Hearing his words, Yagyu Jubei and other Japanese daimyo listened more attentively.
Just listen to Dorgon continue to say: "We have prepared 50,000 cavalry troops on the grassland to attack Guihua City of the Ming Dynasty. You may not know yet, but today's Guihua City is a very important city of the Ming Dynasty.
A stab at Guihua City from a stronghold outside the fortress will definitely make the Ming Dynasty pay close attention to it and send troops there."
At this point, he paused and then added: "Also, Gu had already sent people to the Western Regions a year ago, ordering the Wasi tribe and the Tsarist Russian army there to launch an attack before the autumn harvest. So.
As a result, the western part of the Ming Dynasty will also be attacked. You can think about how many enemies we will face when we launch the Jinzhou War!"
This is really a big deal!
Yagyu Jubei was very happy after hearing this, but also a little worried, so he asked: "Over there in the Western Region, if the war starts later than us, wouldn't it mean that we attract the attention of the Ming Dynasty and reduce their pressure?
pressure?"
After hearing this, Dorgon immediately replied: "Don't worry about this. The people Gu sent to the Western Regions are all very capable people of our Qing Dynasty, and they will definitely do what I ask!"
Ying Erdai was the best person in the Qing Dynasty who was good at dealing with external forces, and Fan Wencheng was also considered a man of both civil and military skills. Dorgon had this confidence when they partnered together.
However, he never expected that Ying Erdai and Fan Wencheng would be used as a pledge of surrender to the Ming Dynasty by Oqiltu Khan of the Heshuo Special Department!
At this time, under Dorgon's solemn vow, the atmosphere in the lobby quickly became high.
No matter from which aspect, the coalition forces have made sufficient preparations. I believe that the coalition forces will win this battle!
After holding a military meeting for a long time and formulating the details of the battle, Dorgon sent a messenger to the grassland to deliver military orders to Jierhalang.
On the Haizhou side, in about ten days, the Jianlu army will begin to move. The remaining cavalry will first drive away the Ming army and stay at night to shield the battlefield for the army, and then the army will move towards Jinzhou.
While Dorgon was busy, one thing he never expected was that not only did Ying Erdai and Fan Wencheng he sent fall into the hands of the Ming army, but even the people Ning Wanwo sent to Liaodong to report the news were also captured.
The cavalry patrolling the grassland were intercepted and sent to Guihua City.
As a result, the Ming Dynasty basically knew the situation in the Western Regions. The news was immediately sent to the capital. At the same time, it also followed Sun Chuanting's strategic intention and could safely assemble its troops and prepare to sweep across the eastern Mongolian tribes.
A war is about to break out, whether in the Western Liaoning Corridor or on the grasslands.
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At this time, far away in the port of Fuzhou, Fujian, under the cover of night, a few people sneaked onto a small boat, and then rocked it to the side of a large ship.
Although it was under the cover of night, anyone could tell by looking at this big ship that it was not a lucky ship of the Ming Dynasty, but a sailing ship of the Western Yi.
At this time, someone on the big ship was obviously responding, and they quickly picked up several people on the small ship. Finally, the group met in the captain's cabin under the dim oil lamp.
I saw a man with black hair and yellow skin, who could only be Mingren here. He took out a folded paper from his arms and carefully spread it out on the table.
During this process, opposite these Ming people, the red-haired and blue-eyed Xiyi opened his eyes wide, and his eyes were full of greed. He stared at the slowly unfolding paper, his eyes again and again.
Can't move it either.
Finally, the paper was spread out. It was very large and had patterns and fonts on it.
I saw the man spreading the paper and whispered to Xiyi opposite him: "This is the blueprint of the steam engine. It is very detailed. You can build it according to this blueprint. It is definitely worth one million taels of silver!"
It can be heard from these words that this Xiyi spent one million taels to buy the blueprints of the steam engine.
In today's Ming Dynasty, steam engines are relatively popular. Not only steam trains and steam warships are used for transportation, but also some specific places, such as steel plants and other large factories controlled by the imperial court, all use steam engines.
But no matter where it is, steam engines are produced by the steam engine factory under the Bureau of War. Generally speaking, outsiders cannot access it.
However, it is also because steam engines have become somewhat common, and the Ming Dynasty has no shortage of smart people. The general principles and production methods can basically be figured out by looking at the actual objects.
Although the imperial court strictly prohibited private ownership of steam engines and prohibited external reports, some people still took the risk and sold the blueprints of the steam engines to Xi Yi under the high price offered by Xi Yi.
At this time, after the Akito who sold the drawings finished speaking, he even introduced the drawings in detail, while Xiyi on the opposite side listened very carefully.
It wasn't until Xiyi nodded and approved the drawing that the two sides ended the conversation.
