Dolgon understood what he heard, and he said angrily: "But if you don't kill Wu Zheng, can the impact of this battle be reduced?" ”

Hong Chengchou said leisurely: "It's like the sun shining directly on the body, but you can't dodge, you can't avoid it, this strategy is for the yang." Wu Zheng used the lives of thirty soldiers to achieve two goals, one was to show the people of Jiangbei the determination to stand against the Qing court, and the other was to set an example for the Ming army in Jiangnan...... The afterlife is terrifying! ”

Dolgon said sarcastically: "The two bachelors Fan and Hong, who are talented and eight buckets, have nothing to do in front of this Nanban boy who is not as good as the crown? ”

Fan Wencheng's face changed, revealing a trace of indignation, but he lowered his head at the right time and was not seen.

Hong Chengchou said with a motionless expression: "In the face of the yang conspiracy, you can't win with the conspiracy, this is like no matter how cold the ice is, when facing the sun, it will melt, even if you hide in the house, the sunlight can still slowly transfer the heat in...... There is no way to avoid it. ”

"Scholar Hong is saying that my Qing Dynasty just sat and waited for Wu Zheng to fight for the Northern Expedition?" Dorgon's ridicule was no longer hidden.

Hong Chengchou raised his head and said indifferently: "That's not necessarily." Yang Zheng is not uncrackable, at least in Hong's opinion, Wu Zheng's strategy still lacks some heat. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Dolgon's sarcasm slowly dissipated.

"Our dynasty has occupied most of the rivers and mountains, and this is the military situation. Wu Zheng knew that he was invincible, but he wanted to find another way to unite people's hearts and form people to counter the military strength of our dynasty, but unfortunately he still had some. This armistice, although he occupied the Jingjiang River, but the Ming army was still confined to the south bank, his follow-up influence could not penetrate to the north of the river, and the people were ignorant and forgetful, as long as the court applied a gentle policy, slowly, the people's minds were at ease, the influence of this war would fade, and his conspiracy would be self-defeating. ”

Hong Chengchou is indeed right, this kind of influence formed by blood and human life, as long as Huairou uses time to resolve, if it is suppressed by killing, the result is often counterproductive, the heavier the so-called oppression, the stronger the rebound, and the spark will turn into a prairie fire.

This method is indeed a good cure for this disease.

But the question is, can the Qing court do it?

I can't do it, even if it's pretending, I can't do it.

If you can do it, why bother?

This is the crux of the contradiction, a family of brothers break up, quarrel, fight, calm down, others persuade, maybe they figure it out, and get back together, this is called breaking bones and connecting tendons.

But if it is a foreign robber who occupies the family business, will the robber want to be brothers with this family?

Is that still called a robber?

Hong Chengchou obviously has a split personality, after he became a hardcore Manchu courtier, he is still using the ideas he had when he was a Ming minister.

This is the psychology of traitors.

Dolgon obviously didn't buy Hong Chengchou's account, he shook his head and said, "It's too slow, with your method, I'm afraid it won't be able to do it in three or five years." ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned, nodded and sighed: "The prince is right, three or five years is short, and ten or eight years is not too long. ”

Dorgon snapped, "This king can't wait that long. The death of this king's brother at his hands must be avenged. The Yixing Dynasty rekindled the land of Shaoxing, and this hatred had to be snowed. ”

Hong Chengchou sighed: "Since this is the case, there is only one way. ”

"Speak."

"Use the yang to conspire against the yang, and use the way of others to govern their bodies. Our dynasty has several times the strength of the Yixing dynasty, no matter what he does, I will be twice the opposite, suppressing people with power, winning, pressing, and subduing. ”

"Good!" Dorgon clapped his hands and exclaimed, "This is a plan that suits the king's heart. Scholar Hong is really a genius. ”

Hong Chengchou arched his hand and said: "The prince praised it falsely. ”

But Dolgon suddenly raised his head and smiled: "The two scholars are really exquisite. One digging a pit, the other going around in a circle, in order to be nothing more than the emperor's desire to form a new army of muskets, right? I want the king to agree...... Hehe! ”

Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng glanced at each other.

Then he turned to Dolgon and said with a wry smile: "Hong is a little careful, naturally he can't hide it from the prince." But the drill in the Taihe Hall and today's battle, doesn't the prince still understand, Wu Zheng really wants to form a musket army of 50,000 people, and what else can I compete with except the cavalry? Shen Zhiyuan said that the range of this new musket can reach 200 steps, and I am afraid that all archers under the command of the prince will become the target of musketeers except for strong crossbowmen, right? Not to mention the infantry. ”

Fan Wencheng said in a timely manner: "What Lord Hong said is not the most important thing, the key is that according to Shen Zhiyuan, this musketeer can become an army in three months at most." Lord Wang, in today's battle, thirty musketeers lost ten heavy cavalry of the prince, but once the war is stopped, Wu Zheng can become ten times the army in a short time, a hundred times the musketeers, and the prince is afraid that the heavy cavalry will not be trained for three years, and he will not be able to form an army, right? ”

Dolgon's face became solemn, he knew that Fan Wencheng was not bad, training heavy riding, three years is really needed, even if it is formed by the young and strong people of the Manchu and Mongolian tribes, it will take two years.

Moreover, it was impossible for Dolgon to transfer cavalry from the north to Jiangnan, the terrain of Jiangnan was not suitable for cavalry combat, let alone heavy cavalry.

Wu Zhengzhen wanted to fight a war of attrition with himself, and this gap in the replenishment of troops was enough to reverse the balance of the war along the Yangtze River.

Dolgon's face slowly eased, and his fingers tapped a few times: "How many people?" Who will lead the way? ”

Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng were overjoyed when they heard this.

Hong Chengchou replied: "There are not many generals in our dynasty who are proficient in musket tactics, although there are generals of the original three battalions in the Ming army, but they have long since lost the demeanor of the early years of the god guard. The emperor planned to use Shen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong as deputy commanders to form a new army. ”

"Ridiculous." Dolgon frowned and said, "The hearts of these two people have not yet been sorted out, so they have been entrusted with such a heavy task, and the new army is stationed in the capital, if there is a mistake, wouldn't the consequences be unpredictable?" On the other hand, the post of deputy commander cannot be conferred on these two people, which banner do you plan to let this new army in? ”

Hong Chengchou hurriedly explained: "The prince is afraid that there is a misunderstanding, although the new army is directly subordinate to the emperor, it is not in the flag and is not stationed in the imperial city. The emperor's intention was to place the new army in Gongbei City to train and defend Gyeonggi. The soldiers of the new army are mainly recruited Han Chinese, but the main military positions such as staff leaders and assistant leaders below the deputy capital level are also held by banner people. Therefore, although Shen Zhiyuan and Qian Qiaogong are deputy commanders, their power is mainly in training the new army. In addition, the new army is surrounded by our banner regiments, and there will be no major incidents. ”

Dolgon understood that this new army was not among the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Han Dynasties, and this was just a test for the little emperor to start wanting to get involved in military power.

Although he didn't agree with it, Dorgon didn't want to have another fight with Fulin over this trivial matter.