Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 367 I would rather reward Wu Sangui than Zhu Yihai

night.

In the backyard of the Admiral's Mansion in Hangzhou, Duke Chaoyong Zheng Jiwu was having a secret meeting with Marquis Zhu Dagang of Haiyan.

There were also two governors Pan Yinglou and political envoy Zhu Guofan who were usually at odds with the two generals in the secret room. At this time, the four civil and military officials were sitting in the secret room cordially discussing.

"This Zhuma La is very troublesome. He disrupted our plan by doing this. What should we do now?" Zhu Dagang asked.

Originally their plan was to go northward under the banner of rescue with all the Zhejiang soldiers and horses. At that time, try to delay as much as possible, and then find an opportunity to attack the two thousand and five Tartar soldiers in Zhumala when they are halfway there.

But now Zhuma La wants to divide his troops into two groups and go north first.

This is not so easy to do.

"Hurry up to inform Jiangning Yuqian, and then send someone to inform Suzhou Jingnan Hou." Pan Yinglou said.

"Can you find a way to destroy Zhumala in Huzhou?" Zheng Jiwu pinched his chin, his eyes glaring fiercely.

Zhu Dagang was more sober, "I'm afraid it won't work in Huzhou. With our strength alone, it will be very difficult to take down the two thousand and eight banners. If we don't do it, we will capsize. We still have to unite with the imperial battalion. We can choose to Set up an ambush in the Lishui area of ​​Jiangning, and the imperial battalion ambushes in advance, and we will make up for it at that time."

Zheng Jiwu took out a map. The Lishui mentioned by Zhu Dagang had Maoshan Mountain in the east and Donglushan Mountain in the west. The Qinhuai River does not originate from here, and there is a section of mountain road to go.

"I can see it."

Zhu Dagang asked, "Do you want me to lead the troops to follow?"

"You still go to Songjiang as planned, and you and Tuo have to clean up together."

"What about Hangzhou? Is it safe to keep Li Yuchun here?"

Pan Yinglou said with a smile, "Li Yuchun is a brave man, and he has always been greedy and lustful. During this journey, he has had a lot of contacts with Ming and Li in the east of Zhejiang, and he has gained a lot of benefits, including smuggling, reselling arms and even selling food. , horses, what haven’t you done?”

"That being said, this man is the governor of the Tartars after all."

"Don't worry, Li Yuchun has been seen through for a long time. He is brave, greedy and lustful. In fact, he is very timid and content with the status quo. This governor is just for us to praise him, and it is just a matter of one sentence if we really want to make him stand up. You can lift him to the sky, but you can also throw him to the bottom of the mud."

Zheng Jiwu and others smiled.

Zhu Guofan said, "The real threat is the five hundred left behind in the Eight Banners."

"Don't be afraid, we will use the banner of Li Yuchun's governor to raid these Tartars at that time. They will be trapped in cages and beat dogs all over the city, and they will have nowhere to run if they want to.

When the five hundred Tartars are wiped out, Li Yuchun will have no choice but to follow us. "

"Hahaha!"

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Beijing.

The emperor's uncle, the regent Dorgon, is now deeply exhausted, and his whole body is devastated. There are more and more troublesome things, which makes people feel powerless.

Several grand scholars who had won his trust all sat carefully in the study, not daring to speak out.

Dorgon kneaded his head, half-closed his eyes, and frowned into the word Chuan.

a long time.

He sighed slowly, "Qin Liangyu and Wang Yingxiong captured Chongqing, then captured Shunqing, and then occupied Bozhou, Luzhou, Xuzhou, and Jiading. The Ming army in Central Sichuan has grown in momentum and has already threatened the surrounding areas of Chengdu."

"He Zhen, Wu Dading and others seized all the land in Hanzhong and Kansai, and fought all the way to Xianyang on the outskirts of Xi'an."

