After Ning Wanmei, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou came one after another and knelt down to give Dorgon a thousand beatings according to the etiquette of establishing a slave.
Actually, Ning Wan and I are wrapped in red flags, Fan Wencheng is wrapped in white flags, and Hong Chengchou is wrapped in yellow flags. Strictly speaking, they are not Dorgon's minions.
Because Dorgon is the leader of Zhengbai Banner.
But if you regard Dorgon as the slave emperor, then there is no problem.
So Ning Wan and I, the three die-hard traitors, also expressed our feelings to Dorgon in this relatively subtle way: The three of us support you in becoming emperor.
Dorgon's political talent is extremely high, which is naturally obvious.
Therefore, Dorgon did not beat or scold Ning Wan and the other three like the Manchus did to their slaves. Instead, he appeared to be an extremely courteous and virtuous corporal, even more courteous and courteous than Huang Taiji back then.
"Gentlemen, please sit down." Dorgon raised his hand and told Cao Eryu, "Slave dog, please hurry up and serve tea to these three gentlemen. I want the best ginseng tea."
"Hey." Cao Eryu agreed and left.
After Ning finished, the three of us thanked each other and took our seats one by one.
Dorgon sat down and asked: "Calculating the time, Zuo Maotai should arrive in Xi'an. What choice do you think Li Zicheng will make? Will he agree to form an alliance with me, the Qing Dynasty?"
Ning Wanwo took the lead and said: "Absolutely impossible."
Hong Chengchou went on to say: "The slave has been fighting with the intruder for several years. He has a good understanding of this person's character. He is not very broad-minded, and he is even a bit vindictive. Therefore, it is impossible to form an alliance with the Qing Dynasty, all because of his generation.
It was when he was most proud that he was defeated by his master and was expelled from Beijing by his master."
Fan Wencheng finally said: "But it is absolutely impossible for him to send troops to help Nanming."
They had already mentioned these analyzes during the last meeting, and Dorgon had listened to them more than once, but they also knew that Dorgon was under great pressure and needed to be given repeated confidence.
Dorgon was indeed under great pressure in sending troops this time.
Because the current intensity of sending troops is almost a desperate move.
In other words, this is a gambling-style attack. If you win, you take everything. If you lose, you may lose everything.
"I believe that Li Zicheng will not send troops to help Nanming." Dorgon nodded, and then said, "But will the generals under him not do anything without authorization?"
Hong Chengchou said: "Master, are you talking about Gao Yigong and Niu Jinxing?"
"Yes." Dorgon nodded and said, "Gao Yigong has 70,000 troops in Yulin, Niu Jinxing has at least 50,000 troops in Luoyang, and Li Yan has 30,000 troops in Suide."
"If the war in Fuming goes well, then that's it."
"Once the war goes wrong, a stalemate will form on the Huanghuai front line,"
"Will Gao Yigong, Niu Jinxing, Li Yan and others take advantage of the situation?"
After saying this, Dorgon added: "So I am thinking, should I send some troops back to Shanxi? At least ensure the safety of Shanxi and Datong."
Although Hong Chengchou and the others continued to give confidence, Dorgon was still a little shaken.
"Master, this is definitely not possible." Hong Chengchou urged, "Although the Southern Ming Dynasty has been decayed and weakened for a long time, it is still a centipede insect that is dead but not stiff. Moreover, it still sits in the fertile land of Jiangnan, the source of wealth, and it can be used.
The manpower and material resources are still a hundred times that of our Qing Dynasty. If our Qing Dynasty fails to succeed in one attack, we may not have another chance in the future!"
Hong Chengchou was familiar with history books and had seen too many conflicts between the North and the South.
In the history of China, the success of the Northern Expedition by the southern regime was very rare, but it was not uncommon for the northern regime to go south to destroy the Jiangnan separatist regime. However, in addition to these two, there were also many confrontations between the north and the south.
Moreover, Hong Chengchou also summarized this and found that if the northern regime failed in one attack, it would be difficult to destroy the southern regime, and there would be a high probability of a confrontation between the north and the south.
After Cao Cao's defeat at Chibi, the Three Kingdoms formed a tripartite alliance.
Fu Jian defeated Feishui and then there was a confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties for nearly two hundred years.
Then the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Southern Chen Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty. They were all destroyed in one blow, creating a unified dynasty.
After that, the Liao soldiers went south, and the Jin soldiers went south again, but they failed to destroy the Song Dynasty with one blow, and finally a confrontation between the north and the south formed.
The only exception may be the Mongols' southern expedition. The Mongols made many southern expeditions, which lasted for more than fifty years, and finally destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty. Hong Chengchou did not think that the Qing court could become the second Mongolia, because when the Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, regardless of manpower,
The material resources and military equipment far exceeded those of the Southern Song Dynasty, but the Qing court did not have this advantage.
Therefore, the Qing government most likely only had one chance, and if it missed it, a confrontation between the north and the south would inevitably occur.
