Manchus like to hold meetings, especially when encountering major issues, they must hold meetings to discuss.
Neither Nurhaci, nor Huang Taiji, nor Dorgon could act arbitrarily. Because the Eight Banners soldiers were not exclusive to the Manchu emperor, nor did the regent have the final say, but were in the hands of the upper-class nobles.
If Manqing is compared to a joint-stock company, then Daishan and his family would nominally control 25% of the shares and actually control at least 10% of the shares.
The atmosphere of today's meeting was extremely serious, and all the members present looked ugly.
"How could the enemy attack Shengjing (Shenyang)? Is North Korea conducting a sneak attack, mistaking the North Korean soldiers for fellow puppet soldiers?" Wakda was the first to speak.
The grandson of Nurhaci, the son of Abatai, and the Manchu Fuguo Gongbo Hetuo personally came from Beijing to report: "How can North Korea have such ability? In the battle to force the king of North Korea to surrender, I was the deputy commander of the army at the time! Beijing was already in chaos. Get up, many Manchu nobles are clamoring to go back."
"Go back? Go back to where?" Dorgon sneered, "Go back to Shengjing?"
Hu Dinggui only occupied a few "empty cities" and plundered the population outside Shenyang and Haizhou. The Manchu Qing's losses were worse than a defeat in Shandong.
However, the political impact is huge!
Many Manchu nobles were originally unwilling to move to Beizhili and only wanted to farm and rob in eastern Liaodong. It was Dorgon who, in the name of regent, forcibly moved the Manchu population from Liaodong.
Now that Shenyang was harassed and defeated in Henan and Shandong, Dorgon's control over the Qing Dynasty was already shaky.
Jirharang said: "State affairs are not a trivial matter. Last year, hundreds of thousands of people moved from Liaodong to Beizhili. It's been less than a year, and they all moved back? How much manpower and material resources will be consumed? This year in Beizhili Will you harvest the grain you planted? Will you return to Liaodong and start farming again? What will so many people eat this year?"
Regardless of Jilharang's purpose, these words do support Dorgon.
Dorgon responded with a grateful smile and said: "It is impossible for everyone to go back, but some bannermen must be relocated to enrich the population of Haizhou City. The castle in Yaozhou (Dashiqiao City, Yingkou) should also be strengthened and repaired. With these two This city will block Gaizhou where the enemy is entrenched!"
"Where are the soldiers?" Mandahai asked, "Including the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Army and the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Banners Army only had 120,000 soldiers. In Shandong, more than 10,000 were lost, and in Shangqiu, another 2,000 Han Army and Eight Banners were lost. Shaanxi Over there, the 40,000 Eight Banners soldiers fighting with Li Zicheng can't be withdrawn, right? Our Eight Banners soldiers here have to deal with those puppet Nanbarbarians. Where can we mobilize troops to defend Yaozhou and Haizhou?"
Wakda followed his brother's words and said: "The enemy can land in Jinzhou from the sea. If you only guard Yaozhou and Haizhou, can you prevent them from taking ships? What should the Nanbarbarians do if they directly take ships to attack Ningjin? I would rather , how many Eight Banners soldiers are left in Jinzhou? If we don’t send a large army to garrison Ningjin, maybe these two cities will be occupied by the Nanmanzi this year. The Nanman puppet emperor has many people, tens of thousands of immigrants in Ningyuan, and tens of thousands of immigrants in Jinzhou. How can we seize the city? If we can't seize it, Beijing and Liaodong will be cut into two parts. If you want to go back then, you won't be able to go back, for fear of being locked up and beaten with dogs!"
These words were not nice to hear, but they hit the point every time. Dorgon had a headache when he heard them.
No matter what, the troops must be withdrawn, because the Manchu nobles who led the troops have already returned to Liaodong. Coupled with the strength of the Datong army, the Manchu nobles no longer have the will to win, and they will definitely be timid in a real fight.
