Chapter 371 Five Thousand Diao Jin Mourning Hu Chen
"In extraordinary times, use extraordinary measures!"
Dorgon had expected this reaction, but he was still resolute. He told the princes and ministers present, "Since Zhu Yihai raised his army, I alone, a descendant of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, has lost more than 5,000 people under his hands.
Among them, our Eight Banners in Manzhou exceed 3,000."
"Three thousand Manchurian bannermen are wearing armor. One Niu Lu can't count more than 300 bannermen. How many are wearing armor? In just half a year, we have already lost so many Manchurian Eight Banners. It is indeed worthy of reflection."
The princes and belles sitting here are very clear about their own family wealth.
When the Qing army entered the Pass, the total number of Niu Lu was 318, and the standard number of Niu Lu was 300. However, in fact, there were many Niu Lu who were not satisfied with the number of troops. The total number of Niu Lu under the Eight Banners of Manchuria before entering the Pass was five.
More than fifteen thousand ding.
As for the Eight Banners of Mongolia, a standard Niulu was only 200, and there were a large number of those with hundreds of people, and those with less than a hundred, called Banniulu. Before entering the customs, the Eight Banners of Mongolia had 119 Banniulu, totaling 28,000.
Seven hundred and eighty.
The Eight Banners of the Han Army were larger in number, claiming to be one hundred thousand, but the actual situation was at best that, but their combat effectiveness was definitely not as good as the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Mongolian armies.
When the Qing army attacked the Daling River, each of them had sixty men in armor, forty went out and twenty stayed behind.
The Battle of Ningyuan, known as the Battle of National Destiny, was fought on the doorstep of the Qing Dynasty. With full mobilization, only 130,000 people were dispatched, and only about 60,000 soldiers were dispatched.
After the Qing army entered the customs, their combat effectiveness was still strong and they were able to chase and annihilate Li Zicheng for thousands of miles. This kind of fierce performance in pursuing from Beijing to Hubei was indeed quite amazing, especially when they also destroyed the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty and divided their forces to fight.
Went to Hangzhou.
But this still cannot cover up the situation in Manchuria, which only has a total of more than 50,000 children. Every time one dies in the war, one is missing. Even if the Tatars have good conditions and work hard to give birth, a child born in ten months will still take more than ten people.
It takes years to raise a man, and among them there are even fewer men who can wear armor and go to war.
But now in less than half a year, the Tatars have lost 3,000 Manchurian Eight Banners armored soldiers, which is a loss of more than 5% of the bannermen. For the Jurchens who only have a total of 50,000 soldiers, this is quite a big loss.
loss.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia lost another two thousand.
The Eight Banners of Mongolia totaled less than 30,000 people, and they lost 2,000 at once, which was a loss of more than 7%.
And this is not the worst case scenario. The number of Han military flags lost was even greater, eight thousand were lost for the good news alone, and Kong Youde lost two thousand, which was ten thousand.
Then Zhang Cunren, Tu Guobao, Chen Tai, Chen Jin, Zu Kefa, Sun Dingliao and others also lost 20,000 to 30,000 Han military flags.
As for the green camps in various provinces that were reorganized by the Ming army and surrendered after entering the customs, there are even more countless green camps. Those who were annihilated, defeated, mutinied, surrendered, and fled anyway, the number is estimated to be more than a hundred thousand.
It’s not that I don’t know, it’s that I’m shocked.
Meile Zhangjing, Li Litai, Bashan, Governor Zhang Cunren, Governor Xiao Dingyuan, Admiral Chen Jin, Cao Governor Chen Tai, and Governor Zhang Dayou all died in the battle.
In the past, although the Eight Banners were few, not to mention one against ten, they had always been responsible for attacking others. But now they only swept through the Central Plains in the first half of the year, but in the second half of the year they failed in every battlefield.
"There are still 6,880 bannermen in Jiangnan, 18,000 in Yanzhou, 10,000 in Huguang, and 10,000 in Guanzhong."
Thirty-six thousand and eighty. Although it is the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia, the total number of Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia is less than ninety thousand. Previously, it was discounted by five thousand, leaving about eighty thousand. These places accounted for thirty-six thousand.
