"This, yes, this is the order, this is the order, but -"

"Haha, is Prince Zheng worried about the upcoming war? Don't worry, what kind of person am I, Dorgon, who would ignore this important matter that affects the fate of our Qing Dynasty just because of the affiliation of a mere general?"

Of course Dorgon could clearly see Jierhalang's hesitant expression and performance, and knew that Jierhalang was worried that he would be in trouble in the upcoming war after enduring Huang Taiji's pull-and-beat tactics.

He is uncooperative and passive in his work.

At the same time, Dorgon also knew that Jierhalang's behavior was actually because he wanted to wait for him to personally express his support for him in front of the minister sent by Huang Taiji to convey the message.

Because if he did not support him, Jilhalang would not be able to get the support of the two white flags, and then the next battle would not be fought.

Sure enough, it was Dorgon's statement that Jierhalang was waiting for, so as soon as Dorgon finished speaking, Jierhalang immediately took over and said:

"With King Rui's words, what else can I say? I can only accept this heavy responsibility!"

Although Jilharang said that he took on this heavy burden, his expression betrayed him. When he said this, he smiled and did not look like he was forced to shoulder the heavy burden.

But it was said that after Jierhalang got the promise from Dorgon that he would take into account the overall situation, he immediately kowtowed to the decree in Ganglin's hand and then took it.

From this moment on, Jierhalang became the newly promoted Dinghai General of the Manchu-Tatar Qing Dynasty, and the supreme military commander of all the Manchu-Tatar armies in Nanhai Prefecture, Gaizhou and Zhenjiang Fort in Liaoning.

In fact, as early as March, when Huang Taiji issued an order to downgrade the titles of the Dorgon brothers to the princes of Duoluo County, Jierhalang, the prince of Heshuo, was already the highest-ranking prince in this area.

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At present, Huang Taiji, who was unable to fight in person, named him General Dinghai. This is also the reason why there was no opposition in the court in Shengjing and among other senior figures in the Eight Banners.

In addition, it is an indisputable fact that the Jinhai Town Navy raided the mouth of the Liaohe River and burned and looted Tianzhuang Terrace. Therefore, everyone from top to bottom, inside and out, was not too surprised by Huang Taiji's change of commander.

Including Dorgon himself, when he learned earlier that Huang Taiji had decided to remove himself from the post of general, he just sighed.

In this regard, even Prince Azige of Wuying County, who had always had a bad temper, remained silent after listening to the two decrees read out by Gang Lin one after another.

Dorgon and Azig also knew that Huang Taiji did this because he didn't want their brothers to stand out in the upcoming battle.

Because according to their previous plans, their chances of winning in the next battle to annihilate Jinhai Town will be very high.

In particular, if the imperial warships are used properly, it will be a sure thing to annihilate the main force of Jinhaizhen in one fell swoop under the attack of Qing troops from both land and water.

However, Dorgon, Azig and others who were in front of the army saw it this way, and Huang Taiji who was in Shengjing City also saw it this way.

In this case, Huang Taiji naturally cannot let Dorgon steal the spotlight with this battle and re-establish his prestige over Huang Taiji himself.

Coincidentally, Yang Zhen sent Lu Pinqi to lead the Jinhai North Road Navy troops to attack behind enemy lines by sea, which gave Huang Taiji a perfect excuse.

Whether it was a raid on the fort at Liaohekou or another burning of Tianzhuang Terrace, the losses actually caused to the Manchu Tatars were not great.

There are no heavy artillery on the fort on the east bank of the Liaohe Estuary. They just station an old and weak Han army with a white flag in Niu Lu to watch and guard there. How much loss can be caused?

Including Grange Terrace, which was burned and looted again, the same was generally true.

When Qiu led his troops and followed Yang Zhen to escape Tianzhuangtai, Huang Taiji believed that it was an important place and had fertile land, so it was a pity to abandon it, so he sent a few Niulu Eight Banners Mongolian tribesmen and some Korean people to Bao

Yi went to camp.

After these relocated Mongolian tribesmen from the Eight Banners settled in the Tianzhuangtai area, the main thing they did was to reclaim wasteland and farmland.

Even if everything is gone, how much loss can there be?

But Huang Taiji ignored this and quickly seized this "opportunity", making the whole matter a storm, and accusing Dorgon and Azige of neglecting their duties and not being enterprising.

Immediately afterwards, they fined and confiscated the cattle, issued an edict and reprimanded, and sent an imperial envoy to conduct on-site inspections. Finally, after building momentum, they said that Dorgon was nothing, and then dismissed him from the post of general.

He also made Prince Heshuo Zheng Jierhalang, who had been cautious in his words and deeds before and did not support Dorgon's "ambition to usurp the throne", become the general of Dinghai who could command the troops of all the left-wing banners to jointly conquer Jinhai Town.

For Huang Taiji, he would rather hand over the upcoming victory of annihilating Jinhai Town to Jierhalang than to Dorgon.

After all, even if Jierhalang achieved such outstanding military exploits as the annihilation of Jinhai Town, his background in a side clan could not pose a direct threat to Huang Taiji's status as Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Taiji's arrangements certainly included the intention of suppressing Dorgon and Azig, but Huang Taiji's deliberate and opportunistic conspiracy made it impossible for the two brothers to find any legitimate reason to resist.

Although they secretly resented it, when things came to pass, they had to bow their heads and accept Huang Taiji's will.

