On the morning of December 7, Huang Taiji, who was arranging the retreat, heard again a message from the Eastern Road, which was sent by Wu Nag.

Regarding the counterattack of the Ming army from Malanzhuang, this messenger said the same thing as the messenger sent by Tushetu Khan Oba. But then, the descriptions of the defeat of the battle are quite different.

The Oba emissary, who arrived last night, said that the defeat in this battle was all on the hands of Wunag and Obendu. However, the envoy who arrived today said that the defeat of the battle was due to the unauthorized retreat of Tushetu Khan, which caused the Ming army to cross the river without hindrance, and smoothly launched a formation to cut off and encircle the Ebendui troops stationed in Jinshan.

Due to the numerical advantage of the Ming army, coupled with the fact that during the battle between the two sides, the Ming army suddenly raised the Yellow Dragon Banner representing the Ming Emperor, which made the Horqin Department and the vassal tribes on the grassland waver, and finally Wu Nag failed to rescue the besieged Ebendui Division.

Except for some people who abandoned their horses and crossed the Jinshan to the north, Ebendui and the nearly 1,000 men and horses led by it were all wiped out by the Ming army, and Ebendui was surrounded by the Ming army, and his life and death were unknown.

The evacuation of Obabel and the encirclement and annihilation of the Ebendui Department led by Wu Nag led the Houjin army had a tendency to be intercepted and surrounded by the Ming army, so he also had to abandon the Luanhe defense line and withdraw towards Wuzhong'an.

However, when he arrived at Wuchong'an that night, he found that the camp had been occupied by the Ming army, so he had to take advantage of the night to bypass the camp and continue to retreat to the Ninja Pass.

Due to the appearance of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom on the East Road, the matter is very high, and Wu Nag cannot make decisions without authorization. Therefore, he sent a messenger to report to the Khan overnight, and he also ordered the messenger to pass through Zunhua, to inform the military personnel stationed in Zunhua of the defeat of the East Road and the news of the Ming Emperor, so as to ensure that Huang Taiji could receive the news as soon as possible.

After listening to the detailed information brought by the envoy of Wunag, Huang Taiji immediately judged that the envoy of Oba was lying. But at this time, in addition to appeasing Oba, he really didn't dare to act rashly.

Oba has always been obsessed with his forced submission to the Later Jin, and thus sabotaged the Later Jin State's plan to move west to the Chahar tribe. It's just that after the departure of the Chahar Department, although the Horqin Department became the overlord of the Liaodong grassland in one fell swoop, the strength of the Horqin Department was far inferior to that of the Houjin State.

This is mainly due to the fact that the vassal tribes left behind after the westward migration of the Chahar tribe all defected to the Houjin state, rather than to the Horqin tribe of the same ethnic group. In other words, these steppe tribes admitted that the westward migration of the Chahar tribe was forced by the strength of the Later Jin's troops.

This incident proved that the Chahar Ministry thought that it could not defeat the Jurchens, so they simply ran away. Although the Horqin Department was an ally of the Houjin, they had little victory against the Chahar Department. According to the rules of the grassland, the Horqin people are not strong people at all, just some shepherd dogs hiding behind the Jurchens.

Since they want to take refuge in Houjin, these grassland people naturally don't want to find a second father to spread the word in the middle. They all preferred to surrender directly to the Jurchens and accept the Jurchens' disposition of their dismantling and support.

But even so, the Korqin tribe was the most important ally of the Jianzhou Jurchens. This is not only because the Horqin Ministry can stably send a large number of horses and livestock to the Houjin, but also because in the marriage between the two sides for more than ten years, the Houjin has certainly deepened its influence on the Horqin Ministry, but the Horqin Ministry has considerable influence in the Houjin country.

Even Huang Taiji did not dare to easily dispose of Oba, the leader of the Horqin Tribe, to avoid a rift between the Horqin Department and the Houjin, so that the Houjin would lose the barrier to the north.

And at this time when his prestige has been greatly hit, he can't push the Horqin forces in the Houjin country to the other three Baylors. Therefore, although he knew that Oba might be the root cause of the defeat of the Luanhe Battle, he could only pretend not to know, and first sent a messenger to appease Oba and asked Wunag and others to suppress the news.

Although Oba's matter cannot be said to the outside world, Huang Taiji could not hide the news of the Ming Emperor's appearance in the east, and he summoned Dai Shan and Jurchen relatives to inform the news.

Dai Shan was obviously a little unconvinced, "Emperor Ming is in the east? Did Wu Nag say, did anyone see the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom himself? How can a single flag prove that the emperor is in the east? It can't be that they lost the battle and find a reason to excuse themselves, right? ”

Even Yue Tuo said in disbelief: "Although it shows that there are many rules in etiquette, if the emperor is not there, no one will dare to fight the Yellow Dragon Banner indiscriminately."

But in this big camp in front of us, the Yellow Dragon Banner is also erected, and the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom does not know how to separate himself, how can he appear in the Ming army on the east and west roads at the same time? ”

Duoduo, who was sitting next to Dolgon, immediately followed Yue Tuo's words with a straight heart: "This is not simple, either the people of Wunag are dazzled, or these Nanban are playing some kind of conspiracy..."

