Chapter 1196: Grasp the Opportunity
The news of Su Tiancheng's proclamation as the emperor has long been spread to Liaodong, after Huang Taiji learned the news, he was bored for a whole day, although he said that his body had improved, but he had encountered so many things, and the damaged body could not be fully recovered in a day or two, or even unable to recover completely.
Su Tiancheng is called the emperor, and is regarded as the biggest threat by Huang Taiji, he can think of a way before, as long as Su Tiancheng is still an official of the Ming Dynasty, he can use many methods to restrict, spread rumors and slander, sow discord, etc., so that Su Tiancheng can not show his ability at a critical moment, but Su Tiancheng became the emperor and established the Great Jin Dynasty, which is a mortal threat to the Qing Dynasty.
Although he has not met with Su Tiancheng, but the two have been friends for a long time, Huang Taiji regards Su Tian as the biggest obstacle and threat, thinking that if the Qing Kingdom is going to die in the future, it will also fall in the hands of Su Tiancheng, Huang Taiji has exhausted a lot of methods, but he has not been able to calculate Su Tiancheng, in the confrontation on the frontal battlefield, the Manchu Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners were all defeated in the hands of Su Tiancheng and the Jiangning Battalion, and they were not able to win a battle, Su Tiancheng was unpredictable with his soldiers, and the soldiers of the Jiangning Battalion were unusually brave, in the face of such an army, Both Daishan and Duoduo suffered crushing defeats, not to mention the army of the Eight Banners of Han.
Since Su Tiancheng is the emperor, it means that he wants to unify the Central Plains, which means that he will finally deal with the Great Qing State, that is to say, the battle between the Great Qing State and the Great Jin Dynasty is inevitable.
But there is also an opportunity in this, as Huang Taiji, who has been fighting all his life, how can he not see the opportunity.
Su Tiancheng was proclaimed emperor and established the Great Jin Dynasty, which means that Su Tiancheng and the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It has also become a life-and-death opponent, the fight between the two sides has been continuing, and this fight will continue until one of them is completely destroyed, and a little reasonable person will understand that the time for the Ming Dynasty to fall to the ground is numbered. The entire south was occupied by Su Tiancheng, how long can the north be maintained, once Su Tiancheng consolidates his rule, he will start to use troops again, that is, the time when the Ming Dynasty will finally fall.
There are too many opportunities in this, although the three parties of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Jin Dynasty and the Great Qing Dynasty seem to be irreconcilable opponents on the surface, but the interests can always find common ground, for example, the Great Jin is very powerful. It directly threatens the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, and at this time, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty can unite to a certain extent to deal with the Jin Dynasty.
Similar discussions have been held several times, but there has not been any joint matter, and Dolgon has mentioned several times the matter of opportunity, that is, to take advantage of the battle between the Ming and the Great Jin to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy a large area of land in Liaodong. This suggestion was unanimously agreed, and Huang Taiji and Hauge discussed it. The household department was required to allocate a large amount of silver, and after the autumn harvest, a large amount of grain and grass were purchased, and sufficient preparations were made. Moreover, they crossed the Liao River and set up camp and prepared for an attack.
It is a pity that the Liaodong border army is still eyeing the tiger, and the strength of the army has reached a scale of nearly 300,000 people, if it is launched at this time, it cannot be fully assured. So Dorgon stood still for the time being.
Huang Taiji, who is good at grasping every opportunity, will not miss the opportunity, and he decided to take action.
Chongzheng Palace, Hauge, Dolgon, Daishan, Zilharang, Azig and others are waiting here, Dolgon hurried back from Liaodong, and Daishan rushed back from the steppe.
Huang Taiji's spirit is very good.
"Second brother, how is the situation on the grassland?"
"Your Majesty, the overall situation in the grassland is still good, because Su Tiancheng called the emperor and established the Great Jin Dynasty, so many tribes in the grassland have adopted a wait-and-see attitude, and the minister has also sent people to contact the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, but these two tribes, the attitude has not changed, and they are still unwilling to submit to my Great Qing Kingdom, but many small tribes, the attitude has wavered, many tribes in the grassland, except for the places occupied by the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe, the rest have shown their attitude, Obey the rule of my Great Qing Kingdom. ”
"As for the matter of conquest in the grassland, the minister thinks that the time is not suitable for the opponent, the conquest will inevitably involve the consumption of grain and grass, and it is very difficult to supply on the grassland, if the Eight Banners are conquest on the grassland, I am afraid it will consume too much energy, and the focus of my Great Qing Kingdom should still be ...... in Liaodong and the Central Plains."
Huang Taiji nodded frequently, Dai Shan's understanding has long been recognized by him, according to the strength of the Great Qing Dynasty, the two-sided conquest must be unbearable, and the grassland can slowly change, it is very good, and several large tribes on the grassland are all subject to the rule of the Great Qing Dynasty, so there is no need to carry out the conquest, the most important thing is that the expedition on the grassland will not get any benefits, those places are already barren, and they will not be able to supply at all.
