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Chapter 264 Network (2)

"How to curb or even kill the Qing Dynasty requires a coordinated plan! It requires long-term layout and investment!" Mo Ming, wearing an alpaca wool coat, was very energetic in the underground combat command room of Yantai Fort. He waved the baton in his hand, pointed around the map, and said: "Although the main force of Duoduo's Eight Banners stopped fighting in Nanjing and Yangzhou, some Mongolian partial divisions were carrying a large number of surrendered troops in the four towns in Jiangbei, they had easily defeated the troops of Chang Wang, the Nanming Supervisor, and this was all

Last winter, however, with the rise of our army behind enemy lines, both Dorgon in Beijing and Duoduo in Nanjing have realized the threat of our army and began to mobilize the main forces from the front line to return to aid, intending to eat us. Ajige, the King of British Ajige, who was far away in Hubei, not only continued to pursue Li Zicheng who had already entered the junction of Hunan and Hubei, but also mobilized some of the main forces of the Eight Banners to enter the Taiping Prefecture East, while collecting Nanming Prefectures and counties, and supporting Duoduo's troops to encircle and suppress our army."

"In general, our army's continuous operations behind enemy lines have greatly restrained the Qing army's offensive. The rise of anti-Qing rebels in eastern Zhejiang, the stubborn resistance of the Huguang area, the repeated defeats and repeated battles in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the situation in Shandong that could not be completely calmed down, the Qing Dynasty's head was very big." Mo Ming's calfskin military boots stomped on the ground and made a sound, and the conference room was silent. The officers from all departments were listening attentively to General Mo's guidance.

The series of offensives launched by the East Coast people in the second half of last year really surprised Dorgon. First, the more than 2,000 people from Gushan Ezhenjuan Tower, which were ordered to conquer the prefectures and counties in Jiangbei, were unable to win in the head-on battle with the five or six thousand yellow-clothed thieves on the east coast. Second, the major defeat of more than 10,000 people from the Yizhou General Town Xu Dingguo team under the city of Juzhou, and later a series of minor defeats in the Haizhou area. These defeats Yizhou Town, which actually lost its combat effectiveness, made Dorgon no longer ignore the yellow-clothed thieves. If he continues, will he want peace in the northern coast in the future?

Therefore, the Qing court issued a series of edicts to mobilize the troops of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan to go to Northern Zhili and Shandong to enrich local defense. At the same time, the Qing court also ordered that the coastal prefectures and counties that had been violated by the people on the east coast would be abandoned and all residents would be moved in order to make the people on the east coast without plunder.

"But these are far from indicating that the forces of various divisions have formed a confrontation with the Qing Dynasty. On the contrary, the Qing Dynasty still has a great advantage. I think you all know this very clearly. The four towns in Jiangbei, Zuo Menggeng's tribe, and Jiangxi Ming army have a total of nearly 400,000 people. Although the combat effectiveness of these people is a scumbag, it is not something that the weak soldiers who were hurriedly armed by the Nanming army can resist. Moreover, the rift between their divisions is also very large, such as the possible conflict between Li Zicheng's tribe and He Tengjiao of the Nanming Ming Dynasty, the possible conflict between the kings of the Nanming, and even the possible conflict between the heads of the army. These are all unstable factors, but they are extremely fatal for these anti-Qing forces. Therefore, it is still very difficult to prevent the Qing Dynasty from winning quickly, and we need to make careful arrangements." Mo Ming was carrying his hands behind his back and knocking the baton in the air, continuing.

"Lieutenant Junior. Get up and introduce our deployment to all the officials." As he said that, Mo Ming suddenly pointed at the young officer sitting by the wall with a baton and said.

Second Lieutenant Junior was originally the acting captain of the first wing of the forward team, with the rank of temporary lieutenant. However, after Captain Zhang Xudong, a young and powerful officer who was transferred from the local area, was ordered by the military headquarters to take over the first wing, Interim Lieutenant Junior returned to his duties as a staff officer. However, Mo Ming finally compensated the subordinate of this confidant. At least the word temporary in his original rank was removed and he became a real official army lieutenant, saving many years of struggle.

At this time, he stood up at the same time, then leaned forward slightly, expressed his wish to the ministers, and then walked to the middle of the podium with strong steps, opened the folder under his armpit, glanced at the military leaders of various departments under the stage, and said in a high and powerful voice: "Sir, the plan that Chief Mo has formulated is very simple, which is to weave a large net that binds the Qing Dynasty, and then gradually tightens it, making the Qing Dynasty feel suffocated to buy us time. There are many nodes in the net, in the north, mainly Yantai, Jeju, and Amur River Basin. These strongholds must be stationed with the right number of troops, and in the near future, they will have the ability to attack the entire line, continuously attack, harass the Qing Dynasty, plunder materials and population, weaken the enemy's war potential, and strengthen ourselves."

