Beijing City, Prince Yu's mansion, a piece of vegetarian, yes, it was Duoduo who died of illness, since he was replaced back in Beijing, Duoduo has been abolished, and his mood has been very depressed, until now, it is already the limit, and finally died three days ago, Dolgon is also heartbroken, his younger brother who is so dependent on each other, and now he has left, Dolgon feels even more lonely and lonely.

"Report ......" galloped into Beijing and went directly to Dolgon's mansion, but Dolgon was not in the mansion, and the scout could only forward the urgent report to the military department for adjudication.

"Ah......" Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the military department, was also shocked when he saw this six-hundred-mile urgency, and the situation in Shandong suddenly evolved like this, which he did not expect.

"Regent, regent......" Hong Chengchou couldn't take care of it anymore, and immediately rushed to Prince Yu's mansion with a report, and came to report to Dolgon, such a major event, although he is the secretary of the military department, but he has no right to deal with it, and can only rely on Dolgon himself to make a personal decision.

"What's the matter?" Dolgon was still immersed in sadness, and when he saw Hong Chengchou coming, he didn't have a good face.

Hong Chengchou respectfully presented the urgent report in his hand and said: "Something happened in Shandong!" ”

There was an accident in Shandong, these five words made Dolgon's heart also pinched, Xifu went to Nanjing to negotiate peace, so far there is no news, there is no news, Dolgon has not been able to take care of it these days, and now when he hears the news of the accident in Shandong, he also remembered this matter, and it is difficult to maintain a calm state at the moment.

Dolgon took the document in Hong Chengchou's hand, opened it and read it hastily, a face became more gloomy and ugly, the urgent report was sent by Luck Dehun, telling what happened, of course, in his document was the Ming army first provoked and shot his younger brother, and then he raised troops to take revenge, and then fought a few victories, but the Ming army immediately counterattacked, he is now sticking to Yanzhou for help, please Dolgon quickly send reinforcements. In order to publicize the critical situation, Luckedhun also exaggerated the strength of the Ming army, with tens of thousands of people exaggerating the 100,000 army.

"Tell me, what should we do now?" Dolgon took Hong Chengchou to the inner hall to ask Hong Chengchou's opinion.

"Regent, the slave thinks that the current situation, our army must not retreat half a step, the regent has just issued an order to shave his hair, at this time the Ming army invaded the north, it is also an opportunity, if our army can defeat the Ming army, expanding the territory is still secondary, mainly to give the people of the world a signal, my Qing Dynasty is far stronger than the Ming Dynasty, giving the people of the world a deterrent heart, so that those young people dare not act rashly, so the slave thinks that this battle must be fought, and must be won, otherwise the situation will not be conducive to my Qing Dynasty, please also ask the regent to decide!"

Listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Dolgon also regained his composure at the moment, bowed his head slightly, and expressed his approval, but he did not speak, but was thinking, thinking about the stakes, not just because of Hong Chengchou's words, he would make a decision, this is a major matter related to the fate of the Qing Dynasty, and there is no room for carelessness.

"How many forces can we concentrate to fight the Ming army?" Dorgon was silent for a long time before finally asking.

Hong Chengchou hurriedly replied: "There are still 10,000 soldiers and horses in Baoding, there are also 10,000 soldiers and horses in Tianjin, and there are still 100,000 troops in the land of Jinggi, and there are 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers and horses in Shanxi, and there are 100,000 troops in Shaanxi, but Shaanxi is adjacent to Sichuan and Henan, and it is necessary to guard against the Ming army from taking advantage of the weakness, and it is not easy to move. ”

Hong Chengchou also said the number of soldiers and horses in various places like a number of treasures, Dolgon also secretly thought about it, according to the secret agent who went first, the soldiers and horses that the Ming army could mobilize were only about 100,000, the Ming army and his soldiers and horses were about the same, and their Eight Banners soldiers had always been stronger than the Ming army, Dolgon was also relieved at the moment, and they had a great chance of winning this battle.

"I want to lead the army south to meet the battle in person, what do you think?"

"By all means, now that the state is in a difficult situation, it is at a critical moment, and at this moment it is necessary for the regent to personally sit in the center, if the regent himself leads the army, if it is not able to hold on, and then someone in the court will take advantage of the situation to make chaos, then what should be done, and please think twice!"

Hong Chengchou also tried his best to dissuade it, the situation in the Manchu court was much more chaotic than that of the Southern Ming Dynasty, although Cao Bianjiao was powerful, but he was not a monopoly on power, but he was just the first person in the nominal Southern Ming Dynasty, and he only paid attention to some big things in political affairs, but he usually rarely asked about trivial matters in the court, and paid more attention to military matters, and the Southern Ming court was in awe of Cao Bianjiao.

But Dolgon was different, he was able to monopolize power by squeezing out others, and Dolgon not only held real power, but also began to look up to the emperor in ceremonial pomp. In all government affairs, Dolgon no longer had the act of humility and advice, and did not obey the emperor's will, but all called the edict, just like the emperor. Moreover, cronyism, arbitrary removal and promotion of officials. In particular, "the kings, bailes, beizi, dukes, etc. were not allowed to enter the court to do business, but they regarded themselves as the imperial court", and ordered the above-mentioned people to wait in front of their palaces every day, so that many Manchu nobles were resentful, they were just afraid of Dolgon and did not dare to act rashly, but they did not bow down to obey orders because of respect for him.

"You're right, it's a little reckless on the part of this king, so let's let He Luohui serve as the general of the expedition to the south, and lead Shuo Zhan, Tong Yangjia, Du Erhu, Bahana, Li Shutai, Zhang Cunren, Zu Dashou, Wu Ruyu and other generals, and lead the Manchu Han Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers to fight south, be sure to defeat the Ming army, and not lose! Heng Jiu, this time you also went out with the army, the key stakes of this battle, you know very well, if we lose again, what kind of outcome will it be, you know very well, I hope you will do it yourself! ”

There are a lot of people who can fight in the Qing Dynasty, like Zilharang, Brother Hao, and Azig are all suitable candidates to command the army, and their status is noble, and they are fully qualified, but Dolgon doesn't believe in them, worried about their loyalty, so he has not dared to use it lightly, Azig was arranged by him to supervise the army in Xuanda area, Brother Hao went to Shengjing to guard the tomb, Zierharang is a Tai Chi player in the court, and now Dolgon can only use these people who he thinks can still be used, and let Hong Chengchou help, but also fancy him to understand Cao Bianjiao, cooperated with him a lot, and Hong Chengchou rebelled against the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Southern Ming Dynasty would not forgive him, Hong Chengchou could only follow the Qing Dynasty, so he was assured that Hong Chengchou would definitely do his best, which was also for himself.

With Dolgon's order, the northern army also got busy and began to assemble in the area between the rivers, only to wait for the army to assemble, and immediately go south to rescue the crisis in Shandong.