When Zhu Jishi and others speculated about the reason for the westward advance of the Manchu Hui Prince Mianyu and Seng Lingqin's troops, the Eight Banners New Army wearing cotton armor advanced mightily on the Shangluo official road from Henan to Shaanxi. The 30,000 troops marched into two marches and marched in torrents. Their current situation is very obvious in the appearance of the army, they are all dressed in shabby cotton armor, and some people are wrapped in the clothes of the common people in tattered cotton armor, and they are marching forward against the northwest wind. The foreign guns and cannons of the soldiers of the Eight Banners were almost lost in the Battle of Huaxian, and now they are all carrying knives and guns, and the mules and horses and carts accompanying the army are also very few. After the Yellow River was diverted, the situation in Kaifeng was chaotic, and the gentry who originally supported the Qing Dynasty also changed their positions and began to defend themselves, and it was difficult for the Eight Banners in Kaifeng to raise military rations. This time, the whole army was dispatched, and there was only 18 days of food, and 23 ancient cannons from Kaifeng City were dragged. The reward number for opening is not even a penny. Since the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it probably hasn't been so miserable!

But from top to bottom, it is unprecedentedly high-spirited, and it also seems unprecedentedly united, in the hearts of all of them, there is only one thought, to break a way out for themselves for the Qing Dynasty! There is no way through the southeast, north and south, and only the west has a vast space for them to maneuver!

What is even more rare is that the high-level leaders of the Eight Banners New Army, including Mianyu and Seng Lingqin, are now sharing weal and woe with ordinary Eight Banner soldiers, and no one is marching in a sedan chair, all of them are holding horses' ass, crutches, and struggling to advance under the support of Goshha. After returning from Huaxian, horses had become rare and precious, and no one was allowed to march on horseback except for the wounded. But even so, these Eight Banners soldiers can walk 100 miles every day. No one complains anymore that they are tired. Only gritted his teeth and walked forward. At this critical juncture when there is almost no way out. This Eight Banners New Army, which was once pinned on by the Manchu Qing court, finally burst out of their full potential, and the Eight Banners Army, which was "invincible in heaven" in history, seems to be back. But everyone knows that this kind of cheering up is just a return to the light.

In the evening, when the army rested, a large group of soldiers of the Eight Banners camped in a flat place near Funiu Mountain. Piles of bonfires were lit, and from a high place they looked at a large patch of stars. The number is quite impressive. Mianyu, Seng Lingqin and Guerjia sent by Emperor Daoguang to Kaifeng to pass the decree. Changshou was standing on a high place, watching their 30,000 Eight Banners powerhouse waiting for dinner. Their troops have now entered the territory of Nanyang Province, and they will soon be able to enter Shaanxi via the Shangluo Ancient Road. This is already the core territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but surprisingly, there was no decent interception along the way, as if it had broken into a no-man's land. It seems that the elite of the Taiping army has gone to Beijing...... I don't know if Beijing City is still the first good district of the Qing Dynasty?

Mianyu looked at the soldiers in front of him, sighed, and said to Seng Lingqin and Changshou with some trepidation: "I left the emperor and didn't ask, and I didn't go to Shengjing to protect the sixth elder brother, but led the troops west." In the eyes of outsiders, I'm afraid it's also the No. 1 rebel and thief......"

Monk Greenqin was silent, and the Qing Dynasty has reached this day. He can be said to be the number one culprit! Even if Lin Zexu was willing to arrange for his Eight Banners soldiers to cross the sea to Liaodong and arrive in Shengjing, Prince Gong would definitely not be able to spare him. He advocated that he go west to Guanzhong, but he also had the intention of evading responsibility, and of course, there were also factors that did not see the small court of Shengjing. It's just that this kind of talk can only be put in the heart, so Seng Lingqin doesn't talk about it.

"Lord, what did you say? You are now defending the northwest for the Qing Dynasty and keeping a restored base. "Gualca. Changshou took over the topic and said that he was also in favor of westward expansion, but the reason was not quite the same as that of Monk Greenqin. "Our Qing Dynasty is still powerful in the northwest, there are tens of thousands of Eight Banners under the jurisdiction of General Xi'an and General Yili, and Xinjiang, Gansu (Qinghai) and Mongolian tribes can all be relied on as the Great Wall. In addition, there are H people in the northwest, who have always been at odds with the Han people, and the imperial court was deceived by the Han ministers in the past, and they have always helped the Han people, and they will ...... in the future."

