Hauge doesn't really care about Duoduo.
He looked at the uncle in front of him who was younger than him and felt an indescribable rejection in his heart.
After Huang Taiji's death, both Hauge and Dorgon wanted to be emperor, and the two sides were evenly matched and at a stalemate.
Dorgon responded by improvising and proposed to enthrone Huang Taiji's ninth son Fulin as emperor, with Prince Heshuo Zheng Jirgalang and him as co-regents. The proposal was passed.
As Dorgon's younger brother, Duoduo was naturally a member of Dorgon's faction.
Hauge's purpose in reminding Dorgon was to prevent him from underestimating the enemy and resulting in casualties.
This time, the focus of the invasion was to plunder the Xuanfu area, and most of Xuanfu's supplies were stored by Yan Yingyuan in Xuanfu Town.
He and Duoduo joined forces to enter the pass, sharing honor and disgrace.
If there is any merit, both parties shall share it equally.
Yes, it happened, and both parties shared the responsibility.
Haoge followed Duoduo out of the house and reminded him again: "This time you and I are leading 60,000 troops into the pass. Although we have a large force, we should be careful. If we can successfully capture Xuanfu, it will be a great achievement; if we lose troops and generals, we will both be punished."
After Duoduo finished speaking harshly, he calmed down. He patted Haoge on the shoulder, and the two of them walked back into the house.
After taking out the map, the two sat opposite each other and began to discuss.
"The Ming army has fortified their cities and cleared the fields. Now the people and supplies are concentrated in a few fortified cities, namely Longmenwei, Longmenso, Chang'anso, Yanqingzhou, Yongning, Huailaiwei, Bao'anzhou and Xuanfu Town!"
"Should we attack one city at a time, or go straight to Xuanfu Town?" Hauge pointed at the map and looked at Duoduo.
The two men joined forces, and although they had equal power, Duoduo was his uncle after all, so it was reasonable for him to be polite to him.
"The Regent asked us to capture Xuanfu Town within ten days. We definitely won't have enough time to attack the cities one by one. But if we don't attack the cities, it will be a hidden danger if our retreat is blocked." Duoduo said with a serious expression.
"There are two roads to Xuanfu Town, the west road goes directly through Longmenwei; the east road goes upstream along the Dushi River, first passes through Chicheng Castle, then passes Longmenwei, and finally reaches Xuanfu Town."
Looking at the densely packed mountain roads on the map, Duoduo and Haoge stretched out their fingers almost at the same time, pointing at Longmenwei at the same time.
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Dragon Gate Guard.
When the defenders on the city wall saw the Eight Banners soldiers all over the mountains, their faces turned pale instantly.
Under the scorching sun, the Eight Banners soldiers were well-equipped and in high spirits.
The Eight Banners of Han were at the front, most of them were Ming troops who surrendered to Jiannu, and a few were Liao people from Liaodong. The Eight Banners of Han were good at attacking cities, and they would always charge in the front whenever an attack was launched.
Behind them were the Jiannu Eight Banners infantry and the Mongolian Eight Banners, and further behind them were the Jiannu cavalry and the Outer Mongolian cavalry.
Although the exact number of people is unclear, a rough estimate puts them at tens of thousands.
The entire Longmenwei garrison consisted of only more than 6,000 people, and faced with tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers, they instantly lost their determination to resist.
"Lord Feng, you neither obeyed Lord Yan's order to recruit civilians to defend the city, nor did you relocate the civilians to Xuanfu Town for refuge. Now that the Jiannu troops are at the gates of the city, what should we do?"
Next to Longmen Guard Commander Feng Zhengning stood his good friend Fan Zhen, who was complaining incessantly.
Feng Zhengning looked into the distance with deep hatred and regret, "I thought Yan Yingyuan was just fooling around, but who would have thought that the Jian Nu would actually come."
"Could it be that Yan Yingyuan can predict the future?"
Fan Zhen sighed: "It's not important whether we can predict the future or not. The most urgent thing is how to repel the enemy!"
