Let’s talk about Zheng Fulin listening to Chen Huan’s opinion and requested Zhou Linlao’s northbound fleet to cooperate in combat.

Zhou Linlao was pleased to answer the order and sent all six giant warships stationed on Jeju Island to the Isthmus of Jinzhou, starting to build a pier, and posing as a large-scale landing.

Sure enough, after hearing the report of the horse probing, Oboi immediately retreated to Fuzhou as if his butt was on fire, and reported the battle situation to Huang Taiji.

Although Huang Taiji did not believe that the Dragon and Tiger Legion was stationed on Jeju Island, he did not dare to take risks with more than 6,000 elite cavalry and ordered Oboi to return to Shenyang.

The army went on a long expedition but found nothing, which annoyed Huang Taiji. The situation was getting worse and worse for the Qing Dynasty.

Huang Taiji was full of expectations. Lin Chunhong would fight with the Ming court, and also expected Li Zicheng to take advantage of the situation. As a result, what disappointed him was that the Ming court and Lin Chunhong were calm. Zhu Youjian even appointed Lin Chunhong as the Marquis of Jiangling. Li Zicheng seemed not as capable as he thought. After Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting left Shaanxi, they were always restricted by Liu Guoneng and were still wandering around the Qinling Mountains, and could not see any possibility of leveraging the situation.

Moreover, after hearing that the Qing Dynasty invaded the Central Plains and the entire army was wiped out, a country was undercurrent, and a force was ready to expel the Qing Dynasty from the Korean Peninsula. In addition, the Mongolians near Xuanda area fought fiercely with the Han people. It is reported that the Mongolians sold the wool at hand to the merchants in Xuanfu and Datong for tea bricks, silk and iron pots.

What Huang Taiji couldn't tolerate the most was that in order to gain enough wool share, some tribes actually sold mares and Han people!

This simply lost all the faces of the nomadic people!

In fact, no matter what dynasty, nomadic peoples had an unwritten agreement that they would not sell war horses and Han people, especially mares, unless they had to. For example, in the Song Dynasty, the Han people lost their place to raise horses, and whether it was the Western Xia, the Khitan, and later the Jin, they strictly restricted the trade of war horses.

Huang Taiji was extremely anxious and called Jirgalang, Dorgon and others to discuss. Among the entire Jurchen clan, Jirgalang and Dorgon had some political acumen, and Huang Taiji was very concerned about it. Even though Dorgon led his army to suffer a crushing defeat, Huang Taiji did not think about it, but instead comforted him a lot.

Jiergalang saw Huang Taiji's anxiety and comforted him: "What's the matter with just a Lushun Fort? He has enough self-protection and lacks progress. At best, he can only be regarded as a fly. Although it is annoying, it is impossible to hurt us. I hope that Lin Xiaosan can keep all the Dragon and Tiger Legion in Lushun and exhaust his financial resources."

What Jiergalang said was the truth, but it could not alleviate Huang Taiji's anxiety.

Huang Taiji sighed: "This is where Lin Chunhong is afraid. He thought he would expand his ambitions and replace them with the Ming court. As a result, he acted within his power without any sign of being moved. In addition, in order to reduce financial pressure, he also withdrew the Dragon and Tiger Legion. Such opponents who can bend and stretch and do not use brute force are the most feared. Once Lin Chunhong focused on internal affairs and integrated the power of Jiangnan, Zheng Zhilong, and Sichuan, he would inevitably use large-scale troops to Liaodong at that time."

Jierhalang was silent. The Ming court was currently fat and not strong, the Qing Dynasty was strong and too small, and Lin Chunhong was like a rapidly growing tiger, bigger than the Qing Dynasty and stronger than the Ming court.

Such an opponent is really a headache.

Let’s hear Huang Taiji continue: “The people in Liaodong have exceeded two million, but the population is too small. Needless to mention the Ming Dynasty, even less than a quarter of Lin Chunhong. Moreover, even these two million people are difficult to support by relying on the land of Liaodong alone. In the past, by entering the Ming Dynasty, the population increased sharply and there was no need to worry about money and food, but now…”

Huang Taiji stopped talking, fell silent, and fell into deep thought.

Since returning to Liaodong, Dorgon has been keeping his door to thank guests and facing the wall to think about his mistakes. Even if he had to participate in some etiquette, he was taciturn and rarely spoke. In the Qing court, there were many speculations that Dorgon lost his power. For a while, Dorgon had few cars and horses in front of the door, and few visitors were visiting him.

However, what surprised many of the Qing dynasties was that Huang Taiji still had a greater trust in Dorgon, Ajige and Dodo. Once there was a difficult time deciding the military's confidential matter, he would consult Dorgon for discussion.

Most people can't guess the reason, and they think that Huang Taiji is open-minded and knows people to make good use of it. Only Dorgon understood the suffering: in this battle, the main force of the Inlaid White Banner and Zhengbai Banner were the main forces. The strength of the two banners was greatly weakened, and the threat to Huang Taiji dropped to the lowest point in history. Of course, Huang Taiji was relieved and bold to use him.

What Dorgon didn't know was that Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and a group of Han ministers knew it well, but they just didn't say it.

Dorgon faced the wall for many days, but he did not accomplish anything. Seeing Huang Taiji hesitant, he spoke: "Although the population of Liaodong is only 2 million, the population of North Korea is more than 5 million, and nearly 2 million Mongolians are not less than Lin Chunhong."

Dorgon's words made Huang Taiji look inspiration and asked: "What do you mean is to integrate the power of Mongolia and North Korea?"

