Chapter 1246: The Manchus wanted to negotiate peace
Chapter 1246 The Manchus and Qing Dynasties Want to Negotiate Peace
Chapter 1244: The Manchus want to negotiate peace
Northeast of Youzhou, Liaozhou, Shengjing City.
After some of Temujin's measures in the Hetao were heard, Shengjing City also began to become turbulent.
As Yuan and Meng once again recruited 100,000 elites to go south, recruited 200,000 new troops, and integrated slaves into an army...
Temujin’s series of measures made Nurhachi of the Qing Dynasty unable to sit still.
Today's Yuanmeng, in addition to the whole country's army of soldiers and slaves, the strength of the regular army alone is as high as 800,000. Although there are 200,000 new soldiers among them, this is still a number that awes the entire Qing Dynasty.
Yuan Meng's crazy violent troops will indeed shake the foundation of the country, but the powerful strength they unleashed really frightened Nurhaci.
The total military strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was only 500,000, of which 300,000 were fighting abroad, 100,000 were fighting against the Three Koreas, and 200,000 were fighting against Youzhou. There were only 200,000 garrison troops left in the country. All senior Manchu and Qing officials were extremely insecure.
Nurhaci did not want to shake the foundation of the country in exchange for crazy troops and a short-term surge in strength, but the threat of Yuan and Meng made it impossible for the Manchu and Qing Dynasties to ignore it.
The Yuanmeng troops stormed to compete with the Qin and Jin Dynasties for the Hetao. Although they did not threaten the Manchus in the short term, once Yuanmeng obtained the Hetao and had the food and grass from the Hetao to support the army, the previously shaken national foundation would be re-consolidated and the overall strength would increase. It will be even worse than in the past, and the balance on the grassland will be completely broken by then.
The Manchu and Qing Dynasties were not afraid of a battle with Yuan and Meng, but they had to admit that Yuan and Meng's overall strength was stronger than their own. If they wanted to maintain a balance with Yuan and Meng, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties could only occupy Sanhan or Youzhou.
Hong Taiji attacked the territory of Sanhan, and Wanyan Aguda conquered Youzhou. Both of them achieved great results at the beginning of the war, opening up nearly a thousand miles of territory for the Qing Dynasty.
However, with Li Yuanhao joining forces with the kings of the Three Koreas to keep warm, and Liu Che and Gongsun Xuanyuan joining forces to fight against the Youzhou princes, the Manchu and Qing wars in Youzhou and the Three Hans reached a deadlock.
The situation in Sanhan is pretty good, but the situation in Youzhou is a little bad.
The surrender of Wu Sangui and other Han generals gave the Manchu Qing an excellent start in Youzhou. However, with Gongsun Xuanyuan's succession to the throne, Gongsun and Liu Che's alliance, and Liu Bei's initiative to help.
With the joint efforts of Gongsun Xuanyuan, Liu Che, and Liu Bei, Nurhaci and Dorgon were defeated several times, losing their troops and generals, and even retreated to Lulongsai to defend themselves. It can be said that they were struggling in Youzhou.
The defeat on the front line also made Nurhachi realize that both Youzhou and Sanhan still have extremely deep foundations, and it is impossible to occupy them in a short period of time.
Nurhachi realized that he had underestimated Sanhan and Youzhou, and at the same time overestimated the combat power of the Manchu and Qing warriors. He also realized that he had made the mistake of starting a war on two fronts.
With the current strength of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is not possible to annex Sanhan and Youzhou at the same time. If it is really swallowed, it will be difficult to digest, but it will be sustained.
Since Sanhan and Youzhou cannot be captured in the short term, continuing to fight will be a waste of food, grass and troops. This gave Nurhaci the idea of negotiating a peace and truce, and then concentrate on dealing with Yuanmeng.
Nurhaci did not act arbitrarily. Instead, he consulted a group of staff and two sons on the front line before finally deciding to negotiate peace with Sanhan and Youzhou.
The kings of the three Han Dynasties were as afraid of Huang Taiji as a tiger. When they heard that Huang Taiji wanted to negotiate peace, they naturally agreed happily. The alliance Li Yuanhao had painstakingly built was easily resolved by the Manchus again.
