When Emperor Chongzhen had the leisure to write books and speak, Dolgon, who was far away in the Wa Kingdom, actually had a very hard time.

Seeing that June is approaching, he is very anxious. I was afraid that all of a sudden, someone from outside would report that the Spanish fleet was passing by, and he had no money and was not ready to buy firearms and ships.

More than a month ago, it was decided to fight Iwami Ginzan against the Tokugawa shogunate, but tragically, he could not cross the sea to fight.

Between Honshu and Kyushu, the closest thing is the Shimonoseki Strait. The narrowest point at the northeastern end of this strait is only about 700 meters, and heavy artillery is deployed here, which can hit the opposite shore. Since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers. Therefore, both the Tokugawa shogunate and the coalition forces of Kyushu have deployed heavy troops here. Now, it was more difficult for Dorgon to fight from here than he had ever imagined.

In the past, Dolgon had ordered to test that the sailors of the Tokugawa shogunate and the troops on the shore had no possibility of breaking through the opponent's defense. The biggest difficulty is actually the problem of the sailor.

Fighting across the sea, as long as it was on land, with the combat power of the warriors of the Qing Dynasty, in fact, they were not afraid of the musketeers of the Tokugawa shogunate at all. However, with the existence of the water division, the follow-up reinforcements will be cut off, and if the enemy is outnumbered on the opposite bank and cannot get the follow-up reinforcements, the Qing army may eventually be consumed!

This is the reason why Dolgon knew that time was short, but he never started the war.

Of course, there are other reasons, such as the food problem.

This problem is an old problem in the Qing Dynasty, and Dolgon has always had a headache about it. After coming to the Wa Kingdom, he realized that in fact, the Wa Kingdom was also a country short of food. In the Wa Kingdom, silver was not actually a hard currency, and was generally only used for foreign trade or bulk transactions, or transactions between dignitaries and nobles. In ordinary private transactions, rice is actually used as a unit of exchange. This shows the importance of grain in the Wa country.

The previous battles with the Tokugawa shogunate took place on the island of Kyushu, and the destruction of the war caused great losses to the people's livelihood in Kyushu. Although it is currently separated from the Tokugawa shogunate, it has been recuperating for a while. However, the warriors of the Qing Dynasty were not productive, and the peasants who farmed the fields were all Japanese people. However, these Japanese people basically joined the Catholic Church and thus avoided taxes.

It is also thanks to the fact that it is now necessary to deal with the common enemy of the Tokugawa shogunate, so that the coalition forces will be in the same boat, and in the end, the grain will still be divided evenly. It's okay to survive, but there are really very few food and supplies to be stored for war.

On this day, Dolgon gathered a group of his cronies and generals to discuss the military situation and see if there was any good way?

However, the key to the war still lies in the sailors. And the change in the strength of the sailor cannot be achieved overnight. In addition, the Manchus were mostly landlubbers, and they had never had experience in water warfare before. These people in the temple are at a loss.

At this time, there was another commotion outside the hall. Hearing the sound of chaotic footsteps, everyone in the temple understood who was coming.

Sure enough, Hauge appeared at the temple gate with his men and swaggered into the main hall.

"What are you doing here?" Duoduo's face was very unsightly, and he was very unkind to see Hauge, and he opened his mouth unceremoniously.

When Hauge heard this, he looked at the three brothers in the hall, and sneered: "If this nephew doesn't come, do you plan to spend it here all the time, either to watch the Spaniards leave or wait until Minggou calls?" ”

When Dorgon heard this, his face was gloomy, but he did not speak, and what he had been consuming was the truth, and he could not refute it.

But Azig didn't want to show weakness, and immediately asked, "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

With the IQ of a birdman like Hauge, he doesn't deserve to carry Dorgon's shoes. Now that even Dorgon is stumped, what else could Haug do? This time, I'm just here to sneer again.

This is basically a consensus, and because of this, Azig will ask a rhetorical question.

When Hauge heard this, he patted his chest and said loudly: "Nonsense, Uncle Ben didn't want to say it yet, thinking that you have a way." Only now did I realize that you were all as stupid as pigs. Ben's nephew couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to come here. ”

Hearing this, it seemed that Hauge could solve the current dilemma, which made a group of people in the main hall look at each other.

When does the sun come out of the west? It's weird!