"Xu Qiyuan and Wang Guangen from Yunyang went out of the Han River again, and burned Xiangyang and Fancheng, which were about to be repaired."

"Badong Li Chixin and Gao Bizheng led the Shunying to attack Jingzhou again and burned a lot of luggage,"

"Wen Anzhi, as the governor of Pianyuan, led his troops to sweep the chieftains in western Hunan and eastern Guizhou that had already belonged to the Qing Dynasty,"

"Guangxi governor Qu Shixu annihilated Ma Jinzhong's troops in Guilin, Huguang governor Du Yinxi captured and beheaded Huang Chaoxuan in Yongzhou, governor He Tengjiao beheaded Zhang Xianbi in Hengzhou, Liangjiang admiral Zhang Mingzhen killed Liu Chengyin in Yuanzhou Mansion..."

"Zhu Shengli led [-] soldiers into Changsha Mansion, known as the Imperial Camp Huguang Camp..."

Dorgon became more and more angry, his tone became more and more serious, and his voice was all stern.

"The Dabie Mountains formed villages everywhere to resist."

"Worse is Jiangnan!"

"Jiangning City has lost half of its seats!"

"The newly-built [-]th Battalion of the Yangtze River Navy has almost been wiped out."

"The five provinces are strictly governed, and my father can only guard half of Jiangning City, waiting for help!"

"Zhenjiang and Changzhou fell, and Suzhou was besieged again!"

Speaking of excitement, Dorgon opened his eyes, and angrily knocked on the table with his hands.

"Tell me, is there any good news!"

"Why is the situation in the south like this?"

At the meeting of the king and ministers, Jierhalang, Daishan, Haoge and others have launched attacks again and again, and the attacks on Dorgon have become more and more fierce.

The chaos in the south has now become a dereliction of duty that Dorgon cannot hide.

Even the queen mother is very disappointed with Dorgon now, and she suggested several times euphemistically that the regent uncle Jierharando should be allowed to share some of the burden, and she also said that Daishan should also assist the government.

Dorgon really wanted to scold her for her long hair and short-sightedness. Jierhalang and Daishan were both people who wanted to help Hauge to the top. Even if Fulin is in power now, they really gain power. And the matter of turning back?
Hong Chengchou, the administrator of the six provinces, was unable to win the situation in Huguang, and Yan Wogong, the administrator of the five provinces, was struggling in the south of the Yangtze River. The reinforcements he dispatched have not been effective now.

With the situation at this point, Dorgon couldn't stand it anymore.

He has proposed several times to ask the emperor to drive him personally, in fact, to take the emperor with him, and he personally leads the elite of the Eight Banners to go south, but this proposal was repeatedly rejected by Daishan and the others.

What they want is to take the opportunity to change their people to take command of the Southern Expedition, such as letting Hauge lead the troops into Guanzhong and the Western Expedition, and let Daishan's seventh son Man Dahai take the command of the Southern Expedition, etc., to further crowd out Dorgon's power.

Neither side is willing to budge.

This year, Dorgon had an extremely difficult life.

The start of Shunzhi's three years was also very bad.

Jiang Ning is struggling to hold on and may fall at any time.

King Lu ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Xiaoling, and now his momentum is overwhelming.

"What do you say now?"

University scholar Feng Quan held his sleeves and wanted to pretend to be dead, but was called out, so he had to stand up, "I think the memorial of Ma Guozhu, the governor of the three provinces, is reasonable. If the imperial court wants to guard the south of the Yangtze River, it has to fight with all its strength. We can no longer worry about this. Don’t worry about that, whether it’s Jiangnan, Huguang, or Shandong or Huaiyang, they’re all broken jars now, if that’s the case, let’s just break it.”

"We can no longer let the Ming army lead us by the nose, stop worrying about these bottles and cans in the south, gather the Eight Banners, Green Battalion and other soldiers in the south, gather together, look for the main force of the Ming army to fight, and ignore everything else.

