Huang Taiji looked at Yue Tuo kneeling in front of him, a few years ago, Yue Tuo attacked lightly and lost three thousand eight banner elites at once, and Huang Taiji detained Yue Tuo in anger. In the past few years, Yue Tuo has been staying at home and has never been summoned by Huang Taiji, and is still a Baylor.

"Yue Tuo, have you been living at home all these years?"

"Back to the emperor, the slave knows that he has committed a heinous crime, and the emperor's refusal to kill the slave is already a great kindness to the slave, and the slave does not dare to have other ideas."

"You stand up first." Huang Taiji said slowly, "I couldn't help punishing you at the beginning, so many Baylors were watching, I couldn't help but do it." But you've always been my confidant, and I hope you'll understand. ”

Yue Tuo didn't stand up, knelt on the ground and wept bitterly: "The slave understands, the slave knows the emperor's difficulties, and the slave will die for the emperor's sake and for the sake of the Qing Dynasty." ”

"You get up first." Huang Taiji said again, "I want to give you a secret decree now, but this requires you to use your life to guarantee this secret, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

"Your Majesty, the life of the slave, the life of the slave's family is the emperor's, although the emperor orders the slave to be."

"Good." Huang Taiji nodded, "You go back first, someone will look for you in the next few days." ”

Yue Tuo walked out of the palace, Fan Wencheng turned out from behind the screen, and Huang Taiji asked, "Fan Aiqing, do you think my arrangements are appropriate?" ”

"Back to the emperor." Fan Wencheng bowed down and replied, "Everything is in order, the emperor is really a genius, and he thinks carefully everywhere." ”

Huang Taiji smiled: "Fan Aiqing, I want to listen to the truth." ”

"Your Majesty." Fan Wencheng talked about his worries, "Yulin Bay is currently growing stronger, and Chongzhen's heart must be worried. Therefore, the king of Taomin County thought of a way to make peace with the Ming Dynasty and jointly deal with Yulin Bay. However, the strength of the new Korean army is now as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people, and Tao Min is in our Daqing Dynasty is quite similar to Yulin Bay in Daming. The minister knew that the emperor also wanted to use this attack to weaken the strength of the new Korean army in Tianjin, but in this way, would it make the Taomin brothers disagree again. ”

Huang Taiji did not answer: "How likely does Aiqing think it is that the Qing Dynasty will make peace with the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"With all due respect, it's not big. Those Wenchen of the Ming Dynasty will die to admonish Chongzhen, and Yulin Bay will also make trouble from it. ”

Huang Taiji said, "This is the reason why you want me to reactivate Yue Tuo? ”

Fan Wencheng knelt on the ground: "The minister really can't think of any other suitable candidate." ”

"Aiqing is flat." Huang Taiji sighed softly, "Heaven gave Tao Min to me, but I don't dare to use him now, and I don't dare to use him, I am very embarrassed. ”

"Your Majesty." Fan Wencheng said, "It's better for us to adapt to the situation." ”

After some operation, the will of the imperial court finally came down. Yang Sichang served as the secretary of the military department, led 20,000 troops, and worked with Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng to exterminate the Liukou. Xu Lang was promoted to a general, and Lin Zhaolong was awarded a guerrilla general, leading the Yulin Army to garrison Tianjin to prevent the Tartars from landing in Tianjin. Jiang Beiming was promoted to adjutant general, Zhang Haijia was awarded the rank of general Zhaowu, led the fast gun team and the Shenji battalion to garrison Beijing, and at the same time transferred the troops from Shandong, Henan, and Anhui to Beijing. Wu Sangui was awarded the deputy general of the right battalion of the forward and stationed in Ningyuan.

Lin Zhaolong and Zhou Lei came to Beijing alone.

"How is the reorganization of the 1st Independent Division, and how long will it take to get to Tianjin?" Xu Lang saw Lin Zhaolong and didn't care about greetings, and immediately asked.

"I have already sent someone to meet Ye Zhan on the road, so that he does not have to go to Datong and directly redirects to Tianjin." Lin Zhaolong replied, "Our three infantry regiments are basically full, and Xu Tianbin's fifth regiment is on the way, and it is estimated that it will be able to reach Tianjin in ten days." The cavalry regiment came this time with four battalions of 2,000 men, and Andreas remained in Yulinburg, where the last battalion was being formed. By early April at the latest, all the centaurs will be able to gather in Tianjin. ”

"Chief of Staff Xu." Zhou Lei asked, "When do you think the Manchu Qing will be able to do it?" ”

"May at the latest." Xu Lang handed a piece of information to Lin Zhaolong, "This is the situation in the northeast that the Second General Affairs Department of Beijing has just received, the Manchu Qing are gathering troops, and according to the speed of their deployment, it should be broken no later than mid-May." ”

"How's the preparation going here in Beijing?" Lin Zhaolong asked.

"The court has made a decree." Zhang Hai replied, "The surrounding provinces must transfer troops to Qinwang, Beijing's troops should be about 100,000, and our fast gun team and Shenji battalion have a total of 30,000." ”

"How many city defense guns are there in Beijing?" Lin Zhaolong asked again.

"I'm about to discuss this with you." Xu Lang said, "There are not many cannons in Beijing, and we don't have any 12-pounder guns and 6-pounder guns. Let's see if you can send out more than a dozen artillery pieces from the 1st Independent Division to strengthen Beijing's strength. ”

Lin Zhaolong thought for a while: "This is a bit difficult. According to the establishment of the 1st Independent Division, there should be 54 6-pounder guns, plus the 12-pounder guns brought by Ye Zhan, there can be 60 or 70 guns. But in fact, there were not so many, and we left 8 cannons each for Yang Guozhu in Xuanfu Town and Wang Pu in Datong before we set off. If another part is allocated to Beijing, the artillery of the 1st Independent Division will not be enough. If Tao Gong had come from Nanpu, his four battleships alone would have more than 40 cannons. ”

"That's right." Xu Lang asked Zhang Hai, "What do you think?" ”

"I don't think it's a big problem, if you really can't divide it, you don't need to divide it. Beijing's city defense is still very strong, and Huang Taiji will not bring any heavy artillery this time, at most a 6-pounder cannon, which will not collapse Beijing City. ”

Xu Lang pondered for a while: "How did the people around Beijing and the imperial court deal with it?" ”

"This court did not dispose of it." Zhang Hai replied, "Yang Sichang has already gone to Shaanxi with his troops, and I went to see Cao Huachun the day before yesterday and talked to him about it, but Cao Huachun did not react. ”

"It's not going to work." Xu Lang shook his head, "If we don't settle the people, this battle will not be easy to fight, we must learn the lesson of blocking Azig last time." ”

"But the court didn't mean that." Lin Zhaolong asked, "What can we do?" ”

"I'll go see Cao Huachun again." Xu Lang instructed, "Zhang Hai, you should also be ready, gather some people from the fast gun team, and go separately to persuade the people to evacuate." ”

"I'll do my best." Zhang Hai was a little embarrassed, "Now that the will of the imperial court has come down, if we mobilize the fast gun team at will, I'm afraid there will be trouble." ”

"I understand, do your best." Xu Lang asked again, "Did you inform Ning Yan to prepare for that incident?" ”

"It's been notified, Ning Yan knows what to do."

Lin Zhaolong and Zhou Lei didn't know what the two of them were talking about: "What are you talking about?" ”

Xu Lang smiled: "I can't say it yet, you will know when the time comes." ”