Just when the ministers were talking nonsense again, the suggestion of Zheng Zhihui, the chief eunuch of the supervising army, was unanimously recognized.

During this time, Zheng Zhihui traveled back and forth between Beijing and Shanhaiguan, and his main task was to collect wages for the "Red Banner Army".

Huang Han deliberately let this big eunuch often return to Beijing to show his selflessness and the breadth of the world.

Zheng Zhihui followed Huang Han to witness the reorganization of the "Red Banner Army", and he believed that the general had been actively preparing for war, and it could be asserted that more than half a year had passed, and the "Red Banner Army" that had completed the training should have 70,000 or 80,000 men and horses that could be used to launch attacks.

He suggested that the emperor requisition the "Red Banner Army" into Shanxi to attack Jiannu, and that Jiannu could not attack the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty unscrupulously.

When the main force of the "Red Banner Army" regained the lost territory in Shanxi, Jiannu was afraid that the back road would be cut off, and he would definitely choose to concentrate his men and horses to go to Shanxi to deal with the attack of the "Red Banner Army".

Damn, it's only been a few months, and the emperor and his ministers have to break their promises, and the promised five years of not mobilizing the "Red Banner Army" are no longer counted.

Chongzhen's self-esteem was very strong, and he was embarrassed to directly issue a holy decree and sent Zheng Guochang and Zheng Zhihui to Shanhaiguan to solve the problem through negotiation.

Huang Han's original intention was to launch an autumn offensive, first to seize half of North Korea and then take the entire territory of North Korea, but now that the situation has changed, he cannot afford to mess with himself.

It is not known how many areas will not be able to complete the autumn harvest due to the ravages of Jiannu in the three provinces, and this year's food problem is even more acute.

Therefore, at the end of July, Huang Han issued an order to all the cantonment districts and barracks, requiring civilian officers and military generals to take joint action to ensure that the autumn harvest in the system and the garrison was carried out normally, and that the grains were returned to the warehouse as much as possible.

When the autumn harvest was basically over after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huang Han prepared to launch an attack to take a foothold in Seoul, and then led a large army to drive the Qing army across the Han River.

In order to make the military action sudden, he deliberately revealed in front of a group of civilian officials and eunuchs that the target of the "Red Banner Army" was about to attack Jinzhou.

However, just after the autumn equinox, reliable information was obtained, and Jiannu was so unscrupulous that he penetrated Shanxi and killed Henan, and the information sent by the flag guard about the Qing army in Shanxi was very specific, especially mentioning that Shuozhou City had been occupied by Jiannu.

The city was full of grain, gold, silver, and valuables, and it was known that there were more than 300,000 Han people there who were in urgent need of rescue, otherwise these people would be coerced and sent to Liaodong as slaves.

Huang Han is faced with a multiple-choice question, is he going to continue to carry out the original plan to fight for North Korea? Or do you change your plan to go to Shanxi to recover the population, livestock, grain, gold and silver treasures?

No matter where you go to fight, you need elite soldiers and fierce generals, and it is very important to strengthen training and training in battle, and Huang Han once again issued an order for the whole army to train and change defenses, so as to test the action of each battalion.

After completing the task of changing guards again, Huang Han believed that after 10 months of intensive training, the newly organized "Red Banner Army" had the ability to fight a general battle.

Huang Han was ready to temporarily abandon the plan to seize Korea, and ordered Huang Yong to leave most of the sailors and marines to participate in the defense, and let him take more warships to continue to run to the South Seas and transport rice back again.

Huang Yong's trip to Nanyang in the spring was more than a month early, resulting in a shortage of rice in the agreement, and this time it only brought back less than 800,000 stones.

He then signed a supplementary agreement with the governor of Manila, Spain, the lord of Guangnan, and the Zheng family of the Dayue Kingdom, and estimated that there would be no less than 800,000 stone of rice to import on another trip, but he would definitely not be able to go home for the New Year.

Huang Han was thirsty for food, because when he entered Shanxi to fight, there may be a lot of silver and gold valuables, but there is definitely not enough food to eat, and there are millions of refugees there who are waiting to be fed in Henan, which was plagued by Qing soldiers and rogues.

Now that we have a stone of grain, it means that at least the lives of the two Han people can be saved, and it is more important to recapture the population, livestock and materials in the fight for North Korea.

Huang Han was pondering and asking the imperial court for instructions, and led the "Red Flag Army" into Shanxi to fight a big battle with the main force of Jiannu.

His agreement with the emperor was that he would not ask for an order when he launched the Pingliao War, and as long as he saw the right time, he could make a move.

However, if you still make your own decisions when moving westward into Shanxi, you will have no ambition, so you need to ask for an order before you can send troops.

Who knew that the imperial court was the first to lose his breath, and Huang Han was very surprised to see the old man who came to Shanhaiguan in the dust.

After welcoming the two into the living room and sitting down for tea, Zheng Guochang spoke in front of the prison army in a high-sounding manner, and he said directly:

"The purpose of the old man is to let you immediately lead the men and horses into Shanxi to attack and kill Jiannu, if there are any requirements and difficulties, just ask, but don't talk nonsense about the court's promise not to mobilize the 'Red Flag Army' for five years, which is dedicated to pacifying Liaodong.

If you can't repel Jiannu, you won't need to level Liao, and Jiannu will directly level the Ming Dynasty. ”

Huang Han looked sincere, and said without hesitation: "Father-in-law's words are wrong, isn't it self-respecting for the son-in-law to make a request to the court at this time?" The son-in-law promised to send troops immediately without preconditions!

But I also have to ask my father-in-law, Cheng Songtianzi, the household department has not paid the salary on time for two months. If you want the 'Red Banner Army' to fight hard with Jiannu and Tartar, why should you give enough money? ”

The Qing soldiers entered the pass, and the imperial court needed money and food everywhere, so they demolished the east wall to make up the west wall for a while, and they were already in arrears for two months.

It was Zheng Zhihui and Gao Youmou who were responsible for dealing with the imperial court, so they often went to the capital to negotiate with the household department in person.

Gao Youmou knew it in his heart, and revealed to Huang Han many times that he should give Hou Sui some benefits.

Huang Han knew the ending of Hou Sui, and he didn't want to have anything to do with this kind of Donglin Party members who seemed to be sanctimonious and full of filth, so he resolutely disagreed, and made a high-profile statement that every month the Liao salary of 300,000 taels of silver would be used for Liao affairs, and he would never compromise with any corrupt officials.

At this time, the emperor sent the elder of the pavilion to talk about the transfer of troops, and Huang Han did not take the opportunity to break the sky about the arrears of the imperial court for two months.

Zheng Guochang knew that although the imperial court's finances were tight, he had to make up the military salary when he was employing people, so he said:

"When the old man returns to Beijing, he will meet to announce this matter, and he will also urge the household department to allocate the salary as soon as possible. If Hou Sui's old man dares to make things difficult, the old man will definitely scold him in front of the Son of Heaven and the Manchu Dynasty! ”

Zheng Zhihui also echoed: "The 'Red Banner Army' gets a full salary on a monthly basis, and our family has seen it with our own eyes, so the general doesn't know how much silver he has pasted in, and the household department has gone too far, and our family will also impeach the household department Shangshu." ”

Huang Han lost no time in saying: "In this case, this lord asks Gonggong Zheng and his father-in-law to act on behalf of Cheng Zheng, please ask the Son of Heaven for permission." ”