Shengjing City, Prince Rui’s Mansion.

The owner of this mansion, Dorgon, was sitting with his younger brother Duoduo, discussing the war ahead.

Duoduo said: "That old guy Jiergalang has been in Shanhaiguan for several days, but he has made a small fuss and sent some Han slaves and Mongolians to die every day. It's simply a joke from our Qing Dynasty!"

Dorgon smiled and said, "I don't know what his old guy thinks? He just wants to preserve his strength. He felt that the Ming Dynasty lacks supplies now, so he used a drag-on technique. As long as he drags all the food and grass from the Ming army, he can ask for it at that time, and maybe he can still fight to the city of Beijing."

When Duoduo heard this, he suddenly became nervous and said, "Mingguo will not really be taken away by the old dog Jirgalang, right? That would be a big bad news for us."

Dorgon sneered and said, "Jirgalang, that timid guy, even if he really hit the city of Beijing, he must have plundered the population and wealth in Beizhili. How could he be willing to waste his troops to attack the city of Beijing that had just repelled Li Zicheng?"

When he said this, a trace of regret flashed through Dorgon's eyes.

If Dorgon went to lead the troops, he would actually adopt the same strategy, first using delaying strategies to make the Ming army collapse without fighting.

But next, Dorgon would not rob Beizhili, but would attack Beijing City at all costs!

As long as the city of Beijing can be broken, the hope of the Qing Dynasty going south to dominate or even entering the Central Plains will be greatly increased.

It’s a pity that if he talks about one thousand words and ten thousand, what can he do if he is not Dorgon leading the troops?

At this moment, a guard walked in and said respectfully: "Master, Hong Chengchou is back, and I'm asking for a meeting outside."

Dorgon nodded and said, "Let him come in."

Duoduo smiled.

After a moment, Hong Chengchou, who was exhausted, appeared in front of Dorgon and knelt down with a plop: "Slave Hong Chengchou, have met two masters."

Dorgon had a calm expression and said, "You went to Baoding, what did Li Zicheng say?"

Hong Chengchou said: "Li Zicheng seems to be ambitious. If he still has a chance, he should be able to make a comeback."

Although he was humiliated by Li Zicheng, Hong Chengchou still seemed quite calm and his judgment was not greatly affected.

Dorgon nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good."

Duoduo smiled and said, "This Li Zicheng is really a dog-skin plaster. Mingguo can't get rid of it no matter how hard it is. It's really interesting."

Dorgon laughed and said, "What kind of dog skin plaster is it all posted by our Qing Dynasty to Ming State, but it is not something that Ming State can take if it wants to."

The two brothers looked at each other and laughed.

Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, but he stopped talking.

Dorgon noticed this and said lightly: "If you have something to say."

Hong Chengchou then said: "When I go back to my master, when the slave left Baoding City, he happened to meet the army of Ming Kingdom heading north, but..."

Duoduo was a little impatient and shouted, "If you have any questions, just say it directly, mother-in-law, your wife is more comfortable in bed than you!"

Hong Chengchou was helpless and said, "It's just that I feel that the Ming army did not seem to have completely headed north."

Dorgon was stunned for a moment and said, "What do you mean..."

Hong Chengchou nodded and said, "What a slave means is that the Ming army is likely to be divided into two groups, one of which chooses to go north, and the other one is still continuing to besiege Baoding!"

This sentence was like a thunderclap, which shocked Dorgon and Duoduo.

After a few seconds, Duoduo shouted: "This is impossible! Are these generals from the Ming Kingdom crazy? How dare they divide their troops into two groups?"

For these senior officials of the Qing Dynasty, since they have been in a strategic advantage over the Ming Dynasty for so many years, they subconsciously felt that as soon as they sent troops, the Ming Dynasty should go all out to fight.

They never thought that the Ming Dynasty would dare to divide the troops into two groups.

It was like a tiger attacking an old wolf. Unexpectedly, the old wolf not only dealt with the tiger's attack, but also stretched out its wolf claws to catch the rabbit!

Dorgon took a deep breath and said very seriously: "Hong Chengchou, this matter is quite serious, are you sure?"

Hong Chengchou said seriously: "How dare I deceive my two masters in the face of such a major event? According to my judgment, the Ming army, which had only about 40,000 at most, went north, and about 40,000 were left outside Baoding City. However, I was in a hurry to come back at that time, so I didn't continue to observe, otherwise I would not be able to catch up with the time."

Dorgon looked ugly and said coldly: "If this is the case, then the old guy Jiergalang will not move his troops at Shanhaiguan. Wouldn't he be fooled by the Ming people?"

Duoduo slapped the table and roared: "These Han people from Ming Dynasty are really cunning, despicable and shameless!"

Dorgon snorted heavily and said, "I will write to Jiergalang, the old man, and ask him to attack Shanhaiguan quickly!"

