The courtiers have reached a consensus, and even Ao Bai and Zilharang are already at a loss, what else can the big jade and the little emperor do, they can only swallow their anger and give up the throne to Dolgon.

The enthronement ceremony was held in Beijing in a hurry, and Dolgon did not dare to stay in Beijing for long, and prepared to leave the Guannai immediately and return to Baishan and Heishui.

It's just that it's not so easy to withdraw to Guanwai.

It is impossible for the current Manchurian army to retreat as quickly as before, just a cart of grain and grass, boxes of gold and silver, has seriously slowed down the pace of the army's retreat, tens of thousands of stone of grain, millions of taels of silver, plus family members and other artillery ammunition, the Manchurian army is like a goshawk with its wings tied, from the capital to the outside of the pass, nearly a thousand miles away, such an army, not more than half a month, a month, thinking of returning to Shengjing.

"Your Majesty, this is not good, the baggage family follows the army together, which severely limits our speed, and once the Ming army catches up, we can't resist it at all......"

I said to Dolgon.

Dolgon's face was solemn, how could he not understand this truth? It's just that in this situation, I can't give up anything, relatives, grain and grass, gold and silver, ammunition, which one can be given up casually?

"What do you all think?"

Dorgon asked in a deep voice.

Everyone is silent, what else can they say? Tens of thousands of people withdrew to the outside of the Guan, no food and grass is not possible, the army has been defeated one after another, morale is low, there is no gold and silver reward, then the Manchurian army will be completely scattered, as for the relatives, they are all the relatives of the officials and generals of the DPRK and China, then they can't be abandoned, who wants to leave their wives and children, old and young?

Dolgon took a deep breath and sighed: "Decree, the main force of Manchuria will follow me and Duoduo Abatai over the wall and retreat straight into the Guanwai, and Zilharang will lead 5,000 troops to protect the family's grain and grass baggage, enter Chahar through Xuanhua, and retreat to Shengjing; Ao Bai immediately led 5,000 elite soldiers to rush to Shanhaiguan with all their might, and must seize Shanhaiguan before the Ming army approaches Shanhaiguan, block the footsteps of the Ming army, and beware of the Ming army from killing out of Shanhaiguan and cutting off our way back! ”

It is imperative to divide the troops, carrying so many burdens, the Manchurian army will definitely die, and it can only be divided into troops; Ao Bai led the elite cavalry to rush to Shanhaiguan, maybe he could still have time to occupy Shanhaiguan and block the advance of the Ming army, if all the main forces were out of Shanhaiguan, it was almost impossible, there were still a large number of infantry here, five days had passed, plus the five or six days that Duoduo and others had wasted on the road before, it had been more than ten days since the Ming army occupied Zhendingfu, if the Ming army moved fast enough, it should have arrived in Gyeonggi by now, However, there has been no news that the Ming army has entered the capital, which means that the target of the Ming army may not be Beijing City, but Shanhaiguan.

Manchuria tens of thousands of foot cavalry, carrying artillery and ammunition, want to surpass the cavalry of the Ming army in speed, it is simply impossible, only the elite cavalry can guarantee that before the Ming army arrives at Shanhaiguan, accept the defense of Shanhaiguan, really have to be taken by the Ming army to take Shanhaiguan first, then Manchuria is really dangerous.

It was Dolgon who had to let his main force climb over the wall ridge directly from the dense clouds, and take the road that had entered the congestion again.

After the deployment of Dolgon, Zilharang escorted the relatives of grain, grass, baggage, and firearms from Xuanhua to detour, rushed to Shengjing from Chahar, and led the main force to rush to the wall of Ziling, and Ao Bai led 5,000 elites to go straight to Shanhaiguan, as long as Shanhaiguan was taken, according to the danger, not to mention 20,000 cavalry, that is, 60,000 or 70,000 troops, there was no ten days and half a month, and he did not want to shake the impregnable defense of Shanhaiguan.

Ao Bai led five thousand fine horsemen all the way to the direction of Shanhaiguan, from the capital to Shanhaiguan, but five hundred miles away, the fine cavalry rushed with all their might, it only took three or four days to reach the Shanhaiguan city, now Shanhaiguan is still under the control of the Qing army, Shanhaiguan is still under the control of the Qing army, Shanhaiguan is the general soldier, and his subordinates are still leading thousands of troops.

However, this time, Dolgon obviously underestimated the speed of Xu Yifan's reaction, Qin Mufeng had already acted, although Zhending Mansion was far away from Shanhaiguan, but the early departure was much more abundant.

Qin Mufeng's 20,000 cavalry and Aobai's elite cavalry advanced at the same time, and in the end, the two had not yet arrived at the city of Shanhaiguan and met on a narrow road in Changli!

"Report ——!"

When Aobai's army was rushing forward, a scout Kuai Ma Rufei ran over and said urgently: "Lord Qiqi, in the south of more than ten miles, we have found the traces of the Ming cavalry, and they are rushing towards the north with all their might, according to the marching speed of the two armies, at most two hours later, they will meet on the north side of Changli County!" ”

Ao Bai was shocked, this Ming cavalry really rushed to Shanhaiguan, this Xu Yifan, this is the rhythm of wanting to catch turtles in the urn and annihilate the Manchurian army in one fell swoop, fortunately, the emperor calculated to this step, and changed the original from Shanhaiguan to go to the wall of Ziling, otherwise, this time the army will be dead!

"Say, how many troops are there in the Ming army?"

Ao Bai shouted.

The scout hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiyu, the Ming army is all cavalry, and the strength is about 20,000!" ”

20,000 cavalry!

Ao Bai really couldn't sit still, although the five thousand people under his command were all elite forces, but they had lost successive battles, and they no longer had the original fierce combat power, 20,000 Ming army cavalry? It only takes 10,000 cavalry of the Ming army to encircle and annihilate themselves here, and there are a large number of musketeers among the elite cavalry of the Ming army!

"Order, the army advances north, full speed ahead! We must get rid of the cavalry of the Ming army, otherwise we will all have fun! ”

Ao Bai didn't dare to fight at this time, and led the cavalry to the north to rush for his life, just to see who could rush to Shanhaiguan first, and now it is the line of life and death!

At the same time that Ao Bai got the news of the scout, Qin Mufeng also got the scout's return.

Found traces of the Manchurians?

Qin Mufeng chuckled in his heart, the speed of the Manchurian army is so fast, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be so fast, right?

"How many troops are there on the other side?"

Qin Mufeng asked.

"There are not many troops, only a few thousand cavalry, but they all seem to be the elite of brave and good fighting!"

Qin Mufeng is even more blind, there are only a few thousand people, this is definitely not the main force of Manchuria!

"Come, immediately send scouts to the southwest, and make every effort to find the traces of the main force of Manchuria, Zhao Xin, follow me to lead the cavalry of the left and right towns of Nanjing to break through to the north with all their might, we must bite this cavalry!" The rest of the forces are trailing behind! ”

(End of chapter)