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After asking about the situation and rejecting the messenger, the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo both looked shocked and relatively speechless.

Neither of them could have imagined that so many things would happen in Liaodong in just a few months. How come the Ming army suddenly became strong and captured the cities of the Qing Dynasty one after another, but Huang Taiji, who had always been so wise and powerful in the past, was unable to do anything!

"Brother, what should we do?" Duduo asked first, "How about I personally lead the army to encircle and suppress that damn Lu Xiangsheng?"

After hearing this, Dorgon looked up at him. I understand that he wants to take advantage of this opportunity to express himself and strive for a chance to atone for his sins. After all, the responsibility for his defeat has never been settled, and it has been dragged there.

Sighing in his heart, Dorgon looked at Duduo and asked: "Do you think that if you lead the troops on an expedition, Lu Xiangsheng will be wiped out by you? Liaodong has to ask us, who are far away in North Korea, to send troops, which means that there The encirclement and suppression of Lu Xiangsheng is very uncertain, do you understand?"

"But..." Duduo wanted to defend himself. He had always been a bit worried about the previous defeat and was really a bit unconvinced. He believed that the fundamental reason for the previous defeat was that he did not know the true situation of the Ming army and he was hampered by food. Otherwise, he might not be able to beat Lu Xiangsheng.

Dorgon didn't give Duduo a chance to speak, because he felt it was unnecessary, and immediately interrupted Duduo and said: "Even if you take a step back, you are really lucky to have made a contribution and captured or defeated Lu Xiangsheng. Whether he can let you go or not still depends on him, not on whether you have made a contribution or not! Why don't you understand the reason behind this?"

After hearing this, Duduo was still a little confused. He felt that Dorgon's words were a bit alarmist, so he speeded up his speech and quickly expressed his views: "Brother, there is a war in Liaodong now and when people are being employed, how can Huang Taiji be here?" Time to fuck me?"

As soon as he heard this, Dorgon became angry, slapped the case, and shouted sternly: "Are you stupid? It's because Liaodong is like that now. Do you think Huang Taiji will take the responsibility himself? Do you believe it? If you don’t believe it, he puts all the blame on you, saying that your previous defeats led to the current situation. Is it worthy of the clan if he doesn’t kill you?”

"How could it be me..." Duduo was shocked when he heard this!

Dorgon hates the fact that iron cannot become steel. His younger brother is somewhat talented in fighting, but he is too weak-minded for this kind of political struggle. He tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart and explained patiently: "If you didn't lose the battle and transported the food back to Liaodong, what do you think the result would be? Let me tell you, the food of the Ming army in the two places is nine times out of ten. It was stolen from you. Do you know how much the strength of both sides will be affected if the food supply between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty decreases and increases?"

After hearing this, Duduo finally didn't dare to tell the difference anymore.

When Dorgon saw him, he felt that it was because Duduo was still young, and as an older brother, he had to be more tolerant. So, his tone softened a little, and he said again: "Also, even if you want to go to war, what about food? If an army goes out on an expedition and doesn't have enough to eat, how will it have the strength to fight, and where will the food come from?"

There is also no food in North Korea, but thanks to the strength of Jianlu, they have even distributed their troops to every household in Seoul. As long as these families have fire to cook, the soldiers of Jianlu will be indispensable. If you eat secretly, can you survive on hunger? The consequence of this is that everyone will be killed and no one will be polite to you. As a result, those families who had food hidden in the city had to feed more Jianlu.

As for people starving to death in the city, there were some, but it had nothing to do with Jianlu. Unless all Koreans die, there will be no possibility of starving to the point of establishing captives.

But if you are leading an army on an expedition, you will not be able to collect the rations you carry. In fact, Duduo's oppression was too severe last time and all the food in North Korea was plundered. But no one expected that the Ming army would be advantaged in the end.

After hearing this, Duduo completely gave up the idea of ​​leading troops to the expedition.

Seeing that Dorgon had convinced his younger brother, he stopped talking and instead lowered his head in thought. After a while, he suddenly sighed heavily.

"Brother, don't worry. I won't go back to Liaodong in the worst case. Will Huang Taiji send troops to North Korea to catch me?" Duduo thought Dorgon was sighing for his future, so he comforted him with an indifferent expression.

After all this time, Huang Taiji didn't send anyone to catch him back. This gave him confidence. Knowing that he was protected by Dorgon, Huang Taiji wouldn't do anything to him for a while!

Unexpectedly, Dorgon heard the sound, raised his head and glanced at him, but shook his head and said: "What I am worried about is not this, but the situation in Liaodong!"

"What's the situation in Liaodong?" Duduo was a little puzzled. What's there to worry about there? It's not the matter of his brothers!

Dorgon's face was heavy, and he frowned and said slowly: "The Ming army in Gaizhou, judging from the time and place, is probably the Ming army that appeared in Jinpu Town. The elite of this Ming army , probably even more elite than Guan Ning’s army. They suddenly attacked Gaizhou. It is said that those who come are not kind and good will not come. I am afraid he will not be able to conquer Gaizhou even if he conquers it himself!"

The first battle was lost, but the outcome was unknown. Duduo didn't think much about it before, but when he heard Duolgon's analysis, he couldn't help but fell silent and frowned thinking about it.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Dorgon didn't care and continued to talk according to his own train of thought: "Besieging cities is not what we, the Qing Dynasty, are good at. As long as we can't attack the city and continue to waste it, our Qing Dynasty will definitely not be able to afford it. . In the Gaizhou war, what is most beneficial to our Qing Dynasty is a quick victory! But... alas..."

There was nothing more to say. Dorgon realized that the situation in the Qing Dynasty had reached a crisis situation that he had never encountered before. Although he was happy that Huang Taiji was hit, he did not want the Qing Dynasty's national power to be damaged.

The two brothers were relatively speechless, their moods were very low because of the war in Liaodong. The messenger's report to them actually did not reveal the dirty relationship between the Jianlu and the Mongols. Otherwise, it would only make them more worried!

The next day, Dorgon personally wrote a letter of explanation, saying that he could not send troops because there was no food, and then sent people to Liaodong. At the same time, he also explained that he knew something about the affairs in Liaodong and returned to North Korea.

The two brothers were silent as they watched the messenger hurry away. Looking up at the sky, Dorgon let out a long sigh and said, "God is not kind to me, it's going to snow!"

As he said that, he looked in the direction of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that the Chinese New Year was coming soon over there, so he was very happy, right?

Both of them were a little depressed, but as soon as they returned, guards rushed in from outside with a happy face.

Thanks Sisko for the tip!