First go down to the south wing city, then pull out the Dongluo city, and then break through the customs city, and then take the Shanhaiguan completely. The Qing army had only 3,000 soldiers and horses here, most of which were newly formed Niulu, and in the face of the Yuyao Division, which came from the whole division, plus the special operations team, it was difficult to exert its defensive strength without enough troops just by relying on the fortified city. By the time Shunzhi received the news, Shanhaiguan had completely fallen into the hands of the Eastern Route Army.

This Xiongguan, for today's Qing court, is the entrance to the life channel after the defeat - if even the new army is not an opponent, the Mongol tribes in Monan will naturally not care about the feelings of the Manchu and Mongolian families, and they don't even think about escaping from Monan. Only the Western Liaoning Corridor can allow them to withdraw to Eastern Liaoning more safely, and as for how long they can survive, it is not a matter of thinking now.

When the military situation came, a round of controversy broke out when the imperial camp landed, whether to return to the division to recapture Shanhaiguan and ensure the safety of the back road, or to go south to Shandong for a decisive battle and repel the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army as quickly as possible, is indeed an urgent problem. As for continuing to sit still here, no one mentions it at all, and it is true that no one can sit still in the current strategic situation.

In the big tent of the imperial camp, the Huishi faction represented by Fu Shou and the southbound decisive battle faction led by Ji Du were arguing, and the reason of Fu Shou and others was that in addition to Shanhaiguan cutting off the Qing court's passage from Zhili to Liaodong, they also put forward the reason that the Eastern Route Army's partial division might pose a threat to the capital and that the Eastern Route Army would go deep alone, and that annihilating it would weaken the strength of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies while hitting the morale of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In this regard, although Ji Du and others are also a little worried about the families in the capital, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies have begun to sweep the Jinan Mansion, and they may enter Zhili at any time, and the safety of the Tianjin Acropolis is not inferior to the retreat at any time.

The two sides argued endlessly, and neither of them would give up their own views. This situation, in Shunzhi's eyes, reminded him of the demeanor of the veteran commanders of the Eight Banners of Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig, Zilharang, and Hauge when there was no pro-government.

However, at that time, the Eight Banners Army still relied on the old tactics and would inevitably be eliminated under the general trend, and Zilharang was the best example.

Thinking of this, Shunzhi looked at Liu Cheng, who was standing motionless in front of the sand table. This minion has given him too many surprises since the Qing Dynasty, and has also helped the Manchu Qing Dynasty to overcome one difficulty after another, and now the situation, if it weren't for this person, I am afraid that it will be very sinister, and I am afraid that there will be no strength and opportunity to turn the tables.

More importantly, Liu Cheng came out of the Ming Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and he has a far better understanding of Chen Wen and the core generals under Chen Wen and the laws of the Ming Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang than they do.

"How do you think you should break the situation now?"

As soon as Shunzhi's words came out, the relatives and nobles in the big tent all kept arguing and set their eyes on Liu Cheng. As Shunzhi thought, they were also aware of Liu Cheng's "strengths" and hoped that his people could support their own strategy.

Hearing Shunzhi's question, Liu Cheng turned around, bowed, and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, the slave thinks that what you say is reasonable. ”

Such ambiguous rhetoric is not what Liu Cheng is used to. However, before everyone waited long, and before some people could react, the next "but" popped out of Liu Cheng's mouth.

"However, the imperial court is weak, and now it has been strategically outflanked by Zhejiang bandits, so it is always necessary to choose the lesser of two harms in order to get out of today's predicament."

After that, Liu Cheng invited Shunzhi and his relatives to the sand table, picked up the baton and explained to them: "As we all know, the Zhejiang bandit army went north, and there were no less than 150,000 soldiers alone. Now we also understand that its people are divided into three routes, Henan and Liaodong are both partial divisions, and their role is nothing more than to enter the Central Plains and outflank the back road of the imperial court, and the real main force has always been the middle route army led by Chen Weiqin. ”

Everyone's eyes followed the baton to Huaibei, and then followed the owner of the voice to continue to extend to the north: "The two partial divisions are for the main force to march with auxiliary wings, so we can not mention it for the time being." Chen led a large army to sweep Huaibei and then enter Shandong, but after entering Shandong, his marching speed was much inferior to that of Huaibei territory. ”

