"I dare not deceive the prince."

Hong Chengchou immediately reported the Ming army numbers he had observed one by one, and calculated the size of the first and second divisions of 40,000 people, including the cavalry battalion and firearm battalion.

According to the ratio of the main combat soldiers and the auxiliary soldiers in the Manchu army was about 1 to 5, the Ming army had at least 200,000 people. If the proportion of the main and auxiliary soldiers in the Manchu army was as high as 1 to 10, the corresponding ratio of the Ming army would be 400,000!

This estimated number is not reliable. If the number of people mobilized to support the front line, the Ming army had at least one million. However, this concept of people's war was not only not understood by Dorgon, but Hong Chengchou, even those heroes who thought they were well versed in "whoever wins the hearts of the people won the world" might not be able to see the shocking changes brought about by this huge force.

Not only should we win the hearts of the people, but we should also win the strength of the people.

The people's hearts that are called "Welcome the King's Army" are indeed meaningless.

Dorgon was not clear about this, but he had truly experienced the exclusion of the Han people from them. In his pitiful historical knowledge, only the Mongols occupied this colorful world, and their practices of occupying the land cannot be copied: massacres, destroying the city, planting grass, and grazing.

Manchus are not herdsmen. Manchus need the glory and wealth brought by cities, exquisite food, and silk and porcelain made by Han people.

Since we cannot learn from the Mongols to destroy all this, it is better to repeat the lifestyles of the past thirty years: fattening, slaughtering, fattening, and slaughtering. And once our hometown is regained, these Nikan barbarians will fall into internal strife and will eventually be defeated by the Manchu Iron Cavalry.

"Then let's go." Dorgon relaxed completely, spit out four words, and never wanted to stay in the pass and suffer.

"But the Political Conference..."

"No need to worry. Let Duoduo take his men, coat and seized money and grain first." Dorgon felt that he was getting less and less powerful: "As Mr. said, as for how to distribute it, I should wait until I return to Shengjing before discussing it."

Hong Chengchou nodded slightly and was in a heavy mood.

Should I stay in the Ming Dynasty, or follow it wholeheartedly? If the Ming Dynasty regained Beijing and was still the same as before, it would definitely become the fish on the Manchu chopping board again. But if the Ming Dynasty really had a promising king, it would only take a generation of effort to destroy Manchus.

After seeing the greed and ignorance of more and more Manchu nobles, Hong Chengchou became more worried about his future prospects. However, thinking that he had caused Emperor Chongzhen to lose all his face, the road to returning to the Ming Dynasty was also hindered. What's more, he had military power in his hands and had room for bargaining, but now he had nothing to do, how could he get pardoned?

"Master, many Han officials in the capital are saying that Manchus may not have their tails growing." The old man appeared next to Hong Chengchou at the right time: "Master, should we take the old lady back?"

Hong Chengchou pondered and said, "I'll go in person." He paused and said, "Aren't those officials afraid of the court's liquidation?"

The old man heard the master referring to the Ming court as "the court" and knew that the master had aroused his thoughts. From his own heart, he also hoped that the master could rectify the trouble and return to the Ming Dynasty, and at least he could get back to the roots of Ye Luo. However, the court's liquidation was a hurdle that could not be overcome. We could not take the lead in order to return to the roots of Ye Luo.

"They all have a heart-preserving pill..." said the hometown: "It is the "Appointment" issued by the imperial court. Anyone who has no name or surname can get a special amnesty."

"They dare to believe it." Hong Chengchou snorted coldly, annoyed by the short-sightedness of these people.

Although a special amnesty order is not enough to convince people, those officials are even more afraid to go to Liaodong.

In the eyes of all Han people, Liaodong is a wild land, with the Mongolian Manchu Tartars who eat raw meat and drink blood, and the wild animals in the forest that eat people and do not spit bones. They even do not believe that there are cities in Liaodong, and firmly believe that all Liaodong people make a living by hunting and digging ginseng.

As long as you rely on the amnesty order, you can save your life, even if you go home and become a rich man, it is good. What's more, you have to be an official again. You always need someone to be an official. Where can you find officials in the short term? In the end, you have to use them.

