"Your Majesty," Fan Wencheng will leave tomorrow, so he has to continue to advise Dorgon today, "I think it will be difficult for us to drive Li Zicheng away from Xi'an and Xiangyang now...First of all, Li Zicheng himself cannot I am willing to leave. The slave got the news that Li Zicheng distributed land and slaves to his old soldiers in Xiangyang and Yueyang. The old soldiers have become old soldiers, how can they leave?"
Dorgon frowned and nodded slightly. This incident is indeed unexpected - Li Zicheng was actually learning from Zhu Cihong of the Qing and Ming Dynasties!
Now tens of thousands of old soldiers have divided up the land in Xiangyang and Yueyang and turned them into landlords and old wealth. Millions of acres of land and millions of people are within their control, how could they give up so easily?
Moreover, the terrain of Xiangyang and Yueyang is not conducive to attack. If there are really tens of thousands of old Dashun soldiers defending desperately, would the Qing Dynasty dare to attack by force? How many disciples of the Eight Banners are there? If tens of thousands of people are really beaten to death, why don't you give up?
Fan Wencheng continued: "Secondly, Zhu Cixiang has now made it clear that he wants to go to war with us. This is to carry half of our troops for Li Zicheng. There is no way we can ignore the Southern Dynasty... Even if the prince can bear it, The people below can’t bear it!”
"Isn't that right!" Dorgon took a breath and said, "Ge Ge, why would I not be willing to give up for the sake of the Qing Dynasty? Moreover, Zhu Cixiang is indeed a hero and is definitely worthy of Dongguo.
But Zhu Cihong would not give up just for a woman. He would definitely look for trouble in Liaodong and Western Liaoning. "
This Dorgon was able to create a foundation for the Qing Dynasty to be the common master of the world for more than 200 years, so he certainly had his own merits. And his greatest excellence is that he has a very clear mind and sees problems very thoroughly. Although the things he did around Beijing were dismissed as bad government by later generations, if he had not done this, the Qing Dynasty would probably have been a bastard in history. The situation of the Great Jin Kingdom will never be the same as it was for more than two hundred years!
In this time and space, after the Battle of Dagukou, he regarded Zhu Cixiang as an opponent who could be compared with him... He did not mean to despise this opponent at all.
Therefore, he has been unwilling to engage in an all-out war with Zhu Cihong before completely defeating Li Zicheng. Even though Zhu Cihong launched a Northern Expedition aimed at sidelining Li Zicheng last time, Dorgon did not launch a full-scale counterattack. Instead, he planned to marry his daughter to Zhu Cihong.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Fan Wencheng said, "Zhu Cixiang is indeed a hero, so we, the Qing Dynasty, must deal with him with all our strength, and we must not rely on our own troops to deal with him."
"That's right, when a lion fights a rabbit, you have to use all your strength..." Dorgon nodded, frowning, "And Zhu Cixiang is not an ordinary rabbit, so we won't be allowed to fail to do our best!"
Fan Wencheng frowned, "Even if we try our best, we can only stop on the north bank of the Yangtze River."
Dorgon shook his head and said: "It's not the north bank of the Yangtze River, but the north bank of the Huaihe River!"
"The north bank of the Huaihe River?" Ji'erhalang frowned, "The Huaihe River is not very wide, and the water level is very shallow in winter. If we defend it, we can ford it. How come our Manchurian army can't cross it?"
Dorgon smiled and said: "I read the history books and found that those who took the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times mostly obtained it by entering the river from the Han Dynasty. It is extremely difficult to take the east of the Yangtze River by crossing the Huaihe River on the east road alone... If the east of the Yangtze River cannot be pacified, it will be difficult to capture all of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. After all, the terrain of Huainan is narrow compared to Huaibei, and the water network in the east of Huaibei is spread all over, while the west of Huaihe is in great danger. Close to the Yangtze River are Anqing, Hezhou, Jiangpu, Yizheng, Yangzhou, and Guazhou. Cities such as Zhouzhou and Tongzhou can be defended along the river. Even if we win most of Huainan, we will still have to station troops for a long-term defense. The little tax revenue we get from Huainan may not be enough to pay for the military expenses.
