Chapter 180: Dolgon: I don't want to be a sinner of the Eight Banners
Zheng Zhibao is really Spartan.
He came to drink Shen Qiyuan and shouted for Shen Qiyuan, but now 'should drink' has become 'rescue'. If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong's instructions a long time ago, if he wanted to help Shen Qiyuan at any cost, Zheng Zhibao would have to slap his ass and leave.
Is it easy for him to lead his army to North Korea now? Don't you know what it's like to be outside the gate now?
Wu Sangui's army withdrew into the pass, and even two or three hundred thousand people also retreated into the pass, and the clippers in the rear reported urgently that the Tartar triangular dragon flag had floated at the head of Ningyuan City.
Zheng Jun's lonely defense of Juehua Island was already miserable, and the Ming Dynasty's loss of the northern capital was even more miserable.
Now Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui, Manchu Qing and Zheng Zhilong's remnant Ming forces, the attention of all parties is concentrated on the one-third of an acre of land in Beijing and Tianjin, but Zheng Zhibao still has to send the main force to come to North Korea, is this a big delay?
If the troops and horses he is leading now are still to stop at Juehua Island, even if the Manchus want to enter the customs in a big way, they will not dare to go out, okay?
But now that he is leaving, not only will he have to rescue Shen Qiyuan and them, but also force the Korean monarchs and ministers to hand over all the relatives of these people, and it will take a while to consume this.
In Zheng Zhibao's opinion, this is not cost-effective at all.
Although he doesn't receive much news now, he can't stop his brother who has a traverser, and the secret letter Zheng Zhilong gave him naturally didn't show everything through, but it only showed a layer of curtain.
Zheng Zhibao's name is very reckless, and he is indeed not very smart, but he is not stupid.
The two are compared, but you can see a lot of real thoughts.
His eldest brother was clever, and he had long expected that the capital would not be able to hold it, and that Wu Sangui would not be reliable, so he began to prepare for the king of Qin. Although he expressed his shock that Wu Sangui might have surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these words came from the "mouth" of his eldest brother, and the eldest brother said that it must be.
At that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely enter the customs in a big way, and how important the location of Juehua Island is can be imagined with your toes. But at this juncture, the partial Shen Qiyuan came to such a place, which can make him angry......
A Shen Qiyuan, how much credit has this delayed him?
But no matter what he said, he couldn't catch up with the show. Zheng Zhibao held back the anger in his stomach and sprinkled it all on the heads of the North Koreans. The warships first broke into Ganghwa Bay, smashed several warships deployed there by North Korea to pieces, and then sent several flat-ground centipede ships and old lock boats to go up the river to the bottom of Seoul.
The musketeers of one of the landed battalions also cleanly defeated the attacking defenders of Seoul. There are some bird soldiers of the Korean army, and even in terms of combat effectiveness, they can be seen by the Qing army, and even in history, the Manchu Qing people entered the customs during the Shunzhi period, so that the rear nest was empty, so that Tsarist Russia took advantage of the loophole, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty organized troops to fight against its vanguard Cossacks twice before and after, and won the battle, and there were bird soldiers recruited from Korea.
But Korea has been ravaged twice by the Manchus, and there are still some guns left, and artillery is very rare.
Zheng Zhilong has good guns and guns. The cannon bombarded first, then the heavy turtledove and the big turtledove gun, then the musket salvo, and finally the bayonet attacked, hitting the Korean soldiers with their heads and rats, and Gu Renyuan lost his armor.
Li Liangjunchen found that he could not defeat the small number of Zheng troops who came across the sea, and that sea and land were no opponents, and Zheng Zhibao threatened them that if they did not act obediently, he would drive a warship to hunt along the coast. made Li Liangjun and his ministers all shocked.
If Zheng Zhibao took the warship to fight guerrilla attacks along the coast, Li Liang would not be able to stand it. In addition, there are many sympathizers in North Korea for Shen Qiyuan, and Li Kui also knows that his reputation has fallen, so he can only change his mind. handed over Shen Qiyuan and others to Zheng Zhibao obediently.
It's just that the latter has a lot of people, and there are more relatives, and they belong to different regions, and it takes a lot of time to prepare if they want to send them all over.
There were Manchu eyes and ears in Seoul, and Li Liang knew very well that Jin Zidian even had a direct connection with Zheng Mingshou's lowly slave. Therefore, he directly sent envoys to ask the Manchus for help.
It's just that the ears and eyes of Zheng Mingshou, who is hated by the North Korean monarchs and ministers, and the speed of news transmission is not comparable to that of the North Korean envoys. The latter had only passed through Haizhou, and had not yet arrived in Huangzhou, and there was still a long distance from Pyongyang, so the news had already reached Zheng Mingshou's hands.
When Zheng Mingshou learned of the great joy, he hurriedly reported to Dolgon.
Prince Shengjingrui's Palace. Now this is the center of power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Imperial Palace Ouchi is a thing of the past.
Princes and nobles go in and out, is it a fantasy that "the South City of the Hundred Wingmen and Horses Club"?
"Zheng Zhibao actually went to North Korea?" Dolgon's face was filled with uncontrollable joy. "God help me. God help me. ”
What's the one question he's most bothered about these days? That's how many people are left to watch the house.
Zheng Jun was entrenched on Juehua Island, and a fish bone really got stuck in Dolgon's throat, making him itch with hatred.
In terms of the combat effectiveness shown by the Zheng army in the past, how can a city not have five, seven or eight hundred people to defend against them? And the huge Liaohai, there are countless coastal towns, and if you really want to protect every point, it is difficult to do it without 350,000 people.
