Obviously, if Ban Zhifu couldn't tell him something, he would probably get angry.
However, Ban Zhifu obviously thought of something and felt confident. He continued with a smile on his face: "My lord, please think about it. No matter what, this first battle is the most important. If the general has the strength, In this first battle, I will take advantage of the unexpected opportunity and use them all to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop. However, in this first battle of the Ming Dynasty Navy, there are only so few warships. What does it mean? Ming Dynasty Navy warships , in fact, there are only so many..."
After hearing this, Shang Kexi thought about it for himself. It seemed that if he were the commander of the Ming Navy, he would indeed do what Ban Zhifu said.
"...But for this first battle, the general thought that the Ming navy should have been training for a long time, just like the Ming army they landed, they were the most elite in the Ming Dynasty." Ban Zhifu continued, "But even if In this way, our Great Qing Navy still saved about thirty warships. In this first battle, the Ming army was unable to annihilate our Great Qing Navy in one fell swoop, which shows that the Ming Navy tried its best and this can only be the result..."
Hearing this, even the kneeling Xu Erxian's eyes lit up a lot. The words came to this point, and he was not stupid, so he naturally saw hope.
But they don't know that there is another possibility, that is, the strength gap between the two sides is too big. It's like cat and mouse. They don't care at all whether they have to annihilate the enemy in the first battle. They just keep it for fun. Maybe it will have a better effect. That's right. possible.
At this time, Shang Kexi's face looked much better, and he continued to listen to Ban Zhifu's analysis: "The prince already knows the tactics of the Ming Navy, and we will not let the Ming Navy succeed again. Our Qing Navy The training indeed needs to be strengthened. But this cannot be blamed on the prince, it is because the imperial court does not provide money and food. If the imperial court allocates money and food, and even agrees to the prince's previous request and orders the North Korean Navy to assist in the battle, the Ming Dynasty Navy will be so With more than a dozen warships, how can we fight against our Great Qingshui Division?"
Hearing this, Shang Kexi finally reacted and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, I will immediately send another memorial to Shengjing to explain the situation. In addition, there will still be some time until the imperial court sends an army. At this time Inside……"
Having said this, he turned to look at Xu Erxian who was kneeling, and said seriously: "All the remaining money and food in Jinzhou will be allocated to you. You must train the navy well and never panic in battle again!"
"I will obey your orders!" Xu Erxian heard this and immediately responded loudly.
Although naval training does not happen overnight. But he believes that lack of quality can be replaced by quantity. What's more, I already know the tactics of the Ming Navy and with targeted training, I should be able to do a lot better than the first battle.
At noon the next day, the beacon fire on the mountain suddenly started burning again. Shang Kexi and others were shocked. Could it be that the Ming Navy had just retreated and then attacked again? Is it possible that yesterday's warships were more than just the Ming Dynasty's navy?
When the war broke out again, Jinzhou immediately mobilized urgently and began to prepare for war again.
However, this time, none of them thought that the Ming Navy was not coming to attack them, but was chasing a ship. When they chased them all the way to the harbor, they saw that they could not catch up and saw the great Qing navy going out, so they retreated.
"Your Majesty, it's the Prince Consort's ship!" Shang Kexi rushed to the dock, and Xu Erxian immediately reported to him, "It came from the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty!"
"What?" Shang Ke was delighted to hear that it was a big surprise. He quickly verified the situation in person, and then rushed 800 miles for the third time to send a message to Shengjing.
A few days later, in Shengjing, in the Chongzheng Hall, the slave chief Huang Taiji was discussing matters. Just as the Ming Dynasty was short of money, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was short of food. It seems that more than a year has passed since the last robbery. In addition, the Shanxi merchants were gone, unable to transport supplies to Liaodong, and natural disasters continued, making life very difficult for the Manchus.
In the original history, it would not be until the fifteenth year of Chongzhen that the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty entered the Pass again. However, in this plane, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties have already begun to discuss the matter of entering the pass, because it is a bit too much to do without entering the pass to plunder.
"Your Majesty, if you enter the customs at the end of the year, we will know nothing about the situation in the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid something is wrong!" After hearing this, Dorgon was the first to respond to Huang Taiji's intention.
Hearing what he said, Azig followed up with disdain: "Why don't you worry about the inside of the pass? I am invincible in the field of the Qing Dynasty. Anyone who dares to go out of the city will be killed directly!"
Daishan was getting older and was not as courageous as Azig. He immediately shook his head and expressed his opinion: "Others don't know, but everyone in the palace should know that last time, there was a defeat in Tianjin, so it's better to be cautious. !”
