On February 26, the sixteenth year of Yongli, three vigorous Ming troops like tigers from the pass of Taihang Mountain, straight into Zhili, into the Ming army of Zhili is completely unstoppable, and everywhere they go, local officials are even more obedient, only a few banner officials chose to resist, but the mantis arm can be a car, but only a few days, most of the Zhili has been changed from the head of the city to the king flag, the original fluttering "Qing" flag, this will be replaced by a "Ming" flag, and between the Ming flags there is a "Chu". "The word flag, this is the banner of the King of Daming Chu, and it also shows the identity of this army - Daming Chu Army!

Although this army from Huguang was once called the Chu Army, but now, because Li Ziyuan was named the king of Chu, this Chu army has naturally become worthy of the name, and it is no longer like in the past, because most of its officers and soldiers are from Huguang, and it is called the Chu army, and now it is a veritable Chu army.

The Chu army went out of Taihang to take Zhili!

This has long been expected by people, it is only a matter of time, and now when the news of the Chu army coming out of Taihang to take Zhili came, the Manchu monarchs and ministers in Texas breathed a sigh of relief, after all, what had been the most feared thing finally happened.

"The prince of Chu led an army of 300,000 to the east."

When the Chu army left Taihang, similar news was posted in the streets and alleys of the Manchurian Qing control area along with notices posted one by one. seems to be telling the people of the world that the king of Chu is now a strong soldier, only compared to the Qing army that mobilized all Ding Zhuang in the Beijing Banner and the green battalions in Zhili and Shandong, his strength cannot be said to be huge.

It can be said that it seems that the Qing army is simply unable to stop the Chu army's eastward crusade, but correspondingly, the Qing army's 200,000 main forces in Dezhou are still not dispatched. Although they did not make a move, most of the newspapers in the prefectures and counties controlled by the Qing army said.

"The emperor led an army of 200,000 to conquer ......"

This news seems to have long become the old imperial calendar, and the emperor has been on the campaign for two years, and he has not necessarily taken a step south

Of course, in today's situation, it doesn't really make sense for the Manchu government to play these word games again.

After all, whether it is the soldiers of the Qing army or the ordinary people, they all know in their hearts who is recruiting whom, and the so-called "royal driving and personal conquest" has long become a joke, and even in the barracks of the Qing army, I don't know how many jokes about the emperor, as well as his fragrant things in Jinan.

However, despite this, the news of Emperor Shunzhi's "imperial expedition" still encouraged the morale of the Qing army, which was already declining. There is no doubt that for those minions, the master will always be the sky, even if they know that the master is bluffing, it can shock their spirits, and the Qing army in Handan Mansion at the same time, in the face of the attack of the Qing army, repelled the many attacks of the Chu army before and after. And Tuhaibu, which was once heavily damaged by the loyal and righteous army in Henan, even successfully raided the Chu army, killing and wounding thousands of Chu troops. If such a result is left at the beginning of the customs, it is simply not worth mentioning. But in the current situation, even if it is just a small victory, it can be advocated by the Qing army for half a day. As a result, all kinds of news about the great victory ahead soon spread among the Texas camp of the Qing army.

In people's words, Tu Hai, who had almost lost his life in Kaifeng, suddenly became a famous general in the Qing Dynasty, and even people exaggerated how Tuhai led 3,000 troops, attacked tens of thousands of Chu troops, and killed and injured no less than 30,000 Chu troops.

The Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and it is invincible!

Those Eight Banners soldiers seemed to have regained their lost courage, and they were there to preach the victory of Tuhai, and of course people did not investigate the authenticity of these news, and in the face of such a situation, they always needed some spiritual encouragement.

The Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and it is invincible!

Not to mention the fact that there are 200,000 troops here!

As for the 100,000 troops led by Dasu at the beginning...... That has long passed, and now the soldiers of the Eight Banners have seen yesterday's blood and courage again!

This is not the proof of this.

