"I personally lead the troops to regain Ningyuan!"

Dorgon went to the hall in military uniform, speaking with great enthusiasm, but Wu Bai and others, who knew his ability to lead the troops, were not excited at all. This prince did have fought, either ran away after fighting or absolutely crushed. Once he fell into a hard battle, he would not be able to hold on first.

Not only is it physical weakness, but also psychological cowardice, and it is impossible to support a war under tremendous pressure.

To have this psychological quality, you must not only see through life and death, but also accept casualties and wails, but also a kind of talent.

Dorgon lacked such talent.

If the Ming army had occupied Ningyuan, including the time of the news exchange, then the army would advance, and it would take at least fifteen days to reach the city of Ningyuan. At that time, the Ming army would have been prepared long ago, deep-ditch cannons, food that can never be eaten, and warriors that can never be killed... This is simply the second Tianjin, which is terrifying.

If Tianjin cannot be defeated, then it can be forgotten. But Ningyuan is guarding the throat of the western Liaoning Corridor. If it is not defeated, how can two white and two red flags go home? Juyongguan can't defend it at a glance. If he follows the four blue and yellow flags to the entrance of Xifeng, how can the army get food? With the Mongolian food, it will be difficult to support the two yellow flags.

"Master, there is another way for the slave." Suksaha bowed and replied: "Transfer the food buried in Shanhaiguan to Xifengkou, and you can still leave the customs."

Xiao Donglou didn't believe that Donglu could collect much grain from the pass, but Wu Bai didn't expect that someone could come up with such a bad idea. The transfer of grain is not a simple matter, because during the transportation process, a lot of food was consumed.

Let’s not talk about this for now, just talk about the rules that there are grasslands on the grasslands: the strong are respected!

The Mongols would not care who would be the emperor. They first surrendered to the Turks, later surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, then later surrendered to the Khitan, and finally surrendered to the Jurchens. The only standard they identified was only these four words: the strong are respected!

After they have mastered the most powerful power themselves, they will send this set of grassland laws to every place they can reach.

As if they were happy to see the whole world become their own ranch.

If you march on the territory of the Mongols and don’t ask the Mongols to get military rations, it will inevitably make the Mongols realize the weakness of the Manchus and then arouse their worries. This seemingly generous behavior is cowardly for the Mongols.

——It seems that Suksaha has been scared by the Ming army.

Wu Baixin's theory.

Sure enough, although Dorgon was not good at military formations, he finally had the title of "Smart King" and always had some knowledge in diplomacy and internal affairs. He did not care about Suksaha's unreliability, because this just set off his wise decision. However, he hated this fear of the Ming army!

Fear is like a plague, which will gradually erode people's fighting spirit and turn Manchuria from an "invincible" strong man into an advocate who can be controlled by others.

Those Jingguans are the source of the plague. It seems that the plague has spread to the Wuying Hall now.

"This battle is inevitable! I must slaughter all the Nikan who dares to set foot in Liaodong!" Dorgon held the hilt of the sword in his hand, hoping to make himself look more majestic and tall: "If you pass the order, all men with one sword are engraved in each flag. All the Niulu must be put on armor and beheaded if there are those who are afraid to fight!"

The generals under Dorgon took the order one after another, and the shouts made the hall tremble slightly.

Dorgon looked at Daishan and Boluo again and said, "The two red flags left Beijing after Zhushen and Irgen retreated to Shanhaiguan. They should not let the Ming army threaten our rear army! After our army seized Ningyuan, we will then camp step by step, station troops in Ningyuan and garrison along the river."

Dai Shan and Boluo had to come out to take the order, but the generals under his command were resentful. Since ancient times, charges in front and behind the death hall have been the highest mortality rate. If the Ming army knew that the Qing army besieged Ningyuan, how could they sit down? The rear army would definitely face strong attacks in order to attack the passageway and rescue friendly troops.

"The order: I will send troops to Yongning today!"

...

Xiao Donglou learned the origin of the Donglu clan in a booklet issued by the General Staff, as well as their combat methods and living habits. In his opinion, this kind of tribe that integrates military and civilians does not need mobilization at all, and can be heard from the news. From this, he estimated the result of the Donglu army coming to the city within ten days.

However, Manchuria is actually a nation with strong learning ability. After dealing with the Ming army for so long, their marching style was very similar to that of the Ming army. Some people in the court even hoped to restore the Manchu title to the Chinese title of the old chief, and even the military system imitated the Lighting Army.

Because the Ming army can fight again now.

Compared with their descendants three hundred years later, they are very pragmatic and open.

The price of learning from the Ming army was to lose the reaction ability of the primitive tribe, but the advantage was to extend the combat cycle.

At that time, Nurhaci didn't learn well, so he could only fight in Liaodong and fight with the Ming Dynasty in the western Liaoning Corridor.

After Huang Taiji came to power, he realized this and changed his combat methods and increased the degree of sinicization. The Manchus were able to expedition to Mongolia and fight in a long and unsupply environment. Although there would be a problem of too long supply lines entering the pass in this way, it was no longer the time of Laozi to circulate in a small place.

