Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 743 Grassland Problem
Matsudaira Nobuzuna and Yagyu Juhei discussed for about an hour before they reached a preliminary result.

Today, there are nearly 50 troops in the Japanese army in North Korea, and most of them are firecrackers, that is, arquebus soldiers.There are probably more than 40 civilians such as farmers.

Add it all up, almost 100 million.However, these 100 million people are scattered throughout North Korea, which seems a bit sparsely populated.

Especially the North Koreans often resist. In order to ensure safety, they were also harassed by Wu Sangui's cavalry last time.

Therefore, the Japanese are currently mainly concentrated in major towns to ensure that they have sufficient military strength to enslave those Koreans to work for them.

Today, the letter from Tokugawa Iemitsu made Matsudaira Nobuzuna decide to deploy an army of about 30 to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty to launch an unprecedented attack on the Ming country. It must hurt the Ming country and severely hit the Ming army. .

In the original time, in the agreement between Matsudaira Nobuzuna and Dorgon, in fact, at most they wanted to send [-] troops, which was almost the same.

This new decision made Nobuzuna Matsudaira decide to send Yagyu Shibingwei to the capital of the Qing Dynasty immediately to discuss the latest situation with the Qing Dynasty.As for himself, he began to deploy troops on the North Korean side to ensure that after the deployment of troops, the remaining troops can still guarantee the safety of the North Korean side.

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In Shenyang, Liaodong, fast horses came galloping from the west, and passers-by rushed into the city in a panic to evade.

Mending at the gate of the city did not dare to stop it because it was an express horse.

It didn't take long for the news to reach the palace.

"What?" Dorgon confirmed in shock, "The Oman department was also attacked by the Ming cavalry?"

In the past month or so, he has received several urgent reports from the grasslands, all of which were all Mongolian tribes in the east who were attacked by the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty and had to move eastward and at the same time asked for help from the Qing Dynasty.

In the past, there have actually been, but there is absolutely no such frequent attack on the eastern Mongolian grassland tribes as this year.

Dorgon couldn't figure it out. At the end of last year, the Ming Dynasty swept away the three tribes in Mobei. How did they have this ability so quickly and launched an attack on the Mongolian tribes in the east?
Fighting a war is not a joke, it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources!Just like the Qing Dynasty before, after entering the customs and looting once, it takes a period of time to digest and wait before launching the next war of entering the customs and looting.

Therefore, Dorgon was a little puzzled.

However, after receiving a confirmation reply, he waved his hand to let the messenger back away, and his head hurt a little.

On the side of the Qing Dynasty, there was originally a plan to help the Mongolian tribes in the east. However, the troops of the Ming Dynasty attacking the Mongolian tribes in the east are all cavalry. They move suddenly and fast, and it is very difficult to grasp the enemy's situation!
Moreover, the attacking strength of the cavalry army of the Ming Dynasty was too great, which made him a little uncertain. He was afraid that the troops sent out would not be enough, and the sheep would be sent to the tiger's mouth in the end; defense.

This is really difficult!
If you don't care, that's absolutely not okay.

If the Eastern Mongolia falls into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it will be equivalent to the flanks of the Qing Dynasty, all of which will be exposed to the soldiers of the Ming army. At that time, the Ming Dynasty can not only attack from Haizhou, but also bypass the Mongolian grassland and attack directly. Here in Shengjing.

Thinking of this, Dorgon had a headache!

The shortcomings of the Qing Dynasty not being as powerful as the Ming Dynasty, at this time, will really be exposed all at once.

It's just two defeats, so passive; poor Daqing, who has won countless battles before. powerful!

In desperation, Dorgon had no choice but to convene a meeting with Prince Baylor, Hong Chengchou and other resourceful people to discuss countermeasures.

In Chongzheng Hall, he asked their opinions after explaining the situation.

However, these princes, Baylor, either directly called out soldiers to cover up the water and soil, and killed them;In the end, he looked at Hong Chengchou and asked, "Hong Qing, do you have a good plan?"

When Prince Baylor was speaking just now, he didn't say a single word, and following this opportunity, he was thinking hard about a good strategy.

At this time, when Dorgon asked his opinion, Hong Chengchou did not hesitate, and immediately replied: "Master, this slave thinks that the Ming army cannot be allowed to attack the eastern Mongolian ethnic groups according to their wishes, and must change from passive to active. Only in this way can we find better countermeasures!"

Hearing what he meant, it seemed that he had some thoughts. For a moment, everyone in the Chongzheng Hall stared at him.

Dorgon was the same, with a little expectation, he quickly said to him: "If Hong Qing has any ideas, just say it!"

