Chapter 116: The Dilemma of the Qing Army

Zhou Chang only sighed lightly and said to King Han: "This is the case, the prince should have made a choice as soon as possible." ”

King Han's face turned pale in an instant.

There are now more than 20,000 Xia soldiers in this Seoul, and about 30,000 Korean soldiers, but in addition, there are nearly 300,000 strong men, old and weak women and children. In any case, North Korea is a great power in the East of the Strait. The capital of North Korea may be a little deficient than the capital of Daming Province, but it is much stronger than the ordinary capital city.

Of course, a city like Suzhou is far from comparable.

King Han knew very well that no matter how smooth the retreat was in the future, if the Qing army did not interfere, the people in the city would never be able to leave with the army, and the Xia army would not have so many ships and capacity. And Seoul stubbornly resisted the Qing army for several months, and as soon as the army left, the people of Seoul would fall to what would happen, and he also foresaw in his heart.

King Han is still essentially an emperor with achievements.

When he was in the Qing court, he was haunted by Seoul. But now that Seoul is going to be destroyed in his hands with his own hands, how can he bear it. He lowered his head for a while, hid his face and wept, and quietly, the tears were already dripping down one by one.

"Lone knows." Han Wang's voice came from behind his sleeve without a trace of crying.

Seeing this, Zhou Chang could only sigh, what could he say?

In troubled times, this is fate.

The Xia army who entered Seoul had a hard time. At the moment, Dolgon's life was not easy.

In the palace of Prince Rui, Dolgon stood up and paced, holding a piece of music in his hand, standing with his hands in his hands, looking at the remnants of snow on the eaves, sighed softly, and said, "If Duoduo was here, he would never have made such a thing." ”

The thought of Duoduo made him feel a pang of cramping in his heart. His face turned slightly pale, and he sat down slowly, and it took a while for this pain to pass.

The cooperation between Dorgon and Dorgon was very close, and Dorgon was in charge, Dorgon went out to fight, and now Dorgon has died, Azig has taken Dord's place, and the first big battle has been frustrated, which makes Dorgon very disappointed. Dolgon's purpose in conquering Korea was to find a way to solve the financial crisis and to eliminate hidden dangers.

Who knows, Azig did the same thing and did not do a good job, and did not capture Seoul for two months after fighting North Korea, but the Xia army participated in it. Although he also felt that Xia Jun's movements were too fast, incredibly fast, even a few points faster than Beijing sending troops to North Korea.

But Azig was the main commander of the Korean War, and he had to shoulder this responsibility no matter what.

He remembered what he had just done, and he could only put away his complaints about Azig. After all, there are only a few generals in the Qing army who can take on big responsibilities, who else can they send except Azig? Zilharang, Prince Zheng and Dolgon are not of the same mind.

Most of the rest of the generals who can be in the field are Han generals. The generals of the clan were in a state of inadequacy for a while.

Dorgon had no other choice.

Then he began to scrutinize the current situation.

Unlike Azig, Azig can only see North Korea, while Dolgon has to think about the whole world.

First of all, financially speaking, Azig originally went on the expedition to solve the current financial crisis, but he did not expect to make a new hole, and it was a big hole. Financial gains and losses aside, just from Zhang Xuan's quick response, Dolgon had a feeling that Zhang Xuan had premeditated.

"What was the premeditation?" Dolgon sneered and said secretly, "Could it be a tired plan?" ”

At the beginning, Jin and Chu fought for hegemony, in order to fight against Chu, Jin and Wu formed an alliance and passed the culture and technology of the Central Plains to Wu, so Wu's national strength increased greatly, and Wu was strong, almost crippled Chu in one fell swoop.

Now Dolgon feels that Zhang Xuan is supporting North Korea, and I am afraid that this is also the purpose.

Thinking about it this way, Dolgon didn't care too much about Azig's defeat, after all, in his opinion, if he couldn't deal with it decisively and tolerate it now, when Korea became strong under the arms of the Xia Dynasty, it would be too late.

Now the result is not very good, but it is passable.

How to solve the financial problem, this is put first.

But the passivity in the strategic situation made Dolgon uneasy.

Not only Dolgon, but even many generals in the Qing court were not very comfortable with this feeling.

