A huge cavalry marched on the official road leading to Beijing, the banners were rolled up, and all the Eight Banners soldiers were dejected because they were defeated.

Until now, everyone knows that the defeat is decided, and the Central Plains, the land of flowers, no longer belongs to them, and it will not take long for them to have to retreat to the customs and return to the bitter cold land where they have lived for generations, and continue to live a bitter life of drinking blood.

If you haven't seen the prosperity of the pass, it's just that, after seeing the prosperity of the Central Plains, who wants to go back to the past?

But what can be done if you don't go back to the border? The battle was defeated, the 50,000 main force was annihilated, and the Qing Dynasty could no longer take out the army, and with its current strength, it was impossible to hold Beijing. Thinking of this, most people are dissatisfied with the "culprit" who led to the defeat in this battle.

At this time, the "culprit" Dolgon rode on a war horse with his head bowed and full of bitterness, and the domineering and domineering momentum of the former regent was long gone.

Dorgon knew that he was to bear all the blame for the war. It was his decision to send 30,000 cavalry to attack Guangdefu and other places, trying to attract the Ming army to take the initiative. After the Ming army attacked, he made a wrong decision again, gave up the whole army of Linqing City, and tried to annihilate one of the three Ming armies, but fell into the strategy of the Ming army, causing Linqing City to easily fall into the hands of the Ming army. Then Wu Sangui led his troops to mutiny, and after a big battle, the attacking army was defeated, and he had to break through with the rest of the army.

But was your decision really wrong? Dolgon pondered carefully, and apart from not prejudging Wu Sangui's rebellion to stop it, there were not many problems in commanding the battle.

Fighting the Ming army was also a frontal battle, and then defeated by the Ming army, which was three times as numerous as himself. Blame, we can only blame the Ming army's combat effectiveness getting stronger and stronger, and the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners soldiers is seriously weakened. But the weakening of the Eight Banners' combat strength was ultimately due to the defeat of Fa Ming two years ago, and the loss of 40,000 of the main force of the True Eight Banners, but the two main generals Duoduo and Azig who were defeated were their own younger brothers.

So, you should still take all the responsibility yourself!

Feeling the faint hostility of the Eight Banners soldiers in the army, Dolgon's face was full of frustration, he knew that from today onwards, he would no longer have any prestige in the army, and he would no longer have any status in the Qing Dynasty. The soldiers would never trust him again, and it was seen on the march that Bolo had never asked him for the opinion of the regent, whether on the march or in the camp. Except for a few Goshha around him, the other Eight Banners soldiers kept their distance from him.

More than 10,000 cavalry retreated from Linqing, marching extremely fast, and passed through Tongzhou in five days.

Arranged for his generals to place the soldiers, and Bolo walked towards Dolgon, who was staring blankly at the Beijing city gate.

"Regent, let's go into the city!" Sighing, Bolo asked.

Dorgon nodded silently, and rode towards the gate.

At this moment, several horsemen galloped out of the city, went out of the city gate and let the horses be restrained, and then several guards in yellow coats jumped off their horses.

"The emperor has a decree, and the regent Dolgon has taken it." One of the guards pulled out a roll of bright yellow decrees and shouted.

Dorgon snorted and slowly knelt down.

"The emperor of Fengtian carried the edict that Dolgon lost his division and humiliated the country, causing 50,000 warriors of the Eight Banners to die on the battlefield, committing heinous crimes, removing him from the throne of the regent and imprisoning him in the Zongren Mansion to wait for his fate!"

After reading the decree, several Ouchi guards leaned towards Dolgon with their waist knives, and said with a smile, "Please." ”

Several of Dolgon's goshhars looked at each other, but they didn't dare to move, and watched as Dolgon was taken away.

The regent Dorgon, who once commanded 100,000 eight banners to enter the customs and defeat the thieves who occupied Beijing, was invincible, and was taken down by several guards.

Looking at Dolgon passing by, Bolo's expression was complicated, and he didn't know whether to hate him or not. Bolo knew that Dorgon had made countless contributions to the Qing Dynasty. But after all, someone is responsible, and no one but Dorgon can bear such a big responsibility.

And in the court, Zilharang and Daishan probably also hope to take the opportunity to bring down Dolgon, although Dolgon is powerful, but he has lost so many warriors, almost every family wears filial piety, many people used to support Dolgon, and now they will only hate him, hating him and causing their brothers and sons to die on the battlefield.

When Bolo was in a daze, a guard came over with a smile, "Lord Belle, the Queen Mother, please enter the palace immediately." ”

"The minions obey." Bolo hurriedly agreed.

