An eagle roared and flew through the sky, the sound was loud and penetrating the clouds, and in its eagle eyes, a group of cavalry on the ground, with a small flag of eight hundred miles of urgency behind them, ran wildly on the desolate northwest land, where the cavalry passed, raised patches of yellow dust, forming a fan-shaped wake behind the cavalry.

The cavalry galloped all the way, crossed the Jiayu Pass, followed the official road south of the Great Wall, passed through Gansu, Liangzhou, Lanzhou, Fengxiang, and finally arrived in Chang'an. The cavalry galloped all the way from Guazhou to Chang'an, drawing a horizontal line on the territory of the Jin Kingdom.

The bell rang "Knock Knock".

The entire Chang'an City came alive because of the urgent beating report sent by the cavalry, and everyone from the government to the people became nervous.

After losing Sichuan last year, it took nearly a year for Jin Guo to slowly recover his strength.

With Wu Sangui's successful evacuation from Sichuan and the repulsion of the Southern Ming army's attack on Hanzhong, the precarious situation of the Jin State gradually stabilized.

After a year's rest, the Jin State slowly came out of the shadow of defeat and changed the national focus to westward expansion again, and it has already achieved initial results.

If the Jin State is given fifteen years, so that Guanzhong can cultivate its reputation, multiply the population, and destroy Yaerqiang to the west and open up the trade routes of the Western Regions, the Jin State may not be able to achieve a career, but no one expected that sitting at home, disaster would fall from the sky.

When the Hauge monarchs heard that the 200,000-strong army of Jungger was about to go south, they were so shocked that they couldn't sleep well.

In the past, Houjin plundered the Ming Dynasty, it was a cool, and now Haoge is the emperor of the Han land, and in turn he was plundered by the Mongols, so he knows what it tastes like.

If Haoge didn't break the southern invasion, with the strength of the Jin country, how could he be afraid of Jungar, but the southern invasion caused the Jin country to lose more than 40,000 elites, and most of them were cavalry, which made the Jin country's combat power plummet, and it became a soft persimmon that anyone could pinch.

At this time, Hauge really regretted his intestines.

The palace of the Jin State, the cabinet hall, as the Manchus were expelled from the court, the state affairs were controlled by the Han Chen, as the emperor's Haoge, the power was also weakened by half, and he could no longer make arbitrary decisions, but he had to consult the cabinet for everything, otherwise his will would be returned by the cabinet.

The reason why the cabinet of the Jin State is so bold is that the failure of the southern expedition made the Manchu people directly under Haoge suffer a great loss of strength, and the Han people controlled more than seventy percent of the military power of the Jin State, and the cabinet had the strength to call for Haoge, and the other reason was that the officials of the Jin State were affected by the restrictions on the monarchy of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Nanming is strong and Jin is weak, and there will naturally be voices within Jin to learn from Nanming, and reformists began to appear, demanding that the law be changed to become stronger, and the cabinet's power gradually strengthened under this atmosphere.

In the past, major affairs in the Jin State must have been discussed in the Fengtian Palace, where Haoge handled official business, but now most of them are handled in the cabinet hall.

In the council hall, several pots of charcoal were crackling and burning, baking the room warm.

Haoge sat in the center of the warm pavilion, with seven scholars sitting on both sides, Meng Qiaofang sitting on the left, and Han Chaoxuan sitting on the right, breaking the original confrontation between the left and the right of the Han Dynasty.

The only remaining Manchu scholar in the cabinet, Sony, sat under Han Chaoxuan, who originally wore a Manchurian official uniform and shaved money rat tail pigtails, but now he has changed into the costume of a Han soldier and brought Wusha.

This is also a matter of no way, before the Manchus still had the strength to share the world of the Jin State with the Han Chen, but now the Manchus are lonely, and if they don't integrate, they will be excluded from the court, so the Manchus who still maintain Manchu characteristics are now mostly changing their hair clothes and choosing to be sinicized, only a very small number of people still maintain the attire of the Manchus, and they are almost unable to move an inch in the Jin court controlled by the Han.

