Beijing, Regent's Palace.

The regent Dorgon, the uncle of the Qing Emperor who returned from watching the cannons in Fengtai, is now in a good mood. Ever since Hauge was gone, his mood has been heavy. Not because of Hauge's death, but because of the rising force of the Ming Dynasty!

Although he likes to put the words "those who win the Central Plains win the world" and "From the north to the south, it is as easy as a snap". But in his heart, he is like a mirror, and the current world is different from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Southern Song Dynasty.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Southern Dynasties and the Southern Song Dynasty could not get foreign guns, foreign artillery, and foreign generals from the West!

And now it's the rise of Xiyi, and the grassland is declining!

Just last winter, the town guard Ningguta Mel Zhangjing and the Mongolian Tushetu Khan Gunbu sent envoys to Beijing to report to Dolgon about the eastward expansion of the Western Rakshasas.

The town guard Ningguta Mel Zhangjing reported that a small group of Rakshasa people had touched the territory of the Daur people in the Heilongjiang River Valley, and many Balhu people (Buryats) who originally lived in Baihar Lake and Balguzhen River (Baikal Lake area) in the northwest of Heilongjiang were driven away by the Rakshasa people and also ran to the territory of Ninggu Tamel Zhangjing.

In the Toshetu Khan Gunbu's memoir, it is stated that the Balhu people, who were located north of the Tushetu Khan's tribe, had borrowed hundreds of troops from the Tushetu Khan's department in the autumn of the third year of Shunzhi, and together with their own warriors, they had gathered a total of more than a thousand men to attack a force of less than a hundred (6o) Rakshasa cavalry. After a hard day, he had to give up because of too many casualties...... That is, he was violently beaten by others!

More than 1,000 people beat dozens of people, but instead of winning, they were beaten violently in turn!

The ferocity of the Rakshasas really made Dolgon's heart tremble.

Moreover, before the two Rakshasa invasions were reported by Ningguta Mel Zhangjing and Tushetu Khan, Dolgon had received a lot of news about the eastward invasion of the Rakshasa Kingdom...... One of the most sensational is that the Obil Khanate, which was divided from the Golden Horde, was destroyed by the Rakshasas decades ago!

According to the English envoy Bruce, this Rakshasa State that defeated the Lost Bil Khanate was not powerful at all among the Western Yi countries, but was only a second-rate power......

Before the Battle of Bloody Creek, Dolgon hadn't taken Xiyi's strength too seriously, and Xiyi was still far away from the Great Qing Kingdom!

Even if they destroyed the Lost Bil Khanate and extended their claws into the territory of the Balhu people, they would not pose any threat to the Great Qing State.

Because more than 10,000 miles of forests, deserts, mountains and rivers are the most reliable barriers in the north of the Qing Dynasty, it is impossible for the Xiyi Rakshasa Kingdom to send the army so far.

However, when he learned through careful investigation that the new army of the Ming army suddenly became stronger because of the introduction of new artillery and new tactics from Xiyi, he realized the seriousness of the problem.

It is difficult for the Xiyi people to kill in large numbers by 6 routes, but they can sell advanced firearms to the Ming Dynasty by sea, and they can also provide foreign generals to Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong is different from his stupid father, Huang Chongzhen, who is particularly good at looting and collecting money, and in the autumn and winter of last year, he led two million empty-handed northerner refugees to Huguang to loot, and as far as Guangdong...... Along the way, it not only solved the problem of feeding two million people, but also straightened out the land in Huguang and the customs and commercial taxes in Guangdong.

It is estimated that the income of the Southern Ming Dynasty this year can be 30 or 40 million stone meters, 120 million taels of silver!

With so much income and Westerners' foreign cannons, foreign guns, and foreign generals, the Qing Kingdom is in danger......

As soon as he thought of the crisis of the Great Qing Kingdom, Dolgon's mood was depressed, and he was not even interested in usurping the throne - what was the usurpation for? When the last emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty?

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty can still rule for four years, and Dolgon is still only a regent of the emperor's uncle.

But after Dolgon returned from Fengtai today, the smile on his face was so thick that he couldn't get rid of it.

