"Your Majesty, Sonny and Sukh Saha ask to meet."

When Emperor Shunzhi was calculating in his heart how many people were the most suitable to defend the city of Beijing, Wu Liangfu's voice came.

"Xuan!" Shunzhi said.

Sonny is now the head of the Interior History Academy, a scholar and a secretary of the military department, and Sukh Saha is the head of the guard and the commander of the Nine Gates—both of them were nothing during Dorgon's reign, one was a chorre, the other was a caretaker.

But after the "pro-government" of Shunzhi, these two positions were actually the heads of the Eastern and Western Governments of the Qing Dynasty!

The "East Mansion" of the Shunzhi Imperial Court, that is, the house of the ruler who manages government affairs, is headed by six scholars from the Inner Academy of History, the Inner Secretary Academy, and the Inner Hongwen Academy. And in the Three Palms Academy, the Inner Secretary Court is respected, so Sony is now the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty!

And the Minister of the Guard, under the promotion of Shunzhi, became Yuan Rong, who was in charge of the army. The six ministers of the guards were also in order, and the largest of them was the minister of the guards and the governor of the nine gates, which was Sukh Saha.

The other five ministers of the guard were all on one side, regardless of their superiority. At the same time, they also have part-time jobs, serving as the commander of the forward battalion, the commander of the firearms battalion, the commander of the infantry battalion, the commander of the cavalry battalion, and the commander of the cowardly Xue battalion.

These part-time differences have a background!

First of all, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, who looks like he is a gatekeeper, but is actually the commander of the Beijing garrison! Jurisdiction over the Beijing Guardian Barracks.

There were 20,000 people in the Beijing Guard Barracks, of which more than 1,000 were in the Old Manchuria of the Eight Banners, and the rest were Han Chinese and Mongol Zhuangding who had given land around Beijing.

This army does nothing else, it is to defend the city of Beijing!

Therefore, they take turns to serve in peacetime, and when they are not serving, they farm at home. Once the situation is critical, then bring your family into the city to defend the Shunzhi Emperor...... In order to ensure that they could hold out as much as possible in the city, Emperor Shunzhi also repeatedly issued edicts to reduce the number of residents in Beijing. In addition to the thousands of bannermen and one or two thousand Han officials who were loyal to Shunzhi, as well as the eunuchs, palace maids, and internal affairs officials who served Shunzhi, there were usually no residents in Beijing.

In peacetime, the total number of residents in Beijing is 70,000 or 80,000!

If the soldiers of the garrison camp outside the city entered the city, the population would reach 1780,000. According to the calculation that one person consumes 4 stone of grain (about 480 catties) a year, 1780,000 people insist on 700,000 stone a year...... Now there is enough food in Beijing to last for a year!

Shunzhi plans to save another 1.4 million stones...... That's three years of food storage!

Does Emperor Zhu have the ability to besiege the city for three years?

Even if there is, Shunzhi is not afraid!

Because he also has four trump cards, such as the Forward Battalion, the Firearms Battalion, the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and the Cowardly Xue Battalion.

These four are the field battalions at hand of the Qing court, and the number is not much, a total of 10,000 people. Among them, the forward battalion was the "dragoons", with only 2000 people.

The firearms battalion has 3,000 people, which is roughly an infantry regiment of the Ming army and an artillery battalion (equipped with 3-pounder guns), but there are also differences, that is, this firearms battalion is all "mule and horse". That is, the troops can maneuver on mules and horses.

The Xiao Cavalry Battalion is a traditional Qing army horse team, also with 2,000 people.

The Tixue Battalion consisted of a horse team composed of warriors recruited from the Six Leagues of Mongol Desert, with 3,000 people, and the establishment and equipment were the same as those of the Xiaocai Battalion.

Although the elite soldiers of the fourth battalion are only 10,000, their combat effectiveness and mobility are very strong. When Shunzhi held on to Beijing, they would maneuver outside the city.

The elite backbone of these four battalions are all from Manchuria and Mongolia, and there are also many Han Chinese warriors. Although these people were also given land, they also had an extra share of money and food. Moreover, their fields are all granted in the south of Beizhili, and they all receive double land, so they do not have to cultivate it themselves, but the government collects rent on their behalf. These 10,000 people, like the backbone of the Eight Banners in the remaining five battalions, are all professional soldiers.

