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Chapter 218: The Scapegoat (Second Update, Ask for Subscription, Ask for a Monthly Pass!) )


"Fan Wencheng" Luckard was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this was an excellent opportunity to find out who he was.

Dorgon indeed sent Fan Wencheng to assist Lekedhun in the expedition, but Fan Wencheng failed to play his due role and failed to help Lekedhun defeat the Ming army.

To be fair, Fan Wencheng did make some good suggestions to Luck Dehun, and also dissuaded Luck Dehun from marching rashly, but the final result was not ideal.

Now that Luck Dehun is facing being questioned by Duduo and even Dorgon, he will naturally not care about Fan Wencheng's contribution.

If all the blame is put on Fan Wencheng, Luck Dehun's crime will be much lighter.

He may be scolded by the regent Dorgon at most, but will not receive any substantial punishment.

This is of course what Luck Dehun wants to see.

Fan Wencheng was the first veteran to defect to the Manchus, but in the final analysis he was still a Han.

Compared to the descendants of the Aisin Gioro family, what does a Han Chinese mean?

The only question is whether Dodo is willing to help him fulfill this lie.

After all, Duduo is Dorgon's biological brother.

If he is there to play the drums, Luck Dehun's chances of clearing his name will be much greater.

Luck Dehun asked tentatively: "What does the prince mean?"

Duduo gave Luck Dehun a hard look and thought to himself that this kid was really nothing.

He was kind enough to help him but he was still talking nonsense.

"What does this king mean and what are the facts?

Doesn't Dorobelle himself not know?"

Although Dodo did not explicitly give Lucedhun's answer, this sentence already made it very clear.

That is, how things are interpreted depends entirely on Luck Dehun.

As long as Luck Dehun doesn't say anything too outrageous, Duduo is willing to believe it.

Dodo's attitude greatly encouraged Luck Dehun.

Thinking of the old story of Duduo snatching away Fan Wencheng's wife, Luck Dehun realized it.

As a Manchu prince, Duduo had to give Fan Wencheng's wife back under pressure, which was extremely embarrassing.

Duduo must have been looking for an opportunity to take revenge on Fan Wencheng.

Isn't this a golden opportunity?

The nearly two thousand armored soldiers lost were all the elites of the Two Yellow Banners.

As long as Luck Dehun puts the blame on Fan Wencheng, and Duduo arranges for the families of these bannermen to cause such trouble, under pressure, even if the regent wants to protect Fan Wencheng, he may not be able to do so.

Although Dorgon also admired Fan Wencheng, there was no need to offend the entire Zhenghuang and Xianghuang Banners because of a Han scholar.

What's more, he now relies more on Hong Chengchou, even more than Fan Wencheng.

Don't the Han people have a saying, once the emperor is the emperor, then there are the ministers.

Although the regent is not the emperor now, he is not much different from the emperor.

Fan Wencheng really came into important use when Huang Taiji was in power.

After Dorgon came to power, he had to gather his own team in order to establish his prestige.

It was only because Fan Wencheng was indeed very capable that he continued to be entrusted with important tasks.

For Dorgon, Hong Chengchou was a sure bet, but Fan Wencheng was not.

Of course, Fan Wencheng is indeed getting older and it's time to retire.

With his qualifications, even if he takes all the charges, he will not be executed.

At most, he will be dismissed from office and retire in peace.

This result is pretty good.

Luck Dehun wouldn't think there was anything wrong, after all, the most important thing was to find out who he was.

His career in commanding the army has just begun, and he must not be "relegated to the cold palace" by the regent from the beginning.

Luckard was heartbroken and gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed Fan Wencheng who has been instigating the slave to pursue the Ming thief, so he was ambushed."

Duduo frowned when he heard this.

This Luckard is so stupid that he can't even shirk responsibility.

With such an understatement, it was hard to say whether Dorgon would let Fan Wencheng go, and Luck Dehun himself couldn't figure it out.

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"If you think about it again, Fan Wencheng is really just encouraging you."

Obediently listening to the words, Luckard understood what Dodo meant in a blink of an eye.

He thought Fan Wencheng's crime was not serious enough.

"Your Majesty, this servant has remembered that Fan Wencheng was an outlaw who took the initiative to raise troops to chase him, so he was ambushed."

Duduo thought, you still know something.

In this case, Luck Dehun was at best an oversight, and the blame could be pinned on Fan Wencheng.

Duduo had long disliked Fan Wencheng and took this opportunity to kick the old dog away.

After defeating Luck Dehun again, Gao Jie led his army to evacuate eastward.

There was only one reason that prompted him to make this decision, and that was Duduo's return to the court.

The scouts have already heard the news that the main force of the Qing army led by Duduo has entered Beizhili from Henan, including the vassal soldiers of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming.

Although Gao Jie fought bravely, he was not a reckless man.

He knew that with his current strength it would be difficult to face off against hundreds of thousands of Qing troops.

Anyway, the purpose of this Northern Expedition has been achieved, and the most important thing is to lead the army to evacuate in time.

The army marched eastward, passing Guangzong, Dongjia Temple Fort, Qinghe, and crossed the Huanglu River into Shandong.

Shandong is now under the control of the Ming army.

Entering Shandong means that the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Gao Jie is temporarily safe.

Gao Jie's mind has been strained all the way through Henan and Beizhili, and now he can finally relax a little.

During Gao Jie's Northern Expedition, the division of defense zones in Shandong also changed significantly.

Except for Qin Gongming who continued to lead his troops to garrison the Dezhou area, the areas where Gao Jie's Ming troops were originally stationed were basically taken over by the Shence Army.

In addition, the emperor also restored the town of Denglai and prepared to rebuild the Denglai Navy.

It was not easy to digest so much news at once, so Gao Jie decided to take his time.

If nothing happens, the tens of thousands of people under his command will definitely be stationed in Shandong.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that after the Qing army captured Shanxi and Shaanxi, it only needed a short rest before turning around and attacking Shandong.

It was impossible to defend Shandong by relying solely on the Qin Gongming Ministry and the Shence Army.

Although the imperial court spent a lot of money to build a large number of fortresses in northern Shandong, Gao Jie believed that these would not play a big role.

In the end, war has to be fought with real swords and guns.

If you only dare to huddle in a fortress and fire off artillery, what is the difference between it and Yuan Chonghuan back then?

Besides, those fortresses were so small and extremely odd in shape that they could really withstand the Qing army’s onslaught.

You must know that it is much more convenient to transport artillery from Beizhili to northern Shandong than to Tongguan, Shaanxi.

When Kong Youde's red-coated cannon was swung there, those small fortresses simply couldn't hold on for long.

Gao Jie planned to mention this in the good news sent to the court, asking the emperor to send another army to Shandong to provide him with control.

Since the current combat effectiveness of the Ming army is not as good as that of the Qing army, it can only rely on the number of people

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