In Shengjing City, many of the palaces were frozen to death.

It’s not that this year is colder than before, but because Jianlu does not have sufficient winter preparations.

In the Battle of Songjin in the 15th year of Chongzhen, although Jianlu won a great victory, they also consumed their few material reserves.

Originally, they would enter the pass and rob after resting for half a year. They did not leave the pass until the first half of the 16th year of Chongzhen, and replenish the supplies they consumed again. Then they waited for the major changes in the pass and Wu Sangui's letter of offering the pass.

If history had not been rewritten, they would have spent the winter in the Forbidden City, the capital.

However, in this plane, I can only laugh. Even the snow in many places in Shengjing City has no hands to clean up.

There is no other reason. As a coolie, you have to save money on the coating. If you die too much, you will not be able to supplement it.

Under such circumstances, news from North Korea finally reached Shengjing.

Suddenly, in Chongzheng Hall, he seemed to feel the howling cold wind outside. The face of each Jianlu leader was very ugly.

Many people's previous defeat in Ningyuan was attributed to Turg's carelessness and the raid of the Ming army; however, the North Korean side suffered another great defeat, so what do you say?

It can be said that once, this has been twice!

In this Chongzheng Hall, except Haoge, no one is a fool. Of course, Haoge is not a fool, he is just a little irritable.

They could not think so naively that the Ming army was still the Ming army of the past, and the Qing Dynasty was occasionally defeated.

After a long time, Prince Heshuo Ying Aisin Gioro Ajig was the first to break the silence and said in that very envious tone: "Why did North Korea have five thousand cavalry out of thin air? These five thousand cavalry were definitely not the last cavalry that appeared in Shanhaiguan last time, this is certain!"

When Dai Shan heard this, he sighed heavily and replied: "Ming Kingdom has been defeated so many times by us, and he still has this strength. Their population is too large!"

"The most important thing is not this!" Dorgon frowned and interrupted when he heard them talking, "The Ming army can start wars at Shanhaiguan and North Korea almost at the same time. Not to mention the army, the food and grass that support the army must be enough. Especially in North Korea, there are 5,000 more cavalrymen, how much food and grass do you have to have? Including the consumption on the road, it can be seen that the thieves in the Ming Dynasty will probably be destroyed!"

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou, who participated in the meeting, replied: "The Ming generals, Li Guo and Gao Yigong, who appeared in North Korea, are the most important subordinates of the troops of Li Zicheng, the thief in Guanzhong. Now they have become Ming generals, which is really unimaginable. If nothing unexpected happens, what the Regent said should be true!"

Thinking back then, I fought with Li Zicheng several times, and of course I knew the most important generals under his command.

Hearing their conversation, Dai Shan sighed.

He understood very well that if the Ming Dynasty had no restraint from the internal thieves, then the Qing Dynasty would face the national strength of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the Qing Dynasty would be under great pressure!

"Is there any news in the pass?" Dodo, who had not spoken, suddenly asked Dorgon, "I don't believe it anymore. Just by the pigs in the Ming Dynasty, can the situation suddenly turn around. In just a few years, the world will be peaceful?"

Speaking of this, he looked at Hong Chengchou and asked, "You think they have such ability?"

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly. If the people in the court had this ability, why would he be in Liaodong?

Although he didn't want to answer, the person who asked was Duoduo. This was a very oppressive Han official and could snatch Fan Wencheng's wife to sleep. He didn't want to offend Duoduo. Therefore, he immediately replied: "The following officials' past experiences are definitely not such a capable person in the Ming Dynasty court. But..."

"But what?" Duoduo asked immediately after hearing this.

Hong Chengchou glanced at Dorgon, and then replied: "A Duke Xingguo suddenly appeared on the Ming Dynasty. If it means that there will be changes in the country, it is probably related to this person. However, when the Xiaguan was still in the Ming Dynasty, he had never heard of this person!"

After all, I still don’t understand the inner city.

Dorgon thought to himself, and said to them: "No need to guess too much. I have sent three batches of detailed works to the pass. After the New Year, there will always be news coming back, and everything will be known by then!"

Naturally, he didn't know that the people sent over had been cut into pieces by the Ming Dynasty. If you want to get their news, you would go to the underworld.

At this time, after Dorgon paused, he looked at them with a serious expression and said, "Today's proposal is from North Korea. What do you think?"

"What else do you think?" Haoge took the topic and said loudly, "There is no Shanhaiguan in North Korea. By next year, we will send troops to fight!"

"What should I do if the Ming army hides on the island?" Duoduo immediately looked at Haoge and asked, "Also, the Dongjiang Army has added 5,000 new cavalry, plus the original force, how many Qing troops do you think you should send to North Korea?"

