At the top of the north gate, Jia Wai Xiong, Lao Jiu, and Song Luoshu, the four brothers, watched the Qing troops slowly pouring in from outside the city, and lined up outside the four gates, waiting for orders, with extremely serious expressions on their faces.
At this time, they also saw that the Qing army wanted to use the two northwest gates as the main attack points. It would be difficult to deal with it with a two-pronged approach, but it was nothing new for Jia Waixiong. When he followed Chang Yu to defend Taiyuan, Li Zicheng had hundreds of thousands of troops.
In order to break the city, I had not used any tricks, I even used feint attacks as the main attack, feint attacks as the main attack, all these tricks were used many times. At that time, the little eunuch was really overwhelmed and almost lost the defense several times, but in the end he still held it.
Although the Qing army's current tactics are ruthless, they still seem too monotonous compared to those in Taiyuan.
But he also knew mentally that although the Qing army did not have many tricks, it was better because of its physical strength and toughness. It can be said that it is more difficult to deal with large weapons and good skills. So he also made adjustments to the deployment. He led the Black Panther Battalion to guard the north gate. Lao Jiu's
In the Black Wolf Camp, the south gate became the west gate, with Song Luoshu and Song Luoyu guarding the southwest gates, and most of Li Shiyuan's 800 officers and soldiers were stationed at the northwest gates.
Song Luoshu, the brother and sister, did not make any sense in this regard. Although they were superb in martial arts, they were far less experienced in fighting than Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu. They were even not on the same level at all. They were only following orders at this time.
King Heng Zhu Youyi also knew that the most critical moment of life and death was approaching, so he sent nearly 200 servants and guards from the palace to the city. At the same time, more than 200 horse thieves led by Qin Fugui's three brothers were also ordered to go to the city.
He served under Song Luoshu's brother and sister.
As for the public security in the city... who can take care of it at this time? There is no need to take care of it, because Jia Waixiong has ordered all four city gates to be blocked with huge rocks!
This move also made everyone understand one thing: He was not going to go out at all costs, either he had to defend the city, or the Tatars invaded and left no one behind!
The soldiers and civilians in Qingzhou City were united and vowed to live and die together with the city, which was a heroic act. The four Qing troops arrayed under the city and stared at them with great momentum.
However, the Qing army camp was peaceful.
Dorgon was relaxing in his commander's tent with his generals. After an afternoon of discussion, they had formulated a perfect offensive and defensive plan. If the predictions were correct, before noon tomorrow, the palace of Prince Heng would begin.
Celebration banquet!
Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming led 10,000 elite cavalry to garrison the Beiyang River to block the Ming army's reinforcements from the west, preventing them from crossing the river. Shang Kexinikan led 5,000 elite cavalry to attack Beicheng, Duduo and Mandahai, and Wakda led troops
Five thousand men attacked the west gate, while Kangkal, Tuoshu and Nephew, Tunji and Dude each led more than a thousand flanking the southeast gates.
Pre-attack time: Yinshi (three o'clock in the morning)
"Tomorrow, after breaking the city, we will rest for three days and plunder the surrounding area. After seven days, we will break up camp and march north to exit the Pass." Dorgon raised his wine glass and swept away the generals: "Although there were some extraneous losses when entering the Pass this time, the harvest was not even half of what was originally expected.
, but if we break Qingzhou City, it will be worthwhile, so we will go back early to rest and recuperate, and when the time is right, we will break Ningyuan first and then enter the pass. Sooner or later, this country of the Ming Dynasty will be owned by the Qing Dynasty."
"First defeat Ningyuan, and then enter the pass!" The generals raised their glasses with great pride.
"Report, Your Majesty!" At this moment, a messenger rushed in, holding a letter in his hand, saying that it was sent by the Ming army!
Dorgon did not answer it in a hurry, but raised his glass and smiled: "Could it be the peace request letter from the Ming army?" The generals laughed loudly, but the messenger looked panicked: "Your Majesty, it seems to be a letter from the Prince of England."
"As he said this, he turned over the envelope and found it in Manchu. It read: My fourteenth brother personally opens it!
Everyone in the tent was shocked.
It has been more than ten days since Azig was captured in Xianghe, and little news has been lost. Dole simply thought that the Ming Dynasty would immediately use Azig as a hostage to negotiate with him, and he had even thought about how to deal with it.
How did Ce take the opportunity to fight back, but he didn't know that there was no movement at all from the Ming court. However, he was surprised and puzzled, but because of the busy military affairs recently, he had no time to think about it. He originally wanted to ask when he passed by Beijing when he returned home after plundering Qingzhou.
The Ming court wanted someone, but now there is news.
"Where did this letter come from?" Dorgon's face was ashen, thinking that maybe the Ming army secretly sent Azig to Chen Cang instead of the capital, but actually brought him to Qingzhou City. It would be difficult to hang him on the city wall to force him to retreat...
"The Ming army on the other side of the Beiyang River surrendered!" the ordering soldier said quickly.
Dorgon secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took the letter and slowly opened it. The contents were all written in Manchu. After reading it at a glance, he was convinced that it was Azig's own handwriting.