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou replied: "The slaves thought that on the eastern side of the Mongolian tribes, the Qing Dynasty should come forward to coordinate the pastures, keep them away from the Ming border as far as possible, and lengthen the attack distance of the Ming army; in addition, relying on one tribe alone It is definitely difficult to defend against the attack of the Ming army. Therefore, it is up to the Qing Dynasty to coordinate the various tribes to gather elites to deal with the attack of the Ming army, so that they will not be passively beaten like they are now, and there will always be losses! In addition..."

While he was talking, Dorgon was listening, thinking in his heart whether his strategy was okay?

As far as the countermeasure I just heard, at least in Dorgon's view, this matter is actually difficult, but it is undeniable that this is indeed an effective countermeasure.

The difficulty lies in the fact that Hong Chengchou's strategy is tantamount to wanting the eastern Mongolian ethnic groups to no longer be divided into tribes, and to merge them into one, not to mention sharing the eastern pastures, but also to gather the elites of the various tribes and act in unison.

However, if you really want to do this, some tribes’ interests will be damaged, and some tribes will want to get benefits, and so on. Anyway, each tribe has its own requirements, and it is difficult for one tribe to dominate and make other tribes obey. Yes, that's the problem.

When he was thinking about this question, he heard what Hong Chengchou said, and it seemed that there were other countermeasures, so he put this question aside for the time being, and first heard what Hong Chengchou had other countermeasures?
I only heard Hong Chengchou continue to talk there: "...The servant thought that we should take the initiative to attack the Ming country once to interrupt the rhythm of the Ming country's attack; the master Shengming has already made an appointment with the Wa country to attack the Ming army at the time of the autumn harvest. The servant thought that since he wanted to fight, it would be best if he could hurt the Ming country. In this way, the Ming country would not dare to be distracted to do other things, and by the way, the subsequent danger of the grassland would be resolved!"

After saying this, he stopped talking.

Obviously, these two strategies that Hong Chengchou can come up with are all he has.

Although what Hong Chengchou said today is contrary to the contraction strategy he offered a few years ago, Dorgon also understands it.It's common to have different timing, different strategies, or even opposite strategies.

Thinking about this in his heart, Dorgon said while thinking, "I'm afraid Hong Qing doesn't know that if all the Mongolian tribes are allowed to move east together, share the pastures of the Horqin tribe, and even go to fight for the birth of Nuzhen." Land is not an easy task. Even if the Qing Dynasty coordinates it, I am afraid that no one will be able to truly obey anyone!"

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou didn't frown, he didn't even think about it, and replied directly: "Since the Mongolian tribes refuse to accept anyone, then the slave thinks that the Qing Dynasty should take overall command of the Mongolian tribes. In short , all tribes in Mongolia must be twisted into one rope."

The Prince Baylor who attended the meeting in the Chongzheng Palace agreed with each of them: Since they refuse to obey anyone, they will directly be ruled by the Qing Dynasty!On the Qing side, how dare they refuse to accept it?

However, Dorgon did not nod immediately, but still frowned. Obviously, in his opinion, there were still some problems.

Perhaps seeing what Dorgon was worried about, Hong Chengchou continued to speak to him: "When the Qing Dynasty sends people over, you can make an agreement with the heads of the tribes of Mongolia that the tribes will still be their tribes. When the Ming army is defeated, the eastern Once Mongolia is safe, the tribes will return to their original pastures. For the tribes that have paid more, the Qing side can make a promise to compensate them for their losses."

Speaking of this, he paused and explained: "In this way, coupled with the threat of the Ming army to various tribes, especially the eastern Mongolian tribes who have entered the customs and plundered, I can emphasize to them that the Ming emperor will definitely They will not be let go. The slaves believe that based on the experience of their clan chiefs, they will make the right choice!"

After listening to his explanations, Dorgon's brows really relaxed. It can be seen that he was worried about this.

There was a smile on Dorgon's face, and he said to Hong Chengchou: "Hong Qing is really talented, and he has a clever plan with a raise of his hand, high, high!"

"It's all about the master's sageness. With the master's advice, the slave can think of a thing or two." Hong Chengchou immediately humbled when he heard it.

Afterwards, Dorgon asked other people's opinions, including Dai Shan's, but none of them objected, so the matter was settled.

However, when discussing who to send to the grassland to control the tribes, they encountered problems again.

It's not just a cat or a dog who can rule the patriarchs of those tribes. Those are old foxes, and they must have enough prestige and ability to do it!
If it was before, Dorgon would be the first to think of Duo Duo, this is a suitable candidate.Not only is he capable, but his status is also sufficient to suppress those tribal chiefs.

However, it was also Duoduo's bad luck that he went to snatch Hong Chengchou's set of wine vessels, so that he was deeply poisoned. He is still alive now, which is already a great luck, how could he go to the grassland again!
Thinking of this, Dorgon took a look at Hong Chengchou, and suddenly felt that if Duoduo didn't grab the wine set and Hong Chengchou died, it seemed that it would be a great loss to Qing Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)