Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1188 The Battle of the Three Kings ([-])
On the opposite side of the Jin-Qing allied forces, outside the camp of the Ming army, the Qing army secretly filled up the trenches in front of the camp at night, and after cleaning up the scattered antlers and horse-rejection posts, the Ming army rearranged some during the day to strengthen the defense of the camp again.

If Wang Yan wanted to increase the lethality of the firecrackers, he had to hinder the speed of the Qing army approaching Mingzhai, so trenches and horse-repelling posts were essential.

At this time, Wang Yan was standing on the top of the wall, and together with Li Dingguo and others, they used binoculars to look at the Qing army's camp. He saw that it was time for cooking, but there was very little smoke in the Qing army camp. He couldn't help putting down the binoculars and said with a smile: "Compare Yesterday, the smoke from cooking in the camp cleared up a lot, and Dorgon is almost out of food!"

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "Your Highness can't hold out. The Qing army is short of food and grass. It seems that as long as we continue to fight for more than ten days, the Jin-Qing coalition forces will surely collapse without fighting!"

Wang Yan nodded slightly, he thought so too, but he didn't seem particularly happy, but suddenly changed the subject, "Dingguo, do you feel lonely going out to fight Dorgon and Meng Qiaofang now, what are the chances of winning?"

This way of guarding the stronghold without fighting is just like how Zhao Guo’s general Lian Po faced the Qin army in the Battle of Changping. As long as the Qin army is short of food and grass, Zhao will surely win in the end. He took the initiative to attack and hit the Qin army's arms. As a result, Zhao army was defeated.

Li Dingguo knew that His Royal Highness King Chu might not have known this truth, he hesitated a little, probably already understood what Wang Yan meant, so he cupped his hands and said, "Is Your Highness worried about Dorgon's retreat?"

Wang Yan nodded, "Gu can see that the Qing army is about to run out of food and grass. If Dorgon sees that there is no hope of winning, he retreats at this time and abandons Heluo. The plan of Gu Wang to wipe out the enemy in the Central Plains will come to nothing."

"Your Highness wants to go out to fight with Dorgon if he withdraws his troops?" Li Dingguo asked.

"Dai Zhifan doesn't know if he has taken Xuzhou or not. If he can't cut off Dorgon's return, then the lonely king may have to fight Dorgon!" Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "Dingguo is honest, if the wild waves fight , what are the odds of the lonely king winning?"

Li Dingguo pondered for a while, "If Dai Guogong can break the enemy's way back and encircle the Qing army from the east, then His Highness will be sure to win the battle. If it's just us all fighting together, I feel that the chance of winning is only about [-]%!"

There are still 18 Jin-Qing coalition forces. If the forces of Luoyang, Hulao, and Kaifeng are added, there are still 20 enemy soldiers in Henan.

These days, the Ming army has lost nearly 2000 people, with a force of less than 14. In addition, the number of cavalry is at a disadvantage. Wang Yan is really not sure about setting up a formation in the wilderness to fight the Jin-Qing coalition forces.

Hearing Li Dingguo's words, he couldn't help nodding with a sullen face.

At this moment, Lu Shikui came under the earthen wall and reported to Wang Yan: "Your Highness, the governor Wang has obtained important information and wants to report it to you!"

Wang Yan frowned when he heard this, and left Li Dingguo to continue to observe the Qing camp, while he got off the earthen wall and hurried back to the big tent.

When Wang Yan arrived at the big tent, Wang Shixiu was walking back and forth in front of the tent with a military newspaper in his hands. When he saw Wang Yan coming, he immediately went up to meet him, "Your Highness, the East Route Army has captured Xuzhou!"

Hearing the words, Wang Yan was shocked, and hurriedly reached out to ask for it, "Quick, show it to me!"

The Hengchong horse army went out to scout the horses to prevent the Qing cavalry from raiding the grain road. It is estimated that the scouts met the messenger, so Wang Shixiu got the military newspaper first.

Wang Yan took the military newspaper, and while walking into the tent, he unfolded it and read it quickly.

"Shi Kui, get the map of Henan!" Wang Yan was overjoyed after reading it. He walked to the sand table, only to find that the sand table was just a map of Luoyang.

Lu Shikui hurriedly took out a map, and directly stretched it with Wang Shixiu for Wang Yan to check.

"Dai Zhifan's military report said that he has already set off from Xuzhou and arrived at Guide Mansion." Wang Yan traced his finger on the map and said excitedly: "Then, the Eastern Route Army should have arrived in Kaifeng by now. We will arrive at Hulao Pass in a few days!"

Wang Shixiu immediately smiled and said, "Your Highness, it's such a big victory!"

"Haha~" Wang Yan also laughed loudly, but he laughed twice, but suddenly said solemnly: "Quickly send the order, Dole may run away! Let the army get ready and be ready to hunt down at any time!"

