Hongli finally failed to become emperor in advance, and shortly after the messenger arrived in Shengjing, news from other channels also reached the Shengjing general Yi Libu, and through these news, he barely figured out the truth - Shanhaiguan was still in the hands of the Qing army, and the Fu Han army only landed a division from Jinzhou.

However, after figuring out the truth, Elibu made a difficulty, and he sent people to call Fude, the deputy capital of Shengjing, Yurui, the deputy capital of Xiongyue, and Delin, the deputy capital of Xingjing, as well as Yin Duosuo and others from Fengtianfu, to discuss the matter together.

When everyone arrived, Elibu sent someone to tell everyone about the front and back, but before anyone could finish speaking, the people below were already furious.

"General, Chu Wei has now invaded the land outside my pass, and we must not sit idly by and watch it build a castle!"

Shengjing's deputy capital Fude was the first to stand up against it, and the other high-ranking officials of the Eight Banners on the side were also filled with righteous indignation, such as Yin Duosuo of Fengtianfu was so angry that he grabbed a few of his beards, and they all wanted to fight to the death with the Fu Han army.

The reason is very simple, for all the children of the Eight Banners, Guanwai is the real lifeline, the current and future retreat, and even the survival line, for them, everything can be lost, but Guanwai must not be lost.

Not long after the Qing court entered the customs, it completely issued a ban on leaving the customs, the purpose is to prevent the Han people from invading their so-called "ancestral land", this policy from the Kangxi period, until the previous days have been strictly controlled, and the garrison of the Eight Banners outside the customs has not been small.

In addition, after the situation in the Guannei deteriorated, Yongzheng also issued an order to open up the customs and reclaim the land, and expelled the Eight Banners masters in the Beijing Division to open up the wasteland outside the Guan, although most of the work is still done by the Han people, but for these Eight Banners masters, this is also their income, and in the future, the family will have to live by this!

But once the Fu Han army gains a firm foothold outside the pass, then Ning Jin will become a forward position again, and it will definitely not be able to plant the fields, and the Fu Han army will have to be prevented from coming. If Ning Jin is recaptured by the Han people, it means that everything that has worked hard now has become a wedding dress made for others.

Therefore, Yin Duosuo of Fengtianfu also hurriedly said: "Now there are more than 100,000 children of the Eight Banners sent to farm outside the Guan, and they have worked hard every day to reclaim so many hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and next year we can live on these lands, if there is no land, even if we don't die on the battlefield, we will starve to death!" ”

Everyone else is also saying the same, the most critical problem they are facing now is to do their best to keep the back road of the Eight Banners, no matter how the customs are developed, the customs outside are the basic plates, and they must not be chaotic!

Shengjing General Yi Libu immediately made a decision and decided to send troops to attack Chu Shun, of course, in his opinion, this battle is quite a big opportunity, at least in Shengjing, the current Eight Banners are more than 10,000 soldiers, plus the new Eight Banners There are more than 100,000 women and children, if you go all out to expand the army, you can also send 14,500 soldiers.

Of course, Elibu has another choice, that is, to wait for reinforcements under the command of Jilin General Batai and Heilongjiang General Nasutu, if he can gather all the troops of the three major Manchurian generals, at least 30,000 or 40,000 people can be gathered, and then if he recovers the Han army, he will be more certain.

It's just that once all the forces of Manchuria are gathered, it not only means that all other places give up their garrisons, but also the time to gather is very long, after all, at present, one or even two months from Heilongjiang and Jilin to Shengjing is not enough, at least until the beginning of spring next year.

However, can Yi Libu wait until the beginning of spring next year, and can Emperor Yongzheng wait until next year to reopen Liaoxi?

Obviously, if Elibu did this, the first person to cut off someone's head would be the other nobles in Shengjing, and even Hongli would not tolerate it.

"Send troops....... We're going to send troops! You all gather your own troops, and the Han army banner must also be gathered, and few people will come to the front to be cannon fodder in this battle......."

Elibu's face was somewhat gloomy, but he also prayed silently in his heart, hoping that Kannai would be able to get a result as soon as possible.......

.........

A guard of the Eight Banners in cotton armor, riding a brown-red fast horse, galloped all the way on the wide official road, his face was extremely pale, and the whole person was even more weak from the inside out, giving people a crumbling feeling.

The horse's tongue also drooped weakly, its physical strength had long been exhausted, and it was only because of the repeated whipping that it did not fall down immediately, but judging from the current situation, it was only a matter of time before it fell on the spot.

