Jinan Prefecture, Feicheng County.

In the lobby of the county town, Emperor Hongxing, who was rushing slowly but still failed to catch up with the decisive battle, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Zuo Maodi, Huang Degong, Li Chengdong, Li Shiyuan, who were fighting repeatedly in the north, were staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes!

His troops arrived at Yunmeng Mountain 20 miles north of the Guishan battlefield late at night on the 24th.

This is not a shortcoming, but a lack of an excellent reconnaissance cavalry!

Dorgon's scouts and soldiers were placed all the way to the edge of Mount Tai. They knew Zhu Cihong's 30,000 troops as soon as they left Mount Tai.

So before Zhu Cixiang's army climbed to the high ground of Yunmeng Mountain, Dorgon returned victoriously with tears in his eyes.

Zhu Cixiang looked at Shi Kefa and asked quietly: "Supervisor Shi, have the losses been calculated? Can the various ministries continue to fight? Can Qufu be defended?"

What Emperor Zhu Da is really concerned about now is not the losses of several warlord families, because the defeated soldiers who retreated to Feicheng are many young and old. Although all of them have lost their armor and are in a miserable state, as long as there are people around, they can add some spears and muskets.

, armor, etc., and send some money and land to soothe the soul, and they will all be good officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty again.

But the gain or loss of Qufu City is a big problem!

Because the matter of "Confucius and Lin's rebellion" was Zhu Cihong's theme of smearing Dorgon and shorting the Qing Dynasty, and it was also a major theme.

Because of this theme, scholars all over the world stood against the Qing Dynasty one after another, and the market of the Qing Dynasty also fell again and again because of this. In the original history, the Qing Dynasty was now "all the gentry returned to their hearts" and wanted to "rule the world smoothly"

"Yes. But how has it fallen now? Even Shandong and Shanxi can't keep up.

As a former senior practitioner in the "hype industry", Zhu Cihong knows very well what it means to "exhaust all the bad" and "exhaust all the good"?

If Dorgon and the Qing Dynasty want to stop their decline, they must capture Qufu, the source of bad news!

After capturing Qufu, whether it was Zun Kong who bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, or whether he really defeated Confucius in a duel, the story of "Confucius and Lin defeated him in a duel" is over.

By then, the market in the Qing Dynasty will definitely rebound. No matter how sluggish the Qing Dynasty is, it still maintains an airs of rivalry with the Southern Ming Dynasty and even opens the second largest official shop in China!

Therefore, after the defeat of Guishan, the gains and losses of Qufu became the key to whether the Qing Dynasty could stop its decline and regain stability.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty," Shi Kefa burst into tears as he spoke, looking very distressed, "Your Majesty, I have made preliminary calculations. Starting from the retreat from Ziyang, the total number of personnel in each department has been reduced by more than 16,500.

Although soldiers have returned one after another in the past few days, the number of losses is probably no less than fifteen thousand and hundreds! Vehicles, grain, horses, artillery and other items were all lost! Less than thirty thousand troops from various tribes fled to Feicheng

, and half of them are bare-handed. If the armor and equipment cannot be replenished, the 30,000 people here will not be able to fight against the emperor anymore, and Qufu may not be able to defend it!"

Zhu Cixiang's heart sank!

Zhu Cixiang himself saw what was happening to the defeated troops gathered in Feicheng, and if he didn't make up for it, they would indeed be unable to fight.

Without these more than 30,000 men, Zhu Cihong only had two infantry divisions and two cavalry regiments on hand, with a total of more than 30,000 men.

As for Dorgon, there were 80,000 to 100,000 troops on the Guishan battlefield alone!

Zhu Cihong didn't dare to use the 30,000 people at hand to fight against Dorgon's 100,000 and 89,000 banner soldiers!

These 30,000 people were the Dinghai Shenzhen on the battlefield in Shandong. If Zhu Cihong was defeated, he would have to go to the south bank of the Huaihe River!

Therefore, the correct option before Emperor Zhu was to avoid prolonging the decisive battle. Even if Dorgon was allowed to take Qufu and break the "Confucius-Lin's fight" situation, we must delay it resolutely.

As long as the situation in Shandong can be maintained, the height of the Qing's rebound will be limited. Even if Shi Kefa continues to lose the battle, fifteen or six thousand for Dorgon's four or five thousand, and loses ten times or eight times, the Qing will still be defeated.

"Defeat" is gone!

Shi Kefa now takes the initiative to say that Qufu will not defend, and I am afraid that this is his idea.

