"Both of you have a point. Allow me some time to think before I make a decision." Due to the intense smell of gunpowder in the air, Duo Duo very cleverly stopped fighting and temporarily ended the meeting.
Di Chen got up and left with a gloomy face. There was a hint of regret in his heart. If he had known it would be like this, he would have chosen the Southern Ming Empire's camp and killed all these arrogant guys.
"Those who are not of our race must have a different heart!"
Di Chen seemed to have understood something.
…
After Di Chen left, Abatai said, "Tenth Wangye, do you really believe that Dissimilated Man's words?"
Aisin Gioro Duo Duo was the fifteenth son of Nurhachi, the younger brother of Azig and Dorgon. He was the leader of the Bordered White Banner and was known as the Ten Kings. He was one of the Eight Great Generals of the early Qing Dynasty.
Duo Duo narrowed his eyes. "You were not present at the battle of Yangzhou, so you don't know how powerful the Dissimilated Army is. He has a hundred thousand elite soldiers under his command. How can we offend him? "
Abatai was startled. "What does Your Highness mean?"
Duo Duo straightened his back. "The Dissimilated Army is strong, but the Eight Banners Army is not weak either. From tomorrow onwards, you will be the vanguard to attack Jianye. I will be there soon. "
Abatai was overjoyed. "What about the Dissimilated Army?"
"Let them guard Yangzhou City. Our one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers are enough to attack Jianye." Duo Duo was indeed an experienced general. Although he was confident in the Eight Banners Army, he was not as overconfident as Abatai.
Leaving Di Chen's troops to guard Yangzhou would give them nothing to worry about.
"Your Highness is wise!" Abatai sighed in admiration.
…
Di Chen was furious when he learned of Duo Duo's arrangement. "Bastard!"
Guarding Yangzhou was not an easy task.
Firstly, Yangzhou was short of food. Secondly, the city walls were broken. Thirdly, there was no place to defend. Fourthly, it was not popular.
With these four shortcomings, no matter how confident Di Chen was, he did not think that his one hundred thousand soldiers could stop Guo Ziyi's attack. Once Yangzhou City was breached, no matter what the outcome of the battle was, Di Chen would have to leave early.
Duo Duo's intention was sinister. He wanted the Dissimilated Army of the two camps to kill each other while he led the main force of the Qing Army to the south to capture Jianye.
In comparison, Abatai seemed a little immature.
Di Chen saw through Duo Duo's intentions, but he couldn't refute him. He could only follow his orders. This time, he only had 100,000 soldiers and he was in the Qing camp, so he couldn't lead his own camp like Ouyang Shuo.
Looking at the backs of the Qing army heading south, Di Chen's eyes flashed with a trace of viciousness.
…
On the sixth day of the battle.
Just as the Qing army was heading south, Jianye City suddenly underwent a great purge.
In the name of the Regent, Ouyang Shuo listed out the crimes of Qian Qianyi and the others one by one. With the cooperation of the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court, they were imprisoned one by one.
If the circumstances were serious, their wealth would be confiscated and used as military resources.
In order to deter the officials, Ouyang Shuo even transferred 40,000 Imperial Guards into the city to guard it.
Qian Qianyi and the others were pondering how to place their bets on both sides. They had even secretly written the congratulatory note of surrendering to the Qing court. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, they would be thrown into prison? All their plans were in vain.
What streaked across the sky were the powerless words, "I'm innocent ~ ~ I'm innocent ~ ~"
That was the power of lightning.
The sudden storm made Jianye City, which was already nervous and uneasy, even more terrified. In an instant, rumors spread everywhere. There were even wealthy families that began to move south to seek refuge in Lingnan, which was further south.
At this moment, the news of the Qing army heading south spread.
This was like adding oil to a raging fire, and the entire Jianye City was in an uproar.
There were countless people fleeing.
The strange thing was that the Regent, Ouyang Shuo, did not stop them and allowed the people to flee. He only brought 3,000 Divine Martial Guards and swaggered to visit Liu Liangzuo's troops stationed outside the city.
When Liu Liangzuo saw this, his face instantly turned pale.
After Ouyang Shuo left, Li Jing, who had already returned to Jianye, took over Liu Liangzuo's 50,000 troops. As for Liu Liangzuo himself, he brought his family and left Jianye quietly under the protection of a group of bodyguards.
No one knew what happened in Liu Liangzuo's military camp in less than an hour that made the arrogant Liu Liangzuo obediently hand over the command of the troops and retreat in a sorry state.
Those who had personally experienced it only whispered, "The saber light is very white, the blood is very red …"
In the afternoon, Li Jing brought 50,000 Nanming troops into the city.
Just as Di Chen had expected, the 40,000 Imperial Guards of the Great Xia were supplemented by the 50,000 Nanming troops. With the God of War Li Jing holding the fort, it was simply wishful thinking for Duo Duo to break through Jianye in a short period of time.
Needless to say, after Li Jing's mediation, the remaining 60,000 Great Shun troops were already approaching Jianye.
Zhang Xianzhong, who was far away in Sichuan, had already given a clear answer. As long as the Nanming troops led their troops north, the Great Western Army would immediately leave Sichuan and kill their way into the Qing territory to drive out the Tatars together.
A large net had already quietly enveloped the Qing Dynasty.
Perhaps some people would be puzzled. Why did the Qing army, which had always been unstoppable in history, suddenly become difficult after Ouyang Shuo intervened? It was as if there were enemies of the Qing army everywhere!
It was not difficult to understand.
Firstly, the Qing army did not have the advantage in terms of military strength or individual combat power. Especially in the early stages of the war, they were even at an absolute disadvantage.
In the beginning, Dorgon only wanted to take advantage of the internal strife of the Ming Dynasty to enter the pass and take advantage of some resources and people. He planned to make a profit and leave.
The best result was to occupy the Swallow Cloud Sixteen Prefectures.
If someone had told Dorgon at that time that the Qing could unify the world, Dorgon would have been so scared that his legs would have turned to jelly. He would not have believed it even if he was beaten to death.
It was only when Li Zicheng forced Wu Sangui into a dead end that Dorgon took advantage of the situation and successfully took over the Shanhai Pass that his ambition to enter the Central Plains gradually grew.
Even so, he probably did not have the courage to unify the world.
When the Qing army worked hard to destroy Li Zicheng's Great Shun regime in the north, more than half of the Ming Dynasty's territory and officials were still nominally under the Ming Dynasty's rule. Their total military strength even surpassed that of the Qing army.
Unfortunately, even at this time, the Ming Dynasty was still busy with internal strife. For the sake of the throne, they fought to the death, giving the Qing army enough time to destroy Great Shun.
When Great Shun was destroyed, the Qing army could be considered to have been truly established.
Even so, the north and the south were only evenly matched. It was not said that either side had the absolute advantage.
One of the key reasons why the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Great Western Dynasty, and the subsequent regimes were destroyed by the Qing army in a short period of time was that the south lacked a valiant warrior who could turn the tide.
Putting aside Gao Jie and the other warlords, Shi Kefa could only be considered a man of honor and integrity and not a great talent.
That was until Ouyang Shuo appeared.
In terms of tactics, Ouyang Shuo was far superior to others. In terms of strength, the 200,000 mutant soldiers were his greatest trump card. With the help of Li Jing, Guo Ziyi, and the other generals, the entire situation was naturally different.
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