The letter was sent by Li Jingyun. The content of the letter was not much, it just told Zhu Guoqiang a piece of news.

He became a father.

A son is born!

"I'm a father..."

Zhu Guoqiang was stunned for a long time. He only had one thought in his mind at this time, which was to go to Li Jingyun and see her and his son.

Otherwise... Even though he was very eager in his heart, he tried his best to restrain his thoughts.

However, this letter made Zhu Guoqiang somewhat dissatisfied. He was afraid that as a biological father, he did not have the right to name his son - this right belonged to the court and the Ministry of Rites. If there was no name given by the Ministry of Rites, the clan would be "

"Unknown people" cannot receive clan honors, and many clan members even have no names until their death. Even Jiajing himself got his name ten years after he was born and had a nickname. Before that, he only had a nickname.

Seeing that Jingyun mentioned in the letter that he had written to the court to name the child and was worried that the court would get stuck, Zhu Guoqiang said bluntly.

"What would you like others to name your child?"

As he spoke, Zhu Guoqiang casually wrote down the word "domain". The name of the clan of the Ming Dynasty was very unique. In other words, it was just like a periodic table of elements.

This is the common wish of every founder of the country, which is to pass on the world he conquered to the second, third, tenth, hundred, and thousands of generations. Boss Zhu also had this grand idea, so he made a provision

: When future generations choose their names, they use the method of the five elements that are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other. Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood. It means that the five elements generate all things, and they will continue to prosper over and over again. I hope his Ming Dynasty company can be like this.

Survive forever.

According to the generation set by Boss Zhu, his son is of the He generation, and his name also has the radical "metal, wood, water, fire and earth" in it, so his name should contain "earth".

"Let's use domain. Tu means territory. "Domain" originally means "or", which is synonymous with "country". That's the word..."

Zhu Guoqiang once violated the rules of the Ming Dynasty. This was simply - to the outside world, he was domineering, and it was nothing short of such a thing.

In fact, if he was not so domineering, I am afraid that the civil servants in the capital would not be able to adapt to it. After all, in their view, domineering is synonymous with that man.

Summer has arrived in a blink of an eye.

Although he became a father, Zhu Guoqiang did not even return to Shandong once, not because he did not miss his wife and children, but because there was a more important thing - the final battle to restore Liaoning.

Just like the intelligence provided by Huang Taiji and Dorgon's insiders, Dorgon still sent troops in spring. Spring is when the Mongols are at their weakest. The horses and livestock that have been hungry for a winter are extremely weak. This is an attack.

The best season in the grassland.

Of course, in order to facilitate all this, in the past few months, Zhu Guoqiang repeatedly requested to send troops to the Pass in the name of General Pinglu. Especially after Zhang Xianzhong captured Xiangyang, the murder of King Xiang gave him another reason to enter the Pass.

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Faced with his successive requests, the imperial court's attitude was resolute - General Pinglu was not allowed to enter the customs, and he was even prohibited from returning to Shandong privately.

All right!

On one side was the court's rejection, and on the other side was his constant request.

Over the past few months, this matter has been known to the whole world. It seems that everyone has seen the "ambition" of General Pinglu, but it also contributed to Dorgon's conquest of Meng.

From the initial 30,000 to 60,000, Dorgon has mobilized reinforcements again!

"...Ever since Dorgon attacked the grassland, Tushetu Khan's Gunbu has taken advantage of Mongolia's special geography to deal with the Jiannu. When the Jiannu attacked, they used the vastness of the grassland to flee everywhere, waiting for the Jiannu to get food.

When it’s not enough, it will be withdrawn automatically.”

When Chen Wudi introduced the map, Zhu Guoqiang just stared at the map without saying a word.

During the Qing Dynasty, Monan Mongolia was annexed, and Huang Taiji inherited the title of Great Khan of Mongolia. Although this cannot be said to be unprecedented in the history of Mongolia, one thing must be admitted: that is, Huang Taiji created new rules. Because

According to Mongolian rules: in all Mongolian tribes, only the descendants of Temujin can become the Great Khan of Mongolia. There are people who are not from the Temujin family and have the title of Great Khan. He is the first in Mongolian history. However, there are also people who have the title of Great Khan.

First, he broke the rules and was eventually assassinated. Huang Taiji was the second person who was not a descendant of Temujin but dared to become the Great Khan of Mongolia.

Moreover, Huang Taiji's title of Great Khan of Mongolia was indeed recognized by Monan Mongolia. However, during Huang Taiji's era, the title of Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty as Great Khan of Mongolia was only recognized by Monan Mongolia. The rest of the Mongolian tribes also did not accept this situation.

Those who did not recognize it, such as Mobei Mongolia. In the fifth year after the Manchus entered the customs, they inevitably had conflicts with Mobei Mongolia. At that time, Mobei Mongolia kept sending people to Monan Mongolia to lobby and persuade Monan Mongolia.

Various ministries severed ties with the Manchus and returned to the Mongolian circle.

