Zheng Xunrui originally planned to attack on both sides, the sailor set out in the first month, and the battle between Liaodong and Liaonan was carried out in May, but the triumph of the sailor made the conquest temporarily delayed, and after thinking about it carefully, Zheng Xunrui made a decision to postpone it for about two months, and began the expedition to Liaodong and Liaonan in July of the second year of Ruiyuan.

Zheng Xunrui will not give the Great Qing Kingdom and Huang Taiji too much respite.

In fact, the minister of civil and military affairs in the court is even more anxious, Liaodong has completely fallen, but Shanhaiguan is still under the control of Zheng Jiajun, and all the rest of the original Guanningjin defense line has been lost, of course, this is not the responsibility of Zheng Jiajun, but Zheng Xunrui has ascended the throne, and it is his task to fully recover Liaodong.

When he first ascended the throne, even before he ascended the throne, Zheng Xunrui wanted to lead the Zheng family army, kill Liaodong in one go, and finally kill Shenyang, completely destroying the Qing Dynasty, but it was precisely because he became the emperor that Zheng Xunrui's vision was more far-reaching, he found that there were too many problems and difficulties in the north, and it was not suitable to fight immediately at this time, the north needed to recuperate and recuperate, and it needed a period of stability, so Zheng Xunrui overcame the desire in his heart and temporarily postponed the conquest of the Qing Dynasty.

Ascending the throne for a year, Zheng Xunrui and the imperial court invested a lot of energy in Beizhili, Henan and Shanxi, countless money and grain arrived in these places, relief of the people, local governments also gave a lot of preferential policies for business transactions, but a year passed, the north quickly recovered its vitality, the people felt that there was hope for life, and the spirit naturally rose.

One year is still too short, Henan and Shanxi are still in the process of recovery, this is a slightly long process, at least three or five years or so, but Zheng Xunrui will never wait for such a long time.

Datong, Xuanfu, Yansui, Ningxia and other border towns. The imperial court was all revoked, and in Zheng Xunrui's view, these places were not border towns at all, whether it was Liaodong or the grassland, they were all the land of the Ming Dynasty, and border towns were artificially set up in Datong. In fact, it is a humiliation of oneself.

According to the division of the seven military regions, the task of maintaining stability in the north fell on the Zheng Jiajun First Military Region and the Second Military Region, Hong Xintao, the chief soldier of the First Military Region, and Hong Xingui, the chief soldier of the Second Military Region, were always thinking about the conquest of the Eight Banners Army and the grassland.

Hong Xinyu knew Zheng Xunrui's thoughts even more, and immediately began to assemble an army after taking office. Prepare for the expedition.

Liang Xingli of Dali Temple served as the Minister of Guard, and Chen Zilong, the former prefect of Huai'an Prefecture, served as the Minister of Dali Temple.

Now it can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

At the beginning of June, when the newly established Overseas Trade Department was still desperately busy, Li Yan, governor of Shaanxi, Ma Daikun, governor of Shanxi, and Hong Xinyu, chief soldier of the Second Military Region, rushed to the capital.

The information of the Investigation Agency was also sent to Zheng Xunrui.

The story and intelligence are all about one thing, that is, the Eight Banners have entered the grassland and are ready to start the conquest in the grassland, compared to the information of the Investigation Bureau, which is more detailed. The twists and turns of Shaanxi and Shanxi are mainly a manifestation of the worries of tribes such as Ordos in the grasslands.

Although the Ordos tribe has become one of the best tribes in the grassland. But the Qing Dynasty is still very afraid, especially the fear of the Manchu Eight Banners, which is also a habit formed over the years, when the Manchurian Eight Banners conquered the grassland tribes, after countless expeditions, Nurhachi and Huang Taiji have personally led the Manchu Eight Banners into the grassland to conquer. Even if many steppe tribes join forces to fight, they are not the opponents of the Eight Banners.

This fear of defeat, or the bravery of the Eight Banners, is engraved in the hearts of the various steppe tribes, even though so many years have passed. The grassland tribes still have a deep reverence for the Eight Banners Army.

Once bitten by a snake for ten years, I was afraid of the well rope.

Of course, Zheng Xunrui can't complain about the fear of Ordos and other tribes, in fact, he also believes that it is impossible to defeat the Eight Banners Army with the combat effectiveness of the grassland tribes alone.

The combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners is there, and it can be said that it is on par with the cavalry of the Zheng Army, but in terms of the momentum and psychology of the battle, the Zheng Army occupies an absolute advantage, of course, the Zheng Army with the Hongyi cannon, the Furlong machine and the Mauser gun is not something that the Eight Banners Army can resist.

Zheng Xunrui didn't expect that Huang Taiji actually made the decision to march into the grassland, this decision coincided with the situation he was worried about, as long as Huang Taiji worked hard to stabilize the situation in the grassland, then there was a place to rely on, in case of defeat to the Zheng army in Liaodong and Liaonan and other places, he could enter the grassland on a large scale and rely on the grassland tribes to resist the attack of the Zheng army.