It was originally thought that the main force of the Ming Dynasty was in Shanhaiguan, and blind attacks were not worth the cost for the Qing Dynasty.

But now the Ming Dynasty dared to divide its troops into two groups and only used half of its strength to deal with the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty must show its strength and completely defeat this half of the Ming army, so that the Ming Dynasty knows how powerful the Qing Dynasty is!

Baoding City.

With a loud bang, the walls of Baoding City finally couldn't stand it and collapsed in pieces.

This city has enjoyed hundreds of years of peace, and its last true renovation will be counted until the time when the Ming Dynasty was just established more than two hundred years ago.

Construction technology more than two hundred years ago was already very outdated for artillery.

Although its city walls are still tall and majestic, under the continuous bombardment of more than a dozen of the world's most outstanding artillery cannons, the world's most outstanding artillery cannons, can't resist the power of this powerful weapon on the surface.

The collapse of the city wall brought the deaths of countless Dashun soldiers on the city walls. The smoke and dust soared into the sky covered the sky, and countless screams turned this place into a hell on earth!

British Duke Zhang Shize looked at this scene and waved his hand excitedly: "It's great, send the order and attack the whole army!"

There was no need for too many words from the British Duke. The Ming officials who had been waiting for this moment had a shocking cheer, rushing towards the breakthrough like a tsunami.

The drums exploded in the ears of every Ming soldier like thunder. At this moment, there was only one thought left in their minds, move forward, move forward!

On the other side, the monarch and ministers of the Dashun Army in the city were disgusted by the sudden loud noise.

Li Zicheng shouted: "What's going on? Come and have a few people go and see!"

At this moment, Li Zicheng actually had a very bad premonition in his heart.

Before Li Zicheng's personal guards could go out to inquire, Li Yan rushed in without looking at him and shouted: "Your Majesty, no, the city gate has been destroyed by the red cannons. The Ming army is about to enter the city. Your Majesty, please retreat quickly!"

Li Zicheng stood there on the spot and roared a few seconds later: "This is impossible! The Ming army has obviously gone north, so why can it maintain such a fierce offensive!"

Li Zicheng couldn't believe this fact, even though more than ten days had passed.

During these ten days, the Ming army continued to launch fierce attacks on Baoding City, but Li Zicheng always believed that this was just a trick of the Ming army. The main force of the Ming army would retreat north sooner or later, unless the Ming army did not want Beijing City.

It is precisely because of this idea that Li Zicheng has always defended Baoding City and was unwilling to leave because he just wanted to use this place as a base camp for counterattack, and then find an opportunity to go north to attack Beijing City after repelling the Ming army here!

But now, the facts have ruthlessly shattered Li Zicheng's fantasy, Baoding City has been broken, and Li Zicheng will usher in another failure!

Seeing Li Zicheng whose mentality was completely broken, Li Yan had no choice but to continue persuading: "Your Majesty, retreat quickly, otherwise when the Ming army comes in, everything will be too late."

The soldiers of the Dashun Army around them also knew that the situation was extremely urgent at this moment. They rushed forward one by one to surround Li Zicheng, which was surrounded on the surface, but in fact they were half-pushing and half-armed, and walked outward with Li Zicheng.

When Li Zicheng came to the street, there was already a carriage waiting. Everyone pushed Li Zicheng towards the carriage with all their strength.

Before entering the carriage, Li Zicheng came to his senses and shouted: "I won't leave, I haven't lost yet. I will fight the Minggou here today!"

In a hurry, Li Yan pushed Li Zicheng into the carriage and shouted: "Drive quickly and take Your Majesty away!"

Surrounded by many personal guards, Li Zicheng finally left, but his unwilling roar could still be heard from a distance.

Seeing this, Li Yan couldn't help but shake his head, thinking that he was still stubborn at this time, so what's the use?

A subordinate appeared in front of Li Yan with an urgent expression: "General, let's retreat soon."

Li Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "Where is Military Advisor Song?"

His subordinate took out a letter from his arms and said, "Mr. Song just left and said he wanted me to send this letter to the general."

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, took the letter and saw that his expression suddenly became complicated, and he cursed a few seconds later.

"What a cunning person!"

After saying this, Li Yan stopped hesitating and said to the few confidants around him: "Let's retreat too and follow His Majesty!"

Someone said: "General, the government army is so strong now, otherwise we might as well surrender the government army."

Li Yan hesitated for a moment and gritted his teeth and said, "Not now! Okay, retreat quickly!"

After saying that, Li Yan also took his subordinates to apply oil to the soles of his feet.

Li Zicheng, Song Xiance, and Li Yan, all the core figures of the Dashun Army fled, and the remaining Dashun Army naturally became even more defeated. They either fled everywhere or knelt on their knees to choose to surrender.
Chapter completed!