Chapter 267: Battle (3)

Dolgon also didn't sleep well for two or three days.

Azig has been ordered to send out the division, Tangbao sent back, has gathered Tang Tong and other Ming army, the number of the whole army is more than 80,000, it is expected that when he arrives in northern Shaanxi, some more people will be forced, and the whole army will have a spectrum of 100,000.

Of course, this includes a significant number of auxiliaries.

Even so, an army of this scale is amazing, and there are not so many Qing troops who have broken through the border wall and entered the customs before.

Even the two sieges of Jinzhou and the Battle of Daling River did not mobilize so many elite troops.

With so many troops going out on the expedition, there are more things involved, and the rear is busy with their feet in the sky, and every day I don't know how many instructions are sent to Dolgon here, and then to the prince Baylor, the Gushan Ezhen and Mel Zhangjing of the various banners, and then the ministers of the various ministries know to follow them.

Although the Regent's palace had a lot of competent men, and Dolgon had been in charge of the state for many years, and had been involved in the affairs of horses since he was a teenager, he was not without a lot of experience in the army, but he still felt a serious sense of exhaustion in recent times.

But he can only be hard, in September Jierharang welcomed Xiao Fulin from outside the pass into the pass, on the first day of October, it was in this Wuying Hall held the enthronement hall, the emperor this time is to declare the world, the Qing Dynasty is no longer willing to live outside the pass, but to live in Yandu, at least to maintain the situation of occupying half of North China.

After the ceremony of Wuying Palace, the little emperor lived in the Qianqing Palace, and the queen mother's attendant said that he often lived, and the scholars of the inner courtyard were responsible for the study and training of the little emperor.

But it can only be held by him alone, and the authority cannot be shifted downward, and the rulers of the Qing Dynasty have been consistent in this regard and have never changed in any way.

Although important matters were decided by the Wang's Council of Ministers, for example, a few months ago, when Dolgon decided to mobilize the whole clan to conquer the Ming Dynasty, several meetings of the Wang's ministers were held in Sanguanmiao, and the decision to raise the clan into the customs was finally decided.

But in fact, it was already a few of his henchmen in advance, such as Ho Luohui or Duoduo and other princes and nobles who were really related to the two white flags, and the core of the major decision was Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou before entering the customs.

After entering the customs, Hong Chengchou was alienated, and the current adviser was naturally Fan Wencheng alone.

This can be fully understood just by looking at who drafted the important proclamations before and after the entry into the customs.

Now that the emperor has entered the palace, Dorgon's regent palace is also under construction, just waiting to move in at a later date.

In order to show that he was determined to live in Yanjing, he spent a great deal of material and manpower to repair the Regent's Palace, but he would never have imagined that one of the crimes that his lovely Fulin eldest nephew found for him after his death was that the palace was overstepping.

Of course, in the tradition of the Aixin Jueluo family, this Fulin is very obedient and obedient.

"Lord Wang, in the opinion of the minister, the enemy of Huaiqing is very important."

In front of Fan Wencheng, there were large stacks of paperwork and newspapers, which were available in all provinces. Of course, the provinces occupied by the Qing court were limited, and what we are talking about today is the war in Henan and Shandong.

Fan Wencheng finished reading these things while standing, and the regent had a hundred courtesies, even Prince Baylor could only stand and serve, and below King Baylor, he had to kneel down when he saw the king.

Even if Wu Sangui was crowned the king of Pingxi and saw Dolgon, he still knelt down and bowed six times.

This kind of etiquette is exquisite, and there is a typical difference between the hug ceremony in the Huang Taiji era. When the king of Sanshun came to vote, Huang Taiji greeted him for hundreds of miles, and then greeted and saluted with three Han generals.

Knowing that the other party was desperate to vote, and there was no way to vote for himself, Huang Taiji still had the heart to do so, and did his best to help in terms of etiquette and material.

This kind of generosity immediately convinced King Sanshun, and until a few decades later, Shang Kexi was reluctant to rise up to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and he may have been moved by how much he was moved at that time.

Dolgon, however, is very different, talking about pleasure, pomp, and arrogance.

For Wu Sangui, he did not hesitate to reward the prince, but he did not pretend to be too pretentious when he met for the first time, and in addition to showing his majesty, he also planted the seeds of extreme humiliation and anger in Wu Sangui's heart.

In front of him, Fan Wencheng should be the minister he trusts and relies on the most, and he has to be honest and respectful to stand in front of him.

Listening to Fan Wencheng's words, Dolgon put down the cigarette pot that had been biting in his mouth, spit out a puff of rich white smoke, and frowned: "What do you say? ”

"There are a lot of thieves in Huaiqing, but the minister sees that it was predicted in advance, to lay down Huaiqing and other places, and to join forces with the army on the south bank of the river, to cover Tongguan and other places, for us, the thieves can take the initiative on both sides, northern Shaanxi is one side, Henan is all the way, if this really fulfills their wishes, I will be led by their nose in the Qing Dynasty."

This judgment is also the same as Dorgon's own judgment.

Moreover, He Luohui and Han Dai and others, especially Duoduo, also generally have the same opinion.

Although the Ming army recently reversed its previous confrontation with the Qing army, it adopted the tactics of taking the initiative to attack that surprised the whole Qing court, and moreover, it repeatedly won in small-scale cavalry battles, which did not exist in previous experience.

