Azig started talking, and the atmosphere at the scene became more lively. Dodo then spoke: "There is another matter...it is Japan's invasion of the coast of North Korea. We can't ignore it. ah!
If we, the Qing Dynasty, want to resist the Ming Dynasty for a long time, we cannot do without the vassal state of Korea! "
Shunzhi took up Duduo's topic and asked: "Uncle Huang Tai, is Korea more important than Zhongzhou?"
Duduo smiled and said: "Zhongzhou is easy to attack but difficult to defend. It is the main battlefield between the north and the south. We have no way to keep them out. We can only let the Ming army in... just for fear that they won't come! Come, we can find a way to trap them!
After the Ming army fell into Zhongzhou, the battle between the north and the south was about endurance! Whoever can last will win. Our Qing Dynasty occupies a favorable geographical location and has the advantage of cavalry, so it can fight skillfully in Zhongzhou and invest less manpower and material resources. But you have to invest in it after all!
And although the manpower and material resources invested by the Ming Dynasty will be several times more than ours, their national strength is also several times ours... they can afford it!
Therefore, if we want to win the Battle of Zhongzhou, we must first stabilize the rear. We must have money, food, Western firearms, and a strong army of civilians, so that we can last for a long time and bring down Nanming. And our rear is outside the customs, Mongolia, and North Korea. "
Duduo's judgment on the balance of power between the North and the South and the overall situation of the Battle of Zhongzhou is still very accurate!
The outcome of the Battle of Zhongzhou was not actually won on the battlefield, but outside the battlefield, in the economy, production, trade, and the comprehensive national strength of the North and the South.
Of course, having an advantage in comprehensive national strength does not mean winning the Battle of Zhongzhou. Because the Ming and Qing Dynasties had unequal efforts to invest in Zhongzhou.
The Ming army was the attacking side, and it did not have large cavalry suitable for strategic maneuvers in Zhongzhou, so it had to pay more. As for a quick victory, it was impossible, because the side seeking battle lacked mobility, and the side deliberately delayed the mobility of the side. In a strong situation, it is actually very difficult to rely on clever military tactics to force the opponent to fight decisively.
Usually, only when one side is faced with an unsustainable passive situation, it will make dangerous moves to give the enemy a chance to fight decisively under a favorable situation... For example, the Songjin War between the Ming and Qing Dynasties was like this situation.
If Hong Chengchou had enough money, food and time, was fully prepared, and fought steadily, even if he could not win a big victory, he could still force the Qing army to withdraw from Jinzhou (Jinzhou).
Nowadays, the Ming army is well-fed, with plenty of time and money, and Emperor Chongzhen, whom the enemy loves most, has also been transformed into a superior emperor...
Therefore, Duduo, the brave king who was the best at fighting in the Qing Dynasty, did not dare to pin his hopes of victory on his opponent's mistakes and risks, and could only prepare for a protracted war.
To fight a protracted war against the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty must obtain enough resources to support a long-term war!
In this era, the four truly important war resources were: food, horses, firearms, and manpower.
Duduo clapped his fingers and said: "The territory outside the customs has developed well in the past two years. The population has increased to two million and a half, and the cultivated land has been around 30 million acres. In order to rest with the people in recent years, rents and taxes have been reduced. , there can be more than 2 million. If the war breaks out, we can bear another doubling. So regarding the external world, we still have enough food!"
It is true that we are in the Little Ice Age, but what really caused the serious reduction in grain production was not the low temperature, but the long-term drought in the Central Plains and Northwest.
In the southern part of Northeast China, there is a lot of snowfall in winter and plenty of rain in summer. Although the minimum temperature in winter is still too low, there are still two or three months of warm weather in summer, and the sunshine is particularly sufficient, which is enough for wheat and soybeans to thrive for a whole season.
It is of course impossible to support tens of millions of people from the land in the southern part of the Northeast. However, Duduo's "Kingdom outside the Pass" only has a population of two to three million, so the cold southern part of the Northeast Plain is enough to serve as a granary.
Duduo continued: "As for horses, the pastures in the north and west outside the pass, plus the Bashang grasslands and the Khalkha Mongolia, are also sufficient.
However, firearms and manpower are still relatively lacking!
Among them, firearms must be obtained through the fur trade in Vladivostok... This requires us to firmly control North Korea, otherwise the Vladivostok port will be placed under the knife's edge!
