What made Dolgon even more troubled was that the beaten and dying rogues made a comeback at this time, with a posture of not taking revenge and vowing not to give up, and Dolgon at this time clearly knew the evil consequences of not completely eliminating the rogues. If this expedition to Shaanxi can completely eliminate the Liukou, then don't worry about being attacked by the enemy, and the entire Guanzhong will become the rear of the Qing Dynasty, and the strategic depth will be much greater.

Dolgon also admired Cao Yue, who was able to abandon his prejudices and take a huge risk to go on a northern expedition to relieve the siege of the Liukou.

Now, Cao Yue has finally reaped the fruits, and the Liukou have made a comeback, putting tremendous pressure on the Qing army.

Dolgon also knows very well what the degree of hatred of the Liukou towards the Qing Dynasty will be now, presumably the degree of hatred of the Liukou towards the Qing Dynasty is no less than that of the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers, if they are caught by the opportunity, they will definitely hunt down and kill the Qing soldiers.

Dolgon did not want to fight on both sides, so in the end he followed Fan Wencheng's advice and sent someone to negotiate with Li Zicheng, promising huge benefits in the hope that the peasant army could unite with the Qing army and jointly deal with the Ming army. The conditions he gave were very generous, that is, the Qing Dynasty recognized the Dashun regime and let Dashun rule Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and other places, but whether Li Zicheng would agree or not, Dolgon was uncertain.

Fan Wencheng's proposal, Dolgon will basically agree, and he is quite appreciative of this strategist around him. Fan Wencheng was a brilliant strategist, courageous and insightful, and Dolgon did not snub him because his several proposals did not come to fruition.

Fan Wencheng actually mentioned that he hoped that the Qing Dynasty could negotiate peace with the ******remnants of the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing, and the two sides agreed to divide the Yangtze River or the Yellow River.

Fan Wencheng believes that the Qing Dynasty now needs to recuperate and regain its strength, after all, the occupation of the northern provinces is too short, and the rule is not stable. Moreover, the northern provinces, including Beizhili, Shanxi, and Henan, have been war-torn for a long time. People have been displaced and production is in extreme decline.

It is necessary to give the people time to resume production, and time to restore the order of life. These were repaired, the output of the north increased, the treasury of the Qing Dynasty was slightly bulging, and the people of the northern provinces were willing to fall under the rule of the Qing Dynasty. It's time for a decisive battle with the remnants of the Ming army or the rogues.

However, Fan Wencheng's proposal was not fully approved by Dolgon, or Dolgon thought that although Fan Wencheng's proposal was reasonable, it could not be implemented. Fan Wencheng's talk about uniting the Liukou or the remnant Ming army is reasonable, which is similar to the situation of the three families in the Three Kingdoms, and the two parties will definitely be able to defeat the other side. It's just that Dolgon knows that it is impossible to unite with Cao Yue, whether it is Cao Yue or himself. They all regard each other as enemies of life and death, and there is no possibility of unity. Within the Qing Dynasty, no one dared to speak of uniting with Cao Yue.

The only one who can unite is the rogue led by Li Zicheng, although the two armies are still fighting to the death before, but in the face of the powerful army of the remnants, the two sides are not without the possibility of unity. The enemy of the enemy is a friend, and Dolgon agrees with this, and he feels that as long as he gives Li Zicheng enough benefits. Liukou will still cooperate with the Qing Dynasty.

However, whether Li Zicheng would accept the alliance with the Qing Dynasty in the end, Dolgon did not know in his heart. He didn't dare to hold out big hopes.

In order to defend against the continued attack of the rogues, Dorgon also had to take measures and re-send Azig with 50,000 men to march west.

The rebellion of Jiang Pai and Jiang Rang's brothers also made Dolgon very angry, but fortunately he made a response as soon as possible, originally he didn't fully believe in these Ming troops, after Jiang Pai and Jiang Rang's brothers rebelled. He immediately ordered the Mongolian prince Manzhu Lixi to lead 30,000 Mongolian soldiers to quell the rebellion.

