Duoduo has been in a bad mood these days, and finally recruited Liu Liangzuo, but he heard Kong Youde come back and report that half of Liu Liangzuo's troops had gone to Yangzhou, which made him look down on Liu Liangzuo a little more.

Han Dai had sent someone to report that his troops had retreated to Xuyi.

It's no wonder that Han Dai has no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and most of them are newly surrendered Ming troops, and their combat effectiveness is low, how can they withstand the vigorous Yangzhou army, not to mention that the Yangzhou army also has magic weapons.

With Duoduo's psychological expectations, if the Yangzhou army marches to Xuyi again, it is acceptable for Han Dai's troops to retreat to Xuzhou for defense.

After looking at the map for a long time, Duoduo still didn't think about what to do next, and after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to gather all the generals to discuss.

Duoduo did not live in Shouzhou, and his army was slowly maneuvering in the direction of Fengyang.

By the time Kong Youde got up from the bed of Liu Liangzuo's concubine and hurried to the Duoduo Shuai tent, all the generals had already arrived, even Liu Liangzuo had already arrived.

Kong Youde stared at Liu Liangzuo, and said in his heart, you don't call me when you kid leaves, if Prince Yu scolds me, he will settle accounts with you when he turns back.

Duoduo didn't have the heart to scold Kong Youde for being late at this time, and seeing that all the generals had arrived, he pressed his hands on the case and said slowly: "This Yangzhou army has joined forces with the Luzhou army, and Nanjing, the puppet capital of the Southern Ming Dynasty, is in a hurry, so what can I do about it now?" ”

"Prince Qiyu, the slave thinks that the army has been fighting for a long time, and it is exhausted, and it needs to rest urgently, and this Han army is about to collapse when it encounters the Yangzhou army, and its combat strength is indeed worrying, so it is better to retreat to Xuzhou to reorganize the army, and then wait to go south." Turai was the first to come out of the ranks of the Manchu generals and said.

Bai Yintu, Ahsan, and other Qing army generals came out one after another to express their support for Tulai's opinion.

Listening to Turai's words, Duoduo rubbed his chin and snorted, noncommittal.

"Prince Qiyu, I also think that General Turai is reasonable. Although there are more than 200,000 people in our army today, most of them are newly surrendered Ming troops, and their combat strength is very weak, and they are not able to fight at all. The puppet army has surpassed our army in numbers, and it was not afraid of its large number before, but now under the unity of the 'angel' governor, it can no longer be underestimated. ”

Kong Youde stood up from the list of generals of the Han army and said, and glanced at Liu Liangzuo after speaking.

Duoduo saw that Kong Youde was reasonable, and motioned for him to continue.

"And this Yangzhou army has strange vehicles and continuous fire to help, which is a great threat to our Qing cavalry, if it cannot be effectively restrained, such as rushing south, it is still not advisable to be false. According to the humble opinion, the strange car and the repeating fire gun also used firearms, and I need to increase the improvement of firearms in the Qing Dynasty, and widely deploy cannons and other weapons in order to restrain them, and these also need time to prepare, so the humble post also agrees with General Turai's words. ”

After saying this, Kong Youde thought about it for a while, felt unfinished, and continued: "I don't know where the rest of my Daqing people are now, if they go well, they can let them slowly force towards Nanjing from several directions, so that they can't feel at ease, and when Prince Yu completes the army, and then press it together, then Nanjing will definitely be able to go down." ”

Hearing Kong Youde say this, Duoduo thought to himself, the quasi-tower of this East Road was consistent with his own combat goals, and he could still command the move.

And the Azig Ministry on the West Road can't do it himself, for this brother, sometimes the regent Dolgon can't do it, let alone himself, and now the Azig Department is chasing Li Zicheng's Dashun army at a critical juncture, how can he wave his troops to the east?

"Well, the king is right, the king decided to temporarily retreat to Xuzhou to reorganize the army, and at the same time report to the imperial court, make more artillery and other firearms to Xuzhou as soon as possible, and Shouzhou and Fengyang are still garrisoned by Liu Liangzuo's department."

When Liu Liangzuo heard this, his scalp was about to explode, and he said in his heart that as soon as your army leaves, I only have more than 20,000 people left, how can I hold it.

Duoduo seemed to see Liu Liangzuo's nervousness, and then said: "Bai Yintu led three thousand Mongolian cavalry and five hundred white armor soldiers to Shouzhou to assist Liu Liangzuo in defense. ”

When Liu Liangzuo heard this, his head became even bigger, if these thousands of Mongols and Manchu cavalry were stationed in Shouzhou, wouldn't he become his own emperor, and how could he be the boss in Shouzhou again?

Mustering up the courage to walk out of the class and saluting Duoduo, Liu Liangzuo said: "Of course, General Baiyintu is stationed in Shouzhou, but if you change your humble position to garrison Fengyang, I don't know what Prince Yu wants?" ”

"Huh?" Duoduo snorted coldly, and said in his heart, Don't you know that these Mongolian soldiers and white-armored soldiers are used to spy on you? Also came out to say this nonsense.

