In this time and space, Huang Taiji's prestige and power were not enough to make Dolgon feel desperate, so that he did not dare to make even the slightest act of resistance. As the saying goes, things must be reversed, poor rats devour cats, when Dolgon retreated to this extent, Huang Taiji still refused to let him go, and Dolgon was naturally a little dissatisfied in his heart.

After weighing the current situation in his heart, he found that the incident of the Ming army's invasion of Yingkou was a good thing for himself and the two white flags. Because the excuse for the Ming people to come to the door was that the Qing Dynasty seized the business name of the Ming Kingdom for no reason and seized the merchants of the Ming Kingdom.

And this was originally an emergency policy implemented by Huang Taiji in order to fill the shortage of materials in the market caused by Fan Yongdou, in fact, even the various economic policies implemented by Fan Yongdou were issued with the approval of Huang Taiji himself. In other words, the current mess in the Qing Dynasty can be counted on Huang Taiji's head in the final analysis.

The longer this situation is maintained, the more it will damage Huang Taiji's prestige. And because of the invasion of the Ming army, Huang Taiji could not continue to purge internally at this time, so Dolgon felt that he did not need to accept Huang Taiji's mercy in everything.

He actually understood very well in his heart that Huang Taiji asked the reason for him, in fact, he hoped that he could take the initiative to lead the troops to Yingkou. He is tired of Huang Taiji's political methods, obviously he wants someone to do something, but every time he has to take the initiative of others, and if he doesn't do well, he has to reprimand and punish him, which makes people feel awe of him.

Dolgon decided to resist a little, and by the way, to test how many people in the clan would unconditionally support all of Huang Taiji's decisions. Everyone remained silent, not necessarily supporting Huang Taiji, more likely just not daring to resist.

Dolgon coughed lightly a few times before he replied to Huang Taiji: "Back to Khan, after receiving Khan's order, Zichen did not dare to slack off, and negotiated with the manager of the Sihai Trading Company, the representative of the merchants of the Ming Kingdom.

However, the other side believed that if we asked him to negotiate on behalf of the Ming court, he would first restore the freedom of all Ming merchants and allow them to leave Shenyang, and then he would contact the Ming court for negotiations.

This situation had already been reported to the Khan before. Khan instructed his ministers at that time to negotiate before releasing them. So we struggled with this issue for a while, and finally we reluctantly reached an agreement. We can release the Ming merchants, but they are not allowed to leave Shenyang without our permission.

In addition, the minister also demanded that these Ming merchants sign a letter of guarantee, as long as one of them left Shenyang City without authorization, the others would be detained again. After solving this problem, the steward of the Four Seas Trading Company in Shenyang wrote a letter to Jinzhou, about six days ago, but so far, the Ming has not replied to this letter.

Therefore, the negotiations between the minister and the Ming people have not officially begun until now. If the Khan deems it necessary, the minister is willing to send another person to Jinzhou to urge the Ming people to negotiate the matter.

As for explaining the country's sneak attack on our city, in fact, the minister felt that this matter still needs to be discussed. After all, the Ming Kingdom had already submitted ultimatums to us three times before the 21st, 15 days ago, and nine days ago, demanding that we release the Ming merchants and return the property of the Ming people who had been seized.

Although the Ming army has sent troops to occupy Yingkou, the slogan they put forward still demands that our country release the Ming merchants and make economic compensation. From this point of view, the Akito should not deliberately start a war, so the scale of this war should not continue to expand, they just want us to release them..."

After listening to Dolgon's speech, Huang Taiji's face became a little gloomy. He didn't understand that Dorgon, who had always been good at understanding what he meant, had become so blind today. What he wanted to listen to was not these explanations, but hoped that the other party would volunteer and take the initiative to go to Yingkou.

So he had to interrupt Dolgon's words and said, "So, according to your meaning, you are asking me to release those Ming merchants and compensate them a sum of money, which will allow the Ming people to withdraw from the army?" ”

After Dolgon glanced at Huang Taiji cautiously, he said cautiously: "What kind of method should be used to resolve the dispute between our country and the Ming Kingdom, the minister thinks that he still has to listen to Khan. It's just that Shenyang's hearts are fluctuating now, and I'm afraid it's not a good time to start a war with the Ming Kingdom.

In addition, once we attack Yingkou by force, even if we drive the Ming army out of the sea, Yingkou will probably be abandoned. After exhausting the financial resources, he finally got a ruin, and the minister thought that it really couldn't be done. And in a vicious battle with the Ming army, it will be difficult for Yingkou to restore the scene of thousands of merchants gathering in the past, and Yingkou's tax revenue is now a major source of revenue for the national treasury. ”

Huang Taiji obviously didn't expect Dolgon to advocate peace, and what made him even more unhappy was that there were still a few Baylors who nodded their heads again and again, as if they were supporting Dolgon's proposition.

He was about to speak when Hauge stepped forward. He hadn't understood what Dolgon had said about negotiating with the Ming people before, but he understood what Dolgon was now inclined to make peace with the Ming people.

As a person who had contacts with foreign countries behind his father's back and the monarch, Hauge did not think that he was colluding with the Ming Kingdom, but only liaison. Although he cooperated with Ming Guo in private, he was also most worried about being seen through this matter. Therefore, on the surface, Hauge has a tough attitude towards topics involving the Ming Kingdom, to show that he is still Huang Taiji's most loyal son and subordinate.