Repel the enemy?
Feng Zhengning looked at the defenders around him and found that their faces were full of fear.
The Jiannu entered the pass three times from Dushikou. Each time they entered, they plundered the people, stole livestock, raped women, and killed people in large numbers.
The common people living in these border areas have long had psychological trauma towards the Jiannu.
Those who were capable went to the inland area early, and the rest of the people, except for the military dependents of the garrisons and the poor common people, wanted to leave but couldn't, and could only endure it silently.
"Surrender! If you surrender, you still have a chance to survive. If you don't surrender, the Jiannu will massacre the city!"
Feng Zhengning sighed, first looked in the direction of Xuanfu Town, then clasped his hands in the direction of the capital and said, "Your Majesty, the Jiannu are coming aggressively. I, Feng Zhengning, have no choice but to surrender in order to save the lives of the people in the city. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
Fan Zhen was immediately furious: "Commander Feng, surrender is a small matter, but food is a big matter! There are 10,000 dan of food in the city. Once we surrender to the Jian Nu, this food will become their supply. Have you... thought about it?"
Feng Zhengning shook his head helplessly: "If there is no food, the Jiannu will still massacre the city. Brother Fan, I'm sorry."
After saying that, Feng Zhengning waved his hand and said, "The Jiannu are coming with great force and are unstoppable! People, open the city gates and surrender with me! You must not resist, otherwise the Jiannu will massacre the city. You don't want your family to be killed, right?"
The defenders had no determination to resist, and when they saw their commander surrender, they laid down their weapons, opened the city gates and walked out.
Fan Zhen stepped forward and snatched Feng Zhengning's sword, unsheathing it: "Feng Zhengning, you are an official appointed by the court, how dare you surrender without a fight!"
"Before, the imperial court owed you money, so you surrendered. Now that the imperial court doesn't owe you money or food, why don't you resist?"
"I..." Feng Zhengning was speechless.
He had long been numb to the word "surrender". The army had no fighting spirit and the people had no support, so what could he do?
When the Jian Nu came, he surrendered. When Li Zicheng came, he still chose to surrender.
When the government troops arrived, he chose to surrender without hesitation!
As long as you give some silver to the civil officials in the court and ask them to say a few good words in front of the emperor, big things can be turned into small things and small things can be turned into nothing.
"Come here!" Feng Zhengning ordered his attendants, "Tie up Fan Zhen to prevent him from doing anything extreme."
Feng Zhengning was afraid that Fan Zhen would anger the Jiannu, who would then massacre the city in anger.
Fan Zhen felt disheartened when he saw everyone behaving like lambs.
If one person surrenders, it is out of fear; if everyone surrenders, it is a sign of spinelessness.
Are the people of the Ming Dynasty really so unbearable?
When Emperor Taizu expelled the Tartars, the people were not like this.
What went wrong?
He took two steps back and put the blade to his neck, shouting, "Everyone!"
"It's not a pity for me to die! But before I die, I want to tell you something!"
"The world is in decline, and people's hearts are no longer the same! The Jiannu will not be kind to you just because you surrender, they just think it's unnecessary."
"Because in their eyes, you are lambs! Lambs to be slaughtered!"
"They only cook sheep and slaughter cattle when necessary!"
"I, Fan Zhen, am a Ming citizen in life and a Ming ghost in death. I will never surrender to the Qing army!"
"You!" Fan Zhen pointed at Feng Zhengning and said, "You will regret it sooner or later. I'll be waiting for you on the road to the underworld!"
After saying this, Fan Zhen swung his sword and committed suicide.
(The real Fan Zhen in history. In the Northern History of the Ming Dynasty, Fan Zhen, a commoner, saw the fall of the capital and felt that his country was in ruins and there was no hope for the country, so he starved himself to death.)
Feng Zhengning was stunned for a moment, sighed, and continued to numbly command the soldiers to leave the city.
After leaving the city, these people knelt on both sides of the road, waiting for the Jiannu to accept their surrender.
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