Chapter 2126: Chen Baxian rebelled against Qing and surrendered to Qin
Chapter 2126: Chen Baxian rebelled against Qing and surrendered to Qin
The reason why Huang Taiji gave up the attack on Lulongsai was firstly because Nurhaci urged him to withdraw his troops and return to participate in the decisive battle, and secondly because there was no hope of capturing Lulong. Of course, the main reason was because Nurhaci urged him very urgently.
But what Huang Taiji didn't expect was that only halfway through his withdrawal, he received another imperial edict from his father. However, the content of the imperial edict this time was completely opposite to that before, and there was no need for Huang Taiji to withdraw his troops immediately.
Nurhaci often changed his orders from morning to night, but it is hard for people to believe that these two completely different orders could come from the hands of the Qing Emperor.
What a child’s play!
"Father, what on earth are you thinking about?"
Huang Taiji frowned. After thinking hard for a long time, an idea appeared in his mind, and tears flowed unconsciously from the corners of his eyes.
Nowadays, there is a huge disparity in military strength between the Qin and Qing Dynasties. Due to the lack of food and grass, the Qing army cannot hold on to the city and can only fight the Qin army head-on with inferior forces. The possibility of winning is extremely slim.
Huang Taiji only had 15,000 troops in his hands. With Nurhachi's wisdom, it was impossible not to know that even if Huang Taiji did lead his army back, it would not have much effect on the overall war situation.
In this case, it is better to just let Huang Taiji do whatever he wants and continue to attack Lu Long with all his strength.
If it were captured, the Qing army would be able to force some of the remaining troops to retreat to western Liaoning even if Shu lost in the end.
Nurhaci did not know the news that Fu Jian was killed by Jia Fu, and thought that there was still hope of capturing Lulong, so he issued this order. If he had known, he would definitely not have done this.
Huang Taiji guessed what his father was thinking and how much he cared for him. For a moment, he was touched and blamed himself.
"Amma, I have betrayed your trust. If it were Duduo and Dorgon, perhaps they would have done better than I."
Huang Taiji didn't know that Duduo had died in the battle, and now two of his brothers had been killed by the Qin army.
"Your Highness, what should we do now? Should we continue to withdraw our troops and participate in the decisive battle? Or turn back and attack Lulongsai?"
This was a big statement. After thinking about it for a while, Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "Although our troops are small, if we use them well, they can still be of great use.
Therefore, continue to withdraw your troops and go back to help your father."
"twitter."
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In just these two or three days, the situation in the eastern part of Youbeiping has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Under the leadership of King Qin Hao of Qin, 240,000 Qin troops crossed Yanshan one after another, while the Qing troops in Wujunjunmi and two counties withdrew from the city one after another.
Looking at the city that had been reinforced little by little after spending a huge amount of money and material resources, Nurhachi couldn't help but feel a trace of reluctance in his eyes, but now he had to give up even if he didn't want to.
At this time, if they still thought about holding on, the Qin army would only have to wait for the Qing army to run out of food after besieging the city, and they would be able to annihilate all the Qing troops in the city without even paying a high price. This is something Nurhachi would not want to see even to his death.
What Nurhachi wants now is not to defeat the Qin army, because he knows that is not realistic, but even if he knows that he will lose, he will admit defeat, and even if he is dead, he will fight Qin Hao to hurt both sides, so that even if the Qin army wins,
Unable to continue the Eastern March.
"Qin Hao, don't think you can win so easily. I won't make you feel better."
Nurhachi said to himself gloomily, his eyes full of gloom and madness.
Seeing this, Chu Ying hesitated for a moment, then moved closer to Nurhaci and said with a sinister face: "Amma, there are more than ten thousand Han people in the two counties of Wuzhong Junmi who can help our army."
The implication is that these Han people are naturally used to threaten or consume the strength of the Qin army. Anyway, this kind of Qing army does a lot of things in the Northeast.
