Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 288 Dorgon is not reconciled
However, the surrounding scholars, officials and even generals completely ignored this point.

As soon as Chongzhen's words fell, the huge cheers had already soared into the sky, almost knocking off the roof of the walking.

Amid the cheers, Zhu Cihong hugged Zhu Cijiong, Gao Qiqian hugged Lu Jiude, Huang Zongxi hugged Zheng Sen, and Du Yinxi and Jin Xuan hugged each other.

These officials, scholars and even eunuchs were all overjoyed.

The princes who are far away in Nanjing can't understand this kind of mood.

But everyone in Xuzhou knew that this victory did not come easily.

So when Jiannu really retreated, when Xuzhou really defended, and when the Huanghuai defense line really defended, everyone felt uncontrollable excitement and joy. The Ming Dynasty was saved!
Because of the excitement, Chongzhen completely lost sleepiness.

Not only Chongzhen, but also Zheng Hongkui, Du Yinxi, Huang Zongxi and others were completely sleepless.

Nearly a hundred people gathered in the walking hall, discussing the next action enthusiastically. Even if Jiannu did not suffer decisive losses in Xuzhou, even if Jiannu was still invincible in field battles, the Ming army could never do anything. If you don't do it, you must pursue it, even if you can only kill a few hundred Jiannu.

What's more, the Ming army is not without opportunities, after all, they still have navy.

Right now at least half of the Jiannu are in the south of the Yellow River. If these Jiannu want to return north, they have to cross the Yellow River. At this time, the navy can seize the opportunity to teach them a cruel lesson.

And the Jiannu in Xiao County had become a lone army.

Chongzhen suddenly regretted that he would not have withdrawn Jin Shenghuan and other frontier troops from the three towns if he knew it earlier.

If Jin Shenghuan and the other three frontier troops are still near Xiao County, [-] multilateral troops will be able to surround Xiao County with just one fast horse. Even if they are unable to encircle Xiao County, they can at least hold Xiao County bordered blue flag.

If this opportunity can be used to eradicate one of the Jiannu Eight Banners, then the Ming army will earn blood.

But it's too late to regret it now, Xianglanqi must have received the order to retreat to Guide Mansion.

At dawn the next day, more definite news came that Jiannu had indeed retreated. Not only the Xianglan Banner stationed in Xiao County had retreated to Guide Mansion, but also the Zhenghong Banner and Zhenglan Banner stationed in Pei County , and the Zhengbai Banner stationed in Xin'an Town also withdrew its troops to the north at the same time, and had entered the territory of Yanzhou Prefecture.

Huang Degong sent a fast horse to ask for instructions, should he pursue northward?
Lu Zhenfei, the governor of water transportation stationed in Pizhou, never thought of chasing him.

However, Chongzhen did not allow Huang Degong to chase after him. It is still the same sentence. At this stage, the Ming army can only fight defensive battles. As for field battles, it can be tried on a small scale or under certain conditions. Forget it, even Huang Degong's Ten Town Frontier Army can only give away their heads.

But it is no problem to send a navy to intercept Jiannu.

At that moment, Chongzhen said to Zheng Hongkui: "Zheng Qing, you should lead the navy up the Yellow River and send more scout fleets. Once you find that Jiannu has signs of collecting fishing boats or building pontoon bridges to cross the river, try to stop them immediately! In short, you Remember one thing, you can't let Jiannu cross the river easily, if you want to cross the river, you have to lose a layer of skin!"

"The minister leads the decree." Zheng Hongkui cupped his hands and turned to leave.

Chongzhen said to Hu Guozhu again: "Hu Qing, you have to work hard for a few more days, and lead eight hundred barbarians to the direction of Guide Mansion to continue to investigate the movement of building slaves. If you find something wrong, report it immediately."

"Although Jiannu has retreated, we still can't be careless."

"Otherwise, the Huanghuai line of defense will be gone immediately after being killed by Jiannu."

Pausing for a while, Chongzhen said again: "If this is the case, our monarchs and ministers will be reduced to a laughing stock in future history books, and we will still be a laughing stock for thousands of years."

"The minister leads the order."

Hu Guozhu turned and left in a hurry.

At this time, Gao Qiqian asked: "Long Live Lord, do you want to pull out the remaining green shoots?"

"This..." Chongzhen was also a little hesitant. Now that Jiannu had withdrawn, it seemed that there was no need to pull out the remaining young crops. Before Jiannu occupied Xuzhou, they pulled out the young shoots of Jiannu, but now Jiannu has retreated and left. After leaving Xuzhou, if they were to be pulled again, it would be Daming's own young crops.

After a short pause, Chongzhen said: "Continue to pull out, pull out all of them!"

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, what if Jian Nu really kills the carbine?"

