Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 284 surprise attack
Dorgon didn't say anything when he heard the words.

Ning Wan, my words undoubtedly hit his heart.

An obvious fact is that if the troops are withdrawn from Xuzhou in such a desperate manner, it will definitely deal a fatal blow to Dorgon's prestige, and Jierhalang will definitely cause trouble.

Although with Dorgon's means, cleaning up Jierhalang is just a piece of cake.

But this will inevitably affect the unity among the nobles of the Eight Banners, it will definitely have a huge impact on the Qing court's situation, and it will also affect the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners soldiers.

If this is the case, there is absolutely no chance of dominating the world.

Therefore, it is necessary to win a battle before retreating.

He Luohui also understood: "Mr. Gongfu means to conquer Kaifeng City?"

I originally thought that Chongzhen and the Ming army were soft persimmons, which would be easier to pinch, but after a battle in Xuzhou, I realized that this is a hard bone at all, and it can't be chewed at all.

So now they can only look back and find fault with Pseudo-shun and Li Zicheng.

Compared with Xuzhou, Kaifeng City should still be easier to fight.

"Yes." Ning Wanwo said with a sinister smile, "Master's steel knife is out of its sheath, how can it be retracted if there is no blood? So let's take Li Zicheng from Kaifeng City to sacrifice the knife to the master."

He Luohui said: "But we came here in a hurry this time, and we didn't bring the cannons in red."

"The city of Kaifeng can be taken without the cannons in red." Ning Wan and I smiled darkly again, "There was no chance at all, but now Li Zicheng wants to negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty, so he gave us the opportunity for the Qing soldiers to surprise Kaifeng City." Chance."

"Surprise attack on Kaifeng?" He Luohui suddenly became energetic and asked anxiously, "What kind of surprise attack?"

Ning Wan said to me: "Didn't Li Zicheng have an affair with Chongzhen secretly? If there is no accident, Chongzhen will definitely send a horse to deliver a letter to Li Zicheng after completing the counterattack."

He Luohui said: "Sir, do you mean to send someone to intercept the messenger and send a false letter?"

"No, it's too difficult to intercept the messenger." Ning Wan said to me, "It's also very difficult to deceive the intruder by sending a false letter."

Fan Wencheng's expression moved, and he asked with a smile: "Mr. Gongfu, what do you mean, to use the greed of the intruder to lure him into sending troops to fight for Guide Mansion, and then ambush him halfway?"

Hong Chengchou went on to say: "Then rewind Kaifeng Fucheng!"

Ning Wan and I smiled and said, "I know you can't hide it from Mr. Xiandou and Mr. Hengjiu."

Speaking of this, a complete battle plan has been formed, and Dorgon nodded slightly.

At least from the surprise attack itself, the possibility of success is still very high. As for the specific details, such as Ye Bushou's hunting and killing of the pseudo-obedient scout cavalry, etc., it must be carried out by the soldiers below.

Just when Dorgon was about to nod, Hong Chengchou suddenly added another sentence.

Hong Chengchou smiled, and said: "It's not enough to win only one battle, let's add another one."

"Another victory?" Ning Wan, I was stunned when I heard the words, and then realized, "Mr. Hengjiu is saying that he took the opportunity to rob Shandong on the way back to the north, right?"

Hong Chengchou said: "It is the looting of Shandong."

Hong Chengchou is a traitor, this is really for the sake of Dorgon.

Because Jiannu failed to achieve his goal this time by mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people, this was undoubtedly a serious blow to Dorgon's prestige.

In addition to this, there are more troublesome things, that is, the public and private warehouses of the Eight Banners are exhausted. If they can't make up for it on the way back to the north, this winter will be very difficult.

In this way, the national power of the slaves will be severely weakened.

Such a result was unacceptable to Hong Chengchou.

If the Qing had weakened, or even died, wouldn't it have been a mistake for him to submit to the Qing?The converts are fanatical because they don't want their home country to become stronger, they just hope that the converted country can destroy their home country.

Dorgon sighed and said: "Shandong has been ransacked by our Qing soldiers for many times before. In fact, there is not much money and food left. The best looting target has to be Jiangnan. No matter how bad it is, we have to go deep into Huguang to loot, but it is a pity. Well, even if our Qing soldiers have the ability to go deep into the south of the Yangtze River and Huguang, they will not be able to bring back the money, food, and population they robbed."

It is really impossible to take them back, only the Yellow River is enough to block their way back.

After a pause, Dorgon said again: "So let's go to Shandong, talk is better than nothing."

Fan Wencheng added: "Master, besides looting Shandong, there is one more thing that must be done."

Seeing Fan Wencheng's seriousness, Dorgon immediately reacted, and said in a deep voice, "Dig the Yellow River?"

"To be more precise, it is to dig the embankment on the south bank of the Yellow River!" Fan Wencheng said sadly, "After defeating Li Zicheng's puppet obedient army, we will dig the embankment on the south bank of the Yellow River in Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Didn't Chongzhen want to share the land in Xuzhou and Guide Prefecture?"

"Didn't Chongzhen want to issue bonds with the cultivated land in Xuzhou, Guide Mansion and even Kaifeng Mansion?"

"Then, our soldiers of the Qing Dynasty will dig up the south embankment of the Yellow River and directly flood the Kaifeng Mansion, Guide Mansion and Xuzhou, making all the previous efforts of the dog Emperor Chongzhen come to naught!"