Of course, unlike the soldiers below, Fu Lin, as the emperor, can't pin the victory or defeat of the battle on these propaganda. He knew better than anyone that Tuhai's victory was accidental—because his opponent was only tens of thousands of new troops newly recruited by the Chu army in Shanxi, and it was not worth mentioning that he could kill thousands of enemies.

Of course, Fu Lin is not the only one who knows this, and the ministers and servants who are also in the big tent at this moment are also well aware of the current situation of the Qing army, and they also have some understanding of the situation of the Chu army.

"Your Majesty, the Chu thieves who went out of Taixing this time are probably the recruits they recruited in Shanxi, including the former Shanxi Green Campers, although they have been repeatedly heard of their trapping, but their elites are still not seen in various places, and they still don't know where their elites are...... But what is certain is that its edge must be the Jingshi! ”

When he said this, Aobai's brows were tightly locked, as the Minister of Parliament, of course he knew that among the three-way army sent by Li Ziyuan, there were both fiction and reality, but which one was true? This is what he cares about, after all, everyone knows what the ultimate goal of Li Ziyuan's Eastern Crusade is.

It's Kyoshi!

After all, for Li Ziyuan, Jin Shi is the Huanglong Mansion where he smashed Huanglong.

However, although they know their goal, but for Aobai. It is still impossible to judge which of these three Ming armies is their real main force.

If you can't judge their resistance and act rashly, then it is very likely that you will fall into the trap of the Ming army.

Now the Great Qin State can no longer afford to lose, although Hong Chengchou in Xi'an in Changsha seems to be a courtier of the Great Qing State, but everyone knows that now he Hong Chengchou is also waiting for the price to sell, but he is not waiting for who will bid higher. He was there waiting for the time when the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would forgive his sins.

Perhaps this is the fundamental reason why Hongchen Qiu still wears a red top until now. If there is any mistake in the Qing Kingdom now. It is estimated that not to mention Hong Chengchou in the southwest, Wu Sangui and them, I'm afraid that even the northwest will not be able to keep it. Even in the eyes of some people, if it weren't for the fact that there were more than 10,000 Eight Banner soldiers in Shaanxi. It is estimated that Shaanxi may have surrendered to the Ming thieves now.

None of those Han people are reliable! Ao Bai thought so in his heart, in his opinion, even a person like Hong Chengchou, surrendering back then was just forced to be helpless. Since he Hong Chengchou was able to betray the Ming Dynasty. In the future, he will definitely betray the Qing Dynasty.

In any case, we must be careful now, and we must not allow the Ming army to take advantage of it.

"That's right, what Lord Ao said is extremely true, the person this thief refers to must be the Beijing Division, and among the three routes of the army, there must be one way that means the Beijing Division......"

Perhaps it is the change of the current situation, so that the ministers of the court have also unconsciously changed the name of the Ming army, from the initial call Zheng Chenggong's army "pirates", and then later called the Ming army "anti-thief" or "thief", and now it is called "Ming thief", which also reflects the increasing dominance of the Ming army, and also shows that they are losing self-confidence a little bit, and they no longer believe that they can achieve victory, but put the other party in an equal position, when they changed their words to "Ming dog" back then, perhaps, At that time, it was time for them to escape from the customs in a hurry. Even in the eyes of some, it seems that the day when the day of hasty exit is not far away. After all, there are already many people who have planned in advance.

Just as he was thinking to himself, Fu Lin, who had been silent, suddenly asked.

"Then if the Ming thief invades Beijing, how should I deal with it in the Qing Dynasty?"

At this time, Fulin even had the idea of leaving China, what emperor of the Qing Dynasty, if he couldn't even save his life, what emperor was it, the Qing Dynasty...... This is China, not the Qing Dynasty, the country left by the ancestors...... This China is not left by the ancestors, this is the country of the Han people, if the Han people in the world do not want them to stay in China, staying here is only a dead end...... Instead of staying here and killing yourself, it is better to go back to your hometown in Liaodong.

But even as an emperor, he didn't dare to say this directly. After all, when the Eight Banners entered the customs, the big guys all came here after leaving their families and businesses. What is left in Liaodong now?

