On the morning of the next day, two fast horses sent from Shandong and Shanxi entered the outer city of Beijing from Dongbianmen and Xibianmen almost at the same time, and entered the inner city from Zhengyangmen at the same time, heading straight for Prince Rui's Mansion.
At this time, Dorgon had just gotten up and was reading in his study.
Somehow, Dorgon pulled out a copy of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" from the bookshelf.
Among the Jiannu royal family, many people liked bows and horses, but few liked reading. Dorgon was considered an anomaly. Like Huang Taiji, who died last year, he was very obsessed with the novels of the Ming Dynasty.
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was almost ruined by Dorgon.
As a result, it happened to turn to the chapter about cooking wine and discussing heroes. Dorgon felt something in his heart, and immediately waved his hand to call the coated servant Cao Eryu who was waiting nearby.
"What are your orders, Master?"
Cao Eryu asked with a flattering look on his face.
Dorgon raised the book in his hand and asked, "Slave dog, have you read The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?"
Cao Eryu flattered: "My slave has not read many books, not as good as my master, but I have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and I can also name several of the people."
Dorgon smiled and asked: "Then let me ask you, who can be called a hero in today's world?"
Cao Eryu said without thinking: "Of course it is you, master, and only you, master."
"Where is Prince Su, Hauge?" Dorgon asked again, "Where is Prince Li, Daishan?"
"This..." Cao Eryu was a little scared. She really didn't dare to ask him to comment on the prince.
Although he was covered with a pure white flag, if Hauge and Daishan wanted to kill him, it would be like squeezing an ant to death.
"You don't have to be afraid." Dorgon waved his hand and said, "There is no one else here, so just say it safely."
Cao Eryu then plucked up the courage and said, "Prince Su is brave but not resourceful, and Prince Li is old and feeble. Neither of them is as good as your master."
Dorgon smiled again and said: "Prince Zheng can be described as a hero of the world."
Cao Eryu waved his hand and said: "Although Prince Zheng is the uncle's regent alongside his master, he is similar to Yuan Shao. He forgets his righteousness when he sees small gains and cherishes his own life when doing big things. He is far worse than his master."
Dorgon was in a good mood and kicked Cao Eryu.
"You're a dog slave. He talks in the same way, and he also says he doesn't read much."
After laughing and scolding, Dorgon asked again: "Among you Han people, can Li Zicheng be called a hero in the world?"
Cao Eryu laughed out loud when he heard this and said: "If a bandit from King Li Chuang can be called a hero, there will be no more bad guys in the world."
Dorgon laughed and asked again: "What about Chongzhen?"
"This is even worse." Cao Eryu said with great disdain, "Slave, tell the truth, master, please don't laugh at me. Even if you let this slave become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he will not do worse than Chongzhen."
"Speaking of this Chongzhen, where has he gone now?" Dorgon asked, "Has he gone to the south of the Yangtze River, or is he still hiding in the ravines of Yanshan Mountain?"
Cao Eryu said: "Maybe he is dead."
I have to say that the news in this era is really limited.
Until this time, there was no news about Chongzhen in Beijing.
What's even more outrageous is that Jiannu still fought under the banner of "assisting the Ming Dynasty in suppressing thieves", and Wu Sangui was still nominally the Ming Dynasty's Ping Xibo.
Of course, it's actually another story.
In fact, Wu Sangui had already become the king of Pingxi who established slaves.
"Master, express delivery has just arrived in Shanxi and Shandong."
While they were talking, a guard came in carrying two fire-lacquered letters.
Cao Eryu took the two fire-lacquered letters, opened the envelopes with a dagger, and handed them to Dorgon.
Dorgon took out two letters from the envelope and read them one after another, and his face immediately fell.
Feeling the change in Dorgon's mood, Cao Eryu and the guard did not dare to breathe.
"Go!" After a long while, Dorgon said with a dark face, "Call Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou."
"Hey!" Cao Eryu and the guard turned and left at the same time, and found another guard to inform Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou respectively.
Soon, Ning Wan and I arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion.
"Ye Chen's progress in Taiyuan was not going well, and Baiyin Tu also encountered stubborn resistance from the Ming army in Licheng." Dorgon said, "The situation in Shanxi and Shandong provinces is not at all what you have guessed. Are you three
Should you give me a reasonable explanation?"
This letter from Bai Yintu was sent shortly after arriving in Licheng, so he only reported to Dorgon the fact that he encountered stubborn resistance from the Ming army in Licheng, the defeat of Aobai in Anshan Town, and what happened after that.
There was no time to report it, otherwise Dorgon would not just look unhappy, but would be furious.
"Ah?" Ning Wan and I were also stunned when we heard this.
After a long while, Hong Chengchou came to his senses: "Prince Regent, the journey to Shanxi was not going smoothly, which was actually what we had expected, but the fact that Shandong was not going well was beyond our expectations, and what about the army you just explained?
Hasn't Shandong already fallen into the hands of thieves? How could there still be Ming troops?"
Ning Wanmei said: "Perhaps they are the rebellious officials and gentry of the former Ming Dynasty."
Fan Wencheng said: "At most, it's just borrowing the banner of Qian Ming."
Dorgon then threw the express delivery from Baiyintu in front of the three people: "What are you talking about rebelling against the officials and gentry? Baiyintu has made it very clear in the express delivery. The one who defends Licheng is the governor of Shandong who was just enthroned by Chongzhen."
