After killing the Jiannu military supervisor, Li Chengdong did not stop and fled to Incheon, west of Kaesong, overnight.
Wu Sangui followed closely and also ran towards Incheon.
Behind them was Li Xianzhong, who had just headed south to investigate the situation.
He was a little confused when he got the news.
He originally thought that Wu Sangui would go to Haizhou to meet with Dorgon.
But in the end, he went straight south.
In this way, Dorgon's flank was exposed to him.
After a brief thought, Li Xianzhong ordered: "Send troops to Haizhou and capture Dorgon alive!"
Outside Haizhou City, Dorgon knew nothing about this.
Just as he was looking forward to sailing into the sea to rebuild his country in Dongfan, noisy footsteps were heard outside the military tent.
The door curtain was lifted, and Suksaha walked in with a group of people.
Without waiting for Dorgon to ask, Suksaha took the initiative to say, "Something bad has happened, Your Majesty."
"What's the panic?"
"Li Chengdong did not lead his troops to Haizhou, but fled south with Wu Sangui. After they fled, our army's western gate was opened, and Li Xianzhong had already led his men to attack us, and they were less than a day's journey away."
"Ah?" Dorgon was so shocked that he stood up.
Before this, he had already learned that Li Dingguo was coming from the north.
Now Li Xianzhong is coming from the east again.
He was already at a disadvantage. He was no match for the Ming army in a head-on confrontation, and he would undoubtedly be defeated if attacked from both sides.
Looking at the people present, Dorgon knew it was time to make a decision.
He was about to give the order when footsteps were heard outside again.
Then a scout came running in: "Your Majesty, Li Dingguo and several thousand cavalrymen have suddenly increased their march speed and are less than forty miles away."
Dorgon took a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down.
After a moment, he said to everyone: "Everyone, although we rested for a while after entering Korea, as the Ming army moved south, we can only continue to move south. If it were the Central Plains, we could keep going south."
"But this is North Korea, surrounded by the sea on three sides and bordering Liaodong on one side. If we continue to retreat southward, we will soon face a situation where we can no longer retreat!"
"So I decided to leave Korea and go to Dongfan to rebuild the Qing Dynasty. As long as we are here, the Qing Dynasty will exist!"
"I wonder what you think?"
Of course, the others could not say anything, they could only kneel down and kowtow at the same time: "Your Majesty is wise."
After saying these useless things, Dorgon started to talk about business.
He first looked at his nephew, Duoduo's son Doni: "Shi Lang and Shang Kexi have prepared the ship and are waiting at Haizhou Port. You and your family go first, and I will follow."
Doni wanted to say a few polite words, but Dorgon glared at him so hard that he dared not say anything more and could only kowtow: "I obey your order."
When Donny left, Bayan, the leader of the Han army of the Bordered White Banner, also followed him out.
The two of them, along with more than 300 personal soldiers and bondservants, escorted their families to Haizhou Port.
Dorgon continued to give orders: "Tan Tai, Gong Adai."
"I am here."
"I give you 500 cavalrymen to resist the invaders from the east. When you meet Li Xianzhong, do not confront him head-on. You are no match for him. Do not retreat directly to Haizhou Port. Take Li Xianzhong and take a detour to delay time. But don't worry. The Qing Dynasty is in need of people. I will not abandon you."
Tan Tai and Gong Adai looked at each other and asked at the same time: "Your Majesty, how long do we have to delay?"
Dorgon calculated and said, "By tomorrow evening at the latest, you must rush to Haizhou Port and board the ship with me to retreat to Dongfan. Remember, I will not wait for you after the deadline!"
"Your Highness obeys your order."
"Tulai, Tunqi."
"I will be here in the end."
"I will also give you 500 cavalrymen to go and resist the enemy coming from the north. Just like Tan Tai and Gong Adai, take Li Dingguo and make a detour. Also, rush to Haizhou Port by tomorrow evening at the latest. No one will be waiting after that."
Tulai and Tunqi also took the order and left.
Dorgon looked around and saw that there were only seven or eight people left at the scene.
Except for Suksaha and Bolhui of the Plain White Banner and Sony of the Plain Yellow Banner, the rest were the leaders of the Eight Banners Han Army.
He said helplessly: "Everyone, go back to the camp immediately, pack your luggage and supplies, and rush to Haizhou Port overnight. Only when you board the ship will you be temporarily safe."
"Your servant obeys your order."
The group worked until midnight and finally packed up all the supplies they could take away.
The supplies that could not be taken away were piled together and burned.
Looking at the flames not far away, Dorgon felt a little sad.
Just as he was about to set off, he spotted a familiar figure behind the crowd: Prince Huaishun Geng Zhongming.
He belonged to the Zhenghuang Banner.
Although he did not have much real power, Dorgon kept him by his side after arriving in Korea.
At this moment, Geng Zhongming seemed to be worried about something and kept looking at the people around him.
When he met other people's gazes, he avoided them.
In order to find out what happened, Dorgon said to Geng Zhongming: "Prince Huaishun, I have something to discuss with you."
When Geng Zhongming heard this, his whole body tensed up and he felt something was wrong.
He wanted to turn around and run, but he was surrounded by Eight Banners soldiers.
He couldn't run away and he had nowhere to run.
He had no choice but to come to Dorgon and say, "I pay my respects to the Emperor."
Dorgon asked directly: "Prince Huaishun, you seem to be hiding something from me."
Geng Zhongming lowered his head and said, "I dare not."
"You don't dare to say it out loud?"
Geng Zhongming stammered, "Your Majesty...Your Majesty..."
"Someone come here," Dorgon shouted to the side, "Tie up Prince Huaishun."
Geng Zhongming knelt on the ground with a plop and said, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I know I was wrong. I beg Your Majesty to let me go."
Dorgon's tone softened a little: "I can let you go, but you have to tell the truth."
Geng Zhongming kowtowed and cried, "I will tell you. More than a month ago, Wu Sangui sent someone to contact me, saying that Your Majesty would leave Korea by boat and go to Dongfan to rebuild the Qing Dynasty."
"He also said that Your Majesty not only owed us military salaries and food, but also did not treat us Han people as human beings, so..."
Dorgon's eyes widened with anger: "So what?"
"So he joined forces with my ministers to rebel against the Qing Dynasty."
"Rebellion?" Dorgon gnashed his teeth and said, "Wu Sangui, oh Wu Sangui, you really deserve to die! First you betrayed the Ming court and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and then you betrayed the Qing Dynasty again."
Geng Zhongming knelt on the ground and dared not look up.
Dorgon, who was furious, quickly regained his composure and asked, "How does Wu Sangui plan to rebel?"
Geng Zhongming answered honestly: "He didn't tell me how to rebel, but he told me to be the first to board the ship, otherwise I would not be able to leave."
First on board?
Dorgon repeated it softly and was shocked. "Oh no! Wu Sangui wants to use my ship to transport his people!"
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