The most famous iron cavalry battalion in Liaodong is now the Pingxi Wang's department, the number is not large, but the equipment and armor and war horses are all raised by the Ming Dynasty with the strength of the whole country, especially elite.

Even so, in the field against the Eight Banners cavalry, they would never dare to fight, and even if they fought, they would win less and lose more, and they were forced to fight.

Wu Sangui's famous battle was to lead his family and his own soldiers to rescue his father from the encirclement of the Qing army, this battle was not how good the king of Pingxi fought, or how tragic it was, mainly because at that time, whether it was the Qing side or the Ming side, both sides did not expect that there was a general in the Ming army who could take the initiative to attack.

This is enough to be impressive, and Wu Sangui has since become a famous man and has become a figure that both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties have paid attention to.

It was only a big deal back then, but now the Ming army is taking the initiative to attack, a thousand-mile-long front, with a maximum number of more than 100 people, and the smallest scale is a cavalry battle of dozens of people, not only that, but the Ming army has also taken advantage of it!

Others don't know much, but Dorgon is very painful.

Haoge does not have many troops in his headquarters, and the troops stationed in Shandong are Abatai and Gushan Ezhen Huaita and others, and the two departments together do not have more than 10,000 troops, if there are not too few people, why should Haoge and Abatai stand still, sit back and watch the Ming army recover half of Shandong, and the army is still entrenched in Luoyang and Guide?

During this period of time, the number of soldiers killed in the battle of the Eight Banners of Manchuria alone has exceeded 100, as well as the Eight Banners of the Mongolian and Han armies, whether it is the Manchurian or Mongolian Han Army, those who can follow Abatai and Haoge in Henan and Shandong are the elite soldiers who have served for a long time, and together with the Manchurian Eight Banners, the number of dead has exceeded 300, and there are as many as 1,000 wounded.

With this level of cavalry engagement alone, the garrisons in Henan and Shandong have already suffered too much loss!

The military report was delivered urgently, and Dolgon was also very angry, if it wasn't for the Tang newspaper of the Battle of Huaiqing also delivered, now he would have urged Duoduo to march!

Up and down in the Southern Ming Dynasty, although the news is not clear, the Ming Dynasty is indeed an old opponent.

Dolgon also knows too well about the Ming Dynasty.

In this dynasty, the boss is decrepit, so what if there are a few generals who can fight? In the final analysis, the Ming army was just a surprise harassment and war, and the number of people was not large, judging from the Tang newspapers of the two provinces, the scale of the battle was at most a few thousand.

How could this soldier, who had fought battles such as Dalinghe and Songshan outside the pass, and presided over the siege of Jinzhou, take it to heart?

At that time, the Ming army came from all provinces across the country, especially the Battle of Songshan, which was the elite of the first-class Ming army, and the number was about 150,000, so what?

It's not that under the attack of the Qing army, it will immediately fall apart!

Sneak attack and harassment are just trivial!

On the side of the thieves, although the battle of a stone was won, it can also be seen that the thief leader is experienced, and in that case, he can retreat with nearly 10,000 people, and later resist again and again, which also shows good strength.

In particular, Huaiqing's deployment of troops is a great threat, and in comparison, it can really be said that the old opponent of the Ming Dynasty can really be slowed down.

Fan Wencheng's suggestion was the same as his plan, and a smile appeared on Dolgon's originally tired and gloomy face.

This morning, Tan Bai and others suggested that the Henan soldiers should be led by Prince Su Haoge immediately, and then the Beijing division would send additional troops, commanded by Haoge, to attack the enemy of Huaiqing and relieve the siege of Qinyang.

When he first heard about it, Dolgon was also a little moved, according to this plan, the two yellow flags could also make a little effort to relieve the pressure. And Duoduo can continue to move south, with part of the forces of the two white flags and the two red flags, plus the Shandong defense army, there is still a possibility of defeating the Ming state.

However, Fan Wencheng strongly objected, in Fan Wencheng's view, the Ming Dynasty now only wants to be peaceful, and will not really have the determination to go north and forge ahead.

At present, it seems that the threat of thieves is greater.

Fan Wencheng has been in the pivot for a long time and has a very deep understanding of the Ming Dynasty, so from this point of view, it should be right to listen to him.

Dolgon nodded heavily, snorted coldly, and said, "Ming Guo has long been no opponent, so let's do it." ”

As the mastermind, Fan Wencheng felt a hint of pride in his heart. However, when it came to the end, he was also a little nervous. The master in front of him is far different from Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji listens to advice when he encounters problems, but he is in charge. If you are wrong, you will blame yourself, and you will not entrust it to others.

The person in front of him said that he was listening to himself, and if he was wrong in the future, it might be a matter of losing his head.

At the moment, he was a little uneasy, so he only asked again: "Do you want to ask someone Hong what he meant?" ”

Dolgon did not let go of Hong Chengchou's regrets, and said coldly: "No need, my meaning has already been decided." Now tell the general of Dingguo not to go south directly, but to fight the enemy of Huaiqing first. As for Prince Su, write to him, telling him to retreat, settle down, and not fight with the Ming Kingdom. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled and said to Fan Wencheng: "I don't believe it, the Ming army really dares to cross the river in a big way to seek its own death?" No, I don't believe it! ”

(To be continued)