Walking on horseback on the streets of Beijing, the once prosperous Beijing no longer has the appearance of the past, and the people walking are full of grief on their faces, and faint cries come from the houses next to the streets.

50,000 soldiers died on the battlefield, basically every family wore filial piety, and every household had a male soldier killed in battle, and the whole city of Beijing was in mourning.

Although he was not the main person responsible for the defeat in this battle, Bolo still had a fever on his face, as if he had killed so many people, and he couldn't help but urge his horse to quickly go to the palace.

Outside the Chengtian Gate, Bolo jumped off his war horse and ordered the guard Goshha to wait outside the palace, while he walked towards the palace under the leadership of the eunuch.

Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang sat on the brocade collapse, Prince Li Daishan, and the auxiliary prince Jierharang sat on the side, and the atmosphere in the palace was extremely depressing.

"Slave Bolo knocks on the Queen Mother!" Bolo knelt on the ground and saluted.

"That's it, get up." The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang waved her hand and said in a cold tone.

Bolo stood up, saluted Daishan and Zilharang, and stood aside.

"Bolo is here, the two princes asked." Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said.

Dai Shan and Zilharang glanced at each other, and Zilharang took the lead in asking, "Bolo, what is the reason for the annihilation of the 50,000 army?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, back to the two princes, during the war, the minions were isolated west of the canal with the cavalry, and the Ming army blocked the canal very strictly, and the minions and Le Kedehun had to take the cavalry to the north to bypass, trying to break through the Ming army's naval army to enter the battlefield. However, after we crossed the canal from Texas, we got the news that the army had been defeated.

Later, I learned from the mouth of the defeated army that when we had not yet arrived in Dezhou, the Ming army launched a general attack, Wu Sangui was persuaded by the Ming army to surrender and rebel, and stabbed our army from behind, and in less than a day, the 50,000 army was defeated by the Ming army.

Of course, the specific situation of the battle and the deployment of the battle have to ask the regent, and the minions are only hearsay. ”

Zilharang frowned and said, "Dolgon's situation will naturally be interrogated. This king asks you, aside from Wu Sangui's rebellion, our army still has more than 40,000, but it can't withstand the Ming army's one-day attack, is it because the Ming army's combat effectiveness is too strong, or is there other factors, such as the mistake of marching and arranging? ”

Bolo was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the true meaning of Zilharang's question, it turned out that he was not asking who was responsible for the defeat, but wanted to find out the real combat effectiveness of the Ming army. The reason for the defeat was due to Dolgon's erroneous command and Wu Sangui's sudden mutiny, or whether the Ming army's combat effectiveness was really strong enough to defeat the Eight Banners head-on. If it's the former, it's okay to say, after all, there were other reasons for the defeat, out of accident. If it is the latter, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is really strong enough to defeat the Eight Banners head-on, then what future does the Qing Dynasty have, it is scary to think about!

Bolo pondered, he knew that in the eyes of all the Manchurians, the Ming army was cowardly and low in combat, which was a well-known thing, and he didn't want to believe that the Ming army was strong enough to fight the Eight Banners head-on.

But although he didn't want to believe it, Bolo had to admit that the current Ming army was no longer what it used to be, and the army under the command of Chen Yue, the king of Qi, was not comparable to other Ming armies.

Then there was Wu Sangui's rebellion, and the defeat of 50,000 Eight Banners in a frontal battle with the Ming army had to be admitted.

Although the strength of the Ming army was two or three times that of the Eight Banners, in the past wars, the Eight Banners did not win with fewer enemies and more battles. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is not what it used to be, this is also a fact!

"The Queen Mother, the two princes. There may have been some mistakes in the command of the regent, but the 50,000 army was defeated in one day, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is indeed much stronger than before," Bo Luo said with difficulty, "Under the command of Chen Yue, the king of Qi, the soldiers are well-trained and equipped with a large number of firearms, and the number of artillery guns and rockets is too much, and we can't compare with it at all." ”

Zilharang and Daishan looked at each other, and they both sighed, and Bolo's words made their hearts extremely gloomy.

Originally, I still had the attention of guarding Beijing City, after all, there were still tens of thousands of troops in Beijing, but now I look at it, it is just a delusion.

"Queen Mother, it seems that this Beijing city can't be defended, we have to plan early." Jierharang smiled bitterly and said to the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

"Auxiliary King, Prince Li, is the situation already dangerous? Is there no other way? The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said tremblingly.

