I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Beijing, Forbidden City.

The news of Luck Dehun's defeat was delivered at an expedited level of 800 miles, and there were several horses that died at the post station along the way.

In just three days, the battle report was delivered to the Forbidden City and the Regent's Palace.

When Dorgon read the battle report, he didn't speak for a long time, and the other staff below did not dare to speak out.

They can all see that the battle report is by no means good news.

If you talk nonsense at this time and touch the bad head, it is not worth it.

After a long time, Dorgon spoke: "You guys also have a look at this battle report and think about countermeasures."

After speaking, he went back to the back room by himself, not knowing what to do.

The rest of the people immediately picked up the battle report and saw the content of the battle report.

Suddenly, a cold sweat broke out from everyone's back.

The battle was defeated again, and the entire army was wiped out again, and the commander-in-chief prince was killed or captured again.

This is already the third prince they have lost in Wu Changqing's hands. You must know that in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there were only about ten princes in total.

Among them, there are only eight princes who are in charge of the soldiers, who are in charge of the eight banners.

Today, Boro is dead, and Azig and Lechdhun are captured.

This humiliation is the first time since they founded the Qing Dynasty.

They used to fight against the Ming army outside the pass, that is, they won more and lost less, but they couldn't enter the pass, and very few people at the prince level died in battle.

But now, they have clearly occupied the land of the Central Plains, and their strength has greatly increased, but this kind of defeat has occurred on the battlefield, and this kind of loss has occurred, which is really frightening.

"This Wu Changqing, I want to smash his body into ten thousand pieces."

Ji Er Harang of Zhenglan Qi gritted his teeth and said that all these losses were caused by one person, Wu Changqing.

Their hatred for Wu Changqing had reached a peak.

If it wasn't for Wu Changqing, they would almost be uniting the whole of China at this time.

"Now that the enemy's morale is booming, we can only temporarily avoid the edge and keep a low profile."

Wu Weihua, Dorgon's advisor, said.

A defeat doesn't mean much, but two consecutive defeats are enough to show that the Eight Banners soldiers are not the opponents of the Wu army.

That being the case, we should keep a low profile and negotiate to gain time for development.

Wait until your own side has built enough advanced weapons to compete again. Now rush up, that is courting death.

"It's just that Wu Changqing's development is too fast, and at the same time, the development of keeping a low profile may not be a good strategy."

Fan Wencheng had a slightly different opinion. In fact, his opinion was similar to that of Hong Chengchou when he was just defeated. He felt that at this time, he should use the power of the whole country to compete with Wu Changqing.

Compared with the development speed and potential, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou are not optimistic about the Qing Dynasty.

There are many reasons, the most important one is that Wu Changqing is too smart, and novel things emerge in endlessly.

Fan Wencheng asked himself that there was no such talent in the Qing Dynasty and could not compete with Wu Changqing. The longer the decisive battle drags on, the smaller the gap between the two sides will be.

At this time, it is very dangerous for the Qing Dynasty to take advantage of their overall strength to have a decisive battle, but this is also the last chance.

If they keep a low profile for another year or two, their advantage will cease to exist.

After they are fully equipped with flintlock guns, perhaps Wu Jun has new weapons. The military gap will only grow larger and cannot be narrowed.

This is still at the military level. Economically, the North is not suitable for keeping a low profile.

Today's economic center of gravity has moved south. In the Chongzhen era, the north was in a mess because of natural disasters. Every year, food from the south was needed to help the north.

Not to mention that after Li Zicheng rebelled against the scourge, the north was even more corrupt.

They are really big on the site, but the tax that can be received on these sites is not much.

With the prosperity of Jiangnan, the longer the delay, the greater the gap between the economic strengths of the two sides.

Moreover, Jiangnan under the rule of Wu Changqing also appeared from time to time some new products to accumulate wealth, which accelerated the loss of wealth in the north. They can't even stop this loss of wealth.

In short, in Fan Wencheng's view, it is the best choice to use the power of the whole country to fight Wu Changqing decisively at this time. If you miss this opportunity, the days to come will be even more difficult.

However, Fan Wencheng didn't say it, knowing that he needed this.

Because he knew that Dorgon did not have such courage, and the leaders of the Qing Dynasty did not have such a vision. No one has the courage to bet the fate of the whole country in a battle.

"If you don't hide your strengths and bide your time, do you want to fight decisively now and use backward weapons to deal with the enemy's advanced weapons?"

Wu Weihua retorted.

"A decisive battle is impossible now. We can't attack easily until we have a thorough understanding of the enemy's situation."

Ji Er Harang expressed the attitude of the military. Going to a decisive battle at this time is equivalent to dying. No matter how much he hates Wu Changqing in his heart, he will not do it.

Fan Wencheng sneered when he heard their discussion.

There is no point in arguing with a group of short-sighted people who can't see the terrible speed of development in Wu Changqing and can't explain it to them.

Fan Wencheng just looked at it coldly, while the other advisors were using their wisdom to think of countermeasures.

I have to say that some of the countermeasures they have come up with are actually quite good at first glance.

For example, delaying the peace talks, sending beautiful women to marry, and letting Wu Changqing relax his vigilance. At the same time, they sent advisers to rebel against the forces of King Lu and Emperor Longwu, creating internal fighting.

Although they didn't know much about the relationship between Wu Changqing and King Lu and Emperor Longwu, it didn't matter, they all understood human nature and the heart of the king.

Whether it is King Lu or Emperor Longwu, they will definitely not like a minister who is too powerful. And when they tried to reduce Wu Changqing's power, judging from the perspective of human nature, they also believed that Wu Changqing would not be captured.

As long as Wu Changqing and the Zhu family in the south fight, they can hurry up and develop.

Even, according to the change of the situation, you can wait for the opportunity to send troops to the south and destroy Wu Changqing with the Zhu family first.

In fact, the success rate of this strategy is not low.

When the Manchus first entered the customs, they used a similar trick.

First, under the banner of revenge for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he paralyzed the Ming regime in the south, and then concentrated his efforts to eliminate Li Zicheng.

After Li Zicheng was dealt with, they would march south again.

At that time, the Hongguang regime was completely deceived by the Qing army. Not only did they fail to take precautions against the Qing army, they were still doing their best to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.

When the Qing army took control of the north and showed its fangs, it was too late for Nanming to wake up.

Now, these people want to replicate the success of the past and continue to provoke Daming's infighting.