Outside Ningyuan City.
Prince Su Haoge was probably ill and couldn't sit still.
He held the handwritten letter from Dorgon in his left hand and the official document from the court in his right hand. After reading it countless times, he realized that what was written on the paper was not words at all, but a lie!
"Damn it," Hauge slammed the letter and documents on the table.
"What's wrong, Prince Su?" Man Dahai asked.
"Take a look for yourself!" Hauge pointed at the letters and documents on the table, his face full of anger.
Man Dahai was also speechless after reading it once.
After Dorgon's troops retreated to Gaizhou, Hauge asked Dorgon to send troops to support Tashan again, and at the same time requested Shengjing to send reinforcements.
Dorgon replied that the losses were heavy and that he could provide support, but he had to transfer navy from Lushun.
The navy of Lushun was fighting fiercely with the navy led by Yuan Shu in southern Liaoning, and no troops could be deployed in a short period of time.
Shengjing also agreed to Hauge's request for additional troops, but the additional troops were still naval forces.
As we all know, the commander-in-chief of the navy was Dorgon.
With the cooperation of the foxes in Shengjing and Dorgon, the problem of increasing troops seemed to be solved, but in fact it returned to the starting point.
How could Haoge not be angry!
Looking at the black words on the white paper, Man Dahai only felt the biting coldness and ruthlessness.
He was silent for a long time, then raised his head and asked Haoge: "Prince Su, the Ming army is advancing step by step, and the imperial court has not sent reinforcements. What should we do?"
"Retreat!" Hauge said without any hesitation.
"Once the imperial court starts investigating..." Man Dahai was a little worried.
"I'll take the responsibility!" Hauge said with his chest puffed out.
Very good!
Man Dahai breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Since Haoge was willing to take responsibility, he had nothing to worry about.
However, in order to hide his inner joy, Man Dahai began to sigh hypocritically.
After the performance, Man Dahai said, "Prince Su, I think since we are retreating, we should make a good plan and each unit should retreat in an orderly manner according to the plan. Otherwise, if chaos and defeat occur during the retreat, our losses will be incalculable!"
"Indeed." Hauge nodded.
He is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. Not only does he understand this principle, he also made plans in advance.
However, implementing this plan requires the courage to take drastic measures.
"Beat the drum and call all the generals to discuss the matter!" Hauge ordered.
After all the generals arrived, Hauge did not immediately announce the withdrawal, but listened to the generals' report on today's battle.
After everyone had finished reporting, Hauge took out a small wooden box from under the table.
When they opened the wooden box, they found it was full of cigarettes.
These cigarettes were smuggled by Dorgon from Zheng Zhilong and given to Hauge as a gift.
Although Hauge hated Dorgon, he did not hate these things.
Under everyone's envious gaze, he took out a cigarette and lit it with candlelight.
Smoke rose, and the others present couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
"These are the cigarettes that I bought at a high price. Let's share them among ourselves." Hauge said slowly.
"Thank you Prince Su for the reward." The generals responded in unison.
"Don't worry, I have a higher rank so I'll take it first." A general stretched out his hands to block everyone behind him.
"Get out of the way. Your official position is useless. I have a title." Another general pushed him aside.
"Hey," Lekedehun snorted, "If we talk about titles, I have the highest title among those present, except for Prince Su and Prince Li."
"What is your title?" Gong Adai of the Plain Yellow Banner asked loudly.
"Listen up!" Lekedehun began to build up his emotions. "The brave and skilled warrior standing in front of you, a man who is both civil and military... Hey, hey, hey, stop the fucking thing, I haven't finished yet!"
As soon as Lekedehun started to use his ultimate move, he found that others had already rushed forward to grab the cigarette.
Faced with the people's unethical behavior, Lekedehun was angry and helpless. He shouted at the back: "One per person, whoever takes more is a grandson."
"Grandpa, you stepped on me."
......
The farce was soon over and the central military tent returned to peace.
At this time, Hauge had finished his first cigarette. He exhaled the last puff of smoke and looked at an official: "How many casualties have our army suffered since the start of the war?"
After checking, the official said, "Your Highness, since the start of the war, our army has suffered a total of about 11,000 casualties. Among them, about 3,200 were slightly injured, 1,700 were seriously injured, and more than 6,000 died."
After hearing this number, Hauge felt a little heavy in his heart.
Although people would die in war, the cumulative casualties were still difficult for him to accept.
"What about the Ming army? How many casualties have they suffered?" Hauge asked with a serious face.
"It should be almost the same as our army!"
"I understand," Hauge nodded and pointed at the civil officials and everyone else and said, "Officials and generals of rank three and above, please stay. Everyone else please leave for now. I have something important to discuss with you."
"Yes." The irrelevant people left quickly.
Looking at the somewhat empty military tent, Haoge smiled and said, "Everyone, the Battle of Ningyuan has been fought to this day and there is no suspense. There are 130,000 Ming army infantry and cavalry in front, and 30,000 Ming army navy in the back threatening the retreat. I have repeatedly asked the court for help, but the court first evaded me by saying that it had no troops to send, and later sent a navy that was comparable to trash."
"Dorgon, who was ordered to come to support, suffered a defeat and retreated to Gaizhou without moving."
"Now... we have no reinforcements and there is a risk of our retreat being cut off."
"After careful consideration, I have decided to withdraw my troops from Ningyuan!"
Wow!
After hearing Hauge's words, the originally quiet central military tent immediately fell into noise.
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