In the warm pavilion, everyone was seated, and after a period of silence, Hao Ge spoke first: "The information sent by King Guiyi and Yu Qing has also been read, and the 200,000 Mongol army of Jungger is going south to plunder, and you bachelors can have a strategy to defend against the enemy!" ”

Before Hauge came, the cabinet of the Jin country had already discussed.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth, since King Guiyi has detected the southward movement of the Jungar Mongols, then my Dajin can only accept it!" Yongping Wang Meng Qiaofang, as the first assistant, stood up and said.

Jungar has decided to go south, and it is useless for Jin Guo to panic now, so he can only bite the bullet. Meng Qiaofang and other cabinet members were not frightened to the point of not knowing what to do.

Hauge calmed down for a moment, and then asked, "I don't know what countermeasures the cabinet has!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty!" Meng Qiaofang arched his hand and said: "The cabinet's countermeasures are divided into internal and external strategies. The internal strategy is within us, and the external strategy is to ask for help from the outside. ”

Haug frowned slightly, he didn't know yet, but Waice must have asked Dorgon for help.

Last time, he pulled down his face to ask Dolgon for help, hoping that Dolgon could go south to attack Nanming and help him keep Sichuan, but Dolgon was much more cunning, only increasing his troops in Henan and Xuzhou, putting a little pressure on Nanming, but did not attack Nanming.

When Dolgon instigated him to capture Quanchuan, Hauge tore up the contract with Nanming and fought with Nanming, resulting in stealing chickens and rice, while Dolgon successfully diverted the attention of the Ming Dynasty and was able to withdraw from the quagmire and recuperate.

Hauge did Dolgon a great favor, and he simply sacrificed himself, but when Hauge asked Dorgon to send troops, Dorgon only did it, which made Hauge very annoyed.

"Wai Ce, but do you want to ask for Dol Roll?" Hauge frowned and said, "Dolgon, this man is cunning, he can't afford to lose, will he send troops to save us?" ”

Meng Qiaofang nodded, understanding what Hauge meant, "Your Majesty, Dolgon will definitely send troops!" ”

"Why?" Hauge asked.

Han Chaoxuan, who was at the head of the right, replied on behalf of Meng Qiaofang: "Your Majesty, because it is profitable." The last time I asked Dolgon to send troops south to attack Ming, it was unprofitable for Dolgon, and there was a danger of falling into the quagmire again. If he puts pressure on him, he will be able to prevent Nanming from continuing to attack our dynasty, so he naturally has no need to attack Nanming. This time, it was different to deal with Zungar, who was also a danger to Dolgon, who had long wanted to destroy Zungar to supplement the loss of the Mongolian Eight Banners, so he would be willing to send troops to attack Zungar's lair when he saw that the elite of Zungar was attacking our dynasty. ”

Hauge listened, pondered for a moment, and then nodded, "Good! That's how to do external policies, let's talk about internal policies! ”

Meng Qiaofang immediately arched his hand, "Your Majesty, although it is very likely that Dolgon will send troops, but this person is cunning, even if he sends troops, it will definitely not be too early, and he will definitely think of letting Jungger fight with us before sending troops to reap the benefits." ”

Hauge heard this, his face was heavy, the situation that Meng Qiaofang said was very likely, Dolgon was such a rotten person.

"This time to defend against the enemy, it is mainly up to us!" Meng Qiaofang said, asked someone to take out a map and hang it, and then said: "The Ming Dynasty has an extremely complete defense system in Shaanxi and Gansu, although some places are broken, but a little repair can be of great use." The cabinet decided to take advantage of the fact that the Junggar Ministry had not yet gone south, and immediately requisitioned the people to repair the fortifications in various places, and mobilized troops and horses to garrison dangerous points to keep Jungar out of the Great Wall. ”

The Ming Dynasty fought against Warat for a hundred years, the defense system of the Great Wall was indeed very perfect, the fortifications were very strong, and the Jin State now suffered a lot of military losses, and there was no other way, so it could only rely on the Great Wall.

Hauge nodded, and suddenly asked again, "What about the Hexi Corridor?" ”

Meng Qiaofang and the others glanced at each other, they were all a little depressed, west of Jiayuguan, they really had no choice, "The cabinet suggests withdrawing to Jiayuguan!" ”

Haoge frowned, "If I retreat to Jiayuguan, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to expand westward again." ”