It only took three days for Hong Chengchou to rush back to Beijing from Liaodong.

Riding all the way, Hong Chengchou's inner thighs were worn out of the skin.

"Slave Hong Chengchou, please ask the master Jin An." Hong Chengchou knelt on the ground and hit a thousand.

"Heng Jiu, please get up." Dorgon leaned back on the cushion and waved weakly.

After Hong Chengchou got up, Dolgon said to Hou Fangyu again: "Little Houzi, then let's start the discussion." ”

"Huh." Hou Fangyu agreed, and immediately brought in a few coats to bring in the screen, and posted the whole map of the Jiannu territory on the screen.

Judging from the map alone, the territory controlled by Jiannu is even more than that of Daming.

Because the territory of Jiannu covers the entire Liaodong, Beizhi, and Shanxi, half of Shandong and the entire Monan, if you talk about the area alone, it is better than the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, population density is completely incomparable.

Immediately, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanme, Kong Youde and other Hanchen also entered one after another.

Qi Chongge, Suke Saha, Sony, Mu Zilun and other Manchu ministers attended the meeting.

In addition, there are three special members, that is, Meng Xueli, Feng Guofan, and Yuan Fuzhong.

Since this discussion will directly affect the survival of Jiannu, Dolgon wants to hear more opinions in order to finally make the right decision possible.

Qi Chongge first introduced the situation.

“…… This is the case, at the latest in March and April next year, at the earliest before the end of this year, the Ming army may launch a large army Northern Expedition, and this Northern Expedition is different from the previous Dagukou, Liaodong battles, this time the main army of the Southern Ming Dynasty will pour out of the nest and launch a war to destroy the country! ”

Hearing this, everyone's expressions suddenly became serious.

This day is inevitable after all.

After a moment of silence, Dolgon asked: "The Northern Expedition of the Southern Ming Army is imminent, and my Great Qing Dynasty is about to destroy the country, I wonder if you have any good strategies to resist the Ming Army?" ”

"Master, what else is there to talk about?"

Sonny said proudly: "It's nothing more than soldiers coming to block and water to flood, when did I ever be afraid of Nanming in the Qing Dynasty?" When Lao Khan was there, I only had 60,000 horses in the Qing Dynasty, so didn't I still beat the 200,000 troops of the Southern Ming Dynasty to nothing? Now that I have an army of 700,000 in the Qing Dynasty, there is no reason to be afraid of him Nanming. ”

"Sonny is right, I'm afraid he's a bird."

"Master, it's better for us to take the lead in sending troops south."

"Yes, preemptively, catch him off guard."

Zhan Dai, Sukh Saha, Kupilon and other Manchu ministers echoed one after another.

Dolgon's brows furrowed suddenly, and he said that these fools do not have the slightest clear understanding of the current situation, and you need to know that it is no longer the era of riding and shooting.

If it was still the era of mounted archery, the Eight Banners Manchuria would be enough to sweep the world.

But in the age of firearms, an army of 700,000 was not to be feared.

Because in front of red-coated cannons and muskets, the 700,000 army is just 700,000 cannon fodder, and if there is no corresponding number of firearms, it is really just cannon fodder, and it is vulnerable!

However, it is true that the Qing Dynasty did have an army of 700,000 now.

And this does not include the outer Mongolia, just the Eight Banners Manchuria, the Eight Banners Mongolia, and the Eight Banners Han Army plus the Lianyong Green Battalion, which reached 700,000, of which the Eight Banners Manchuria 110,000, the Eight Banners Mongolia 30,000, the Eight Banners Han Army 120,000, the Green Battalion 40,000, and the Lian Yong 400,000, all of which were recruited from the Han people.

Among them, 40,000 Han troops and 20,000 green battalions were stationed in Dagukou and Gaizhou, 400,000 Lian Yong were stationed in various prefectures and counties, and 240,000 troops were stationed in Beijing and Gyeonggi.

There were a lot of troops, but Dorgon didn't feel safe.

Then Dorgon said, "Alright, I want to hear something useful." ”

Sony, Sukh Saha and the other Manchu could only shut up, but the expression on their faces was not very pleasant.

Dolgon knew that the Manchus' dissatisfaction with him was growing stronger, but at this time he could not bother to appease the Manchus, who only knew how to fight bravely.

"Hengjiu, tell me about it."

Dolgon could only name Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou was very careful and asked: "Master, can you get a more accurate picture of the Ming army's preparations for this Northern Expedition?" For example, how much food was prepared? How many self-fired guns and how many cannons? Also, how many troops is Chongzhen going to use in the Northern Expedition? I don't know any of this, and it's useless to discuss it. ”

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"This matter has been investigated by secret agents." Dorgon nodded and continued, "Today's discussion is what to do with the worst-case scenario. ”

"If the worst-case scenario is assumed, then all necessary means must be used."

Hong Chengchou strode to the screen, pointed to the map, and said: "Do the fullest combat preparedness work from all levels such as internal affairs, military strategy, and vertical and horizontal, and do your best to prepare for the worst." ”

Dolgon's expression froze, and then he said, "You can tell me more about it." ”

"Let's talk about internal affairs first." Hong Chengchou said, "This war is a war to destroy the country, and the Southern Ming Dynasty will definitely do its best, so I must also go all out in the Qing Dynasty, so in addition to mobilizing soldiers and horses across the country, in addition to all the grain in Taicang, we also need to mobilize all the grain that can be mobilized in Beijing, based on holding on to the Ming army for at least one year." ”

Hong Chengchou meant that the grain stored in the homes of the nobles of the Eight Banners was also collected.

