Happy New Year, brothers and sisters.

Thank you to the brothers who have always supported the ship, and I have already given you a good old year.

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When the news of Aobai's defeat and retreat from Jining and his advance into Lianghuai reached Dolgon's Chinese army, Dolgon and a group of Manchu and Mongolian royal families were excited that Shi Tingzhu had destroyed a stronghold of six or seven hundred people in the mountainous area of Luzhong.

But when the news of Aobai came, there was a low silence in the tent.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, only to feel some hot pain on my face......

Damn it, now, their Great Qing Kingdom, has it been reduced to the point of breaking through a small village in the Ming Dynasty and celebrating with a crown......

Dolgon's face was even more constipated.

Originally, he still had high hopes for Aobai, hoping that Aobai, the 'Baturu' of the Great Qing Dynasty, could quickly open up the situation.

But even if he is angry, there is nothing he can do to solve it at this time, he can only look at Zilharang and Dai Shan.

The two old fritters quickly understood, and came out to play a round with a busy smile, the village is indeed not worth celebrating, but it's 'opened' anyway, isn't it?

……

The news from the model army was more than an hour slower than that of the Qing army.

At this time, the main force of the Qing army has preliminarily completed the encirclement of Haicheng, and the news from the outside is to Haicheng, and it is necessary to go to the shore to change ships, and it will take a little delay, but this time is naturally irrelevant.

Seeing that Jining was guarded, Xu Changqing also clenched his fists excitedly.

Xu Changqing's previous layout, there are two key points that are also difficult!

One is Qingzhou, and then Jining!

Needless to say, Qingzhou is not only the most important city in the peninsula region, but also the location of the Heng Domain, which has been attacked once, as if it can no longer be lost.

The second is Jining!

Moreover, Jining is more critical and important than Qingzhou!

Although Jining has no vassal king, it is the core of central and southern Lu, and has never been really invaded by war, and it is not controversial to say that it is the most prosperous number one in Jiangbei except Haicheng at this time.

The Grand Canal will be reconnected sooner or later, and Jining is also the last face of Daming, including Xu Changqing, at this time.

That is, the current situation does not allow it, the next step, when Xu Changqing opens up the joints, Jining will at least have more than 10,000 model troops!

Jining was successfully held, Xu Changqing's strategic goal of protecting Shandong had been largely completed, and the time for launching a frontal offensive against the Qing army was ripe.

As for Denglai, Xu Changqing is not worried at all.

Not to mention that Liu Zhaoji and Wang Tingchen are both veterans of the veteran oils, and they have even more experience in various battle formations than Xu Changqing, just because of the unique location advantages of the two big cities, unless Azig pulls Kong Youde Wuzhen Chaohaying over, otherwise, it is absolutely impossible to have a good harvest.

Tonight, Wu Xiang happened to come to Xu Changqing for tea, and seeing Xu Changqing's excited appearance, Wu Xiang couldn't help but sigh, his heart was both joyful but indescribably bitter.

Happily, he made so many bets that he finally got it right.

But the bitter thing is...... The biggest bet he made, even if he hasn't completely lost money yet, is about to be over......

After a while, seeing that Xu Changqing had calmed down and was in a obviously good mood, Wu Xiang smiled and said tentatively: "Changqing, since Jining has been held, the vanguard of the Qing army will definitely go deep into the Lianghuai region." However, if we go deep into the two Huai, we must not only cross the Yellow River, but also cross the Huai River, and now we are approaching the flood season, and I am afraid that there will be no one or two months, and it will be difficult for the Tartars to have a big harvest. In the old man's opinion, he can do it to the main force of the Qing army! ”

Wu Xiang is scheming, to a certain extent, he is also one of the most capable of the existing old army leaders, and his vision is still no problem.

Xu Changqing smiled and poured Wu Xiang full of teacups: "Father-in-law, don't be in a hurry." I have been receiving news in the past few days, and it seems that there is not much food and grass for the Qing army! ”

"Huh? This ......"

Wu Xiang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Changqing, no, it's not, after all, they occupy the Jingshi, how can they ......?"

But halfway through the words, Wu Xiang suddenly became clever, and he had faintly touched Xu Changqing's deeper meaning.

Xu Changqing is this, I want to borrow the hand of the Great Qing Kingdom to shuffle the cards of the two Huai......

……

In a flash, more than ten days have passed, and the time has come to the middle of August of the second year of Hongguang.

At this time, some of the early wheat planted around Haicheng can already be cut, but there is nothing to do with the people of Haicheng, and many of the unripe ones are about to be cut clean by the Qing army, and countless model soldiers who are in pain scold their mothers.

And there is a supply of food and grass around Haicheng, and Dolgon is in a hurry from all over the world. The grain and grass that was transferred over, the Qing army was finally not killed by the grain and grass crisis, and the Qing Kingdom was still in a stable state.

It's just that even with the supply of grain and grass, the Qing army still has no spirit in the battle array, and their livestock has already eaten almost everything.

Unlike the Han people, these true Manchurian masters are all carnivores, if they can't replenish the protein in meat in time, how can they have spirit?

But from this node before August 13 and the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were gradually a lot of cheers in the battle array of the Qing army.

Xu Changqing seemed to be leisurely patrolling the city, still with Bumu Butai and Su Mo'er by his side.

Bumu Butai's willow eyebrows suddenly frowned, and he hurriedly looked at Xu Changqing and said, "Master, it won't be, what has happened to Lianghuai?" ”

Su Mo'er's eyes widened as well.