The Eight Banners guard seemed to sense the weakness of the horse under him, he didn't care about the horse that had grown up with him since childhood, gritted his teeth, and whipped hard with the whip in his hand, forcing the horse to squeeze out the last bit of strength, exhausting the last bit of effort, and just in front of the not-so-distant front, a looming city appeared.

"Smack-bang-"

The guard drew the last whip and finally caused the horse to fall completely on the road, but the guard, because of his superb equestrianism, did not immediately fly out and break his neck—he clung to the horse, and the whole person fell to the ground, and then completely fainted.......

Bazhou City has now become a huge military camp, nearly 100,000 Qing troops stationed in this city, most of them can not be stuffed into the city, so they all choose to be stationed outside the city, and only one of the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade has entered Bazhou with the Yongzheng Emperor.

Since he led the army to Bazhou, Yongzheng's whole person's spirit has improved a lot, his cheekbones have become more and more towering, and the whole person's face has become more and more gloomy, looking at every courtier with suspicious eyes.

"Elibu, Ruilin, these two are like pigs and dogs, Chu Wei landed in Manchuria without even realizing it, and even made it arrive in front of Shanhaiguan, it's really damned!"

"Although what Nadu said is not very detailed, at least Shanhaiguan was not taken advantage of by Chu Wei, and there is a division to record his merits."

Emperor Yongzheng's words were in front of the ministers, revealing the naked crisis that Manchuria was facing at this time, that is, Chu Reverse had landed in Manchuria! But the crowd didn't notice it!

It's horrible! Everyone dared not imagine that once the Fu Han army occupied Shanhaiguan, then those of them who were still in the pass would not even have the last way to retreat in the future!

No one doubts the important position of Shanhaiguan, and no one even dares to imagine the result of the Qing army after losing Shanhaiguan, you must know that the Qing army has never conquered Shanhaiguan, if Shanhaiguan falls into the hands of Chu Rebellion, even if you want to get it back, I am afraid it is unlikely.

Xu Yuanmeng's whole person felt a little tired and powerless, and he said softly: "Although Chu Shun has been repelled by Nadu, according to what he said, the thief has not completely retreated, but has entrenched himself in Ningjin and blocked the Liaoxi Corridor, I am afraid that he will only solve the immediate trouble." ”

Yongzheng raised his eyebrows, he understood what Xu Yuanmeng meant, he must send troops to solve this Han army, otherwise the Qing Dynasty will not even have the last way back in the future....... At that time, the Qing Dynasty will be completely finished.

Everyone knows that outside the border is fundamental, and outside the gate cannot be lost, but how to solve this part of the Han army is not an easy matter, because the current outside the Guan, especially the Shengjing part, is not a place where heavy troops are entrenched, and more than 10,000 people can barely come out, and it is difficult to say if you really want to fight at that time.

Shangshu Debu of the Ministry of War knelt down, his voice was a little dull, "Although there are four elder brothers in Shengjing now, after all, he is too young, and Shengjing's general Yi Libu is misbehaving, and he has no strategy, I am afraid that it will be difficult to deal with this matter. ”

Yongzheng is very dissatisfied with Elibu, he shoulders the overall situation of the entire Shengjing, and it is also related to the back road of the children of the Eight Banners, but he was landed in Jinzhou from the sea without knowing at all, which is really a big dereliction of duty, therefore, like Elibu and Ruilin, they are all going to be taken, but there are no very good candidates for these two people.

After several years of fighting, the Qing Dynasty not only lost a large number of soldiers, but also lost a large number of experienced and capable talents, especially the Manchurian talents, such as Fu Erdan, Garbi, Ortai, these people were originally very suitable to go to the border to take on the overall situation, but now they are no longer in the war.

The Han people still have some talents, but whether they are like Nian Qianyao or Yue Zhongqi, they are no longer trusted by Yongzheng, and the suspicion of the Han people in his heart is getting heavier and heavier, and a key place like Manchuria will never allow the Han people to preside over the overall situation, so at this stage, Yongzheng found that he had no one available.

"Elibu, Ruilin and the two are not effective, so they are naturally not suitable to continue to preside over the overall situation in Manchuria, I don't know what you ministers recommend?"

