The Manchu Qing Dynasty, which made a comeback, once again occupied half of the North China Plain in a short period of time, and with the end of the negotiations between the Ming and Qing dynasties, this half of the country was about to become 'two thirds of North China'.

And what makes the Manchu high-level leaders even more excited is that the 'world' is in the heart.

The Manchu rule in Zhili and the Central Plains was fully cooperated by the local gentry.

Their regime suddenly had a solid foundation, and it was no longer as ethereal as it was when they first entered the Central Plains. It's like a mirage turned into Mount Tai, which makes Dolgon and other high-level Manchu Qing officials look down on people like Xu Dingguo all of a sudden.

The latter is also the time to catch up, and he escaped from the battle before, pitted Gao Jie, and directly helped the Manchu Qing Dynasty, otherwise, he would definitely not be treated so favorably.

The second-class essence is a second-class son, in other words, a second-class son, which is a worldly position that many Manchu dignitaries cannot get. For example, Aobai, when he died, he was only a first-class Asihani Hafan, that is, a first-class man. As for Sukh Saha, although he sat in the position of the governor of Zhili, his position was to wait for Sahar Chashaokun, that is, the lieutenant of the light car.

How can Xu Dingguo be virtuous?

After having a solid foundation, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will have a huge improvement in terms of money and food, as well as in terms of military resources. In the years and years, they have already felt the results.

In this way, the Manchus were naturally more inclined to recruit new troops than to use them to surrender them.

They have no major external threats in the short term. This environment dictates their choice.

This is like the magistrates, instead of using the demotion of the former Ming, they prefer to use their own Jinshi in the examination to open the department.

That Xu Dingguo seems to be very smart, and he understands the meaning of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he works hard every time he sends troops to attack.

"Father, the prince sent a military order, telling my father to dig a ditch and advance."

In Xu Dingguo's camp, he was just sitting on a chair full of wine and food, and his son Xu Er'an came in with a codex.

"Dig a ditch?" Xu Dingguo was a little confused. But when I opened the codex, I clapped my hands. "Brilliant plan, this is a good idea. For the sake of the Father, go and order! ”

In the bottom of his heart, Xu Dingguo cheered even more.

Prince Su came up with such an idea, does that mean that enough of his men have died?

More importantly, does this mean that the Qing Dynasty will regard him as its own in the future?

Buckhouse was walking along the canal, and he had never imagined he would see an artificial canal of this magnitude before coming to China.

There are also artificial canals in Germany, but the length of those canals is really not worth mentioning compared to the canals in front of you.

From south to north, it stretches for two thousand miles. It's like the Great Wall in the north, it's all an incredible miracle of the world!

Not to mention that the Great Wall was built 200 years earlier, this is really a miracle greater than the pyramids of Egypt and the lighthouse of Alexandria.

It's incredible, it's beyond human power!

At this moment, the weather is obviously warmer, the thick ice on the Grand Canal is gradually melting, and the soldiers and civilians of the Qing army who take water can easily mash the ice and use it.

Buckhouse's status in the Qing army is not high, and he can't touch the command power, so he can only be said to be a counselor in the army. It's just that he, the military counselor, is a Xiyi.

He never had the luxury of how much he could develop in China, and in fact he was not very optimistic about the Manchus. The latter had so far shown no signs of converting the Eight Banners into a firearms unit, and he could understand how difficult it was for a group like the Manchus to suddenly change their fighting patterns. But it is also true that the army of pure cold weapons does not play much role in the face of sharp guns.

The Manchus had been strengthening their heavy firepower, buying artillery from the Dutch several times, and he had trained several gunners in those days.

Even the Manchu Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the musket, gathered craftsmen, organized a war bureau, and constructed firearms. Although the muskets made were still mainly arquebuses, some of them were kept as reserves by the Qing army, some of them armed the Eight Banners Han Army, and some of them were distributed to the general soldiers of all walks of life.

This is simply stupid!

On the other hand, the enemies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Dashun Dynasty and the Daxi Dynasty in the distant land, do not mention, only look at the Ming army and the Zheng army, which already have a pure firearms army in formation. Although the musketeers of the Ming Empire are very much.

They are far behind in terms of military discipline and training.

However, Zheng Zhilong's firearms unit cannot be underestimated, and its equipment and discipline are also outstanding in Europe.

The Manchu Dynasty's greatest enemy in the future was probably not the Ming Empire, which occupied the rich south, but the powerful Zheng Zhilong.

The strangest thing about Buckhouse was that he had obviously proposed to the Manchu Qing leadership to form a large-scale pure firearms army, and the Tatars had also seen the strong combat effectiveness of the well-trained pure firearms army, but they just didn't hear of it.

Buckhouse couldn't figure out why.

He doesn't care about it either.

It was on the orders of the Dutch East India Company that he entered China to help the Tatars, all for the sake of rich revenge. All he had to do was gold, and at the same time he did what he could, and it would be impossible for him to worry more about his service and work hard for the Tatars.

You know, even for the sake of the Holy Roman Empire, he didn't do so much. And a bunch of Tatars?

Playing for the Manchus was just a job for Buckhouse.

He will do his job dutifully, but he will never waste sleep and food to serve the company where he works, and he will not have the spirit of ownership at all.

"Oh, what are the Tatars doing?" Bernhard, a Saxon countryman beside Buckhouse, exclaimed.

Buckhouse woke up from his trance and looked fixedly, and saw that in the dark night, hundreds of Qing troops had rushed to the artillery position, but they were scattered to do something.

"Go check it out and see what they're doing." Buckhouse said immediately.

The news soon came back that the Qing army was digging trenches.

Buckhouse: They immediately lost interest.

This method was still told to the Manchus, didn't Zheng Zhilong do it when he attacked the castle of Relanza?

Fight with the trenches, use the trenches to protect your soldiers from shells, and keep moving closer to the enemy to house your siege artillery!

It's a very useful idea.

"I really don't understand why the Tatars had to die so many soldiers before they switched to this method?" Bernhard spread his hands and said puzzled.

"Maybe it's because His Royal Highness likes blood. Whatever, it's all Chinese who die, aren't they? Buckhouse said nonchalantly.

And at this time, Hauge, who had just been slandered by Buckhouse, was ecstatic looking at the express sent from Yanjing.

There was good news from Guanzhong, Bai Guangen surrendered, Li Zicheng was caught off guard, suffered a big loss, and the Dashun army lost Yan'an and insisted on losing troops. Now it has retreated to Chang'an.

"I didn't expect that this Bai Liangbi had eaten dry rice for many years, but he made a great contribution as soon as he exerted his strength. Prince Zheng picked up a big bargain. ”

Bai Liangbi is Bai Guangen's only son. He was captured during the Battle of Songjin and wrote a letter to Bai Guangen to surrender, but did not receive a reply. But now this shot has established a miracle.

As for Prince Zheng picking up a big bargain, it was because after Azig led the troops back, the infantry armor that had also followed the retreat team turned back to northern Shaanxi halfway, and the commander who led the troops also changed from Azig to Zilharang who replaced him.

Li Zicheng was beaten to exhaustion, and Bai Guangen was the internal response, didn't Jierharang pick up a credit for nothing?