Once a hole was opened in the siege, it would not be so easy to close. Of course Dorgon saw this opportunity and made a prompt decision to rush towards the breach with his men, and three groups of people fought at the pass.
Jilharang saw that although Dorgon was in a mess, he was not injured. Although there was damage, luckily it was not serious because it was just in time. Everything was not too late. He finally relaxed a little, which had been hanging around for the past two days.
Come down some.
"Brother Wang, I have brought water and dry food. You need to take a rest first. Someone will come to meet us later. We can advance or retreat, and we can take Shanhaiguan in one fell swoop."
Dorgon looked at him with a complicated expression for a long time, as if he wanted to ask him what was going on, but now was not a good time to say more, so he just agreed.
But he seemed to suddenly remember something: "By the way, Duduo..."
"Well Duduo...I'll let him stay in the camp for now, don't worry."
Dorgon drank some water, with a fierce look in his eyes: "You are right, the Han people are really cunning. This time I was careless about their ways, and they must pay the price."
Jirhalang pointed to the distance: "Look, our friends are here."
Dorgon looked in the direction of his finger and could only see groups of torches in the night: "Who are these people?"
Jierhalang handed over his hand: "It is the King of Zhou of the Ming Dynasty. I will tell you about this matter later. For now, we must work together to break the Shanhaiguan Pass."
Dorgon nodded seriously. After someone instructed them to avoid various traps one by one, the Qing army's combat strength was immediately highlighted.
There is no more dangerous terrain in the pass. Dorgon and Jierhalang are in command. Although Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui have a small numerical advantage, the results are still disastrous.
Three days later, the two troops were defeated and retreated steadily.
The news spread back to the capital, shocking everyone.
Lin Chong clutched the ultimatum in his hand, and his face was so gloomy that he could squeeze out water: "What's going on? It was fine last time, why did it suddenly become like this?"
Zhang Guowei was also a little confused. The situation on the battlefield was unpredictable. They could not accurately predict the situation at that time based on this small report.
"It seems that the previous plan was all going well. After Dorgon was successfully introduced to Shanhaiguan by Wu Sangui, he was surrounded by Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui. They caught him off guard. They could not survive there for a few days without water or food.
, but I don’t know why a group of people came from the pass and opened the city gate to let Jirhalang and Dorgon meet."
Although it is said that he is fighting while retreating, Lin Chong knows that all these resistances are in vain. What will happen after retreating? He cannot just sit back and wait for death, but that is tens of thousands of Manchu troops. I don't know if they will really fight here in the capital.
What are your chances of winning?
Lin Chong's mind was running rapidly, but leading troops in battle and arranging formations was really not his specialty. He had to ask the Minister of War in front of him for more advice on these matters.
Zhang Guowei also needed to go back and carefully calculate the remaining forces of Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui, the time of withdrawal, and the defensive strength of the capital to help the emperor make a decision.
Lin Chong scratched his head in pain and came to the back mountain again.
When Jonathan saw him, he just raised his eyes to say hello, and still lowered his head and was busy with what he was doing. Lin Chong sat on the hard wooden chair and covered his eyes with his fingers.
"Old Qiao, I guess Shanhaiguan can't be saved. Maybe history really can't be changed by manpower. Even if I find a way to get Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui to work together to fight against Dorgon, there will still be people who don't know where they come from to help him break through Shanhaiguan.
.Maybe the capital will no longer be able to be saved soon. What do you think I should do then?"
Jonathan stopped what he was doing: "Is Shanhaiguan lost? Didn't I say that the plan went smoothly?"
"Yes, it has always been smooth. I don't know what went wrong and it became like this. They don't know who is cooperating with Dorgon, and I have no way of guessing."
Jonathan put down the things in his hands and walked over. He gently pressed Lin Chong's shoulders with his hands and shook him: "Calm down first. You can't accurately judge what to do next if you don't understand the matter in detail.
Now that you are the emperor, if you don’t know what to do, then who should the others rely on?"
Lin Chong held his head: "I really don't understand why it developed like this. If there was a traitor in the city, why didn't they find out earlier. I'm more worried that maybe it's the people around me who know about me.
The plan deliberately left such a hand to counterattack my army, or..."
Jonathan hit Lin Chong's head hard, and Lin Chong groaned, grinning, holding his head and squatting down: "Hiss~ It hurts so much, are you crazy? What did you do?"
Jonathan crossed his arms and looked at him: "I'm not crazy, you are the crazy one, I'm just helping you calm down."
Lin Chong rubbed his head and didn't want to talk to him, but Jonathan could tell that he had calmed down a lot. "Listen, you have to believe in yourself, and you have to believe in the people around you. If you even doubt them, then you really have to trust them."
I lost. Although I don’t know what happened, don’t you still believe in my technology? The things currently equipped by the three battalions are definitely not something that the army of this era can withstand. In addition, the last time they absorbed Xiang
With the king’s strength, the three major battalions have a full 50,000-strong army, so don’t worry too much.”
Lin Chong rubbed his head: "After all, the three major battalions lack experience in fighting the Qing army. I'm worried that they will not be able to show their true strength by then, but will be caught off guard."
Jonathan raised his eyebrows: "I wonder if you are too impatient. The people in the third battalion are inexperienced. Li Zicheng and Wu Sangui's people have been fighting him for almost two years. They should have experience. They were just defeated but not
The whole army will be wiped out, and when these two waves of people converge, we can have a real fight with the Qing people, and maybe we can teach them a lesson so that they will never dare to come again in the future."
Lin Chong lowered his head: "Thank you, Lao Qiao."
Jonathan did not answer his question: "You asked me before if I had been on a mission in 2008. Why did you ask that? Have you seen me before?"
Lin Chong thought for a moment: "I was not very old that year. I followed my parents by plane to the United States to visit a distant relative and celebrate the New Year there. But something happened after the plane landed. I vaguely remember seeing a person at that time.
There is someone who looks a bit like you, I don’t know if that’s why you asked.”
Jonathan smashed his mouth: "So that's it, I thought you caught me when I was out having fun. I hardly went on missions that year due to some special reasons, so it shouldn't be me you saw.
By the way, it’s a rare time for you to come here, do you want to eat hot pot?”