A series of reports of defeat left Dolgon's mind blank.

The first line of defense was defeated, Adali and others were all killed, more than 80,000 soldiers of the Han and Eight Banners, most of them were on the verge of defection, when they got this report, Dolgon still held Adali's letter in his hand, and he couldn't wait to jump up and scold, the Ming army was already preparing to attack on the west bank of the Liao River, and Adali was still hesitating whether the Ming army was preparing to really attack, wouldn't this be a water in his head, and at this time, Dolgon's regret had no effect.

Dolgon was about to issue an order for the Mengba Banner, who was stationed in the second line of defense, to quickly go to the east bank of the Liao River to assist Adali in defending the Liao River, but unfortunately his order had not yet been officially issued, and the news of the complete loss of the first line of defense came.

Dolgon's body trembled instantly, he knew very well that the reason why the Liao River was easily broken through by the Ming army had a great deal to do with him, because in his opinion, the Ming army would not attack in a short time, and the real general attack was probably in February.

Despite his grief, Dorgon forced himself to calm down and began to analyze the situation.

The Ming army has already occupied the Liaohe River, and it is not surprising that it will start attacking the second line of defense, but when will the Ming army attack, will it attack without resting, or will it attack after a little rest.

Dolgon, who was thinking hard, did not hesitate again, he decided to combine the second and third lines of defense into one, and let Prince Zheng Jierharang lead the blue and red flags in the Eight Banners, including the Mengba Banner, at the confluence of the Hunhe River and the Taizi River, to resist the attack of the Ming army with all his might, and at the same time, Dolgon ordered the herald to travel day and night, and inform the soldiers of the Eight Banners stationed in Anshan and Haizhou to be ready to evacuate at any time.

Dolgon did not forget it, and gave orders to the Zhenghongqi stationed in Anle Prefecture and other places. We must be highly vigilant, stubbornly defend Anle Prefecture and other places, and must not lose Anle Prefecture and other places.

It should be said that Dolgon is still sober-minded, in fact, he has already prepared for the worst, once the second line of defense cannot be held, then all that remains is to concentrate all the Eight Banners around Shenyang. Resist the attack of the Ming army, if the attack of the Ming army is too sharp, quickly withdraw in the direction of Anle Prefecture.

Man Baqi is familiar with the terrain, the speed of evacuation must be very fast, the Ming army does not have such an advantage, if there is a small force of the Ming army to pursue, out of the army, Dolgon is happy to turn back and strike hard.

Just as Dorgon was urging the heralds to quickly relay the order, he received a second battle report.

The Eight Banners of Mongolia were completely annihilated. The second line of defense was broken through, and the Ming army firmly occupied the place where the Hunhe River and the Taizi River converged.

An avalanche sensation hit Dolgon in an instant.

He looked at the map with a pale face, and couldn't believe that the Ming army's attack was so sharp, although the number of Mengbaqi guarding the second line of defense was not large, less than 30,000 people, but the combat effectiveness was extremely strong, to some extent, even stronger than that of Manbaqi. But it was completely annihilated in such a short period of time.

Dolgon, who didn't even have time to lament, immediately ordered the heralds. Orders were given to Zilharang and Azig to abandon the third line of defense and quickly assemble around Shenyang to join forces with the armies of the yellow, yellow and white flags to jointly defend Shenyang. Defend the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

As for the sergeants stationed in Anshan and Haizhou, the blue flag and the white flag should be cautiously evacuated from Anshan and other places, because the Ming army has already occupied the second line of defense, and if they leave the defense of the city, the blue flag and the white flag will be in the process of evacuation. It is very likely that it will be attacked by the sharp artillery of the Ming army.

Dolgon had already thought about letting part of the Eight Banners Army withdraw to the area around Anle Prefecture, and if the battle situation deteriorated, the Eight Banners Army would decisively abandon Shenyang and move to the north, so as to preserve its strength.

Let the Eight Banners Army defend Shenyang, it will definitely not work, and it is very likely that the Eight Banners Army will fall into a catastrophe.

But Dorgon didn't dare to say such a thing for the time being.

Manchu nobles finally came to Shenyang, in the capital of the Qing Dynasty has been accustomed to it, rashly let them all evacuate, Dolgon did not dare to guarantee that he could really control the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that the situation of falling apart will appear instantly, what is even worse is that the blue flag and the inlaid white flag have not yet been able to evacuate to the periphery of Shenyang, if you give up these two flags, don't say Dolgon, that is, the regeneration of Huang Taiji, and dare not make such a decision, you must know that the blue flag is still one of the three flags on the eight flags.

A day later, Zilharang and Azig returned to Shenyang.

The main hall, a discussion related to the fate of the Eight Banners, is carried out here.

There were very few people who participated in the discussion, including the eleven-year-old Shunzhi Emperor Fulin, the Prince of Rui Dolgon, the Prince of Zheng Zierharang, the King of Wuying County Azig, and two Baylors.

