Since the death of Daishan, Jierhalang has become the oldest royal prince in the Qing court. Although Dorgon, Azig, and Shuosei are all of the same generation as him, in terms of age and seniority, compared with
From Jierhalang to Jierhalang, there is a huge difference.
However, although Jierhalang also went to war with the army this time, he knew very well that it was not because Dorgon needed his military talents, but because Dorgon was not confident about him, so he wanted to take him with him. Therefore.
Jirharang also knows very well
Interesting, since he left the capital, he has been taciturn and rarely expresses his opinions to avoid Dorgon's suspicion. But when the war has progressed to this point, Jierhalang has to speak. After all, he does not want to accompany him.
Dorgon died in Kaifeng.
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on him, Ji Erharang coughed and said: "Now that the Daimyo and Zhangtoku Mansion have been lost, our retreat has been cut off by the Chinese army, so the only way is to detour through Shanxi and pass through Taiyuan.
Datong returns to Beijing."
After hearing this, Dorgon couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Detour to Shanxi and return to Beijing. With an army of hundreds of thousands and a lot of baggage, how easy is it?"
Jierhalang shook his head and said: "We are taking a detour to Shanxi, not with a large army. After Nikan and Han Dai come back, we can let them lead a large army to attack Daming Mansion and contain the strength of the Chinese army.
Then we will travel lightly, with only a few thousand cavalry, and leave Kaifeng. We will immediately take a detour from Shanxi and reach Beijing in ten days at most. There is no other way."
His meaning was very clear. To put it bluntly, he was to abandon the army and use Nikan and Han Dai troops to contain the Chinese army, while Dorgon and others secretly escaped from Kaifeng. But under the current circumstances,
This is indeed the only way. Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of people and a large amount of baggage would have to take a detour from Shanxi.
Not only is it huge and time-consuming, it will also face attacks from the Chinese army along the road, forcing them to run exhausted. Maybe there is a real danger of the entire army being annihilated. Of course, in this way, the nearly 200,000 people left here will
All the troops and horses were destroyed. Because once Dorgon and others escaped like this, no one would have the will to fight anymore, and the entire army would also be wiped out.
Thinking of this, Dorgon couldn't help but look at Hong Chengchou, obviously wanting to hear his opinion.
Because up to now, Dorgon did not know that the fall of Daming Mansion was directly related to Zhao Yue, so he still had great trust in Hong Chengchou. Otherwise, others would have attacked Hong Chengchou long ago.
Because of course it was Hong Chengchou who advocated the recruitment and surrender of Zhao Yue, Li Benzhen and others so that they could be used by the Qing court to help the Qing court train the new army. Although this suggestion was
With Dorgon's strong support, Dorgon personally summoned Zhao Yue, Li Benzhen and others to commend them. But now that something went wrong, this responsibility naturally fell to Hong Chengchou. And now Li Benzhen is working in the Qing Dynasty in Kaifeng.
The army will definitely be implicated. Of course, from this perspective, it is not entirely a bad thing that Mu Chen fled to Hejian Mansion and did not come to Kaifeng.
Seeing Dorgon signaling him with his eyes, Hong Chengchou also came out and said: "Reporting to the regent, I believe that Prince Zheng's proposal is reasonable and it is time to make a plan. The defeat of the battlefield in the Central Plains has been determined. This is the only way Yin Lun can
Return to the capital."
Dorgon gave a bitter smile and said: "If you throw hundreds of thousands of troops here, what can you do even if you escape back to Beijing?"
Several other people looked at each other a few times, and Shuosei said: "Prince Regent, now we are in urgent need of attention, so we can only focus on the immediate things. As for what to do after returning to Beijing, let's wait until we choose to go back. There will always be a way.
.If it doesn’t work, we will set fire to Beijing, take all the gold and silver treasures with us, and then return them all to the outside of the customs. We will leave the Han people’s country behind and leave it to the Han people.”
Hong Chengchou also said: "Prince Regent, as the saying goes, 'If you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood.' The current situation is not completely hopeless. After we return to Beijing, we can immediately send people to lobby Wu Sangui of Sichuan and
The three Southern Ming Dynasties in the south asked them to immediately send troops to attack Huguang, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places. Now Shang Yi
The situation is so great that Wu Sangui and others will never dare to sit still and wait to see success or failure. As long as they send troops to the southwest, there is no need to worry that Shang Yi will not withdraw his troops. In this way, the Qing Dynasty can also have a few years of breathing space.
, slowly recuperate and accumulate troops, and when the troops are well-prepared and well-fed, they can then raise their troops and go south to compete with Shang Yi for the world. The outcome may not be known."
Dorgon laughed bitterly again. Of course he knew that Hong Chengchou's words were greatly exaggerated. At this time, Wu Sangui and Nanhuang would indeed send troops to attack Nanjing. But with their strength, they could only drag Shang Yi up to one level.
in two years
time, and after the defeat of the Central Plains, the Qing government did not have twenty years to recover at all. What are these two years enough? Of course, it can be delayed for one or two years, which is better than not having one or two years at all, and maybe it can
Some other changes occur.
