Outside the city of Kaifeng, a large camp of slaves was built.

After listening to Turhey's story, Dolgon's face turned dark.

Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan's faces were also extremely embarrassed, it seems that this time it was really a mistake, from the current point of view, Chongzhen and Li Zicheng are secretly colluding.

And the strength of this counterattack is also very strong.

Judging from the facts stated by Turhai, it is clear that the Ming army is already desperate.

If the two sides did not collude, Chongzhen dared to make such a big bet?

In this way, their previous judgment of Chongzhen can be said to be completely wrong and ridiculously wrong.

"Master, it's all our fault." Ning Wan took the initiative to kneel down and admit his mistake, "It's the slave who has lost his calculation." ”

Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng also knelt on the ground and admitted their mistake to Dolgon, this time it was really their mistake and provided Dolgon with a wrong analysis, which led to Dolgon's wrong decision, which caused Dolgon to make a big mistake.

What makes the three even more frightened is that this mistake is very likely to bury the only chance for Jiannu to dominate the world.

"Get up." Dolgon was actually very angry in his heart, but he knew that Hong Chengchou and the three of them were not to blame for this matter, because he made the decision, so he should bear the responsibility.

Anger towards subordinates after an accident is a manifestation only the weak have.

A really strong person will never shirk his responsibility, but will only find reasons in himself.

Taking a deep breath, Dolgon continued: "Now is not the time to hold accountable, the top priority is to weigh the prospects of the Xuzhou battlefield as soon as possible, is it possible for us to continue to besiege Xuzhou?" If the possibility has been lost, then how to recover the situation next, at least to minimize the loss. ”

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou and the three couldn't help but exchange a look with each other.

This is the performance of a wise master, who is calm at all times.

And the more critical the situation, the more calm it is, Dolgon's master is the blessing of the Qing Dynasty, I believe that the Qing Dynasty will also be able to turn evil into good fortune, and the world will achieve hegemony, definitely!

At that moment, the three hardcore traitors began to use their brains quickly and think seriously.

After a long time, when Dorgon was about to speak, Horlo would suddenly open the curtain and walk in.

"Master." He Luohui knelt down on one knee and reported, "The puppet Shunjun sent a messenger saying that he wanted to see you. ”

"A messenger from the Puppet Shun?" Dorgon was a little stunned, "What is this trying to do, wanting to negotiate peace?" Or do you want to see Daqing's jokes? ”

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

He Luo said: "It is said that it is to negotiate peace." ”

"I really want to negotiate peace, let him wait outside the big tent first."

Dolgon snorted, and said to Hong Chengchou and the three of them, "Three gentlemen, let's start." ”

Hong Chengchou first said: "Master, before determining whether the siege of Xuzhou is still possible, we must first clarify a fact, that is, how big is the loss of wheat seedlings? ”

"Yes." Ning Wan echoed, "It's June 18 now, and when we go back to Xuzhou and replant wheat seeds, it will be early July." ”

"The growth cycle of spring wheat is about four months."

"If you replant the wheat seeds in early July, it will already be November when the wheat is ripe."

After a pause, he said: "At that time, the weather had already turned cold, and there had even been several snowfalls, so before the wheat could ripen, it would already wither due to the cold. ”

"Yes, it's definitely too late to replant spring wheat, and even if it does, it can only be replanted with winter wheat." "Now the question is, then, how much do the three gentlemen estimate the loss of wheat seedlings?" Will the remaining grain last until next year's winter wheat is ripe? That is, between June and July, almost a year or so. ”

What Dolgon means is how many acres of spring wheat will the Ming army destroy, and how many acres will be left?

Will the remaining spring wheat harvest be able to sustain the maturity of this year's replanted winter wheat? If there is no problem, you can continue to besiege Xuzhou for a long time.

Hong Chengchou and the three of them immediately began to calculate.

Ning Wan I first said: "The slave had pulled out the grass when he was a child, and he could only pull out six points of grass a day, considering that the wheat seedlings were planted relatively sparsely, it would be doubled, and each Ding would pull out one acre and two points of land every day, and if it was a woman or a child, the number would definitely be less, and each person would have a maximum of one mu per day." ”

Fan Wencheng continued: "But there are millions of people in Xuzhou. ”

Hong Chengchou sighed and said helplessly: "If you don't consider the distance, the old and young women and children in Xuzhou City can pull out one million mu of wheat seedlings in just one day, and only three million mu of wheat seedlings on both sides of the Yellow River can be pulled out in just three days." ”

Ning Wan shook his head and said: "But in reality, it will definitely not be so fast, because the Tuntian area is hundreds of miles around, and it takes two days for the old and young women and children in Xuzhou City to walk!" ”

Fan Wencheng continued: "It also takes time to cross the river to the north bank of the Yellow River. ”

Hong Chengchou concluded: "In this case, there will not be much left of the more than 1.8 million mu of wheat seedlings on the south bank of the Yellow River, but there should be 5.6 million mu of more than 1.2 million mu of wheat seedlings on the north bank." ”

