The reason why Gao Yigong, Li Guo, and Liu Tichun dared to kill Wu Sangui first and then played, in addition to relying on the meritorious ministers and not blaming the public, a very important reason was that they felt that Liu Yongxi would definitely be interested in Chen Yuanyuan, so they tied up Chen Yuanyuan as soon as they killed Wu Sangui.

And Liu Yongxi heard that this was also helpless, although he didn't have much interest in Chen Yuanyuan, after all, no matter how moving Chen Yuanyuan was, he was just a beauty who captivated the country and the city, and the story of "rushing to the crown and being angry for a red face" had a very far-reaching impact, but in Liu Yongxi's heart, Chen Yuanyuan was far inferior to Li Xiangjun and Zhu Meier, and no matter how good-looking he was, he might not be able to stay together for a lifetime.

But the Loyal Battalion and the Daxi Battalion can be said to be the main forces of this Northern Expedition, and Liu Yongxi is also thinking about how to kill Wu Sangui, now that someone is willing to help, Liu Yongxi is really unwilling to chill the enthusiasm of the soldiers of the army: "Empress, Chen Yuanyuan will be dealt with by you!" ”

Empress Gao didn't expect Liu Yongxi to be such an arrangement, but since Liu Yongxi was willing to turn a blind eye and let this matter go, Empress Gao naturally had to fully cooperate: "Your Majesty, rest assured, with me, I promise that I will not let the surviving people of General Wu Sangui suffer any grievances!" ”

The messenger who came to report the good news saw that Liu Yongxi was unwilling to pursue the deaths of Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, and immediately added: "Your Majesty, the generals Gao Yigong, Li Dingguo, and Li Guo have all requested to immediately cross the river to the north and march north. ”

Originally, according to Liu Yongxi's plan, he had to take a good rest after taking Henan, but the Azig army inexplicably collapsed on all fronts, making the Zhulu Ming army feel that it was necessary to seize this rare opportunity.

After all, although the Chengtian Dynasty is a victory after victory, but the time to dominate the world seems to be not far away, if you can't seize this golden opportunity now, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to wait for the world to dominate and then want to make some military achievements.

And Liu Yongxi also understood the painstaking efforts of the officers and men of the three armies: "Zhang Boyi has already pursued the remnants of Boluo in Shandong, and we must also seize the opportunity to destroy all enemies!" ”

Liu Yongxi mentioned "all enemies" very clearly, the goal is not only limited to the Qing army, but all those who dare to fight against the existence of the Yue Ming army, and Empress Gao can also understand Liu Yongxi's intentions: "Please be careful when you cross the river, there are at least 100,000 or even 200,000 generals in the north, and you must not be careless!" ”

It's just that the generals of the Yue Ming army did not take the resistance of the Qing army too seriously, although Liu Yongxi and Empress Gao's advice is indeed correct, now there may be one or two hundred thousand Qing troops in the north, and the rest are not lacking in elite divisions, but since the Azig army has been annihilated by the Ming army, and the total casualties of the Ming army are less than 3,000 people, then the Yue Ming army has the confidence to continue to march forward.

What's more, although the Yue Ming army suffered nearly 3,000 casualties, there were 20,000 prisoners captured this time, and tens of thousands of Han troops, green battalion soldiers, new annex troops, and foreign feudal Mongolian uprisings joined the camp of the Yue Ming army.

Originally, for Liu Yongxi, it was a big trouble for Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, who commanded the tens of thousands of Han troops, the green battalion soldiers, the new annexed army and the outer feudal Mongolia, and if it was not handled well, maybe there would be another "three feudatories".

Since Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Liu Tichun and other loyal battalion generals helped him kill Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, Liu Yongxi unceremoniously incorporated these prisoners and the troops who had risen before the battle.

Therefore, after experiencing the Henan Campaign, the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army did not decrease but increased, and the sharp spirit was even more unstoppable, and they crossed the Yellow River at six or seven river crossing points in a row to continue the Northern Expedition, but they did not face the fierce resistance of the Qing army, but the warm welcome of the green battalion soldiers, state and county soldiers, Haoqiang, and the gentry.

Although Liu Yongxi clearly put forward "all enemies", after the pattern of the Vietnamese Ming army dominating the world could not be changed, everyone made the wisest choice, even the Manchurian nobles in Beijing City are no exception.

If the Northern Expedition of the Yue Ming Army was a song all the way, then now the encounter of the Great Qing State in the north is almost a copy of the second Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng almost conquered the entire north before the Battle of a Stone, but after the defeat of Shanhaiguan, there was a fierce rebellion in every place conquered, and even in a sense, it was not the Qing soldiers who really defeated Li Zicheng, but the rebellion led by these gentry.

If it was said that the northern gentry class was only dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty but did not dare to attack, now after the news that the Azig army was wiped out in Henan, the rebellions in the entire north have risen one after another, and many of the gentry who drove away Li Zicheng's Dashun army and welcomed the entry of the Great Qing State have now played the banner of the Chengtian Dynasty again, and even many green battalion soldiers and new annexed troops have participated in the uprising.