It is enough to maintain stability on the grassland, and there is no need to consume huge manpower and material resources again, but Dai Shan still has to continue to be stationed in the grassland and slowly promote some more changes.
After Dai Shan finished speaking, Huang Taiji turned to Dolgon.
"Fourteenth brother, how is your situation there?"
Dolgon's spirit was also very good, and the slow expansion in Liaodong made him see hope again.
"Your Majesty, the situation in Liaodong is still very good, at the beginning of this month, the minister led the army across the Liao River, and set up camp on the other side of the Liao River, the minister's idea is to think that the Liaodong border army will come to attack, so the minister can have a reason to conquer, but unfortunately the Liaodong border army has no action, the Liaodong governor Shi Kefa, the minister heard that it is not bad, but it is also a turtle with a shrunken head......"
Dolgon's report, everyone sounds very comfortable, once upon a time, the full eight banners in Liaodong such as into a no-man's land, invincible, if not because of the blocking of the Guanning Jin defense line, the Eight Banners Army would have taken the capital of the Ming Dynasty, whether from the geographical location, or from the actual situation, the Qing Dynasty must take the Guanning Jin defense line, in order to be able to smoothly enter the Central Plains, otherwise the army will encounter the danger of division and encirclement and lack of supplies and support, since the Ming Dynasty signed an agreement on submission, the court all believed, The breakthrough point of attacking the Ming Dynasty is still in Liaodong, in the Guanning Jin defense line.
Dolgon was deployed according to this line of thought, once because of the strength of the Jiangning battalion, the Qing State lost a large area of land in Liaodong, the Manchu Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners suffered heavy losses, and was forced to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but now the situation has changed, and Su Tiancheng, who gave the Qing Dynasty a headache, has become the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty and occupied most of the southern Ming Dynasty.
There are many people in the court who believe that since Su Tiancheng has been proclaimed emperor and occupied most of the southern part of the Ming Dynasty, the next main task is probably to stabilize his own rule, and he will not extend his hand to the north for the time being.
Including Sol Roll is in this view, otherwise why is it that under the situation of a very good situation, the attack suddenly stopped in September, in fact, after Su Tiancheng took Nanzhili, he attacked from the direction of Shandong to Beizhili, which is a very convenient thing, on this offensive route, there is no Guanningjin defense line.
If Su Tiancheng indulges in satisfaction, the opportunity for the Great Qing Kingdom will come, take the opportunity to break through the Guanningjin defense line, completely overthrow the Ming Dynasty, occupy the Central Plains, and form a confrontation with the Great Jin Dynasty, accumulate strength with each other, or simply demarcate the border, and each of them will be at peace.
Huang Taiji's face slowly became serious, and he was also clear about some of the thoughts of the nobles in the court, those assumptions of thought, and the idea of always imagining in a direction that was beneficial to himself, were absolutely unacceptable, and they were going to kill people, according to his understanding of Su Tiancheng, the possibility of Su Tiancheng being satisfied after occupying the south was zero.
The facts are very clear, for what is the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe are still insisting on the grassland, for what is the Liaodong border army has not been moved, although Su Tiancheng has established the Great Jin Dynasty, but the border pass is still immovable, there are inextricable connections, many people in the court have not carefully considered.
After everyone finished speaking, Huang Taiji spoke.
"The second brother is stationed in the grassland, and the fourteenth brother is stationed in Liaodong, both have achieved very good results, I am very pleased, I have long said that brothers are of the same heart, and their benefits are broken, as long as we work together, there is no difficulty that cannot be overcome, but I have some things, I must remind you."
"I understand Su Tiancheng, just like I understand myself, you think that Su Tiancheng will be satisfied with the status quo, that is a miscalculation, I can conclude that soon, Su Tiancheng will lead the Jiangning battalion to launch a large-scale attack, and it is a lightning attack, Su Tiancheng will occupy the Central Plains as quickly as possible, and then he will start to deal with my Great Qing Kingdom."
Speaking of this, Huang Taiji paused.
"I convened you today to discuss, just to think about how to face such a situation, it will not work to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, because the next step may be the turn of my Great Qing Kingdom, if Su Tiancheng unifies the Central Plains, with strong material and human resources, and launches a large-scale attack, it will be difficult for my Great Qing Kingdom to resist, so now is the opportunity, my Great Qing Kingdom must take action."
"I thought about it, and sent an envoy again to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, the purpose of this negotiation is to jointly deal with Su Tiancheng, the Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who used to rely on the vast land and resources, mobilized manpower and material resources to carry out the expedition, but now there is no such advantage, and has become the weak party, at this time, it is the best choice to unite the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Great Jin and Su Tiancheng." (To be continued......)