After the Ming people left the ship, Xiyi's ship left overnight.
At dawn, the Western sailboat finally reached the sea, and no longer had to worry about being caught up by the Ming navy.
In the captain's room, Xi Yi, who had hidden the steam engine blueprints close to his body, finally laughed happily.
This person was none other than Anthony, the Dutch Governor in Batavia.
When he came to Fuzhou for a meeting under the order of Wu Zhiping, the governor of Fujian, he had already made up his mind about the steam engine.
In his opinion, the reason why the Ming Dynasty became so powerful that he could not resist the Ming Dynasty army was that in addition to the large number of people in the Ming Dynasty, another very important reason was that the Ming Dynasty warships were equipped with steam engines.
On calm seas, the speed of Ming warships equipped with steam engines could even exceed that of Dutch sailing warships. If they were defeated, they would not even be able to escape. This is unacceptable.
As for artillery, both sides are pretty much the same.
In other words, this steam engine is absolutely key!
Not to mention, this steam engine can also build a steam train on land. People who had been to the capital of the Ming Dynasty when they returned to Batavia did not know how long they had been building steam trains.
The steam train is a magical thing that can only be found in heaven. It shows that the reason why the country has become stronger is that this steam engine is absolutely the key.
All these factors made Anthony finally make up his mind, and he did not hesitate to use the money of the Dutch East India Company he controlled, spending a million taels of silver, and finally purchased the blueprint of the steam engine.
He believed that with this steam engine, not only the Dutch warships could be modified to improve their combat effectiveness, and they would no longer have to fear the Ming Dynasty's steam-armored warships, but also the strength of the East India Company, or the Netherlands, could take off!
Even if you don't do this, if you take this steam engine back to Europe and sell it, you can make not only one million taels of silver, but even ten million taels of silver, because this is a cornucopia!
Anthony could even imagine that when he brought this steam engine back to Europe, it would definitely change everything in Europe!
With this in mind, he happily returned to Batavia and walked through the Penghu Islands, Dongfan, and Luzon. Except for the necessary supplies, he did not stop and finally returned to Batavia in the shortest time.
Ya.
However, what he never expected was that when he returned to Batavia, Kui Yi had returned from Europe.
When he saw Kui Yi among the people greeting him, Anthony, who was in a good mood, smiled and asked: "How is it? Does the mainland agree?"
Kui Yi did not answer directly, but suggested that the Governor's Mansion speak.
This answer made Anthony feel a little inappropriate, so he suppressed his excitement and hurried back to the Governor's Palace regardless of his fatigue.
In his office, everyone else was kicked out, leaving only Kui Yi and Anthony.
Until then, Kui Yi whispered to Anthony: "Over there, many people in the mainland knew that they could make a lot of money by becoming a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, this matter also spread, and it spread widely.
Soon and very quickly, something went wrong!”
As for the people of the Dutch East India Company, they only have money in their eyes. Therefore, whether it is Anthony or Kuei, they are actually inclined to make money. They don't care much whether they are a vassal or a vassal.
For this reason, Anthony responded to the call of the Ming Dynasty and not only sent a fleet to participate in the naval battle against the Japanese country, but he also personally went to Fuzhou to discuss the matter.
As for Kuiyi, he also rushed back to the Netherlands to lobby hard, hoping to do business with the Ming Dynasty and earn wealth that he would never have to worry about.
However, now it seems that things have backfired.
When Anthony heard what he said, he understood in his heart. If the Netherlands was to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, the consuls of the Netherlands must be canonized by the Ming Emperor in order to be legitimate. If this matter spreads, it will definitely cause a sensation.
It spreads quickly and widely, which is actually expected.
However, he estimated that the money from doing business with the Ming Dynasty was really huge and would make those who made the decision agree. It was all about money, wasn't it?
He just didn't expect that it was not like this, so he quickly asked why.
As soon as Kui heard this, he immediately answered him: "It's the church, and other countries are very angry about this and don't agree with it. They all said that if we in the Netherlands want to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, we can only be canonized by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
If the consul says that, then we, the Netherlands, will be a heretic in Europe, and all countries will go to war against us, the Netherlands. This pressure is too great, so we have no choice but to stop making money!"
After hearing this, Anthony suddenly realized that he had really made a mistake!
European countries originally had to be canonized by the pope before a king could be a king. After hard work, the divine power was finally unable to suppress the secular royal power. In many countries, the royal power was supreme.
Suddenly, the emperor from the Far East wanted to dominate the European countries. This was unacceptable to the kings and popes, and it seemed not difficult to understand.
After all, people outside of Europe are now enslaved by Europe. How can they ride on the head of Europeans? Even people from the Ming Dynasty can't do that!