"Your Majesty, Sony and Suksaha want to see you."
When Emperor Shunzhi was calculating in his mind the most appropriate number of people to use to guard Beijing, Wu Liangfu's voice came.
"Xuan!" Shunzhi said.
Sony is now the academician of the Academy of Internal History and the Minister of the Ministry of War, while Suksaha is the minister of internal bodyguards and the admiral of the Nine Gates - their two positions were nothing during Dorgon's reign, one was a handyman, and the other It's a housekeeper.
But after Shunzhi "pro-government", these two positions were actually the heads of the East and West offices of the Qing Dynasty!
The "Dongfu" of the Shunzhi court, which was the administrative office that managed government affairs, was headed by six academicians from the Inner Academy of History, the Inner Secretariat, and the Inner Hongwen Academy. These six academicians were divided into the academicians in charge of the academy and the co-organizers of the university. Among the scholars, the head of the academy is the most respected, and the co-organizer is the assistant. And among the three houses, the head of the Secretariat is the most respected, so Sony is now the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty!
The minister in charge of the bodyguard was promoted by Shunzhi to become Yuan Rong in charge of the army. The six ministers of the bodyguard were also lined up in order. The largest of them was the minister of the bodyguard and the admiral of the nine gates, Suk Saha.
There is no distinction between the other five leading guards and ministers, and they are all on one side. At the same time, they also each have part-time jobs, serving as the commander of the forward battalion, the commander of the firearms battalion, the commander of the infantry battalion, the commander of the Xiaoqi battalion, and the commander of the Qixue battalion.
These part-time jobs all have a reason!
The first is the Admiral of the Nine Gates, who looks like a gatekeeper, but is actually the commander of the Beijing garrison! It has jurisdiction over the Beijing Guard Camp.
There were a large number of people guarding the military camp in Beijing, 20,000 of them, including more than 1,000 from the Eight Banners and Old Manchuria, and the rest were Han and Mongolian men who had been granted land around Beijing.
This army does nothing else but guard Beijing!
Therefore, they took turns serving in peacetime, and farmed at home when they were not serving. Once the situation becomes critical, take your family members into the city to defend the Emperor Shunzhi... In order to ensure that they can hold on as long as possible in Beijing, Emperor Shunzhi also repeatedly issued edicts to reduce the number of residents in Beijing. In addition to the thousands of bannermen and one or two thousand Han officials who were loyal to Shunzhi, as well as the eunuchs, maids, and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who served Shunzhi, there were usually few residents in Beijing.
In peacetime, the total number of residents in Beijing is only 70,000 or 80,000!
If the family members and soldiers from the military camp outside the city enter the city, the population will reach 170,000 or 80,000. Based on the calculation that one person consumes 4 shi of grain (about 480 kilograms) per year, if 178,000 or 170,000 people persist for one year, that is 700,000 shi... Beijing now has enough grain stored in the city to last for one year. !
Shunzhi plans to save another 1.4 million shi...that will be three years of food storage!
Does Emperor Zhu have the ability to besiege the city for three years?
Even if there is, Shunzhi is not afraid!
Because he also has four trump cards: the forward camp, the firearms camp, the Xiaoqi camp, and the Qixue camp.
These four were the field camps on hand by the Qing court, with a small number of people, a total of 10,000 people. Among them, the forward battalion is the "Dragoon", with only 2,000 people.
The firearms battalion has 3,000 people. It is roughly a Ming army infantry regiment plus an artillery battalion (equipped with 3-pound cannon). However, there is a difference. This firearms battalion is completely "mules and horses". That is to say, troops can maneuver on mules and horses.
The Xiaoqi camp is a traditional Qing army horse team, also with 2,000 people.
The Qixue Camp is a cavalry team composed of warriors recruited from the Six Mongolian Leagues in Monan. There are 3,000 people. The organization and equipment are the same as the Xiaoqi Camp.
Although there are only 10,000 elite soldiers in the fourth battalion, their combat effectiveness and mobility are very powerful. While Shunzhi held Beijing, they would maneuver outside the city.
The elite backbones of these four battalions are all from Manchuria and Mongolia, and there are also many Han warriors. Although these people are also granted land, they also have an additional amount of money and grain. Moreover, their fields were all granted in the south of Beizhili, and they all received double land. They did not have to cultivate it themselves, but the government collected the rent on their behalf. These ten thousand people, like the backbone of the Eight Banners in the other five battalions, are all professional soldiers.
