The defense line of the Yellow River was too long, Liu Zhilun and Fang Zhenghua divided labor, and each led men and horses to be responsible for hundreds of miles, but for the convenience of communication, the Chinese army of the two was not far apart, less than 200 miles.

The vast majority of the family members of the people of Beijing live in the capital or the prefectures and counties around the capital, and many of them are from the Jiangmen family.

Liu Zhilun couldn't know how loyal these people were to Daming, and he couldn't judge what Fang Zhenghua, who was born as a slave of the Son of Heaven, was going to do?

After meeting with Fang Zhenghua, he asked for the recitation of the holy decree, and then took the initiative to discuss with Fang Zhenghua, resolutely refusing to reveal his attitude.

In fact, Fang Zhenghua had already guessed the ultimate purpose of Liu Zhilun's invitation to discuss the matter, and he didn't want you to come and go back and forth, so he directly took out Huang Han's letter and showed it to Liu Zhilun.

Then he said openly and honestly: "Elder Liu Ge, our family is actually like you, and we have been with the 'King of Han' for ten years. Our family believes that even if he wins the country, he will not treat the current saint harshly. ”

A eunuch is so kind of that he directly states his position, of course Liu Zhilun can't be instigated, he reciprocates Li and takes out the handwritten letter written by Huang Han to himself.

bluntly said: "Alas! At this point, the 'King of Han' should actually be difficult to ride a tiger, and giving up military power will inevitably not end well, and besides, how can the proud generals of the 'Red Banner Army' sit back and watch the 'King of Han' lose power? ”

Fang Zhenghua said: "Our family has fought with the 'King of Han' many times, and we know that in the hearts of the soldiers of the 'Red Banner Army', the 'King of Han' is the Bodhisattva who saves the suffering.

The imperial court really has the ability to calculate the 'King of Han', and the 'Red Banner Army' will inevitably rebel openly, and it may be difficult to protect the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the situation will be even more chaotic, and it is inevitable that the entire Ming Dynasty will fall into civil strife, and the soldiers and civilians who will die unexpectedly cannot be predicted at all.

However, if you and I stand still and secretly acquiesce to the success of the 'King of Han', I am afraid that few generals in the entire Ming Dynasty dare to meet the soldiers of the 'Red Banner Army', and I am afraid that there will not be many soldiers and civilians who will die. ”

Liu Zhilun said: "What Gong Fang means is the lesser of two evils? No, no, the official's use of words is inappropriate, the 'King of Han' treats the military and the people well to build water conservancy and help the victims, which is beneficial to the country and not harmful. ”

Fang Zhenghua smiled: "Where do the benefits begin? Which handsome man has not had a mixed reputation since ancient times? Looking at the problem from the emperor's point of view, the Ming Dynasty has the capable man of 'King Han', which is not the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, but the harm of the Ming Dynasty.

However, millions of ordinary people have recognized the 'Han King' in their hearts, trusted the 'Han King', and are willing to serve the 'Han King' and die for the 'Han King' abound. ”

Liu Zhilun sighed: "The trend of the times, the only way to do it is to take advantage of the trend, in order for the 60,000 soldiers not to die in vain, we also have to be a turtle with a retracted head." ”

Fang Zhenghua said: "Liu Ge is serious, even if we really lead 60,000 soldiers to fight against the 'Red Flag Army', there will not be a few people who really die, and our family even thinks that it will not be possible to fight at all, and the soldiers under his command may directly arrest us and change the flag." ”

Liu Zhilun was stunned for a long time, and said: "The soldiers of the Beijing camp get along well with the 'Red Banner Army', and there is no contradiction between them at all, forcing them to go to war with the 'King of Han', and the possibility that the Lord will be counterattacked does exist." ”

"Alas! Therefore, it is not that you and I are unwilling to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but that there is nothing to be done about it, even if we are willing to break our bones, it will not help, moths to the fire, it will only make the soldiers bleed in vain. ”

The two of them were not suspicious of each other, and finally began to dig out their hearts, drinking and discussing at the same time, saying that they always felt that there was no hope for the Ming Dynasty, and if the "King of Han" governed the country, the country would have great hope.

