The Wei army pursued all the way north, and constantly captured the deserters of the Qing army along the way, the army went out of Yanmen Pass, and the Qing troops in Shanyin, Huairen, Yingzhou and other places all fled overnight, and the Wei army pursued and fought fiercely, until the city of Datong.

In the early morning of February 18, Xu Heihu, Hu Dawei and others led 20,000 Wei soldiers to Datong, and the Datong army on the city poked their heads out and was surprised to find that the Qing army besieging the city had withdrawn, and tens of thousands of Wei troops and horses appeared in the wilderness in the distance.

At this time, 20,000 Wei troops were stationed outside Macheng, Xu Heihu raised his big axe, and said loudly: "Send someone over and call the birds in the city out of the city to greet them, and the flags in the city should be changed." ”

In the city of Taiyuan, there were still 10,000 Datong troops, and after the Qing army rushed into Xuanda, they retreated into the city in a hurry, waiting for Jiang Xiang to rescue.

The Qing army of more than 100,000 people, red, yellow, white, and blue armor is very dazzling, swearing that this is the elite identity of their eight banners, so that the Datong army retreating to Taiyuan is also a little bottomless, not very optimistic that Jiang Xiang can relieve them from the siege.

Originally, the defenders of Taiyuan saw that the Qing army was strong, and Jiang Xiang's reinforcements were delayed, they were already a little desperate, and they didn't want to get up early in the morning, and the Qing army that locked the city had actually withdrawn, and they were immediately surprised.

At first, the defenders thought that the Qing army was cheating, but when they came to report from the horses, the Qing army did slip away, and at this time, the soldiers and horses that appeared in the south immediately made them understand that the Qing army might have been defeated.

At this time, several horses in the Wei army rushed out, but they were only halfway there, but the city gate suddenly opened, and a wave of men and horses rushed out of it.

Jiang Youguang led nearly 100 people out of Datong, until he was stopped in front of the Wei army, and after a short time, the Wei soldiers led Jiang Youguang to the front of the army.

Xu Heihu glanced at Jiang Youguang arrogantly, saw that the armor was a general, and he was not verbose at the moment, and asked, "Are you a guard in the city?" ”

"A certain general has light, dare to ask the general who is?" Jiang Youguang clenched his fists and asked cautiously.

The general of the Wei army next to him immediately replied for Xu Heihu: "This is my Great Wei Governor Xu Heihu, Xu Dudu!" ”

Xu Heihu puffed his chest and waved his hand, "You are Jiang Youguang?" Very good, your brother Jiang Xiang has returned to the Great Wei, you will replace the banner at the head of the city, and then go to Taiyuan to meet the king. Also, prepare some rations for the Doge at once, and the Doge will go after Dorgon!" ”

Jiang Youguang's face was full of consternation, and he wanted to hunt down Dolgon, and the country voted for Wei, there was too much information, so he didn't know how to answer for a while.

A moment ago, it was still a Ming official army, but now it suddenly became a Wei army, which made him unacceptable, and he didn't know whether what the person said was true or false.

Xu Heihu waited for a moment, and when he saw that there was no response, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and said unhappily, "What's the matter?" What is your opinion? ”

"No, absolutely not~" Jiang Youguang was startled, reacted and shook his head into a rattle, and saluted, "Come on, the villain will prepare immediately!" ”

If the Qing army was really defeated by the Wei army, and Jiang Xiang took refuge in the Wei state, Jiang Youguang would not dare to offend the Wei army.

20,000 Wei troops did not ask to enter the city, which made Jiang Youguang breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked people to prepare some food, after the Wei army ate, they went all the way to the east, continued the pursuit, and killed outside Juyong Pass, because of the lack of logistics, and there was no equipment to tackle key problems, so they stopped.

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Dol Roll predicted well, the Battle of Xinkou was indeed a battle related to the fortunes of the country, once the Qing army failed, it would be difficult to turn over.

