Beijing, the palace of the Prince Regent.

In late June, when Dorgon received the news that Sowei had sent someone from Jiangnan, he was a little surprised and called Dordor to discuss.

When Dodor arrived, Dorgon showed him Sovey's letters.

Duoduo was also slightly surprised when he looked at it.

Suo Wei wrote in the letter that Guo Wendong relied on his father-in-law to be the first assistant of the cabinet, donated 300,000 taels of silver, and became a guerrilla general of the Shenji Battalion in Beijing, and also publicly swore that he would not be compatible with the Qing court.

The letter also said that half of the 6,000 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were transferred by Guo Wendong's private soldiers, and Guo Wendong also paid for his own ranks to make up for them, which won the hearts of the military.

In the end, Suo Wei said that Guo Wendong basically had no possibility of wooing him, and asked if he would get rid of him.

Dolgon said: "This Guo Wendong still has some ability. Fifteenth brother, what do you think? ”

Duoduo said: "Guo Wendong is just a clown who jumps off the beam, even if he trains the 6,000 Shenji Battalion well, he will not be able to resist my Qing army." As long as we defeat Li Zicheng and control the entire north, the world can be determined. Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, and Gao Jie's disciples will not really be loyal to that Zhu Yousong, as long as we use both soft and hard, there is a chance that we will surrender. ”

Dolgon nodded, he really didn't pay attention to the character of Guo Wendong, and said: "The first thing is to eradicate Li Zicheng first." Fifteenth brother, you have to personally lead the troops and fight Li Zicheng with Azig. Guo Wendong, an unknown person, after our Qing army went south, took Nanjing, and he was bound to cut him with a thousand knives, so that he would die worse than Yuan Chonghuan. ”

Duoduo said again: "However, when the Qing army goes south, if Guo Wendong really leads the Shenji battalion to resist desperately, it will always bring some trouble, and our army will suffer more losses." I still suggest that Suo Wei find an opportunity to get rid of Guo Wendong. ”

Dolgon also felt that it made sense, and directly got rid of Guo Wendong, which was cleaner and neater, so as to avoid causing trouble in the future.

Subsequently, he wrote a letter, in which he ordered Suo Wei to find an opportunity to kill Guo Wendong and let the person who sent the letter return to Nanjing as soon as possible to send it to Suo Wei.

At present, the Qing court has controlled the entire Northern Zhili, and Azig led a large army to attack Shanxi. Li Zicheng was Wu Sangui's enemy, and Wu Sangui, who was named the king of Pingxi, was very hard at attacking Li Zicheng, and was currently leading the army to attack Li Zicheng's forces in Shandong.

Soon after, Dodor led the army.

In the original history, Li Zicheng was chased and attacked by the Qing army's concentrated main force, and in just one year, he was wiped out.

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On 20 June, the arsenal under the control of Guo Wendong was officially put into use.

In Guo Wendong's blacksmith shop, many craftsmen were transferred to work in the arsenal.

Under the care of Song Yingxing, Song Yingsheng, and Qin Hongling, the arsenal soon became operational.

First, cold weapons such as knives, swords, spears, spears, bows and arrows, and armor were cast.

Song Yingxing devoted himself to research, not only to develop his own firearms, but also to improve the existing cannons.

In the first season of this year, there was a large bumper harvest. The people of Jiangnan all know that it is the rice variety introduced by Guo Wendong that makes the rice yield high, and they are grateful to him whether they are employed by Guo Wendong or not.

Ma Shiying gave his son an official and acted very quickly.

In late June, Ma Jian was appointed as the commander of the Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and Ma Xi was appointed as the commander of the forbidden army, and Ma Shiying's general concurrently served as the commander of the forbidden army.

After being attacked by Li Zicheng in Beijing, Jinyiwei was gone, and it was also necessary to rebuild it from scratch.

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Northwest of Nanjing, Arsenal.

Above the gate, there is a plaque of "Jingying Arsenal".

At the gate and around it, there were 300 people guarding them, and they were not imperial court soldiers, but the guards sent by Guo Wendong.

At the end of June, under the escort of 20 nurses, a carriage stopped in front of the gate, and Guo Wendong stepped out of the car.

If only in the past, he had come on horseback, but it was so hot that it was better to sit in the carriage.

Chu Yuan, as the head of the guard, followed on the side.

Before entering the arsenal, the sound of striking iron came from inside.

Guo Wendong and his personal guards entered the inside and inspected the casting area first.

Song Yingsheng, who was in charge of daily management, took Guo Wendong inside.

It's already hot in the middle of summer, but when you get inside, the temperature rises several degrees.

Guo Wendong didn't work, just walked here, sweating all over, you can imagine how hard it is to work here.

Here, there are several cast-iron furnaces, in which iron is burned and blowers make the flame even more vigorous.

Some are responsible for smelting pig iron, some are responsible for smelting steel, and some are responsible for forging steel into the final weapon.

It's really uncomfortable to be obedient, Guo Wendong was sweating profusely, wiping the sweat on his head with a towel.

Everyone here is sweating like rain. The craftsmen were all dressed in short beats, and if it weren't for Guo Wendong's strict prohibition of being shirtless, many would have taken off their shirts to work.

In the area where the final weapon is forged, there is a constant sound of hammering, and craftsmen hammer the fiery steel into knives, swords, spear heads, and arrowheads.

In one area, there are hammered finished weapons, neatly stacked.

Guo Wendong walked over, picked up a single knife and looked at it, the back of the single knife was slightly thick, and the blade was very sharp.

Song Yingsheng next to him said: "My lord, fortunately, you have skilled and experienced craftsmen, after the arsenal is completed, the weapons will be forged on the same day." This single knife is both sharp and tough, and the blade is not easy to jump out of the gap. ”

Guo Wendong picked up a single knife in each of his left and right hands, and slashed hard with the blade.

With a "poof", the blade of the knife was still buzzing.

Then check the blade and slash hard, causing only a small gap.

For the quality of the knife, Guo Wendong is quite satisfied.