Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 252 Dorgon Wants to Retreat

Wu Linzheng hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter whether I can enter the Ministry of Officials, or whether I can be the Minister of the Right. The important thing is that Zuo Zhongzai must join the cabinet, otherwise we will not be able to speak for the Holy Majesty in the cabinet."

Chen Liangmo said: "My lord Wu's words are wrong, and you can't be humble in this matter."

"What brother Shiliang said is very true." Wu Ganlai said, "There is no room for modesty in this matter. As for Shilin Qingyi, I will leave it to brother Shiliang and me. We have not been idle in the past few days since we came to Liudu."

After finishing speaking, Wu Ganlai and the others turned their gazes to Meng Zhaoxiang.

From Meng Zhaoxiang's heart, he is actually opposed to provoking party disputes.

But in this position, many things are out of control.

At that moment, Meng Zhaoxiang sighed, "Okay, you guys go ahead and do it."

"The next official takes orders." Wu Ganlai and Chen Liangmo rushed away excitedly.

In the Ming Dynasty, the "fighting spirit" of Ke Dao officials was extremely high.

Wu Ganlai and Chen Liangmo have also been extremely active since they came to Nanjing.

The two of them assigned at least half of the six subjects to Shizhong and Yushi, so they were fully capable of mobilizing public opinion and inciting party disputes, so they intensively contacted their fellow villagers of the same year or old friends in the same class.

A party struggle was brewing quickly in Nanjing officialdom.

The chronic disease of the Ming Dynasty is about to strike again.

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Let's not talk about the party struggle in Nanjing, let's talk about Beijing later.

The shock in the East Nuan Pavilion of Prince Rui's Mansion is still going on.

After a long while, Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou finally recovered from the huge shock.

Hong Chengchou sighed softly and said: "I thought I had high regard for Yan Yingyuan, but I didn't expect that I underestimated him. If this person can't be cut off as soon as possible, he will surely become a trouble for my Qing Dynasty in the future."

"That's right, this man is really good at using troops." Fan Wencheng sighed, "Prince Yu has fought in the battlefield for twenty years. It can be said that he has experienced hundreds of battles, but he was hit by this man four times in a row! And one match Once ruthless!"

"And the water attack on the canal!" Ning Wan me said, "Such a use of troops is breathtaking."

To be honest, the three of Ning Wan and the others spoke from the bottom of their hearts and did not deliberately flatter Yan Yingyuan.

"Enough, it's over!" Dorgon felt agitated when he heard it, and interrupted the three people's flattery with a dark face.

In fact, Dorgon also knew the intentions of Hong Chengchou and the three of them. They just wanted to explain that Shanyang's defeat was not because of Duoduo's incompetence, but because Yan Yingyuan was too monstrous and not a crime of war.

But this logic is useless to the Jurchens, and the Jurchens don't talk about it.

The Jurchens have always judged heroes by success or failure, regardless of whether the enemy is strong or not.

Therefore, if Duoduo loses, he loses, and he must accept the punishment that should be punished.

But that's not what Dorgon is worried about now. It's no big deal to punish Duo Duo, and he will make up for it in the future. What really worries Dorgon is the overall situation of Fa Ming!

Doduo suffered a big defeat in Sanyang, will it affect the battle situation in Xuzhou?

No, this is not true. The defeat of Sanyang will definitely affect the situation in Xuzhou. At least the plan to plunder food and grass from the south of the Yangtze River has failed. So the question now is whether the defeat of Sanyang will lead to the defeat of Xuzhou?
If Xuzhou is also defeated, the Qing court will forever lose the chance to dominate the world.

Then for Dorgon, I am afraid that he will lose his chance to win the throne forever.

Thinking of this, Dorgon became more and more anxious. Such a result was absolutely unacceptable to him.

But Dorgon didn't show it on his face, but said calmly: "The three gentlemen must also know that after Prince Yu's defeat in Shanyang, his plan to loot Jiangnan has come to naught, and the money and food in Jiangnan have also been plundered." There is no hope, and the food and grass to support the front line can only be provided by the public treasuries of the banners."

"Yes." Hong Chengchou sighed and said, "If you can't even take down a mountain, Yangzhou and Nanjing are even more impossible. Looting Jiangnan will definitely not work, at least not this year."

"If it doesn't work this year, I'm afraid it will be even more hopeless next year."

Dorgon said quietly: "Because Yan Yingyuan will only be more important next year, and there will only be more Xiangyong in the state capital."

"That's not necessarily the case." Hong Chengchou waved his hands and said, "Yan Yingyuan may not necessarily be reused, and maybe he will be criticized by thousands of people instead."

Dorgon's eyes lit up, and he said, "Is it a divorce plan?"

"There is no need to separate, they will fight on their own." Hong Chengchou said, "It may be bad for them to separate."

When it comes to understanding the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, Hong Chengchou is the only one who has grasped the context of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Party struggle, the eternal theme of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is these two words.

