The whistle cavalry kept rewarding. First, the Ming army untied their horses and saddles on the other side of the Hun River, without any sign of a decisive battle. Later, they piled up thousands of Qing army heads at the bridgehead to worship the Ming army soldiers who had died in battle on the Hun River. Then, they surrounded each other, made fires and cooked, and laughed loudly.

Seeing that the Ming army had no sign of fighting with its own army, Du Erhu was full of doubt. He ordered the whistle cavalry to explore the surroundings, and there was no sign of other Ming army. But the more this happened, Du Erhu dared not act rashly.

When the sky became completely dark, Duerhu still did not send troops out of the city. During this period, generals kept asking to leave the city and fight the Ming army. However, many nobles in the city bluntly said that the situation outside the city was unclear and asked Duerhu to guard the city tightly in case they would fall into the ambush of the Ming army like Luke Dehun.

It was already dark, and the possibility of leaving the city was higher than before. Thinking of Geng Jimao and the Ming army outside the city, Du Erhu was extremely hesitant. In addition to ordering the soldiers to guard the city strictly and the whistle and cavalry outside to closely monitor the movements of the Ming army, he also hurriedly sent people to report the situation here to Shengjing Chenyang.

The Ming army camped on the other side of the Hun River, inserting countless torches along the river to prevent the Qing army from crossing the river from attacking. The sound of horses neighing was constantly heard in the camp, and the golden drums kept ringing. Du Erhu ordered all soldiers not to go down the city wall, and he kept standing on the wall and staring at the Qing army camp in the distance. It was not until the middle of the night that he could no longer bear it that he ordered his deputy general to stay at the city gate, and he was ready to take a break in the arrow tower.

But not long after he lay down, his deputy general hurried into the Arrow Tower. "Master, reinforcements from Shengjing have arrived."

Du Erhu's face changed and he shouted in surprise: "So fast?" As he said that, he hurriedly ran down with his deputy general.

Shengjing Shenyang was very lively during this period, with nearly 100,000 Qing troops gathering here. Although the war had not yet begun, the tension was not reduced at all. Huang Taiji died suddenly and did not designate the heir to the throne before his death. The Qing Dynasty was not like the Ming Dynasty, and had not yet formed the tradition of father and son inheritance. In other words, any member of the royal family has the qualification to inherit the throne, and it only depends on who has the strength to overwhelm others.

But the current situation is that Dorgon is slightly stronger and Haoge is slightly weak, but the former does not have the ability to defeat the latter in a short period of time. If a civil war breaks out at this time, the Qing Dynasty is likely to be completely overturned. If you cannot fight, you can only argue, fight and connect with each other in order to seek the greatest support for yourself.

Among the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon controlled the two flags of Zhengbai and Inlaid White. These two flags were strong, second only to the Zhenghuang Banner among the Eight Banners, ranking second to the Zhenghuang Banner, and ranked second to the two and three. Although the Zhenglan Banner controlled by Haoge was seriously damaged in the Battle of Jinzhou, when he was expeditioning to Chahar Mongolia, Huang Taiji replenished some of the troops of the Inlaid Yellow Banner to the Zhenglan Banner, which restored its strength. Moreover, Jier Harang, the head of the Inlaid Blue Banner, fully supported Haoge, so that Haoge could control the two flags at the same time.

Zheng Huang and Huang Huang were led by Huang Taiji, but the internal generals were severely divided. Some supported Dorgon, while others supported Haoge. At this time, the attitude of Dai Shan, the prince of Li who controlled the Double Red Flag, was very critical. However, Dai Shan, the old fox, has not expressed his opinion for a long time, and he seems to be unrelated to himself and not helping each other.

In addition to these Manchus, Han people also play certain roles.

The Han people who defected to the Qing Dynasty always wanted to transform the Qing Dynasty into an orthodox unification dynasty in order to cover up their shameful experience of seeking to resign from other races. The most important point is to establish the tradition of father-death and son-in-law succession to minimize internal friction during the struggle for the throne. Because of this reason, most Han literati supported Haoge.

But the military men who held military power among the Han people had different ideas. They didn't care about their reputation, but only the power they held now. They saw with their own eyes how Haoge was defeated in Jinzhou, and how Dorgon captured Hong Chengchou alive in Songshan and returned. Compared with the two, it was clear which one was stronger and which one was weak. They did not think Haoge had the ability to lead them into the Central Plains. Therefore, except for a few people who did not express their opinions, most of the warriors supported Dorgon.

The two sides quarreled for more than a month, but there was still no agreement. Instead, the situation of confrontation became more and more tense. At this moment, Luke Dehun's letter was sent to Shengjing and Daishan, which said that four thousand Ming cavalry were rushing around in the hinterland of Liaodong. After Daishan thought about it, he called Dorgon and Haoge and handed the letter to them.

After seeing it, Dorgon first jumped up and accused Haoge of disregarding the country and transferring Li to lead Tai to Beijing to give the Ming army an opportunity to take advantage of it. Although Haoge wanted to refute, the letter from Luke Dehun clearly stated that the Ming army came from southern Liaoning. The closest to the Ming army was indeed Li Lutai's troops who retreated to Gaizhou, and Li Lutai was transferred to Shengjing by him.