In fact, Dorgon may not know that Jierhalang's suggestion is indeed the only feasible solution at present, but Dorgon's position is different from others. He is not only the commander-in-chief of the entire army, but also the leader of the Qing court.
If the actual ruler abandons these hundreds of thousands of troops and flees north alone, then
Dorgon's prestige in Qingting will be completely wiped out. No matter whether the Qing court can continue after the defeat in the Central Plains War, Dorgon is absolutely doomed. Of course Dorgon knows that he has offended many people in the past few years.
There are too many people. Once you lose power, waiting for yourself will never be a good outcome.
Dorgon no longer has any illusions about defeating the Chinese army and winning the Central Plains War. He is looking for the purpose of discussion with everyone. He just hopes to bring back all the hundreds of thousands of troops, at least most of them. That's what he said.
Maybe there is still a chance to keep one's position. Unfortunately, there is no such a two-pronged strategy now.
Therefore, Dorgon thought about it for two days and finally decided that he could only use Jierhalang's method, abandon the army, take only a small number of elite cavalry, detour to Shanxi, and return to Beijing. As for how to deal with the situation in Beijing after arriving in Beijing
, that is a matter for the future, let’s wait until we return to Beijing.
Then Dorgon also issued successive orders, urging Nikan and Han Dai to rush back to Kaifeng Mansion as soon as possible. They had to take a detour to escape north. They had to wait until Nikan and Han Dai returned to Kaifeng and sent troops to contain the Chinese army in Daming Mansion.
conduct.
At the same time, Dorgon also ordered Lekedhun, who was stationed in Guide Prefecture, to abandon Guide Prefecture and immediately lead all the troops back to Kaifeng. After receiving the order, Lekedhun was very surprised, because at this time the Chinese army
There are not many troops stationed near Guide Mansion anymore.
Even in Xuzhou, there were only 20,000 troops from Zheng Chenggong's army. Of course, Lek Dehun would not take Zheng Chenggong's troops seriously, so he planned to ask Dorgon for orders to attack Xuzhou. But after receiving Dorgon's general order, he
Not daring to disobey, he immediately gathered his troops and prepared to rush back to Kaifeng.
Finally, three days later, Nikan, Han Dai, and Luck Dehun's troops all returned to Kaifeng. The three of them arrived at almost the same time. Dorgon also informed the three of them that Daming Mansion and Zhangde Mansion had been captured by the Chinese government.
News of the military attack.
After hearing this, Luck Dehun, Nikan, and Han Dai couldn't help but be shocked, because the news was really unexpected, and the situation on the battlefield in the Central Plains can be said to be very dangerous. At the same time, the three of them understood
, why would Dorgon issue such an order.
Only then did Dorgon order that this time Luck Dehun would lead the army, gathering a total of 120,000 troops, and hand over all the new troops and artillery to Luck Dehun, and immediately send troops to attack Daming Mansion, and then open up and return
Beijing's roads.
Everyone in Kaifeng knew what was going on this time. Therefore, it was impossible to send them to lead the army. So they could only let Luck Dehun, Nikan, and Han Dai play this role. Of course, these three people didn't know.
Dorgon's true plan was to prepare to set off immediately after receiving the order.
The troops and supplies had been prepared in the past few days, so the next day, the three men led the troops and were about to set off. But at this moment, Duogun received an urgent message from Beijing.
, it turns out that Japan and North Korea
The troops of the two countries have all landed in Tianjin. The total number of troops from the two countries is about 120,000. Emperor Shunzhi Fulin issued an edict, and the king of Jinduoluo County, Vadak, led the Japanese and Korean troops to attack Daming Mansion and rescue Dorgon.
of men and horses.
It turned out that after Mu Chen fled to Hejian Mansion, he told Bolo the news of the fall of Daming Mansion. When Bolo learned about it, of course he was shocked. Didn't the hundreds of thousands of troops in the Central Plains have all been told?
Once the Central Plains were defeated, the Qing government would not be able to protect itself.
Boluo was determined to rescue, but he only had 60,000 troops under his command, and he had to hold on to Hejian Prefecture to prevent the Chinese army from marching north, so he did not dare to act rashly. He had to send an urgent report to Beijing, asking Beijing to send troops to attack Daming Prefecture.
Encircle and rescue Dorgon.
Those who stayed behind in Beijing were Dorgon's confidants He Huiluo and Tan Tai. After receiving the report, they couldn't help but be shocked. Although it was said that all the princes, county kings, and Baylor had been taken away by Dorgon,
Therefore, the two of them had the greatest authority in Beijing, but they did not dare to make the final decision on such a big matter, so they hurriedly reported it to Fulin.
Fulin is only a twelve-year-old child now, and he is half-informed about military affairs. However, the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Zhuang in the harem are sensible people. Of course they are aware of the crisis of the current situation, so they immediately discuss it in Fulin's name.
, summoned He Huiluo, Tan Tai, Xi Fu, Gang Lin, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and other Manchu and Han ministers into the palace to discuss countermeasures.