When Haoge heard this, he wanted to speak, Duoduo continued to ask him first: "Where is the food and grass needed by the Qing army to attack North Korea?"

When Haoge heard the word "food and grass", he immediately shut up and didn't want to say it!

After hearing this, Dorgon sighed in his heart and said, "North Korea cannot ignore it, otherwise it will only make the Dongjiang army more arrogant and it will be easier to attack the hinterland of Liaodong. In addition, without Han people's coating, this North Korean coating is a necessary supplement and indispensable!"

"That's right!" Dai Shan nodded and agreed, "The Koreans can also farm for us. Although they are not as good as the Han people, they are still fine. As for the food and grass needed to send troops, you can wait until the North Koreans are about to have a harvest next year, so that they can replenish food and grass on the spot."

After hearing this, the others felt that this was the only way, so they didn't object.

Dorgon glanced at Dai Shan and continued, "North Korea has been lost, so Zhenjiang Fort has become very important. Who will guard it?"

Zhenjiang Fort is an important stronghold from Liaodong to North Korea, located on the Yalu River.

A long time ago, Mao Wenlong led his troops to attack Zhenjiang, defeated the Later Jin army, and captured the Later Jin guerrilla Tong Yangzhen. This man was Nurhaci's wife's brother-in-law, Kang Mazi's grandfather, Tong Yangzhen's son Tong Fengnian, nephew Tong Songnian, etc.

This battle was the first victory since the Ming army fought against the Later Jin Dynasty. It was also the first time that it had recovered lost territory and offered prisoners to the palace, which greatly inspired people's hearts.

Zhenjiang Fort, the place where Zhenjiang Fort retreats to protect the East Gate that protects Liaodong, can be used as a starting point for attacking North Korea. Therefore, Dorgon has this statement.

However, when he finished speaking, no one answered.

It’s not that there will be so dangerous in Zhenjiang Castle, but that it is far away from Shengjing. When the emperor is still young and the two regents are in power, the situation will be more subtle.

For a moment, the Chongzheng Hall became quiet again.

Suddenly, I heard a movement coming from behind the bead curtain.

Dorgon, Daishan and others immediately turned around and looked.

However, the little emperor Shunzhi was dozing off and almost fell off the dragon throne. Bumubutai was so scared that he hurriedly went to support him, but he did not support him, so the movement became a little loud.

In response, Dorgon pretended not to see this and turned around.

The little emperor looks like this, but he actually suits his wishes. If he is wise and powerful, even if it is just a sign, he will not be able to be the regent!

After such an episode, Dorgon became a little impatient. He immediately looked at Ajige and said to him: "Let's go to guard Zhenjiang Fort!"

Ajige is Dorgon's brother-in-law, but he is not as capable as Dorgon. At this time, he heard Dorgon's request and glanced at Duoduo, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go!"

When Dorgon saw this, he turned to look at Hong Chengchou and said to him: "Relatively speaking, you are familiar with the Ming generals in Dongjiang Town. You can also go to Dongjiang Town together to assist Prince Ying!"

Hong Chengchou had no room for bargaining, and no matter whether he wanted it or not, he could only respond.

Bumubutai, who was sitting inside, was a little reluctant to do this decision.

Because in her opinion, Hong Chengchou was very capable. The idea he gave her at the beginning finally made her son ascend the throne as he wished.

If Hong Chengchou stays in Shengjing, she can also ask Hong Chengchou for advice if there is something wrong.

However, the two regents have always been the leader of political affairs. She has never spoken before. Now, it must be very eye-catching to raise objections. In the end, she glanced at Hong Chengchou a few times, but still said nothing!

Because she knew very well that at this time, what she needed to do the most was to keep a low profile and wait for her son to grow up before talking about it!

Dorgon continued to preside over the imperial meeting, and was more proactive than Dai Shan, so he continued: "There was a report from Prince Zhuang in Jinzhou that he found someone who defected to Ming Kingdom and could not be intercepted. This matter is difficult to investigate, but from this we can see that there are bad signs. You must pay attention to each other. Once you find someone under your jurisdiction wants to escape, you must be severely punished and not lend money!"

At the beginning, there were many people fleeing to the Ming Dynasty, especially Dongjiang Town.

But later, with the repeated victory of Jianlu and the destruction of Dongjiang Town, there were gradually no signs of escape.

Now, this situation has happened again, at least in Dorgon's opinion, this is a very bad sign, so he gave a special reminder.

Anyway, there are really too many troubles!

Not only them, there was no lively atmosphere in the entire Shengjing City. Maybe it was because of the heavy snow, which seemed lifeless.

However, since ancient times, there has been an old saying that auspicious snow indicates a good harvest!

It snowed a year ago, and that was a good thing.
Chapter completed!