Hong Chengchou said to Dorgon and Duoduo: "Prince Regent, as well as Prince Yu, Sun Tzu said in the art of war that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles without danger. Even if you can't know the enemy, you must know yourself. That's why we launched this annihilation of the country."
Before the war, I thought I must make an inventory of our Qing forces."
"We should indeed do an inventory." Dorgon nodded.
After saying that, Dorgon asked Duduo: "Fifteenth brother, how many Niulu do we have now in Liangbaiqi?"
"It's not the same as before." Duduo said angrily, "It's just 98 Niulu, plus the ten Niulu who just transferred from Xianghuangqi, a total of 108 Niulu."
Because of the defeat of Xuzhou, Xianghuang Banner was deprived of ten Niulu.
It was the ten Niulu who had lost 3,000 elite men in the Xia Town battlefield before, so Baylor, the leader of the other banners, had nothing to say to Dorgon's actions.
The rules of slavery are that if you lose a battle, you should be punished. There is not much to say about this.
The old slaves back then, and later Huang Taiji, all followed this rule.
What's more, the ten Niulu who were stripped of their banners by Dorgon were already severely weakened.
Dorgon smiled and asked, "Can the ten Niulu flag men still be gathered together?"
"It's definitely not enough. Each Niu Lu struggled to make up one hundred Ding, so these ten Niu Lu can only be regarded as half Niu Lu." Duduo shook his head and said with a dark face, "And these ten Niu Lu are
There are not many servants left, and next year’s spring plowing will probably be a problem. Brother Fourteen, you have clearly taken on a big burden, so why bother?”
"If they are not burdens, can these ten Niu Lu belong to the two white flags?"
Dorgon chuckled lightly and said: "Fifteenth brother, don't worry, the grass will grow again in the spring. As long as these ten Niulu women and children are here, they will soon be able to regain their strength. By then
Our two white flags can truly defeat the two yellow flags, and your white flag can once again become the leader of the eight flags."
"Hey, that's true." Duduo smiled, "The flag will have to be changed by then."
"It is certain to change the flag." Dorgon said, "We are the real two yellow flags."
After a pause, Dorgon continued: "Getting back to the subject, in addition to the 108 Niulu of our two white flags, the two yellow flags and the Zhenglan flag add up to 107 Niulu. The Zhenghong flag, the bordered red flag and the bordered blue flag add up.
There are 96 Niu Lu, which adds up to a total of 311 Niu Lu, including more than a dozen and a half Niu Lu, and there are about 90,000 Manchurian Eight Banners!"
These 90,000 people are forming the Eight Banners soldiers, and there are also Yu Ding who are not included in the establishment.
Until now, the Jiannu still retain the cattle recordings left over from the Nurhaci era.
The so-called Niulu means that every 300 adults are compiled into one Niulu. If the number exceeds 300, one Niulu will be added. The extra Niulu is usually not enough for the number of adults, so it is called half Niulu.
On the other hand, if the balance is less than 300 ding, it must be replenished from the half-niu record. If the replenishment is gone, the half-niu record must be abolished.
But it’s not necessarily true. Nurhaci and Huang Taiji got a bunch of half-niu records for their two yellow flags out of the need of struggle. Now it’s Dorgon’s turn to get a bunch of half-niu records for the two white flags. In fact, they are occupying
pit.
The advantage of occupying the pit is that if you capture the savage Jurchens or Han Chinese, the Mongols will be able to get priority when they raise their flags. This is the fastest way to increase your own strength.
But other flags don’t have this privilege.
Other flags must strictly adhere to the standard of 300 ding per niulu.
In addition, in addition to adults, every Niulu also has elderly people who are over the age limit and children who are under the age limit.
But the old people and children who were slaves, even Yu Ding, were actually capable of fighting, and their combat effectiveness was not bad.
This is the characteristic of the fishing and hunting nation. All the people are soldiers. The men who establish slaves have to receive cruel military training from childhood. They can kill people with swords at the age of twelve or thirteen. Therefore, if they are not given a few decisive defeats, they will not be able to do anything.
Let them lose most of their adults, and their combat effectiveness will not decline significantly.
Duduo said: "If we recruit all the remaining members of each banner, we can make up about 120,000 people!"
120,000 Eight Banners soldiers was also the maximum strength of the slaves. In April this year, before Dorgon led the Eight Banners soldiers to enter the customs, all the bannermen of each banner were recruited, and the total strength was 120,000.
[Note: The total population before the Qing Dynasty entered the customs was about 300,000, and the maximum military strength of 120,000 is credible]
Dorgon said: "The Eight Banners Han Army has 129 Niu Lu, but the situation of the Eight Banners Han Army is different from that of the Eight Banners Manchuria. Most of our Eight Banners Manchuria Niu Lu are Manchu, but the Eight Banners Han Army has almost no Niu Lu.
They are manned, so the Eight Banners Han Army's strength is only 25,000 when it is exhausted."
Duduo said: "The Eight Banners Mongolia has even fewer troops. It is estimated that 117 Niulu can only collect 17,000 people."
Dorgon said: "In addition, there are more than 20,000 Guan Ning troops from Wu Sangui, Jiang Xiang, Tang Tong and other Ming Dynasty surrender troops. The total number of surrender troops is about 30,000 people."
Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army originally had nearly 60,000 troops.
However, after many wars, coupled with several reorganizations and eliminations, there are now only more than 20,000 people left.