When the eunuch party is strong, civil servants will fight against the eunuch party.

When the eunuch party is weak, the civil servants in Baotuan will be divided into Zhejiang party, Chu party, Qi party and even Gan party according to the region, and then they will have a great time fighting each other.

It seems that without party struggle, officials and students are incomplete.

Now that Emperor Chongzhen is becoming more and more powerful, it is time for the civil servants to fight the emperor again.

Therefore, as the trusted minion of Emperor Chongzhen, Yan Yingyuan will definitely be suppressed by civil officials, not to mention being reused, it would be good if he didn't pull his pigtails and get rid of his fame.

In a word, Daming's officialdom could not be saved.

Hong Chengchou really didn't believe that Yan Yingyuan would have a bright future in the officialdom of Ming Dynasty.

A corrupt officialdom, the more capable it is, the easier it is to become the target of public criticism.

These civil servants in Ming Dynasty are mediocre themselves, and they force others to be as mediocre as they are.

"That's right, let's not mention this matter for the time being." Dorgon was smart, and soon thought of it, and continued, "Then let's talk about the Xuzhou war again. Should my Qing soldiers insist on besieging Xuzhou? Or should we take advantage of the Yellow River? Didn’t thaw and retreat the troops, and wait until this winter when the Yellow River freezes again, and then go south to besiege Xuzhou?”

After enduring this for a long time, Dorgon finally couldn't help but say the word retreat.

In fact, this in itself already explained Dorgon's attitude, and he already had the idea of ​​​​retiring.

The reason is simple. Dorgon's confidence has been shaken, and he feels that Xuzhou will not win if he continues to fight.

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou and the other three hardcore traitors became anxious. Dorgon wanted to retreat, but they were unwilling.

As I said before, the frontier barbarian regimes like the Manchu Qing were far inferior to the Central Plains Dynasty in terms of comprehensive strength. Usually, there was only one chance to unify the Central Plains, and once it was missed, it would be missed forever.

Now that the battle of Xuzhou has begun, the word retreat must not be taken lightly.

"Master, you must never retreat! We must persist in besieging the city!" Hong Chengchou said urgently, "Although Prince Yu suffered a defeat at the foot of Shanyang City, and was still defeated, the strength of our Qing soldiers is still not Nanming's ability to compete. Tomorrow The army still does not have the ability and confidence to conduct field battles with our Qing soldiers, so from the perspective of military strength, there is no problem in besieging Xuzhou."

"What Heng Jiu said is very true." Fan Wencheng said, "As long as the problem of food and grass can be solved, our Qing soldiers will be able to persist in the Xuzhou battlefield to the end, win the final victory in this battle of destroying the country, and then the battle will determine the universe. .”

"Master, this slave also thinks so." Ning Wanwo echoed, "You must never retreat."

Dorgon frowned and said, "You guys also talked about the problem of food and grass just now, can you solve this problem?"

"Yes!" Hong Chengchou said resolutely, "During the Songjin War, the late emperor used to farm outside Jinzhou City. We can completely follow the example of the late emperor and also farm in Xuzhou, Guide and other places."

"Yes, you can farm the fields!" Fan Wencheng echoed.

"It's in Xuzhou to garrison fields, and it saves the cost of transporting grain."

Ning Wan and I went on to say, "It's the beginning of May now, and spring plowing will start soon. As long as the wheat seeds are sown, the wheat will be harvested in mid-September. That means we only need to find a way to deal with the grain and grass for four months."

"It's not that simple." Dorgon shook his head and said, "My Qing soldiers can garrison the fields, but wouldn't the Ming army destroy them? Don't forget, besides Xuzhou, there are also Ming Dynasty frontier troops in Xiazhen and Pizhou. "

"Xiangyong in Huai'an Mansion has become popular after this battle, and it should not be underestimated."

"In addition, there are also the Puppet Shun Army and the local tyrants in Henan that are on the sidelines. They cannot be ignored. Facing threats from all directions, is it really feasible to settle the land?"

After Ning, the three of us immediately fell silent.

Xuzhou and Guide were the battlegrounds of the Fourth World War. In addition to besieging Xuzhou, they also had to deal with the Puppet Shunjun from Xiazhen, Pizhou, and Luoyang. The Ming army and the Puppet Shun army were defeated one by one, so more than [-] people may not be able to handle it.

What's more, there are actually not that many garrison troops.

Because the coats accompanying the army have to be farmed, there must be no way to fight again.

It is also impossible for the foreign vassal Mongolia who accompanied the army to stay in Xuzhou for a long time.

With only [-] to [-] people in Manchuria in the Eight Banners, it must be too busy to protect Xuzhou and Guide's farmland.

After all, Xuzhou is not the west of Liaoning. When the first emperor besieged Jinzhou, he only needed to send troops to monitor the west of Liaoning, but that is not possible now. Now the Qing soldiers have to beware of intrusions and attacks from all directions.

Dongnuange fell into a long silence, and the three of Hong Chengchou were thinking hard about countermeasures.

