Dashun Yongchang

At the moment, Hong Chengchou still wants to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. He straightened his thinking and said to Dorgon: "Li Zicheng's ability to hold the southern gentry is nothing more than two points, the strength of the Shun army and the righteous name of the prince." point.

But the Shun army was able to go south to suppress the four towns in Jiangbei that day because the dynasty was still in the adjustment period after entering the customs, so there was no time to go south to chase and destroy the Shun army. Li Zicheng seized this opportunity to use troops in Huaiyang without any worries.

Now that the dynasty has gained a firm foothold in the pass, even if it cannot defeat Li Zicheng this time, it is impossible to tolerate Li Zicheng's division of troops to the south. That is to say, the dynasty and the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River actually share common interests.The gentry in Jiangnan hoped that this dynasty could contain Li Zicheng's army from going south, but this dynasty needed Jiangnan to break away from Li Zicheng's control, or even cut off its relationship with Li Zicheng.

In terms of history, it is the story of the Northern Han, Song and Southern Tang.Of course, this dynasty is a fusion of the Northern Han and Liao, and is much stronger than the Northern Han in terms of strength.Therefore, the purpose of the current dynasty is to prevent the annexation of the Southern Tang Dynasty by the Song Dynasty from happening again, otherwise it will become the pattern of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and with the brokenness of the North today, if Dashun successfully unifies the South, its strength will be far stronger than that of the Song Dynasty , but this dynasty has not completely mastered the grassland and the land of Yanyun like the Liao Kingdom, so it is naturally not good for me.

Therefore, the current dynasty should confront the Shun army with a large army in Shandong and the Yellow River area, so that it cannot mobilize the army to go south, and then contact the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River to welcome the prince back from Yangzhou, and rebuild the Ming Dynasty south of the Yangtze River. "

After hearing this, Dorgon also felt that it made a lot of sense. Before that, he opposed the officials in Datong to set up the Daming clan to oversee the country. It was because the Shun army was defeated all the way and was about to become a bandit again, so at this time he was worried. The Daming scholars and civilians would regroup under the Ming banner, thus preventing the Qing from taking over the local government.

To put it simply, a month ago, Dorgon thought that the elimination of Dashun was about to see results, so he began to plan to eliminate the forces loyal to Ming Dynasty, so that no one in the world could fight against the Manchus.But now that the Shun army's victory in Henan has made it impossible to eliminate Dashun again, at this time weakening the power of the enemy Dashun will overwhelm the guard against the revival of Ming Dynasty.

However, after thinking for a while, Dorgon asked Hong Chengchou: "It is possible for the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River to go to Yangzhou to welcome the crown prince to cross the river, but Li Zicheng will agree to let the crown prince cross the river? If the crown prince passes, the southern provinces will have a backbone. It is impossible for Dashun to manipulate the crown prince to give orders to the southern provinces. If I were Li Zicheng, I would rather kill him than let the crown prince go to Nanjing."

Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, showing a hint of unbearable expression, but quickly said: "If Li thief really dares to risk the disgrace of the world, then the south will naturally no longer need to obey Li thief's orders. Even if Li thief puts the prince under house arrest Don't kill him, but there is still a Fu Wang in charge of the country in Nanjing. Under such circumstances, doesn't Fu Wang want to regain the throne?

Previously, King Fu abdicated and returned to the vassal, but because Li Zicheng conquered the four towns in Jiangbei, the Yangtze River defense line was already difficult to maintain. Faced with the threat of force from Li Zicheng, King Fu had to resign himself to the title of emperor.But if he didn't want to be emperor, why did he join forces with Ma Shiying and the four Jiangbei towns to support him?It can be seen that King Fu still has greed for the throne.

As long as the army of this dynasty becomes King Fu's four new Jiangbei towns, then he may not plan to re-enthronement.Therefore, if we and the Shun army can’t win or lose on the battlefield, then we will have a showdown with Li Zicheng in the southern politics. As long as the illusion of Dashun’s alliance with the southern gentry is broken, then the destiny of the dynasty will return. "

Dorgon fully opened his brows and said: "Scholar Hong's idea is really good. Since we can't eat the current Dashun in one bite, we should make it into a few pieces so that we can swallow it easily. Then what are you going to do?" Start this plan?"

Hong Chengchou thought for a few breaths and said: "If you want to implement this plan, you first have to see how the war on the side of the Ten Kings is progressing. We take the initiative to ask for peace, and the Tongshun army takes the initiative to ask for peace. The situation is different."

