Listening to the Queen Mother's question, Zilharang lowered his head and thought about it, now when he is in danger, he can only gather the soldiers and horses of the whole country in one place and fight to the death with Nanming.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, this is simple! The Prince of Doro in Shaanxi Mandahai and the Governor of Shaanxi Trilateral Meng Qiaofang were transferred to Henan to guard against the Ming army in the direction of Hanyang, and then the King of Doluo County and Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan on the Datong front line were transferred to Zhangde, Henan to protect the flank of the Beijing Division, and they still had more than 30,000 horses in their hands, which should be able to hold the eastern front of the Beijing Division! At the same time, let Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi stationed in Nanyang, lead his troops to the Daimyo's mansion, Yue Le is good at commanding cavalry, let Yue Le lead 50,000 Mongolian cavalry, and threaten the canal supply line of the Ming army with Wu Sangui! The minister led the other horses to Jinan, so that the Beijing division could be safe! ”

Zilharang's suggestion basically transferred all the armies in the country to guard against the Ming army, so what about the peasant army in Shaanxi? What about Sichuan? What to do with the most important Shanxi ginger soil? Shanxi can be under the armpit of the Beijing Division, and the Wakda who was guarding against Jiang Yang will be transferred, what should Jiang Yang do if he takes advantage of the situation to attack the Beijing Division?

Shunzhi had just taken over the government for less than two years, and he couldn't see through Ji'er Harang's arrangement, so he asked in a panic: "Prince Zheng, Shanxi is under the armpit of the Jingshi, what if Jiang Yang, who occupies Datong, rushes out?" ”

"Your Majesty, Jiang Yang is capricious, he is a villain, he killed the civil officials stationed in the former Ming Dynasty and surrendered to Li Zicheng, and then surrendered to my Qing Dynasty, and four years ago he erected the banner of anti-Qing because of trivial matters, this kind of snob is very easy to deal with! Your Majesty can send a secret envoy to allow him to cede Shanxi to stand on his own, and the minister estimates that Jiang Yang will definitely return to the embrace of my Qing Dynasty! ”

Shunzhi thought about it, this is also a good idea, although Jiang Yang does not have many soldiers and horses, only more than 30,000 people, but now in a life-and-death battle with Nanming, no matter how few soldiers there are, it is also a help.

"Prince Zheng, now that I am weak, what if that Jiang Yang doesn't agree?" Shunzhi also thought very clearly, to give people benefits, you have to look at your own situation first, now that his side has been beaten to Shandong by Nanming, Jiang Yang is afraid that it is not easy to agree!

Shunzhi has little political experience, Xiaozhuang is a political old fritter, listening to Zierharang say this, he said on the side: "Emperor, Prince Zheng means to use peace talks to drag Jiang Yang, so that Shanxi can guard against his Wakda and Li Guohan to draw their hands to deal with the Ming army in Shandong!" As for the future, hey! Let's talk about it later! "Xiaozhuang knows that now is the moment of life and death in the Qing Dynasty, if Shandong is failing, then what else to say, I am afraid that I will have to run away and return to my hometown in Liaodong.

Prince Zheng Jierharang and Xiaozhuang both grew up in Liaodong, so they didn't have much resistance to returning to their hometown, but Shunzhi was different. He ascended the throne at the age of six, followed the Manchu army into the customs the following year, and grew up in Beijing until he was fifteen years old. It can be said that Shunzhi's teenager grew up in Beijing, and he didn't have much impression of Liaodong in the bitter cold land outside the Guan. In the depths of Shunzhi's memory, he only remembers that it snows every August, and then he has to hide in the house for half a year, and the life in Shengjing is completely incomparable with that of Beijing.

"Prince Zheng, this time I will hand over all the soldiers and horses to you, how sure are you in the battle of Shandong?"

Hearing the emperor's question, Jierharang smiled bitterly in his heart, he had fought with the Ming army, and the 200,000 army in Hanyang was defeated and lost by 50,000 or 60,000 people, and this battle of Shandong is estimated to be enough.

