Chapter 123: Hong Chengchou makes a decision

Although Dolgon was in a hurry, Hong Chengchou came very slowly.

By the time Hong Chengchou came to the Regent's Mansion, it had already passed more than half an hour.

Dolgon saw Hong Chengchou and said, "Why is Mr. Hong so late? ”

Hong Chengchou is an idle position, in the National Academy of History. The status of the Academy of National History is almost equal to that of the Hanlin Academy of the Ming Dynasty. It was not too far from the Regent's Palace, and if Hong Chengchou received the order and came quickly, it would not take such a long time.

Hong Chengchou said: "The minister is the minister of the court, and he should have the body of a minister. The regent summoned him, and if he ran wildly in the street, he would inevitably alarm the hearts of the government and the wilderness. I'm afraid it's not good for the regent. ”

Dolgon listened, and immediately glanced at Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou was very accurate, and Dolgon urgently summoned him over. There must have been something that needed to be solved by Hong Chengchou. Hong Chengchou must show something different in order to be valued by Dorgon.

Dolgon has seen a lot, and he is a vassal who slaps his horse. Just ate Hong Chengchou's style, and between his words, he was a little more respectful, and said: "Mr. Hong, there have been changes in the Southern Dynasty, but I don't know what Mr. taught me?" ”

He then handed over Duoduo's letter to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou read it, his face was not shocked, as if he was reading a letter from home with ordinary greetings. After putting down the letter, he said, "Congratulations to the Regent, congratulations to the Regent." ”

"Where does the joy come from?" Dorgon said with a slight frown.

"This is an opportunity to destroy the Southern Dynasty in World War I." Hong Chengchou said.

When Dorgon heard this, he was stunned. Suddenly it felt like there was some truth. He secretly said in his heart: "Indeed, if you win this battle, you can capture the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and it is indeed an opportunity to destroy the country in a war." ”

It has only been a few years since the founding of the Xia Dynasty, and it seems to be stable inside, but in fact, the people's hearts have not yet been submitted, that is to say. Once Luo Yulong loses, the most likely thing is that the Southern Dynasty will collapse. It's just that the Southern Dynasty is by no means underestimated, and the vigorous attack has so many benefits.

But can you win? Dorgon wasn't sure.

If we can't win, I'm afraid that all the land in the pass will not be preserved.

Dorgon's fault is that he is too clever and not tenacious. In the face of this news, I can't help but think too much in my heart.

Hong Chengchou couldn't let go of Dolgon when he saw it, and said: "Since the beginning of the army, the country has been invincible and invincible. For the elite of the Eight Banners, they would rather fight in the field of the Southern Dynasty than attack the city. ”

"Now, the Southern Dynasty House is geographically advantageous, and if you want to hunt the Central Plains with the Eight Banners, isn't it the place where the Eight Banners come in. The emperor of the Southern Dynasty was even more in charge of the expedition. Handed over the Southern Dynasty to the hands of the National Dynasty. ”

"It's not a godsend, it's a godsend."

Dolgon sighed and said, "Mr. Hong is right, but the emperor of the Southern Dynasty looked for an opportunity, and he found it too well. Now the three kings are outside. The available soldiers and horses are only about 30,000 or 40,000 in Gyeonggi. And how to deal with this. ”

"The prince is miao." Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "The soldiers of the Southern Dynasty must not come suddenly. Previously, the Southern Dynasties were preparing to enter Sichuan, and now they have decided to go on a northern expedition, but how can the order of the army be changed overnight? Moreover, the three towns of the Southern Dynasty and Jiangbei are all foreign domains, and if you want to mobilize the troops of the foreign domains, it is definitely not a paper order. ”

"It will take at least a month to do all these things."

"This month is enough time to preemptively strike."

Dorgon said, "Preemptive? And if it's a preemptive strike? ”

Hong Chengchou said: "You can make the ten kings leave one of the prime ministers Shandong bandits, and cross the Yellow River to the south first, without estimating the city, just like the original battle of the breach." Sack Jiangbei. Delay the pace of preparations for the South Korea. ”

"It's really not good, there's another trick."

Hong Chengchou's eyes flashed with a vicious gaze, and he said: "The prince can give an order, and the ten kings will decide the Yellow River." ”

When Dolgon heard this, his heart was suddenly shocked, and when he saw Hong Chengchou's gaze, there was something different, and he said secretly: "The heart of the Han people is poison. ”

The land of the two Huai, the canal, the Yellow River, and the Huai River are entangled together, not to mention anything else, there are many hidden dangers in water conservancy, the Yellow River is a hanging river on the ground, and Hongze Lake is a hanging river on the ground. No matter which place it is, thousands of miles of fertile land have been reduced to nothing, and I am afraid that the flood will be able to rush straight to Yangzhou City.

