Seeing Fulin's rage, Sony bowed and said, "Your Majesty, calm down! The additional troops I mentioned are not infantry or cavalry, but navy."
"Navy?" Fulin had no feelings for the term, but he hated the navy commander Dorgon so much that he asked coldly, "Are you sure it's the navy?"
"It must be the navy!" Sony put on an expression of shrewdness. "Sending more infantry or cavalry will not only make Prince Su the only one in power, but will also pose a threat to the court. If we send more navy, there will be no such concern. Prince Rui will not compromise with Haoge, let alone betray the court."
Although Sony's words made a lot of sense, Fulin's mother Bumbutai was not satisfied.
She pressed the issue: "Sony, you just told me that you would withdraw troops from Ningyuan, and now you are telling the Emperor to send more troops to Ningyuan. Are you sending more troops... or withdrawing?"
"Yeah, Sony, are you sure or not?" Aobai added.
Sony rolled his eyes at Aobai, turned around and bowed to Bumbutai, saying, "Holy Mother Empress Dowager, please calm down. The rule of the court is that someone has to take responsibility when something goes wrong. Prince Su Haoge couldn't stop the Ming army, but he didn't want to take the responsibility for retreating, so he used the strategy of increasing troops to retreat."
"If the court sends more troops, he can use the additional forces to stop the Ming army. If the court does not send more troops, he can blame the problem on insufficient troops after the defeat, and at the same time put the blame on the court or the emperor, after all, the court and the emperor did not send more troops according to his wishes."
"The battle of Ningyuan has been fought till now, and our army is in a state of decline. There is no need to continue to fight the Ming army to the death. It is better to withdraw our troops early and let the Ming army in to fight. But the problem remains. Prince Su Haoge not only does not want to take the responsibility for withdrawing the troops, but also wants to shift the responsibility to the emperor and the court."
"Your Majesty, of course, cannot be held responsible. On the surface, he must support the increase of troops, but secretly he must find a way to make Prince Su Haoge withdraw his troops. That is why I said to increase the troops, and at the same time I said to withdraw the troops."
Sony's words may seem simple, but they are actually quite difficult to understand.
The people present bowed their heads and pondered for a while before they understood the reason.
Bumbutai stared at Sony for a while, then asked leisurely, "Sony, can sending more navy troops to the Liaoxi Corridor make Hauge withdraw his troops?"
"able."
"How?"
Sony smiled mysteriously: "The Holy Mother Queen Mother does not need to worry too much. Prince Rui is resourceful and has many ways to deal with Prince Su."
"What if Dorgon can't do it?" Fulin asked coldly.
"Uh..." Sony was a little overwhelmed.
He somewhat regretted cooperating with Dorgon.
When Hauge asked the court for help for the first time, Dorgon got the news and then asked Fan Wencheng to find Sony for cooperation.
After some discussion, they believed that Hauge was seeking help on the surface, but in fact he was trying to shirk responsibility.
So a plan was formulated that would both help Fulin out of trouble and help Dorgon return to the court.
Things were going as he expected until Fulin said this.
From Fulin's tone and attitude, it can be seen that he was very dissatisfied with Dorgon.
Sony's brain was working fast.
Should he follow Fulin's wishes and be hostile to Dorgon? Or should he continue the previous cooperation?
Sony lowered his head and glanced at Bumbutai out of the corner of his eye, and found that although the other person looked indifferent, his eyes were full of worry.
Looking at Fulin again, he had an expression as if he wanted to eat him.
The mother and son have completely opposite attitudes towards Dorgon, the former caring and the latter resentful.
After a moment, he made up his mind.
The cooperation must continue no matter what. Otherwise, not only will Fulin be in trouble, but the interests of the Zhenghuang and Xianghuang banners will also be damaged.
Sony said with a stiff upper lip: "Your Majesty can reach a verbal agreement with Prince Rui. If you complete the task, you will be rewarded. If you fail to complete the task, you will be punished!"
"Okay, immediately order Dorgon to lead 20,000 naval forces to rescue Prince Su Haoge! After the task is accomplished, I will promote him." Fulin's face turned pale as he spoke.
The news started from Shengjing and quickly reached Lushun in southern Liaoning.
Dorgon, commander-in-chief of the Eight Banners Navy, looked at his name on the military order and a gratified smile appeared on his lips.
"Why is the prince laughing?" Kong Youde asked as he stood nearby.
"I laugh at Haoge's incompetence and Mandahai's lack of wisdom. They actually want to shirk responsibility by increasing the number of troops. Others may not be able to handle it, but I can easily handle it."
Under Kong Youde's puzzled eyes, Dorgon began to give orders: "Each unit should leave its elite navy in southern Liaoning to fight against the Denglai navy, and the rest of the recruits should follow me to Tashan."
"Your Highness, are you right? Taking the new recruits to Tashan?" Kong Youde thought there was something wrong with his ears.
"Yes, it's the new recruits!" Dorgon repeated.
Kong Youde looked worried: "The new soldiers haven't received much training yet. If they rashly join the battle, they may lose."
"I never thought of winning!" As Dorgon spoke, a sinister smile flashed across his lips.
With the help of the southeast monsoon, dozens of warships led by Dorgon arrived near Tashan in just two days.
The Eight Banners Navy and the Ming Army Navy met unexpectedly.
The two sides fought a naval battle on the sea south of Tashan.
Not to mention the new recruits of the Eight Banners Navy, even the elite navy under Kong Youde were no match for the Ming Navy.
The two sides fought on the sea for a long time.
The Eight Banners Navy lost more than ten large and small warships and suffered hundreds of casualties, and retreated in panic.
The Ming army was chasing after them.
They retreated all the way to the sea west of Gaizhou Wei (now Gaizhou City, Yingkou, Liaoning Province) before stopping their escape.
Dorgon took the arrow and stabbed himself in the shoulder.
Looking at the spilled blood, Dorgon smiled.
He took out a pen and paper and began to write, and when he finished he deliberately dripped blood on the paper.
"Come on, go ashore immediately and deliver this letter to Prince Su Haoge in Ningyuan. Tell him that I was ordered to rush to help, but was ambushed by the Ming navy and is now forced to retreat to Gaizhouwei to recuperate."
The messenger did not dare to delay and immediately went ashore to borrow two horses from Gaizhouwei and rushed to Ningyuan overnight.
It was midnight when we arrived in Ningyuan.
The messenger thought he would not be able to find the way because it was too dark, but it turned out that the lights outside Ningyuan City were bright.
The Eight Banners soldiers dug trenches all night long, and the Ming army filled them with torches all night long.
The competition between the two sides has reached the point where there is no distinction between day and night.
"Prince Su, this is a letter written to you personally by Prince Rui." After seeing Hauge, the courier handed the letter to him.
Haoge had already known that the court had sent Dorgon to help. As he opened the letter, he asked the messenger, "Where is Prince Rui's navy?"
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