Soon, the sound of footsteps came closer and closer.
In full view of the crowd, Dorgon walked in wearing casual clothes with a bloody bandage on his shoulder.
He ignored everyone's gazes and walked straight to the center of the hall, kneeling down in front of Fulin and saying, "Your Majesty, I, Dorgon, pay my respects to you. Long live the emperor."
Fulin did not let him stand up as usual, but asked directly: "Dorgon?"
"I'm here." Dorgon lowered his head.
"Prince Su said that you were ordered to lead the navy to support Ningyuan, but you ended up hiding in Gaizhou and stagnating, which ultimately led to his defeat in Ningyuan. Is this true?"
"I am innocent!" Dorgon kowtowed. "After receiving the order to rush to the rescue, I immediately dispatched the elite navy to Ningyuan. As a result, when we reached the sea near Tashan, we encountered an ambush by the Ming navy."
"Although I led the navy to fight desperately, the Ming navy was good at naval warfare and had more people, and I was injured by an arrow and had to retreat. After retreating to Gaizhou, I organized troops to support Ningyuan several times, but was repelled by the Ming navy every time."
"We have no choice but to station troops in Gaizhou and wait for military orders."
"But," Dorgon raised his head and stared at Haoge with resentment, "Prince Su did not give me new orders, nor did he inform me when he withdrew his troops! Instead, he slandered me for standing still. It is really unfair!"
Haoge pointed at Dorgon's nose angrily and said, "You...you are talking nonsense! I clearly gave you a new order to support Tashan, but you still stood still."
"I have clearly defeated the unknown army and navy, but you still want me to die. What is your intention?" Dorgon retorted.
"You..." Haoge's fingers trembled because he was too angry. "My purpose is to let you contain the Ming navy and relieve the pressure in the rear. How can you say you want to die? Besides, before the withdrawal, I sent someone to send you the news of the withdrawal. Didn't you receive it?"
"Who is it? How come I don't know him?" Dorgon pretended not to know.
"You...you are talking nonsense!" Hauge was furious.
"Every word I said is true!" Dorgon replied.
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