Chapter 742: A Rare Determination
Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng, who was full of excitement, and looked a little too calm.
Chongzhen nine years, the first year of Chongde and Chongzhen eleven years, Chongde three years of the two raids, all suffered a fiasco, the Ming Dynasty Zheng army has become the dream of the Eight Banners, and the Zheng army is still stationed in Jinzhou and Fuzhou, at any time can covet Gaizhou, Yaozhou, Haizhou and other places, and even can threaten Anshan and Liaoyang and other places, once Liaoyang and other places are in danger, then the capital of the Qing Dynasty Shenyang is also in great danger.
Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty and Zheng Xunrui became rivals, this news is indeed very important, but in any case, Zheng Xunrui is a Han Chinese, once there is danger in Jinzhou or Ningyuan and other places, who knows whether the Zheng army will be dispatched, if the main forces of the Great Qing State are all concentrated in Liaoxi, and the Zheng family army launches a large-scale attack from Jinzhou and Fuzhou in southern Liaoning, then Shenyang, the capital of the Great Qing Kingdom, will fall into great danger, which will not shake the foundation of the Great Qing Kingdom.
As the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, Huang Taiji had to think about this issue.
Of course, the current situation is the most favorable relative to the Qing Dynasty, the internal problems of the Ming Dynasty are continuous, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are rebelling in the Central Plains, and the momentum is becoming more and more vast, which must involve the vast majority of the troops of the Ming Dynasty, and there is an irreconcilable contradiction between Emperor Chongzhen and Zheng Xunrui, and the Zheng family army will not be dispatched easily.
The city of Kaifeng fell, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of the five provinces of the Ming Dynasty, was killed, and the Zheng army did not dispatch, which is the best proof.
If the Qing Dynasty loses this opportunity, when the Ming Dynasty completely exterminates the Liukou and the national strength gradually recovers, it will be even more difficult to attack.
Theoretically, the best time to attack is that Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty and Zheng Xunrui completely turned their faces. led to a huge civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, and at that time the Qing Dynasty could concentrate all its forces to attack the Central Plains.
But Huang Taiji doesn't see it that way, what he fears most in his heart is that Zheng Xunrui really controls the Ming Dynasty, and at that time, the Great Qing Kingdom may really have no chance, there are examples in this regard. The rise of the Great Qing Dynasty is the best example.
At that time, the father Emperor Nurhachi raised troops with thirteen pairs of armor and began to create today's Great Qing Kingdom, that is, the eleventh year of Wanli, which is only more than fifty years away from now, you must know that the Great Qing Kingdom at that time was very weak, and today's Great Qing Kingdom is not the same, and the place where the Great Qing Kingdom was located at that time were all white mountains and black waters, and the conditions were bad. Relying on Nurhachi's wisdom and wisdom, in just a few decades, the Great Qing Kingdom stood tall in Liaodong.
For a long time, Huang Taiji thought that his father Emperor Nurhachi was a hero who happened once in a thousand years, and he had not appeared for hundreds of years, and he probably would not appear for a long time in the future, but now his mind has changed, Zheng Xunrui of the Ming Dynasty. It could create even more incredible splendor.
Seize the opportunity, or keep waiting. Huang Taiji was in a dilemma.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to attack Liaoxi and take Jinzhou and Ningyuan and other places, not only destroyed the Ming Dynasty's Guanningjin defense line, but also obtained a large amount of land, making the territory of the Great Qing State more huge, and also making the foundation of the Great Qing Kingdom more stable. If this opportunity is given up and the Ming court sends heavy troops to guard Jinzhou and Ningyuan, then the Qing Kingdom will be confined to the north of Shenyang for a long time, and it will be difficult to have fundamental development.
Zheng Xunrui of the Ming Dynasty is different, occupying the south of the Ming Dynasty. It is the richest place, Zheng Xunrui can rely on Nanzhili to develop and grow his strength, and when the Zheng family army is really strong to the point where it cannot be stopped, it will definitely launch an attack from Jinzhou and Fuzhou, and then what will the Great Qing Kingdom rely on to stop it.
Huang Taiji is worried about the grassland tribes, Ordos, Tumut, Turpan, Yarkand and other grassland tribes, completely dependent on the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is in full swing, these tribes because of the mutual market, get enough grain and grass, even during the grassland famine, did not lose much population, the prosperity of the mutual market has made these tribes grow rapidly, especially the Ordos tribe, the population has increased, the strength is strong, and the boss of the grassland tribe does not care about the Horqin tribe.
Two years ago, the Horqin tribe united with the Chahar tribe and others, launched a battle against the Ordos tribe, but unfortunately the battle ended in a crushing defeat for the Horqin tribe, since then, the Ordos tribe in the Hetao area has become one of the best tribes in the grassland, fortunately, the Ordos tribe did not think about expanding to other places in the grassland, otherwise Huang Taiji would definitely put the main energy on the grassland.
When the Qing Dynasty was just established, the surroundings were very stable, the grassland was stable, and southern Liaoning was stable, but unfortunately five years later, all this no longer existed, Jinzhou and Fuzhou in southern Liaoning were occupied by the Zheng family's army, and the power of the Zheng family army even penetrated into Phoenix and other places, seriously threatening the security of the right wing of the Great Qing Dynasty, and the grassland tribes also had problems, and the Ordos tribes attached to the Ming court gradually became stronger, completely controlling the Hetao area, so that the left wing of the Great Qing Dynasty also appeared nails.
