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Chapter 101 Reinforcement

When they heard that Dorgon invited strong reinforcements all the way, all the princes present were relieved. The Jinhua thieves were really too terrible to fight against the new round of offensive launched by the Chengtian Dynasty without strong reinforcements.

In the past, when Huang Taiji was in the country, a battle between the Qing Dynasty usually killed only a few hundred or even dozens of people. If the casualties exceed 1, it is basically a configuration for the battle to destroy the country. Even Songshan, Tongguan, and Yishi, the Qing army has limited numbers of deaths.

However, after the war with the Jinhua thieves, the situation completely changed. It is very normal to lose thousands of people in a war. If it is not handled properly, it will lose tens of thousands of people in a war. This is true for the Battle of Hangzhou, Huzhou, Liyang, Suzhou, and Nanjing. Even in an ordinary battle, hundreds of people were killed or killed.

If we continue to fight like this, the family fortune that Huang Taiji has saved for the Qing Dynasty will probably be gone. Therefore, Duoduo was the first to ask: "Where did the powerful reinforcements come from? You can't let Amao and Agua deal with the Jinhua thieves!"

Although he didn't believe that Dorgon would use magic to transform into extremely powerful reinforcements, the situation might be different if there were such reinforcements. Dorgon asked very clearly: "You all know Zuo Menggeng, right?"

Zuo Menggeng is Zuo Liangyu's son. After Zuo Liangyu's death, Zuo Menggeng was responsible for commanding Zuo Liangyu's entire army. However, Zuo Menggeng was very unsatisfied and defeated by Huang Degong. Then he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Jiujiang and was incorporated into the Eight Banners Niulu.

But the prince present, Beile, who heard that Dorgon's so-called "strong reinforcements" were just Zuo Menggeng's troops, was immediately disappointed. Someone immediately asked: "How many Niulus Zuo Menggeng has only been? This cannot be called strong reinforcements!"

After Zuo Menggeng surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon, Ajige and Duoduo adopted the tactic of separation of soldiers and generals. The senior leaders of Zuo Liangyu's tribe, including Zuo Menggeng, were transferred to Beijing to compile the Niulu, while the main force of Zuo Liangyu's tribe fought in Huguang and Jiangxi under the dispatch of Ajige and Duoduo. Now Zuo Menggeng has only a dozen newly compiled Niulu, the Han army, under the command of Zuo Menggeng.

Although these dozen Niulu were compiled by the Qing Dynasty's strategy of mixing sand, many of which were old people from Liaodong, and their loyalty and combat effectiveness were better than ordinary Green Camp soldiers and the new affiliated army, such Niulu's combat effectiveness was not even comparable to the Niulu's Han army Niulu before entering the pass, not to mention that the Yue Ming army was often able to win if they met the Eight Banners of Manchu.

Dorgon had already thought of everyone's reaction, so he gave everyone a reassurance as soon as possible: "Zuo Menggeng has a total of 18 Niulus. It was originally divided into various banners, but in order to deal with the Jinhua thieves, I think the Niulus was used in a concentrated manner with Dong Yuan's."

Whenever you talk about the name Dong Yuan, all the princes understand, and they all think this seems to be a good idea.

After all, the name Dong Yuan sounds a bit unfamiliar to outsiders, but all the princes, Beile not only knows this name, but also knows that his other name is Tong Yangjia.

That's right, Dong Yuan's real name is Tong Yangjia. He comes from the Tong clan of Liaoyang. He is a senior spy lurking in the Ming clan of the Qing Dynasty. When the Tong clan of Liaoning colluded with Nurhaci in the rebellion, he entered the pass under the name of "avoiding disaster" and joined Dong Yuan in Zuo Liangyu's army for many years. Not only did he stand out and gain the trust of Zuo Liangyu, he was the deputy general of Guanyan.

But since he was a senior spy in the Qing Dynasty, he naturally would not forget his mission and kept passing confidential information to Nurhaci and Huang Taiji. Last year, Tong Yangjia made great efforts in the overthrow of the Hongguang Dynasty. At that time, the Manchu nobles had decided to let Tong Yangjia recognize his ancestors and restore his status as Manchu, and even planned to let him serve as governor of a province.

But no one expected that after overthrowing the Hongguang Dynasty, Liu Yongxi, who was countless times more powerful, would have aroused Liu Yongxi. Now all the princes and princes felt that if they had known this, they would have accepted King Fu to deal with Liu Yongxi when they saw this. The matter of Tong Yangjia's recognition of his ancestors could only come to an end for the time being. After all, Dong Yuan, the identity of a Han person, would definitely play a greater role.

And the fact is the same. Everyone thinks that although Zuo Menggeng has eighteen Niulu, it is still useless, but the situation of Zuo Menggeng and Tong Yangjia's joint venture is completely different.

No matter from which perspective, Zuo Menggeng can only be considered an outsider for the time being.

He was not only defeated by the Qing army, but also by Huang Degong. It was absolutely useless. It was not necessarily reliable to command these eighteen Niulu, but the situation was different after he and Tong Yangjia's five Niulu.

After all, Tong Yangjia's public identity is still Dong Yuan, not only a Han Chinese, but also the Deputy General Guan Yan under Zuo Liangyu was also the one who was under Zuo Liangyu. In a sense, they were completely family members with the eighteen Niu Lu under Zuo Menggeng. It can be said that it is foolproof to monitor Zuo Menggeng.