If there is no food and grass, solicit on the spot.

Those who dare to resist and are enlightened will directly massacre cities and villages.

When it was necessary, human flesh could be used as food for the army. As long as the main force of the Ming army was wiped out, and even Emperor Zhu Yihai was captured, the Nanming would naturally have no power to resist. "

Dorgon was silent for a while, "What else?"

"The corruption in the south is not because the Eight Banners are unable to fight, but because the green battalion is incompetent. It is also very easy for the green battalion to be able to fight. I have a plan and can use it."

"Say!"

"Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, promised to reward him with Guizhou Province. As long as he can pacify the Ming armies in Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Sichuan, the imperial court will reward Wu Sangui with Guizhou Province, make him a vassal king, and seal Yongzhen in the world. hereditary descendants."

"Similarly, we can also issue a decree to Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, let Geng Zhongming go to take Guangxi, Kong Youde takes Hunan, and when they recover, promise to divide these two provinces into two provinces, and they will be the Qing Dynasty forever. Generation after generation."

"There is also Zheng Zhilong from Fujian, who is also a hero of the sea. He was born as a pirate. Now he has a strong army and strong financial resources. Zhu Yihai also relies heavily on him. He was named the governor of the imperial camp, the scholar of Dongge University, and the Duke of Pingguo. He still let Zheng's children guard Fujian. Your Highness can send someone to meet this person in secret, as long as Zheng Zhilong is willing to join us in the Qing Dynasty, he will be granted the title of feudal king, and the provinces of Fujian and Guangdong will be enfeoffed to him, and he will be enshrined in Yongzhen forever!"

Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Zheng Zhilong are all able to fight among the Han people. If they are allowed to establish a vassal state and let them recruit soldiers and horses, they will be able to fight hard and work hard for the court.

Compared with those green battalions in the south of the Yangtze River that are unsuitable for fighting, the imperial court can immediately obtain an army capable of fighting.

Don't even worry about food and pay, just allow them to plunder in the south of the Yangtze River. "

Dorgon was extremely shocked by what he said.

Because if you really do this, the consequences will be very astonishing and have a great impact.

The five provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi have four independent kingdoms.

Even Jiangnan, Huguang and other places are likely to be completely smashed.

But what Feng Quan said was somewhat reasonable, since it was all corrupted like this, and it might even endanger the Central Plains, so why worry about it, just do it.

Granting the five provinces to a few Han generals, is that better than being occupied by the Ming army?

In any case, the feudal vassals were at least the territory of the vassal kings of the Qing Dynasty, and it was impossible to truly become a completely independent kingdom.

What's more, this trick is still a strategy to drive away tigers and devour wolves.

When the Ming Dynasty is wiped out, there is no telling what will happen.

Several bachelors were also deeply shocked.

This old guy Feng Quan is really ruthless. It is tantamount to letting the imperial court not want the places south of the Yangtze River for the time being, at least not planning to take the five provinces, and use them directly as battlefields to completely destroy them.

This is the only remaining territory of the Ming army. If these places are completely rotten, the damage to the Ming army will be far greater than that of the Qing army.The Qing army lost the south of the Yangtze River, and there was still the north of the Yangtze River, but if the Ming army lost these places, it would lose its foothold.

Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.

"Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren, He Zhen, Wu Dading, Li Guo, and Gao Yigong can all be recruited again. Dukes and even princes don't need to be sympathetic. As long as they are willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty again, the court can lure them with generous offers and promises. Feng Fan."

"I don't care about anything else now, just get rid of Zhu Yihai!"

"Even as long as Zhang Xianzhong is willing to join us in the Qing Dynasty, the court can also designate Zhang Xianzhong as the king of Yunnan, assign Yunnan to Zhang Xianzhong, and seal Yongzhen forever!"

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On the one hand, the Qing army concentrated its main force to find the main force of the Ming army for a decisive battle;

(End of this chapter)