Fulin, the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, sat next to his mother like a puppet.
Dorgon, the regent, was in charge of all military and political affairs of the Later Jin Dynasty.
With Huang Taiji's death, Hou Jin seemed to have had his spine and bones removed.
Houjin has obviously gone downhill, and there is no way to turn it around.
The Eight Banners soldiers were first restrained by Han cavalry.
The Han cavalry first cleaned up the Mongolian forces and built a new city in Tongliao on the grassland.
Han cavalry continued to harass Mongolia and Houjin.
Dorgon couldn't bear it and personally led his troops to eliminate the Han cavalry.
The Han people had sharp firearms, so the battle did not begin. They only attacked in advance, and the Eight Banners soldiers suffered heavy losses.
Dorgon found that they had no way to defeat the Han cavalry and had no choice but to withdraw.
There were Han cavalry to contain the Eight Banners soldiers and harass the Eight Banners forces from time to time.
Dorgon conquered the Han people, and the civil war was fierce, and the Ming Dynasty negotiated peace with them.
This is an excellent opportunity to enhance Houjin's strength.
But unexpectedly, the Han cavalry united with the Mongols and launched an attack on Houjin.
When a fire broke out in Houjin's backyard, he had no choice but to ignore the growing Han cavalry and had no choice but to engage in a small-scale conflict with the Han cavalry.
This can effectively reduce the casualties caused by Han cavalry muskets.
Dorgon's plan could not be implemented, and they could not expand their strength during the change of Han Dynasty.
He even participated in the change of Han dynasty.
The opportunity only lasted for a brief moment, and Dorgon missed it.
He watched helplessly as Su He unified the world and established the Great China Dynasty.
Dorgon originally thought that the Great China Dynasty would go through a period of recuperation before launching an attack on them.
He did not expect that the Han Dynasty had just been unified and the country had not yet stabilized.
They immediately sent troops to Liaodong to attack Houjin.
Dorgon has already mobilized his troops in advance and stationed the elite Eight Banners troops in important places.
As soon as the Eight Banners elites came into contact with Dahua soldiers, the battle line quickly collapsed.
Dahua came from two directions, Ningjin and Jinzhou, towards the hinterland of Liaodong.
The firearms of the Dahua army were too powerful. The most heroic soldiers of the Eight Banners were killed by rifles or cannons hundreds of meters away, and they could not show their skills at all.
Winter is coming soon, and this winter in Liaodong is extremely cold, with heavy snowfall.
It was impossible to fight in this kind of weather, so Dorgon had time to sum up his experience and deploy his troops.
The weather had just gotten warmer, and Dorgon learned that the Han army was preparing to attack Liaoyang City.
Dorgon sent Daishan, Azige and Jierhalang to lead the red flag, white flag and blue flag.
The Three Eight Banners fought a decisive battle with the Dahua Army in Liaoyang.
The final result was that the entire army was annihilated with two flags at half-mast.
His brothers Azige and Jierhalang were killed in battle, and Daishan fled back to Shenyang City with the remaining defeated generals.
Daishan was shot twice in the thigh and the bullets are still in his body. He is now unable to walk and his condition is getting worse.
When Dorgon thought about what happened during this period, he felt that there was nothing he could do about it.
Without strength, no matter how many strategies you use, they will be ineffective.
Dorgon looked at the leader of the Eight Banners who came now.
Now there are only three half-mast flags left in the Eight Banners. He is the leader of the Zhenghuang Banner, Duoduo, the leader of the Zhengbai Banner, Yue Tuo, the leader of the Zhenghong Banner, Daishan, who was seriously injured, and Xianghongqi, who is half disabled.
After Huang Taiji's death, Dorgon used political struggles to redivide the three banners belonging to Huang Taiji and readjust each banner.
Unexpectedly, his efforts were completely useless, and the Eight Banners were already in ruins like this.
Hou Jin's Eight Banners only had three flags at half-mast, and their strength had dropped several times.
With the Eight Banners losing four half-mast flags, the Eight Banner families in Shenyang City are no longer just as simple as paying filial piety.
Many fathers, sons, and brothers died in the battle.
Dorgon said in a serious tone: "I urgently summon you here because there is a new situation on the battlefield.
According to reports from Tanma, the Han people stationed in Liaoyang City sent troops again and headed straight for Shenyang City.
The three Han cavalry divisions in the west also broke through the Great Wall defense line, and tens of thousands of cavalry were trying to surround Shenyang City.
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We must come up with ways in advance to solve the problems we are encountering now.
Time cannot be delayed any longer. Once the three major cavalry divisions of the Han people surround Shenyang City, we will have no chance of escaping."
When Daishan heard Dorgon's words, he had already heard the implication of Dorgon's words.
"Prince Regent, do you want to give up Shenyang City?
The Han army is heading straight for Shenyang, and we must abandon the city of Shenyang.
Those who can run out are all strong and strong young men.
