Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 156
Hong Chengchou said to Dorgon and Duoduo: "The regent, and Prince Yu, Sun Tzu's art of war has a saying, knowing yourself and the enemy can win a hundred battles. Even if you can't know the enemy, you must know yourself. Before the war, the slaves thought that we must make an inventory of our military strength in the Qing Dynasty."

"It is indeed necessary to do an inventory." Dorgon nodded.

After finishing speaking, Dorgon asked Duoduo again: "Fifth brother, how many Niulu do we have in the two white flags?"

"It's still the same as before." Duoduo said unhappily, "It's just 98 Niulu, plus the ten Niulu just transferred from Xianghuang Banner, a total of 108 Niulu."

Because of Xuzhou's defeat, Xianghuang Banner was deprived of ten cattle records.

It was the ten Niulu who lost 3000 elites in the Xiazhen battlefield before, so Baylor, the leader of the other banners, had nothing to say about Dorgon's approach.

According to the rules of building slaves, one should be punished if one loses a battle. There is nothing much to say about this.

The old slaves back then, and later Huang Taiji, all followed this rule.

What's more, the ten Niulu deprived by Dorgon of Xianghuangqi have been seriously injured.

Dorgon smiled, and asked again: "Can the ten Niulu Banners still get together?"

"It's definitely not all together. Each of the ten bullies can only be counted as half a cent." Duoduo shook his head and said with a dark face, "And the ten bulls There are not many coat-coating servants left, and next year's spring plowing may be troublesome, Brother Fourteen, you are obviously taking on a big burden, why bother?"

"It's not a burden, can these ten Niu Lu belong to the two white flags?"

Dorgon chuckled, and said again: "Fifth brother, don't worry, the grass will grow again in spring, as long as these ten Niulu women and children are around, they will soon be able to regain their vitality. By then Our two white flags can really overwhelm the two yellow flags, and your inlaid white flag can become the leader of the Eight Banners again."

"Hey, that's true." Duoduo laughed, "The flag will have to be changed then."

"It is certain to change the flag." Dorgon said, "We are the real two yellow flags."

After a pause, Dorgon said again: "Come back to business, in addition to the 108 cattle records of our two white flags, the two yellow flags and the Zhenglan flag add up to 107 cattle records. There are 96 Niulu, all of them add up to a total of 311 Niulu, including a dozen and a half Niulu, there are about [-] Manchurian Eight Banners!"

These 90000 people are forming the Eight Banners soldiers, and there are also Yu Ding who are not in the formation.

Until now, Jiannu still retains the cattle records left over from the Nurhachi era.

The so-called ox record means that every 300 dices are compiled into a ox record, and if more than 300 dices are exceeded, a ox record must be expanded. The extra ox record is usually not enough for the number of dices, and it is called a half ox record.

Then, in turn, if it is less than 300 Ding, it will be replenished from the half cattle record, and if the supplement is gone, the half cattle record will be abolished.

But it's not necessarily true. Nurhachi and Huang Taiji got a bunch of half-bulls for their two yellow flags out of struggle needs, and now it's Dorgon's turn to get a bunch of half-bulls for the two white flags. pit.

The advantage of occupying the pit is that when the wild Jurchens are captured, or when Hans and Mongols raise the flag, they can be replenished first. This is the fastest way to strengthen their own strength.

But other flags do not have this privilege.

Other flags must strictly implement the standard of 300 Ding a Niulu.

In addition, in addition to adults, each Niulu also has elderly people who are over the age limit and children who are under the age.

But the old man and child who built slaves, that is, Yu Ding, can actually fight, and his combat effectiveness is not bad.

This is the characteristic of the fishing and hunting nation. All the people are soldiers. The male slaves have to receive cruel military training from an early age, and they can kill people with a knife at the age of twelve or thirteen. So don’t give them a few decisive defeats. Let them lose most of their Chengding, and their combat effectiveness will not decline significantly.

Duoduo said: "If all Yu Ding from each banner are recruited, about 12 people can be gathered!"

12 soldiers of the Eight Banners is also the limit of soldiers for building slaves. Before Dorgon led the soldiers of the Eight Banners to enter the customs in April this year, all the soldiers of the banners were recruited, and the combined force was 12.

[Note: The total population before the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs was about 30, and the limit force of 12 is credible]

Dorgon said: "The Eight Banners Han Army has 129 cattle records, but the situation of the Eight Banners Han Army is different from that of the Eight Banners Manchuria. Most of our Eight Banners Manchuria's cattle records are full, but the Eight Banners Han Army has almost no cattle records. It is fully staffed, so the strength of the Eight Banners Han Army is only [-] people."

Duoduo said: "The Eight Banners Mongolia has even fewer troops. It is estimated that only 117 people can be gathered from 17000 cattle records."

Dorgon said: "In addition, there are more than [-] Guanning troops from Wu Sangui, and Jiang Yu, Tang Tong and other Ming Dynasty surrendered troops add up to about [-] people."

Wu Sangui's Guanning Army originally had nearly [-] troops.

But after many battles, plus several reorganizations and eliminations, there are now only more than [-] people left.

Generals of the Ming Dynasty like Tang Tong, Jiang Yu, and Bai Guangen all had the bad habit of falsely reporting their troops, catching refugees and even beggars brought over from the Ming Dynasty, and Jian Nu would not be used to this.

