The Praetorian Guard, the Gong Guard, the Wuwei Central Army and the Wuwei Left Army surrounded Shunzhi, and went out of the capital and went to the south gate of the capital, Tianjin Acropolis.

is not as good as before, this Shunzhi is a royal driving pro-campaign. In the DPRK, the Empress Dowager listened to the government, led the Minister of the Interior Soni to assist the government, and at the same time, together with other officials in the DPRK and China, was responsible for the logistics and supply of the army.

In the southward army, among the five divisions of the new army, the president of the Praetorian Guard, Prince Jidu of Shuozheng, the president of the Gongwei Army and Prince Doni of Shuoxin, the president of the Wuwei Central Army, the president of the Wuwei Central Army, the chairman of the Wuwei Left Army and the prince of Shuoxian, Fushou, and the president of the Wuwei Right Army, led the Minister of the Interior of the Guard, Ji Bilong, to command the armies. The imperial camp was responsible for the unified command of the five new armies and the Mongolian cavalry recruited by the Qing court from the Monan Mongols, of which Liu Cheng, the chief of staff of the imperial camp, was responsible for the military affairs of Zanhua, and the minister of the guard, Ao Bai, was in charge of the imperial guards of Shunzhi and the cavalry of the Mongol alliance banner.

Since the defeat of Liyang by Zilharang, the new army is the only hope of the Qing court, before the Shaanxi rebellion, the new army showed strong combat effectiveness, which really relieved the Qing court, confidence has been greatly improved, so there is a move to expand the new army. Now Chen Wen's Northern Expedition is the time to raise troops for a thousand days and use soldiers, and he has gone down with the whole division to fight to the death.

The right army of Wuwei had already moved to the town of Xiaozhan in Tianjinwei, and the four new armies set out together, first eastward to Tongzhou, and then south along the canal, arriving at the Tianjin Acropolis a few days later.

According to the sand table deduction of Liu Cheng, chief of staff of the imperial camp, it was estimated that the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies led by Chen Wen would go north along the canal. According to the current stage of intelligence, although there are also Ming troops in northern Anhui and along the coast, Chen Wen's figure has always traveled along the canal, and it was not until he entered the Shandong boundary that he broke away from the route of the canal and turned to Yanzhou.

Entering Yanzhou, in fact, is also for the Confucian Temple in Qufu, which is normal. Since Shunzhi, the Qing court has been comparing their hearts to their hearts, and if they are part of the Northern Expedition, they will also change their route there, and it is extremely important to go to Qufu first to make their position clear to the Confucian class. Next, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies, which had the right to control the sea, gave priority to sweeping the three prefectures of Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou on the Shandong Peninsula, which echoed Chen Wen's steady and steady character.

Because of this, the new army hurriedly arrived at the Tianjin Acropolis, protecting Beijing and Tianjin while also blocking the canal road.

Along the way, Shunzhi wore a military uniform and rode a horse, which was a great experience of commanding thousands of troops. After arriving at the Tianjin Acropolis, he also went to the various departments of the New Army every day to inspect the various departments of the New Army, cheering up and pro-army thoughts, and doing it was a smooth flow, and no one dared to believe that this was the incompetent king who cried and shouted to escape back to Liaodong a few years ago.

Arriving at Tianjinwei, the trip came to an end, and the next plan was to wait for Chen Wen to go north here, during which the Mongolian cavalry was used to attack the Northern Expeditionary Army and the grain road in the west and north of Shandong and the south of Zhili, so as to weaken the combat effectiveness of the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army as much as possible and strive for greater superiority for the new army.

In this plan, Liu Cheng even figured out the location of the decisive battle, and in accordance with the principle of lengthening the supply line of the Ming army, he fought to the death with the Northern Expeditionary Army in Tianjinwei. As for the specific location, there are families of the right army of Wuwei in the city, so naturally they can't be too close to here, nor can they be too far away, and Balitai in the south of the city is a good place. In fact, out of the south gate of the Tianjin Acropolis is a wilderness, among which there are large areas of reed land and swampland, and the flat terrain of Balitai that is higher than the surrounding is also a great advantage.