His words did not go on, but set his eyes on Seng Lingqin, although there are contradictions between H and Han, but the contradictions between H and Mongolia and even Manchu and Mongolia are not small. Well, the Mongols in the northwest are not Horqin Mongols! The former is the Erut Mongols (Western Mongolia), and the two steppe khanates of Warat and Dzungar have also been formed in history, especially the latter was "wiped out by the Qianlong Emperor for a hundred years" after a hundred years of war with the Manchu Qing Dynasty (recorded in the "Records of the Qing Gaozu" and the "Strategy for Pacifying the Dzungaria").

Moreover, Emperor Qianlong also took measures against the surrendered subordinates: "Send Yi and other leaders to Beijing first, and then move to the interior and pass through Balikun, and those who should be killed will be killed." The remaining wives should be rewarded with officers and soldiers at their discretion, and the mother should be a little appeased".

Therefore, the Mongols in Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places are now the descendants of the survivors of the massacre during the Qianlong period, and their hatred with the Qing Dynasty seems to be deeper than that between Zhu Ming and the Qing Dynasty! Trying to use them to maintain the Qing rule in the northwest is not very reliable.

"The key is to see who enters the customs first...... As long as we control Gansu, Shaanxi, and Xinjiang before the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there will always be a way to concentrate the strength of all aspects. After all, with the grace of our Qing Dynasty for 200 years, the Manchurian and Mongolian families, even Erlute Mongolia can't deny our Qing Dynasty......"

Monk Greenqin said dumbly, and then took a breath before saying what was in his heart, "After all, Xinjiang is close to Russia, and many khanates in the Western Regions are controlled by Russia, and Russia is friends with the Qing Dynasty...... I heard Bai Siwen say that international affairs are very complicated, and it is inconvenient for Russia to directly occupy Xinjiang, Tibet, and Gansu. Supporting our Daqing is the best choice, and they will definitely support us. ”

"Yes, Monk Belle's words make sense, Lao Maozi will definitely support us!" Prince Hui Mianyu also nodded heavily when he heard this, and his eyes turned to the northeast, "Let's hurry, we must hurry, it's best to enter Guanzhong before the emperor is killed......"

His Royal Highness, the prince of the Qing Dynasty, probably did not expect that his elder brother, Emperor Daoguang, would be captured alive...... In his view, the murder of Daoguang and the fall of the inner city of Beijing were one and the other, and the two were one and the same. And once the inner city of Beijing is lost, the elite soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom may rush to Shanxi and Shaanxi!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, why don't you eat something...... Slave please, eat some! There is still a long way to go, and there may not be no chance of a comeback......"

Beijing, Dongjiang Mixiang (Dongjiaomin Lane), in the Zongren Mansion, Emperor Daoguang of the Great Qing Dynasty had just finished surgery, and his left arm was amputated from the shoulder and became a one-armed man, but his life was temporarily saved - if it weren't for Dr. Zhu Dashen's invention of blood transfusion therapy and surgical disinfection, as well as high-efficiency painkillers such as morphine hydrochloride. Emperor Daoguang's life can't be saved no matter what.

However, how long Emperor Daoguang's life can be saved depends on how firm his will to die is. Since he woke up, he has not run out of water, and it has been almost a day and a night.

The person who was persuading Emperor Daoguang was Mu Zhang'a, the former Qing Dynasty foreman and minister of military aircraft and the minister of Beijing city defense, and now, like Emperor Daoguang, he had become a prisoner of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"Your Majesty, your dragon body is related to the future of our Qing Dynasty, you must return to Shengjing alive......" Mu Zhang'a, who was kneeling in front of the collapse of Daoguang, kowtowed like garlic, and begged repeatedly, not because Yang Xiuqing threatened to take him to the funeral of Emperor Daoguang, but because he really thought about the Qing Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince's Filial Piety, if you are in Beijing Bintian, it will be considered a harm to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The revenge of killing his father is not shared, and there is no room for relaxation between the sixth elder brother and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom...... We have no chance to recuperate! ”

Emperor Daoguang twisted his neck with difficulty and glanced at Mu Zhang'a: "Mu Zhang'a, what do you say?" The old six are not stupid, how can they not know the truth that it is not too late for ten years for a gentleman to take revenge? ”

Mu Zhang'a kowtowed again: "Of course, the sixth prince is extremely smart, and he knows this reason. But...... Zhu Wei in the south also knows the way! They have been waiting for the Ming Dynasty for 200 years! (To be continued......)