After a long while, it was Hong Chengchou who broke the silence first: "Master, even if you will be attacked by the Ming army or the puppet army in Xuzhou and Guide, you can still harvest some grain. Send food to the private warehouses of the banners, in short, the siege of Xuzhou is absolutely unsolvable, this battle can only be won and not lost!"

"What, distribute food to the private warehouses of the banners?" Dorgon stared.

For a moment, Dorgon even wondered if Hong Chengchou wanted to harm him.

Because of forcibly distributing food to the Eight Banners private treasury, Dorgon immediately became the target of public criticism and lost all hearts.

But in a second thought, Dorgon agreed with Hong Chengchou's opinion. As long as he wins the battle of Xuzhou, it is actually nothing to send food to the private warehouses of the banners, because he can take more benefits to compensate for the capture of Nanming. In the private treasury of each banner, not only will Dorgon not lose the hearts of the people, but he will win them even more.

Conversely, if he loses the battle of Xuzhou, even if he does not send food to the private warehouses of the banners, Dorgon's prestige in the hearts of the banner people will also plummet. Worse, no?
At that moment, Dorgon said: "Heng Jiu, are you going to complete your meritorious service in one battle, and let this king fight Chongzhen with his life?"

"The struggle between great powers is originally a fight for life. How can there be a retreat?" Hong Chengchou said solemnly, "The master not only has to send food to the private warehouses of the banners, but also leads the Xianghuang Banner to Xuzhou to confront Chongzhen! This is not a problem. To boost the morale of the army is not enough to reverse the decline caused by the defeat of Prince Yu in Shanyang."

Good guy, Hong Chengchou wants Dorgon to conquer Xuzhou himself.

Ning Wanwo and Fan Wencheng also echoed: "Slave, wait for second!"

"Heng Jiu, is the bordered yellow flag also sent to Xuzhou?" Dorgon said with a frown, "Don't you care about the safety of the capital? Don't you care about the safety of Shanxi and Datong? Don't you want Tumo Techuan?"

"Master, haven't you seen it yet?" Hong Chengchou said, "Since the beginning of this year, my Qing soldiers have been fighting the Ming army in Xuzhou for more than three months. Did the Puppet Shun army ever send a single soldier from Shanxi or Henan? The pawns come to attack? It can be seen that Chuang Ni has already made up his mind to watch the fire from the other side."

"That's right." Fan Wencheng said, "Before the Xuzhou battlefield is victorious, Pseudo-Shun will not send troops. Our Qing soldiers can concentrate all their forces and complete their meritorious service in one battle."

Ning Wan and I also said excitedly: "If the Xuzhou War is successful, the achievements will be no less than the old Khan's Sarhu War and the late emperor's Songjin War. At that time, the master will be crowned as a great treasure and will be the most popular one."

In a word, Dorgon is to lead the army to fight against Chongzhen in Xuzhou.

I have to say that these three traitors really broke their hearts for Jiannu and Dorgon.

Dorgon still hesitated, because the bet was too high, and he was a little scared.

Frowning and pacing back and forth for a while, Dorgon stopped again and asked, "Where's Tumo Techuan?"

"Tumed is just a disease of mustard moss." Hong Chengchou said, "As long as he wins the Xuzhou battle and defeats Nanming, Tumed Mongolia can take it back in a blink of an eye, which is nothing to worry about."

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo said at the same time: "Please stop quickly, master!"

But how could Dorgon dare to make a quick decision, and asked Hong Chengchou again: "Heng Jiu, what is the share of the Qing soldiers in this battle?"

"Master, if this slave says that the Qing army is very successful, it must be a lie." Hong Chengchou shook his head, and then continued, "But seventy to eighty percent is still there, at least the odds of winning are much greater than that of the Ming army. "

Fan Wencheng also echoed: "Yes, the success of the Qing Dynasty is at least twice that of the Ming Army!"

"Twice as strong as the Ming army?" Dorgon frowned, "But you said that Nanming's strength is far greater than that of the Qing Dynasty."

Ning Wan said to me: "Nanming's strength is certainly better than my Qing Dynasty, but Xuzhou's strength is not as good as my Qing Dynasty's. What the master's army needs to face is only the Ming army in Xuzhou!"

"Understood." Dorgon nodded and said, "The three mean that the Qing Dynasty does not need to defeat the entire Nanming army, but only needs to defeat the Ming army in Xuzhou, right?"

"That's what it means." Ning Wan said to me.

"Comparing the national strength of the two countries, the Qing Dynasty is definitely not as good as the Nanming."

"However, with the power of the Qing Dynasty as a country, it will be a huge deal to deal with a mere city of Xuzhou!"

Having said this, Ning finished and I continued: "Master, the battle of Xuzhou has actually evolved into a competition of manpower and material resources between the two sides. It depends on who can last longer?"

Dorgon nodded slightly, and said: "Then, which one do the three gentlemen think will last longer?"

(End of this chapter)