Receiving the news of Hauge's defeat, Dolgon couldn't help laughing insolently, although it has not yet been confirmed whether Hauge died in battle, but after losing so many troops, what can he do even if he comes back alive, losing these henchmen, he has completely no threat, has become a tiger without claws, and can only be manipulated by the Dorgon brothers when he returns to Beijing.

Although the 30,000 elites of the Eight Banners made him very heartbroken, what Haoge took away was the elite that Huang Taiji managed to form back then, which was the most essential part of the Eight Banners. Not to mention the quality of the soldiers, the generals among them are all outstanding, such as that Aobai, such as that Silg, Dolgon thinks that there are few warriors in his hands who can match them.

But when such an elite can't be in his own hands, it is a threat to himself, and it is better to die, but when he thinks that Yang Chao killed 30,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, Dolgon still can't help but feel cold.

Think about it, there are almost 100,000, after the Eight Banners entered the customs, excluding those who died in the hands of Yang Chao, including those who died of illness, less than 50,000 people, and he alone killed 100,000.

There are more than 20,000 people in the Eight Banners alone, and the two battles in Yangzhou are 10,000 in the Eight Banners, and this time the Eight Banners in Haoge's hands account for a larger proportion, and at least 10,000 of the 30,000 people are authentic Eight Banners elite.

There are more than 50,000 dingkou in the eight banners, and more than half of them have been damaged, and most of them are done by this Yang Chao, this battle is really unfought, no wonder those banner owners are shouting to return to Liaodong one by one, not that they don't know the truth that the Ming Dynasty is 10,000 times richer than Liaodong, but they really can't accept the loss of the Dingkou in their hands, so they lose power.

The situation in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was far more complicated than Yang Chao thought, Yang Chao only guessed that Dolgon was using land to buy people's hearts, of course, this is the main thing, but Dolgon's move is also no choice, if he has a choice, he will definitely not come out with this kind of policy of hurting the enemy 10,000 and losing 8,000.

In order to buy these little masters, now the people in the entire Beizhili are raging, and there are constant rebellions. There was hardly a day that the Qing army did not fight.

It can be said that if there is a choice, Dolgon is absolutely unwilling to use this kind of desperate strategy, which is equivalent to sending the entire Beizhili out at once, if he can't lay more land. The power in the hands of the imperial court has been greatly weakened, and the power of the imperial court is now the power of Dolgon, who is the same as Huang Taiji, but has been trying to strengthen the power of the Qing court.

But on two occasions the Duoduo was defeated, losing tens of thousands of troops. The first time was better, but the second time, a large number of princes and banner owners asked to return to Liaodong, and they worked hard to create a terrifying atmosphere in the banners, hyped up the horror of Yang Chao, and directly promoted Yang Chao as a terrifying figure like Li Chengliang, which really frightened a large number of old magnates who were not firm-willed.

Dorgon managed to stabilize the situation, and made a compromise to activate Haug. But these old guys would never have imagined that Dolgon's use of Hauge was actually part of a conspiracy. It's not really under their pressure, and the object of this conspiracy is not only against Hauge, but also against them old magnates.

If Dolgon's strategy is not implemented perfectly, it is estimated that Hauge will be defeated, and these old magnates are afraid that they will have to encourage the Eight Banners to return to Liaodong again, and this time they are likely to have the support of the vast majority of the people.

But now those banner owners just want to go back, I'm afraid that the little Baylors below them won't agree, and the entire land of Beizhili has been divided up by the big and small masters in each banner, and they are full of fat one by one. The land inside the pass is better than the land outside the pass, although the fertility is not as good as the outside of the pass, but they are all ripe fields, and the climate is much better than that of Liaodong. The crops are harvested twice a year, which who dares to think when in Liaodong.

Dolgon killed two birds with one stone, borrowed Yang Chao's knife to behead Hauge, and through the land of the Han people, he hollowed out the old magnates, and now the people in the Qing court who can restrain him. Dolgon felt that he couldn't find it even with a lantern, so he could activate some characters who he didn't dare to use before and was a threat to himself.

Dolgon's first thought was Hong Chengchou, after entering the customs, although Dolgon won in the Eight Banners infighting, but in the face of such a behemoth in the Ming Dynasty, he still felt a little powerless, such a big country, the difficulty of governance, far more than Dolgon's political experience accumulated in Liaodong.

"Old minister, see Regent!"

Hong Chengchou was subdued by Huang Taiji, he has always been idle and raised, as the biggest civil official of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, it has always been just as a banner, and no one dares to rest assured if he really wants to use it, the reason is very simple, unlike those Liaodong Han officials who dragged their families to join the Eight Banners, Hong Chengchou surrendered alone, and Hong Chengchou's hometown is still in Fujian, so if this person is released, who knows if he will defect to the Ming Dynasty before the battle.

But Dolgon now has to use Hong Chengchou, and the affairs of the Ming Dynasty are more appropriate for a big bureaucrat like the Ming Dynasty to deal with.

However, Dolgon still admires Hong Chengchou's behavior, since the surrender, he has been very deferential, neither as flattering as those Baoyi, nor as arrogant as the Eight Banners magnates, this kind of neither humble nor arrogant, a light and light literati demeanor, but very much appreciated by Dolgon.

"Elder Hong is exempt. This king invited the old man to come because he had something to ask. ”

Dolgon's attitude was very modest, and he did a good enough posture of a corporal.

"The regent has promoted the old minister, the old minister is a rotten wood, how can He De dare to let the prince ask for advice."

