Kong Youde, who was already scared, quickly climbed up to Dorgon, reached out to hug Dorgon's thighs, and cried loudly: "Help, Prince Rui help me, what are you wronged? The servants have never betrayed the Qing Dynasty. Prince Rui Mingjian..."

"Okay, don't cry." Dorgon frowned, "I will find out this matter."

"Che?" Jirgalang said unhappily, "Prince Rui, what do you mean? This is what I have seen and heard from my own eyes. Do you think I am deliberately slandering them three? Just because of these three dog slaves, I can also slander them, huh?"

Dorgon said: "Of course I don't mean that."

Haoge shouted, "What do you mean? You shouldn't want to cover up these three spies?"

Bai Yintu said: "Prince Rui, Kong Youde and the other three were the culprits of the Ming army's attack on Shengjing and abducting the emperor. Prince Li and two empresses. What is your intention to protect them like this?"

Dorgon's face changed drastically after hearing this.

Bai Yintu said this very viciously. If Dorgon wanted to speak for Kong Youde and the others, it would make people mistakenly think that he was the mastermind behind Kong Youde, which would remind people that Dorgon clearly wanted to use the Ming army to get rid of Huang Taiji and help him ascend to the throne of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Before his death, the old slave chief Nurhaci left a will to let Dorgon succeed to the throne. Unfortunately, Huang Taiji was too powerful at that time and he stole the throne that should have belonged to Dorgon. Therefore, the situation today is very delicate. Dorgon supported Kong Youde and others and easily reminded people that he wanted to regain his throne.

Once Dorgon is labeled as a monarch, he will be doomed. Not to mention ascending the throne, I am afraid that even my current status will not be preserved and I will even have life worries.

Of course, Dorgon would not put himself in a desperate situation for the sake of the three Han slaves. He immediately changed his tone and said, "Prince Zheng, don't get me wrong. My intention is not to excuse Kong Youde and the others, but to think that it should be clear about the process of their affair with the Ming army first, and then behead them."

"The matter is already obvious." Haoge said impatiently, "If no one secretly helped, how could Wang Pu's army pass through our army's Songshan camp? If there was no internal support, how could the Ming army conquer Shengjing City with strong city defense? If no one reported it, how could Wang Pu know that Emperor Ama had returned to Shengjing? What's more, Prince Zheng saw and heard in the enemy camp with his own eyes. Isn't this enough?"

"Come." Jirgalang slapped the soft couch and shouted sternly, "Train these three dog slaves out and chop them up!"

"twitter!"

Six Goshhas came in and dragged Kong Youde up, and monk Geng Zhongming left happily.

Although Kong Youde and the other two cried so hard that they hugged Dorgon's thigh and refused to let go, Dorgon was unmoved at all. After all, Kong Youde and the others were just three insignificant slaves, so Dorgon would not ruin his major affairs for the sake of the three slaves.

Soon, three screams came from outside the tent, and within a moment, three bloody heads were submitted to the tent.

Tong Yangxing, Ning Wanmu, Li Yongfang, Fan Wencheng and other Han people were hiding in the corner and trembled with fear. Of course, they knew that Kong Youde and the other three were wronged. Anyone with a little brain could see that this was just a clumsy counter-espionage plan, which was exactly the same as Huang Taiji killed Yuan Chonghuan with Chongzhen's hand, but Tong Yangxing and the others dared not say it at all.

If they say this is a counter-espionage plan, then Prince Zheng is the spy released by the Ming army. Do they dare to say that?

Although these Han people have been classified as flag-making, they are still slaves in fundamental sense. The master of Jiannu will never be lenient when he kills slaves.

Jirgalang waved his hand and signaled Goshha to take down the heads of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Shang Kexi, and then continued: "Shengjing was destroyed, the emperor was captured, the queen and all the princes, the whereabouts of the princes were unknown, and most of the elderly, young, women and children who stayed in Shengjing were also gone to death. This time, the Qing Dynasty was seriously injured!"

"The worst thing is that the news of Shengjing being destroyed has spread. More than 700,000 slaves in hundreds of manors around Shengjing have begun to show signs of riots. Once the situation is lost control, the indigenous tribes and Koreans in the Heilongjiang River Basin may take advantage of the situation to rob. Then the hundreds of thousands of old, young, women and children who stay in the rear will suffer a catastrophe. By that time, the Qing Dynasty will be completely lost."

"So, I think there are three most important things at the moment. First, send elite troops to Lianyun Island and take back the emperor at all costs; second, the Eight Banners army immediately retreated from Songshan and returned to Shengjing to stabilize the situation; third, if the emperor cannot take it back or suffer misfortune, then we must support the new emperor as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation."

Jirgalang's last sentence is the top priority.

In fact, everyone understands that Huang Taiji must not be able to save him. He sent troops to Lianyun Island to intercept him. It was just a gesture. Returning to Shengjing to stabilize the situation and supporting the new emperor was the top priority now.

Dorgon and Haoge nodded at the same time and said, "Prince Zheng said very well, so let's do it."

Even Dorgon and Haoge said this, and others had no objection. The withdrawal of troops from Songshan was decided.

