Ming Empire

Chapter 271 Jierhalang died in battle
"Auntie, Cao Yue sent me a letter, advising us not to be enemies with Daming. The total population of the Qing Dynasty is only a few hundred thousand people, and there is no way to fight against Daming. He said that he will come to Beijing soon. If If we continue to resist, we will be wiped out by him in the end. If we surrender to him, he will treat us well!" At this time, Bumbutai looked a little desperate, and said desperately: "Cao Yue won a big victory in the battle of Liaocheng , the Battle of Dezhou severely damaged Prince Rui's army again. I believe that the army led by Prince Rui this time is already in danger. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Ming army to appear under the city of Beijing. Let's see how quickly the Ming army can break through the heavily guarded Chaoyang Gate. One can also imagine what the situation of the army led by Prince Rui will be like. Since Prince Rui and Prince Yu can't resist Cao Yue's attack together, no one can save Qing Dynasty."

"Yu'er, you..."

"Auntie," now that the words had been spoken, Bumbutai had no way out, she helped Zhezhe to sit down, took Zhezhe's hand, and persuaded in a low voice: "Auntie, Cao Yue promised several times , as long as we submit to him, he will treat us kindly. My niece knows that when Cao Yue attacked Beijing last time, my aunt... also lived with him. So did my niece, and she was pregnant with his child. Si'er is The flesh and blood of Cao Yue. My niece believes that as long as we promise him and submit to him, he will fulfill his promise and treat us well."

As Bumbutai said, he took out the letter behind Cao Yue from his pocket and handed it to Zhe Zhe, "My niece believes that Cao Yue is a man of faith, and he will surely do what he promised. Only in this way, In order to keep the remaining power of my Qing Dynasty, otherwise, all of us will die under the butcher knife of the Ming army. My niece believes that Cao Yue can lead the world, and the Qing Dynasty will eventually perish under his hands. My niece does not want the Qing Dynasty Everything has been destroyed, and the only way to survive is to surrender, just like before. Perhaps, we can continue to stay in Beijing and enjoy the glory and wealth."

Zhezhe took the letter in Bumbutai's hand dumbly, and read it slowly.Because Bumbutai could only speak Chinese, but did not know Chinese characters, Cao Yue's letter was written in both Chinese and Manchu languages, and Zhezhe could understand it.After a brief look, Zhezhe seemed to be touched, and he looked at it again seriously, but still looked numb, finally closed his eyes weakly, and let out a long sigh.

Bumbutai quickly took the reply letter from Zhezhe, put it in his arms, and continued to implore Zhezhe to make a decision early.

"My Daqing, is it really hopeless?" Zhezhe slowly opened his eyes, looked at Bumbutai in a daze, and said softly again: "How could it be so fast!" How could it be? So fast, just a few months ago, the Qing army led by Dorgon was still invincible. Being beaten by the newly formed Ming army.How could this be?
Cao Yue was really good at fighting, but why didn't he save Emperor Chongzhen?If Cao Yue leads the army to rescue Beijing, Li Zicheng's peasant army will definitely not be able to defeat Beijing, and there will be no such things.

"Why didn't Cao Yue save Emperor Chongzhen?" Zhe Zhe finally murmured.

This sentence made Bumubutai startled, a little dazed, after thinking about it, he seemed to understand something, hesitated, and said: "Maybe he just wants to destroy Emperor Chongzhen and such pedantic ministers, he can borrow Opportunity to support a new monarch and control the power of the government. After he has the final say, he can fight to the death with my Qing Dynasty. He is a genius, and no one is his opponent."

"Yu'er, do you think he will really do what he said and treat us kindly?" Zhezhe was already a little moved by Bumbutai.

"I believe he will do what he said. He already knew that I gave birth to a daughter for him. He said that he would treat it as a child and give us an identity and a future!" When he said this, Bumbutai bit his lip.

"You are young and beautiful. My aunt is old. He will treat you kindly, but not me!" Zhezhe closed his eyes again, with tears rolling down his eyes.

"Aunt, no, he will treat us kindly, and I will let him do it," Bumbutai, who had already noticed the change in Zhezhe's tone, finally breathed a sigh of relief.In fact, she herself was also hesitant. After all, her status prevented her from making a decision right away. Her son was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.But the situation is so critical, if the fighting situation is allowed to deteriorate, it will be too late when the rebel army comes to the palace.

The current Bumbutai already believes that Dorgon's hundreds of thousands of troops have been destroyed.Dorgon's army was wiped out, and the Ming army could attack Beijing.She didn't know that the Ming army had just taken Tianjin Weihou by chance and attacked the city of Beijing by water. Although Dorgon's army suffered heavy losses, the main force was still there, and it was urgently returning to help Beijing.

As long as they persisted for another day or two, the main force of the Qing army, who was constantly harassed by the pursuing Ming army, could reach the city of Beijing.

Zhezhe didn't think that Dorgon's army had been wiped out. Although she was a little moved by Bumbutai, she still didn't make a decision.At this time, another palace official came in to report that Changping had fallen, and that after the Ming army broke through Changping all the way, they were heading south quickly, heading towards Beijing.

Changping, north of Beijing, fell, which dealt another blow to Zhezhe and Bumbutai.It seems that it was not the vanguard of the Ming army that attacked the city of Beijing, but the main force of the Ming army.It's over, everything is over, Dorgon's army was wiped out, and the Ming army suppressed the whole line, directly hitting the city of Beijing.

"Auntie, what should we do? Let's make a decision quickly, or it will be too late. When the rebels enter the city, maybe no one will take care of us. We..." Bumbutai didn't finish his sentence in the end.But Zhezhe understood the meaning of Bumbutai's words, she shook her head slightly, and signaled Bumbutai to stop talking: "Yu'er, let aunt be quiet first!"

Bumbutai didn't say anything more, but he didn't leave either. Instead, he went out to give orders and then returned to Zhezhe.The two of them didn't say anything, just sat quietly.

About an hour later, another palace official came in with urgent news. "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager, Prince Zheng personally led an army to fight back against the attacking Ming army. Unfortunately, he was killed by the artillery of the Ming army. The Ming army is attacking the inner city!"

"What?" After hearing the news, Zhe Zhe, who had his eyes closed, immediately opened his eyes in fright and jumped up from his seat.

Jierhalang actually died in battle!
(End of this chapter)