgon's words, the people in the big tent bowed their heads and remained silent.

Although the combat power of the Gaoqi Diving Department is definitely not as good as Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's Division, but it is also tens of thousands of fresh troops, and now all the banners of Manchuria-Mongolia are seriously damaged.

So Yue Tuo looked at everyone's expressions, and then said: "Ordered general, our army has gone deep into the hinterland of the Ming Kingdom, and after a series of fierce battles, the warriors of all banners are exhausted. ”

The rest of the banner owners echoed one after another, at this time everyone no longer wanted to fight with the Ming army, it was not interesting to win, anyway, now there are a lot of captures in the army, but if they lose, the warriors in their banners will be damaged again, and no one wants to fight again.

Dolgon watched everyone's "performance", so angry that he almost vomited blood, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the high diving department were close at hand, as long as the army swarmed up, it could be defeated, such a battle feat everyone didn't want, only wanted to withdraw, everyone was so short-sighted!

Duoduo on the side was also furious, and when he saw the appearance of everyone, he wanted to rise up against everyone, but was stopped by the iron-faced Dorgon.

"Since you don't want to fight, forget it!"

Dolgon looked at everyone and said coldly: "Tomorrow, the army will return to the north, but after you go back, you must explain to the emperor why you don't fight with the high diving department!" ”

Yue Tuo said with a smile: "I ordered the general to rest assured, if the emperor blames you for this, I will stand up and explain!" ”

In the afternoon of this day, Ji Ze.

Inside the line, Gao Qiqian was holding a book and seemed to read it with relish, and on both sides of his head, Guan Ning and the generals were chatting casually. They are chatting about gas, about scenery, about women. It's just that no one talked about the Julu war dozens of miles away, as if the Qing soldiers over there, Xuanda and Shandong troops had been forgotten.

In fact, Wang Tingchen, the former commander of the Tun Guard, and Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier of Yutian, had proposed to send troops, but they were blocked back by the words of Ma Ke, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan: "...... The two military gates, if the thieves are really destroyed by us in Julu, then our Guanning army still exists in Liaodong? I'm afraid that by that time, there will be no more money, grain, and rice allocated by the imperial court every year! Rabbits and dead dogs are cooked, and birds are all hidden, I'm afraid that the next thing is that the court will take us under the knife, right? ”

Of course, Mako's words are not so direct, but that's what they mean. After listening to Ma Ke's words, Wang Tingchen and Cao Bianjiao also hesitated, no matter how loyal they were, they also had to consider the interests of the entire Liaodong Jiangmen group.

Yes, there is a chance to wipe out all the Qing soldiers who entered the customs now, but what will they do after they are destroyed? In the future, their Liaodong warlord group will still exist in Daming? How will they ask the central government for money and food in the future? Is it possible for the massive amount of silver taels and grain and rice to reach his own hands? Besides, the other general soldiers did not send troops, relying on their own two armies, and the tens of thousands of Qing soldiers on the Julu side, could they eat, so the two hesitated.

In this way, Gao Qiqian insisted on not moving, and the Guanning army was also happy not to move, thus forming a strange sit-down war. Dozens of miles away, Lu Xiangsheng and Liu Yan's Xuanda, Shandong soldiers and tens of thousands of Qing soldiers fought bloodily, but tens of thousands of Guanning troops watched a good show on the sidelines.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, these fallen literati and martial arts groups were like Wang Ba to mung beans, and the eldest brother did not laugh at the second brother. They were like wolves and tigers to the people, and they were greedy for life and afraid of death for the Qing army, and they were in danger of their allies and did not care. dragged Da Ming to the brink of destruction, just to protect his own small selfish interests.

At this moment, a sentry rushed in in a hurry at night, howling: "Supervising the army, supervising the army, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good......

Gao Qiqian was very dissatisfied, and said sharply: "What's the matter?" ”

That night did not accept and said: "Lu Duchen has broken through to the west, tens of thousands of Qing troops are also marching north, and the battle on Julu's side is over!" ”

Like a loud thunder, everyone in the hall "boomed" and discussed.

Gao Qiqian blinked his eyes, couldn't believe it, and asked again: "Is the fight over there over there?" ”

"It's over! According to them, Julu beheaded thousands of slaves and thieves in a battle, and now both sides are exhausted, so they retreated. ”

At this time, Gao Qiqian stood up suddenly, and looked at the night who came to report the news in a daze, and everyone in the hall was silent.

Gao Qiqian could no longer hold back the fear in his heart, and fell heavily into his seat.

Yutian General Soldier Cao Bianjiao hurriedly said: "Prison army, the slave thief was severely injured by Lu Duchen in Julu, if the slave thief is not able to fight anymore, he will definitely not take the initiative to withdraw, our army should face up to the head and make new contributions!" ”

Gao Qiqian stood up suddenly, he seemed to use all his strength, and screamed: "Quick! The whole army rushed to the area of Julu and threatened most of the Qing army! ”

"Threat?"

Everyone was dumbfounded, Gao Qi dive to this time, they didn't dare to attack, and they still had to continue to follow the Qing army?

On the same day, tens of thousands of elite Guan Ning troops of the Gao Qi Diving Department waved their troops south, and followed the Qing army all the way north.

Seeing this, Dolgon was furious, although he knew that Gao Qi would not dare to attack, but if he had been hanging like this, the warriors of all banners in the army would definitely be terrified, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no accidents.

Therefore, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, Dolgon had to order to abandon a part of the captured and captured population, and the whole army was lightly armed, and quickly withdrew north from the Great Wall.

A few days later, Gao Qiqian hurriedly led his troops to seize this part of the materials and population, and then happily stopped tailgating, turned around and reported to Emperor Chongzhen.

Some people died, but not completely......