Wang Wenkui was transferred to Kaha as the chief officer of the Qiantang Water Division, which was still an order personally given by him Dolgon, thinking that first, he could assign the naval division's combat exploits to the Manchurian name, and secondly, to familiarize Kaha with water warfare, after all, it was not safe for all the naval divisions to be in the hands of the Han people.

Who would have thought that this Kaha would be defeated by the Fujian sailors with only fifty warships! A full 200 warships plus thousands of officers and soldiers were all lost to the Ming army!

This time, the Han people caught the truth, and the meaning in and out of the words was that the defeat of Kaha dragged Ma Degong to attack Xiaoshan, which made Dolgon's face extremely ugly.

After being cold for a while, Fan Wencheng coughed lightly and said, "Nine Princes, in fact, the situation can't be considered too bad. "Among all the sons and nephews of Nurhachi's kings, Dolgon is the ninth, so he is called the Nine Princes.

"At present, only Monan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the key problems, and the rest are all diseases of ringworm and scabies."

As soon as Fan Wencheng said this, several other people in the Wuying Hall were nervous - Duoduo was defeated by the combined forces of Sunit and the Khalkha Ministry, and the loss of more than 20,000 troops had been reported back to Beijing a few days ago.

Fan Wencheng continued: "The minister thinks about it, these two key points in the north and south should not be started at the same time, and the policy of tightening and loosening should be implemented. When the war between Monan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been decided, Sichuan, Huguang, Shandong and other places can be pacified in a moment. ”

Fan Wencheng surrendered very early, and most of the military and political strategies of Houjin came from him. Dorgon also valued him very much, and immediately cheered up and said, "Oh? How to tighten and loosen? ”

"Back to Your Highness, this 'pine' refers to the north." Fan Wencheng hurriedly said, "The Mongol tribes in southern Mo have many marriages with me, and they have cooperated all year round, and this rebellion is mostly caused by excessive taxes and tributes. His Royal Highness can send the daughters of the clan to the ministries again, especially with Teng Jisi and relatives, and then announce the reduction of taxes and tributes, and the grievances of the various ministries in Monan will be eliminated.

"As for the three Khalkha tribes, they have no unending knots with my Daqing Dynasty. Guy is because the influence of the Qing Dynasty in Mongolia has become heavier, and they have always considered themselves to be the main masters of Mongolia, so they want to eliminate our power in Monan.

In this regard, the minister suggested that on the one hand, they should also be friendly and promise generous gifts, and on the other hand, recognize the Khalkha Ministry as the orthodoxy of the golden family, and affirm that the Qing Dynasty has no intention of deserting the north. In this way, the Carkhado will withdraw its troops.

"Although Prince Yu now has 20,000 horses in his hands, it is extremely expensive to go deep into Monan to fight. As long as the Mongolian tribes can be stabilized, when the shilling of Prince Yu's ministry retreats to Horqin for repair, it can also stabilize the situation in Horqin. Just wait for the great victory of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then transfer the army to the north to subdue Monan and Mobei in one fell swoop. ”

Jin Zhijun, the secretary of the ministry, immediately said: "Lord Fan's strategy should be able to stabilize the situation in Monan, but without the tax and tribute of the Monan clan, he will have to send money to the Khalkha Ministry...... I'm afraid this treasury can't bear it......"

"It's okay," Dolgon said, waving his hand, "Let's levy another 'Zhejiang donation'......"

Jin Zhijun glanced at Wang Shixuan and the others, and hesitated: "Your Highness, at the beginning of the year, there was an additional silver payment......

In fact, he wanted to say that Dolgon had just issued an edict last year, saying, "In addition to the normal amount, everything will be increased, such as liao salary, expropriation salary, and training salary...... Excuse yourself. If there are officials who mix with the secret faction...... No mercy! "It's so quick to break its promise. But he estimated that Dolgon would save face, so he still changed his rhetoric.