The infantry battalion is a force similar to the guard camp. There are as many as 25,000 soldiers. Most of them are field troops. They are stationed at key points in various places and farm nearby, and they take turns to go there. The infantry battalion commander's office in Beijing was in charge of the squad troops stationed in various parts of North Zhili.
In other words, after nearly a year of "Shunzhi Restoration", Emperor Shunzhi's court already had 55,000 new troops!
Moreover, Emperor Shunzhi decided at the beginning of the year to open a subject to obtain scholars!
Scholars in the Qing Dynasty were finally able to take exams and become officials again...
However, Emperor Shunzhi probably would not be able to preside over this imperial examination competition!
Because the decisive battle between the Southern Ming Dynasty and the Northern Qing Dynasty was already imminent.
Sony and Suksaha both jogged all the way up Meishan Mountain because they had just received an urgent report.
One of the six leagues of Monan Mongolia, the Yikezhao League, that is, the Ordos tribe, has betrayed the Great Mongolia and the Shunzhi Khan!
"Damn E Linchen!" Shunzhi Khan cursed, and then asked the two people in front of him, "What should we do now? Should I personally conquer the Ordos tribe?"
Sony said: "Your Majesty, the armies of the Monan and Mobei tribes have gathered in the northern part of the Hetao Grassland, waiting to go south to oppress the Yulin Town of the Ming Dynasty. If the Ordos tribe is allowed to defect at this time, how will the Great Khan order Mongolia in the future? ?”
Suk Saha said: "Your Majesty, the Northern Expedition of the Southern Ming Dynasty is imminent... Chen Tai and Tu Hai have already stationed troops in Jinglongkou and Taojiadian. Our elite four battalions are needed at any time to go south. If the Great Khan stays in the grassland for a long time, , I’m afraid that Zhongzhou will soon fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.”
Chen Tai and Tu Hai are the chief and deputy commanders of the infantry battalion. They have now led 15,000 people south to the banks of the Yellow River north of Kaifeng Fucheng and began to build the Henan Camp and the Hebei Camp.
It was Duduo's idea to set up the Henan and Hebei camps. The purpose was to show off that he could dig the Yellow River and attract the Ming army to fight...Whether the Yellow River could be dug was another matter. Even if it was not dug, the Ming army would be forced to follow it. It would be extremely beneficial for Xuzhou to rush 600 miles to Kaifeng City!
In the Battle of Songjin, how far did the Ming army attack from Ningyuan to Songshan? It's already full of flaws, and after walking 600 miles... only God knows what kind of mess it will become.
Moreover, the two major camps in Henan and Hebei were not defeated immediately. Moreover, there is Geng Jimao in Kaifeng and Guide! He also has nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command, who are stationed in Suizhou, Xuzhou and Zhengzhou.
Even though their numbers are small, the three castles they guard are all small but solid hard walnuts, and they also have a large number of cavalry.
If the Ming Army's Northern Expedition ignores them, their logistics line will be in jeopardy. If all three fortresses are to be taken down, then the Qing army may have the opportunity to dig out the Yellow River dam!
The territory of Henan has experienced wars and droughts, with a sparse population and depressed agriculture. It is impossible for the Northern Expedition army to raise food on the spot.
Sony smiled and said: "Why did the Great Khan stay in the grassland for so long?"
Suk Saha shook his head: "The Great Wall of Yulin Town is not easy to fight, and Zhu Cijiong's Shuofang soldiers are elite soldiers, so they are difficult to deal with!"
Sony smiled: "Why did those Mongols break the Great Wall of Yulin Town?"
"In order to force Wu Sangui to reinforce Shuofang!" Suksaha said, "Now Wu Sangui and Zhungeer will attack Yeerqiang. The Koshote Khanate and the Uzbek Khanate in the Western Regions do not dare to send troops at all...Ye The Erqiang Khanate is unpopular and its demise is only a matter of time. If you want to rescue the Yeerqiang Khanate, you must force Wu Sangui to withdraw his troops!"
Sony smiled and said: "Those Mongolian tribes don't think so long-term! The most important thing is to grab the property of the Han people... How much property is there in Yulin Town? A bunch of pauper military households, all of them are like wolves Likewise, the Mongols now give it to them for free."
Suk Saha was reminded by Sony and felt it made sense. He took a breath and said, "That's right... Suo Zhongtang, do you have any clever tricks?"
Sony said: "It's not about clever tricks, it's just about finding a good place for the Mongols to rob."
Why another robbery?
Shunzhi frowned after hearing this, but he asked: "Sony, where do you want the Mongols to rob?"
