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Feng Quan's reaction was also extremely fast, seeing that Dolgon intended to skip the question of who was responsible for the battle of Zhigu, he no longer continued to entangle, and instead "attacked" the next target, "Your Highness is wise, the southerners are not small here, there must be more than a thousand people." To defeat the 3,000 defenders of Zhigu, I am afraid that there will be 4,000 or 5,000 southern troops gathered in Tianjin, and I don't know if there will be a follow-up.

"The minister thinks that the Gyeonggi important land must not be careless, and the troops and horses of the Nanjing Hongge Department should be transferred back to Beijing to help defend it."

Hong Chengchou was originally from Fujian, and most of his generals were inclined to the Southern Party, and if he could be prevented from making meritorious contributions in Jiangnan, it would be something that the Northern Party had been looking forward to for a long time.

The boss of the Southern Party, Chen Mingxia, the secretary of the ministry, immediately spoke out and said: "The war situation in Jiangnan is related to the great cause of my Qing Dynasty to reach the world, and the more than 100,000 troops of the Hongge Department are about to go south, how can they be transferred at such a moment? ? ”

He bowed his hand to Tan Bai, "According to the minister's opinion, Lord Tan should be ordered to command the heavy troops of the Beijing battalion and go south to suppress the enemy." With Lord Tan's bravery, plus the elite of my Beijing camp, thousands of Ming troops will definitely be able to wipe out in one fell swoop! ”

Although this Tan Bai is a Manchurian, he is also the leader behind the scenes of the Southern Party. Chen Mingxia pushed him out, and one could take the opportunity to grasp part of the military power of the Beijing camp. Second, the annihilation of the enemy forces around Gyeonggi will certainly greatly enhance his prestige in the DPRK. The third is to resolve the calculation of the northern party against Hong Chengchou, and under the advantages of one and the other, the southern party has benefited greatly.

Dolgon shook his head slightly, "Tan Bai is in charge of the center, don't leave lightly. The Beijing camp should not be transferred too much. In fact, he didn't want the hand of the Southern Party to reach out to Jingying.

Liu Zhengzong observed the words, and then continued: "Your Highness, the lower officials recommend one person, Wang Hongsheng, the chief soldier of Cangzhou, he is brave and good at fighting, and he will definitely be able to ......."

"There are only more than 1,000 troops in Cangzhou, and it is definitely not enough to resist the enemy." Xu Zuomei of the Southern Party knew that he wanted to install people from the Northern Party to make military merits, and immediately said-for-tat, "The lower officials recommend the Rehe staff general Guo Buheng." The Rehe battalion has enough troops, enough to sweep away the southern army! ”

"The Rehe battalion has important tasks to guard the north, and the minister thinks that Qi Yuanhua, the chief soldier of Baoding, is the most suitable......"

"Jizhou Guard General Lu Hao Sushan fought with the Southern Army, and he once broke the number of men, so he was the best candidate......"

In a matter of moments, the Southern Party nominated three generals, and the Northern Party even nominated four. Both sides wanted to suppress each other's candidates and take the great work of defending Gyeonggi in their own hands, so the words became more and more intense, and the court was in a mess.

Dolgon saw that he had been arguing for a long time and had no conclusion, while the southerners were approaching Beijing step by step at this time. You know, every step the Ming army takes to Beijing, the panic in the city increases.

He remembered that someone secretly paid tribute to Chongzhen in the palace last night, and he felt even more irritable, so he immediately slapped the armrest of the dragon chair and snorted heavily, "Hmph! ”

People from the north and south couldn't help but look at him, and the quarrel was much quieter.

Qian Qianyi saw that the heat was almost over, and hurriedly began to perform his duties as "Infernal Affairs", first glanced at Zhang Gaowen, and then lowered his head and whispered two words to him.

Qian Qianyi was originally a bigwig of the Donglin Party, and after his surrender, he was naturally one of the "leaders" of the Southern Party.

Zhang Gaowen did not have much time to join the Southern Party, and when he saw that Lord Qian had orders, he did not dare to slack off, so he immediately came out and said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that Gyeonggi defense is the top priority, and it should be foolproof.

