Chapter 467: Manchuria Encirclement

When the news reached Shengjing, the Regent Dorgon was discussing matters with Hong Chengchou in his mansion. What he was talking about was whether he could use any means to weaken Shandong. If it was the same as before, then Li Meng, Duke of Qi, was also implicated by the court's party struggles or casually charged him, everything would be fine.

However, when both sides discussed it, they found that although Hong Chengchou had a high position and was Governor of Ji Liao, he had no idea about Shandong beside him.

What he knew was nothing more than Shandong Governor Yan Jizu and the eunuch Liu Yuanbin, who was currently guarding the capital. Qiu Lei and Liu Zeqing also had some impressions in the past, but this Duke of Qi Li Meng was very unfamiliar.

The Ming Dynasty was led by civil servants, and civil servants had party disputes. Even if a civil servant governor led the army to win and go smoothly, his victory would always be found by the political enemies in the court, and then attacked from multiple parties, and finally they were either guilty or recalled.

When the leader left, the army he led was of course scattered in birds and beasts, which was useless. Since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, he also encountered civil officials or generals in the Ming Dynasty who made them anxious. However, in the end, the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Great Wall and destroyed the great situation.

But Li Meng has always been steadily doing it. In the past, he could deal with civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, but he could not deal with such self-contained military generals.

With a little analysis, we can understand that the purpose of this Duke of Qi is also the world of the Ming Dynasty. In this regard, it is like-minded with the Qing Dynasty, but the two sides are fighting for the same piece of meat, so naturally the ones who have the greatest strength have. Since they are already enemies of the Ming Dynasty, Shandong and this Duke of Qi are not afraid of any means of the Qing Dynasty. Even if they use any means, Shandong doesn't care. Anyway, they have already broken up with the Ming Dynasty. Don't care about more means.

Hong Chengchou, who was regarded as a strategist and guest minister by Dorgon, was quite curious about Li Meng. He still didn't know why such a force suddenly emerged in Shandong.

But on the surface, I cannot show this kind of curiosity, and I can only express my own opinions lightly. After all, I am a surrendered minister and I have to avoid many things.

Regent Dorgon was not curious, but was just filled with sorrow. After becoming the Regent, he encountered much more trouble than when he was Prince Rui in the past. The flags below were erratic, the integration of various forces, and the troubles of North Korea.

If you want to do a steady job in this position, or go further, you must have brilliant achievements and sufficient benefits to the forces below.

Although the grassland is vast, it is extremely barren. No one thinks there will be any benefits on it. Baishan and black water are the bitter and cold place where Lao Lin started. If everyone was willing to stay, why did Lao Han raise an army to rebel against the Ming Dynasty? The same is true for North Korea. Small places are poor.

All the people in the Qing Dynasty were staring at the Ming Dynasty in the south, where there were rich and populated fields and warm climate. It was a standard world of flowers, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty was so weak. The Qing Dynasty sent troops several times, except for the Abatai one, they were invincible and plundered a large number of people and gold and silver.

If Dorgon wants to sit firmly in this position and go further, his only way out is to use troops against the Ming Dynasty. He must continue to win until he wins the world.

Only by dividing the world of the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty could Dorgon be considered a qualified leader, and he could hold his position firmly or go further. The Regent Dorgon never thought it was too difficult for this goal. The relatives and nobles of the Qing Dynasty had no understanding of the Ming Dynasty than Emperor Chongzhen in the capital. The soldiers and horses of Liaozhen, who were known as the strongest, were all defeated and retreated under the attack of the warriors of the Eight Banners. After entering the pass, the rest of the Ming Dynasty was no problem.

Even when Huang Taiji was in power, Dorgon had such considerations. At that time, the two problems of seizing the Ming Dynasty and commanding the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were much easier.

Almost suddenly, a general appeared in Shandong quietly. This general first annihilated 500 of his own people in the 13th year of Chongzhen, and then annihilated 40,000 people led by Abatai in Hejian Prefecture. What's more, Shandong is located near the northern Zhili of the Ming Dynasty. If the army leaves the pass and goes south, it will soon meet Shandong soldiers.

There is no big problem with such a decisive battle, but the Qing Dynasty still has no specific concept of Shandong. Do you know how many soldiers the other party has?

The Regent's Mansion, if you walk in the mansion, you may even think that this is in the famous garden of a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River. The pavilions and water pavilions are all very ingenious. If you look closely, you will find that several famous masters from the south of the Ming Dynasty. When Prince Rui Dorgon was in the mansion, his favorite thing was to sit in the pavilion and drink, and enjoy the scenery in the garden, which was extremely leisurely.

