In the yamen of the governors of the seven provinces in Qufu, it was an atmosphere of steaming and noisy coexistence at this time. Those staff members who used to shake paper fans and strategize were all very excited. Or blushing around the map and arguing, or gathering in groups to talk.

The picture on the map is a mixed bag. The worry is not how invincible the Donglu occupying Beijing is, but that since the Huaiqing counteroffensive, the triumphant song has been played all the way, and now the army of the Liukou who have come to Zhendingfu - judging from the map, Zhendingfu has penetrated into the logistics lifeline of the Dongyu army in Shanxi on the Jingcheng Road on the southern line!

According to the information transferred by the Yamen of the Shandong General Army in Dengzhou, the Dongyu army that has now penetrated into Shanxi includes the elite of the two white flags of Dolgon and Duoduo, the elite of the Zhenghong Banner led by Man Dahai, the elite of the Zhenglan Banner led by Haoge, the first Zhenghuang Banner led by Aobai, the Guanning Army of Wu Sangui, and the Han army led by Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, and Shen Zhixiang. It's almost the best of the best!

Among them, the supply of 200 banners, Zhenghongqi, Wu Sangui and Kong Youde's troops, nearly 80,000 troops, all depended on the supply of Jingcheng Road. And once the roundabout brigade of the Liukou occupies Zhending, the Jingcheng Road will be interrupted...... I have to say, this big detour of the rogues is beautiful!

The Liukou fought beautifully, which means that their strength still exists, and it is very likely that they will take Beijing City after the heavy damage to Dongyu!

That's a big deal! To a certain extent, the gains and losses of Beijing City mean the gains and losses of the Northland. Since ancient times, China has been more in the north and more in the south, and less in the south and the north, and the real success is Emperor Taizu Gao of this dynasty.

However, it was only more than 30 years since Taizu set the capital of Jinling to Jianwen lost his position, and then the king of the world returned to the north again.

If Liukou can retake Beijing, then Huaxia's royal spirit is likely to belong to Li Zicheng......

As a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, how could Shi Kefa not worry about the belonging of the kings of the world?

As for hi, of course, there are quite a few. These days, it's not just the rogues who are playing triumphant songs, but the situation here in Daming is also gratifying!

At the end of October, Liu Zeqing, the commander-in-chief of Yanzhou Town, crossed the Daqing River from Dongpingzhou to the north, and pacified Dongchang Mansion without bloodshed, and also captured Dezhou, an important town in the north of Jinan Province, with Li Chengdong sent by Gao Jie and Sun Degong sent by Huang Degong. Later, it invaded the territory of Hejian Prefecture in Beizhili, Lianke Jingzhou, Dongguang, Nanpi, Cangzhou and other prefectures and counties, and the good news was spread frequently, and the momentum was like a bamboo!

At the same time, Liu Liangzuo, the commander-in-chief of Henan, and Xu Dingguo, the commander-in-chief of Guide, attacked from Caozhou (belonging to Yanzhou Prefecture) and Yifeng (belonging to Kaifeng Prefecture) and invaded the territory of the Daimyo's Mansion.

Along the way, it was also overwhelming, and it was also supported by the gentry of the Daimyo's Mansion and the Guangping Mansion!

Now the situation of the two Northern Expeditionary armies is very good, and Shi Kefa knows that he still has two trump cards in his hands - Wu Sangui, who is waiting for the opportunity to defect, and Li Ruolian and Li Shiyuan (Qingzhou General Army), who can march to Tianjin by sea at any time......

"Li Ruolian is the prince's henchman, and he will definitely not be disappointed by the great grace of His Royal Highness the prince, so there is no need to worry about Denglai along the way. Now that the country is in ruins, it depends on Ping Xibo's......"

Shi Kefa stood in front of the map hanging in his study, frowning slightly, muttering to himself. There was a rush of footsteps behind him, followed by the voices of Shi Kecheng and Stilwell.

"Big brother, the order of the Generalissimo of the Fu Army, Lord Chitose asked us to speed up the construction of the city and reserve enough rice, flour, and salt for 50,000 people to eat for two years......"

"My lord, according to the news of Shi Si, the governor of the Lu Palace, Li Ruolian, the chief soldier of Shandong, went to the Lu Palace, urging the Lu Palace, to set up Beppu in Taihe Mountain as soon as possible, and transfer half of the silver and at least 50,000 stone rice and wheat in the palace to Beppu in Taihe Mountain."

"What?" Shi Kefa was stunned for a moment, "When is it now, why do you still make such plans?" ”

"My lord," Stilwell said, "Xu is Chitose Ye is making preparations with two hands, one hand to advance, and the other hand to retreat. ”

Shi Kecheng said: "Now the rise and fall of the world is in Pingxibo, if Pingxibo does not do it, I am afraid that the situation of the Northern Expedition will not last......"

