: I'm going to play the empty city plan

Jiannu camp, central army tent.

Dorgon and Yuetuo sat in the middle. Although both of them were the second regents, their status was still slightly different. Whether it was ability or prestige, Yuetuo obviously could not be compared with Dorgon, let alone Dorgon was also Yuetuo's elder, so Dorgon was able to sit on the left.

The other Jiannu nobles such as Abatai, Babutai, Shuotou, Sahalian, Dudu, Tang, Ajige, Dodo, and Haoge were divided into two groups. Although they were all princes and princes, they were also Beile and Beizi, but they did not have their seats in front of Dorgon and Yuetuo.

This is a typical joint discussion of the Eight Banners. Except for Jiergalang, which has a blue banner, almost all the nobles of the Jiannu Eight Banners have come. Such joint discussions are very high and will only be convened when dealing with major affairs. In fact, Jiannu is indeed facing a serious problem now.

The question is - whether to continue to besiege Datong?

Dorgon originally hoped that the strong attack at all costs would work. If he could conquer Datong in one fell swoop, it would be worth it to lose some people, because capturing Wang Pu alive would greatly enhance Jiannu's military morale and morale, and would greatly enhance Dorgon's prestige among Jiannu.

But the final result surprised Dorgon!

There were indeed a lot of losses. Dorgon invested a total of 70,000 troops, including the Eight Banners of the Han Army and the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Army, and 30,000 elite soldiers of the Zhenghuang and the Inlaid Yellow Banners. As a result, after a fierce battle in one day, the Eight Banners of the 30,000 Han Army and the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Army were almost completely injured and killed, and more than half of the 30,000 Mongolian Eight Banners were killed and killed. Only the two yellow banners in the rear attack did not suffer much loss.

In fact, there were not so many Jiannu who died in battle. More Jiannu were only injured, and they died of blood loss because they did not receive timely treatment.

Dorgon sighed softly and said, "I just got the news that our Qing army had killed more than 46,000 people in battle today, including more than 29,000 people in the Eight Banners of the Han army, more than 16,000 people in the Eight Banners of the Mongolian Eight Banners, and more than 1,000 elite troops from the two yellow banners."

The Jiannu nobles in the tent were all terrified. Although they realized that there would definitely be no fewer casualties in this battle, they never expected that they would lose more than 46,000 people. Although the Qing Dynasty dispatched an unprecedented army of 170,000 this time. But if they fought like today, there would be no hair left in four days.

This is unprecedented in the history of the war between Jiannu and the Ming Dynasty. In the previous history of the war between the two armies, the Qing army had never suffered such a crushing defeat.

"What's there?" Ajige said disapprovingly, "Isn't it just lost more than 20,000 Han people, Aha and more than 10,000 Mongolians? Didn't our elite Eight Banners lose more than 1,000 people? It's just the fur."

"That's it." Abatai, who is also reckless, echoed, "More than 20,000 Han people died. Isn't it enough to kill more people from the Central Plains this time? More than 10,000 Mongolians are even less. More than a dozen Mongolian tribes in the south and north of the desert. The flag plus one piece is more than 400,000. What's the point of 10,000 people?"

Dorgon's brows frowned in an instant. What Ajige and Abatai said were obviously nonsense. The 20,000 Han army and Eight Banners were not Han people, and they were far from being able to fill the situation by capturing tens of thousands of strong men from the Central Plains to Liaodong. The death of more than 10,000 Mongolians was not a trivial matter.

The Mongols are now just surrendering to the Qing Dynasty and are far from truly integrating into the Qing Dynasty. In other words, the Eight Mongolian Banners are now just servants of the Qing army. If they are used ruthlessly, they will probably have strange ambitions.

If Mongolia betrayed the Qing Dynasty because of this attack on the Ming Dynasty, it would be more than worth the loss.

Dorgon had already thought of retreating his troops. It would be too unworthy to destroy all the elites of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty in Datong City for the sake of Wang Pu, and Dorgon could not bear this responsibility.

However, as the regent, Dorgon could not express this idea directly. Because at this time, if he said the withdrawal of troops, even though he had saved the elite of the Eight Banners and the vitality of the Qing Dynasty, he would have to bear the responsibility for the failure to attack Datong.

Dorgon's political goal is not just a second-ranked regent, and of course he does not want to take on this responsibility.

Dorgon secretly winked at Duoduo.