Zhu Cihong turned his attention to Gao Hongtu and Zuo Maodi.

"Your Majesty," Gao Hongtu twirled his beard and narrowed his eyes with a scheming look, "Although I and others are defeated, as long as the overall situation in Shandong is not bad and we can rest for a few months, we will be able to regain our strength!"

Then we can win the battle again

Zuo Maodi said: "Qufu is actually a fortified city. As long as Duke Yansheng does not waver, there is no risk of falling. What we are most afraid of now is"

Ah! There is also Kong Yinzhi!

Zhu Cixiang glanced at Shi Kefa and complained in his heart: Why don't you let him evaluate Hedinghong?

What a great thing it is to work to death to protect Kong Lin! You can have a grand burial and set an example for future generations!

What should we do now? What if this guy sacrifices himself to Qufu and becomes a traitor? It will be Confucius who will be lost!

"How about a trip to Qufu, Your Majesty?" Shi Kefa also realized his mistake and had no choice but to try to remedy the situation.

Zhu Cixiang asked: "Is it possible to go?"

Huang Degong volunteered and said: "Your Majesty, I will bring 200 cavalry to escort Inspector Shi to Qufu. Your Majesty only needs to leave Feicheng and garrison Yunmeng Mountain to attract Dorgon's attention."

It is impossible for the army to march to Qufu, but as long as Zhu Cihong sends troops to attract Dorgon's attention, there is still a good chance that 200 elite cavalry can break through.

Zhu Cixiang glanced at Shi Kefa meaningfully, "Shi Shibo, Qufu can be thrown away, but Duke Yan Sheng must set an example for the world!"

Shi Kefa stood up and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Kong Yinzhi is loyal and will never disgrace the Kong family!"

"That's good!" Zhu Cixiang said to Huang Degong again, "I will give you 200 muskets and 200 good horses to ensure the safety of Inspector Shi no matter what!"

"I accept the decree, and I will risk my life to save the governor." When Huang Degong said this, he was thinking in his heart: As long as Shi Kefa is saved? Does Kong Yinzhi also want it?

Bata, Bata, Bata

The Qing Emperor Amadorgun was pulling abacus beads in a bright yellow tent at this time!

While pulling, tears welled up in my eyes.

What a loss!

In a bad year, it is easy to lose money in anything you do! Now, the only one who has won battles but suffered losses is Dorgon.

In the Battle of Guishan, he killed 20,000 enemies (actually only 16,000) and suffered 5,500 self-inflicted losses (this is a real number). If the previous losses along the canal are also included, the Qing army's losses on the battlefield in Shandong were

Nearly eight thousand.

In other words, according to the data obtained by Dorgon, the exchange ratio between the Ming and Qing armies on the Shandong battlefield was 2.5 to 1. The loss was so bad that I almost cried!

If such a victorious war continues, the Qing Dynasty will be victorious and destroyed within a few years. But the problem is that the initiative to end the war is not in his hands!

He is currently stationing troops in Ningyang County, just waiting for Zhu Cixi to come to sue for peace. The conditions are easy to negotiate. In Shandong, the Daqing River and Grand Canal can be used as the boundary; in Henan, the Qing Dynasty only needs the three prefectures of Henan, Kaifeng, and Guide; in Shanxi

On the one side, the King of Dai withdrew; on the Shaanxi-Gansu side, the Qing Dynasty withdrew; on the Liaodong and western Liaoning sides, the Ming Dynasty withdrew. Donggu Gege was immediately sent to Zhu Cixiang's residence. But the problem was that Zhu Cixiang had no intention of peace talks at all!

A burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded, and then Suk Saha's voice: "Emperor Ama, slave Suk Saha has an urgent military situation!"

Dorgon quickly took out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes, then put on a proud smiling face and said, "Come in!"

"Hey!" Suk Saha strode in, and when he saw Dorgon, he greeted him with a thousand salutes, "Reporting to Emperor Ama, the Ming army has left Feicheng and is heading towards Yunmeng Mountain!"

What?

Dorgon's heart was agitated. You, Zhu Cihong, just didn't come to sue for peace before it was over. You actually ordered all your troops to fight. What on earth do you want to do? How can you bear to kill so many people?

"Huh! Seeking death!" Dorgon was almost dying of anxiety, but he had to be stubborn with his mouth! Otherwise, he would have to make the people below look down on him for winning the battle and losing money. He couldn't talk nonsense to the people below.
Chapter completed!