After Gao Yihuan set the tone for the battle to destroy the Qing Dynasty, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies began to formulate plans, and the Ministry of War and Household and Industry also began to actively prepare, preparing for a thunderous attack.

At this time, the movements of the Wei army naturally attracted the attention of all parties, and all parties continued to pass on the collected information.

Among them, especially the Manchus, were the most anxious and fearful.

The Manchus were like robbers who broke into a family's house and used it as their own. Now that the owner of the house had returned with a knife and closed the door first, ready to take his life, he was naturally panicking.

At this time, when encountering this situation, the Manchus saw that they could not defeat it, and the first point that came to mind was that the Guannai was not the home of the Manchurians, and now that they could not stay, they had to try to escape back to the Guanwai.

Now that the Wei army has closed the door, but there is still a window left in the room, the Qing army will naturally not think about desperately, and will definitely choose to jump out of the window and escape.

After meticulously reporting the news of the Wei army's troop movements and the delivery of grain to the east of the river, Dolgon was no longer able to fight the Wei army to the death, and did not focus all his energy on defense, but prepared to jump out of the window and escape.

It's just that this window is not so easy to jump, and outside the window is the vast sea, and there must be a boat to escape.

After a winter of recuperation, Dorgon survived and began to pay attention to the affairs of the ships himself.

At this time, he already knew that Zhu Cihong was unwilling to give him the news of the sea ship, and even the craftsmen and sailors were unwilling to provide it.

This is also in common sense, the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, occupied Zhu Cihong's hometown, and acted as a prestige for so many years, and now ask Zhu Cihong to send a ship to send them out, Zhu Cihong is naturally difficult to do such a shameless thing.

Besides, in this way, it is too easy to be caught by the Western Wei, Zhu Cihong did not get the benefit, how could he be willing to take this risk.

Of course, the main reason is that Zhu Cihong didn't want the Qing army to withdraw like this, and hoped that Dolgon could fight to the death with the Wei army to buy him time.

Although from the current situation, the Qing and Ming secretly formed an alliance, but after all, they are two families, and they are two families with deep grievances and contradictions.

Although the strength of the two of them, combined, can fight with the Wei army, after all, they can't achieve real integration, so they can't compare to the Wei army.

At this time, Dolgon had insight into Zhu Cihong's thoughts, and he was naturally unwilling to continue to fight to the death with the Wei army for Zhu Cihong, and he had to bring the Manchurian elite soldiers and their dependents back to Guanwai.

At this time, Dolgon's main concern was the problem of the ship, and after he became better, he sent people to inquire about Geng Zhongming's ship many times.

The Manchurians still have some say on land, and on the sea, they have to completely look up to the Han people.

The matter of shipbuilding cannot be built with great fanfare, and it is impossible to transport all the Qing troops and their dependents back to Liaodong.

This is a question of who goes, who stays, who goes first, and who goes last.

If some people knew that the Qing army was going to retreat to Liaodong on a large scale of shipbuilding, and that it might not be able to take him away, how would he feel? I'm afraid that before the Wei army comes, he will not do it, and in this way, the entire Manchu court will collapse in advance, and the ship will not be able to be built.

Therefore, the shipbuilding must be handed over to the Han people to build, and the Han people must also be reliable.

Dolroll had high hopes for Geng Zhongming, but Geng Zhongming's reply to him was not ideal, he was busy for half a year, and only collected some small boats that could not cross the sea, and only two smuggling merchant ships to and from Korea and Japan could cross the sea.

At this time, in Dolgon's bedroom, Nikan stood aside respectfully, listening to Dolgon's instructions, "Didn't the Ming army have many ships in Dengzhou back then, and there were many shipbuilders and craftsmen?" ”

Nikan said with a bitter face: "The regent is so difficult to forget that Abatai entered Shandong and fought all the way to Haizhou in Nanzhili, and burned down Denglai and Haizhou's sea ships and shipyards. ”

Dorgon didn't give up, "The ship burned, but the people are still there, right?" ”

Nikan shook his head, "Most of those artisans were killed, or escaped. At that time, Abatai hastily withdrew outside the customs and did not take many people with him. Even if there is, he should be a flag slave in the Zhuangzi outside the gate now, I don't know if he is dead. ”

Hearing this, Dolgon felt a little uncomfortable, he was silent for a while, then looked up and said, "So it seems that we can't build ships on our own?" ”

Nikan replied, "Regent, the land of Denglai, surrounded by the sea on three sides, Geng Zhongming has found a group of boatmen and some craftsmen, but everything is starting from scratch, and it will take time to build it." If there is enough time, the ship can still be built. ”

Dorgon asked, "How long will it take?" ”

Nikan said: "King Huaishun said that it will take two to three years, mainly for the wood used for shipbuilding, and it must wait for so long to be used, I don't know much about the specific reason~"

Dolgon didn't wait for him to finish, then waved his hand, "The sea ship is related to whether we can withdraw safely, no matter what method is used, we must get the sea ship, but we can't afford to wait for two or three years." According to the news from the scouts, the Wei army moved frequently, and the king estimated that the high thief was about to attack the king. ”

Nikan lowered his head, the sampan could not cross the sea, and the boat could not be conjured out of thin air, he really had no way at all.

Dolgon waited for a long time, and when he saw that there was no response, he let out a turbid breath and said in a deep voice: "This king will tell you two things, the first thing is that you send someone to find Haoge and ask him to see if there is a ship in Korea, and if there is a ship, let him gather the ships and prepare to come to Shandong to meet this king." In addition, let him find the shipbuilding craftsmen again, and if there are still people, let him build ships in Liaodong, and use them to contact Nanming in the future and buy grain from Nanming. ”

Nikan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked up at Dolgon, and said happily, "Regent, I have written it down!" ”

Dolroll continued: "The Korean country is small and poor, and even if there are ships, there will not be many, and it will definitely not be able to transport us all back to Liaodong. The second thing, you send someone to find Zhu Cihong, as long as he is willing to give us ships, whatever conditions he offers, as long as they are not too outrageous, you can agree. ”

Nikan said in a deep voice: "What if Zhu Cihong wants Shandong and Northern Zhili? ”

"As long as he can afford to give ships and food, it's all his." ”

Nikan nodded heavily, "Don't worry, Lord Regent, I know what to do!" Then send someone south to see Zhu Cihong! ”

Dorgon leaned back on the bed and waved his hand, "Alright! Go for it! ”

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