Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 141 141, Dorgon invaded Datong, Li Zicheng was in an embarrassing situation
Shanxi, Datong City.

A war has just ended, the gates of the city are opened, and many corpses are being transported out of the city continuously, and then abandoned in the barren mountains, where they are left to be pecked by various carrion animals.

Dorgon stood on the city wall of Datong, watching this scene condescendingly, with a very happy expression on his face.

It only took three days to conquer Datong City!
Beside Dorgon, a group of people dressed like businessmen bent over in fear, looking like a group of pugs.

"Congratulations to Prince Rui for bringing Datong City under Daqing's command!" the leading fat merchant said respectfully.

Dorgon glanced at the merchants beside him, and said with a smile: "Fan Yongdou, the eight of you have done a good job this time, and I remember your contributions. Now, tell me about Taiyuan's information!"

Fan Yongdou said hurriedly: "To return to the king, today's Taiyuan is actually very different from Datong. Li Zicheng has already demobilized the local garrison, and only three thousand soldiers and horses are left. After hearing that the king led his army south After the expedition, Taiyuan guard Li Ping has been urgently recruiting strong men in Taiyuan City. The latest data is that he has formed an army of 3 people."

Dorgon smiled disdainfully: "3 people? With such an army, I only need 3000 people to destroy it!"

Fan Yongdou hurriedly said: "Who isn't? Please don't worry, Your Majesty, the servants have already set up eyeliners in Taiyuan. All you need is an order from your lord at that time, then Taiyuan City can be brought under the rule of the Qing Dynasty!"

Dorgon became more and more happy, and said with a chuckle: "Very good, very good! After the Qing Dynasty takes control of the Central Plains, you will be my Qing Emperor Shang!"

Fan Yongdou and the others were naturally more joyful when they heard the words, and hurriedly said: "To tell you the truth, the servants have discussed it, and are willing to donate 10 taels each to Daqing as the military posture this time!"

Dorgon's laughter became louder and louder.

After a while, Fan Yongdou and others left, and Duoduo, who had been standing beside Dorgon, said, "Brother Wang, I don't understand why you are so nice to these spineless things?"

Dorgon snorted, and said coldly: "What do you know? I just want to benefit these spineless things, and let everyone in the Ming Kingdom know that being a traitor can be treated favorably by our Qing Dynasty, so that the Ming Kingdom can More and more people will be willing to be traitors, do you understand?"

Duduo shook his head and said, "But if they can be considered traitors today, won't they also be considered traitors in the future?"

Dorgon laughed: "The battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties is a matter of life and death, but if you ask about the present, who cares about the future!"

Dorgon stared at the lush mountains, forests and grasslands outside Datong City in front of him, full of pride for a while.

For a long time, the Manchu Qing had dreamed of entering the pass.

Today, this dream has finally begun to take its first steps.

This is a small step for the Qing Dynasty, but it is definitely a big step for history!

With the first step taken, is it still far away to conquer the Ming Dynasty step by step in the future?

While speaking, a spy suddenly hurried up the city wall and reported the news to Dorgon.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that Li Zicheng has gone north to Yongnian City in Guangping Prefecture. After he heard that we entered Shanxi, he sent people to protest!"

Dorgon sneered disdainfully: "Protest? What a joke. Duduo, go ahead and tell the envoy to go back and tell Li Zicheng that of course there is a price for my king's aid to him, and this is the price for the whole of Shanxi! If he is not convinced, Let him lead his troops to find me and see if he can get it back to Shanxi from me!"

Duduo laughed and got ready to go.

Dorgon was in a good mood, and returned to a very magnificent mansion in the city. This was originally the residence of Shanxi merchant Wang Dengku in Datong. Wang Dengku and Fan Yongdou usually flirted with Man Qing to smuggle food and weapons to Man Qing After the city was broken, the house was dedicated to Dorgon as a temporary palace.

Not only that, Wang Dengku also recruited ten famous prostitutes from Jiangnan to serve Dorgon.

Dorgon looked at the six stunning women in front of him, and couldn't help frowning: "Didn't you say ten people?"

Standing in front of Dorgon, the steward of the Wang family apologized and said with a smile: "Qi-Qi report to Your Majesty, the other four daughters suddenly fell ill and died suddenly."

Dorgon slapped the armrest and shouted: "It's just nonsense, it was fine yesterday, why did you die suddenly today! If you don't tell me what's good or bad, this king will kill you now!"

The steward of the Wang family had no choice but to recruit from the truth.

In fact, the answer is very simple. The four courtesans originally thought they were here to serve some nobles of the Ming Dynasty, but what they didn't want to see was the nobles of the Qing Dynasty. , the four daughters directly committed suicide under shame and indignation.

Dorgon didn't expect this to be the reason at all, and was speechless for a while.

After a while, Dorgon sighed and said: "Although these four girls are people in the world, I admire them a little. Let's bury them properly."