It is already early summer, and the scenery in the garden is the most beautiful time, but Dorgon did not feel at all wanting to see it. Hong Chengchou was indeed a famous minister of the Ming Dynasty. Since he was summoned to the palace as a guest minister, Dorgon felt that he had a clearer grasp of the movements of the other flags and the general trend of the world than before.

If you respond to all parties, you can be more calm and sensible. If you put it in the past, you may have to pull out the men and horses and start fighting each other's conflicts. Hong Chengchou gave him some tips and could solve them with relatively tactful and clever means.

It turns out that he is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty. He is really talented and knowledgeable, which is amazing...

Dorgon's mother was forced to be buried by Huang Taiji and Daishan. The two white flags were stared at and killed at any time. Dorgon pleaded with all his troubles, leading his brother Prince Ying, Prince Ajige and his younger brother Prince Yu Duoduo to deal with it carefully. In the middle of Huang Taiji's rule, he was already the leader of all princes. Now he has a regent. He thinks he is also a wise and powerful man with superb political skills.

But when compared with Hong Chengchou, we realized that there is a difference between high and low, and there are too many differences. In fact, there is a rumor in the two white flags that Dorgon would take the position of regent, and that there are also suggestions made by Hong Chengchou.

Therefore, Dorgon also relied heavily on Hong Chengchou, thinking that he was his think tank military advisor, but such a talented and wise man could not come up with any way to Li Meng from Shandong.

Dorgon was quite suspicious. At the beginning, he thought that Hong Chengchou was looking forward to his homeland and did not want to explain these things too clearly. But thinking about the things Hong Chengchou did when he came to his mansion, he gave up this idea.

"Mr. Hong, what is the position of my prince Xu, Li Meng? If I can surrender and surrender, I will guarantee that the population of his soldiers will remain unchanged, and the status is equivalent to that of our country's Eight Banners..."

Speaking of this, Dorgon himself shook his head and whispered:

"Do this. The other few flags will definitely not agree. I am afraid that the king's letter will be popular here before it reaches Shandong..."

Hong Chengchou heard Dorgon's words a little disdainful, but he began to say:

"Prince, there is no exact number of soldiers in Shandong. It would be fine if there were 450,000 soldiers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               �

At present, among the various forces in the Qing Dynasty, the Han Army Banner thought he was a bannerman with his eyes facing the sky. The military proclaim system of Sanshun King and Xu Shun Gong would not accept Hong Chengchou at all. Hong Chengchou wanted to continue his wealth and prosperity in the Qing Dynasty, and instinctively resisted the arrival of another Han general with real power. Moreover, the Qing Dynasty could not offer appropriate conditions to exchange for Li Meng's loyalty, and he had to sing a counter-tune.

Of course, whether Hong Chengchou had other ideas in his mind was not known to outsiders. Looking at Dorgon staring at him, Hong Chengchou felt a terrified. The people in front of him were barbarians. But these people were not fools. If the other party was suspicious, his fate would definitely be extremely miserable.

Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment. He had a sabbatical case and slowly spoke:

"The villain has an idea, don't blame him. Instead of giving Li Meng the position of Shandong Province a prince, it is better to give this position to Wu Sangui, the general of the Ningyuan regiment training in western Liaoning. He has a population of more than 200,000 and nearly 70,000 soldiers. In the past two years, he has been the position of the leader of Ji Liao. He gave him the position of Gao Di, the general of Shanhaiguan..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of "Dangdang" from the front yard. Hong Chengchou had lived in the Regent's Mansion for a while and naturally understood the meaning of the sound. This was an important military newspaper. Before entering the door, the housekeeper or the gatekeeper had to knock on the cloud board for notification.

Hearing a "bang", the door made a sound that seemed to be knocked open. The guards who had been around the pavilion pulled out their swords and rushed over.

No matter how important the military newspaper was, the envoys who came to the Regent's government to report were all careful, but today they were so unruly. Dorgon felt his eyes lit up after hearing Hong Chengchou's suggestion, but after hearing the movements outside, he immediately lowered his face.

However, the messenger who reported the message quickly ran into the yard and heard a few responses outside. The messenger knelt outside the door with a plop, and reported in a daze:

"Prince!! Atamu, the commander of the Red Banner of the Houtunwei of Guangning, rushed forward with a speed of 600 miles. In Xingzhong, 120 miles west of the Houtunwei of Guangning, 50,000 Tumote troops were stationed, eyeing them, and Liaozhong was in a critical situation!!"

What the envoy said in front made Dorgon a little confused, but the few words behind him made Dorgon stand up from his seat, pushed open the door and asked fiercely:

"Tumot is in Shanxi, where is Halashen, and Korqin!!"

