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If a piece of porcelain is broken, even if you repair it, the crack inside cannot be erased.
Although Niu Wanchuan and Guo Yunlong have reconciled temporarily on the surface due to Yu Hong's "repair", it is impossible for them to eliminate the grudges in their hearts.
In the end, the two chose to go their separate ways;
Guo Yunlong led 8,000 troops and attacked Hejian Prefecture and Baoding Prefecture according to his own plan.
Niu Wanchuan led five thousand troops and rushed towards Yanjing City like a wild horse. Yu Hong had no choice but to follow Niu Wanchuan, because if he didn't follow him, he didn't know what trouble this guy would cause.
At this time in the city of Yanjing, the sky was filled with gloomy haze, as heavy as lead, making it almost impossible for the people to breathe.
In the Regent's Palace, Dorgon was furious at Balchuhun who had returned empty-handed: "Useless! You were scared back by a few mobs of rioters. What use are you to?"
Balchuhun was the fourth son of Yuetuo and the great-grandson of Nurhaci. He was granted the titles of Duolo and Huibeile. When Dorgon pointed at his nose and scolded him, he lowered his head and dared not say a word in reply.
"Get out! Get out! Get out!" Seeing that he was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, Dorgon became even more angry.
Riots broke out near Yanjing, and the situation spread like wildfire. The Manchus could hardly leave the city, and even the messengers sent to Taiyuan and Zhending were robbed and killed. The three parties failed to coordinate, and it was impossible to withdraw from the border as soon as possible. Moreover, there was a Qin army in Tianjin, which was nearby, eyeing them covetously.
Dorgon sent Balchuhun to lead troops out of the city to suppress the rioters, hoping that he could be as brave and good at fighting as his father Yuetuo. However, Balchuhun returned empty-handed, which made Dorgon furious.
"Come on, send more troops to Taiyuan and Zhending, tell He Luohui to withdraw to Juyongguan, and let Lekedehun withdraw to Dingxing City and defend Yishui."
After Dorgon gave the order, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the gate of the Regent Palace: "The Emperor has arrived!"
When Dorgon heard this, he frowned, wondering why the little emperor should not stay in the palace at this time but come to cause trouble. However, he had to save face and went out to greet him.
In addition to the young emperor Fulin, there were many other people who came with him, including Prince Li Daishan, Prince Chengze Shuosai (the fifth son of Huang Taiji), Prince Yanxi Luoluohun (the eldest son of Yuetuo), Prince Zheng Jierhalang, etc. There were more than ten people in total, all of whom were important officials in the court.
Seeing these people coming together, Dorgon felt even more uncomfortable. He stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, why are you here in Nanyuan instead of studying in the palace?"
"My father, the regent, I... ..I..." The little emperor was very afraid of Dorgon. When he was questioned by Dorgon with a serious face, he looked around, at a loss, and couldn't even finish a sentence.
Daishan, who was over 60 years old, leaned on a sandalwood cane and said with great sorrow: "Dorgon, you have turned the Qing Dynasty into this state. The foundation that Taizu and Taizong worked so hard to build is about to be destroyed in your hands. At this time, do you still want to cover the sky with one hand?"
Last time Xifu exposed Dorgon's threat to make Fulin a hostage in the Qin Dynasty, Daishan and others came to make trouble once, but at that time Dorgon really just wanted to delay time. He didn't really intend to do that, so he confidently drove Daishan and others back and further strengthened his control over them.
Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Daishan and his men came to cause trouble again. Dorgon, who was already furious, immediately scolded them coldly: "This is extremely stupid. Do you think that if the Qing Dynasty does not enter the pass, you can sit back and relax
As the saying goes, there is no two suns in the sky, and no two kings on earth. Since the day Emperor Taizong proclaimed himself emperor, our Qing Dynasty was destined to have difficulty coexisting with the Han people. Even if our Qing Dynasty did not enter the pass, after Qin Mu unified the world, he would not let our Qing Dynasty occupy the east. Have you all been kicked in the head by a donkey
I led my troops into the pass to compete for the world, and I have finally done my best. It is better than staying in Liaodong and doing nothing, waiting for Qin Mu to destroy you. At this time, you are still fighting among yourselves. Do you want to live? Do you want me to fulfill your wish? "
The more Dorgon spoke, the angrier he became, as if the Qing Dynasty's current situation was all caused by Daishan and others who were holding it back.
