In the city of Beijing, the Eight Banners lived mainly in the inner city, while the Han Chinese were driven to the outer city.

Dolgon entered the city at night from the Xibian Gate, avoiding the people in the city, and saw the miserable appearance of the Eight Banners, but the defeat of the Qing army could not be concealed.

Soon after Dolgon returned to Beijing, almost all the families of the Eight Banners in the inner city wore filial piety, and the city was in a depression.

Although the Qing court claimed that it was only a small defeat, the people in Beijing were politically sensitive and still felt that the situation was not ordinary.

For a time, the people in the DPRK and China were in turmoil, and folk rumors spread everywhere, and there were even voices saying that Dolgon's return to Beijing was very similar to Li Zicheng's hasty return to Beijing, and perhaps as soon as the Wei army came, the Manchurians would slip away like Li Zicheng.

Under these circumstances, the political situation of the Qing court also began to be turbulent, and many officials quietly wrote letters to collude with Nanjing in the south or Wei in the west.

Hundreds of years of imperial examinations have formed a huge group of civil officials, and they will split among themselves, but the relationship between protégés, fellow villagers, classmates, and friends is very complicated, and it is not difficult to find a way to go as long as you are willing.

Returning to Beijing, Dolgon keenly sensed that the Qing Dynasty was coming to an end, and sensed the unrest and turmoil within the Qing court.

At this time, Dorgon must calm down, think about the current situation, and formulate a strategy to deal with it.

After the Battle of Xinkou, the main force of the Qing army was defeated, and although Taiyuan Azig was still holding on, the defeat was already doomed.

Therefore, Dolgon, who fled back to Beijing, quickly accepted the fact that the entire Hedong campaign was lost.

Hedong is close to Beizhili, Gao Yihuan's troops can threaten Beijing at any time, and the Qing Dynasty has reached the moment of life and death.

At this time, it was necessary for Dolgon to recalculate his family background, and he also controlled a large area of Beizhili, Shandong, northern Henan, and Huaibei, with a military force of 160,000 troops.

In this way, there are still a lot of troops, and it seems that they can still fight, but in fact, the Qing Dynasty has reached the verge of collapse.

There are still 160,000 troops left in the hands of Dolgon, but there are only more than 15,000 people left in the Manchurian Eight Banners, and the Mongolian Eight Banners have basically fled back to the grassland when they see that the Qing Dynasty is about to end, leaving only more than 5,000 people, and even the Han Eight Banners have suffered heavy losses, only Geng Zhongming still has two Han army flags in his hands, and the other Han banners have basically been disabled.

The current situation is that there are many more soldiers in the Green Battalion than in the Eight Banners, and the strength of the Han Army Banner in the Eight Banners has surpassed that of the Eight Banners, and the national capital of the Qing Dynasty has been shaken.

In this case, not to mention the continuation of the war, it has become a question whether the Manchu rule can be maintained.

Seeing the turmoil of the Qing Dynasty, after returning to Beijing, Dolgon summoned the Manchurian nobles for secret discussions, and finally made four decisions.

First, to strengthen the alliance with the Southern Ming, it is necessary to make Nanjing against the Western Wei.

Second, improve the status of the Han banner, win over the Han people who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, replenish the Eight Han Banners as soon as possible, use the Han to control the Han, and stabilize the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

Third, send someone to contact Hauge and Zilharang, give them the status of regent, and the three kings will govern together.

Fourth, transfer the resources and population inside the Guanxi to outside the Guan, and be prepared to withdraw from the Guannai and continue to confront the Western Wei for a long time.

These four strategies were formulated by Dolgon after consulting with the nobles of the Eight Banners, some of which were proposed by Dolgon, and some of which were proposed by the Manchurian nobles.

For example, the third article is that the Manchurian nobles no longer trust Dolgon and force Dolroll to agree, and Dolroll thinks that if he does not join forces with Haoge, the Qing Dynasty will be powerless to fight against the Western Wei, so he nodded and agreed.

In addition, after agreeing to this article, the fourth article was transferred to the outside of the border, leaving a way to retreat, and after the implementation of this plan, the Qing court could also give some land to the Southern Ming Dynasty at the same time, so that the first article could be implemented.

If, the Western Wei attacked Northern Zhili and captured Beijing, and the Qing army was unable to resist, Dolgon would even consider ceding the territory of Guanwai to the Ming Dynasty, while he withdrew to Guanwai.

In this way, when he first entered the customs, he licked his face and said that he would avenge Chongzhen and pacify the thieves for the Ming Dynasty, which really made sense.

Once the decision was made, Dorgon sent his ministers to work separately to implement the four strategies step by step.