"How could Ping Xibo not do it?" Shi Kefa shook his head again and again, "The king of the Beiping domain has promised, what are he waiting for if he doesn't defect?" Do you want to go all the way to the end with the Tartars? ”

"Maybe Chitose is worried that Ping Xibo won't be able to beat the Tartars?" Shi Kecheng said.

Shi Kefa shook his head: "Ping Xibo can't beat the Tartars and the rogues!" Liukou has placed 80,000 old battalion cavalry in the area of Zhending Mansion, and now it is in full swing...... If Ping Xibo is anyway now, the Tartars will be attacked on their backs, how can they be undefeated?

And as soon as the Tartars were defeated, they had to withdraw from the city of Beijing. When the time comes, we'll have to fight with the rogues again! If the Chitose Lord doesn't show the courage to fight with the Liukou to the death, I'm afraid that Li Zhicheng's momentum will regain again. In case Beijing is obtained by the rogues, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger! ”

It turned out that Shi Kefa's biggest worry was not that the Tartars would come to Shandong to dig up Confucius's grave, but that Li Zicheng would return to Beijing.

In his opinion, as long as Wu Sangui is correct, the Tartars will definitely suffer heavy losses - Wu Sangui has 40,000 elite soldiers, Liukou has 80,000 elite soldiers in the area of Zhending Mansion, Datong Mansion still has 30,000 elite soldiers from the acting king, the Ming army on the southern front has no less than 100,000 elite soldiers, and there are at least tens of thousands of elite soldiers from Li Zicheng in Taiyuan Mansion.

There are at least 300,000 soldiers from all walks of life! How could it be that tens of thousands of people could not defeat the Tartars?

And judging from the map, it is clear that the Tartars are already in trouble...... Wu Sangui hasn't done it yet, the Tartar is in danger, he has to turn the other way, and the Tartar has to go back to his hometown outside the Guanwai!

Therefore, Li Zicheng will soon become Zhu Cihong's most dangerous enemy again!

Shi Kefa thought for a while, and said to his brother Shi Kecheng: "Red Leopard, you personally go to Nanjing and explain the situation in the north to the Chitose Lord in person. If Li re-enters Beijing, then it would be better for the imperial court to make a gesture of going north, at least to move to the central capital, and it is not advisable to stay in Nanjing for a long time, so as not to give people the feeling of being in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

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Lin Yihu, a thousand households of the Fusi Traffic Office in Weibei Town, Jinyi, is now dressed as an old pit in Shanxi, and has changed his name, called Jia Busi, accompanied by several children of Yangzhou salt merchants, escorting dozens of truckloads of wheat, swaggering into Wu Sangui's military camp under Taiyuan City.

If Shi Kefa saw how lively the Qing army camp under Taiyuan City was now, he would most likely believe Zhu Cihong's judgment - the Tartars were not so easy to defeat, so it was better to quickly build Qufu City into a golden soup fortress!

Because the Tartars and traitors under the city of Taiyuan now do not need to transport grain and grass at all. Their logistics have been covered by the Jin merchant giants in Jiexiu, Taigu, Qixian, Xugou, Pingyao and other places.

The Jin merchants in Shanxi have always been divided into two parts: salt merchants and merchants. The salt merchants ate the Ming court. The merchants, on the other hand, have always eaten smuggled food. Before the rise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they traded mainly with the Mongols. After the rise of the Qing Dynasty, selling military supplies to the Qing Dynasty and collecting intelligence for the Qing army became a shortcut for some Jin merchants to get rich. Among them, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Fan Yongdou, Wang Dayu, Liang Jiabin, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yongfa contributed the most to the Qing Dynasty, and later these eight became the eight imperial merchants in the early years of the Qing Dynasty!

When Li Zicheng entered Beijing, these eight Jin merchants all slipped away from the Xuanda area, where they were mainly active, and returned to their respective hometowns to hibernate - Li Zicheng's rise was too fast, and the construction of local political power was seriously lagging behind, so naturally he could not catch these local snakes who had great influence in Jiexiu, Taigu, Pingyao and other places.

However, Li Zicheng's policy of "free grain and equal land" made all the Jin merchants, including the "Eight Congresses", hate it to the root of their teeth - this thing is even more hateful than confiscating their land! Because Li Zicheng's approach suppressed the old exploiting class, and at the same time did not create a new exploiting class.

And the Jin merchants are for the exploiting class, you are free of grain and land, who wants the Jin merchants? Small farmers do not rent or pay grain, they grow their own food, and the women weave some homespun cloth, which is truly self-sufficient. And those in the middle and upper echelons of the Dashun Dynasty did not have much money to squander, and they also did not need the services of merchants.

So there is Li Zicheng, but there is no Jin Shang!