After watching the exercise of the Han army's Zhenglan Banner, Dorgon felt shocked and felt a little scared.

He had to admit that the strength of the army equipped with new muskets should not be underestimated.

Although Dorgon still believed that no one could defeat the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry on the plains. Even the Ming army equipped with new firearms, the Eight Banners warriors all went up the mountain to hunt and fight with beasts since childhood. Then they had been conquering for many years. It can be said that it took ten years or even more than ten years to cultivate an Eight Banners Armored Soldier.

The Eight Banners trained in this way can be said to be invincible in the world, but Manzhou has a small population and the Eight Banners' training cycle is too long.

Now I see a kind of army that can be trained in just a few months with advanced firearms, with its strength comparable to that of the elite Eight Banners.

Dorgun didn't feel much joy, but was afraid.

The emergence of this new type of firearm equipment will make Manchuria's advantage disappear, and Manchuria will definitely not be as good as the Ming army in the training of the new type of army.

The Manchus had too small population and could expand an army in a few months, Manchus would not be as good as the Ming army. If the Qing court launched a large number of Han troops to equip firearms, it would also lead to the authority of the Manchu court falling behind, and the Manchu nobles would not feel at ease.

Therefore, Dorgon instinctively rejected this new type of firearm and even wanted to ban the use of firearms. However, Dorgon was quite sober and understood that if the Qing Dynasty did not use it, the Ming Dynasty would also use it. He could not give up because of choking, so he did not ban it for the time being. Instead, he decided to increase his support for firearms.

As for prohibiting firearms, we will wait until the Qing Dynasty defeats the Ming Dynasty and unify the world before proceeding.

By then, as long as these advanced firearms can be confiscated and destroyed, books on this area can be burned, and craftsmen are prohibited from continuing to build, the Han people in the Qing Dynasty will not be able to shake the rule of Manchuria.

At this time, Dorgon saw the training of Zhenglan Banner. In terms of exercises, he was already an elite force, but his strength still needs to be tested on the battlefield.

Dorgon did not want to spend unjust money. He had to know whether the investment of the Qing court was worth it. So he wanted Bayan to lead the Zhenglan Banner to fight a battle to see if the strength of the Zhenglan Banner could fight or be arrogant.

However, where should Zhenglan Banner go to fight a war, Dorgon was worried.

At this time, Dorgon finished the exercise at Fengtai Camp and returned to Beijing and began to think about it.

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south.

In 1651, the spring of the seventh year of Longwu.

The war between the Ming and Qing dynasties temporarily ceased, but the friction between the two sides continued.

The continuous wars consumed a lot of money for the Qing Dynasty, but they did not capture them. Instead, they lost the wealthy central Zhejiang, northern Zhejiang and Susongchang's three prefectures. The Qing Dynasty's treasury no longer supported the Qing army to fight again, so from Sichuan to Jiangnan, the Qing army was in a state of stagnation and was preparing to save money and grain to fight.

Strategically speaking, the Qing army did not achieve the goal of destroying the Ming Dynasty, but instead lost a prosperous place. The war should be the victory of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, although the Ming Dynasty won the victory, it did not take advantage of the situation to attack.

The Ming Dynasty had complex internal forces and could barely unite when facing huge external pressure, but when the external pressure subsided, the situation immediately changed.

The first problem arose was between the Western Army and the Ming Dynasty.

During the Battle of Huguang, Du Yinxi turned the tide and insisted on regressing. Finally, he waited for the battlefield to advance and defended Huguang, which enabled the Longwu court to gain a firm foothold in Huguang.

This was a great achievement, and even though it aroused the dissatisfaction of He Tengjiao, who advocated retreating at that time, He Tengjiao, who was jealous, sent someone to meet Sun Kewang and told him that the title of king was that Du Yinxi was arbitrarily making the decision. The emperor did not make any promises, and the cabinet would not agree to his title of king.

This made Sun Kewang, who was attacking Chengdu fiercely, furious and immediately withdrew his troops and returned to southern and eastern Sichuan.

Previously, the Qing army in Sichuan was ordered to go out to attack Yiling, causing the army to be empty.

