Chapter 11 The Lost Qingcheng (I)

Man Gui did not rush to attack Qingcheng because they were Guanning Iron Cavalry. Guanning Iron Cavalry was born for a wider battlefield. It is most appropriate for infantry to do the siege.

Of course, if Bai Yan wanted to fight the decisive battle outside the city, Man Gui had to accompany him.

After three days, the whole Gui surrounded him without attacking, with the purpose of waiting for the infantry to arrive. The infantry carried a large number of siege weapons, such as bulky artillery, and therefore naturally walked slower.

The coalition forces of Elinchen's troops and the Northwest Army have not yet been fully in place, so Man Gui gave Bai Yan three days of ultimatum time.

Wu Sangui picked up Taisong and rushed back quickly. If he was quick, he might reach Mangui's army in five days.

Qingcheng had fallen into Lin Danhan once. Although Bai Yan spent a lot of manpower and material resources to repair it over the past three years, it was not enough to resist the enemy. Because the war broke out too quickly, the city's defense weapons and arrows were insufficient, and food and grass were even more of a big problem. If you don't need to fight, you will collapse after being besieged for ten days and half a month.

What should I do? Someone under Bai Yan suggested breaking out of the city and keeping the green mountains there, so that I would not be afraid of no firewood. I would take tens of thousands of people to Huang Taiji, so I would not have to worry about not being reused. I would just come back when the time comes!

How could Bai Yan give up the foundation he had accumulated with great effort to be a slave to others? How comfortable is he to be a king? Besides, even if he can break through, he will inevitably be surrounded and blocked. Even if he gets the Later Jin Dynasty, how many people are left in tens of thousands of troops?

Only people have the right nowadays!

If you surrender out of the city, you may not die now, but what about the future? Life and death are not just a matter of others, and the outcome may be even more miserable!

Fighting is also a death, not fighting is also a death. Bai Yan can be regarded as a hero. In the end, he chose to fight!

Bai Yan's military order to prepare for war was issued, and the entire Qingcheng suddenly fell into a more tense atmosphere. He summoned all the young and strong people in the city, as well as the soldiers in the city and some remaining soldiers who fought against E Linchen and fled into Qingcheng, and the income was actually 50,000.

With these 50,000 troops, Bai Yan felt that his confidence had increased a little. As long as he could persevere until the arrival of reinforcements from the Later Jin Dynasty, there might be hope for defending Qingcheng.

Bai Yan didn't know that the first batch of 5,000 cavalry of the Later Jin who came to help him had almost been wiped out. The chief general Dorgon was chasing him and hiding everywhere like a rat crossing the street, so he could not care about his life or death!

Mangui did not know much about Qingcheng's defense. Although the spies who were involved in Qingcheng also conveyed a lot of information about Qingcheng's fortifications and strength, Bai Yan would definitely make some adjustments before the war, and Qingcheng was under strict blockade. Therefore, the information obtained before can only be used as a reference, so a tentative siege is necessary.

After three days, no news came from Bai Yan, and Man Gui ordered the first siege to launch.

The rumbling cannon sounded, and the beautiful Qingcheng was trembling, shaking, and weeping in the cannon again and again.

Mangui did not want to destroy such a beautiful city. He was also a Mongolian and also hoped that all the Mongolians could live in such a beautiful city, with happiness, happiness and no war.

The first round of tentative attacks caused Bai Yan to suffer heavy losses, and soldiers with few legs were everywhere. Miserable wails kept coming from the smoke, and the threat of death enveloped every soldier.

If Mangui hadn't been afraid of hurting the innocent people in the city, he would have ordered an undifferentiated attack. That's it, many people's houses in the city were affected by artillery fire. The huge explosion made the people in the city frightened, and kept saying the words "Blessing for the heavens" and praying to the heavens to look at them, so that the devilish thing should not be hit on their heads.

There is a shortage of doctors and medicine in the city, and many injured soldiers and ordinary people are constantly wailing.

Seeing that morale was depressed and people were distracted, Bai Yantaiji was anxious and immediately ordered people to post a notice in the city, saying that once the city slope, the southerners would definitely massacre the city, and called on hundreds of believers in the city to defend Qingcheng. Many people believed Bai Yan's nonsense, allowing Bai Yan to temporarily control the chaos in the city.

After Dorgon hiking in the deep mountains and forests for four days and three nights, and died several injured soldiers who were not treated, there were only more than 80 people left by his side. The news was blocked, and he knew nothing about the situation outside. He wanted to catch someone to ask, but was afraid of revealing his whereabouts. Dorgon felt that he had never been so cowardly in his life!

And that brother was like a mad dog, biting him tightly and using any tricks, but he just couldn't get rid of the brother's tracking. He stuck to himself like a piece of dog skin plaster and approached step by step.

If this continues, one day he will be caught up, and Dorgon is secretly annoyed.

"The fourteen bells are worse than go west, it's not the territory of Chahar Mongolia." Someone suggested Dorgon.