Zilharang said bitterly: "Including the more than 10,000 cavalry brought back by Bolo, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 troops that can be used in Beijing now, which is almost all the bannermen who can hold weapons." If we lose again, I'm afraid that our Manchuria will really die. ”

Prince Dai Shan, who had been silent, also said: "Now that even the conscripted Mongolian soldiers have fled, this Beijing can no longer stay." The Ming army will soon continue to move north, and if it is surrounded, it may not be possible for us to withdraw from the Guanwai again. ”

Exiting Guanwai, Xiaozhuang closed her eyes in pain, in Beijing, her son Shunzhi is the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, where will the Qing Dynasty still exist when he quits Guanwai, will these Eight Banner Warriors change on the way to retreat, will Ji'er Harang and Daishan support their sons?

"I, I can write a letter to the prince of Horqin and borrow more Mongolian soldiers." The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was unwilling.

Dai Shan said angrily: "Queen Mother, you are confused, borrow more Mongolian soldiers, even if you can borrow them, the strength of the Mongolian soldiers is stronger than our Eight Banners, is this Qing Dynasty Manchu or Mongolian?"

While the Ming army has not yet attacked, we can withdraw from the pass and still maintain the strength in our hands now. And then slowly develop, and one day the Qing Dynasty will be reinvigorated.

If you continue to be nostalgic for the prosperity of Beijing, I am afraid that what awaits us in the Qing Dynasty will be extermination! ”

At this time, Dai Shan no longer cared about the identity of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and reprimanded him with a strong voice, while the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang could only cry silently and had nothing to say.

"The Queen Mother, don't worry, even if we return to Liaodong, with the wealth we have accumulated, hundreds of thousands of our people in the Qing Dynasty can survive for a few years. In a few years, a group of cubs will grow up again, and our strength will be restored. Even if we can no longer occupy the Central Plains, it will not be a problem to keep Liaodong. ”

I couldn't bear to see my woman sad, and Zilharang gently comforted.

Looking at the appearance of this pair of dog men and women, Dai Shan couldn't help but pout, "Let's discuss how to withdraw now." ”

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang held back her tears, looked at Zierharang and said, "Auxiliary King, tell me how we should withdraw." ”

At this time, the only hope she and her son Shunzhi had was Zilharang.

Jierharang smiled at the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang to show comfort: "Empress Dowager, Prince Li, the way to withdraw from Beijing to Guanwai is to retreat from the Liaoxi Corridor through Shanhaiguan, and then to cross the Great Wall from Beijing to the north through Jizhou, and to withdraw to Liaodong through Mongolia.

The closest way from the Liaoxi Corridor is also the best, but we all know that now that Ningyuan is occupied by the Ming army, and the Liaoxi Corridor is controlled by the Ming army, we are afraid that we will not be able to retreat through Liaoxi.

Therefore, the only way to retreat is to climb over the border wall from Jizhou and withdraw troops through Mongolia. ”

Withdrawing troops from Jizhou over the side wall, Dai Shan and Bolo, who was standing, both smiled bitterly. They all know that this route is too difficult to walk, from Jizhou to climb over the border wall to go through many mountains to reach Mongolia, and from Mongolia to Liaodong need to climb over the mountains, not to mention the long distance is also very difficult to walk.

If only there was an army, it would be enough, but there are still hundreds of thousands of women and children in this Beijing city, and there are too many belongings to carry. How could the Ming army allow themselves to retreat safely with their women and children and their belongings?

Moreover, to climb over the border wall, it was necessary to pass through the territory of the Mongols, and in the past, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was strong, the Mongols had to submit, and the whole Mongolia was allowed to gallop by the Eight Banners.

But now, after the defeat, the momentum of the Qing Dynasty has fallen to a low point, will the Mongols still be as docile as before? Will there be dissenting intentions to try to replace the Qing Dynasty's supremacy on the grassland? It's hard to say!

Think about it, hundreds of thousands of women and children walking across the mountains and walking in the Mongolian steppe, if they were suddenly attacked by a large number of Mongolian cavalry, what would it be like? It makes people shudder to think about it!

People's hearts are the most unpredictable, the Mongols used to be just under the invincible power of the Eight Banners, and now the Eight Banners have suffered heavy losses, where will they be subdued, as evidenced by the escape of the Mongol cavalry under Bolo and Zilharang.

Therefore, as for what Zilharang said about retreating through Mongolia after climbing over the border wall, the cunning Dai Shan and the battle-hardened Bolo did not dare to agree.

"The Queen Mother, the Auxiliary King, the Prince of Li, and the servants think that it is most convenient to retreat through the West Liaoning Corridor through Shanhaiguan." After a moment's hesitation, Bolo spoke his mind. Now that the Qing Dynasty has reached the point of life and death, he can't take too much care of it.

PS: Two chapters in one. The weather cooled suddenly, it snowed, I caught a cold again, and I forced myself to write 4,000 words. But don't worry, I will insist on not stopping the change.