Outside Tongguan City, the Qing Dynasty Eastern Army Camp.

Prince Yu Duoduo got up very early today. His years of military career made him wake up naturally even when he wanted to sleep in the morning.

This time, the court was not calm. Although his brother Dorgon was the regent, he was not the emperor after all, and he could not cover the sky with his hands. He was also Jirhalang, who was also the regent.

Although Dorgon took advantage of the establishment of Beijing this year to redeem Jirgalang from the regent to the regent of the government, he was always a trouble for his elbows around him.

Dorgon needed constant victory on the battlefield to determine his prestige in the court.

Before entering the pass last year, Fan Wencheng formulated a strategic plan for Dorgon, and his boldest idea was to use the Yellow River as the boundary.

But even so, there are many Bellers in the court, and Ejin privately thinks that this plan is too risky.

The beautiful country of the Central Plains is indeed good, but it is not a place for people to live for a long time. The safest thing is to follow the old rules and take advantage of the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty and rob.

However, Dorgon opposed the opposition and not only moved the capital from Shenyang to Beijing last year, but also formulated a more radical strategic plan this year. He divided the army into two groups. He attacked Li Zicheng's Dashun and the Ming Dynasty far away in Nanjing.

The two armies took a two-pronged approach to the Central Plains in one fell swoop. In one battle, Emperor Taizong's unsuccessful achievements were won.

As for the commander of the East and West Army, Dorgon was not at ease to hand it over to others, so he let his two brothers, Prince Heshuoying Ajige and Prince Yu Duoduo, serve as the head coach.

Ajige was much older than Dorgon and his relationship was not very close. Therefore, he was appointed as the commander of the Western Route Army and detoured from Mongolia to attack Shanxi and Shaanxi. He was facing the relatively difficult Dashun Army.

Duoduo followed Dorgon since he was young, which meant that Dorgon grew up watching Duoduo grow up. When Emperor Taizong was in great service the year before yesterday, Duoduo supported his brother Dorgon to inherit the throne, and he also had a desperate effort at that time.

The Ming army south of the Yellow River was extremely weak. Even Li Zicheng could not defeat him, so naturally he could not defeat the Jurchen cavalry. So this job was finally left to Dodo. Dorgon hoped that he could make more contributions and add some bargaining chips to himself in the court.

However, man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. Just when the Qing army divided its troops to compete in the Central Plains, Dashun also accumulated a year of strength to launch a Jedi counterattack. He won consecutive victories near Huaiqing, Henan.

As a last resort, Dorgon had to order the Duoduo army that went south to suspend its attack on Ming and move westward. He first lifted Huaiqing's siege, and then captured Tongguan. He and Ajige's troops attacked the Dashun army from north to south.

Huaiqing's siege is easy to resolve, but Tongguan is not so easy to seize. Not to mention the key points of Tongguan, every dynasty and every generation have to repair and reinforce it regularly. Even Li Zicheng's old camp is not so easy to mess with.

Fortunately, the ones who followed Duoduo to attack Ming this time were King Huaishun Geng Zhongming and King Gongshun Kong Youde. Geng Zhongming would not talk about this for now. He just said that Kong Youde was the best at using red barbarian cannons. He called himself the ancestor of Wuzhen Chaoha in private (Note 1).

The private soldiers under his command not only know how to use artillery, but also cast artillery. Within the scope of the Qing army, if you have the ability to use artillery, you can say that you are not as good as you.

Kong Youde was the Qing Dynasty that surrendered to the sixth year of Chongzhen. Some people say that if Kong Youde had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty more than ten years in advance, I am afraid that Nurhaci would not have failed under Ningyuan City.

This time, Kong Youde attacked Tongguan, and sent his confidant servants to use red barbarian cannons to bombard the Shunying camp in turn, which was invincible and really made a big splash.

After more than ten days of bloody battle, Li Zicheng was defeated. In the end, he finally accepted the loss and lost to Tongguan overnight and returned to Chang'an.