After asking, before Dorgon could reply, Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "How easy is it? North Korea pays tribute on the surface, but most of its subjects still care about the Ming court. As for Mongolia, it is the master who has milk and is the mother. How can we trust it?"

Dorgon said: "Instead of sending heavy troops to monitor Mongolia and North Korea, it is better to recruit strong men to enter the Ming Dynasty to rob and share some of the robbery to the Mongolians and North Koreans. Mongolia and North Korea can make profits, so they will naturally not have any unfair intentions!"

Jirgalang was shocked and shouted: "I just returned from the Ming Dynasty and suffered a crushing defeat. Do you have to repeat the same mistakes? The Jurchen Barutu can no longer afford to lose money!"

Before Jirgalang could finish his words, Huang Taiji's eyes lit up, signaling Jirgalang to stop and said to Dorgon: "You keep talking."

Dorgon said: "What I said about plundering the Ming Dynasty is not to send out tens of thousands of troops as before, but to divide it into several stocks, destroying the border walls on the Xuanda line and plundering the Ming Dynasty. Each share of the troops is mainly composed of North Korea and Mongols, and only more than a thousand Eight Banners troops can be sent to monitor it. What's the harm in dividing half of the wealth obtained by military merits to the Koreans and Mongols?"

"There are three benefits to doing this. One is to win over the hearts of Mongolia and North Koreans. Even if Mongolia and North Korea develop a rebellious heart, they are unable to resist because of their elites; the second is that there is no need for money and food in Liaodong; the third is to take advantage of the tense atmosphere on the border to prevent Lin Xiaosan from buying horses from Mongolia!"

Huang Taiji became more and more happy as he heard it. He slapped the table and said happily: "You are right!"

Dorgon was praised by Huang Taiji and had more confidence. He said casually: "In addition, I think that my Jurchen tribe has always suffered from lack of strengthening men. It is better to absorb the brave warriors who fought bravely among the Mongols and Koreans, and are loyal to our Qing Dynasty to join the Eight Banners of the Jurchens, enjoy the treatment of the Eight Banners, encourage them to intermarry with the Jurchens, and strengthen the strength of the Eight Banners of the Jurchens."

This is obviously a step further than Huang Taiji's establishment of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the Eight Banners of the Han army and directly enters the degree of integrating Han people, Koreans and Mongolians. Especially for North Korea, Huang Taiji has always adopted a bond policy, regarding North Korea as a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, while Dorgon strongly advocated treating Koreans and Han people equally, and abolishing North Korea's independence.

Will the North Koreans fight to the death, and even the wars are in trouble?

Huang Taiji was unsure of this and said to the two: "This matter will be discussed in the future. As for multiple batches and plundering in many places, it can be done immediately."

...

After Jirhalang and Dorgon left, Huang Taiji thought about it and felt that Dorgon's strategy was beneficial to strengthening his body and stabilizing his wings. He did not misread Dorgon. What made Huang Taiji feel particularly gratified was that Dorgon, Dodo and Ajige had severely damaged his strength, and he could use his strategy, but he did not make Dorgon worry.

However, Huang Taiji instinctively felt that Lin Chunhong was the biggest enemy of the Jurchen clan, and Dorgon's strategy obviously had not yet involved Lin Chunhong, which made Huang Taiji very distressed.

Huang Taiji called Fan Wencheng and talked about changing the bondage of North Korea to directly governing North Korea. Fan Wencheng pondered for a moment and then said: "North Korea has a large land and a large population. If it can really directly govern North Korea, it would be a great joy!"

Huang Taiji was just happy when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Fan Wencheng would suddenly change his mind and say, "If you have a strategy and slowly plan for it, you can do your best for decades."

Huang Taiji was surprised and was in charge of North Korea. His purpose was to strengthen his strength and fight against Lin Chunhong. If Lin Chunhong was really given ten years, in decades, Lin Chunhong had already swallowed the Jurchens so much that they were not even left.

Huang Taiji suppressed his dissatisfaction and asked, "How to plan?"

In fact, Fan Wencheng instinctively opposed direct jurisdiction over Korea. If North Korea was so easy to conquer, Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Taizong of Tang would have all the strength to attack? Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty would have listed North Korea as a country that would not be conquered? With the powerful attraction of the Han people, how could a mere barbarian race do this?

It is estimated that North Korea has not yet been directly under the jurisdiction, and the entire Jurchen tribe has been assimilated by North Korea!

So Fan Wencheng carefully organized the sentence and said: "You can recruit elite North Korean troops to cooperate with our army to fight, and gradually send Qing officials to North Korea to serve, allowing outstanding Koreans to serve in our North Korea..."

Fan Wencheng's words were nothing new, and Huang Taiji finally understood Fan Wencheng's opinion on changing bonds into direct jurisdiction. Huang Taiji waved his hand impatiently and interrupted Fan Wencheng's words, "No need to say more about Fan Zhangjing, I already understand what you mean."

Fan Wencheng's face did not change and his heart beat, and he kowtowed, "The emperor is wise."

The king and his ministers suddenly fell into silence. After a while, Huang Taiji asked again: "Lin Chunhong can bend and stretch, and I am afraid that after he gathers for several years, he will use large-scale troops to Liaodong. Although our Qing Dynasty is not afraid of Lin Chunhong's attack, it is a problem after all. What can Fan Zhangjing do to avoid this?"

Fan Wencheng's brows jumped and said, "Cut off the source of Lin Chunhong's war horse!"
Chapter completed!