In the face of the grim situation on the battlefield in Liaodong, Dolgon's confidence in "concentrating his forces and fighting against the soldiers and horses of the Ming army one by one" was suddenly shaken, and he began to weigh the pros and cons at this time.

On the side, Lai Mubu, the prince of Su, and Fei Yangguo, the prince of Zheng, heard that the soldiers and horses of the Ming army had copied the back road of the army, and even Shengjing City, the two of them were also shocked in their hearts, and hurriedly spoke to Dolgon.

"Your Majesty, Shengjing is in danger, no matter how brave Prince Yu is, he can't resist the surprise attack of more than a dozen or two hundred thousand elite Ming troops!"

"Your Majesty, now is the time to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army's Gaizhou Wei and Haizhou Wei have not yet gained a stable foothold and the defense line has not yet been formed, and immediately lead the main army to withdraw across the Liao River, otherwise once the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops behind him gain a firm foothold, the foundation of my Qing Dynasty will be besieged here!"

Dolgon listened to the words of the two, and said in a cold voice with a frown: "Now that the defense line of Gaolingyi and the defense line of Yong'an Fort have formed a stalemate, how much will the warriors of each banner lose when withdrawing at this time?" ”

"I also know that the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is in danger now, but how to break the situation? Even if I lead the main army to retreat, I still can't reverse the unfavorable situation, and only by defeating the main force of Liu Yanbu in front of me can I completely reverse the crisis of the war in Liaodong! ”

Listening to Dolgon's words, Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo were dumbfounded, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops have been pressing the main force of the Qing Dynasty to fight hard, Your Majesty, you still want to defeat Liu Yanbu, how to fight? They were armed with thousands of artillery pieces of all kinds, and just a slow bombardment from a distance was enough to achieve victory.

Dolgon said: "Since the war started on the front side of Quang Ninh, I have sent people to collect artillery from all over the place, plus the artillery deployed by the front guard of Guangning, now there are more than 570 Franc cannons and Hongyi cannons in the city, although there are still not as many artillery as the Ming army, but they also have the power to fight, and they can fight!" ”

Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo didn't know that Dolgon had secretly mobilized so many artillery, and under the surprise, there was not much joy on their faces: even if there were more than 570 artillery pieces, it was only about one-tenth of the number of artillery pieces of the Ming army, and no matter how you look at it, there was no victory.

Seeing that the two of them were hesitating, Dolgon stood up abruptly and said loudly: "I am ready to personally lead all the soldiers and horses of the Qiantun Acropolis of Guangning, and go south early tomorrow morning to support the defense line of Gaolingyi!" ”

Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo were dumbfounded when they heard this, in this way, I am afraid that the warriors of all banners of the Qing Dynasty will be buried in the Gaoling Post defense line, which is exactly in Liu Yan's arms.

So the two of them continued to oppose one after another, and at this time, they didn't care whether Dorgon was angry or not, and they first kept the warriors of each banner. If it is said that the Qing Dynasty will eventually be defeated, then this day is naturally as late as possible, as long as the soldiers and horses in hand are still there, it can continue to be delayed.

Seeing that the two of them were so stubborn, that they had disregarded their own will, and were about to get angry, when he suddenly saw Manchuria's Yellow Flag Gushan Ezhen Murcha running in in a panic, and immediately shouted angrily: "Dog slave! The rules are gone, and they don't even spread the word, so they break into me directly and look for death! ”

Murcha was stunned for a moment, then knelt on the ground with a thud, kowtowed and said: "The master is angry, there is an urgent military situation, and the slave is in a hurry, so he forgot the rules." ”

Dolgon glared at the three of them fiercely, and then said angrily: "What military situation, say! ”

"Your Majesty, the Ming army has dispatched a huge naval division, and there are thousands of warships on the sea east of the Qiantunwei of Quang Ninh, and they are shelling the North Korean two yellow flag camps stationed on the coast at this time!"

"What!"

Although Dolgon expected that the Ming army that raided Fuzhou Wei, Gaizhou Wei and Haizhou Wei must have passed by sea, he did not expect that the Ming army would also send sailors to attack!

"How's it going?"

Murcha said with a hasty face: "Scout urgent report: The two yellow flags of North Korea have collapsed, and the warships of the Ming army have carried countless artillery, overwhelming, almost overturning the camp of the two yellow flags of North Korea, and the 60,000 soldiers and horses have collapsed at this time!" ”

Lai Mubu, the Prince of Su on the side, suddenly said: "Your Majesty! I'm afraid that the Ming army will land from the sea, so take precautions early! ”

Dolgon naturally thought of this, and immediately said: "Prince Su, Prince Zheng, the two of you immediately lead the two blue flags of Manchu and the two blue flags of Mongolia to attack, and be sure to stop the Ming army on the beach!" ”

"What?"

Fei Yangguo hurriedly said: "Please Your Majesty transfer the artillery in the city to the minions, otherwise the minions and others really can't stop the Ming army, but the Ming army is guarded by thousands of warships." ”

Dolgon hated that iron could not be made of steel and said: "Can the artillery of the Ming warship still fight five or ten miles?" You are out of range, as soon as the Ming army lands in the interior, you will rush and kill, and if you are within the range of artillery, you will withdraw. ”

"Bring artillery over, and when you arrive, the Ming army has already landed and gained a firm foothold!"

"Huh!"

