Beijing, the residence of the Regent.

Dorgon sat alone in his office, outside with a few servants helping with government affairs.

At this time, the table in front of Dolgon was full of notes, as well as various files, and Dolgon held a pen in his hand, reviewing all kinds of notes sent from the front.

After the Western Wei Dynasty attacked Pujin Pass, Dolgon sent Zierharang and Hauge back to the army, but they refused his orders.

This made Dolgon very annoyed, but fortunately, after the Western Wei Dynasty took the Pujin Pass, they did not march into the hinterland of Hedong, and the soldiers and horses should have been contained in the pass by Zilharang and Haoge.

Despite this, for the sake of safety, Dolgon still sent the county king Wakda, led two red flags, the Han army was white, and transferred the green battalion soldiers from Xuzhou and other places, totaling more than 40,000 people, to reinforce Hedong in many ways.

At this time, after the redeployment of troops, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's 550,000 troops and 150,000 weaker soldiers were deployed in Lianghuai and Shandong to defend against the Ming Dynasty in the south. 100,000 horses and horses garrisoned Henan, defending the Wei army in the two directions of Tongguan and Nanyang, another 20,000 were outside the pass, more than 30,000 were in Beijing, and the number of soldiers and horses in Shanxi increased to 100,000, and the mobile forces in the hands of the Manchu Qing were only 150,000 troops controlled by Zierharang and Haoge.

Now the situation of Dol Roll has become very bad, there is pressure from the outside Western Wei, and the internal is not peaceful, in addition to Jiang Xiang and other Han warlords, who support the army and respect themselves, there are also challenges from Zierharang and Haoge.

Originally, when Dolgon was preparing to let Zilharang and Haoge return to the army, he took the opportunity to enter Datong, dismantle Jiang Xiang's thunder, and gradually remove the military power of the Han warlords in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and strengthen the rule of the Qing court.

The Qing Dynasty had just defeated Mobei Mongolia, and at the same time invaded Yongliang, morale was boosted, and the Eight Banners regained their dignity, and the Qing army wanted to enter the aid of Hedong and recover Pujin Pass in the name of Datong, Jiang Xiang must not dare to make any moves, it was a good time to solve this hidden danger, but Zierharang and Haoge actually disobeyed, so it disrupted his plan.

Dolgon irritated and threw the song on the table, the Great Qing Kingdom must have the final say on his own, and when Hauge returns to Beijing, he must be dealt with.

"Regent!" A shout from the outer hall drew Dolgon's attention back, and he looked up to see that it was Azig and Hong Chengchou coming.

Seeing the two of them in a hurry, Dolgon couldn't help frowning slightly, "Is there a situation in Shanxi?" ”

The two saluted first, and Hong Chengchou said: "Regent, it's not Shanxi, it's Prince Zhuang and Prince Su who have retreated to the Hetao and attacked the 80,000 horses of the Great Wall, there may be a problem!" ”

"What!" "What the hell is going on?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The specific situation is not clear, the military newspaper only said that King Zhuang and King Su agreed with Aobai to let Aobai break into northern Shaanxi, outflank Li Guo and Gao Yigong in northern Shaanxi, and attack the Great Wall defense line of the Wei army from both internal and external directions, but when King Zhuang and King Su sent troops according to the agreement, they saw that the city was full of heads, and the army was stationed outside the pass for many days, and still did not wait for the agreed signal, King Zhuang and King Su retreated to the Hetao. ”

Azig said: "The court asked them to withdraw from the army, they coveted merit, did not listen to orders, and buried the soldiers and horses of the court, what a damn!" ”

Dolgon's face sank like water, his body limped, and he sat back on his throne, and his whole body fell into deep thought.

The loss of 80,000 people is equivalent to the swallowed Mobei Mongolia, all of which will be reimbursed, and tens of thousands of dollars will be compensated, and most of the compensation will be the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, the feudal soldiers of Eastern Mongolia, and the old coatings.

Good guy, I didn't have 80,000 in one go, and I was more defeated than Duoduo, and the mobile forces of the Qing Dynasty were almost reimbursed by the two self-righteous fools.

For a moment, Dolgon's mood was extremely complicated, that is, he was angry at the loss of 80,000 horses, and at the same time, he felt a little happy at the defeat of Zilharang and Hauge.

However, on the whole, anger still overwhelmed the snickering joy in his heart, after all, the loss of mobile forces indicated that it would be difficult for the Qing State to organize troops to take the initiative to attack, and strategically it might shift from offensive to defensive, unable to continue to implement the westward expansion of Western Wei, which became a turning point in the situation between Qing and Wei.