As for the manpower, North Korea must provide part of it! The manpower for soldiers and wars can be provided by the Nine Flags disciples inside and outside the Pass, but the Koreans have to provide them. If we want to use grain from outside the Pass to support the war inside the Pass, then we need to transport grain from the Liaohe Hetao to Beijing and Datong. This is a distance of 1,300 to 1,500 miles... If we cannot set up grain stations along the way and allow the people to cultivate and support themselves, , then the loss of transported grain will be too great. Traveling thousands of miles away, you can’t save two out of ten!
And the people who transport grain and farm fields must be let out by North Korea! "
The grain transportation method Duduo now proposes is called "relay transportation", which is to divide the 1,500-mile grain transportation distance into dozens of sections based on the standard of several days. Dozens of grain stations are set up along the transportation lines. Each grain station has jurisdiction over a varying number of civilians, vehicles, and livestock—because the grain transport fleet itself has its own consumption, starting from the shipping point, the amount of grain should be less and less day by day during the transportation process... civilians Both the cattle and the livestock must be eaten!
Therefore, setting up transfer stations and carrying out relay transportation from station to station can continuously reduce the number of people and livestock during the transportation process - there is less food, and of course the number of people and animals transporting food must be reduced in time, otherwise it will be wasted.
If farmland can be cultivated near the transfer station to provide food rations for people and livestock, then the efficiency of transportation can be greatly improved.
But in this way, the civil servants who transport grain and cultivate land will have to serve for a long time, and their families will not be able to take care of them... Moreover, Duduo cannot let those civil servants bring their families, because the family members also need to Food and drink!
Therefore, the families of these civil servants may have to starve, and the land in their hometowns will be abandoned. Therefore, Duduo cannot let the Nine Banners Dingzhuang outside the pass do it, and can only use Koreans!
Duduo added: "In addition, the troops outside the Pass must bring a group of civilians with them when they go on an expedition. If 50,000 troops are sent, the number of accompanying troops and civilians must not be less than 30,000. The banner people who drive horses to plow the fields outside the Pass (actually all are Han people) ) One man can cultivate at least fifty acres of land. If 30,000 men are sent to join the army, 1.5 million acres will have to be abandoned, and the harvest will be reduced by millions of stones... Unless it is absolutely necessary, we cannot overuse manpower from outside the customs. So we have to use Koreans.
Therefore, the troops in Kanto must first deal with the chaos in North Korea! It won’t take much time, and you should be able to understand it within the year. "
In other words, Duduo can't control the troubles in Guannei and Zhungeer for the time being...
Emperor Shunzhi asked: "Uncle Emperor, what do you think we should do about the troubles in the Zhungeer tribe? Do you still care about it?"
"Of course we have to take care of it!" Duduo said with a smile, "If we don't take care of it... Monan Mongolia and Khalkha Mongolia will cause chaos sooner or later!"
"How to control it?" Shunzhi asked again, "Who will send the troops and from where?"
"This is a Mongolian matter. Of course the Mongols will send troops!" Duduo said with a smile, "Your Majesty, aren't you the Great Khan of Mongolia? Then give an edict to the Horqin tribe and the three Khalkha Khans, ordering them to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty. Yulin Town... let's deploy a few more Hongyi cannons and Niulu to assist in the battle, that's all."
"Can it be defeated?" Shunzhi was not sure.
"We definitely can't defeat it!" Duduo said with a smile, "But it doesn't matter. The Great Wall in Yulin Town is 1,500 miles long. How many men does that acting king Zhu Cijiong have at his disposal? How can he defend it? As long as a section of the border wall is broken, those Mongolians You can go in and grab one!
If Zhu Cijiong can't handle it, then Zhu Cixiang will have to send troops to help. No matter how much he sends, it can always reduce the pressure on Zhongzhou.
As for the battle of Zhongzhou and the marriage of Shi Shigege...the emperor's arrangement is quite good! The territory of San Francisco in Zhongzhou was nominally given to Gege as a dowry, but in reality, San Francisco had to defend the city to resist!
At the same time, the emperor has assembled troops on both sides of the Yellow River in Kaifeng Prefecture, setting up the Henan Camp and the Hebei Camp! "
"What's the use of setting up these two camps?" Shunzhi asked.
Duduo smiled and said: "Of course it is to open up the Yellow River dam when necessary and flood the Ming Dynasty armies!"
Shunzhi was shocked: "Uncle Fifteen, if we do this, will Fourteen Ge Ge still survive?"
