At the end of 1651, the Northwest Government and the Yongli Imperial Court in Jiangnan finally achieved peaceful coexistence, and the two sides took the Yangtze River as the boundary, and evacuated their heavy troops from the towns of the Yangtze River hundreds of miles away, leaving only security personnel to maintain law and order.Jierharang, north of the Yellow River, also wanted to imitate Li Dingguo and Wang Shuo in negotiations.The Qing Dynasty can't defeat Wang Shuo, and living in peace is the best solution.When Fan Wencheng heard that Ji'er Harang wanted to negotiate peacefully with Wang Shuo, he shook his head and sighed: "Wang Shuo will not live in peace with us, he will cross the Yellow River sooner or later to destroy us."
We took the initiative to negotiate with him, but it became clear that we were afraid of him, and we encouraged the arrogance of the enemy army. ”Zierharang didn't understand, Li Dingguo can make peace with Wang Shuo, why can't we at least test it Fan Wencheng saw that he couldn't dissuade Jierharang, and sighed again: "Don't have hope for this, it is advisable to step up combat preparations and be ready to resist Wang Shuo's attack at any time." ”Zilharang still sent envoys across the Yellow River to test Wang Shuo's intentions.Sure enough, Wang Shuo had no sincerity in negotiating at all, and put forward extremely harsh conditions: first, the Manchus could not withdraw from Beijing and to the north of the Great Wall, and they had to return to their old city of Hetuala, withdraw the emperor's name, go to their own officials, and wait for the northwest government to receive and send personnel to manage it.2.
Hand over all war criminals designated by the Northwest Government and all traitors designated by the Northwest Government, and the Northwest Government will deal with them in accordance with the law and according to law.3.
During the surrender and handover period, the Manchu government, officials, and troops were not allowed to kill the people in the area under their jurisdiction, and they were not allowed to destroy a single grass or tree in the area under their jurisdiction.Otherwise, the murder pays for life and damage.Zilharang looked at Wang Shuo's reply, and was angry in his heart.It's not that he agrees to negotiate, he is humiliating our Qing Dynasty, according to his terms, it's worse than surrendering, and the surrendering people have to give some benefits and comfort, but he is good, he will directly bomb us back to our hometown, not to mention, and we are not allowed to take care of ourselves, and he has to send someone to take care of us.You just said that you are not allowed to negotiate, isn't it over, why are you so ashamed of us This really responded to Fan Wencheng's words, painting snakes and humiliating himself This Fan Wencheng, how could he guess so accurately, he is really a great character, not Fan Wencheng's guess, but his accurate angle of looking at the problem.Wang Shuo and Li Dingguo, those are compatriots, of course, it is best not to kill each other.It was a national enmity with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Wang Shuo had to avenge this vengeance, and no one could stop it if he wanted to.Fan Wencheng understood Wang Shuo's thoughts, and he negotiated with Li Dingguo in order to free up his hands to deal with the Manchus.At that moment, Zilharang summoned several cabinet ministers, read Wang Shuo's reply, and asked for everyone's opinions.Most people, including Sony, think that since Wang Shuo wants to fight, then let's fight.We still have an army of 700,000, the young children are growing up, and they will be a group of elites in the future, who is afraid of whom, and some people even put it forward, instead of sitting at home and waiting for Wang Shuo to attack, it is better to fight across the Yellow River and go to Wang Shuo's territory to fight with him.In that case, it is his population and strength that will be consumed, and it is more cost-effective than waiting for him to fight.Just like Emperor Taizong, he hit the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, tossed it back and forth, and tossed it back and forth, and sooner or later it collapsed.This, Zilharang disagreed with in the first place.Wang Shuo is not Chongzhen, and his army is not the straw bag army of the former Ming Dynasty.His weapons were too powerful, and the Qing army could only cross the Yellow River to die.Not to mention that we can't compare other people's weapons, even if they are weapons, his army is no worse than ours, and besides, with the people helping him, we have no hope of winning at all.If Chongzhen had such an army back then, I'm afraid it would be good for Emperor Taizong to hold Liaodong, let alone fight the Great Wall.Then since we can't hit other people's territory, let's honestly prepare at home, build weapons, repair armor, and prepare people to attack At this time, Ao Bai came out to pour cold water.He believes that judging from the current weapons and equipment of Wang Shuo's army, we simply cannot hold the Yellow River defense line and defend it on the defense line of thousands of miles from east to sea and west to Tongguan, and the 700,000 troops are really too small and too scattered.You know that Wang Shuo will cross the river in that place, if he secretly concentrates his forces, crosses the river in one place, and breaks through the defense line, it is too easy.And once he breaks through the defense line of the Yellow River, with the sharp attack of his musket army, we can't stop him at all, we have to let him mess up all our arrangements, our army will not be able to assemble for a while and a half, and Wang Shuo will take advantage of our gathering of troops, when the defense of the Yellow River is lax, to launch a full-scale river-crossing operation.If such a situation is formed, the Qing Dynasty will really have to take care of one and lose the other, and suffer a heavy defeat Ao Bai is a general who participated in the war with the Northwest Army and knows the Northwest Army very well.Zilharang knew that when Ao Bai said this, it was definitely not that he was afraid of war, but that he knew too much about the strength of the Northwest Army and really told the truth.He asked Aobai: "In your opinion, what should we do" Aobai hesitated for a long time, but still said: "Lord, I don't speak crookedly, I say something wrong, don't be like me."
If that's the case, I'd dare say it. ”Zilharang waved his hand and said, "This is in your own home, you can say whatever you want, no one cares about you." ”Hey, it's still Prince Zheng who is generous and never treats people with words.Dolgon can't do it, as long as you speak carelessly and anger him, you don't have bad luck for three years to blame Sony just couldn't get used to Dolgon's monopoly of power, bullied the emperors and later generations, and didn't listen to what he said, so that Dolgon was directly demoted to a civilian, until no one was available, he was reactivated.At that moment, Ao Bai said: "From the perspective of the minions, we should gather our forces on the narrow surface and confront the Northwest Army."
If we confront the Northwest Army in a wide front, we will suffer a big loss.Therefore, the minions felt that it was best for us to abandon the Yellow River defense line, concentrate the elite troops near the Beijing Division, and rely on the Beijing Division to strengthen the city wall and block Wang Shuo under the city.Then, the rest of our forces are scattered on the periphery, harassing the enemy army, so that the enemy army cannot attack the city with peace of mind.When the enemy's spirit subsides and fatigue appears, we will wait for an opportunity to counterattack, or we may have hope of victory.Even so, the enemy has cannons that can explode, and the walls of the capital division may not be able to resist it.We still have to prepare to retreat to the north of the Great Wall and go back to our hometown to confront Wang Shuo.Therefore, we should transfer most of our property and materials back to Liaodong first, and make plans to use the Great Wall as the boundary. ”As soon as Jierharang heard it, ah, this is going to give up the Central Plains and return to Liaodong, where is this, it is not easy for us to lay down this country, so easy to give up, this is not a bow: "Not only the prince, you are not willing to give up, everyone is not willing to give up, but we have dealt with Wang Shuo's musket army Originally, we were cavalry troops, good at fighting on the plains, but people have muskets in their hands that can kill you from a long distance, and they can shoot non-stop."
Your cavalry charges at other people's musket arrays, in front of the guns, you can't use your strength, and you have martial arts to do it, it's no different from sending them to death, this battle can't be fought":