Although the camp is the camp and the west camp is the west camp, this distinction should be completely a thing of the past!

After all, she is a well-deserved queen of the Ming Dynasty, not only to lead the loyal battalion to the battle, but also to make good use of the elite of the Great Western Army, including Li Dingguo, only by using these two elites well can there be hope of defeating Azig.

Only Emperor Chen and the other three concubines behind her felt envious and felt that Queen Gao had stolen all the limelight at the same time, but they didn't have anything to do about it, after all, if this matter was messed up, Gao Niangniang would have no responsibility, and they would completely fall out of favor from now on.

So no matter what aspect it is, they must fully cooperate with Queen Gao in this matter.

And Liu Yongxi didn't expect that Empress Gao would have such a high-spirited performance, and he didn't expect that the four concubines left by Zhang Xianzhong would cooperate with Empress Gao so much, so he said very proudly: "Haoge is not a problem, originally I was most worried about Azig, but Empress Fengtian took the initiative to ask for help, and I knew that this Northern Expedition was worry-free!" ”

Although in terms of troops, the Yue Ming army on the Huguang side was slightly at a disadvantage, but now that Azig has become a feudal town, it is natural to deal with the problem with the attitude of a feudal town, and now he is deploying a second-rate or even second-rate Han army on the front line, and the main elite is used to deploy in various parts of Henan Province to protect his own interests, even if it is not used to deal with Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and Zuo Mengeng's elite.

In this situation, as long as Gao Yigong and Li Dingguo are not confused, they will definitely be able to gain the upper hand at the first time, and the Yue Ming army can march to Henan after sweeping the eastern front, and Empress Xing immediately said: "Empress Fengtian Gao led the army to march in person, and Shengping was as stable as Mount Tai!" ”

Xing Shengping, as the governor of Anhui, undertook the mission of launching attacks on the two fronts of Shandong and Henan at the same time, and it can be said that the front-line commander was under the most pressure, and now that Mrs. Gao is leading the army to fight in person, Xing Shengping has become relaxed.

It's just that Liu Yongxi never thought that the queen's personal expedition that was forced by the situation at the beginning would actually become the practice of the Yue Ming army, and Liu Yongxi faintly felt that after Empress Gao's personal expedition, I am afraid that the beauties left by Zhang Xianzhong would also make trouble in this matter, but he was still very happy in this question: "That's right, now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!" ”

Empress Changping immediately asked, "Brother Yongxi, what is the east wind of the Northern Expedition?" ”

Liu Yongxi immediately laughed: "Didn't the Qing Kingdom send an envoy to negotiate with us, in the past I have always insisted on using the Yellow River as the boundary, and now we can make a little concession on this issue!" ”

Empress Changping has already understood: "When Brother Yongxi received the Qing delegation, it was the time to prepare for the use of troops!" ”

Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "It's really right! ”

For the Qing Dynasty, the time has only passed more than a year, but the situation is completely reversed, the first year and the second year of Shunzhi is the Hongguang Dynasty to do everything possible to get the support of the Qing Dynasty, not only can accept the Yellow River as the boundary and even the Jianghuai as the boundary, but now it is the Great Qing State to strive for the Jianghuai as the boundary, if forced to do so, the Yellow River as the boundary can also be reluctantly accepted.

However, all the dignitaries of the mission knew very well that the plan of using the Yellow River as the boundary would not be possible for the regent, the princes, and Baylor to pass, after all, the territory of the Azig, the most powerful feudal town in the Great Qing State, was almost south of the Yellow River, and there were only three prefectures north of the Yellow River.

If the Yellow River is really to be the boundary, it is equivalent to the loss of almost all the territory of the British king Azig, and the situation in Shandong is also the same, so the Qing mission has been arguing on this issue, and is even ready to make concessions on other issues in exchange for gaining something on this issue.

After several negotiations broke down, Emperor Chengtian Liu Yongxi finally met with the Qing delegation, although he scolded all the princes and Baylor, but also admitted that in the case of Azig occupying Henan, it was impossible for the Qing State to retreat to the north of the Yellow River, so he demanded corresponding compensation from the Qing State.

According to the view of Emperor Liu Yongxi, this kind of neutral zone can be governed by officials, but it is not allowed to send troops and horses: "Back then, Qin Hui and Qin Xianggong recovered Henan and Shaanxi from the hands of the Jinren, and I, as the Chengtian Emperor, can't even be inferior to Qin Hui and Qin Xianggong, who has been infamous for all generations!" ”

According to Liu Yongxi's view, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains from the existing front to the south of the Yellow River must be governed by this situation, but the Qing envoys felt that they had discovered Liu Yongxi's true bottom line, so they naturally did not hesitate to gain an inch, and Liu Yongxi quickly made certain concessions and allowed the Qing army to have a number of bridgeheads south of the Yellow River.

But for the Qing envoys, this made them see an excellent opportunity, and they felt that the reason why Liu Yongxi kept making concessions was naturally because the Yue Ming Dynasty was unable to go on the northern expedition with all its strength in the south, so they were ready to get what they could not get from the battlefield at the negotiating table.

