Seeing Dorgon nodding slightly, Fan Wencheng continued: "On this road, we have to mobilize a large army and make huge losses to achieve a breakthrough. The mountain road in Julu is difficult to move forward, but it can be divided into three small parts. One is the Wu Yuanji tribe who confronts our army, and is also the main force of Zhou Xianjun, stationed on the Zhanghe line. The other two are Chen Zilong tribe in Zhangde Prefecture and Yan Yingyuan tribe in Daming Prefecture."

Duoduo looked at Dorgon and nodded, saying, "He said it well. And according to the news sent back from the detailed work, it seems that Chen Zilong is the main general in the three divisions, not Wu Yuanji who controls the army."

Dorgon thought for a moment, Zhan Mei smiled and said, "The outside is more important than the inside, and this Zhou Xian is seeking death."

Fan Wencheng also smiled and said, "Zhou Xian probably thought that Chen Zilong was a civil servant, and it was easier to win over local gentry and recruit soldiers, so he was the leader. But since he was the leader, the power of the vocational high school must be the center of everyone. Zhangde Mansion is adjacent to Shanxi and has many places to attack. At that time, a cavalry entered Zhangde and trapped Chen Zilong, which would inevitably cause Zhou Xian's army to fall into chaos. If he defeated it separately at that time, he would definitely achieve miraculous results."

Dorgon curled his lips and looked at Hong Chengchou with some confusion, "You just said that this is not a good time to attack Shandong, but Mr. Wu said that it can receive miraculous effects. Who should I listen to?"

Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment and explained: "Reported to the Regent, what Mr. Fan said is not a contradiction with what Mr. Jucai said. What Mr. Jucai said is not a good time, but should not be too hasty about Shandong. What Mr. Fan said was to attack Zhangde Prefecture from Shanxi was just an offensive line, and it did not mean that he wanted to launch an attack immediately."

Dorgon stood up and looked at Hong Chengchou with some fun and said, "Oh, then do you agree with what Mr. Fan said? When my brother was alive, he praised you for your good military strategy and was a minister who planned the country. I want to hear your opinions now. Based on what you see, how should I do next in the Qing Dynasty?"

Dorgon distrusts the Han people from the bottom of his heart, but he has to use them. There are too few bannermen and the world is too big. The best way is to set up a benchmark to let them know that it is beneficial to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

These days, Hong Chengchou seems to have done his best to plan for the Qing Dynasty, but who knows what he is thinking in his heart? Who else can betray his own nation and whom he dare not betray?

He had to use him and beat him all the time. This is Dorgon's attitude towards Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou understood in his heart, but he didn't care too much. He seemed to have been prepared for Dorgon's question, and without a moment of hesitation, he said directly: "I think that if I, the Qing Dynasty, want to eventually seize the world, should adopt four main strategies, namely, one protect, two attacks, three abandons, and four defeats."

Dorgon frowned slightly, "What do you say?"

Hong Chengchou said: "One guarantee is to protect our Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty warriors are rampant in the world, with few enemies, but the population is small and difficult to replenish. Now that we enter the Central Plains, the troops are even more difficult to replenish. If we use them in a scattered manner and make them too much damage, it is inevitable that others will feel unjust. The slave means that for the Eight Banners children, try to use as little as possible, so as to maintain the deterrence to the Han generals in the local area."

Dorgon nodded softly and asked, "Where are the second attackers!"

"I think this is not a good time to attack Shandong, but it is not completely ignored by the matters in Shandong. At present, Tang Tong is stationed in Tianjin and Jiang Huan is stationed in Taiyuan. The regent should take the two of them as generals and let them lead their troops to attack Nanpi and Zhangde respectively. If they can win, the regent will launch a large army and sweep Shandong. If they cannot, they can also use this to test the defense of Zhou Xianjun everywhere and arouse their will. When the situation changes in the future, they will plan major events."

Duoduo frowned slightly, "Hong Chengchou, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen and others had previously linked Wu Sangui's intention to make a decision while the Qing Dynasty had no time to look east. Now he would give him the military power. Wouldn't he have such thoughts again?"

Hong Chengchou bowed to Duoduo slightly and said, "Prince, the reason why Tang Tong and Bai Guangen had other thoughts before was because the Qing Dynasty had just entered the Central Plains, people's minds changed. In addition, Wu Sangui held heavy troops, which made them think they could be connected to seek independence. But now Wu Sangui is far away in Bashu, Tang Tong and Bai Guangen's army have only more than 30,000 troops, and they no longer have the conditions for independence. The Regent can send his confidant generals to lead some soldiers to serve as supervisors and supervise their attacks. At the same time, he ordered them to keep their wives and children of their main generals in the capital. If they still have other thoughts, they can be destroyed."

Duoduo looked at Hong Chengchou in surprise, thinking in his heart that the old turtle was really cruel.

Dorgon pondered for a moment and asked, "Are you talking about the two attacks attacking Zhou Xianjun from these two routes?"

Hong Chengchou shook his head and said, "Regent, both of these routes are for temptation. Cheng and Bing have little impact on our Qing Dynasty. Together, they are one attack, and the other attack refers to concentrating their troops to attack Henan from the direction of Shaanxi."

Dorgon frowned, "Although Li Zicheng led his troops south, there were nearly 200,000 troops left in Henan. Moreover, in order to prevent our army, they deployed heavy troops in Tongguan and Hanguguan. Before, Haoge attacked many times and returned without success. Shandong was not easy to capture, so was Henan easy?"

Hong Chengchou replied: "Regent, the situation in Henan and Shandong is very different! Although the terrain in northern Shandong is flat and easy to attack and difficult to defend. However, because Zhou Xian was prepared for this, he spent countless money and grain and spent nearly a year to build various forts, making the Dezhou front line an insurmountable line of defense. Although the thieves have also built many forts in Tongguan and Hanguguan, their number and density are far inferior to that in Dezhou. In addition, Zhou Xian's army has many firearms, which are conducive to defense, which is far from comparable to that in the thieves. Moreover, in recent years, Zhou Xian has managed Shandong, has a harmonious political and people, and is interested in him. He has also obtained a lot of money through maritime trade, which is even more incomparable to the thieves in Henan."

Dorgon thought for a while and asked, "Then do you have a specific plan?"
Chapter completed!