Although Daishan and Dorgon were brothers, they had a deep hatred for each other. As Nurhaci's eldest son, Daishan had made many military achievements and the throne should have been his, but because of Dorgon's mother, he lost the right to succeed to the throne.
Dorgon believed that when Nurhaci died, it was Daishan who plotted and forced his mother to be buried alive with him. Dorgon was only fourteen years old at that time. For a motherless child, one can imagine the danger he would face in the fierce power struggle.
In short, the grudge between the two sides was deep. Although Daishan was the elder brother, he scolded him without giving him any face.
When the others saw this, they were immediately silent. No one doubted that the furious Dorgon did not dare to really "help" them.
The eleven-year-old Fulin backed away in fear. Dorgon waved at him and said, "Your Majesty, come to your father, the Regent."
Fulin did not dare to disobey and walked over in small steps. In this way, it seemed that the little emperor was standing with Dorgon, and Daishan and others seemed to be here to force the little emperor and Dorgon.
Daishan was so angry that he stamped his cane and said angrily: "Dorgon, I heard that you want to leave all the elderly over fifty to die. Fine, fine, I am already over sixty, you can leave me and me to die inside the pass!"
In the eyes of the Han people, filial piety is the most important virtue. Anyone who dares to abandon the elderly is absolutely guilty of treason.
But this is often not the case for ethnic minorities who live in harsh environments and worship the strong.
Just like a pride of lions on the grassland, once the lion king gets old and his strength declines, his status will also decline, and he may even be quickly replaced by a young lion.
The Jurchens had only recently emerged from the Baishan Black Waters, and they still had the nature of eliminating the old and weak. That was why Dorgon planned to leave the old and weak behind and only take the young and strong with him to withdraw.
This kind of thing that violates moral principles and ethics is unacceptable to the Han people, but it is nothing to the Jurchens. This can indeed reduce the burden on the Jurchens who are in a difficult situation to the greatest extent and ensure that they can recover faster in the future.
So facing Daishan's accusation, Dorgon did not feel guilty. He was about to refute Daishan's disturbing people's hearts and having bad intentions, when suddenly a horse galloped in from outside the palace and shouted at the entrance of the palace: "Your Majesty, it's bad! It's bad! The Qin army... a Qin army has reached Yongqing... Yongqing, Yongqing has been lost..."
This shout made the originally noisy Regent's Palace suddenly so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
If the 1,000 Qin troops that had previously captured Tianjin did not pose much of a threat to the capital because their gunboats could not enter the Lu River, then the Qin cavalry's arrival in Yongqing meant that a large-scale siege of the capital by the Qin army could become a reality at any time.
Because Yongqing is less than two hundred miles away from the capital, with the speed of cavalry, they can reach the city in one day.
"Tell me clearly, how many Qin troops are there in Yongqing?"
"Reply... Reply to the Regent, there are seven thousand... Some say it is ten thousand..."
"Is it seven thousand or ten thousand?"
“Small… small… it’s ten thousand, it’s ten thousand… ah!”
The furious Dorgon finally exploded, and he suddenly drew his sword and cut off the head of the ignorant messenger. With a puff, the head flew to Daishan's feet, and blood splattered his front.
This time, although Dorgon had no intention of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, it actually played such a role.
Daishan's face was gloomy and he snorted coldly. The other prince, Jirgalang, who had not spoken since the call, just sighed secretly and had no intention of speaking anymore.
“Baerchuhun, you must lead your army to Yongqing immediately, find out the situation of the Qin army, and hold them back. Don’t let the Qin army reach the capital for at least three days, otherwise I will kill you!”
Dorgon pointed at Hehui Beile Balchuhun and shouted loudly. His life was at stake, so Balchuhun had to bite the bullet and said, "Regent, the Qin army is powerful, and 300 soldiers are too few. Please give me more soldiers, Regent."
Before, Dorgon only gave him 300 men to leave the city. With this number of men, given the Qing army's demoralized morale, they could not even deal with the rioters hiding in the mountains, let alone stop the tens of thousands of Qin troops.
"I can only give you 500 men and horses, no more. If you continue to refuse, I will kill you right now!"
Five hundred, no matter how it was the Eight Banners Army in the past, it was actually a lot.
But is the current Eight Banners Army still the same invincible Eight Banners Army of the past
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