Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1199 Dorgon's Death

To the north of Luoyang is the Beimang Mountain Range, headed by Baima Mountain and tailed by Shenwei Mountain. There are 33 large peaks, spreading across Mianchi, Xin'an, Luoyang, Mengjin, Yanshi, and Gongxian County, with a length of more than 380 miles from east to west.

It is precisely because of the blockage of the remaining veins of the Qinling Mountains, which spans hundreds of miles from east to west, that it is difficult for the Qing army to use water as a substitute for troops. Otherwise, with the ferocity of the Qing army, it would have already dug up the embankment water like flooding the Yuyuan army. Guan Luoyang came to stop the pursuit of the Ming army.

If Beimang Mountain is like a fish's back, then Luoyang is to the south of the fish's back, and Mengjin is to the north of the fish's back. The gap between the two is just a gap between the two. It is a relatively low hill with an official road. Connected, no need to climb mountains, this is the main reason why the Qing army defeated Mengjin.

On the left and right sides of Mengjin, there are mountains stretching, it is sandwiched in the middle, there is only a lowland near the Yellow River, and the area is very narrow.

At this time, nearly [-] Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were trapped in this narrow area, and the defeated Han Banners, Green Battalion, and even the Jin Army who had run away from the main force continued to gather.

In front was the Yellow River flowing eastward, and the sound of the Ming army's artillery had already been faintly heard behind. Tens of thousands of people were trapped at Mengjin Ferry, and they might be driven down the Yellow River by the Ming army at any time.

At this time, on the lowlands and hills, the defeated coalition army was lying or lying all over. They were like locusts that fell on the ground, with despair written on their faces.

The distraught Lou Qin and the others knelt beside the unconscious Dorgon and cried out in pain. They didn't respond even after calling a few times.

Doni felt sad in his heart, and couldn't help shouting loudly, "Prince Physician!"

Dorgon has been in poor health, and he also brought the imperial physician with him when he went out for the expedition. A medical officer carrying a medicine box in the distance, who was sitting in the crowd blankly, stood up after hearing the shout.

Seeing him, the two Baijia Banners immediately went up to meet him, almost holding the medical officer on one side and the other on the left, and dragged him over to Dorgon for treatment.

Their actions attracted the attention of many Man soldiers, and some Man Baqi could not help standing up and slowly surrounded them.

Those who walked over saw several county kings kneeling beside a stretcher with a person lying on it. When they took a closer look, many people's minds suddenly went blank, and they stood there for a while before suddenly going crazy. Flock to the perimeter of the stretcher.

The soldiers are not qualified to kneel next to the stretcher, so they can only form a large circle layer after layer. When the people in the inner circle saw Dorgon, who was pale and fainted, and could not be woken up, many people actually bowed their heads and sobbed. stand up.

The imperial doctor was thrown by the banner soldiers beside the stretcher, Lou Qin hurriedly made room for him, and asked him to show Dorgon a quick look.

The imperial physician frantically felt Dorgon's pulse for a while, then hastily opened the medicine box he carried with him, took out a cloth bag, and opened it to see that there were all kinds of sharp silver needles.

He took out a few long needles, lit a lamp with a torch, warmed the long needles slightly, and inserted them into important acupuncture points on Dorgon's head.

Seeing that he had finished inserting the needles, Dorgon's head was full of needles, but he didn't respond, and finally asked anxiously, "When will the regent wake up?"

"My lord, the regent became sick from overwork, and his vitality has long been exhausted. If he cultivated in the middle of the capital and supplemented with medicinal food, he might be able to recover. It's just that in the past two months, the regent has been traveling between Heluo and Shanxi, The toil is even worse, coupled with the urgency, I'm afraid..." The imperial doctor said truthfully, but he dared not say the following words.

"Afraid of what?" Lou Qin was furious when he heard this, and suddenly brought up the imperial physician.

In fact, Lou Qin and the others knew about Dorgon's body. Since Jiang Xiang's rebellion, after passing out once, Dorgon would cough up blood from time to time, fall into a short lethargy, and his lifespan was almost at the end of his life.

He can persevere until now, all thanks to having good ginseng to continue his life, coupled with the breath in his heart.

Now that the Qing army has been defeated, the breath in his heart is gone, and the oil is naturally exhausted.

It's just that Lou Qin and the others cannot do without Dorgon, so they are unwilling to accept this fact.

They are like a group of cubs who haven't grown up yet, haven't learned the ability to survive, and don't know how to go in the future, but the only old beast who can lead them died suddenly. Their inner helplessness, One can imagine.

After listening to the imperial doctor's words, Lou Qin became furious, but at this moment, Dorgon, who was in a coma, suddenly coughed lightly and woke up leisurely.

Lou Qin heard the sound, hurriedly threw the imperial doctor on the ground, squatted down and exclaimed at the same time as Doni and the others, "Uncle Wang!"

Dorgon opened his eyes weakly, glanced at the people around him, and then moved his eyes to the surroundings, and found that they had already been blocked by the Eight Banners, forming an impenetrable human wall.

Seeing him waking up, the people in front looked at him eagerly and happily, as if they had hope again.

Dorgon's gaze moved down and landed on their bloodstained faces and severely damaged armor. Looking at their distressed appearance, he felt mixed emotions in his heart.

Seeing that Duo ErGun finally woke up, Doni couldn't help crying. He was the son of Duo Duo, and Duo ErGun almost regarded him as his own.

Before the man could speak, his eyes turned red, and he asked with trembling lips, "Uncle Wang, how do you feel?"

Only then did Dorgon turn his somewhat divergent eyes back to the few people around him. Seeing them in a state of disarray and bewildered, he couldn't help feeling sad in his heart.

