In 1649 A.D., that is, in June of the first year of Longwu, as the smoke of the beacons in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River gradually subsided, the northern land was still full of war. Yang Tinglin commanded Yue Jinfeng, Qiu Ze, Zhang Dingbian and other main forces in Shandong, as well as Gao Jie, Bai Wang and other troops who returned to the Ming Dynasty, and launched a fierce attack on Shanxi.

In May of this year, Jiang Xuan, the general soldier of Datong who defected to the Qing court, raised the anti-flag, killed Geng Chun, the governor of Shanxi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and announced that he would return to the Longwu court of the Ming Dynasty and worship him as Zhengshuo. The soldiers and civilians of Shuozhou, Hunyuan, Ningwu, Qilan, and Baode responded one after another, and even Puzhou in the southwest of Shanxi Province and Hancheng on the west bank of the Yellow River had Ming generals Yu Yin, Han Zhaoxuan, and Li Qisheng raising troops to echo. All of a sudden, the anti-Qing uprisings in the northwest and southwest of Shanxi were surging.

In neighboring Shaanxi, the remnants of the original Dashun Army became the main force to resist the Qing Dynasty. He Zhen, who conquered Gansu and Ningxia in the past, stayed in Shaanxi after Li Zicheng's army was defeated and died, and after the Qing army entered Shaanxi, he had to lead the remnants to ask Azig to surrender and was appointed as the chief soldier of Hanzhong.

Before Yang Tinglin sent troops to Shanxi, he used the channel of the military intelligence department to contact Sun Shoufa, the former deputy commander-in-chief of Shaanxi, and Hu Xiangchen, the commander of the Chongzhen Dynasty, who insisted on staying in the Zhongnan Mountains to fight against the Dashun army and the Qing army, and secretly recruited the Fengxiang deputy generals of the Qing army, Wu Dading and Shi Guoxi, and they sent people to contact He Zhen and bring him the handwritten letters of Bai Wang, Li Yan, and Li Guo, and the three agreed with each other to jointly support the Longwu court and return to the Ming army, and at the same time make trouble in various parts of Shaanxi, killing the Qing court's Shaanxi governor Meng Qiaofang and the general soldier Dong Xueli, Kang Zhenbang and others, connected together and obeyed Yang Tinglin's dispatch.

At the beginning of May, Yang Tinglin's army successfully conquered Tongguan, the gateway to Shaanxi, and He Zhen and others made great contributions in it. Huang Changyin, the governor of Shaanxi Province of the Qing court, and Zhang Xifan, the magistrate of Jingyang, defected in front of the battle, and fought back, causing Azig's army to return defeated. The Ming army, more than 100,000 people, soon approached Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi.

In mid-June, Emperor Longwu had successfully landed on the shore of Denglai and went to the Ruiwang Mansion in Jinan. Zhu Ping'an personally requested that Jiang Hao be appointed as the chief military officer of Shanxi and Ping Xibo; He Zhen is the chief military officer of Shaanxi, Shang Wubo, and the rest of the returning generals have been rewarded, and the soldiers and horses of Shanxi are unified under the command of Yang Tinglin.

The Qing army of Shanxi Province, Wang Shuosai of Chengze County, and Wang Wakda of Duoluo County were difficult to support alone. The northbound division of the Beijing division could not be directly subordinate to the north, so he could only lead the soldiers and horses to retreat into Shaanxi, make peace with the Azig army, occupy the three prefectures of Yan'an, Qingyang, and Xi'an, and try his best to support it, and constantly ask for help from Dolgon and Duoduo in the north.

"The world is like chess, in exchange for eternal industry!" With the rumbling sound of cannons, Zhu Ping'an threw the white chess pieces in his hand and stood up straight. "In this game, Dorgon is doomed!"

Zhang Huangyan on the opposite side smiled, "His Royal Highness has superb chess skills, and his subordinates are ashamed!" ”

Zhu Ping'an waved his hand and beckoned Zhang Huangyan, Yin Shigang and others to walk out of the military tent with the army, the camp was based on the high slope of the upper reaches of the Fuhe River in the west of Baoding City, and the vision was unobstructed, and the artillery fire of the Ming army had shrouded the entire Baoding. As far as the line of sight could see, the soldiers and horses of the third Wei Wu Dingguo of the new army of the Ming army had gradually approached the city wall under the cover of the shield chariot.

