"The troops of King Qin from the Ming Dynasty are coming from all over the country. The first Ming army from Shaanxi to arrive has more than 15,000 soldiers."
"Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda in the Ming Dynasty, gathered troops and horses from northern Zhili to follow our army all the way. In Hejian Prefecture in the east, there were tens of thousands of Liao troops led by Gao Qiqian, the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty."
Dorgon's eyes swept across the generals in the tent, and finally rested on Yue Tuo for half a breath.
Yue Tuo still looked as indifferent as before, as if everything he just said had nothing to do with him.
Yue Tuo has a very close relationship with Huang Taiji, and his relationship with him can only be described as average.
Yue Tuo is Daishan's eldest son, and his biological mother is Daishan's direct descendant Li Jia of Fujin.
However, due to the early death of Li Jia, Daishan and his successor Yehenala were very mean to Yue Tuo and his younger brother Shuo Tuo.
Later, it was precisely because of this incident that Daishan angered Nurhachi, and Daishan was even deposed as the successor.
Yue Tuo was later sent to be raised by Nurhachi at the knees of Huang Taiji's biological mother, Meng Guzhezhe.
Yue Tuo and Huang Taiji have grown up together, so they have a close relationship.
Although a few years ago, Yue Tuo was deprived of the position of Baylor for being impolite, demoted to Beizi, and fined 5,000 taels of silver.
But after Huang Taiji beat Yue Tuo, he resumed his position as Baylor, and Yue Tuo became much more stable after this incident.
With the success of the Ming Dynasty and the prestige of conquering the Mongolian tribes, Huang Taiji's power is now growing.
Yue Tuo has also become the actual flag owner of the Zhenghong Banner, taking control of the affairs of the Zhenghong Banner. This time, he was appointed General Yangwu to take charge of the right-wing army.
Dorgon withdrew his gaze. Before leaving, Huang Taiji probably had some instructions for Yue Tuo.
Since entering the customs, Yue Tuo has never competed with him for the command of the army.
Thinking of this, Dorgon's expression turned a little gloomy involuntarily. Huang Taiji now controls most of the Eight Banners.
The Mongolian tribes and the surrendered Han people are now gathered around Huang Taiji.
Huangtaiji set up the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Han Army Banner, which divided a lot of the power of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and also divided a lot of their military strength.
The distance between him and Huang Taiji is constantly widening.
Although Huang Taiji still abides by the eight kings' policy of discussing politics passed down by the old Khan, with Daishan's retirement, Huang Taiji is actually now almost able to be completely arbitrary.
The grievances and resentments between him and Huang Taiji cannot be explained in a moment.
Although he has been keeping a low profile for such a long time and helped Huang Taiji do a lot of dirty work.
Daishan retired and Yue Tuo was demoted. The reason why Huang Taiji now has the power is all due to his contribution.
But credit is useless. Dorgon knew Huang Taiji's character very well.
With power ahead, even brothers are of no use.
The three big players, Baylor, Azige, and Yue Tuo, are all lessons learned from the past.
All obstacles that stood in the way of that overwhelming power were inevitably cleared away.
Dorgon knew very well that Huang Taiji had set his sights on the two white flags under him and his brother Duoduo.
Now six of the Eight Banners have been controlled by Huang Taiji, and the original rules of the Eight Kings' political affairs have long been in vain.
Now Huang Taiji is actually waiting for him to make mistakes and fail in the north, but he has no way to do it now.
Dorgon felt depressed, but Huang Taiji held him up high. He looked trustworthy and famous.
But it's all just looks...
Huang Taiji is just waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to take over the two white flags...
"The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty are on the side. Although it is easy for our army to conquer Shandong, it will return with a large amount of money. When the time comes, we will have to divide our troops for defense. I am afraid it will be difficult to return the entire army."
Dorgon suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and his voice was very low.
The Ming army in Liaodong is still the same as before, but the armies in other parts of the Ming country are changing.
The military strength of Xuanfu and Datong under Lu Xiangsheng was much stronger than when they last entered.
Not just in terms of armament, but also morale.
In the ninth year of Chongzhen's reign, they destroyed the border and entered the fortress for the first time. The troops from Xuanfu and Datong towns did not dare to leave the city to fight with them.
They separated into three groups from the Dushikou entrance on the border of the Ming Dynasty and met in Yanqing Prefecture, Gyeonggi Province, as if there were no people in the country.
Ruined all over the territory, captured the castle, defeated twelve cities in a row, fought fifty-six battles, big and small, and won all!
One hundred and seventy-nine thousand, eight hundred and twenty people and animals were plundered, and they were returned out of the cold water mouth.
At that time, the main force of the Ming army only dared to follow them from a distance and did not dare to fight them at all.
And this time when they entered again, the situation at the beginning was the same as before. The soldiers in Jizhou Town were still vulnerable and invincible.
However, when they went all the way south and approached Changping, they began to encounter frequent attacks from the Ming army. This forced Dorgon to order his troops to gather together and not dare to divide them easily.
