At the same time, at the Regent's Mansion in Beijing.
It was already extremely cold in Beijing in early October, but it was as warm as spring in the Dongnuang Pavilion of the Prince Regent's Palace. Dorgon only wore a thin singlet and rested comfortably on the soft cushions.
In front of the Kang, three hardcore traitors, Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou, were lined up.
In addition, sitting on the golden pier in front of the Kang was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. It is not appropriate to say that this man is a young man, because this man has a thick short beard on his lips.
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This person is Dorgon's fifteenth brother, Prince Jiannuyu, Duduo.
This is not a formal political discussion, but just a conspiracy by Dorgon gathering his confidants.
Dorgon said: "The grains outside the customs have been returned to the warehouse and transported to Beijing. The nobles of the Eight Banners in Shengjing, the bannermen and the servants of each banner have also passed through Jinzhou and will arrive in Beijing in the near future."
After a pause, Dorgon's mouth broke into a weird smile again: "Of course, there is also the emperor of our Qing Dynasty, who will be arriving in Beijing in a few days."
Duduo chuckled lightly when he heard this.
Duduo knew Dorgon's thoughts.
In fact, who in the entire Qing court could not see Dorgon’s ambition?
With the great achievement of entering Beijing, Dorgon was promoted to the imperial father and regent, and then it was a foregone conclusion that he would step on Prince Zheng Jierharang who was still above him.
This has formed a consensus among the nobles of the Eight Banners.
Even Bai Yin Tu, Ao Bai and others also recognized it.
Then the next step is to unify the universe.
As long as Dashun and Ming Dynasty are destroyed and the universe is unified,
No one can stop Dorgon from ascending to the throne of emperor.
At that moment, Duduo raised the issue and said: "Fourteenth brother, the little emperor is coming to Beijing soon. The nobles of the Eight Banners in Shengjing, the bannermen and the servants of each banner will also move to Beijing soon. Now the banners of each banner will move to Beijing."
Lord Baile can no longer clamor to return to the outside world, and we can discuss the next use of troops."
"Yes, it's time to discuss the next use of troops."
Dorgon adjusted his posture to make himself more comfortable.
But his eyes fell on the three traitors Ning Wan and I, and asked with a smile: "Do you three gentlemen have anything to say?"
The three die-hard traitors looked at each other, and finally handed it over to Ning Wanwo and said: "Prince Regent, Prince Yu, now that the Qing Dynasty has enough food and troops, it is time to launch a war of annihilation against the puppets or Nanming."
Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng also nodded lightly.
With the current manpower and material resources of the Qing court, there is really no problem in destroying the Pseudo-Shun or Nanming family.
Dorgon smiled and asked: "Then the question is, is it better to destroy Pseudo-Shun first, or Nanming first?"
Without waiting for the three die-hard traitors to reply, Duduo rushed to say: "Brother Fourteen, in my opinion, we should divide our troops into two groups and launch a war of annihilation against the Pseudo-Shun and Nanming at the same time."
"Prince Yu, this is absolutely impossible."
The three hard-core traitors were so anxious that they waved their hands at the same time.
The risk of using troops against Pseudo-Shun and Nanming at the same time is too high.
Although the Qing government was powerful enough, it could not do this.
Because we use the past as a reference, this window of opportunity usually only comes once.
Once this window of opportunity is missed, the Qing Dynasty will most likely become the second Jin Dynasty, and may even repeat the story of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the Chen Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty, and the three kingdoms will stand together.
If that were the case, it would be a pity.
That's why three die-hard traitors rushed to speak out against it at the same time.
"Why not?" Duduo said with consternation, "According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Nanming is just like Yuan Shu, just a withered skeleton in a grave. What's more, the most elite Guan Ning army of the Ming army has surrendered to our Qing Dynasty, and the remaining left armies are
Liangyu, Huang Degong and their ilk are just trying to make up for it, they are just like chickens and dogs, they can be crushed to death with just one step."
"This!" The three traitors looked at each other, and for a moment they didn't know how to refute.
Has the battle in which Chongzhen personally led the Ming army of 28 towns to defeat Baiyintu in Xuzhou been ignored?
By the way, at this time, a large amount of information about the Ming court had been transmitted to Beijing, and Dorgon and the others already knew many things that they did not know before.
For example, the process of Chongzhen's defeat from Beijing.
Another example is that Chongzhen personally led the Ming army to defeat Baiyin Tu in Xuzhou.
Even the rumors of enlightenment at Meishan in Chongzhen have spread to Beijing thousands of miles away.
Dorgon, Duoduo and others naturally did not believe it, but Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo were doubtful, and Hong Chengchou was even more inclined to believe it.
Because the contrast between Chongzhen's before and after is too strong.
The current Chongzhen is almost a completely different person from the Chongzhen in Hong Chengchou’s memory.
Duduo added: "Pseudo-Shun has some fighting ability. First, he fought fiercely with Guan Ning's army for a whole day on a stone, and then he was able to persist for half an hour in the face of repeated attacks by our elite Eight Banners. This shows his tenacity! However,
Most of the Pseudo-Shun's elite main force has been destroyed in the battle at Shanhaiguan, and the rest are no longer of concern."
When Hong Chengchou and the other two heard this, they began to subconsciously pull their beards. They were deceiving themselves and others.
