Ming Empire

Chapter 272

Jierhalang was actually killed in battle, and the news made Zhezhe and Bumbutai's mouths wide open in shock.

How is this possible?Jierhalang is the left-behind minister of Beijing, the regent of the Qing Dynasty like Dorgon, and just now he assured them that he would be able to repel the attacking Ming army, but unexpectedly, in less than an hour, Ji Erhalang Erharan was killed.Was the Ming army's offensive really so fierce?Jierhalang personally led troops to rescue Chaoyangmen, but failed, and even put his life in it.

This is terrible, the Ming army is really unstoppable, Zhezhe and Bumbutai came to this conclusion almost at the same time.It seems that Dorgon's army was really completely wiped out by Cao Yue, and the city of Beijing will soon be captured by the Ming army. After the Qing Dynasty is over, and even Jierhalang is martyred, who else can we count on?It won't be long before the Ming army will attack the Forbidden City, and they will become prisoners of the Ming army again.

"Yu'er, what should we do? Are we really going to surrender to the Ming army and surrender to Cao Yue?" Zhezhe couldn't hide his panic, and took Bumbutai's hand, "Is this really the end of the Qing Dynasty? This is too fast. Didn’t Dorgon say a few days ago that the Battle of Dezhou was only a temporary defeat, and that the Qing army was capable of defeating the joint attack of the Ming army and the bandits. Why did it suddenly become like this?”

Zhezhe didn't say this, but Bumbutai couldn't help being angry: "Auntie, Dorgon is too self-righteous. He forced us all to move to Beijing before he was firmly established in the world, but he has no ability to protect it." The peace of Beijing, he ended up with the whole army wiped out, and also implicated us. If we hadn't been ordered to come to Beijing, we shouldn't be so frightened now. He also said confidently that he could defeat the Ming army led by Cao Yue, In the end, the entire army ended up being wiped out. Beijing was captured by the Ming army so quickly. Poor women and children like us will become prisoners of the Ming army. Auntie, we can no longer place our hopes on Dorgon. There are hundreds of thousands of troops, but they have not been able to defeat the Ming army, which is far inferior to our Qing army. He is no match for Cao Yue. Cao Yue is the one who will control the world in the future. Let us submit to Cao Yue!"

"The only way to surrender?" Zhezhe looked at Bumbutai dumbly, "Yu'er, we really have to surrender to Cao Yue?"

"Auntie, if we don't surrender and become Cao Yue's captives in the end, we might not get anything, we can't win anything, but if we take the initiative to ask for surrender and keep the Forbidden City from the flames of war, believe me Cao Yue will definitely remember our achievements. He promised us again, and my niece believes that he will treat us well, and maybe he will surprise us.” Because of Jierhalang’s accidental death, Bumbu Taiyue Jia strengthened his decision, held Zhe Zhe's hand and persuaded: "Auntie, we are just women, and we can only live by men in the end. The former emperor is gone, and Dorgon has also failed. Maybe he is now with Ji Er. Like Harang, he also died under the knife of the Ming army, we have no way to compete with Cao Yue, what else can we do but submit?"

Zhezhe was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slightly, "Okay, Yu'er, aunt will listen to you, you send people to tell the various sects to stop resisting and surrender to the Ming army. At the same time, send people to contact the generals of the Ming army and let They don't want to kill innocent people indiscriminately. As long as they treat the Qing Dynasty well, the Qing Dynasty is willing to return to Ming Dynasty and become a vassal. You write a letter to Cao Yue, tell him that we are willing to submit, let him not forget what he said, and don't embarrass us , we must do what we say.”

Seeing that Zhezhe agreed to what she said, Bumbutai also heaved a sigh of relief, and immediately agreed: "Auntie, please rest assured, Yu'er will go to arrange the arrangement immediately, and will write to Cao Yue as soon as possible, asking him to come to Beijing in person Preside over the affairs, and ask him to promise to keep his promise, treat us well, and give us a good arrangement!"

"Then you go first, and then talk to aunt after you're done with your work!" Zhezhe seemed to be exhausted, and slowly closed his eyes with a slumped look.

Bumbutai agreed, and immediately left Zhezhe's bedroom.

Although Bumbutai seemed very decisive when he persuaded Zhezhe just now, but when he went outside and was stimulated by the brightness of the sun, he felt a different feeling in his heart.What's wrong with me?When the enemy is at present, instead of thinking about how to resist and call for reinforcements, he thinks about surrendering, which seems to be the wrong thing to do.Did something wrong?Or was he really moved by what Cao Yue said, or had feelings for Cao Yue?
But since the matter has been decided, then do it according to the decision, no matter it is wrong or right.

Bumbutai acted quite decisively. She immediately returned to her bedroom, and hastily drafted an edict in Fulin's tone, ordering the defenders at the gates of Beijing to stop resisting and surrender to the attacking Ming army.At the same time, she also wrote a letter to the general of the Ming army who attacked the city and Cao Yue, expressing her intention of the Qing court.In the letter to Cao Yue, all thoughts and thoughts were naturally written into it.

After writing these things, Bumbutai took Fulin's big seal and stamped them, and then called in his cronies, ordered them to pass on the emperor's edict immediately, and sent someone to deliver the letter to Chaoyangmen .

After doing all this, Bumbutai, who was sweating profusely, felt as if his whole body had collapsed, and he had no strength, so he slumped on the soft couch.She had the feeling that she was about to become a sinner of the Qing Dynasty, and the pressure was extremely high.

Bumbutai's hunch was actually not bad. She was destined to become a sinner of the Qing Dynasty and ruin everything in the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, the current Qing Dynasty has not lost much power. Dorgon still has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, and he is on his way back to Beijing quickly.In Beijing, there are at least 10 troops, far more than the [-] Ming army sailors who attacked the city. If there is a desperate fight, the Ming army navy who broke through Chaoyang Gate will have no way to attack Zizi City.

The death of Jierhalang was just an accidental coincidence.The Ming army who broke through the Chaoyang Gate pulled the new artillery to the city gate. During the test firing, the artillery shell happened to land near Jierhalang who personally led the army to counterattack. As a result, the Qing regent who stayed in Beijing, He was killed on the spot, and the cronies around him were also knocked down.

Jierhalang was killed, and the counterattackers became leaderless, unable to take back Chaoyangmen.

When the navy of the Ming army broke through the Chaoyang Gate, the forward of the army led by Dorgon was only a day or two away from Beijing.

Due to the rapid pursuit of Cao Bianjiao's tribe, Dorgon couldn't get rid of it, and was afraid that the Mongolian soldiers, Han army, and Korean army would mutiny and completely ruin everything, so he had to stop and fight Cao Bianjiao for a few battles.After several battles, both sides suffered heavy losses, but Cao Bianjiao did not back down and continued to pursue.As a result, Dorgon slowed down his march and arrived in Beijing at least one and a half days later than expected.

And it was this day and a half that caused their "Great Qing" to suffer a fatal blow.Bumbutai and Zhezhe, who thought that Dorgon's army would suffer heavy losses when the Ming army attacked the city of Beijing, and even wiped out their entire army, after receiving the news of Jierhalang's death, believed that the general situation was over. , chose to surrender.

Everything is wrong!
(End of this chapter)