Then under the city of Beijing, the three organized attacks were all frustrated. In the final battle at Xizhimen in Beijing, the Ming army even broke through the military formation with the red flag on the right wing.
Xianghongqi collapsed, causing thousands of casualties. The more than ten artillery pieces he deployed on the right wing for support also became the spoils of war for the Ming army.
Then in the battle of Qingdu, thousands of people were killed. Counting the previous battles in Shunyi, all banners suffered losses and had complaints.
This time in Zhending, Chasuka returned with a huge defeat. The Zhenglan Banner suffered heavy casualties, and the morale of the army also dropped. The Mongolian Zhenglan Banner who accompanied the expedition suffered nearly half casualties.
Dorgon looked sideways at Wu Lai, who was sitting on the right side of the seat. When Chasuka withdrew his troops, he used the Mongolian cavalry who accompanied them as palace troops and treated them as cannon fodder. Wu Lai, as the Gushan Ezhen of the Mongolian Zhenglan Banner, It doesn't look good on the face at this time.
However, these dissatisfactions were not enough to cause a rift. Only three of the Mongolian Eight Banners Gushan Ezhen were Mongolians, and the other five were all Manchurians.
Although Wu Lai is now Gushan Ezhen of Mongolia's Zhenglan Banner, his own banner status is still that of Xianghuang Banner, and he is a member of Huangtaiji.
Dorgon did not speak in a hurry, but turned his gaze to Yue Tuo sitting next to him again and asked.
"The situation is quite critical now. I wonder if General Yangwu has a strategy to deal with it?"
When Dorgon asked the question, Yue Tuo was holding a cup of tea and drinking it slowly and methodically.
Upon hearing the inquiry, Yue Tuo did not answer first, but took a sip of tea first, then put down the teacup in his hand in a leisurely manner, and then spoke slowly.
"I agree with the opinion of the general who was ordered to do so. The Ming army is now more and more daring to fight, which is not a good thing for the Qing Dynasty..."
"...If the threat from the Ming army is not resolved, our army will be so plundered that it may be difficult to transport it out of the customs."
"The general who was ordered to seek an opportunity to destroy one of the three Ming armies first?"
How could Yue Tuo not know Dorgon's thoughts? Naturally, he would not follow Dorgon's words and come up with strategies. Instead, he would talk about some unnecessary nonsense and then throw the question away again. Gave it to Dorgon.
Yue Tuo is naturally aware of Huang Taiji's arrangements. At this moment, Dorgon needs to make the decision.
If you lose, all the blame can be placed on Dorgon, but if you win, the credit will be equally shared. Why not?
But in the current situation, there is no possibility of losing.
Although the Ming army dares to fight more than a few years ago, it doesn't matter if it dares to fight. The Ming Dynasty has been rotten from the foundation, and it cannot be saved by one or two strong armies.
Dorgon's eyes narrowed slightly. Yue Tuo talked a lot of nonsense. Although he could continue playing Tai Chi and throw the questions back, he would definitely not be able to get any answers he wanted in the end.
"Today, there are three organized Ming armies in the northern Zhili area."
Dorgon stopped talking nonsense with Yue Tuo and directly showed the courage of the leader of an army.
"One is the Liaodong Army led by Gao Qiqian, the supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, the other is the Xuan Army led by Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuan Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, and the last is the Shaanxi Army led by Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty."
"Gao Qi Dian has no military strategy. Most of his troops are frontier troops from Liaodong, so there is nothing to worry about."
The current situation is actually very clear. They and the Liaodong Army are old rivals. They know the basics and are not afraid at all.
Moreover, they were fighting Northern Zhili, not Liaodong, and the Liaodong Army did not have much fighting spirit at all.
If they attack Liaodong's castle, the Liaodong Army will really fight them.
"In fact, the only ones that are dangerous to us are the Shaanxi and Xuanda armies."
Dorgon looked around at the generals in the tent and said slowly.
"The Shaanxi Army is the Army of King Qin, and its troops are mainly composed of soldiers from Hanzhong Town, Yansui Town, and Lintao Town, the towns in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. After King Qin's mission this time, he will probably return to the northwest again."
"However, the Datong soldiers and Xuanfu soldiers under Lu Xiangsheng are on the southern border of our Qing Dynasty, coexisting with our Qing Dynasty day and night."
Dorgon raised his right hand, gently tapped the armrest of the seat, and said.
"Lu Xiangsheng has a military reputation. Since he took office as the governor of Xuanda in the first year of Chongde, the Ming army in Xuanda and Xuanda towns began to become more and more powerful."
The Qing government placed a large number of details in the museum, and the Qing government had informants in many places in Datong and Xuanfu. In addition to these channels, merchants who secretly crossed the border wall to trade with the Qing government also brought a lot of information to them. The Qing court.
The soldiers in Xuanfu and Datong Towns can be said to have changed under their noses, and Dorgon is naturally aware of these changes.
Lu Xiangsheng will pose a greater threat than Sun Chuanting in the future.