"The situation of Shanxi has been decided. Hong Chengchou, who stayed in Sichuan, has lost contact with the Qing army, and can only fight on his own, although he is proficient in the art of war, insidious and treacherous, but the current situation can only be in vain! Zhang Huangyan carefully read the news he had just received to Zhu Ping'an, and added his own analysis, as a military minister. He was well aware of his responsibilities.

"There is another one, Wu Sangui defeated Yuan Jixian's department in Fuzhou, and he has already marched towards Guangxi, and the plan is under our control!"

"What are the casualties of Yuan Jixian's department?"

"More than 10,000 casualties. It can be described as a pain that hurts the muscles and bones. I heard that he was still scolding the prince and Hou Fu (Zhang Mingzhenzi) in front of his confidants, saying that we don't pay attention to faith and righteousness, and let Wu Sangui's 100,000 army enter Jiangxi, which is obviously a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. ”

Zhu Ping'an suddenly laughed, "This Yuan Jixian is an understanding person, but even if he sees through it, what should he do, this king is just going to drive the tiger and devour the wolf." He also thinks too highly of himself, this wolf does not refer to him Yuan Jixian. ”

Zhu Ping'an nodded his fingers, "Tell Hou Fu, Shi Lang and the Yongsheng army in Guangdong that it's time to enter Jiangxi, let them make all the preparations before July, and on the first day of July, the whole army will enter Jiangxi in a big way, and Yuan Jixian can't be given a chance to breathe." He wants to be the same as the Hongguang Dynasty and the Yixing Dynasty, and divide one side, which is no longer possible! ”

Yin Shigang came up quietly. He also had a message from Huo Wu from Jingshi in his hand. The news of the defeat of the Southern Expedition army had reached the capital, and Emperor Shunzhi was furious, so he and the Dorgon brothers had a conflict in the court in public, and the mediation of the queen of heaven Da Yu'er was not effective. The defeat of Shanxi has been decided, and the elite army of 50,000 Eight Banners is trapped in the three mansions of Xi'an, which makes the Shunzhi Emperor, Sony and other royalists and even many nobles in the Eight Banners have deep complaints against Dolgon. The Qing court is now undercurrent, and the storm is coming.

After listening to Yin Shigang's introduction, Zhu Ping'an didn't speak for a long time, and looked at the Baoding city wall in the distance with blazing eyes. Suddenly, there was a tsunami-like cheer in front of him, and Shen Ke, who was on a high place, jumped down from an old pine with a clairvoyant mirror, and replied with a smile: "Your Highness, the city wall of Baoding has been blown open by artillery fire several gaps, and our army has begun to enter the city to fight!" ”

Seeing that Zhu Ping'an didn't react, still frowning and thinking, Zhang Huangyan said: "Quickly pass the order, after entering the city, kill the enemy with our firearms, try to avoid hand-to-hand combat with them, and the snipers of each department occupy a high place and kill the Tartar officers one by one, so that all the troops are leaderless and chaotic without a fight!" ”

Shen Ke agreed, and hurriedly went to pass the military order.

Zhu Ping'an suddenly said at this time: "Send a message to Huo Wu through the channel of the Military Intelligence Department, Shunzhi and Da Yu'er are not idle people, not to mention the help of Sony, Suppilon, Suke Saha and others, Dolgon will suffer a big loss if he is careless." Let Huo Wu remind me vaguely! ”

Yin Shigang nodded and agreed, and immediately set about it. Over the years, he has also developed a habit by Zhu Ping'an's side, that is, no matter what kind of order Zhu Ping'an conveys, he just carries it out, and never asks the reason.