Going west is also a life-and-death road. Dorgon knows this better than anyone else, and they are even more unfamiliar with it in the west. As Beile of the Later Jin Dynasty, he is naturally very clear about some important plans of the Later Jin Dynasty. Huang Taiji has been preparing to personally expedition Chahar for the third time, and the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. Therefore, he had an idea in his mind that as long as he could persevere until Huang Taiji led the army to arrive, he would still have a glimmer of hope to merge with the army and get rid of the endless pursuit of Na Ge.

According to Dorgon's speculation, Huang Taiji's army would soon set out afterwards. As soon as the army arrived, the fall of Chahar Mongolia was about to fall and the death of Chahar Mongolia was destroyed. It would be useless for brother to chase him.

The key is that he and his men wanted to escape Na Ge's pursuit within the next time before the demise of Chahar Mongolia, and he was not sure about this.

If it weren't for Wu Sangui's interception, he wouldn't have to be as embarrassed as he is now. Dorgon hated Wu Sangui in his heart and gritted his teeth. If Wu Sangui hadn't intervened, even if the brother secretly plotted against him, he might not have ended up like this now. At least he would be quite sure to escape without hesitation.

Damn Wu Sangui, a damn southerner, Dorgon cursed Wu Sangui in his heart.

The Ming court did not participate in the fight between Mongolian tribes. This time, it suddenly took the initiative to participate. Its purpose was strange. After calming down, Dorgon felt that there must be many conspiracies that he didn't know about!

The Ming court changed its modest and polite style and became aggressive. What does this mean? What does the Ming court suddenly intervene in the internal struggle between Mongolia before the Dajin was about to conquer Chahar Mongolia again?

The Ming court likes to drive away tigers and swallow wolves, but this time he personally took the battle. What does this mean?

It seems that Mongolia has become a piece of fat, a fragrant wand. Both the Ming court and Dajin want to eat this piece of fat, but it is somewhat different in essence. Dajin wants to strengthen his strength, and annexing of various Mongolian tribes became the most direct means. The Ming court wanted to prevent Dajin from swallowing Mongolia and strengthening itself. Therefore, the Ming court was unwilling to watch Mongolia fall into Dajin's hands, and the change in attitude changed from the original passive to the current initiative.

This sharp change in attitude caught Huang Taiji off guard. Once the Ming court changed from passive to active, it would be much more difficult for the Later Jin Dynasty to conquer Mongolia, so it was necessary to speed up the conquest of Mongolia. It is not known what the Ming court had in Mongolia. Once the Ming court's layout was completed, the Jin Dynasty would have to stay in the white mountains and black waters, and the vast world outside would no longer belong to it.

Dorgon understood the powerful relationship here, and immediately became more confident in his decision. He had enough confidence in his brother Huang Taiji to conquer Chahar Mongolia. According to his judgment, even if the Ming Dynasty wanted to intervene in Dao Mongolia, it would not be possible for the Ming Dynasty to take over their rule. Therefore, it was unlikely that the Ming Dynasty would control the Mongolians for their use. Later Jin was different. There were already many Mongolian tribes who had surrendered and had the advantages of marriage and blood. As long as they could conquer the Mongolian grasslands in a short time, the Ming Dynasty would only do nothing!

Dorgon's ideas and speculations are basically consistent with the current situation. If the Later Jin really used his powerful force to conquer all Mongolian tribes one by one at this time, the Ming Dynasty really had no way to deal with him. Perhaps there would be a rare period of peace between the two countries. However, although the power of the Later Jin Dynasty is even stronger than this period in history, the situation in Mongolia has also undergone tremendous changes.

The Later Jin Dynasty wanted to conquer Mongolia in a short time, it might have become a flower in the mirror and a moon in the water. First of all, Huang Taiji may not be able to defeat Lin Danhan in the Three Conquests of Chahar as in history. Secondly, many tribes in Mongolia may not be willing to surrender to the Later Jin Dynasty. Thirdly, the Ming Dynasty became increasingly stable and there was no need for the beacon of peasant uprisings from various places. It was impossible for Huang Taiji to conquer Mongolia without any interference, not to mention that the Ming court has changed from passive defense to active attacks. In this case, even if Huang Taiji put in three times his efforts, he might not be able to achieve the goal he wanted.

Mongolia cannot become another North Korea!

In order to return to the Ming Dynasty quickly, Wu Sangui ordered all soldiers to eat, drink, defecate, and sleep on the horse's back, and work day and night without stopping.

In this way, Oboi, who was seriously injured, could lie in a carriage, but the road was rugged and the march was very fast, so it was naturally extremely bumpy. As a result, the wound kept bleeding, and the weather was getting warmer, so the wound was prone to inflamed. Fortunately, the young Doctor Lu was accompanied. Although he lost too much blood, the injury did not worsen. By the time he reached the Mangui army, Oboi had almost breathed a sigh of relief.
Chapter completed!