Although Pseudo Shun lost 60,000 to 70,000 elites in Shanhaiguan, and later in Baoding, Wangdu lost another 60,000 to 70,000 in total, but Li Zicheng still had hundreds of thousands of elites left.
Among them, Li Yan's route is the strongest.
Tang Tong and Jiang Xiang, who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, were defeated by Li Yan one after another. Datong was almost captured by Li Yan. Joluo Bahana quickly lifted the siege of Taiyuan and went north to rescue.
As a result, they were ambushed by Li Yan's troops halfway.
Fortunately, the Zhengbai Banner Han army led by Shi Tingzhu and the Hongyi artillery arrived in time.
But when the two sides were in a stalemate, Li Yan's troops inexplicably suspended the offensive and withdrew to Suidezhou.
Then Jolupahana inexplicably lost first and then won, and inexplicably captured the entire territory of Shanxi.
But the battle in Shanxi was enough to prove that the hypocritical army was still capable of fighting.
Duduo waved his hand and said: "So I think that we, the Qing Dynasty, can attack it in two directions."
"On the west route, half of the Eight Banners elites were gathered, supplemented by the Guan Ning Army and half of the Eight Banners Han Army, and the Eight Banners Mongolia crossed the Yellow River from Shanxi and attacked the puppets in the west."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The other group combined the troops of the Three Banners, supplemented by the other half of the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Mongolia, to attack the Southern Ming Dynasty southward."
"Leave a flag to defend the capital. In less than half a year, we will be able to wipe out the pseudo-Shun and Nanming in one battle and clear up the world."
Hong Chengchou and the others were about to retort, but Dorgon suddenly interrupted: "What my fifteenth brother said is exactly what I want."
"Ah?" Hong Chengchou and the other three turned around in astonishment and looked at Dorgon. They didn't believe that Dorgon, who had always been wise and calm, could be as reckless as Duduo.
The Qing court's military strength was more than adequate but insufficient in numbers.
However, the Pseudo-Shun and Nanming troops had more than enough numbers but not enough elites.
In this case, the wisest approach is to use a small number of troops to take a defensive position against one of the countries, and then concentrate the main force to attack the other country first, and then it will be easy to defeat the remaining country.
[Note: Historically, although Jiannu was divided into two groups to attack at the same time at the beginning, in the middle, it turned into two groups from the north and the south to attack Dashun, eventually forcing Li Zicheng to abandon Shaanxi]
Therefore, Hong Chengchou and others did not believe that Dorgon would come up with such a trick?
However, facing the doubtful looks of Hong Chengchou and the others, Dorgon said again: "I think the fifteenth brother's suggestion is the most appropriate strategy. What do the three gentlemen think?"
At this time, Ning Wanwo, who had followed Dorgon for the longest time, was the first to react.
Because Ning Wan, I have already heard the hidden meaning in Dorgon’s words.
And the ambition in Dorgon's eyes can no longer be concealed.
It was not that Dorgon didn't know that there were risks in splitting his troops into two groups to attack the puppets and Nanming at the same time, but in order to make immortal contributions and ascend to the throne as soon as possible, he could no longer control these.
In short, Dorgon didn't want to wait any longer.
How can it be better to be the emperor's father and regent than to be the emperor directly?
At this time, the only obstacle preventing Dorgon from ascending to the throne was his military exploits.
Therefore, Ning Wanwei and the others must make a fuss within the framework set by Dorgon.
This means that there is no discussion on dividing the troops into two groups to attack Shun Dai Ming at the same time. The only thing their three counselors need to consider is to help perfect this plan and maximize the chances of winning this war of annihilation.
At that moment, Ning Wanwo said: "Report to the Prince Regent, I also think that the Qing Dynasty is fully capable of launching a war of annihilation against the Pseudo-Shun and Nanming at the same time. This strategy is feasible!"
"Ah?" Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou were stunned when they heard this.
But soon, these two die-hard traitors also reacted.
"The slaves and others also think this strategy is feasible." Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou then seconded the proposal.
"Hahaha, I just said it's possible." Duduo said happily, slapping his thigh.
With so many banner lords being slaves, Beile Beizi, Duduo wanted Dorgon to ascend the throne the most.
This is not only because Duduo and Dorgon are brothers from the same mother, but also because Dorgon has no children, and there is a high probability that it will be difficult to have another son in the rest of his life, because Dorgon has so many wives and concubines.
He only had one daughter, and since the birth of his daughter, there has been no movement in the bellies of all his wives and concubines.
Therefore, there is a saying among the nobles of the Eight Banners who established slaves.
It was said that Dorgon was sterile and his only daughter was not born to him.
Therefore, once Dorgon ascends the throne, he will most likely make Duduo the crown prince. Even if he does not make him the crown prince, he will probably make one of his sons, Duduo, the crown prince.
Then the throne will be transferred to his Duduo branch?
If not, even if the two were brothers from the same mother, Duduo would not be so active in supporting Dorgon. Wouldn't it be good for them to learn from Daishan and become a free banner leader? He, Duduo, is now the Prince of Yu.
There is already no shortage of women and goods, so why bother sleeping in the open air and working so hard to conquer?
At this point, the tone of this discussion has been set.
What needs to be discussed now is how to increase the chance of winning.
When it comes to military strategy, this is the area in which Hong Chengchou is best at.