Judging from the situation we are facing now, in the north, we can basically rely on the people of the East Coast to work hard, because all the anti-Qing armed forces have basically been wiped out by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and most of the remaining small armed forces are not as good as the weather, so it is difficult to pose a threat to the enemy. In Mo Ming's plan, the strongholds in the Amur River Basin are long-term plans, and the armed forces in Jeju, Yantai and other places are the forces that can be fought at the moment. The vassal armed forces such as Zhai Congyan are not too much, and there are not too few people. After all, there are more than 10,000 people, and the equipment and training are now much stronger than before. At least they will not be at a disadvantage when fighting the green camp, and even the green camp with a vegetable can be abused by them. Therefore, how to play their greatest role and try to restrain the Qing Dynasty is the key topic that needs to be studied at this moment.

"At the same time in the south, we must maintain close contact with the Zheng family. Zheng Hongkui may have returned to Fujian, and he may not be willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so we can fund it, sell some new rifles and artillery to them, and send officers to help them train a firearm unit to enhance their strength." Second Lieutenant Junior continued to introduce in a normal manner, "The Zheng family has a large number of junglers, a large number of sailors, and has considerable offshore combat capabilities. Our move is equivalent to adding some land combat capabilities to them, and when it can restrain a considerable number of Qing troops and delay the decline of the Ming army. It is worth noting that after our analysis, Zheng Zhilong, the current leader of the Zheng family, is a political speculator. He is likely to surrender to the Qing court, but there should be many opponents in the family, and they should be treated differently when dating."

At this time of great change, the full-time staff of the General Staff Department had deduced the issue of the Zheng family's side several times, but due to the lack of a lot of information about the Zheng family, they could never make an accurate judgment on this. They just thought that Zheng Zhilong himself was very speculative and was likely to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, but Zheng Hongkui was hard to say. In the end, Mo Dashui waved his hand and asked the staff to make plans according to the pattern of some forces in the Zheng family surrendering to the Qing Dynasty and some anti-Qing. Finally, he concluded that the Zheng family needed assistance, otherwise it was impossible to persist for a long time.

At present, Mo Ming is considering whether to actively send someone to contact the Zheng family or simply wait for Zheng to come to Yantai to negotiate aid. After thinking about it, he thought it would be better to wait, but the people who come to the door may not be very enthusiastic. Moreover, the Qing army has just defeated the Chang king's regime - entrusting the blessing of the East Coast people. Chang king survived for several months more than in history, and was not destroyed until the end of October. At this time, the south was in chaos. Mo Ming vaguely remembered that after the fall of the Chang king's regime, two vassal regimes rose at the same time, namely the King of Lu and the King of Tang. How did this time and space evolve? Due to the lack of sources of information in the south, he was not very clear and needed to continue to inquire. Moreover, Zheng Zhilong has not officially surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. With him, Mo Ming always feels that cooperation with the Zheng family is very uneasy.

Another thing worth noting is that after receiving the news that the Southern Ming regime was destroyed and the Ming army was reduced by 400,000 (Ajige tribe received more than 100,000 in Jiangxi), Dorgon was very surprised. He was proud and ordered the world to shave his hair and wear Manchu clothing in early September. A knowledgeable man from the Qing court advised Dorgon: "Now the rebellion has not been decided, the pirates have not been settled, and Jiangnan has even usurped the Ming vassals, and the clothes and clothes of the Han people in the world should be as old as before..."

However, Dorgon was in his prime, and his defeated general who had already jumped far away from Hunan, "one eye" (i.e. Li Zicheng), the yellow-clothed pirates who had hidden their heads and tails and dared not fight head-on, and the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty who had been fighting with endless soldiers, were not a big problem in his opinion. At present, the Qing court had more and more resources and had greater advantages. It was not difficult to eliminate these enemies one after another after overall planning. Therefore, even after news of the disastrous defeat of green camps in Shandong and Jiangbei, Dorgon could not shake Dorgon's determination and vowed to continue to shave his head and change his clothes. Not only that, as the Qing Dynasty gradually settled in the world, a large number of elderly, weak, women and children who were originally stranded in the northeast flocked into the pass. In order to resettle these people, the Qing court encircled land in northern Zhili and plundered people as slaves, which led to the turmoil and uneasy local situation, and a large number of people fled everywhere with their families.

With the implementation of these measures, the Qing court could have easily unified the world, but suddenly it added many twists and turns, and it was forced to postpone the time for his occupation of the whole country. These were extremely powerful for the East Coast people, because this means that they had a lot more time, and they could accumulate strength more calmly, contact the anti-Qing forces in various places, and try their best to delay the Qing court's unification time, and even block this process if possible - although it is difficult. Because only in this way can the East Coast people be able to gain enough benefits when wars are everywhere in China - that is, the population. As the East Coast people's strength in the Far East becomes stronger, Mo Ming has the confidence that relying on the Black Water Base to contact the Zheng family and the anti-Qing forces in the inland, it will definitely give the Qing court a profound lesson.

"Finally, I will focus on the matter of the Dashun army that has retreated to the southern part of Huguang." Second Lieutenant Junior glanced at the audience and said quickly. (To be continued...)
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