Although some of them are not entirely Niulu Zhengding, and some are Yu Ding who volunteered to join the army, they still number over 30,000, which is less than half of the current Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers.
But the problem is that with so many Eight Banners dispatched, the situation still cannot be stopped.
On the contrary, the six thousand and eight banner soldiers in Jiangnan are now very dangerous. Dorgon has been keenly aware that if this continues, those six thousand and eight are very likely to follow the old path of the two thousand and five Jiangning garrisoned Eight Banners in Bashan.
The entire army in Jiangnan was wiped out.
Over in Wuchang, Luck Dehun, Tong Yang and their Ten Thousand Eight Banners are also in a very difficult situation now. They are short of food and weapons. They are facing a completely disrupted and even demolished Huguang. The Ming army is now retreating to Badong.
, Yunyang, Xiangxi and other mountainous areas, but they still come out to raid from time to time. Today, another city was demolished here, and another town was destroyed there.
The 10,000 and 18 banners in Huguang could only be stationed in a few major cities and towns such as Wuchang and Jingzhou. They did not dare to attack, and they could not attack. They lacked food and weapons, and they could not go far in this cold winter.
Even their war horses were shivering from hunger this winter due to lack of food, fodder and fine materials. The horses were thin and hairy.
As for the green camp, the green camp in Jiangnan is completely hopeless now.
Hong Chengchou reported more than once, saying that the current situation in Huguang was too difficult. The Ming army retreated to the mountainous area, and the road was far away and dangerous. If the Qing army took the initiative to attack, the logistics would be difficult. Secondly, it would be easy to be ambushed, and even if they entered the mountains, they might not be able to find them.
However, the Ming army could often attack and harass them in small groups, making it difficult for the Qing army to guard against them.
It cannot be defended, cannot be pursued, cannot be advanced and suppressed, so it becomes even more difficult.
The Green Battalion in Huguang was basically running out of business now. Hong Chengchou could not provide food and wages to the Green Battalion, but he always asked them to undertake arduous tasks. The threat from the Ming army was so great that many Green Battalions simply surrendered anyway, and some simply fled.
If it falls, the rest will shrink into a big city like the Eight Banners, but no one in the city dares to come out.
The Eight Banners expects the Green Camp to be the vanguard and cannon fodder, and the Green Camp also wants to hold the Eight Banners as its backer. Anyway, they can't sleep well at night and usually don't have enough food for three meals.
Not to mention Jiangnan.
Jiangning now only has half the city left, and Suzhou is besieged for the fourth time.
Zhenjiang, Changzhou and others were lost one after another.
So Dorgon thought about it and felt that the south was too dangerous now. If this continues, the tens of thousands of Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners might be folded over there.
The loss of five thousand Diao Jin to Hu Chen is unbearable.
Not to mention that all of them were discounted, even if the ones in Jiangnan were discounted, there would be mourning all over Beijing.
"The Eight Banners are the foundation of the country, especially the Eight Banners in Manchuria. We cannot continue to suffer casualties like this."
In front of many Han ministers in the palace, Dorgon said unceremoniously that the Eight Banners of Manchuria were supreme, and he proposed to bring back the Eight Banners from the south.
Five thousand were stationed in Yangzhou, five thousand were stationed in Anqing, five thousand were stationed in Xiangyang, five thousand were stationed in Xi'an, another five thousand were stationed in Jinan, and another five thousand were stationed in Wuchang.
If the situation improves in the future and Jiangning is recaptured, another five thousand troops will be stationed in Jiangning.
Try to keep the Eight Banners together and not disperse them, so as not to be divided and annihilated again. There are 5,000 Eight Banners in each place, and about 10,000 Eight Banners Han troops.
Important towns and cities such as Jingzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, Zhenjiang, Jiujiang, and Hanzhong will all be temporarily abandoned.
Of course, it is not to give up completely, but to change the strategy. In the past, the Qing army used the Eight Banners as the main force, and the Eight Banners took the lead in charging into the battle. The Han army flags served as auxiliary artillery and other tasks.
But now, Dorgon proposed that after the Eight Banners of Manchuria came to supremacy, Manchuria and Mongolia would become one. The Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia would be stationed in several important cities in the rear to act as a strategic mobile force.