This old maid was already a little disappointed in the Great Qing Kingdom, so she was afraid that the owner of the Mongolian banner would not be able to sit still and come out to stir up trouble and cause a big change.

Who would have thought that, as Xu Changqing said before, the Great Qing Kingdom was still stable, and no one in the Mongolian tribes dared to jump out to make trouble, so that the Qing army had been in a stable state, and Su Mo'er had renewed hope for the Great Qing Kingdom.

After all, she has been living in the Great Qing Kingdom for almost twenty years, and her entire youth has been handed over to the Great Qing Kingdom, how can many things be easily erased?

It's no wonder that people say that women have no sense of nationality, Su Mo'er is afraid that she never thought that the descendants of Genghis Khan are now just other people's minions and thugs, but they never dare to resist, how sad it is......

Xu Changqing smiled, "Don't worry, we'll find out later." ”

Really.

After a while, information came.

Pei County near Xuzhou, the hometown of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was jointly attacked by Ao Bai and Tan Bai, and Rao Yu Belle Abatai had decided to take action against Xuzhou, and the Qing troops wandering in the Lianghuai region were converging towards Xuzhou.

"This ......"

Bumu Butai's eyebrows furrowed even tighter.

She actually guessed some of Xu Changqing's thoughts at this time, and wanted to move Lianghuai, but she was very afraid that Xu Changqing would not be able to take it back, and the time she had waited patiently for was in vain because of the changes in the times.

She knows what the scale of this group of people in the Great Qing Kingdom will be once they become wild!

But at this time, it still doesn't have enough weight in Xu Changqing's heart, he wants to say it, but he doesn't dare to say it directly, even if he is euphemistic, he needs to rack his brains.

Xu Changqing saw her doubts, and hugged her slender waist with a smile: "But you want to persuade me to do it early, so as not to have too many dreams at night?" ”

Bumu Butai hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Master, the slave doesn't dare." It's just that once the wind blows, it's hard to stop......"

Xu Changqing laughed: "It's okay, it's better to look at the wind and fire." Be patient, wait for the master to take you to see the fireworks. ”

"This ......"

Bumu Butai was speechless for a moment.

Su Mo'er sneered arrogantly.

Let's be happy now, sooner or later, there will be a time for you to pull the list!

……

Not surprisingly, Xuzhou, the Xiongcheng city in Jiangbei, did not hold it, and was successfully broken by Abatai at the moment of family reunion on August 15.

Abatai immediately ordered the whole army to slaughter the city for two days!

The city of Xuzhou became a hell on earth almost instantly.

When the news came, Haicheng was in an uproar.

Many critics of the "Haicheng Morning Post" did not have time to eat one by one, and they wrote hard to denounce the evil deeds of the Qing army.

The scholars and ladies who had been holding on for a while even broke out into a big march again, vigorously denouncing the atrocities of the Qing army.

At this time, because the Qing army was raging everywhere, the "Haicheng Morning Post" was transmitted to Nanjing, no longer using war horses alone, but clippers and war horses, which was delayed by one day more than the original one, and it took two days to reach Nanjing.

When the news reached Nanjing, Nanjing was even more shaken.

Especially at this time, there are survivors who escaped from Xuzhou and brought back more and more tangible news, which is simply outrageous!

When this trend reached its peak, Xu Changqing finally moved!

Early in the morning of August 18, in the direction of the south city of Haicheng, more than a dozen large and small city gates were opened at the same time, and countless bright red model soldiers left the city one by one with a momentum like a rainbow and full of anger, and quickly launched their actions in the area controlled by the model army under the city.

In fact, if it weren't for such a big movement in Xuzhou, Xu Changqing would have wanted to delay it for a few more days.

For many years, Daming has always had an old saying, 'Two Huai salt, the world is salty!' ’

But most of these profiteering transactions are in the hands of Nanjing Xungui, and the current situation is not easy for Rao is Xu Changqing to force.

I wanted to borrow Abatai's hand to do something, but Abatai's guy was much older and spicier than Xu Changqing thought, and he didn't bite this hook!

The conditions of all parties are comprehensive, and Xu Changqing can't stay any longer.

If according to Xu Changqing's plan, it will be delayed for another half a month, or even a month, it will be just right!

At that time, one is that the main force of the Qing army around Haicheng has been almost grinded, and the combat power must have dropped a lot, and the second is that the population and materials of the two Huai will come to Haicheng, at least for half a month, and they will be stuck on the road when they do it, so that the Qing army can see it, but it just can't be touched!

This will definitely deal a deeper blow to them!

But things in the world are like this, 'It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen!' ’

It's hard to be perfect!

However, at this time, it is basically close to Xu Changqing's strategic goal, and it can be seen, and they will definitely not be able to touch it!

The harvest of Xuzhou, Xu Changqing categorically will not let them replenish the Great Qing Kingdom at this time!

The Model Army has been practicing this operation for a long time, and with the rapid spread of the formation, the offensive of all aspects has been carried out in an orderly manner.

The Qing army didn't expect the model army to dare to be so bold, they hadn't come to trouble the model army, and the model army actually took the initiative to find them, didn't they?

Soon, they took advantage of the terrain and used a variety of firearms to strike at the Model Army.

However, it was obviously acute, and he did not dare to take out the flowering bomb at the first time, and the firepower points of the battle array were extremely scattered.

The model army had been prepared for this for a long time, and did not use the hot air balloon at the first time, but relied on the long-range advantage of catapults and flowering bombs to push all the way over, and quickly approached the outpost line of the Qing army.

Immediately, with the small strongholds of these catapults as the core, a large area and a large area were spread.