Chapter 330 Dorgon is rescued
"The enemy has finally retreated!" Dorgon, who escaped from death, sat on the grass and gasped heavily. When the enemy was closest to him, he was less than fifty steps, and the formation of the Jurchens was almost collapsed. As long as the Mongols and the Ming army joined forces to fight again today, it would probably take less than a day to break through.
But at this moment, more than 100,000 enemy troops on the opposite side actually retreated.
"Master Bell, it must be the Khan who brought troops to save us." said a Bayala Zhuangda.
Although the opponent had retreated, Dorgon still did not dare to neglect. He left some people to keep watch, while the rest lay on the grass to rest.
The Jurchens who had been fighting fiercely for several days fell asleep as soon as they lay down and slept until dark. When it got dark, the Jurchens who were guarding during the day returned to sleep in the formation, and the Jurchens who had been sleeping for a day stood guard. That night, Dorgon did not order the horses to kill. As long as he endured for another night, it was estimated that Huang Taiji's army would arrive the next day. Those fat war horses were brought back to Liaodong, and they would raise them for a while, and they could ride out to fight again.
It’s a pity that the more than 60,000 war horses he brought out when he came out of Liaodong are now less than 10,000. In addition to those who were killed during the battle, those who were killed as food, those who died on the road, those who were seized by their opponents, the other party took away more than 10,000 war horses of the Jurchen cavalry when they withdrew their troops.
The sky gradually became brighter, and an army with the Korchin Mongolian flag appeared on the grassland to the east, galloping towards the remnants of Dorgon at full speed.
Ajige galloped first and rushed into the formation of the remnants of Dorgon's troops.
"Brother!" Seeing Dorgon's armor was torn and covered in blood, the rat tail of the money behind his head was formed into a wooden stick with solidified blood, Ajige turned over and got off the horse, stepped forward, hugged his younger brother tightly and burst into tears.
"Brother, does the Khan have any guilty brother?" Dorgon asked.
Ajig cried and said, "Brother, the Khan was furious. You were defeated too badly this time, right? More than 30,000 people went to war, and that's all left."
"The food and grass were cut off, and the soldiers were hungry and tried hard to kill the enemy, but the entire army was wiped out. What happened to Yue Tuo? He was actually attacked by someone?" Dorgon asked.
"It's all Yue Tuo who takes care of the food and grass, which makes my brother almost die!" Ajige said angrily.
"Brother, you can't say these words in front of the Khan. We have suffered such a crushing defeat. I can't blame all the blame on Yuetuo, if the Khan will only be even more angry."
The Korqin Mongolian cavalry brought goat milk, noodle cakes and cooked beef and mutton. The Jurchens had been eating sour and smelly horse meat for several days. The thing was really not delicious. After two days of eating, they didn't dare to eat too much. At this time, they saw beef, mutton and noodle cakes, and they all let go of their stomachs and had a big meal.
Near noon, Huang Taiji's Damao appeared on the grassland to the east, and the real elite Jurchen army of the Great Jin Kingdom finally arrived.
In the central army's tent, Huang Taiji's wide and fat body squeezed the chair full of his chair. In recent years, his body has become fatter and fatter. A few years later, Huang Taiji's sudden death was mostly due to cardiovascular problems. Fatty people are at risk of cardiovascular problems.
Dorgon knelt on the ground, his bright head pressed against the ground, and apologized: "I have been entrusted by the Great Khan. More than half of the Western Expedition Army were damaged. Please punish the Great Khan."
"More than half of the loss? Is it half of the loss? I have few Jurchens. This battle will make you lose more than 10,000 people! I have taken up one-third of the flag!" Huang Taiji felt a pain in his heart. The Jurchens were sparsely populated, and the Eight Banners of Jurchens were only more than 200,000 people. The maximum number of flags that could fight was only 50,000. Dorgon lost one-third of the battle, and more than 10,000 people in armor were lost. This loss was too great, and it would be difficult to turn over without five years. For a long time, the Jurchens could not fight. Only when a young man grew up can he make up for the loss.
