The Eighth Banner Army withdrew on all fronts and headed towards Shanhaiguan, arriving at Shanhaiguan in two days.

Zheng Jiajun pursued closely behind.

When the Eight Banners Army arrived at Shanhaiguan, Huang Taiji spit out three mouthfuls of blood and fell into a coma.

This is not the first time that Huang Taiji has spit blood, when the Eight Banners Army was defeated in Guannei, Huang Taiji also spit blood, and the interesting thing is that all this was caused by Zheng Jiajun.

The heavy cavalry is the heart of Huang Taiji, and it is also the secret weapon of the Great Qing Kingdom, but after being attacked by artillery, the five thousand heavy cavalry withdrew less than a thousand people, which means that the heavy cavalry has been completely destroyed, and the remaining heavy cavalry can not form a threat, and the secret weapon of the Great Qing State has been abolished.

On the way back to Shanhaiguan, Huang Taiji's face was always iron-blue, and without saying a word, even Dolgon didn't dare to find Huang Taiji to speak, for fear of being reprimanded.

Huang Taiji arrived at Shanhaiguan, and everyone thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, but who knew that such a thing would happen.

The artillery of the Zheng family army made Dolgon and the others feel cold to the bone, they had never seen such a sharp artillery, and it was precisely because the artillery of the Zheng family army was too sharp that Huang Taiji decisively ordered the army to withdraw to Shanhaiguan.

Shanhaiguan is also unsafe, fortunately, at this moment, it is the cavalry battalion and Shenji battalion of the Zheng family army that are pursuing, and the artillery is not so fast, but once the artillery is aimed at Shanhaiguan, then the Eight Banners Army stationed in Shanhaiguan will suffer extremely heavy losses.

Give up Shanhaiguan, no one is willing.

It can be said that the Eight Banners Army has reached a critical moment, and the Great Qing Kingdom has also reached a critical moment, but at this time, Huang Taiji fell into a coma.

Azig and Dudu and others expressed their determination to defend Shanhaiguan, of course, the role of Shanhaiguan, that is needless to say. Abatai did not express his position, and Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou and others suggested that Shanhaiguan be evacuated, and the reason they put forward was to conclude that Zheng Jiajun was only thinking about occupying Shanhaiguan and would not take further action.

Azig unceremoniously reprimanded Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, and he was not so polite to the two. Azig's mouth even said that the Han people were all rebellious ministers and thieves, and they were not reliable at all, if Dolgon hadn't stopped him, Azig might have said even more ugly words, and it was not surprising to directly say that Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou were ready to surrender to the Zheng family's army.

The decision rested on Dorgon.

Dolgon was caught in a huge contradiction, he knew that Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou's suggestion was correct, and remembered that when the Eight Banners Army was decided to fight face to face with the Zheng family army in the field, or to stick to the city, only Hong Chengchou put forward the suggestion to hold the city. Now it seems that Hong Chengchou's suggestion is correct, if he does that, the heavy cavalry will not be lost.

Taking Shanhaiguan, the Eight Banners Army paid nearly 10,000 lives, so give up, Dolgon will vomit blood as angrily as Huang Taiji, but he will not give up Shanhaiguan, and wait until the artillery of the Zheng family army arrives at Shanhaiguan. What the consequences would be, Dolgon didn't dare to think about, he didn't want to think about.

Zheng Jiajun's artillery. It would take two to three days at most for it to arrive at Shanhaiguan, and Dolgon had to make a decision in such a short time.

There is a more critical matter, that is, the health problem of Huang Taiji, at this time, Huang Taiji can not have accidents, absolutely no accidents. Otherwise, it will be a fatal blow to the Great Qing Kingdom, Huang Taiji did not determine the heir to the throne, and then the Great Qing Kingdom will fall into the battle for the throne, if the Zheng family army takes advantage of this opportunity to attack in a big way, attacking from the two directions of Liaodong and Liaonan. I'm afraid that the Eight Banners Army will have no chance to retreat between the white mountains and the black waters.

Once the Eight Banners Army decided to face the Zheng Army at Shanhaiguan, then Huang Taiji must be sent back to Shenyang in advance, and Huang Taiji's departure will make the morale of the Eight Banners Army even more low.

No matter which aspect is analyzed, it is the best choice for the Eighth Banner Army to withdraw from Shanhaiguan and return to Ningyuan and Jinzhou.

But Dolgon really didn't dare to make this decision, and he didn't dare to make this decision, he hoped that Huang Taiji would wake up in a hurry.

In the middle of the night, Huang Taiji finally woke up, and Dolgon, who got the news, hurriedly came to the house where Huang Taiji rested and slept.

Huang Taiji's face was still pale, and he couldn't see a trace of blood.

Seeing Dolgon come in, Huang Taiji nodded slightly, and raised his hand to signal Dolgon to sit down.

"Brother 10 or 14, what's going on outside?"

Dolgon knew what Huang Taiji wanted to know, and hurriedly reported that all the more than 70,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army had been safely evacuated to Shanhaiguan, and had made peace with the 60,000 troops stationed at Shanhaiguan, and Shanhaiguan had been deployed.

In fact, in the battle with the Zheng family's army, the loss of the number of the Eight Banners Army was not very large, the focus was the loss of heavy cavalry, and feeling that the Zheng family's artillery was too sharp, Huang Taiji ordered the army to retreat quickly.

Relatively speaking, in the fierce battle between the Eight Banners Army and the Dashun Army at Shanhaiguan, the number of non-commissioned officers lost was greater.

Huang Taiji's eyes were closed all the time, and when Dorgon finished speaking, he opened them.

