After finding their names and the order of retreat on the list, the Eight Banners generals left one after another.
After a moment.
There were only three people left in the central army tent, namely: Prince Su Haoge, Prince Li Daishan, and Jueluo Jihali, the commander of the light chariots and the commander of the guard of the Plain White Banner.
Jueluo Jihali was the great-grandson of Lidun, who was Nurhaci's uncle.
Jueluo Jihali looked through the piece of paper in his hand several times but couldn't find his name.
Just as he was wondering, Man Dahai spoke up. He asked knowingly, "Jiaoluo Jihali, why don't you leave?"
Jueluo Jihali raised his head and answered in bewilderment, "My Lords, my name is not on the list."
"Oh?" Hauge also began to perform, "Look carefully again."
"I looked for it, but couldn't find it." Juelu Jihali answered helplessly.
"That's right!" Haoge said seriously, "Tomorrow night's retreat is a matter of life and death. I want to give you the most important task. I wonder if you dare to take it."
"The most important task?" Jueluo Jihali had a bad feeling.
Without waiting for him to express his opinion, Hauge began to speak: "If we do not leave people in Ningyuan City when we retreat tomorrow, this strong city will be handed over to the Ming army. Without any worries, the Ming army can pursue us without restraint."
"In this way, our army will easily be defeated."
Jueluo Jihali blinked his eyes: "So what Prince Su meant is..."
"I'll leave you two thousand soldiers to defend the city and cover the retreat of the main force," said Hauge.
Jueluo Jihali opened his mouth but no sound came out.
He subconsciously wanted to refuse, but in the end he couldn't say it.
Six years ago, Dorgon led his troops into the pass to plunder and was defeated at the Wenyu River.
After returning to Shengjing, Dorgon was stripped of his position as leader of the Plain White Banner, and Duoduo temporarily led the Plain White Banner.
From that day on, the strength and status of the Zhengbai Banner plummeted.
Defending Ningyuan to the death means dying together with the city of Ningyuan.
He doesn't want to die yet.
Before changing.
He would refuse Hauge's mission, after all, Dorgon was in charge.
It doesn't work now.
Dorgon is no longer the leader of the banner, and Duoduo will not help them.
But he was unwilling to die like this, so he knelt down in front of Haoge and said, "Your Majesty, I am not afraid of death, but I don't want to die in such a cowardly way!"
Haoge was unhappy and asked coldly: "Why, do you want to disobey orders?"
"I dare not."
"Then do as I say and lead two thousand soldiers to defend Ningyuan to the death! If the Ming army chooses to bypass Ningyuan and pursue our army, you can seize the opportunity to leave the city and launch a surprise attack from behind." Hauge continued to instruct.
Jueluo Jihali knelt on the ground without saying a word, resisting with silence.
Haoge snorted very experiencedly: "Jiuluo Jihali, do you think that I can't control you?"
Jueluo Jihali still didn't speak.
Haoge stood up and poured himself a cup of tea. He walked slowly to Jueluo Jihali with the cup in his hand and whispered, "You have a wife and four concubines, each one more beautiful than the other. In addition, you have two sons and a daughter. The eldest son is nine years old this year, the youngest son is four years old this year, and the daughter is still in swaddling clothes."
"You can either follow my orders or disobey. If you choose the former, your wives, concubines and children will be taken care of in the best possible way. If you choose the latter, they will most likely be sent to be slaves to the armored men."
"Not only you, but the families of your subordinates will also be treated the same way. Your loved ones will be implicated and will live a life worse than pigs and dogs from now on!"
"You..." Jueluo Jihali clenched his fists angrily, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
Wow!
Haoge poured the tea in the cup directly on Jueluo Jihali's head, and then threw the cup to the ground, "Jueluo Jihali, tell me your choice."
"I...I..." Jueluo Jihali was anxious and angry, and he wanted to stand up and stab Haoge.
But he didn't.
I neither dare nor can I.
Otherwise, the family’s fate will be even worse.
"I obey your orders!" Jueluo Jihali said gritting his teeth.
Haoge smiled and nodded, and continued to ask: "Jueluo Jihali, are you very angry?"
"If the prince says yes, it is yes. If he says no, it is no."
"Okay, stay angry!" Haoge patted Juelu Jihali on the shoulder: "Then vent your anger on the Ming army! As long as you follow military orders, I will not forget my promise even if I die after returning to Shengjing."
Jueluo Jihali was startled, and then he realized that Haoge had been using provocation.
After understanding this truth, his gaze towards Hauge softened a lot.
Haoge patted Jueluo Jihali again and said, "Let's go back and get ready."
"Yes." Jueluo Jihali bowed and said goodbye.
Silence returned to the central military tent again.
Man Dahai and Haoge did not leave and continued discussing until midnight before they finally decided on everything.
The next morning.
After the army finished breakfast, Wang Yongji, the governor of Ping Liao, mounted his horse wearing armor.
Looking at the countless elite soldiers in front of him and listening to the sound of flags flying behind him, Wang Yongji felt heroic.
He had waited so long for this moment that he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.
After a moment, he drew out his sword with a swish: "My boys!"
"exist!"
Hundreds of soldiers responded in unison.
"exist!"
Thousands of soldiers shouted loudly.
"exist!"
The voices of tens of thousands of Ming troops resounded through the sky.
"The Ming army is mighty!" Wang Yongji raised his arms and shouted.
"The Ming army is mighty! The Ming army is mighty! The Ming army is mighty!" The soldiers' roars started from the south bank of the Ningyuan River, crossed the Ningyuan River, jumped over the trench, and climbed into the city along the city wall.
The Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall could neither see the situation in the lower reaches of the Ningyuan River nor hear the content of the sound. They could only feel a rumbling sound in the distance.
"The sun, the moon, the mountains and the rivers will last forever, the Ming Dynasty will last forever, kill!" Wang Yongji waved his sword and jumped onto the floating bridge on his horse.
The troops on the right wing had already pushed the battle line forward several miles, and this was no longer the front line.
"Kill!" Countless Ming troops rushed onto the pontoon bridge and toward the battlefield.
Woo!
The attack horn sounded.
Boom boom boom...
Ten horse-drawn carriages carrying ten large drums rushed towards the battlefield.
With each beat of the drum, the soldiers took a step forward.
Boom boom boom——
The drumbeats became more and more frequent, and the soldiers' pace of charge began to quicken.
The Ming army was in the south and the Eight Banners troops were in the north.
The two sides are getting closer and closer.
Just when the two sides were two miles apart, the Ming army's drumbeats suddenly slowed down.
Boom... Boom... Boom...
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