The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Ming Dynasty had more than 300,000 troops, of which Zuo Liangyu's department exceeded 100,000.

Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Jin Shenghuan and other generals of the left battalion all gathered in western and northern Henan.

This is to block Li Zicheng's gate, the second is to contain the army under Duoduo, and the third is to confine them to the Central Plains.

In this way, although these people also have merit, they are obviously inferior to Cao Bianjiao, Gao Jie, Huang Degong and other 'descendant troops'.

The little abacus of the courtiers of Jinling was very shrewd.

And the rest of the soldiers and horses are obviously the descendants of the small court of Jinling. This is clear only by looking at their supplies and origins.

These people killed all the way from the Central Plains to Beizhili, and they all filled their upper and lower pockets, and they were happy all the way north, and they could stuff an old sow into the waistband of their pants loosely.

Dorgon didn't believe that they could still fight, and that they would be disciplined as before.

Not to mention that the long supply line from Jianghuai to Yanjing must have caused the Ming army to have a shortage of military supplies - not on food and clothing, but on arrows, medicinal powder, etc., as well as bulky cannons.

Dolgon calculated everything in detail, and the Ming army was really as he imagined, on the thousands of miles of Northern Expedition, not only did the military spirit and military discipline no longer exist, but even the artillery was left behind.

"Can't bear the child?" Azig wanted to laugh when he heard it. But I have to admit that there is a point in what I said.

Leaving behind the intelligence of the Ming army compiled by Dolgon, Azig's face no longer had the heaviness he had when he first entered the capital, but a strong sense of confidence.

There are not enough Hongyi cannons.

In his eyes, the current Ming army has become very, very familiar, that is, the Ming army in the hands of foreign affairs. It's not even as good as that!

He didn't believe that these teams that Emperor Chongzhen ran to the south to pull up could compare to the original nine-sided elite.

"Tell someone to keep an eye on the Nanban and see where they are now." Azig felt the urge to send troops immediately, but he pressed it. At least let the people under the head have a full meal and a warm sleep.

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In Zhending City, night is coming.

Because it has not been recovered for a long time, and the city of Zhending is where Hong Chengchou is located, he acts cautiously, and the city is dark.

But with Counselor Hong Chengchou's military plane, the foothold of Yinxi is still bright.

For a whole day and a night, the words "the overall situation is important" were circling in his mind.

These four words are simple and easy to write. But for Plug Yinxi, these four words are so heavy.

He is a member of the Donglin Party of 'Genhong Miaozheng', and studied under fellow townsman Ma Shiqi. Ma Shiqi's father, Ma Xiyin, is a protégé of Ye Maocai, who is known as the "Eight Gentlemen of Donglin" along with Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong, Qian Yiyi and others.

Since he is a member of the Donglin Party, it is conceivable that the ass is sitting there. After experiencing the tragedy of the gentry and township officials in the northern Henan and Nangi prefectures, Du Yinxi can be said to be angry to the extreme.

The foundation of the Donglin Party is in the south of the Yangtze River, but there is a Donglin Party all over the world, it is only a matter of how much.

He repeatedly asked Hong Chengchou to deal with him under heavy pressure. Hong Chengchou is indeed not completely indifferent, and there is still pressure on Xu Dingguo, Gao Jie, and Liu Liangzuo for their behavior.

The Handan incident is a good example, and it has become a pawn for Hong Chengchou to restrain military discipline.

But Du Yinxi felt that this was not enough. If you want to regain the hearts and minds of the people for the imperial court, you must also severely punish Xu Dingguo, Gao Jie and others.

Of course he won't write to the court right now to punish Xu Dingguo and them, the war is still going on, he just hates Xu Dingguo and them again, and the necessary reason is still there.

The purpose of blocking Yinxi is only to intercede for the people of Handan.

Handan, a dry gentleman, opened the door and asked for surrender when Hong Chengchou came to the city in person.

