When Dorgon comes, the problem becomes a bit serious!
It's not that Dorgon is more capable of fighting, but that he can uniformly command more than 100,000 Qing troops on the battlefields of Henan and Shandong. But Hauge and Duduo can only fight on their own, each fighting his own battle. This is how Duduo was exhausted in Shandong, and Hauge killed Huaihe after pacifying most of Henan.
If Dorgon had been in charge from the beginning, the more than 100,000 Qing troops in the Central Plains would have been squeezed into a fist. Hundreds of thousands of people pressed forward together, and Zhu Cixiang didn't dare to use his own capital to fight!
Of course, before Hauge's death, the Zhenglan Banner, Zhenghuang Banner, and Xianghuang Banner soldiers and horses on the battlefield in Henan may not necessarily be betrayed by Dorgon. It is not easy for Dorgon to use it freely.
But now Hauge is dead... and he was stabbed to death by Zhu Cixiang, the most ruthless man in the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhu Cixiang didn't know about this, it had spread in the north, and the Qing court also He admitted it, so no one suspected that Dorgon had killed Hauge.
As for Dorgon taking the opportunity to annex Zhenglan Banner, it actually doesn't matter. Who made Hauge's heir only three years old? Moreover, after Dorgon swallowed up the Zhenglan Banner, his arrangement was to receive one banner each with Azig and Duduo.
Dorgon, Azig, and Duduo are all the legitimate sons of Nurhachi. In terms of blood, they are more qualified to be the flag owner prince than Jierhalang, the leader of the blue flag, and they are on the same level as Dabeile Daishan.
Moreover, the three Dorgon brothers are all princes. As the banner lords, they regent and discuss government affairs, and they still follow the line of "kings deliberation on government affairs" rather than the line of monarchy centralization. It is in line with the interests of the princes who own the banners and the princes who entered the eight points.
In addition, the current war situation in Henan and Shandong cannot be settled by anyone except the great god Dorgon.
Therefore, the Eight Banners generally recognized Dorgon's action of seizing the Zhenglan Banner. As long as the regent could lead the Qing Dynasty to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, everything would be fine.
In Shangqiu City, in front of the Hou family's mansion, the general's flag and the white background golden dragon flag symbolizing the owner of the Zhengbai flag are hanging on two particularly tall flagpoles, fluttering in the wind.
This private residence that originally belonged to Hou Xun is the first-class luxurious residence in Shangqiu City, the capital of Guide Prefecture. When Huang Degong was stationed in Shangqiu, he once borrowed this place as his camp. So the camp gate was built and several large flagpoles were erected.
Moreover, Huang Degong did not set fire to the large house belonging to Hou Xunhou Ge Lao when he retreated, so Dorgon naturally placed his general's headquarters here.
After setting up the general's palace, Dorgon did not rush to send troops to deal with Zhu Cihong who was stationed in Fengyang. Instead, he set up a mourning hall in the Hou family's mansion and found many monks and Taoists to chant sutras and perform rituals. Chaodu died tragically under Zhu Cihong's sword. Haug.
Officials from Niulu Zhangjing and above (including Niulu Zhangjing) of Zhenglan Banner were summoned to Shangqiu City, and they followed Dorgon and Duduo, who was recruited from the front line of Qufu, to mourn for Hauge.
Dorgon and Duoduo still had great feelings for Hauge, their eldest nephew, and they cried so much that it was so shocking that they cried like ghosts and gods!
When Nurhaci died, the two brothers were just sad.
When those Jia La Zhang Jing and Niu Lu Zhang Jing of the Blue Banner saw the sad looks of Dorgon and Duduo, they all sighed in their hearts: After all, blood is thicker than water! King Su fought with them for so many years when he was alive, and now that he is dead, they are still so sad...
After they were sad and weeping, the two brothers Dorgon and Duduo took the Gushan Ezhenbahana of Zhenglan Banner, Mele Zhangjing Luotuo, several Jia La Zhangjing, and the inlaid yellow flag. Gushan'er Zhen'aobai, and Beizi Mandahai (the seventh son of Daishan) who did not follow Hauge to the south of Zhenghongqi, all invited to the hall of the palace together, sat down separately, and began to talk.
