Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 102 Chapter 102, Chengchou meets Dorgon, and the Duke of the Kingdom recovers Baoding City (for more subscriptions)

Shengjing City, Prince Rui's Mansion.

Dorgon, the owner of the mansion, is sitting with his younger brother Doduo, discussing the war ahead.

Duoduo said: "That old man Jierhalang has been in Shanhaiguan for several days, but he makes a small fuss, sending some Han slaves and Mongols to die every day, it is a joke of our Qing Dynasty! "

Dorgon chuckled, and said, "I don't know what that old man thinks? He just wants to preserve his strength. He thinks that the Ming country is short of supplies, so he uses a drag formula, as long as he drags it to the Ming country." After the army has eaten all the food and grass, he will be able to get whatever he wants at that time, and he may even be able to fight down to the city of Beijing."

Hearing this, Duoduo suddenly became a little nervous, and said: "The Ming Dynasty will not really be taken over by the old dog Ji Erhalang, the city of Beijing? That would be a big bad news for us. "

Dorgon sneered, and said, "As for Jierhalang, that timid guy, even if he really hit the city of Beijing, he must have plundered the population and wealth in Beizhili before he was defeated. How could he be willing to do so?" Wasting troops to attack the city of Beijing that just repelled Li Zicheng?"

When he said this, a regretful expression flashed in Dorgon's eyes.

If Dorgon was to lead the army, then he would actually adopt the same strategy, first using the strategy of delay to make the Ming army collapse without a fight.

But next, Dorgon will not rob Beizhili, but will attack Beijing at all costs!

As long as the city of Beijing can be breached, the hope of the Qing Dynasty going south to dominate or even occupy the Central Plains will be greatly increased.

It's a pity that Dorgon is not the leader of the army, so what can he do?

At this moment, a guard came in and said respectfully: "Master, Hong Chengchou is back, please see him outside."

Dorgon nodded and said, "Let him in."

Dodo smiled.

After a while, the dusty Hong Chengchou appeared in front of Dorgon, and knelt down with a plop: "Slave Hong Chengchou, I have seen the two masters."

With a calm expression, Dorgon said, "You went to Baoding, what did Li Zicheng say?"

Hong Chengchou said: "Li Zicheng seems to be ambitious. If he still has a chance, he should be able to make a comeback."

Although he was humiliated by Li Zicheng, Hong Chengchou still looked quite calm, and his judgment was not greatly affected.

Dorgon nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's good."

Duoduo smiled and said: "This Li Zicheng is really a dog skin plaster, Ming Guo can't shake it off no matter what, it's really interesting."

Dorgon laughed and said, "What kind of dog skin plasters were pasted on by our Qing Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, but they can't be taken off by the Ming Dynasty if they want to."

The two brothers looked at each other and laughed.

Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, but stopped talking.

Dorgon noticed this, and said lightly, "Speak up if you have something to say."

Hong Chengchou said: "Returning to the master, when the slave left Baoding City, it happened to meet the army of the Ming Dynasty going north, but..."

Duoduo became a little impatient, and shouted: "If you have anything to say, just tell me directly, mother-in-law, your wife is faster than you in bed!"

Hong Chengchou was helpless, and said: "It's just that I feel that the army of the Ming Dynasty did not seem to go north completely."

Dorgon froze for a moment, and said, "You mean..."

Hong Chengchou nodded and said: "What I mean is that the Ming army is likely to be divided into two groups, one of which chooses to go north, and the other group is still continuing to besiege Baoding!"

These words were like a thunderbolt, which stunned both Dorgon and Duoduo.

After a few seconds, Duoduo cried out: "This is impossible! Are these Ming generals crazy? How dare they divide their troops into two groups?"

For these high-level officials in the Qing Dynasty, since Da Ming had been in a strategic advantage over the past so many years, they subconsciously felt that as soon as troops were dispatched, Da Ming should go all out to fight.

It never occurred to them that Daming dared to split into two groups.

It was like a fierce tiger attacking a very old wolf. Unexpectedly, this old wolf not only dealt with the tiger's attack on the one hand, but also stretched out its wolf claws to catch the rabbit on the other hand!

Dorgon took a deep breath and said very seriously: "Hong Chengchou, this matter is not trivial, are you sure?"

Hong Chengchou said seriously: "How dare I deceive the two masters in front of such a major event? According to my judgment, at most only about [-] Ming troops went north, and about [-] remained outside Baoding City. But at that time I was in a hurry to come back, so I didn't continue to observe, otherwise I would be late."

Dorgon's face was ugly, and he said coldly: "If this is the case, then that old fellow Jierhalang stood still in Shanhaiguan, wouldn't he be played by the Ming people?"

Duoduo slapped the table and roared angrily, "These Han people in the Ming Dynasty are really cunning, despicable, and shameless!"

