After the Jiannu army left the Great Wall, except for Duduo and his 10,000 cavalry, who immediately rushed back to Jinzhou, the rest of the army chose a place with abundant water and grass to stop.
It was not until three days later that a caravan appeared in the west. Dorgon breathed a sigh of relief and immediately led his people to greet it in person.
"Met the regent."
"There's no need to be polite, Shopkeeper Fan. Why did Shopkeeper Fan come in person?"
Dorgon was slightly surprised and quickly helped someone to help him politely.
The person who came was none other than the famous Shanxi merchant in Zhangjiakou. Fan Yongdou, the head of the Fan family, was helped up by Dorgon. He said with some shame: "Please forgive me, the regent. This time my eight families combined can only
One hundred thousand dan of grain have been prepared."
"It's okay. One hundred thousand stones is enough. Shopkeeper Fan doesn't have to blame himself. The eight of you are my best friends in the Qing Dynasty. Dorgon will remember this time of helping me. When I take over the Qing Dynasty in the future,
After returning to the Central Plains, I will definitely not treat you badly."
Dorgon heard that there were only 100,000 shi. Although he was a little disappointed, he was relieved to think that it had to be transported from Zhangjiakou in such a short period of time.
It turned out that the day after retreating to Sanhe County, Dorgon immediately sent people to Zhangjiakou, Xuanfu, to contact eight Shanxi merchants who had close ties with the Qing Dynasty.
Ask them to urgently raise 200,000 shi of grain and some salt to transport to the north of Xifengkou within half a month.
"Your Majesty, you're welcome."
Fan Yongdou said quickly.
Then he followed Dorgon to the camp and returned to Xuanfu with a large amount of money the next day.
Dorgon was also preparing to lead his army back. With these 100,000 shi of food, he no longer had to kill horses.
"Mr. Hong, do you think we, the Qing Dynasty, still have a chance to take over the Central Plains?"
Dorgon looked at the army with low morale, looked at Hong Chengchou beside him, and suddenly asked.
Obviously, this failed attempt was a huge blow to him, and he even lost confidence in moving to the Central Plains.
After all, with so many soldiers and horses, so much food and grass, and so well prepared, it can be said that we took advantage of the right time and place, but in the end we still had to retreat.
The most important thing is that the little emperor is definitely the same person as myna, and now that the red lady is helping him, he is even more powerful.
"Everything depends on human effort. Prince, don't be discouraged. It's just a temporary success or failure. The Ming army was just lucky this time.
Although the young emperor had great talents and great ideas, the interior of the Ming court was already in decay. The north was devastated by constant natural disasters. In addition, Li Chuang and the Eight Kings were rebels. It was not easy for him to eradicate the old and establish the new, and revive the Ming Dynasty.
But our Qing Dynasty still has strength. When I go back this time, the prince just needs to work hard, prepare for war, and wait for the opportunity."
Hong Chengchou could naturally read Dorgon's thoughts and was afraid that he would lose his enterprising spirit, so he stroked his beard and said slowly, after all, once Dorgon lost his desire to conquer the Central Plains, his role would be greatly reduced.
"Please sir, please give me some advice on how to work hard to improve your health?"
After Dorgon finished speaking, he bowed and his posture was very low.
He knew that if he was good at military matters, he was far inferior to Bage in domestic and civil matters. If he wanted to fight the little emperor in the future, he would probably have to rely on the help of an old man like Hong Chengchou.
"Your Majesty has become an old man. As a minister of the Qing Dynasty, it is your duty to offer advice and suggestions."
Hong Chengchou quickly helped him up in fear.
It was quite useful in my heart. Although Dorgon was not as good as Huang Taiji, he was still a figure. He could take it up and let it go. He was extremely arrogant when he was proud, and he could humbly ask for advice when he was frustrated.