Hearing this, Qi Chongge, Zhan Dai, Sony, Suke Saha and others were immediately angry.

"Hong Chengchou, what do you mean by this? What holds each other for at least a year? You mean you can't hold on? ”

"That's right, the current reality is that Ming is strong and I am weak." Hong Chengchou said, "So if you want to defeat the Ming army and win this war of annihilation, you can only use static braking, defend against attack, rely on the strong fortress to consume the manpower and material resources of the Ming army, and then counterattack when the veterans of his division are tired and forced to withdraw, and the battle will be decided." ”

After a pause, Hong Chengchou said again: "This is also the military strategy that the slave wants to tell the master. ”

"!" Qi Chongge said angrily, "When did my Qing soldiers become weaker than the Ming army? In the face of the attack of the Ming army, my Qing soldiers actually want to be shrunken turtles? What a joke! ”

"That is, since the Qing Dynasty raised troops with thirteen pairs of armor, the Great Qing Dynasty has always only known how to attack."

"From Hetuara to Shengjing, from Shengjing to Beijing, the world of my Great Qing Dynasty was attacked by the children of the Eight Banners, but it was not guarded by being a shrunken turtle."

"That's right, my Qing soldiers have always only attacked."

"Do you want us to learn how to be a turtle with a shrunken head? No way! ”

Hong Chengchou's words immediately attracted ridicule from the Manchu ministers.

"Enough! Shut up with me! Dolgon scolded twice before he finally stopped the Manchus.

It's just that from the expressions on the faces of Qi Chongge, Sony and others, it is obvious that they are still not convinced by Hong Chengchou, obviously, these Eight Banners nobles have not turned a corner in their thinking.

Dolgon coughed twice, and then asked Hong Chengchou: "Hengjiu, the internal affairs you said are to mobilize the country's food reserves, and prepare to hold on to the Ming army for at least a year, and the military strategy is based on defense, relying on the strong fortifications to consume the manpower and material resources of the Ming army, until the veterans of the Ming army are tired, and then launch the whole country's army, and complete the battle?" ”

"Master Mingjian." Hong Chengchou said sincerely, "Otherwise, it is not enough to defeat the Ming army. ”

Dorgon nodded and asked, "So, what do you mean by vertical?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The so-called vertical and horizontal is to send people to contact all the forces that can be contacted, such as pseudo-Shun, such as Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings of Sichuan, who are all strong enemies of the Southern Ming, in addition, there are many Tusi in Sichuan and Guangxi who are still resisting the Ming, and the master can send eloquent people to persuade these forces and join forces to fight against the Southern Ming!" ”

"Even if we can't persuade these forces to send troops, we must form an atmosphere in which the world is attacking the clear."

"These forces may not be able to interfere too much with Nanming, but even if they can only take away a small part of Nanming's manpower and material resources, it is also excellent for my Qing Dynasty."

"The less manpower and material resources the Southern Ming invested in the Northern Expedition, the greater the chance of victory for the Qing Dynasty."

After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "Among them, the choice of pseudo-shun is the most critical, if the Qing Dynasty can form an alliance with the pseudo-shun and join forces to fight against the Southern Ming, then the chances of my Qing soldiers winning this war will increase by at least thirty percent!" On the contrary, if the puppet Shun and the Southern Ming alliance attack our Qing Dynasty, then I am afraid that our Qing Dynasty will be more auspicious. ”

Dolgon nodded again and again when he heard this, and when it came to the analysis of the general trend of the world, it had to be Hong Chengchou.

This penetrating analysis is undoubtedly very reasonable, and it is simply in Dorgon's heart.

Hong Chengchou continued: "Master, in addition to Zhang Xianzhong, Pseudo Shun and the Tusi of Sichuan and Guangxi, you can also try to send envoys to Khalkha Mongolia, if you can persuade Khalkha Mongolia and Dzungaria that Pseudo Shun will remain neutral, then the Tumut Mongols and Chahar Mongols can send at least 60,000 cavalry!" ”

"Convince Khalkha and Dzungaria?" Dorgon frowned, "I'm afraid this matter won't be easy. ”

"It's man-made." Hong Chengchou said, "As long as the interests are clearly stated to their peers, the slave believes that it is possible for the Khalkha Mongols and Dzungars to choose neutrality, after all, the state religion that I believe in the Qing Dynasty is also Lamaism, which is the same as the Khalkha Mongols, Dzungar and Oirat Mongols, but the Southern Ming believes in Taoism and Confucianism." ”

After a pause, Hong Chengchou said: "If the Southern Ming Dynasty becomes strong, Taoism and Confucianism will inevitably prevail in the world, and Lamaism will no longer have a place to stand." ”

Hearing this, Dolgon's time suddenly brightened.

The situation that was originally extremely bad was analyzed by Hong Chengchou, and it seemed that it had begun to bloom again? There were so many potential friendly allies in the Qing Dynasty?

"Message!" Dorgon immediately shouted.

"Quickly summon Fu Yijian and Lu Zhangzu and other Hanlin Yuan Jishi to meet you."

These Han people are very bad at marching in the queue, but they are all first-class and powerful, so let them send envoys to Pseudo-Shun, Sichuan and Outer Mongolia to act as lobbyists for the Qing Dynasty.