Ming Zuo

Chapter 760 Strategic Gap
Dorgon and Sahalian also knew the importance of Jiangnan to Ming Dynasty.

Hearing that Shandong used force against Jiangnan, the two were overjoyed.

"Without the financial and taxation support from Jiangnan, Daming's downfall is not far away. Zuo Menggeng's move will definitely make Daming go all out. No way, after we wiped out Chahar, we can still pick peaches."

Sahalian is gearing up and has already begun to look forward to Shu.

Dorgon was a little more cautious.

"Shandong is just a corner of the country. Although the firearms are powerful, Zuo Menggeng's reckless use of weapons is really not afraid of backlash?"

Sahalian could not answer this question.The voice of the person next to him caught their attention again.

That old brother Angkor was still yelling loudly.

"Brother Chen, I heard that your kid is back?"

"That's right, this kid also came back with the army. I heard that the imperial court in the west was defeated, and those rogues are going to harm the Central Plains again."

The people around were all drunk and joined in one after another.

"It's okay to harm the Central Plains, but we can't harm our Shandong."

Brother Chen kept nodding.

"Isn't that the reason? My boy came back with the army to guard against this. There are troops in front of us, so we are not afraid of anything."

The big guys all claimed it was, obviously full of trust in the new army.

But what they said shocked Dorgon and Sahalian.

As for the peasant uprising in the Northwest, Hou Jin has also been paying attention.

Many military actions of the Later Jin Dynasty were actually made according to the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty.

This is also why every time Hou Jin fought against Da Ming, Da Ming was stretched and uncomfortable, and finally lost very aggrieved.

But this time Dorgon and Sahalian were far away in Shandong, so it was naturally impossible to obtain information smoothly, and they didn't know that new changes had appeared on the battlefield in the Central Plains.

The psychology of the two of them was like ants crawling, and they really wanted to rush up and ask.

But they knew that Zuo Menggeng would definitely know about it if they really wanted to take the initiative to ask in their identities.

And these Shandong people will definitely not tell them.

The two of them thought about each other, and their hearts were ups and downs.

In the end Sahalian couldn't bear it.

"Zuo Menggeng wants to attack Songjiang Mansion, guard against bandits from the Northwest, and be careful of Daming. Where does he have the guts to not accept our kindness?"

Dorgon wanted to understand a lot.

"It's not that he didn't want to accept our kindness, but he didn't dare. These Han people have always regarded us as barbarians. Whenever they talk about us, they must gnash their teeth and wish to be ashamed. Among the Han people, whoever dares to get close to us will be punished." Call him a traitor. This Zuo Menggeng has great ambitions, spies on the world, and is most afraid of losing the hearts of the people. How dare he form an alliance with us? Since he can't, he can only bluff and try to deceive us."

As a wise man among the Jurchens, Sahalian is obviously very thoughtful.

He quietly pointed to the people around him.

"I'm afraid that Zuo Menggeng has ulterior motives and deliberately lures us."

It's not impossible either.

Dorgon pondered for a while, and finally made up his mind.

"Let's go out of town."

Half an hour later, the two arrived outside the city, standing beside the official road, just like other ordinary people, inconspicuous.

And right in front of their eyes, a mighty army came from a distance, heading west all the way.

Eventually the canal was crossed and construction of the barracks began on the west bank of the river.

They were all old men who were used to fighting. Dorgon and Sahalian could tell the strength of this army just by looking at them.

"There are tens of thousands of horses, complete armaments, and the camp is solid and well-arranged. It is obviously planned to stay forever."

Dorgon smiled.

"Anything can deceive people, but this one can't. It seems that Shandong really needs to guard against the Northwest bandits. Then Zuo Menggeng shouted at us, it should be a bluff."

Sahalian was cautious enough, and told the people below: "Go to the south and have a look, everyone be careful, don't cause trouble."

The people below took orders, took the silver and left Linqing, heading south all the way.

Half a month later, these people came back one after another and reported everything they had seen.

"Let me tell Jiubeile, Lord Chengzheng, we also saw the new Shandong army in Yanzhou area, and the number of soldiers and horses is only a lot more than here."

The other followed suit.

"I heard that Xuzhou, further south, has mobilized an army of [-] to [-] people, but it's too far away for us to investigate."

There is no need for them to make another trip.

These two pieces of information alone allowed Dorgon and Sahalian to make a judgment.

"Shandong will definitely not be able to attack Liaodong in the near future. The more ferocious Zuo Menggeng yells, the more false it is."

Even Sahalian judged like this, let alone Dorgon.

"Since this is the case, even though we can't negotiate a peace, it's nothing. After we've wiped out Chahar and unified Mongolia, we'll argue with him again."

It is rare for Sahalian to reach an agreement with Dorgon.

"Then let's go back quickly so that the Great Khan can learn about the annihilation of Chahar, and it's better sooner than later."

After the discussion, the two went hand in hand to bid farewell to Zuo Menggeng.

"Commander Zuo, my great gold is powerful in the world. At the point of the soldiers, the Siyi surrendered. I have rejected our sincerity. I hope that I will not regret it in the future."

Zuo Menggeng sneered reservedly.

"The only way out before you is to lay down your arms and surrender completely. Similarly, I hope you will not regret it in the future."

The two sides spoke harsh words, and the peace talks eventually broke down.

Dorgon and Sahalian thought they had spied on the situation in Shandong, so they didn't dare to delay.

After leaving, they even rejected Shandong's proposal to send them off by boat.Instead, under the scorching heat, he quickly returned to Dengzhou by land, and then returned to Liaodong by boat.

It wasn't until Dorgon and Sahalian left that Shandong could breathe a sigh of relief.

It can be said that Shandong's strategic deception has fully achieved its effect.

One of the fundamental reasons why it is so easy is that what Shandong has done is true.

If even real deception cannot deceive the enemy, then there will be no more sophisticated deception in this world.

What Dorgon and Sahalian saw about the mobilization of the new army in Shandong, and what they heard about the attack on Songjiang Mansion in Shandong and the defeat of the army by the northwestern rogues were all true.

And just because it is true, smart people like Dorgon and Sahalian have to fall into Shandong's strategic deception and act according to Shandong's ideas.

Because even if they are too smart, they would never have imagined that Shandong's strategic goals are not in front of them at all, but in the future.

Not in the Central Plains, but in North Korea.

When encountering such a big deal, Hou Jinxia can only honestly be a knife in Shandong's hands.Just like the White Lotus Sect and the Dongjiang Town rebels back then, they went to open up the situation for Shandong.

A month later, information was sent from Shenyang City.

Huang Taiji summoned the elite of the Eight Banners to go west, while he personally guarded Shenyang.

Hou Jin has begun to act as expected.

Zuo Menggeng looked towards the west.

He is waiting.

Waiting for the Northwest Rebels to sweep the Central Plains again.

And this time, it is also an opportunity for Shandong.

(End of this chapter)