"Prince Regent, Prince Regent...Prince Su is a timid person. You don't have to be the same as him..."
Fan Wencheng's voice suddenly rang out, dragging Dorgon out of his thoughts. Although he is a slave with a white flag, he is not a best friend of Dorgon or Dodo. Instead, he is closer to Huang Taiji, who collects money from Dodo for his wife (of course Huang Taiji puts the money in his pocket) - he is an old man. Qualified traitors, as early as when Nurhaci captured Fushun, he and Fan Wencai "visited the army with swords" and sold themselves as slaves. However, at that time, he was not a slave with a white flag, but a slave with a red flag, supporting Huang Taiji.
But after Huang Taiji's death, Shuo Tuo, who originally belonged to Huang Taiji's camp, somehow took the wrong medicine and suddenly supported Dorgon as emperor. As a result, he became a stranger inside and outside, and was betrayed by Shuo Tuo's biological father Daishan and executed. Part of Shuo Tuo's Niulu was given to Duoduo, so Fan Wencheng became a slave with a white flag - now his wife could sleep with Duoduo at will!
I don’t know if it’s because of cuckoldry, but Fan Wencheng, a slave wearing a white flag, still prefers Huang Taiji’s son Hauge. I don’t want Dorgon to find an excuse to do Hauge...
The last time the Qing Dynasty entered the Guanzhong War, Hauge sang the opposite tune and did not want to get involved because he had never had smallpox. As a result, the prince was raped by Dorgon. Fortunately, thanks to the victory in Beijing, he was able to atone for his sins and regain his title.
But Haug didn't learn his lesson, and his head started to get confused again. He actually proposed to abandon Shanxi and attack Shandong. This was not only demolishing Dorgon's power, but also demolishing the power of the Qing Dynasty - if Shanxi was not captured, Shandong would not be easy to defend even if it was captured!
Besides, Datong and Taiyuan are difficult to fight, but Dengzhou, Qingzhou, and Qufu are easy to fight? Dengzhou is also backed by the sea and has its own harbor. Even if it is surrounded and starved for food, it must be attacked in earnest. Let’s not say how many people died. The question is who is willing to go? Which flag is willing to risk heavy casualties to defeat Dengzhou?
If the Eight Banners doesn't go, Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army will definitely not be able to go either! People say "Zhu and Wu share the south of the Yangtze River". What if Wu Sangui goes and directly switches sides?
If the Eight Banners soldiers and Wu Sangui don't go, then who of the remaining traitor armies can defeat the new army?
Therefore, the suggestion to abandon Shanxi and attack Shandong is simply nonsense in Dorgon. If we really do this, the Qing Kingdom will also be the future of the Liao Kingdom!
"Humph!" Dorgon snorted and glared at Fan Wencheng, "You know how to excuse Hauge! Although he is the eldest son of the late emperor, he has neither talent nor virtue. If the Qing Dynasty falls to him, How can he be the rival of Zhu Cihong and Li Zicheng in his hands?"
"Your Majesty, forgive me." Dorgon pointed out his thoughts, and cold sweat broke out on Fan Wencheng's forehead, "Prince Su is the eldest son of the late emperor after all. If he is dealt with too harshly, people may not support him..."
Dorgon snorted twice and looked very angry, but he was still angry. After being angry, he still did not dare to eradicate Hauge rashly.
Because he and his two brothers Azig and Duduo only held two hundred flags, although the two white flags were very powerful (the two white flags were the two yellow flags originally led by Nurhachi, but the colors were changed after Huang Taiji ascended the throne) , but Hauge's side was supported by the Two Yellow Flags and the True Blue Flag (Hauge himself was the True Blue Flag). The strength is not weak either!
In addition, Daishan, the ancestor of the two red flags, has always supported Huang Taiji, but Daishan and his two sons are like enemies, causing the two red flags to be divided and unable to give Hauge more support. Jierhalang, who is wearing a blue flag, is Huang Taiji's confidant and is also a supporter of Hauge.
Therefore, within the Eight Banners, Dorgon, the regent, was actually a minority. It was only because the two white flags were better at fighting, and Dorgon was fierce, ruthless, and insidious that Dorgon gained power.
But Hauge, a serious problem in his heart, is not something Dorgon can get rid of if he wants to... The Eight Banners only has such a small number of people, and they have no capital to split and fight internally!
