"What? Bolo surrendered to the Ming Dynasty?" Dorgon was shocked. "I treated Bolo well, why did he surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"
No one present knew the answer, so no one could answer the question.
Xihan, the only one who knows the answer, is gathering his defeated soldiers and planning to send out another force to save his face.
Seeing that Dorgon was still struggling with Bolo's surrender, Hong Chengchou reminded him in time: "Your Highness, Bolo does not have many soldiers under his command. Whether he surrenders or not will not affect the overall situation. The most urgent task is to drive out the Ming army that defeated Xihan and set up camp again on the road."
Dorgon just nodded slightly without saying anything, then turned to look at Fan Wencheng.
After the second battle for the throne, Fan Wencheng had already been deified in Dorgon's heart.
Although Hong Chengchou was not abandoned, his status in Dorgon's heart was no longer as high as before.
Fan Wencheng thought more deeply than Hong Chengchou. He said, "Your Majesty, Bolo's surrender to the Ming Dynasty is not good for the Qing Dynasty and you, but it may not be a bad thing for the Aisin-Gioro family."
Fan Wencheng's meaning is very clear.
If no one surrendered to the Ming army in advance, the Aisin Gioro clan would face the danger of national extinction after losing the battle.
But it’s different if someone surrenders early.
This kind of betting on both sides will benefit the Aisin-Gioro family regardless of which side wins or loses.
Dorgon shook his head: "Some things are different from what Mr. Fan imagined. Shuo Sai also surrendered to the Ming army before, but was beheaded by Huang Degong. Bolo is in great danger this time."
"It's different," Fan Wencheng explained. "Shuose was defeated and surrounded, and was forced to surrender. In the eyes of the Ming army, he was a prisoner. Bolo surrendered on the battlefield, and the Ming army would regard him as a surrendered soldier. If the Ming army dared to kill him, the loyalty of all the Jurchens, Mongols and even bandits who surrendered to the Ming would be shaken."
"Let's not talk about this for now," Dorgon said in a very irritable mood, "Let's think about how to deal with the Ming army."
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Along the rugged mountain road, Bolo was brought to Li Dingguo.
"The surrendered general Bolo pays his respects to General Li!" Bolo knelt on one knee in front of Li Dingguo.
Although Li Dingguo had no good feelings towards the Jiannu, the other party surrendered voluntarily after all.
In order to stabilize the morale of the surrendered soldiers and generals, and at the same time to win over other Jiannu who have not yet surrendered.
Li Dingguo smiled and said, "General Bolo, please stand up."
After Bolo stood up, Li Dingguo asked, "Why did General Bolo surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"
Bolo said with red eyes: "The Zhenglan Banner has been repeatedly suppressed by Dorgon. I surrendered out of anger."
Afterwards, he briefly recounted the suppression of Zhenglan Banner.
Actually.
The Zhenglan Banner suffered a very miserable fate in history.
Either they are being suppressed or they are on the way to being suppressed.
The Zhenglan Banner was first established in the 29th year of the Wanli reign (1601), and its first leader was Nurhaci’s fifth son Manggurtai.
Although most of the high-ranking generals were members of the Qing royal family, most of the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers came from the Yehe tribe of the Jianzhou Jurchens.
(The main surname of the Yehe tribe is Yehenala (Yehenala), and its representative figures include Menggu Zhezhe, the mother of Huang Taiji, and Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty.)
In order to suppress the Yehe tribe, Manggurtai's Zhenglan Banner was suppressed by Nurhaci.
At that time, Manggurtai and Huang Taiji were in a competitive relationship.
After Manggurtai's death.
The people of the Zhenglan Banner became the remnants of Manggurtai and were suppressed by Huang Taiji.
In order to consolidate his rule, Huang Taiji simply abolished the Zhenglan Banner and divided its people into the Zhenghuang Banner and Xianghuang Banner.
Subsequently, adjustments were made, some personnel were separated and given to Hauge, and the Zhenglan Banner was established again.
After Hauge's death, the Zhenglan Banner became the remnant of Hauge.
Dorgon, who was in power, continued to suppress the Zhenglan Banner.
In history, after Dorgon's death, Fulin took over the government.
At this time, the Zhenglan Banner became the remnant of Dorgon...
Suppressed by Fulin.
The turbulent situation made many soldiers of the Zhenglan Banner unable to see their future.
So much so that after capturing Emperor Yongli, they all shouted "Long live the Emperor" and vied with each other to take off their braids as a banner, trying to help Emperor Yongli overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.
The Zhenglan Banner was also severely suppressed at this time, so it surrendered.
After listening to Bolo's accusation, Li Dingguo asked, "Where is Haoge, the leader of the Zhenglan Banner?"
Bolo explained: "Fulin abdicated the so-called throne to Haoge. Haoge knew that the Ming army was coming, so he wanted to give up resistance and surrender to the Ming. But Dorgon disagreed, so he took the opportunity of the meeting to imprison him in the imperial city and forbade him to go in and out."
Bolo didn't dare to call Haoge the emperor in front of Li Dingguo, but he couldn't lie.
It's the only way to express it euphemistically.
Li Dingguo stared at Bolo's eyes for a while and began to ask other questions.
Bolo answered truthfully and did not dare to hide anything.
When they were asking how to attack next, a group of cavalry suddenly came from the rear.
It was Zhu Cijiong who caught up from behind with the baggage.
In order to march quickly, Li Dingguo left all the baggage behind.
Zhu Cijiong had nothing to do, so he took on the transportation task.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Ding!" Everyone saluted in unison.
Zhu Cijiong waved his hand quickly: "I'm just taking a look when I'm free, no need to be polite."
He looked around and finally stopped at Bolo.
Bolo hastily introduced himself: "I am Bolo, the surrendered general of Jianzhou, and I am honored to meet His Royal Highness Prince Ding."
"Oh?" Zhu Cijiong was a little surprised. He looked at Li Dingguo and asked, "Have you captured Hetuala?"
Li Dingguo said hurriedly: "Not yet, he surrendered voluntarily."
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