Dorgon heard Hong Chengchou's implication. Even if the ten kings had won one or two victories, the overall situation could not be changed now. As the regent of the Qing Dynasty, he knew very well that the current treasury was empty. After defeating Li Zicheng, it is difficult to continue the pursuit, because Li Zicheng still has the Huaihe River behind him for defense, and the Yangtze River behind him, so the fight will be endless.

In the past, the Qing army raided all the way through the customs and conquered Liang on the spot. Because the strength of the Ming army was at the border, as long as they could break through the customs, there was almost nothing in the interior that could stop the Manchu army. Enemy territory is not at all risky.But the defeat in the Henan war this time sounded the alarm for Dorgon.

When facing a military force that can fight against the Manchus in the wild, it is very dangerous to think of the enemy's food, because as long as the opponent holds back your main force, and then clears the field with a strong wall, then there is nothing to do can beat you.It was precisely when Azig sensed the danger of annihilating the entire army that he recklessly left those Han troops and forcibly retreated.

Although Dorgon was annoyed at Azige's timidity, he didn't think there was much problem with Azige's judgment. What made him dissatisfied with Azige was that he actually took two white flags to the rear, which made Azige The two white banners accounted for half of the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners lost in the Zige army.Although this result was enough to silence the voices who criticized Liangbaiqi at the Wang Yizheng meeting, it was an unacceptable result for Liangbaiqi.

Dorgon knew very well that after the end of this battle, it might be difficult for Azig to lead the army in a short period of time, because he could no longer gain the trust of the two white flag generals below.But this is all for later. The most important problem he faces now is that in the future, he will not be able to fight without logistics when fighting against the Shun army. incurred expenses.

Dorgon could only sigh with regret and said: "If it weren't for the defeat of our division in Henan, once the Ten Kings broke through the defense line of the Shun army, Li Zicheng would have to escape. Azige can't escape the blame for this battle. .”

Hong Chengchou was also very appreciative of this in his heart. The two Qing armies going south complemented each other. The Azig army's penetration into the hinterland of Henan not only cut off Li Zicheng's connection with Shaanxi, but also planted a nail behind Li Zicheng, making it difficult for Li Zicheng to deal with it with all his strength. Once the Duduo army broke through a little bit along the canal, it would be difficult for the Shun army to organize another line of defense under the threat of the Azig army.

Even if Li Zicheng can stick to Xuzhou, Azig can go straight to Fengyang, and then attack Yangzhou, Huai'an and other places.Once the rear of the Shun army was captured by the Qing army, Li Zicheng would become a lone army in Xuzhou, and it would be impossible for the money and grain from the south to be transported to the Xuzhou army.Therefore, Dorgon's sigh was indeed out of emotion. The Qing Dynasty missed an opportunity to quickly pacify the world. This mistake is of the same nature as Li Zicheng's abandonment of Beijing.

However, Hong Chengchou would not speak out against Dorgon, because it was impossible for him to accuse Azige in front of Dorgon. No matter how much Dorgon looked down on this brother, the three brothers were born in the same mother's womb after all. Among the current Manchurians, Dorgon only dared to trust these two brothers.

Dorgon quickly withdrew his divergent thinking, turned to Hong Chengchou and said seriously: "This point is indeed different, but we can prepare the content of the peace talks. So what's next?"

Hong Chengchou said: "There are still too many troops in this dynasty. Most of them have no fighting power, and they just waste their salaries in vain. If our army's southern expedition goes well, there will still be places for these troops to be placed, but now the war has fallen into a trap. Consolidation, the lower officials think that we should make plans early, so that these troops cannot be dissatisfied."

Dorgon also found this problem quite difficult. Before October last year, he had already selected the former Ming officers and soldiers who surrendered. Going back and forcibly disbanding these troops will only make them join the Shun Army again, which is obviously not a good idea.

After thinking about it several times, Dorgon had no choice but to ask Hong Chengchou for advice: "If you want to disband the army, you must have land to house them, otherwise it will inevitably cause riots in the army. But now almost all the land in Beizhi has been owned. Xuanfu and Datong are not suitable for placing too many sergeants, what do you think the bachelors should do with these troops?"

