The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 645
When Zhu Mala was the last one to arrive at the Hall of Martial Arts, Dorgon waved his hands before waiting for them to kneel down and said, "Everyone is excused." He glanced at several people again, "The imperial court wants to send troops to the south Have you heard everything?"

These people in the room are all important ministers of the Qing Dynasty, and they are all well-informed.As soon as the meeting in Qianqing Palace ended at noon, they had already received the letter, so they all nodded.

But in the past, when they said that they were going south to attack the land of Ming Dynasty, "military achievements", "money", "women" and so on would immediately pop up in their minds, but at this time they couldn't get excited, they only thought about how to fight this battle.

It's no wonder that Boluo and Luck Dehun were defeated successively, and the self-confidence gathered by Nurhachi and Huang Taiji in the Central Plains with almost no defeats in the Central Plains has now begun to show large cracks.

Dorgon continued: "This battle is extremely important. If we don't attack the southern court as soon as possible, we will have to pay several times the price if we want to seize the land in the south of the Yangtze River after they have finished building the city and storing food."

In the past year, the Qing Dynasty suffered consecutive defeats, which greatly depressed the morale of the whole country, fluctuated people's hearts, and even made his power and position no longer stable.He really needs a big victory to consolidate his position, and there is also a bet with Hauge, so he must use all his strength to win but not lose!

"I am going to transfer more than [-] troops from Shanxi, Shandong, Gyeonggi and even Liaodong to Yangzhou, and join forces with Prince Yu's troops to wipe out Nanming in one fell swoop..."

University scholar Ganglin coughed lightly, raised his hands and said, "His Royal Highness Nine Kings, my army is marching southward with thunder, and the southerners are definitely no match. But it's winter right now, if there is an army of tens of thousands, it may affect the spring sowing plan. Or it would be more appropriate to send troops to attack Ming after the beginning of spring."

For an agricultural society, spring sowing is the basis for survival.If an army of 10,000+ is mobilized to fight at this time, it must be supplemented by three or four times the number of civilians for logistics. This will inevitably leave a large area of ​​land uncultivated, and the Qing Dynasty will have to drink the northwest wind in the coming year.

This is also the reason why the Qing army has always retreated in autumn for self-cultivation, and only committed crimes in the south in the spring of the following year.The so-called "cultivation" is actually to let these soldiers go back to farm.

How could Dorgon not know the importance of spring sowing, he frowned and sighed, and said: "I can't wait. To tell you the truth, there is internal fighting in Nanming and the emptiness in Nanzhili. This is a golden opportunity that must not be missed!"

Hauge had already agreed to make a bet with him, and he didn't have to hide it anymore at this time, not to mention such a big matter, the news would definitely spread to Beijing in a few days.

Gang Lin and the people around him looked at each other, and they still wanted to dissuade, but Dorgon raised his hand to stop him, "As for the labor of spring sowing," he pointed to Fan Wencheng, "Master Fan will go to North Korea today and ask them to send ten Wanmin is strong, let's chat to supplement."

Fan Wencheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the small country of North Korea, the previous 40 people entered the Liao Dynasty, which is already hurting. If they want to send another 10 people, I'm afraid..."

Dorgon waved his hand impatiently, "Tell Li Ji, this is the last time. I will only use the 10 people for one year, and I will return them to him after one year." He only felt that as a conqueror, this The attitude is simply too kind.

Seeing that he was very decisive, Fan Wencheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and respond, "I will obey your orders."

Dorgon asked Gang Lin again: "At the beginning of the month, you were asked to transport grain from Shengjing to Tongzhou. How did it go?"

"Going back to Ninth Prince, we transported a total of 15 shi of grain, and we passed Jinzhou five days ago." He hesitated for a moment, then carefully said, "It's just that the surplus grain in Shengjing's warehouse is only enough for the troops to garrison for three months."

"Three months is enough. There is no need to stay in Tongzhou for food and grass, and it will be shipped directly to Yangzhou." Dorgon turned to Langqiu, "By the way, is there any news from Mobei?"

The latter bowed hurriedly and said, "Your Highness was supposed to report this matter to His Highness this morning, but His Highness has been busy and hasn't heard yet.

"Last night, Li Ruolin sent back a message saying that Subadi had accepted the man and agreed to send troops, but...they still want some money, food, cattle and sheep."

Dorgon sighed helplessly.In order to deal with Teng Jisi's rebels, he sent Dorogege Yuhui to Khalkha Zhasaktuhan Subpadi to marry him, and asked Khalkha to send troops to hold back the Chahar tribe. Unexpectedly, this guy was as big as a lion speak...

"10 taels of silver, plus [-] sheep. Tell him, after I have won the Jiangnan Great Victory, I will share some spoils with him." Dorgon gritted his teeth and ordered Langqiu, and then said to Tan Bai, "Also, order Horqin's ministries to order They teamed up with the Khalkhas to attack Teng Jisi."

"But, Horqin is now..."

"I know it's difficult for them, but it's even more difficult for the imperial court! Let them think of a way!"

"This...he."

Dorgon looked at Ma Guangyuan again, "How many new firecrackers and cannons have you produced?"

"Returning to Your Highness, a total of 87 flintlocks have been newly made in recent months, and the other [-] old flintlocks in the warehouse have all been replaced with new guns. There are [-] cannons weighing more than [-] catties, of which more than [-] catties There are ten of them." Ma Guangyuan said, "Cai Shiying is currently making the craftsmen rush to work day and night, and when Prince Yu goes south, he can still make nearly two thousand blunderbusses and a dozen cannons."

The last time Luck Dehun was pitted by a hexagonal rotary-bore cannon, Dorgon knew that this thing was unusable, so he ordered to still make the red cannon with all his strength.It happened that [-] catties of brass purchased from Japan arrived, and he immediately sent them all to the cannon foundry.

For this batch of guns, he invested more than 80 million taels. The "South Donation" silver received in November was eaten up by the Military Weapons Bureau before it was warmed up.

He asked again: "What about strengthening the armor?"

"Returning to Your Highness, there are [-] sets of cotton armor in total. The thickness of the falling iron plates is more than doubled, and they are ready to be shipped. Thousands more sets will be completed soon."

"Okay! Tell Cai Shiying to keep an eye on the craftsmen and work hard. After the great victory in the south of the Yangtze River, I will reinstate him as an official."

"The subordinate obeys the order."

Dorgon felt a little relieved.Specially reinforced fine armor, [-] improved flintlocks, a hundred cannons, plus the original firearms in Duoduo's hands, if you don't believe it, you can't beat those southern barbarians!

He only felt that his confidence had returned to him, stood up proudly and came to the wall where the map was hung, and said to everyone in the hall: "There are enough weapons, food and grass, and my army will be able to calm down Jiangnan in one fell swoop! Come, let's discuss what to do with our troops." transfer."

As soon as Fan Wencheng and others surrounded him, a eunuch shouted loudly outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Regent, Belle Baiyintu, Fuguo Gong Adai, Minister of the Interior Xin Buku, and Minister of the Interior Soni are asking to see you."

Everyone in the room was stunned, these are people with two yellow flags, they only listen to the order of the Queen Mother, what are they doing in Wuying Hall today?
Dorgon was overjoyed, he thought that Bumbutai acted really neatly, and immediately greeted with a smile: "Let them in quickly! It's just a matter of discussing the deployment of troops together."

(End of this chapter)