"Haha, it was all because of someone's incompetence and carelessness that led to that defeat." Hearing this, Hauge couldn't help but look at Dorgon and said coldly, "Otherwise, how could our Qing Dynasty be defeated? We all After successfully crossing the river, Mingguo ran away!"
Dorgon didn't even look at Hauge, but looked at Huang Taiji on the throne, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, although I have mishandled the situation, the Qin army is indeed rare. At least it stopped me. The army has crossed the river and will fight to the death without retreating!"
Yue Tuo, who was originally dead in history, is still alive at this time thanks to the butterfly effect of Emperor Chongzhen. After hearing what Dorgon said, he also followed suit and said: "Your Majesty, Qin soldiers should not be underestimated. At the beginning, Wei Tuo I came back for reinforcements and fought against the Qin soldiers led by Sun Chuanting in the field, and it was not easy to fight!"
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Listening to the ministers below expressing their opinions, Huang Taiji frowned and did not make a conclusion immediately.
As far as he is concerned, his temperament is also cautious. If possible, he certainly hopes to find out the situation in the Ming Dynasty and then send troops. After all, the Qing Dynasty had limited strength and could not withstand the torment.
However, as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he couldn't be so poor that he couldn't even pay military pay like the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, right? Although the Qing Dynasty had no military pay, food was really a big problem!
At this moment, Huang Taiji felt a little bit about the difficulties that Emperor Chongzhen had when he had no money!
While he was thinking, he suddenly realized that Fan Wencheng and Han Chen behind him had not spoken, so he asked, "What do Fan Qing think?"
When Huang Taiji asked this question, everyone's eyes immediately turned to the back.
Fan Wencheng seemed to be used to it, and didn't care about the ridicule or other meanings in those eyes. He just lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, the consort has gone to Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty. Counting the time, there should be news. Therefore, I thought it would be better to wait a little longer!"
After he finished speaking, he looked up and found that Huang Taiji was frowning. After thinking about it, he said again: "Your Majesty may issue a decree to let North Korea pay more tribute to food and supplies, which can also alleviate the plight of the Qing Dynasty. !”
For now, the only forces that surrendered to the Manchu Qing were the Mongolian tribes and North Korea.
The Mongolian tribes on the grasslands are all so poor that they only have their pants on. Only North Korea is a farming force. Although it is extremely poor, it at least still has some food.
Therefore, it was natural for the Manchus and Qing Dynasties to focus on North Korea without food supplies. No one like the leaders of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty would worry about what would happen if North Korea was at least required to pay tribute to a large amount of food supplies.
Huang Taiji nodded immediately after hearing this, and no one else in the palace, Prince Baylor, objected. It was decided that North Korea would pay more tribute to food and supplies.
In Chongzheng Hall, because of Fan Wencheng's idea, the dilemma was alleviated and the atmosphere became a little more relaxed.
However, Duduo suddenly said: "Your Majesty, our ancestors will not drink wine as a penalty. Since they have been refusing to surrender to our Qing Dynasty, it is better to destroy them while they are stationed at Tashan!"
The last time, he and Hauge led the troops there, but they didn't expect that Zu Dashou led the troops to garrison Tashan and suffered a loss, which has always been brooding in his heart. This time when the matter of sending troops was mentioned, he mentioned it in passing.
When Hauge heard it, he naturally agreed. It was rare that the two of them had the same opinion.
Huang Taiji heard this but did not reply immediately. To be honest, he coveted the Zu Family Army and always hoped that the Zu Family Army would surrender to him. For this reason, he also treated his ancestors very favorably. The main reason is that the Zujia Army is actually the elite of the Guan Ning Army. After regaining the Zujia Army, the Ningjin front line is basically in hand.
However, Zu Dashou actually dealt with him and fooled him. If he said he was not angry, it would be a lie. Fortunately, his city was deep enough, so he didn't reveal anything. Even if a few members of his ancestral family were found to be corrupt after he appointed them to official positions, he just raised them high and put them down gently, without severely punishing them. Let them be officials as usual.
While he was thinking about it, he heard Dorgon say: "Your Majesty, in the past, the ancestors were hiding in Jinzhou. We, the Qing Dynasty, couldn't conquer Jinzhou. There was no other way. Now the ancestors are stationed in a city defense. Tashan, my brother is willing to send troops to cut off Tashan's retreat, even if they are trapped, they can be trapped to death!"
Obviously, Dorgon was disgusted by the ancestor's behavior of trying to please both sides.
