Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 349 Chapter 349, Dorgon yelled at the sudden news in Shengjing City
Liaoxi Corridor.

This was originally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but since the Songjin War, it has been occupied by the Qing Dynasty for several years.

Although the Ming Dynasty once regained this place, the Manchu Qing also quickly launched a counterattack, taking advantage of Zhu Cihong's attack on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to regain this place again.

A mighty Manchu Qing army is marching along the Shanhai Pass in the southwest direction here, and the main general leading this Qing army is none other than Dorgon, Prince of Heshuorui.

Dorgon's car was a huge carriage pulled by twelve horses, the size of which was comparable to a room, surrounded by white cloth symbolizing the Zhengbai flag, and embroidered with royal gold silk, it looked very majestic .

Although there was no bed in the carriage, there was a wooden couch. Dorgon was lazily leaning on the wooden couch, and in front of him was his brother Dodo.

Duoduo opened his mouth and said: "It has been thoroughly investigated. The guards in charge of guarding Shanhaiguan this time are indeed the British Duke Zhang Shize of the Ming Dynasty and Xiangcheng Bo Li Guozhen."

Dorgon sneered: "It's just two mediocre people, but Shanhaiguan has a solid terrain, and the Ming army has many red barbarian cannons, which is really troublesome."

The reason why the Manchu and Qing Dynasties have been unable to defeat Shanhaiguan is because this pass is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Duoduo said: "Didn't we just purchase ten Hongyi cannons? This time, it's really hard to say whose cannon is stronger."

Dorgon snorted, and said: "Those red-haired barbarians in the west are not only black in heart, but also black from head to toe! A red barbarian cannon dares to open 10 taels! And those shells, A cannonball costs 100 taels, more expensive than his mother's gold!"

When Dorgon said this, his heart was bleeding.

In terms of financial resources, the Manchu Qing was definitely far inferior to the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty purchased the Hongyi cannons, Chongzhen was quite distressed, let alone the Manqing Dynasty.

It is no exaggeration to say that in order to purchase these Hongyi cannons, the Manchu treasury almost went bankrupt!

Duoduo sighed, and said: "But what can we do? It is impossible not to use cannons, and then we will really be unable to conquer Shanhaiguan in a lifetime."

Dorgon's eyes flickered and he didn't speak anymore, but his face obviously became much gloomy.

After a while, Dorgon said: "If you really can't beat it, then let's take it slowly."

When he said this, Dorgon's tone was extremely unwilling.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty had always been troubled by the civil strife caused by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong. At that time, many people in the Manchu Qing Dynasty thought that they had the hope of ruling the Central Plains like the Dajin Kingdom established by the Jurchen ancestors. Dorgon then Is the leader of this faction.

But now that the civil strife in Ming Dynasty has been calmed down, he even freed up his hands to destroy the Heshuote Mongolia, and now he has begun to attack the Monan Tatar Mongolia.

All the signs showed that Daming, a giant who had been suffering from a long illness, had regained his vitality once again.

The Ming Dynasty was not the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was impossible for it to be subjugated by the Qing Dynasty in a head-to-head confrontation.

No matter how unwilling he was, Dorgon still had no choice but to give up the unrealistic idea of ​​destroying Daming in the face of the facts.

Dorgon calmed down, and said coldly: "Now Ming has started to fight back, and it's our Qing's turn to take over."

Duduo was full of confidence and said: "What's so great about the people of the Ming Dynasty? As long as the prince Zhu Cixiang is not around, won't it be easy for us in the Qing Dynasty to defeat them?"

The name Zhu Cixiang seemed to be some kind of taboo. After it came out of Duduo's mouth, the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly changed.

Dorgon was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth and said, "So, have you confirmed Zhu Cihong's whereabouts?"

Before Duoduo had time to speak, a report suddenly came from outside the carriage: "You two great kings, Tatar and Mongolia urgently report!"

Dorgon looked at the urgent report in his hand, his face became worse and worse, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, he threw the urgent report in his hand heavily on the floor of the carriage.

"This Badali is really a waste who does not accomplish much but fails!"

Doduo was obviously a little puzzled. He picked up the emergency report on the ground and looked at it, and his face also changed.

"The Chahar tribe actually surrendered to Mingren? This..."

Dorgon said angrily: "Badali, I told him before that he must be careful and vigilant, and use the vastness of the grassland to drag down Mingren's logistics if necessary."

"But what happened? This idiot actually ran to force Abu Nai to fight Mingren. The most shameful thing is that he even lost!"

"It's okay now. Abu Nai led the Chahar people and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. The Chahar people are so familiar with the grassland. He and his Horqin tribe can go anywhere. He is simply seeking death!"

Dorgon cursed loudly, and his mentality was obviously a bit broken.

It's only been a few days since we set off from Shengjing, and we haven't seen Shanhaiguan. The news of the disastrous defeat of the Monan Tatars and Mongolia has already spread, whoever is not depressed?
Duoduo thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Brother Wang, this may be our chance."

Dorgon turned his gaze to Duoduo, and said with lingering anger, "What chance?"

Duoduo waved the emergency report in his hand, and said, "Brother Wang, didn't you read what the emergency report said? This time, it was Zhu Cihong, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, who led the Ming army to attack the Tatar Mongolia!"

"Zhu Cihong has always been our Qing's confidant. Brother Wang sent so many people to Beijing to assassinate him, but they all fell into Dongchang's hands."

"But this time it's different. Zhu Cihong went to the grassland by himself. If Brother Wang led an army north to the grassland and besieged Zhu Cihong with the Horqin tribe, would he still be able to walk out of the grassland alive?"

Dorgon listened, his eyes gradually brightened.

To kill Zhu Cihong, this is indeed a tempting proposal for Dorgon!
But Dorgon is not without doubts: "If I lead the army to the north, what will happen to the west of Liaoning? That Zhang Shize is not a fool, he will definitely come out of Shanhaiguan."

Duoduo chuckled, and said, "Then we have two new options. First, we pretend to go north, but in fact lead snakes out of the cave. After Zhang Shize leads the Ming army out of Shanhaiguan, we will come back and fight them decisively."

"Second, just go north regardless, and use the fastest speed to join Horqin's troops and then destroy Zhu Cihong's troops. Zhang Shize will be scruples that we may adopt the first point. His marching speed against the Liaodong side of the Qing Dynasty cannot be as fast as ours. By the time he hits Shengjing, we've already returned triumphantly!"

Duduo had obviously really put his mind to it, and the strategy of the whole war was linked together, which sounded like a seamless one.

Dorgon let out a long breath and fell into deep thought.

How exactly?

Prince Rui of the Qing Dynasty knew very well that the decision he made next would definitely be recorded in the annals of history!

(End of this chapter)