In the spring of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, before the ice and snow had melted, a mighty Manchu-Mongol army marched from Horqin into Mobei. From that day on, beacon fires were set off throughout Mobei Mongolia, and hundreds of thousands of people from Mobei

The Mongolian herders were plundered by the Mongolian banners in Monan and became their own, while the Khalkha tribes occupying Mobei were simply vulnerable to the attack of the Manchu-Mongolian coalition and could only flee in panic.

Night fell on the grassland again.

The slaves set up a canvas tent. This kind of canvas tent produced in Dalian is lighter and cheaper than the cowhide tent. As for the cowhide tent... you can replace it with several canvas tents in the easy markets on both sides of Gaizhou.

A raging fire was lit between the earth-grey tents. These slaves who had been killing each other for a day roasted mutton, beef, and even camel meat. For a while, the camp was filled with an alluring aroma.

, the slaves who took off their armor beside the tent were laughing happily and munching on meat. For them, today is another good day for harvest - there are thousands of herdsmen from Mobei Mongolia at their head.

He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty under his leadership.

However, unlike the joy of the slaves outside, Dorgon, who was in the tent, had no smile on his face. What he was worried about was not today's war. In his opinion, the Khalkha Mongolia would be doomed by autumn at most.

Will surrender to him. Before winter, even if the Khans of the Khalkha tribes cannot make this decision, the lords of Uluse and Otok will make their own choices - either starve to death in the winter, or surrender to the Qing Dynasty

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Since he led his troops into Mongolia, he has been trying his best to recruit Mobei Mongolia to surrender. After all, what he needs are Mongolians who fight for the Qing Dynasty, not dead men. With the help of the Mongolian Eight Banners, they attacked water and grass along the way, allowing

Millions of Mongolians are working hard, and their livestock can rest and recuperate.

If the animals continue to feed and gain fat in the fall, not only the animals will starve to death after one winter.

"Just wait two or three months and we will see the results!"

After walking out of the tent and stretching his body in the slightly cool night wind of Mobei, Dorgon looked at the vast and dark grassland in a trance. Seeing that no one followed, Hong Chengchou hurriedly opened the tent and came out.

Seeing him silent, he smiled and said:

"Master, the wind is strong on the grassland, so we should go back to our accounts."

At this time, Hong Chengchou had already put on the official robes of the Qing Dynasty and even shaved his hair. He looked no different from the Manchu officials.

"Oh, I can't sleep!"

Dorgon pursed his lips and said.

"There is no news about the surrender of the ministries yet. If we keep waiting like this, people will always feel uneasy!"

"Master, there is no need to worry. Now Prince De Yizhen is eyeing the pass and Chongzhen's throne. He will definitely seize the opportunity to go south."

"But didn't Ming Ting reject him?"

"The more the court refuses, the more he insists."

Hong Chengchou said confidently.

"Today is different from last year. Last year, he lacked strength and just came out of the army. Now he has tens of thousands of elites under his command. Now rogue bandits are roaming Henan, Hubei and other places. As long as he leads the troops into the two provinces in the name of suppressing bandits, he will definitely take the opportunity to seize the two provinces.

By taking power, he imitated the atrocities committed in Southern Zhili, killed officials and seized the government, and then used the excuse of "Jingnan", so the throne of the Ming Dynasty was naturally easy to obtain!"

After saying that, Hong Chengchou sneered.

"Who would miss such a good opportunity?"

Dorgon nodded slightly and said thoughtfully.

"The opportunity is indeed a good opportunity, but..."

Frowning and groaning, he said again.

"It's just that he doesn't make any movement, which is really worrying!"

"Master, we don't need to ask him now. The master's warriors, advisors, minions and generals are better than any in the past dynasties. Master, you don't have to worry about anything else. You can just act according to the plan..."

Following Dorgon, Hong Chengchou said again.

"This year we will conquer Mongolia first, and collect millions of people from Mongolia in northern Mongolia for the use of our Qing Dynasty. We will imitate the old method of Mongolia in southern Mongolia and re-enfranchise pastureland. We will reorganize the surrendered Mongolians and create a vast Hubei province."