Dorgon undertook the downsizing of the Guanning Army and various Ming Dynasty troops.

But regardless of the fact that Wu Sangui and the other surrendered troops have shrunk a lot, their combat effectiveness has not decreased too much.

Duoduo went on to say: "In addition, there are Horqin Mongolia, Chahar Mongolia, and Tumed Mongolia. The strength of these outer Mongolian troops is not easy to estimate, and most of them will not do their best for our Qing Dynasty. Their combat effectiveness is difficult. Guaranteed, if it is possible not to recruit, it is better not to recruit as much as possible."

Dorgon waved his hand and said, "Korqin Mongolia is still trustworthy."

Speaking of Horqin, a beautiful image immediately appeared in Dorgon's mind.

The little emperor Shunzhi was about to arrive in Beijing, and so was Da Yuer.

Thinking of this, Dorgon's crotch immediately became hot. It has been more than half a year since he left, and he really misses him very much.

Duoduo smiled, and echoed, "Korqin Mongolia is indeed trustworthy, but Chahar Mongolia and Tumed Mongolia are fine, but they must be allowed to provide livestock to provide Fashun's rations for the West Road Army."

"That makes sense." Dorgon nodded, then turned his head and said to Hong Chengchou, "Mr. Hengjiu, the total number of troops my Qing Dynasty can recruit is about [-], of which at least [-] must be set aside to guard Liaodong." , beware of North Korea, we still need to leave [-] guards to guard the capital, and Shanxi and Beizhi also need to defend the army. The real force that can be used is about [-], is it enough?"

"It's enough." Hong Chengchou could only say that it was enough, but in fact, Hong Chengchou also thought it was almost enough.

"Really enough?" Dorgon's expression became serious, and he continued, "If all [-] people go out, then at least [-] troops will be used to attack the Puppet Shun, and the [-]th brother will be the commander. The remaining [-] troops are used to attack Nanming, and the fifteenth brother is the commander-in-chief, but with only these [-] troops, can they really break through the Huanghuai defense line built by Chongzhen?"

Hong Chengchou said: "If what Baiyintu and Oboi said is true, let alone [-] people, even [-] people may not be able to break through the Huanghuai defense line in a short time."

"Mister's words are a bit exaggerated." Duoduo snorted coldly and said, "I don't believe that the Ming army can block the bombardment of the red cannons with only three to five hundred gun platforms made of rammed earth?"

Hong Chengchou said: "Prince Yu doesn't know that the gun platform built by the Ming army is strange."

"What's weird?" Duoduo said disapprovingly, "The rammed earth is just rammed earth, how could it be able to stop the red cannon? You know, even Ningyuan Jinzhou's fortified city can't stop the red cannon."

Hong Chengchou smiled wryly: "Although the cannon in red is sharp, it can't hit the blunderbuss built by the Ming army. It's useless. The main reason why the Baiyintu army was defeated is because of this."

"I don't believe it." Duoduo said with a smile.

"As long as the gun platforms of the Ming army are built on the ground, can the red cannons still be unable to hit them?"

"This must be the excuse of Bai Yintu and Aobai, just to excuse themselves, sir, don't be fooled by them."

Hong Chengchou could only remain silent. When he met Duduo, he was in vain, because Baiyintu and Oboi all drew the shape of the Ming army's gun platform, but Duduo still didn't believe it.

However, the cannon in red couldn't hit the blunderbuss of the Ming army, which is really amazing.

Dorgon said to Duo Duo: "Fifteenth brother, then you will use the red cannon to bombard it first. If the red cannon works, then crush the Huanghuai defense line directly from the front. If the red cannon doesn't work, then listen to it." Heng Jiu's."

Speaking of this meal, Dorgon turned his head and asked Hong Chengchou: "Mr. Heng Jiu, let's talk about your strategy."

"Hey!" Hong Chengchou agreed, and then said, "It's great if the red cannon can work. If the red cannon can't work, then bypass Xuzhou, which is heavily defended by the Ming army, just like the former emperor and the regent. For the first time, they bypassed the Ningjin defense line of the Ming Dynasty and entered the customs from the ruined Great Wall, directly taking Beijing City."

Fan Wencheng also said with a smile: "Chongzhen did not hesitate to mobilize heavy troops to build Xuzhou's defense line in Xuzhou. It seems safe, but it is actually the most stupid choice. Back then, the Great Wall failed to stop my Qing soldiers, and now the Yellow River is even more unable to stop. Prince Yu The army only needs to avoid the important town of Xuzhou, and the Yellow River, which stretches for thousands of miles, can be crossed everywhere."

Ning Wan and I continued: "As long as Prince Yu's army crosses the Yellow River, the Ming troops in Huai'an, Fengyang, and even Yangzhou's prefectures in Nanzhi will be defeated. Yang and the various prefectures of Yangzhou, so that the Ming army in Xuzhou will be cut off from the rear, and will soon be defeated without a fight."

After Baiyintu fled back to Beijing, the three of Hong Chengchou actually discussed it in private.

In the end, it was unanimously concluded that Chongzhen mobilized twenty-eight towns of elite Ming troops to defend the defense line of Xuzhou, which was actually the most stupid choice, because this is a typical case of caring about one's head and ignoring one's back!
(End of this chapter)