All this made Huang Taiji sleepless.
The Great Qing Kingdom must develop, it must grow, and it must have a more solid foundation, otherwise as time goes by, with the growth of the Zheng Family's army, the Great Qing Kingdom is likely to lose everything, so that it will be destroyed by the Zheng Family's army.
"Wen Cheng, do you think that the best time to launch an attack in western Liaoxi at this time, I also have this opinion, the Ming Dynasty's Liukou Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and others are not at all restless, Li Zicheng expanded towards Shanxi and other places, so that the border army in Shanxi did not dare to act rashly, Zhang Xianzhong expanded in the direction of Huguang, so that the south of the Ming Dynasty could not live in peace, and the contradiction between Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty and Zheng Xunrui prompted the Zheng family army not to send troops easily, this situation is indeed good, but I am still worried."
Huang Taiji let out a long sigh.
Of course, Fan Wencheng knew Huang Taiji's worries.
"The emperor's worries, the servants understand that the Zheng family army is stationed in southern Liaoning, if our Great Qing Kingdom launches an attack in the Jinzhou area of western Liaoning, and the Zheng family army takes advantage of this time to launch an attack from Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, it will definitely directly threaten Anshan and Liaoyang and other places, and it will put Shenyang, the capital of my Great Qing Kingdom, in danger, and if such a situation occurs, the army will be forced to withdraw from Liaoxi and return to Shenyang and Liaoyang to resist the Zheng army."
Huang Taiji nodded and did not speak.
"Your Majesty, the slave is stupid, the slave is the Han people, and he thinks he understands the grievances between the Han people, and now Emperor Chongzhen distrusts Zheng Xunrui in every way, and even brings out the Donglin Party to deal with Zheng Xunrui, and he can't wait to put Zheng Xunrui to death, in this case, it is Zheng Xunrui who is replaced by a slave, and he will definitely not send troops, watching the power of the Ming Dynasty being weakened, and gradually sitting on his own, isn't it the best thing, the Kaifeng Mansion City in Henan of the Ming Dynasty fell, and the Zheng family army did not send troops, and the slaves thought of this."
Huang Taiji nodded.
"Wen Cheng, you go on."
"Your Majesty, the servants thought that this time to attack Jinzhou and Ningyuan in western Liaoning, the emperor could be the main Khan Eight Banners, with the assistance of the Eight Banners of Meng, as for the Eight Banners, the main thing is to guard Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou and other places, even if the Zheng family army launched an attack from southern Liaoning, the Eight Banners are completely able to deal with it."
The situation of the twenty-four banners at the same time has significantly increased the strength of the Great Qing State, with a total number of more than 300,000 people, of which the team of the Eight Banners of Khan is the largest, with a total number of more than 160,000, followed by the Eight Banners, with a total number of nearly 80,000, of course, in terms of combat effectiveness, it is still the strongest of the Eight Banners.
Fan Wencheng's suggestion is indeed good, such a deployment can advance or retreat, once there is danger in southern Liaoning, the Manchu Eight Banners will fight hard with the Zheng family's army, and the Eight Banners of Khan and Meng, who are attacking western Liaoning, can quickly evacuate and rush to the aid of southern Liaoning.
Since it was decided to fight in western Liaoning, it was decided to take Jinzhou and Ningyuan and other places, and completely destroy the Guanningjin defense line of the Ming Dynasty, then it was necessary to break the kettle and sink the boat, and there could not be the slightest hesitation, otherwise the battle had not yet begun, and the Great Qing Kingdom was already doomed to failure.
The princes of Daishan, Zilharang, Dolgon, Hauge, and Duoduo, the princes of Azig and other counties, as well as Abatai, Dudu and other Beylers all came to the Chongzheng Palace.
Huang Taiji's expression was unusually serious, and he spoke to many Manchu nobles.
"I decided to start a battle against the Ming Dynasty in western Liaoning, the purpose of this battle is to occupy Jinzhou, Ningyuan and other cities, basically control the entire western Liaoning region, and make the best preparations for my Great Qing Kingdom to enter the Central Plains......
"I decided to lead a large army to conquer western Liaoning, during my expedition, Prince Zheng Jierharang presided over many things in Shenyang, Prince Rui Dolgon and Prince Yu Duoduo followed me on the expedition, Prince Dai Shan of Li, Prince Hao Ge of Su were stationed in Gaizhou, Haizhou, Yaozhou, Anshan and Liaoyang respectively, closely monitoring the Zheng army in southern Liaoning, once there is any change in the Zheng army, it must be reported as soon as possible......
"I hope you will work together, this battle is related to the future of our Great Qing Kingdom, as long as we take Jinzhou and Ningyuan and other places, it is equivalent to stepping into the Central Plains ...... with one foot."
"From now on, when you go back and make all the preparations, the relevant battle arrangements, when I and the princes are decided, it will be when I go out with the Eight Banners, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Khan......
The Chongzheng Hall was unusually quiet, everyone looked at Huang Taiji, of course they understood the importance of this battle, otherwise Huang Taiji would not have been able to go out in person.
Fan Wencheng, who was standing in the back, had more emotion in his heart, Huang Taiji was really eloquent, and he made an extraordinary determination without the slightest hesitation, this is the emperor who can really do great things. (To be continued......)