After a pause, Fan Wencheng said again: "In this way, Nanming's national strength can also be severely damaged!"

"That's right!" Hong Chengchou and Ning Wan and I echoed, "Digging the Yellow River's South Embankment can artificially create a large-scale flood along the Yellow River and Huaihe River, and at least make millions of Han people homeless. It is enough for Chongzhen and the Southern Ming court to be busy for a few years, and the Ming army will have no time to look north in these few years."

Fan Wencheng went on to say: "In this way, our Qing soldiers will be able to take Shandong gradually."

Dorgon pondered for a while, and then shouted: "He Gehui, immediately send the flying cavalry to notify the Xianglan Banner of Xiao County, and immediately come to Kaifeng to join the king after receiving the order, and don't forget to collect the fleeing bags on the way. Yi slaves, then sent flying cavalry to Pei County and Xin'an Town, and ordered Zhengbai Banner, Zhenghong Banner, and Zhenglan Banner to go north and enter Shandong immediately after receiving the order, looting Yanzhou, Jinan, and Qingzhou prefectures. Take them all away."

"Hey!" He Luohui knelt down and slapped a thousand times, then got up and left.

Dorgon said again: "Come here, bring in the hypocritical emissary."

After a while, a scholar in a shirt came in shyly.

"I am Niu Quan." The scholar came in and bowed to the ground towards Dorgon, "I pay my respects to the king."

"Niu Quan?" Dorgon asked with a smile, "Who are you, Niu Jinxing, the pseudo-shun prime minister?"

"It's my father." Niu Quan replied respectfully, "I am following the orders of my sage and my father to come here to discuss with the king the matter of stopping the war."

"Strike and negotiate?" Dorgon sneered, "Do you think my Qing soldiers will stop fighting?"

Niu Quan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, our Dashun Army has no intention of fighting against the Qing soldiers. It is only in order to defraud the Kaifeng Mansion from the Ming Army, so we put on the stance of entering Shangqiu."

Dorgon sneered: "Do you think this king will believe it?"

Niu Quan said again: "Your Majesty, if you stationed troops under the city of Kaifeng, you have fallen into the trick of Chongzhen."

"How do you say that?" Dorgon pretended to be puzzled, and said with a cold snort, "Why did the king station his troops in Kaifeng, and he fell into the trick of the dog emperor Chongzhen?"

Niu Quan said anxiously: "Because this is Chongzhen's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain. First transfer the Qing soldiers away from Xuzhou, and then he will lead the Ming army to launch a counterattack. If there is no accident, the Daqing soldiers who are staying outside Xuzhou at this time I'm afraid the Qing soldiers have already suffered a loss."

As soon as the words fell, a Ba Yala soldier hurried in and reported: "Master, the Ming army in Xuzhou City launched a large-scale counterattack last night..."

"Shut up!" Dorgon hurriedly stopped.

Then he pretended to ask Niu Quan to go outside the tent and wait.

After a while, someone brought Niu Quan into the tent again, and said: "Last night, the Ming army in Xuzhou City dispatched about a thousand people to launch a counterattack, and my Eight Banners soldiers have all wiped them out."

"My lord, this is just a tentative counterattack by the Ming army."

Niu Quan said: "Chongzhen will definitely launch a larger-scale counterattack next."

Hearing this, Dorgon seemed a little moved, and asked in a deep voice: "Niu Quan, is Li Zicheng sincerely negotiating peace? Will he attack Shangqiu again when the king's army returns to Xuzhou?"

"No." Niu Quan flatly denied, "I, Dashun, always keep my word."

"Okay, then the king agrees to stop the army." Dorgon said, "However, you go back and warn Li Zicheng, telling him to be honest with the king. If he dares to covet Shangqiu, the king will not let him go."

"No." Niu Quan swore, "It will definitely not be like this."

"Come here, see off the guests for this king." Dorgon got up and said.

When leaving the tent, Niu Quan faintly heard Dorgon saying:
"Order, all the banners immediately pull out their camps and return to Xuzhou."

Hearing this, Niu Quan clenched his fists tightly.

……

Niu Quan soon returned to Kaifeng Mansion.

"Your Majesty." Niu Quan reported, "Jiannu agreed to strike and cease fighting."

"Really? This is really good news." Li Zicheng was delighted when he heard the words.

Niu Jinxing was also overjoyed, thinking that his son had made a great contribution this time.

After a while, someone came to report that Jiannu really left the camp and went to Xuzhou.

Niu Jinxing immediately said to Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, this is a great opportunity to capture Shangqiu. Don't miss it."

"Huh?" Li Zicheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and asked with some astonishment, "Prime Minister, haven't we already made a truce with the Jiannu strike? Why do we want to capture Shangqiu again?"

Niu Quan was also puzzled and said, "Yes, Father, we can't just keep our promises."

"What do you know?" Niu Jinxing reprimanded Niu Quan, and then said to Li Zicheng, "Your Majesty, barbarians like Jiannu don't need to be faithful at all."

"That's true." Li Zicheng was a little moved.

As the emperor of Dashun, it is really difficult to resist the temptation to expand the territory.

However, Li Zicheng was still a little worried: "But if we really send troops to return to Germany, will Jiannu stop attacking Xuzhou in anger, and come back to attack us?"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, it will definitely not happen."

Niu Jinxing said: "Didn't Chongzhen send a messenger to report the victory and express his gratitude?"

(End of this chapter)