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Chapter 180 Dorgon regains his composure

Another ten days have passed.

It’s New Year’s Day in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen.

As soon as the Ming army reached the northern foot of Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng County, it started to snow.

Looking at the falling snow, Chongzhen sighed: "It's New Year's Day, it's snowing, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen has become a thing of the past, and from today on it will be the eighteenth year of Chongzhen."

From this moment on, the world line officially breaks away from its original trajectory.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen couldn't help but get interested, and wondered if he should copy a few poems to chant his aspirations?

But this good mood was soon shattered, because the packhorses and donkeys walking in front suddenly slipped and fell, and the entire team was in chaos.

"what happened?"

Jin Xuan immediately stepped forward and asked.

A military general responded: "Sir, the mountain road is not easy to walk in the first place. It snowed heavily just now. The animals carrying the catapult components slipped under their feet and many of them were injured."

Jin Xuan quickly reported it to Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, the catapult is useless anyway, so just throw it away?"

Chongzhen sighed: "Although these catapults are useless, these wood are good wood. They will definitely be of great use when transported back to Xuzhou. But since it is difficult to carry, forget it and throw it away."

Jin Xuan responded, and was about to turn around and leave when he was stopped by Chongzhen.

"Just throwing it away is not enough." Chongzhen said, "Let's burn it."

Jin Xuan said: "Is the Holy One worried that these wood will fall into the hands of the slaves, and then be used by the slaves to build siege equipment to attack Luoyang City?"

"No way?" Zhu Cijiong didn't believe it, "Dodo still dares to attack Luoyang?"

"Duduo will definitely not be willing to withdraw his troops. He will definitely attack Luoyang." Chongzhen said, "So these wood cannot be left and must be burned."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen suddenly remembered that there were many big trees in the Shaolin Temple.

At that time, Chongzhen did nothing and asked Wu Bangtan to take more than a hundred Yiding to the Shaolin Temple to cut down and burn all the big trees. Anyway, not a single one could be left.

Shaolin Temple also suffered from bad luck for eight lifetimes.

It would be fine if all the property in the temple was robbed by all kinds of people. Now even the big tree that had been stored in the temple for hundreds of years and was originally reserved for building the main hall was burned down by the Ming army. If Master Xingzheng and other old monks hadn't tried their best to stop it,

, a piece of charcoal could really tear down the beams of the Thousand Buddhas Hall and burn them down.



But Chongzhen was indeed foresighted.

After Duduo tried several times to attack the city with long ladders and failed, he decisively stopped the attack and then sent a large number of soldiers to the surrounding counties to collect wood.

Duduo is preparing to rebuild various siege equipment such as carriages and ladders.

While sending Bao Yi to collect wood, Duduo asked the remaining Bao Yi to dig trenches around Luoyang City, preparing to completely trap the Dashun Army in Luoyang City.

Although Dorgon and Duduo brothers hated Huang Taiji, they highly respected Huang Taiji's military ideas. During wars, they often imitated some of Huang Taiji's practices, such as digging trenches and besieging cities.

The Ming army had experienced hardships, but the Dashun army had not yet learned how powerful it was.

So at the beginning, Li Zicheng didn't take this matter to heart at all.

When Li Zicheng came to his senses and wanted to send a messenger to Tongguan to deliver a letter to Liu Zongmin, he found that he could not get out. The entire city of Luoyang had been tightly surrounded by Jiannu.

But Li Zicheng didn't panic.

Because the food captured was enough to feed an army of 30,000 for more than half a year.

What's more, there are also Hongyi cannons, so Li Zicheng has nothing to worry about.



In the blink of an eye, another half month passed, and Chongzhen had arrived at Kaifeng Mansion.

Upon hearing the arrival of Chongzhen's army, Chen Qianfu, the governor of Henan who was stationed in Kaifeng, quickly led a group of subordinate officials to greet him. That night, he held a banquet in the governor's Yamen to entertain Chongzhen.

As soon as he saw the dishes at the banquet, Chongzhen knew that Chen Qianfu had also fallen.

Because with the current situation in Henan, it is impossible to collect tax money at all, and it even has to use money to help the refugees. The current situation in Kaifeng is barely maintained by the little money allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But Chen Qianfu used the money to feed him.

From this moment on, Chongzhen had already put Chen Qianfu in another book, but he did not show it on his face. On the contrary, he was still talking and laughing with Chen Qianfu.

Chen Qianfu said: "Your Majesty has been here in Henan for more than two months. I wonder what the outcome of the battle will be?"

Regarding Chongzhen's trip to Henan, the civil and military generals along the Huanghuai route were still very concerned. They were not only concerned about the outcome of the battle, but also about Chongzhen's safety.

Now Chongzhen has returned safely.

I just don’t know what the outcome of this battle will be?

"It's not good, but it's acceptable." Chongzhen smiled and said, "In short, the Duduo army's attempt to attack Tongguan has completely failed, and it is currently facing off with the bandit army in Henan."

[Note: Henan here refers to Henan Prefecture, not Henan Province]

On the way back to Xuzhou, military reports about Henan kept coming.

Hu Guozhu, who came back with the alliance letter, even brought back news about Tongguan.

It is said that Liu Zongmin has left Tongguan with an army of 150,000 and stationed in Xin'an County.

Duduo left some of his troops to continue the siege of Luoyang, while he returned to Xin'an with the main force of slave-building to confront Liu Zongmin.