Just last night, the guard of Tongguan, Ma Shiyao, handed over a letter of surrender, saying that he would open the door to present the city this morning.

Duoduo was not surprised by Ma Shiyao's surrender. Li Zicheng was struggling to deal with the battle outside Tongguan City these days.

Moreover, the latest secret reports were also coming to the north. Another army led by Prince Ajige and Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, had arrived in Yulin, Shaanxi, and the troops headed directly to Chang'an.

If Li Zicheng dared to fight in Tongguan, he would even be in danger of being wiped out by his own and Ajige's army.

Duoduo was naturally very happy to be able to take over Tongguan without bloodshed. Tongguan is only a few hundred miles away from Chang'an, and soldiers can reach it all at once.

I have never heard of the loss of Tongguan since ancient times, but I can defend Chang'an. It seems that the merit of seizing Chang'an is my own.

When he was about to leave Beijing, his brother Dorgon repeatedly instructed: There are many Han people, more than ten times more than our Qing Dynasty. This time, he must be kind and powerful, and he should not be greedy and killed.

So Duoduo is preparing to give Ma Shiyao enough face today and decided to lead a large army to accept Ma Shiyao's surrender in the city.

However, face is face, and the count of the pseudo-democratic bandits is naturally incomparable to the prince of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, Duoduo deliberately delayed it for a while in the morning, until after breakfast and the drums rang three times before he calmly led the army out of the camp.

Although he simply entered the city and received surrender, Duoduo led his troops for many years and had a very famous general style between offense and defense. He was cautious and thorough in marching. This time he led a large group of troops into the city, but the main business did not demolish it, but left a small number of guards.

A few days ago, I fought with Li Zicheng outside Tongguan, and Kong Youde made great contributions to the artillery. I think if I talk about merit in the court in the future, Kong Youde's achievements will also be among the best.

Duoduo knew the truth that rain and dew were equally affected. This time he entered the city, he did not let Kong Youde accompany him. Instead, he asked him to lead his troops to guard the main business. He personally led the army and Geng Zhongming to the city to receive surrender.

When Duoduo's army arrived outside Tongguan City slowly, the sun was already rising. In the morning, the strangely dressed people had already entered the city.

Only Ma Shiyao and Dashun's officials were left outside the city. They stared at the city gate with big eyes and looked at each other.

On this morning, thousands of people of unknown origin entered Tongguan in a confused manner, and they seized the city, government offices and other joints. But no matter how you asked, you didn't respond. No matter how you thought about it, it was weird inside and outside.

Duoduo was also far away and saw the wide open city gate and Ma Shiyao and others who were hesitating and looking at the city gate. He couldn't help feeling a little unhappy.

"Ma Shiyao is so ignorant. No matter how you say I am, I am the prince. Now I will give you a lot of face and come to surrender myself. If you know something, you should kneel at the gate of the city early.

Those who look around like this absent-mindedly at the gate of the city are really not aware of the qualities. No wonder these bandits cannot accomplish great things, and you can see the whole thing."

At the same time, Ma Shiyao naturally saw Duoduo's army.

At the center of the Qing army, the three armies' chief flag and the chief commander's flag were fired. Under the flag was a white horse. The general on the horse was wearing stone-blue prince's armor, and a golden armor on his waist was bright and dazzling. On his head was a golden helmet, and two golden dragons were carved under the top of the high flame gem helmet.

Ma Shiyao knew that his subordinate must be Duoduo, so he hurriedly knelt down with everyone. Suddenly he remembered the group of suspicious people on the top of the city, so he pointed at the top of the city and Duoduo.

He kept gestured in his hands from a distance, which meant that he asked Duoduo if the Qing army sent him to the city to fight the front station.

Duoduo was too far away, so he naturally didn't know what Ma Shiyao was gaunting. He only watched Ma Shiyao keep pointing his fingers above the city, so he also gathered his eyes to watch the city.

At this time, the sun was shining with great light, making the walls of the east gate of Tongguan City look golden and bright. Although Duoduo was still far away, he could see a crowd of people who seemed to be wearing colorful clothes on the top of the city, and I don’t know what they were doing. So he asked the people around him to stop and watch.

Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun next to him, looked at it for a while and thought:

"Prince, I think this is Ma Shiyao's kindness. I guess he was afraid of the power of our army and specially found the gong and drum team and actors in Tongguan City to welcome us into the city. I heard that the gong and drum team in Tongguan City is famous far and wide."

Duoduo did not argue or take it seriously. What he kept thinking about was the next big thing to conquer Chang'an. Tongguan was actually just a gateway, and the real highlight was the great capital of Chang'an.

Although the court had consistently called Dashun a thief, in fact, both the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty had already recognized Dashun as a regime. If he could take the lead in attacking Chang'an before Ajige's troops in the north, it would be the result of destroying the country!

When you open the history books, there are only a handful of military generals who can accomplish the destruction of the country in thousands of years, at least they are all famous in history. When you think that you may be comparable to Bai Qi and Wang Jian’s achievements, Duoduo’s heart has already flown into Chang'an.

Compared with the achievements of seizing Tongguan and destroying the country, this is just an appetizer before the meal. As for the noise of gongs and drums, the surface of the pulp and slurry is completely optional. Only when Chang'an is truly built in a few days will it be necessary to celebrate it.

However, since it is a kindness of surrender, there is nothing wrong with it. The soldiers worked hard for many days. When entering the city, they watched the things and juggled, and the noise could also boost their morale. As the head coach, it would be better to accept it happily.

So Duoduo asked the army to hold back and led Geng Zhongming and hundreds of personal guards to urge him to come forward, preparing to receive Ma Shiyao's seal.

Ma Shiyao saw that Duoduo was approaching, and he became even more anxious. The people in the morning came from unknown. If something really happened, his plan of surrender would be ruined. He pointed at the people on the top of the city and shouted at Duoduo from afar: "Prince, look at who is in this city?"

Duoduo and Geng Zhongming drove their horses towards the city gate. As they were close, they naturally heard Ma Shiyao's shouts.

Geng Zhongming mistakenly understood Ma Shiyao's meaning, and thought Ma Shiyao was showing off to him the method of using a troupe to reward the Qing army. He was so funny in his heart, and he also said to Duoduo with ease: "Hi... Ma Shiyao is still keeping a secret, let me show you...

Geng Zhongming drove the horse attentively and ran two steps tightly, put his hand on the awning and looked carefully at the city, and said in his mouth:

"Your Majesty, you have lived outside the pass for a long time. You may not know much about the customs and operas of the Central Plains. I will tell you carefully...

You see the two people standing in the middle of the city. There are not one with wide robe and big sleeves, and two swords are inserted behind the back. I think the one who should be playing Lu Zu. It is the one who plays Bai Mudan in the painting book and the one who kills Huanglong with the flying sword.

Look at the person next to him wearing a green robe and riding a red horse, and he should be pretending to be Guan Gong. Look carefully at his big knife. The knife is called the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, also known as the Lengyan Saw. It is said that it weighs 82 pounds."

Geng Zhongming mentioned the two people in the middle of the city. The man dressed in the Taoist priest wore a purple golden crown on his head, and the sky blue Taoist robe was as graceful as an immortal. It was very different from the common Taoist robe.

The Taoist priest had two long swords with black and white behind him. He held his hands behind him, his eyes were like lightning, and his wide Taoist robe sounded in the wind, making him look like a fairy-like posture.

Next to him was a green-robed general riding a red horse, with thin eyebrows and long eyes, a beard two feet long, and a heavy date. He sat on the horse as firm as Mount Tai, and was slightly slimly closing his eyes, twisting his long beard to watch the city.

Duoduo claims to be knowledgeable and well-known, and his military strategy is mostly derived from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He has naturally read the military book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Moreover, he had two major hobbies in his life, one was female sex, and the other was the storytelling and opera in the Central Plains. Among all the princes of the Eight Banners, only Duoduo raised several opera troupes at home at the same time.

