Hauge dreamed of letting Dorgon die in battle, so that he could take over the power of the entire Eastern Qing Dynasty, instead of having to share power equally with Dorgon as it is now.

After struggling for a long time, Hauge finally led more than 30,000 cavalry north to meet Dorgon.

It doesn't matter whether Dorgon dies or not. What matters is that the more than 40,000 troops in Jinzhou City cannot be lost any more, otherwise their captivity will be completely finished.

What Hauge wants is a powerful Qing Dynasty, not a Qing Dynasty that only has its remaining defeated troops and is about to be completely destroyed.

Therefore, even though he disliked Dorgon very much and wished he would die on the battlefield, Hauge still led his cavalry back north to meet the Eastern Capture garrison in the direction of Jinzhou.

As for the defenders on the Xingshan side, although the Chu army's offensive is fierce, they should be able to hold on for a while, not less than the effort of the past few days.

However, when Hauge led more than 30,000 cavalry to the north, the Chu army also took related actions!

During the past few days of the Jinzhou Battle, the senior leaders of the Third Army were actually a little confused, because until now, the battle has basically not gone in the direction they planned...

At first, they wanted to hold back more Donglu people through gradual escalation. However, due to the active retreat of the enemy troops in Tashan, they misjudged and directly launched a large-scale attack.

After surrounding Xingshan, the Chu army discovered that the Dongji people on the opposite side had not yet escaped... At this time, they later discovered that the Dongji people really did not intend to retreat directly.

So they quickly mobilized their forces to try to besiege Jinzhou. The Eighth Army quickly moved eastward along the Great Wall in the northern part of the Liaoxi Corridor, and then fought to the north of Jinzhou. Based on this judgment, it wanted to cut off the Jinzhou garrison in the northeast direction, that is, the direction of Liaohetao.

Escape route.

And yesterday, the Chu army discovered that the enemy's cavalry appeared not far from Xingshan. They thought that the Dongji people were trying to rescue them, and they just wanted to come to a whole set of encirclement points for reinforcements. For this reason, they already relaxed their attitude towards Xingshan.

During the siege of the mountain, a first-class division was mobilized to march eastward to cooperate with the First Cavalry Corps and the Guards Cavalry Lan in a reinforcement campaign.

As a result, before the Chu army's troops could maneuver into place, the Dongbu cavalry on the opposite side moved north again...

The whole battle situation seemed extremely chaotic...

But even though it was extremely chaotic and the battle process had seriously deviated from the planned plan, the strategic goal of the Third Army has never changed, which is to annihilate as many enemy forces as possible.

The enemy troops here in Xingshan City have been besieged, and it is only a matter of time before they are swallowed up, so Zuo Yingzhe is not in a hurry to attack by force, but sends a division scheduled to intercept the enemy cavalry to Songshan City.

As for the enemy cavalry... they are cavalry after all, and it is difficult to chase them anyway, so let them go to Jinzhou.

Now the Chu army's tactical goal has been to besiege Songshan Mountain.

According to intelligence, there are about 15,000 garrison troops on Songshan side. If they are swallowed up, the effective strength of the Dongji people will be weakened.

As a result, as soon as Hauge left, Songshan was blocked by a first-class division of the Chu army.

As for Jinzhou, after the Chu army received reinforcements from the Dongjiu cavalry heading north, the Eighth Army decisively moved south, and approached Jinzhou to directly block it, and built a large number of field fortifications

The Eighth Army has more than 30,000 people and the Guards has more than 20,000 people, plus more than 4,000 Mongolian cavalry, a total of more than 60,000 troops, directly blocking the north and east directions of Jinzhou.

As for the west and south, that is the Nvnu River... If the Dong captives in Jinzhou City dared to escape from this direction, let alone how difficult it would be to escape across the river, it would be no different from running into the Chu army's guns.

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As a result, Hauge finally led 30,000 cavalry northward to a few kilometers southeast of Jinzhou, but what he saw was a dense array of breastworks and other simple field defenses.

Jinzhou was completely blocked by the Chu army.

What to do?

Hauge looked at the Chu army's position in front, thought for a long time and then sent out cavalry to try to attack...

However, as soon as their cavalry went up, they were bombarded by a large number of field artillery. When they finally rushed up to shoot arrows, they were swept away by the Chu army's dense flintlock firepower!

On that day, the Eastern Cavalry fought bravely against the artillery shells and bullets of the Chu army. They launched four large-scale attacks in an attempt to create a passage for the defenders in the city.

As a result, the fight lasted for six or seven hours from morning to afternoon.

The fierce battle cost Hauge his troops more than a thousand casualties!

However, they couldn't even break through the Chu army's most advanced position...

The casualties caused to the Chu army were only a few hundred!

Dorgon did not wait for death in the city. When Hauge's cavalry launched an attack outside the city, he also ordered the troops in the city to launch a counterattack and try to open a gap to break out...

And they are even worse!

After they left the city defense system and fought their way out, due to the lack of a large amount of artillery cover, the infantry who left the city were often bombarded by the Chu army's intensive field artillery as soon as they gathered. When they finally rushed up, they were bombarded by the Chu army's intensive infantry firepower.

Interception.

After a fierce battle for half a day, more than 3,000 defenders were captured in the east of the city. However, they were unable to waver the Chu army's position, let alone break through the gap.

As for the Chu army, there were no more than 300 casualties.

After a day of fierce fighting, Haug and Dorgon cooperated with each other to try to open a gap and cover Dorgon's troops' plan to break out, but it completely failed.

Now, there are only three choices left for them!

The first is to continue to launch a fierce attack tomorrow, hoping to open a gap tomorrow, but this possibility is extremely small. If the Chu army's defense line could be opened so easily, they would not have failed so miserably today.

