It only took three days for Hong Chengchou to rush back to Beijing from Liaodong.
During this ride, Hong Chengchou's inner thighs were bruised.
"Slave Hong Chengchou, please kowtow to your master Jin An." Hong Chengchou knelt down and struck Qian.
"Hengjiu please get up quickly." Dorgon leaned on the soft cushion and waved weakly.
After Hong Chengchou stood up, Dorgon said to Hou Fangyu: "Little Houzi, let's start the discussion."
"Hey." Hou Fangyu agreed, and immediately brought a few wrappers to move the screen in, and posted the entire map of Jiannu's territory on the screen.
Judging from the map alone, the territory controlled by Jiannu was even larger than that of the Ming Dynasty.
Because the territory of Jiannu covers the entire Liaodong, Beizhi, the entire Shanxi, half of Shandong and the entire Monan, if we look at the area alone, it is even worse than the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, population density is completely incomparable.
Immediately, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Kong Youde and other Han officials also entered one after another.
Qi Chongge, Suk Saha, Sony, Mu Zilun and other Manchu ministers were also present.
In addition, there are three special members, namely Meng Xueli, Feng Guofan, and Yuan Fuzhong.
Because this political discussion will directly affect the life and death of Jiannu, Dorgon wants to listen to more opinions in order to finally make the correct decision as possible.
Qi Chongge first introduced the situation.
"...The situation is like this. By March or April next year at the latest, or before the end of this year at the earliest, the Ming army may launch a large-scale Northern Expedition. Moreover, this Northern Expedition is different from the previous battles of Dagukou and Liaodong.
This time the main army of Nanming will come out in full force and launch a war to destroy the country!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions suddenly became serious.
This day has inevitably arrived after all.
After a moment of silence, Dorgon asked: "The Southern Ming army is about to launch its Northern Expedition, and our Qing Dynasty is about to be destroyed. I wonder if you have any good strategies to resist the Ming army?"
"Master, what else is there to discuss?"
Sony said solemnly: "It's nothing more than soldiers coming to block it, and water coming and the soil flooding. When did our Qing Dynasty fear Nan Ming? When Lao Khan was there, our Qing Dynasty only had 60,000 troops. Didn't we still defeat Nan Ming's 200,000-strong army?"
Stay? Now that our Qing Dynasty has an army of 700,000, we have no reason to be afraid of Nanming."
"Sony is right, I'm afraid of him."
"Master, why don't we send troops to conquer the south first?"
"Yes, strike first and catch him off guard."
Zhan Dai, Suk Saha, Ye Bilong and other Manchu ministers all agreed.
Dorgon's brows suddenly tightened, thinking that these idiots had no clear understanding of the current situation. It should be noted that this is no longer the era of riding and shooting.
If we were still in the age of cavalry and archery, the Eight Banners in Manchuria would be enough to conquer the world.
But in the age of firearms, an army of 700,000 was not enough to rely on.
Because in front of the red cannons and muskets, a 700,000-strong army is just 700,000 cannon fodder. If there is no corresponding number of firearms, it is really just cannon fodder and vulnerable!
However, it is true that the Qing Dynasty did have an army of 700,000.
And this does not include the outer vassal Mongolia, but the Eight Banners Manchuria, the Eight Banners Mongolia, the Eight Banners Han Army plus the Lianyong Green Battalion, reaching 700,000, of which the Eight Banners Manchuria 110,000, the Eight Banners Mongolia 30,000, the Eight Banners Han Army 120,000, the Green Battalion
40,000, in addition to 400,000 for bravery training, all recruited from among the Han people.
Among them, there are 40,000 Eight Banner Han troops and 20,000 Green Battalions stationed in Dagukou and Gaizhou respectively, 400,000 Lianyong troops stationed in various states and counties, and 240,000 troops stationed in Beijing and Gyeonggi.
There are indeed many troops, but Dorgon does not feel safe at all.
At that moment Dorgon said: "Okay, okay, I want to hear something useful."
Sony, Suksaha and other ministers could only shut up, but the expressions on their faces were not very happy.
Dorgon knew that the dissatisfaction of the Manchu ministers with him was getting stronger day by day, but at this time, he could not care about appeasing the Manchu ministers who only knew how to fight bravely.
"Hengjiu, tell me."
Dorgon could only name Hong Chengchou.
Hong Chengchou was very cautious and asked: "Master, can you get more accurate details about the Ming army's preparations for the Northern Expedition? For example, how much food was prepared? How many self-generated firecrackers and how many cannons?
?Also, how many troops does Chongzhen intend to use for the Northern Expedition? We don’t know these, and it would be useless to discuss them."
"This matter has been investigated by secret agents." Dorgon nodded and continued, "Today's discussion is about how should the Qing Dynasty respond in the worst case scenario?"
"If we assume the worst case scenario, then we must use all necessary means."
Hong Chengchou strode to the screen, pointed at the map and said: "Make fullest preparations for war at all levels, including internal affairs, military strategy, and vertical and horizontal aspects, do your best, and prepare for the worst."
Dorgon's expression condensed and he said again: "Please tell me more specifically."
"Let's talk about internal affairs first." Hong Chengchou said, "This war is a war to destroy the country. Nanming will definitely use all its strength, so we, the Qing Dynasty, must also go all out. Therefore, in addition to mobilizing soldiers and horses from all over the country, in addition to all the food in Taicang,
In addition, we need to mobilize all the food that can be mobilized in Beijing to maintain a stalemate with the Ming army for at least one year."