Dorgon kicked Dorgon quietly, finally stopping the younger brother. However, because of Duoduo's interjection, the few people sitting at the top turned their eyes to the three brothers.

Since the martyrdom of the eldest concubine Abahai, except for the one who no one wants to get close to, the two brothers, Dorgon and Dord, look like wooden men whenever they appear at court meetings. Even if Dolgon began to lead a flag himself last year, it was just a puppet used by Huang Taiji to control the two white flags, and every time the two brothers appeared, they were just Huang Taiji's echo worms.

But now that Huang Taiji's prestige has just been frustrated, this Duoduo can't wait to jump out and want to express his opinion, in the eyes of Dai Shan and others, they feel that Huang Taiji's control of the two white flags does not seem to be as solid as imagined.

Huang Taiji's face was very calm, he looked at Duo Duo a few times, then stared at Dolgon and said gently: "The fifteenth brother has really grown up, you might as well talk about it, what tricks do you think those Ming people are playing?" ”

Duoduo looked at Huang Taiji although he was talking to himself, but his eyes were always on Dolgon, and his brother lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes as if he didn't realize anything, and his heart was suddenly a little deflated, he got up and saluted Huang Taiji and said: "The younger brother is in a hurry to speak, maybe he is talking nonsense, and he also asks his brother Khan to forgive his sins." ”

Huang Taiji then turned his gaze to Duoduo, as if to confirm that his sudden intervention this time was not at the behest of Dolgon, nor was it a temptation for the two white flags to try to break out of his control.

However, even after understanding, Huang Taiji still decided to knock on the Dolgon and Duoduo brothers, and he criticized Duoduo in a somewhat stern tone: "When my Jurchen clan holds a military meeting, they have always expressed their opinions, and there is no distinction between upper and lower, and after everyone has commented, they choose the good ones to follow. And once the military council is decided, from the Khan to the soldiers and the people, they are not allowed to violate it without authorization, which is also the root cause of the strength and prosperity of the Jin State after our country.

As the owner of the Erke Chuhur and the White Flag, you naturally have the right to express your opinions at the meeting. But what was discussed at the military meeting was all military affairs, how could you, as the owner of the white flag, talk so rash nonsense? Could it be that you are teasing all the brothers and my Eight Banners here? ”

After all, Dodor was young at this time, and after his mother was forced to be buried, he had been living under the malice of several large Baylors, and although life had been a little better since last year, certain shadows had left traces on his heart.

Huang Taiji challenged him in public, and immediately silenced him, which seemed to Duoduo himself to be a kind of surrender, but in the eyes of others, Duoduo's silence continued to challenge Huang Taiji's authority.

Dolgon knew this brother's temper very well, so he quickly got up and said respectfully to Huang Taiji: "Although the fifteenth brother's guess may not be the truth, he didn't mean to talk nonsense in front of the brothers, and please calm his anger. ”

Noticing the look in Dorgon's eyes on him, Dorgon came to his senses and knelt down again to plead guilty. Dai Shan on the side suddenly smiled and said: "The military meeting was originally to express their opinions, since the fifteenth brother is not talking nonsense, let's talk about what kind of conspiracy and tricks the Ming people are playing." If it really doesn't work, the fourteenth brother can also say it for him. ”

Huang Taiji glanced at Dai Shan, and then said in a slightly softened tone: "Dai Shan Baylor is right, since Morgen Dai Qing knows what the fifteenth brother is thinking, then it is up to you to tell the meaning of the fifteenth brother." ”

Dolgon was silent for a moment before he said calmly: "Brother Chen thinks that what the fifteenth brother said means that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom may really not be here, he just left a Yellow Dragon Banner to lure our army to attack the strong camp set up by the Ming people, while the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom himself led the main force to detour to the east and make every effort to open the passage to Zunhua City, in order to relieve the siege of Zunhua."

Judging from the current situation, if there is an opportunity, the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom may still have the idea of cutting off our army's retreat and intending to flank our army. ”

Dolgon's analysis caused most of the Jurchen generals to nod their heads in agreement, and while Huang Taiji was still thinking about it, Dai Shan couldn't help asking: "How can you be sure that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom went to the east, and left a banner here to lead our army to attack; Instead of the Ming Emperor staying here, the Ming army in the east waved the Yellow Dragon Banner? ”

Dolgon replied without thinking: "The Ming army has obtained such a record here, it stands to reason that even if the Ming emperor is timid, he should come out to boost morale and inspect the camp." But isn't it strange that we who are monitoring the camp of the Ming army have never heard anyone shout long live?

In addition, the morale of the Ming army on the eastern road fell greatly after being ambushed by our army, if there were no reinforcements and important ministers of the Ming State to personally come to the army to boost the morale of the defeated army, and have enough authority to force those Liaodong generals to lead the troops westward, how could they reorganize the army in such a short period of time, and then attack the Wunag army? ”

Dolgon's reason finally impressed the Jurchen relatives and nobles in the big tent, and even Huang Taiji and Dai Shan felt that the truth should be more or less so. How to deal with the reality of the Ming Emperor's appearance in the east finally attracted the attention of these Jurchen nobles, and Duoduo's small mistakes were naturally ignored in the past.

As Dorgon stepped back, he tugged at the corner of Dordor's coat and brought the brother back to his seat, and the Jurchen military meeting was finally back on track.