Wang Jiayan also has the admiral Shandong Bingma Hu Xinshui. Oh, by the way, this man was a general of King Pingxi two months ago."
"Ah? This!" Ning Wan and the three of us were hit hard again.
This situation was something they never expected.
"Prince Regent, is the situation reported by Mr. Baiyintu reliable?"
"Bayintu captured alive several groups of messengers sent by Licheng, and the confessions they obtained were the same. There were also many squires in Jinan Prefecture who defected to the Qing Dynasty. They told Baiyintu the same thing. Do you think it is credible or not?
letter?"
Dorgon's tone was already very unkind, and Hong Chengchou, who raised the question, did not dare to say another word.
Fan Wencheng said: "So Chongzhen has returned to Nanjing? Then it will be difficult to pacify Jiangnan."
"Stop talking about Jiangnan now." Dorgon was already a little impatient, "Let's take Shanxi and Shandong provinces first and then talk about other things."
Fan Wencheng immediately did not dare to mention the topic of Jiangnan.
Because he had already seen that Dorgon most likely had the idea of being wealthy and contented, thinking that he would be satisfied if he could eliminate the bandits and draw the Yellow River with the Ming Dynasty to rule him.
Ning Wanwu said: "Shandong and Shanxi are not only the two wings of Beijing, but one of these two provinces produces grain and the other is rich. They are indispensable to our Qing Dynasty, so we must win them at all costs."
"You don't need to talk about this anymore." Dorgon became even more impatient, "The question now is how to win two provinces?"
"I'm afraid we can only send more reinforcements." Ning Wanwo said, "Fortunately, the rebellion in Beizhi has been basically subdued now, and our elite Eight Banners can now free up their hands to rush to support Shanxi and Shandong."
"Approximately how many additional reinforcements will be sent?" Dorgon looked worried.
"At least one additional banner must be sent to Shanxi and Shandong provinces." Hong Chengchou thought for a while and then said, "In addition, there must be a considerable number of Eight Banners Han troops and Eight Banners Mongolia, otherwise it may not be enough to break the situation."
"This is impossible. Don't even think about sending an additional flag to each party." Dorgon directly rejected it.
In fact, Dorgon also has his own difficulties. His difficulty is that a considerable number of the Eight Banners nobles, including his brother Azig, who is a compatriot from the same mother, insist on carrying out a thorough looting of Beizhi, and then taking their wealth with them.
The goods, livestock, women and children returned to the outside of the pass and returned to Shengjing.
For more than a month, many nobles have been clamoring to go home.
After being away from home for two months, these Eight Banners nobles all missed their women and children.
So now it is impossible to mobilize an army with more than two flags.
Fan Wencheng said: "Then we will draw two Jia La from the Xiangbai Banner and the Zhenghuang Banner, and then draw 20 Niu Lu from the Eight Banners Mongolia and the Eight Banners Han Army to help Shanxi and Shandong respectively."
After weighing for a while, Dorgon said: "Many generals from the former Ming Dynasty in Shanxi rebelled and asked for help from the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty cannot ignore it, so let He Luohui rush to help with two Jia La with white flags.
Then give him ten Niulu from each of the Eight Banners Mongolian and Eight Banners Han armies. These troops should be sufficient. As for Shandong..."
"Prince Regent, Shandong cannot give up." Hong Chengchou became anxious when he heard this.
"Forget Shandong." Dorgon said angrily, "Don't you Han people always pay attention to the reputation of teachers? Our Qing soldiers entered the pass under the banner of helping the Ming Dynasty to suppress the bandits. Since the Ming Dynasty has pacified Shandong, we the Qing Dynasty will not
If we send troops to attack Dai, doesn't it mean that we are going back on our word and breaking our promise? I'm afraid this is not a moral act."
"Ah this?" Hong Chengchou was stunned and speechless.
After thinking for a while, Dorgon added: "In this way, select an eloquent person from among the former Ming Dynasty civil servants who surrendered and send him to Nanjing to tell Emperor Chongzhen that we, the Qing Dynasty, want to make peace with the Ming Dynasty and that the two countries will become brothers.
Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty is still young and can serve as his brother. The territory of the two countries is bounded by the Yellow River. The Ming Dynasty ceded the entire province of Shandong to the north of the Yellow River, Huai'an Prefecture in the south, and Weihui Prefecture and Huaiqing Prefecture in Henan.
Together with me, the Qing Dynasty, I, the Qing Dynasty, should also send troops to assist the Ming Dynasty in defeating the traitors."
Good guy, I dare say that Dorgon wanted to take Shandong directly with just one envoy without using any weapons.
Hong Chengchou was somewhat dissatisfied: "I know that Chongzhen is a man of great dignity. He will not give up even a hundred miles of land, let alone a province without any reason."
Dorgon said: "Then our Qing army will be famous."
There is another thing Dorgon didn't say. By that time, Dayu'er had already entered the customs with Xiao Shunzhi, and hundreds of thousands of Manchu family members and Baoyi from Shengjing had also entered the customs. The Eight Banners nobles would no longer be able to enter the customs.
After returning to Shengjing, he would be able to mobilize all the troops of the Eight Banners in Manchuria, and at the same time launch a war of annihilation against the puppets and Nanming.
Of course, if Chongzhen knew the truth, they might as well let him be the emperor for a few more years. They, the Qing Dynasty, could unite with Nan Ming to destroy Pseudo-Shun first, and then free up their hands to destroy Nan Ming.