"The reason for this is that the penetration of the Zhejiang bandits into the ground of Shandong is not as good as the former, and the green battalion is not blindly surrendered, even if the Zhejiang bandits do not need to attack the city, they must at least send enough troops to the target to take the city. In addition, the cavalry transferred by the imperial court from the various departments of Monan, they were always attacking and harassing the Zhejiang bandits, which was also the main reason for reducing the speed of their advance. ”

What Liu Cheng said is true. The Qing court recruited and dispatched a large number of cavalry from the Mongol tribes in southern Mo, and roamed in the southern part of Zhili and the northern part of Shandong, posing a considerable threat to the western and northern parts of Shandong and the northeastern part of Henan.

Raiding the county seat, slaughtering the countryside, attacking the canal slendermen, and even raiding small armies, the Mongol cavalry marched like the wind in the plains, which inevitably involved a lot of energy for the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangsu, which had a small number of cavalry. However, although the plain is a plain, the rivers on the border of Shandong have never been less, and the advance speed of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang has not stopped because of this, but has been more active in collecting Shandong Prefecture and county, and advancing the line of control to the north step by step.

"When the Zhejiang bandits first entered Shandong, they only took the capital city in central Yanzhou and Jining Prefecture, and then stopped going north, and turned to the east to collect the three capitals of Qingzhou, Dengzhou and Laizhou. Its intention is obviously to rely on the absolute superiority of the sailor to create the hinterland. Next, the Zhejiang bandits were attacking Jinan Province and at the same time marching towards Dongpingzhou, and now it seems that they want to draw a canal and the Daqing River as a boundary to expand the occupied area. ”

"In these places, because of the presence of rivers, the penetration of the Mongol cavalry will be greatly reduced. I just got the news that the Zhejiang bandits had planned to advance all the way along Dongchangfu, Linqingzhou, Wuxian, and Dezhou, and they had opened up the canal and expelled the officials and troops east of the canal. In the days to come, Chen was able to advance along the canal, the amount of harassment that the Mongols could give would be lower and lower, and the situation would become less and less favorable to the imperial court. ”

These ideas are exactly what Liu Cheng has just deduced according to the sand table. After Chen Wen entered Shandong, he played the old rhythm of advancing step by step, and now the cavalry of the Qing army active in Shandong has basically been expelled to the west of the canal, and even some county towns west of the canal have fallen into the hands of the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Now Chen Wenda can advance along the canal, which is safe and convenient, just like Zhu Yuanzhang back then.

The overall strength of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ming military groups is superior, and if this encroachment continues, it will always be the Qing court that will not be able to hold out first. Especially now, Chen Wen has captured most of Shandong, cut off the shipping route between southern Liaoning and Shandong into the Bohai Sea, and launched an offensive against southern Liaoning and attacked the important land of Shanhaiguan, the communication between Liaodong and northern and southern Goryeo has been cut off, and the Qing court has not been able to get the supplies of these two places as well as Huaibei, Shandong and Henan, and the difference in strength between the two sides will only get bigger and bigger, until the Qing court eats up the stocks. At that time, the combat effectiveness of the new army will also decline sharply, and they will have no possibility of turning the tables.

"Now, the Zhejiang bandits seized Shanhaiguan, ostensibly to cut off the safe passage for the imperial court to retreat to Liaodong, but in fact, Chen Wen is forcing the imperial court to go south for a decisive battle, so as to further shorten the supply line."

When these words were spoken, the magnates present were stunned, but before Liu Cheng could uncover the mystery, important ministers with rich military experience such as Ao Bai, or relatives and nobles who had a certain understanding of the relationship between the Qing court and the Mongolian ministries, quickly understood what Liu Cheng meant.

Nowadays, Moxi Mongolia is far away in the sky, Mobei Mongolia and the Qing court look inseparable, and the southern Mongolian tribes are still fully assisting the Qing court because of the relationship between in-laws and Jiwei, but if Shanhaiguan falls, a large area of land in Liaodong is collected by the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang, and the news spreads, and the Qing court is afraid that it will not be long before the southern Mongolian tribes will be regarded as dead people. At that time, the Mongolian Eight Banners may not fall apart immediately, but those Mongols recruited by the Qing court are only afraid that they will be scattered as birds and beasts.