In the end, they decided that they would never rebel and betray Zhu Ming, but they would not lead the elite of the 60,000 Beijing battalion to fight against the "Red Banner Army", a benevolent and righteous division that "starved to death and did not rob the common people".

They chose not to return to Beijing, but stayed on the front line of the Yellow River to confront the Liukou, not to mix with the ups and downs of the imperial court, and to remain neutral, because they knew that no matter who was in charge of the ups and downs, it would be inevitable to fight the Liukou, and this Biao man would definitely not be ignored.

Liu Zhilun and Fang Zhenghua respectively wrote reply letters, sending absolute henchmen to go directly to Jinzhou Port by sea to present the "King of Han", stating that they would give priority to state affairs and resolutely stay on the front line of the fight against the Liukou.

Liu and Fang knew that the "King of Han" was not easy to deceive, so they had to indicate their attitudes, explain the pros and cons, and be honest with each other. You can't tell the truth about Chongzhen, you can only make up nonsense and coax.

So, Chongzhen did not wait for Fang Zhenghua and Liu Zhilun to lead the people back to Beijing, but learned that the thieves were not dead, and organized 300,000 horses to prepare to cross the Yellow River north.

At this time, the Ming army abandoned the Yellow River, and the losses caused were immeasurable, so Fang and Li and dozens of generals jointly played a joint performance, for the livelihood of millions of people in the land of Gyeonggi, it was necessary and necessary to hold the Yellow River defense line until the Yellow River froze and increased troops to strengthen the defense.

Chongzhen was dumbfounded, how can the elite of Jingying not come back? At the end of autumn, we have to increase troops in case of accidents, where will the money and food come from?

Do you still have to ask the "King of Han" to send the "Red Banner Army" that has completed Pingliao to take over the Yellow River defense line, if so, wouldn't the Beijing division fall into the encirclement of the "Red Banner Army"?

It was only three days after receiving the joint performance of the officers and men of the Beijing camp on the Yellow River defense line, and the first batch of men and horses of the "Red Banner Army" who withdrew to the pass arrived in the north of Beijing.

The "King of Han" was too arrogant, and the soldiers and horses were dispatched without asking for orders, and they did not know the military department, which directly led to the fact that when the soldiers approached the city, the court learned the accurate news.

Even if Emperor Chongzhen was angry, there was nothing he could do, because he found that in the entire capital, it seemed that he was the only one who was sitting on pins and needles, and the civil and military officials, nobles, and eunuchs of the Manchu Dynasty did not see a few worried, and the common people were simply happy to see it.

After the "Red Banner Army" completed Pingliao, it was impossible to continue to stay outside the customs to spend money and food, and it was a trend to enter the customs on a large scale, and no one was able to resist it, and there would be more and more people returning every month in the future.

The military operation to sweep the steppes is underway, mainly cavalry, bicycle infantry, plus a hot air balloon flying team, with a full 100 hot air balloons, about 20,000 men and horses per road.

The formation of the 10th Route Army echoed each other, because of the use of aerial reconnaissance, basically achieved the enemy's first reason to attack accurately, absolutely impossible to encounter the enemy's cavalry raid, really do not prevent it from happening.

Tartars and Jiannu are good at hiding between the prairie, white mountains and black waters, and basically choose to avoid the battle when facing the Ming army with absolute superiority.

Now I can't help them if I want to fight them, with the flying army taking off in a hot air balloon to reconnoitre, it is absolutely possible to reach an area and clean up an area, and the Mongolian tribes cannot hide at all.

found that there was no way to hide, there were only three ways to fight, surrender and escape, and there was no doubt about the outcome, in the face of the "Red Banner Army" armed to the teeth, the Mongolian light cavalry could not win and could not run, so they could only choose to surrender obediently.