When Jumala was the last to arrive at the Wuying Palace, Dolgon did not wait for them to bow down, but shook his hand first and said, "All of them are exempt." His eyes swept around a few people again, "Have you heard that the imperial court is going to send troops to the south?" ”

These people in the house are all important ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they are all well-informed. At noon, as soon as the meeting of the Qianqing Palace ended, they had already received the letter, and they nodded one after another.

However, in the past, when they said that they were going south to attack the land of the Ming Dynasty, they would immediately think of "military merits", "money", "women" and the like, but at this time, they couldn't get excited, and they just thought about how to fight this battle.

It is no wonder that the self-confidence condensed by the successive defeats of Bolo and Luckedhun, and the almost undefeated achievements of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji in the Central Plains, has now begun to appear large cracks.

Dolgon continued: "This battle is extremely important, if we don't destroy the Nanren court as soon as possible, when they have finished building the city and stockpiling food, we will have to pay several times the price if we want to seize the land south of the Yangtze River." ”

In the past year, the Qing Dynasty suffered successive defeats, which greatly demoralized the whole country, fluctuated people's morale, and even made his powerful position no longer stable. He needs a big win to cement his position, and he has a bet with Hauge, so he must do everything in his power to win, not lose!

"I am ready to transfer more than 100,000 troops from Shanxi, Shandong, Gyeonggi and even Liaodong to Yangzhou, join forces with Prince Yu's troops, and level the Southern Ming ...... in one fell swoop."

University scholar Ganglin coughed lightly, waved his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness the Nine Kings, my army is advancing southward with thunder, and the southerners will not be opponents." But now it is a cold winter, and if there are tens of thousands of troops, it may affect the spring sowing plan. Or wait for the beginning of spring before sending troops to attack Ming, which is more appropriate. ”

For an agrarian society, spring sowing is the basis for survival. If more than 100,000 troops are mobilized to fight at this time, they will definitely have to be supplemented by three or four times the number of people and strong people to carry out logistics, which will inevitably leave a large area of land uncultivated, and the Qing Dynasty will have to drink the northwest wind in the coming year.

This is also the reason why the Qing army has always collected troops in the autumn to recuperate, and only in the spring of the following year did it invade the south. The so-called "self-cultivation" is actually to let these soldiers go back to farming.

How could Dolgon not know the importance of spring sowing, he frowned and sighed, and said, "I can't wait. Don't hide it, now that there is infighting in Nanming, and Nanzhili is empty, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it must not be missed! ”

Hauge has already promised to bet with him, and he doesn't have to hide it anymore at this time, not to mention such a big thing, the news will definitely reach Beijing in a few days.

Ganglin and the few people beside him glanced at each other, still trying to dissuade them, but they were stopped by Dolgon raising his hand, "As for the labor of spring sowing," he pointed at Fan Wencheng, "Lord Fan will go to North Korea on the same day, and ask them to send 100,000 people to come and talk about supplements." ”

Fan Wencheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, a small country in North Korea, the three or four hundred thousand people who entered Liao the previous time were already hurtful, and if they want to send another 100,000 people, I'm afraid it will be ......."

Dolgon waved his hand impatiently, "Tell Li Liang that this is the last time." I only used these 100,000 people for one year, and I returned them to him in a year. He only felt that his attitude as a conqueror was simply too kind.

Fan Wencheng saw that he was very decisive, so he had to stiffen his head and respond: "The lower official obeys the order." ”

Dolgon asked Ganglin again: "At the beginning of the month, how did you do to let Yunshengjingtun grain enter Tongzhou?" ”

"Back to the ninth prince, a total of 150,000 stones of grain were transported, and it passed through Jinzhou five days ago." He hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously continued, "It's just that the surplus grain in the Shengjing treasury is only enough for the garrison for three months. ”

"Three months is enough. Grain and grass do not need to stay in Tongzhou, and are directly transported to Yangzhou. Dolgon turned to Lang and asked, "By the way, is there any news from Mobei?" ”

The latter hurriedly said: "Your Highness was going to report this matter to His Highness this morning, but His Highness has been busy and has not yet been heard.

"Last night, Li Ruolin sent back the news, saying that Subadi had taken the people and agreed to send troops, but it was just ...... They also wanted some money, food, cattle and sheep. ”

Dorgon sighed helplessly. In order to deal with Teng Jisi's rebels, he sent Dorogge Yuhui to Khalkha Zasaktu Khan Subati and his relatives, and asked Khalkha to send troops to drag down the Chahar Department, but he didn't expect this guy to open his mouth......

"One hundred thousand taels of silver, plus thirty thousand sheep. Tell him that when I win a big victory in Jiangnan, I will give him some loot. Dolgon gritted his teeth and instructed Lang Qiu, and said to Tan Bai, "Also, send an order to the Korqin tribes and let them cooperate with the Khalkha people to flank Tengjisi." ”

"But, Korqin ...... right now"

"I know it's hard for them, but it's even harder for the imperial court! Let them figure it out! ”

"This ...... Phew. ”

Dolgon looked at Ma Guangyuan again, "How many new firecrackers and cannons have been made right now?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, in recent months, a total of 17,000 new flintlock guns have been made, and 4,000 old flintlock guns in the warehouse have all been newly replaced. There are eighty-seven cannons of more than 1,000 catties, of which 10 are more than 3,000 catties. Ma Guangyuan said, "At present, Cai Shiying is ordering craftsmen to work day and night, and when Prince Yu goes south, he can still make nearly 2,000 guns and more than a dozen cannons." ”

The last time Luck was pitted by a hexagonal rifle, Dorgon knew that it was useless, and ordered to cast the Red Cannon with all his might. It happened that the 60,000 catties of brass purchased from Japan arrived, and he immediately sent them all to the cannon casting field.

For this batch of guns, he invested more than 780,000 taels before and after, and nearly half of the "southern donation" silver that had just been collected in November was eaten up by the Ordnance Bureau before it was hot.

He asked, "What about the strengthening of the armor?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, a total of 15,000 sets of cotton armor, the fallen iron pieces have more than doubled thick, and they are ready to go. Thousands more were soon completed. ”

"Good! Tell Cai Shiying and let him keep an eye on the craftsman and work hard. When Jiangnan is victorious, I will reinstate him. ”

"The subordinate obeys."

Dorgon's heart was slightly relieved. Specially reinforced fine armor, 24,500 improved flintlock guns, 100 cannons, plus the original firearms in Duoduo's hands, I don't believe it can't overpower those southern barbarians!

He only felt that his confidence had returned to him, and he proudly got up and came to the wall where the map was hung, and said to everyone in the hall: "If there are enough weapons, grain and grass, my army will be able to pacify Jiangnan in one fell swoop!" Come, let's discuss how to mobilize people. ”

As soon as Fan Wencheng and the others came around, a eunuch shouted outside the door: "Your Royal Highness the Regent, Belle Baiyintu, Gong Adai, the Auxiliary State, the Minister of the Interior, Sinebku, and the Minister of the Interior, Sonny, ask to see you." ”

The people in the room were all stunned, these are people with two yellow flags, they have only listened to the dispatch of the Queen Mother, what are you doing in Wuying Hall today?

Dolgon, however, was overjoyed, and said that Bumu Butai had acted very neatly, and immediately greeted him with a smile: "Let them in!" It just so happened that they were discussing the transfer of troops. ”

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