Shengjing City, Qing Dynasty Imperial Palace.

Dorgon sat on the chair of the regent, and said calmly: "Everyone, I just learned about the news that the main force of the Ming Dynasty had gone south and began to fight back against Shandong occupied by Li Zicheng. Judging from the movements of the main force of the Ming Dynasty, their idea should be to directly occupy Shandong and open up the connection with Jiangnan."

After listening to Dorgon's words, the ministers present also had a slight commotion.

In the past time, the Qing Dynasty encountered a rare defeat in recent years, so when I heard the news of the Ming Dynasty, I was obviously no longer as confident as before.

Aisin Gioro Wakda spoke, "I wonder what Prince Rui plans to do?"

Wakda is the fourth son of Prince Li Aisin Gioro Daishan, and is also the oldest among all the scholars in the world. Originally, Daishan liked the seven sons Mandahai more, but Mandahai had already died in the battle of Shanhaiguan. Now Wakda has become the actual steward of Zhenghong Banner and the inlaid red banner.

Dorgon smiled slightly and said, "Of course I want to listen to everyone's opinions."

Duoduo stood up at the right time and said, "In the battle of Shanhaiguan, the Qing Dynasty suffered losses and generals. Everyone knows this. But I think this is not because the Qing soldiers were not brave enough in fighting, but because of some people's command errors!"

Duoduo's voice was extremely loud, and everyone subconsciously turned their attention to Jirgalang.

Duoduo is almost referring to Jirgalang.

Faced with Duoduo's accusations, Jirgalang's expression seemed extremely calm, without even a trace of fluctuation.

Duoduo couldn't help but be surprised without waiting for the imaginary response. He glanced at Jirgalang and thought to himself that this old guy had turned into a turtle?

So he spoke with some displeasure: "So this time, our Qing Dynasty should seize this opportunity to send troops to attack Ming Dynasty again, so as to wash away the shame of being in Shanhaiguan before, so that everyone knows that our Qing Dynasty is invincible!"

After Duoduo said that, everyone present suddenly showed a sudden expression.

It’s not that what Duoduo said is like, but everyone knows that Duoduo is actually Dorgon’s phone, and his words represent Dorgon’s meaning.

It seems that Dorgon wants to send troops.

For a moment, everyone began to think about whether they would like to send troops.

Dorgon looked calm, but his mood was actually turbulent.

For the Qing Dynasty, this was a purely militarized country, and all the resources and systems of this country were served by war.

This was determined by the national conditions of the Qing Dynasty. After all, they were just a small country living in Liaodong. If they wanted to compete with a world-rich giant like the Ming Dynasty, they had to achieve the national military system.

This routine of the Qing Dynasty was the most commonly used by small countries in history when they were fighting against big countries, such as Qin in the earlier days of Chinese history and Japan during World War II.

So this is destined that the best way for anyone to gain control over the Qing Dynasty is to make military achievements.

As long as the battle was won, the Qing Dynasty would naturally obey the orders of the winners, from Nurhaci to Huangtaiji, this has been the case for decades.

Dorgon naturally wanted to inherit the achievements of his father and brother, win a few more battles, and firmly grasp the Qing regime.

A moment later, Wakda spoke again: "If we want to continue to develop with Ming Kingdom, will we continue to attack Shanhaiguan?"

This is also a question that needs to be answered. If the war starts again, how should we fight?

Duoduo was confident and said, "Shanhaiguan is indeed a tough trick to crack, so we won't hit him this time. We can choose to take this opportunity to attack Shanxi and take down Datong and Taiyuan! As long as we conquer Taiyuan and Datong, we can form a huge encirclement against Beijing from the east, north and west. It will be no problem to attack Beijing in the future and conquer it!"

After hearing Duoduo's words, Wakda was shocked: "Shanxi? Isn't that the place Li Zicheng now occupied?"

Duoduo smiled and said with smugness: "Yes, but our spies have already obtained information. Since Li Zicheng lost in Baoding, he has transferred all the troops in Shanxi to Kaifeng and is preparing to fight again with the main force of the Ming Kingdom.

Datong and Taiyuan are now controlled by Li Zicheng on the surface, but in fact the defense is very empty. As for the Ming army, their attention is all in the direction of Jinan and Kaifeng, and they have no way to take care of Taiyuan and Datong, which are thousands of miles away. This is an excellent opportunity for our Qing Dynasty to seize these two important northern towns in the Ming Dynasty!”

Wakda was shocked, and the other Qing Dynasty ministers were shocked.

This strategy sounds like...

It's amazing!

Although Taiyuan and Datong are both northern cities in the Ming Dynasty, in terms of population size, these two places are "big cities" that are comparable to today's Shengjing City.