"Your Majesty, the minions must repel the Ming army this time and protect the safety of the Jingshi!" After speaking, Zierharang thought about it and then said: "Your Majesty, although I have concentrated the strength of the whole country in the Qing Dynasty this time, I still have to ensure that in case, after the servants leave, please ask Your Majesty to transfer Luo Keduo, the king of Pingjun, and Huang Dufang, the king of Duoluo County, who were left behind in Shengjing, to garrison Shanhaiguan, in case the war ahead is unfavorable, so as to ensure that Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are worry-free!" ”

Zierharang estimates that this trip to Shandong will be more auspicious, so some things must be said, and now that the country is like this, it is basically impossible to fight against the Ming army, so it is better to make plans as soon as possible.

I know that Shunzhi doesn't think so, he has just been in power for a short time, and he just wants to do something big. Although Shunzhi was a Manchurian, he was deeply educated by Confucianism since he was a child, admired the outstanding emperors of the Han Dynasty very much, and hoped that he could become a figure like Li Shimin. So now I heard Zilharang persuade him to flee back to Liaodong, and I was very unhappy.

"Prince Zheng, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the court, the war ahead depends on Prince Zheng!"

Seeing that Shunzhi was so stubborn, Zilharang sighed and had nothing to say, although he was a prince, he was a slave in terms of etiquette. Now I can't help it when I hear Shunzhi say this, just get up and retreat and prepare for a battle in Shandong.

Although Shunzhi was not ready to return to Liaodong, Xiaozhuang was deeply convinced of Jierharang's suggestion, and after this meeting, Xiaozhuang used his queen mother's seal to secretly send his henchmen to inform Luo Keduo of Shengjing, asking him to bring people into the customs and wait at Shanhaiguan in case of emergency.

After the meeting, the Manchu Qing Dynasty immediately mobilized up and down, except for the Guanwai was too far away, the transfer of troops was not enough, the entire south of the Great Wall, so the garrison of the Eight Banners was out of the family, and all the men over the age of 12 were transferred, which raised 36,000 people, which was already the last family of the Manchu Dynasty. There are also 40,000 people from the Han Army Banner, plus 100,000 cavalry sent by Wu Keshan of the Mongolian Horqin Department, a total of 180,000 people have been gathered.

On April 15, Shunzhi worshiped Prince Zheng Jierharang as the general of the expedition to the south, and the governor of the world was soldiers and horses, and Shunzhi handed over all the last family funds to Jierharang, and he took him south to Jinan.

After Jierharang left, Shunzhi sent Han ministers to Datong, Shanxi Province to negotiate with Jiang Yang. Jiang Yang, as Jilharang said, was a capricious villain, and after learning that the Ming army had reached Shandong, he immediately cracked the bamboo pole on the Manchu Qing. Jiang Yang originally only occupied the same line, but now he wants Yongzhen Shanxi.

Of course, Shunzhi couldn't agree to this condition, but he was stopped by Xiaozhuang, when is this the emperor, are you still doing personal spirits? With the strong intervention of the Empress Dowager, the Manchus were forced to agree to Jiang Yang's occupation of the whole of Shanxi. Jiang Yang solved it here, and Wakda and Li Guohan, who were stationed in Shanxi to defend him, immediately led their troops south to Henan, and met with Man Dahai and Meng Qiaofang, who abandoned Shaanxi, and responded to Jierharang in Jinan here in Zhangde Mansion, Henan.

