.Thank you the regent of the emperor.

Everyone sat down again, and Dorgon's cough finally stopped. He glanced at everyone below. Everyone felt their eyes like a knife passing by. Everyone felt a stern in their hearts. After all, the Regent was the Regent. Even if they had not recovered from their illness, their eyes still seemed to penetrate people's hearts.

"Today I call you all to discuss the matter. I have announced that I have decided to lead the army to fight to the death with the pseudo-Ming emperor. Let's see who is in this world?"

Dorgon's words were astonished as the sky, and everyone was shocked for a moment. Dorgon fought in the army at the age of fourteen, and had great military achievements throughout his life. He was named Prince Rui by Emperor Taizong. If Dorgon was not sick, everyone would naturally not doubt Dorgon's ability. However, Dorgon is still ill at the moment. If it is an accident, the future of the Qing Dynasty will be completely ruined. Can he rely on a young emperor who is only eleven years old?

But no one can object to Dor]'s words in person. We can't say that everyone is afraid that you will die of illness after half of the war. For a moment, everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, hoping that others could give up Dorgon's idea of ​​leading the army to fight.

"I fought countless wars in my life, and fought out from the sea of ​​blood several times. The pseudo-Ming Emperor was lucky enough to win two games. Do you think I am not as good as the pseudo-Ming Emperor?" Seeing his subordinates' attitude, Dorgon was very dissatisfied. Those who could discuss matters here were Dorgon's confidants. If they did not receive support here, then there would be more oppositions in the court.

"Reported to the Emperor's Regent, the Emperor's Regent is naturally far better than the pseudo-Ming emperor. It's just that the slaves think that the Emperor's Regent's illness has not been cured and should not lead troops. I hope that the Emperor's Regent's protection of the Holy Body is important." Grand Secretary Xifu stood up and said, gritting his teeth.

As soon as Xifu opened his mouth, everyone became bolder and flattered them all, saying that the emperor's father, the regent, was far superior to the pseudo-Ming emperor, whether it was talent, military experience, or intelligence. As long as the emperor's father, the regent, led the army, the pseudo-Ming emperor would be scared to death. However, everyone was really worried about the body of the regent. The Qing Dynasty could not live without the regent for a moment. The regent must not be tired and must protect his holy body.

Dorgon nodded. He understood that although these people might not be telling the truth, they were just worried that their illness was definitely true. It was not that these people intentionally opposed him: "It doesn't matter if my illness is much better than before. At most half a month, I believe that I will recover completely. Now that the pseudo-Ming is too forced, how can I hide behind and not go to war?"

Everyone was in a dilemma. Although the emperor's father, the regent, refused to delegate power, no one here was qualified and capable of leading the army on behalf of Dorgon. Of course, there was not no one in the court who could replace Dorgon. Jirgalang and Abatai were all suitable candidates, but how could Dorgon hand over the military power to Jirgalang and Abatai. Even if Dorgon was willing, the following people would still fight desperately.

"The emperor's father, the regent. I have a sentence that I don't know whether to say it or not?" Ebilong stood up timidly.

Dorgon frowned and said, "Tell me."

"Yes, the emperor's father, the regent. The pseudo-Ming is coming in a fierce manner. The pass must be in the Qing Dynasty. Why not send envoys to negotiate with the pseudo-Ming? Let the pseudo-Ming produce a sum of money and redeem their capital. In this way, each of them will gain their own benefits. The land of Manchu is fertile and enough for us to live in Manchus. Why should we take the risk of dividing life and death with the pseudo-Ming?"

Ebilong's dialect revealed his nature. He was both smart and cautious. In history, Ebilong and Obai were both the four auxiliary ministers. His position was still above Obai. As a result, Obai was ate hard. When Obai was in power, Ebilong was like a puppet. Later, he was implicated by Obai and almost killed by the whole family. It must be said that it was influenced by his cautious and cautious personality.

But the Ebilong language was not whimsical. Many Manchu relatives and nobles had been trying to grab it in the pass and then return to Manchu since they entered the pass. They just saw the war going smoothly. They were determined to occupy the entire Ming Dynasty. After the failure of the Duoduo army to go south, the call for returning to Manchu reached its peak. If Dorgon had not personally persuaded Daishan and Abatai, four years ago, the Manchus had already burned Beijing and returned to the outside of the pass.

Now the Ming Dynasty has come to fight. It is about to burn Beijing and return to the pass. Daishan has returned to Chenyang. Without Daishan, these calls have been suppressed by Dorgon. Compared with those who are the nobles of the people, they have to burn the capital with fire. The idea of ​​Ebilong is undoubtedly more clever. He has obtained a lot of money and will not completely anger the Ming army.

However, Dorgon's face became darker the more he heard it. His eyes were staring at Ebilong fiercely and interrupted roughly: "Enough, I will not hear it this time. If anyone dares to say the words of the Manchus withdrawing from the pass, don't blame me for being ruthless and punishing the punishment strictly for the crime of disrupting the morale of the army." After saying that, Doer still slapped heavily on the chair, which made Ebilong's heart tremble.

"Slaves deserve to die, thank you for your magnanimity in the regent."

He knelt down with a loud bang, and kowtowed to Dorgon three times without any bones.