At first, the Qing army still had the energy to constantly mobilize troops to quell the uprisings in various places, after all, the current Qing Dynasty has been completely vassalized, but they soon found that the situation has collapsed beyond imagination, and the problem of the Qing Dynasty now is not to hold half of the north, but how to avoid the retaliation of the Ming Dynasty outside the retreat.

"Since the martyrdom of the British king, the elite of the Qing Dynasty has been seven or eight out of ten, and the most important thing now is to hold Ruan Dacheng accountable!"

Although many people think that Suwang Haoge is the culprit in the real sense, and now Haoge has lost the whole province of Shandong, but after the Azig army was wiped out, the soldiers and horses of Hauge and Duoduo were relatively intact among the Qing Dynasty, so everyone can only investigate Ruan Dacheng as the culprit.

After all, in the past, although the Qing army and the Jinhua thieves had more defeats and fewer victories, they could fight bloody battles to the end every time, making the Yue Ming army pay a considerable price, but this time it was completely different, Haoge gave up the whole province of Shandong without almost any resistance, and even left behind thirty Niu Lu and sixty battalions near Caozhou.

And Azig's ending is even more speechless, although Azig has died in the chaos and has been martyred, but everyone never thought that Azig sat on the strongest field army in the Great Qing Kingdom, but he couldn't even organize symbolic resistance, and the whole army was inexplicably wiped out.

Although the statement that "the whole army was wiped out" is a little exaggerated, and there were still thousands of Qing troops who successfully broke out of the encirclement and crossed the Yellow River, these thousands of remnants of the Qing army who broke through the encirclement were meaningless compared to the 100,000 people in Azig before the war.

And everyone thinks that the reason why there is such an absurd situation is entirely because of Ruan Dacheng's strategy of feudal towns.

Although the theory of setting up feudal towns would make the southern armies fight desperately for their own territory, in fact, it was the armies that were divided into troops before the war and were caught off guard by the Vietnamese Ming army.

This was not a situation that the Manchurian nobles wanted to see, so they regarded Ruan Dacheng, who proposed the strategy of the feudal town, as the culprit, and Dolgon, as the regent, also knew that the matter was big when he heard the news of Azig's defeat.

Although he knew that everyone was actually denouncing him, the regent who was in power, he was extremely weak now: "Since everyone thinks that Ruan Dacheng is the culprit, then behead Ruan Dacheng according to everyone's wishes, and now the top priority is how to get out of the customs?" ”

At the beginning of entering the customs, Dolgon was ambitious, not only ready to conquer the whole of China, but also prepared to conquer China from the will and spirit, but the defeat of Azig made him realize that the conquest of China was already a dream, and the days of the Great Qing Kingdom in the customs were numbered, and the top priority now was to protect the strength and retreat outside the pass.

Dolgon is ready to regard this entry as a super-large-scale breakthrough of the Ming, the Huang Taiji era has also broken through the Ming many times, although there are a lot of losses, but after all, there are some losses, and although the loss of this entry is large, the gains are also amazing, and even caused a devastating blow to the Ming Kingdom.

Although Dolgon was deceiving himself, the problem was that many of the Manchurian nobles below disagreed with this matter: "Can we end well when we retreat outside the border?" The elite of the Qing Dynasty has gone to six or seven! ”

"Not to mention ten or six or seven years, although there are thousands of Niu Lu in the Great Qing Kingdom now, but the combat power is not as good as the one hundred Niu Lu in the past, even if we retreat to the outside of the Guan, what can we do?"

"In the past, it was said that we would have the advantage in the confrontation with the Ming State north of the Yellow River, but now we are defeated again and again north of the Yellow River, and can we still turn defeat into victory when we retreat to Guanwai?"

The reason why the Manchurian nobles were so pessimistic and disappointed in the military was that the Azig army was completely wiped out.

If the Azig army could survive or retreat north of the Yellow River, everyone felt that they could retreat outside the pass, after all, this is how the Great Qing Kingdom rose, but the defeat of Azig made everyone lose confidence.

As everyone said, after more than two years of entering the customs, the old department outside the customs of the Great Qing Kingdom was almost exhausted, although the two red flags of Dai Shan claimed to be the most intact, but also consumed nearly half of the armor soldiers, and more importantly, after the defeat of Azig, Dai Shan also became extremely pessimistic, feeling that even if the Great Qing Kingdom retreated outside the Guan, it was a dead end, and with the combat strength of the Great Qing Army, it was still going to lose to the Yue Ming army outside the Guan.

And Dai Shan's idea coincides with many Eight Banners relatives and nobles, they all feel that taking the old road of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji will definitely not work, and more importantly, they have gained a lot after entering the customs, although they can take away some of the spoils after retreating outside the customs, but everything they have is equal to starting over is not as good as before entering the customs, so they dare to contradict Dolgon now.

And Dolgon didn't expect that these Manchurian nobles would refuse to retreat to the pass at this time: "Do we have any other way than to retreat to the pass?" I also want to stay in Kannai for a few more years, but the Jinhua thief won't give us a chance! ”

It's just that as soon as Dolgon's words fell, Big Baylor spoke: "Actually, the Great Qing Kingdom still has other ways out except to retreat to the pass!" ”