"My lord, Prince Su really tried his best in the battle at Qingliuxi... The reason why we didn't fight well is because Nikan has become more powerful! We used to try our best tricks, but now they don't work. In the past, our Eight Banners soldiers fought well. Army, push the shield cart, bring enough arrows, add some fire blunderbuss, and at most a few red barbarian cannons, then victory will be certain. But this time it won't work. Nikan has dozens of cannons to pull The power of the general cannons that are running around is quite impressive. They can smash our shield car from a hundred or two hundred paces away. Moreover, these general cannons fire very fast. They can fire ten or eight times in the time of one stick of incense. , not only can it hit iron bullets, stone bullets, and lead bullets, but it can also hit loose bullets, covering a large area with one blast!"
The person who was talking was Hauge's number one confidant, Obai!
The first big shot Dorgon met after arriving in Shangqiu was him, and he came to visit him - Obai was recuperating from his injury at that time, and because his backstage boss was gone, no one in Shangqiu City wanted to see him, but he was in a very depressed state.
And Dorgon took the initiative to come to the door with gifts... but he was moved to tears!
So Obai is now doing his best to analyze the situation of the Qingliuxi battle for Dorgon - he has experienced this battle personally, so of course he knows where the Qing army lost? And where is the strength of the Ming army?
The Manchus of Ao Bai's generation are not the Eight Banners men who were crippled by the Opium War two hundred years later. Ao Bai and his group of Manchus are not only good at fighting, but also very capable of learning. They can also use their brains to find solutions to problems.
"The general's artillery fires very fast..." Dorgon frowned slightly. In his mind, he already had the image of dozens of 1,000-pound cannons flying across the battlefield. "I'm afraid this is not the general's artillery." Cannon?"
Duduo interjected: "I also encountered general artillery in Shandong, and it wasn't that powerful!"
Oboi nodded: "The Prince Regent and Prince Yu said the same thing. The horse-drawn cannon may be new, but it is really powerful!"
Dorgon said: "Maybe I bought it from the Xiyi people!"
Zhenglan Banner Baya Lahu Zhangjing Arzin added: "In addition to this horse-drawn cannon, Nikan's armor has also become stronger! It cannot be cut with a knife, and cannot be shot with an arrow... We have to equip the warriors with axes, hammers, and maces, but knives will no longer work."
"This is easy to handle!" Dorgon said, "The armors used by the Nikans were too bad, so we got used to using knives."
Duduo said again: "Brother Fourteen, Nikan's earthen fortress is not easy to deal with! That kind of barrier made of soil stuffed into sacks can actually prevent the Hongyi cannon! I thought it was the blessing of Saint Kong at first, but later I asked people to take the medicine according to the prescription, and tried it several times, but it still couldn't work... It's really strange!
In addition, Nikan's four-cornered and eight-cornered forts are also very powerful. A large general cannon can be set up on the protruding corner platform. The cannons placed on the two corner platforms and a city wall fire at the same time. The people below have no place to hide, and it is useless to push the shield cart. Because the cannon can hit the side, which is awesome! "
Dudo is also a smart Tatar who is good at learning, and now he has learned how to build a bastion with sandbags!
"Also," Duduo paused, "the young prince of the Zhu family gave power to Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Zuo Maodi on the ground in Shandong, and asked them to form their own team training. These three people have already recruited tens of thousands of people The regiment training...and this group of regiment training is better than the serious southern soldiers we encountered in the previous entrance battles! Coupled with the step-by-step approach and the construction of corner forts, it is very difficult to deal with."
Dorgon smiled: "That's because the Southern troops we encountered in the past were all useless... Now that the Southern Dynasty has a hero, the people below will naturally start to work honestly, so it will not be easy to fight."
He paused, "But it's still too late... Now most of Zhongzhou belongs to the Qing Dynasty. As long as we can rectify and manage it carefully, no matter how talented he is, he can't do anything to us!"
As for the old saying that he who conquers the Central Plains conquers the world, we won’t say much more. With Zhu Cihong here, we should stop thinking about dominating the world and manage our territory well, which is the best thing to do. "
"Brother Fourteen," Duduo frowned, "How are we going to run Zhongzhou? Now the several state capitals in our hands in Shandong have very few people, and everything is deserted... When? Only then can it be run?"