Moreover, the Southern Dynasties had many arrangements in Shandong, especially the Dengzhou Fort, which was located on the coast of the Bohai Sea and could station the navy. Now it is the nest of the Beiyang Navy. If it cannot be eradicated, there will no longer be peace along the coasts of eastern Liaoning, western Liaoning, and northern Zhili. Liaodong, western Liaoning, and Beizhi are the fundamental areas of the Qing Dynasty. If we are under the attack of the Southern Dynasty every day and night, even if we win the Huainan area, we cannot hold on for a long time. It is better to attack the north of the Huaihe River. First, the whole land of Shandong and Henan was taken over, and then Jingzhou and Xiangyang were taken over. If you can get the Jingxiang counties, then consider taking the southeast strategy. "
"The regent is still smart!" Jierhalang nodded in admiration after listening to Dorgon's long speech, "Then how should we defeat Henan and Shandong? Since the Crown Prince of the Zhu family hopes that we will advance to invade Henan and Shandong, he must have The preparations are for Henan and Shandong, I'm afraid it won't be easy to get, right?"
Dorgon thought for a while, frowned and said: "Since we want the lion to fight the rabbit, we have to withdraw the soldiers of Lao Twelve (Ajige) and Lao Fifteen (Duduo) from Shaanxi... We can't After the troops have been evacuated, we must capture Tongguan, Yan'an and Yulin, so that we can occupy the strategic location in Shaanxi. Let Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng fight for the other territories."
According to Dorgon's arrangement, Shaanxi is divided into three parts: Qing, Shun and Wu - and his arrangement is equivalent to treating Wu Sangui as a semi-independent force.
Ji'erhalang did some mental calculations: "King Su has gathered a lot of new soldiers and has 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers on hand. King Ying and King Yu brought no less than 50,000 soldiers and horses to Shaanxi. They left 20,000 and could spare 30,000. Thousands of people, if we unite our troops together we will have a hundred thousand people!"
Of course, these 100,000 people cannot all be real Manchuria, and the number of real Manchuria together is not that many! Even if the Han troops organized into various banners were counted, they would not be able to attract more than 100,000 people. Among these 100,000 people, 30,000 to 40,000 are the so-called Green Camp soldiers. They were originally either Ming soldiers or local powerful men, and some were scraps from the Dashun Army system. Now they are all absorbed by the Qing Dynasty and receive a salary of one and a half to two taels of silver. However, they are not much less motivated to fight as soldiers, because following the Eight Banners Master, they can burn, kill and loot...
In history, when this group of green soldiers attacked Nanming, their ruthless methods and vigor were definitely not inferior to the Eight Banners!
Dorgon nodded, "Shanxi still needs troops. You can let Lao Twelve lead the troops to deal with it... Deal with Datong first, and then deal with the king on Luliang Mountain!"
"Prince Regent, are you going to attack Datong City?"
"Don't attack the city."
"Or a siege?"
Dorgon smiled and said: "We won't besiege them either... They will hold on to the wall, and we will clear the fields. I don't believe they can grow crops to support themselves inside the walls of Datong!"
"High! It's too high!"
"The regent is wise!"
"With the regent here, our Qing Dynasty's foundation in the north is considered stable!"
In the Wuying Hall, there was a sudden burst of praise and praise, and Dorgon also burst out laughing proudly. After a while, he stopped laughing, his face darkened again, and he looked at Jierhalang: "King Zheng, do you think King Su can take on the important task of commanding an army of tens of thousands?"
Prince Su Hauge is now the commander-in-chief of the Qing army on the East Route. He has led his troops to capture Kaifeng Fucheng and has also taken over the territory left by Wu Sangui after entering Tongguan. If they want to attack the Ming Dynasty's territories in Shandong and Henan next, he should be the coach.
But Dorgon didn't want Hauge to make great contributions. Last time, Hauge took advantage of Beijing and had to restore his title. If he wins Shandong and Henan this time, will he have to give him an auxiliary king? And he is still a little worried about Hauge... Hauge is a clumsy guy, don't let the insidious and cunning Zhu Cixiang defeat him!
"Prince Regent, do you want to..." Jierhalang looked at Dorgon.
Dorgon expressed his thoughts, "How about letting Dodo be the coach?"
"Prince Regent," Jierhalang shook his head, "Do you think Prince Su and Ao Bai can listen to Prince Yu's command?"
"Then King Yu will not listen to King Su either." Dorgon knew his biological brother too well.
Duduo himself had a chance to be emperor, but was spoiled by Hauge's father Huang Taiji. His son Duoerbo also had a chance to be emperor (Dolbo was Dorgon's heir), but was spoiled by Hauge. .
The combination of new and old hatreds could not defeat Zhu Cixiang. The uncle and nephew started to bite each other first.
Ji'erhalang thought for a while and said, "How about we let them each fight their own way, let King Su continue to attack Henan, and let King Yu attack Shandong."
Dorgon nodded, "That's the only way!" He said to He Luohui, "He Luohui, you should also make a move and bring 18,000 banner soldiers and 10,000 green battalion soldiers to support Duduo. "