Hong Chengchou knew that this issue was quite sensitive, and he actually didn't want to express any opinions on this issue, but under Dorgon's gaze, he dared not say anything. After thinking for a while, he could only He said vaguely: "Before when Li Zicheng went south, he forcibly confiscated the land of the northern gentry to accommodate the demobilized soldiers. From this we can see that although the land in Beizhi is owned by the owner, many lands are abandoned , so Li Zicheng was able to force those landlords to hand over the land for the placement of soldiers.

The lower officials thought that this dynasty could also implement it as a reference.In addition, a large number of people in Liaodong moved into the pass, but it is a pity that the fields outside the pass are abandoned. Why don't the princes buy land from the owners of the land outside the pass, and then distribute these lands to the soldiers to cultivate, so that the land outside the pass It will not be deserted, and the army has also reduced its expenditure.

Finally, the land around the Tumd River is fertile. In the past, the Mongols recruited inland farmers to cultivate it, but now these fields are almost deserted.Although this dynasty ruled the Mongolian grassland, there were no troops stationed on the grassland, which might not be a good thing.If these lands are used for military settlements, it can solve the way out for some soldiers..."

Chapter 483 Dorgon VII

Dorgon frowned immediately after hearing this, clapped his hands loudly and said: "Okay, okay, the bachelor is indeed a national scholar. These proposals are quite good, and they really solved several problems that the king was worried about. have to."

Hong Chengchou repeatedly said that he did not dare to praise Dorgon. This was not because he was pretending to be modest, but because he really did not dare to take the credit, because his proposal was tantamount to offending the gentry, the Manchus and the Mongols. .If he hadn't been facing Dorgon, it would be impossible for him to say such a claim.

Dorgon also knew what Hong Chengchou was thinking. He felt that these Han people only dared to play tricks and tricks, because they never dared to fight head-on. If there were a few characters similar to Li Zicheng in the upper class of the Han people, then the Ming Dynasty would not be able to perish no matter what.

But Hong Chengchou's idea hit his heart. After hearing this idea, other Manchus might draw their swords and want to kill Hong Chengchou, because he actually wanted to use Han people to fill the vacancy left by the Liaodong emigration. A back road full of people.If the Han people were relocated outside the pass, if they really couldn't stay in the pass, would they still have a home to return to?

But for Dorgon, this is indeed a good suggestion that couldn't be better.Because not all Manchus support the migration from outside the pass to the inside of the pass. Except for relatives and nobles like Daishan who have many Zhuangzi outside the pass who are unwilling to relocate, there are also many Manchus below who are not willing to leave Liaodong, and these Manchus Almost all the people originally lived outside the city.

For them, city life is not suitable at all, because hunting and farming are not allowed in the city.However, Liaodong is empty and sparsely populated, making it easy for people with Orion skills to survive. Except for trading necessities in the city a few times a year, they hardly have to deal with city people. This is a free country life.

Migration had the greatest impact on the lives of these Manchus, because they could not find any hunting forests inside the pass. Due to years of development, there were no primeval forests in the pass, so the prey was not as rich as outside the pass. The fertile black soil and vast land outside the pass The wilderness has also made these Manchus accustomed to rough farming, and the barren land inside the pass is not suitable for the rough farming methods outside the pass.

Therefore, after these Manchus moved to the pass, they were not elated, but full of resentment, thinking that the pass was not suitable for real Manchu life.The so-called real Manchus are actually what these Manchus who are not divorced from production call themselves the urban Manchus.

These Manchus who maintain the traditional production and living customs of the Manchus actually have a lot of opinions on the Manchus living in the city. They think that these city people worship lamas and not shamans, and men eat, drink and play instead of producing. full of people.However, the number of rural Manchus trying to maintain the tradition is too small and too scattered, and their children may not like this kind of fishing and hunting life, so they still cannot change the atmosphere of Manchus leaving production.

But the strength of these Manchus is not weak, because almost all the Manchus who can fight are among the Manchus in the countryside, and it is already difficult for the Manchus in the cities to maintain a considerable combat capability with these Manchus.Whether it was fighting the Ming army or capturing wild Jurchens in the deep mountains and old forests, these rural Manchus were almost always the main force, and the urban Manchus could only do support work.

In order to appease the dissatisfaction of these rural Manchurians, Dorgon, who didn't pay much attention to the fugitives, had to order the states and counties not to take in the escaped slaves.Because these Han people who enclose the land together with the banners are just to appease the Manchus who complain that they cannot survive in the pass. With these Han slaves farming and producing for the Manchus, these Manchus in the countryside will no longer have to hunt and plowed.