From this, all that remains is harassment and waiting. It's just that for the Qing court, the wait cannot be indefinite, and now Huaibei is completely lost, Henan and Shandong are also gone, and coupled with the problem of sea control, it is difficult for North Korea's materials to be transported again.

Since the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang entered the Qingzhou Mansion, the Qing court has entered the stage of eating the old capital in an all-round way, and the consumption of the new army, the hardcore crops of the Eight Banners, the civil and military expenses of the imperial court, and other expenses must all be paid by the state treasury and the internal affairs government. With the family background of the Qing court, as well as the slaughter of pigs and sheep in the past few years, it should not be too much of a problem to last for a few months and a half. However, compared to the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, it is much worse.

Shunzhi and Liu Cheng all know that in fact, in the families of the noble ministers of the Eight Banners, I am afraid that there are few who can't compare with those Jiangnan gentry and wealthy businessmen. People evade taxes in Jiangnan, run to the sea to do business, and have to work hard to take the imperial examination, cling to the powerful, make friends with other gentry, and work hard to save the belongings, naturally there is no way to compare with the Eight Banners who killed people and seized money, and plundered the eight banners, and the savings of the looting did not add up to be thicker than the inventory of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming military groups.

However, Shunzhi knew that the Eight Banners were the foundation of the Qing court, and the money and food of the powerful people's families were forcibly requisitioned, and he didn't even dare to agitate for a little donation, for fear that he would end up like Chongzhen, so he had to hold on.

Fortunately, it has survived to this day, it is the moment of the decisive battle, Shunzhi knows how much his family has a family, and he can only praise and encourage me when he sees Ning Wan, who has been with him since he entered the realm of Tianjin Sanwei.

Of course, he also knew that Liu Cheng was very unpleasant to see Ning Wan, not only because the military replenishment sequence of the Wuwei Right Army was ranked last, but the bigger reason was that after the replacement of the Wuwei Right Army, Ning Wan and I used a knife to force the craftsmen to work overtime to produce, and it only took a short time to smooth out the shortage of the Wuwei Right Army's armament - even if it is still a Wanguo brand, at least those goods that are on the verge of scrapping are no longer in the new army.

The news of Shandong is still coming, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies swept Jinan Mansion, and the governors and admirals in the city wanted to hold on for some time, but the officials and generals below did not have this mind, so they directly tied up the hard-standing governors and admirals and opened the door to welcome the Northern Expeditionary Army.

"In terms of strength, the imperial court has been at a disadvantage since it lost Jiangnan. The weaker side is always more difficult, when the old Khan and the first emperor were alive, especially when the old Khan was alive, we almost won every battle, but we could only be limited to a corner of Liaodong. If it weren't for the chaos in the Guannei and Chongzhen's indiscriminate use of people, we would never recover as long as we were defeated once. ”

"What Prince Zheng said is very true, now the imperial court at least has Zhili, Shanxi and Shaanxi, as well as Liaodong and Goryeo in the north and south, and there is more Mongolia in southern Mongolia to rely on, which is always stronger than back then. This time, as long as the new army wins, there is always a chance to turn the tables. ”

The battle situation in various places was sent from all over the place by cavalry, and the content of military discussions was constantly deduced on sand tables and maps. This is what Liu Cheng learned when he was in Jinhua, although it is still very rough, and most of the aspects that need to be paid attention to and the science and technology that need to be used are unknown, and even if they are used, they are mostly learned from those Jesuit monks in the capital, but compared to the original deduction of the Qing court, it is still much better.

In terms of land area, the Qing court is still the dominant side, but when it comes to population, economic aggregate, mobilization capacity, inventory and number of troops, it is completely incomparable with the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Jidu and Doni sang and harmonized, which was also a little comforting, but relying on the new army's reasoning was still right, and the combat effectiveness shown by the new army when Wu Sangui's rebellion was quickly put down made them full of confidence in this European continental tactic, especially since this is the most powerful European tactic today.

However, their opponents, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies, were never easy to get along with. At that time, Hong Chengchou trained the Spanish phalanx, and he also used the elite troops of the Ganxi Green Battalion, but as a result, the left hand ricocheted and the right hand grenadier assaulted, and Chen Wen beat the southeast warp mark back to the prototype in the first battle, and even the fortress was like paper paste in front of him. Even if you have a lot of confidence now, you will be worried about it.

