The Ming army's Northern Expedition progressed rapidly.

The landing of the Fourth Army in Haizhou was met without any resistance, and there were 10,000 people of Bai Yongfu's troops stationed there......

After all, they're lost dogs.

These guys are all those miscellaneous armies along the Huai line, although they didn't say that they were fragrant and spicy in the Ming army system before, at least Chongzhen relied on Yang Qing's means of collecting money after crossing to the south, and they never let them go hungry, although the food and salary were not as good as those in Beijing, it was definitely reasonable. But since betting on the wrong treasure and having to flee to Lunan as a warlord, it really has to be eaten or unworn, and now I see that the Ming Army's Northern Expeditionary Army is greeted with tears in their eyes, and they were also ordered by Yang Qing to disarm on the spot and all sail back to Jiangnan to Huguang Tuntian as a militia.

This kind of surrender is not used.

They have even surrendered to their own strength, whether they are given enough military pay or not, the first thing they think of in the face of the enemy on the battlefield is to flee directly, Yang Qing is indeed short of troops, but the addition of such an army will drag down the Ming army.

The Fourth Army then marched to Yizhou.

And Gao Yigong also silently accepted Yang Qing's command, Xuzhou Shun's army also marched to Yizhou, Bai Yongfu did not run, he shrank the 40,000 people who could still be gathered into Yizhou City, preparing to hold on to Yizhou and wait for reinforcements from Bahana. Obviously, the battle of Yizhou is inevitable, and the Ming army, which has undergone a reborn transformation, will once again face this enemy who has been fighting for decades, and this battle will also truly test the results of Yang Qing's efforts for nearly two years.

The Fifth Army marched north along the canal, marched by land and water with the cavalry army through Xuzhou, and then quickly regained Yanzhou north.

Immediately afterwards, they took Qufu.

According to Yang Qing's order, Gao Dejie, who visited the city for the second time, set up the guy in Qufu who dared to spread rumors and slander the loyal and brave marquis in front of the Confucian Temple, so as to pay tribute to the spirit of Confucius in the sky. It is said that this unrepentant guy also pointed at him in public and said that he was also one of the murderers, and the angry Gao Dejie killed his entire family by the way, of course, although this behavior is somewhat impulsive, but it is still understandable. However, Dongping was controlled by the Qing army that arrived first, because of Yang Qing's new policy, the Luxi gentry generally welcomed our Qing Dynasty, unlike the Jiangnan gentry who were not familiar with our Qing Dynasty, the northern gentry were still more familiar with Jiangnan affairs, especially Chongzhen's outrageous new policy.

It is obvious who is the Holy Lord Mingjun of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the Luxi gentry naturally chose our Qing Dynasty without hesitation, so Dongping was quickly built into a fortress against the Ming Dynasty by them.

Next, the Fifth Army needed to storm Dongping.

Dongping must be taken.

Yang Qing's Northern Expedition at this stage took advantage of this upheaval and quickly advanced the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty to the Yellow River, but at this time the Yellow River took the southern route, so the northern boundary of Shandong was Dongping. To the east is the Yimeng Mountains, with Muling Pass as the boundary of this eastward expansion, so that a defensive line with the Shandong Mountains as a barrier is formed. From Dongping to the west to the Yellow River, the Tongwaxiang is full of horizontal rivers and lakes of all sizes, which can also form a military barrier.

Further west is the course of the Yellow River.

Then make Yizhou, Dongping, Zhengzhou and other places into the frontier, and move all the residents south to Huainan to prevent the Qing army from being forced to open the copper tile box during the next Northern Expedition. Although this kind of thing can be prevented in advance, it is actually impossible to prevent it, unless Yang Qing also takes the north bank of the river, but with the little force he can use at present, it is really not suitable to advance too far to the north.

And Xuzhou and Yanhuai as the second line of defense.

Plus the Yangtze River is still three.

In fact, this is an insurance practice, but Yang Qing does not think that Dolgon still has the strength to threaten the Huai River, so it is estimated that Dolgon is also in Dolgon's plan to take the Yellow River as the boundary, and it is a fluke that the Qing army can win Hebei, and Dolgon has not been beaten by Yang Qing.

Yang Qing only emptied the Yellow River and the Huai River as a battlefield, this area was also a famine-stricken area, there was no rain and drought in the sky, and the Yellow River was flooded when it rained, and the locusts were patronized every year regardless of drought and flood, and there was no soup for locusts in water and drought soup. The famine in Henan is second only to Shaanxi, and it has always been the main battlefield, and the population has long been small, since there is no need to let the remnants of the common people continue to suffer, and they are all organized to move south. Except for a few major military towns, the rest of the places can be emptied, anyway, there is a lot of land in the south, whether Huainan or Huguang, that can be reclaimed.

At this time, Huainan was already considered a safe zone, and it was the next step to carry out the large-scale development of Huainan.

It's much stronger there than Henan.

Moreover, the next step is to carry out the large-scale development of Sichuan.

"Look, that's great!"

Yang Qing said to Li Dingguo, who came to the door for the second time.