It is unreliable to retreat to the north of the Yellow River (Henan section) and engage in a defensive battle with the Datong Army. The Datong Army on the Shandong side is very likely to cross the border and outflank the Qing Dynasty. By then, the main force of the Qing Dynasty will not be able to leave even if they want to.
But where should we withdraw our troops?
Dorgon looked at the map carefully and found that he had no way to retreat. From Henan to Beijing, there was no danger at all. Should he retreat all the way to Beijing?
After repeated thinking, Dorgon said: "First retreat to Qingyuan (Baoding), Xin'an (Anxin), Baoding (northwest of Wen'an), Jinghai, and Tianjin. Both Henan and Shandong have a scarce population and few grains of food. The enemy
If the army dares to pursue them as far as Baoding and Tianjin, the food road will be stretched thousands of miles and supply will be extremely difficult. Our army can look for opportunities to annihilate them."
"Retreat that far?" Jierhalang asked in surprise.
According to Dorgon's strategy, not only Shandong and Henan were abandoned, but also half of Northern Zhili.
"Otherwise?" Dorgon asked.
Everyone was speechless.
Although the Manchus still controlled half of Henan, the news of the defeat in Shandong and the defeat in Shangqiu would inevitably lead to the defection of a large number of surrendered generals.
The garrison troops in various places are all surrendered soldiers and generals. These guys are not good at fighting, but they are extremely capable of going with the wind.
Moreover, due to the multiple military gatherings of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, all the city defense troops were withdrawn. Many cities were empty of troops. Once the Datong secretaries instigated a conspiracy, they killed civilians and military generals in minutes to seize the city.
After agreeing on the withdrawal plan, Dorgon immediately led his troops northward.
On the way from Chenliu to Kaifeng, many soldiers and generals surrendered, deliberately marching slowly, and taking the opportunity to escape after falling behind.
After passing the Qing Dynasty, we crossed the Yellow River from Taojiadian.
Dorgon was afraid that the Han surrendered generals and rebelled, so he divided the river crossing point into several sections. The Han surrendered troops were thrown far away, and even if they rebelled, they would not be able to attack the Eight Banners Army halfway across the river.
This is obvious distrust!
As a result, more than 20,000 Han troops who surrendered to the Manchus directly chose to stay on the south bank of the Yellow River. The Manchus no longer trusted themselves, and they seemed to be fleeing. Who the hell is willing to continue to work hard?
…
Shangqiu.
"Will the Puppet Qing withdraw its troops now?"
"Withdraw, break camp and leave overnight."
Zhao Han jumped up and shouted: "The whole army is pursuing us!"
Two regular divisions set off with peasants, soldiers and civilians, and Ningling County watched the wind and returned.
When they pursued them to Chenliu, there were two thousand Han troops and eight banners in the city. It was Dorgon who stayed behind to stop the pursuers.
These Eight Banners of the Han Army were also unlucky. They were obviously abandoned. However, their wives, children, and children were all in the territory of the Qing Dynasty. They would be punished if they dared to abandon the city and flee. If you ignored your family and chose to surrender to the Datong Army, you would probably not end well.
You can only hold on to it.
In desperation and viciousness, these Eight Banners of the Han army burned, killed, looted and insulted women in Kaifeng.
It only took half a day for the Datong Army to capture Kaifeng. Because the city was so big, two thousand people couldn't defend it under attack from all sides.
Moreover, there are people in the city who can help!
After Zhao Han led his troops into the city, several gentry and a large number of people knelt on the street and cried: "Your Majesty, you must make decisions for the common people!"
Zhao Han asked: "What happened?"
A gentleman took off his hat, revealing his money rat tail, and said angrily: "These Tatar soldiers are robbing property and humiliating women. They actually take pleasure in killing people. They force the people in the city to shave their heads. Those who don't shave their heads will be punished."
Kill, Xiaomin...Xiaomin had no choice but to shave his head to save his life..."
No wonder when the Datong army attacked Kaifeng, as soon as they landed by boat from the moat, people in the city already revolted.
