Chapter 24: The Death of Dolgon

Even if not to mention, casualties.

Because of the digging of the Liao River, there was heavy rain immediately, and now the lower reaches of the Liao River are **, and the Qing army needs a lot of disaster relief. It's also a big expense.

40,000 soldiers were lost in battle, of which the Zheng Jiashui Division also lost a lot, and the real loss of the Xia army was only a little more than 30,000.

However, only three battalions were killed in the battle of Bihuguan, and two battalions under Ma Sanbao. The shelves of the other ministries are still there. As long as you add a few soldiers, you can hold it up. Of course, the army that has been weighed again cannot be compared with before.

Under the military service system of the Xia Dynasty, it was not difficult to replenish these tens of thousands of soldiers.

Don't say, another thing. This thing may not have been done by Zheng Chenggong, but it is inseparable from Zheng Chenggong. It is a great achievement that can completely make up for the defeat of the cattle village.

It's just that Zheng Chenggong doesn't know about this matter yet.

Zheng Chenggong immediately said: "Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding of Weichen, please rest assured, Your Majesty is ready to set up a Liaodong governor in Liaodong, please send a civil official to take charge, Jinzhouwei and other counties, for Liaodong Province in Great Xia." The minister learned the previous lesson, when he stuck to the shallow attack, with the sea as a barrier as the back road, with a thousand mountains as an obstacle, set up a castle, and defended it with firearms, so that the Qing army could not sneak over, and recruit cavalry, to wait for a few years, when the cavalry was successful, when the north out of Hetuala. From Jinzhou Wei in the south, he went north, and all the way to the north was dominated by cavalry, burning houses and slaughtering his people. Jinzhou Wei all the way, when the infantry army is the mainstay, step by step for the battalion, hard village, do not leave a gap for the Qing army, do not seek a big victory, only seek an inch for the imperial court, and lose an inch is weak. ”

"In a few years, it will be able to merge with Liaodong and cut off its dragon veins."

Zheng Chenggong made a deep reflection.

His biggest reflection is to ignore the difference between Liaodong and other places.

It has been decades since the old slave began to rule Liaodong, and there have been two generations. The ability of the Eastern Captives to mobilize the people of Liaodong must not be taken lightly.

Except for Liaodong, the old slave couldn't do anything, blocked all news, and dug the river embankment without knowing it. You must know that Zheng Chenggong is not without people, sending people to inspect.

Therefore, Zheng Chenggong's adjusted strategy is extremely cruel.

Since he followed the east, he was the enemy.

The people of Liaodong are only a few hundred thousand people, after all, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, many people moved to Beijing. In Zheng Chenggong's arrangement, it is obvious that these hundreds of thousands of people are also counted.

It's just that he also knows that according to his style of play, it is certainly foolproof. But a lot of money will be consumed.

Although he was in Liaodong, he also knew the situation in Nanjing. The third year of Zhaowu was a leap forward for the finance of Great Xia.

Zhang Xuan's series of combination punches down, the Xia Dynasty Zhaowu for three years, this year's financial income is about 60 million yuan.

In addition to supporting the Great War in Liaodong, in addition to maintaining the army and hundreds of officials, there was actually a surplus, and the surplus was not much, about more than one million yuan.

This is not that the court spends too much, but that there are too many debts before, Yao Qisheng filled in many holes in one breath, and even rumored that the national debt will be paid off before the end of the year. But even so, the Liaodong strategy he proposed was still a considerable financial expenditure.

"The minister is willing to buy eight million treasury bonds." Zheng Chenggong said: "Serve the imperial court. to make amends for the sins of the ministers. ”

Zhang Xuan looked at Zheng Chenggong and said, "There is one thing, you probably don't know. Dorgon is dead. ”

Zheng Chenggong almost jumped up and said, "What, Dolgon is dead, how did he die." ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head and said, "I don't know. It was only after the battle of Niuzhuang that there was no news of Dolgon, and a few days ago, Fu Shan finally came with the news that Dolgon was dead. Dongyu's claim is a violent death, and as for whether it is true or false, it remains to be verified. ”

After Zheng Chenggong heard the news, his whole spirit dispersed a lot.

During this period of time, although Zheng Chenggong didn't say Dolgon, he no longer thought about Dolgon in his heart all the time.