As a last resort, at this time, Dolgon could only deal with the Ming army sailors coming from the sea first, and as for the matter of gathering troops and horses to go south to the Gaolingyi defense line, Dolgon could only let it go for the time being.

On the sea more than ten miles east of the Qiantun guard in Guangning, Shi Daxuan was standing on the command platform of the flagship Huangming, and was holding a clairvoyant mirror at this time, watching the "warm" scene on the shore.

At this time, the Beiyang Fleet was in full swing, and the first to fifth detachments were taking turns to bombard the shore, and the Qing army camps within three miles of the shore had been completely uprooted from the ground at this time, and there was a mess everywhere.

"Look at the flag, the Qing army of the ministry should be the soldiers and horses of the two yellow flags of North Korea??"

Shi Daxuan said to himself: "Since this is the case, let's eat these two Tartar soldiers first." ”

After making up his mind, Shi Daxuan ordered: "Order all detachments to prepare for the landing, use the second detachment for fire support, and the rest of the detachments will land one after another according to the number, search for and encircle the remnants of the enemy on land!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, all units of the Beiyang Fleet began to deploy troops and horses according to the sound of flags and horns, and Zheng Zhipeng, the staff general of the second detachment, commanded the battleships under his command to turn all their gun ports and be ready to bombard the shore at any time.

Shi Lang, the general of the first detachment, Yang Geng, the general of the third detachment, Zheng Cai, the general of the fourth detachment, and Hong Xu, the general of the fifth detachment, successively led the officers and men of the subordinate to land.

Each detachment of the Beiyang Fleet has a team of 6,000 soldiers and horses, these soldiers can conduct naval battles at sea, and they can form a battle on land.

About an hour later, Shi Daxuan also went ashore, and under the escort of hundreds of soldiers of the Chinese army, he came to the camp of the two yellow flags of North Korea.

At this time, there was no trace of the camp before, and there were all kinds of debris, stumps and broken arms, and all kinds of debris that could not be seen in their original appearance.

The officers and men of the first, third, fourth, and fifth detachments had already formed four phalanxes at this time, lined up in front of them, and the 24,000 elite soldiers were all equipped with flintlock birds, and one of every five people was equipped with several earth-shattering thunderbolts. However, there was no cavalry escort of the brigade, and only part of the night did not collect and began to advance inland, probing the situation in all aspects.

"Order the officers and men of all units to start advancing to the inland areas, the first detachment and the third detachment will pursue to the west, the fourth detachment will pursue to the north, and the fifth detachment will pursue and suppress to the south, and attack at the same time!"

"Yes."

Soon, Shi Lang, Yang Geng, Zheng Cai, Hong Xu and others received orders and began to lead their troops to advance in all directions.

At this moment, a team in front of the group suddenly rode back at night, shouting loudly along the way: "The Qing army is coming!" ”

The officers and men of the various detachments immediately stopped advancing and immediately began to deploy their defenses on the spot, reforming into a huge horizontal formation.

The team rushed to the Chinese army at night without collecting their horses and reported to Shi Daxuanyu: "Qiqi Town, a large number of Qing army iron cavalry were found in the west, with the banners of the two blue flags of Manchu and the two blue flags of Mongolia, with more than 80,000 troops!" ”

Shi Daxuan suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, at this time, the phalanx of each detachment was only one or two miles away from the beach, and it was still within the range of the guns of the second detachment of battleships at sea, and he could get fire support from the second detachment of battleships at any time, so Shi Daxuan did not take those Qing troops in his eyes at all.

"Order the detachments to stabilize their positions and prepare to meet the enemy!!"

"Yes."

Soon, there were sporadic Qing scouts in the west, and then the Qing army's iron cavalry began to appear all over the mountains, advancing towards the sea in the east, slowly converging into a blue ocean.

In the Qing army, Prince Su Lai Mubu and Prince Zheng Fei Yangguo looked ahead with frowns, the Ming army really relied on the beach to form a formation, and the large horizontal formation of 20,000 or 30,000 people, if you really want to rush up, the loss of your own troops will be very large.

"What should I do?"

Fei Yangguo asked intently: "If the Ming army doesn't attack, let's wait here?" ”

Lai Mubu thought for a while and said, "Yes! Let's just wait here, anyway, His Majesty's will is to hold back the Ming army and wait for the opportunity to attack, we are waiting for the opportunity. ”

"Good!"

Fei Yangguo nodded and said, "In that case, then let's let the warriors dismount and wait for the battle to save the physical strength of the war horses." ”

"Okay."

Then, Lai Mubu looked at Siye and said: "In addition, send some people around to collect the rout of the North Korean Two Yellow Banners, although they are all North Korean slaves, but after all, they are from the Two Yellow Flags, and we can't ignore them." ”

"It's okay, let's put it in as much as we can."

Immediately, there was a very wonderful scene between the Ming army and the Qing army, the Ming army soldiers and horses rested on the beach, and the Qing army iron cavalry dismounted several miles away to rest, and neither side attacked, so it was a stalemate.

At the same time, Lai Mubu sent the Manchurian two blue flag iron cavalry to collect the rout of the two yellow flags of North Korea, but what shocked Lai Mubu and Fei Yangguo was that there were not many soldiers and horses left in the two yellow flags of North Korea, and the 60,000 troops except for some routs who may have fled, the various units of the Qing army only collected more than 24,000 people, could it be that under the fierce artillery bombardment of the Ming army, more than 30,000 people were killed and wounded?