Chapter 418 Bumubutais experience in dealing with men
Bumbutai didn't come across harshly, but spoke softly in a sincere tone.
He wanted to persuade Hong Chengchou to accept the order and lead his troops southward to pacify the south again for the Qing Dynasty.
Bu Mu Butai was able to bewitch Huang Taiji, and the Dorgon brothers were so fascinated that they even turned against each other. He was able to convince Hong Chengchou and make him rebel against the Ming Dynasty and surrender to the Qing Dynasty. The method was naturally extraordinary.
She knows so much about men as creatures!
If you try to be tough with them, that won't work. Most men prefer softness to toughness.
If you act coquettishly, say soft words, and express your admiration and admiration, the effect will be better.
Bu Mu Butai's estimate was absolutely correct. After listening to Bu Mu Butai's soft words, Hong Chengchou's attitude did become more relaxed.
Thinking that this woman who once had that kind of affair with him was now the Queen Mother, but she still had to say soft things to him, he couldn't help but waver in his attitude.
However, just as Hong Chengchou hesitated, Bumubutai continued to speak.
"If the Qing family is worried about their health, the Ai family can ask the imperial hospital to send several imperial doctors to accompany the army, who will be responsible for taking care of the Qing family's health."
"Moreover, if the Qing family can annihilate the Ming thieves during this southern expedition and return victorious, the emperor will certainly not be stingy with the reward of becoming a marquis!"
"The Ai family will surely report to His Majesty, and bestow upon the Qing family the wealth and honor of being hereditary and retiring with the country."
"Even if the entire Qing family is carried into the banner and escapes from the Han Dynasty and enters Manchuria, it is not impossible!"
If the soft words Bumbutai just said just made Hong Chengchou moved.
Now Bumu Butai's promise really moved Hong Chengchou!
Become a Marquis and raise the flag!
If it can really be realized, it will bring glory and wealth to future generations.
Not to mention, some of the merits are great to the Han people, but to the Banner people, it doesn't matter!
For the sake of the glory and wealth of future generations, he, Hong Chengchou, was willing to drag his old body to fight on the battlefield.
A pair of cloudy eyes gradually became clear, full of fighting spirit.
Hong Chengchou banged his head on the ground three times and then spoke.
"The veteran is willing to take command and go out to pacify the southeast for the Qing Dynasty again, in order to repay the kindness of the previous emperors!"
Upon hearing this, Bumbutai's small eyes flashed with a hint of cunning, and he nodded slightly and said.
"If the Qing family has any requirements for this southern expedition, please tell us!"
Hong Chengchou pondered for a while, and then spoke.
"The old minister requested the imperial court to mobilize part of the Eight Banners in Beijing, the Manchu and Mongolian horse teams, and the Wuzhenchaoha Heavy Artillery Battalion to accompany the army!"
The Eight Banners in Beijing were mobilized to suppress the formation and supervise the battle!
The Qing court wanted to drive the Green Camp soldiers and the Ming army to fight, but it couldn't be done without anyone to supervise the battle.
Without the Eight Banners to supervise the battle, the generals would be helpless even if the green soldiers on the front line were just trying to make ends meet.
The purpose of mobilizing the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry was to maximize the Qing army's cavalry advantage against the Ming army.
Wu Zhenchaoha was mobilized to deal with the Ming army's artillery team!
Although Hong Chengchou resigned and went into seclusion, it did not mean that he had no understanding of the world situation.
Based on the information obtained through various channels, Hong Chengchou basically had a good idea of the current advantages and disadvantages of the Liberation Army against the Qing Army.
Naturally, we will prepare corresponding countermeasures in advance!
In fact, when it comes to the Eight Banners soldiers used to supervise the battle in the Southern Expedition, they should have been directly mobilized from Jiangning Eight Banners to supervise the battle based on the principle of proximity.
But who said that the Eight Banners of Jiangning were almost completely wiped out by the Ming army in Qixia Mountain?
Under such circumstances, if the Qing government wanted to mobilize the Eight Banners soldiers to supervise the war, it could only mobilize troops from the capital or outside the customs!