Second, if the stalemate continues like this, Hauge's cavalry will be roaming and stationed on the outside. If they continue to be used up, they may be able to consume all the ammunition and food of the Chu barbarians on the opposite side. You must know the Chu army's guards

The Army and the Eighth Army have crossed the Daughter River and reached the eastern and northern areas of Jinzhou. While blocking the Jinzhou defenders from escaping eastward or to the north, they also basically gave up their logistical supply lines.

It's not that the supply line has been completely cut off, but Hauge's cavalry is not a vegetarian. They can't break the Chu army's turtle shell, but it doesn't mean that they can't block the Chu army's supply line.

Nowadays, the 50,000 to 60,000 people in the Chu army can only rely on the ammunition and food they carry.

But God knows how long these Chu troops can hold on... If these Chu troops can hold on for ten days and a half, the Chu barbarians behind them will also come up and kill them. By then, Hauge and the others will be able to leave, but Dorgon will definitely

It's going to end.

The third is to change the direction and Hauge's cavalry tries to attack the Chu army elsewhere. As long as the main force of the Chu army cannot come up, Jinzhou will not be in any danger.

The city defense of Jinzhou is quite reliable. There are many troops in the city. The Chu troops blocking the gate are all typical field troops. There are many field artillery, but there are no heavy artillery for siege. It is too difficult to attack the city.

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But... if Hauge turns around and attacks the main force of the Chu army, he will easily be trapped. You must know that the main force of the Chu army has more than 20,000 cavalry and more infantry and artillery. There is no danger in a small fight.

, it couldn’t stop others from advancing at that time.

But if the attack is too severe and too deep, Hauge's 30,000 cavalrymen may not be able to come back.

That night, Hauge and a group of generals from the Eastern Conference discussed and discussed, but no conclusion was reached.

Waiting until the next day, Hauge finally made up his mind and led his army directly south to Songshan...

The siege of Jinzhou cannot be solved, and the Xingshan side cannot be saved, and it cannot even stop the main advance of the Chu barbarians, but the more than 10,000 defenders of Songshan City can still be saved.

When Dorgon was on the city gate tower, looking at Hauge's cavalry in the southeast as they retreated south one after another, he felt desperate.

"I knew I couldn't trust him. I thought he could take care of the overall situation, but I didn't expect that in the end he would put his personal grudges above the national destiny!"

On the same day, Dorgon muttered in front of Huang Taiji, who was still unconscious and lying on the bed: "Everything has been played, everything has been played!"

Hauge once again ran south. When he arrived at Songshan, he took advantage of his absolute numerical superiority and forced a division of the Chu army that was blocking the gate to form a formation to protect themselves. In the end, he successfully captured more than 15,000 former defenders in Songshan City.

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Immediately after crossing the Xiaoling River and retreating to Xiaoling River Fort and Daling River Fort, Hauge tried to rely on the Daling River to re-establish a defense line and buy time to wait for reinforcements from the Liaodong Peninsula and other directions.

As for Xingshan and Jinzhou, we can only pray that they can hold on longer and wait until Hauge gathers more reinforcements to launch a counterattack.

Of course, Hauge also sent people to risk their lives through the Chu army's blockade, sneaked into Jinzhou City at night, and sent a letter to Dorgon, explaining his actions, saying that he was retreating in order to advance.

And will use all means to gather more troops to prepare for counterattack.

As late as a month or as early as half a month, he would be able to complete the counterattack and prepare to rescue Jinzhou Yunyun.

After Dorgon read the letter, he was filled with anger...

Those who ran away just ran away, and they said that retreat is the way to advance, and they became a bitch and still wanted to build a memorial arch.

However, although he was still angry in his heart, he still had to count on Hauge's reinforcements if he wanted to save his life and save the lives of the 40,000 troops in the city.

Therefore, he suppressed his anger and wrote a letter to send someone across the Chu army's blockade to Xiaolinghe Fort, saying that he was not to blame for Hauge and hoped that he could gather reinforcements to rescue Jinzhou as soon as possible and preserve the foundation of the Qing Dynasty.

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Under the current situation, if Dorgon wants to survive, he can only pray that Hauge will lead as many troops as possible to the west for rescue.

Otherwise, Jinzhou will be finished sooner or later, and this time will definitely not be too long.

Especially on June 9, when he learned that Xingshan City had been captured by the Chu army and the entire garrison in the city was annihilated, Dorgon wrote three rescue letters in a row and sent dead soldiers to cross the Chu army's blockade to Xiaoling.

River asks for help.

These letters already have a pleading tone, and the tone is getting lower and lower every time.

In the first letter, Dorgon said that now is the time of crisis for the Qing Dynasty and that everyone needs to work together to revitalize the Qing Dynasty. He also said that in order to avoid internal strife, he would support Hauge to supervise the country after the Chu barbarians were defeated.<

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In the second letter, after talking a lot of nonsense, it no longer said that after the Chu barbarians were defeated, they would support Haoge to supervise the country, but directly said that they would support Haoge and supervise the country now, and called Haoge Huang Taiji.

The eldest son, the name of the governor of the country is justified.

And by the time of the third letter, Dorgon had already directly addressed Hauge as His Royal Highness the Supervisor of the Kingdom, so that Hauge saw that everyone was an uncle and nephew, and because everyone was fighting for the Qing Dynasty, he also asked his nephew to pull him.

Uncle...

It is a pity that none of Dorgon's three letters was actually sent out!

As the main force of the Chu army broke through Xingshan City and captured Songshan without a single soldier, a large number of the main force of the Chu army had successively reached the foot of Jinzhou City, and even some of the troops had bypassed Jinzhou and headed towards Xiaolinghe Fort.
To be continued...