Dolgon frowned and asked, "If the Eight Banners soldiers from Pei County, Xin'an Town, and Xiao County come back to help, will they be able to keep more Tuntian?" ”

"Master, don't expect too much." Hong Chengchou sighed lightly and said, "If Chongzhen really colluded with Li Zicheng secretly, and deliberately designed such a large-scale counterattack, then the Ming army and Xiangyong in Xia Town, Pizhou and Huai'an Mansion will definitely take action, so the Eight Banners soldiers in Pei County, Xin'an Town and Xiao County are afraid that it will be difficult to return to help smoothly, not to mention that even if they come back, it is useless, and the Eight Banners soldiers in Pei County and Xin'an Town will not be able to cross the river." ”

Fan Wencheng continued: "Although the blue banner stationed in Xiao County does not need to cross the Yellow River, the blue flag has just suffered a heavy blow under Shanyang City, and the banner and ordnance have suffered heavy losses, and the morale is also extremely low, I am afraid it is difficult to keep the tuntian on the south bank from the threat of the Ming cavalry. ”

Dolgon's time was speechless.

Because the Ming army still has 800 Yiding and 3,000 elite cavalry.

After Ning Wan, I then calculated: "According to the harvest of two stones per mu, the remaining spring wheat can be harvested about one million stones. ”

Fan Wencheng then calculated: "The total of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Outer Domains of Mongolia is about 180,000 ding, and the monthly combat rations per ding are four buckets, totaling 864,000 stone for twelve months, in addition to about 240,000 dings of coating, and the monthly ration per ding is one bucket of five liters, totaling 432,000 stone for twelve months. ”

After a pause, he said, "A total of 1,290,000 stone of rations are needed. ”

Dorgon frowned and asked Ho Luohui, "How much grain is left in the banners now?" ”

He Luohui calculated for a moment and replied, "The sum of the flags does not exceed 400,000 stones. ”

Dolgon said in a deep voice: "That is to say, there is no problem with the existing 400,000 stone grain to support the wheat maturity in September, if the remaining 500,000 mu of tuntian on the north bank of the Yellow River can really harvest wheat 1 million stone when the wheat is ripe in September, then there is no problem in supporting the replanted more than 2 million mu of winter wheat until next June, right?" ”

Ning Wan nodded and said: "It's wrong, yes, but there can't be any accidents in the middle, if there are any accidents in the next half a year, such as the Yellow River flooding, or the outbreak of drought, or the locust plague, or the Ming army once again colluded with the puppet Shun army to launch a counterattack, it is difficult to say!" ”

"Yes." Fan Wencheng sighed lightly and said, "The surplus of 110,000 stones is too little. ”

Hong Chengchou continued: "According to the art of war, the grain stored by the army when it goes out on the expedition must be at least twice as much, or even more than three times the actual consumption, and no matter how bad it is, it must reserve half more rations!" But now, even if we count the harvest of 500,000 mu of tuntian fields that have not yet matured, it is only flat. ”

At this, there was a long silence in the tent.

Dolgon, He Luohui, and Hong Chengchou were all a little difficult to accept such a result.

The previous situation was obviously very good, how did it suddenly become like this? What went wrong?

"Chongzhen!" Dolgon quickly found the crux of the problem, gritted his teeth and said, "We underestimated Chongzhen this time, I really didn't expect that after the Jiashen national disaster, this person would become a person, and he could endure the humiliation and collude with Li Zicheng secretly, and he actually had the courage to put all the troops of Xuzhou into a counterattack!" ”

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan glanced at each other, and they really underestimated Chongzhen.

Hong Chengchou's feelings are particularly complicated, is this still the Chongzhen in his memory?

Dolgon continued: "It is certainly not possible to expect that there will be 500,000 or 600,000 mu of tuntian left on the north bank of the Yellow River, and that these 560,000 mu of tuntian will be able to harvest two stones per mu. ”

"So, if you want to continue the siege, you have to find a way to raise food."

Hong Chengchou continued: "But if you divide your troops and go elsewhere to raise food, you will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the Ten Kings. ”

"Yes." Dolgon frowned and said, "Not to mention whether the division of troops can raise food, a careless will let the Ming army take advantage of the loophole and burn the remaining five or six hundred thousand acres of wheat, and at that time, the Eight Banners army will have more than 200,000 clothed minions can only drink the northwest wind." ”

After a pause, he said: "Therefore, it is impossible to continue to besiege Xuzhou, so we can only retreat." ”

Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan all sighed softly, and now, no matter how unwilling they are, they can only accept this result, and there is no other choice.

Because the continued imposition of a forced blockade is likely to have catastrophic consequences.

Compared with suffering a heavy defeat, the withdrawal of troops now can at least control the losses to a minimum, not to mention, at least the Eight Banners Manchuria did not suffer substantial damage.

As for the Eight Banners Han Army and the clothed minions, it doesn't matter how many people die.

Then Dorgon said, "Three gentlemen, we can now discuss the details of the withdrawal of the army. ”

Ning Wan said: "Master, even if you withdraw from the army, you must not withdraw like this, and before you retreat and return to Beijing, you still have to win the battle as much as possible." ”

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