How so? Starting from the old slaves, in a series of conquests with the Ming Dynasty, the Eastern Prisoners rarely lost the strategic initiative, and every time a war was launched, it was the Qing court that took the lead. And the Ming Dynasty passively faced the battle, even if Luo Yulong fought in the Northern Expedition, it seemed that Luo Yulong sent troops first, but in fact, even if Luo Yulong did not send troops, it would not be long before the Qing army would go south.

But now, the losses of the Eight Banners in the Battle of Anqing have not been completely made up, and even if they are made up, these Eight Banners soldiers are far less than they were at the beginning.

In order to recover, Dorgon felt that there was something more to do, and that he would never recover.

This is the biggest flaw of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, such as the defeat of Shandong, such a war of hundreds of thousands of troops, as long as Zhang Xuan has a stable rear, it is okay to fight a few more times. But such a small setback as Anqing, the Manchus did not dare to come twice.

Although there are many Han army banner troops in the Qing army, as well as the Gansu army, there are some elite soldiers, and they are no less than the Eight Banners. But Dorgon was always uneasy.

Especially in times of war.

So when the Eight Banners did not revert to Dolgon's satisfaction

, he will not easily go south to fight, and he has also seen the Yangtze River, Anqing, Xinyang, Nanyang defense line, above this line of defense, there are many checkpoints, artillery, and famous generals. There are many mountain rivers.

Dolgon couldn't find a breakthrough either.

But he is not the kind of person who is passively beaten, he turned his eyes around and fell to Sichuan. He snorted coldly and said secretly: "Wu Sangui, now you have to move for me." ”

Wu Sangui's small actions, how could Dolgon not know.

It's just for the sake of the overall situation. Now Wu Sangui is the time to use Wu Sangui. 、

No matter what Wu Sangui thought in his heart, Dolgon gave him a great opportunity, didn't he want to be independent? Sichuan Province was not enough to establish a state, and Dolgon was ready to order Wu Sangui to attack Guizhou and cut off the connection between the Central Plains and Yunnan.

When the time comes, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan will be one, and maybe, there will be a three-legged day in this world. As soon as Wu Sangui moved, he would definitely contain the Xia army's troops. Dolgon did not believe that the Xia Dynasty was capable of dealing with two battlefields.

Just as Zhang Xuan is figuring out Dolgon every day, Dolgon is also figuring out Zhang Xuan every day. Many of Zhang Xuan's actions have to be emulated.

For example, Zhang Xuan minted silver coins, and now Dolgon is also thinking about this matter, and asks Tang Ruowang to come over to talk about it from time to time. In addition to artillery and warships, there were also coins. After all, Zhang Xuan minted coins according to the Westerner model, so he always had to ask carefully.

For example, talking about martial arts.

Dolgon has already set it up, but this martial arts hall is only accessible to the Manchurians, and the rules are very strict, and they are punished by military law. It's just that Zhang Xuan's essence of martial arts is some of the fur that Zhang Xuan learned from later generations, plus some of his realizations in this life, to form standardized and firearms military regulations.

Moreover, the Qing army has its own set of military law system, and it must not be abandoned and follow the Xia army's set.

Even so, Dorgon felt the benefits.

Dolgon saw that Zhang Xuan's war had hardly stopped in the past year, first fighting the Netherlands and then North Korea, and he knew that the national strength of the Southern Dynasties had not yet recovered, otherwise the first thing Zhang Xuan would fight was the Qing Dynasty.

Wu Sangui has fished so much in Sichuan, it is like a separation, but he also knows that now, he is inseparable from the Qing court, this kind of order that allows him to expand his power, he will not be hard topped, he may play tricks, but he will definitely move.

However, even a move would be enough for Dolgon to focus on North Korea.

In the dead of night, Dorgon also had to admit one thing, the national power of the Southern Dynasty was already above the north. So much so that he would rather indulge Wu Sangui to divide independently, as long as he can contain the forces of the Southern Dynasty, he doesn't ask, and he can do whatever Wu Sangui does.

Dolgon thought about it, and immediately ordered someone to write an edict, and used the seal in the palace of King Rui. It was sent to Wu Sangui.