Duoduo continued with a smile: "Everyone shouldn't forget who has been quietly doing business with our Qing Dynasty over the years, constantly reselling various military supplies from the Ming Dynasty to our Qing Dynasty? Yes, it is the Ming Shan merchants from Shanxi! This time, our Qing Dynasty attacks these two places and can still get the support of these Shan merchants. It's just a killing of two birds with one stone. Don't you want to enter these two cities and rob the wealth and population of the Han people? If you miss it, you really won't have this opportunity in the future!"

Duoduo's words made all the Qing Dynasty's kings and ministers excited.

Wakda gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, then of course I support it!"

As one of the actual banner owners, Wakda's speech was quite influential. After he finished speaking, many ministers of the political affairs ministers immediately expressed their agreement.

Soon, ministers like Sony, Oboi and others agreed with the Huangqi and the Huangqi Inlaid.

With the addition of Dodo and Dorgon's Inlaid White Banner and Zhengbai Banner, six banners have agreed to fight.

Everyone's eyes fell on Jirgalang.

Jirgalang said lightly: "Since everyone has no objection, I will naturally not object. However, this time I am old and weak, so I will not participate in this war."

Dorgon smiled slightly and said, "Prince Zheng will guard His Majesty and our Qing Dynasty's country in Shengjing City. This time, it's my turn to earn this face for the Qing Dynasty!"

Since the entire plan was promoted by Dorgon, Dorgon will naturally lead this expedition!

...

North bank of the Yellow River.

Zhu Cilang looked at the turbulent Yellow River in front of him, and felt a little moved in his heart.

This mother river that nurtured Chinese civilization once gently raised the Chinese civilization in its infancy. However, due to the soil erosion over thousands of years, the Yellow River is getting yellower and yellower, and the mother river's temper is getting worse and worse.

On the southern bank of the Yellow River is Jinan City, the capital of Shandong Province of the Ming Dynasty!

Although the two sides still face each other across the river, Zhu Cilang could clearly see that there was a stern outside the city of Jinan in the distance, and an army was stationed west of Jinan, with flags everywhere in the camp, with quite regular rules.

The British Duke said with a happy expression on his face: "I didn't expect that there was a commander to serve the king in the Ming Dynasty!"

Since the communication has been isolated, it was not until three days ago that the main force of the Ming Dynasty who had entered Shandong Province had received the news that the 30,000 troops of the king led by Shi Kefa had surrounded Jinan!

Zhu Cilang nodded with a smile and said, "It seems that this Lord Shi Kefa is indeed a loyal and brave man."

Shi Kefa, a famous minister of the late Ming Dynasty, and a national hero of China!

Zhu Cilang was also a little excited and wanted to appreciate this person's style.

Due to the support of Shi Kefa's troops, the main army of the imperial court crossed the river in a mighty manner without any interference.

At dusk that day, Zhu Cixuan and the Duke of England stepped onto the land on the south bank of the Yellow River.

As soon as he landed, a minister came over and said excitedly: "My dear Shi Kefa, I have seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhu Cilang's eyes fell on Shi Kefa and found that the famous historical minister was quite thin. Although he looked a little tired, his eyes were bright and energetic. His straight body was even more daunting.

Zhu Cilang smiled and held Shi Kefa's hand: "Sir Shi, I have admired you for a long time. When I see you today, my style is indeed better than rumors!"

After hearing this, the British Duke on the side couldn't help but wonder. Shi Kefa was not a senior official of the court before, nor was he very famous. Why did His Royal Highness admire him for a long time?

Shi Kefa was also stunned, but he subconsciously felt that this was the polite words of His Highness the Crown Prince, so he smiled and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has praised you. I have this to say. Even if you die of old age and fall into the underworld in the future, you can still brag about it with your ancestors and ancestors!"

The two of them laughed at the same time.

A moment later, in the new Central Army tent, Shi Kefa introduced the situation to Zhu Cixuan and the Duke of England and others.

"Your Highness the Good Sect learned that the Weishi now has about 30,000 people under his command, but most of them are untrained young and strong, with about 70,000 or 8,000 soldiers who can fight. However, the news a few days ago was that 50,000 reinforcements from Yingtian Prefecture and Jiangxi had already gone north and could arrive in Jinan by the end of the month!"

Zhu Ciyang nodded and smiled, "If there were these reinforcements, it would be even more difficult to capture Jinan. By the way, is there any news from Li Zicheng from Kaifeng?"

Shi Kefa said: "Based on the information I just obtained, Li Zicheng sent Li Yan to lead his army to rescue, claiming to have 150,000 people, but Weichen thinks that there may be only 40,000 to 50,000 people."
Chapter completed!