Outside the pass, when Dolgon was fighting Zhu Cihong and Gao Yihuan alone, Hauge and Zilharang also closely watched the battle situation in the pass.

For the two of them, they were afraid that Dolgon would win, and they were afraid that Dolgon would lose.

If Dolgon wins and his prestige increases, he will inevitably come to clean them up, and if he loses, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to gain a foothold in the pass, then they will also be in danger outside the pass.

Faced with this situation, all Hauge and Zilharang can do is improve their strength, so that they have the ability to deal with it regardless of whether Dolroll wins or loses.

At this time, the troops in the hands of Hauge and Zilharang were not sufficient, only two blue flags and more than 1,000 red flags, and the strength of the full eight banners was less than 13,000 people, and the rest were all green battalions wrapped in clothes and coercion.

In order to control Korea and Guanwai, Haoge captured the savages in the north and incorporated them into the Manchu Eight Banners, and on the other hand, he organized the Baoyi and Green Battalions into the Han army flag, and took the Han army flag to control Korea, and by the way, he also incorporated a part of the Korean army as an auxiliary.

Previously, the Manchu Qing strategy was to unite the Mongols to rule the Han Chinese, and Hauge's strategy in Korea was to improve the status of Baoyi and unite Baoyi to rule Korea.

There is no way to do this, because the demographic disadvantage of the Manchus is too obvious, and it is necessary to find a helper to control North Korea.

During the Three Kingdoms War of the Ming, Wei and Qing Dynasties, Haoge and Zilharang had basically established their own system, they captured or recruited more than 3,000 savage Jurchens in the north, supplemented them with two blue flags, and then recruited more than 27,000 Han soldiers and more than 3,000 banner slaves, and organized them into eight Han army flags, each banner had a battalion of about 3,700 soldiers, and then incorporated more than 14,000 Korean troops.

Haoge's strength outside the pass is 16,000 Manchu Eight Banners, 30,000 Han Army Banners, plus more than 14,000 Korean troops, with a total strength of nearly 60,000 troops.

In such a big place as Guanwai and North Korea, there were only 60,000 soldiers, and Nurhachi had 60,000 people back then, but Haoge couldn't help it, it's not that he has died too much in recent years, plus North Korea alone, it's really not very rich, and he can't afford to support many people.

At the beginning, Huang Taiji invaded North Korea, and finally withdrew, mainly because North Korea was mountainous, and there was little arable land, so there was really no oil and water.

60,000 soldiers and horses, and more than 10,000 are North Korean troops, this strength makes Haoge feel very empty, and he still wants to continue to expand his strength, but there is no one, and there is no money and food, so he seems to be comfortable with his hands.

Seoul in North Korea, named Tokyo by Hauge, now lives in the royal palace in Tokyo, sleeping with Korean women and living an imperial life.

After escaping from Beijing, no one could suppress him, making Hauge feel more comfortable than ever.

If he could, Hauge was willing to be a native emperor in Korea, but the news of Dorgon's defeat came to him, but he could not continue to be a native emperor with peace of mind.

At this time in the main hall, Hauge sat on the throne, and after listening to Jidu's words, the emotions in his heart were a little complicated, there was a hint of joy, and there was also a hint of panic, but more of it was anger, "Dolgon is stubborn and self-serving, and he can't tolerate people, and the country under the Eight Banners is about to be destroyed by him." ”

At this time, Ji Du spoke: "Lord Su, my Ama said that the news from the Guannei, King Rui was defeated very badly, and it is estimated that it is difficult to gain a foothold in the Guannei, if the Western Wei Dynasty destroys King Rui, the next target is very likely to be us." Ama meant that he would continue to recruit savages from the old forests in the north to expand his military strength to cope with the changes, so he hoped that King Su would be transporting a sum of money and grain. ”

Haoge had a toothache when he heard this, "This place in North Korea is poor, and this year there are rebellions everywhere, and this king really can't scrape together money and food to recruit troops for a while." ”

At this time, Hou Fangyu on the side interjected: "Lord Wang, when the slaves come to one place, there may be money and food." ”

Hauge raised his eyebrows, "Where?" ”

Hou Fangyu shook his sleeves, and suddenly chanted: "Fusang is already in the sky, and my home is in the east of Fusang." Who is going to go with the teacher, a boat with a bright moon and a sail. ”

Haoge's brows furrowed, and just as he was about to get angry, Hou Fangyu hurriedly explained: "The place that the slave said is called the Wa Kingdom, which is just east of North Korea, and a few decades ago, he also fought North Korea, but he was defeated by the Ming army and went back to the island. ”

When Hauge heard this, he was furious, "You want to trap this king!" ”

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