Just after noon, all the Chu troops had retreated to the east bank of the Liao River.n∈n∈,

After half a day of rest, Liu Jun led his army to continue to fight back to the city of Liaoyang. Only 10,000 Chu troops and 20,000 old subordinates such as Kong Youde were bluffing the Liu Jun flag under Liaoyang City. They were actually very worried at the city of Liaoyang City. When they saw Liu Jun and others come back, they actually lost more than 3,000 troops and horses, which was shocked.

"Is this a defeat?" Cai Yuan, deputy general of the First Division, asked hurriedly.

"No, we won the battle, a huge victory." Cai Yuan's former subordinate, Zhang Guodong, now the deputy general of the Second Division, replied. "We wiped out all the five thousand Tartars on the bank of the Liao River and killed the Tartar Emperor."

"Don't joke with me." Cai Yuan said.

"The body of the Tartar Emperor is behind. We also killed his brother Bele Abatai, captured his two Bele nephews alive. Gushan Ezhen captured two and three Grand Secretarys." Zhang Guodong said proudly.

"My God!" Cai Yuan exclaimed, shocked very much. Although he knew very well that Liu Jun had led his army to attack the Tartar Emperor before, he never expected that they had succeeded and achieved such a complete victory, even the Tartar Emperor was killed.

Liu Jun nodded to Cai Yuan and signaled that what Zhang Guodong said was true.

"How is the situation in Liaoyang?" Liu Jun asked.

"As commanded by the commander, I bluffed the commander's flag, and set up an empty camp far away from the north, south and east of Liaoyang. I bluffed the flag, only laid the troops on the west side, and set up cannons outside the city, and bombarded them for a while. Until now, Haoge should not have seen through our reality. He had never dared to leave the city, but just closed the four gates, busy strengthening his defense, and waiting for reinforcements."

The main forces of the Qing army are now in western Liaoning, and there will be no reinforcements for the time being.

"Tie the bodies of Huang Taiji and Abatai on the flagpole, push them to the gate of Liaoyang City, put out the captured dragon robes, and then take the captives such as Beledudu, Shuotou, Turge, Ying'erdai, Xifu, Ganglin and other prisoners to the city, so that the defenders of Liaoyang knew that we had killed the Tartars and destroyed their reinforcements, well. Let Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming go over and ask them to help escort the prisoners."

At the head of Liaoyang City, the Qing army discovered the movements of the Ming army and hurriedly reported to Haoge.

Aisin Gioro Haoge, 31 years old this year, is the eldest son of Huang Taiji. In the first year of Chongde, he was promoted to Prince Heshuosu. He was Huang Taiji's first son and the only adult son of Huang Taiji. In his early years, he followed his father to conquer Mongolian Dong Kui, Chahar, Ordos and other tribes. He made military achievements in several battles and was named Beile by his grandfather Nurhaci.

Because of his bravery and ability to fight, he was Huang Taiji's only adult son, so he was granted the title of Prince Su, and he also had considerable strength within the Qing Dynasty.

Hearing the report below, Haoge rushed to the city gate tower in Xicheng, and immediately found that it was only a hundred steps away from the city. He pushed several carts and hung three people at the door.

"Come on the mirror!"

The Qing army on the top of the city had been seeing a man hanging in the car wearing a dragon robe, but he didn't dare to say anything. Haoge also saw it, but he couldn't believe it.

Holding the Qianli Mile Mile, Haoge looked at it at first and felt that the man looked very much like his father Huang Taiji, and he was wearing a dragon robe. However, when he looked at his face carefully, he found that his face was rotten and looked quite ferocious.

Although his face was a bit rotten, Haoge still confirmed in his heart that this was the body of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Qianlijing looked to the side and was quite familiar with the person on the left. He was his seventh uncle Abatai, and he also knew the person on the right. Fan Wencheng, the leader of the Han ministers, was also the leader of the civil ministers.

Haug felt dizzy.