Whoever called Luo Jinxiu had already slipped away.

After that, the soldiers and people in the city gathered to resist Xu Dingguo's retaliatory attack with his army, which was completely for self-protection and to prevent Xu Dingguo from being slaughtered by Xu Dingguo, who was extremely mad.

Because Xu Er'an was taken to Baoding by Luo Jinxiu, there were many wealthy gentry in the city who went to Baoding together.

However, Zhao Zhan stayed, and together with the gentry who stayed behind, he led the people of Handan to defend the city.

You can admire the tenacity of the Handan people, and they can still hold the city in that situation. You can also complain about the incompetence of Xu Ding's national army, and in that case, he was unable to take Handan.

So, Xu Dingguo continued to go north, Hong Chengchou came to the city in person, and Zhao Zhan and the others obediently bound themselves and surrendered.

Du Yinxi didn't want to see Zhao Zhan and the others die.

The law does not blame the public, and it is impossible for the imperial court to slaughter the entire Handan in one go, but Zhao Zhan and others may not have such a good fate. But as a result, he never expected that his book would be intercepted by Zhou Yanru. The latter even sent him four big words - the overall situation is important.

Clenching his teeth, he could hear the creaking of his teeth.

At this moment, Chang Sui came in and said, "Master, Hong Benbing is invited." ”

Hong Benbing is, of course, Hong Chengchou, the governor of nine provinces, the commander of the Northern Expedition, and one of the most important pillars of the Ming Dynasty. Before the Northern Expedition, he had been awarded the title of secretary of the military department by Emperor Chongzhen, and he was also a big Bole of Plug Yinxi.

Although Gu Yinxi is a civilian official, he has a general's heart. After Emperor Chongzhen moved south, he saw the chaos in the world, although he served as the deputy envoy of Huguang according to the judge, and supervised the study of politics, he still trained soldiers and studied military affairs. Establish a "gentleman's battalion", set up a section to recruit soldiers, personally recruit soldiers, test their courage and strength, recruit 300 people, divide them into 10 battalions, and take the meaning of 6,000 gentlemen from Goujian, the king of Yue, not called soldiers, but called gentlemen, in order to show respect

Although it is inevitably a little ridiculous, Hong Chengchou listened to it very much, and recommended it to Emperor Chongzhen, this time he was able to accompany the army as a soldier and a soldier, thanks to Hong Chengchou's support.

Du Yinxi immediately got up and went to Hong Chengchou's line, and saw Hong Chengchou sitting there with his face exposed, and many staff members on the side were also as worried as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Nakasu. Big things don't go well, big things don't go good. But it was Hong Chengchou who had already received the news of defeat from the front.

Azige suddenly led more than 20,000 Qing army vest soldiers to Yanjing City, converged the original soldiers and horses of Yanjing City, and defeated the unprepared Cao Bianjiao, Gao Jie, and Xu Dingguo in a battle.

The Ming army was like a bamboo along the way, and the life was too comfortable. And everyone has made a lot of benefits, the waistband of the pants is looser to fit an old sow, they went to Yanjing City, which is to make great achievements, but to get money, and how many people have the courage and loyalty to drive out the Tartars and restore Shenjing? Now that there is a tough battle, how can they be hard one by one?

Even Cao Bianjiao, who led the troops straight to the Huangtaiji imperial camp back then, was helpless.

His soldiers will be tofu scum, what can he do?

Even with Liu Zhaoji's timely response, the Ming army was defeated again and again.

Azig used the word 'fierce' this time.

There is nothing to say, the war horse Pingchuan, the horizontal and vertical are frozen land, and even the rivers are frozen. Except for the city, there was nothing to stop their iron horsemen.

Azig relied on the cavalry, and after breaking Cao Bianjiao in a battle, he pursued all the way.

In the second battle, the Ming army could still resist organizedly, in the third battle, the Ming army only had the power to parry, and in the fourth battle, they all fled.