Chapter 367 I would rather reward Wu Sangui than Zhu Yihai
night.
In the backyard of the Admiral's Mansion in Hangzhou City, Chaoyong Gong Zheng Jiwu Zheng and Haiyan Marquis Zhu Goutou had a secret meeting.
There were two other people in the secret room, Governor Pan Yinglou and Chief Envoy Zhu Guofan, who were usually at odds with the two generals in front of everyone. At this time, these four civil and military officials were sitting in the secret room cordially and discussing.
"This Zhumala is very troublesome. His actions have disrupted our plans. What should we do now?" Zhu Gang asked.
Originally, their plan was to mobilize all Zhejiang soldiers and horses to march northward under the banner of rescue. They would try to delay the attack for as long as possible, and then find an opportunity to attack the two thousand and five Tatar soldiers in Zhumala when they were halfway there.
But now Zhumala has to divide his troops into two groups and head north first.
This is not easy to do.
"Hurry up and inform the emperor Jiangning, and then send someone to inform Marquis Jingnan of Suzhou." Pan Yinglou said.
"Can we find a way to destroy Zhumala in Huzhou?" Zheng Jiwu pinched his chin, with a fierce look in his eyes.
Zhu Gang was more sober, "I'm afraid it won't work in Huzhou. With our military strength alone, it will be very difficult to capture the 2,088 banners. Otherwise, the ship will capsize. We still have to unite with the imperial camp. We can choose to
An ambush has been set up in the Lishui area of Jiangning, and the imperial camp has set up an ambush in advance, and we will then finish the attack."
Zheng Jiwu took out a map. The Lishui mentioned by Zhu Gang was bounded by Maoshan Mountain to the east and Donglu Mountain to the west. The source of the Qinhuai River came from here, and there was a mountain road to go.
"That's fine by me."
Zhu Gang asked, "Do you want me to lead the troops and follow you?"
"You should go to Songjiang as planned, and you and Toya have to pack up together."
"What about Hangzhou? Is it reliable to keep Li Yuchun here?"
Pan Yinglou said with a smile, "Li Yuchun is brave but has no plans, and he has always been greedy for money and lust. He has had many contacts with eastern Zhejiang overtly and covertly along the way, and has gained many benefits, including smuggling, reselling arms and even selling grain.
, horses, what kind of things have you never done before?”
"Having said that, this man is the Tatar governor after all."
"Don't worry, I've seen through this Li Yuchun before. He's brave and foolhardy, greedy and lustful. In fact, he's very timid and content with the status quo. This governor is just being promoted by us. It's just a matter of saying a word to exclude him. We
I can lift him to the sky, or I can throw him to the bottom of the mud."
Zheng Jiwu and others smiled.
Zhu Guofan said, "The real threat is the five hundred left behind to guard the Eight Banners."
"Don't be afraid, we will raid these Tatars under the banner of Governor Li Yuchun. When they are all over the city, they will lock themselves in cages and beat the dogs. They have nowhere to run if they want to.
Once these five hundred Tatars are wiped out, Li Yuchun will have no choice but to follow us."
"Hahaha!"
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Beijing.
The emperor's uncle and regent Dorgon now feels deeply exhausted both mentally and physically. His whole body is anxious and worried. There are more and more worrying things, which makes him feel powerless.
Several academicians who were deeply trusted by him were all sitting carefully in the study room, not daring to speak out loud.
Dorgon rubbed his head, half-closed his eyes, and frowned in a frown.
a long time.
He sighed slowly, "Qin Liangyu and Wang Yingxiong captured Chongqing, captured Shunqing, and then captured Bozhou, Luzhou, Xuzhou, and Jiading. The Ming army in central Sichuan became powerful and threatened the surrounding areas of Chengdu."
"He Zhen, Wu Dading and others captured Hanzhong and Guanxi, and fought all the way to Xianyang on the outskirts of Xi'an."
"Xu Qiyuan, Wang Guangen and others from Yunyang came out of the Han River again and burned down Xiangyang and Fancheng, which were about to be repaired."