Huang Taiji heard him speak and expressed his worries: "Besieging Tashan is indeed a move against the Zu family. However, the Zu family is the elite of Guan Ning's army after all. If the siege and interception of Tashan's retreat are small, If there are too many, I’m afraid we won’t be able to trap them. If there are too many, where will the food come from?”
Around and around, the difficulties returned to their original state. The Qing Dynasty was short of food.
As a result, these Manchu and Qing leaders couldn't help but miss their former Shanxi merchants! If they are here, as long as you give them money, you don't have to worry too much about food issues.
Huang Taiji also sighed in his heart, turned to look at Fan Wencheng and said: "You Han people are still the best at farming. In this regard, we must increase our efforts. The Qing Dynasty cannot always be troubled by food problems. Fan Qing, please pay more attention to it. !”
"My slave obeys the order!" Fan Wencheng heard this and immediately agreed.
Dai Shan, who was standing next to him, had not spoken for a long time. At this time, he suddenly spoke to Huang Taiji and said, "I see that my ancestor's family has been transferred to Tashan. It seems that the Ming Dynasty also has objections to our ancestor's family. Therefore, I thought that I could go there first." This letter states the interests and benefits, and it is the best policy for the ancestors to surrender to the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty will send a large army to conquer Tashan Mountain. I believe Zu Dashou must also know that once the Qing Dynasty controls Tashan Mountain, If it is necessary to win, Tashan is not as good as Jinzhou, and it is absolutely impossible to hold it. He is forced to make a choice. Please let your Majesty decide on this matter!"
After hearing this, Huang Taiji began to weigh things up in his heart.
Zu Dashou is not his father, so he will definitely not continue to provide for him. Now that there is indeed a chance to deal with the Zu family, it is not a bad idea to force the Zu family to make a choice. But at what price it would cost, and whether the ancestors would rather die than obey when it came time to make the final choice, this was something that he, as the emperor, had to consider.
When other people in the Chongzheng Hall saw him thinking about this matter, no one said anything and quietly waited for the emperor's decision.
However, no one expected that there was a sudden movement outside the palace, and a man in a yellow mantle flew in to announce his arrival, delivering a memorial: "Jinzhou is 800 miles away, the Ming army is coming!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in Chongzheng Hall was shocked. No one had expected this.
The memorial was immediately forwarded to the emperor by the chamberlain. Others stared at Huang Taiji, wondering what the specific situation was?
Huang Taiji had a serious face and finished reading in three to five times. Then, he raised his head and said to the ministers below: "The Ming army has crossed the sea and captured Lushun. The temporary strength is about three thousand. King Zhishun said in his memorial that the Ming army The elite troops are not Han Chinese from Liaodong, and we want the court to send troops as soon as possible to destroy these Ming troops who have landed."
Upon hearing this, Dorgon immediately came up with an idea and immediately responded: "Your Majesty, are those Ming troops Qin soldiers?"
Regarding this, Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "I never mentioned it!"
"No matter if he is a Qin soldier or not, he dares to come to Liaodong, just destroy them!" After hearing this, Hauge immediately said loudly, "So what if he is a Qin soldier? There is no strong city in Lushun to defend!"
"Your Majesty, I second the proposal!" Daishan expressed his position quickly this time, "If the Ming army is allowed to gain a foothold in Lushun, it will be detrimental to our Qing Dynasty. I still remember the predicament of Dongjiang in the past. If this news spreads throughout Liaodong, Those Han slaves will probably be ready to take action and think of ways to escape."
In the past, Mao Wenlong founded Dongjiang Town, and many Han people in Liaodong fled to Mao Wenlong's side. The Manchus and Qing Dynasties had no way to prevent this. Later, after Dongjiang Town was annihilated by the Manchus, the Han people in Liaodong no longer had any hope, which made them feel a lot more relaxed.
Of course Huang Taiji knew the importance of what Daishan said. Before he could react, Dorgon followed suit with a serious face: "Your Majesty, if the Ming army gains a firm foothold, its navy can invade the Qing Dynasty." The coast is impossible to defend against! But if the Ming army has no stronghold in Liaodong, its navy will be useless."
Every time we attack, we have to fight across the sea, which is unrealistic.
They all knew the pain of Dongjiang. Huang Taiji nodded again. This time, he didn't consider the food problem at all and immediately decided to send troops to Lushun.
However, they knew nothing about who the general of the Ming army was, what kind of soldiers they were, and how many troops there would be. If these things are not clear, there will still be obstacles for the Manchus to send troops.
Sending troops is not something that can be done just by saying it. While Huang Taiji was still urgently discussing this matter, the gratifying second eight hundred-mile expedited memorial arrived.
