Ming Empire

Chapter 298 The Desperate Dorgon Brothers
There are several other people who have the same troubles as Li Zicheng, namely Dorgon and Duoduo brothers.

It did not come as a surprise to Dorgon that the Ming army left for the Northern Expedition.The Ming army that regained Beijing, after capturing Shanhaiguan, will definitely go out to fight and regain the lost territories.It's just that Dorgon never thought that the Ming army would go out to fight so soon. The Qing army was still unprepared and did not find an effective way to break the damage caused by the powerful firearms of the Ming army.

Dorgon knew that if he wanted to fight against the Ming army equipped with a large number of firearms, he could only equip his own army with powerful firearms.After leaving the customs, Dorgon and Duoduo brothers are also trying to find a way to manufacture and purchase more muskets and artillery.

But with the national power and technology of the Qing Dynasty, there is no way to manufacture a large number of artillery in a short period of time. In the current Qing Dynasty, there is no consortium to buy firearms and artillery. Even if they have money to buy, they cannot find a seller. It is impossible for the court to sell firearms to them.

Apart from buying from Daming, you can only buy from Westerners, but the time and gold and silver to buy from Westerners are beyond their imagination.Therefore, although Dorgon knew that the Qing Dynasty must improve its military equipment as soon as possible, there was no way to achieve it.

However, the equipment of the Ming army has been greatly improved and improved in the past period of time. The quantity and quality of artillery and muskets have been improved to a certain extent, and the quality of sergeants has also been significantly improved.More importantly, the morale of today's Ming army is high, which cannot be compared with the low morale of the Qing army.

For the Qing Dynasty, there are still many fatal factors that affect its strength. One is that some Mongolian tribes, including the Horqin tribe, rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and joined the Ming Dynasty, and the other is that North Korea returned to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty.In today's Qing Dynasty, the country's land area and population have dropped significantly, and the area that the Qing army can control is basically the area around Shengjing.

The rebellion of many Mongolian tribes not only caused the Qing Dynasty to lose a powerful ally, but also added a powerful enemy.When the Ming army regained the outside of the pass, the Mongols were ready to join forces with the Ming army to attack the Qing Dynasty, gain benefits from it, and use it to pledge their allegiance to the Ming Dynasty.Affected by many unfavorable factors, the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo were devastated.

For the brothers, they never dreamed that the mighty Qing Dynasty would collapse in the blink of an eye.It is difficult for them to accept this reality, and they still want to fight to the death.But on the land outside the pass, the elite Manchurian cavalry still couldn't help the Ming army equipped with a large number of artillery and muskets.In the intensive bullet shooting of the Ming army, the Qing warriors who charged at high speed were shot and killed in front of the battle without even a chance to perform.

There is no way to break the Ming army's offensive, and the Ming army's main general is also very careful, there is no negligence, and they basically do not give them a chance to attack. Dorgon and Duoduo are very sad. They can't figure out how to defeat the Ming army. Lose and lose.

Both Dorgon and Duoduo know that if this continues, all the living space will be occupied by the Ming army, and the surviving Manchus can only live in the deep mountains and forests in the end, or surrender to Ming Dynasty.For Dorgon and Duoduo, they never considered surrendering, but they had to consider the future of the entire tribe.If there is really no way to fight against the increasingly well-equipped and powerful Ming army, the Manchu tribes will return to Daming, and it will be a strategy if they survive and plan for the future. This is better than returning to the deep mountains and old forests. Hard times are strong.

But for the brothers, it was the only choice to die on the battlefield, rather die than surrender, and maintain their true colors as heroes.

Dorgon and Duoduo had already quietly discussed that if the situation really reached the point of no return, after a few of them died in heroic battles, they could let the rest of the tribe surrender to the Ming army and save some seeds for the Manchus.

Shengjing is destined to be unable to defend, but Dorgon and Duoduo are still planning to fight Cao Bianjiao to the death in Shengjing.

Although Cao Bianjiao didn't know what Dorgon and the Duoduo brothers were thinking, he knew very well that under the current circumstances, the Ming army equipped with a large number of firearms could not be resisted by Jiannu. As long as he was not careless, this time It is expected that the Northern Expedition will completely wipe out Jiannu.

From Jiannu's futile resistance, Cao Yue knew that Jiannu could no longer withstand the attack of the Ming army, but he still didn't dare to be careless, for fear of being overthrown by Dorgon accidentally.He also sent people to Shengjing to contact Dorgon and Duoduo to give up their resistance and return to Daming.

Under the call of Bumbutai, Zhezhe and Fulin, many nobles who built slaves quietly chose to give up resistance and surrender to Daming.If Dorgon and Duoduo can be recruited to surrender, that would be a good thing, at least it can save some troubles and end the war early.You must know that the war in the northwest is still going on now, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are still a great threat, and Hong Niangzi, a female generation, leads the army. Cao Bianjiao does not think that the problem of the rogues can be solved.

If the problem of building slaves can be resolved early, then the army he leads can turn around and return to the pass to fight in the northwest and wipe out Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.The slaves were wiped out, and the rebellion of the bandits was also eliminated, and the world was really peaceful that day.

It's just that Dorgon and Duoduo rejected Cao Bianjiao's request for them to surrender, and Cao Bianjiao could only order his troops to continue fighting.

The naval warships also assisted Cao Bianjiao in the battle. A warship moved along the Liaohe River to deliver supplies and military supplies to the army, and supported the troops marching on land with naval guns.The current of the Liaohe River is still quite strong, and small and medium-sized naval warships can go up the Liaohe River all the way to the outside of Shengjing City.

At the turn of spring and summer, there was still abundant rainfall in the Northeast, which provided great convenience for the military operations of the Ming Guards.

That is when midsummer came, a warship of the Ming Guards Army and Navy surrounded Shengjing.

Dorgon knew that the Ming army would surround Shengjing sooner or later, so he re-armed his troops and led the army to defend Shengjing. The army made a surprise attack and dealt a severe blow to the Ming army under the city of Shengjing.

Dorgon's arrangement, in addition to using the high mobility of the cavalry to attack the Ming army that surrounded Shengjing City, also wanted the most elite forces of the Qing Dynasty to be handed over to Duoduo, and if the situation was not right, he would flee from Shengjing and leave The contact with the Ming army preserved some strength for the Qing Dynasty.

Duo Duo was young and quite strategic. Dorgon entrusted the future of the Qing Dynasty to his younger brother. As for the people of the Qing Dynasty in Shengjing City, Dorgon felt that if they could not keep Shengjing, they would surrender to Ming Dynasty. Army, seek a way out.

Dorgon himself is determined to die, and decides to live and die with Shengjing.

Cao Bianjiao didn't care about Dorgon's arrangement, Shengjing was the city he had to capture.Just when Hong Niangzi led the army to attack the natural danger of Tongguan, Cao Bianjiao, who led the army to surround Shengjing, also launched an attack on the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

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