Those who really go to the front line to fight must be changed to Han people.
But in order to solve the problems of the Green Camp being unable to fight and the limited number of Han military flags, we had to change a new set of incentives. This method was to take out the southern provinces and enfeoff Han generals.
You can give up the official positions of king, duke, marquis, hereditary governor, admiral, commander-in-chief, etc. in the southern provinces except Huguang and Jiangnan.
Use it as a reward for the Han generals.
In exchange for them contributing to the Qing Dynasty to eliminate the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to the titles and worldly posts, Dorgun also proposed that south of the Yangtze River, the Han army could plunder and massacre at will, allowing them to recruit on the spot, rob money and food, etc. Anyway, those places would no longer be the territory of the Qing Dynasty in the future.
You can attack the enemy in any way.
If you want soldiers, recruit them yourself. If you can't recruit them, you can recruit them by force.
If there is no food or salary, it will be directly levied or robbed.
You can plunder as you please, no matter whether they belong to landlords, gentry or ordinary people. If you have the ability, just plunder. Whatever you rob is yours.
This is just like when they were still outside the customs. Every time they gathered people and went out to rob the customs, claiming to rob the west, they robbed from outside the customs to Shandong, from Baylor to Baoyi, and they just robbed freely.
For example, Wu Sangui granted Guizhou a fiefdom, so he had the obligation to conquer Guizhou himself. After it was conquered, he would guard Guizhou. From now on, the money and food expenses of his army, and even his own salary, etc., would all be collected from Guizhou itself.
If they fight for their own fiefdom and fight for their own wealth, then the Han army will definitely transform from a weak green camp into a capable soldier.
However, although Dorgon's killing move was very powerful, not many princes of the Eight Banners were willing to support it.
The reason is very simple. This move seems to harm the interests of the Eight Han Banners and enrich the Han people. It is too good for the Han people.
The Han people all granted kings and dukes, and sealed territories and split the land, but the Eight Banners were not as good as them. How could this be true?
Even if you, Dorgon, are the leader of the Two White Flags, you can't even turn your arms towards the Han people.
Hauge even shouted directly, if that's the case, let's just share it.
Meritorious clans and princes from the Eight Banners were also assigned to various places. Hauge even took the initiative to express his willingness to guard Xi'an.
During the last southern expedition to Bolo in Hangzhou, Nurhaci's grandson also expressed his willingness to go to guard Jinan, and Daishan's son Man Dahai expressed his willingness to go to Anqing to guard it.
Chu Ying's son Nikan said that he was willing to go to Wuchang to guard it.
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These princes, counties, and princes Beilegu Shanerzhen began to argue with each other, which made Dorgon a little unexpected for a moment. He seemed to want to divide the property.
His good intentions were to inspire Han generals to lead Han soldiers to destroy the Ming Dynasty for the Qing Dynasty. As long as the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, even if these Han generals and princes were granted vassal status, so what?
Let’s destroy the primary enemy first. As for the rest, figure it out slowly.
But these guys jumped out one by one and wanted to seize the opportunity to seal the vassal. The noise made Dorgon's head hurt.
In the end, Dorgon looked at the smiling old guys Jierhalang and Daishan, as well as the aggressive Hauge, and had to give in.
It was verbally agreed that Prince Hauge of Yisu would guard Xi'an, Prince Azige of England would guard Datong, and Prince Duduo of Yu would guard Jinzhou.
Daishan's grandson, King Leke Dehun of Shuncheng County, was from Dorgon. Now Wuchang is guarded by him.
Nikan and Bolo, the two grandsons of Nurhachi, were also named county kings by Beile, guarding Jingzhou and Yangzhou respectively...
Fengtian, Jinzhou, Datong, Taiyuan, Jinan, Xi'an, Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Wuchang, Anqing, Yangzhou, Kaifeng, and Dengzhou were granted the title of thirteen princes to guard various places.
Each town has 2,000 Manchu banners, 2,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, and 2,000 Han Eight Banners, a total of 6,000 soldiers, plus 4,000 Han Army Green Camp auxiliary troops, 10,000 horses, and their family members to accompany them.
However, Dorgon only said that these thirteen princes were called garrison generals for the time being, rather than dividing them into feudal vassals.