Duoduo was agile and quickly figured out Dorgon's meaning and said, "The loss of more than 20,000 Han army Eight Banners and more than 10,000 Mongolian Eight Banners is indeed not enough to hurt our Qing Dynasty's army. However, Seventh Brother, Twelfth Brother have you ever thought about it. Today we have the Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners that can be condemned and sent to the army, but tomorrow, what about the day after tomorrow? When the Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners are completely lost, can our elite Eight Banners survive alone?"

Ajig said unhappily: "Fifteenth Lao, according to your wishes, will Datong not fight?"

"Datong can't attack anymore." Duoduo said without hesitation, "at least you can't attack anymore."

It doesn't matter if the withdrawal of the army comes out of Duoduo's mouth, because Duoduo is not the regent and he is not the one who finally makes the decision, so he doesn't have to take responsibility.

Sahalian said: "Yes, if you continue to attack hard, you will suffer too much loss. Even if you can finally conquer Datong, our Qing army will suffer a lot. In my opinion, it would be better to give up Datong, a tough bone and attack Beijing directly! Wang Pu is difficult, I don't believe that Chongzhen's child in Beijing is as difficult as Chongzhen."

"No." Haoge hurriedly stepped out and shouted, "You can't just let Wang Pu go!"

Seeing Haoge jump out, a hint of coldness suddenly flashed through Dorgon's eyes.

Because of the failure of the throne, Haoge was demoted from Prince Su to Prince Su, but no matter what, he was the Yizi King, and he was the eldest son of Huang Taiji. His power in the Lianghuang Banner and Zhenglan Banner can be said to be deeply rooted. Dorgon must be wary of it. One day, Haoge will make a comeback. If there really is that day, Dorgon will die without a place to bury him.

If there is a chance to kill Haoge, Dorgon will never give up easily.

Suddenly, Dorgon had a good idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone, a good idea that could not only suppress his own responsibilities, but also use a knife to kill Haoge!

As soon as Haoge finished speaking, Dorgon stood up and agreed, "It's not unreasonable for Prince Su to speak. Wang Pu is the life-and-death enemy of our Qing Dynasty. You must not let him go like this. But Prince Yu and Prince Ying said it also make sense. The main target of this time to launch an army to attack the Ming Dynasty is Beijing and Chongzhen."

Haug frowned and asked, "What exactly does the Regent mean?"

Dorgon said calmly: "I suggest that the troops be divided into two groups, led by Prince Su Haoge, the two yellow flags, the two yellow flags, the 20,000 Mongolian Eight Banners of Tushetu, stayed to continue to siege Datong. The king and the regent of the Qing army led the main force of the Qing army to Beijing. What do you think?"

"Okay." Yue Tuo nodded immediately, "Uncle Fourteenth is very good, according to my opinion, then that's what it is?"

Everyone nodded one after another, and the two regents agreed. What else can they say about the princes, princes and Baylors?

Haoge didn't say anything, but in fact he was happy. Instead of being cowardly under Dorgon's tent, it would be better to lead an army alone. Although the 30,000 troops were a little less, it would definitely not be enough to attack Datong, but it was more than enough to change it to be besieged. In addition, if Datong could be broken this time, he would not have been stolen by Dorgon.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Haoge had no objection, so the matter was decided.

In Datong City, the general is heading.

Zhen Youcai entered the headquarters worriedly and said to Wang Pu: "General, the result is coming out."

Wang Pu asked without raising his head, "How many people were injured or killed?"

Zhen Youcai said: "Nine hundred and ninety-seven people were killed, one hundred and three seriously injured, and more than 400 people were slightly injured."

Wang Pu's brows frowned. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he suddenly heard such a large number of casualties. After a fierce battle in one day, his musket team suffered more than 1,500 casualties. At this speed, he would have suffered all his muskets in less than three days.

By then, Jiannu would not have to use a knife or a gun at all, and he would be able to enter the city as he walked.

"Where is the ammunition?" Wang Pu asked again, "How much has it been consumed?"

Zhen Youcai said: "The Dragon King Cannon has almost been fired, with more than 100 boxes left, which is more than 2,000 pieces left. The consumption of paper shell bullets has not been counted yet. However, based on the intensity of today's battle situation and the shooting speed of the firearm battalion, Bei Zhi is sure that the remaining paper shell bullets will never exceed 20,000 rounds."

Wang Pu sighed and said nothing.

The intensity of the battle today was far beyond his expectations. Although the number of Jiannu killed far exceeded his expectations, the ammunition consumed was also amazing.
Chapter completed!