After the failure of the Qing army's attack on the city, Dorgon and Chang Yu fell into a tense battle without gunpowder. First, Dorgon raised a difficult question: Let me go, or I will perish with you!
Chang Yu accepted the call and allowed five days to reply, but he received a reply in a little over two days: Either get out naked or do it, don't talk so much nonsense, who is afraid of whom?
With one move, the problem was thrown back again, leaving Dorgon confused and unable to make a decision.
I thought that it would take at least five days for the supply battalion to escape from Shandong territory. Relying on the main force behind to block the pursuers, we should be able to get out without any danger. But who would have thought that in just two days, the supply battalion would not completely cross the Yellow River.
The ultimatum came down.
Dorgon understood that the five days that Chang Yu originally asked for were to wait for the court's decision. Now he has replied in just two days, indicating that the court has given him instructions. It is only two days away from a thousand miles away. This also shows that the Ming court
He made the decision without any hesitation: make peace or fight at all costs. His determination is serious!
But he had no choice at this time. Even if he knew that Ming Ting was determined to give up the fight at all costs, he still wanted to test the opponent's bottom line, because this would delay more time, increase opportunities, and reduce casualties. After all, no matter what choice he made at this time
Fighting or drawing would be an unbearable loss for him.
So his letter to the young eunuch made it clear what he meant: I don't want to fight, I can make peace, but the conditions must be renegotiated.
Then it was gone!
The ball was kicked back again. I didn't say I couldn't hit you if I hit you. I said we should talk and renegotiate... and then the back and forth went on endlessly. When they settled on the negotiation, they were out of the loop!
This is definitely a procrastination tactic, and it is not intended to delay you for a day or two, but for as long as it takes.
This is another cunning plan that kills two birds with one stone. It can both delay and test the bottom line of the Ming army!
It's a pity that he met a young eunuch!
As early as in his previous life, he had heard a certain great man say that what he wants at the negotiation table must be decided on the battlefield!
If you want to raise conditions, you must first have the qualifications.
Chang Yu threw Dorgon's reply on the table, and Li Yan reached out to take it. Zhou Yuji and Li Muchian went over to read it together, while Huang Degong curled his lips next to him: "According to me, if you talk to him about it, you can immediately raise troops and beat him."
"We'll talk after a while." Tu Yuan and others also echoed: "That's right, just give me a beating and you'll be honest..."
Chang Yu nodded: "Our family thinks so too!"
"Do you really think so?" Huang Zigong was delighted, and he stood up and looked at Chang Yu.
"Of course!" Chang Yu sneered and exhaled: "Some people just need to be dealt with. Doesn't he want to test our bottom line? Then go and tell him that I don't want to retreat at all and I don't want to tolerate it. If we don't get along, I'll fight. I'll fight if you want."
Take action first, and you have to listen to me how to make peace!" After saying this, Huang Degong slammed the table, and the others immediately shouted: "Factory Supervisor, please give the order quickly!"
"Wait a minute," Li Yan said to stop him: "Since the Tatars want to test our bottom line, why don't we also take the opportunity to test his bottom line?"
Before Chang Yu could say anything, Huang Degong became anxious: "I'll give it a try and see if I can have a fun time!"
"Yes!" Li Yan looked at Huang Degong: "But can you wait a moment and give me half a day?"
"General Li wants to use force to suppress others?" Chang Yu raised his eyebrows, and Li Yan nodded: "The Tatars proposed peace talks, but did not put forward any conditions. It can be seen that they are sincerely delaying. We only need to gather the army to advance.
If you really want peace talks, you will definitely put forward conditions. If you don’t, then we will fight again!”
"Okay! Let's see what conditions he proposes." Chang Yu turned to look at Huang Degong: "At noon, the army will break up camp and advance!"
The order must be carried out, Huang Degong, Zhou Yuji and others immediately went to the military camp to mobilize and stand by, while the logistics team went to the palace warehouse to load the trucks, and Chang Yu had to take away all the money and food raised by Zhu Youyi and Qingzhou.
