In the Qing army camp outside Osaka Castle, Dorgon braved the cold and watched Osaka Castle on the camp watchtower. His mood was really not very good.

His original idea was to conquer Kobe and then conquer Osaka after taking over Kobe. In this way, the area south of Honshu was covered by the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty's troops could push forward to the area of ​​Nagoya.

This terrain gives him a feeling that the southern part of Honshu is similar to Liaodong, while the area in Nagoya is Shanhaiguan. If you can cross this mountain range, you can attack the capital of Japan, which is equivalent to entering the pass.

Compared to others, Dorgon obviously had to be smarter. He knew that the southern part of Honshu, including Kyushu and Shiguo, was used to be the Tokugawa Shogunate, so it didn't matter how he fought. If the Qing Dynasty relied on for survival in the future, it would not be possible to fight, and it would have to be managed well. This kind of operation is also the sooner it is, the better.

However, Osaka is nailed here like a nail. At least for now, the Qing Dynasty no longer has the ability to attack.

The main reason is that the Qing army attacked cities, especially those that were strong but without internal support. Generally, they drove out Japanese civilians to consume defenders' equipment and attack defenders' morale, so that the Qing Dynasty's losses were minimized. However, in this way, the Battle of Kobe was too much to prevent the number of Japanese people around them, which was far from enough to consume the equipment of the Osaka defenders. Of course, this was also related to the fact that Osaka was able to replenish supplies through sea routes.

What bothered Dorgon the most was that Osaka was not going to be able to fight for a while. What he was most worried about was the Qing Dynasty’s own problems.

After a series of battles, the Qing Dynasty suffered a lot of losses, with at least one thousand casualties. Originally, the Qing Dynasty had only more than 10,000 troops, but now it has about 10,000. What's more important is that among the about 10,000 Qing troops, the two yellow flags held in Haoge's hand were about 4,000. The troops in his own hands were only 4,000. Duoduo, who was on the four countries, should still have more than 2,000 troops. But if he was trapped in the four countries, he didn't know what the situation was, and he had to rescue him as soon as possible!

On the other hand, because Ajige was killed, as the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he naturally wanted to take revenge. Therefore, he changed his previous plan and implemented an extermination policy on the Japanese under the Tokugawa Shogunate. But who knew that Haoge had changed his mind. He killed him so hard that he became a villain, but Haoge was a good person, and actually selected strong Japanese people to give them a way to survive, and organized them into the Japanese military flag, which was about 4,000.

Dorgon is still the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty after all, so the Catholic Army, the Allied Army, still obeys his command and is with him. Judging from the strength of the troops, at least from the military camps stationed outside Osaka Castle, it is still huge. But he cannot guarantee that if he conflicts with Haoge in the future, it is hard to say that this Allied Army will stand on that side.

This problem has troubled Dorgon for many days. For this reason, he even secretly recalled Ying'erdai, who was leading troops out to fight, and secretly discussed the matter.

"Your Majesty, I think the most important thing is to save the master. If you merge in this way, you will not be afraid that Prince Su will have any other intentions!" Ying'erdai said with a serious expression.

After hearing this, Dorgon nodded. He had been thinking about this for a long time and was always preparing for it.

Seeing him nodding, Ying'erd continued to speak: "The General of the Mok thought that since Prince Su had already compiled the Japanese military flag, he should be the one who will fight in the future. This would be better for him to be unable to refuse, otherwise he would probably refuse. However, the General of the Mok was incompetent, and for a moment, he had never figured out any reason that could not be refused."

After hearing this, Dorgon felt a little disappointed. It is undeniable that what Yingeredai said really hit the point, but the key point is that Dorgon has considered it in the past few days, and has even gone further and has already had preliminary ideas.

Originally, I thought Ying'erd was a famous general under my command, not a reckless man who only knows how to fight, and maybe he could say something he had neglected. But now it seems that he still disappointed me.

Alas, talent, the Qing Dynasty lacked talent! Dorgon sighed in his heart, but on the surface, he did not show any disappointment, but nodded to show that he knew.

Dorgon no longer placed his hopes on Ying'erdai. After asking some other questions, he asked him to retreat and thought about this matter himself.

After two days of hard thinking, it was true that Dorgon found a way and immediately issued an order to convene a high-level meeting of the Qing Dynasty.

Now, the Chinese New Year is about to celebrate, and it is also the cold winter in Japan, which is extremely cold. The Tokugawa Shogunate's army is huddled in several major cities, and the remnants of the Qing Dynasty cannot defeat it. The two sides seem to be still confronting each other, but in fact they have entered a state of truce.

Therefore, once Dorgon's decree arrived, there was no reason for the Qing generals not to go, including Haoge.

In the central army's tent, Dorgon's attitude seemed much more kind. Even when he saw Haoge looking at him with a little provocative look, he didn't seem to feel anything. He smiled and said, "In the blink of an eye, the Chinese New Year is coming. At the beginning of the year, our Qing Dynasty was just controlling the Jiuzhou, but now, not only Jiuzhou, but also the places as big as the Four Kingdoms and the southern part of the state are all our Qing Dynasty."

Hearing this, the Qing generals in the tent smiled. These people were all considered warriors, and expanding territory was the most honorable achievement of warriors.

However, Dorgon immediately changed his mind and said with a smile: "But our Qing Dynasty's troops are limited after all, and now the territory controlled by this has reached its extreme. My dear friends should be able to see that our Qing Dynasty is no longer in a state of power against the Tokugawa shogunate..."

Hearing this, these Qing generals lost their smiles. In the past, the biggest shortcoming of the Qing Dynasty was the shortage of food, which led to the Japanese army being driven to the country by the Ming army. But now, the biggest shortcoming of the Qing Dynasty was the shortage of troops. These people have a deep understanding of this.

Looking at their expressions, Dorgon continued, "You all know that in war, especially in field battles, we cannot rely on our allies of the Qing Dynasty. We still need our Qing warriors to defeat the Tokugawa Shogunate army. Therefore, I think that if the Qing Dynasty wants to continue to expand its territory and defeat the Tokugawa Shogunate, all the troops of our Qing Dynasty must be concentrated. For this reason, the troops of Prince Yu from the Four Kingdoms must be transferred back to our state to participate in the war."

"To put it nicely, you can get it back by talking about it by talking about it?" Haoge was a little unhappy with Dorgon's talk, and couldn't help but sarcastically.

But he didn't know that Dorgon was actually digging a hole for him.
Chapter completed!