Dorgon became increasingly confused. He looked at Huang Taiji with shocked expression: "Emperor, since you said that we will definitely lose in war, we must let the soldiers fight. Isn't this let our Eight Banners brothers die in vain, the emperor."

Huang Taiji looked at Dorgon with some disappointment: "Dorgon, you are a smart person. Among all the princes, Bell, I think you can understand what I mean. Don't you understand yet? What I mean is that feint attack is false and seeking peace is true."

Dorgon was so scared that he almost jumped up: "Please, please be peace? Who should I ask for peace!"

Huang Taiji nodded: "Seeking peace, since our current forces cannot be defeated, we cannot let the Ming people underestimate us. Let's first feint attack in Liaodong, and then as you mean, then detour through Mongolia and attack the Ming Dynasty's Shaanxi and Shanxi area. Only by hurting Zhu Youjian can we have bargaining chips for negotiation."

Dorgon came up with countless possibilities, but he did not expect to have the result of peace talks with the Ming Dynasty. Could it be that history will repeat itself again? Back then, there were peace talks with the Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty, the Xixia and the Jin Dynasty.

Take the Chanyuan Alliance as an example. The Song Dynasty gave the Liao Kingdom a hundred thousand taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year. What was received was the peace of the border for a hundred years.

The Qing Dynasty wanted to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, and not to mention the conditions for the peace talks, could the Ming people agree?

You should know that the Ming Dynasty would rather die standing than live on his knees. The country has lasted for more than 200 years and has never been able to submit to the people, pay tribute, do not be close to each other, do not cede land, and do not pay compensation. The emperor guards the country's borders and the king dies in the country.

Especially Chongzhen was a man who was willing to betrayed and asked him to negotiate with the Qing Dynasty. The difficulty was to imagine.

Dorgon hesitated: "Emperor, even if we have the intention of peace talks, will the Ming people agree?"

"This depends on ours. Dorgon, on the first day of next month, I will send troops to attack Jinzhou. We will definitely return without success. At that time, I will order to go to Mongolia and bypass Hong Chengchou's defense line and divide into two groups. I will go south to Shanxi, and you will lead the attack on Shaanxi. Remember, keep your strength and do not underestimate the enemy and take risks. In this way, we will have bargaining chips for negotiations during peace talks."

Dorgon suddenly understood Huang Taiji's difficulties, but what surprised him was that the emperor actually asked him to lead the Western Army.

This made Dorgon very frightened: "Emperor, what kind of virtue is me, how dare I take up a high position? I am afraid that this Western Army will be embarrassed by the great responsibility."

Huang Taiji looked at him: "You are my confidant, and the civil and military officials in the court I admire most is you. In the future, I will hope that you will assist the new king after a hundred years. Dorgon, don't let me down, our Qing Dynasty's Western Army will be handed over to you."

Huang Taiji did not show his trump card to anyone, but only told Dorgon about his purpose. Because he knew that Dorgon was the only one who could serve as the commander of the Western Route Army. As for the others, it was not possible.

In fact, Huang Taiji's real purpose is not to start a war with the Ming Dynasty. He knows that the present is not the best opportunity. Huang Taiji is like a lonely hungry wolf, he is waiting.

Waiting for the Ming Dynasty to have problems with the prey itself, only if there is a problem with the Ming Dynasty itself, he can seize the opportunity to take over the territory of Liaodong.

I have to say that Huang Taiji is very smart. His purpose this time was not to start a war, but to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty at the time of the war.

Of course, if something unexpected happens. The Ming Dynasty is vulnerable, then there is naturally no need to negotiate and go directly into the pass and rob.

However, Huang Taiji clearly realized that the current Ming Dynasty was different from before. The combat effectiveness of the Ming army was still there, and he had to make the worst plan.

As for the final negotiations, it was naturally to let the Ming Dynasty imitate the Song Dynasty before and pay annual monies to the Qing Dynasty. As for the amount, it depends on how good they achieved in Shaanxi and Shanxi.

In Beijing, Zhu Cixuan finally had a chance to breathe after relocating refugees. Now in the middle of winter, as the New Year is approaching, I don’t know how Xiao Shishi in Huajiazhuang is like.

Zhu Cilang decided to go there. He called Sun Wangcai to prepare a carriage, took Meng Fanchao and others out of the capital. He arrived at the suburbs of Beijing and rushed to Huajiazhuang.

The snow in the suburbs of Beijing has not melted yet, and the carriage makes a creaking sound when walking on it. They are not walking fast, and such a road is actually not moving fast. Fortunately, Zhu Cilang is not in a hurry.

Sun Wangcai volunteered to go over to drive the car, but the carriage was driven flat and steadily. Zhu Cixuan couldn't help but poke his head out of the car: "Parent Sun, the car is driving well."

Sun Wangcai was overjoyed and waved the horse whip proudly. Unexpectedly, the next second was tragedy.

The snow on the ground had not melted yet, and there was a sunken place with snow. The horses in front did not step on it, but when their wheels pressed over, they fell into it.

The pit was so deep that their carriage almost overturned. Zhu Cilang in the car was in trouble and leaned obliquely against the window.

Zhu Cilang inside couldn't help but curse: "Packson Sun, you are like a dog, you are so proud! Damn, my music box!"

In his arms was a music box made by Zhu Cilang for Xiao Shishi. Unfortunately, Zhu Cilang's craftsmanship was really bad. After the music box that was winded up, he could only simply emit a few syllables. Even so, this thing was amazing.

In fact, the invention of the music box had to be postponed for more than 150 years. However, the original music box was installed on the clock. The clockmaker gave the clock a sound to the clock, and the device similar to the music piano was born. It was not until the eighteenth century that the music piano began to separate from the clock and became the only device used to record and play music at that time, and gradually established its unique status.

As early as in the 26th year of Wanli, the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci came to Beijing for the first time, and among the gifts accompanied by a clock music box. This is the earliest music box to enter China recorded in historical records. Zhu Cixuan had an exquisite music box when he was a child, which was a birthday gift given to him by his grandfather.

Like all the curious children, Zhu Cixuan took the music box apart. So he still remembers the working principle of the music box. With his memory, he finally made this thing fiddled out when there was nothing to do at night.

Originally, Zhu Cixuan wanted to make her sister happy. He wanted to give this music box to Princess Kunxing.

However, since he met Xiao Shishi, Zhu Cilang has changed. It has become different from before, so he decided to give this music box a Xiao Shishi.

As a result, because of Sun Wangcai's failure on the road, the music box that was not very solid was broken in Zhu Cilang's arms.

The parts were dispersed, and Zhu Cilang was naturally furious. Meng Fanchao and his secret guards were also startled. Their first reaction was whether there were ambushers nearby.
Chapter completed!