In July, the Qing army, which had been in the Guanguan for more than half a year, withdrew from the Guanwai.

In the same history, Abatai carried 2 million taels of silver, more than 300,000 people and livestock, and returned to Shenyang safely.

This time, the Qing army was embarrassed, almost all of the captured were discarded, and they also lost 10,000 horses, thousands of horses, plus two generals.

However, the Qing army had already achieved its strategic goals, and Huang Taiji did not punish Abatai for this, much to Dorgon's disappointment.

On the side of the Ming Dynasty, before they had time to rejoice for the Qing army to withdraw from the Guanwai, there was bad news one after another in the Guan.

Li Zicheng was proclaimed emperor, Guanzhong was caught in the hands of thieves, Zhang Xianzhong resurrected, called "King of the West", and made the Ming Dynasty anxious.

At this time, a new issue, the relocation of the capital, caused turmoil between the DPRK and China.

As early as when the situation in Henan was erosive, the governor Hou Sui, who was imprisoned, once advised the imperial court to give up Henan.

However, in the eyes of most people, this kind of statement is a sign of weakness and incompetence.

Now many ministers in the court and central government are aware of the need to move the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen also wants to move the capital.

It's just that the matter of moving the capital can't be said by the emperor himself, and the minister has to mention it, and the sad thing about Chongzhen is that he doesn't even have a traitor like Qin Hui who relieves the king's worries.

I am infamy, you have to hold me safe, give me glory and wealth.

With Chen Xinjia and others in front, everyone in the ministers knew that after the capital was moved, once Beijing fell, those who proposed to move the capital would definitely be killed.

For a time, none of the ministers dared to agree to the relocation of the capital.

Some conscientious officials, such as Liang Yizhang, who was imprisoned, proposed to send the crown prince to Nanjing first, but this annoyed the emperor, who thought that the ministers had discussed whether they wanted to keep him in Beijing, so that they could go to Nanjing to support the new king.

In July, Beijing was in shambles, and Gao Yihuan had returned to Runing.

After returning to Runing Mansion, he first arranged for the soldiers who came back to rest, and then went to pay respects to the soldiers who died in battle, and comforted the families of the fallen soldiers and gave them bereavement.

After that, while he inquired about the news of Huguang, he made preparations, and when the news came, when the time was ripe, he immediately set out on the expedition.

At this time, with the winter wheat harvest, Gao Yihuan levied the first tax under his rule, which heralded the completion of Gao Yihuan's initial transformation from a rogue to a political power.

With a stable source of taxes, it shows that Gao Yihuan's financial revenue has begun to develop in a relatively healthy direction, the administrative system has been completed, and the people can pay grain, which also shows that Gao Yihuan's rule is basically peaceful.

At this time, most of the 3,000 men and horses who went to Shandong were sent to various counties to garrison and recuperate, replacing the garrison that was preparing to go to Xiangyang.

This time it was to attack the city, there were more people and horses, and in the military camp outside Runing City, 5,000 troops had already gathered.

Early in the morning, in the Gao army camp, Gao Yihuan was wearing armor, pressing a knife in one hand, and watching the soldiers train with the other hand on his waist.

In June, after Gao Yihuan received Gao Zurong's reminder, he quickly sent back instructions to Zhao Daxian to prepare for war.

A few days later, as soon as Bolo withdrew, he asked Jin Shenghuan to take a group of officers and return to Runing first to be responsible for the training of the expedition.

Although it is impossible for the combat strength of the soldiers to improve by leaps and bounds through training for more than a month, there is no problem for more than 3,000 soldiers to learn to ride horses.

"General, this time to fight Xiangyang, I feel that 5,000 people are still not enough!" Jin Shenghuan stood beside Gao Yihuan, he knew Xiangyang very well, so he reminded him.

Xiangyang is one of the best fortified cities in the world, and thousands of people want to attack hard, which is indeed a dream.

Gao Yihuan nodded, but he only had more than 9,000 people in total, so he had to leave people to watch the house, "There are fewer people." However, I have asked Zhao Daxian to continue to recruit new soldiers, and in addition, this expedition, I am ready to recruit Nanyang's men and horses to move forward together as a defense envoy in southern Henan. ”

Jin Shenghuan now has some understanding of the system of the Shun army, and knows that Gao Yihuan has the identity of a defense envoy in southern Henan, but the current regulations of the Shun army are not very clear, and the various departments mainly listen to the orders of the military leader.

Nanyang is nominally controlled by Gao Yihuan, but in fact, if the other party doesn't listen, then Gao Yihuan has nothing to do.

"There are 20,000 mercenaries in the king's body, will he listen to the general's military orders?" Jin Shenghuan said with some worry.

Gao Yihuan smiled, but said confidently: "He will walk with Ben General."

After returning to Runing, Gao Yihuan received news that Zhang Xianzhong was stimulated by Li Zicheng's proclamation as emperor, and after capturing Huangzhou, he proclaimed himself "King of Daxi".

In Huangzhou, he set up six departments and five military governors, appointed local officials, and tried to establish political power to fight against Li Zicheng.

Gao Yihuan remembered that Li Zicheng was very dissatisfied with Zhang Xianzhong, and after learning that Zhang Xianzhong was called the queen, he sent someone to Zhang Xianzhong and said, "The old return has been surrendered, Cao Gezuo is dead, and you are good." ”

It means that Lao Huihui has surrendered, Luo Rucai and He Yilong have been killed by me, and the next one is you Zhang Xianzhong.

Gao Yihuan had already sent someone to report Zhang Xianzhong's claim to the king, and invited himself to go south to guard against Zhang Xianzhong.

At this time, Li Zicheng was busy attacking all parts of Guanzhong, and Niu Jinxing was eager for Li Zicheng to go east and seize Beijing, and he believed that there would be a will soon come down from above.

Wang Tizhong is also a mighty general, but he has one less title than Gao Yihuan as a defense envoy in southern Henan.

A single Gao Yihuan's order may not be listened to in the king's body, but if it is under the banner of Li Zicheng, it will be different.

Gao Yihuan stayed in the barracks for a while, and after inspecting the preparations of 5,000 men and horses, he went to check the situation of grain and grass reserves.

Thanks to last year's water conservancy construction in Luyi and other places, coupled with the policy of dividing the fields, and finally thanking God for rewarding the food, this year's grain output is quite good.

At this time, the yield of wheat per mu in the north is about one stone, but most fields can only produce 100 catties, and those who can produce 200 catties are good fertile fields.

In Runing, Luyi and other places, in addition to the military land tax exemption, more than ninety percent of the acres of land need to be taxed.

In the whole Runing, plus Luyi, Chenzhou, Xiangcheng and other places, Lu Yifang cleared out more than 7 million acres of fields.

This time, about half of the land has caught up with the planting of winter wheat, that is, more than 3 million mu.

If one stone is produced per mu, Gao Yihuan can collect 300,000 stone of grain, but because the water conservancy construction has not yet been completed, most acres of land cannot achieve the yield of one stone, and can only receive about 100 catties.

At this time, the summer grain handed over to Runing already had 100,000 stones, and the counties still had the mantissa to be escorted.

According to Lu Yifang's preliminary statistics, it should be able to collect about 150,000 stone of summer grain, and the autumn grain should be more than the summer grain.

Gao Yihuan can now be said to be strong and strong, with plenty of grain and grass, and he can go out immediately when the time comes.