Therefore, the Qing army's tolerance for siege has increased a lot, and it was able to besiege the cities stationed by the Ming army for half a year and implement the tactic of siege and attacking aid, winning the Battle of Songshan.

On March 26, 19th year of Chongzhen, almost all the men in Manchuria were enlisted in the army and formed 50,000 troops. The army set out from Fengtai and headed for Shanhaiguan.

Because the news leaked, it was natural that the Qing army was attacked by the Ming army on the first night. It was the "hundred tigers running together" under the night. Although the results were not good, a basin of ice water was poured on the head of the Qing army with a strong morale.

From that night, the Qing army and Shanhaiguan did not dare to relax their vigilance, which seriously delayed the journey. The Ming army never made a night attack of launching rockets three hundred steps away, causing Dorgon to curse "not knowing what's up."

Xiao Donglou was very grateful to the First Division for helping delay the Qing army's pace, giving the Second Division enough time to transport grain and gunpowder to Ningyuan, build camps, build ferries in camps, and level the roads in Hedong... But he still hoped that the Qing Dynasty would arrive early, because the more anxious they came, the more anxious the commander was, and the weaker the soldiers' physical strength was.

Especially since the commander was the sick man Dorgon, he might have killed his life by marching in a hurry.

Xiao Donglou’s expectations are not unreasonable.

Dorgon was in poor health and had not lived a good life in Beijing. He was always so angry that he was furious by the incompetence of the front-line generals. It is said that he was lustful, but as a regent, he didn't even have his own offspring. The more he thought about it, he became more anxious. He naturally became "no girl to be happy" every night.

Those who know me really say I am tired, and those who don’t know me say I am lustful!

At this time, the ice and snow outside the pass were melting, and the road was muddy and difficult to move. Although Donglu had enough Baoyi Aha, how could he think of such a thing as building a road? In the original historical script, after the Qing Dynasty occupied the world, the Ming Dynasty's system and folk customs were greatly destroyed. The beautiful city that once shocked the missionaries to heaven was already stink, with ditches blocked and garbage everywhere, and fell to the European level at that time.

It was precisely because of this mud that Dorgon barely moved forward, and suffered from the cold day and night. He fell ill shortly after he left the customs. The two red flags responded to the military, so he had to hand them over to his younger brother Duoduo and his confidant Wubai to deal with it.

Duoduo was young and energetic. Although he failed to achieve a good record on the battlefield in Guannei, it did not prevent him from confident that as soon as his army arrived, the Ming army would be defeated.

"I think I have 50,000 soldiers from two white flags. Even if the Ming army relies on the strong city, it will be just a difference of time." Duoduo did not value Wu Bai. In his opinion, Wu Bai was not a good general for a while, but because of his brother Dorgon's attention, he had some connections in Zhengbai Banner.

Wu Bai is indeed not famous, but he was regarded as a confidant and assistant by Dorgon in the army. In the original historical script, Dorgon relied on him to stabilize the army in the flag after his death. It can be seen that he is not just "some connections".

"What the prince said is," Wu Bai said perfunctorily, "but Ningyuan is not a small town. He fought the first knights and the last emperor had fought, but he couldn't defeat him. We should be cautious this time."

Duoduo then restrained his arrogance and said, "This is because our army is still slightly short of siege in the city."

Wu Bai thought to himself: It's not just a slight shortcoming? Since the thirteenth pair of iron armor raised in the army, our army has simply opened the doors inside or dug trenches to siege. If a small city can also build a ladder, even if a big city like Ningyuan is using ladders and tower cars to attack, it may not be able to capture it.

"What's more, our army has artillery." Duoduo said proudly again: "This time our army has brought so many artillery pieces in red. How many artillery can Ningyuan City withstand?"

The city defense artillery in Beijing was also purchased from the Jiajing period to the Wanli period. They were all red artillery that weighed thousands of pounds. After Dorgon decided to leave Beijing, he dismantled the cannons that Zhu Cilang and Li Zicheng had no time to take away. Five of them were selected for the two yellow flags to take to Mongolia to show off their power, and he transported all the remaining fifteen to Shanhaiguan.

This time, the army left five more guards from Shanhaiguan, and the entire army brought ten to Ningyuan. Thinking that the artillery at the top of Ningyuan was not so big, it also helped Yuan Chonghuan defend the city. Now that he has more powerful artillery, there is no reason to be unable to defeat it!

On the fourth day of the 19th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army's horse exploration finally contacted the Ming army's horse exploration. Both sides were about to rush back to report the news, but they went back to their respective formations. Then the horse exploration teams who received the news approached the contact point and looked for the location of the opponent's main force. In just two days, the Ming army's guards Second Division found the main force of the Qing army and found that the number of people was around 50,000.

The Qing army also discovered the Ming army's camps on the coast and implemented the statement that the Ming army came across the sea. Because of the smoke from Juehua Island, Duoduo and Wubai judged that the Ming army had also deployed on the island, but it was not clear that the number of soldiers of the Ming army was still in the clear.
Chapter completed!