"King Pingxi, you think too highly of the combat power of the green battalion soldiers, don't say that the more than 20,000 green battalion soldiers today can contain the main force of the Tianwei army of sixty or seventy thousand, even if the main force of the ten thousand Tianwei army can't take too long, you can easily defeat it, how can you buy time for us?"

Dodor dissatisfied.

Wu Sangui smiled bitterly and shook his head, what Duoduo said was not unreasonable, the combat power of the Tianwei Army he had learned many times, the main force of the 60,000 Tianwei Army infantry was enough to compete with the 50,000 Manchurian elite cavalry without falling behind, not to mention, now the firearms of the Tianwei Army are more than before, just the hundreds of artillery pieces in front of him are enough for the green battalion to drink a pot, the Tianwei Army can completely use the artillery battalion and the musket battalion to block the impact of the green battalion, and then mobilize other infantry battalions to surround the Manchurian elite cavalry in the charge, when the time comes, I'm afraid that more than 20,000 elite riders will be unable to escape.

"What can you do, Dordor?"

Dorgon asked.

"Qi to play the emperor, for today's plan, Lord Ning's strategy is not bad, stick to Jinzhou, only need us to resist the Ming army's attack for a month, the Ming army's grain and grass can not be helped, must be withdrawn to Shanhaiguan because of the soldiers, after all, the ice and snow, not all the army can withstand it, the Tianwei army is not the Guanning iron cavalry of the year, but there is one point, whether we can hold on to Jinzhou for a month......"

A month is not a long time, but it is not short, more than 100,000 days of Wei army besieged Jinzhou City, just artillery, there are hundreds, who knows how long the city defense of Jinzhou City can support?

Wu Sangui on the side smiled bitterly and said: "Prince Yu, although Jinzhou City is extremely strong, but is the Daimyo Mansion not strong?" Isn't the Zhending Mansion strong? Not to mention these two, what about Shunde Mansion? Xiaguan and General Ao Bai led the main force of 20,000 or 30,000 people, and their combat strength was not much weaker than it is now, how about it? Under the concentrated bombardment of hundreds of artillery pieces of the Tianwei Army, it was captured in only five or six days, even if the city defense of Jinzhou City is much stronger than that of Shunde Mansion, and it can hold for a month, it is difficult to say that it is very ......."

Duoduo was silent, Shunde Mansion was defeated by the Tianwei Army in just five or six days, how long can Jinzhou City last? What if, in case the mighty army fights to the death and does not retreat?

Dolgon took a deep breath and said: "Okay, let's do this first, now the harsh winter is coming, for the Manchurian cavalry, the longer the time drags on, the more beneficial it is for us, pass on the decree, from today onwards, start to collect all the grain and grass in the city, unified allocation, Manchurian cavalry fully replenish the military rations, the green battalion soldiers are eighty percent a day, as long as the people do not starve to death, they can be reduced, try to delay some time, I don't believe that the Tianwei army has reached the harsh winter wax moon, and dare to stay in Jinzhou, if they insist on staying, Then we will fight them to the death, and when the time comes, it will be unknown who will kill the deer! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that we still need to prepare a second way!"

Abatai on the side said, "I propose to take advantage of the fact that the Ming army has not yet been fully encircled, send capable generals to sneak back to Shengjing, recruit a large army, recruit 20,000 strong within a month, and prepare to rush to the aid of Jinzhou, even if it is an ordinary Manchurian strong, the combat power is far above the green battalion soldiers, the more troops we have, the greater the certainty of repelling the Ming army, and send envoys to Monan again, asking the Mongolian departments to send troops to help!" ”

"Hmm!"

Dolgon said in a deep voice: "In this case, then according to Ning Wan's proposal between me and Abatai, on the one hand, we will defend Jinzhou, and on the other hand, send people to recruit troops to help, Abatai, and the matter of returning to Shengjing to recruit troops will be handed over to you and Yue Le, and I will act tonight, take my will, rush back to Shengjing to recruit troops, and rush to aid Jinzhou." After Ning finished me, you immediately set off for Monan, and asked the Mongolian tribes to send troops to help again! ”

After Dolgon's deployment, Abatai and Yue Le had just gone down, and before Ning Wan and I had time to leave, a soldier hurriedly ran into the yamen.

"Your Majesty, Prince Zhuang Zierharang suddenly arrived in Xicheng, and asked to enter the city to see you immediately!"

Dolgon's eyebrows furrowed, Zilharan? Didn't he lead a force to escort his relatives and grain and grass to Xuanhua? Now calculate the distance, I'm afraid that they should still be in Chahar, why did they suddenly run to Jinzhou?

"Quick! Immediately let Zilharang and the others into the city! ”

It didn't take long for Zilharang to enter the yamen.

"Chenzier Harang, see the emperor!"

Zilharang fell to his knees and said urgently.

Dorgon shouted, "What are you doing, Zilharang? Didn't I tell you to take a detour to Chahar and return to Shengjing from Monan? Why did you suddenly come to Jinzhou? ”

Zilharang's face was ashen, and he said astringently: "Your Majesty, something happened, the minister led a force, escorting his relatives and baggage just entered Chahar, and he encountered the Mongols, Bolin and Nahan attacked our army at the same time, there were six or seven thousand cavalry, most of the people led by Chen were the remnants of the Han army's foot cavalry, and they were not their opponents at all, all the relatives and baggage were robbed by the Mongolian cavalry of the Bolin Department and the Nahan Department. Rush to Jinzhou City! ”

What the!

Dolgon's face changed greatly, nothing else mattered, but those millions of taels of silver and tens of thousands of taels of gold were the lifeblood of Manchuria's comeback, without gold, silver, money and food, Manchuria would definitely not be able to tide over the current difficulties!

"Damn it, Zilharang, didn't you tell them that this was the baggage of the Qing Dynasty? Don't the Bolin and Nahan Ministries want to live? ”

Dorgon roared.

Zilharang said abruptly: "Your Majesty, the ministers have said it, but the Mongolians don't eat it softly and hard, and they take advantage of the fire to rob, and the ministers have no choice, even the Queen Mother and Fulin were taken away by them......"

Dolgon's eyes darkened for a while, and a few words were squeezed out from between his teeth: "Bolin Ministry, Nahan Ministry, Lao Tzu and you are incompatible!" ”

But what's the use of being ruthless now? The Qing Dynasty is already in turmoil, whether it can escape this catastrophe or not, they are talking about it at the same time, and it is useless to say any cruel words.

Everyone is even more hesitant one by one, the house leaks and the wind is even rainy, even if they can escape the catastrophe of Jinzhou today, without the money and grain worth tens of millions of taels, how can Manchuria support it? The cold winter in front of me alone is very difficult......

"Your Majesty, don't worry about Mongolian affairs for now, the most important thing at the moment is to repel the Ming army first, keep the only little main force we have, and when the Ming army retreats, it's not too late to go back and clean up the Mongolian departments!"

Duoduo said in a deep voice, "When the time comes, the minister will personally lead an elite army to plow the Mongolian tribes and sweep the caves!" ”

(End of chapter)