At this time, a group of people came over the opposite side.

"It's Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi's three traitors!" The Qing general next to him couldn't help but shout.

Haoge also recognized at a glance that the leader of the crowd was Kong Youde and Sanshun Kings, and Shen Zhixiang, the Duke of Xu Shun. Gaizhou was lost, and these Han troops directly under the emperors who were directly under the black flag surrendered to the Ming army.

Now these shameless guys are escorting a large group of people over.

"Dudubaile, Soustobaile!"

Someone exclaimed again.

Haoge had a dark face and watched his two cousins ​​being taken to the front by Kong Youde and others, and were pressed to kneel to the ground.

The two Baylors knelt down, and several more were taken up.

"Gushan Ezhen Turge, Ying'erdai."

There is only one Eight Banners in each of Gushan Ezhen, but two of them suddenly appeared here. And like the two Beile, they should have been with the emperor at this time.

Several more people were taken up, including Grand Secretary Xifu and Ganglin. If Fan Wencheng was hung on the car over there, all three Grand Secretary of the Qing Dynasty were here.

Another group of people were taken up, some knew each other, some didn't, but looking at the armor on them, you can almost guess that they were all Zhang Jing from Shangsanqi.

The last one was bet was the Eight Banners Warriors with a total of seven or eight hundred.

"Prince!" The defenders on the top of the city were already dissatisfied and were extremely frightened. If they were just a corpse in a dragon robe, they could still determine that the Ming army had made a corpse that pretended to be the emperor. But now, the ones that appeared under the city were no longer suspicious.

When the emperor received a letter of help from Liaoyang, he led his troops to come, he was ambushed and killed by the Ming army.

At this time, Kong Youde Ce, who was under the city, immediately stepped forward and shouted to the top of the city, "Listen to Prince Su Haoge, Prince Su on the city, your emperor, your father, the captive leader Huang Taiji has been raided and killed by my commander outside the Daming Pass last night on the west bank of the Liaohe River. The 5,000-eight cavalry beside Huang Taiji were also wiped out. The Duke of Chu will give you a day. If you do not surrender tomorrow at noon, my Daming soldiers will attack the city, and no one will be left at that time."

After saying that, Kong Youde turned back to the formation and waved to the more than 800 Qing army prisoners who were taken to the city.

All the executioners were surrendered officers with black flags, and they were asked to serve as executioners themselves.

"cut!"

After Kong Youde finished speaking, he pulled out his waist knife and walked to Belleshuto first.

Shuotuo saw Kong Youde walking forward with a knife with a fierce look on his face, and knew his fate. He couldn't help but curse, "Damn Kong Youde, I'll be your ancestors, and you'll be your ancestors."

"Master Beile, I'm sending you on my way."

"Traitor, you must die a good death. Do you think the seller asks for honor and kill me will have a good end? The Southern Dynasty will not let you go."

Kong Youde waved his knife suddenly, and Shuotou's head fell to the ground, and blood spurted up.

Geng Zhongming slashed Beledudu with one knife. Shang Kexi slashed Turge with one knife, and Shen Zhixiang slashed Ying'erdai. Other officers of all sizes were bleeding from their waists.

In a blink of an eye, more than 800 Qing army prisoners, from Beile to ordinary vests, were chopped to the ground.

After the killing, Kong Youde took away the heads of important figures such as Shuotuo, leaving behind the headless corpse. The bodies of Huang Taiji, Abatai, Fan Wencheng were put down, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi swung their swords again. The heads of the three corpses were chopped off again, and finally the headless corpse was thrown aside and the corpse was picked up.

The Ming army withdrew into the formation.

Haoge and others were trembling with popularity, and there was fear in their anger.

"Send someone to take all the bodies back to the city."

Haoge said word by word.

"Prince, go out and fight with them."

"Fight for your mother!" Haoge suddenly cursed at the officer. After yelling, he turned around and got off the city.

Under the city, in front of the Ming army.