This encirclement movement has further accelerated the process of the Manchus being separated from production. Although it has greatly satisfied some rural Manchu children who have long been tired of the life of fishing and hunting, there are also some stubborn Manchus who think that this way of life is not good at all. It is unhealthy, so I have to take my family back outside the customs.Even Dorgon could not completely prevent the return of these Manchus.

If the war in the pass goes well, the actions of this small group of Manchus will not affect the general trend of the Manchus settling in the pass, because the Manchus are rapidly accumulating wealth that cannot be accumulated in a few lifetimes in response to the looting of the Han people.In the past, although the Manchus broke through the customs several times and went deep into the hinterland of Ming Dynasty, this kind of military operation can only take away easy-to-carry property, and fixed assets such as land and houses cannot be removed.

But now it is different. After settling in Beijing, the land and houses around Beijing are all owned by the Manchus.Compared with the houses in Guannei, the residences of the Manchus in the Liaodong countryside can only be called tuyaozi.Who would want to live in an earthen kiln where the sun can't be seen when they can live in a spacious courtyard house?Therefore, the escape of some Manchurians is not a big event.

However, after the defeat of the Azig Army, the Manchus who moved to Beijing came to their senses again. They realized that although the Ming dynasty had perished, the Han people had not declined at this point, so the Manchus might not be able to stay in Beijing for a long time.After having this worry, the voices of not giving up their hometown outside the customs gradually reappeared.

But Dorgon is very clear that this idea of ​​not giving up his hometown outside the customs is actually unworkable.These Manchus not only wanted to keep the newly occupied land and houses in the pass, but also wanted to leave a way out for themselves, thinking that if they really couldn’t beat Li Zicheng, they would go back outside the pass. However, with the population of Manchus, how could it be possible to manage the outside of the pass and the inside of the pass separately?

All the strength of the Manchus is hard to compare with a part of the strength of the Han people. Li Zicheng's land and population do not even have one-third of China's population. The place near Xiangyang has been in business for a year or two, and it is completely incomparable with the Manchus who have been running Liaodong for decades.

But just because Li Zicheng unified part of the power of the Central Plains and Jiangnan, he gave the Manchus a head-on blow. This shows that once the power of the Han people is unified in one place, the Manchus will not be able to win even if they try their best.At this time, if we disperse our forces to run the hometown outside the pass, then the Manchus will no longer be able to defeat the Han people.

Of course, Dorgon is unwilling to give up the opportunity for the Manchus to fight for the world, and he cannot give up, because his status as regent lies in this war. Once this war fails or ends, his status and even his life will be lost. up.It is indeed a good idea to get the Han people out of the customs and first occupy the property of those Manchus who want to go back to their hometowns, so that these Manchus will not be able to go back.

For Dorgon, the Great War was defeated, Manchu and himself were finished together, at least he didn't have to accept the result of being liquidated by others.The Manchus were originally created by the Aixinjueluo family, and it is no big deal to perish in the hands of Aixinjueluo.

As for relocating the Han people to Tumotechuan, this idea is actually mixed. The good thing is that after the Han people occupy Tumotechuan, the conflict between the Han people and the Mongols will deepen. , the Han Chinese will stand with the Manchus.The bad side is that the entry of the Han people into the Tumote River means that the Han people will go deep into the grassland, which may lead to a deepening of the relationship between the Mongols and the Han people, which is not good for the divide and rule policy of the Manchus.

But Dorgon also faced another trouble. After the Manchus moved from Liaodong to Guannei, their control over the eastern grasslands weakened.The left and right wings of Mongolia, the Chahar tribe on the left wing of Mongolia, controlled the eastern grasslands. Although with the death of Lin Dan Khan, Mongolia lost its co-lord, and was controlled by the Manchus one by one, and established a banner system to divide Mongolia, but The Mongols did not completely forget the honor of Genghis Khan.

Although the Mongol right-wing tribes opposed Lin Dan Khan in the past, these Mongols were also angry because the Manchus controlled trade with the Han.And after Borjijin Erkonguoluo Ezhe died for unknown reasons, the Mongols on the grassland are taking this incident as an opportunity to try to unite under one banner and seek justice from the Manchus.

Although the tribes on the left and right wings of Mongolia have a tendency to unite, Dorgon is also very clear that the demands of the tribes on the left and right wings of Mongolia are inconsistent. The left-wing Mongolia wants to restore the glory of the Mongols, get rid of the control of the Manchus on the grasslands, and even has contact with Khalkha Mongolia.