"How is Brother Twelve?" Duduo was very concerned. After all, he was a compatriot from the same mother. Dorgon handed the letter to him with a gloomy face. Duduo took it and read it, and his face gradually became serious.
"Prince Regent..." Shang Kexi boldly spoke out and wanted to ask what happened to Azig, and whether there would even be any changes to the siege plan.
As soon as he started to speak, he was blocked by Dorgon: "The attack on the city is imminent. Please go back to your tent and take a short rest before getting ready to attack the city. Don't delay the important event!"
Shang Kexi and others did not dare to ask any more questions and left one after another.
The letter was written by Azig himself. It was completely different from the letter of peace that Dorgon imagined was forced by the Ming court. It was just a private letter from Azig, written to his brother, the Regent of the Qing Dynasty.
The content of Ergon's private message did not involve anything between the two countries and the two armies.
There was a lot of nonsense in the letter, but it was very true. Between the lines, Dorgon could see that this brother, who had always been unruly and rude, was actually very scared, afraid that he would be killed by the Ming court!
He said that the Ming Dynasty had no intention of using him as a hostage to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty. He was just a prisoner, but this prisoner was the prince of the Qing Dynasty. At this time, he also became the shame of the Qing Dynasty!
He also said that he had met the little eunuch. The little eunuch said that he knew that Dorgon would not negotiate with him, so the Ming court would not negotiate with him. They would parade Azig around the Ming Dynasty to let the people of the Ming Dynasty see this great thing.
He captured the prince of the Qing Dynasty and then cut off his head and hung it outside Shanhaiguan!
To put it simply, the Ming court did not intend to negotiate peace with Azig, but only used him to severely humiliate the Qing Dynasty!
But Azig didn't want to die. He begged Dorgon to save him at all costs, because he was very useful to Dorgon. Azig knew very well what the situation was in the Qing Dynasty now, and Dorgon's regent position was very important.
Due to instability, he needs Azig and several of his flags.
No wonder Dorgon and Duoduo looked so ugly. Not to mention the court's unexpected refusal to negotiate, the dignified prince of the Qing Dynasty was paraded around the streets, beheaded and hung with flags. This was definitely a shame that the Qing Dynasty had never seen before!
What's more, Azig was right, Dorgon needs him now!
"Brother Fourteen, will Mingting really kill the Twelfth Brother without negotiating with us?" Duduo saw that there were only two of them in the tent, so he had no inhibitions.
Dorgon sneered: "If this is true, why did the Ming Dynasty send this letter to me? It's obviously just playing hard to get!"
"But sending it here without all guarantees is an insult to us. I don't think what Lao Twelve said in the letter is fake. He is really afraid, which means that Ming Ting really has murderous intentions!" Duduo said again.
Dorgon frowned: "Old Twelve is not very smart and can easily be deceived by others. If the Ming Dynasty had no intention of making peace, why would it send the letter just when we were attacking the city?"
"But it doesn't rule out that Ming Ting really has murderous intentions!" Duduo stomped his feet angrily: "Are you going to save Brother Fourteen?"
"How to save, I ask you how to save!" Dorgon suddenly roared: "Is it possible that we have given up attacking Qingzhou City and negotiated peace with Mingting and released Lao Twelve as a condition? Did you know that our troops are in Ningyuan?
The loss of troops and generals has caused all kinds of criticism in the court. The purpose of entering the pass and looting is to win people's hearts and consolidate our status. If we go back with nothing, can those people make it easy for us three brothers? "
"But even if we rob Qingzhou City, there will only be peace on the surface. Without Brother Twelve, we are still struggling every step of the way!" Duduo also shouted.
Dorgon was silent and stared at Dodo for a long time. Dodo panted heavily and did not avoid his gaze at all.
"If Qingzhou City is to be attacked, Old Twelve must be rescued too!" Dorgon said calmly after a while.
"Brother Fourteen, do you have any ideas?" Duduo asked quickly.
"Secure Qingzhou City first! Don't let a letter upset you." Dorgon walked outside the tent and looked at Qingzhou City in the distance: "Capture Qingzhou City and besiege Jinan to force the Ming Dynasty to release them!"
"If the Ming court doesn't let go, will we really attack Jinan?" Duduo followed him outside.
"If we take it one step at a time, if the Ming court still refuses to release him, it means that he really has murderous intentions and refuses to negotiate, and there is really nothing we can do!"
"No" Duduo's eyes suddenly lit up: "They captured Prince Ying of the Qing Dynasty, and we have Prince Heng of the Ming Dynasty in our hands. We have to let him continue to talk about this!"
Dorgon burst out laughing: "I was so excited by that letter that I forgot all about it!"
"Two princes, to Emperor Ming, a vassal prince is worthless! Especially a vassal prince who is defeated, surrendered or captured!" It happened to be in this fashion that Xie Xiang passed by outside the tent and heard the words.
Dorgon and Duoduo couldn't help but be startled. Emperor Ming was wary of all the vassal kings everywhere and wanted them all to die. Of course, the Qing Dynasty was not the same. The story of brothers framing each other was no worse than that of the Ming Dynasty. The palace fights in the Qing Dynasty even