Except for Li Yuanhao, all the kings of the Three Han Dynasties are soft-headed, but none of the princes of Youzhou are soft-headed.
After learning that the Manchus wanted to negotiate peace, Gongsun Xuanyuan did not refuse directly, but made two demands: 1. Hand over Wu Sangui and other traitors;
2, the Manchu Qing withdrew from all the occupied Youzhou lands.
Gongsun Xuanyuan's request is very clear. He can negotiate peace, but Wu Sangui, who killed Gongsun Zan, must be handed over, and the entire Qing army must withdraw from Youzhou and not commit any crimes again. Otherwise, they will continue to fight to the death.
Nurhachi originally thought that if he took the initiative to cease the war, the Han princes would happily agree. After all, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties were the most powerful party in Youzhou, and the princes of Youzhou could only rent treasures if they united. However, Gongsun Xuanyuan not only refused to agree to peace, but also proposed such a plan. Excessive demands are simply treating the Manchus as a defeated country.
Nurhachi could not agree to either of the two requests made by Gongsun Xuanyuan.
If Wu Sangui and others are handed over, will any Han people dare to defect to the Manchus in the future?
If they withdraw from Youzhou, won’t the Manchu Qing’s hard work for so long be in vain?
The reason why Nurhaci wanted to withdraw his troops was because there was no benefit to be gained from continuing to fight. Although he wanted to withdraw his troops, he also wanted to preserve the interests he had obtained. However, Gongsun Xuanyuan's extremely strong attitude gave Nurhachi a headache.
Gongsun Xuanyuan's path failed, and Nurhaci sent people to lobby Liu Che again, hoping to divide the three princes in Youzhou on the grounds that "once the Manchus withdraw from Youzhou, Gongsun Xuanyuan will be the dominant one in Youzhou" alliance.
What Nurhachi didn’t expect was that Liu Che’s attitude towards foreigners was tougher than Gongsun Xuanyuan’s, and could even be described as discriminatory.
Liu Che not only asked the Manchu Qing to agree to Xuanyuan's two conditions, but also put forward two more conditions. One thing is that you foreigners are rubbish, and it is your honor to cede land to the Han Dynasty.
Nurhaci finally saw that neither Gongsun Xuanyuan nor Liu Che had any sincerity in peace talks. Although he wanted to cease the war, it was impossible for him to sign a defeat clause that would be a loss of power and humiliation to the country before he was defeated.
If the Han Dynasty does not want to negotiate peace, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will not be afraid of war.
In this way, the Manchu and Qing war in Youzhou continued, but the offensive turned from offensive to defensive.
After the Manchu Qing took back the troops of Huang Taiji and the Three Koreans, the domestic military strength reached 300,000 elites, but there were differences on whether to send troops to Yuan Meng.
One side believes that there are only 100,000 veterans in Yuanmeng and 200,000 recruits are vulnerable. They should take this opportunity to mobilize all the country's troops to destroy Yuanmeng in one fell swoop.
The other side believes that although the country of Yuan and Meng is empty now, there are more than 500,000 troops in the Hetao. If a war starts with Yuan and Meng at this time, the main force of Yuan and Meng will definitely return, which will only make Qin and Jin more advantageous, so they should sit down Watching the tiger fight in the mountains, after Yuan Meng and Qin Jin fought hard and both were injured, they sent out troops to fight Yuan Meng to the death.
After several days of discussion, Nurhachi finally chose to fight and watch the tiger fight.
First of all, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had to take care of the battlefield in Youzhou and were unable to concentrate all their efforts on dealing with Yuan and Meng.
Secondly, although Yuan and Meng were empty, they still had 30 troops. Even if 200,000 of them were new soldiers, they still had the ability to protect themselves.
Finally, Nurhaci did not want to take advantage of Qin Hao.
Nurhachi seemed to have made the most correct decision, but in fact it was a big mistake. He missed the best opportunity to personally destroy Yuan Meng.
I'm really sorry for the two-day hiatus. Liuxiang will make up for what's missing in the past. I sincerely remind all my friends that they must tell the elderly at home that minor illnesses and disasters must not be postponed, as they can turn into serious illnesses. I also wish all my friends’ grandparents good health and a long life!
(End of this chapter)