"Zilharang and Hauge, they should die and apologize!" Dolgon's face was full of gloom, his teeth were crushed, and word by word came out of his mouth.

Azig nodded in agreement, "This king also thinks that this should be the case, and it must be eliminated and punished!" ”

Hong Chengchou was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Regent, King Ying, now is not the time to discuss punishment, but to consider how to deal with it." Now the specific situation in Guanzhong, King Zhuang and King Su do not know, and we do not know. The minister thought that he should first find out what the situation of the 80,000 horses in the pass was. The 80,000 army should not be so easy to be annihilated, if they are trapped in the pass, they should try to rescue, if they are really annihilated by the Wei army, we should consider recapturing Pujin Pass as soon as possible, so as not to send troops to Hedong! ”

Dolgon was silent for a while, and said in a half-loud voice: "What Master Hong said is reasonable, you immediately go to order, let Zilharang and Haoge, find out the situation in Guanzhong, if the people and horses are still there, try to rescue, if they have been destroyed, let them withdraw immediately, leave the soldiers and horses in Guihua City, the two of them quickly return to Beijing to resume their lives, and this king will let the king of England take over the army!" ”

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and he was about to speak, but Dolgon waved his hand and said coldly, "You stand down, this king has something important to discuss with the British king." ”

Hong Chengchou saw the murderous aura flashing in Dolgon's eyes, and wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.

The Manchus had always been afraid of the Han people participating in their internal affairs, and when Hong Chengchou saw that Dolgon drove him to retreat, he could only salute, bow back a few steps, and then turn and leave.

In Beijing, in the cabinet of the Qing court, Hong Chengchou sat in the public room worriedly, and Hou Fangyu on the side sent in a few official documents, put them on his desk, and said casually: "Zhongtang seems to have something on his mind today." ”

Hong Chengchou looked up and saw that it was him, "This official has a premonition of something, but he is powerless to stop it..."

Hou Fangyu stood aside respectfully, "Dare to ask, what is it that can make adults feel powerless?" ”

Hong Chengchou still attaches great importance to Hou Fangyu, he is from a famous family, quite talented, and his reputation is stinky enough, he is a junior he values very much.

"Although no one mentions it, the discord between the regent and Prince Su and Prince Zhuang is something that the government and the opposition know." Hong Chengchou spoke: "News has come back from the front line, King Zhuang and King Su may suffer a big defeat, and the regent wants to recruit two people to return to Beijing, and the official is worried that the regent will be unfavorable to the two kings at this time." ”

Hou Fangyu raised his eyebrows, and said with a straight face, "If the front line is unfavorable, my Qing Dynasty should be more united, King Zhuang and King Su are both important ministers of my Qing Dynasty, why don't Zhongtang persuade the regent?" ”

"The regent won't let the official get involved in these things, and he won't even let us know." Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "You must know that the Manchu people will not let the Han people see them falling inside. ”

"Then what should I do about this, Lord Nakado is on the side of the regent?" Hou Fangyu asked worriedly: "If King Zhuang and King Su fall, the balance within the Qing Dynasty will be broken, and when the regent faction is dominant, the emperor will be ~~~~~~."

Hong Chengchou waved his hand to interrupt Hou Fangyu, "No one in this official stands, but stands on the side of the Qing Dynasty." Then he shook his head, "This matter is just the official's speculation, don't spread it." ”

Hou Fangyu immediately bowed down, and did not mention it very interestingly, but took out a file and said: "Zhongtang, at this time, the account book sent by the Ministry of Industry, the cannon casting workshop asked the imperial court to allocate 200,000 silver to buy refined iron and copper ingots. ”

"Do you want 200,000 to make something?" Hong Chengchou frowned, a little unhappy.

Hou Fangyu bowed down and said, "Back in the middle hall, the self-generated guns and bronze cannons have been made. The Xiyi who were coming to Zhongtang played a great role, but the process was not very mature, and there was a lack of skilled craftsmen and raw materials, which limited production. This time, the Ministry of Industry asked for 200,000 taels, which was used to purchase raw materials. ”

Hong Chengchou nodded, but he couldn't do the matter of dialing the silver, so he had to go to the Manchurian Shangshu, so he sighed and said: "I know about this matter!" ”

In the evening, Hou Fangyu left the Yamen, returned to the mansion, put on a regular uniform, and went out to the fireworks and willow lanes in Beijing.

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