Moreover, intelligence reports indicate that the forwards of the Shaanxi Army stationed in Zhending have broken camp and headed north, and should be preparing to head north to Baoning Prefecture.
Lu Xiangsheng led Xuan Dajun all the way south and arrived at Zhending.
Dorgon even knew more about some of the rules and regulations of the Ming court than ordinary Ming officials.
The Ming Dynasty's King Qin's army had very little autonomy. Their emperor ordered them to rush wherever they wanted. If they wanted to move their base, they had to submit a memorial first, and they could only move after receiving approval.
Sun Chuanting went north to Baonyeong Mansion, probably because he received the order to enter Baonyeong.
If they want to eat the Shaanxi army under Sun Chuanting, then they need to go north to Baoning again and return.
And if they attack Sun Chuanting, then Lu Xiangsheng, who is in Zhending in the southwest at this time, will never sit back and ignore it, and will definitely come to help. By then, the enemy they will face will not only be the fifteen thousand people under Sun Chuanting's command, but also Will face the Xuan army led by Lu Xiangsheng.
If they are at a disadvantage during the war, the Liaodong Army in the east will never let go of this good opportunity to seize military glory.
so……
The best choice is to target Lu Xiangsheng who is currently stationed in Zhending.
Without the order of the Ming Emperor, Sun Chuanting, who had already gone north at this time, could not go south to rescue him, and Gao Qiqian, who was stationed in the east at this time, would probably just watch on the sidelines...
Some time ago, news came from the Boryeong Mansion that Lu Sang-sheng's army had been without food for three days, and a mutiny broke out just short of it. This incident made a fuss in Boryeong.
Dorgon actually knew some inside information about what was happening within the Ming court, and he naturally knew that Lu Xiangsheng was being ostracized within the Ming court.
Lu Xiangsheng was the staunch main combatant in the Ming court. He chased them all the way from Beijing to Baoning and fought with them several times.
But now the powerful ministers of the Ming court are partial to peace negotiations. All signs indicate that the Ming court is unwilling to break out into a war with them, and only wants to drive them out of the pass.
If this person is not eliminated, Xuanfu and Datong Town will definitely look completely new in a few years. By then, if they want to go south, they may never find another chance.
Dorgon raised his head and looked at the generals below who were bowing their heads and obeying orders.
He and Huang Taiji had many similar ideas, but one thing was different.
Huang Taiji wanted to negotiate peace with the Ming court so that he could free up his hands to rectify the Mongolian tribes that had not yet surrendered.
Huang Taiji is old, his person is old, and his heart is also old. Although Huang Taiji is only forty-seven years old now, Huang Taiji's health has been deteriorating over the years.
Although Huang Taiji tried his best to hide it, Dorgon still saw everything.
As his health deteriorated, Huang Taiji, who had great ambitions in the past, also began to slowly disappear.
Most of Huang Taiji's eyes and energy are now on the grassland. It seems that he only wants to be the co-leader of the grassland tribes, instead of focusing on the south or the Central Plains to be the emperor of the world...
The Ming Dynasty was so big that it took several months to travel from south to north.
It was so big that even if more than 100,000 elite soldiers were lost in the Battle of Sarhu, there were still a large number of elite soldiers.
It was so big that even though there were internal and external troubles, the palace was decaying, and natural disasters lasted for more than ten years, it still did not collapse.
It is even now showing signs of resurgence.
If the Ming Dynasty prospers, it will definitely launch a massive Northern Expedition.
Throughout the millennia, as long as the Han people in the south became prosperous and strong, the first thing they did was almost always the Northern Expedition.
The Ming Dynasty was founded on the ruins of the Meng Yuan Dynasty. They went all the way to the Yuan Dynasty in the northern expedition, plowing the courtyards and sweeping holes until the Yuan Dynasty was completely disintegrated.
The Mongol Empire once spanned tens of thousands of miles.
They conquered all the lands they could see and defeated all the enemies they saw.
Until their Great Khan died under Diaoyu City, the Mongol Empire stopped its crazy expansion and therefore split.
Although the Ming Dynasty eliminated Yuanting, it was unable to eliminate the Mongolian tribes scattered throughout the world.
The war between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty lasted for hundreds of years, and they were already familiar with each other. There were a large number of Mongolians in the Ming army, and there were also a large number of Han people among the Mongolian tribes.
For a long time, a delicate balance has been maintained between Mongolia and the Ming Dynasty.
The Jurchens are the variable that breaks this balance.
The Ming Dynasty could tolerate the existence of Mongolia, but the Ming Dynasty would never tolerate the growth of the Jurchens.
Although nearly a hundred years have passed since the events of Chenghua Liting, Dorgon has not forgotten it.
There is deep hatred hidden in the eyes of those Ming people. Once the Ming Dynasty is restored to its strength, it will not take long for those Ming people living in the south to pick up their weapons, put on their armor and shout for restoration and the Northern Expedition.
Then start another battle of Liting that is a thousand times more bloody than the Chenghua period.
(End of chapter)
