On March 28, the Second Army of Yinglong's Army and the Fifth Army returned to Beijing after marching to Sichuan.

At the same time, the Third Army and the Sixth Army were all transferred to Nanjing, and so far, four of the six Yinglong armies gathered in Nanjing. Only the First Army of Xuzhou and the Fourth Army in Nanyang remained.

"Since the emperor is going to prepare for the Northern Expedition, the minister suggested that the Fourth Army should also be transferred back, and two ordinary garrisons should be sent to garrison Nanyang Indonesia, although the strength of the garrison is much lower than that of the Ying Long Army, but there is a navy to protect it, and it is enough to garrison Indonesia!" Li Yan suggested.

Zhu Ci nodded, he was also preparing to issue an order to transfer the Fourth Army from Nanyang Indonesia to Quanzhou, and in the future Northern Expedition, the Fourth Army will cooperate with the navy, which will play a great role.

In the present situation, the Manchus occupied Shandong, Shaanxi, and all the northern regions north of the Yellow River, while the Ming Dynasty had Henan and all the southern regions of the Huai River and Yangtze River basins, and each side accounted for almost half of the country.

Although the Firearms Bureau has developed new weapons from time to time, theoretically crushing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Ci did not dare to be careless. In the past few decades, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been able to fight with the Ming Dynasty for decades with a population of only 300,000 and less than 40,000 soldiers, and almost all of them have won, and they have conquered the entire Mongolian steppe. Furthermore, Zhu Ci hesitated to think that the Manchus were all barbarians who only relied on brute bravery, on the contrary, the Manchurians were talented and strategic, from Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, to the current Dolgon, which can be called a rare hero in a hundred years.

Historically, it was not all luck for the Manchurians to win the world, and strategy accounted for a large part.

In the first battle of Xuzhou, the Manchu 800,000 army went south and still suffered a crushing defeat, Zhu Ci did not think that Dolgon would do nothing in the past few years, at least it is certain that by the time of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing will be stronger than before the first war in Xuzhou.

"The last general Zhou Cao, Zhang Kuishan see the emperor!" Zhou Cao and Zhang Kuishan walked into the main hall and bowed to Zhu Ci.

"Get up!" Zhu Ci said.

After Zhou Cao and Zhang Kuishan stood up, they also arched their hands to Li Yan next to them.

Over the years, Li Yan's talent has been convincing, and Ying Longjun has a lot of respect for Li Yan.

"I have been on the expedition for more than two months, I have worked hard for you, I will reward all meritorious soldiers and soldiers!" Zhu Ci said with a smile.

Sending troops to Henan and Sichuan to exterminate the battle of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, Henan fought extremely smoothly, although the Sichuan side was dangerous, but relying on the unity of the officers and men, perseverance, it was still completed within the time frame of Zhu Cicheng's budget, and Zhu Cicheng was still very satisfied.

"The last general will not dare to take credit!" Zhou Cao and Zhang Kuishan shirked their hands.

Zhu Ci stopped stumbling, looked at Zhou Cao and said with a smile: "I heard that this time I came back from Sichuan, Zhou Cao also brought back one, why don't you bring it into the palace by the way for me to see, I can also give you a marriage by the way, isn't it beautiful!" ”

Li Yan also smiled, several commanders of Ying Longjun don't know why, most of them have not started a family, in this era when a man can get married at the age of fifteen, three wives and four concubines, it is just like a strange thing, and now there is one less, it is really not easy!

Zhou Cao's face was slightly red, a little shy, and he didn't know how to explain it for a while.

In fact, it's not a big deal, after Ma Yue'e arrived in the capital, Zhou Cao's father and sister-in-law knew, so he pulled him away and didn't know what to do, he didn't have time to greet Ma Yue'e into the palace to meet the emperor, and they disappeared, so he had to enter the palace with Zhang Kuishan first.

"Alright, alright! I don't want to know why, but I will still give you the decree of marriage. Zhu Ci said with a smile, this kind of thing, just make a joke, Zhu Ci didn't dwell on such an inconsequential thing.

"This time, the damage of the Second Army and the Fifth Army is not counted, I want you to recover your strength within three months, and prepare for the Northern Expedition, the Manchurians have occupied the north for several years, and it is time to liquidate!" A trace of coldness flashed in Zhu Ci's eyes.

Zhou Cao and Zhang Kuishan glanced at each other, their hearts jumped suddenly, and then they were all feverish, and their fighting spirit was boiling, they had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Manren has been a stinger in Da Ming's heart for many years, crushing everyone out of breath.

Now the Manchus occupy the north of the Ming Dynasty and wantonly enslave the Ming people there, and the Ying Long Army has been helping the Ming Dynasty re-unify the world since its inception.

A more important reason is that in the Battle of Xuzhou that year, all six armies of Yinglong's army were disabled and won a tragic victory! How many comrades died, the Ying Long army did not want to be ashamed, the Northern Expedition to the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not only Zhou Cao and Zhang Kuishan, it should be said that all the soldiers of the Ying Long Army were looking forward to, no, it was what all the people of the Ming Dynasty were looking forward to, and anyone who heard it would be enthusiastic, and they couldn't wait to be able to participate.

"It's the emperor, and the last general will obey the order!" Zhou Cao and Zhang Kuishan said loudly at the same time.

Three months is a long time, although the Second Army and the Fifth Army have lost more than 10,000 people, they don't need such a long time to recover their strength, they know very well that before the Northern Expedition, the emperor must have other arrangements. At the very least, it's time for Ying Longjun's weapons to be changed.

The six commanders of the Ying Long Army know a little more about the new weapons of the Firearms Bureau, and they are looking forward to the Ying Long Army after the change, they are confident, and the Ying Long Army after the change will definitely be more invincible!

Northern!

After Zhang Xianzhong's demise, Tuoyue knew that nothing could be done, so he returned to Beijing with the remnants of the red flag to pay tribute to Dolgon.

Dolgon was extremely dissatisfied with Tuoyue's failure to meet his strategic expectations, but instead made the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty lose nearly 8,000 soldiers, and did not give Tuoyue a good look.

"Incompetence! Rubbish! Dorgon scolded with a gloomy face.

Tuoyue knelt there on one knee and didn't say a word, he knew that he really didn't complete the task, and he didn't have to live up to Dolgon's trust.

In normal times, Tuoyue would not necessarily pay attention to Dolgon.

But it is only different from the past, although there were infighting in the Qing Dynasty from time to time, once it was related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu children were all closely united and did not distinguish each other, which was the root cause of the invincibility of the Qing Dynasty.

At present, it is the moment of life and death for the Qing Dynasty.

The power of the Ming Dynasty is growing, and after Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were destroyed one after another, there was an aggressive situation to oppress out, Tuo Yue had a deep understanding, and also knew that the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty would inevitably have a decisive battle that would determine the fate of both sides in the near future. I have to admit that the strength of the Ming Dynasty is stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty can get out of Dolgon's left and right, only Dolgon's leadership can make it possible for the Qing Dynasty to get out of the predicament and defeat the Ming Dynasty with the weak and the strong, and it is Dolgon's ability to convince Tuoyue.

After scolding Tuoyue for a while, Dolgon waved his hand to let Tuoyue out.

"The incident is urgent, there is not much time left for the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty can only win, not lose!" Dorgon said through gritted teeth.

The Ming army quickly exterminated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, and the power displayed made Dolgon feel extremely urgent, and he was impatient to find a way to win the second decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty in the future, which was related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty!

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