Dorgon gave him a tired look, "That's it." He said to Fan Wencheng again, "The north will deal with it like this first, mainly in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, what should I do?" ”

"Your Highness, the situation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is actually not a big problem, and what is lacking is nothing more than the ear of the water master." Fan Wencheng smiled confidently, "And this sailor is also ready-made, just in Shandong, there are more than 600 warships, and the Fujian army is like crushing insects and ants." ”

"You mean Zheng Zhilong?" Dorgon frowned and shook his head. In fact, he was very uneasy about Zheng Zhilong, the pirate leader, and had previously ordered the latter to come to Beijing to meet him, so he took the opportunity to put him under house arrest. In addition, Zheng Zhilong's eldest son, Zheng Chenggong, is the commander of the Ming army, how can he be assured to let him lead the army?

"Your Highness, there is no doubt about employing people!" Fan Wencheng took a step forward and said, "The minister recommended two others to be water protectors." ”

"Who?"

"The first is Melle Zhangjing Jueluo Langqiu, who has studied water warfare quite a lot. His Royal Highness can give him the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, and send him to supervise the army.

"The other is Adjutant General Liu Jinzhong. He had two or three hundred warships under his command and was familiar with water warfare. can be made as Zheng Zhilong's deputy general, and his henchmen will follow the Zheng family closely, and once the Zheng family is different, he will immediately behead him and take over the command of the water division.

"With these two people here, the sailor should be foolproof."

He continued: "Once the six hundred warships go south to Qiantang, they will be able to recapture the waterway immediately, and Lord Hong will immediately raise troops to the south.

"This time, there is a newly formed and trained Zhenghongqi firearms battalion to participate in the war, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang will be able to make a decision in less than three months!"

When Dolgon heard the words "Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion," his eyes suddenly brightened, and he couldn't help but think of the martial arts drill more than a month ago.

The battle formation of the newly trained firearms battalion is flexible, the advance and retreat are measured, and the flintlock gun is extremely powerful, and it is several times stronger than the traditional Manchurian elite infantry armor. Everyone present at that time sighed in their hearts, no wonder the weak Nanban was able to defeat Bolo with such tactics and firearms.

Now the Qing Dynasty also has such a firearms battalion, and it also combines the usual chariots of the Jianzhou army, with elite cavalry, it will be able to quickly defeat the Southern Ming army. He weighed the risk of Zheng Zhilong's defection, and finally nodded: "Okay, according to what you say, let Zheng Zhilong go south immediately." ”

"Huh!"

Historically, Zheng Zhilong has always been suspected by the Qing court, and has been under house arrest since the day he surrendered, and was beheaded a few years later. But now, under the tremendous pressure of Zhu Linmiao, Dolgon can only choose to let him out to preside over the naval battle.

Tan Bai interjected on the side: "I heard that the soldiers have a lot of complaints about the flint guns, and some of them have a fire rate of less than 40%, and many people abandon the new guns and still use them with shotguns......"

"Nonsense!" Dorgon said angrily, "Command, anyone who dares to change a new gun will be killed with a rod!" ”

Cai Shiying immediately came up and said with a smile on his face: "Your Highness, there is a solution to the firing rate of this flintlock firearm. ”

"Oh? Why didn't you say it earlier. ”

"Back to Your Highness, a few days ago, Qian Qianyi, the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, offered advice, saying that the southerners have been selling things such as 'clockwork fans' and "rotating lampstands" everywhere recently, oh, they are just some fan and playthings that set off the atmosphere. However, the spring wheels used in it are of the finest steel. ”

Cai Shiying said proudly: "The minister bought some, took out the reed wheel and forged it into a flintlock reed, and sure enough, the firing rate has increased greatly, and now it has reached more than seventy percent!" ”

"Good!" Dolgon excitedly snapped the case. Once the problem of firing rate is solved, this flintlock is definitely a weapon for the military. He sneered in his heart, these Nanban are stupid, such a good steel is used to make pleasure things, just because they also want to keep the Central Plains This world of flowers?