golden scales

"I dare not lie to the prince."

Hong Chengchou immediately reported the numbers of the Ming army that he had observed one by one, and calculated the size of the first and second divisions to be 4 people, including the cavalry battalion and firearms battalion.

According to the ratio of the main combat soldiers and the coated auxiliary soldiers in the Manchurian army is about one to five, the Ming army has at least 20 people.If according to the situation of using Han people's coats extensively later, the ratio of the main and auxiliary in the Manchurian army is as high as one to ten, then the Ming army will have a corresponding 40 army!

This kind of estimated figure is not reliable. According to the number of mobilized people to support the front line, the Ming army has at least one million people.However, this concept of people's war is not only incomprehensible to Dorgon and Hong Chengchou. Even those heroes who think they know "the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world" may not be able to see the consequences brought about by the outbreak of this huge force. Earth-shattering change.

Not only to win the hearts of the people, but also to win the power of the people.

The kind of people who put up a sign saying "Welcome Master Wang" really doesn't make any sense.

Dorgon didn't know this, but he had already experienced the rejection of the Han people.In his poor historical knowledge, only the Mongols have ever occupied this colorful world, and their methods of occupying the land cannot be replicated: slaughtering cities, destroying cities, planting grass, and grazing.

Manchurians are not herdsmen. Manchurians need the prosperity brought by the city, exquisite food, and silk and porcelain made by Han people.

Since we can’t learn from the Mongols to destroy all this, it’s better to repeat the way of life in the past 30 years: fattening, slaughtering, fattening again, and slaughtering again.And once they regain their homeland, these Nikan barbarians will fall into internal struggle.In the end, he still had to be defeated by the Manchurian cavalry.

"Then let's go." Dorgon completely relaxed, uttered four words, and never wanted to stay in the pass and suffer.

"But the Political Assembly..."

"Don't worry about it. Let Duo Duo go first with the men, horses, coats, and captured money and food." Duo Ergun felt that he was getting weaker and weaker: "As Mr. said. As for how to distribute, we still have to wait until we return to Shengjing." Let's discuss it again."

Hong Chengchou nodded slightly, with a heavy heart.

Should he stay in Daming, or follow him out of customs with all his heart?If after the Ming Dynasty regained Beijing, it was still the same as before, and it was bound to become the fish on the chopping board of the Manchus again.But if Daming really has a promising king of ZTE.It will take only one generation to wipe out Manchuria.

After seeing the greed and ignorance of more and more Manchu nobles, Hong Chengchou became more worried about his future prospects.However, thinking that he had caused Emperor Chongzhen to lose all face, the road back to Daming was also full of obstacles.What's more, when he had the military power in his hands, he still had room to bargain. Now that he has nothing, how can he get a pardon?

"My lord, many Han officials in Beijing are saying that the Manchurians are afraid that the rabbit's tail can't grow anymore." The old family appeared beside Hong Chengchou at the right time: "Master, should we bring the old lady back?"

Hong Chengchou twitched his beard and muttered, "I'll go in person." He paused and said, "Aren't those officials afraid of being liquidated by the court?"

The old family heard that the master used "imperial court" to refer to the Ming court.I know that the master has moved his mind.From his own heart, he also hopes that the master can set things right and return to Daming, at least he can return to his roots.However, the imperial court's liquidation is a hurdle that cannot be overcome, and Ye Luo can't just get his head off the ground in order to return to his roots.

"They all have Baoxin Pills..." the old man said, "It's the "Amnesty Order" issued by the imperial court, as long as the first and last names are not on it, they can all be amnesty."

"They dare to believe it." Hong Chengchou snorted coldly, rather annoyed by the short-sightedness of these people.

An amnesty order is certainly not convincing enough, but those officials are even more afraid to go to Liaodong.

In the eyes of all Han people, Liaodong is a barren land, where there are Mongolian Tartars who drink blood, and wild beasts in the mountains and forests that eat people but don't spit out their bones.They don't even believe that there are cities in Liaodong, and firmly believe that all Liaodong people live by hunting and digging ginseng.

As long as one's life can be saved by relying on the amnesty, even going home and becoming a rich man is fine.What's more, if the old dynasty is revived again, someone must be an official. Where can I find an official in a while?Eventually you have to use them.

