Among the political figures of the founding of the Manchu Dynasty, Dolgon and Hong Chengchou were both outstanding existences, and their judgment of the situation invariably came to mind, and the strategic ideas put forward can be called righteous and bright Yang conspiracy.

The territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is larger than that of Nanming, and the manpower, material and financial resources are more than the other party, as long as they put their foundation firmly in place, it is a matter of time before they eliminate Nanming.

Everyone understands this truth, but to be able to make accurate judgments in a complex situation, it requires a smart political vision, Dolgon and Hong Chengchou are very sensitive to the general trend of the world, and after faintly smelling a hint of danger, they quickly reached a consensus, rather slow down the pace steadily than take the risk of pursuing a quick victory.

Nearly four years after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, due to the excessive strength of Dolgon, the imperial power of Emperor Shunzhi has been difficult to establish authority, resulting in a lot of mountains within the ruling class, such as the regent Dolgon faction, Prince Li Daishan faction, Prince Zheng Jierharang faction, Shunzhi Xiaozhuang emperor faction, and Haoge faction who had just been suppressed...... The forces of all parties cannot be counted in a single slap, and there are cooperation and struggles between them, and they maintain a fragile balance in the midst of many contradictions.

The Manchu and Han officials followed one after another, constantly attacking each other, and after years of fighting, the Manchu treasury was extremely empty, the common people were burdened heavily, and there was a serious confrontation between the Manchu and Han ethnic classes, and the contradictions between the Manchus and Han nationalities became increasingly acute...... All in all, the problems are on the verge of exploding.

Dolgon had hoped to use a big victory to divert attention from all sides and use the war to divert internal contradictions, but to his disappointment. Although the Battle of Huguang was won on the surface, it did not achieve much success, because the war resources were exhausted. In the short term, it is not capable of launching a large-scale offensive against Nanming.

What made him feel a little uneasy was that in the past year, the Nanming side had made some efforts to make the country prosperous, opening the imperial examination widely, moving Guilin, controlling Guangxi, connecting Yunnan and Guizhou ...... in the west, and several measures of Emperor Longwu were all remarkable. has become an opponent worthy of attention, if he rashly allows Kong Youde to attack Guilin, he may not be able to catch Emperor Longwu if he wins. But in the event of a major defeat, an earthquake would immediately occur between the government and the opposition, threatening Dorgon's rule.

"I didn't expect Zhu Yujian (Emperor Longwu) to suddenly open his mind, and he knew that Lu Dao was like this. Or should we hit Huguang and Liangguang first. Bolo should not be allowed to attack Fujian. Dorgon laughed.

"After the Fujian Change, Emperor Longwu of the puppet Ming Dynasty got rid of the shackles of Zheng Zhilong and Donglin Confucianism, and hired a group of pragmatic officials, which are indeed stronger than at the beginning, but they are partial to the wilderness of Liangguang, and sooner or later they will be captured by Wang Shi." Hong Seungchou continued to emphasize his strategic thinking.

Dolgon smiled and nodded: "So, how many talents are there around Zhu Yujian?" It's okay, after pacifying Nanming in the future. These people can be reused, and please recommend one or two for this king. ”

Hong Chengchou was stunned. I don't know how to answer.

He was originally born in the Ming Dynasty, and he was very familiar with a few small fish and shrimp under Emperor Longwu, He Wuqi was more than fine, and he was weak in the end, Lu Daqi Donglin Yu Dang, Zhi Da was talented, Fu Guan was informal, embarrassed and heavy-duty, and everyone else was a person who did nothing, and it was difficult to enter Hong Chengchou's eyes, who was giving advice to Emperor Longwu?

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Dolgon and Hong Chengchou's judgment of the situation is extremely accurate, but ordinary people in this world do not have such information channels and vision, with the Qing army basically occupying the entire territory of Huguang, many people think that the general trend of the world has been decided, and they can't wait to jump out.

According to Niu Yan's suggestion, Xiong Lichun stationed troops in Mufu Mountain, and waited for changes, but unexpectedly, the Ming army quickly lost Huguang after a thousand miles of collapse, and even Wang Kefan's Chu army hid in Jinggang Mountain, and there was no sign of any counteroffensive. Mufu Mountain has now become an isolated island behind the enemy, and when the Qing army frees up their hands to enter the mountain to encircle and suppress, the Ningzhou volunteers will definitely be dead.

"I knew that Lu Dao was like this, it was better to surrender to the Tartars in the first place." Missing the best opportunity to sell himself and take refuge, Xiong Lichun was very remorseful and a little dissatisfied with Niu Yan.

But Niu Yan did the Daotai prefect in Dashun and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and belonged to senior administrative talents, and it was not too simple to govern a few cottages and half of the county, and he did a very good job in Ningzhou these days, Xiong Lichun couldn't do without him, and Xiong Lichun didn't have anyone around him to give advice, so he had to discuss things with Niu Yan.

After repeated discussions, the two confirmed that it was impossible for the Ming army to turn the tables, at least in a year or two will not counterattack Hubei, the so-called remedy, it is not too late, now hurry up to make up the ticket, and can catch the last train to surrender the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Concerning the glory and wealth of the second half of his life, the life and death of thousands of brothers, Xiong Lichun acted vigorously and resolutely, did what he said, had frequent contact with the Manchu envoys to surrender, bargained with letters, and soon reached a surrender agreement.

During this period of time, Xiong Lichun was under the influence of Niu Yan, and he already knew a lot about the Manchu officialdom, and it was most appropriate to know who to surrender to.