"I'm afraid the Manchus won't be so easy to talk to." Hong Chengchou sighed.

When Manchus have the opportunity to sit in the world, of course they don’t mind fewer slaves and more ministers. There is no substantial difference in this.

When the Manchus plundered their property and wanted to evacuate, these ministers returned to their most essential attribute: spoils.

Although scholars cannot farm, the barbarians who have sprouted civilization still hope to improve their politics, educate their children, and try to live a good life outside the pass. This means that we must bring these seemingly useless scholars.

Duoduo was ordered to meet Dorgon. Among the retreat strategies set by the two brothers, the first one was how to move these civil servants to Liaodong. The second was the farmers and various craftsmen who farmed. The only ones to stay were those merchants. As it turned out, if the Shanxi merchants had not reported the news, the army would be blind and deaf, and they could not even find the main force of the enemy.

If you leave these merchants behind, you can get supplies from the pass to Liaodong. Although the price is more expensive, it is better than not.

Since Shanxi merchants were left as a bridge for communication between inside and outside, the Shanxi merchants could only be left behind. Therefore, Shanxi officials escaped this disaster, and the targets of plunder were civil officials from Jiangnan and other places.

As long as there is screening work, Song Hongye will have a place to use his skills.

He had already found Dorgon to express his "loyalty" to the Qing Dynasty, and stated that although he was a Han Chinese, his red heart had already filled the blood of Manchuria and he would definitely follow Manchuria out of the pass. Dorgon had never heard of such a loyal confession. He was very happy when Song Hongye said that, and he gave him thirty farms outside the pass and five hundred coats on the spot.

Song Hongye can thus openly record the list of officials left behind by the Qing Dynasty and the officials taken away, and then handed them one to Dorgon and the other to Tianjin Wei.

In order to make it easier for Dorgon to come to Beijing next time, he specially laid a secret spy. Unfortunately, these secret spies were also under the control of Song Hongye. Many of them were originally double-faced spies, but in name they were Manchu secret spies, but in fact they were loyal and kind-hearted in the Ming Dynasty.

Dorgon and Dodo's small actions quickly alarmed other Manchu nobles and made their own plans one after another. The whole of Beijing was once again in chaos, robbery, and slaughter.

...

Zhu Cixuan was very painful to receive the Beijing notification. These people were all the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, and they let the Qing Dynasty ruin it, but they were powerless to do anything. If he really had an army of 200,000, he could blockade Beijing, but in fact, there were less than 30,000 soldiers available.

Moreover, the Second Division almost underwent a major blood exchange, and it takes time to recover to restore combat effectiveness.

"Can you negotiate peace?" Zhu Cixuan discovered for the first time that he had a compassionate attitude, but was immediately wiped out by various realistic reasons.

After all, as long as the Ming Dynasty recovers its vitality, it can send out a large army to annihilate the stubborn Manchu riots at any time. The key now is how to preserve the vitality of the Ming Dynasty and reduce population losses. For an agricultural country, population is an important resource far more than gold and silver. This point has been clearly stated by our ancestors: there are people and people, and there are people and wealth.

Land, people, and then wealth.

After the double attacks of bandits and the Eastern Barbarians, almost one-tenth of the right tribe in the north was left. Logically speaking, there should be land, but the people were dispersed. If the Eastern Barbarians were allowed to plunder Dingkou, it would be more difficult for the north to recover its vitality in the future. Once there are few people in the north, the borders will be weak everywhere, even if it is like a land without a man.

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Cilang, under the great form, actually thought of the word "traitor" that is equivalent to "traitoring the country".

As the secondary assistant of the Ming Dynasty and the chief adviser of the crown prince, Wu Yan naturally knew that this idea was forced to do so, but he must not. I remember that Chen Xinjia was ordered to secretly discuss peace in the time of the Ming Dynasty, but after the incident was revealed, he was forced to death by an angry court clerk.

Now that the army has revived Beijing, it would be fine if it doesn’t mean the Northern Expedition, but it is still thinking about peace talks. This is to cut off oneself from the world!
Chapter completed!