"The big deal is to lose this season's farming season. I have allocated food from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to support the people of Xuzhou."

In a word, Chongzhen has no shortage of money now, and if there is money, there will be food. For a state machine, it is not difficult to feed more than one million people for a year.

The sum is nothing more than two million taels of silver.

What's more, this money does not have to come from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In fact, Chongzhen had planned it long ago.

……

Outside Kaifeng City, Dorgon's big tent.

The three-day carnival finally came to an end, and the Eight Banners soldiers who entered the city basically returned with a full load. These Eight Banners soldiers not only robbed a lot of property, but also a large number of livestock and population.

In contrast, the Eight Banners Han Army and Eight Banners Mongolia did not gain much.

Because when it was their turn to enter the city, it was already the evening of the second day, and all the good things had been snatched up by the Eight Banners Manchuria.

Not to mention the Outer Fan Mongolia, who didn't even have the opportunity to enter the city. To put it bluntly, the Outer Fan Mongolia is a servant army, and it is Dorgon's favor to prevent them from bringing their own dry food to go out.

He Luohui came to Dorgon's big tent happily, knelt down and said: "Master, all the banners have already withdrawn from the city."

There was no need for He Luohui to report, Dorgon had already seen it, because a huge fire had already ignited in Kaifeng City, judging from the intensity of the fire, Kaifeng City was considered destroyed.

It is estimated that there is only one ruin left.

Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I felt a little melancholy looking at the Kaifeng city that was caught in the fire.

These three traitors naturally knew what the catastrophe in Kaifeng would mean, and it would mean that the people of the Central Plains hated the Qing court even more, and it would be even more difficult for the Qing court to unify the Central Plains.

However, there is no way to wash Kaifeng with blood.

If there is no bloodbath in Kaifeng, the loss of property of the Eight Banners soldiers will not be compensated, and the morale damaged by the files in the Shanyang War and the Xuzhou War will not be restored.

At least, after the bloodbath of Kaifeng, the morale of the Eight Banners army has been restored.

This point can be clearly felt from the smiles on the faces of the soldiers of the Eight Banners.

Dorgon was still a little unwilling, and asked in a deep voice: "He Luohui, is there a lot of food in Kaifeng City?"

He Luohui said: "Returning to the master, there is not much food in Kaifeng City, but the population has been robbed a lot. We have made up for all the coated slaves we lost in Shanyang and Xuzhou before, and there are many more."

Dorgon said: "A city as big as Kaifeng has a population of more than [-], and there is no food?"

He Luohui let out a soft uh, and said, "Master, why don't the slaves ask all the banners to hand over all the robbed food? Let you distribute it uniformly?"

Dorgon seemed a little moved.

The three of Hong Chengchou hurriedly advised: "Master, think twice!"

Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief, and said to He Luohui, "Forget it, you can find a place to build a floating bridge first."

Watching He Luohui walk out of the big tent, Dorgon said with a dark face: "Three gentlemen, I am not reconciled, I am not reconciled! If we collect all the food looted from Kaifeng City, plus the food left by each banner More than [-] shi of grain may not last until the winter wheat is ripe next year, we may still have a chance."

"It's not enough." Hong Chengchou said, "Unless Xuzhou can be kept."

"Just about to talk about this." Dorgon said with a flash of his eyes, "After learning that I have withdrawn from the Qing Dynasty, the Chongzhen and Ming troops will probably give up the action of pulling young crops. The army will have no time to pull out the young seedlings, and there may be a chance to keep enough wheat seedlings!"

"Master, it's already impossible." Hong Chengchou sighed.

Ning Wan and I also persuaded: "Chongzhen should not make such a mistake."

Fan Wencheng also sincerely persuaded: "Master, those in positions of authority are most afraid of changing orders overnight."

After Ning Wan, I said again: "The key is that the order to retreat has been issued, and the warriors of all banners are already returning home. At this time, the food they looted from Kaifeng City has been taken away, and they are required to return to Xuzhou to fight against the Ming army. A war that is likely to last for two or even three years is bound to fluctuate in the morale of the army, and if there is a mutiny at that time, it will be in big trouble."

Dorgon sighed when he heard the words, why didn't he understand the reason?

Just not reconciled, Dorgon is really not reconciled, the only chance is gone?
Thinking of this, Dorgon couldn't help asking the three of them: "Three gentlemen, is there really only one chance?"

"Not necessarily." Now, Hong Chengchou changed his words, "Although the barbarian regimes that have risen in the frontier since ancient times want to unify the Central Plains, they usually have one chance, but there are not without exception."

Fan Wencheng said: "It took fifty years for the Great Yuan Dynasty to finally perish in the Southern Song Dynasty."

