After reading the letter, Hong Chengchou bowed to Dorgon and said, "Prince, it is a good thing that Wu Sangui is willing to lend troops from us. Prince, you can ask the emperor to be the king of Wu Sangui! As long as Wu Sangui is willing to use it for me, let Wu Sangui deal with the bandits, and our army will follow us to get the bargain."

Dorgon said: "What a pity. Chongzhen was not dead and was rescued by the Jinyiwei. Li Laoer even encouraged Chongzhen to negotiate with the bandits. Hong Xiantai's manifesto of avenging Chongzhen is useless."

"Prince, I think that the Ming Dynasty and the bandits are not afraid of it. Li Laoer is the biggest concern of my Qing Dynasty!" Hong Chengchou said gritting his teeth. In his heart, he had already surrendered to the enemy. Since he had already surrendered to the Tartars, he might as well help the Tartars conquer the country. In this way, everyone is under the rule of the Tartars, and no one dares to scold him.

Chongzhen's rescue was indeed a blow to Hong Chengchou. He had originally designed and formulated a strategic plan for the Qing Dynasty to unify the country. As a result, because Chongzhen was rescued, his plan became more difficult. What's even more annoying is that Li Laoer actually instigated Chongzhen to negotiate with the bandits. Isn't this joining forces to prepare to deal with the Qing Dynasty?

Of course, Hong Chengchou knew that once the Qing Dynasty collapsed, he would face being treated as a roast duck and skinned.

Dorgon turned his head and bowed to Fulin: "Emperor, let all the servants retreat first. I will also go back to the house with Hong Xiantai and Grand Secretary Fan to discuss matters."

"Retreat the court!" Fu Lin said.

Dorgon asked Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Duoduo to follow him back to his Regent's Mansion.

"Li Laoer is indeed powerful. I heard that his 30,000 troops defeated Zuo Liangyu's army of 800,000 were defeated! Zuo Liangyu was so scared that he dared not go out of the city to fight. Such a powerful Ming army is the biggest disaster for our Qing Dynasty." Dorgon sighed.

Hong Chengchou smiled and said, "Prince, Zuo Liangyu has no 800,000 troops at all. The left thieves are known as 800,000. In fact, 300,000 is considered too much. Among the 300,000, the auxiliary soldiers and refugees are deducted, only 100,000 people can fight. It is normal for Li Lao Er to win by 30,000 to fight 100,000. Prince, please forgive me for being blunt: Li Lao Er's military combat power is comparable to your Eight Banners Army. Wouldn't it be easy to defeat the Left thieves by 30,000 Eight Banners Army?"

Dorgon sighed and said something he didn't want to admit: "My Qing Tianshang met Li Laoer, but he was defeated repeatedly and had never won a single victory. Therefore, the combat power of this person's army is still above our Eight Banners Army."

Hong Chengchou said: "The prince is so bad. Li Laoer's army's combat power is at most equivalent to the Eight Banners Army. This person is good at making plans and especially good at using the terrain. Prince, please say something ugly. If the Qing Dynasty soldiers arrived at the Jiangnan River Net, they would probably be defeated by this person using the terrain."

Dorgon snorted: "Why did my Qing heavenly soldiers go deep into the southern river network? The worst result is the confrontation between the north and the south."

"Prince, the Qing Dynasty must go south to the south of the Yangtze River! Otherwise, if Li Laoer develops in the south of the Yangtze River, this person will definitely go north to attack. By then, the Qing Dynasty will not even be able to defend the capital, so it can only retreat outside the pass!"

"Then Hong Xiantai, tell me, how should I deal with Li Laoer?"

Hong Chengchou said: "In fact, it is very simple to deal with Li Laoer. After our army enters the pass, we should not attack the city, but should not attack as much as possible, and should mainly recruit and appease; after entering the pass, we should not rob wealthy businessmen and gentry and obtain their support; in the end, we should use the surrendered Ming army for our sake, so that they can fight Li Laoer to the death, and our elite troops will wait for their hard work. Li Laoer's biggest weakness is that his troops are insufficient. Although his army is very elite, his number is not large and he cannot occupy more territory. We can use the surrendered Ming army to seize territory and gradually encircle him."

"Yu'er, I am ashamed of the people. If the people still stay in the north, how can they survive?" Chongzhen sighed.

At this moment, loud military songs came from the river bank, and only the soldiers of the Huai Army were heard singing in unison: "Why not take Wu Gou to collect the fifty states of Guanshan?"

After the 13 songs of Nanyuan were sung, the soldiers sang "Manjianghong" loudly under the command of Li Guodong. The majestic and heroic singing soared into the sky, making adrenal hormones accelerate their secretion and their whole body was filled with passion.

Li Guodong also asked the soldiers to sing loyalty to the country. Hearing the majestic singing, Chongzhen looked out from the railing and looked at the elite troops on the shore, and was also extremely excited: "What a elite troops who are loyal to the country!"

"This is even more a benevolent and righteous army." Zhou Hou came out at some point and said with great emotion.
Chapter completed!