But Zhang Huangyan couldn't hold back the question in his heart, "Your Highness, what is your ...... move?" ”

Zhu Ping'an looked at the sky in the north from afar, "Dolgon is a rare opponent, this king still wants to fight with him personally, as for Shunzhi and Da Yu'er, the two mothers and sons, they are just women and children who are good at scheming, and this king really can't be interested!" ”

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The news of the fall of Baoding, an important town in Hebei, quickly spread to Jingshi, and the speed was indeed very fast, because Baoding was only a stone's throw away from Jingshi. Nowadays, such news can no longer stir up much turmoil in the Eight Banners. A series of bad news of defeat has made everyone a little numb, and it has only been a year since entering the customs, and the Eight Banners and Manchuria are on the verge of extinction, which many people have seen very clearly.

The city of Beijing has long ceased to be lively and prosperous, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty came to power, the implementation of the shaving order has made the people resentful, many eunuchs and wealthy families in the city withdrew to Jiangnan and Shandong early, because of the incessant war, the Manchu Qing Dynasty gave up the initial policy of treating the people leniently and resuming production, and turned to Dasuo to search for supplies and assets for several fronts that were fighting at the same time, which made the people miserable. As a result, there was a depression in the market.

In the past two months, there have been constant disputes in the court, and the green battalion military system strongly recommended by the emperor and queen party initially made the Qing army like a bamboo, easily defeating Zheng Zhilong's main force, and for a time there was a situation of sweeping the world in a war. But as the battle situation develops, the Green Battalion gradually shows that it is difficult to control.

Zhang Cunren's death is no longer a secret in the court. In order to support the army and respect himself, Wu Sangui killed Zhang Cunren while negotiating with Zheng Zhilong, and also completely lost control of the main force of the Green Battalion. Hong Chengchou is far away in Sichuan, and he still has a considerable number of green battalion soldiers and horses under his command, but the distant water does not quench the thirst of the near, not to mention, what thoughts are hidden by the Han officials and generals under his command now, no one dares to guarantee it now.

For this reason, Dolgon and the party of the emperor and queen did not give in to each other in the court, and the party of the emperor and queen believed that the reason why the Manchu Qing had the current situation was completely because Dolgon insisted on entering the customs and fell into the dilemma of not continuing the army. However, Dolgon believes that the original good situation after entering the customs was entirely caused by the emperor's party wanting to expand its strength in the court and wantonly appointing Han officials and generals, if the Manchu Qing could rely on the advantages after the victory at Shanhaiguan to patiently manage Gyeonggi, Shanxi and other places, and then wait for the full wings to go south again, or provoke the battle between the Liukou and the Ming court, and the Manchus would benefit from the fishermen, then there is no need to fall into a situation where several fronts are fighting at the same time and it is difficult to continue.

The two sides insisted on their own words and stalemate, Dolgon's edict, Emperor Shunzhi refused to use the seal, and the Empress Dowager Da Yuer was silent; Emperor Shunzhi's holy decree, but Dolgon refused to carry it out, so even the entire military and political affairs were delayed.

In June, the streets of Jingshi were purple and red, and the flowers were in full bloom, a beautiful scenery of midsummer, but Dolgon's heart was as cold as ice, and he kept urging his war horse to gallop in the direction of the imperial city.

The Manchus could not continue like this, and must establish their own unique regency status. Although the current situation is critical, it has not yet reached the point of being out of control, as long as the whole body is united, the Manchu Qing Dynasty may not have the strength to fight.

But now, the monarchs and ministers are out of harmony, the top and bottom are suspicious, and the ministers are panicked, how can such a state face the approaching Zhu Ping'an's army and the tiger and wolf army of Li Dingguo?

That is, in a moment, Dolgon determined an idea, today must see the Queen Mother Da Yu'er, no matter how much the love between the two for many years is in vain, but also to force her to agree to one of her conditions. This condition is also the only condition that Dolgon can suppress the Shunzhi Emperor at present.

That is, to be the "regent of the imperial father"! (To be continued......)

PS: Recently, my hometown Bianliang is creating a national civilized city, all departments are going all out, busy every day, in addition to volunteering on the street, but also to deal with endless text materials, it is very difficult to update, if there is a break, everyone is not strange! Right is very sorry.