After the large-scale migration of Manchus from Liaodong, the empty Liaodong seemed to see an opportunity for these left-wing Mongolian tribes, and began to become impatient again.It's just that the Mongols were stubborn about tradition and tried to restore the glory of Genghis Khan, but refused to accept any changes to the tradition. This made some small Taijis send news to the Manchus in order to maintain the status quo of the grassland.

In all fairness, the Manchus ruled the various tribes of Mongolia by dividing land, and established the alliance flag system to ensure that the big and small Taiwan and Kyrgyzstan can discuss the affairs of the banner on an equal footing. Although it destroyed the traditions of the Mongolians, it did improve the Mongolian people at the bottom. the human situation.Because in the past, the low-level herdsmen and small tribes on the grassland were completely oppressed by the big tribes and Dataiji. The fate of the attack.

Therefore, when these Mongolian big taijis tried to regain their complete control over the tribe, they were naturally resisted by the small taijis.Especially the tribes in the eastern grasslands, because the tribes here have little communication with the Han people, they cannot get enough living materials from the Han people, which makes the problem of competition for grassland among the tribes extremely serious.Losing a traditional grassland means the demise of a small tribe, so these little Taiji naturally don't want to go back to their old life.

Dorgon is also very clear that after moving the Manchus outside the customs, the Mongols will definitely not be content with the status quo, so a rebellion will definitely break out on the grassland, but as long as the Manchus can quickly suppress it rebellion, then the Mongols will be honest again.So he originally thought, first close the interior and then the grassland, and stagger the outbreak time of the two wars.

But now the war in Guanzhong cannot be ended in a short time. If a rebellion breaks out in Mongolia at this time, it is uncertain whether the Manchus can quickly suppress the rebellion.From this point of view, it is also a good plan to relocate the Han people to Tumetchuan to appease and monitor the Mongolian right-wing tribes.As for plundering the land of the gentry, he has nothing taboo. Anyway, these gentry helped the Manchus suppress the Han people before, and it is impossible for them to get the support of the Han people anymore.

Chapter 484 Sending Letters

When Hong Chengchou finally discussed the matter with Dorgon and was about to resign, Dorgon suddenly asked him: "I heard that Zhang Xianzhong is also a great thief with the same reputation as Li Zicheng. Compared with Li Zicheng, what kind of person is he? "

Hong Chengchou stood there silent for a few breaths and said: "In the opinion of the following officials, Zhang Xianzhong is much worse than the former Li Zicheng, and I am afraid that he is far behind the current Li Zicheng. As far as the current As far as the situation is concerned, the prince does not need to be distracted by this servant now."

Dorgon looked at Hong Chengchou, and said suspiciously: "Why did the scholar say that? Didn't Zhang Xianzhong also burn the imperial tomb in Fengyang? Such a bold and reckless person, why don't you pay attention to him?"

Hong Chengchou was a little surprised. When Dorgon entered the customs, he didn't pay attention to the peasant army. After all, the peasant army had been defeated countless times under the encirclement and suppression of the official army. Army, after inference, it is natural to draw the conclusion that the Peasant Army must be inferior to the Manchus.

Although Li Zicheng had the upper hand against the official army ten years after Chongzhen, it was the time when the elite Ming army gathered in Liaodong and was finally defeated in the Battle of Songjin, because the Manchus generally believed that the peasant army had taken advantage of them. They attracted the elite of the Ming army to Liaodong, so it is impossible for Li Zicheng to defeat the official army in the pass.

Therefore, when they first entered the customs, the Manchus generally had the idea that they could easily defeat Li Zicheng.Also because of this mentality, the Manchus did not pay much attention to Zhang Xianzhong and other rebels who were not along Li Zicheng's path, because they felt that as long as Li Zicheng was defeated, the remaining rebels who were not as good as Li Zicheng would naturally be wiped out by themselves.

Hearing Dorgon mention Zhang Xianzhong, Hong Chengchou realized that the defeat in the Henan War had hit the Manchus more seriously than he had imagined.Dorgon began to pay attention to an object that he thought was not worthy of attention in the past, which showed that his heart had cast a shadow on Li Zicheng, so he began to worry about whether the other bandit leaders were also difficult to deal with.