Therefore, the Qing envoys put forward the most sincere suggestion in their eyes: "We can hand over the Ming Emperor's Mausoleum in Shuntian Mansion to the Ming State to set up officials to manage!" ”

Since Liu Yongxi took "Daming" as the national name, he naturally inherited many political legacies of the Ming Dynasty, so although he accepted this suggestion, he felt that the sincerity of the Qing State was insufficient: "I am bent on reaching a generational peace with the Qing Dynasty, you always know that Empress Yi'an Zhang and Taikang Hou are both from Kaifeng, if I can't help Empress Yingtian Zhang help her get back to her hometown, how can I explain to her!" ”

Although Liu Yongxi was talking about personal emotional problems, the Qing envoys felt that they saw a real opportunity to solve the problem, and they quickly put forward a counter-proposal: "In this case, it is better to imitate the story of the imperial tomb of Shuntianfu and hand over the Kaifeng Mansion to your country for management, but your country can only set up officials to manage, not garrison!" ”

In this way, the Chengtian Dynasty not only had many small enclaves in Shuntianfu, but also a larger enclave in Henan, and although Liu Yongxi was very interested in this plan, the negotiations quickly stalemate.

It is not that the two sides are not sincere, but that both sides are quite sincere, but the sincerity of both sides cannot solve the problem, after all, now is the time for specific negotiations, and the result of the words on the negotiation table between the two sides is often the territory of a county or even an entire prefecture.

Zhu Dadian, the minister in charge of negotiations in charge of the Ming State, fought for territory almost village by village, and he not only wanted to win the two political enclaves in the north, but was also ready to get tangible benefits from the hands of the Great Qing State, hoping that the Great Qing State would give up the territory of thirty or fifty counties.

The envoys of the Great Qing State naturally would not let Zhu Dadian succeed easily, they were only willing to give up the territory of three or five counties at most, and the territory of these three or five counties of the Ming State could only be managed by officials, and could not send troops to station, and they even demanded that many border states and counties of the Ming State also be classified as neutral zones without armed forces.

It's just that the two sides are arguing with reason, and at the same time, the Qing envoys feel that they have won the most precious time for the Qing Kingdom, and now the most important thing for the Qing Kingdom is time, as long as there is a year and a half of peace, the Qing Kingdom will soon be able to reorganize the mountains and rivers and launch the third southern expedition.

While they were rejoicing, they also informed the princes and Baylor of the interests of the north of the specific situation of the negotiations, and Azig was anxious as soon as he heard the news: "How can you give up Kaifeng Mansion to the Ming Kingdom!" ”

Although the current Kaifeng Mansion is still submerged in water, Azig is already a most standard warlord after enjoying the many benefits of the feudal town, and letting him give up Kaifeng Mansion and several border states and counties is simply cutting his flesh.

And Wu Sangui beside him thought very clearly: "The price is all over the sky to sit on the ground and repay the money, since the Yue Ming Dynasty has issued such conditions, it means that they have no intention of going on the Northern Expedition at all, then we just need to hurry up in these two or three years to run Henan into our own world!" ”

Although King Azig agreed with Wu Sangui's opinion, he still said that this matter should be considered in the long run: "I think that even if we don't make any concessions, the Ming Kingdom will not go north within three or five years!" ”

Unlike Duoduo and Haoge, who had repeatedly suffered from the blows of the Vietnamese Ming army, Azig had fought with the Vietnamese Ming army several times without suffering a big loss, and even took advantage of a lot, so he felt that in the current situation, there was no need to make any concessions to the Vietnamese Ming army.

And Wu Sangui immediately laughed: "Then talk slowly, if you can't talk about it for a month, then talk about it for a year, if you can't talk about it for a year, you can talk about it for five years or ten years, as long as it is five years or ten years, this Henan will be your vassal kingdom!" ”

Azig nodded again and again when he heard this: "That's right, talk slowly, it doesn't matter if you can't negotiate, anyway, we are very sincere!" ”

Anyway, Azig really felt that it didn't matter even if he talked about collapse, anyway, it was impossible for the Yue Ming army to launch the Northern Expedition in the near future.

And Hauge's opinion is almost the same as Azig's: "Talk well, talk slowly, the longer you talk, the better, and it doesn't matter how many states and counties you have!" ”

Azig didn't suffer any big losses on the battlefield, so he didn't want to let a single state or county, and Hauge had a psychological shadow because of repeated defeats, so he felt that it was not a big problem to let a few more states and counties, and Zhang Tianlu, who was under him, immediately said: "Not a single state and county can be allowed, if these states and counties are given to the Ming Kingdom, I'm afraid the southerners will know that our bottom line is ready to take advantage of the void!" ”

After all, Henan has the elite field forces that the British king Azig has saved with great effort, so Azig is not giving up an inch of land, and Shandong is completely different, whether it is Zhang Tianlu, Haoge or several other Qing armies are standard remnants of the defeated generals, not to mention that there are Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing and Zuo Mengeng in the province to raise a big incident, the Yue Ming army sent troops to the Northern Expedition at least in the early stage, it must be devastating, but Haoge has a psychological shadow: "If you can't let the county go out of the state, you will really provoke the Jinhua thieves, and we don't have much to do!" ”