"Return to the prince's words, we all asked the Mongolian herders who escaped in. They said that in the past two months, Halashen and the Korqin tribe were both broken up by Tumot's beasts, and Tumot's thieves... were also poisoned by Tumot's thieves..."

Tushetuhan was Dorgon's father-in-law, the father of Concubine Zhuang, and the most loyal Mongolian ally on the grassland. When he heard the news of his death, it seemed like a bolt from the blue exploded in Dorgon's ear. He couldn't react for a while. Dorgon took a few breaths, walked down the steps quickly, kicked the envoy who was kneeling there and crying and reporting, but he didn't know what to say next.

Dorgon shook his head and continued to ask again, but he didn't notice that his voice was already hoarse and asked with a hiss:

"How could the Tumote tribe gather these soldiers and horses in 50,000 cavalry? Atamu's slave suffered a loss by hitting grass valley on the grassland. He made up these words to deceive..."

Before this was finished, the messenger below kowtowed no matter where he was kowtowed, and his forehead immediately oozed, and he said in a crying voice:

"Prince, Chahar's Ezhe has taken advantage of the chaos to run to Tumote. The Chahar's chief Lord Aola has already died in battle. More than 10,000 cavalrymen from Tumote have arrived at Dakang Castle. These are all seen by the Liao people with their own eyes. Every sentence that the slave said is the truth!!"

Hong Chengchou, who was sitting in the pavilion, had already stood up. Just behind Dorgon, listening to the report of the envoy outside the door, he heard these words, his eyes twitched a few times, but his face was as normal.

Regent Dorgon took a few deep breaths, but couldn't calm down. He paced back and forth at the door of the pavilion, muttering:

"What's going on? What's going on? How could the Tumote tribe have the courage to attack our Qing Dynasty..."

Dorgon took a few steps before patting his forehead with his hand, standing there and shouting loudly at the surroundings:

"Baby guys, why are you still staying there? Go and invite Prince Li, Prince Su and the others to come. Go and invite Mr. Fan and the others from the Neiwen Academy!!"

Dorgon did not return to the pavilion, but just lifted his robe and walked directly to his main hall. He no longer had the usual kindness of being respectful to the wise and humble, and ignored Hong Chengchou who was standing there.

Seoul, Korea was just a problem. After all, it was still a distance from the border, and the Tumot tribe that suddenly appeared on the flank directly threatened the hinterland of the Qing Dynasty. The little prince of Chahar, Ezhe, who symbolized the legal system of the grassland, also fled. Suddenly, the operation of the grassland and Mongolian tribes has completely collapsed since the Nurhaci period, and the situation is no longer controlled.

No matter what, the gap in Liaozhong must be blocked. There are countless gaps that can enter on the border of thousands of miles of Liao and grassland, which requires defense. This kind of thing cannot be just relying on the two white flags to block the leak everywhere. The twenty-four flags of Manchuria, Mongolian, Han, and all the troops that can be mobilized must be mobilized.

The courtyard, which was still extremely noisy just now, suddenly became quiet, leaving Hong Chengchou standing in the pavilion. Looking at no one around, Hong Chengchou walked down the steps and raised his head to the sky. He slowly let out a long breath and murmured:

"So talented, so talented. There are such people in China, and there are such people!"

When he lowered his head, Hong Chengchou's originally tall and straight figure suddenly became extremely hunched, as if he was aging for decades. When he walked down the pavilion, Hong Chengchou's steps were a little staggering.

Suddenly, thousands of soldiers from the Ming Dynasty guarded the Seoul in Korea, and tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry appeared on the grasslands in Liaozhong. There must be some connection between them.

Thousands of Ming troops defending Seoul or tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry that threatened the heartland of the Qing Dynasty. With the limited military strength of the Qing Dynasty, whether it was there, it needed to use enough power to calm down. At the same time, it appeared from both sides. If the Qing Dynasty wanted to deal with it, it would be very embarrassing.

Moreover, since Nurhaci started the army, both the Later Jin and the Qing Dynasty have been on the offensive outside the world, and under the victories, they basically did not care much about the defense of the inside. At this time, the border suddenly started to smoke, and it must be even more embarrassing to deal with it.

Prince Zheng Jierharang led the banner Ding to Salawei and Huerhai (now west of Heilongjiang) to capture the birth Jurchens but did not return. Prince Ying Ajige and Beilelekdehun guarded the Liaoyang area. At present, the only ones qualified to discuss matters in the city are Prince Li Daishan and Prince Su Haoge.