Although Hong Chengchou was a little distracted, he replied calmly on his face: "Zhang Xianzhong's boldness is just cruelty without confidence. When the court is powerful, he will still bow to the court. But Li Zicheng is different. , even if the army around him was dispersed, he still refused to surrender to the court. The so-called indomitable, the more courageous the more frustrated, is exactly the description of this kind of person.

However, although Li Zicheng in the past had a strong character, he still had no rules in his work, but he was still a rogue who went around robbing houses and houses.Only after Niu Jinxing and other scholars defected to Li Zicheng, did the thief leader show signs of turning into a butterfly, began to run places to attract people's hearts, and became a bandit.

But compared with the current Li Zicheng, there are still traces of what Li Zicheng did in front of Shanhaiguan, and people can see through it at a glance. However, the things that Li Zicheng is doing now are sometimes puzzling to lower officials, but they think that he did it. Things are not aimless.

Zhang Xianzhong was no longer comparable to Li Zicheng in the past, and he can't even be compared with him now.Moreover, although Zhang Xianzhong was cunning, he did not have the courage to break the boat, so he was driven from Huguang to Sichuan by Li Zicheng, and Sichuan was difficult to communicate with other provinces. It will not cause any danger to this dynasty.

What's more, most of Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates are from Shaanxi, and he has no roots in Sichuan. Although he was rampant after entering Sichuan, he also offended the local gentry and common people. Years in business are not enough.But judging from the current situation, he doesn't have the time to run Sichuan.Therefore, this person is not worth mentioning. "

Dorgon nodded slightly, and finally said nothing, then reached out to pick up the tea bowl from the square table beside him, and Hong Chengchou immediately resigned with interest.Under the leadership of the guards of the palace, Hong Chengchou left the living room. Just as he was about to go down the steps, there was a sudden coughing sound from behind. Hong Chengchou resisted the desire to turn back, and followed the guards to continue walking forward.

It's just that he couldn't help but cast a shadow in his heart. Although Dorgon was able to control the Manqing ship, the young Dorgon was not as healthy as other Manchus. The Tao is gone, who else among the Manchus can take on the overall situation?Hong Chengchou left Xiaonan City with such doubts.

Here, Dorgon asked the maid to bring some hot tea. After he calmed down, he asked someone to call for the bachelor Eisehei. He dictated a letter to his younger brother to Eisehei, and then called Niyada, his confidant guard, said to him: "Go to the ten kings and hand over this letter to him. Tell the ten kings that spring plowing is coming. If there is no chance of defeating Li Zicheng, then you should prepare to retreat. We can't let the Shun army drag our more than [-] troops to the front line, we don't have so much money and food to spend against the Shun army..."

After accepting the order, Niyada went back to order a few subordinates and set off. They set off from Beijing on February 2, arrived in Jinan in only 7 days, and then arrived in Dingtao in 6 days.

Hearing that there was a messenger from the capital, Duoduo ordered Naqibu, the guard around him, to come out of the city to meet him.Seeing Niyada's group coming in a hurry, Naqibu recognized Niyada who was beside the Nine Kings at a glance, and he hurried forward enthusiastically to lead the horse for him.

After Niyada got off his horse, he said to Naqib: "Is there any water? We drank all the water on the road and couldn't find a place to boil water. Why is this road so desolate? The village It was empty, and there was not a living person in sight."

Hearing Niyada's complaints,

Naqib immediately asked his subordinates to take off the leather bag on the side of his saddle and handed it to him, then he shook his head and smiled wryly: "How can the people survive in such a small area with more than a hundred thousand troops? The food from the rear is brought Fewer and fewer, everyone can't fight hungry, right? You've come all the way, is the road safe?"

Niyada took a sip of the water in the skin bag, but he soon felt that the taste was not right, so he quickly drank a few more mouthfuls, and then handed the skin bag to his subordinates, and gave Naqib a thumbs up Said: "This water is indeed strong enough. It is difficult for me to drink this kind of water in the capital. In order to deliver food to the front line, the Nine Kings almost scraped the land in the warehouse. As for the road, we only dare Resting in the city, the countryside is full of local thieves, it's very chaotic."

Naqib said disapprovingly: "The country's warehouse is probably really empty, but I don't think the granaries of the adults are necessarily. Before, my family sent me a letter saying that after moving to the customs, I asked for money everywhere, but the adults rely on it. The high food prices have made a fortune. Our family used to follow the proceeds from going out to the customs, but this time we spent less than half of it going out. If the price of food continues to rise, we might as well go back outside the customs, at least we will not die of hunger. "

This topic is obviously against the intention of the regent, and Niyada quickly changed the topic and said: "It's just a temporary difficulty. Now the land around Beijing has been circled, and the land and Han slaves have also been divided. There will be a harvest this year, and everything will be fine by then. By the way, how is the war on the front line now? Can it open the situation?"