Although Dorgon felt it was a pity to give up Songshan and Jinzhou like this, compared with the throne dispute that was about to occur, this was not a big deal. Jinzhou could not be taken down this time and could make a comeback next time, but if the throne is lost, it will never have a chance to grab it back.

What's more, Shengjing was lost, the rear nest of the Qing Dynasty was upside down by the Ming army, and the Eight Banners army was no longer in Songshan, and Jinzhou and the Ming army continued to confront each other.

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In Songshan City.

When Hong Chengchou was sighing at the wall in the head of the governor, Tang Shijie, the trusted general, suddenly ran in with joy on his face and shouted: "Sir, good news, great news!"

"Good news?" Hong Chengchou's heart was thrilled and he asked anxiously, "Has reinforcements arrived?"

Tang Shijie shook his head and said, "The reinforcements did not come."

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "Since reinforcements have not come, where is the good news coming from?"

Tang Shijie said: "Sir, Jiannu has retreated!"

"Oh?" Hong Chengchou said in surprise, "Has Jiannu retreated?"

"Sir, this is true." As soon as Hong Chengchou finished speaking, General Cao Bianjiao, Bai Guangen also entered the Governor's headquarters and said loudly, "Jiannu has really withdrawn."

Hong Chengchou was suspected of being in a dream, and after a while, he waved his hand and said quickly: "Go and go to the city to take a look."

When Hong Chengchou brought Cao Bianjiao and Bai Guangen arrived at the head of Songshan City, more than 10,000 soldiers in the city had already rushed to the top of the city and were cheering there. Hong Chengchou leaned against the female wall and looked out, and indeed saw that the Jiannu camp outside the city was empty, and the tens of thousands of Jiannu's army retreated overnight.

That night, the messenger sent by Zu Dashou, the general of Jinzhou, also arrived in Songshan and brought another news that made Hong Chengchou overjoyed. Jiannu outside Jinzhou City also withdrew! This made Hong Chengchou unable to believe it, and even began to doubt whether it was a trick of Jiannu. However, the horses reported that they had been crossing the Daling River for fifty miles, but they did not find any trace of Jiannu.

Hong Chengchou looked at General Bai Guangen with some disbelief and whispered: "Did Jiannu really withdraw to Liaodong?"

"Yes." General Bai Guangen said with great emphasis, "Something big must have happened to Jiannu suddenly withdrew his troops."

"No matter what big thing happened to Jiannu," Hong Chengchou waved his hand, "Tang News, immediately send a Tang News to the capital, saying that Jinzhou, the siege of Songshan has been resolved without fighting!"

"Master Supervisor." As soon as Hong Chengchou finished speaking, General Cao Bianjiao suddenly stepped inside and reported, "I accidentally caught two Jiannu spies when I asked. I found out that something really happened to Jiannu!"

Hong Chengchou hurriedly asked, "What big thing happened?"

Cao Bianjiao said: "The two Jiannu spies said that Wang Pu, the general of Datong, actually led more than a thousand personal soldiers, did not escape, but secretly bypassed the Jiannu camp and went to Liaodong!"

"Wang Pu went to Liaodong?" Hong Chengchou said in surprise, "That's the army is going deeper alone, it must be a place without going back."

"Just the opposite." Cao Bianjiao said, "General Wang not only captured Jiannu's nest Shengjing in one fell swoop, but also captured the slave chief Huang Taiji and two princes alive. I heard that General Wang is now leading the army to retreat to Lianyun Island with his captives."

"Lianyun Island?" Hong Chengchou hurriedly spread out the map and frowned, "Isn't Lianyun Island the naval stronghold of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi?"

Cao Bianjiao said: "Sir, I will tell you another good news. Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi have been killed by Jiannu!"

"Kill?" Hong Chengchou said in a lost voice, "Why?"

Cao Bianjiao said: "Jiannu said that Kong Youde and others were undercover sent by Long Sui. They helped General Wang to conquer Shengjing and captured the slave chief Huang Taiji."

"Is it the undercover sent by Long Live?" Hong Chengchou said skeptically, "Can't you?"

"The general thought it was not like that. Maybe Jiannu wanted to find a few scapegoats, so he blamed them. Who made them slaves?" Cao Bianjiao said, "It was Wang Pu, the general of Datong, who had heard people say that he was a young master Yangzi before, but he didn't expect that he was so brave and so bloody. He was such a man!"

"This is called hearing is false, and seeing is true." Bai Guangen also sincerely praised, "General Wang captured Jiannu's nest in one fell swoop and captured the slave chief alive. This is a great victory that I have never had since the Liao incident in the Ming Dynasty. Master Supervisor, please report the victory to the capital with 800 miles at a rapid speed!"

Hong Chengchou walked back and forth twice, and asked suddenly: "General Cao, how credible do you think this matter is?"

Cao Bianjiao said: "The general thought that he could trust at least seven minutes, otherwise how could Jiannu suddenly withdraw his troops?"

Hong Chengchou said: "But this has not been proven after all."

Bai Guangen said: "Sir, I thought that this exciting news should be transmitted back to the capital as soon as possible. As for whether it is true or not, you can specifically state in the Tang newspaper that this matter has not been finalized, and the court can find ways to confirm it through the North and Mongolia."
Chapter completed!