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The decisive battle between the two armies of the Ming Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, with more than one million people facing each other, and the Ming Emperor and the "God of Heaven" facing each other, this is the decisive battle that will determine the future and destiny of China, so it is natural to be cautious. Moreover, unlike the situation in the last time when Jiangnan was collected, there is no perfect administrative system available for use in the provinces of Zhili, Henan, Shandong, and Shanxi in the north. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not a qualified builder, but it was a very efficient destroyer! The original administrative system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was gone, and even the gentry, which had always been the basis of imperial rule, no longer existed, and were either wiped out by the Taiping army or became the powerful of the separatist side!

The countryside in the north, with the exception of a few large cities, is now anarchy! Moreover, grain production in the north was also greatly reduced by the turmoil caused by the Taiping Rebellion, and if nothing else, a large-scale food shortage would surely break out in the northern provinces in 1850! If the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty was advanced, then Emperor Zhu would have to be responsible for the famine in the northern provinces, and he would have to guard against the popular uprising caused by the lack of food.

Huai'an Mansion, the great tomorrow is here, and Zhu Jishi is preparing to hold a military meeting in front of the emperor. Before holding a meeting to decide on military issues, he needed to set a political policy first, so he discussed it with Luo Zenan and Pan Shien, who was specially invited from Suzhou by Zhu Jishi. Although Pan Shien is already in his 80s, he is familiar with serving as a high-ranking official in the Qing court for a long time, is extremely familiar with the situation in the northern provinces, and also knows a little about military strategies, and is familiar with those guys who are trapped in Jinan City who don't know whether they are loyal to the king or loyal to the Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Jishi took him as a counselor and asked for the strategy of Anbei.

Pan Shien said: "The policy of Pingbei is still a Fu word. It's a pity that Lin Shaomu is seriously ill and frail. Otherwise, he will be the governor of the North Zhili. The affairs of the north can be entrusted to the fullest. ”

Zhu Jishi smiled faintly: "Without Lin Shaomu and Zeng Guofan, can the affairs of Shandong be temporarily appointed to him?" ”

Pan Shien shook his head: "I'm afraid that Zeng Disheng's knife will be sharpened too quickly...... His Xiangyong has been bullied by the Taiping Army in the past two years. ”

"What does Mr. Pan mean......" Zhu Jishi touched his beard, as if he didn't understand what he meant.

Pan Shien smiled and said: "The Taiping Army has a grudge against Zeng Disheng, but it is meritorious to the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, destroying the Manchu Qing Dynasty and slaughtering more than 200,000 strong men of the Eight Banners, which is to avenge the Ming Dynasty, even if it is based on the Northern Resistance Division." It is also more merit than demerit, the emperor should treat him with leniency, how can he be slaughtered? The old man thought that the emperor's strategy to calm the north was to distinguish grievances and grievances, reward generously and punish lightly. ”

Zhu Jishi frowned and thought about it, and then suddenly, he said continuously: "Mr. Pan is really smart!" Hong Yang and I have no merit in the Ming Dynasty, even if I fight for the Central Plains, it is because of the loss of his deer, and I will not kill all the soldiers of the Taiping Army. Even if he gets Yang Xiuqing, he will treat him as a prince. ”

Luo Zenan, who was on the side, frowned when he heard this, and glanced at Pan Shien with some complaint. But there was nothing to object to. If it weren't for Yang Xiuqing's bloody killing in Beijing in Huaxian County, where would the scholars in Jiangnan take refuge in Daming so happily? This Manchu Qing was actually defeated by Northern Yang Xiuqing - the foundation of the Manchu Qing was more than one million banner people, of which 200,000 were strong and strong, of which at least 150,000 were killed by King Yang Dong, and even Emperor Daoguang himself became a prisoner, who would have fantasized about the Manchus? Since the Manchu Qing Dynasty is hopeless, Jiangnan Shi Dafu can only choose between Zhu Ming and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they are all reading the books of sages, how can they join the Taiping army who worship God and destroy the famous religion? Of course, only by taking refuge in the Ming Dynasty can Zhu Jishi take over a complete land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Jishi nodded with a smile, this old fox Pan is just old, but he is not confused at all! He is just fighting with Hong Yang for the world, and the ordinary generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are not mortal enemies. Speaking of which, he and Hong Xiuquan, Yang Xiuqing, and the God of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are all relatives, even if Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing are caught, they will not cut off their brains, and they still have to build a mansion in Yingtian to raise them. As for the ordinary backbone of the Heavenly Kingdom, it is even more necessary to properly settle them...... For the entire country and nation, they still have merit, and they even forgave Yixin and sealed the Duke of Bohai, why can't they tolerate these national heroes?