Theoretically speaking, Kong Youde is undoubtedly the first choice, but he is far away in Hunan, and his official position is too high, Xiong Lichun may not be able to be reused after surrendering.

Ningzhou is the territory of Jiangxi, Jin Shenghuan is the most enthusiastic about recruiting Xiong Lichun, and the envoy sent has never stopped, but there is no future for following a green battalion commander, so it was also denied.

The only choice left is Luo Xiujin, the governor of Huguang.

Luo Xiujin is not only a civilian official, but also an official big enough, he will stay in Huguang in the short term, control the military affairs of Jiangxi and other provinces, Xiong Lichun surrendered to him, and he can continue to stay in Ningzhou to develop his strength.

Luo Xiujin also hoped to master an army of his own and plant a nail in Jiangxi to monitor the not very peaceful Jin Shenghuan, so he hit it off with Xiong Lichun and gave him a fairly generous condition.

From the immediate point of view, the Battle of Huguang seems to be over, the Qing army has won an undoubted victory, and the future of the Ningzhou volunteers is very slim, so Xiong Lichun is very satisfied with this result, and pushes forward in full swing, lest anything change.

But this kind of thing of renegade and surrender is always unpopular, but all those who have some backbone are unwilling to take the initiative to kneel down as slaves, Xiong Lichun has just penetrated the wind to several major generals, which immediately caused a strong backlash, and more than half of the generals are against surrendering to the Manchus.

If you don't fall, you have to fall!

Xiong Lichun pressed people with momentum and suddenly turned his face. He had military power in his hands and a group of brothers in the cottage to support him, and the generals who opposed the surrender had no organizational leadership to contend with them.

Some generals are shaken, where is not to be a soldier to eat food, since the main general has made up his mind, just follow him all the time.

Some generals refused to bend and were arrested by Xiong Lichun.

Some generals were forced by the situation, ostensibly yielded and agreed, but after returning to their own station, they secretly contacted and prepared to leave Ningzhou and go to Jinggangshan to join Wang Kefan.

The snake has no head, they elected the guerrilla general Bian Xiang as the leader, and got in touch with Chen Shangwen, the commander of Ningzhou County, nearly 2,000 people and horses with the family of the old battalion, wanting to leave the Mufu Mountain under Xiong Lichun's nose, if it is not good, there will be a fire and be directly wiped out by Xiong Lichun.

"No matter whether you go east or west, the detour will definitely not work, there are Tartar camps around Mufu Mountain, and our people will definitely not be able to rush over, so we can only go south along the mountain." Bian Xiang is a native of Wuning County, and Fan Wenqin is a fellow countryman, and most of his soldiers are from Wuning, not Xiong Lichun's lineage, so he resolutely left, he pointed to the map and said: "But this is a cottage in Mufu Mountain all the way, Xiong Lichun doesn't need to send chasing soldiers, as long as he greets these village owners, he can block the road." ”

"What are you afraid of? Block the road and beat them away, what is there to be afraid of a group of bandits and bandits! "The sentry officer Zhang Yanshi is a family of military generals, and he has his own set of methods for leading troops to fight, and his subordinates have good combat effectiveness, so they don't take those bandits in their eyes at all.

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate, these bandits are familiar with the geographical environment, if you set up an ambush, even if you are good at fighting, I am afraid you will suffer." Bian Xiang shook his head, this matter depends on Xiong Lichun's attitude after all, if he is determined to take his own people and send a team of men to intercept and chase them, it will be difficult for these two thousand brothers to escape safely.

All the roads couldn't go, Zhang Yanshi was anxious and impatient, and shouted: "Then don't go, let's fight with Xiong Lichun in Ningzhou, fight to the death!" ”

Bian Xiang sighed: "If there is a glimmer of hope, I am also willing to recapture Ningzhou and give an explanation to Wang Junmen, but Xiong Lichun's soldiers and horses are twice as large as ours, and they have strengthened their vigilance in the past few days, and if they really want to fight with their own families, the morale of the sons and daughters will definitely be affected, and there is really no chance of winning this battle." ”

Zhang Yanshi and the others were silent, the elite of the Ningzhou volunteers were all in the hands of Xiong Lichun, they were well equipped, they had a lot of troops, and they had already seized important strongholds such as the county seat, and it was definitely not a good way to fight hard.

Suddenly, Chen Shangwen interjected: "It's better to leave this matter to me, although this official does not have the talent of Su Qin and Zhang Yi, but he is confident that with his three-inch incorruptible tongue, he can always say that Xiong Lichun has some scruples and lets me leave on my own." ”

"No! Xiong Lichun is rough on the outside and slippery on the inside, ruthless, since he has made up his mind to surrender to the Tartars, how can he change his mind because of a few words from you? Bian Xiang hurriedly dissuaded: "Chen Daling is a confidant of the military gate, even if we don't want to fight for our lives, we will escort Daling out of Mufu Mountain safely, and we must not take risks easily." ”

"Although General Bian is assured, Xiong Lichun may lock me up, but he will definitely not kill me easily, in fact, there is not much risk." Chen Shangwen sighed and said resolutely: "I have come to Ningzhou to take office, almost nothing has been done, and now this accident has happened, if I can't do something, what face will I have to see Wang Junmen in the future?" ”

As the magistrate of Ningzhou County, he did not notice Xiong Lichun's attempt to surrender in advance, which was already a serious dereliction of duty, and if he did not make up for it after the incident, even if he fled back to Jinggangshan, he would not be able to raise his head and be a man in the future. (To be continued......)