"Badong Li Chixin and Gao Bizheng led the Shun camp to attack Jingzhou again and burned a lot of baggage."
"Wen Anzhi was the governor of Pianyuan and led his troops to sweep away the chieftains in western Hunan, eastern Guizhou and other places who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty."
"Qu Shichu, the governor of Guangxi, annihilated Ma Jinzhong's tribe in Guilin, Du Yinxi, the governor of Huguang, captured and beheaded Huang Chaoxuan in Yongzhou, the governor He Tengjiao beheaded Zhang Xianbi in Hengzhou, and the governor of Liangjiang, Zhang Mingzhen, killed Liu Chengyin in Yuanzhou Mansion..."
"Zhu Shengli led eight thousand troops and stationed in Changsha Mansion, known as the Royal Camp Huguangxing Camp..."
The more Dorgon spoke, the angrier he became, his tone became increasingly aggravated, and his voice and expression were stern.
"Everywhere in the Dabie Mountains, strongholds were formed to resist."
"What's worse is Jiangnan!"
"Half of Jiangning City was lost!"
"The newly-built 12th Battalion of the Yangtze Navy has been almost completely wiped out."
"My father-in-law, Yan Yan, of the Five Provinces, can only hold half of Jiangning City, and he is waiting for help!"
"Zhenjiang and Changzhou fell, and Suzhou was besieged again!"
Speaking of excitement, Dorgon opened his eyes and banged the table with his hands angrily.
"Tell me, is there any good news?"
"Why is the situation in the south like this?"
At the meeting of political kings and ministers, Jierhalang, Daishan, Hauge and others have launched attacks again and again, and their attacks on Dorgon have become more and more fierce.
The chaos in the south has now become Dorgon's dereliction of duty that he cannot conceal.
Even the Queen Mother was now very disappointed with Dorgon. She suggested several times that the regent uncle Jierharang should be allowed to share more of the burden, and she also asked Daishan to assist in the administration.
Dorgon wanted to scold her for her long hair and short knowledge. Both Jierhalang and Daishan were determined to help Hauge rise to power. Even if Fulin was now in power, it would not be easy for them to gain the upper hand.
And the matter of counter-attack?
Hong Chengchou, the manager of the six provinces, was unable to open up the situation in Huguang. Yan Wogong, the manager of the five provinces, was in dire straits in the south of the Yangtze River. Several reinforcements dispatched had no effect yet, wasting food and salary, and even defeated King Zhishun Shang Kexi.
When the situation reached this point, Dorgon couldn't resist anymore.
He had proposed several times that he would ask the emperor to lead the expedition in person. In fact, he would take the emperor with him and personally lead the elite troops of the Eight Banners southward. However, this proposal was repeatedly rejected by Daishan and others.
What they wanted was to take the opportunity to replace their men with leading the Southern Expedition, such as letting Haoge lead the troops into the Central and Western Expeditions of Guanzhong, and letting Daishan's seventh son Mandahai lead the Southern Expedition, etc., to further squeeze out Dorgon's power.
Neither side is willing to give in.
This year, Dorgon had a very difficult time.
The start of Shunzhi's third year was also very bad.
Jiangning is struggling to hold on and may fall at any time.
King Lu ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Xiaoling, and now he has great momentum.
"What do you think we should do now?"
Academician Feng Quan rolled up his sleeves and wanted to pretend to be dead, but he was called out and had to stand up. "I think the memorial of Ma Guozhu, the governor of the three provinces, has some truth. Now if the imperial court wants to defend Jiangnan, it must fight with all its strength. We can no longer worry about this."
Don’t worry about that. Jiangnan, Huguang, Shandong, and Huaiyang are all broken now. In this case, let’s just throw them away.”
"We can no longer let the Ming army lead us away. We should no longer worry about these bottles and jars in the south. We should gather the Eight Banners, Green Camp and other soldiers in the south to find the main force of the Ming army for a decisive battle. Don't care about anything else.
If there is no food and grass, collect it on the spot.