But Haoge reacted quickly and said things directly that it was not clear, and it was still to be verified. He ordered Li to lead his troops to Liaoyang to clear out the Ming army. Of course, Dorgon would not allow Haoge to cover up this matter like this, and asked his confidant Shi Tingzhu to lead his troops to go south with Li Shutai.

The dispute over the throne between Dorgon and Haoge was suspended for a while. More than 10,000 cavalry of the two armies quickly assembled and then rushed towards Liaoyang. Halfway through, they met soldiers who came out of Liaoyang to deliver letters. They knew that the Ming army had actually arrived in Hunhe, and were shocked. They hurriedly urged the army to move forward, rushed forward, and finally arrived outside Liaoyang City.

But the surrounding area of ​​Liaoyang was quiet, and there was no sign of war breaking out or that a war was about to break out. Li Ruitai and Shi Tingzhu did not dare to enter the city, so he stopped five miles from the north gate of Liaoyang and sent people into the city.

Du Erhu left the city to meet with the two. The three of them discussed and decided to raid the Ming army at night. Li Rutai and Shi Tingzhu did not enter the city. Under the guidance of the local soldiers, they chose two shallows slightly far from the stone bridge. They decided to cross the river from there, and then go around the rear of the Ming army to attack. Du Erhu pointed out four thousand elite soldiers from the city, quietly left the city from the east, west and south, and then gathered outside the south gate, and took advantage of the night to head towards the only stone bridge on the Hun River.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! When we reached about one mile from the stone bridge, Du Erhu waved his hand to stop the army and looked at the opposite side. The entire Ming army camp was quiet, with only the occasional sound of drums and horse neighing. Under the illumination of the firelight by the river, you can see figures from afar, probably Ming soldiers patrolling the defense. But because they were far apart, they were not very clear and the specific number could not be seen. But what made Du Erhu happy was that the figures stood still, motionless, obviously did not find their own army, and everything went very smoothly.

In fact, from the beginning, Du Erhu was very curious about what the Ming army wanted to do? Although he didn't know how many troops the Ming army had, the city of Liaoyang was strong and without tens of thousands of troops under the premise of preparation, how could there be tens of thousands of Ming troops in the hinterland of Liaodong? Judging from the previous reaction of the Ming army, they wanted to lead their troops out of the city and then set up an ambush. Du Erhu thought that as long as he did not leave the city, the Ming army would inevitably evacuate after dark. At that time, he would just follow him with a whistle cavalry and wait until the aid cavalry arrived before annihilation.

But what made Du Erhu even more strange was that not only did this Ming army not leave, but instead set up camp on the other side of the Hunhe River. He thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what the Ming army relied on. Did they not know that once reinforcements arrived, none of them could escape.

In order to make things clear about what these Ming troops were going to do, Du Erhu sent out a number of whistle cavalry to make them closely monitor the Ming army on the other side of the river. But this was not easy. The number of Ming cavalry was far more than that of the cavalry in the city. Whenever the Qing cavalry wanted to approach Hunhe, there were several times more Ming cavalry than them who were chasing them across the bridge, and the scepter cavalry dared not get too close. They could only look at them three miles away. In order to prevent the troops from attacking in the city, the Ming army kept beating the drum face to remind the soldiers of their own army. This sound also made the Qing cavalry who monitored their movements and calm. At least they knew that the Ming army was still opposite, which was Du Erhu's minimum requirement for them.

Although Du Erhu was still full of doubts, he knew that he didn't need to think about it anymore. As long as the two cavalry arrived and he attacked from here, no matter what the Ming army had plans. The three armies were all set out, and the Ming army would be able to kill them.

After waiting for about a stick of incense, two arrows on the opposite side took off from the east and west, followed by the deafening sound of horse hooves.

When Du Erhu saw that Li Rutai and Shi Tingzhu had already succeeded, he was ecstatic and shouted: "The whole army comes forward and kills me across the bridge."

The Qing army rushed to the stone bridge, and the thousands of heads piled on the south end of the bridge were instantly kicked apart by the Qing soldiers, and their bare heads rolled all over the ground. Some Qing soldiers did not believe that they stepped on the round heads and accidentally fell to the ground, leading several soldiers around them. The bridge deck was narrow and filled with the Qing army, and their speed of moving forward gradually slowed down.

Du Erhu saw that the Qing army could not cross the bridge for a while, so he was very anxious and ordered the soldiers who had not yet passed to go into the water to cross the river. Because it had just snowed, the river was biting cold and there were still many ice chips. The Qing army's face turned ashen and shouted loudly, how could it be so cool?

But strangely, the shouts of killing were high at first, but later slowed down and finally stopped completely. Du Erhu was surprised in his heart that he could no longer wait and rushed to the stone bridge. His personal soldiers drove away the other soldiers and protected him all the way forward. Some Qing troops were squeezed under the bridge because they could not dodge, which made the whole situation even more chaotic.
Chapter completed!