Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 155 The War of Destruction
At the same time, at the Palace of the Regent in Beijing.

It was already extremely cold in Beijing in early October, but the East Nuan Pavilion of the Prince Regent's Mansion was as warm as spring. Dorgon was wearing only a thin unlined garment, and leaned comfortably on the cushion.

In front of the kang, there are three hardcore traitors, Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng, and Hong Chengchou.

In addition, there was a burly young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes sitting on the Jindun in front of the kang. It is not appropriate to say that this man is a young man, because this man has already grown a thick short beard on his lips. .

This person is Dorgon's fifteenth younger brother, Prince Jiannuyu, Duoduo.

This is not a formal discussion of politics, but just Dorgon convening his confidants to conspire.

Dorgon said: "The grain outside the customs has been returned to the warehouse and transported to Beijing. The Eight Banners nobles and bannermen in Shengjing and the coated slaves belonging to each banner have also passed Jinzhou and will be able to reach Beijing in a few days."

After a pause, Dorgon smiled strangely again: "Of course, there is also the emperor of our Qing Dynasty, who should arrive in Beijing in a few days."

Dodo chuckled lightly when he heard the words.

Duo Duo knew Duo ErGun's mind.

In fact, who in the entire Qing court could not see Dorgon's ambition?
Relying on the great achievement of entering the customs and securing Beijing, Dorgon was promoted to be the emperor's father and regent, and it was a foregone conclusion that he would step on Prince Zheng Jierhalang, who was still above him.

This has formed a consensus among the nobles of the Eight Banners.

Even Baiyintu and Aobai recognized it.

Then the next step is to unify the universe.

As long as Dashun and Daming are eliminated and the universe is unified,
No one can stop Dorgon from ascending the throne.

At that moment, Duoduo raised the issue and said, "Brother Fourteen, the little emperor is about to arrive in Beijing. The eight banner nobles, bannermen, and coat servants of each banner in Shengjing will also move to Beijing soon. Now the banners of each banner will be moved to Beijing." Master Baylor will no longer be able to argue and go back outside the customs, and we can discuss the next use of troops."

"Yes, it's time to discuss the next use of troops."

Dorgon adjusted his posture so that he could lie down more comfortably.

But his eyes fell on Ning Wan and the three traitors, and he asked with a smile: "What do the three gentlemen want to say?"

The three hard-core traitors looked at each other, and finally Ning Wan said to me: "Prince Regent, Prince Yu, now I have enough food and soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, and it's time to launch a war against the Puppet Shun or Nanming."

Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng also nodded slightly.

With the current manpower and material resources of the Qing court, it is indeed no problem to destroy the pseudo-shun or Nanming family.

Dorgon smiled, and asked again: "Then here comes the question, should we destroy the pseudo-shun first, or destroy Nanming first?"

Without waiting for the three hardcore traitors to answer, Duoduo rushed to say: "Brother Fourteen, in my opinion, we should divide the army into two groups, and at the same time launch a war of destroying the country against the Puppet Shun and Nanming."

"Prince Yu, this is absolutely impossible."

The three hardcore traitors shook their hands at the same time anxiously.

The risk of using troops against Pseudo-Shun and Nanming at the same time is too high.

Although the Qing court is powerful enough, it cannot do this.

Because of the historical past as a reference, this window of opportunity is usually only once.

Once this window of opportunity is missed, there is a high probability that the Qing court will become the second Jin Dynasty, and it is even possible to repeat the stories of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the Southern Dynasty Chen, and the three kingdoms stand together.

If so, it would be a pity.

That's why the three hardcore traitors rushed to object at the same time.

"Why not?" Duoduo said embarrassingly, "According to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Nanming is just like Yuan Shu, but a dead bone in a tomb, not to mention that the most elite Guan Ning army of the Ming army has already surrendered to our Qing Dynasty, and the remaining left Liangyu, Huang Degong and the like are just making up for it, they are like chickens and dogs, and they can be crushed to death if they just go one way."

"This!" The three traitors looked at each other, not knowing how to refute for a moment.

Was the battle where Chongzhen personally led the twenty-eight towns Ming army to defeat Baiyintu in Xuzhou ignored?
By the way, a lot of information about the Ming court had reached Beijing at this time, and Dorgon and the others already knew many things they didn't know before.

For example, the process of Chongzhen's collapse from Beijing.

Another example is that Chongzhen personally led the Ming army to defeat Baiyintu in Xuzhou.

Even the rumors of Chongzhen's Meishan enlightenment have spread thousands of miles away to Beijing.

Dorgon and Duoduo naturally didn't believe it, but Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, and Ning Wanwo were skeptical, and Hong Chengchou was even more inclined to believe it.

Because the contrast between Chongzhen's front and back is too strong.

The current Chongzhen is like a different person from the Chongzhen in Hong Chengchou's memory.

Duoduo added: "Pseudo-shun has a bit of fighting power. First, he fought fiercely with the Guan Ning army for a whole day on a rock, and then he was able to persist for half an hour in the face of the repeated attacks of our elite Eight Banners. It shows his tenacity! But, Most of the elite main force of Pseudo-Shun has been destroyed in the Shanhaiguan battle, and the rest is nothing to worry about."

The three of Hong Chengchou began to subconsciously pull their beards when they heard the words, they were deceiving themselves and others.

