Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 899 Abandoning Huainan
At the beginning of November, another heavy snowfall hit Beijing, covering the entire Gyeonggi area, and the glazed tiles of the various palaces in the Bauhinia City were also covered in white snow.

Dorgon can be sure that this year will inevitably be another cold winter, but it is a pity that Duoduo did not survive the winter, which caused the Qing army to suffer another setback.

"Old Fourteen, close the window!" Daishan sat in front of the brazier, warming his hands on the fire. Seeing snowflakes pouring in through the window and the cold wind chilling his neck, he said something, then turned his head and used the pliers Digged the flint in the basin.

Dorgon was also responsible for the first battle in Yangzhou. The law of heaven reincarnated. He used the illusion of Nanming's monarchs and ministers about peace negotiations before. This time Nanming also used him in turn.

If he hadn't thought about using Yangzhou in exchange for peace talks with Nanming, and hadn't withdrawn the soldiers and horses from Yangzhou for a long time, all of the more than 4 people would not have been buried in Yangzhou.

Standing in front of the window, Dorgon was blown by the cold wind for a while, and his mind cleared up a bit. After listening to Daishan's words, he let out a breath of white air, then closed the window, patted the snowflakes on the sable fur, and walked back to the brazier Under the front seat, "The defeat of Yangzhou this time has taught me a lesson. We must re-examine ourselves."

"Fortunately, the old fifteen is fine. He broke out from Yangzhou, otherwise the blow to our Qing Dynasty would be too great." Daishan moved the flint and sighed, "Although Yangzhou lost, we must not lose heart, besides Now Hauge is attacking Sichuan, sharing some of the pressure for us, as long as you, Old Fourteen, can regroup, the Qing Dynasty still has a chance to fight for the world, so we don’t have to belittle ourselves too much.”

"Second brother is right. Back then we were able to fight against the entire Ming Dynasty for decades with the bitter cold outside the pass. Now, according to the vast territory inside and outside the pass, the situation is several times better than before. As long as we re-integrate, we can fight with the Ming Dynasty again. Fighting in the Southern Ming Dynasty." Dorgon stood up again and said with his hands behind his back: "The king said that he must re-examine himself, because he wants to find out what went wrong in my Qing Dynasty, why I was able to dominate the world in the first place, but now I always lose every battle? Only by realizing it and resolving the problem, can we, the Qing Dynasty, fight for the male and female again!"

"What does the old fourteen think?" Daishan put down the tongs and looked up at Dorgon before realizing that he was not discouraged, but had new plans and countermeasures to implement.

Naturally, Dorgon cannot be knocked down by a failure in Yangzhou. He said that looking at himself is to face up to the differences between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and then he can rise again.

"At the beginning, we were able to suppress the Ming Dynasty because we were small and strong. Although the Ming Dynasty was big, it faced too many problems. It was like a giant who had been ill for a long time, and his reaction was slow. Although we were small, the problems we faced were also small. The interior is more stable than the Ming Dynasty, and Taizu created the Eight Banners, which cultivated a strong soldier for us, enabling us to make quick decisions to attack and implement actions immediately, while the Ming Dynasty was slow to respond, so we were able to defeat the Ming Dynasty repeatedly .”

Dorgon said: "The reason why we fail again and again now is that we have given up our previous advantages. After entering the customs, we have grown bigger and have more problems. The Eight Banners that were originally twisted into a fist have been scattered and spread around. Garrisoning troops and putting out fires everywhere will lead to weakness everywhere and be defeated by Nanming one by one."

Dai Shan nodded. In the past, the Qing army fought with the best of its best. They clenched their fists to attack the Ming army. After entering the customs, they stretched out their five fingers to poke people. If you have a hard idea, then you have to poke your fingers.

What Dorgon said was reasonable, but Daishan obviously had his doubts, "Does the old fourteen mean that we shouldn't grow bigger?"

The larger the territory, the more problems there will be, especially for the Qing Dynasty, the problem is more obvious. The more land, the more resistance, and the more resistance means that the Eight Banners will garrison troops everywhere, which is a further step. Dispersed the strength of the Eight Banners, but a large locality also has the advantages of a large locality. The Qing Dynasty can pay more food, collect more taxes, and have more people to drive.

Is it so difficult to refuse to grow bigger just because you will face more problems after getting bigger?This obviously doesn't make sense.