Fan Wencheng also knew this very well and advised: "Master, as the saying goes, a lion must fight a rabbit with all his strength, let alone the Ming Dynasty that lasted for nearly three hundred years? As Heng Jiu said, if you can't put all your efforts at this time,
Destroy Nan Ming, wait until Nan Ming recovers and gather all the manpower and material resources from across the country. At that time, it will be almost impossible to destroy it."
Ning Wanwu also said: "This slave also believes that it is absolutely impossible to divide the troops at this time. Master, please think again!"
Dorgon couldn't sit still anymore. He got up and got off the Kang and walked back and forth in the Nuang Pavilion. From time to time, he scratched his bare head or pulled the rat tail on the back of his head.
It can be seen from these small actions that Dorgon is really anxious inside.
On the one hand, he felt that Hong Chengchou and the others were right, but on the other hand, he was really worried about Beijing's safety, or he was really afraid that the Qing government would lose everything.
Before this, the troops were divided into two groups to attack Shun and Ming respectively. The Qing government also attacked with all the troops from the whole country. Dorgon did not have the slightest anxiety. The reason was very simple, because both Shun and Nanming were targeted by the Qing army.
Too busy to take care of itself, Beijing is still as stable as a rock even if it only has 5,000 soldiers and horses.
But it's different now. Now the whole country's troops are deployed to attack only the Nanming family!
At this time, the hypocritical army of hundreds of thousands became a tiger lying beside the bed. Who knows when this tiger will come out and bite them? Maybe this bite will kill the new Qing Dynasty.
As the imperial father and regent of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon had to consider this.
Dorgon hesitated for a long time but still couldn't make up his mind and asked: "How about setting up another flag to defend Shanxi?"
After the fall of the country, Dorgon actually left the yellow flag in Shanxi, and the focus of defense was Datong and Xuanfu.
Now, Dorgon plans to send another Eight Banners Manchurian to Shanxi to strengthen the defense against the Dashun Army.
"Master, you have always been wise and powerful, why are you confused now?" Hong Chengchou was also brave and said with a dark face, "The Shun army's combat effectiveness is still very strong, and they dare to attack our Eight Banners soldiers, so if the puppet
Shunzhen invaded with all the troops of the country. There is no difference between one banner and two banners. Only more than half of the elite soldiers of the Eight Banners and a corresponding number of Han troops can the Mongolian cavalry possibly repel it!"
Dorgon's face fell, and his loyal words were hard to hear.
No matter how broad your heart is, loyal words will be harsh.
Hong Chengchou bowed his head to the tunnel and said: "Master, you must think twice!"
"Humph!" Dorgon was extremely angry and walked behind the screen with his sleeves fluttering.
The atmosphere in the Nuan Pavilion suddenly froze, and Hong Chengchou's face turned ashen.
He felt that he might really fall out of favor this time, and Dorgon would never trust him as much as before.
However, just when Hong Chengchou was worrying about gains and losses, Dorgon walked out from behind the screen again, and his whole person became like a warm spring breeze again.
"Thank you three gentlemen for reminding me. I almost missed something important."
Dorgon bowed to Hong Chengchou and the other three, and then said: "I will send Prince Xiao Yuyu to quickly lead his troops to Xuzhou and launch a war to destroy the Ming Dynasty! As for hypocrisy, if you want Shanxi
Then give it to them. As long as the passes are secured and Zijin Pass and Juyong Pass are not lost, Beijing and Gyeonggi will be as stable as a rock!"
After a pause, Dorgon said again: "If we retreat ten thousand steps, even if we lose the Guan Pass, Zijin Pass and Juyong Pass, the city of Beijing will not be able to be saved in the end. It doesn't matter. The worst is to go back outside the pass and start over!"
"Master Shengming!" Hong Chengchou and the others quickly fell to the ground.
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At this time, Xuzhou was already enveloped in the atmosphere before the war.
Because three days ago, the slave-building army had crossed the Yellow River at the entrance of the tomb. Sang Kaidi, the prefect of Guide, was timid before fighting. When he heard that the slave-building army had arrived, he immediately opened the city and surrendered, which really left people speechless.
Duduo also reciprocated the favor and appointed Sang Kaidi as governor of Henan on the spot and remained stationed in Guide.
After appeasing Sangkaidi and the Ming Dynasty's surrendering troops, Duduo left a small number of Eight Banners troops behind, and then led more than 200,000 troops to continue their march towards Xuzhou, and the marching speed this time was extremely fast.
In just the past three days, an outpost battle broke out between the Yi Ding and Jian Nu's Ye Bu Shuu near Xiao County. The two Ye Bu Shuu teams from both sides fought fiercely under the cover of night, causing casualties on each other.
"Your Majesty, the slave-building army has arrived in Xiao County!" Wu Batan said, "They will arrive in Xuzhou by evening at the latest!"
Hearing this, Chongzhen and the civil and military generals and scholars present suddenly became stunned. In the past half month, the slave-building army had been marching at a really fast pace. It took almost half a month to go from Weihui Mansion to Daming Mansion.