After Sun Kewang's army entered Sichuan, it was unstoppable. Although Liu Wenxiu was defeated by Wu Sangui on the way to Chengdu and lost tens of thousands of people, the Qing army was insufficient, so Wu Sangui could only trap Chengdu and wait for the Qing army to rescue.

Originally, Sun Kewang besieged Chengdu and sent Li Dingguo to capture Jiange, preparing to cut off the ties between Chengdu and Hanzhong, but after hearing the news of his being cheated, Sun Kewang was furious and gave up on continuing to besiege Chengdu.

After the Western Army returned to southern Sichuan, although Sun Kewang did not turn against the Ming Dynasty, he immediately claimed the title of King Qin and controlled Yunnan, Guizhou, southern and eastern Sichuan under the name of King Qin.

After Zhang Xianzhong's death, the Western Army faced a huge crisis. Not only did it lose the base area of ​​Sichuan, but its internal ruling system had also collapsed.

Sun Kewang led the remnants of the Western Army to travel thousands of miles and moved to the southwest. In Zunyi, he killed Wang Zhaolin, the Prime Minister of the Great Western Kingdom, and obtained the command of the Western Army, establishing the system of the four generals jointly leading the army.

At this time, the Western Army was already very weak. After discussing with Li Dingguo and others, Sun Kewang entered Yunnan in the name of avenging Mu Guogong and quelled the rebellion in Shadingzhou.

Since then, the Western Army has been cultivating in Yunnan and Guizhou for many years and seems to have recovered its strength. In fact, there are still many internal problems, especially for Sun Kewang.

First of all, there was no clear relationship between superiors and subordinates within the four generals of the Western Army. Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu were not Sun Kewang's ministers, and Sun Kewang still needed a position to establish a leadership position.

Secondly, in Yunnan and Guizhou, there were few Han people and many chieftains. Sun Kewang used the name of Duke Mu to quell the rebellion in Shadingzhou and gained the support of chieftains. However, many chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou barely surrendered to him because of Duke Mu and the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Sun Kewang urgently demanded that the Ming Dynasty grant him the King of Qin. If the Ming Dynasty granted him the King of Qin, he could suppress Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu to determine his leadership position in the Western Army. Secondly, the Ming Dynasty granted him the King of Qin would be beneficial to the chieftains in the Yunnan-Guizhou region to surrender and let the Ming Dynasty official Yang Zhiwei do things for him.

In short, with the title of King Qin, Sun Kewang could rule the southwest under the name of the Ming Dynasty and gain more support from people.

Now that Sun Kewang learned that he was cheated, he was naturally furious and directly claimed the title of King of Qin.

However, Sun Kewang was quite cunning. He did not turn against the Longwu court directly, but pretended to call him the King of Qin and ruled Yunnan, Guizhou, southern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan under the name of the King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty, causing a large number of rebels to surrender, with 200,000 to 300,000 troops.

The fact that Sun Kewang proclaimed himself King of Qin entered Changsha City, which made Zhu Youjian furious. He Tengjiao took the opportunity to take action and sent his subordinates to impeach Du Yinxi.

As a result, Du Yinxi not only did not receive the reward from the Battle of Huguang, but was instead squeezed out of the cabinet and became a guilty person.

Zhu Youjian was extremely angry about this matter, which made him very passive. If Sun Kewang denies himself the King of Qin and causes the Western Army to fall to the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty would be in danger. If he acquiesced to this matter, the vassal states would strive to follow the example in the future, and the imperial court would be majestic and harmonious.

Zhu Youjian was thinking about it in the third place, so he could only send someone Xu Luosun Kewang. Du Yinxi's words meant that Sun Kewang was ordered to restore Guanzhong to the king, and the King of Qin was granted the title of Zhu's surname, so he asked him to temporarily leave the title of King of Qin.

Sun Kewang received the promise of the Longwu Dynasty, but was unwilling to remove the title of King of Qin.

Under this storm, Sichuan and Huguang battlefields were naturally unable to counterattack, and were restrained by the factional disputes between Sun Kewang and the Longwu court. In Jiangnan, it was because the Qing army gathered heavily and the Ming army was already at a disadvantage, so it was unable to counterattack.
Chapter completed!