Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 299

Once the decision to evacuate Shengjing City was made, the Qing court acted very quickly. Obviously, they were not unprepared, they just needed a sufficient excuse.

Duoduo's defeat and death is the best excuse.

A mighty crowd of nearly 10 people, composed of troops from the Eight Banners and tens of thousands of city residents, headed north from the two gates of Fusheng Gate and Chengzai Gate in the north of Shengjing City with a sad and gloomy mood. .

When the Qing court withdrew from Shengjing City, its other two armies also fought many battles with the new army.

Although it caused a lot of casualties to the infantry in the four towns of Jiangbei, it failed to defeat them, let alone stop the advance of the new army, and their own casualties were not small.

Due to the tragic end of the Duduo tribe, the Qing government no longer forced them to fight the new army, nor ordered them to join the team that had withdrawn from Shengjing City, so as to preserve their vitality and restrain and monitor the new army.

On September 5000, the new army's West Route Army and Central Route Army received an order, and all the cavalry of the two armies were drawn out. A total of about [-] cavalry was led by Wu Sangui. go.

Their goal, of course, was to withdraw the large Qing court troops from Shengjing City. These people brought so many residents on foot, and naturally they couldn't go too fast.

In fact, when the Qing court withdrew from Shengjing City, the Intelligence Department of the New Army got the news immediately. After all, Shengjing City has always been hiding intelligence agents from the New Army.

The reason why they were allowed to go for two days before chasing them with all their strength was because they wanted to escape further.

If they pursued them with all their strength not far from the city, they might change their focus and send the tens of thousands of residents who had slowed down back to the city when they knew they were powerless to open the distance.

Once these people return to the city, they will definitely increase the city's defense force, and it will be a lot of trouble to attack the city.

Sure enough, when the Qing court learned that the cavalry of the new army brigade was coming, they did not choose to return to Shengjing City, but accelerated the speed of fleeing north.

At the same time, Dorgon ordered to contain and monitor the more than ten thousand cavalry of the New Army's Central Route Army to join the large troops to strengthen the defense force.

On September [-]rd, the fastest-moving West Route Army arrived at the city of Shengjing first.

However, the main force of the new army did not have the slightest nostalgia for Shengjing City. They passed Shengjing City and continued to chase north, leaving only nearly 4 people to take Shengjing City.

Because the new army learned from the information that there were less than [-] old, weak and remnant soldiers in Shengjing City, and there was still a lack of various defensive equipment such as artillery.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally unnecessary to use more than [-] people to attack such a city.

The Central Route Army, which originally aimed its offensive line at Shengjing City, also changed its direction of travel and pursued directly north.

On September [-], Shengjing City was once again attacked by the new army. Except for nearly a thousand people who were captured, all the old and weak soldiers defending the city died in battle.

At the same time, the more than 2 cavalry of the new army led by Wu Sangui had already targeted the large troops of the Qing court who fled to the north.

At this time, in the ranks of the Qing army, there were about 5 soldiers from the Eight Banners, including more than [-] cavalry who had restrained the New Army's Central Route Army, and the remaining [-] were residents of Shengjing City.

The Qing army had imagined that it would have more than twice the force advantage, and planned to defeat the chasing cavalry of the new army in one fell swoop.

However, the cavalry of the new army did not have the burden of the common people accompanying the army, and Wu Sangui was not incompetent, so he did not directly fight with them.

If the Qing army pursues, lure it to distance itself from the large army, and then look for an opportunity to attack its defenseless civilian team.

After seeing the new army's intentions, the Qing army became more timid and exhausted by the new army.

In order to prevent the Qing army from obtaining supplies, Wu Sangui also sent a team to bypass the large forces of the Qing army and go deep into Jianzhou, confiscating or burning the materials of the tribes and people's gathering places along the way.

But there were few killings, the reason is very simple, let the Qing court and its people see that the new army is not a bloodthirsty army, and the new army is willing to recruit obedient people.

At the same time, the confiscated and destroyed people can further increase the burden on the Qing court after joining the Qing court's fleeing troops, unless they don't care about the lives of these people.

But if this is done, it will be renunciation and detachment, and the last way for the Qing court to unite people's hearts will be blocked.

Sure enough, Wu Sangui's move made the Qing court very angry, but also very helpless.

In fact, the matter has come to this point, and many people know in their hearts that it is impossible to escape to a safe place from the hands of the new army with so many people.

Now the West Route Army and the Middle Route Army of the New Army are still catching up, and the East Route Army has also begun to outflank. With so many people, they will be caught up sooner or later. When the time comes, they will be surrounded by 50 million new troops. Failure is inevitable. result.

However, most of the people in Shengjing City are family members of the elites of the Manchu Eight Banners. How many people are willing to abandon their family members and run for their own lives?

But if you don't abandon these people who are slowing down, and wait for the main force of the East Route Army of the New Army to pursue them, not only will these people not be able to keep them, but even the last elite of the Eight Banners will be lost, and the Qing Dynasty will no longer exist.

Continuing on the road with this complicated mood, another disturbing news came. The Horqin Ministry officially refused to provide any help, and even refused to allow Manchurians to transit through Horqin. effect.

They even threatened that if the Manchurians refused to listen to persuasion and entered the Horqin Department without permission, they would have to join hands with the new army to launch an attack.

The meaning of the Horqin Department is obvious. They don't want to cause trouble to the upper body. Even the Horqin Department, which has the closest relationship with the Qing Dynasty, is divorced.

In fact, this is also expected. No matter how close the Horqin tribe is to the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible for them to perish together with the Qing Dynasty.

Now in the eyes of the Horqin Ministry, the Qing Dynasty has already set in the west, and sooner or later it will fail. For the sake of its own tribe, how could it be possible to perish along with the Qing Dynasty.

Most of the tribes in the Horqin tribe chose to wait and see, but there was one exception, that is, the Xilut clan where Ming Andali was located, and they were already preparing to send troops.

Because Ming Andali had already surrendered to the new army, he had joined Tangning in the campaign against Liaodong, and now his troops were chasing after the last force of the Qing court.

Although he was not the main force, he was favored by Tangning and was reused.

This time, the Qing army was chased not far from the Horqin tribe. As the leader of the Sirut family, he naturally had to perform well in order to win greater benefits for his tribe.

He had followed Tangning for quite some time, and Tangning didn't hide her ambition too much.

The destruction of the Qing court was not the end point. Otherwise, why would Tang Ning use 60 to [-] troops to conquer the Qing Dynasty in the sunset, and there must be another purpose for the [-] elite troops stationed at Shanhaiguan.

Naturally, its intention was to continue to expand outward after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. The Horqin Tribe, which is connected with the Manchurians, must be included in the scope of its expansion, and it is still the first to bear the brunt.

Rather than being passively annexed by Tangning, it would be better to surrender before Tangning took the initiative, and naturally gain more benefits.

(End of this chapter)