Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 515 Net ([-])

"How to contain and even kill the Manchu Qing Dynasty requires an overall plan! It requires long-term layout and investment!" Mo Ming, who was wearing an alpaca woolen coat, pointed the country vigorously in the underground combat command room of Yantai Fort, only to see him waving Holding the baton in his hand, he pointed at the map and said, "Although the main force of the Eight Banners of Duoduo has been stationed in Nanjing and Yangzhou, some Mongolian divisions have brought a large number of surrendered troops from the four towns in Jiangbei to easily defeat King Chang of the Southern Ming Dynasty. troops, and this is what happened last winter. However, with the rise of our army behind enemy lines, whether it is Dorgon in Beijing or Duoduo in Nanjing, they have now realized the threat of our army. The front line mobilized the main force to come back to help, intending to eat us. The British King Azig who was far away in Hubei and Jiangxi, in addition to continuing to pursue Li Zicheng who had already entered the junction of Hunan and Hubei, also mobilized some of the main forces of the Eight Banners to go east to Taiping Mansion. Nanming Prefecture and County, at the same time respond to the actions of the Duoduo Department to encircle and suppress our army."

"Generally speaking, the current continuous operations of our army behind the enemy lines have greatly restrained the offensive of the Qing army. The rise of the anti-Qing rebel army in the eastern Zhejiang area, the stubborn resistance of the Dashun forces in the Huguang area, the repeated defeats and repeated battles of the Nanming Dynasty, and the constant The situation in Shandong that cannot be completely calmed down, Man Qing has a big head." Mo Ming's calfskin military boots made a rattling sound when they stepped on the ground, and the meeting room was completely silent, and the officers of all departments were listening attentively to Marshal Mo's speech Give pointers.

The series of offensives launched by the East Coasters in the second half of last year really surprised Dorgon.First of all, the more than [-] people from the Gushan Ezhenzhun Tower Department who were ordered to subdue the counties and counties in the north of the Yangtze River were unable to win the head-on battle with the [-] or [-] soldiers of the yellow-clothed thieves on the east bank.Secondly, the defeat of more than [-] people from Xu Dingguo, the general town of Yizhou, under the city of Juzhou, and a series of small defeats in the Haizhou area later. These defeats that made Yizhou Town actually lose its combat effectiveness made Dorgon no longer able to deal with it. The thief in yellow turned a blind eye.If it continues, will the northern coast still want to be peaceful in the future?

Therefore, the Qing government repeatedly issued edicts to mobilize troops from Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan to Beizhili and Shandong to enrich the local defense.At the same time, the Qing court also ordered that the coastal prefectures and counties that had been conquered by the East Coast people be abandoned and all residents moved inward, so that the East Coast people would have nothing to loot.

"But these are far from showing that the forces of various ministries have formed a confrontation with the Manchu Qing. On the contrary, the Manchu Qing still occupies a great advantage. I think you are very clear about this. There are already nearly 40 people. Although the fighting power of these people is scumbag, it is not something that the weak soldiers who Nanming hastily armed can resist. Moreover, there are also great rifts between their ministries. For example, Li Zicheng's tribe and He Tengjiao of Nanming The possible conflicts, the possible conflicts between the kings of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and even the possible conflicts between the military leaders, etc., are all unstable factors, but they are extremely fatal to these anti-Qing forces at the moment. Therefore, how to prevent the Qing Dynasty from winning quickly is still very difficult to think about, and we need to make careful arrangements." Mo Ming continued to speak with his hands behind his back, knocking the baton in his hand back and forth in the air.

"Second Lieutenant Junior, get up and introduce our deployment to the officers." As he spoke, Mo Ming suddenly pointed his baton at the young officer sitting by the wall and said.

Second Lieutenant Junior was originally the acting captain of the First Wing of the Volunteer Squad, with the rank of temporary second lieutenant.However, after Captain Zhang Xudong, a "only" 35-year-old young officer transferred from the mainland, was ordered by the military headquarters to take over the First Wing, the interim Second Lieutenant Junior returned to his duties as a staff officer.However, Mo Ming finally made some compensation for this confidant. At least the temporary word on his original military rank was removed, and he became a genuine second lieutenant, saving many years of struggle.

At this time, he stood upright with a "snap", then leaned his upper body slightly forward, greeted the ministers, and then walked to the middle of the podium with sonorous steps, and opened the folder under his arm , after glancing at the military leaders in the audience, he said in a high-pitched and forceful voice: "Sirs, the plan made by Chief Mo is very simple, that is to weave a big net to bind Man Qing, and then gradually tighten it so that Man Qing Qing felt suffocated to buy us time. There are many nodes in the network, mainly Yantai, Jeju, and the strongholds in the Amur River Basin in the north. The ability to attack, continuously attack and harass the Qing Dynasty, plunder materials and population, weaken the enemy's war potential, and strengthen ourselves."