Moreover, although Tong Yangjia's five Niulu are also old subordinates of Zuo Liangyu, only the princes. Beile knew that at least two or three percent of these so-called "old subordinates of Zuo Liangyu" were old people from Liaodong who had followed Tong Yangjia for many years. They were absolutely trustworthy forces of the Qing Dynasty. After the two armies joined forces, their strength would inevitably double.

Therefore Daishan felt that Dorgon's plan was very feasible: "This idea is good, but the only five Niulu under Dong Yuan's command is too thin. He should find a way to recruit old subordinates to compile a few more Niulu!"

And Dorgon immediately said: "Well, after Zuo Menggeng and Dong Yuan jointly operate, there should be thirty Niulu!"

Even for the Qing Dynasty at its heyday, the thirty Han army Niulu was quite powerful. Therefore, all the princes and Beile felt that this was indeed a powerful reinforcement. However, Duoduo suffered countless blows from the Ming army of Yue and felt that the thirty Han army alone could not solve the problem: "Thirty Han army Niulu may not work, so we should add more troops!"

Dorgon said confidently: "The King of Yu's ideas are the same as mine. In addition to Zuo Menggeng and Dong Yuan, Geng Jimao also wants to cooperate with them!"

Geng Jimao was Geng Zhongming's son. Although Geng Zhongming died in the Battle of Jiangning, almost all his troops were lost, and only 180 people escaped. Geng Zhongming left some seeds in Beijing and outside the pass, so the Qing court immediately asked Geng Jimao to inherit the hero of King Huaishun and handed over Geng Zhongming's old subordinates to Geng Jimao.

Since Geng Jimao had a grudge against Liu Yongxi to kill his father, he naturally acted particularly positive in this matter. In addition to trying his best to contain Geng Zhongming's old subordinates who fled back from Jiangnan, he also recruited many desperate people. Now there are more than a thousand new and old soldiers, claiming to be two thousand people. Although his strength is a little weak, the natural situation is definitely different from Zuo Menggeng and Dong Yuan's joint venture.

Duoduo immediately said: "After Geng Jimao, Zuo Menggeng and Dong Yuan jointly fought, they were indeed powerful reinforcements along the way, but we should ask North Korea to send reinforcements to the south together!"

Dorgon has considered this issue: "I have asked North Korea to send 1,500 bird gunners to join the army to fight south, but the most powerful reinforcements are still in the south. King Yu and King Su should know which troops I am talking about!"

Although the Ming army of Yue and Ming had already attacked Xuzhou, there were still many soldiers scattered and bravely active between the Jianghuai River. Many troops were even before the Qing Dynasty's Green Camp soldiers and the New Affiliated Army of Jiangnan. These troops ranged from dozens to hundreds, with the strongest strength and even thousands of them occupying fixed territory.

Although most of the migrant forces have changed the banner of the Ming Dynasty due to the situation, they not only have a dark history of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, but also a miscellaneous force that the Ming army is ready to resolve at any time, so they have been in contact with the Qing Dynasty.

Duoduo and Haoge both felt that Dorgon was considerate more thoroughly, so they stood up to assure everyone that something was going on: "It is true that the rebels are ready to lift the pole at the Jianghuai time. They have a bloody feud with the Jinhua thieves. Now they are under the banner of Jinhua thieves because of the situation. But we will definitely respond to this rebels."

It is naturally nonsense to say that "deep blood hatred" is naturally nonsense. The reason why this troops have been in contact with Duoduo and Haoge is mainly because they want to continue to maintain their existing personnel, territory and absolute independence. However, no matter Liu Yongxi, Wang Puxiang or Zhang Boyi, it is impossible for them to allow such a force that only nominally surrendered to the military power of the Celestial Empire during the Jianghuai period, let alone this force and its own territory are like vassal states.

If it weren't for the fact that Jiangbei had just pacified the Jiangbei, Zhang Boyi and Wang Puxiang would have taken action to solve this force as soon as possible, but they still demanded to accept administrative power and reorganize this force. This force naturally hopes to use the Qing Dynasty to maintain its independent status.

But when I heard that there was such a reinforcement between Jianghuai, the prince present was finally satisfied: "Since there are so many reinforcements, not only will we take Xuzhou, but it is best to take Fengyang, Huaian and even Nanjing. Then we can take the initiative in negotiating with Jinhua thieves."

Although it is said that the confrontation between Qinhuai and the north and south can even be accepted as the boundary of the Yellow River, these Jurchen generals are still extremely warlike in their hearts and want to take all the benefits. They are always thinking about eliminating all opponents, and it is best to take this opportunity to take over Jiangnan again.

Dorgon understood their true thoughts deep down, so he proposed a plan to re-emerge: "This year's Nanxing is different from last year. We will not only win a great victory, but also end when we meet!"

But only Dorgon knew that he wanted to unify the world after fighting this battle.

Dodo, Haoge, and Ajige are not Liu Yongxi's opponents, but Dorgon's move is completely different.

He was such an invincible man in the world. At that time, he would want to see how Queen Zhang and Empress Zhu of the Southern Dynasty were so beautiful.
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