Shandong has just experienced the rebellion of Liu Zeqing and Li Huajing in the seventh year of Shunzhi, which swept the northern provinces of Shandong, and finally the Manchu Qing Dynasty mobilized the three provincial capitals to suppress the uprising. Those who participated in the encirclement and suppression included the troops stationed in Dongchang Prefecture, Meile Zhangjing, Lai Fu, Yizhou General Soldier Tong Yangliang, Linqing General Soldier Yi Yonggui, Baoding General Soldier Lu Guonan, Henan General Soldier Gao Di, and Hebei General Soldier Kong Xigui. These people were also handed over by Shunzhi to Jierharang for unified dispatch, and now there are 250,000 troops in Jierharang's department, including Henan Mandahai, Wakda, Wu Sangui and other departments, a total of 300,000 troops, which can be regarded as a strong army.

The Manchu Qing in the north was in full swing preparing for the Central Plains War, but Zhu Hongsan in Huai'an was crossing the river in an orderly manner.

Zhu Hongsan's original plan was to take advantage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's failure to react and occupy Jinan, and then march to Beizhili, but because of the lack of water in the Yellow River and the disrepair of the canal, this kind of surprise operation was no longer possible. Therefore, Zhu Hongsan carefully decided that since the raid was impossible, he would have a general decisive battle with the Manchus in the Central Plains, so that the Manchus would shed their blood at one time.

After crossing the Yellow River, Zhu Hongsan stayed in Suqian for two months to give the Manchus time to dispatch troops, and at the same time, news from the north was sent to Zhu Hongsan through the hands of Jinyiwei.

When he saw that the Manchu Qing Dynasty reached peace talks with Jiang Yang in order to transfer troops and handed over the whole province of Shanxi to Jiang Yang, Zhu Hong scolded Jiang Yang angrily. In the past few years, Zhu Hongsan has not treated Jiang Yang badly, which is also the main reason why Jiang Yang has survived under the noses of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In order to support Jiang Yang, Zhu Hongsan ordered Jinyiwei to do everything possible to support Jiang Yang, even the muskets in Zhu Hongsan's own army were secretly transported in 200 rods, and there were countless other weapons and armor. Now with such a result, how can you not make Zhu Hongsan angry? But you can't help it if you're angry, Zhu Hongsan is now far away from Shanxi, and the whip can't reach it! So Zhu Hongsan is ready to suppress his anger and wait until he is settling accounts with Jiang Yang in the future.

When it was seen that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had mobilized 300,000 horses and marched south in two ways, the main force was led by Jierharang to enter Jinan, and the partial division was led by Wang Mandahai of Duoluo County to occupy Zhangde Mansion in Henan. In this way, the east and west roads formed a line of defense, with Jinan and Zhangde as the two ends, and the Daimyofu and Dongchang Mansion as the middle, blocking Zhu Hongsan's Ming army in the south.

Zilharang is worthy of being an old slippery head who has been fighting for many years, and he knows that the Ming army has powerful firearms and relies heavily on logistics supplies. Therefore, firmly occupy these four fortified cities, use the strong city walls to offset the advantage of the Ming army's firearms, and then use the cavalry to harass the Ming army's canal supply lines in the Daimyofu and Dongchang Mansion, this move is really ruthless. It was already June, and it would snow in three months, and Zhu Hongsan's Ming army was all southerners, and they had no combat experience at all in the cold weather, so they naturally had to retreat to the south to repair at that time, so that the Manchus would have another year of respite.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the map, and the decisive battle site selected by the Manchu Qing was very ideal, which was in the eastern Henan Plain. There are thousands of miles of endless plains, there is no danger to defend at all, and there are not many cities, only a few small county towns, which are very ideal places for cavalry charges, and it seems that the Manchu Qing will use his cavalry advantage against their own musketeers.

After guessing Ji'er Harang's careful thoughts, Zhu Hongsan sneered, if according to the strength of the Ming army before, it was indeed impossible to deal with the cavalry that came like the wind and went without a shadow. Zilharang and the Ming army fought in Nanchang and Hanyang, so he was naturally well aware of the weakness of the Ming army. But Zilharang didn't know that Zhu Hongsan had also formed a cavalry team, and also had a secret army, that is, the defeated general of the Mongolian light cavalry, the heavy cavalry of Western Europe.