There were many horses and horses in the Qing army, and there were at least forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses rushing out of Xinkou, but because of this defeat, many people had lost confidence in the Qing court, so there was a phenomenon that the Mongolian cavalry did not say hello, broke away from the team in the middle of the night, and returned to the grassland north, and a large number of green battalions slipped away.

This phenomenon shows that the majesty that the Qing court has built over the years has completely collapsed, and the Manchurian Eight Banners are invincible, and more than 100,000 people are about to be beaten out of the.

The rule of the Qing state was mainly maintained by military strength, and once the military strength went wrong, the foundation was shaken.

After returning to Juyong Pass, there were only 30,000 soldiers and horses left in the Qing army, of which more than 15,000 were Qing troops who retreated from Datong, and less than 15,000 of the 135,000 people who participated in the war fled back, mainly the three banners of Manchuria, the two yellow and the white, as well as the eight banners of Mongolia and Han with high loyalty, plus some leaders of the coat.

In this battle, the Qing army can be said to have suffered heavy losses, not only the elite lost most of them, the generals also killed a large number of people, the Manchurian cavalry came back less than 7,000 people, except for Haoge, was surrounded in Taiyuan with a white flag, the Manchurian soldiers controlled by Dolgon, there were less than 15,000 people, among which there were many Manchurian soldiers who had huge losses in entering the pass, and the wild people outside the customs who were supplemented were not elite.

Now the strength of the Qing army is only 40,000 Geng Zhongming in Luoyang, 30,000 in Xuzhou Heluohui, 60,000 in Beizhili Nikan, plus 30,000 defeated troops who fled back.

Although the total strength of the Qing army was still 160,000, the real Manchuria and the Eight Banners were greatly reduced, the Eight Banners that maintained the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were severely damaged, the composition of the army changed dramatically, stability was a problem, and the Qing army no longer had the strength to fight again.

After Dolgon fled to Juyong Pass, he did not stay at Juyong Pass, but left Bolo to guard the pass, and urgently ordered Nikan to send troops to support, and he returned to Beijing in a hurry.

The remnants of the Qing army did not dare to enter the city during the day, and in the middle of the night, the third watch quietly drove into Beijing from the Xibianmen, and then summoned the Manchurian nobles overnight to hold a closed-door meeting.

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Taiyuan City was surrounded by the Wei army for nearly four months, and the consumption of various materials in the city was huge, and it was difficult to continue.

On this day, on the city of Taiyuan, the Qing soldiers stood listlessly by the battlements, and Azig and Rocoduo walked from the steps to the city tower, overlooking the north.

Not long ago, the Wei army moved to the northern outskirts of the camp, and then pulled out the camp and headed north, and Azig knew that it should be Dolgon's men and horses who entered the northern Jin Dynasty.

Now that seven or eight days had passed, and I didn't know what the war was going on, Azig would go to the city every day to look out, ready to join Dolgon.

"Lord Wang, don't worry, the regent will definitely defeat the Wei thief and relieve the siege for us!" Roccodo said, licking his chapped lips.

"I hope so!" Azig sighed, pulled out his clairvoyant mirror to look at the north, and suddenly his brows furrowed, and his legs weakened, his body staggered, and he almost fell, but fortunately, Rokoduo's eyes were quick and he helped him up.

"Lord Wang, what's going on?" Roccodo exclaimed.

Azig held the battlements with one hand, his face was pale, and he didn't need to answer, Rocoduo had already seen countless figures emerging in the wilderness to the north, and he said in horror: "It's the Wei army!" Don't? ”

"Rocodor, get ready to defend it!" Azig's expression suddenly became resolute, "If the regent is defeated, only if we stick to Taiyuan can we give the regent and the Qing Dynasty time to regroup!" ”

"But the grain and grass ......," Rocodor's face paled.

Azig slammed his fist on the wall with resentment, and said coldly, "Aren't there still people in the city?" Ate them ......."

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