Needless to say, how many died.

But more importantly, after such a flood, it is probably impossible for the Xia army to cross these flood areas and go north. Even the Qing army may have captured several cities south of the Yellow River as a bridgehead.

It was a bit of a stingy solution, but Dorgon had to admit that it worked.

With this strategy, Dolgon's heart also settled down, and he said sharply: "Mr. Hong, don't say it, although the people are owned by the Southern Dynasty, but in the future, if I am the son of the Qing Dynasty, how can this king do such a despicable thing?" ”

Hong Chengchou immediately said: "The minister lost his words. ”

Hong Chengchou is a human spirit, what does Dolgon mean by what he means? How could Hong Chengchou not understand. Some things can't be done, and some things can't be done.

Dolgon asked, "I'm not too worried about the affairs of Shandong, but Datong City is difficult to fight. Now is the day to use the army, can Mr. Hung use a good strategy? ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Lord Wang, have you ever thought of borrowing troops from Mongolia? ”

Dolgon frowned and said, "Mongol borrowed troops? ”

Later generations said that the Manchu and Mongolian families, but at this time, the relationship between the Manchus and Mongolia was not very good, and it can only be said that the relationship with some Mongolians was good. Not long ago, Duoduo also fought the Mongols once, so that Teng Siji surrendered, and Teng Siji is still living in Beijing.

There is absolutely no situation in which the two sides are close and can transfer troops at will.

Hong Chengchou said: "Ten kings Fang broke Mongolia, Teng Siji and others are in Beijing, so that they go back to Mongolia to lead their headquarters to serve in front of the Datong army, and they can get tens of thousands of troops. ”

"No." Dolgon said: "Datong is a land, and you can't let it go." ”

Since the Qing court has set its capital in Beijing. So Beijing Xuanda defense line, must not be easily ceded to Mongolia, otherwise Mongolia and Beijing are just a wall apart, so how can Dolgon feel at ease?

Hong Chengchou said: "The prince misunderstood the meaning of the minister, and the meaning of the minister was the intention of the king of Tang to borrow back the falcon soldiers. ”

Dolgon immediately understood what Hong Chengchou meant, that is, to let these Mongol tribes conquer the cities of northern Jin and loot them on a large scale. It was as if the Uighurs had sacked Chang'an.

Dolgon's heart moved, so that he was not worried about the Han people in the north of Jin, and he said with a taste of inference: "Can you use this as an example to mobilize a part of the cavalry from Mongolia to the south?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "Shengming has no past the regent. ”

Dolgon got up and said: "Where, originally this matter came, the lonely king was also worried, but after Mr. Hong's explanation, there is a sense of seeing the sun, and Mr. Hong will be in my house in the future." ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The ministers should serve their own orders. ”

Dolgon and Hong Chengchou carefully deliberated, and Dolgon said, "It seems that this time, I have to go out in person?" ”

Under the deployment of Dolgon, the Qing court transferred tens of thousands of soldiers from Liaodong, plus tens of thousands of soldiers from the Beijing Division, Prince Zheng's department, Duoduo's department, plus garrisons from all over the country, and Mongolian soldiers and horses. There are probably more than 200,000 horses, of which the Eight Banners are the absolute main force, and there are about 100,000 small ones.

It can be said that except for the eight banners left behind in the Beijing Division, the elites of the Qing Dynasty are all here.

In such a big war, there were more than three princes who participated in the war.

In order to avoid giving orders to the bulls, Dorgon naturally had to lead the army as the commander, and no one except him would have this prestige.

And the time is a little tight, although Hong Chengchou said that the preparation time of the Southern Dynasty will be a little longer, but how long, Dolgon did not know the bottom in his heart, so he immediately began to recruit preparations, and sent an order to Azig, let him secondment the Mongol soldiers at the same time, at all costs, storm Datong, within a month, eliminate the threat on the west side of Beijing.

Dorgon also sent an order to Dordor to strike first, although he did not need to break the embankment now, but he had to be prepared, and at the same time harassed all the places south of the Yellow River, so that the Xia army could not gather calmly.

The Qing court has already begun to make intensive preparations. On the Nanjing side, Luo Yulong also convened the last meeting before the Northern Expedition. At this meeting, Luo Yulong had to finalize all the plans for the Northern Expedition. There is no longer the possibility of modification.