Ming Empire

Chapter 48 Brothers Collusion
After the Qing army retreated to Shengjing, there was less news from Ming Dynasty.

Over the years, the Qing Dynasty has successfully lured many soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty to use them for the Qing Dynasty through various methods of temptation. Whether it is peacetime or wartime, the high-ranking slaves can get news from the Ming court or the Ming army through various channels in a timely manner. .

In many cases, they were able to use these defectors as internal responses to capture Daming's cities without bloodshed.

However, since the defeat of the Battle of Songshan, the news obtained by the Manchus through this channel has also been greatly reduced. It was almost a month after Cao Yue took office in Datong that the news spread to Shengjing and was learned by Duoduo.

Hearing that Cao Yue came to Datong with only 3000 troops, and that Datong's soldiers were almost completely lost in the Battle of Songshan, Duoduo was overjoyed, and immediately thought that this was the best time to take revenge, so he ran away in a hurry To Dorgon, please order Nanzheng.

After Dorgon heard what Duoduo said, his heart was moved instantly, and he subconsciously thought that this was a good opportunity to avenge blood and blood and wipe out Cao Yue's troops.However, Dorgon is not a general person after all, and he will not think about things as frivolously as Duoduo. The changes that the Qing Dynasty experienced just now, and the mission on his shoulders now, let him learn to think about problems more carefully.

He didn't immediately reply to Dodo's request, but frowned and asked Dodo about the situation in detail, and then he thought about it seriously.

In the end Dorgon shook his head slowly, disagreeing with Duduo's plea.

"Brother Fourteen, why is this?" Duoduo was surprised, he did not expect that Dorgon would disagree with his request.

"There is only one reason, and that is the season and the weather." Dorgon walked to the door of the big tent with his hands behind his back, looked at the bleak weather outside, and said in a low voice: "Fifth brother, it is already severe winter, Liaodong has already fallen. There have been a few light snowfalls, and the first heavy snowfall of this winter is about to fall in the past few days. It will take more than half a month at the fastest to go from Shengjing to Datong. If the weather turns bad, it will take longer. The advantage of our Qing Dynasty Eight Banners is the cavalry Assault quickly, if it is covered by heavy snow, the cavalry's advantage will not be brought into play at all, and it is likely to be trapped by bad weather."

Speaking of this, Dorgon sighed slightly, and looked at Duo Duo with a little silence, "Fifth brother, if the time is one month earlier, then I will agree to your raid plan without hesitation, and I believe You will succeed. But now, it is not a good time to attack. My Qing Dynasty was defeated in Songshan Caoyue, and the morale of the Qing Dynasty is low. We can no longer afford another defeat, so we must be cautious in everything!"

Dorgon's words extinguished most of the arrogance in Duo Duo's heart in an instant. After thinking about it carefully, Duo Duo also agreed with what Dorgon said, and remained silent for a while.But after he thought about it seriously, he suddenly raised his head, with excitement in his eyes.

"Brother Fourteen, I feel that it is because of the weather that we can plan this surprise attack. I believe that the Ming army did not expect my Qing army to suddenly go south in the severe winter when the fields were covered with heavy snow. They He will definitely not take precautions. The Datong Town Army has been wiped out in the Battle of Songshan. Even if Cao Yue is capable, he has no invincible soldiers in his hands, and he has no way to resist the iron cavalry of our Qing army. , even if you start recruiting recruits right away, it will take at least half a year or a year before you have combat power. Therefore, my brother thinks that now is a good time to lead an army to attack Datong and take revenge! And..."

Hearing what Duo Duo said, a smile appeared on Dorgon's face. He didn't ask anything, but motioned Duo Duo to go in and explain in detail.

Duo Duo also immediately followed Dorgon back to the stove, and he continued as he walked: "Brother Fourteen, this time Cao Yue led an army to attack Shengjing, we didn't expect it, and he got it by negligence." Hand. Didn’t you often say that soldiers are impermanent and water is impermanent? We can also lead Cao Yue and catch the barbarians of the Southern Ming Dynasty by surprise. The area from Datong to Beijing is full of plains, which are very suitable for cavalry to march. The Ming army can’t trap us either. Fourteenth brother, you allow me to lead a team to march south and attack Datong! If you wait for the next year, maybe Datong will have a strong army, and it may not be possible to send a large army to the south at that time can be successful.”

Dorgon already agreed with what Dodo said in his heart, but he did not express his opinion immediately, but asked Dodo instead: "Fifth brother, if you really lead the army to attack Datong, how will you fight this battle? If Datong can't broken, but fell into the siege of the Ming army, then how do you solve it?"

"Brother Fourteen, if you give me 2 troops, I'm sure I'll break through Datong." Excitement flashed across Duoduo's face, and he said excitedly, "Datong doesn't have many defenders. I will make a surprise attack, but I should not take strict precautions. If our army makes a surprise attack, it will surely succeed. If it fails due to an accident, I can lead the army to attack Beijing and burn, kill and loot around Beijing. Even if the original goal is not achieved, It can also greatly intimidate the Nanming barbarians. Presumably Chongzhen will also be scared to death, so they should not think about it this year."

Duoduo paused again, then lowered his voice and said, "If we were to abandon Datong and attack Beijing, we would let out rumors that this was a conspiracy between us and Cao Yue. If we don't attack Datong, but attack Beijing to help Cao Yue achieve great success, say Maybe Emperor Chongzhen will clear Cao Yue for us."

"Haha, fifteenth brother, you are really improving more and more," Dorgon said happily after hearing this, and reached out to pat Doduo on the shoulder vigorously, "You are getting more and more intelligent, brother fourteen is very smart." Congratulations. In the future, I can let you stand alone. Well, this time your plea, the fourteenth brother agreed, you lead the elite of two white banners, plus 2 Mongolian Eight Banners, a total of [-] people rushed to attack Datong, and strive to attack Go down to Datong, capture Cao Yue alive and bring him back to Shengjing to pay homage to our great Qing ancestors."

"Thank you fourteenth brother," Duo Duo didn't expect that he had persuaded Dorgon, and he was overjoyed at the moment, and quickly got up to thank him: "Please rest assured, fourteenth brother, I will definitely bring the elite of the two white flags back to Shengjing, and find a way I want Cao Yue to be captured alive and return to Shengjing!"

"Brother Fourteen hopes that you can come back in triumph!" Dorgon punched Duduo's chest hard, and laughed loudly.

Dodo also punched back, and the two brothers embraced each other, patted each other's shoulders vigorously, and laughed loudly.

Dorgon let go of Duo Duo, and then pointed to the rug by the stove, "Fifth Brother, let's discuss the situation of this dispatch in detail!"

"Willing to listen to Brother Fourteen's teachings!"

After the two brothers discussed in detail for an hour, Duoduo said goodbye and left to make preparations.

And Dorgon continued to sit by the stove, fascinated by the map on the case that marked the power balance between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

After a while, a Goshha walked over lightly, knelt down and saluted: "Master, Concubine Zhuang is asking to see you outside the tent!"

"Oh, Concubine Zhuang, Yu'er?" Dorgon was awakened suddenly, with a look of joy on his face, and immediately ordered Geshha to say, "Let Concubine Zhuang come in right now, and there is no need to notify Concubine Zhuang when she comes later. Just let her in!"

"Cha, the servant obeys!"

(End of this chapter)