Opposite the Jin-Qing coalition army, outside the Ming army camp, the Qing army secretly filled in the trench in front of the camp at night, and cleaned up the antlers and horse rejection piles all over the place, and the Ming army rearranged some during the day to strengthen the defense of the camp again.

If Wang Yan wanted to increase the lethality of the firecracker, he had to hinder the speed of the Qing army approaching Mingzhai, so trenches and horse rejection piles were indispensable.

At this time, Wang Yan stood at the head of the wall, and Li Dingguo and others looked at the Qing army camp with a clairvoyant mirror, he saw that it was already time to make food, but in the Qing army camp, there was little smoke, he couldn't help but put down the clairvoyant mirror and smiled: "Compared with yesterday, the cooking smoke in the Qing camp is much less, and Dolgon is running out of food!" ”

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "Your Highness can't hold out, the Qing army is short of food and grass, and as long as you hold on for more than ten days, the Jinqing coalition army will inevitably collapse without a fight!" ”

Wang Yan bowed slightly, he also thought so, but he didn't seem particularly happy, but suddenly changed the topic, "Dingguo, what are the chances of winning when you think Lone is out of the camp to fight with Dolgon and Meng Qiaofang?" ”

Defending the village without fighting in this way, just like the battle of Changping when Zhao General Lian Po fought against the Qin army, as long as the Qin army was short of food and grass, Zhao would inevitably win in the end, but he didn't want King Zhao to be incompetent, so he actually sent Zhao Kuo over and took the initiative to attack, which was in the arms of the Qin army, and the Zhao army was defeated.

Li Dingguo knew that it was impossible for His Royal Highness the King of Chu not to know, he hesitated a little, and probably understood what Wang Yan meant, so he arched his hand and said, "Is Your Highness worried about Dolgon's retreat?" ”

Wang Yan nodded, "Lone can see that the Qing army is running out of food and grass, if Dolgon sees that there is no hope of victory, retreat at this time and give up Heluo, then Lone King's plan to annihilate the enemy in the Central Plains will be in vain." ”

"Your Highness wants to go out of the camp to fight him in case Dorgon withdraws his troops?" Li Dingguo asked.

"Dai Zhifan doesn't know if he has defeated Xuzhou, if he can't cut off Dolgon's way back, then the Lone King may have to fight with Dolgon!" Wang Yan said in a deep voice: "Dingguo is honest, if there is a wave battle in the wild, what is the chance of winning the lonely king?" ”

Li Dingguo pondered for a while, "If Dai Guogong can cut off the enemy's way back and copy the Qing army from the east bread, then His Highness will fight and will be stable." If it's just us all the way to the battle, I think the chance of winning is only about seventy percent! ”

There are still 180,000 Jinqing allied troops, and if you add the troops of Luoyang, Hujiao, and Kaifeng, there are still 200,000 enemy soldiers in the whole of Henan.

These days, the Ming army has lost nearly 2,000 people, with less than 140,000 troops, and the number of cavalry is at a disadvantage.

After listening to Li Dingguo's words, he couldn't help but calm his face and nodded.

At this moment, Lu Shikui came to the earthen wall and reported to Wang Yanyu: "Your Highness, the royal governor has received important information and wants to report to you!" ”

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, leaving Li Dingguo to continue to observe the Qing camp, while he got off the earthen wall and hurried back to the big tent.

When Wang Yan arrived at the big tent, Wang Shixiu was holding a military report, walking back and forth in front of the tent with some excitement, he saw Wang Yan coming, and immediately greeted him, "Your Highness, the Eastern Route Army has taken Xuzhou!" ”

When Wang Yan heard this, his spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to beg for it, "Quick, bring it to me!" ”

Rampage the horse army to probe the horses in all directions, in case the Qing cavalry attacked the grain road, it is estimated that the horse probe met the person who reported the news, so Wang Shixiu got the military report first.

Wang Yan took the military newspaper and took a quick look at it as he walked into the tent.

"Shikui, take the map of Henan!" After Wang Yan finished reading the big joy, he walked to the side of the sand table, only to find that the sand table was just made of the terrain in the Luoyang area.

Lu Shikui hurriedly took out a map, and directly pulled it with Wang Shixiu and unfolded it for Wang Yan to view.

"Dai Zhifan's military report said that he had set off from Xuzhou and arrived at Guide Mansion." Wang Yan drew his finger on the map, and said with excitement: "Then calculate the time, the Eastern Route Army should have arrived in Kaifeng by now, and it will rush to the Tiger Prison Pass in a few days!" ”

Wang Shixiu immediately smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is such a big victory!" ”

"Haha~" Wang Yan also laughed, but he laughed twice, but suddenly said solemnly: "Go and give the order quickly, Dol Roll may have to escape!" Prepare your armies and be ready to hunt them down! ”

Now that Wang Yan has received Dai Zhifan's military report, I am afraid that it will not be long before Dolgon will know that the Ming army on the Eastern Road has broken through his flank and outflanked Heluo.