The old house in Liaodong back then has long since collapsed. The land is also barren, and when I return to Liaodong, what should I do?

Ao Bai, who was pulled back to his thoughts by the emperor's question, hurriedly replied in a deep voice.

"Back to the emperor, although the Chu thieves are powerful this time, they are also known as 300,000, and the elite of them is only 100,000, if you deal with it carefully, don't give it a chance. If the Ming thief wants to take the Northern Expedition to capture the Beijing Division in one fell swoop, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to ......"

Oh, compared to others, Ao Bai is still confident in defeating Li Ziyuan's Chu army, after all, the military strength of the Chu army is not as much as they boast, and judging from the current reports in front, the combat effectiveness of the Chu army is very average, probably slightly stronger than the Ming army encountered when entering the customs back then.

Just when Ao Bai said these words so confidently, Fulin saw Sony, who had been silent, and asked.

"Sony, what do you have to say, Sony, you and I know what the situation is in Daqing now. There is no need to say this kind of polite remark anymore. I want to know what you really think right now. Just speak up, and I will forgive you for your innocence. ”

Fu Lin waved his hand impatiently, he didn't want to listen to what Ao Bai said, after all, those words were all words of encouragement, and now was not the time to cheer up. The most important thing now is to solve the problem, and not to listen to these words, which seem to him to be even somewhat self-deceptive.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will have the courage to speak out."

Sonny kowtowed respectfully, then said.

"Your Majesty, with all due respect, the current situation in the Qing Dynasty can be described as precarious. To put it mildly, defeat is decided. ”

Speaking of this, Sony couldn't help but pause and looked up at Fu Lin's face again, for fear of annoying the emperor because of these words. But seeing that although the emperor was blushing, he still nodded and said.

"Sony, go on."

What does the situation look like now? Forin is well aware that it is not an exaggeration to describe it as precarious.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Just as Lord Ao said, this Chu thief is only 300,000, and more than 100,000 of them are newly recruited soldiers, but don't forget that there is also the Zhu thief in Jiangbei, he still has 150,000 troops under his command, if the imperial army and the Chu thief are in a decisive battle, the Jiangbei Ming thief will invade Shandong from Jiangbei again, and then Shandong will be able to resist 150,000 Jiangbei Ming thieves? As far as the whole battle situation is concerned, now the Ming army is attacking in the east and south directions, although there are still 200,000 troops in the imperial court, but it is completely unreliable, whether it is to resist that way, the other way the Ming army is bound to grab the cheap, straight to the back of the Qing Dynasty, for our Qing Dynasty, the most critical thing now is Manchuria, if the Manchurian hometown once falls, it will completely cut off the back road of the Qing Dynasty. At present, since the situation is like this, it is almost impossible to keep the Central Plains, the permanent lord of the Qing Dynasty. So now the only question is what do we do? Is it to fight with the thieves for the Central Plains here, or is it a plan very early? ”

After Sonny said these words earnestly, he stopped talking, and even at this time, he chose to be silent. Although he wanted to refute, he also knew that what Sony said was the truth, and it was for the future of the Great Qing Kingdom that he would say these somewhat frustrating words.

And Fu Lin's face couldn't help but change slightly when he heard this, and he knew that Sonny was telling the truth, so he immediately asked eagerly.

"What do you mean, what do we do now?"

"Back to the emperor, of course, at the moment, it is to first protect the capital without losing, and then deal with the Ming thief in Zhili, if you can take the opportunity to hit its main force hard, if not, withdraw to the Manchurian hometown as soon as possible, and at the time of the roundabout, we must also send the old and young women and children of the Beijing Banner back to the Manchurian hometown, in short, the current situation is that the longer we stay in the Central Plains, the more unfavorable it will be to my Daqing, after all, now the days are not in my Daqing......"

A sentence that the number of days is not in my Daqing made Fu Lin's brows lock tightly he looked at Sony and said.