"The slave of the line Guoan sent an excerpt, saying that the cavalry of the Zhejiang bandits used two tactics, one was seen by Aobai, and said that it was the three walls of the thieves, and the other was the tactics of the Guanning army, and their firearms were much stronger than the range of the three-eyed guns, and they were even farther than riding a bow. After a burst of shooting, he jumped directly into hand-to-hand combat, and he was caught off guard by the line. ”

The tactics of the Ming armies in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang are all strange, and they are always evolving, and the existence of Huaibei and Henan is also a test of the tactics of the Northern Expeditionary Army for the Qing court.

Shunzhi brought up the topic, and the three walls were still secondary, after all, it was just the work of the rest of the thieves, and the key was the fire cavalry. In this case, Ao Bai, who was in charge of the cavalry, said to him: "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that the fire cavalry is no big deal. The minion of the line Guoan just suffered a loss for which he was not prepared, and now that he knows, he can adjust it. ”

"Ao Bai is right, it's not that the Guan Ning Army has never fought in our Eight Banners, the ranger got close to trick the three-eyed gun into firing, or rushed directly to hand-to-hand combat, and the hit of the arrow on the horse was affected, not to mention the fire gun, there is nothing to fear."

Ao worships like this, Tunqi is also like this, Shunzhi glanced at Liu Cheng, who also agreed with this, and put his mind at ease. Of course, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies are not Guanning troops, and they are not so easy to bully, but the principle of tactics has not changed, and there should be no problems in dealing with them.

Speaking of cavalry, and then of infantry. The Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang has always been famous for its infantry phalanx, and the Qing court has been suffering losses since the fourth year of Yongli.

However, according to the report of the line Guoan, the infantry of the two divisions of the Western Route Army is still a hollow phalanx to resist the enemy, and the proportion of spearmen is said to have decreased, but it is not advantageous compared to the new army, not to mention that the Gustav phalanx has never been as simple as a higher proportion of firearms, the key is still in the utilization of firearms.

"The only thing worth worrying about now is the flint fire guns of the Zhejiang bandits, their rate of fire should be faster than that of the new army, but there is also a problem, that is, the fire rate is unstable. I asked Tomafa, and it was said that there were flint flint firecrackers on Tessie's side, but they were not popularized because of the high cost, the low fire rate, and the fact that the improvement of the army's combat effectiveness was not even as good as the arquebus. Even Tessie's army is now a new army with arquebuses. Unless it rains, the Forces nouvelles should not suffer. ”

Speaking of rain, everyone who participated in the military conference smiled heartily. When it rains, the firing rate of the fire gun will be greatly affected due to the humidity of the air, and the bow and arrow should pay attention to the moisture of the bow body. For today's Northern Expeditionary Army and the New Army, unless it rains suddenly, both sides will tacitly hang up the card of exemption from war. What's more, this is in the north, and now that the winter moon is fast approaching, it is more realistic to expect rain than to expect snow.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, the Qing court knows very well that Shaanxi has put down the rebellion, the new army has shown its strength, and some things have been exposed, but I don't know how much Chen Wen can eat through. On the other hand, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming armies have been fighting in the past few years, and they have still used the old tactics, but according to intelligence, it seems that the improvement of tactics has not stopped.

Due to the existence of the Supervision Department, they have little understanding of the reform, and now they have seen some clues in the defeat of the line Guoan. After analysis, the Qing court still won the numerical superiority of cavalry and the tactics of the new army, with this understanding, it can be regarded as a little relaxation, and all that needs to be done is to wait.

The military discussion was held all morning, and in the afternoon, the new army would continue to drill, and Shunzhi would also inspect the right army of Wuwei. After walking down these days, I feel that the strongest of these five new armies is still the Praetorian Guard, followed by the other three new armies that went south with him, but the right army of Wuwei, which shows that Liu Cheng is still very capable.

Estimating that there was nothing to do for the time being, Shunzhi was ready to break up the military discussion, and then discuss it with Ao Bai and Liu Cheng again, and then go to dinner. Unexpectedly, as soon as the words of the meeting were spoken, an urgent recital was sent in, and after Shunzhi read it, his face turned pale. It's as if the day has fallen.