Mingren suddenly sent out of the barracks and really won, which was a little unacceptable to Hauge. After all, the peace he believed was the non-aggression between the Ming and Qing dynasties, rather than allowing the Ming people to invade the territory of the Qing Dynasty. Whether it was out of this inner feeling of betrayal, or to maintain his own anti-clear and tough image, he could not agree with Dorgon's proposal and proposal.

"I don't agree with Prince Rui's words. At present, the Ming army occupies Yingkou, not our army occupies Jinzhou, and at this time, Baba rushed to negotiate peace with the Ming people, isn't it telling the Ming people that we are weak?

If I were the commander of the Ming people, even if I only thought about taking the camp and then stopped, I am afraid that now I will have to consider moving to the surrounding area to test whether we have the ability to send troops..."

After saying a lot of words to refute Dolgon, Hauge saluted Huang Taiji and said: "Father Khan, my son thinks that we should send troops to the entrance of the camp as soon as possible and drive this Ming army into the sea, so as to cut off the Ming army's action of spying on our country. Although the retainers are stupid, they are willing to lead the men and horses to preside over this expedition..."

Huang Taiji's gaze stayed on Hauge's face for a few seconds before he smiled and said to Dolgon, "Prince Rui, you really said something wrong this time. Hauge is right, even if we want to make peace with the Ming Kingdom, we must first show our strength to the Ming people.

Now the Ming army has taken Yingkou in half a day, and eliminated the garrison outside the city, and we have lost 13 Manchurian generals from the bottom of Hongnika. In the past ten years, except after the Battle of Uiju, the Manchurians have never suffered such losses.

Now the morale of the Ming army is bound to be high, if we send people to make peace with them at this time, I am afraid that as Hauge said, it will stimulate the ambition of those Ming troops and go deeper into the area around Yingkou.

Yingkou is located 50 miles west of Yaozhou City, which is also the connecting channel between Shenyang and Fuzhou and Gaizhou. Once the Ming army captured Yaozhou, the tens of thousands of horses under the Abatai and Azig divisions of Gaizhou and Fuzhou were cut off.

Although some fields have been reclaimed in Gaizhou and Fuzhou, with the meager people in the two states, I am afraid that they will not be able to support these tens of thousands of soldiers for long. With the cunning of the Ming army in Jinzhou, I am afraid that they will not let go of this great opportunity. These Ming troops from Dongjiang Town have always had a deep enmity with our country, and once they seize this opportunity to attack, even if Abatai and Azig can resist it, I am afraid they will lose a lot of soldiers.

Compared with the population of the Ming Kingdom, the population of my Manchu people is only a fraction of that. If the Akira think that they can fight our army, such a surprise war will no longer be inevitable in the future. Even if three or four Han people are exchanged for one Manchurian, we will destroy the country and the species.

Therefore, I summoned all of you Baylor to discuss this matter, not for the sake of the gains and losses of Yingkou City, but to discuss with you how to defeat this momentum of the Ming people. Let them know that no matter how much they train, they can't compete with my Eight Banners soldiers..."

After hearing Huang Taiji's remarks, Dolgon couldn't say anything, so he had to bow his hand and say: "The younger brother is stupid, not as far-sighted as the king of Khan, and he can't think about this for a while, but he lost his words. ”

When Huang Taiji raised the problem to the level of survival of the entire Manchu nation, the Baylors finally spoke out in support of Huang Taiji's use of troops at Yingkou to redeem the impression that the Manchus were invincible in the eyes of the Ming army.

However, when Huang Taiji asked Zhong Baylor again who could lead the troops to the expedition and teach the Ming army in Yingkou a hard lesson, Dolgon avoided it again, and he directly recommended Hauge as the commander of the expedition.

Although Haoge was eager to take over the important task, Huang Taiji was silent and failed to make a decision.

Huang Taiji hoped that Dolgon would go out with two white flags, on the one hand, because he trusted Dorgon's talents; On the other hand, it is also hoped that the men and horses of the two white flags will touch the quality of the Yingkou Ming army.

To be honest, the news of the defeat at Yingkou once made Huang Taiji unimaginable. Although he did not know the specific combat experience, he still knew about Honika, a veteran Manchurian general.

Even if the other party is sick, it is impossible for the Ming army to win so easily. Therefore, out of prudence, he hoped to use the two white flags to attack Yingkou, rather than pulling the two yellow flags out to test the combat strength of the Ming army.

No matter who loses the two white flags and the Ming army, it is good news for him. But taking two yellow flags to test, whether it is a loss or a miserable shot, is something he is unwilling to accept.

Moreover, Haoge's current reputation in the Eight Banners has risen sharply, and the soldiers with yellow flags are becoming more and more attached to Haoge. The generals below seem to have the idea of seeing Hauge as their heir, and any move to increase Hauge's prestige at this time is inappropriate.

After thinking about it for a long time, Huang Taiji finally decided to take command of the expedition himself, and let Dolgon and Hauge serve as his deputies. In order to defeat the Ming army's will to fight at one time and teach the Ming army a profound lesson, Huang Taiji had to order the troops stationed in Liaohetao to return to Shenyang, while he himself led 25,000 men and horses to Yingkou.

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