Now that Wang Yan has received Dai Zhifan's military report, it may not be long before Dorgon will know that the Donglu Ming army has broken through his flank and outflanked Heluo.

After giving the order, Wang Yan couldn't help laughing. He was a little swollen. When he thought of Dorgon receiving the news that Dai Zhifan led more than [-] troops from the east, he was so frightened that he was pissing and shitting. Can't help laughing.

In the Qing army camp, Dorgon returned to his command tent with a gloomy face.

He was in an extremely bad mood, and he sat slumped in front of the desk, speechless for a long time.

"Prince Regent, please see King Yongping!" A voice suddenly came from outside the tent.

Hearing the sound, Dorgon managed to pull himself together. He didn't know what Meng Qiaofang was looking for at this time, but he did have something to talk to Meng Qiaofang about.

"Let King Yongping come in!" Dorgon sat up straight and gave instructions to the outsider.

Although the Jin and Qing coalition forces joined forces, they still managed their own logistics.Dole Gun's army had nothing to eat, so naturally there was no food for the Jin army. Meng Qiaofang came to help the battle with her own food and grass.

The food, salt and other things of the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been exhausted, but the situation in the Kingdom of Jin is not bad.

Officials and gentry in Guanzhong occupied the wasteland when they saw it, but there was a lack of young and strong labor to cultivate and cultivate it. Jin Guo was already self-sufficient in food, and with meat, there was still some surplus every year.

In terms of table salt, Jin Guo dried salt in Qinghai Lake, and after Jin Guo lost the well salt in Sichuan, he could still have salt to eat without worrying about the blockade of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the two families are in trouble, after Dorgon inspected the camp, he saw that the army's food and grass were urgent and the salt bar was exhausted, so he wanted to ask Jin Guo to borrow some.

There was only enough food for ten days, which was the bottom line of the army. Without salt, the soldiers would have no energy. Anyway, he already owed Hauge a lot, so he might as well borrow more.

The more he borrowed, the tighter he was tied to Jin Guo, and the less Jin Guo would watch him fail.

At this time, with permission, Meng Qiaofang opened the curtain, entered the tent, cupped her hands and said, "Prince Regent!"

Dorgon motioned for him to sit down first, and then said: "Coincidentally, this king happens to have something to invite King Yongping to come over, and King Yongping will be here if he doesn't want to!"

Meng Qiaofang looked serious. After he sat down, he pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "I came here to ask the regent about something!"

"Oh?" Dorgon asked suspiciously, "Please tell me!"

"Regent, the army and the Ming army have been confronting each other for more than a month now, and I think we will lose if we continue to confront each other!" Meng Qiaofang was silent for a while, seeing that Dorgon's face darkened, but he continued: "If the regent has no way to reverse the situation of the battle and break the current passive situation, the Jin army may have to retreat to Tongguan!"

Meng Qiaofang's words were straightforward, without saving any face for Dorgon, and directly pointed out that Dorgon was about to lose.

As the commander of the Jin Army, Meng Qiaofang must be responsible for the safety of the Jin Army.

Such a long-term confrontation with the Ming army can only consume food and morale, and in the end only failure remains.

He had already heard about the fact that the Qing army was about to run out of food and grass. The Ming army insisted on not fighting, and it would not be long before the Qing army would not fight.

This made him very worried, whether Dorgon was capable of defeating Wang Yan, if not, then he had to consider the safety of the [-] gold army.

Starting from the interests of the Kingdom of Jin, Meng Qiaofang naturally hopes that Dorgon can win this battle, that the Qing army can gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains and maintain a three-point situation in the world, but if the Qing army is unable to defeat the Ming army, then he has to Do your best to preserve the [-] gold army so that you can rely on the geographical advantage of Guanzhong in the future to compete with the Ming Dynasty.

Dorgon also wanted to borrow some supplies from Meng Qiaofang, but he didn't expect that the other party wanted to disband and retreat.

This clearly showed that Meng Qiaofang was no longer optimistic about the victory of the Qing army, did not want to work hard on the Qing army, and wanted to protect himself. His face suddenly became extremely gloomy.

Although the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, it is reasonable, but it is obviously impossible to save the lips, and it is also unwise to take the risk of knocking out the teeth to save the lips.

Meng Qiaofang's words made Dorgon extremely ashamed and indignant, but he had no words to refute. After all, what Meng Qiaofang said was right, and if this continues, he really has no other possibility except defeat.

For a moment, there was silence in the tent, and Dorgon's face turned purple.

At this moment, Lou Qin suddenly lifted the tent, he didn't feel the atmosphere in the tent at all, so he walked anxiously to Dorgon's side, bowed his head and whispered.

Meng Qiaofang saw Dorgon's body and began to tremble.

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