After the San Francisco Rebellion, the Qing government would have a certain number of Eight Banners soldiers stationed around the city and garrisoned the provincial capitals in each province.
However, the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty have not yet been dispersed and stationed in various places, but are concentrated together.
Not counting San Francisco, almost all the Eight Banners soldiers were concentrated by the Qing government in the capital and Shengjing in Liaodong!
It was also because Zheng Chenggong almost captured Nanjing during his Northern Expedition that Jiangning had thousands of Eight Banners stationed there!
But the main force of the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty was still in the capital and Shengjing!
Among them, the capital city has the largest number. Although there are more Eight Banners soldiers in Shengjing than in Jiangning, they are not much more!
After hearing this, Bumbutai looked at Obai and the other four ministers Gu Ming, and asked.
"What do you think, gentlemen?"
Obai stood up and spoke.
"Reporting to the Queen Mother, I think Master Hong's request is very appropriate!"
"It is necessary to mobilize troops from the capital, but how much we will mobilize needs to be discussed slowly!"
The Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, on which the Qing Dynasty relied, had limited troops. In the past two years and since the loss of Xiao Ten Thousand, Obai was somewhat reluctant to mobilize his troops to fight south.
Even if the Eight Banners soldiers only supervise the battle and do not go to the battlefield.
However, because the Eight Banners soldiers could not adapt to the hot and humid climate in the south, there would inevitably be a lot of attrition due to diseases during the campaign.
Oboi was reluctant to part with it!
A group of people discussed mobilizing the troops going south. After the discussion, Hong Chengchou resigned and left.
Next, Bumbutai and the four ministers Gu Ming will discuss the aftermath of the Jiangnan battle.
Hong Chengchou, a Han Chinese, was not qualified to participate in such a thing!
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After Hong Chengchou resigned, four people including Obai, Suksaha, Ebilong and Sony kowtowed to Bumbutai almost at the same time and spoke in unison.
"After this battle, I will behead Hong Chengchou to appease the souls of the Qing ancestors!"
The eyes of Bumu Butai behind the bead curtain turned cold instantly and he spoke.
"Now our Qing Dynasty still needs Hong Chengchou. If the Ai family suffers some grievances, it doesn't hurt to coax him!"
"When the war in the south is over, the Ai family will teach Hong Chengchou what it is to be a slave!"
The master asked him to do something, but he, a slave, dared to refuse and show off?!
It really deserves to be killed!
Hong Chengchou never expected that the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, who had been so affectionate and kind just now, would actually have murderous intentions towards him.
Hong Chengchou's method of manipulating gestures would definitely be fine in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not treat his ministers as slaves.
There is a certain amount of decency to be given to the ministers below!
But in the Qing Dynasty, this was the original sin!
In the eyes of the Qing rulers, all Han people in the world were their slaves.
How dare you, a slave, to argue with your master?
Obai and others then spoke.
"It's the incompetence of the slaves and others that has caused the Empress Dowager to be humiliated!"
"Please, the Queen Mother, please punish us!"
"..."
Bumbutai waved his hands and said indifferently.
"I didn't mention this beforehand!"
"The most important thing right now is still the matter in Jiangnan!"
The seven thousand Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners were wiped out...
The consequences of this matter are really serious!
"Let's all discuss how to handle this matter."
The shortage of troops is already a fact, and it is too late for the Qing court to say anything!
The most important thing for them now is actually to find a way to cover up the defeat of Jiangnan.
Try to minimize the impact!
The Han people all over the world cannot be made aware of the current weakness of the Qing Dynasty.
Obai and others all looked embarrassed. It was obvious that they had no good way to deal with the aftermath of this matter.
In the end, it was Bumbutai who made the final decision.
"First of all, the pensions for the families of the Eight Banners must be in place!"
"Secondly, we must keep the number of casualties of the Eight Banners in the defeat of Jiangnan as small as possible and as vague as possible!"
"The detailed casualty figures must not be exposed even half a cent!"