After coming to Nanjing, in addition to trying to persuade Zhang Xuan to let him continue to be the chief general of Liaodong, he also went to the Privy Council and brought all the information about Dolgon.

To tell the truth, all the information about Dolgon in the Privy Council does not need to be more than that of the Zheng family. It's just that Zheng Chenggong attaches great importance to Dolgon, and would rather compare that bit of information.

Therefore, although Zheng Chenggong has not yet met Dolgon, he already regards Dolgon as his opponent.

He wants to use all his strength to defeat the opponent.

It's just that before he hit, the man is already dead.

It's as if he had used all his strength to punch out, but it missed.

made Zheng Chenggong's heart feel empty for a while.

Zhang Xuan looked at Zheng Chenggong's appearance, and sighed very much in his heart.

During this period of time, in the city of Nanjing, the Privy Council was busy, not because of the defeat of Niuzhuang, but because of the death of Dorgon.

The impact of Dolgon's death was too great.

made Zhang Xuan can't help but think of his previous life, Dolgon also died so abruptly, no matter how you say it. Zhang Xuan couldn't help but think about whether there was a fate in the dark.

And although Dolgon is dead, Dolgon's influence after his death is still spreading.

It was not Zhang Xuan who praised Dolgon, but the Qing court of Dolgon, and the Qing court without Dolgon, were completely two levels of enemies.

Zhang Xuan obviously felt that the national strength of the Xia Dynasty had surpassed that of the Qing court, but even so, in the trial attack, it was repeatedly frustrated, the Korean battlefield, and the Liaodong battlefield, speaking of which, was also the most suitable warship for the Xia army, close to the sea, and could get the help of the sailors.

Zheng Chenggong is also a first-class general under Zhang Xuan, and he has his own team. Although Zheng Chenggong made Zhang Xuan feel uneasy, Zhang Xuan had to admit that Zheng Chenggong could rank in the top three among the generals under Zhang Xuan.

The reason is very simple, if you change Zheng Chenggong, can you do better than Zheng Chenggong?

Not necessarily.

From this point, it can be seen that no matter how much they despise the Qing court, the Qing court is also a big country, and the struggle between major powers, even if it is inferior, cannot be humiliated. Even with the strength of the Mongolian iron cavalry and the ability of Genghis Khan, it took more than 20 years to destroy Jin, not to mention the Song Dynasty, which lasted for half a century.

Even though the Qing court did not have the foundation of the Jin and Song dynasties, it was not possible to send three or two generals to calm it.

It's just that now Dorgon's death has given Zhang Xuan a chance.

This is what Zhang Xuan has been busy with.

He had one thing to consider, and that was whether it was time to decide on the Northern Expedition.

Although the Xia army was not rich in money and food and did not have extensive savings, the two white flag groups headed by Dolgon held the Qing court power for a long time. The two Yellow Flag groups headed by the Queen Mother, because of Dolgon, had to wait for her, but now, Dolgon is gone, and the political balance between the two sides is broken.

The people under the two yellow flags will take revenge, and the two white flags are not willing to let go of their vested interests.

Therefore, the power vacuum caused by Dolgon's death is likely to trigger large-scale infighting in the Qing army. This is an opportunity.

Whether to take risks for this opportunity, this is what Zhang Xuan has been thinking about in the past few days.

And this news also spread among the top of the Privy Council and even the senior generals of the Xia Army. They naturally wanted Zhang Xuan to go to war wholeheartedly, and even drove the expedition in person, so that they could get more military exploits. They also knew that once Zhang Xuan decided on the Northern Expedition, it would not be a battlefield matter.

So they are all gathered among the candidates for the main battlefield, who cares about the candidates for the main general of Liaodong.

The congenital limitations of the Liaodong battlefield are destined not to be the main battlefield, and naturally no one wants to rob Zheng Chenggong. Therefore, after Zheng Chenggong returned to Beijing, he faced the situation that almost no one in the upper echelons of the Privy Council took care of Zheng Chenggong. Several northern expeditions were made to determine which army they were going to be the commander-in-chief, or simply to plan the Privy Council's plans in a direction that would be beneficial to them.

Of course, the main battle of the Privy Council, the cabinet is bent on stopping it, and the Du branch is about to take care of the family's bottom to see how much money the court can come up with.