The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 518 Dodo's Desperate Fight

Dorgon's face turned black when he heard the words, and he closed his eyes and sighed in pain. This is not a peace negotiation, it is clearly a surrender to the Mongols!After that, even if the forces of the Qing Dynasty completely withdrew from Mobei, and at the same time the Khalkha tribe annexed Moxi as Mongolian orthodox, the Qing Dynasty could only watch helplessly.

Even Tumed, who originally belonged to the sphere of influence of the Qing Dynasty, gave a piece to the Khalkhas.Shame, it is a great shame!Dorgon tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, but there was no way, the situation was stronger than others, and the biggest enemy at the moment was Nanming!

If a solid line of defense cannot be built north of the Yangtze River, Shandong, Henan and other places will be greatly shaken once the Nanman army crosses the river north with the victory.He knew very well that these places were originally the land of the Han people, and the people living on them were also Han people. As long as the Zhu Ming regime arrived in these places, there would be a response from everyone.

The Central Plains that Taizu worked so hard to lay down will probably be thrown into his hands by then...

Seeing him in a daze, Duoduo coughed lightly, "Cough, brother nine?"

"Ah, keep talking."

"Although the price is not small, the three tribes of Khalkha have made an oath that they will never touch our territory in Tumot and Chahar in the future. With the retreat of the Sonite tribe, the Chahar tribes have also stabilized. There is nothing in Mongolia that can contain my army."

Dorgon's complexion improved a little, and he hurriedly warned: "Remember, the content of the peace agreement with the Khalkha Ministry must not be revealed! He only said to the court that the Mobei Mongolia was intimidated by your military power and retreated on its own. , Chahar also said the same thing.”

"My brother understands."

Dorgon sighed heavily again, "Ah, now that they have lost the grain, rice and taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, the vitality of the Horqin tribes has been greatly damaged, and the tax tribute from Chahar has also been reduced by [-]%. This battle is getting harder and harder to fight." Yes, could it be..."

He subconsciously said this sentence, he felt that it was wrong, and hurriedly stopped the following words, but he was still thinking silently in his heart, do I still have to go back to the bitter cold land of Liaodong in the Qing Dynasty?
"What are you talking about, Brother Nine?" Duoduo immediately continued, "I think back then when I only established a state in the Qing Dynasty, couldn't I still sweep the world and beat Mongolia and Nanman to the ground?
"Although we have suffered some setbacks now, we still have the six provinces in Jiangbei, plus Liaodong, Monan and other places. Regardless of people, wealth, and things, we are still strong!"

He gestured to the outside of the car, "This time, my servants have brought back [-] elite troops and [-] Horqin cavalry.

"With this large army, plus Wu Sangui's troops who have already stationed in Yangzhou, and the green camps in Shanxi, Henan, Shandong and other places, the military strength is still higher than that of Nanming!"

"The defeat in the south of the Yangtze River this time is mainly because the ninth brother trusted Hong Chengchou too much." Duoduo said, "Don't blame me for speaking bluntly, the ninth brother, in my opinion, if the Han people can fight, how can they lose such a big one?" What about the Central Plains?"

Seeing that Dorgon's face seemed a bit uneasy, he immediately cupped his hands and said: "This time, my brother is willing to go to Jiangbei in person, lead an army to destroy Nanming, and express this anger for Brother Nine!

"As long as we capture the south of the Yangtze River, we can mobilize inexhaustible money and food, and then send troops out of the pass to the north, not to mention the Khalkha tribe, or even Moxi Mongolia, let me attack?!"

"Destroy Nanming?" Dorgon heard Duoduo's tone extremely confident, and immediately looked up at him, "Are you sure?"

Duoduo nodded solemnly and said, "I read the Jiangnan battle report on the way back, and I do have some thoughts on the battle situation."

"Speak quickly!"

"My brother thought that our army's two major defeats against Nanming before were all due to underestimating the enemy. But my brother carefully read all kinds of news about the Southern Army, and this Zhu Linmi's unit is by no means simple. How can the southerners be undefeated when they are so careless in battle?"

Duoduo stretched out a finger, "So the most important thing is to face the southern army squarely. Its firearms are fierce and its morale is extremely high. If our army splits up to confront it, it will be extremely difficult to win.

"However, the southern army is not without weaknesses. Although their soldiers are good, their numbers are too small, and we can attack them.

"I have carefully studied the situation of the Zhenghongqi Firearms Battalion. Battle formations, firearms, etc. have their merits. As long as no one tampers with the machine, although it is not as powerful as the Southern Army's firearms, it should still be possible with three enemies. Advantageous.

"That's why I suggested that a large number of new guns should be built, and that Tang Ruowang should hurry up to make cannons. I built the main force of the state, plus Wu Sangui's department and green battalions from all over the country. It would not be difficult to recruit 10 troops.

"As long as this large army doesn't disperse its forces and concentrate more than three times its strength and three times its firecrackers and cannons to fight the southern army, they will have absolutely no chance!
When he said this, he smiled again, "And we still have an unused army, and that is Wu Sangui's Guan Ning cavalry!"

Dorgon's heart moved, he had seen the fighting power of Guan Ning's iron cavalry with his own eyes, how many Manchu and Mongolian troops fell in the hands of this team of troops.You know, that was the elite of the elite built by all the power of the entire Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen Dynasty. If he didn't have much trust in Wu Sangui, this army would have been invincible on the Jiangnan battlefield long ago.

Doduo seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and immediately said: "The imperial court can first allow Wu Sangui, Guangxi or Yunnan to be his vassal town, and he will definitely use all his strength to crusade against the southern army. Only wait for the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and then slowly reduce it. Wings are."

Dorgon nodded slowly when he heard the words, "Let Wu Sangui be your lieutenant general, and let you keep an eye on him. Once you find any abnormalities in him, you are allowed to kill him first and then play."

"The younger brother takes orders."

"However, according to your plan, it will take at least three or four months to build so many firecrackers and cannons. During this period, how to ensure the stability of Jiangbei's defense line?"

Duoduo stretched out his second finger, "This is the second item that I want to say.

"I entered the Central Plains with horseback elites, but I have always dismissed the navy. I think carefully about the battle in the south of the Yangtze River. First, the southerners used the navy to prevent our army from crossing the Qiantang south, avoiding the most sharp edge of our army. hour.

"Afterwards, warships attacked our Gyeonggi and Liaodong hinterlands from far away, disrupting our army deployment, and forced Zheng Zhilong's navy to return to defend the Bohai Sea and was unable to support the Jiangnan battlefield.

"In the end, the southerners still relied on warships to transport their supplies, marched hundreds of miles northward, and bypassed countless important towns to attack Jiangning.

"All of the above are because our navy is not strong enough, and the use of warships is not as sophisticated as the southerners."

Dorgon thought so deeply, and said, "What do you mean?"

"Your brother heard that Zheng Zhilong brought a lot of shipwrights to Shandong, you can allocate money to order him to build warships at the Laizhou Shipyard, and send Jianzhou's children to train as sailors.

"We can return all the tricks used by the southerners as they are. Use the newly built warships in Laizhou to defend the Bohai Sea area, free up Zheng Zhilong's fleet and immediately go south to the Yangtze River.

"Just like what Hong Chengchou encountered on the Qiantang River before, as long as Zheng Zhilong holds the Yangtze River, unless Zhu Linmi grows wings, he won't be able to go north as a single soldier!"

(End of this chapter)