Chapter 128
Dorgon's worry was not that he would be defeated by the Ming army of more than 1 people, but that the supplies he had finally looted could not be sent away safely.

The current strategy is to resist this brave guard battalion as much as possible, so that Jinan City can complete the looting as soon as possible, and withdraw as soon as possible to rest.

He is still a little worried. He wonders if the Ming Dynasty is so big, will another army as capable as Yongweiying emerge from other places?

In the original history, this time the Manchu and Qing troops entered the Pass and went the furthest south among the previous four. However, they also encountered the Yongwei Camp and looted enough supplies, so they did not go further south. , but it tested the reality of the Ming Dynasty, so that when the Manchus entered the pass for the fifth time, they were even more unscrupulous, divided their forces, regarded the Ming army as nothing, went south and west, acted casually, and even swaggered inside the pass After resting for a month, I reluctantly left.

At this time, just as Dorgon was worried, although he blocked the attack of the Yongwei Battalion, the two sides faced off temporarily only a dozen miles away from Jinan City.This gave the local prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty an opportunity to see hope, so they became bolder and sent troops to help in the battle.

The neighboring guards, no matter whether they can fight or not, you have hundreds and I have thousands, they all rushed to the Yongwei camp after hearing the news.

Every time Dorgon saw a small group of Ming troops entering the brave guard camp opposite, he became more worried.At this time, he finally realized the disadvantages of away games, and regretted that there was no one around him who was familiar with the situation in various parts of the Ming country to ask.

He made up his mind that after the plundering of Jinan City was finished as soon as possible, he would not go to other places to plunder, and join Yuetuo and Du Du's troops to leave the customs.

However, what Dorgon didn't expect was that the situation might be worse than he imagined.

"Report to the master, the Ming army has been spotted near Dezhou in the north. Judging from the banners, it is Lu Xiangsheng's troops."

"What?" Dorgon stood up in surprise when he heard it, and confirmed with a very serious face: "See clearly, it is indeed Lu Xiang who has risen?"

If you want to say that the person he fears the most is Lu Xiangsheng.But he never thought that Lu Xiangsheng would chase after him so quickly!

"Going back to the master, I didn't see Lu Xiangsheng's own flag, just the flags of his generals. There are about 1000 riders."

Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that, as long as he didn't find Lu Xiangsheng, the troops who came were not enough, so it was okay.

But when he came back to his senses, he was worried again.

To the south of Jinan City, there are more than 1 Yongwei Battalion, which can be fought, holding back the only resting army of the Qing Dynasty. More importantly, the Ming army is gathering more and more troops; at the same time, the Ming Dynasty appeared in the north. Cavalry, this is also a very bad signal.And he was also worried that there would be more and more Ming troops in the north.

At this time, Dorgon suddenly had a feeling, like a lonely boat floating on the sea, a little bit like this feeling.

He was a little scared, and if he stayed here in Jinan City, he still didn't know how the situation would develop.The most important thing is that after the looting of Jinan City, it is estimated that everyone involved in the looting has robbed a lot of property, and the will to fight will be consumed a lot. There is still no problem against ordinary Ming troops, but if they encounter a strong enemy, they have to fight to the death. If so, that would be a bit inappropriate.

With this in mind, Dorgon did not hesitate anymore and immediately sent an order to withdraw his troops regardless of whether the plunder of Jinan City was completed or not.As for what was left in Jinan City, it was just a matter of setting fire to it. It was impossible to leave a complete city to the Ming Dynasty.

It is a bit regrettable that the number of people who can fight the Yongwei Battalion is indeed too small, only in the early [-]s, and they are not all cavalry. Facing five or six times the Manchu army, if you want to defeat them But it's impossible.I can only watch helplessly as they burn Jinan City, and then return north with the looted population and supplies.

Liu Yuanbin and Lu Jiude, who were following them together, sent people to bypass the route of the Manchu army and report the news to the capital.

At the end of January in the 12th year of Chongzhen, when Dorgon led the army back to Hebei, a Ming army finally appeared on the outskirts of the capital.

"Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, has led the army to the suburbs of Beijing."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be overjoyed, finally came a man who could fight.

Prior to this, he had already received an urgent report from Shanhaiguan, saying that Jianlu Huang Taiji was attacking the Ningjin line with Hongyi cannons and could not send troops back to the pass.

Everyone knows the importance of Shanhaiguan.If Shanhaiguan fell into the hands of the Manchus, the Manchus would not invade the pass once a year or every few years, but they could invade the pass all the time.Therefore, if Guan Ning's army did not return reinforcements, there was nothing he could do about it, including the current Emperor Chongzhen, who did not investigate further.After all, it is impossible to lie about such a big thing.

But in this way, a strong army is missing.Although the Qin soldiers had some problems, they were broken up halfway when they were transferred to Liaodong, but they had good records in suppressing bandits in the pass these years, especially Hong Chengchou's and Sun Chuanting's troops.

At this time, if we say that the military strength is relatively strong, there are only these two armies.

Of course, there is another branch, which belongs to Zuo Liangyu.However, Emperor Chongzhen had heard of Zuo Liangyu's reputation in later generations, which was not good.At this time, from the original memory of Emperor Chongzhen, he also knew that there was a local governor who impeached Zuo Liangyu for being arrogant, disobeying orders, and acting without authorization.

This happened in the [-]th year of Chongzhen. Zhang Guowei, the governor of Yingtian, issued three orders to Zuo Liangyu to go into the mountains to search for the defeated bandits. Zuo Liangyu did not respond, but sent troops to rob women in the local area.Even the Henan Supervising Army urged him, but he was unmoved.Even after the fall of Xichuan, the bandits went east to attack Liuhe, captured Tianchang, divided their troops to occupy Guazhou and Yizhen, captured Xuyi, etc., Zuo Liangyu did not go to the rescue and supported his own troops.

Emperor Chongzhen at the time was helpless about this. He was in a state of distress every day and was unable to punish Zuo Liangyu. He was even forced to reinstate his official position so that he could contribute to the court and continue to conquer the bandits.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was still suppressing the bandits in Shaanzhou and did not return to the capital to aid.Perhaps there is retribution for doing too many evil deeds. The court could not do anything to Zuo Liangyu, but his men took advantage of Zuo Liangyu to lead his trusted troops to leave his hometown of Xuzhou. Not long ago, they launched a mutiny and wiped out his entire family.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about these things, and did not place any hope on Zuo Liangyu's return to aid against the Manchu army. Those warlord leaders in the past must be killed to make an example.

Zu Kuan is one, and Zuo Liangyu cannot escape!
But at this time, Emperor Chongzhen's mind had turned to Hong Chengchou outside the city, thinking in his heart, where is Sun Chuanting again?

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