"All of you are recommended by the adults to be good generals, but the Ming army is cunning, and these people can go together to suppress the thieves, and they will be able to quickly quell the chaos in Zhigu, and the Gyeonggi side will be stable!"

Feng Quan was surprised when he heard this, and turned his head to look at Zhang Gaowen, but saw Qian Qianyi nodding slightly at him.

His heart moved, and now His Royal Highness the Prince Regent is already angry, and the Southern Party is signaling me to compromise, everyone should not hinder each other, and when the time comes, each will rely on his ability to grab this military merit.

It was acceptable, and he immediately said, "Your Highness, the minister also feels that this is very safe. ”

Since the north and south sides had reached an "understanding", the court immediately agreed on the same tone, and demanded that multiple roads be carried out at the same time to suppress the Ming army.

Seeing this, Dolgon did not want to discourage everyone, and finally subtracted a place of soldiers and horses in Rehe, which was too far away, and ordered a total of 12,000 troops and horses of the Sixth Route Army to enter Zhigu.

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It's just that the core of the discussion in the Qing court--the infantry army of the Daming Naval Division--after defeating Lou Guangxian's army, broke through several small villages on the way to Beijing, and immediately turned to the east and entered the sea by boat from Dagu.

On the Shao Wu, Liu Guoxuan looked in the direction of Beijing with some reluctance, and said to Zheng Chenggong: "Lord Admiral, we are only more than 100 miles away from Beijing, why don't you continue to attack and disturb the north and then leave, you will definitely be able to make the thieves and chickens fly and the dogs jump." ”

Shi Lang said on the side: "The purpose of our trip has been achieved, but it is very risky to continue to go north."

"There are a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses in the forward battalion and the guard battalion, and there are 25,000 or 6,000 people in the Fengtai battalion close at hand. With the strength of our army, it is difficult to clean up the surrounding areas of Beijing, but it is very easy to fall into the encirclement of the captive army. ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said: "Besides, our army suffered heavy casualties in the first battle of Zhigu, so it should also be used as a repair." ”

The naval infantry was outnumbered and took the initiative to attack in Zhigu, suffering nearly 130 casualties, of which the wounded could only be better treated on several warships.

Zheng Chenggong added: "Besides, we can not only target Beijing. Attacks on Shenyang, Liaoyang, etc. can make Jianyu feel painful. These places are far less well-guarded than Beijing, and we can get twice the result with half the effort when we turn north from the Bohai Sea. ”

Liu Guoxuan nodded thoughtfully and said, "As the adults said, it is indeed better to go north to Shenyang than to attack Beijing to the death." ”

In fact, this set of tactics that relied on warships to attack along the coast was also copied by Zhu Linmiao from the British. Although Britain's two Opium Wars were unjust wars, it is undeniable that their tactical thinking was very clear and practical.

Later generations often wondered that during the Opium War, the Manchu government could mobilize more than 300,000 troops, while the British army had only a few thousand and less than 20,000 before and after. With 300,000 troops, how can you get these 10,000 people, but why when fighting a decisive battle with the British army, the Qing army always only has tens of thousands of horses.

In fact, the Qing government also wanted to gather hundreds of thousands of troops to "drown" the British, but they couldn't. Gain's British army had the advantage of a fleet, and carried troops in warships, and roamed and attacked in Guangzhou, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shandong, Tianjin and other places. If, after landing, they found that the Qing army was well prepared, they returned to the ship and moved on to the next location.

Because the infantry moved much faster than the warships, the Qing army was overwhelmed by such tactics, and they could only divide the army into countless parts and defend various important towns. When it was time for a decisive battle with the British army, it was found that there were only tens of thousands of troops that could be assembled nearby.

Zhu Linmiao made a slight modification to the tactics of the British, although due to the size of the fleet and the supply capacity, the infantry of the Ming Naval Division only roamed and attacked in the area of the Bohai Sea, but the effect was not bad at all.

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In the city of Beijing, the price of grain has almost tripled, because the news that the Qing court sent the six-way army to "resist" the Ming army has spread. Of course, this is indispensable to the credit of the Ming Propaganda Department.

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