When it was almost noon, the north gate of Qingzhou City opened wide. Tu Yuan and Hao Yaoqi led nearly 20,000 troops of Tengxiang Guard and Jinwu Guard to file out, crossing the Nanyang River and going straight to the direction of the Qing army's camp. Zhou Yuji and Huang won the victory.
He led the remaining troops to the rear and slowly advanced.
The Ming army suddenly launched troops to advance with great fanfare, which shocked Dorgon and his generals who were twenty miles away. He had previously replied to the young eunuch with a letter that seemed to be wrong, and he expected that he would have to endure even if he could see into his mind.
The negotiations were going back and forth in a casual manner, but the Ming army suddenly advanced in force. This was really unexpected.
Why did the Ming army react so violently?
Dorgon was puzzled for a moment, but had no time to delve into the reason, because Tan Ma reported that the Ming army's vanguard force of more than 10,000 cavalry had pushed the long snake formation ten miles away from the camp!
The Qing army's camp immediately sounded the first-level alert, and Dorgon ordered five thousand Nikanti troops to prepare for battle by the river, while the remaining troops were waiting for orders around the camp to prevent a sneak attack by the Ming army.
Just as they were getting ready in a hurry, they saw the dark Ming army approaching from the south, slowly approaching, stopping inside and outside the house.
Dorgon and others watched across the river and whispered whether the Ming army was going to start a fight. If they really disagreed and gave it a go, it would be very detrimental to themselves, so Dorgon decided to take back the initiative and send
Shang Kexi went to communicate with the Ming army.
Shang Kexi was a Han Chinese and a Ming general. He was familiar with the style of the Ming court and was calm in handling affairs. He was the most suitable diplomatic envoy at the moment. Shang Kexi also did his duty and led more than a hundred soldiers to cross the river and march south to stop two miles in front of the Ming army's formation.
The soldiers went to the other side's camp to spread the word.
The vanguard of the Ming army were Tu Yuan and Hao Yaoqi. When they heard that Shang Ke was happy to send people to negotiate peace, they cursed, saying that if the Qing army did not make a clear stance in half an hour, they would launch an attack!
After the soldiers reported back, Shang Ke was puzzled: Wasn't this a proposal for peace talks? What more clear statement was needed, so he sent someone to report back to Dorgon.
"We proposed peace talks before but did not put any conditions. Our intention was to delay time. The other party found out and sent troops to force us to express our position. I am afraid that our delaying strategy will not work." Duduo said clearly, looking at Dorgon.
: "That little eunuch is too smart. He doesn't want to hold us back at all. He must let us make a choice!"
Dorgon sneered: "That's not necessarily true. The fact that he didn't send troops to attack directly shows that there is still a chance for peace talks. He is waiting for us to propose conditions. This is already dragging him down."
"But we have to be careful about the conditions. We can't make the lion open his mouth to anger the other party, but we can't make us suffer too much loss." Duduo frowned, fearing that he would attack if he didn't agree with us.
Dorgon snorted: "What's the point of attacking? I don't believe that more than 10,000 of them can break through my camp!"
"Fourteenth Brother" Duduo couldn't help but raise his voice: "You always advise others that being impatient will lead to big plans. Now is not the time to fight for strength. Why do you have to act on your own initiative? Remember that the most important thing for us at the moment is to get out safely.
Guan, the overall situation is more important!"
Dorgon smiled bitterly and shook his head: "What you are saying is... I am afraid that I will be dizzy with anger and it will always be difficult to suppress the anger in my heart." Then he waved his hand: "That's it, that's all. This new and old grudge will never happen again in the future.
Forget it, let’s get back safely now.” After saying that, he called on his generals to discuss how to reply to the Ming army and what conditions would be most suitable!
Peace talks and peace talks cannot be separated from the word "negotiation", that is, everything has room for negotiation. The Ming army made a price, put everything down for me, and then got lost!
Then Dorgon would have to haggle over the price. He could not let the Ming army pay a fixed price, otherwise the meaning and essence of the peace talks would be lost.