But after passing Daming Prefecture, the speed suddenly increased. In less than three days, we entered Caoxian County of Yanzhou Prefecture. After another three days, we crossed the Yellow River from the Tomb Road Pass and then made an emergency landing in Guide Prefecture. After another three days, we arrived at Xiao
County, the slave-building army is about to arrive at Xuzhou City, and the marching speed is simply amazing!
"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Chongzhen said, "Go down and rest."
"I excuse myself." Wu made a long bow with the charcoal and walked out of the hall.
The eyes of Chongzhen, a group of civil servants, military generals and scholars returned to the sand table again.
Zheng Sen even took a few scholars to move the models representing the slave army from Shangqiu to the vicinity of Xiao County. There were as many as forty or fifty models, including cavalry models, infantry models, in addition to chariots and
The models of Hongyi cannons respectively represent the cavalry, infantry, vehicle camp and artillery camp of the Jiannu.
Chongzhen looked up at the calendar hanging on the wall. On the second day of February, the dragon looked up.
Although he was a little nervous inside, Chongzhen didn't show any expression on his face.
Chongzhen first turned to Du Yinxi and asked: "Qing Du, have the people withdrawn into Xuzhou City?"
Du Yinxi originally presided over the land equalization affairs in Guide, but as the slave-building army moved south, the land equalization affairs in Guide Mansion could no longer proceed, so he had to bring the refugees back to Xuzhou.
Du Yinxi cupped his hands and said: "Go back to your Majesty, everyone has entered the city."
Chongzhen turned his attention to Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyiwei: "Li Ruolian, are those people secretly working together again to prepare pots and pans of food to welcome the slaves?"
Li Ruolian cupped his hands and said, "Yes, they are all working secretly."
By the way, Sang Kaidi was coerced into surrendering to the Qing Dynasty.
Those who threatened Sang Kaidi were the Jin gentry of Guide Mansion, among whom was the Hou family.
The Hou family was originally a family of officials in the Ming Dynasty, but the last time Du Yinxi tried to clear out his father-in-law's land in Guide Mansion, it touched the interests of the Hou family. This time Du Yinxi wanted to equalize the land in Guide Mansion, so he stabbed the Hou family in the heart, so he established
As soon as the slave arrived, the Guide gentry headed by the Hou family immediately threatened Sang Kaidi, the prefect of Guide, to surrender.
Not only Guide Mansion, the Jin gentry in Xuzhou are also ready to take action.
Because Du Yinxi was farming in Xuzhou, the wasteland in Kaiken was not really wasteland. Most of it was land under the name of Jin gentry families. It was only abandoned because there were no tenant farmers to cultivate it.
After Du Yinxi summoned the refugees to resume farming, the Jin gentry came one after another to ask for the return of the cultivated land.
Du Yinxi reported this matter to Chongzhen last year.
Du Yinxi's opinion was to return the cultivated land to the Jin gentry family after three years.
However, this suggestion was directly rejected by Chongzhen, because he wanted to use four million acres of cultivated land in Xuzhou as collateral to issue bonds in Nanjing. If the land was returned to the Xuzhou Jin gentry, what would he use to issue bonds?
After the stock exchange issued bonds, Xuzhou Jinshen also made trouble.
But Chongzhen was not polite to them and suppressed them with an iron fist, killing six or seven of them.
After that, the Jin gentry in Xuzhou stayed honest for a while, but now that they heard about the arrival of the slave-building army, the Jin gentry in Xuzhou city and the counties under their control began to get ready to make "tanke pots of pulp and food" to welcome the slave-building slaves.
Li Ruolian asked again: "Your Majesty, how should we deal with these people?"
Chongzhen was not an indecisive master, and sentenced these Jin gentry to death on the spot: "Arrest them all first, and then try them separately. If there are any problems, they will be executed directly. If there are no problems, they will be locked up first."
To build an army of slaves, he would have to force a large army to suppress the territory. Chongzhen did not want to cause internal chaos at this time.
Therefore, it became an inevitable choice to crack down on the Jin gentry in the city and counties of Xuzhou with an iron fist, and there should be no hesitation about this matter.
Li Ruolian responded and turned around and left in a hurry. Chongzhen turned his attention to Zheng Hongkui, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy: "Commander Zheng, you will return to Qingjiangpu immediately and pay attention to the water conditions of the Yellow River. Once the ice of the Yellow River begins to melt, you will immediately
Lead the navy to rush to rescue without delaying for a moment!"
After saying this, Chongzhen specifically warned: "Zheng Aiqing, you must understand that rescuing troops is like putting out fires. The final moment may really determine the outcome of the war. If you had arrived a moment earlier, Ming Dynasty would have won. If you arrived late,
In just a moment, our Ming Dynasty may be defeated or even destroyed, so don’t delay!”
"I will remember this," Zheng Hongkui solemnly promised.
Watching Zheng Hongkui leave, Chongzhen turned to Zhu Cihong and ordered: "Prince, immediately send flying cavalry to inform Xia Town, Pizhou and Huai'an Prefecture. Each town must strictly guard the town's trustworthy territory. Without my will, you must not abandon the defense without permission. No matter what happens,
Don’t give up on anything lightly, and those who disobey orders will be severely punished!”