"There are 20,000 tents on the right wing. How can five thousand troops be considered too much?"
Regarding Horqin's right-wing Five Banners, the Manchu and Qing dynasties had a clear understanding of its basics and were basically calculating based on its bottom line.
Hearing this, Shetuhan Badali couldn't help frowning and cursed secretly.
Although he controlled the five flags on the right wing, these five flags were controlled by King Khan respectively. He only played the role of the commander-in-chief, and no one knew how many people tipped him off secretly.
"In recent years, we have conquered the Khalkha, Chahar, North Korea, Sauron, and Heilongjiang tribes, especially those entering the Pass, resulting in heavy casualties on the right wing."
Badali couldn't help but said: "Although there are 20,000 tents, five thousand soldiers and horses are equivalent to exhausting all the strength, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled. Horqin cannot accept this."
After some haggling, we just settled on Four Thousand Riders.
Seeing him return with satisfaction, Badali got a headache. How should he allocate the number of people to the other four banners?
However, Badali understood that this was just a temptation from the Qing Dynasty. Once he refused, the consequences would be disastrous.
Soon, Akito finally rushed over.
"Switch to the Ming Dynasty? Send troops to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty?"
This requirement is so simple, yet so difficult.
"What's the benefit?"
Xie Tuhan couldn't help but ask.
"Benefits?" Mingshi was stunned for a moment, then said seductively: "Isn't it good to be free with you?"
"In the market, we bought a large amount of silk, porcelain, ironware, and tea."
"How wonderful it is to be a king of Khan in the grassland while enjoying a lot of wealth!"
"Isn't it a reward?" Badali couldn't help it, and his voice gradually became louder:
"You know, the Manchus reward a lot of gold and silver every year. Your Ming Dynasty is very rich. You must not be less than the Manchus, right?"
"Besides, you will definitely gain nothing from the left wing. Those people are half Manchus. You, the Ming Dynasty, can only win over the right wing."
Horqin is divided into two wings, the left and right, with ten banners in total. Each banner is controlled by a prince, commonly known as Taiji.
The right wing is led by Tushetu Khan, while the left wing is led by the Darkhan Khan faction.
Compared with the right wing, the left wing returned to the Qing Dynasty earlier and had more marriages. For example, the aunt and nephew married her husband Huang Taiji. Later, a daughter, Hai Lanzhu, also married him, and the three sisters, aunt and nephew served one husband.
As for the later Dorgon, Duduo, Hauge, etc., they all married the daughters of left-wing Taiji.
After Dayu'er's son Fulin ascended the throne, the Horqin Left Wing Center Banner became the most valuable tribe.
Therefore, the left wing has the deepest connections and the right wing has the shallowest connections, but its strength is relatively weaker.
Greedy Mongols.
Cursing secretly, the envoy said as usual: "Of course, as long as your troops raise troops and jointly deal with the Manchus, everything will be fine, and rewards will not be out of the question."
Badali curled his lips. He just listened to what he said, without any real content. You don't really think of me as a brainless fool, do you?
"This matter needs to be discussed again. I can't completely make the decision on the right-wing Five Flags."
After some perfunctory play, Badali finally wanted to be Manchurian.
His great reputation over the years has been coupled with rewards, rewards and punishments, as well as differentiation and wooing.
He was certain that if he agreed, he would be wiped out before the Ming army arrived.
The news reached Shengjing.
"Horqin's left wing has no hope at all. Although there are gaps in the right wing, it is difficult to win over."
Chen Yongfu summoned several people to discuss the situation in Liaodong.
Nowadays, the three armies of Liaodong are led by Chen Yongfu, Li Jizu, and Wu Sangui, and are supplemented by other generals. On important issues, three-person meetings have become the norm.
The rest of the distinguished generals can only give their opinions on the use of troops.
This was also the imperial court's preliminary arrangement for Liaodong.
Unlike other places, there are very few official offices in Liaodong. They basically rely on the Eight Banners system to integrate the military and civilians, just like military households. But now that the main force of the Eight Banners has fled, the place has completely collapsed.
In other words, the huge Liaodong has achieved flat management, but it is far less effective than the pyramid model.
Counties, prefectures, provinces, plus a huge number of village elders, from the bottom to the top, there are hundreds of missing officials, and Liaodong Province cannot be established for three to five years.
Military control, even long-term military control, will become the norm in Liaodong.
When there are foreign enemies on the side, decentralization of power is not appropriate. It is more efficient to concentrate power in one person. It is better to concentrate it among three people.
Therefore, the situation in Liaodong was discussed by the three of them.
As for the division of the Horqin tribe, it was put on the agenda as early as possible, even before it was reported to the court.
"A mere Horqin is divided into two wings and ten banners, the prince, the county king, Baylor, and Taiji. They are large and small, densely packed, and difficult to integrate."
Wu Sangui spoke cautiously: "It's not cost-effective to spend a lot of money to buy it, and Liaodong doesn't have the confidence to do so."
"Besides, the Mongolian Tatars care about beating but not eating, so if we give money to them, they will make people look down upon them."
"That's right." Li Jizu nodded. He was a rough man and shouted loudly: "The Qing Dynasty's vitality has been severely damaged. Let's fight quickly and defeat Horqin first and cut off one of his arms."
"If I fight this time, I will definitely win."
Chen Yongfu nodded slightly, ignored the second half of Li Jizu's words, and said calmly: "Horqin must be beaten. The imperial court also sent an oral order yesterday. It's time for the Ming Dynasty's reputation to spread in the host grasslands."
"Knocking on the mountain shakes the tiger, which can also scare the Khalkha Mongols."
"The key is Horqin's two wings, which one to fight?"
As he spoke, his eyes wandered around the two of them, and finally fixed on Wu Sangui, with a faint smile on his lips.
Li Jizu thought about it for a moment, this is very sophisticated!
Thinking like this, he looked at Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui sighed in his heart, his qualifications were still too low.
He handed over his hand and said: "It's best to hit the left wing."
"Oh, why?"
"The left wing is the strongest in Horqin, and it is also the most committed to creating a slave. If it is defeated, Horqin's right wing will inevitably surrender. No matter how bad the Horqin troops are, they can still remain neutral."
"That's right." Chen Yongfu looked at him with admiration: "Just hit the left wing."
Naturally, the three of them are not needed for the next issue of sending troops. Since such meritorious service is useless, it is better to leave it to his subordinates.
"There were a lot of complaints in the army about the imperial court's granting of land."
Li Jizu suddenly spoke to the two of them: "Many soldiers have been fighting for years and only have a few dozen acres of land, but these serfs were suddenly given hundreds of acres of land, which is detrimental to morale."
"Didn't I explain it? Only after paying 50% of the grain for ten years will the land be completely decentralized."
"However, this is too generous." Li Jizu still said: "It is really unfair to favor one over the other. Although this is an order from the imperial court, it must be slowed down."
Chen Yongfu remained silent.
Using land to buy people's hearts, pacify Liaodong as quickly as possible, establish rule, and gather money and food to fight against the Manchus. This is the court's best strategy.
But this group of bureaucrats did not take into account the feelings of the soldiers. Isn't the cheap land policy harming the military merit system?
"I understand." Chen Yongfu nodded and said solemnly: "I will report to His Majesty and give the soldiers extra land as a reward."
"You two also need to add your names."
"Of course." Wu Sangui and Li Jizu agreed quickly.