But these heroes

Shandong Taishan, Yang Xiuqing climbed to the top of the mountain, looked at the southeast, and suddenly a pride shook in his long-depressed heart. He hasn't lost the capital of the Central Plains! Wei Changhui's defeat in Xuzhou was only a small setback...... Wei Changhui's soldiers were not very capable of fighting, except for Zeng Tianyang's foreign spear left army, the rest were not really elite, and being defeated by the Miao army in the siege battle did not mean that the Taiping army must be decayed. However, it can create such an illusion for Zhu Jishi's monarchs and ministers, they must have become arrogant soldiers now, right?

The proud army will be defeated!

So now we have to continue to use the strategy of arrogance, retreat in great strides, give up the territory of Shandong and eastern Henan, and let Zhu Jishi, Miao Peilin and those people in Jinan City fight. Moreover, the order in Shandong and eastern Henan has long been chaotic, and bandits are rampant in the local areas, and the common people are struggling to make a living...... Let Zhu Jishi have a headache! In this way, the Ming army will continue to occupy the territory, and their forces will continue to be diluted, and when they reach the great plain north of the Yellow River, they will definitely have an opportunity.

Since breaking the city of Beijing, Yang Xiuqing has been preparing to fight to the death with Zhu Ming! His military preparations were mainly twofold, the first was to organize more than 200,000 victims of the Yellow River collapse into regimental battalions and settle them around Beijing, and a total of 8 Tuntian armies were formed! You can pull out more than 100,000 or 200,000 elites at any time! These victims were sheltered by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and given land, so they were naturally grateful to the Kingdom of Heaven, and all of them became believers in the worship of God, and they were no less than the old brothers who came out of Guangxi on the battlefield!

The second aspect is the large-scale expansion of the cavalry and horses, after negotiating peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Taiping army established contact with the nomadic tribes on the Inner Mongolia grassland, exchanged a large number of horses for salt, cloth and other living materials, and then based on the twisted army horse team of Zhang Lexing, the king of Yu, formed five horse armies on the left, middle and right, with nearly 60,000 cavalry. Although they were all formed in a hurry, they were always a huge advantage over the Ming army, which did not have many cavalry.

It's a pity that the Cao Gang in Liangjiang has never made much movement, and there hasn't even been a decent civil uprising, at most there are a few rice grabbing waves, and they have all been suppressed effortlessly by the Ming army. It seems that the saying that there are the most red flowers on the rivers and lakes, the softest green leaves, and the most fierce white lotus root is still good.

"His Royal Highness the King of the East! The Miao army is heading north again and is heading towards Qufu! ”

Lin Fengxiang, who replaced Yang Fuqing to lead the armies directly under the East Palace, hurriedly walked to the side of the East King at this time.

"His Royal Highness the King of the East, I am willing to take a soldier and horse to teach this Miao demon head who doesn't know what to do or what to do!"

Lin Fengxiang roared loudly, the defeat of Xuzhou was simply a great shame in heaven in the eyes of an "old brother" like him.

"Ready?" Yang Xiuqing just asked lightly.

"His Royal Highness the East King!" Lin Fengxiang knelt on the ground with a puff, "Please allow your subordinates to fight!" ”

Yang Xiuqing snorted and said, "Zhu Jishi must have crossed the Huai River in the north!" Otherwise, Miao Peilin would not have the courage to come to Qufu. His voice suddenly sank, "The key to this battle is not Miao Peilin, but Zhu Jishi!" Only by defeating him can I, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, sit firmly in this flowery country! ”

Hearing Yang Xiuqing's words, Lin Fengxiang was shocked, he knew a little about Yang Xiuqing's plans. It is to retreat sharply, throw Shandong and Henan, which were ravaged by the war, to Zhu Ming, and then concentrate their forces to fight a big battle with the Ming army north of the Yellow River, and a battle will be a matter of life and death!

Yang Xiuqing said coldly: "The battle of Zhili is determined by the survival of my heavenly kingdom, and this king will also personally go into battle to supervise the battle!" If you don't win, you won't survive! ”

Of course, the retreat was ready, when Yang Xiuqing said this, Yang Fuqing had already taken Xi'an, and Li Xiucheng was leading troops to "escort" the army of Gongshun Wang's father and son, as well as Mianyu and Seng Lingqin, to the fiefdom of Gansu. However, these can't be said to ordinary Taiping Army soldiers, for them, Yang Xiuqing must put on a posture of fighting to the death! (To be continued......)