At this time of the negotiation, Dolgon said his thoughts without scruples, because the rapid loss of the first line of defense and the second line of defense, so that the situation of the Great Qing Kingdom is precarious, from the current actual situation, the Eight Banners Army must be assembled in Shenyang, in the shortest possible time in Shenyang to make peace, at the same time part of the Eight Banners Army to withdraw in the direction of Anle Prefecture, part of the Eight Banners Army to resist the Ming Army, to protect the capital of the Qing Dynasty, Shenyang.

Although there is no clear explanation of the reason for such a deployment, Dolgon's meaning is very clear, that is, it is not necessary to defend Shenyang, if necessary, the strength of the Eight Banners Army will be preserved, and the green mountains will not be worried about running out of firewood, if the Eight Banners Army suffers heavy losses, even if it barely keeps Shenyang, I am afraid it is not of much significance, not to mention that under the current situation, the possibility of the Eight Banners Army being able to hold Shenyang is very small.

Dolgon's most jealous is still Zilharang, although it is said that in the struggle for the power game of the Great Qing Kingdom, he won the final victory, but because of the attack of the Ming army, he did not have time to clear the power of Zilharang, but this time he asked Zilharang to come to the Great Hall to discuss, he specially called Azig, if Zilharang opposed, then he will unite with Azig, prompting Zilharang to express his position and agree to his deployment.

Something Dolgon didn't expect.

Zilharan lowered his head and began to ponder, without making a clear statement, but Azig jumped up and made it clear that he was against it.

At the beginning, Azig had made it clear that the Eight Banners Army could not defend Shenyang, and would withdraw in the direction of Sarhu when necessary, but now the situation is clearer, and it is said that Azig should support it without hesitation.

But Azig objected, he thought that the battle had just begun, and the loss was only the Han Eight Banners and the Mongolian Eight Banners, and the main force of the Manchu Eight Banners was still there, and Shenyang was the capital of the Qing Dynasty, and it was necessary to defend it with all its might, and Liaoyang, Anshan, and Haizhou, which were guarded by the blue flag and the white flag, were also very critical, and they must be held when necessary.

After a little thought, Dolgon understood what Azig meant, he couldn't help but complain in his heart about his brother, no wonder Azig was not able to be canonized as a prince at the beginning, it turned out that there was still a huge gap in knowledge, and it was difficult to compare with other princes except Hauge, if Duoduo was still there, he would definitely support Dorgon's decision without hesitation.

The reason why Azig threw out the suggestion not to stick to Shenyang was completely to oppose Zilharang, so that he could overwhelm Zilharang and truly control the power of the Qing Kingdom, and now that this wish has been achieved, Azig naturally will not adhere to the previous view, because Azig has not thought about it carefully at all, and he can't understand why the Eight Banners Army can't defend Shenyang.

Zilharang, who had been pondering without speaking, finally spoke.

Zilharang basically agreed with Dolgon's suggestion, but believed that the current time was not ripe, judging from the situation of the Ming army's stationing, the primary problem at present was to let the blue flag and the inlaid white flag be able to smoothly withdraw to the vicinity of Shenyang, and the Eighth Banner Army stationed around Shenyang must be dispatched to help the blue flag and the inlaid white flag withdraw to the vicinity of Shenyang, and at that time, we can consider the issue of retreating to Anlezhou, and now if such an arrangement is made, I am afraid it will cause an uproar.

Zilharang also believes that it is necessary to let the Zhenghong flag defend Anle Prefecture and other places.

Dolgon looked at Zilharang, he didn't speak for a long time, Zilharang's consideration was more detailed than his, and he also took into account the actual situation of the Great Qing Kingdom, which was obviously much higher than Azig.

I don't know why, with the support of Zilharang, Dolgon was not happy at all, but felt a little empty in his heart, to say that Azig was able to say such a point of view and understanding, Dolgon was really happy, and at this time, Dolgon realized that he was afraid that he would not be able to really defeat Zilharang in a short time.

After pondering for a short time, Dorgon spoke, agreeing to Zilharan's proposal, and at the same time carefully analyzing why such a decision was made, staring at Azig beside him as he spoke, quite angry.

Azig finally understood what it meant, opened his mouth, and didn't speak for a long time.

Immediately deploying the direction of the Eighth Banner Army to withdraw to Anle Prefecture would definitely not work, and Dolgon slightly modified the original thinking of the deployment, that is, to deploy the positive yellow flag, the yellow flag, and the positive white flag to the north of Shenyang, to deploy the red flag to the south of Shenyang, and to deploy the blue flag to the west of Shenyang.

Such a deployment, the meaning is clear, that is, the red flag directly bears the responsibility of rushing to the aid of the blue flag and the white flag, the blue flag assists the red flag, and at the same time defends the Ming army from the west against the attack of Shenyang, the yellow flag, the yellow flag and the white flag, the three flags are ready to evacuate to the north, of course, when the battle is fierce, these three flags also have to participate in the battle.

Zilharan and Azig did not disagree.

As for the eleven-year-old Shunzhi Emperor Fulin, he couldn't speak, he didn't particularly understand all this, and the other two Baylors were purely making up the numbers, and they didn't have a chance to speak. (To be continued.) )