After hearing this, he not only turned a blind eye to Hauge's rudeness, but instead smiled and said cordially: "Now it is about the future of our Qing Dynasty, since you have a way, why don't you speak out and listen?" ”

Hauge's expression was very underwhelming, and he seemed to be extremely proud, ignoring Dorgon, and slowly glanced at the group of people in the main hall, taking in their shocked faces, and feeling very refreshed.

Just when Duoduo was about to be furious, he heard Hauge say, "Okay, since you humbly ask for advice, then the nephew will guide you!" ”

At this point, he asked, as if commandingly, "What about the map?" ”

Dorgon was not angry, and even stopped Dorgon from going crazy with his eyes, and asked people to hang a map on the screen and push it to the middle of the main hall. Dorgon himself even walked down to the side of the screen, waiting to hear what Haug had in mind.

Haug seemed to enjoy the rare opportunity, and instead of speaking immediately, he glanced defiantly at Duoduo and Azig before approaching the screen.

Seeing this, Duoduo was so angry that he wanted to blow up. However, Dolgon signaled to him, and he didn't dare to disobey Dolgon's wishes, so he had to approach Azig beside him and whispered, "With a pig brain like him, what other good ideas can he say?" Wait a while, you must humiliate him well, it's too arrogant! ”

Hauge's ears were tipped, and when he heard him talking, he immediately turned his head to glare at Dordor and shouted, "What are you muttering?" Doubt me? ”

As soon as Dolgon saw that Dorgon was about to fight back, he immediately rounded up and said, "Okay, okay, it's important, if you have a good plan, it's better to talk about it as soon as possible." We are in the Qing Dynasty, and what we lack is time! ”

"Humph!" Hauge snorted at Dordor and said, "If you can't think of it, be humble and listen to Ben's nephew!" ”

Dodor's face turned the color of pig's liver, but Haug turned his head triumphantly, pointed to the map and began to explain his idea.

"During last year's war, the Tokugawa shogunate sent many troops to Kyushu included troops from Shikoku Island. Ben's nephew remembered that these troops on Shikoku Island suffered heavy casualties, and it was the killing and wounding given by Ben's nephew. In other words, there are not many troops on Shikoku Island today, and this is one of them! ”

Hearing this, Dolgon's brow furrowed slightly, his eyes looked at Shikoku, and he began to consider Hauge's words. Before, he didn't think about Shikoku's side, but he gave up for various reasons. Now that Hauge said the news, he hadn't noticed it before.

"And now, we are hoarding heavy troops here, and we are thinking of crossing the Maguan Strait to fight Iwami Ginzan. Because of this, most of the forces of the Tokugawa shogunate were also deployed here, especially their naval divisions, which were mainly used to defend the Shimonoseki Strait......"

The Maguan Strait is too narrow, and if you are not careful, the ship can go to the other side. Therefore, the sailors of the Tokugawa shogunate can be said to have patrolled here day and night.

When Hauge said this, he suddenly pointed to Shikoku with his hand and said, "Here in the Toyo Strait, it is the narrowest place in our Kyushu and Shikoku, probably less than thirty miles wide. Although patrolled by the Tokugawa shogunate's sailors, it was not their key defensive area. As long as we do our best to break through the blockade of the strait here, there will be no problems. ”

Hearing this, Duoduo couldn't help it, so he sarcastically said loudly: "What a great idea I thought, hehe......"

The faces of the others also showed similar expressions, and many people were a little disappointed. Because of this idea, they didn't think about it.

Dorgon was also disappointed, and when he was about to speak, he saw Hauge pointing his finger at Dodor and reprimanded him loudly: "Stupid as a pig, I can't think of a good way to forget it, and I interrupted Ben's nephew to speak, pig!" ”

"You ......" Duoduo was furious when he heard that Hauge had despised this aspect of intelligence. You know, all along, he looked down on Hauge, but now he has turned around, and he is really angry.

But before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Dolgon: "Okay, listen well, it's not too late to speak when you're done!" “

Hearing this, Duoduo had to hold his breath first, but his heart was ruthless, and if he couldn't say one, two, three, he would have to be angry in his heart.