So he didn't hide it, and said directly: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to deepen the relationship with the various Mongolian tribes and prevent the little emperor from taking advantage of the situation, especially the right-wing Tumut tribe. Your Majesty can send one of his confidants to lead the army to station
Naturalize, while contacting Li Chuang to form an alliance with him, and at the same time uniting with the right-wing tribes to conquer the Mobei tribes, completely conquer them, and expand the Eight Mongolian Banners."
"Yes! Sir, what you said makes sense. The Tumote tribe has always been concerned about the Ming Dynasty. It was forced by the situation to submit to the Qing Dynasty. We must be careful. In this way, let the twelfth brother lead the Zhengbai Banner and the Mengzheng Baiqi to return.
What do you think, sir?"
Dorgon nodded and decided to send Azig to frighten the right wing ministries.
As for the tribes in Mobei, they only surrendered verbally at the beginning. Now I am afraid that they will not be able to take control of the Central Plains in a few years. They just have time to completely conquer them. One is to expand the number of cavalry, and the other is to win over the tribes in Monan.
"This is the best. Besides, the Eight Han Banners suffered heavy losses this time. When the prince returns, he can re-select young and strong Han people to replenish them, train them strictly, and reward and punish them appropriately. It would be best if he can recruit another 150,000 or 200,000."
Hong Chengchou nodded and said again.
"This is natural, but if this happens, I'm afraid it will affect farming. Now it's not easy to take a detour into the customs and rob the population of food."
Dorgon had no doubt that more Han Banners would be organized and trained.
He knew that if the Eight Banners wanted to defeat the Ming army and take control of the Central Plains in the future, it would not be enough to rely on the Eight Banners and the Mongolian cavalry alone. They must be assisted by a large number of Han soldiers.
"Those Korean soldiers are useless, but they are good at farming, and there is a large population in North Korea. Your Majesty can ask the King of North Korea to donate their population to replace the Han people in farming!
This time the Ming army used water to attack Shanhaiguan, but it also reminded the prince that it would be best for him to build a navy in the future.
The navy of the Ming army has long been out of use. If we in the Qing Dynasty had a strong navy, we could attack Shandong by sea, plunder people and property, or even directly go to the coast of Jiangnan to plunder and harass!"
Hong Chengchou obviously really couldn't stop, he wanted to show what he had learned on Dorgon and gain a huge sense of accomplishment.
Or maybe he was trying to make all the Han people into slaves to show that he was complying with the destiny of the Qing Dynasty when he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.
"Wonderful!"
Dorgon's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. If he could really take the sea route to the south of the Yangtze River to plunder beauties, money, food and goods, he wouldn't be able to rob as much as he wanted. Moreover, he could also deal a heavy blow to the Ming Dynasty.
Then he said helplessly: "Sir, what can I do? There are no shipbuilding craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty, let alone generals who understand water warfare!"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this. North Korea not only has craftsmen who know how to build ships, but also generals who know how to fight on the water. The North Korean navy is not inferior to the Ming Dynasty navy!" Hong Chengchou stroked his beard and smiled.
"That's right, let's not ask the King of North Korea to contribute. I will directly send troops to destroy North Korea!"
Dorgon was overjoyed and showed a fierce expression at the end.
Obviously, North Korea is not taken seriously at all, as if destroying North Korea is as simple as squeezing an ant to death.
This is indeed the case. The reason why Huang Taiji did not occupy North Korea in the past was that he only focused on the pass and wanted to conquer the Central Plains.
Now that he was blocked from taking control of the Central Plains, and following Hong Chengchou's plan, he couldn't do anything without North Korea. Dorgon still didn't understand the importance of North Korea to the Qing Dynasty, so he simply decided to annex North Korea without stopping.
"This is naturally the best, but it is easier to attack a city than to attack the heart. It is necessary to plan carefully to avoid backfiring in the end!"
When Hong Chengchou saw that Dorgun finally woke up, he stroked his beard and smiled.
According to the little emperor's methods, if the Qing Dynasty wants to fight against the Ming Dynasty in the future, it is not enough to unite with the Mongols. It must also rely on the population and land of North Korea. Only in this way can it fight against the Ming Dynasty.