Hearing the other party asking about the development of the war, Naqib immediately lost interest in speaking, but he also knew the identity of Niyada, and knew that the other party must come here to bring everything he heard and saw back to the capital to report to the regent Wang's, this is also his official business.

As he led Niyada towards the city, he said dejectedly: "At first we thought that after breaking through the Dingtao and Chengwu defense lines, there should be a blank space behind. But there are too many Han people." In fact, they have already established another line of defense in Cao County, Shan County, and Feng County.

So for now we're stuck here.We don't even know if there is another line behind this line of defense. If we keep fighting like this, we may not be able to go back to our hometown. "

Niyada was a little horrified when he heard that. In his memory, Naqib was also a hero among the people, and his performance on the battlefield was quite outstanding.Such a hero with military exploits is beginning to get tired of war, so can this battle really continue?

As if realizing that what he said was too much, Naqib quickly explained: "We have never fought such a difficult war. Although we have also confronted the Ming army in Jinzhou for more than ten years, the Ming army only Will hide in the castle and wait for us to break one by one, the wild is our world full of people.

But here, we are outsiders. Not only are we unfamiliar with the place, but it is also difficult to get the support of the local people.Although the main force of the Shun Army is surrounded by us in the city, there are still many small units of the Shun Army in the wild. These small units will hardly fight us head-on. They hide in the dark and attack our transport team very cunningly. and destroy the road behind us.

We can't catch these rats, but we have to spend a lot of energy to maintain the transportation channels in the rear, and the supply of materials on the front line becomes even more difficult.We are actually fighting two enemies now, one is the enemy in the front, and the other is the enemy behind us, and the one behind us is even more hateful..."

Niyada began to understand Naqib's mood, because he knew that during the Battle of Songjin, the soldiers were actually very impatient with this kind of confrontation, and Xian Khan ordered several times not to allow the Eight Banners to return to Shenyang privately, and even the Regent Wang Du was punished for letting his subordinates go home.At that time, there was also a long queue of grain and fodder convoys transported from Shenyang to the front line of Jinzhou.

The Manchus completely controlled the wild area that day, but the soldiers of the Eight Banners were already impatient with the life of camping and fighting in the wild for a long time. Now they are far away from Shenyang, and the rear is not peaceful. If the regent hadn't moved everyone's family to In the pass, maybe there are even more people who want to go home.

So before seeing the ten kings, Niyada already knew that the war was about to end based on what he heard and saw.Because the soldiers have no intention of fighting.

Chapter 485 Retreat

When Li Zicheng's army retreated from Dingtao, they set fire to the warehouses and county government offices. Although the Qing army entered the city and put out the fire, they still didn't grab much supplies, but only kept some houses.When Duoduo moved the tent to Dingtao, he could only choose a well-preserved dwelling as his residence, and then opened up the walls of the surrounding dwellings, connected several houses together, and settled the entire tent.

After reading the letter brought by Niyada in a small main hall, Duoduo put the letter aside, then looked at Niyada and asked: "Apart from this letter, brother Jiu also said What?"

Although he is Dorgon's confidant, Niyada is still in awe of Duduo. If he can relax in front of Azige, because he knows that Azige can't kill himself, but if Duduo When his temper comes up, he doesn't care about his identity.So he bowed his body and replied cautiously: "Returning to the words of the ten kings, the master also told the servant to bring a few words..."

Niyada suddenly stopped and looked around, Dodo also understood, and waved the other people in the hall to go out.After watching the others walk away, Niyada straightened up, looked at Duoduo with serious eyes and said, "My master said: Ask the Ten Kings, can we still destroy Li Zicheng's main force this time? If we can, how long will it take?" For a long time and under what conditions?"

Duo Duo was not offended by Niyada's behavior, because he knew that the other party was interrogating Dorgon on behalf of him, and if he was submissive again, he would be humiliating Dorgon.But he was too lazy to show respect to Dorgon, a slave representative, so he just sat there motionless, and Niyada could only pretend that he didn't see anything.