Tuoke, divided into several Otuoke, merged several small ones into large ones, and then incorporated them into eight banners according to the "alliance flag system". By then, the master will have no less than 300,000 troops under his command.

Why worry about failing to achieve your great cause!"

Even far more than 300,000!

Conquer Mobei Mongolia and strengthen your own strength!

This was Hong Chengchou's first "strategy" for Dorgon. Although he did not understand Mongolia, he had something in common with Galdan in this regard. Decades later, when Zhungeer rose to prominence,

Galdan regarded the conquest of Mobei Mongolia as a prerequisite for defeating the Qing Dynasty. The reason was for no other reason than to strengthen his own strength and to plunder their young men for his own use.

The Mongols are different from other people. They say they are Mongols, but in fact they can be Huns, Turks, or Xianbei. In short, whoever conquers the grassland is who they are. That is, whoever conquers the grassland is who they are.

Genghis Khan turned them into Mongols, but Monan Mongolia was the orthodoxy of the Golden Family. As for Mobei Mongolia, they were just slaves of Monan Mongolia.

But no matter what, as long as they are conquered, these people will be determined to serve the Qing Dynasty. This is exactly why Hong Chengchou made this suggestion. Compared with the sparsely populated Jurchens, there are many Mongols! There are more Mongols!

It means more soldiers. What does more soldiers mean?

It means the world!

As long as the Qing Dynasty can conquer the world, he, Hong Chengchou, will no longer be a traitor or a scum, but a hero who obeys the destiny! At that time, he will be the founding hero of the Qing Dynasty and take over the Central Plains, and he will definitely be able to occupy the top position in the Qing Dynasty.

My dear minister, I will enjoy prosperity and wealth from generation to generation.

However, if Hong Chengchou knew that he had worked hard and sacrificed his reputation to serve the Qing Dynasty for twenty years, and guided the Qing Dynasty to a stable position in the Qing Dynasty after several wars, he only got a small captain of a light car, and even was written by the Qing Dynasty after his death.

I don't know what I would think if I entered "The Biography of Er Chen" and listed him as the first class of "Er Chen" just because of his great achievements.

Of course, people don't have front and back vision. For Hong Chengchou now, he only has one thought in his mind, which is to help his master win the throne of the Qing Dynasty, and then take over the Central Plains. According to his estimate, it will take 20 to 30 years.

Will suffice.

"But by then, who will seize the throne of Ming Dynasty?"

Dorgon said worriedly.

"At that time, if he sends out all the troops of the country to attack our Qing Dynasty, what will happen?"

Dorgon asked rhetorically.

"Master, before his troops enter the capital, we just take the opportunity to negotiate peace with Chongzhen. When Chongzhen mobilizes the border troops to fight with him, we will take advantage of them to lose both sides and send troops to enter the pass. Then there is no need to worry about not being able to take control of the Central Plains!"

If Zhu Guoqiang had not appeared, in a few years, the Manchus would have conquered the world in this way. They seized a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and conquered a country with a population of hundreds of millions with only a few hundred thousand people.

This is simply...unbelievable, but they succeeded!

Who made this happen?

It’s him, Hong Chengchou!

No one among the Manchus knew the Ming Dynasty better than him, and no one among the Han people knew the Manchus better than him. It was precisely because of this understanding that he was always able to give the Manchus the most important support at the most critical moment.

Important suggestions ultimately led to the Qing Dynasty's enslavement of the Han people.

"Hong Chengchou, those are hundreds of millions of Han people!"

Dorgon sighed.

"There are hundreds of millions of Han people, and we only have a few hundred thousand Manchus. How can we have so many people with a small army?"

The master's sigh made Hong Chengchou sneer.

"Master, why do you need to sigh like this? Billions of Han people are just human beings. There were millions of people in Liaodong back then, but now they are still obedient people of the Qing Dynasty. What trouble is there if you want them to be obedient people?

Yes! Kill all those who are disobedient, and the rest will naturally become obedient people. The common people are just like leeks that will continue to grow after they are cut."

If anyone else heard these words, they might be shocked, but Dorgon just nodded slightly, killing people! We, the Qing Dynasty, are experts in this matter. What's the big deal?

At this moment, a messenger suddenly came over in a hurry to report.
Chapter completed!