Those who dare to resist and are enlightened will directly slaughter the city and destroy the village.
When necessary, human flesh can be used as military rations. As long as the main force of the Ming army is annihilated, and even Ming Emperor Zhu Yihai is captured, then Nan Ming will naturally have no power to resist."
Dorgon was silent for a while, "What else?"
"The south is rotting. It's not that the Eight Banners can't fight, but that the Green Camp is incompetent and cannot be used. And it's easy to make the Green Camp capable of fighting. I have a plan that can be used."
"explain!"
"A decree was sent to Wu Sangui, King of the West, and Guizhou Province was promised to him. As long as he could pacify the Ming armies in Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Sichuan, the imperial court would then grant Guizhou Province to Wu Sangui, make him a vassal king, and grant him the title of Everlasting Town.
Hereditary for descendants.”
"Similarly, you can also give Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming a decree, asking Geng Zhongming to take Guangxi and Kong Youde to take Hunan. After they recover, they promise to enfeoff these two provinces to the two of them, and they will forever be Qing vassal towns and attack each other from generation to generation."
"Zheng Zhilong of Fujian Province was also a lord of the sea. He was born a pirate, and now he had a strong army and strong financial resources. Zhu Yihai also relied heavily on him and was named the governor of the imperial camp, a great scholar of Dongge, and Duke of Pingguo. He still let the Zheng family's children guard Fujian.
Your Highness can send someone to meet this person secretly. As long as Zheng Zhilong is willing to surrender to our Qing Dynasty, he will be granted the title of vassal king, and the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong will be granted to him, and he will be granted the permanent title forever!"
Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and Zheng Zhilong are all Han people who are capable of fighting. If they are allowed to establish vassals and establish a country and recruit troops, they will definitely be able to fight hard and work hard for the court.
Compared with the green camps in Jiangnan that are now unable to fight, the imperial court can immediately obtain a capable army.
Don’t even worry about food and wages, just allow them to plunder in the south of the Yangtze River.”
Dorgon was extremely shocked by these words.
Because if you really do this, the consequences will be very shocking and the impact will be huge.
The five provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangxi, and the four vassal kings, are four independent kingdoms.
Even Jiangnan, Huguang and other places are likely to be completely destroyed.
But there is some truth in what Feng Quan said. Since everything has become so rotten and may even endanger the Central Plains, why should we worry about it? We can just do it.
Isn't it better to grant the five provinces to a few Han generals than to be occupied by the Ming army?
No matter how you put it, if the princes granted vassal status, they were at least the vassal territories of the Qing Dynasty and could not truly become a completely independent kingdom.
What's more, this trick is still a strategy to drive away tigers and swallow wolves.
When the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, there is no telling what will happen.
Several bachelors were also deeply shocked.
This old guy Feng Quan is really ruthless. This is tantamount to asking the imperial court to temporarily abandon the lands south of the Yangtze River. At least, it does not intend to take those five provinces. It will be used directly as a battlefield and completely destroyed.
This is the only remaining territory of the Ming Army. If these places are completely destroyed, the damage to the Ming Army will be far greater than that of the Qing Army. If the Qing Army is gone to the south of the Yangtze River, then there is still the north of the Yangtze River, but if the Ming Army is gone
In these places, there is no place to stand.
Kill one thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.
"Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, He Zhen, Wu Dading, Li Guo, and Gao Yigong can all be recruited again. Dukes and even princes do not need to be grudges. As long as they are willing to join the rebellion again, the court can lure them with generous titles and promises.
Seal the vassal."
"Ignore everything else now, except Zhu Yihai!"
"Even as long as Zhang Xianzhong is willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court can also make Zhang Xianzhong the king of Yunnan, entrust Yunnan to Zhang Xianzhong, and make the town forever!"
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On the one hand, the Qing army concentrated its main force to find the main force of the Ming army for a decisive battle; on the other hand, it adopted the vassal strategy to lure the Han generals to attack the Ming Dynasty. This two-pronged approach was to see blood and fight until death.
