Chapter Five Selfishness
Ebilong never thought that there would be an army that could fight with the most powerful soldiers of the Eight Banners without any distinction. At this moment, the command was meaningless. It depends on who could first kill the opponent's military courage. Ebilong was wearing heavy armor and holding a spear. The bravest soldiers were surrounded by the bravest soldiers. The spear in his hand pierced the chests and abdomen of seven or eight people one after another, and he was still fierce. He didn't know who injured his mount. Ebilong rolled off the horse, but was not confused at all. The spear disappeared, and he picked up a knife with both hands, stabbed him far away, and shouted in his mouth, like a madman.
These elite Manchus were all fighting hard without hesitation. The commander was even more brave and his morale increased greatly. He actually killed the encirclement of Bart's troops, turned back and rushed back. During the fight, Ebilong gathered more than a hundred people around him. The cavalry shot and attacked from afar, and the infantry rushed with him. Seeing that the left wing could not support him, the reinforcements led by Pei Chengyi arrived and stabilized the army.
"The elite troops accumulated in Manchuria over the past few decades are indeed fierce and arduous!" Pei Chengyi stood outside the battle group, looking coldly at the indissoluble bond between us and us, and couldn't help but sigh.
Although she was moved, Pei Chengyi still sent breastplate cavalry to rush into the enemy formation, dispersing the brim of Qing army's Mongolian cavalry, and scaring away the cavalry that the Qing army went out to assist. After stabilizing the situation, Bart stabilized the situation, he used his numerical advantage to defeat the separated Qing troops one by one. Bart saw more than 200 cavalry gathered together, dismounted and formed a square formation, protecting a blood-covered general in the middle, thinking that he must be the commander of the Qing army, and immediately called the cavalry to siege.
With the arrival of the central army, the left wing war was fully controlled, but the deep Ebilong could not escape. At this moment, he was surrounded by Bart's troops, and the vassal soldiers who had just been dispersed gathered again. Seeing that they could not catch up with the pain of knocking the water dog, they had to rush towards Ebilong. However, more than 200 soldiers were elite. The vassal soldiers rushed three times but did not break the formation, but instead lost hundreds of them.
"General Bart, give us another chance and will definitely capture the Manchu nobleman." Zhasak of several flags clasped his fists and asked for a fight.
Bart didn't know that there was Ebilong inside, thinking that killing a side general was irrelevant. The most important thing was to take advantage of the situation to rush to the main formation of the Qing army. So he refused the request from each general and organized troops to continue to attack the Qing army. He recruited artillery and asked him to use artillery shells to smash the small square formation of the Qing army, thus solving the fierce general Ebilong.
Soon, the left wing units that reorganized the array began to continue their attacks. The right wing units of the Qing army had already collapsed and rushed to the bridge, which was to encounter a strong blockade by the Qing army. However, at this point, the blockade was completely useless. Pei Chengyi had ordered the central army to press forward, and the six-pound cannon was dispatched to the newly captured position, aimed at the stone bridge, and directly attacked with solid bullets. The stone chips flew across the board. The vehicles blocked were also broken, completely blocking the road to retreat north.
The Balin Bridge was shelled and became a signal of the disintegration of the Qing army camp. Countless Mongolian old and weak men saw that their side had collapsed. The brothers and nephews were chased like yellow sheep, crying and shouting. Some people fled in scattered places, and some knelt down to beg for mercy. Bat saw that the victory was decided, so he sent the Mongolians to surrender.
"The Manchus are not the opponent of the New Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty has been defeated. Surrender can still save your life at this moment. If you capture the powerful and powerful Manchu officials, you will have a heavy reward!"
"If you kneel down and surrender, you will be spared from death!"
The voice of persuading surrender made many people choose to surrender, and some drove the animals to flee north, but the ice surface could not hold on. Many people and animals died under the collapse. People who had already crossed the river also abandoned trucks and animals and fled on horseback. Among the fleeing people, a group of bright yellow flags were extremely conspicuous.
Li Mingxun understood that he was sending hostages to him. He smiled and said, "Well, my legitimate son and young son are about the same age as your two children. In the future, there will be a few classmates, so just stay."
Mandahai was actually not familiar with the education system of the United States. He originally just sent hostages. After listening to Li Mingxun's arrangements, he thought his son wanted to be a companion for Li Mingxun's legitimate son and young son. He was so excited that he couldn't control himself, so he quickly kowtowed and thanked him again.
Li Mingxun asked someone to take the child down and gave Mandahai a stool. He was only half of his butt. Li Mingxun said: "Now the capital and surrounding areas are under Jidu and Doni. These two people have not gone out of the frontier to escape. I think they have the intention to submit. I wonder if I think it is right or wrong, or whether these two people have to resist to the end?"
Mandahai quickly said, "Your Majesty, Ji Duo is honest, and Doni is even more cowardly. How can he be stubborn and resist to the end?"
"Then why did I send two groups of people to recruit me as if I was pacified, but I didn't give me a reply? I had to send troops and heavy artillery to surround the capital to make up my mind?" Li Mingxun was quite dissatisfied.
Mandahai blushed. When he surrendered, he was only determined to make up his mind when he surrendered. Mandahai said, "Your Majesty, I think these two people don't trust each other, and I'm worried that the other party will use them as a bargaining chip and have a wait for a price. Is it because I'm reluctant to surrender. I want to go to the capital and persuade them to surrender. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks?"