How could there be so many old, weak and children in Shenyang City running away with the army?
Except for some of our high-level family members, everyone else will stay in Shenyang City.
Their fate is anyone's guess.
How we treat the Han people, Hanyin will definitely treat us Eight Banners children.
You are not only giving up Shenyang City, you are also giving up their lives."
Dorgon knew that making this decision would mean giving up the old, weak, women and children.
But in this situation, there is no other way.
The fully victorious Eight Banners soldiers could not stop the Han attack, let alone the Eight Banners soldiers with only three flags at half-mast.
If you stay in Shenyang City, you will be waiting for death.
If you choose to evacuate Shenyang City now, if you can evacuate one person, then one person will survive.
The city of Shenyang is not important, but a sufficient population of the Eight Banners is very important.
Dorgon looked at everyone and asked: "Besides abandoning Shenyang City, do we have any other way to reverse the situation of the war?
The Han people are determined to win the city of Shenyang, so we can only avoid its advances first.
If someone could come up with an effective way to resist the Han people, I would not choose to lead people to evacuate Shenyang City."
Daishan opened his mouth, and finally said with some dejection: "There is really no way to deal with this situation.
If you want to evacuate Shenyang City, you must leave people behind.
I am very old and seriously injured, so I may not live long.
My body can no longer withstand the long-term turbulence and I will not retreat with you.
Leave me some old and weak soldiers.
I will stay behind to buy time for you."
Yue Tuo quickly stopped him and said, "Amma, I will stay to defend the city, and you can evacuate Shenyang City with the soldiers with the red flag and the red flag."
Daishan sat on the chair, picked up the crutch in his hand and hit Yue Tuo.
"I am already in my final years, so I am here to stay.
You, along with the Zhenghongqi and some of the disciples with red flags, must escape from the Han encirclement."
When Yue Tuo saw that Ama was resolute, he did not postpone it any further.
Yue Tuo suggested: "There are many Jurchen tribes in the mountains and forests.
As long as we have a certain amount of strength, we will have a chance to make a comeback.
Han people are not suitable for living in mountains and forests.
Even in the bitter cold places in the north, we still have a chance to survive.
Now the Han Dynasty is officially at its peak.
When the Han Dynasty declines, we still have a chance to rise.
I suggest withdrawing to the area north of the Daxinganling Mountains."
Dorgon shook his head and said: "You can't run to the north, that is just a dead end.
The north is not peaceful now, and we have received news from Mongolian allies many times.
There is a group of people called Rakshasa people in the north who are advancing from west to east.
They also have sharp firearms, and the Mongols in the Wulianghai area have already encountered them.
I believe that in the near future, we will also encounter these Rakshasa people in the area north of the Greater Khingan Mountains.
When the time comes, the Han and Rakshasa people will join forces to attack us, and the living environment will be very bad.
Another point, why we came out of the mountains and forests is that there is no way to support too many people in the mountains and forests.
Think about how many people we had in the tribal era, and how many people we gained when we came to cities.
Now under our Eight Banners system, men conquer the world by riding horses.
A woman directs her slaves to farm.
Without a large number of subordinate minions, the Eight Banners system that we have worked so hard to maintain will collapse directly, and there will be no hope of rising.
I think we should evacuate eastward.
North Korea has a large population and a relatively poor army, which is suitable for the development of the Eight Banners.
In the south of Korea, there is another force called the Japanese state.
The population there is larger than North Korea.
The Japanese conquered North Korea, but were defeated by the Ming Dynasty.
However, at the same time, we defeated the Ming Dynasty and occupied the Liaodong region.
The strength of our Eight Banners soldiers far exceeds that of the Japanese.
Now that the Han people are powerful, we can only choose to avoid their edge."
Dorgon has been thinking for a long time that the only way for the Eight Banners to survive is to go eastward.
If you choose to go north, it will only slowly die out.
If the Eight Banners choose to flee to the north, the Han people will definitely pursue them.
If he fled to the east, he would probably be able to escape the pursuit of the Han through the cover of North Korea.
The conditions in North Korea are far better than those in the mountains and forests of the north.
Many Eight Banners soldiers grew up in the city.
Let them fight on horseback, that's no problem at all.
Let them hunt in the mountains and forests, and many of them have lost their hunting skills.
When Yue Tuo heard what Dorgon said, he immediately retorted: "It is absolutely not feasible to go to North Korea.
I led troops to attack North Korea and am very familiar with it.
The terrain of North Korea is long and narrow, and there is no danger to defend it.
If the Han people lead troops into North Korea, we will be the turtle in the urn.
The mountains and forests in the north are vast, and with the small number of troops of the Han people, there is no way to catch us in the vast mountains and forests."
Yue Tuo also didn't think that he could succeed by defending Shenyang City.
He was preparing to lead his troops to escape Shenyang City, but his goals were completely opposite to Dorgon's.