Although Pseudo-Shun lost [-] to [-] elites in Shanhaiguan, and then lost another [-] to [-] in Baoding and Wangdu, Li Zicheng still has more than [-] elites.

Among them, Li Yan is the strongest.

Tang Tong and Jiang Yu, who had surrendered to the Qing court, were defeated by Li Yan one after another, and Datong was almost taken by Li Yan. He was so anxious that Luo Bahana quickly lifted the siege of Taiyuan and went north to rescue.

In the end, he was ambushed by Li Yan's troops on the way.

Fortunately, the Zhengbai Banner Han army led by Shi Tingzhu arrived in time with the Hongyi cannon.

But when the two sides were in a stalemate, Li Yan's troops inexplicably stopped the offensive and withdrew to Suide Prefecture.

Then Jueluo Bahana inexplicably lost first and then won, and inexplicably captured the entire territory of Shanxi.

But the battle in Shanxi is enough to prove that the pseudo-shun army still has the power to fight.

But Duoduo waved his hand again and said: "So this king thinks that our Qing Dynasty can attack it in two ways."

"Half of the elite of the Eight Banners gathered on the West Road, supplemented by the Guanning Army and half of the Eight Banners Han Army and Eight Banners Mongolia, crossed the Yellow River from Shanxi, and attacked the Puppet Shun to the west."

"The other way is to unite the soldiers of the Three Banners, supplemented by the other half of the Eight Banners Han army and the Eight Banners Mongolia, and attack Nanming in the south."

"Leave a flag to defend the capital, so within half a year, we will surely wipe out the pseudo-shun and Nanming in one battle, and clarify the world."

Hong Chengchou and the others were about to refute, but Dorgon suddenly interjected: "Fifth brother's words are exactly what I want."

"Ah?" The three of Hong Chengchou turned back in astonishment, looked at Dorgon, and couldn't believe that Dorgon, who had always been wise and calm, would be as reckless as Duoduo.

The military strength of the Qing court was more than elite but insufficient in number.

However, the troops of Pseudo-Shun and Nanming were more than enough but not enough elite.

In this case, the most sensible approach is to take a defensive position against one of the countries with a small amount of troops, and then concentrate the main force to attack the other country first, and then it will be easy to attack the remaining country.

[Note: In history, although Jiannu was divided into two groups to attack at the same time at the beginning, but in the middle, it became a two-way attack on Dashun from the north and the south, and finally forced Li Zicheng to give up Shaanxi]

Therefore, Hong Chengchou and the others did not believe that Dorgon would make such a bad move?
However, facing the puzzled eyes of Hong Chengchou and the others, Dorgon said again: "This king thinks that the fifteenth younger brother's suggestion is the most appropriate strategy, what do the three gentlemen think?"

Now, Ning Wan, who has followed Dorgon the longest, I was the first to react.

Because after Ning Wan, I have already heard the overtones from Dorgon's words.

There is also the ambition in Dorgon's eyes, which cannot be concealed no matter what.

It's not that Dorgon doesn't know that there are risks in splitting his troops into two groups to attack Puppet Shun and Nanming at the same time, but in order to make immortal achievements and ascend to the throne as soon as possible, he can no longer control these.

In a word, Dorgon didn't want to wait any longer.

How can it be more beautiful to be the emperor's father and regent than to be the emperor directly?
At this time, the only obstacle preventing Dorgon from ascending to the throne is his military exploits.

Therefore, after Ning Wan, they must make a fuss within the framework set by Dorgon.

That is to say, it is not negotiable to divide the troops into two groups and attack Shun Daiming at the same time. The only thing the three advisers need to consider is to help improve this plan and maximize the chances of winning this war of annihilating the country.

At the end of the moment, I said: "Regent, the slave also thinks that I, the Qing Dynasty, are fully capable of launching a war of annihilation against the Puppet Shun and Nanming at the same time. This strategy is feasible!"

"Ah?" Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou were taken aback when they heard the words.

But soon, the two hardcore traitors also reacted.

"The slaves and others also think this strategy is feasible." Immediately Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou seconded the proposal.

"Hahaha, I just said it's doable." Dodo said happily, slapping his thigh.

With so many banner masters and beiler sons who built slaves, Duduo is the one who most hopes Dorgon will ascend to the throne.

This is not only because Duo Duo and Dorgon are brothers of the same mother, but also because Dorgon has no children, and there is a high probability that it will be difficult to have a son in the rest of his life, because Dorgon has so many wives and concubines. There is only one daughter, and since the birth of his daughter, the stomachs of all his wives and concubines have not moved.

Therefore, there is a saying among the nobles of the Eight Banners who built slaves.

It is said that Dorgon has no fertility, and the only daughter is not born to him.

Therefore, once Dorgon ascends the throne, he will most likely make Duduo the emperor's younger brother, and even if he does not make him the emperor's younger brother, he will make one of his Duoduo's sons the crown prince.

Then the throne will be transferred to his Duoduo branch?

If not, even if the two are brothers from the same mother, Dodo would not be so active in pleading for Dorgon. Isn't it beautiful to learn from Daishan and the others to be the masters of the Happy Banner?He, Duoduo, is now the Prince of Yu, and there is no shortage of women and goods, so why bother to live in the wind and live in the open, exhausting himself to conquer?
So far, the tone of this discussion has been set.

What needs to be discussed now is how to increase the chances of winning.

When it comes to the strategy of using troops, this is the field that Hong Chengchou is best at.

(End of this chapter)