When he first got the news, Chongzhen was even a little dazed. Isn't this a fucking replica of the Battle of Songshan? It's just that the Ming army was replaced by the Dashun army, and Huang Taiji was replaced by Duoduo.

However, the performance of the generals of power and generals of the Dashun army should be better than that of the general officers of the border towns of the Ming army, so the final result should be different, at least it should not be a disastrous defeat.

Chongzhen added: "It should be difficult for both sides to tell the winner in a short period of time."

"Oh, really?" Chen Qianfu said with a smile, "This is good news for my Ming Dynasty."

"Good news? I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case." Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I say: Misfortune depends on blessings, and blessings rely on misfortune. This time, I, the Ming Dynasty, helped the thieves to relieve the danger of destroying the country, but it may not have a good result.

"

Chen Qianfu said: "Are you worried that the trespassers will retaliate for kindness?"

Jin Xuan said: "What the Holy Lord is worried about is not that the intruders will retaliate for kindness, but that the slaves may once again list our Ming Dynasty as the number one enemy, and then choose to reconcile with the intruders and attack our Ming Dynasty with all their strength."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chongzhen waved his hand and said solemnly: "I'm afraid it's not a possibility, but a certainty."

Although Duduo was still struggling, his southern expedition had actually failed.

If nothing unexpected happens, Duoduo's army will withdraw before the first month of the year due to running out of food.

Once Duduo's army withdrew, Li Zicheng could mobilize all his main forces to go north to Yulin and engage in a final decisive battle with Azig's West Army. At that time, Azig's West Army would at best be able to return without success.

If you are not careful, you may suffer a big defeat. After all, Li Yan is in northern Shaanxi.

In other words, this time both the Azige and Duduo armies will return.

The simultaneous defeat of both armies would surely make Dorgon regain his composure.

After calming down, Dorgon is still quite scary. Next, he will definitely adjust his national policy and list the Ming Dynasty as the number one enemy of the slave establishment. Then he will make peace with the invaders while concentrating all his troops to conquer the Ming Dynasty. He will not even rule out the possibility of conquering the Ming Dynasty.

If he personally leads the troops in the southern expedition, the Ming Dynasty's Huanghuai defense line will withstand an unprecedented severe test.

Therefore, it is said that the ancients were really wise, and the proverbs they summarized are also really reasonable.

Let’s just say that this dispatch of troops to western Henan defeated Duduo and saved Li Zicheng’s life, but it was likely to attract a more powerful enemy to the Ming Dynasty: Dorgon!



Chongzhen's worries are justified.

In fact, Dorgon had calmed down by this time.

After the armies of Azig and Duduo suffered only a slight setback, Dorgon's mind had already returned to its former calmness and he could make a clear-headed assessment of the situation in front of him.

Facing Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, Dorgon sighed and said: "I made a mistake by dividing the troops into two groups and letting Prince Ying and Prince Yu each lead an army to attack the puppets and Nanming respectively.

, even if the king later changes the goal of Prince Yu and his army, and cooperates with Prince Ying to attack the puppets, it is still not enough to save it."

After Hong Chengchou and Ning Wu, Fan Wencheng looked at each other and said, "Your Majesty, it's okay to divide our troops into two groups..."

"Hengjiu, you don't have to save face for me." Dorgon waved his hand and said, "Why did the Qing Dynasty win the Battle of Saarhu? Why did the Ming Dynasty end in a disastrous defeat?"

"Without him, the Ming Dynasty was defeated because its troops were divided into multiple directions."

"The reason why the Qing Dynasty won the victory was because the old Khan's strategy of "no matter how many ways you come, I only go one way" concentrated all the troops in one direction."

After a pause, Dorgon sighed again and said: "This time, I am also impatient and have violated a military taboo."

Hearing this, Fan Chengchou couldn't help but talk to Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng again, and they looked at each other with relief. It seemed that the emperor's father and the regent had really regained their composure.

At that moment, Hong Chengchou asked again: "So what does the prince mean?"

Dorgon did not make a decision immediately, but tapped his fingers on the Kang table.

However, Hong Chengchou and the other three were not in a hurry. How could they make such a big decision easily?

After a long time, Dorgon finally said: "Three gentlemen, I want Prince Yu's army to withdraw to Hebei, rest and recuperate temporarily in Huaiqing Mansion and Weihui Mansion, and then withdraw Prince Ying's army and divert it to Shanxi to enter Hebei and

Is it okay for Prince Yu to gather together and then send an envoy to Shaanxi to negotiate peace with Puppet Shun, and finally concentrate all his efforts on defeating the Ming Dynasty?"

"This is the best policy!" Hong Chengchou said without thinking, "Your Majesty should have done this long ago."

"I second the proposal." Ning Wanmei and Fan Wencheng also supported it without hesitation.

"Very good!" Dorgon nodded happily, "I will send envoys to recall the two armies."

After a pause, he added: "However, this matter cannot be mentioned to the outside world. Just say it is a tactical adjustment."

"Slave, please understand." Hong Chengchou and the other three understood clearly. The two armies of Azige and Dodo were frustrated at the same time. They had no choice but to combine the two armies into one. However, this matter must not be said to the outside world. If it is said, it will inevitably weaken Dorgon.

After all, the previous attack in two directions was also decided by Dorgon.


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