Now Duoduo and Zierharang use the elite speed of the Eight Banners, all the way south from the capital, in less than a month, they have occupied the entire Zhili and Shanxi, and the entire territory of Shandong is also looking at the wind, the area occupied is getting larger and larger, and the mobile forces that can be used are naturally less and less, whether it is Shanxi, Shandong, or Zhili, if you want to be completely in your hands, it is almost impossible to have a year or two of time, every state capital needs to have troops stationed, otherwise if you fight, once there is a local uprising, The momentum will be like a prairie fire.

The most important thing is the main force led by Duoduo, it didn't take much effort to occupy the entire Zhili, but when it came to the last military town of Zhili - the Daimyo's Mansion, the Qing army finally met the opponent, the elite cavalry of the four banners under Duoduo plus the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the 30,000 army of Liu Zeqing who surrendered later, together, the strength was close to 150,000, I didn't expect the battle to be so difficult!

If it weren't for Liu Zeqing's sudden surrender against the water and gave the Tianwei army a fierce knife, I'm afraid that Duoduo has not yet taken the Daimyo's Mansion and Dongchang Mansion, and even Dezhou may not be able to take it, even so, the Qing army has successively suffered defeats in Dezhou and Daimyo's Mansion, more than half of the casualties of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and tens of thousands of casualties among the elite of the Eight Banners!

Duoduo's war reports were sent to Dolgon's face, and the casualties and losses of the troops were distressed, and Dolgon's heart was dripping with blood, tens of thousands of the main force of the Eight Banners, this is just a Daimyo's mansion, and there is a military town behind it, and the Jiancheng Tangchi is to be occupied, where is the loss of the elite of the Eight Banners?

Dolgon set his sights on the two pieces on the bookcase, one is Ning Wan's "Please Prepare for the Establishment of the Han People's Green Battalion" when he was in college, and the other is "The Eight Banners of the Han Army" jointly played by Duoduo and Wu Sangui. It is to ask the imperial court to set up a special green battalion to maintain the rule of the occupied areas and maintain social stability.

As for Duoduo and Wu Sangui, it's different, they are on the fold, it is entirely because they feel the huge military pressure on the front line, Xu Yifan and the Tianwei army on the opposite side are too powerful, although the Eight Banners still occupy the initiative on the battlefield, however, if you want to defeat the Tianwei army, how easy is it? Every step forward, every time a city is captured, the Eight Banners have to pay a huge price, the Guanning Special Banner can't hold it, and similarly, the main force of the Eight Banners can't hold it, such casualties are really huge. If you want to occupy the Central Plains, such a small number of troops in your hands are barely enough, but if you want to advance from the Central Plains to the Central Plains, these forces are still far behind, and without more than 300,000 elite troops, it is impossible to think about it!

Duoduo suggested to Dolgon that he must recruit Han people from Zhili and Shandong to join the army, quickly form a Han army of at least 200,000 people, and follow the Eight Banners to continue the attack, the Eight Banners are almost all cavalry, only good at field warfare, in the siege war, the advantage can not be exerted at all, and the Han army must rely on the infantry-based Han army!

Dolgon has long had this intention, but now all the generals in the court have been sent to the front line, Azig and others are still in Shengjing City, and there is a lack of helpers around them to preside over affairs, so it is delayed, and now Ning Wan and Duoduo have put forward this suggestion, that is to say, it has reached the point where it has to be done, and the Eight Banners are so depleted, but no, there are only thirty or twenty thousand Manchurian elite cavalry left, and it is impossible to rule the tens of thousands of miles of territory of the entire Ming Dynasty, absolutely impossible!

"Mr. Ning, Lord Chen, you should tell me, how is the preparation for the establishment of the Green Battalion? How many troops do you need to build? Can the money and food of the imperial court be able to support it? ”

Ning Wan I said in a deep voice: "Regent, Prince Yu's excerpt, the minister has already seen it, it seems that there are still some problems with the minister's estimate, the minister thought that 100,000 green battalion soldiers would be enough to deter the three provinces of Gyeonggi, but I didn't expect Prince Yu to encounter such a big resistance in the Daimyo Mansion, so it seems that at least 100,000 green battalion soldiers are needed in front, our Eight Banners elite cavalry is only good at field warfare, for a siege such a fortification, the speed advantage of the cavalry cannot be brought into play at all, and it must be completed with a large number of infantry, in the opinion of the minister." , the imperial court needs to prepare at least 150,000 green battalion troops to ensure the stability of the rear and the war ahead, and even with the advance of the occupation line, we still need more troops! ”

Chen Yan said on the side: "Regent, in fact, Prince Yu was frustrated in the Daimyo's Mansion, it is not surprising at all, after all, he is opposite Zhu Jie's Tianwei Army and confronts him again, not to mention anything else, it is the turn to fight, this Zhu Jie is really unusual, too powerful, compared to the three famous generals of the Chongzhen Dynasty, Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and even Sun Chuanting, the Tianwei Army is trained in the fight with Li Zicheng's peasant army, with tens of thousands of troops, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were added together, Nearly 300,000 troops fled from the wind, the strength of the Tianwei army can be seen, however, the entire Ming Dynasty is also the elite of the Tianwei army, the Tianwei army can block the main force of the eight banners of Prince Yu, but it is unable to block the main force of the eight banners led by Prince Zhuang, Prince Zhuang killed from the south of Jin, all the way to Henan, when the time comes, the two armies will meet, the Tianwei army is the turtle in the urn, there is only one ending, without the Tianwei army, the eight banners are enough to sweep the world, other local officials, do not look forward to the wind! “

Dolgon shook his head and replied, "Lord Chen, is it as easy as you say?" If you want to swallow the world, then you must first set the Central Plains, the Central Plains is not only Henan, we also have Shaanxi, Prince Zhuang's Eight Banners is the main force of the Eight Banners from Shanxi to Shaanxi, in one fell swoop to assess the heavy task of the west, it is impossible to kill back to Henan from Shanxi and Shaanxi in a short period of time, and it is urgent to build a green battalion, I only ask you, how much army can we support with the money and grain of the household treasury? ”

Chen Yan gritted his teeth and replied: "Regent, we have the taxes of the northern provinces, as well as the tax balance of last year, but these are only enough to maintain the current war ahead, if you want to build a green battalion, you can only rely on local forces, let the three provinces of Zhili, Shandong, and Shanxi, each province prepare a green battalion of 50,000 troops, as for the money and food, it will also be handed over to the local government to raise itself!" ”

Dolgon was about to speak, when a eunuch staggered in and said urgently: "Qi, Qi Regent, Jining 700 li urgent war report!" ”

(End of chapter)