Generals such as Tang Tong, Jiang Xiang, and Bai Guangen who were brought over from the Ming Dynasty had the bad habit of falsely reporting their military strength and catching refugees and even beggars to make up their numbers. Slaves would not be used to this.
Dorgon reduced the size of the Guanning Army and the various Ming Dynasty surrender armies.
However, despite the fact that the number of troops of Wu Sangui and other surrendering troops has been greatly reduced, their combat effectiveness has not been reduced much.
Duduo continued: "In addition, there are Horqin Mongolia, Chahar Mongolia and Tumut Mongolia. The military strength of these outer Mongols is hard to estimate, and most of them will not do their best for our Qing Dynasty, and their combat effectiveness is difficult to estimate."
Guarantee, if you can avoid conscription, it’s better not to conscript you as much as possible.”
Dorgon waved his hand and said: "Horqin Mongolia is still trustworthy."
Speaking of Horqin, a beautiful image immediately appeared in Dorgon's mind.
The little emperor Shunzhi is about to arrive in Beijing, and so is Dayu'er.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Thinking of this, Dorgon's crotch suddenly felt hot. It has been more than half a year since we last seen each other, and I really miss him so much.
Duduo smiled and agreed: "Horqin Mongolia is indeed trustworthy, but forget it about Chahar Mongolia and Tumut Mongolia, but let them provide livestock and provide rations for the Western Route Army to conquer."
"That makes sense." Dorgon nodded, then turned to Hong Chengchou and said, "Mr. Hengjiu, after taking stock of the total troops that our Qing Dynasty can recruit, it is about 180,000, of which at least 5,000 must be left to guard Liaodong.
, to be wary of North Korea, we still need to leave 5,000 troops to defend the capital, and Shanxi and Beizhi also need defenders. The real available troops are about 160,000, is that enough?"
"It's enough." Hong Chengchou could only say that it was enough, but in fact, Hong Chengchou also thought it was almost enough.
"Is it really enough?" Dorgon's expression became serious, and he continued, "If all 160,000 people go out to fight, then the number of troops used to attack the puppets must be at least 100,000, with Brother Twelve as the commander.
The remaining 60,000 people were used to attack Nanming, and the fifteenth brother was the commander. But with only these 60,000 troops, can we really break through the Huanghuai defense line built by Chongzhen?"
Hong Chengchou said: "If what Bai Yintu, Ao Bai and the others said is true, then it would be difficult for even 100,000 people, let alone 60,000, to break through the Huanghuai defense line in a short time."
"Sir, what you said is a bit exaggerated." Duduo snorted and said, "I don't believe that the Ming army can block the bombardment of the red cannon with only three to five hundred rammed earth guns?"
Hong Chengchou said: "Prince Yu didn't know that there was something strange about the gun platform built by the Ming army."
"What's weird?" Duduo said disapprovingly, "The rammed earth is rammed earth, how can it stop the red cannon? You know, even the fortified city of Ningyuan Jinzhou can't stop the red cannon."
Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly: "Although the red cannons are sharp, they can't hit the blunderbuss built by the Ming army, so they are useless. The main reason why Baiyintu's army was defeated is because of this."
"I don't believe it," Duduo said with a faint smile.
"As long as the Ming army's cannon tower is built on the ground, can the red cannon still be unable to hit it?"
"This must be an excuse for Bai Yin Tu and Ao Bai to excuse themselves. Sir, please don't be deceived by them."
Hong Chengchou could only remain silent. When he encountered someone like Duduo, he could only helpless. Because Baiyin Tu, Aobai and the others had all drawn the shape of the Ming army's blunderbuss, but Duduo still didn't believe it.
However, the red cannons were actually unable to hit the Ming army's blunderbuss, which was truly miraculous.
Dorgon said to Duduo: "Fifteenth brother, then you first use the red cannon to blast. If the red cannon works, then crush the Huanghuai defense line directly from the front. If the red cannon doesn't work, then just listen."
Hyung-gu’s.”
Speaking of this meal, Dorgon turned to Hong Chengchou and asked: "Mr. Hengjiu, let's talk about your strategy."
"Hey!" Hong Chengchou agreed, and then continued, "It would be great if the red cannon can be effective. If the red cannon cannot be effective, then bypass Xuzhou, which is heavily defended by the Ming army, just like the late emperor and the regent many times
For the first time, they bypassed the Ningjin Defense Line of the Ming Dynasty, entered the Pass through the destroyed Great Wall, and went straight to the city of Beijing."
Fan Wencheng also smiled and said: "Chongzhen did not hesitate to mobilize heavy troops to build the Xuzhou Defense Line in Xuzhou. It seemed safe, but it was actually the stupidest choice. The Great Wall failed to stop our Qing soldiers, and now the Yellow River cannot stop it. Prince Yu
The army only needs to avoid the important town of Xuzhou, and the Yellow River, which stretches thousands of miles, can be crossed everywhere."
Ning Wanwo then said: "As long as Prince Yu's army crosses the Yellow River, the Ming army in Huai'an, Fengyang and even Yangzhou prefectures in the south will definitely be defeated. Our Qing soldiers will be able to occupy Huai'an and Fengzhou without any effort.
Yang and the other prefectures in Yangzhou, so that the Ming army in Xuzhou is cut off and will soon be defeated without a fight."
After Baiyintu fled back to Beijing, Hong Chengchou and the others actually discussed it privately.
In the end, they unanimously came to the conclusion that Chongzhen's mobilization of the elite Ming army from the 28 towns to defend the Xuzhou defense line was actually the stupidest choice, because this was a typical case of focusing on the head rather than the bottom!