Zhao Han asked about the specific situation and learned that thousands of people in Kaifeng were killed and dozens of women committed suicide. He suddenly became angry. He asked: "How many prisoners were captured?"
We haven't checked clearly yet, and some Han soldiers from the Eight Banners rushed into people's houses to hide after the city was broken.
Half an hour later, Li Zheng came over and reported: "More than 600 people were captured, all from the Eight Banners of the Han Army. Knowing that they would die, they forced the people in the city to shave their heads, and tortured those who didn't want to shave their heads to death.
The general is Liu Wuyuan, the commander of the Eight Banners of the Puppet Qing and Han Army. This guy passed out after being injured."
Zu Dashou once pretended to surrender. Although he took the opportunity to escape, several of his sons and a large number of border generals actually surrendered to the Manchus.
Liu Wuyuan is one of them. Not only has he become the flag officer of the Han army, he has also been awarded the hereditary third-class light chariot captain. Several of his sons are officials in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This time he was left to die, and he could only choose to die on his own.
, so that his son would be more favored by the Manchus.
"Bring people here." Zhao Han said.
Liu Wuyuan probably lost too much blood, and his face was pale and his body was weak. Since Zhao Han wanted to see him, the people below were afraid that he would die, so they bandaged his wounds.
A basin of cold water was poured out and Liu Wuyuan opened his eyes.
Zhao Han asked: "If you want to die yourself, why do you want to kill innocent people?"
Liu Wuyuan remained silent.
Zhao Han didn't bother to ask anymore, because he suddenly felt boring. He waved his hand and said: "Not a single one of these prisoners of the Han army will be kept, and all of them will be beheaded for public display. As for this person, there is no need to execute him in Lingchi, it will be too troublesome. Let him recover first."
, after recovering, cut off the limbs. After each limb is cut off, immediately burn the wound with a soldering iron, bandage it to stop the bleeding, be sure to cut off all the limbs before dying!"
Liu Wuyuan finally panicked and shouted: "Kill if you want, why bother with such humiliation?"
"You also know that this is humiliating? Have you ever thought about the people in the city?" Zhao Han was full of anger and shouted, "Take him down so that he can be treated and treated to prevent him from committing suicide!"
Hundreds of Han-flag prisoners were dragged out of the city and queued up to be beheaded one by one.
Countless people who were forced to shave their heads had their braids cut off and went out of the city wearing hats to watch. Those without hats also wrapped their heads with cloth handkerchiefs.
Cut off with one knife, and the head fell to the ground.
"good!"
The people cheered and applauded.
"Bah, bah!"
Zhao Kuan was one of the executioners. He was also forced to shave his head and volunteered to ask for help in the execution.
After spitting and rubbing his hands, Zhao Kuan raised his sword again and shouted to the onlookers: "Neighbors, young and old, please take a look and see whether my sword, Da Zhao, is fast or not!"
A gentleman shouted: "Zhao Da, if you don't want the Tatars to die neatly, you'd better cut off half of their necks with a knife and hurt these dogs to death!"
"No, no, the craftsmanship cannot be ruined." Zhao Kuan waved his hands repeatedly. He has his own professional qualities.
He swung the knife again and his head fell to the ground. His skill was indeed superb.
"good!"
The people sincerely admired it.
Lu Xiangsheng led the valiant cavalry and also brought the dragoons with him. Ten thousand cavalry bypassed Kaifeng and pursued the Tatars directly.
He led his troops to a river crossing point. Before he could charge, nearly ten thousand people knelt down and asked to surrender.
Tu Guobao, the general from Shanxi, threw away his weapons and trotted forward. When he got closer, he knelt down again and said, "Shuai Lu, none of us want to cross the river with the Tatars. We are all surrendering soldiers and generals here, and the place where the Tatars crossed the river is still there.
Further east.”
Lu Xiangsheng had no expression on his face and scolded: "Lead the way!"