"Lord Wang, have you read the proclamation from Ao Bai, who guarded Tianjin? In the performance of the merits, Tianjin Weiang Bangzhang Jing Yamen up and down, hard work for almost a year, finally the Dongzui Island City was repaired. Although this worship is a little reckless, he still has the ability to do things. ”

It was Fan Wencheng who spoke, and he had the closest relationship with Hauge's old ministry. In the past, when Hauge was alive, he still had to pay attention to avoid suspicion! Now that Hauge is in a glorious funeral, he has no worries. That's the foundation of the Great Qing Kingdom, can you really have a Nine Banners to kill each other? What's left after the kill?

So when he saw that Dorgon was in a good mood, he helped Ao Bai to say good things.

Dorgon took the fold and looked at it a few times, then smiled and threw it aside, and then glanced at his good brother Dordor, who was sitting on the side, just smiling and not speaking, "Now don't worry, right?" There is Dongzui Island City blocked, and it is impossible for Zhu Cihong to enter from the direction of Dagukou. ”

Dongzui Island is one of the islands in Tianjin Weihe Island, which was formed by a diversion of the Tianjin Weihe River - Dongzui Island was originally connected with 6 places on the south bank of the Tianjin Weihe River, but because of a certain flood, a lower part of the south of Dongzui Island was flooded, thus forming a new river channel, and Dongzui Island became a river island.

This island in the middle of the river is about fifty-five miles away from Dagu Kou in a straight line, and it is a choke point for the enemy who ascends at Dagu Kou 6 and then marches along the Weihe River in Tianjin.

After Duoduo returned to Beijing (the Eight Banners could not always fight outside, they had to go home to live), he personally surveyed along the Tianjin Weihe River and chose this Dongzui Island as the location for the defense of the city - in fact, it doesn't matter if you can't find this Dongzui Island, the course of the Tianjin Weihe River is crooked, and you can completely move the people to dig out an island!

The first warrior of Manchuria, Ao Bai, resolutely asked for his life and served as the most arduous Tianjin Wei Ang Bang Zhangjing, responsible for guarding the country for the Qing Dynasty. The work of building a castle on Dongzui Island naturally went to Aobai.

Ao Bai also really put his mind into it, not only went to the Shandong front line to inspect the "sandbag fort" left by the Ming army, but also found Han Lin's "Fort Diagram" to study on his own, and finally designed an octagonal fortress that relies on the river embankment, and uses sandbags to build the outer wall and the inner wall with bricks and wood. On the eight platforms of the fortress, all of them are arranged with Hongyi cannons and generals' cannons, and there are also many Franc machine guns on the core fortress of the fortress.

As long as the fortress of Dongzui Island is not broken by the Ming army, the Tianjin Weihe River will be completely blocked. Along the Tianjin Weihe River and then into the canal, it is delusional to go straight to Tongzhou City.

If the Weishui Road in Tianjin cannot be opened, the straight-line distance of taking 6 routes from Dongzui Island to Beijing is not less than 250 miles, and the actual distance to be walked is at least 300 miles, and there are many rivers blocking it along the way, as well as dozens of strong fortresses.

For those who did not have strong cavalry, and who were unable to haul a large number of heavy artillery and baggage, it was impossible to fight all the way to Beijing like the British and French forces - the British and French forces used Megne bullets, rifled guns, and Armstrong breech-loading rifled guns.

And at that time, the Eight Banners were rotten to the home, and the Mongolian cavalry under the command of Seng Lingqin was not the Eight Banners at all, but a training army recruited from the various banners of Chahar nomadic Mongolia - nomadic Mongolia and Eight Banner Mongolia are not the same thing at all!

Duoduo was also in a good mood today, he also followed to see the cannons of the Hongyi English, and with his eyes, after seeing it, he knew how to confront the new army of the Ming army in the future......

Now when he heard Dolgon's question, he deliberately lowered his voice and asked with a smile: "Fourteenth brother, when I came out of the mansion just now, I met Zu Dashou coming to visit, and he said that Zu Kefa came again. ”

"Oh." Dolgon nodded, noncommittal,

Duoduo said again: "Zu Kefa also brought news that Zhu Cihong has ascended the throne!" ”

"Really?" Dolgon laughed, "Who's the Queen?" ”

"There is no queen," said Dordor, "and people are still waiting for that girl in Tungor!" Brother Fourteen, when will you go further? At that time, Dong Gu will be a real princess! ”