The infantry battalion is a force similar to the guard battalion, the number of soldiers is as many as 25,000, and most of them are also the squad troops who grant the field. The commander of the infantry battalion in Beijing, Yamen, led this squad army stationed in various parts of Beizhili.

In other words, after nearly a year of the "Shunzhi Restoration", the court of the Shunzhi Emperor already had a new army of 55,000 people!

Moreover, Emperor Shunzhi also decided at the beginning of the year to open a department!

The scholars of the Qing Dynasty were finally able to take the exam and become officials again......

However, Emperor Shunzhi probably has no way to preside over this imperial examination!

Because the decisive battle between the Southern Ming and Northern Qing Dynasty is already on the way.

Both Sonny and Sukh Saha are trotting all the way up the coal hill because they have just received an urgent report.

One of the six alliances of Monan, the Ikezhao League, that is, the Ordos Department, has betrayed the Great Mongolia and the Shunzhi Great Khan!

"Damn Erlinchen!" Shunzhi Khan scolded, and then asked the two in front of him, "What now?" Should I personally conquer the Ordos Ministry? ”

Sonny said: "Your Majesty, now the armies of the Monan and Mobei tribes have gathered in the northern part of the Hetao grassland, waiting to go south to oppress Yulin Town of the Ming Dynasty." At this time, if the Ordos Ministry is allowed to defect, how will the Great Khan command Mongolia in the future? ”

Sukh Saha said: "Your Majesty, the Southern Ming and Northern Expeditions are also ready to fly...... Chen Tai and Tuhai have now stationed troops in Jinglongkou and Taojiadian. At any time, we need the elite of our four battalions to go south, if the Great Khan stays in the grassland for a long time, I am afraid that Zhongzhou will soon fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Chen Tai and Tu Hai were the chief and deputy commanders of the Bu military camp, and now they have led 15,000 people south to the banks of the Yellow River north of Kaifeng Fucheng, and began to build the Henan and Hebei camps.

The establishment of the Henan and Hebei camps was Duoduo's idea, and the purpose was to put on a shelf to dig the Yellow River and attract the Ming army to fight ...... If the Yellow River is not dug or not, even if it is not dug, it is extremely advantageous to force the Ming army to run 600 miles from Xuzhou to Kaifeng City!

In the Battle of Songjin, how far did the Ming army go from Ningyuan to Songshan? It's already full of flaws, and it's 600 miles away...... God knows what it will be.

Moreover, the two battalions of Henan and Hebei did not fight just like fighting. And Kaifeng, Guide and Geng Jimao! He also has nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses under his hands, stationed in Suizhou, Xuzhou, and Zhengzhou.

Despite their small numbers, the three castles they guard are small, hardnut, and have a large team of horses.

If the Ming Army's Northern Expeditionary Force ignored them, then the logistics line would be hanging. If the three fortresses were to be gnawed down, then the Qing army might get the opportunity to dig the dam of the Yellow River!

The territory of Henan has experienced wars and droughts, sparse population, and agricultural depression, and it is unlikely that the Northern Expedition army wants to raise grain on the spot.

Sonny laughed: "How could the Great Khan stay in the grassland for so long? ”

Suke Saha shook his head: "The Great Wall of Yulin Town is not easy to fight, and Zhu Cijiong's Shuo Fang soldiers are the elite of fighting, so it is not easy to deal with!" ”

Sonny smiled: "Why did those Mongols break the Great Wall of Yulin Town?" ”

"In order to force Wu Sangui to reinforce Shuo Fang!" Sukhsakha said, "Now that Wu Sangui and Zhunger will attack Yeerqiang, the Heshute Khanate and the Uzbek Khanate in the Western Regions will not dare to send troops at all...... The Yarkand Khanate was unpopular, and it was only a matter of time before it perished. If you want to rescue the Yeerqiang Khanate, you must force Wu Sangui to withdraw his troops! ”

Sonny laughed: "Those Mongolian tribes don't think so long-term!" The most important thing is to be able to grab the belongings of the Han people...... How much property does Yulin Town have? A group of poor and bare-egg military households, all of them are like wolves, and the current Mongols give them for nothing. ”

Suke Saha was reminded by Sony, and he also felt that it made sense, and took a breath: "That's what you said...... Suo Zhongtang, what are your tricks? ”

Sonny said: "I can't talk about high tricks, it's nothing more than to find a good place for the Mongols to rob." ”

How is it robbing again?

Shunzhi frowned when he heard this, but he asked, "Sony, where do you want the Mongols to rob?" ”