"Da Yuan." Dorgon nodded slightly, and said again, "I understand, I want to learn from Da Yuan."

While speaking, footsteps sounded outside the big tent, and then Gu Shan Ezhen Tunqi with the inlaid blue flag strode in.

"Slave Tun Qi, kowtow to see the Nine Kings." Tun Qi slapped the sleeve of his jacket and knelt down on one knee.

"No." Dorgon signaled Tun Qi to stand up with a solemn hand, and said, "Tun Qi, is Xianglan Banner okay?"

"Very good." Tun Qi nodded and said, "According to the Nine Kings' will, thousands of coats with white flags were collected along the way. I'm afraid the Ten Kings will have to thank the slaves when they return to Beijing."

"My king will thank Yu Jun Wang first." Dorgon asked again, "Did the Ming army come to chase you?"

"Borrow them both!" Tun Qi snorted disdainfully, and said again, "However, those hundreds of cavaliers from Chongzhen have been following us all the time, just like flies, and we can't be driven away."

"That's just Chongzhen's eyeliner, just send a banner of Mongolian cavalry to drive them away." Dorgon frowned.

These barbarians were all from western Liaoning, and they had fought against the Eight Banners soldiers for decades, and they were so familiar with each other, so the routines of ambush, luring the enemy, and detours all didn't work.

As long as the cavalry of a certain party sticks their ass, the other party will immediately know what you want to do.

The only way to deal with these barbarians is to send Ye Bu Shou to hunt them down, and these Ye Bu Shou must be at least red-armored or above, otherwise it is to send food.

But it's obviously not worth sending Hong Jiala to deal with Yi Ding.

Therefore, the most effective way is to send foreign vassals to Mongolia to drive these barbarians away.

"Hey!" Tun Qi agreed, but was stopped by Dorgon when he was about to leave.

Dorgon hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Tun Qi, have all the farmland in Xiao County been destroyed?"

"Well, they were completely destroyed by the Ming dog." Tun Qi said with a dark face, "There is not even an acre left."

Now, Dorgon finally gave up completely, and never wanted to return to Xuzhou with his carbine.

At that moment Dorgon said again: "Tun Qi, this king will lead an army across the Yellow River to the north today, and I will leave the task of inlaid blue flag to you after the end."

"Hey!" Tun Qi responded.

However, his expression was obviously not as natural as before.

Because it's not a good job to break the post.

There is nothing to say, and if you are not careful, you will be bitten by the Ming army.

But there is no way, no matter how unwilling Tun Qi is, he can only obey orders. In any case, Dorgon is the imperial father and regent of the Qing court. If he dares to disobey, Dorgon can kill him directly.

"In addition to breaking the empress, I have another task for you." Dorgon said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou subconsciously wanted to persuade Dorgon, should he change the banner?
But when the words came to his mouth, Hong Chengchou returned to his stomach, because he had already guessed Dorgon's intentions. For Dorgon, this was killing three birds with one stone, and he would not lose no matter what.

If the Yellow River is successfully dug up, the loser will be Chongzhen and Daming.

If the excavation of the Yellow River fails, but the Xianglan Banner is able to retreat, then Jierhalang will lose, and Dorgon will definitely take this opportunity to shift the responsibility to Tunqi and Jierhalang.

At that time, Jierhalang will lose his title of regent, at least, or even lose his life.

If the excavation of the Yellow River fails, and the Xianglan Banner is also severely damaged, then the Xianglan Banner will lose, and the position of the two white flags and Dorgon will only become more stable.

To be honest, Hong Chengchou looked down on Dorgon's calculation.

He said in his heart that Prince Rui was a bit too clever, Da Ming and Pseudo-Shun were not destroyed yet, and Qing still needed to be united. From this point of view alone, Prince Rui was still a little worse than the former emperor.

Tun Qi was already very reluctant, and said with a dark face: "What task?"

"Dig the South Yellow River embankment." Dorgon said, "After the king's army leaves, you will take people to survey the terrain and find a few suitable places to dig the South Yellow River embankment. Completely submerge the Xuzhou, Guide, and Kaifeng prefectures in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and even the downstream Huai'an Mansion."

Hong Chengchou immediately said: "In this way, the connection between Shandong and Nanming will be blocked by the flooded Yellow River, and the army of the ten kings can calmly take Shandong. If Shandong can be taken, then this Southern Expedition will not be empty-handed." And back, after returning to Beijing, there will be an explanation."

"Hey!" Tun Qi finally looked better.

If he really returned empty-handed, Xianglan Qi's face would not look good.

At that moment, Dorgon ordered the camp to be dismantled, and took the goods, livestock and people looted from Kaifeng City along the official road, winding towards the Taojiadian ferry dozens of miles away.

(End of this chapter)