Entering the Pass was Dorgon's greatest achievement. It is precisely because of this that Dorgon's power could greatly increase. If he lost the land in the Pass again, even if he regained a large amount of wealth, what is the difference between his entry into the Pass and the previous Beile ministers leading troops into the Pass? It is nothing more than that he entered the Pass for a longer time and occupied the capital of the Ming Dynasty. However, how could he be named the regent of the emperor's father?

Ebilong originally wanted to flatter, but he didn't understand this point and could only flatter the horse's legs.

Xifu and Ebilong were both disappointed. Everyone suddenly knew that Dorgon personally led the army to decide the army with the Ming army, so they no longer persuaded each other, but discussed where to fight the Ming army. There was not much room for Manchus to choose, and in the end they could only set the location of the decisive battle in Tianjin.

The capital city became nervous, with more and more soldiers on the streets, and the inspection of the entrances and exits of the city gates became stricter. The prices of meat, fodder, etc., such as military supplies, soared. I don’t know if Dorgon’s illness was really cured or forced to support his illness. He held a grand court meeting for several days in succession to discuss the military affairs with his ministers.

One day later, Dorgon issued a three-draw-one conscription ratio to the Manchus. Among the 200,000 Manchus, 70,000 troops were drawn. Among the 70,000 people, half of the elderly and half-old children accounted for half. Even many strong Manchus women were also drawn into it. The real Manchus were only about 30,000 elite. In addition to the Mongolian Eight Banners, Han Eight Banners, Green Camp soldiers, Dorgon's troops were also known as 500,000. Dorgon himself knew how much water was.

Tianjin is the estuary of the ancient Yellow River, and it is slowly accumulated from mud and sand. After the construction of the Jinghang Canal in the Sui Dynasty, Tianjin was at the intersection of the canal and the North Canal, known in history as Sanhui Haikou. Tianjin was prosperous. During the Tang Dynasty, salt fields were opened in Lutai, and Tianjin became the gathering and dispersing place for the salt industry. In the early Ming Dynasty, the vassal king Zhu Dajun crossed the Grand Canal and went south to compete with his nephew for the throne. After the Jingnan Success, in order to commemorate the Jingnan Campaign that started the war, on November 21, the second year of Yongle, Zhu Di issued an order to rename this place Tianjin, which means the emperor's ferry. In the Xiaozhigu area southwest of the Sancha River, a guard was established to build a city, and then the Tianjin Left Guard and Tianjin Right Guard were added.

After the Manchus entered the pass, they did not pay attention to Tianjin at first. Compared with a big city like Baoding and Hejian, the Tianjin urban area was small and not a dangerous place around them. Naturally, the Manchus would not be interested in it. It was only after the army that Duoduo went south was completely destroyed that Dorgon re-examined the barrier of Tianjin, the capital city, and ordered the merger of the Tianjin Guard, the left guard of Tianjin and the right guards of Tianjin to be merged into Tianjin Guards, and the establishment of civil affairs, salt transportation, taxation, military and other constructions. This order was originally in history until the ninth year of Shunzhi, when Dorgon was dead.

After four years of expansion, Tianjin City has become a grand city far exceeding Zhending and Baoding. The city is more than three meters high and two meters wide. The city has changed from being able to accommodate more than 100,000 troops to being able to accommodate more than 100,000 troops. It has been stationed for many years and guarded by 20,000 troops. It is located less than a hundred miles away from Tianjin, with two camps, Fengtai and Miyun. Once there is something wrong in Tianjin, the Qing army of the two camps can arrive for support day and night.

At the end of May of the fifth year of Hongguang in the Ming Dynasty, the vanguard of the Ming army, the 20,000 troops of Li Chengdong, had arrived at the periphery of Tianjin. This time, the defenders in the city no longer fled, but guarded the city gates while sending people to report to the capital quickly. After receiving the report, the capital was basically ready and immediately led the army to Tianjin. At the same time, the Ming army was also rushing towards Tianjin, less than two days away from Tianjin, and a storm was about to take place in Tianjin.

At the same time, after dozens of days of sea navigation, Sun Kexian and Yin Hongsheng's army boarded the land from Shanhaiguan to Jinzhou and were resting. Many Yulin Guards and Ming soldiers took a sea boat for the first time and vomited a lot on the sea. When they arrived on the shore, they were already weak in their legs and feet. The original land tigers became sick cats in the mountains. Fortunately, the place where they landed was located between Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou. This place has always been avoided. In addition, neither the Qing army nor the Ming army paid attention to coastal defense and did not encounter the large number of Qing army troops. Otherwise, as long as the Qing army sacrificed their lives, the 20,000 troops would have fled back to the ship in heavy losses.

In this case, it is absolutely impossible to fight without rest. Sun Kexian discussed with Yin Hongsheng and decided to go out after resting for three days. During these three days, the Qing army scouts, who had hunters or small groups, encountered this army. Sun Kexian and Yin Hongsheng took a firm attitude towards the scouts of the Qing army, while the hunters distinguished. All Manchus would be executed. If they were Han people, they would be temporarily detained in the army to prevent the leak of news.

Three days later, Yin and Sun's subordinates became lively again, and the two decided to attack Shanhaiguan.

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Chapter completed!