When Huang Taiji was still in power, he scolded Duoduo for saying that he was: "Wearing in a good robber, learning to be a fan, thinking that the prince of the Ministry of Rites should be like this?"

What he said is that Duoduo would apply rouge and powder at home when he was fine, and sing a paragraph with the actors in costume. He really didn't look like a prince.

But the words were divided into two parts. Although Huang Taiji and his brother Dorgon didn't like his hobby of telling and listening to operas, even in the entire circle of bannermen, if only talking about the skills of the Liyuan, Duoduo said without boasting that he had never convinced anyone.

Just like Guan Gong's appearance, I have played at home for hundreds of times.

It would be fine to talk about dress, appearance, behavior and expression, compared with others. If compared with his prince, the one on the city wall now is just a sign of it.

Now that Geng Zhongming deliberately pleases him, the simple things he introduced to him can be said to be really ridiculous.

But as the commander of the three armies, I can't condescend to chat with Geng Zhongming, saying that when I'm at home, I'd like to vote for an actor or something. Moreover, I've already mastered my skills, both the best of both the generation and the genius!

So at this time, Duoduo just had a stern face and said nothing, looking at Mr. Guan on the city, thinking in his heart:

"The appearance of Mr. Guan is still acceptable. But this pig and dog-like person kneels down and bows down when he sees me. He even stands on the top of the city with a big horse. He looks up from above and there is no rank of superiority and inferiority. He looks so arrogant that he has no lord. After entering the city, he must chop his head."

Manchuria is located in a bitter and cold place. Its ancestor Nurhaci once worshipped under the disciple of the Ming Dynasty general Li Chengliang and called himself a Nuer. Therefore, although the Jurchens did not say it, they felt the most inferior in their hearts.

Huang Taiji even changed the country's name from the Later Jin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty for this reason. He was always worried that others would call him barbarians and valued the etiquette of the highest. Although Duoduo did not say it, he felt murderous intent in his heart.

Geng Zhongming still didn't realize Duoduo's dislike, and still introduced:

"Prince, please see, the horse under Mr. Guan's crotch is called the Red Rabbit Rouge Beast. There have been people in the Three Kingdoms who have already recorded Lu Bu and the Red Rabbit among the horses. The red Rabbit is covered in blood. It is not easy to find such a horse. I guess 80% of the horses are dyed.

But even so, I think this corner has put some thoughts. You see, the city wall is high and steep, and it is not easy to lead the horse to the city. Now I sit on the horse and don’t even have room for maneuver. When I get down the city for a while, I may have to go back down from the horse path, which is difficult for these actors... Tsk tsk, I really put my heart into it..."

Just as Geng Zhongming was talking endlessly, the Taoist priest on the city tower raised his right hand high, with his palm facing inward, slowly closing his thumb, index finger, ring finger and little finger in turn. He only left his middle finger facing outward and raised high.

Geng Zhongming saw it clearly, but he didn't understand what the Taoist gesture meant. He was unwilling to stop talking, so he had to impose an explanation:

"I have been in my holy dynasty for many years and have become much unfamiliar with the etiquette in my hometown. I guess this may be some etiquette gesture in the countryside of Guanzhong. I am really ignorant, and this is the first time I have seen this gesture.

However, according to my subordinates, I looked up at the sky and all my fingers were bowing down. Maybe it was to congratulate the prince on taking the lead and taking the lead...

The Taoist priest held up his middle finger for a long time, and saw that there was no reaction from the city. He simply withdrew his middle finger, stretched out his little finger, and hooked it in the direction of Duoduo. His contempt was beyond words.

Geng Zhongming also realized that something was wrong on the city wall at this time. He was upset that he was talking too much, but it was too late to shut up.

But Duoduo had already seen something was wrong in the city. He reached out to stop the moving team, tied the reins, and looked up at the top of the city.

The Taoist priest on the top of the city saw that Duoduo and others stopped walking forward, and couldn't help but smile contemptuously. Then he pulled out the sword from behind, stepped on the chassis, and jumped out of the city wall.
To be continued...