When the Jiang brothers rebelled and the rogues returned, Dolgon dared to fight the Ming army with all his might, and his adventurous spirit also amazed many people, including Cao Yue. Everybody knows. What is about to unfold is a war related to the so-called "Great Qing" and the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty.

Cao Yue was originally going to rest for a while, and put pressure on Jiannu by slowly marching north, and was not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu. Because the number of artillery and muskets equipped in the army is still seriously insufficient, there are less than 80,000 muskets in the 200,000-odd army, including those old-fashioned muskets, and there are only more than 1,000 artillery pieces. According to his plaintiff's plan, all the sergeants of the Ming Guards were to be equipped with muskets, and each Guards division was to be equipped with an artillery battalion, at least more than 100 artillery pieces of various kinds.

But now, it is still far from his goal, and it can be said that the reorganization of the new army of the Ming Guards is far from complete.

This is mainly due to the insufficient production capacity of the weapons workshop and the Nanjing Arsenal.

However, there are about 80,000 muskets and more than 1,000 artillery pieces in the army, which can already give Jiannu enough casualties, and the side has also built a field position, and Jiannu wants to rely on cavalry to attack successfully, it is almost impossible. Everyone knows that as long as there is no accident, an army equipped only with cold weapons will not be able to defeat an army equipped with hot weapons in any case, even if there is a difference in the number of armies between the two sides.

The army equipped with hot weapons relied on fortifications to defend it, and the army equipped only with cold weapons wanted to capture the position, and it was difficult to reach the sky. As long as Jiannu dared to adopt the tactics of group charge as before, Cao Yue believed that he could annihilate all the Jiannu troops in Shandong.

But Cao Yue did not dare to have any carelessness, he also strictly ordered his generals not to have any intention of underestimating the enemy, even if our army achieved an absolute victory in the battle of Liaocheng, we still have to treat Jiannu as a strong opponent.

Together with Cao Bianjiao and other generals, he made a very careful plan for this battle.

In addition, Cao Yue also hid from everyone and sent a secret letter to Beijing.

This secret letter was also sent to the Forbidden City through secret channels and handed over to Bumu Butai, who had become the empress dowager of the "Great Qing Dynasty".

On this day, Bumu Butai was personally urging Fu Lin to study, and someone from the palace came to report, saying that someone had invited him to see him, and there was a very important confidential report.

In the current Forbidden City, many palace people are the original people who served Emperor Chongzhen, and this one who asked to see Bumu Butai was a godson under Wang Chengen. After Beijing was breached, he found a place to hide, but was later captured by the rogue, but he was not killed. Later, Jiannu came, and he became a prisoner of Jiannu, but he still chose a life, and continued to serve in the palace because he was familiar with the situation in the Forbidden City.

Because he is very clever, handsome, and familiar with the situation in the Forbidden City, he was reused in the hands of Jiannu and became a petty official.

Of course, he was able to become a petty official, but in the end, it was because he was appreciated by Bumu Butai.

One day, this little eunuch named Jiang An found an opportunity to tell Bu Mu Butai a little about Cao Yue, Bu Mu Butai was greatly stimulated, and did not punish him for anything, and finally let him hold an important position in the palace, and had the opportunity to contact her, the queen mother. Why did it happen like this, Bu Mu Butai himself couldn't say a reason, maybe the daughter who resembled Cao Yue was the only reason for her to do this.

Seeing that Jiang An was looking for her with something important, Bu Mu Butai couldn't help but feel excited, she subconsciously thought that Jiang An was looking for her this time, and it was likely to be related to Cao Yue.

Don't really say it, a woman's hunch is sometimes really accurate, Jiang An handed over a secret letter written by Cao Yue to Bumu Butai after Bu Mu Butai retreated. (To be continued.) )