After giving the order, Wang Yan couldn't help but laugh on his face, he was a little inflated, and he couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the news that Dolgon received the news that Dai Zhifan led more than 100,000 troops from Dongbin and was scared.

In the camp of the Qing army, Dolgon returned to his tent with a gloomy face.

He was in an extremely bad mood, he sat in front of the handsome desk dejectedly, speechless for a long time.

"Regent, King Yongping asks to see!" Suddenly, a voice came from outside the tent.

Hearing this, Dolgon barely cheered up, he didn't know what Meng Qiaofang was looking for him to do at this time, but he did have something to talk to Meng Qiaofang.

"Let King Yongping in!" Dorgon sat up straight and gave a command outside the tent.

Although the Jin-Qing coalition forces are united, they are still in charge of logistics. The army of Dol Roll had nothing to eat, so naturally there was no food for the Jin army, and Meng Qiaofang brought his own grain and grass to help in the war.

The Manchu Qing had run out of grain, salt and other things, but the situation in the Jin State was not bad.

The gentry of Guanzhong saw that the wasteland was occupied, but there was a lack of young and strong laborers, reclamation and cultivation, and the grain of the Jin country was already self-sufficient, and with meat, there was still a surplus every year.

In terms of salt, Jin Guo dried salt in Qinghai Lake, which also allowed Jin Guo to lose the well salt in Shuzhong, but he could still have salt to eat, and he didn't have to worry about the blockade of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the two families were in trouble together, Dolgon, after inspecting the camp, saw that the army was in need of food and grass, and that the salt was running out, so he wanted to borrow some from the kingdom of Jin.

The food is only enough for ten days, and it has reached the bottom line of the army, and without salt to eat, the soldiers have no strength, he already owes Hauge a lot of things anyway, so it is better to borrow more.

The more he borrowed, the tighter he was tied to the Jin Kingdom, and the less the Jin Kingdom would watch him fall.

At this time, with permission, Meng Qiaofang opened the tent curtain, entered the tent, and arched his hand: "Regent!"

Dolgon motioned for him to sit down first, and then said, "Coincidentally, this king just has something to invite King Yongping over, and I don't want King Yongping to arrive!" ”

Meng Qiaofang's expression was a little serious, and after he sat down, he pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "There is something I want to ask the regent when I come alone!" ”

"Oh?" Dolgon wondered, "Please! ”

"Regent, the army and the Ming army have been fighting against each other for more than a month now, and Lone thinks that if we continue to hold on, we will be defeated!" Meng Qiaofang was silent for a while, and saw that Dolgon's face sank, but he still continued: "If the regent has no way to turn the tide of the battle and break the current passive situation, the Jin army may have to retreat to Tongguan!" ”

Meng Qiaofang's words were direct, and he didn't save any face for Dolgon, and directly pointed out that Dolgon was going to be defeated.

As the commander of the Jin Army, Meng Qiaofang must be responsible for the safety of the Jin Army.

In this way, the long-term confrontation with the Ming army can only consume grain and grass, consume morale, and finally only fail.

He had already heard that the Qing army was about to run out of food and grass, and the Ming army would stick to it without a fight, and it wouldn't be long before the Qing army would be in chaos without a fight.

This made him very worried about whether Dolgon was capable of defeating Wang Yan, and if not, then he would have to consider the safety of the 50,000 gold army.

Starting from the interests of the Jin State, Meng Qiaofang naturally hoped that Dolgon could win this battle, and the Qing army could gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains and maintain the situation of three points in the world, but if the Qing army did not have the ability to defeat the Ming army, then he had to try his best to save the 50,000 Jin army, so that he could rely on the geographical advantages of Guanzhong to compete with the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Dolgon also wanted to borrow some supplies from Meng Qiaofang, but he didn't expect the other party to want to disperse and retreat.

This clearly shows that Meng Qiaofang is no longer optimistic about the Qing army being able to win, he doesn't want to work the Qing army, and wants to protect himself, his face is suddenly gloomy to the extreme.

Although it makes sense that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, it is obvious that the lips cannot be saved, and it is also unwise to risk knocking out the teeth to save them.

Meng Qiaofang's words made Dolgon extremely ashamed, but he had no words to refute, after all, Meng Qiaofang was right, if he continued like this, he really had no other possibility than defeat.

For a moment, there was silence in the tent, and Dolgon's face turned purple.

At this moment, Lou Qin suddenly lifted the tent, he didn't feel the atmosphere in the tent at all, so he anxiously walked to Dorgon's side, bowed his head and whispered.

Meng Qiaofang saw Dolgon's body and began to tremble.

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