The prince of Su Haoge, who was in charge of the Yellow Banner and the Yellow Banner of the Yellow Banner, has been neglected by everyone for a while. Anyway, Dorgon directly asked the young emperor of Shunzhi to issue an order or a concubine Zhuang's order to cross the level of Prince Su Haoge and set him up.

But the news from Liaozhong was really incredible, but it was a real thing. Dorgon had to call all the people in the city who could be in charge and come up with an idea together.

Prince Li Dai Shan was the most respected person in the era of Huang Taiji. Even the emperor Huang Taiji had to treat him politely. But now that Dorgon is in power, the only thing the two red flags can do is protect themselves. Dai Shan's respectful status is naturally much worse than before.

When he was called today, Dai Shan was even more angry, thinking that I was about twenty years older than you Dorgon, and both sides were princes. They were like servants, and they came immediately. This anger was relieved after seeing Prince Su Haoge who was rushing to come, but it also added a little bit of doubt. What happened?

Although Emperor Shunzhi was there, the princes ignored his existence. Now everything was proposed by the Regent. The princes agreed and then reported it to implement it.

When Dorgon, his face was gloomy, reported what had just happened. Dai Shan and Haoge looked at each other and were shocked. At present, Duoduo was leading 30,000 soldiers to deal with the 50,000 Mongolian cavalry that had leveled the grassland. At least 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers were mobilized here.

But now Jiergalang is in Laolin, and there are still soldiers staring at the Ming army in the western Liaoning Corridor. The guards in the entire Qing Dynasty can mobilize so many soldiers. What's more, at this time, many people are still fishing, hunting and producing. If these people are drawn out to fight, it will be difficult to live this winter.

If he didn't fight, the damn Tumote troops would drive straight into the grassland. At that time, the whole situation would collapse... Daishan even remembered that when Nurhaci had just started his army, the Korqin tribe had once plundered on the ground of the Jurchens in Jianzhou. At that time, Lao Khan's response was to endure and beg for mercy in a low voice. This was the time to hold on. Could this matter be repeated?

The house was silent for a while.   You could hear the noise outside. Just as Dorgon was about to shout for his personal soldiers, the butler in the palace stumbled in.

Everyone in the room was extremely noble. When the door was pushed open, the butler lowered his head and knelt there, and said in a little panic:

"Master, Master, Mr. Hong hangs himself in his residence!"

It was less than two hours before the two sides discussed in the pavilion. Hong Chengchou was still as normal as before, but why did he suddenly hang himself? The three people in the house looked at each other. Dai Shan and Haoge didn't know what Hong Chengchou had. However, Huang Taiji valued it very much at that time, which showed the importance of this person.

Dorgon even knew the ability of this former governor of Ji Liao of Ming Dynasty. Such a person really seemed to be the talent of the Qing Dynasty prime minister and would definitely be of great use in the future. How can he die if he dies?

But that's it. For Dorgon, it was just a strategist to die, and for Daishan and Haoge, it was just a irrelevant Han man. Dorgon waved his hand impatiently and said:

"If you die, you will die. Just get it out and buried. What's the noise here!"

During his lifetime, Hong Chengchou felt that he was highly valued by the Qing Dynasty. He was no problem with wealth and honor. He must have never expected this situation today. The Jurchens looked at the Han people just by looking at slaves, cows and horses, and did not intersect with each other equally.

At this time, the butler kneeling over there raised a piece of paper and said to report again:

"This is a piece of paper I saw at Mr. Hong's residence, maybe it was written before his death. Please check it out."

Dorgon nodded at the pen-shaped pen on the side. The Zhengbai Banner's Office took the piece of paper a few steps forward and took a few glances. He said loudly:

"I regret dying for three years late, and I hate to be humiliated for thousands of years..."

No matter how Dorgon, Daishan and Haoge came into contact with the Han culture, they would not understand some details. As for the detailed meaning, they would not say much about this pen, so as not to be affected by the fish in this inappropriate occasion.

Suddenly, Dorgon felt inexplicably irritable, and waved at the butler and pen-patch to ask them to retreat. The butler of the Regent's government thought that Mr. Hong, who was confidential to the prince's counselor every day, was such an important figure. He suddenly committed suicide. If he did not report it in time, it might be a disaster.

But no matter what, I didn't expect that this was the situation. The princes were indifferent at all. I still remember that the Haidongqing raised by the prince died during the day. The prince had no smile for several days...

While thinking, the butler stepped back, thinking that thanks to his lack of words, he took off Mr. Hong from the rope, the gentleman still had a helpless smile on his face, which was quite strange. He didn't know what he was thinking about. He didn't enjoy the glory and wealth of this guest guest in the royal palace, so why should he die?
To be continued...