Of course, Huang Taiji also has a way to quickly replenish the population, which is to promote the armored people to flag-camps, and then ask people to go to the deep mountains and forests to recruit Jurchens to be used as armored people, so that the population can be restored as soon as possible. In addition, Huang Taiji is preparing to establish the Han Eight Banners and expand the Han Army Banners into the Eight Banners. The core of the Han Eight Banners is Kong Youde's Wuzhen Chao Ha Camp.
Dorgon kowtowed repeatedly: "I know that my sins are serious, so I ask the Khan to punish him."
"Get up!" Although Huang Taiji was angry, he also knew that Dorgon was the most intelligent among their brothers. He was from the Aisin Jueluo family. Except for Huang Taiji himself, there were only two wise generals, Dorgon and Yuetuo, and the rest were brave but not resourceful. Although Huang Taiji also knew that Dorgon was dissatisfied with him deeply, for the great cause of the Great Jin Kingdom to enter the Central Plains, Huang Taiji never really wanted to punish Dorgon.
Huang Taiji also killed several people from the Aisin Gioro family, and the ones who were killed were all brave but not scheming. Those guys were brave but not scheming, but they were very ambitious. They wanted to pull Huang Taiji down and be a khan himself. Then Huang Taiji naturally would not show mercy to those simple-minded guys. He always believed that using strategies is more important than force.
Dorgon still knelt down and couldn't get up.
Yue Tuo stood up and apologized: "Khan, this defeat in the battle is not the crime of the fourteenth uncle, but the crime of the slave! If it were not for the unfavorable protection of food and grass, he would not have suffered such a crushing defeat."
"You and the other two are guilty! Dorgon temporarily deprived Beile and the post of the banner master, and Ajige was appointed as the banner master; Yuetuo temporarily deprived Beile and made meritorious service on his guilt." Huang Taiji said in a stern tone.
"Thank you for your forgiveness!" Dorgon and Yue Tuo kowtowed at the same time and thanked him.
Huang Taiji's face calmed down a little, looked around, suddenly stood up, and said loudly: "Since my 14th brother has been rescued, then let us withdraw our troops back to Liaodong!"
"Retreat?" Everyone was stunned.
The Jin Kingdom suffered such a big loss this time, so he went back like this? Just let those Mongolians go?
Ajige volunteered to fight: "Great Khan, the slave is willing to be the vanguard. He asked the Khan to give the slave five thousand soldiers. The slave led his army to fight with the Korqin people, and chased the Chahars and Khalkha people!"
Amin also stood up: "Khan, the Mongolian barbarians dare to gather to offend our Dajin. They must be punished. If not, how can they intimidate the tribes!"
Huang Taiji asked: "Everyone, my Dajin has suffered heavy losses. We should no longer waste our precious troops on the Mongolian grasslands! Instead, we should return to Liaodong quickly to cultivate and replenish, find ways to restore the population, and then make progress."
"Are we leaving here like this?" Azig asked unwillingly.
"The Chahars fled to the west of the Moon, and the Khalks fled to the north of the Moon. If our army traveled a long distance to chase them, the front line would be too long and the logistics supplies would be threatened by the Ming Dynasty. Then there would be another defeat! It would be better to retreat. The fourteenth brother was rescued soon, and our goal would be achieved." Huang Taiji said in an unrefutable tone.
Yue Tuo didn't dare to speak, but just gave Du Du a wink.
Dudu stood up and knelt on the ground and beat him: "Khan, it is difficult for our army to hunt down the Khalkhas and Chahars, but Omubu cannot let go! This person secretly colluded with Mingguo and Khalkhas, causing heavy losses to our army. He must capture Omubu alive and take him back to Liaodong for justice!"
Chapter completed!