Hauge was very happy to see Duoduo's pig-liver face, and his heart was very happy, so he continued: "Shikoku is mountainous, which is not conducive to the deployment of large forces, which is why the Tokugawa shogunate will despise Shikoku. It is precisely because of this that our Qing Dynasty chose to break through from the Four Kingdoms, which has two advantages. ”

"First, the four countries are mountainous, and we don't need too many troops to kill them, as long as we go to the Qing Dynasty warriors with two thousand people as the main force, I believe that we can defeat the four countries. In any case, Shikoku has some plains to grow grain, which can be plundered for military purposes. ”

"Second, let those Japanese people cut off their hair, pretend to be our Qing army, and continue to march into the four countries. To create a false impression for the Tokugawa shogunate, it was our Qing Dynasty that occupied Shikoku and then attacked Honshu based on Shikoku. If this is the case, our Daqing will have more options for attacking Shikoku, and to the north we can attack Iwami Ginzan, and to the east we can attack Edo, where the Tokugawa shogunate is located, which is very threatening. ”

Dordort listened, and almost couldn't hold back to refute. Because this idea is good, but Shikoku is mountainous, and if the Qing army really wants to be based on Shikoku, as long as the sailors of the Tokugawa shogunate isolate Shikoku, the Qing army will have to starve to death. It is also because of this that they had thought about this situation before, but gave up.

However, Hauge said just now that let the Japanese pretend to be the Qing army, which means that this statement is false. It was for this reason that Dodor suppressed his rebuttal and continued to listen.

At this time, Haoge seemed to have incarnated into the former Emperor Taiji, and talked eloquently there: "The Tokugawa shogunate does not know the details in a short time, and will definitely not dare to let our Qing Dynasty use Shikoku as a springboard to attack Honshu." In this way, their sailors will definitely be transferred to Shikoku and try to blockade Shikoku! ”

Hearing this, Dolgon probably understood what Hauge meant, and couldn't help but light up his eyes, and immediately stared at the Maguan Strait.

Sure enough, I heard Haorge then talk about the Shimonose Strait: "As long as a large number of sailors from the Tokugawa shogunate are dispatched to blockade Shikoku, then here in the Shimonose Strait, we can take advantage of the opportunity of the Qing Dynasty." Before the start of the war, we can secretly transfer troops, but we can be discovered by the other side. When the Battle of the Four Nations starts, they will think that we have transferred our troops to the Four Kingdoms. In this way, the troops on this side of the Shimonoseki Strait will definitely be slack, and some may even be withdrawn. In this way, as long as we choose a good time in the Qing Dynasty, we will definitely be able to attack it! ”

Dorgon nodded his head, it worked. The other Manchu generals in the hall also nodded one by one, looking at Haoge's gaze, all with that kind of shock.

Shibei three days, when impressive, used at this time, it is really appropriate! There were even a few people who had an idea, thinking that Haoge was worthy of being the son of Huang Taiji!

As for Dord, his face was very ugly. Although he wanted to humiliate Hauge, at this time, he had to admit that Hauge's method was indeed possible.

But Dorgon quickly came back to his senses, and when he thought of something, he frowned.

The change in his expression was seen by Hauge.

Hauge understood what Dorgon had in mind, and immediately spoke first: "This plan was conceived by Ben's nephew, and it will definitely be able to hit Honshu." Therefore, this attack on the four kingdoms will have to be done by you. It's impossible to let Ben's nephew come up with ideas and fight hard again, right? ”

Hearing this, the more flexible people in the hall came back to their senses first and immediately understood what Hauge was referring to.

The army that attacked Shikoku would inevitably fall into Shikoku Island after the Tokugawa shogunate's sailors blockaded Shikoku. If the Tokugawa shogunate had attacked Shikoku with all its might, the army on Shikoku Island would have been exhausted there without reinforcements.

Of course, this is only a possibility. As long as the army attacking Honshu can fight well, it can even defeat Iwami Ginzan relatively quickly. The Tokugawa shogunate was afraid that it would not be able to destroy the enemies of Shikoku first, and would instead send heavy troops to seize Iwami Ginzan.

But in any case, there is a great danger in the troops sent to Shikoku, and there will definitely be losses in the process of conquering Shikoku, and under normal circumstances, no one wants to go to this kind of war.

Dorgon stared at Hauge, surprised. Hauge's performance today was really beyond their expectations. It's like a stupid person who suddenly opens up.

If Haoge had been performing like this before, then his position as crown prince would not have been abolished by Huang Taiji.

Not only Dorgon, but these people in the hall actually have this idea.

Hauge, what a surprise, surprise!