He knew in his heart that he was afraid that he was going to die, but after his death, what would the Qing Dynasty do? Can these younger generations continue the Qing Dynasty?

He was really unwilling, "God of Changbai Mountain, can you give me a few years, let me do everything for future generations, and watch them grow up..."

Thinking of this, such a hard-hearted person like Dorgon actually had tears in his eyes.

He was extremely weak and wanted to close his eyes and fall asleep, but he still struggled and asked in a weak voice, "Where is this?"

"Uncle Wang, this is Mengjindu, tens of thousands of us are all trapped here." Lou Qin replied with joy and sorrow when he saw that Dorgon could speak.

Dorgon's expression darkened, "Help me sit up!"

Several people quickly helped him up with light hands, but when Dorgon moved his body, he suddenly coughed violently and spit out a big mouthful of black blood.

Lou Qin and the others turned pale with shock, and were about to call the imperial physician, but Dorgon's face flushed sickly, and he waved his hand to refuse.

He looked at the ball of black blood that was spit out, and knew that he didn't have much time, so he coughed and said, "I know my body well, so there is no need to treat it anymore. You all come here, I have something to say!"

After Dorgon sat up, his eyes were raised a little higher. In addition to seeing the soldiers with bright foreheads around him, he could also see the defeated soldiers lying or sitting on the nearby hills. The faint sound of cannons knew that the Ming army was approaching Meng Jindu.

Dorgon coughed a few times, and asked with difficulty, "Has the army started to cross the river?"

Lou Qin, Doni and others gathered around him, and when he asked, Lou Qin hurriedly replied: "Uncle Wang, there are no ferries near Mengjin, and it is impossible to cross tens of thousands of troops across the river. Let's think about it again." There is no way, but the Ming army will definitely not give us time."

This time, the Qing army assembled approximately 25 horse and infantry troops in Heluo and Shandong, which can be said to have concentrated all the main forces of the Qing Dynasty.

The combined Qing army in Beijing and Xuanhua has only more than 5 people, including nearly 1 Mongols and more than [-] Han troops. Return to the state before Salhu.

Dorgon felt a twinge of pain in his heart. From the old slave to Huang Taiji, the Manchus took more than [-] years of struggle to take control of the Central Plains, but he did not expect that in his hands, the Qing Dynasty would be beaten back to its original form, and there would even be The danger of genocide.

In the current situation, it is obviously impossible to take all the defeated troops across the river, but Dorgon must let more Manchus escape.

For a while, his flushed face turned pale again, and he coughed and said, "Don't worry about the Han soldiers or the Mongols. You immediately organize the existing boats and rafts to transport our own people across the river."

After hearing Dorgon's words, several people were shocked. The total number of soldiers was less than [-]. What's the use of transporting only this few people back?What's more, with the current tools for crossing the river, I am afraid that [-] soldiers will not be able to transport them.

"Uncle Wang, regardless of the Mongolian army and the Han army, how can we defend Hebei, and what will we do in the future?" Lou asked anxiously.

Dorgon shook his head feebly, his head seemed to fall off his neck at any moment, "Hebei is no longer guarded, and Beijing is no longer guarded. After you flee back, immediately withdraw to the outside of the pass, and don't bother about the Central Plains~"

Dorgon looked at the few people in front of him, feeling sad in his heart, how could they be the opponents of the king's thief, if they were still thinking about the Central Plains, they might be killed by the king's thief.

He has been fighting with the king thief for nearly ten years. It is because he has always wanted to destroy the Ming Dynasty and did not know how to advance and retreat. He has come to this point. He does not want these younger generations to perish in the city of Beijing after he leaves.

He didn't think through these problems when he was alive. If he quit the Central Plains earlier, he might be able to dominate the northern border for a hundred years like the Liao Kingdom, but he just couldn't bear the Central Plains. It's too late.

Before he knew it, Dorgon burst into tears again, and continued to use his last strength to order, "This time I failed in the Qing Dynasty, and the Mongols will inevitably betray the alliance. When you go outside the pass, the situation will not be optimistic. The Ming army will definitely carry out encirclement and suppression." , when the time comes, the city will be defended if it can be defended, and if it cannot be defended, it will be abandoned. In addition, the title of emperor and country will be removed to reduce the Ming Dynasty's attention to you. The population outside the customs is sparse, and the Ming army has no supplies, so it is difficult to garrison for a long time. As long as you don't leave Mountains and forests will have a chance to survive and develop.”

Several people knelt and listened to Dorgon's words, and they all understood that he was explaining the funeral, but they were all worried about their future, and they were all sad.

After this battle, the Qing Dynasty no longer existed, and what was worse was just lingering and saving lives.

Louqin, Doni and the others were all sad. They all burst into tears when they saw Dorgon's appearance.

"Uncle Wang, shall we hide in the mountains for the rest of our lives?" Doni said sadly.

Dorgon looked into the distance, suddenly his eyes sharpened, and he said ferociously, "No, if the king thief dies early and the Kingdom of Jin is still alive, you should unite with the Kingdom of Jin to find opportunities to restore the foundation. My Qing Dynasty has reached such a point. Willing! If you want to avenge me, you must put the king thief's head in front of this king's tomb, otherwise this king will not rest in peace!"

Dorgon said excitedly, coughing again, but after coughing, he also knew that it was almost impossible, this was just his last vent.

Suddenly he said very sadly, "If the Ming Dynasty destroys the Kingdom of Jin and the national power grows stronger, you have to find a way to subdue and send envoys to pay tribute every year until the Ming Dynasty is willing to accept it..."

Several people understood what Dorgon meant, nodded to express their understanding, and would remember his words, but Dorgon did not respond.

Doni looked up, and suddenly let out a heart-piercing cry, "Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang..."

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