Chapter 607: The Role of Public Opinion Warfare
Petitions sent from all over the country flew like snowflakes to Dolgon's desk, and the bigwigs in the capital also asked many times whether they needed to send more people outside the border, and what to do if the Australians occupied it and didn't leave, everyone thought so.
It doesn't matter if the Australians go to Shenyang, the key is that if he doesn't leave, he is pulling the refugees from the south out of the pass, so is there still a way out of the Qing Dynasty, I'm afraid there will be no it, so the prince and Baylor are very worried.
Outside the gate is the land of Longxing, there is still the looted property, now Jiangnan is not unified, everyone is actually uneasy, thinking that if it doesn't work, at least you can retreat to the outside of the pass, now the Australians have blocked the way to retreat, how to play in the future, if you are sandwiched from both sides, the population of the Ming Dynasty is enough to play the Qing Dynasty to death.
So you have to send heavy troops to attack, Dolgon just sent a few thousand Eight Banner soldiers, you must send 10,000 people out, these people said that if Dolgon doesn't send them, they send their own people, their own people can be sent outside the pass, and it will never affect Dolgon's attack on the south.
How ugly this is to say, it's like Lao Duo is robbing his nephew of military merits, but he really wants to rob military merits, and only when he takes military merits will his position be more stable.
The Australians have sent a summons again asking Dorgon to respect the order of peace in the region and not to use swords and soldiers, so that causing peace in the region will be punished.
This edict put forward the word punishment for the first time, which shows that the Australians are indeed going to send troops, and it is an already existing fact that they have entered the border, and now it seems that they will not leave all of a sudden, if they do not leave, then the Manchus will always suffer from the enemy.
Dolgon had no choice but to send Zahad to talk to him again, asking him to understand Australia's intentions and what they were trying to do.
As long as you know what Australians want, you can start negotiations with all this, and of course what Australia needs. What Australia needs is for him to withdraw its troops, which is difficult for Dolgon to do.
The combined forces of Azig and Wu Sangui were already about to arrive in Nanjing, and in some time they would have to enter Jiangxi and march directly to Liangguang, and now it seemed that it would be difficult for him to withdraw his troops.
However, in terms of interests, a greater price can be given, such as allocating a larger area to the Australians, it is not impossible, Qiongdao can be given to the Australians, so that the Australians can give up the two Guangzhou.
Dolgon thinks so, but he thinks wrong, what Australia needs is the Liangguang market and the entire market in Nanming, what is the use of you giving a Qiongdao, what is the use of Australia wanting so much land. There is a lot of territory in Southeast Asia, and you still need to go so far to grab it, isn't it sick?
The market is what Australia needs, Australia needs a large market to consume its industrial supplies, it can be said that Australia's industrial development and the market have a lot to do with it, whether the equipment can be upgraded depends on the profits of market sales, only the profits are high enough, the new equipment of the Institute has buyers.
The Huang Phuc government was an expansionist government, and they wanted to expand not only the colonies but also the markets. These two are inextricably linked.
To expand the colony, economic support must be the first thing, and of course, the market demand for the Ming Dynasty is one of the biggest prerequisites.
As long as there is a market for the Ming Dynasty, it can expand a wider colony.
Zahad's condition is that Joan Island can be given to Australians, which is actually the same as not giving it at all. Because Qiongdao is still under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Liangguang at this time, it means that Australia has to take it itself if it wants to be here.
Although Qiongdao is a good place, it is the most important thing for Australia to keep the two Guangzhou, and the loss of the two Guangxi is equivalent to losing a market. If this market is lost, it will be very detrimental to Australia, and it is a matter of national survival.
Ho Yu rejects Dorgon's proposal. This is not an interest, this is clearly trying to delay Australia, and Australia will not eat you.
The negotiations between the two sides were very unsmooth, and Dolgon could not offer much benefit, so he could only choose this, in fact, he also knew that it was not convincing enough.
It's just that now the Australians must be stabilized, if Australia withdraws from the customs, it will be very different, he can continue to attack Liangguang, and he can also appease the interior very well, and now the Australians do not withdraw the army and want you to withdraw the army.
Both sides have to withdraw their troops, and this is the main reason why they cannot continue to talk, and it is also the reason why they cannot continue to talk.
He Yu asked for the withdrawal of troops, but Dolgon did not withdraw, then there can only be further public opinion offensive, the next revelation of the Liangguang Daily is the training scene of the Australian army outside the customs, there are pictures with text, everyone will know what is going on at a glance.
This made the defending generals in various places even more panicked, the imperial court did not act for a long time, and their families were still outside the customs, what if these Australian old men were crazy and killed people, wouldn't they fight the world by themselves to let their families live a good life.
So the Eight Banners and the ordinary Eight Banners in various places made a bigger fuss, Dolgon was already a little unable to suppress it, and the bigwigs in the capital also spoke, this matter must be resolved, and the safety outside the customs must be guaranteed, and Azig should withdraw the army, or stand by in place.
It was the first time that the little emperor had issued such a decree to Dorgon, although the regent could not take him seriously, but this time it was different, everyone had paid special attention to this incident, and if it was not handled well, it was very likely that he would step down.
If you don't want to step down, you have to ensure the safety outside the border, knowing that this is a ploy of the Australians, but Dolgon can't crack it, which is also an extremely painful thing for him.
The withdrawal of the army or not has made it difficult for Dolgon, and everyone unanimously demanded that he withdraw the army, and the emperor's holy decree also said that the attack on Liangguang should be postponed.
In fact, it can be regarded as giving him a step, it depends on whether he is willing or not, as long as the Australians withdraw their troops, they can completely attack Liangguang, but he is unwilling to do so.
Dorgon was a hero, and he had to do what he said, but now that the situation forced him, he had to make a choice.
Azig had already suspended the march, in fact, he knew how unfavorable the current situation was for Dolgon, so he also wrote a letter requesting a postponement of the attack on Liangguang, after all, he kept his current position, and it was possible to continue in the future.
If you don't keep your position now, don't talk about any attack. After reading Azig's letter, Dolgon finally decided to withdraw his troops, ordered Azig to rest in Nanjing, and asked Zahad to tell He Yu the news, hoping that He Yu would hear that the current military operation would be suspended, in fact, the main thing was to hope that he would not conduct a public opinion offensive in the newspapers.
This time, He Yu used the public opinion offensive to defeat Dolgon's plan, which shows how much role the public opinion war will play on the battlefield in the future. (To be continued.) )