Dorgon's face was full of anger, but his mind was extremely clear. He said calmly: "The battle for Shanxi must be fought to the end! It must be won! If Shanxi cannot be won, Beijing will not be stable. Once Beijing loses, everything will be lost." It's empty...Taiyuan asked Duoduo, Azige and Wu Sangui to attack together. There is no need to chase Li Zicheng, and don't worry about the war in the direction of North Zhili. Even if the rogue bandits and the southern army captured Zhending , and don't want them to return troops.
As for Datong Mansion... Hauge, Obai, and Geng Zhongming were short of manpower, so they asked the soldiers and horses of Zhenghong Banner from Manda Hailing to go north from Daizhou to join forces with Hauge! "
Dorgon stared at Fan Wencheng, "Fan Wencheng, go to Hauge's army in person, praise the military affairs, and tell Hauge not to worry about anything else, but to surround Datong City... I, the king We gave him the soldiers with the blue flag, the red flag, the yellow flag, and the Han army with the yellow flag. If he can't even besiege Datong, he should be severely punished!"
"I accept the order." Fan Wencheng kowtowed and breathed out softly.
Gang Lin, the academician of the Academy of Chinese History on the side, interjected at this time: "Your Majesty, most of the two white flags, the pure red flag and the bordered yellow flag, as well as part of the pure yellow flag, are fighting outside, while most of the bordered blue flag is staying behind. Back home in Liaodong, isn’t it too empty here in Beijing?”
Qi Chongge, a scholar of the Hongwen Academy, also said: "Your Majesty, the troops of the Southern Dynasties are coming in force now. Even the Confucius family in Qufu has sent troops... There are only yellow flags and red flags around Beijing. Are there too few soldiers?" ?”
"Is it coming fiercely?" Dorgon sneered, "That's all false! What the Southern Dynasties can fight is the New Army of Overcoming Difficulty. As long as the troops and horses of the New Army of Overcoming Difficulty don't move, Zhu Cihong is bluffing and doesn't need to pay attention at all. This is. The king doesn’t believe that trash like Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Xu Dingguo dare to approach Beijing!”
"What about the rogue brigade?" He Luohui, the leader of Zhengbai Banner, asked. "There are tens of thousands of people in this group, and they look like elites! Although they certainly don't dare to attack Beijing, they can't ignore it, otherwise The farms around Beijing will be harmed by them. If the spring sowing is delayed, there will be a shortage of food next autumn..."
Unlike Li Zicheng who did not dare to defend Beijing, the Manchus are now not worried about losing the big castle of Beijing.
There is no need for the Eight Banners' powerful troops to go to the city. The Eight Banners family members, the elderly, children, women and servants in the city alone are enough to repel Li Zicheng's army. Moreover, there are basically no uncontrolled Han people in Beijing now, so there is no need to worry about civil strife.
Beijing is already a city of bannermen!
However, there are still many newly occupied farms around Beijing that are not stable. Those Han people who were forced to serve as slaves are likely to respond when Li Zicheng's army approaches.
Once chaos breaks out in these farms, next year's spring sowing will be finished. Without a season of spring wheat, the city of Beijing will be starving in the fall.
Dorgon thought for a while and said: "Then let Luo Luohun and Tan Tai lead the troops with red and yellow flags to attack!"
...
At the same time Dorgon made the decision to "put Shanxi first". In Hejian Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture, and Daming Prefecture in North Zhili, Zhangde Prefecture in Henan, Jinan Prefecture in Shandong, the northern part of Dongchang Prefecture (Daqing Hebei), Datong Prefecture in Shanxi and Taiyuan Prefecture, all these places were in a mess.
Hundreds of thousands of troops from the Ming, Qing, and Shun armies, including regular armies, as well as miscellaneous armies and rebel armies under the banners of the three families, were engaged in a chaotic war in the land of North China.
The reason why it is "extremely chaotic" is because this is a three-party melee! The so-called "Ming and Shun" coalition to defeat the Qing does not exist at all!
On the Datong-Taiyuan battlefield on the northern line, the Ming army on the one hand resisted the Qing army's attack from the direction of Xuanfu; on the other hand, it launched an attack on the western part of Taiyuan Prefecture controlled by the Dashun Army to seize the territory in the Luliang Mountains. In order to open up new base areas.
On the southern front, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Xu Dingguo, who were deceived by Zhu Cihong into participating in the Northern Expedition, made up their mind from the beginning not to fight the Qing army. They sent troops just to grab money and territory! Actively occupying the territory that was abandoned by the Qing army due to the Dashun Army's attack, they also fought against the Dashun Army's partial divisions from time to time.
Their appearance is not so much a sign of the Northern Expedition as it is holding back the Northern Expedition...