"As far as the minions know, Chen Wen is tenacious, but he is not such a brilliant person. However, he established a staff department that uses the wisdom of the crowd and relies on reasonable deduction to command operations, and even if Zhuge is alive, he may not be able to be more effective than the results deduced by a group of staff officers. He made it clear that he had calculated to this point, and he knew very well that he could force the court to do this by relying on the difference in strength, and this was the real optimal solution for the court, there was no one! ”

Hearing this, looking at the small flags on the sand table that symbolized the deployment of the army, I thought of the inventory of the Qing court, as well as the faces of those Mongols, and the relatives and nobles present, even including Shunzhi, all of them were sweating on their foreheads, as if they were in dog days.

stared at the area pointed to by the baton, and after a while, Fu Shou asked tentatively: "What about the Zhejiang bandits in Shanhaiguan?" ”

At the mention of this, Liu Cheng sighed, and then explained: "The leader of the Zhejiang bandits in Shanhaiguan is Cai Guo's public security Youfu, and the Yuyao Division under his command is a veteran army, and even the battalion leaders below were formed before Chen counterattacked Jiangxi. Blessed with his people, he fought under the command of minions. The slave knows his human nature very well, and he is Chen Rebellious's diehard loyalist. Don't think about it, in fact, even if you can convince him, it's useless, Chen Wei's prison officers and military judges are not vegetarians, not to mention that Lin Zhongxiao and An Youfu, the military judges of Yuyao Division, had a festival when they were in Dalanshan before, and now even if they are afraid of Bing Shi, they may not be able to urinate in a pot. ”

The secrets of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Liu Cheng is like a treasure, and it used to sound just as a strange news, but now it sounds, but there is no one who does not feel that this is the real key information, Liu Cheng's importance to the Qing court is also abrupt in their hearts, and this chief of staff of the imperial camp is even more deserved, and people make the best use of it.

However, there is no need to worry, An Youfu is not a good temper, but he has always resolutely carried out Chen Yi's orders. According to Chen Wei's temperament, the role of Shanhaiguan's partial division is to cut off the western Liaoxi corridor and shake the southern Mongolian tribes, and they will not raid the capital behind the new army. What's more, there is no less than 600 miles between Shanhaiguan and the capital, and a Yuyao division of more than 10,000 people will never go deep alone. You must know that the five divisions of the new army have 80,000 troops, and the cavalry alone is more than twice that of the Yuyao division, and Chen Wei and An Wei are not fools. ”

Speaking of which, the nobles suddenly realized their strength, but it was one thing for Yuyao to not come, and it was impossible for them to retake Shanhaiguan. Not to mention whether to take it back or not, if it really returned to Shishan Pass, the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies went north along the canal, first seized the General Administration of Machinery Manufacturing in Tianjinwei, and then slaughtered the families of the Eight Banners in the capital, why did the Qing court prepare for such a long time, and directly ran back to Nuer Gandu Division with his family a few years earlier, maybe he has now adapted to the life of savages in the old forests of Liaodong.

After Liu Cheng's analysis, they soon realized that the only way to go south for a decisive battle was to go. It is uncomfortable to be led by the nose, especially at the strategic level, but the situation of Chen Qiang's weakness has become early, and the stronger side always has more means to occupy a greater initiative, and the Qing court can only see the moves.

In this case, the Qing court did not continue to hesitate, and had to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangsu before the news of the fall of Shanhaiguan spread, so it had to go south along the canal.

Tianjin Wei followed the canal southward, first passing through Jinghai County, then Qingxian, and by the time the army arrived in Cangzhou, it was already five days later. It is 200 miles away from the Tianjin Acropolis and 500 miles away from the capital. After repairing here, the new army prepared to continue south. Just before they could leave, news came from Shandong, saying that the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army had crossed Dezhou, and the vanguard was already north of Wuqiao, where Liu Cheng's father-in-law had launched a mutiny, and was coming in the direction of the new army.

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