After hearing this, Nurhaci calmed down, his crazy look disappeared, and he looked at the eldest son with an indifferent expression, and asked: "Do you think you can threaten the Qin army with these common people?"
"Even if it doesn't work, there is no loss for us as the Qing Dynasty. Anyway, the people who died are Han people." Chu Ying said nonchalantly.
Being cruel and narrow-minded by nature, he would not care about the life and death of these Han people. Instead, because of the bad situation faced by the Manchus, he hated and hated the Han people even more, and wished to kill all the Han people.
"Chu Ying, Chu Ying, do you know the consequences of doing this?"
Nurhachi looked at Chu Ying with a disappointed look on his face, which also shocked Chu Ying. He already felt some regret in his heart, but still yelled with a pinched neck: "What are the consequences? Anyway, our Qing Dynasty and Qin Dynasty have already been fighting to the death.
Can it get worse than it is now?"
Nurhachi originally had a glimmer of hope in his eldest son, thinking that although he was a bit cruel, he at least had a brain, but now it seems that he really has no brains.
Nurhachi was completely disappointed with Chu Ying. He didn't even bother to explain, so he just mounted his horse and left without even wanting to look at Chu Ying again.
Chu Ying scratched his head in confusion, wondering why his father was unhappy.
Seeing this, Wanyan Honglie sighed and stepped forward: "Brother, war is always about defeat before victory is calculated.
Our Qing Dynasty's chances of winning this battle are not high. If we still use the people to threaten the Qin army, it will not bring any substantial benefits except completely angering the Qin army and making the other side hate our Qing Dynasty even more. We will definitely suffer for this.
Pay a heavy price."
"What price can you pay?" Chu Ying said with disdain.
"The Qing Dynasty can kill the Han people, but the Qin army can't kill the Qing people? I don't know, brother, do you know about the second Hetao War between the Qin and Yuan Dynasties?"
"Of course I know."
"Then, Your Highness, how many herdsmen did Yuanmeng die or injured?"
"This... I don't know."
"In the Second Battle of Hetao, in order to retaliate against Yuanmeng's massacre, the Qin cavalry went deep into the grassland and fought from Monan to Longcheng, and then from Longcheng to Mobei... slaughtering hundreds of thousands of Yuanmeng herdsmen."
Under Wanyan Honglie's description in such a gloomy tone, Chu Ying felt as if she had witnessed the tragic situation with her own eyes, and was suddenly frightened and shuddered.
"This is also the main reason why Your Majesty did not dare to massacre the city to frighten the Han people after he went south, because he was afraid that the Qin army would come back with revenge."
After saying that, Wanyan Honglie patted Chu Ying on the shoulder: "If our Qing Dynasty is stronger than Qin Dynasty, we can naturally massacre the people of other countries as we did with Goguryeo and other countries. But the current situation is that Qin is strong and I am weak.
, if you dare to do this again, you are really asking for death."
Chu Ying couldn't help showing a look of surprise. Now he understood why Amma was angry. It turned out that he made a stupid point that should not be paid attention to.
"Amma, the child is not thinking well..."
Chu Ying hurriedly ran over and wanted to explain to Nurhaci, but instead he bumped into the messenger.
"Your Majesty, something bad is going on. The port..."
Before he finished speaking, the messenger soldier who ran over bumped into Chu Ying. Chu Ying grimaced in pain.
"You slave dog, you don't have eyes..."
Chu Ying started to curse loudly, but before she could finish her words, she was kicked away by Nurhachi.
"What happened over there at the port?"
Nurhachi asked anxiously, with a vague premonition in his heart.
"Chen Baxian rebelled. Not only did he burn down the grain and fodder in the port, but he also spared the hundreds of grain-carrying ships. Then he led the rebels to surrender to the Qin army."
"What?"
Nurhachi's eyes widened, but a strange flush flashed across his face. Then he looked up to the sky and spat out a mist of blood, then fell directly from his horse to the ground.