In the afternoon of that day, even though the sun had already set to the west, Gang Lin, a scholar of the Academy of Chinese History, still insisted on taking his entourage and hurried back to Shengjing. After delivering the decree in Gaizhou City, he did not want to be on Dorgon's territory for a moment.

Stay more.

As for the newly minted Dinghai General Prince Zheng Jierhalang, he cannot leave Gaizhou City just like that. Facing the upcoming war to conquer Jinhai Town, he still has many things to do and needs to talk to Dorgon and Azig.

Wait for others to communicate and agree.

That night, still in Dorgon's mansion, the lanterns were first lit, and several princes and beyles, who had not been together for several months, sat together quietly.

"Well, Prince Rui, since Yang Zhen's side has taken action first and sent a navy to raid our rear, shouldn't our side also respond?"

Although Jierhalang's identity is different now, and Dorgon and others are under his control, he is currently in Gaizhou City after all, and it is not easy for him to dominate the scene for a while.

In particular, many of the next things would require Dorgon, a powerful prince known for his resourcefulness, to help him make plans and make decisions, so he seemed particularly polite when speaking in front of Dorgon.

"In addition, Prince Rui, I wonder how the two white flag men and horses are currently progressing in building the city at Xuguan Fort? How should we use the court men next to complete the battle?"

"Haha, Prince Zheng is too polite. Don't call me Rui Wang Rui Wang. I don't deserve it. I, Dorgon, am just a Duoluo County Prince. I am barely a prince in front of other servants. But in front of you, Prince Zheng, Prince Heshuo,

What kind of prince is he?"

Facing Jierhalang's low profile, Dorgon held the tea bowl and sipped the tea contentedly. He just smiled and put Jierhalang's question aside.

"Besides, Prince Zheng, you are now the General Dinghai who leads the left wing banners and specializes in conquering Jinhai Town. Naturally, you have the final say and the decision on how to fight next!"

Dorgon had always been arrogant and relied on his extraordinary intelligence. During this period, Huang Taiji treated him like this. He reprimanded him explicitly and removed him from the post of general, and asked him to directly obey Jierharang's orders.

, it is impossible to say that there is no anger in his heart.

At this time, he heard Prince Zheng Jierharang asking him for advice, and while being polite, he also had a hint of condescension, so he immediately stabbed him with a few cold words.

Then, with a voice that was so weak that it was almost inaudible, he snorted coldly in his throat. He held the tea bowl in one hand and the bowl lid in the other, pulling up the foam in the tea bowl without looking at Jilharang.

"Don't, don't, don't, Prince Rui, you must not say that. How can I, Jierharang Hede, weigh a few pounds? If others don't know, how can I still not know it myself?"

Jirhalang asked Xu Guanbao about the progress of the city construction, which was somewhat condescending and testing. However, when he saw that Dorgon was rude to him and did not buy it, he immediately softened and lowered his attitude.

"Although now, I have been ordered to carry the hat of a Dinghai general to control the flags on the left wing, but in my opinion, for the next war with Jinhaizhen, I still have to ask Prince Laorui to make more decisions and ask the two white flags to take more care!

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"Hmph, why bother the two white flags? Prince Zheng, you mean to ask the two white flags to put in more effort so that the blue flags can share the pressure with you, so that you can accomplish the task of annihilating Yang Zhen!"

As soon as Jirharang finished speaking, Dorgon had not yet spoken, Prince Azige of Wuying County placed the tea bowl heavily on the small table, and suddenly said such heart-wrenching words.

"Prince Zheng wants to ask our two white flags to hold your retreat while continuing to advance to Fuzhou's frontier to attract Yang Zhen's troops to gather for you, so as to create opportunities for you to unite with North Korean troops and ships to surprise you and advance by land and water from the east coast, right?

?Hmph, what a good calculation!"

The strategy against Jinhai Town that Azig broke out was originally hatched under the leadership of Dorgon.

From the point of view of the art of war, any warrior must use the right combination to win by surprise.

This means that in all battles, regular soldiers are used to fight head-on, and surprise soldiers are used to win by surprise.

In Dorgon's previous imagination, the regular soldiers who would engage in a head-on battle with Yang Zhen's main troops in Jinhai Town were the men and horses of the Two White Flags, and the surprise troops prepared for a surprise victory were the warships and economic vessels borrowed from the court.

Erhalang's blue flag.

His idea was that after he led the men and horses with two white flags to build a city and go south to Fuzhou, and then attract the main force of Jinhai Town to the frontal battlefield like last time, he would ask the troops with blue flags to join forces with the imperialists.

Take the Chao people's warships to attack Yang Zhen's rear.

Based on his rich "experience" in fighting the Ming army, he firmly believed that when the war entered a stalemate, as long as a large number of Korean warships suddenly appeared behind the Ming army carrying soldiers and horses with blue flags, then the Ming army would definitely defeat the Ming army.

There will be chaos without a fight.

Once his regular soldiers attracted the main troops of Jinhai Town to the Fuzhou front line, and the strange troops appeared behind the main troops of Jinhai Town, then based on what he knew about the virtues of the Ming army, there were only two main troops of Jinhai Town at that time.

There's still a way to go.

One is to give up resistance and surrender.

The other is to retreat hastily before being surrounded.

Dorgon also deduced from his several fights with Yang Zhen that Yang Zhen might not choose to surrender to him.

Dorgon was very sure that once his plan was successfully implemented, 99% of Yang Zhen's main force would choose to retreat in a hurry, either to Jinzhou or directly to Lushunkou.
Chapter completed!