"The last will obey." Duoduo's cold snort frightened Liu Liangzuo, and he quickly changed his words and returned to the class.

The weather in Beijing has gradually warmed up in June, and there are already occasional chirps from the plane trees on the side of the street, adding a little vitality to the deserted street.

In the regent palace on the south side of the Donghua Gate, Dolgon sat on the Taishi's chair under a willow tree by the pond in the back garden, two handsome little maids behind him were gently shaking their fans, and two maids in front of him were gently beating their thighs.

With a thick handful of letter paper in his hand, Dorgon looked at it with a frown.

What Dolgon was holding was a long letter that Dorgon had written to him from outside the city of Shouzhou, and Dorgon had read it for the third time.

After thinking for a while, he raised his hand and asked people to call the soldiers who sent the letter to him, and asked again about the beginning and end of the battle of Yangzhou.

This personal soldier was specially arranged by Duoduo, and he knew a lot about the situation of the battle of Yangzhou, and answered the regent's questions one by one.

The answers of the pro-soldiers were mostly aimed at a few "divine weapons", saying that the Manchu warriors suffered many casualties under the "divine weapons".

Dolgon's answer made Dolgon very dissatisfied, waved his hand to retreat, thought for a while, summoned the servants around him, and said, "Quickly go and invite Mr. Fan and Mr. Hong to the mansion to discuss matters." ”

After thinking about it for a while, he asked people to recruit Sun Zhiqi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

The first to come is the secretary of the university scholar Hong Chengchou, the former Chongzhen Dynasty minister is now 52 years old, since the defeat of the Songjin battle was captured, although the emperor Taiji is good, but the final emperor Taiji has not been reused.

Since the death of Huang Taiji, Hong Chengchou's good fortune seems to have come one after another, the regent Dolgon is trusting him in every way, obeying his words, and his official position has been slightly higher than that of Hanchen Fan Wencheng and others who followed ** Hachi in the early years, which made Hong Chengchou grateful to Dolgon, and he tried his best every day, lest he was not thoughtful and missed the regent's plan.

The next one arrived was Sun Zhiqi, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites. Today, he was summoned to the palace by the regent to discuss matters, which made Sun Zhiqi ecstatic in his heart, and his heart was finally favored by the regent today, what a glory it was. Proud, he actually let his entourage carry the bridge around the street in a big circle, lest others not know that the regent had invited him to discuss the matter, so it was too late.

The last to come was Fan Wencheng, a scholar of the Secretariat's Academy, and the 46-year-old scholar Fan was the minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs to compete for the world, and his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty and his consideration of the overall situation still made Dolgon admire. The year before last, Fan Wencheng was robbed of his beautiful wife by Duoduo, but he still focused on the "overall situation", and at the critical juncture of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the Central Plains, he offered advice and made a special honor.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Zhiqi, who came first, were not put into the mansion by the palace guards, saying that they could not enter until the three of them arrived together.

Hong Chengchou glanced at Sun Zhiqi, who came later, and did not speak to him.

A few days ago, in order to win the favor of the court, this Sun Zhiqi shaved his hair and wore full clothes to the court, but the Manchu and Hanchen did not let him enter the class, making a big joke.

Standing with such people, Hong Chengchou felt that his identity had been lost, and he didn't know why the regent invited him today.

When the three arrived, the guards stepped forward to lead the three into the palace hall, Dolgon heard that the three people came, and actually went to the door to greet them, and the three wanted to make a big salute, but Hong and Fan were held by Dolgon's hand, and said in his mouth, "Two gentlemen, hurry up and excuse the courtesy", but Sun Zhiqi let him bow down.

Coming to the lobby and sitting down, Dolgon picked up a book and a letter from the table and handed them to Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng respectively.

Fan Wencheng took the fold and read it quickly, the fold is Sun Zhiqi's sparseness, and its content is to ask the Han people to shave their hair and keep braids in one piece.

Fan Wencheng frowned and looked at Dolgon and was about to speak, but Dolgon raised his hand to stop him and motioned for him to hand over the fold to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou read Duoduo's long letter, the letter was written for a long time, Hong Chengchou read it for a long time, and the more he read it, the more his brows tightened.

Dolgon was not in a hurry, and took a slow sip of the teacup while thinking seriously.

After they had finished speaking, Dorgon asked, "What do you think of the two gentlemen?" ”

"Regent of Qiyu..."Hong and Fan spoke at the same time, and Dolgon smiled and said, "Please Mr. Hong speak first." ”

"Qiyu Regent, Wechen thinks that this policy of shaving hair and braids cannot be implemented for the time being, now the south is undecided, and riots are raging in various parts of the Central Plains, and the mob resistance is very fierce, Wechen thinks it is advisable to appease more, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, it is not appropriate to shave his hair and keep braids to provoke the people's anger, how to stop, please ask the regent to decide."

When Fan Wencheng heard this, he also bowed his hand to Dolgon and said, "Weichen seconded it." ”

Hearing Hong and Fan say this, Sun Zhiqi threw his hand at Dolgon and wanted to speak, but Dolgon stopped him.

