Hauge frowned, impatiently said, "You tell me what to do." ”

Xiaozhuang was not upset, and continued: "I have a proposal. Since the war situation in the east and west is critical, it is better to use this as an appointment.

"Prince Su went south from Sichuan to attack Ming, and Prince Yu crossed the Yangtze River to take south Zhili. When the Southern Ming Dynasty falls, see which of you has captured more land, who will be the number one hero of the Qing Dynasty, and the court will naturally be ruled by him! ”

Hearing this, Haoge turned his head and whispered to Dai Shan, "What does Prince Li think?" ”

Dai Shanluo pondered for a while, nodded and said, "I think it's acceptable." Nanming's main forces are all in Nanzhi, and Bolo and Luck Dehun have been defeated by it, although there are lucks, but it can be seen that this team is not weak. Duoduo is to gather two white flags and add green camps in Jin, Lu, Beizhi and other places, and it will be difficult to win for a while.

"What's more, Nanjing is the capital of the Nanren Kingdom, and if the war situation is unfavorable, the Ming army from all over the country will be transferred to the king of Nanzhiqin.

"On the Sichuan side, only the nearly Wanming army of the Qin clan has some combat strength, and the rest are all rabble. Prince Su can first transfer the green camps in Shaanxi and Henan, and then I will send two red flags to help, and I will be able to break the enemy in one fell swoop!

After that, only Chongqing could defend Sichuan, and as long as this place was captured, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Guangdong had no strong enemies. If we judge whether we win or lose according to the amount of land seized, these provinces are very large, but on the other hand, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, there are many people and few places, and there are many obstacles along the way. In comparison, Prince Su is an advantage. ”

Haoge thought about it for a while, and felt that what Daishan said was reasonable, and immediately got up and shouted: "Okay! Let's see who the real warriors are! He looked at Dorgon again and smiled coldly, "You're not afraid, are you?" ”

"Afraid of you?" Dolgon waited for this moment, and looked proudly at the people present, "I, Dolgon, should make this bet!" Everyone, listen up, if anyone dares to deny the account, you can kill them! ”

In fact, Xiaozhuang also hid private goods. What she said was that "wait until the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty" to determine who would preside over the government, if the war dragged on for a longer time, Shunzhi might have reached adulthood, and when the time came, there would be a balance between Hauge and Dolgon, and the resistance he would encounter in pro-government would inevitably be much smaller.

Several people dispersed in their own ways, and Dolgon immediately summoned Tan Bai, Fan Wencheng, Ma Guangyuan and others to Wuying Hall to discuss the war against Nanzhili, obviously attaching great importance to this battle.

"Your Royal Highness the Regent," Fan Wencheng said worriedly when he saw that the people had not yet arrived, so he first approached Dolgon's side, "According to the remnants of the Zhenghong Banner who have fled back, the firearms of the Nanren are extremely sophisticated, and the best of them can pierce ordinary cotton armor more than a hundred steps away, and the head is extremely high. It is slightly worse, at least not worse than the firearms equipped with the new firearms battalion of Zhenghongqi.

"If our army does not have a sharp weapon to match it, it will suffer great losses in battle. Xia Guan thought that if Prince Yu wanted to march south, it was necessary to prepare for this as early as possible. ”

Dolgon smiled slightly, "What Master Fan said is very true. I also asked about the barbarian firearms this time, but in fact, the flint guns equipped by the Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion are not inferior to those of the southerners. It's just that the steel sheet used in the gun machine was purchased from Nanban, and most of them were moved by it, and a large number of gun machines broke when they were in battle, which led to a big collapse.

"In other words, as long as there is no problem with our flintlock guns, the firearms of the southerners will not take advantage of anything."

Fan Wencheng still frowned and said: "Your Highness, the lower officials heard that if ordinary steel is used, the fire rate of the flintlock is less than forty percent, and I am afraid that it will not be able to be used......

"Master Fan has a heart." Dorgon patted him on the shoulder, "I have found the right steel, and I have had it used by the craftsmen more than a month ago, and it has worked very well. ”

After the defeat at Luckdhun, he ordered John Tong to try to improve the flint of the Qing army, and a maritime merchant who sold goods from Japan offered several steel knives, and he rewarded John Tang with one of them.

The latter found that the steel used in the blades of the swords was extremely good, and tried to use it to make the springs of the flintlock guns. However, the blades are made of high-carbon steel, which is very easy to break.

After repeated trials, John Tang destroyed all of Dorgon's Japanese swords, and finally found that after a suitable calcination, it could increase the toughness of the blade steel, and tried to make springs again, which reached a firing rate of more than 70%.

In fact, this is to heat the steel to oxidize some of the carbon, thereby reducing the carbon content by a small amount. It also happens that the blade is extremely thin, so that the inside can be partially oxidized, but it is also the luck of John Tong.

When Dolgon heard the news, he immediately spent a lot of money to buy nearly 1,000 catties of steel from Japan, and he also bought a lot of copper ingots. Fortunately, Japan had already implemented a sword hunting order at this time, otherwise after such a "raid" by Dolgon, the Tokugawa samurai would have to run all over Japan if they wanted to buy a good sword.

Fan Wencheng showed his face at this time, and said: "It turns out that His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has already made up his mind, but the officials are too worried. ”