In the Manchu military camp outside Osaka Castle, Dolgon braved the bitter cold and watched Osaka Castle from the watchtower of the camp. His mood is really not very good.

His original idea was to conquer Osaka in one go after defeating Kobe. In this way, the area to the south of Honshu was the territory of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty's troops could push all the way to the Nagoya area.

This terrain gave him the feeling that the southern part of Honshu was similar to Liaodong, and the area on the Nagoya side was the Sanhaiguan Pass, and if he could cross this mountain range, he would be able to attack the Gyeonggi land of the Wa Kingdom, which would be equivalent to entering the customs.

Compared to the others, Dolgon's brain was obviously a little smarter. He knew that the southern part of Honshu, including Kyushu and Shikoku, was formerly the place of the Tokugawa shogunate, so it didn't matter how he fought. Later, if the land on which the Qing Dynasty depended for its survival, it would not be able to be fought, and it must be managed well. And this kind of operation is carried out as soon as possible.

However, Osaka is like a nail in the coffin, and at least for now, the Qing Dynasty is no longer capable of storming.

The main reason for this is that the Qing army attacked the city, especially those cities that were strong and had no internal response, and generally expelled the Japanese civilians to consume the defenders' equipment and hit the morale of the defenders, so as to minimize the loss of the Qing Dynasty. However, in this way, the loss of the battle of Kobe was so great that the number of Japanese people in the surrounding area was already very limited, far from enough to consume the equipment of the Osaka defenders. Of course, this also has to do with Osaka's ability to supply by sea.

What bothers Dolgon the most is that it's not that Osaka won't be able to beat it for a while. What worries him the most is the problems of the Qing Dynasty itself.

After repeated battles, the Qing Dynasty suffered a lot of casualties, at least 1,000 casualties. Originally, the Qing Dynasty only had more than 10,000 troops, but now it has about 10,000. What's more critical is that among the 10,000 or so Qing troops, there are about 4,000 of the two yellow flags in Haoge's hands. And the number of troops in his own hands is only 4,000. In the hands of the Duoduo on the side of the four countries, there should still be more than 2,000 troops. But trapped in Shikoku, I don't know what the situation is, I have to be rescued as soon as possible!

On the other hand, because Azig was killed, as the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he naturally wanted to take revenge, so he changed his previous plan and implemented an extermination policy against the Japanese people under the Tokugawa shogunate. But who knows, that Haoge actually changed his temperament, he killed and became a wicked man, while Haoge was a good man, and he actually selected strong Japanese people, gave them a way to live, and compiled them into a Japanese army banner, which was almost four thousand.

Today's Dolgon, after all, is still the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, so the Catholic army, an allied army, is still under his command and with him. In terms of troops, at least judging from the military camps stationed outside Osaka Castle, they are still large-scale. But he can't guarantee that if he clashes with Hauge in the future, this Allied force will be on which side, it's hard to say.

This question has been bothering Dorgon for many days. For this reason, he even secretly recalled Yingordai, who led the troops out to fight, and secretly discussed the matter.

"Your Majesty, the last general thinks that the most important thing is to save the master, so that if you merge together, you will not be afraid that Prince Su will have different intentions!" Ying Ordai said with a serious face.

Dolgon listened and nodded, he had been thinking about this for a long time, and had been preparing for it.

Seeing him nodding, Ying Erdai continued: "The last general thinks that since Prince Su has already compiled the Japanese army flag, he should be the main battle in the future. It had better be justified by a reason why he couldn't refuse, otherwise he would probably prevaricate. It's just that the last general is incompetent, and for a while, I haven't figured out why I can't refuse. “

When Dorgon heard this, he was disappointed. It is undeniable that what Yingordai said is indeed to the point, but the key is that in the past few days, he Dolgon has already taken it into consideration, and even went further, and has preliminary ideas.

Originally, I thought that Ying Ordai was a famous general under him, not the kind of reckless man who could only fight, and maybe he could say something that he had neglected. But now it seems that he has let himself down.

Alas, talents, there is a shortage of talents! Dorgon sighed in his heart, but on the surface, he didn't show a look of disappointment, but nodded his head, indicating that he understood.

Dolgon no longer pinned his hopes on Ingordai, and after asking some other questions, he let him retreat, and thought about the matter on his own.

After thinking hard for two days, let Dolgon find a way to immediately send a decree to convene a high-level meeting of the Qing Dynasty.

Now at this time, the New Year is about to be celebrated, and the territory of the Wa Kingdom is also a cold winter, which is extremely cold. The Tokugawa shogunate's armies were huddled in a few major cities, and the remaining allied forces of the Manchu were unable to defeat them, and the two sides seemed to be still facing each other, but in fact they had entered a state of truce.

Therefore, as soon as Dolgon's will arrived, there was no reason for the Manchu generals, including Hauge, not to go.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, seeing that it was full of Qing generals, Dolgon's attitude was much kinder, even if he saw Hauge looking at him with a little provocative eyes, he didn't seem to feel anything, and said with a smile: "In the blink of an eye, it's going to be the New Year." At the beginning of the year, our Qing Dynasty only controlled Kyushu, but now, not only Kyushu, but also such a large place as Shikoku and southern Honshu are also under our Qing Dynasty. ”

Hearing this, the Manchu generals in the tent all smiled. These people are all considered warriors, and opening up the territory is the most glorious achievement of the warriors.

However, Dolgon immediately changed his words, and said without a smile on his face: "However, our Qing Dynasty's military strength is limited after all, and now the territory under our control has reached an extreme, and you Aiqing should be able to see that our Qing Dynasty is no longer overwhelming against the Tokugawa Shogunate......"

Hearing this, these Manchu generals also lost their smiles. In the past, the biggest shortcoming of the Qing Dynasty was the lack of food, so that it was driven to the Wa Kingdom by the Ming army. And now, the biggest shortcoming of the Qing Dynasty is the lack of troops. These people have a deep understanding of this.

Looking at their expressions, Dolgon continued: "You Aiqing should know that in this matter, especially in the field, we can't rely on our allies of the Great Qing Dynasty, but still need my Great Qing warriors to win the army of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Therefore, I thought that if the Qing Dynasty was to continue to expand its territory and defeat the Tokugawa Shogunate, then it would be necessary to concentrate all the forces of the Great Qing Dynasty, and for this reason, the headquarters of Prince Yu of Shikoku would have to be transferred back to Honshu to participate in the war. ”

"That's a nice thing to say, across the sea, you can turn it back when you say it?" Hauge was a little unhappy with Dorgon's eloquent talk, and couldn't help but say sarcastically.

Little did he know that Dorgon was actually digging a hole for him.