Chapter 617: Dolgon's Stratagem
As soon as the Hailan entered the Hong Kong military port, the Manchu spies immediately sent this important news back, according to Dolgon's orders, now the Australians are the key objects of surveillance, these Australians are-stirring sticks, forcing his 300,000 troops not to go south, and also mobilized a huge ship from China.
The giant ship can carry five or six thousand soldiers at a time, which means that there are at least about 8,000 Australian troops in Liangguang and Guangzhou, and although the Australian army of about 8,000 is not enough to rely on, the giant ship has a large carrying capacity, and judging from various sources, the various weapons, ammunition and materials transported by the giant ship this time are also very large, and if they are not mistaken, they should have secretly transported a lot of soldiers and sharp weapons.
The Australians have always been unsure of wars, according to them, if they want to fight, they will win, and if they don't fight, they will never send a single soldier, and now their soldiers have set foot on the land outside the border, which is equivalent to saying that they have sent troops to help Liangguang.
Shen Youlong is also stepping up the recruitment of soldiers and horses, it is said that the number of the new army has rapidly expanded from 5,000 to 20,000, a three-fold increase in the number of people at once, this expansion speed is indeed a bit fast in some aspects, but in terms of all the existing military forces in the two Guangzhou, it is not much faster, but in Dorgon's opinion, it is a little fast.
20,000 new troops, if the battle is equivalent, it is definitely a lethal force for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, this force can directly fight against the two white flags, in addition to the Guanning army in the south, it belongs to the two white flags can fight, now it seems that if the two white flags meet the Australian troops, it will be a hard battle.
However, the cooperation with the Dutch was not going well, the Dutch originally planned to attack Hong Kong, but before they could launch a military operation, the warship quietly withdrew, and the cooperation was considered a failure, and the explanation given by the Dutch was that Spain was launching an attack on their colonies in Southeast Asia.
It was impossible for the Dutch to give up their colonies in Southeast Asia for Hong Kong. This is certain, although a lot of benefits were promised to the Dutch, but the premise for these benefits to be obtained must be to lay down two broads, so it can only be regarded as an empty talk, and there is no practical operation.
In order for the Dutch to actually go to war, there must be enough profits to be sent to them, such as the export of tea and silk, but the production of both of these things has been reduced due to the war, and these origins are controlled by Hauge, and Dorgon must have Hauge's permission to intervene.
The more complicated the situation, the more it shows that it is difficult to meddle in this matter, but it also shows that the internal struggle of the Manchu Qing has become more and more serious. It is so serious that each can give up the original unity for the sake of profit.
This situation is actually very terrible, the Manchu Qing Dynasty can successfully enter the customs completely depends on everyone's unity, and now if everyone has a ghost, not to mention that the Ming army that surrendered will have ideas, even Shen Youlong of Liangguang will definitely have ideas.
If you want to break through, you have to act, this is Dolgon's idea, and Hauge must know that the big picture should be the focus now, and the appearance of the Aquamarine. Makes Dorgon realize that the possibility of Australians joining the war is high, and he is also a little worried about the battle between Hauge and the Zheng family.
From the very beginning of the war, the Zheng family retreated on the defensive, and this strange response had made Dolgon obviously feel something, and it should not be the style of the Zheng family. The Zheng family army has 100,000 people, and it is impossible to keep retreating unless there is a purpose in it.
In addition to the unusualness of the Zheng family, Li Zicheng's disappearance also surprised him, and it is not long for so tens of thousands of people to disappear out of thin air. There must be something hidden in this.
What worries Dolgon the most now is that Li Zicheng suddenly appeared, you must know that not long ago, an unknown force suddenly appeared in various places to harass the Qing army. Although this kind of behavior did not cause much damage, it also showed a hint of bad signs.
Although the north is unified, it seems to be stable on the surface, but in fact, it is not, the hidden instability factor is still very large, otherwise it would not have surrendered so many Ming troops, and the main reason for recruiting the Ming army is to maintain social stability.
As long as these ordinary Ming troops maintain stability, the Eight Banners Army can come and go to fight with their hands free, and it is what they should do to unify the south and attack Bashu.
And the most important thing is that the Manchus already felt that Bashu and Liangguang would become a big problem.
Dolgon's plan is to make a war between Liangguang and Bashu, as long as these two forces will inevitably consume their respective strength once they start a war, and there is another important reason that they already have hatred between them, and it is relatively easy to provoke old hatred.
This wishful thinking is the result of Dolgon's discussion with his subordinates, but it seems that his plan cannot be realized, after all, Shen Youlong and Zhang Xianzhong are not fools, and at this time, the two sides are not tantamount to making trouble for themselves.
But Dolgon's plan is naturally not so simple, he used the old grudge to secretly enter the border between Bashu and Shen Youlong to artificially create a conflict, hoping to make the two families fight through this method, but Zhang Xianzhong kept very calm.
Long before this, Zhang Xianzhong had fought with Shen Youlong, he knew exactly what the strength of the two sides was, he didn't have this possibility to be the opponent of Liangguang at all, the most important thing is that most of them used firearms, and the big swords, spears, bows and arrows used by the Great Western Army could not be on the same level as others at all, and there was an important reason that Liangguang currently had an Australian garrison, and the Australian army was powerful They had learned it, but they didn't want to be taught at one time, so they ignored Dolgon's provocation.
Even if he was a little dissatisfied with this, he did not delve into it, and the rare fact that the two sides did not make any speech on the matter, as if nothing had happened, was what made Dorgon the most depressed.
If they can successfully provoke a chaotic war between them, then the strength of the two Guangxi will be at least part empty, just to deal with the remaining men and horses of the Australian army, the 300,000 army still has this strength, and now the people have not been transferred, he naturally does not dare to have other ideas, plus the entry of the Shanghai Blue has made him very uneasy, at this time he can only continue to negotiate with the Australians, while continuing to plan to provoke the war between Bashu and the two Guangxi is the most important thing.
Just as Dorgon was doing this, the spies sent back a shocking piece of news that made him even more restless. (To be continued.) )