He believed that due to the geographical conditions of Korea, once the Eight Banners were blocked by the Han people, there would be no way to escape.
North Korea is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the land facing it is also bordered by the Han people.
Once they hide in this place, it will be a big prison.
Dorgon and Duduo wanted to do Tongyue Tuo's work.
The Eight Banners soldiers had suffered heavy losses and could no longer withstand internal strife.
Yue Tuo was unmoved and insisted that his choice was correct.
When the two parties were in a stalemate, Daishan said: "The Eight Banners has reached this point and we cannot put our eggs in one basket.
You two can act separately and take some people to evacuate to the north and east respectively."
Daishan has decided to defend Shenyang City, and he has become much more open-minded about things.
Dorgon and Yue Tuo united together.
Concentrate the troops with three flags at half-mast and conquer the world again.
This seems very good, and it will be easier to rise again in an unfamiliar area.
Dai Shan believed that all the remaining Eight Banners disciples had fled to one place.
Such a target is too big, and the Han people will definitely attack them.
Escape separately to increase your chances of survival.
Dayu'er said a few words in his son Fulin's ear.
Fulin said in a coquettish voice: "The Han troops are approaching the city, and we don't have time to continue fighting.
Just follow Daishan Beile’s advice and act separately.”
Fulin, as the nominal Great Khan, does not have any power, but what he said is a good step up.
Dorgon and Yue Tuo stopped arguing. They decided to race against time and prepare to evacuate immediately.
Yue Tuo brought the elite soldiers of the Zhenghong Banner and some of the elite soldiers of the Xianghong Banner, plus some young Eight Banners disciples.
They evacuated quickly from the north gate of Shenyang, not wanting to waste any time in Shenyang City.
When Dorgon heard the news of Jierhalang's rapid evacuation, he angrily cursed a fool.
He made proper arrangements and evacuated eastward with the soldiers of the two banners and a large number of young men.
In addition to the Eight Banners disciples, Dorgon also brought many women of the right age with him.
Only when both men and women bring some can the development of the Eight Banners be maintained.
Dorgon also brought a large number of Han craftsmen, especially Han weapon and firearms craftsmen.
They fought many battles with the Han people and won many victories before they were equipped with large amounts of firearms.
After being equipped with a large number of firearms, the Eight Banners cavalry seemed to have been abandoned by the times. Continuous defeats had left the Eight Banners injured.
Dorgon has realized that firearms are the future of war.
Even if you give up everything, you cannot give up craftsmen.
There are these craftsmen who have taken root in North Korea and continue to study firearms.
Sooner or later, their firearms skills will reach the level of the Han people, and then it will be time for them to take revenge.
The Eight Banners soldiers and Eight Banners disciples fled eastward on horseback.
Han craftsmen did not have horses. They were tied directly to horses like goods.
Only a small number of senior Eight Banners officials, such as Dayu'er and Great Khan Fulin, could enjoy the privilege of riding a carriage.
Duduo and Dorgon rode horses side by side.
Duduo asked with some concern: "Prince Regent, the Han people have established Andong Mansion by the Yalu River in Liaodong.
We go straight to North Korea, if we are blocked by the Han people in Andong Mansion.
When the time comes, if we are blocked in front and pursued by soldiers, we will be surrounded by the Han people."
Dorgon glanced at Duduo and reprimanded: "As a general, why can't you even memorize the map well?
There is a large area bordering Liaodong and North Korea, and the best place to go is when Andong crosses the Yalu River and enters North Korea's Uiju.
But how could we choose this path now.
The Han army pressed forward from the south, and we turned around and ran in a large circle toward the south.
Originally, we were carrying baggage and the march was not very fast.
If you do this, you will easily be surrounded and annihilated by the Han people.
Even if I think about it for a moment, I would never choose this route.
Our route is from the north of Changbai Mountain, along the Tumen River and into North Korea.
The overall route is to move northeast.
If the Han people march too fast, they will directly occupy all the places bordering Liaodong and North Korea.
Then we, like Yue Tuo, will return to the mountains and forests.
The more we are at this critical moment of life and death, the less we can lose our sense of proportion."
After Duduo heard Dorgon's explanation, he felt relieved.
Dorgon already has a comprehensive plan, so he just needs to charge into battle.
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In Shenyang City, I saw Dorgon and Yue Tuo leaving with their troops one after another.
He immediately sealed the gate of Shenyang City and prepared to lead his troops to defend Shenyang City.
As long as the city of Shenyang remains intact, the Han people will not be able to send troops to pursue the fleeing Eight Banners disciples.
Daishan ordered all the Eight Banners disciples to be recruited and all climbed up the city wall to defend the city.
Some strong women will also come to the city wall to help the army defend the city.
Daishan continued to publicize, making all the Eight Banners disciples realize what a miserable end they would have if the Han invaded Shenyang City.
Whatever they did to the Han people before, the Han people would take revenge.