For the Ming Dynasty, the biggest problem was the lack of cavalry, Wang Yan proposed to take advantage of the Jin State to deal with the Jungar and unable to pay attention to Qinghai, send troops to collect the southern region of Qinghai, in order to obtain war horses, and fight in Korea, to avoid the advantage of the Qing cavalry, and play a role in containing the Qing army.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty had more than 50,000 horses in Huguang's horse farm, and if it could control the southern part of Qinghai, the Ming army might have more than 100,000 horses, and would have access to a continuous source of horses, so that the Ming Dynasty had the ability to attack the north.

Jungger went south, such an opportunity, the Ming Dynasty could not sit idly by, watch the Jin State tide over the difficulties, and watch Dolgon grow his strength, it must be contained, let Jungar cripple the Jin State, and let Dolgon return in vain.

The war requires a reserve of materials, and the imperial court must purchase a large amount of cloth and other materials from the people, so that it can digest a lot of goods on the market and revitalize the market.

Seeing that Wang Yan did not want to raise a large army to attack the Qing Dynasty, the cabinet was relieved, and the westward advance could be handed over to the southwest, and the Korean containment did not require much cost from the imperial court, as long as the weapons eliminated by the Ming army were transported to North Korea, so that North Korea could arm itself and recover the lost territory.

The cabinet immediately basically agreed to Wang Yan's proposal, and then proposed to the council hall according to the process, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies immediately ordered the two theaters to deploy operations according to the requirements of the imperial court.

After Wu Sangui emptied the entire northern Sichuan, He Tengjiao thought of many ways to restore Sichuan, the most important of which was to open a border market and trade with the Mongol tribes in Wusizang and Qinghai.

The imperial court had already set a strategy of marching westward to obtain land for horse grazing, so the Sichuan side had been paying great attention to collecting information from Qinghai.

He Tengjiao went deep into the southern part of Qinghai through the border city and through the merchants, and explored the road from Qinghai to Sichuan and the distribution of the tribes.

After figuring out the information, as long as there is an opportunity, the Sichuan side can start to restore the Duogandusi.

The Jungar tribe went south to attack the Jin country, and some small tribes who were originally nomadic in the Hexi Corridor moved south to the south of Qinghai Lake in order to avoid the scourge of war, which caused a chaotic and bloody tribal annexation in the southeast of Qinghai, which has affected the merchants of Sichuan to trade here, and even the border city has also been affected.

He Tengjiao was about to take advantage of the fact that the Jin Kingdom had no time to take care of Qinghai and restore the Duogandu Division, and the order of the imperial court had already arrived.

He Tengjiao convened his subordinates in the palace to discuss, and decided that Chen Youlong would lead 5,000 infantry troops into Wusizang, and Wang Deren would lead 3,000 cavalry and 10,000 troops to march into Qinghai along the Minshan Gorge to stabilize the chaotic situation in southern Qinghai, and then transfer Zhang Tongchang to prepare to rebuild the Duogandusi.

Ma Jinzhong and Li Dingguo trained men and horses and were ready to respond at any time.

On the Korean side, after Xie Qian led the Joseon royal family to retreat to Jeju Island, he and the puppet Korea supported by the Manchu Qing Dynasty have been in a confrontation situation.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's King Nikan led 10,000 Qing soldiers to garrison Seoul, and more than 20,000 puppet Korean troops controlled the relatively rich West Five Provinces, while Xie Qian's 12,000 Ming troops and Lin Qingye's 7,000 Korean troops controlled the barren and mountainous Hamgyong Province, Gyeongsang Province, and Gangwon Province to the east.

Judging from the geographical map, it seems that the places controlled by the two sides are about the same, but in fact the gap is particularly huge, whether it is population or grain output, the three eastern provinces cannot be compared with the puppet North Korea.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, which continued to send grain, grass and materials to North Korea, Xie Qian might not have been able to hold out in North Korea.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he was not confident in his heart, and felt that one day, sooner or later, he would be driven back to the customs.