"Second brother, this king doesn't mean that!" Dorgon sat back across from Daishan, "If the Qing Dynasty wants to compete with Nanming and Haoge, it needs two points, one is at least nearly 20 elite soldiers, and the other is The ruling territory is stable. This king is not saying that we should not grow bigger, but that we should not grow too big all at once, and we have grown too big all at once over the years."

When the Eight Banners entered the customs, there were probably more than one hundred thousand elite soldiers, and they were indeed invincible at that time. Seeing Dai Shan slightly nodded, Dorgon continued: "At the beginning of the eighth year of Chongde, the rebels were only able to occupy Xiangyang and other places. Tens of thousands of horses, when we entered the customs in the first year of Shunzhi, in just two years, we conquered and occupied the land north of the Yellow River, millions of people. This seems to be in full swing, but in fact there is no foundation at all, so I The Qing Dynasty was able to wipe out the Chuangni in just one year. Looking back at Nanming, the territory was not extremely aggressive. After tens of 10 people in Jiangbei took refuge in our Qing Dynasty, they were still able to resist our Daqing’s attack. This is Because the Ming Dynasty has laid a solid foundation for Nanming for more than two hundred years. Rebellion means changing too quickly. If he had a foundation in the north, he would not be defeated in Shanhaiguan and immediately collapsed."

Daishan understands what Dorgon means. In fact, Dorgon has mentioned it several times before. He wants to stabilize the north. This is actually to lay the foundation. Only when the foundation is stable can they concentrate the eight banners stationed to prevent local rebellions Rise up and compete with Nanming with elite soldiers.

"What is the old fourteen going to do?"

"One is to recruit strong men from outside the customs to make up for the flag." Dorgon saw that Dai Shan agreed, and looked at each other, "Second, this king is going to abandon Hefei and Huainan, retreat to Huaibei, gather up the troops, Avoid fighting Nanming in Huainan."

After the Ming army captured Yangzhou, the next target must be Hefei City, but Dorgon was unable to organize a big battle in Hefei, so it is better to simply give Huainan to Nanming, so that Nanming will need some time to digest Huainan, and he can fight in the city. During this period, resolve internal problems and defeat North Korea.

Dai Shan heard that Dorgon was going to give up Hefei, but he frowned, "Haoge is attacking Sichuan, and if we give up Hefei at this time, doesn't it mean that Nanming can focus on dealing with Haoge?"

In Dorgon's view, Hauge and Nanming are both his enemies, so he gave up Huainan for another purpose besides exchanging space for time, which is to plot against Hauge.

Hauge’s meaning may be to seize Sichuan quickly, and then guard the dangerous points. After the fact of occupying Sichuan, he will properly ease the relationship with Nanming. In the battle in the Kanto, he would fight whoever was stronger, so that the two sides were always in a state of being evenly matched and constantly consuming vitality. After the Ming and Qing parties were exhausted, he would go out with an army and dominate the world.

Regardless of whether Hauge has such a calculation or not, Dorgon will not allow this to happen. For him, the best situation is that the Ming army and Hauge are in a long-term tug-of-war in Sichuan, which suits him. For the benefit, he would never want to see Hauge occupying the whole Sichuan.

There are still many fantasies in Daishan's heart, but this fantasy is obviously impossible to realize. Even if he dies, it is impossible for Bumbutai and the little emperor to reconcile with Hauge.

"Second brother, we should consider the interests of the Qing Dynasty more. Besides, giving up Huainan does not mean that we will have a truce with Nanming." Dorgon said in a deep voice: "This king plans to solve North Korea by the end of the year, but we will not give up Huainan." If the king dispatches troops to fight North Korea, the Ming army will inevitably attack Huainan, and will contain the king so that the army cannot attack North Korea. If Huainan is abandoned, will the Ming army dare to cross the Huai River? I only need a small number of troops to garrison the city, leaving two With tens of thousands of cavalry, the Ming army would not dare to cross the Huai River! In this way, this king can dispatch troops to attack North Korea calmly!"

In Huaibei, there is a flat river, and the Qing army cavalry is criss-crossing. It is unbearable to harass the Ming army.

Daishan hesitated when he heard what Duo Ergun said. He hoped that Dorgon and Hauge could work together to deal with Nanming, but the Qing Dynasty did have many problems that must be resolved immediately, one of which was North Korea.

North Korea's harassment of the Qing this year can be said to have disrupted Dorgon's plan to stabilize the north, and even affected the Battle of Yangzhou. Rescue Duoduo, Yangzhou may not lose.

(End of this chapter)