Judging from the current situation, in the north, the people on the east coast can basically rely on their own efforts, because the anti-Qing armed forces from all walks of life have basically been wiped out by the Qing Dynasty, and most of the remaining small groups of armed forces are not good enough, so it is difficult to deal with the enemy. create a threat.In Mo Ming's plan, the stronghold in the Amur River Basin is a long-term plan, and the armed forces in Jeju, Yantai and other places are the forces that can be used immediately. Not a lot, after all, there are more than 1 people, and the equipment and training are now much better than before. At least they will not be at a disadvantage when fighting against the green camp, and even the green camp with a little food will be abused by them.Therefore, how to give full play to their role to try to contain the Man Qing is the key topic to be studied at this moment.

"At the same time in the south, we have to keep in close contact with the Zheng family. Zheng Hongkui may have returned to Fujian, and he may not be willing to surrender, so we can subsidize them, sell them some new rifles and artillery, and send officers to help them Train a firearms unit to enhance their strength." Second Lieutenant Junior continued to introduce in a regular manner, "The Zheng family has a large number of junk ships and a lot of sailors, and they have considerable offshore combat capabilities. Our move is very important. Because of adding some land combat capabilities to them, it should be able to contain a considerable number of Qing troops and delay the decline of the Ming army. It is worth noting that after our analysis, Zheng Zhilong, the current leader of the Zheng family, is a political opportunist. Will surrender to the Qing court, but there should be many opponents in the family, and they should be treated differently when interacting."

On the occasion of great changes, the full-time staff members of the staff department have deduced several times about the Zheng family's standing in line, but due to the lack of a lot of information about the Zheng family, they have not been able to make an accurate judgment on it.They just think that Zheng Zhilong himself has a very speculative mentality and is likely to be purged, while Zheng Hongkui is hard to say.In the end, it was Marshal Mo who waved his hand and asked the staff to make a plan according to the pattern of some forces of the Zheng family surrendering to the Qing and some fighting against the Qing. Finally, they came to the conclusion that the Zheng family needed assistance, otherwise they might not be able to persist for a long time.

At present, Mo Ming is considering whether to take the initiative to send someone to contact the Zheng family, or simply wait for the Zheng family to come to Yantai to discuss assistance.After thinking about it, he felt that it would be better to wait a little longer, as people might not be very enthusiastic when they come to visit now.What's more, the Qing army has just defeated Chang Wang's regime - thanks to the blessings of the people on the east coast, Chang Wang lingered a few months longer than in history, and was not eliminated until the end of October.At this time, the south was in chaos. Mo Ming vaguely remembered that after the fall of the Chang Wang regime, Nanming had risen at the same time with two vassal regimes, namely, King Lu and King Tang.How this matter of time and space evolved, due to the lack of sources in the south, he is not very clear, and needs to continue to inquire.Besides, Zheng Zhilong has not been formally surrendered yet, with him around, Mo Ming always feels that the cooperation with Zheng's family is very unreliable.

Another thing worth noting is that after Dorgon received the news that the Nanming regime was destroyed and 40 Ming troops were surrendered (the Azige tribe surrendered more than [-] troops in Jiangxi), he was very pleasantly surprised and complacent. At the beginning of September, he ordered the implementation of shaving hair and wearing Manchu costumes in the whole country.A person of insight in the Qing court advised Dorgon: "Today, the rebellion is still undecided, the pirates are not yet settled, and Jiangnan has usurped and supervised the country. Therefore, Ming Zongfan, the clothes of the Han people in the world should be the same as before..."

However, Dorgon was at a time when the spring breeze was in full swing. The defeated general "One Eye" (that is, Li Zicheng) who had already fled far away in Hunan, the pirates in yellow who hid their heads and showed their tails and dared not fight head-on, and the small imperial court of Nanming who were lingering and invincible soldiers, From his point of view, it wasn't a big deal.At present, the Qing court has more and more resources and its advantages are getting bigger and bigger. It is not difficult to eliminate these enemies one after another after overall planning.Therefore, even after the news of the fiasco of the green camps in Shandong and Jiangbei came repeatedly, Dorgon's determination could not be shaken, and he vowed to continue the implementation of shaving hair and changing clothes.Not only that, as the Manchu Qing gradually settled down in the world, a large number of old and weak women and children who had been stranded in the Northeast poured into the customs. The situation was turbulent, and a large number of people fled everywhere with their families.

Under the implementation of these measures, the Qing court could easily dominate the world, but suddenly many twists and turns were added, and it insisted on delaying the time for itself to occupy the whole country.And these are extremely beneficial to the people on the east bank, because it means that they have a lot more time, they can accumulate strength more calmly, contact the anti-Qing forces in various places, try their best to delay the time for the Qing government to unify the world, and even Block the process if possible - difficult though.Because only in this way can the people on the east coast be guaranteed to gain enough benefits when the land of China is in wars and turmoil—that is, population.As the power of the people on the east coast in the Far East is getting stronger, Mo Ming is confident that relying on the Blackwater base, contacting the Zheng family and the inland anti-Qing forces will surely teach the Qing court an extremely profound lesson.

"Finally, I will focus on the Dashun army that has retreated to the south of Huguang." Second Lieutenant Junior glanced at the audience, and then said quickly.

(End of this chapter)