After a moment of silence in the room, Duoduo finally said: "The fighter plane has been missed. If Azig's defeat is not so fast, and our army breaks through the Dingtao and Chengwu lines, the rear supplies can be provided in a timely manner, then we It is also possible to force Li Zi to split his mind and fight us on both sides.

But now, Azig has gone to the north of the Yellow River, and Henan has been completely owned by Li Zicheng. Now he only needs to focus on dealing with our group of people, and his strength will naturally become stronger. Right now, Jining has become a place similar to Jinzhou and other places. In the fortress area, our army will not be able to successfully attack it from the front in a few months.

Although there are not so many fortresses in Dingtao and Chengwu, there are no canals here as transportation channels. Seeing that spring is coming, our army's logistics and transportation will soon be subject to the seasons. The local villagers and food have long been Being relocated by Li Zicheng, it is impossible for us to obtain any supplies from the local area.

Besides, civil unrest is everywhere in the rear, even Tianjin, which is so close to Beijing, is in chaos. How much food can the Regent collect from those Han people?If we run out of food in the middle of the battle with the Han people, can these newly surrendered Han troops still be of use to me?Go back and tell the Nine Kings that the most worrying thing now is not Li Zicheng's army, but the new Han army around us.

We have an unresolved bond with these new Han troops, but we subdued them by relying on the martial arts prestige of the Manchus in the past. The unsatisfactory progress of the war has already made these new Han troops have doubts. If they can't even provide logistics, they will still Are you willing to work hard for us?So, the battle is over.

The reason why the king did not retreat was because he did not find a suitable opportunity to retreat, and he just wanted to see the actions of the Shun army.Although this battle is over, the battle between us and the Shun Army is far from over.After all, we can't just think about winning in one battle when we defeat Daming. "

After hearing Duduo's answer, Niyada could only claim to be right and dared not object.Although the Ten Kings may not be the best commander among the Manchus, they must be the best in the Two White Banners. In terms of combat command, he is actually not as good as this younger brother.

As for the others, there may be some who are stronger than the ten kings, but how could the two white flags be willing to hand over the military power at this time? Without the support of the army, the position of the regent king would not be stable.

Doduo waited for a while, seeing that Niyada had no other words to say to him, he knew that his elder brother might also lose the confidence to continue the war, which made him both relieved and full of depression. gas.To be honest, although he said that the war could not go on, he still hoped that someone would stand up against him and continue the war.

As a military commander with rich combat experience, Duoduo has an intuition that if Li Zicheng cannot be defeated this time, then there may be no such opportunity in the future.But he really didn't dare to take on the situation of annihilation of the whole army to gamble. When Nikan and Tong Tulai led the army to break through the front line of Dingtao and Chengwu, he still wanted to put the whole army on top and start from Dingtao. Whether Tao and Chengwu broke through the defense line of the Shun Army, and then took Guide Mansion, or directly attacked Xuzhou, it was a good opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

But at this time, civil unrest broke out in Tianjin and other places, which disrupted the logistics and transportation routes of the Qing army. Just because of the delay of the past few days, the force of the Qing army's forward assault could not keep up. After encountering the new defense lines established by the Shun Army in Cao County, Shan County, and Feng County, they had to retreat because they could not move.

At this time, the Shun army suddenly released many Han prisoners, and brought back many leaflets through these prisoners. The leaflets mainly talked about two things, the defeat of the Azig army and Luo Luohun's article.The news of the defeat of the Azig Army, which was originally circulated in a small area, quickly spread throughout the camps through these returned captives. In addition, the news of the capture of the leader of the banner, Luo Luohun, and his criticism of the Manchus The article finally dispelled the last desire of the East Road Qing Army to fight.

The Qing army marched southward in two routes, east and west, and its goals and division of labor were quite clear. Therefore, when the Azig army failed and retreated, the generals of the Qing army knew that the southern expedition had almost failed.

As for the officers and soldiers of the middle and lower ranks of the Qing army, the war that lasted for nearly a year has already exhausted them, and now the battles against the Shun army are almost all tough battles, and there is no easy victory. It is hard to see the incidents in the counties along the forced surrender.This means that every step forward needs to pay enough blood.

Whether they followed the Manchus to the south to surrender to the Ming army or the Manchus themselves, they all regarded the war as an opportunity to make a fortune. Not something for them to think about.If the counties and counties along the way surrendered like when they went south before, and they could get benefits without paying anything, then everyone would naturally fight happily, no matter where they went.