Chapter 997: Bring the wolf
If you want to take back all the two states of Denglai, it is almost impossible at present, what will the Qing army deal with the thousands of warships and thousands of cannons of the Ming army on the sea? With a saber? The increasingly severe situation also caused differences of opinion among the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, and after feeling that the internal and external situation was very unfavorable, Dolgon needed to unify the internal opinions first.
As a result, the three most powerful princes of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial father regent Dorgon, the Xinyi auxiliary uncle Zilharang, and the British prince Azig held an extremely important military meeting in Luoyang. Other princes were also present at the meeting, including Bolo, Prince of Duanzhong, Prince Shuosai of Chengze, Prince Mandahai of Doro, and Wakda, King of Dora.
Prince Heshuo's position in the early Qing Dynasty and the post-Jin period was very important, only a few powerful figures of the Aixin Jueluo family could be awarded, and there was also a level of the Great Khan of Mongolia or this title, but the honor was greater than the substance. These Heshuo princes in the Aixin Jueluo family are different, such as Nurhachi's eight beyles, namely the four great beyles daishan, amin, mang gurtai, and huang taiji, and the four small beyles azig, dolgon, duoduo, and zilharang are all heshuo beylers, and heshuo manchu has the meaning of a place and a tribe, similar to the princes and kings in the history of the han people.
Of course, the main topic of this meeting was the strategic adjustment of the Qing army in the future, and there would certainly be complaints, but no one dared to make them public. Dolgon's strategy of luring the enemy to attack and then fighting a decisive battle with the Ming army on the plains not only did not wait for the decisive battle on the plains, but instead left his own territory almost only with the plains, and all the mountains and rivers were lost.
If the main force of the Ming army is not eliminated as soon as possible, it will not take two or three years for everyone to go back to their hometown to hunt and fish and return to the business of their ancestors. This was unacceptable to the Manchu nobles who had become accustomed to the life of brocade clothes and jade food in the Central Plains. In the midst of the war, many nobles pointed the finger at the regent Dorgon.
There are also royalists who took this opportunity to secretly support the Shunzhi Emperor's pro-government, Fulin, who ascended the throne at the age of six, is now fourteen years old, and Dolgon still does not let the emperor pro-government, especially this Luoyang Conference can see some problems without the figure of Fulin. Why did you choose Luoyang? Dolgon's explanation was that the war was tight and the front-line military commanders should not be too far away from their own troops, so Luoyang, which was close to Azig, Dolgon, and Zilharang's station, was chosen as the meeting place.
It makes sense, but these princes of Heshuo also have a tacit understanding. Dolgon still didn't want to give Xiao Fulin, who was in Beijing, the right to speak, so the emperor was not invited to this meeting. For a long time, almost all the princes of Heshuo have been scattered among the mountains and rivers of the motherland, and Dolgon just won't let them return to Beijing, isn't this his calculation?
Although the current Qing regime did not need the Kuritai Congress to decide major issues as in the early days of the Mongol Empire, since everyone who could influence the ownership of the imperial power was busy, there was no chance for the emperor's pro-government to even create a collective topic. This is a bit like the meaning of the Mongol Empire's Genghis Khan's death in the custody of Torre, which has been delaying the convening of the Kuritai Congress. Torre is delaying Ogedei to officially take over the real power of the Mongol Great Khan, and as long as Dolgon is always healthy, as long as the princes of Heshuo are always busy outside, then the Shunzhi Emperor will always wait in the city of Beijing, year after year.
Today, the meeting was held, but the emperor was not there, and the topic could not be raised to the political level. "You have worked hard, and I have summoned you to discuss matters here today, because the war is about to take a turn for the better. I, the Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry, is about to crush the millions of Ming troops on the land of the Central Plains, and then return to Nanjing to capture Zhu Youlang's child, and when the time comes, General Yu will personally send him to the guillotine. ”
Dolgon's opening sentence was a grand theory, and he didn't ask Zhu Si if he would like to be bled by him. What he said didn't convince anyone, but his brother Prince Ying Azig praised him and himself: "Prince Regent Yingming, in the previous battle of Taiyuan, I ordered Wu Sangui under my command to attack the camp of the Ming army, and chased and killed Liu Tichun for 800 miles in one day and one night. ”
Listening to these two powerful figures so recklessly and wantonly blowing nonsense, no one else answered. I think you blow first, if you don't want to listen, we won't listen, all as a wild ass fart, we can't offend you without eyes. Everyone was sniffing the direction of the wind, and it was cold for a while, which made the two brothers very embarrassed.
"Brother has worked hard, with my brother's white jade pillar and cross-sea purple gold beam, my brother has been waiting for so long to be able to crush the main force of the Ming army with the hooves of my Eight Banners army on the Great Plains, but I didn't expect the first opportunity to be obtained by my brother!" Zilharang copied his sleeves and nodded again and again, but he was thinking in his heart: 'If it weren't for you Azig messing with women in Datong and getting Jiang Xiang's relatives to go to the house of Jiang Xiang's relatives, would Jiang Xiang rebel?' In the end, it caused a big mess in the northwest, tossed for more than a year, and finally lost a Shaanxi and half of Shanxi, and even you yourself jumped more than a dozen feet of the city wall before running back. But if your legs are slower, you will be thrown into the pot by Jiang Xiang and stewed, what are you blowing in front of me when you pick up a life? Dolgon is even more boring, and he has to go to Nanjing to arrest the Yongli Emperor, and maybe one day the Ming army's fleet will go to Beijing to help you raid your house. Blow it first, and see how you end. ’
Dolgon and Azig, of course, could not hear Zilharan's slander, and continued to bother between being touted and being touted. "The army of my brother and Prince Zheng is now like two hammers raised high, and any impulsive Ming army will be smashed to pieces when it comes to the two of you."
Bolo, the prince of Duanzhong, was also from Dolgon's faction, and seeing that only these two brothers were a little too monotonous in their lines, he thought that if he didn't say a word, he would not please both sides, so he also said: "Yes, yes, if you want to talk about field battles, there is an army in the whole world that is the opponent of my Eight Banners Iron Cavalry." The Battle of Taiyuan is a lesson for the Ming army, as long as we can wipe out any Ming army in the northwest or Henan, then we will have enough men and horses to devote to the next decisive battle. Don't look at the Ming army's current uproar, it's just a return to the light. ”
Prince Shuosai of Chengze thought to himself: "Hmph, you two sledgehammers have been lifted for a few years, not only did the Ming army not hit a few, but they were about to cramp their arms. Why do people have to run under your hammer and lie down waiting for you to smash it? Running to the back of your ass like Dengzhou and Laizhou and inserting a small iron rod also makes you grin in pain? I don't know if the rabbit will appear, but after all, the wolf will be recruited. ’