If the Qing army built a solid stronghold in Jinzhou, Songshan, and Dalinghe, and stationed elite troops there, the Wei army would be attacked if it wanted to blockade the pass.

The Qing army was able to ensure the safety of the passage between Liaodong and Guannei, and Dolgon had no problem withdrawing from Guannai whenever he wanted, and Gao Yihuan would never allow Dolgon to escape back to Liaodong.

The Qing army entered the customs for several years, burned, killed and looted, and once they fled back to the mountains and forests of the northeast, they could not be wiped out.

The Qing army in Guannei fled back to Guanwai, which will strengthen the strength of Haoge and Jierharang, and Gao Yihuan will face the dilemma of Chongzhen and fall into a two-sided attack from both internal and external sides.

Gao Yihuan looked at the crowd: "Since Dol Roll has decided to give up Guannei, then our army will attack Luoyang first, or attack Hebei with the Taihang Eight Paths, which will cause Dolgon to accelerate its withdrawal." He thought that only by capturing the three cities of Jinzhou, Songshan, and Dalinghe and cutting off the connection between Liaodong and Guannei could the Qing army be gathered and annihilated in Guannei. ”

After the Hedong War at the beginning of last year, the Wei army only launched a short westward expedition, and now the vast majority of the Wei army has rested for a year and a half.

However, the Qing army also rested for a long time, and there were 160,000 Qing troops in the pass, and they were determined to run, but it was still difficult for the Wei army to keep them.

Li Dingguo opened his mouth and said: "Xuanda is in our hands, our army has entered the front line of Juyong Pass, and the road that can be used for the Qing army and their dependents in Beijing to withdraw outside the pass is only the Great Wall Pass in the two sections of Jizhou and Yongping. If we count the huge dependents and materials that the Qing army must take with them when they withdraw, then there are even fewer passes for the Qing army to get out of the customs. Chen Chu took a brief look, Jizhou, Yongping section only Shanhaiguan, Gubeikou, Xifengkou, Chongyuguan and other places suitable for the Qing army and their dependents to evacuate, so as long as we control Jinzhou and station elite cavalry here, these exits of the Qing army will not dare to go. ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, and then said: "The top priority at the moment is to prevent Dolgon from withdrawing from the pass, so the lone king decided to blockade Liaoxi, close the door, and then slowly clean up Dolgon." ”

During the Battle of Hedong, some generals suggested that they should directly take advantage of the victory to seize Beijing, but Gao Yihuan rejected this proposal on the grounds that he was not ready.

Now that a year and a half have passed, Wei is still not fully prepared, but it doesn't matter, first take Jinzhou, close the door, and then follow the step-by-step steps, and eat the Qing army in the pass little by little.

Saying this, Gao Yihuan straightened up, looked at everyone, and immediately said: "This expedition, Li Dingguo will lead the army, Hu Dawei, Wu Guozhu will be the deputy, you will lead 70,000 horses and horses, from Zhangjiakou to the pass, and rush to Liaoxi. ”

"Command!" Li Dingguo and Wu Guozhu immediately clasped their fists and saluted, answering loudly.

This plan was formulated by Li Dingguo, so Gao Yihuan asked him to command the army, Hu Dawei was stationed in Xuanda, which was the closest to Liaoxi, so he should be counted as one, and Wu Guozhu was an old general in Guanning and knew the situation in Liaoxi, so Gao Yihuan asked him to accompany him.

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, and then looked at Xu Heihu, "The biggest problem for the army to attack Liaoxi is the grain road from Shanxi to Liaoxi, Heihu, you lead 30,000 selected tiger and horse troops to guard against Horqin, and the Qing army in Guannei attacks the grain road to protect the two wings of the army. ”

The Qing army in Liaodong is less than 60,000 people, distributed in the vast area of northeast and Korea, 70,000 troops attack Liaoxi, the strength is enough, 30,000 horse troops protect the grain route, plus Wu Sangui and Babu have already controlled the pastures of the Chechen department, threatening Horqin from the northwest, Eastern Mongolia may not dare to intervene, so the Wei army has a fairly obvious advantage.

Xu Heihu also clenched his fists, "The minister guarantees that no one dares to attack the grain road." ”

Gao Yihuan nodded, and finally looked at Jin Shenghuan, "Huang Degong is stationed in Wuchang, Zhu Cihong has raised a lot of soldiers and horses, you have to guard against the Wuchang Ming army." If the army captures Jinzhou and blocks the Liaoxi Corridor, you can send troops to take Luoyang. ”

Jin Shenghuan finally got an errand and hurriedly saluted, "The minister receives the order!" ”

Gao Yihuan glanced around at everyone, "The Senator of the Governor's Mansion, according to the resolution of King Gu just now, quickly formulated a plan, reported it to the cabinet, and asked the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, to prepare soldiers, horses, money, food and equipment, complete the preparations as soon as possible, and send troops in September." ”

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Beijing, the residence of the Regent.

