Chapter 900 Drinking Horses and Crossing Autumn Water
Drinking horses to cross the autumn water, the water is cold and the wind is like a knife. The flat sand is not gone, and the gloom is in the dark. In the past, the Great Wall was fought with high morale.
The yellow dust is ancient and ancient, and the white bones are messy. The summer breeze did not add much warmth to Dolgon's tent, and on both sides of the Yellow River, in the area controlled by the Ming army, the people of Shanxi and Henan were withdrawing into Guanzhong in batches from far to near.
The mere thought of such a scene sends Dolgon's shudders down the spine. He knows too well what the Ming army is doing this, when his elder brother, Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Tiancong Khan used such a trick to hollow out the foundation of the Ming Dynasty piece by piece, if he can still think of a more ruthless one than his brother, then in the era of Genghis Khan, Mongolia's 100,000 iron cavalry was also through this method step by step to weaken the Jin Dynasty's Shanxi, Hebei, and finally the whole country, and at that time, the Great Jin Dynasty, with a million, only the battle of Yehuling, Dajin dispatched more than 400,000 horses, of which half were cavalry, although the Jin army was defeated in the end, but such a lineup also shows that the national strength of the Jin Dynasty in the last years was much stronger than that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Genghis Khan chose not to enter the central capital of the Jin Dynasty for a long time, not to attack the city of Beijing, but to fiercely attack the northern provinces of the Great Jin, and plundered all the people and things he saw, and placed the main attack direction on the location of the twelve herdsmen in the northwest and northeast of the Jin Dynasty.
After these herdsmen were captured by the Mongol cavalry, the Jin Dynasty lost its horse grazing land, and the Mongols robbed a staggering 3 million war horses.
The Mongols plundered again and again, year after year, and finally forced the Jin Dynasty to move its capital to Kaifeng and voluntarily abandon the north of the Yellow River.
At this time, Dolgon was discussing with Fan Wencheng how to deal with the relocation of the people of Shanxi and Henan by the Ming army.
Fan Wencheng said: "If left unchecked, the result of the Qing Dynasty will not be much better than that of the Ming Dynasty of Emperor Chongzhen, and my Qing Dynasty has almost no foundation in the Guannei. Dolgon closed his eyes tightly, leaned back in his chair and thought for a moment and said, "King Gu still doesn't understand why the Ming army relied on to make the people of the two provinces obey them so much, did he rely on the information to distribute those barren lands in Shaanxi to the people of the two provinces?" These people have rebelled in Shanxi and Henan, and many of them have already grabbed a lot of land and wealth, and for Zhu Youlang's order, many of them have to give up what they have in hand. Fan Wencheng replied: "Yes, the regent sees it very clearly. Some of the local armor and squires in Shanxi and Henan that the Qing Dynasty could rely on had been killed in a series of uprisings and riots, and according to normal thinking, those who could survive either had become part of the uprising, or had to put their tails between their legs and become human beings. However, now that the two provinces of Shanxi and Henan are in constant turmoil, the rebellious peasants hope to join the ranks of the Ming army, and the people who are safe and defend themselves originally hope to avoid the war, which makes it easy for the Ming army to persuade most of the people in the two provinces. Dolgon nodded slightly and said: "Oh, this makes sense, no wonder King Gu ordered Tan Tai to set off from Datong to the west to stop the Ming army from migrating to the people of Shanxi, and sent two other roads, Geng Zhongming and Zhu Mala, respectively to the vicinity of Nanyang, Henan and the west of Luoyang to prevent the Ming army from migrating the people of Henan, but they were unsuccessful. Fan Wencheng shook his head and said, "Yes, how can this be successful?" Unless the three-way army arrests all the people they see and throws them into prison, the people can temporarily give up running away from home wherever the army goes, but there are too many places for the army to inspect, and as soon as they leave, the people behind them will immediately pick up their backpacks and luggage rolls, humming a little song and rush to Shaanxi. Because there is no war there, and there is their army and their land. One of the reasons why Dorgon could sit in the tent was that he was now waiting for someone to come to his door, and of course these were not creditors, but one of the few good news.
The first such news was brought by Tanma: "Qiqi Regent, the army of the King of Pingxi has been engaged with the siege force of the Ming army Taiyuan for two days!" Dolgon: "What was the result?" Tanma replied: "Our army has won a great victory!" Before the battle, 136 Ming soldiers were killed, dozens of pottery pieces and several logging tools were seized. Dolgon jumped up and scolded: "Did he Wu Sangui go to arrest migrant workers or go to rob tombs?" Didn't the weapons seized? When did the number of more than 100 people turn into a big victory? How dare you tease this king? Tanma replied: "The minions don't dare, the number of enemies killed is indeed not much, but the king of Pingxi has now besieged the Ming army in several large camps, and now he has sent his minions to ask the regent when to attack." Dolgon shouted: "This king just said that he should lure the main force of the enemy army to come to the rescue, and he should create a greater threat to the Ming army in Taiyuan, and it is okay to annihilate them all." Immediately go back and tell him that since he can't wait for reinforcements from the Ming army, he should immediately destroy the besieged enemy and not delay the fighters! ”
"Cover." Waiting for the horse to leave, the prince of the back end, Bolo, said to Dolgon: "Could it be that Wu Sangui has two hearts? Dolgon shook his head and said, "Even if he Wu Sangui has two hearts, he will never go to Xiao'er Zhu Youlang." After that, there was no more speech, except that Bolo was there waiting for his next words.
Fan Wencheng, who was next to him, came out at this time to explain the meaning of Dolgon's words: "When Li Zicheng hit Beijing City, Wu Sangui and his Guan Ning army were close at hand but moved slowly, and they kept grinding on the road. Wu Sangui's first rat did not let Emperor Chongzhen and others come to the rescue in the end, but Wu Sangui waited for the news that Beijing was broken and Chongzhen was killed, and after getting the news, Wu Sangui rushed back to Shanhaiguan. In fact, everyone should know these circumstances, and the death of Emperor Chongzhen and Li Zicheng has a lot to do with him Wu Sangui. And now the Emperor of Nanming is Chongzhen's brother, and half of the important generals in the court are Li Zicheng's personal followers of the old department, which of these people will tolerate him Wu Sangui? Dolgon couldn't help but smile when he heard Fan Wencheng's words: "Hehe, Wu Sangui is probably safe only if he is in the same boat as me in the Qing Dynasty, and this time his actions may be another old mistake, just to preserve his strength." But as long as this king gives him a clear order, he will not dare to refuse, even if it is discounted, he will definitely carry out this king's order. Let's not think about it too much, the most important thing now is to keep an eye on when Liu Wenxiu will come out. ”