Hong Chengchou seemed humble and polite, but his words were humble, but his tone was not humble at all.

"The old man is too modest. It's not a secret, the Jiangnan incident made the king not know the taste of food and couldn't sleep. Dare to ask the boss if there is a temple? ”

Dolgon continued to pretend to be a student and asked Hong Chengchou for advice.

Hong Chengchou said: "The prince is worried about the Jiangnan Yang Chao? ”

Dorgon said, "Exactly. ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The old minister has a strategy, and he can level Yang in one fell swoop!" ”

Dolgon was overjoyed: "Dare to ask the old man to teach me." ”

Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and muttered for a moment: "Say to the head, pull the tail, and exert force in the heart!" ”

Dorgon wondered, "What is a counterpart?" What is tailing? What is Abdominal Strength? ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The place of Jiangnan is a tiger, Xu Huai is the head, Su Song is the tail, and Jinling is its heart!" ”

Dorgon nodded, "That's exactly what the old man said. ”

Hong Chengchou continued: "Today, Jiangnan and my Qing Dynasty are like two bulls, my land is strong, they are rich, and they are equal, but if they can't hold it for a long time, it will be unfavorable to me!" Therefore, the benefits are in the quick battle. ”

Hong Chengchou briefly analyzed the situation, the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied a lot of territory, and the quality of the soldiers was also strong, but Jiangnan was rich and could hold each other for a long time.

"However, Jiangnan is a crouching tiger, head to tail, hand and foot, it is difficult to achieve all the success with one blow."

Dolgon nodded, the facts have proved that Duoduo twice sent troops to Jianghuai and lost a lot, and Jiangnan is not a place that can be taken in one fell swoop.

Hong Chengchou continued: "Therefore, I should make it impossible to care for each other from the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the hands and feet cannot intersect, and then hit his henchmen in one fell swoop, and then he can go down in one fell swoop. ”

Dolgon also thinks it makes sense, but what to do, anyone can talk about the truth, but Hong Chengchou is not in a hurry to say the reality, which makes him a little anxious, and he sighs in his heart that these Ming people like to beat around the bush when they speak, first make people confused, and then give you a solution, this problem is the only thing he doesn't like.

Hong Chengchou ignored Dorgon's feelings, and still spoke slowly, but finally got to the point.

In this way, we should take the strategy of reaching the head and pulling the tail, and stretch the beginning and the end. Xu Huai is the head, so I should set up heavy troops in Shandong, so that it does not dare to divide Xu Huai's heavy troops to the south, and I will become a counterpoint in Shandong. Su Song is the tail, so our Qing Dynasty should attack Fujian and Zhejiang, coerce Su Song, and involve its tail. If both strategies are successful, then rush into Jinling, which can break its heart in one fell swoop. This is a strategy to resist the head, lead the tail, and focus on the heart. ”

After listening to Dolgon's nod, he sighed in his heart that this old guy really had two brushes, no wonder he was able to do the Ming Dynasty strategy back then, and control the heavy army to attack the Qing Dynasty.

But there were some details that Dolgon couldn't grasp yet, so he had to ask them one by one.

"Dare to ask the boss, if you attack Fujian and Zhejiang, how can Yang Chao not be saved?"

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "I look at Yang Chao, this person, who is located in the south of the Yangtze River, has long had the heart of not being subordinate, and I will not save it if I attack Fujian and Zhejiang in the Qing Dynasty." ”

Dolgon clapped his hands and praised: "If you don't save it, the plan will be successful, and the old man should take the first credit." However, I am a new dynasty, no one can handle this great responsibility, this king implores the old man to go out of the mountain, and I hope that the old man will work hard. ”

Dolgon opened the case and asked Hong Chengchou to come forward.

Hong Chengchou said calmly: "The prince has an order, dare not obey his orders!" ”

Dolgon said happily: "Okay, when this king plays the Ming Sheng, he will order the old man to be the strategy, control the soldiers and horses of Shandong, Huguang, and Jiangxi, and capture Jiangnan for my Qing Dynasty!" ”

While Dolgon was discussing with Hong Chengchou about dealing with Yang Chao, a group of old magnates in Beijing were also plotting.

It's just that these old magnates are a little depressed at this time.

"If you don't go back to Liaodong, the Dingkou in the banner will die."

"Can't let Dorgon mess around like this."

"The foundation of my Qing Dynasty is in Liaodong."

"We dare to ask Prince Zheng to go out of the mountain to preside over the overall situation."

Old guys in their forties shouted.

"Enough!"

One of the dignified old magnates shouted.

"Are you still gone?"

One by one, the magnates looked at Prince Zheng's appearance and couldn't help sighing.

If you want to say that in addition to Hauge, there are characters who can compete with Dolgon, and there is only this Prince Zheng, Prince Zheng Zilharang.

In addition to Dolgon, another person in the Qing court who was awarded the title of Auxiliary Uncle King.

Zilharang is a high and powerful position, is Nurhachi's own nephew, Nurhachi's younger brother Shulhaqi's sixth son, as early as the Nurhachi era was one of the eight great beylers who discussed national politics, and in the Huang Taiji era, he was one of the four princes, and now, he is the auxiliary uncle of Dolgon.

"Okay, go back, restrain the subordinates, and Hugh has to bring up the matter again!"

However, this high-ranking and powerful figure in the era of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji was in the hands of Dolgon, but he was always suppressed and could not move, so he could only blindly endure it. (To be continued.) )