"However, now that my Qing Dynasty is empty, the grain and grass are also poor, this, since the entry of the customs, my Manchurians are no longer engaged in farming, and the land of Manchuria is also deserted, even if we go outside the customs, what can we do? Without food, how can hundreds of thousands of mouths under the Eight Banners get food? ”

Fu Lin asked with a frown. This will make him a little annoyed why everyone left their homes and businesses to come to Guannai, leaving everything in their hometown in Manchuria there, and letting the land there be wasted, but now it is good, even if they want to go back to their hometown in Manchuria, their hometown has nothing to eat for them, there is no food, even if they flee back to Manchuria, in the end they are just starving to death...... As Fulin himself said, the current Qing Dynasty can't even go back if he wants to. But the problem now is that even if he wants to stay in China, he can't. It is impossible for the Han people in the whole world to let them stay in China.

"Returning to the emperor, it is equivalent to when Emperor Taizu created the Houjin, isn't it also a lack of food and grass and a scarcity of people. But the more you fight, the more courageous you become, and finally you get in. As long as we withdraw from the pass, keep the foundation of the Great Qing Kingdom, and survive the first few years, the minions dare to guarantee. At that time, this China will still be our Qing Dynasty, and in a few years, the emperor, you will wait to see the fire in the backyard of the Ming thief. ”

Sonny smiled gloomily.

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Although Fu Lin vaguely understood what Sony meant, he still wanted to ask clearly.

"Your Majesty, today's Ming thieves are different from the past, there was only one emperor in the Ming Kingdom in the past, but now, in addition to Yongli being encircled overseas, there are four kings of Jin, Chu, Min and Huai in the Ming thief, and there are millions of people under their command, but these four people are each with their own ghosts, and now there is my Qing Dynasty, which is naturally dedicated to my Qing Dynasty as an enemy, but once I withdraw to my hometown in Manchuria in the Qing Dynasty, how can these four people surrender to each other at that time? At that time, in order to consolidate their position in the court, the four will definitely engage in internal strife. Even if the four of them cooperate temporarily, how can the ministers under their command not attack each other, after a long time, the four of them will naturally have conflicts, once the thieves are in civil strife, isn't it the opportunity for me to clear the Qing Dynasty? ”

"What Master Suo said is very true, the slave thinks that the best plan is to withdraw to Manchuria as soon as possible, after all, there is the foundation of my Qing Dynasty!"

Sukh Saha chimed in and said.

"As for the grain, the emperor doesn't have to worry, the servants have already ordered someone to buy millions of stone rice, so there is no accident, when the army retreats to his hometown, I am afraid that the grain will have been transported to his hometown in Manchuria!"

"Oh? Sukh Saha, you're saying you've got the food ready? If that's the case, then you're the first hero of my Qing Dynasty. ”

Fu Lin looked at Sukh Saha, his tone a little excited.

"Your Majesty, this is all an errand that the master ordered the slave to do, and the slave dared to take credit, but now the situation is not favorable to my Qing Dynasty, and the slave made his own opinion, and let the grain be transported to his hometown in Manchuria, instead of the Beijing Division. Now, although this situation is not conducive to my Qing Dynasty, but the slave thinks, this situation, is not irreparable, after all, the four kings of the Ming thief, are all ambitious, I Qing Dynasty once out of the customs, such as the so-called Chu thief, Jin thief, will definitely be Huai thief, Fujian thief jealousy, in the view of the minister, at that time, even if the Ming thief takes the Beijing Division, I am afraid it will never be peaceful, and even within a few years, the four kings will definitely repeat the rebellion of the feudal town, and I Qing only need to wait outside the pass to wait for the opportunity to ......"

The more he talked, the more excited Sukh Saha became, his thoughts were not confused, he knew how to pat himself on the back, and he also knew how to analyze the future.

"If that's the case, then I'll be able to have the face to see my ancestors in the future."

Fu Lin nodded, and then said:

"Sukh Saha, when will the grain purchased from Nanyang be transported to Liaodong?"

The emperor's question made Suke Saha quickly answer.

"The slave estimates that it will only take a few months at most, after all, this ship has already left the port, but the people of the Jin family know that this Nanyang rice is now the lifeblood of the Great Qing Kingdom!"