"I'm afraid Manchurians won't be so easy-going." Hong Chengchou sighed.

When the Manchurians have the opportunity to sit in the world.Of course, I don't mind having fewer slaves and more courtiers, anyway, there is no substantial difference.

When the Manchus plundered their property and were about to evacuate, these courtiers returned to the most essential attribute: spoils of war.

Although scholars cannot farm, but the barbarians with the germination of civilization still hope to improve their politics.Educate your children so that you can live a good life outside the customs as much as possible outside the customs.This has to bring these seemingly useless scholars.

Duo Duo was ordered to meet with Dorgon. Among the retreat strategies set by the two brothers, the first one was how to move these civil officials to Liaodong, followed by farmers and various craftsmen.The only ones left are those businessmen.Facts have proved that if there is no news from Shanxi merchants, the army will be blind and deaf, and it is impossible to find where the main force of the enemy army is.

If these merchants are left behind, they will be able to obtain supplies in the pass when they arrive in Liaodong. Although the price is more expensive, it is better than nothing.

Since Shanxi merchants are to be left as a bridge to communicate inside and outside, then the umbrella of Shanxi merchants can only be left behind.Therefore, officials from Shanxi escaped the robbery, and the key targets of looting were civil officials from Jiangnan and other places.

As long as there is screening work, Song Hongye will be able to use his skills.

He had already found Dorgon to express his "loyalty" to the Qing Dynasty, and declared that although he was a Han Chinese, his heart was full of Manchurian blood, and he would definitely follow Manchurian customs.Dorgon had never heard such a loyal confession, and was overjoyed by Song Hongye's words, and he gave thirty Zhuangzi outside the customs on the spot, plus a reward of five hundred coats.

From this, Song Hongye could openly and aboveboardly record the list of officials left and taken away by the Manchu Qing, and then make two copies, one to Dorgon and the other to Tianjin Wei.

In order to make it easier to come to Beijing next time, Dorgon even planted spies.It's a pity that these spies are also under the control of Song Hongye. Many of them were originally double spies, and they were Manchu spies in name, but they were actually Daming Zhongliang.

Dorgon and Duoduo's small actions soon alarmed other Manchu nobles, and they started their own plans one after another, and the whole of Beijing once again fell into chaos, robbery, and massacre.

……

It was very painful for Zhu Cilang to receive the notification from Beijing.These people are the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, and they are powerless to allow the Manchus to spoil them like this.If he really had 20 troops in his hands, he could block Beijing, but in fact there are less than [-] soldiers available.

Moreover, the second division has almost undergone a major change of blood, and it will take time to recuperate in order to recover its combat effectiveness.

"Can you negotiate a peace?" Zhu Cihong discovered for the first time that he had a compassionate attitude, but it was immediately wiped out by various realistic reasons.

After all, as long as Daming regains its strength, it can send out a large army to wipe out the stubborn Manchurian army at any time.The key now is how to preserve the vitality of Daming and reduce the loss of population.For an agricultural country, population is an important resource far more important than gold and silver. This point has been made very clear by the ancestors: where there is land, there are people, and where there are people, there is wealth.

Land, people, and then wealth.

After the double attack of the rogue bandits and the Eastern captives, there is almost no one in the You family with the giant surname in the whole north.Logically speaking, there should be land, but the people are scattered.If the eastern captives are allowed to plunder Dingkou, it will be more difficult for the north to recover in the future.And once there are fewer people in the north, the Wanli Border Pass will be weak everywhere, even if it is almost like a no man's land.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Cihong actually thought of a word equivalent to "traitorous" - negotiating peace under the excellent form.

As Daming's second assistant and the crown prince's chief adviser, Wu Tong naturally knew that this kind of thinking was unavoidable, but it was absolutely impossible.Remember that Chen Xinjia was ordered to negotiate a peace secretly when the Ming Dynasty was in crisis, and was forced to death by angry court officials after the Dongchuang incident happened.

Now that the army has regained Beijing, not to mention the Northern Expedition, but they are still thinking of negotiating a peace, this is to cut themselves off from the world!

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