After they entered the customs, they left a back road for themselves, prohibiting the Han people from leaving the customs, so as not to occupy the old nest by the Han people when they returned home.

The location of North Korea was very important to the Ming Dynasty, because he could prevent the Manchus from retreating from the new Guanwai, so the Ming Dynasty continued to send resources to Korea.

After the defeat of the last coalition army, the Ming Dynasty was quite speechless about the combat strength of the Korean army, believing that the DPRK was simply a dou that could not be supported. The Ming Dynasty lost more than 18,000 people in the first war, and nearly 1 million taels were spent on family pensions alone.

After summing up the experience of the Ming Dynasty, the Koreans felt that the Koreans still had to contribute to the war in Korea, and they could not rely on the Ming Dynasty for everything, like a drag oil bottle.

So the Ming Dynasty sent Xia Wanchun, a squire of the military department, to serve as the minister in North Korea, and began to help North Korea transform itself and train North Korea's new army, called the "training camp".

Although the name is a bit sloppy, it was trained and commanded by the generals of the Ming Dynasty, and the equipment used was also the equipment of the Ming army. At first, it was only Lin Qingye's 7,000 remnants, but later he recruited 8,000 men, bringing the strength to 15,000, and defeated the puppet Korean army that attacked the three eastern provinces several times.

In Korea, Nikan's 10,000 elite Qing troops were nested in Seoul, and the puppet Korean army was overwhelmed and unable to forge ahead, while Xie Qian was busy training the North Korean army and accumulating strength, and the two sides fell into a two-year confrontation stage.

Originally, this confrontation would continue for some time, but when the order of the imperial court came, North Korea had to move.

For the sake of safety and to prevent Nikan from suddenly sending troops to raid, although Joseon still controls the eastern three provinces, the Joseon royal court and the base of the Ming army are still set up on Jeju Island.

At this time, in Xie Qian's big tent, many generals gathered, Xia Wanchun stood in front of a hanging map, and said to everyone; "The 200,000 men of the Dzungar army attacked the Jin Kingdom, and Dolgon intended to take this opportunity to destroy the Dzungar. If it is allowed to succeed, the Manchu Qing will not only have no worries, but will also add tens of thousands of soldiers who are good at fighting, so the court must not let the Manchus get their way. Now that the imperial court has increased its troops along the Huai River to put pressure on the Manchus, we in Korea must also move and deal a blow to the Manchus! ”

"Lord Xia, we only have more than 10,000 people, and the new army of North Korea has only been training for two years, is the time ripe for an attack now?" Xie Qian frowned, the last time Daishan 50,000 horses and horses penetrated North Korea at once, and he fled all the way from Seoul to Jeju Island, which impressed him too much.

"Don't worry about Xie Dudu, according to the information provided by the imperial court, the main force of the Qing army has gone to Beijing to assemble, there are no other soldiers and horses outside the pass, and the Qing army we have to deal with is only 10,000 people in Nikan!" Xia Wanchun said with a smile: "The king of Joseon, and Lin Jushu come to ask us to recover Seoul almost every month, the Koreans are already in a hurry, I think the morale is available!" ”

The two Koreas, one in Seoul and the other on Jeju Island, will inevitably be more deeply rooted in Seoul for a long time, and the nature on Jeju Island will gradually be forgotten by the Korean people on land, so the Joseon royal court that retreated to Jeju Island, as well as the ministers and nobles who came with them, are almost every day looking forward to being able to kill back to Seoul.

Xie Qian looked at the map, "If there are only 10,000 people in Nikan, we can give it a try." However, Nikan nests in Seoul and never moves his nest, and Seoul is also strong, so we are afraid that it will not be easy to attack! ”

"If Nikan doesn't leave Seoul, we will first defeat Jeolla Province, Pyongan Province, Hwanghae-do, and Chungcheong-do, and wipe out all the Korean puppet army, and then attack Seoul." Xia Wanchun pointed to the map and said, "If Nikan divides his troops to rescue him, we can set up an ambush and annihilate him outside the city." ”

(End of chapter)