Fu Shan frowned as Kong Youde and others watched as he slashed the Qing army prisoners, "It's no need to kill prisoners, and what to do with these prisoners? Shouldn't it be up to the court to decide?"

Liu Jun is not a bloodthirsty person.

He doesn't like killing prisoners, but this doesn't mean he won't kill prisoners.

"These people killed more than 3,000 of our comrades, and this is to avenge them." Liu Jun said that the Battle of Liaohe was the largest casualties in two years since its establishment. More than 3,000 casualties in one battle were caused by pain. Liu Jun wanted to cry. Now the execution of these prisoners is not just for revenge, "This is killing a chicken to warn the monkey."

"General, don't we bombard the siege immediately? Dai Shan may be coming. Maybe it will appear at any time." Chief of Staff Wang Qian said.

"Daishan won't come so quickly. We have sent people to patrol the Liaohe River. We will know as soon as they appear. And I am sure Daishan won't come. Daishan is an old fox. We have always been cautious. When he knows the outcome of the Liaohe Battle, he will not come rashly. And I give Haoge a day because I am also sure that Haoge will definitely abandon the city and flee tonight and withdraw back to Shenyang."

Fu Shan, Wang Qian and Zhang Shan were all surprised. I don’t know where Liu Jun’s judgment came from.

Liu Jun was very confident that the nine-headed birds had been invincible since they entered Liaoning. Now even the Tartar emperor has been killed. Both Daishan and Haoge must not dare to underestimate the nine-headed birds anymore. Of course, the most important point is that once Huang Taiji died, the Qing Dynasty has no leader now, who will become the emperor? This is the most important question.

There were only ten thousand pieces of troops in Liaoyang City. Haoge knew very well that his men and Liaoyang City could not stand the cannons of the Chu army. Especially now that Huang Taiji died, the throne was empty. As Huang Taiji's eldest son and only adult son, Haoge had a very advantage in the inheritance of the throne. Instead of being trapped in Liaoyang, it would be better to go back to Shenyang first.

In addition to Haoge, the main ones who can covet the throne at present are the other three of the four princes, Prince Rui Dorgon, Prince Li Daishan, Prince Zheng Jiergalang, and three other princes: Prince Wuying Ajige, Prince Ying Adali and Prince Yu Duoduo, who are also strong contenders for the throne.

Prince Li Daishan is Huang Taiji's elder brother. He is old and weak, and has the will but lacks strength. However, his years of management and qualifications will play a major role in this battle for the throne.

Prince Zheng Jirhalang is the son of Nuerhaci's younger brother Shurhazi. He grew up in the palace since he was a child and was as brothers as Huang Taiji. However, his blood relationship was a little far apart and he could basically be excluded. However, his strength to support anyone will play a key role.

The remaining few people can be divided into two factions, one is the faction headed by Prince Rui Dorgon, among which his younger brothers, Prince Wuying Ajige, Prince Yu Duoduo, and two white flags are all his strong supporters.

On the other side, Prince Su Haoge, the eldest son of Huang Taiji, was the most legitimate heir to the throne. It was the year when he was fighting, and he had the strong support of Shang Sanqi behind him.

Even the Qing Dynasty, which has always been united with the outside world, was still quite fierce when fighting for power within.

Huang Taiji died suddenly, and the Qing army gathered heavily in western Liaoning. When Dai Shan heard about Huang Taiji's death, his most likely move was to return to the city of Jinzhou and fight for military power. Even if Dai Shanzhen did not compete for the throne himself, he would not be unable to participate in this alternation of power.

It is precisely based on these analysis that Liu Jun believes that Haoge is likely to run back to Shenyang and Daishan will return to Jinzhou halfway.

Of course, I gave Haoge half a day because after a battle with great casualties, the Nine-Headed Bird also needs time to rest. If Haoge is still in Liaoyang tomorrow and refuses to surrender, then Liu Jun should launch the siege battle and will still launch it. (To be continued.)
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