The steward of the Wang family hurriedly apologized with a smile: "Please rest assured, my master has ordered people to search for famous prostitutes from other places as quickly as possible, and they will be delivered in a few days. The king must be satisfied."

Dorgon waved his hand and said: "This king is not in that mood now, get out!"

The steward of the Wang family and the six women rushed out in a hurry, fearing that they would be killed on the spot if they walked too slowly. This was not without precedent.

Dorgon's mood suddenly became very bad.

Just when he raised a vase and wanted to smash it, Dodo suddenly rushed over.

"Brother Wang, the situation is not good... Hey, what are you doing, Brother Wang?"

Duo Duo stared at the vase in Dorgon's hand with some doubts.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Dorgon put down the vase calmly, and said coldly, "What's the matter?"

Duduo stared at the vase for several seconds, until Dorgon coughed impatiently, and then came back to his senses and said: "Brother Wang, I just got the news that Li Zicheng's general Li Zicheng When Yan led his troops to rescue Jinan, he was ambushed and defeated by Zhu Cixiang, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and Li Yan was also captured by Zhu Cixiang!"

Dorgon's expression couldn't help changing when he heard the words: "Zhu Cihong, why is it this Zhu Cihong again!"

Duoduo said in a deep voice: "Now it seems that Li Zicheng's Jinan may not be able to keep. If this is the case, the capital of the Ming Dynasty will be connected to the south again, which is not good news for us Qing Dynasty."

Dorgon's face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "It's okay, the main battlefield between Li Zicheng and the Ming Dynasty is the Central Plains, and it has nothing to do with Shanxi for the time being. It is impossible for them to cross the Taihang Mountains to fight us at this time. Let's take Taiyuan first! "

Duoduo nodded and said with a smile: "Let these Han Chinese dogs bite dogs, and our Qing Dynasty will slowly erode their land. One day, they will know that Qing Dynasty is the real master of the world!"

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"Damn the slaves!"

After hearing the messenger's reply, Li Zicheng threw the table on the spot.

Li Zicheng's eyes were full of anger. He really didn't expect that he originally planned to ask Man Qing to help out in order to delay Ming's offensive, but now, Man Qing turned to snatch Li Zicheng's territory!

In front of Li Zicheng, several of the most confidant generals were also speechless for a while.

They all knew that the reason why Datong was so easily breached was not that the defense of Datong City was not good, but that the Dashun defenders there were not good.

If it was replaced by the previous Ming army to garrison, it would be absolutely impossible for the Manchu Qing to break through Datong in three days, or even three months.

But... who made the Ming army surrender to the Dashun army a few months ago?
A general said angrily: "Your Majesty, these Jian slaves are indeed too much. Otherwise, we will go north to recover Datong, drive these Jian slaves away, and then have a decisive battle with the court!"

Li Zicheng snorted and said, "What do you know? Shut up!"

What a joke, although Man Qing is hateful, he is Li Zicheng's biggest backer now, how dare he turn against Man Qing?

Someone asked again: "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

The news that Li Yan was defeated and captured had reached Li Zicheng a few days ago.

If Li Yan loses, Jinan will definitely be gone, and even Kaifeng may be attacked by the Ming army.

It didn't matter to Li Zicheng that he was in Kaifeng. Anyway, he had already transported everything he could find in Kaifeng back to his hometown of Xi'an.

For Li Zicheng, who was used to fighting guerrillas with Daming, the loss of a city or a place was acceptable.

The reason why Li Zicheng went north was because he received news from the Manchu Qing that he planned to form a pincer attack on the north and south of the capital with the Manchu Qing.

The result is now good. The Manchu Qing Dynasty is indeed moving south, but the direction southward is not Zhangjiakou near the capital, but Shanxi occupied by Li Zicheng!
Li Zicheng pondered for a while, then said: "How about this, let's stand still here and see how the court reacts!"

After having these things, Li Zicheng didn't dare to continue going north.

Now the main force of the Ming army is in Shandong, very close to Li Zicheng, but far away from Datong, where the Manchu army is located.

This means that if Li Zicheng continues to move northward and approaches the capital, he will inevitably become the first target of the main force of the Ming army.

Conversely, if Li Zicheng stood still and the Manchus continued to invade the capital after conquering Datong, the main force of the Ming army would most likely ignore Li Zicheng and go north to rescue the capital.

Let the main force of the Ming army and the Manchus fight to the death, this is what Li Zicheng would like to see most.

After Li Zicheng dismissed all the generals, he immediately wrote a letter and found his confidants.

"Go, send this letter to... well, go and send it to the Prince of Ming Dynasty, His Highness Zhu Cihong!"

When he said this, Li Zicheng's face shone with an inexplicable light.

"Dorgon, Dorgon, you damn Jiannu, you want me and the Ming Dynasty to fight in a fight where both sides will lose? Hum, the matter is not over yet, who dares to say that you are the final winner? How ridiculous!"

(End of this chapter)