Zhang Xianzhong officially canceled the emperor's title, the emperor of the Great Western Kingdom was gone, and then surrendered to the imperial court of the prison state, accepted the post of governor of Sichuan, commanded the military and political affairs of Sichuan and Hanzhong, and undertook the system of worship, the original Chongqing camp was revoked, and Grandma Qin changed to Zunyi camp, commanding the armies of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, but ......

"I have to immigrate to Sichuan."

Yang Qing continued.

"Marquis Zhongyong, you didn't say that at the beginning."

Li Dingguo said.

"Yes, Li Zicheng didn't have 300,000 troops to go south to Guanzhong? In fact, I can still fulfill these promises, which is generous enough, if I now order the armies in southern Sichuan to go north, and Li Zicheng's army to go south, do you think you can hold out for a few days? I don't want Sichuan to fight anymore, when I resisted the Mongols, Sichuan with a population of 20 million was still less than 1 million, and until now, 300 years later, it has not recovered to the population of the Southern Song Dynasty. So I tolerate your separation, but don't think I'm a fool, immigration is necessary, the drought and cold in the north can't feed the people, and Sichuan is warm and humid and has enough wasteland, then I must emigrate to Sichuan to solve the problem of food in the north. ”

Yang Qing said.

Immigration is a must.

The Ming Dynasty did not have a solution to the problem of famine in the northwest, it was very simple, the government organized immigration to Sichuan, and the population of Sichuan did not recover to half of the peak of the Southern Song Dynasty by the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there was still enough land to open up wasteland. If you have good organizational skills, you can also provide some necessary relief, mainly food along the way, seeds after arriving in Sichuan, and pre-harvest relief, even if all the people in Shaanxi are moved to Sichuan.

Of course, if Chongzhen had this organizational strength, he would not have hanged the coal mountain.

But Yang Qing can now.

He has already filled many places in Huainan and Huguang with northern displaced people, and he will continue to move the population south, and Sichuan is the best choice.

This Xiaoice River is not a year or two.

There are still decades of cold in the future, although we killed more than half of the people in the early Qing Dynasty, the result is still a famine every year, and it is still in the case that sweet potatoes have begun to be promoted. Therefore, the root cause of the problem is to migrate to the south, minimize the population of the north and reclaim the wasteland in the south, especially the mountainous land that could not be used originally, and can grow a large number of sweet potatoes and corn, so as to increase food production and replenish the population left in the north, and finally get through this most difficult time.

Of course, he also moved the militia.

He must play Trojan horse tricks to quietly control Sichuan.

Sichuan is not only Zhang Xianzhong, but also those in southern Sichuan, especially Yang Qing also promised not to implement the new policy in Sichuan, so when he wants to do something to Sichuan in the future, no one is there is definitely not good.

It would be enough to move a few hundred thousand militiamen.

"The despicable must go back and counsel with his father-in-law."

Li Dingguo said.

"There is nothing to discuss, Zhang Xianzhong has to agree if he agrees, and he has to agree if he doesn't."

Yang Qing said.

"Marquis Zhongyong, we are not here to beg!"

Li Dingguo said.

"No, you're here to beg."

Yang Qing said.

"The world is very big, but you are cornered, you are unfortunately in a desperate situation, you can't beat Li Zicheng to the north, and as long as I send two armies into Sichuan, you can't expand to the south anymore. To the west is the plateau, it is difficult for you to even catch your breath there, and to the east there are hundreds of miles of lofty mountains and mountains, and there is no road, you do get a rich land, but it is closed in this small piece of land, so Zhang Xianzhong does not want to die in the hands of Li Zicheng and can only surrender to me.

Youngster.

Let's be realistic! ”

He patted Li Dingguo on the shoulder and said.

Li Dingguo left silently.

Yang Qing is not worried that they will refuse, Zhang Xianzhong is not qualified to refuse now, Li Zicheng will soon go to Xi'an, and then he will control Hanzhong, whether he continues to go south or not, Zhang Xianzhong can only look for all the help he can find under this shadow.

He had only one choice.

"You seem to be very special to this person!"

Yuan Yuan leaned over and said curiously.

"I appreciate talented young people."

Yang Qing looked at Li Dingguo's back with his hands behind his back and said.

"Young, handsome?"

Yuanyuan said with a strange expression.

Obviously, Lord Yang's special attitude towards Li Dingguo aroused her suspicions.

"Do you need me to prove that I like men or women?"

Yang Qing said speechlessly.

"Hmph, I've seen a lot of things that I like both!"

Yuan Yuan said disdainfully.

Looking at her expression, it is estimated that Wu Sangui is like this, but this is an elegant thing in the Ming Dynasty, such as the story that has to be told between Hou Sui and Zuo Liangyu, and the love and hatred between Feng Quan and Miao Chang. It is said that the wild boar skin seems to have had a similar affair with Li Chengliang when he was young, of course, it is also said that Li Chengliang and the wild boar skin, in short, this is a common situation, Wu Sangui is normal to raise a little slave, and it is not normal for Lord Yang to be so unventilated.

"Don't you have what he has, if I like that, why bother looking for a man, not to mention that he doesn't have what you have."

Yang Qing said with a smile.

Yuan Yuan was dazed for a moment, and then his pretty face turned red, and he twisted him hatefully.