"Just send someone to send a letter, why go there in person?" Li Mingxun said.
Mandahai hurriedly said, "I am afraid that these two people are ignorant and have a villain who angers Tianwei. It is better for me to go there and persuade them."
Li Mingxun nodded: "Since that's the case, you can go, I'll bring this letter to you."
When Mandahai saw that the letter was written by Shunzhi, Li Mingxun said again: "Fulin is still in the army. If you think his words are useful, go and see him."
Mandahai hurriedly said, "The slave is now a minister in the new dynasty. How can we meet the rebellious king? The slave is frightened."
Li Mingxun refused to comment and signaled Mandahai to retreat.
Mandahai did not enter the capital with the envoy sent by Li Mingxun, but sneaked in. After the army arrived in Tongzhou, the surrounding area of the capital was also in chaos, especially after the Empress Dowager Bumubutai and the young emperor Kangxi fled outside the Great Wall, it was even more in chaos for a long time. However, after Li Mingxun arrived, he did not besiege the capital, nor occupied the surrounding area, but only maintained the transportation line from Tongzhou to Tianjin. The Qing generals and gentry near the capital remembered that there were two auxiliary princes, Prince Jian Jidu and Prince Yu Duni, in the capital, and found their backbone for a while.
The capital was martial law and had to go through inspections and could not easily sneak in. However, the United States had contacted the two kings twice. The two kings were interested in understanding the United States' attitude towards the newly surrendered and surrendered people, especially the attitude towards the Manchu tribe. Li Mingxun was ready to send prisoners to persuade them to surrender. He drew some of them from the vassal soldiers of Jilin Appeasement Zone, Yue Lejun who surrendered in Jiangnan, and Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who were captured on the battlefield in Shandong, and came to the city to persuade them to surrender, and showed up. The two kings originally thought there were only a hundred people, but they never thought that thousands of people entered the capital and Mandahai also mixed in.
The prisoners entered the city, and there were too many people, and the originally prepared isolation and review did not work. The two kings just selected some to ask in front of them. Most of the two kings chose people who were familiar with the banner. Mandahai pretended to be the blue flag and entered Prince Jian's mansion.
"You are waiting here first. The prince is busy. If you see others, then summon you." A soldier said to the people of Mandahai. After that, he came in and reported.
"Oh, the waiter is so anxious. When will the errand be handled?" Some of the prisoners standing under the tree couldn't help but say.
"Yes, I still want to go home and see it. God must bless my family. Don't follow them to the outer world in a stupid way. Whether it's hard or not is another matter. Living is a matter."
"Don't worry, I think the inner city is still lively and most of it hasn't left. Our banner owner is still here and will not leave."
Mandahai leaned against the trunk, silently, but his eyes were looking at the people coming and going around intentionally or unintentionally. Most of the officials and powerful people entered and left the main hall. Not only were Manchus, but also many Han officials. Mandahai's face changed and he cursed in a low voice: "Jidu, who doesn't know how to die, is a fool."
It was not until the afternoon that the officials and powerful people in the middle dispersed. Jidu was dressed in princely clothes and sent everyone out with gifts, looking at the wise and polite. When the person was sent back, Jidu came to the front and looked at the prisoners. Seeing that they were all red and red, they were not as hunched and thin as death row prisoners, they were quite stunned. Just as they were about to choose a few people to ask questions, Mandahai stepped forward and stood in front of Jidu. Jidu glanced at Mandahai and recognized him. Mandahai raised his fingers to his mouth. Jidu nodded slightly, coughed lightly, and pointed at Mandahai: "Come in first."
After entering the main hall, Ji Du became happy: "Oh, Brother Qi, we have to have not seen each other for many years."
Mandahai belongs to Prince Li's lineage. Jidu is the son of Jiergalang. The two have good personal relationships. Mandahai is in Liaodong all year round, and Jidu is taking care of his family in the capital. Jidu is timid and cowardly, and he goes to Jiangnan to fight. In addition to pretending to be sick and to block others' arguments, he also goes to Liaodong to read his resume. The two can be said to be political allies in the Shunzhi era.
"Stop talking politely. I'm not here to listen to those useless things you say." Mandahai stood outside for a long time and was already thirsty and hungry. He grabbed the cold teacup on the table and drank two sips, picked up the pastry and ate two pieces, but refused to let Ji Du make a meal. After eating for a while, Mandahai asked, "Today, I'm watching people coming and going outside. Not only are the Manchu and Mongolian and Han people from the Eight Banners, but not only are you wearing blue banners, but also many Han officials have entered your door. What are you doing?"
"Of course I'm saving some chips to negotiate with Dongfan." Jidu was a little proud. He said, "I'm going to know that Seventh Brother, since I don't follow the little emperor to the north of the Mobei region, I just don't want to die in the world. I'm determined to negotiate with Dongfan. If I don't have chips in my hand, how can I exchange interests? But I'm not the fool Doni. I think that mobilizing some soldiers, pulling a group of strong men, and getting a few broken cannons can scare Dongfan..."
As Jidu said, Mandahai cursed: "Doni is a fool, you are also a complete idiot. Do you think that gathering some corrupt scholars and powerful people and winning over a group of Eight Banners powerful people can exchange benefits? Stupid, a complete idiot!"
Chapter completed!