"Two gentlemen, this matter of shaving hair and making it easy to serve will be discussed later, what do you think of the two gentlemen of Prince Yu's letter?"

"Qiqi Regent..."As soon as Hong Chengchou's words came out, Dolgon raised his hand again to stop, "The two gentlemen don't have to be so polite, if you have something to say, you can just say it." ”

"The minister thinks that this 'angel' came to Yangzhou, and whether it is true or not, it must not be allowed to spread in the Qing Dynasty, if the Han people know that the heavens descend to help the disabled, I am afraid it will be difficult to tame." Hong Chengchou said thoughtfully.

"The minister thought that the arrival of this 'angel' would not be fake, after all, in front of the two armies, all eyes were watching, and Prince Yu would not make up this news to deceive the regent because of the unfavorable situation of the war. Now the plan is to hope that the imperial court will send an envoy to Yangzhou as soon as possible, and allow this 'angel' to be a high-ranking official, so that it can help me to the Qing Dynasty as the best policy. Fan Wencheng thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.

"Mr. Fan wants to make the plan of appeasement the best policy, but the pressure on the Yangzhou military must not be relaxed, so that he can submit to my Qing Dynasty and be used by the regent." Hong Chengchou was very thoughtful, and listened to Dolgon's frequent nods.

"What the two gentlemen said is very true, and this king has also taken it into consideration. Nanming has added the angel surnamed Luo as the governor of Huaiyang, this Luo Jian Luo Xinghua in Yangzhou to rectify military and political affairs, Yangzhou military and civilians are all in the heart, and its Yangzhou army also has a magic weapon to help, now it seems that the remnants of the Ming and pseudo are eager to go down. ”

Dolgon glanced at the two of them and said what he was most worried about, meaning that Luo Jian's ability to clean up people's hearts was the most worrying.

Seeing that Hong and Fan were still thinking, Dolgon continued: "Prince Yu said in his letter that the number of his divine weapons is not much, but to restrain it, the imperial court needs to make more firearms, especially artillery, so I asked Mr. Fan to personally inquire about this matter, and urged the Ministry of Industry to find ways to improve firearms and build more cannons." ”

After Dolgon finished speaking, he beckoned, and a soldier stepped forward with a tightly wrapped package in both hands.

"Mr. Fan, this thing was obtained by Prince Yu in the battle between the two armies, if it is copied, then the magic weapon held by the Yangzhou army cannot be feared."

Fan Wencheng didn't know what was in the package, so he reached out and took it.

"Mr. Fan, please be careful, if this thing explodes, it will be extremely powerful, and it can be dismantled by the next person, Mr. must stay away."

Hearing what Dorgon said, Fan Wencheng knew that the package was the "earth-shattering thunder" mentioned in Dorgon's letter, and he was so frightened that he let go of his hand and almost dropped the package to the ground.

"Two gentlemen, the king wanted to wait for Prince Yu to capture the remnants of the Ming and pseudo-capitals before implementing this policy of shaving hair and braids, and now this pseudo-capital can not be put down for the time being, and the mob in Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places do not obey our Qing Dynasty, and the resistance is becoming more fierce, if the situation in Yangzhou spreads, I am afraid it will be more rampant. Therefore, this king wants to play the emperor and implement this policy in advance to consolidate the rule of the land, what do the two gentlemen think? ”

Sun Zhiqi listened to Dolgon's words, and his face showed a look of pride.

Hong and Fan glanced at each other, knowing that Dolgon had made up his mind, and it was useless to say more, so they both arched their hands and said, "Please make a decision to the regent." ”

"Treat this king like this, and the emperor will issue an order immediately. It's just that this Yangzhou matter, you have to send someone to appease this Luo Jian Luo Xinghua, this king wants to send Sun Shilang to Yangzhou for a trip, if you can persuade this angel to join the Qing Dynasty, you will remember a great achievement. ”

Dolgon's words exploded above Sun Zhiqi's head like a thunderbolt, causing Sun Zhiqi's head to buzz.

Sun Zhiqi had seen Dolgon mention the policy of shaving his hair and keeping braids, and thought that the regent had invited him to take charge of the implementation of this policy because he had written it, and he was secretly proud in his heart.

What I never expected was that Dolgon actually asked him to send an envoy to Yangzhou, and now the two sides are in a hurry, how can they have their lives back this time?

Seeing the sweat on Sun Zhiqi's forehead, the disdain on Dolgon's face flashed, and he comforted him at any time: "These two countries are fighting each other, and if they don't kill them, Sun Shilang will definitely be fine if he goes, if he can persuade Naluo Jian to return to the Qing Dynasty, this king will play His Majesty, and he will not be under Mr. Hong and Fan." ”

Seeing that there was no possibility of turning things around, Sun Zhiqi gritted his teeth and stood up and saluted Dolgon: "Weichen is for my Qing Dynasty inheritance, and he will not hesitate to go to the soup and die forever!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! This king will repair a book, and you will be able to set off tomorrow without the slightest delay. Dolgon was pleased with Sun's knowledge.

Not long after the three left, the first "shaving order" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was issued from the regent's palace.

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