At this time, Wei Qing was very calm, but this calm made Dolgon feel very uneasy.

Originally, he had decided to evacuate at the beginning of the year, and if he had acted according to the plan, he should have arrived outside the pass, but the retreat of the Qing army was delayed by one thing.

If the Qing army and the Manchu court in the Guanguan retreated to Guanwai, the army and their dependents would need a large amount of money and food to settle them, otherwise they would starve to death if they returned to the Guanwai environment.

Therefore, Dolgon proposed to return Huaibei and exchange a sum of money and grain to Zhu Cihong, but who knew that after Zhu Cihong agreed, he refused to hand it over.

Dolgon didn't ask for much, as long as 400,000 stone of rice, it was basically half sold and half sent, including the important city of Xuzhou.

Zhu Cihong's Northern Expedition has only reached Xuzhou, and now it will be given to you for only 400,000 stones, which is much less than the cost of the Ming Army's Northern Expedition two years ago, which is a very cost-effective deal for Zhu Cihong.

At this time, in the study, Dorgon stood in front of the map, and Nikan and the others stood behind him, waiting for his inquiry.

"Zhu Cihong hasn't paid the grain yet?" Dolgon's face was gloomy.

Nikan replied: "Regent, Nanming agreed to exchange, but said that the food needs to wait for a while. ”

Dolgon thought that Zhu Cihong would not hesitate to facilitate this transaction, but who knew that Zhu Cihong promised to agree, but the food was not delivered for a long time.

Dorgon turned, groaned, and said in a cold voice! "Zhu Cihong's child, it's just that he doesn't want the lonely king to withdraw from the pass. If he doesn't pay the grain, after the autumn harvest, the army will requisition all the grain from all over the country, and then evacuate directly! ”

Dolgon's heart can be described as quite vicious, he snatched up the grain, even if the Wei army occupied Shandong and Beizhi, just to help the victims and exterminate the bandits, it would take a long time, enough for him to gain a firm foothold outside the pass.

Zhu Cihong did not give food, and Dolgon retreated to the outside of the customs and had no food, so now he can only continue to maintain the customs inside, waiting for the autumn harvest, and then looting the people's grain, and then whether Zhu Cihong gave food or not, they immediately withdrew.

If Dolgon wants to withdraw, Gao Yihuan's target will definitely turn to Nanming, which makes Zhu Cihong feel frightened, so he doesn't want the Qing army to withdraw now, and wants to delay for a while so that he can be prepared to deal with it.

After all, the Wei army had been fighting against the Qing army, and now that the Qing army was gone, Zhu Cihong naturally felt uncomfortable.

~~~~~

September and autumn are the harvest seasons.

At the head of the city of Jinzhou in western Liaoning, the people in tattered clothes are carrying bricks and stones and building the city.

Surrounded by a group of officials, Hong Chengchou ascended to the city, looked at Jinzhou, which had been transformed beyond recognition, and couldn't help but sigh, "At the beginning, Xu Qiguang played the casting of the city, and the Ming court did not build it on a large scale because of the great cost, and I didn't want to be carried forward by the thief army in southern Henan in the end." Today, the official is here to supervise the construction of the city, and when the city is built and the artillery is complete, the Wei thief will not be afraid of him even if he has 100,000! ”

The official accompanying him echoed with a smile, "My lord, speaking of which, this city was built successfully by absorbing the city building technique of the Wei thief and the brick burning method of the wheel kiln." Let's talk about it, does Wei Thief count as lifting a stone to hit his own feet! Hehe~"

Many officials laughed one after another, and at this moment, everyone's laughter suddenly stopped, and their expressions changed drastically.

Hong Chengchou grabbed a few steps to the edge of the city wall, looked to the southwest, and saw the rolling yellow dust rising from the sky, and countless horse troops were driving dozens of Qing army sentry horses, like a sandstorm, rushing towards Jinzhou.

"What's going on? What's that big piece? The official behind him couldn't help but be alarmed.

Hong Chengchou, who was looking at the stack, his face turned white at first, then turned red, he almost had a brain bruise, and his body shook and was supported by the officials behind him, "Master Hong, hold steady!" ”

Many Qing court officials, seeing Hong Chengchou's appearance, suddenly became frightened in their hearts, "Master Hong, didn't you just say that you are not afraid even if you come to 100,000?" ”

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