Morale is low and morale is low, and perhaps the entire army retreats are the best choice.

Most of the generals under Haoge began to feel this way, except Haoge himself. Huang Taiji's sons were young, and once Huang Taiji died, he was the only one who was qualified to succeed Huang Taiji's throne. However, in the early Qing Dynasty, although everything was imitated by the Ming court, the strong were still respected in their bones. No one stipulated that the emperor's successor must be his son.

The standard for determining whether a person is a strong man is whether he has great military achievements. He can achieve invincible victory and invincible victory.

The three Dorgon brothers are in control of the Eight Banners, ranking second in strength. The two white banners, the third, have a high prestige in the army and have great military achievements. Haoge and the three Dorgon brothers have always had a bad relationship. If he returns without success this time, he is likely to be caught by Dorgon. At that time, both his personal prestige and his future status will be greatly affected.

Even if you retreat, you have to find a reason for the past. Otherwise, this means that Haoge was forced to retreat because he could not defeat Zhou Xian. This seems to be a great shame for both him and other Manchus.

Huang Taiji sent someone to inquire about the situation of the war, but Haoge did not dare to repay the truth. He just said vaguely that the Ming army was tenacious in defense, and the two armies were still in a confrontation, and he never mentioned the current dilemma.

But Haoge is not a fool. He knew that relying on his current self-army strength, it was undoubtedly a delusion to win Jinzhou City. He sent someone to send a letter to Fan Wencheng, introducing the current situation on the front line in detail. On the one hand, he wanted Fan Wencheng to clear it up in front of Huang Taiji, and on the other hand, he also hoped that the latter could find him a decent way to retreat.

At the same time, Hauge also attracted Mandahai, hoping that the latter would fully support him.

Ama Daishan of Mandahai is the leader of the four major belles in the past, and is still the lord of the two red flags. He has many soldiers under his command, and Aha has countless. Mandahai is now in the army. If Daishan sends reinforcements in the name of worrying about Mandahai, even Huang Taiji will not interfere directly. In that way, he can obtain reinforcements naturally.

After thinking about it, Mandahai finally agreed to write a letter to Dai Shan for help. Haoge is Huang Taiji's eldest son, and his other brothers are still young. If Huang Taiji died suddenly, he would most likely become Huang Taiji's successor in the future. Moreover, taking advantage of this opportunity to form a friendship with Haoge in advance was the first time when he sent troops to Shan personally explained him. But now, isn't it the best time to show his good deeds to Haoge?

Also, Mandahai also has his own considerations.

Relying on the current front line, it will be difficult to capture Jinzhou City unless the Ming army makes a big mistake. Mandahai is unwilling to retreat with Haoge from the bottom of his heart, which also has his personal prestige. The two are currently in a relationship of prosperity and loss. Once they lose, it is not only Haoge, but also himself who comes with him to fight. This is another main reason why Mandahai is willing to write this letter.

In addition to Mandahai, Haoge also summoned Li Rutai. Li Yongfang was the first general in the Ming army to surrender to the Later Jin Dynasty, and also recruited many Ming people to surrender. The Li family had rich connections in the Han army. If Li Rutai could express his support, he might be able to provide a lot of Han soldiers.

Li Rutai is now in charge of the Han soldiers under Haoge, and he is also grateful for this. When Haoge proposed it, he immediately expressed his willingness to write a letter to the Han army guards of the two states based on the former relationship of the Li family, to ask them to send reinforcements.

Later, Dai Shan replied, proposing that he could not call too many flag soldiers, and could only provide two Niulu. But he could provide three thousand Aha. Although they were not regular soldiers, they were also warlike soldiers.

In addition, the guards of the two states of Fuga also agreed to provide 4,000 local guards to Haoge to assist in the war.

Haoge was very happy about this. The two combined were nearly 8,000 people. Although their combat power was slightly inferior to the flag soldiers, it was a great help. He regained his confidence and planned to attack after reinforcements arrived.

The only thing that made Haoge uncomfortable was that Fan Wencheng replied that now was not the best time to withdraw, so that Haoge would do his best to persevere on the front line.

He also suggested that Haoge reply to Huang Taiji and inform him of the real situation of the war ahead. The reason is that they are father and son. If Haoge fails on the front line, Huang Taiji's face will be lost. He may complain slightly when Haoge cannot win, but he will never be too harsh. After all, he cannot allow Dorgon to be dazzling in Songshan, while his son is defeated in Jinzhou.

But what Huang Taiji couldn't stand the most was deceiving, especially his son cheated on his father.

Fan Wencheng suggested that Haoge tell Huang Taiji the truth, but put the blame for his delay in defeating Zhou Xian on Kong Youde, after all, the dead cannot defend himself. In this way, at least he can leave his responsibilities clear.

Although Haoge had some doubts in his heart, he finally decided to do what Fan Wencheng said. Kong Youde died, which led to the Ming army reinforcements being able to land in Lushun at any time. This is indeed a good way to put aside responsibilities.

It takes about ten days for reinforcements from the two states to reach the front line, while the reinforcements sent by Daishan took longer, at least fifteen days. This does not include the time it took to prepare various supplies and all other preparations.

Haoge was a little dissatisfied with this, but he had no choice but to wait and wait. This feeling made him very unhappy and he was so bored that he would go crazy every day.

After discussing with the generals, although he didn't know whether it would work, Hauge tried his best to do something.

For example, he dug deep into the base and built high walls to prevent the Ming army from sneak attacking out of the city.

More patrol soldiers were sent outside the camp to prevent any soldiers from escaping from escaping from the Ming army. In addition, it removed all Aha's slaves from the army, let them join the army as soldiers, and promised to give them a heavy reward after making meritorious contributions to offset Zhou Xian's impression of the Qing army as much as possible. This move did have some results.

Another one is to bombard the Ming army from time to time with red cannons to as much as possible. For this reason, soldiers were sent to yell and scold the city wall, wanting to force the Ming army out of the city. After all, in terms of field combat capabilities, the Qing army far surpassed the Ming army. Haoge still had enough confidence in this regard.

But the Ming army in the city did nothing except sending louder soldiers to yell across the city wall, let alone sending soldiers to attack. He seemed to have made up his mind and never leave the city.
Chapter completed!