What Hong Chengchou meant was to collect all the grain stored in the homes of the Eight Banners nobles.
Upon hearing this, Qi Chongge, Zhan Dai, Sony, Suk Saha and others suddenly became angry.
"Hong Chengchou, what do you mean by this? What do you mean by a stalemate for at least a year? Do you mean that you can't stand it?"
"Yes, the current reality is that the Ming Dynasty is strong and the Qing Dynasty is weak." Hong Chengchou said, "So if you want to defeat the Ming army and win this country-destroying war, you can only use silence, defend against attack, and rely on strong guns.
The Taiwan camp consumes the Ming army's manpower and material resources, and when the veterans of the division are tired and forced to withdraw, they can then counterattack and decide the outcome in one battle."
After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "This is also the strategy that I want to tell my master."
"Nonsense!" Qi Chongge said angrily, "When did our Qing soldiers become weaker than the Ming army? In the face of the Ming army's attack, our Qing soldiers actually had to be cowardly? What a joke!"
"That is, since the Qing Dynasty, when Lao Khan raised his army with thirteen suits of armor, he has only known how to attack."
"From Hetuala to Shengjing, from Shengjing to Beijing, the Qing Dynasty was conquered by the attacks of the Eight Banners, not by being defended by cowards."
"That's right. Our Qing soldiers can only attack."
"You want us to learn from dogs and behave like turtles? No way!"
Hong Chengchou's words immediately attracted ridicule from the ministers.
"That's enough! Shut up with me!" Dorgon scolded twice before finally stopping the ministers.
However, from the expressions on the faces of Qi Chongge, Sony and others, it was obvious that they were still unconvinced by Hong Chengchou. It was obvious that these Eight Banners nobles had not yet turned a corner in their thinking.
Dorgon coughed twice and asked Hong Chengchou: "Heng Jiu, the internal affairs you are talking about are mobilizing the country's food reserves and preparing to stalemate with the Ming army for at least a year. The military strategy is based on defense and relying on strong
We built gun tower fortifications to consume the manpower and material resources of the Ming army until the Ming army divisions and veterans were exhausted, and then mobilized the entire country's troops to complete the victory in one battle?"
"Master Mingjian." Hong Chengchou said sincerely, "otherwise it would not be enough to defeat the Ming army."
Dorgon nodded and asked: "So, what do you mean by Zongheng?"
Hong Chengchou said: "The so-called Zongheng means to send people to contact all the forces that can be contacted, such as the hypocrites, such as Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings of Sichuan, who were all powerful enemies of the Southern Ming Dynasty. In addition, there are many chieftains in Sichuan and Guangxi who are still resisting the Ming Dynasty.
, the master can send eloquent people to persuade these forces and join forces to conquer Nanming!"
"Even if we cannot persuade these forces to send troops, we must create an atmosphere of conquering the world."
"These forces may not be able to cause much interference to Nan Ming, but even if they can only take away a small part of Nan Ming's manpower and material resources, it will be great for the Qing Dynasty."
"The less manpower and material resources the Southern Ming invested in the Northern Expedition, the greater the Qing's chance of victory."
After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "Among them, the choice of hypocrisy is the most critical. If the Qing Dynasty can form an alliance with the hypocrisy and join forces to fight against the Southern Ming Dynasty, our Qing soldiers will have a greater chance of winning this war.
It will increase by at least 30%! On the contrary, if Pseudo-Shun and Nanming join forces to attack our Qing Dynasty, then our Qing Dynasty may be in trouble."
Dorgon nodded repeatedly after hearing this. When it came to analyzing the general trend of the world, it had to be Hong Chengchou.
This insightful analysis is undoubtedly very reasonable, and it speaks to Dorgon's heart.
However, Hong Chengchou continued: "Master, in addition to Zhang Xianzhong and the chieftains of Sichuan and Guangxi, you can also try to send envoys to Khalkha Mongolia. If you can convince Khalkha Mongolia and Junggar, hypocrisy will remain neutral."
, then the Tumut Mongolian and Chahar Mongolian tribes can send out at least 60,000 cavalry!"
"Convince Khalkha and Junggar?" Dorgon frowned, "I'm afraid it won't be easy."
"It all depends on people." Hong Chengchou said, "As long as the interests and losses are clearly stated to them, I believe that the Khalkha Mongols and Junggars may choose neutrality. After all, the state religion that our Qing Dynasty believes in is also Lamaism, and the Khalkha Mongols,
The Junggar and Oirat Mongolian tribes are all the same, but the Southern Ming believe in Taoism and Confucianism."
After a pause, Hong Chengchou continued: "If the Southern Ming Dynasty becomes stronger, Taoism and Confucianism will inevitably prevail in the world, and Lamaism will no longer have a place to stand."
After hearing this, Dorgon suddenly felt enlightened.
The situation that was originally extremely bad, after Hong Chengchou's analysis, seemed to be starting to become clear again? Did the Qing Dynasty actually have so many potential allies and allies?
"Pass the decree!" Dorgon shouted immediately.
"Quickly summon Fu Yijian, Lu Zuanzu and other members of the Hanlin Academy to have an audience."
These Han Jinshi are very poor in marching in the queue, but they are all good at talking. Let them go to Pseudo-Shun, Sichuan and Outer Mongolia as envoys to act as lobbyists for the Qing Dynasty.