nanming man

Chapter 800 Sad news

After hearing Li Laiheng's words, everyone in the big tent was not overly surprised, perhaps they were all prepared in their hearts for the failure of the Ming army.

Since ancient times, the Southern Expedition to the North has not been easy. Zhu Yuanzhang was able to succeed in the Northern Expedition for many reasons. First, he faced the decaying Yuan Dynasty. fierce general.

What Zhu Cihong was facing was a Manchu Qing that had not been established for a long time and still had a lot of vigor. Apart from righteousness, he had neither powerful cavalry nor peerless generals. It could be said that it was extremely difficult to succeed in the Northern Expedition.

Gao Yihuan had discussed with his staff and analyzed the situation of the Ming army's Northern Expedition. He believed that the Ming army could reach the southeast of Shandong Province in Xuzhou at most, and the Eight Banners cavalry would rule the north.

Now it seems that the analysis at that time was not wrong, and the Ming army did stop at the front line of Xuzhou.

"Your Majesty, if Zhu Cihong retreats and Dorgon gets the news of Azig's siege, he will definitely return to his army for reinforcements!" Chen Mingxia said anxiously.

Although the exact news about the Ming army’s Northern Expedition has not yet come, it is not clear how the Ming Dynasty will retreat, and whether it will still have the strength to contain the Qing army after retreating to Huai’an, but as long as the crisis on the southern front is lifted, the Qing army will definitely return to Hedong But there is no doubt.

"The lonely king may have saved Zhu Cihong again this time. I wonder if he will be grateful?" Gao Yihuan said casually, clapped his hands on the armrest, stood up, walked to the sand table, and muttered: "Once the Ming army retreats, The current situation is clear. The key to the lonely king's capture of Hedong is to prevent Dorgon from returning to his army and take Taiyuan!"

Speaking of this, Gao Yihuan looked at Li Dingguo on the side and said: "Dingguo, the lonely king asked you to command 4 horses, and you will guard Huguan, Guguan, Huangyuguan and other passes in the southeast of Shanxi, so that the Qing army will not kill them." Enter Jinnan and Jinzhong, you can be sure."

Li Dingguo did not agree immediately, but looked at the sand table, and after observing for a while, he knelt down on one knee, "I will definitely block the Qing army."

Gao Yihuan nodded in satisfaction. If the Qing army were not allowed to enter Hedong from the east and south, then Dorgon had only two options left.

In this case, the Wei army is best to defend. Gao Yihuan can clean up Hedong and set up officials to control the prefectures and counties, while constantly increasing troops to defend.

Another option for Dorgun is to bypass Shanxi and break into Jiang Xiang's defense zone.

That would have helped Gao Yihuan a lot. Gao Yihuan was still cleaning up Hedong, recruiting rebels, and setting up officials to control the prefectures and counties.

"Okay!" Gao Yihuan exclaimed, "The defense in the southeast direction is left to you."

After finishing speaking, Gao Yihuan looked at Chen Mingxia and said, "Mr. Chen, if we want to fight the Qing army decisively, we must have a stable environment, appease the gentry, rebels, and local bandits in Jinnan Jinzhong, set up officials, organize the Three Divisions in Hedong, and investigate Population and acres, the responsibility to resume production is left to you."

Chen Mingxia's face was overjoyed, this is a great opportunity to cultivate his confidants, "I will fulfill my mission!"

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly, and said to Xu Heihu: "Heihu, I order you to bring five thousand soldiers and horses, break Jiexiu and Lingshi, and remove the counties controlled by the Qing army, and wait for the lonely king to deal with it!"

Xu Heihu clasped his fists together, "I take orders!"

After finishing the order, Gao Yihuan's thinking became clear. Trapping Azige and inviting Dorgon to rescue him, while defending consumed Dorgon, or let Dorgon attack Jiang Xiang, he would earn some money, recruit troops, and digest the territory. Wait for the moment to make a move.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the north was in turmoil, and the bandits and slaves repeatedly plagued the north.

Compared with Guanzhong, a place where bandits made their fortunes, and Beizhili, a place frequented by slaves, Shanxi was relatively well preserved due to its closed geographical environment, and people's livelihood did not suffer huge damage.

Hedong only experienced short-term turmoil during the Jiashen period. After being ransacked by Li Zicheng and the Qing army, it quickly regained its stability and became a heavy taxation area that the Qing government relied on.

The Yinjiao that Gao Yihuan had his eyes on was the Eight Great Imperial Merchants, but Gao Yihuan had actually missed the best time to check the Eight Great Imperial Merchants.

In the Jiashen year, the eight imperial merchants were looted once by Li Zicheng. Many people died and suffered heavy blows.

Now their base camp is not in the area controlled by Wei Jun, but in Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua.This made Gao Yihuan a little bit beyond his reach, and the Wei army attacked Hedong, this group of people must have been prepared, and they must have started transferring wealth long ago.

Even so, Gao Yihuan still wanted to make a copy, firstly, to remove the Qing army strongholds on the outskirts of Taiyuan, making Taiyuan an isolated city, and secondly, because Gao Yihuan himself was a land rich man, so he knew these land rich men very well, no matter how much business they did Well, they all like to buy properties and land in their hometowns, transform themselves from businessmen into gentry, like to bury their money in the ground, and there are more than one place.

Now Jiexiu, Lingshi and other places are still resisting, there must be someone supporting them, but what can support the Qing army to defend the city?It must not be loyalty to Manchu, then the answer is only two words - silver.

After finishing the order, Gao Yihuan asked everyone to prepare according to the military order, while he asked people to prepare a banquet, and went to invite Jiang Xiang and Li Sutai, saying that there was something important to discuss.

Zhu Cihong was defeated and the Ming army retreated south. It makes no sense that only Wei Jun knew about such sad news. He had to tell Jiang Xiang and Li Jiantai.

It was night, and the Wei Jun camp was brightly lit. Gao Yihuan was standing outside the big tent, wearing a black dragon robe and a winged crown on his head.

Jiang Xiang and Li Jiantai walked into the camp, and seeing Gao Yihuan greet him outside the tent, they both quickened their pace.

"Haha~" Seeing the two people coming, Gao Yihuan laughed and stretched out a hand, "Jiang Zongbing and Li Ge are here."

Li Jiantai cupped his hands and saluted, "Your Highness!"

Jiang Xiang looked at Gao Yihuan's outstretched hand, and didn't understand the etiquette, but he reacted quickly, and couldn't help holding Gao Yihuan's hand with both hands, and bowed his waist.

Gao Yihuan smiled and said: "Today, the lonely king invited the two of you to come. I have nothing else to do, just to contact each other and tell you a sad news at the same time."

"Sad news?" Li Jiantai was a little puzzled. He couldn't see any sadness on Gao Yihuan's face, and he seemed to be laughing wildly in his heart.

Gao Yihuan lowered his face, pretending to be sad, "Yes! The lonely king just received the news that Daming has lost again!"

When Jiang Xiang and Li Jiantai heard the words, they were shocked as if they had been struck by lightning.

"Ahem~" Gao Yihuan coughed twice upon seeing this, attracting their attention, then suddenly puffed up his chest, and said solemnly: "Well, don't be sad, both of you, although Daming is defeated, isn't there still a lonely king? Hedong, you just listen to the command of the lonely king! Together, we will definitely be able to defeat the Qing army and recover the lost land of the Han family."

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