This led to Dorgon personally leading troops to attack the Mobei Mongolia. The reason why he mobilized so many troops when the Southern Ming Dynasty was still resisting was because if he failed to kill everyone as a warning, it would very likely lead to the Monan Mongolia betraying the Manchus. If

If the Mobei Mongolia choose to betray, the Ming Dynasty warlords will betray them, and the Southern Ming Dynasty will also counterattack on a large scale. Therefore, the conquest of the Mobei Mongolia is even related to their survival.

The slaves entered Mobei Mongolia twice before and after establishing slaves, which dealt a certain blow to Mobei Mongolia. After all, militarily, Mobei Mongolia was indeed unable to resist the Qing army's attack. But Mobei Mongolia was the same as in the past, fighting against the enemy.

Retreat, a tactic where the enemy retreats while we advance to avoid a battle. After all, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will not be wary, because the Nanming Dynasty in the south is still at war with the Qing Dynasty. If the Manchu and Qing Dynasties start a fight, they are likely to collapse under the attack of the Mobei Mongolia and the Nanming Dynasty.

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How did Dorgon choose in the end?

No trade!

This is the best method of the Central Plains dynasties in the past. The reason why Dorgon did this was because he did not have enough troops to use in Mongolia. This is also the reason why he continued to increase his troops.

"... Thanks to the support of Monan Mongolia, Dorgon has been attacking along the water and grass since he led the troops to attack the grassland. Therefore, although the Mongols continue to retreat and try to avoid a decisive battle, in fact, their losses continue to

With the increase, they have lost a large number of herder slaves and livestock. After all, both humans and animals need water and pasture. Therefore, as long as the slave slaves continue to attack the pastures in Mobei and leave them with no pasture for grazing, then the Mongolian people in Mobei will

Collapse is only a matter of time..."

Looking at the prince, Chen Taiji pointed to the position of the descendant Kulun on the grassland and said.

"Your Majesty, Dorgon has led troops into the hinterland of Mobei, but Mongolia is too big. If he wants to attack the water and grass and force the Mongols to surrender, he must invest more troops. Currently, he is in Mongolia.

His troops numbered as many as 60,000, and this time he mobilized another 30,000 horses to reinforce Mongolia. This was not because his losses were huge. In fact, our intelligence showed that their losses were extremely slight, mainly because the Mongols

It is too big, he must invest enough men and horses to achieve the goal, otherwise he will not be able to deal a fatal blow to the Mongols..."

"So now, how many troops does Dorgon have in Shenyang?"

Shi Lei replied.

"My dearest son, there are at most 50,000 people, including more than 30,000 Han troops!"

Han army.

It is a very special existence in the sequence of establishing slaves. In the past, its main source was the officers and soldiers led by the surrendered Ming army generals. But now, whether it is Dorgon or Huang Taiji, they all recruit Han people to cover them.

, thinking that Han people are soldiers.

When their military strength was insufficient, even slaves became their additional source of troops.

"How many Mongols have surrendered to them so far?"

"Currently we have 70,000 households..."

"Seventy thousand households means almost 70,000 soldiers and horses. If you calculate it this way, it means that Dorgon's military strength is almost 200,000..."

Zhu Guoqiang's mood was quite complicated after he nodded slightly.

Although he severely damaged the Manchu Qing Dynasty, their military strength was further strengthened. Huang Taiji formed a new army and the Eight Banners of Goryeo, and even plundered Japan. As for Dorgon, he went all the way to the north to give birth to Jurchens at the mouth of Heilongjiang, and surrendered tens of thousands of households.

He gave birth to Jurchen. Then he went all the way to conquer Mongolia and surrendered 70,000 to 80,000 Mongolian households. In addition, he organized Han slaves into the Han army, and now he has nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses.

The wings of this butterfly flap so powerfully!

"It's time to deal with him, otherwise I'm afraid it will really be too big!"

"My lord, summer is coming. This is not the right time for fighting!"

Qian Degong reminded.

Ancient wars were generally chosen after the autumn harvest. Firstly, it was easy to recruit troops during the off-season, which did not affect production; secondly, there was sufficient food, so it was easy to mobilize and collect supplies for the army, and after entering the enemy's country, it was easy to grab food and fodder from the enemy's country. Thirdly, there was enough food.

If the weather is cool, soldiers will not feel war-weary, and the hot weather will easily breed bacteria. Crowding of a large number of people in the military camp will definitely lead to the epidemic of plague.

So summer is definitely not a good time to fight, but... that was the past. After all, a considerable part of the so-called plague epidemic in summer was due to the poor sanitary conditions in the wild. As long as you do good hygiene, after all, most infectious diseases are

It was caused by the poor sanitary conditions in the military camp.

"That was in the past, but not now. We now conduct exercises every day in the summer, and there is no epidemic of disease. Giving up summer is just not suitable for fighting, not that it is impossible to fight! Seize this opportunity, strive to end the war before winter comes, and kill

Dorgon, let everyone go home during the Spring Festival!"

After a pause, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"Kill Dorgon and go home to celebrate the New Year."
Chapter completed!