Zheng Xunrui's idea is that the Zheng family army will carry out a key attack on the main force of the Eight Banners Army, and the Ordos, Yarkand, Turpan, Tumut and other tribes in the grassland will launch an attack on the Horqin, Chahar and other tribes on the grassland, so Huang Taiji will lose all his support.

Once the Zheng Jiajun defeated the Eight Banners Army and destroyed the Qing Kingdom, they would turn around and enter the grassland, launch a blow to the Horqin, Chahar, Transkhalkha and other tribes, and dominate the entire grassland in one go.

Huang Taiji once again foresaw the possible major hidden dangers of the Great Qing Kingdom, and made arrangements and deployments in time, Zheng Xunrui had to admire, he had always believed that the real opponent was Huang Taiji.

The Zheng family army has won too many battles and battles against the Eight Banners Army, so it seems that as long as the Zheng family army launches a large-scale attack from Liaodong and southern Liaoning, it will definitely be able to play a triumphant song and completely defeat the Eight Banners Army in a short period of time and destroy the Qing Dynasty, so the Zheng family army must be dispatched as soon as possible to launch a comprehensive attack on the Eight Banners Army.

Is this really the case?

At least Zheng Xunrui doesn't see it this way, he knows that once the Zheng family army sets foot on the land of Liaodong and southern Liaoning, it directly threatens the life and death of the Qing Dynasty, then it will definitely face an extremely tragic battle, and Zheng Jiajun needs to be careful at every step of the expedition, and there can be no negligence, otherwise he may bear the consequences of failure.

Rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry, not to mention the brave Eight Banners Army.

All the victories won by Zheng Jiajun in the face of the Eight Banners Army were basically in Guannai, and the victories in the battle in southern Liaoning were also limited to Jinzhou and Fuzhou, but during the Battle of Songshan, they seized the opportunity to occupy Phoenix, Tangzhan, Zhenjiang and Yizhou, blocking all the roads for the Eight Banners Army to enter Korea.

Zheng Jiajun is really going to start fighting in Gaizhou, Haizhou, Yaozhou, Liaoyang, Shenyang and other places, then the combat effectiveness shown by the Eight Banners Army must be different, because you have made the family have no way out, and then they will have to work desperately regardless of it.

Zheng Xunrui has a clear understanding of this.

It's a pity that the entire imperial court, that is, Zheng Xunrui, has a very clear understanding, including Xu Wanghua, the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhou Yanru, the second assistant, and Xiong Wencan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and many civil and military ministers, are full of confidence, thinking that Zheng Jiajun's defeat of the Eight Banners Army is a very smooth thing, especially after Zheng Jiajun's naval division won a complete victory in overseas operations.

Zheng Xunrui once thought about the blockade of the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can do it in this regard, the maritime trade has been completely controlled by the Zheng family's military sailors, and the trade on land is even easier to control, the water and land routes completely blockade the Qing Dynasty, there is not much of a problem, so at most about two years, the Qing Dynasty will be on the verge of collapse, and when the Zheng family army attacks on a large scale, the Eight Banners Army will not be able to resist at all.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Zheng Xunrui gave up this plan, because he knew very well that once the Great Qing Kingdom was completely blocked, it would not be those Manchus and Manchu nobles who would suffer first, but a large number of Han people in the Great Qing Kingdom, and these people would be the first to starve to death.

Zheng Xunrui didn't want to bear such a sin.

It is more glorious to defeat the Eight Banners Army in a dignified manner.

The twists and turns of Shaanxi, Shanxi, and the Second Military Region, as well as the intelligence of the Investigation Bureau, triggered a fierce crusade in the cabinet, and all the cabinet ministers were filled with righteous indignation, and the cabinet votes were planned to come out soon, and the opinions were completely unanimous, that is, the imperial court immediately launched an expedition against the Eight Banners Army and defeated the Eight Banners Army as quickly as possible.

This was also the opinion of all the ministers of civil and military affairs in the DPRK and China, who believed that the time was fully ripe for the conquest of Kim.

At this time, Zheng Xunrui was very calm.

The key is how to conquer, whether to focus on the attack from eastern Liaoning, or from southern Liaoning, or even from the grassland, this needs to be seriously considered, the operational deployment at this time seems to be extremely critical, and at the same time, it is also necessary to consider how to stabilize the situation of the grassland when the Zheng family army crusaded against the Hou Jin, after all, the Zheng family army also wanted to conquer the grassland, and even unify the entire grassland.

Xiong Wencan, the minister of the cabinet and the secretary of the Ministry of War, accepted the emperor's questioning twice, and when he left the Qianqing Palace, his expression was very solemn, and soon, the cabinet specially discussed the question of how to conquer Houjin, and the discussion at this time was not as enthusiastic as before, and there was more silence, probably the question raised by Xiong Wencan, and he did not get a satisfactory answer.

At the end of June, the time for the expedition is about to arrive, some places in the south have begun to enter the autumn harvest season, and the north will also enter the autumn harvest season in mid-July.

Just when many discussions appeared, the emperor decreed that the Zheng family army would officially begin the conquest of Houjin on July 15. (To be continued.) )