Dorgon snorted heavily, and said, "This king will write a letter to that old bastard Jierhalang, telling him to attack Shanhaiguan as soon as possible!"

Originally thought that the main force of the Ming Dynasty was in Shanhaiguan, and the blind attack would not be worth the loss for the Qing.

But now that Daming dared to divide his troops into two groups and use only half of his strength to deal with the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Kingdom must show its strength and completely defeat this half of the Ming army, so as to let Daming know how powerful the Qing Kingdom is!
Baoding City.

Accompanied by a loud bang, the walls of Baoding City finally couldn't hold up and collapsed in pieces.

This city has enjoyed hundreds of years of tranquility, and the last time it was truly renovated was when the Ming Dynasty was first established more than 200 years ago.

The construction technology of more than 200 years ago is already very outdated for artillery.

Although its city walls are still tall and towering, under the continuous bombardment of more than a dozen Hongyi cannons, the most outstanding artillery in the world today, they are still unable to withstand the power of this most powerful weapon on the surface.

The collapse of the city wall brought about the death of countless soldiers of the Dashun Army on the city wall. The soaring smoke and dust covered the sky, and the countless screams turned this place into a hell on earth!
British Duke Zhang Shize watched this scene, and waved his hand excitedly: "Great, pass on the order, the whole army will attack!"

Without too many words from the British official, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who had been waiting for this moment for a long time, let out loud cheers, rushing towards the breakthrough like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.

The sound of drums exploded in the ears of every soldier of the Ming army like thunder, and there was only one thought left in their minds at the moment, go forward, go forward, go forward!
On the other side, the rulers and officials of the Dashun Army in the city were knocked out of their wits by the sudden loud noise.

Li Zicheng shouted: "What is going on here, come and have a look!"

At this moment, Li Zicheng actually had a very bad premonition in his heart.

Before Li Zicheng's personal guards went out to inquire, Li Yan rushed in with a pale face and shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the gate of the city has been blown down by the Hongyi cannon, and the Ming army is about to enter the city, Your Majesty Get out!"

Li Zicheng stood on the spot in a daze, and after several seconds, he roared: "This is impossible! The main force of the Ming army has clearly moved northward, so why can they maintain such a fierce offensive!"

Li Zicheng couldn't believe this fact, even though it had been more than ten days.

In the past ten days, the Ming army has been launching fierce attacks on Baoding City, but Li Zicheng has always believed that this was just a cover-up trick by the Ming army. Sooner or later, the main force of the Ming army would have to retreat northward, unless the Ming army did not want the city of Beijing. up.

It is precisely because of this idea that Li Zicheng has been sticking to Baoding City and is unwilling to leave, because he just wants to use this place as a base camp for counterattacks, and after repelling the Ming army here, he will find an opportunity to go north to attack Beijing City!
But now, the facts have ruthlessly shattered Li Zicheng's fantasy, Baoding City has been breached, Li Zicheng will usher in another failure!

Seeing Li Zicheng whose mentality was completely broken, Li Yan had no choice but to continue to persuade: "Your Majesty, retreat quickly, otherwise it will be too late when the Ming army comes in."

The surrounding officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army also knew that the situation was extremely urgent at this moment, and one by one they rushed forward to surround Li Zicheng. On the surface, they were surrounding him, but in fact, they were half pushing and half holding Li Zicheng out.

When Li Zicheng came to the street, there was already a carriage waiting, and everyone rushed to push Li Zicheng to the carriage.

Before entering the carriage, Li Zicheng came back to his senses and shouted: "I won't leave, I haven't lost yet, I'm here today to fight the Ming dogs!"

In a hurry, Li Yan pushed Li Zicheng into the carriage, and shouted: "Drive quickly, take Your Majesty away!"

Surrounded by many personal guards, Li Zicheng finally left, but his unwilling roar could be heard from a distance.

Seeing this, Li Yan couldn't help shaking his head, what's the use of being stubborn at this time?
A subordinate appeared in front of Li Yan with an urgent expression: "General, let's retreat too."

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, and said, "Where is Song Junshi?"

The subordinate took out a letter from his pocket and said, "Mr. Song just left and said he wanted me to deliver this letter to the general."

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, took a look at the letter, his expression suddenly became complicated, and a few seconds later he cursed.

"What a cunning man!"

After saying this, Li Yan no longer hesitated, and said to the only few confidantes around him: "We will also retreat and follow Your Majesty!"

Someone said: "General, the army is so strong now, otherwise we might just drop the army."

Li Yan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Not now! Well, retreat quickly!"

After speaking, Li Yan also took the soles of his men's feet with oil.

Li Zicheng, Song Xiance, and Li Yan, the core figures of the Dashun Army, all fled, and the remaining Dashun Army naturally became even more defeated. They either fled in all directions, or knelt down and chose to surrender.

After Baoding City fell for more than two short months, it finally returned to Daming's hands again!

(End of this chapter)