"Whether it is sticking to Shanhaiguan or not, the debate must be very fierce."

Dolgon was very excited, and Huang Taiji said that it was the key.

"Your Majesty, the younger brother didn't dare to hide it, the twelfth brother and Du Du resolutely demanded to hold the Shanhaiguan, the seventh brother did not express his position, and Lord Fan and Hong Chengchou suggested evacuating the Shanhaiguan."

"What's your opinion?"

"Brother Chen thinks that it is a wise move to evacuate Shanhaiguan, but Brother Chen is really unwilling, he has lost such a good opportunity, and the Great Qing Kingdom does not know when he will be able to enter Shanhaiguan again."

Huang Taiji's body trembled slightly, and he couldn't help coughing and wrote it down, Dolgon quickly stood up and walked to the side of the bed, but he didn't know what to say, this was the time when Huang Taiji had to make a decision.

"Fourteenth brother, I understand what you mean, you have a unique vision, the withdrawal of the Eight Banners Army from Shanhaiguan is the right decision, the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers are left in Shanhaiguan, and I am not reconciled, this is even more uncomfortable than holding a knife and slashing on my body......"

Huang Taiji paused slightly and took a few deep breaths.

"The artillery of the Zheng family army is too powerful, Shanhaiguan is just a pass, the area is small, once the artillery bombardment of the Zheng family army, the Eight Banners Army stationed here suffered heavy losses, and at that time, the losses are not something that the Great Qing Kingdom can bear."

"I regret that I shouldn't have listened to Hong Chengchou's advice, otherwise I wouldn't have lost the heavy cavalry."

"I can understand the feelings of the fourteenth brother and Du Du."

"I think that the purpose of the Zheng family army is to occupy Shanhaiguan, once it occupies Shanhaiguan, it will not continue to fight, Zheng Xunrui at least needs to stabilize the situation in Beizhili."

"I have decided, the army will withdraw from Shanhaiguan, leaving 50,000 people to garrison Ningyuan and Jinzhou City, firmly control Liaodong, and the rest of the army will return to Shenyang."

"I must get the artillery of the Zheng family, this is the biggest threat to the Great Qing Kingdom, if I can't seize the time to crack the artillery of the Zheng Family, my Great Qing Kingdom will be in danger."

Soon, Azig, Abatai, Dudu, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou also came to the room.

Huang Taiji had already gotten up and sat down on a chair covered with tiger skins.

Huang Taiji, who looked calm, announced his decision, and the army all withdrew from Shanhaiguan overnight, and Abatai led 50,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners Army to continue to garrison Ningyuan and Jinzhou, control the entire Liaodong, and the rest of the army returned to Shenyang.

Unconvinced, Azig and Dudu tried to argue, but were stopped by Dolgon.

Fan Wencheng had tears in his eyes, it seemed that he was indeed worried about Huang Taiji's body, Hong Chengchou frowned, obviously thinking about something, Abatai's expression was calm, as if he had expected this situation for a long time.

At the ugly time, the Eight Banners Army began to withdraw from Shanhaiguan.

Azig suggested that it was not to destroy the wall of Shanhaiguan, so that Zheng Jiajun would at least need to spend energy to rebuild Shanhaiguan, this suggestion was not adopted, Azig was puzzled, and did not understand the reason, or Dolgon couldn't help but lose his temper when he saw Azig, so he told Azig that what Zheng Jiajun needed was a complete Shanhaiguan, if it completely angered Zheng Jiajun at this moment, then they chased and killed all the way, with sharp artillery, it was difficult for the Eight Banners Army to resist.

What both sides need now is time, and for the Great Qing Kingdom and the Eight Banners Army, time is particularly precious.

Hearing Dolgon's explanation, Azig was silent, he saw the sharpness of Zheng Jiajun's artillery, and as for Zheng Jiajun's bravery, he even had a personal experience.

On the first day of the fifth month, Zheng Jinhong led the soldiers of the Zheng family army into Shanhaiguan.

Zheng Jinhong immediately began to deploy, leaving forty artillery pieces in Shanhaiguan, including ten Hongyi cannons and thirty Furang machines, with these artillery, the Eight Banners Army did not dare to attack Shanhaiguan at all.

As for whether Zheng Jiajun will continue to pursue and recapture Ningyuan and Jinzhou and other cities in one go, Zheng Jinhong did not mention it, but he has begun to deploy 20,000 Zheng Jiajun soldiers to garrison Shanhaiguan according to Zheng Xunrui's requirements, and the officer in charge of garrisoning is Hong Xintao, deputy chief soldier of Zheng Jiajun.

Wu Sangui returned to Shanhaiguan again, looking at everything familiar here, there were too many emotions in his heart, more than a month ago, he lost Shanhaiguan, and during this time, the Zheng family army not only occupied the capital and Beizhili, completely exterminated the Dashun army, beheaded Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, but also defeated the Eight Banners Army and recaptured Shanhaiguan.

As for the heavy losses caused by the battle a few days ago, it seems that it is worth it now, after all, the sacrifices made by the Zheng family army have been richly rewarded.

Of course, Wu Sangui also has his own understanding of why Zheng Jiajun did not take advantage of the victory to pursue and recover Ningyuan and Jinzhou and other places in one fell swoop, Zheng Xunrui said the words in Wenyuan Pavilion in the capital, he will never forget it in his life, Zheng Jiajun does not want to take back Liaodong pig land, but proceeds from the overall situation, first occupies Shanhaiguan, stabilizes Beizhili, Shanxi and Henan and other places, and then attacks Liaodong on a large scale, and at that time, Zheng Jiajun wants to recover more than Liaodong. (To be continued.) )