But how many people were there in the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty? After deducting these people, he can only use more than 100,000 troops in the pass.
"Can 100,000 soldiers capture the Huahua World in the Central Plains? Can you defeat Li Zicheng in one fell swoop? ”
Dolgon's imagination was so beautiful.
But now that the main force of Zheng Zhibao's department is involved in North Korea, he can breathe a sigh of relief.
Even if we withdraw some troops to help outside the border after the big thing is completed, is this all possible? According to Dolgon's understanding of the Ming army, the Manchu soldiers and horses were able to collect a large number of soldiers every time they defeated the Ming army, and Li Zicheng's army thought the same.
Moreover, after the Eight Banners Army entered the customs, a large number of Baoyi could also be upgraded to soldiers, after all, compared with the Han soldiers, these Baoyi Aha had a closer relationship with the Manchus, right?
As long as the Qing Dynasty gained a firm foothold in the pass, Dorgon believed that all difficulties would be solved.
Of course, in the current situation, the choice of Shanhaiguan Wu Sangui is even more important. If this Wu Sangui is willing to serve the Qing Dynasty, then the Eight Banners will be a matter of course, otherwise, whether Wu Sangui is still loyal to Zhu Ming or votes for Li Zicheng, it will be a big stumbling block in the great cause of the Manchu Dynasty.
Therefore, no matter what the situation of Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui, and Chongzhen is, Dolgon will have to fight a dozen.
"Even if Wu Sangui votes for the Li thief, this king must go south."
"At the beginning, when Ming was strong and Li was weak, I entered the fortress several times in the Qing Dynasty, which greatly restrained Zhu Ming's energy and strength, strengthened myself and weakened Zhu Ming, not to mention, but also won valuable time and a good opportunity for the thieves to develop and grow.
Now Li Qiangming is weak, if Li Zicheng is not contained, I am afraid that Dashun can really take Qilu lightly and drink the Yangtze River. Even to the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, the strength of the Ming and Shun sides is too unbalanced, and the strength of one side is too strong, which is not a good thing for my Qing Dynasty. ”
"The prince is wise." Dolgon's previous henchmen, as well as the people who have been attracted by him these days, saw that Prince Rui had made up his mind, and they stepped forward to greet him.
"It's not that the king is wise, it's a godsend. The Han people have a good saying, Tianyu does not take it, but suffers the blame. This is the case today. If this king does not grasp this great opportunity to enter the Central Plains, this king will be the sinner of my Eight Banners. ”
What's more, he was ready to lead the army into the fortress, who let the Manchus lack food?
When the Zheng army set fire to the fields, there were not many soldiers on both sides, but the Manchus had to bear the fact that the Liao River valley, a major grain-producing country, had to suffer trauma. Now the Manchu Qing Dynasty has the savings in the treasury to lay the foundation, but there will be no famine, and the price of food has not jumped to the point of ten taels and one stone, but people always have to take precautions, right?
He had sent people to inform the Fan family a few years ago, grain, and purchase grain.
Fan Yongdou is really a great hero, and in February, he sent a message saying that the grain had been eaten. He was transported to Beizhili and hidden.
Just waiting for the soldiers of the Eight Banners to come to the door to get food.
But now a better opportunity lay ahead, and Dolgon was full of ambition, because this time, if the plan was right, the Qing Dynasty would not have to come and go again as before.
The only thing that gave him a headache before was Juehua Island, Wu Sangui retreated from Ningyuan City, but Zheng Zhilong still nailed people to Juehua Island. Let Dorgon be stuck in his throat. But now......
"Zheng Mingshou!" Dorgon shouted.
Zheng Mingshou, who was standing at the very edge, had excitement on his face, and he stood up and slapped a thousand sons, "The slave is here." ”
As a Korean slave, Zheng Mingshou served Jiannu without any psychological obstacles since he was captured with the army in the Battle of Salhu. Because the slaves of North Korea are not people, but after taking refuge in Jiannu, Zheng Mingshou can be a person, at least when facing North Koreans, he is not only a person, but also an adult.
For more than 20 years, Zheng Mingshou has won the trust of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Huang Taiji conquered the dynasty twice, and Zheng Mingshou played an obvious role in communicating between the Manchus and Korea. They were even appointed as envoys to represent the Manchus. It played a special role in the relations between the Manchus and Korea.
For the Later Jin (Qing), he relied on his unique language advantage and familiarity with his own country, North Korea, to establish an intelligence network for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
On the other hand, because he came from a humble background, when he was loaned to Korea, he relied on the political power of the Qing court to seek all kinds of benefits for his family, even endlessly, so he naturally had sharp contradictions with the Korean monarchs and ministers.
As far as North Korea is concerned, Zheng Mingshou is a traitor who has forgotten his ancestors, but he was affected by the national prestige of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the pro-Qing lords and forces in North Korea, so he had to swallow his anger.
"You tell someone to quickly send a message to the king of Joseon, and Kim Zidian, tell them to hand over the people slowly, slowly, and delay the time as much as possible. Give Zheng Zhibao to the king to stay in Korea. ”
"At the same time, you will send an envoy to North Korea to put pressure on Li Liang and them on the surface, and also help them." Make an excuse.
"But the main thing for you is to keep an eye on the Korean monarchs and ministers, and don't play tricks."
"The minions obey." Zheng Mingshou smiled, every time he went to North Korea, he could always earn a lot of money.