Xu Yuanmeng seemed to have already thought about this problem, and he said very decisively: "Judging from the current situation, the important ministers should be the first, and the servants should protect the Baohe Temple University Scholar Ma Qi." ”

These words shocked the other ministers, Ma Qi is the first minister to be overthrown since Yongzheng ascended the throne, and he has been idle for a long time, although his prestige is enough to serve as the general of Shengjing, but what will Yongzheng think?

Unlike everyone imagined, Yongzheng didn't seem to be annoyed by this, but said lightly: "Ma Qi has been idle for a long time, how is his body?" ”

Xu Yuanmeng replied honestly: "Master Ma Qi is still in good health now, and he can eat two bowls of meat a day. ”

Yongzheng smiled slightly, of course he knew what Xu Yuanmeng meant by promoting Ma Qi, in fact, it was so that the emperor could unite the Eight Banners, so as to avoid internal divisions in this difficult situation.

Since Yongzheng ascended the throne, the reason why he attacked the old ministers and the Manmeng nobles was for the same purpose, in order to implement the new policy and prevent the Eight Masters from threatening his position, so old ministers like Ma Qi are bound to be liquidated.

But at this time and at that time, today's reality shows one point, that is, the emperor can no longer fight alone, and must unite the different forces within the Eight Banners, so the past new policies have to be put aside, and the old ministers must be reappointed in order to bridge the hearts of the people, and Xu Yuanmeng plays a role in threading the needle.

Let Ma Qi go out of the mountain again, Yongzheng can accept it, but let Ma Qi monopolize the power, especially in a place like Shengjing, which is unacceptable to Yongzheng.

At present, Shengjing is mainly dominated by the power of General Shengjing, but his power has also been seriously restricted, and the constraints are Fengtianfu and Shengjing Five Ministries and other accompanying institutions, which are not subordinate to each other, but there are many overlapping powers, so the Shengjing area has different powers to prevent one person from dominating.

"The general of Shengjing can be served by Ma Qi, but if Fengtianfu Yin wants to choose another meritocracy, it can be held by Zhang Tingyu, and as for the position of Shengjing Governor on the Fifth Department of Shengjing, it will be held by Marseille."

Yongzheng's tone was very flat, and in a few words, he outlined a new power structure, through Zhang Tingyu and Marseille, thus restricting Ma Qi.

As soon as everyone heard this, their faces suddenly became very exciting, Zhang Tingyu was beaten into the prison as a Hanchen, it must be only a temporary state, after all, Jiang Tingxi at the moment has not been able to integrate Hanchen, so now Zhang Tingyu has risen and served as the Yin of Fengtianfu.

However, the head of Shengjing set up at the head of the Shengjing Fifth Department is a bit complicated, it is equivalent to integrating the power of the Shengjing Fifth Department, and the power constraint on General Shengjing is very large, and Marseille is also quite big, and it is not a problem to compete with Ma Qi head-on.

Marseille is the grandson of Tuhai, the first-class Zhongda Gong, after Tuhai's death, he inherited the title of first-class duke, and in the Kangxi period, he also successively served as the commander of the army, the commander of the Mongolian capital with the yellow flag, the minister of the guard, and the minister of the Luan Yi Guard, so his qualifications and prestige are absolutely sufficient.

Of course, Xu Yuanmeng naturally couldn't oppose this appointment, and everyone immediately thanked the will, but after receiving the will, they had to pass the will back to the capital, and then arrange for these people to go to Shengjing to lead the overall situation.

However, the problem comes, the current Liaoxi Corridor is blocked, and there are ships of the Fu Han Army on the sea route, so a few people can only bypass from the direction of Xifengkou, which is quite time-consuming, and it is difficult to say whether it will be effective at that time. And many big things are in this kind of detail, little by little towards failure.

Of course, for the current Yongzheng, he can only choose to arrange it this way, hoping that these people can bring him good news.

Just after everyone had finished deliberating, a person hurried in from outside the palace, he was the first-class prince in charge of commanding the army, and his face was very ugly, even a little pale.

"Your Majesty, there is urgent news from the front line......

Yongzheng subconsciously felt that something was wrong, but no matter how difficult the situation was, he had to face it, so he could only condense his voice at the moment: "Say." ”

Xibao knelt on the ground and said sadly: "Song Kejin, the commander of Zhili....... He has surrendered to the Fu Han army, and all the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty in Tianjin........ All have been killed. ”

"Poof—"

Dots of blood instantly appeared on Yongzheng's chest, his face became extremely pale, and he fell behind him, as if he had gone from soul to body, and finally couldn't bear the weight at this moment, and thus declared a complete collapse.