After Zhu Yu, the king of the Tang Dynasty, entered Nanjing, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River gradually stabilized, but the area north of the Yellow River was still in a desperate struggle.

Li Zicheng led the army into Shanxi, and Jiang Xuan, the general soldier of Datong, killed Zhang Tianlin and Ma Chongxi, the Shanxi guards who broke into the army, and welcomed the Qing army into Shanxi. The main general of the Qing army entering Shanxi was Azig, but it was the Han generals Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou under the command of Dolgon who really helped the Qing army to take Shanxi without blood.

After Li Zicheng entered Shanxi, he once again made an irreparable strategic mistake. Li Zicheng sat in Taiyuan from time to time, and urgently recruited Shaanxi soldiers and horses to rush into Jin to consolidate Shanxi's defense line. But like a frightened bird, he led the main force of the Beijing division of the Shun army to continue to retreat westward.

In late January, Li Zicheng led his troops to cross the Yellow River and hurried back to Xi'an, and a series of defeats in Shanhaiguan, Zhending, and Qingdu made Li Zicheng and his civil and military forces jealous of the Qing army's battle WWW.UUXS.CC, as if only by returning to their hometown of Xi'an, could they settle down.

When Li Zicheng left Shanxi, he also left behind a group of veterans who were accustomed to fighting to defend Shanxi. In addition to Zhang Tianlin and Ma Chongxi, Changzhi was guarded by the general Liu Zhong, Tai was guarded by Chen Yongfu, the former Henan general of the Ming army, Tang Tong was left in the Baode area of northwest Shanxi, and Linfen was supervised by Yuan Zongdi, the marquis of Mian, and the number of troops was also very considerable. However, Li Zicheng ignored one of the most important issues, so many generals left behind in Shanxi, but there was no one with outstanding authority to command them in a unified manner, and although there were many soldiers and horses, they were in a situation of fighting for themselves.

At the beginning of February, the Qing army approached Shanxi, Jiang Hao launched a rebellion under the instigation of Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou, killed Zhang Tianlin, the general of the Shun army, and the general of the Ming army in Gucheng responded, beheaded Ma Chongxi, and defected to the Qing army. As a result, Shanxi's defense line was suddenly full of flaws.

At this time, Hong Chengchou sent Wu Weihua, the younger brother of Wu Weiying, the former Ming Gongshun Marquis, to Shanxi to appease various places, and in just one month, Daizhou, Fanzhi, Laoxian, Wutai, Jingle, Dingxiang and other places all fell into the hands of the Qing army.

Faced with this situation, Li Zicheng had to send Bohou Li Guo from northern Shaanxi to Shanxi for reinforcements, but Tang Tong, who was guarding Baode, rebelled at this time. cut off the connection between Chen Yongfu and Li Guo's department in Taiyuan. Chen Yongfu guarded Taiyuan alone, although he was unyielding, but the disparity in numbers was still defeated by the Qing army, Chen Yongfu was defeated and lost, and Taiyuan fell. And Li Guo, under the attack of Tang Tong and the Qing army, also suffered heavy casualties and had to withdraw to Shaanxi. By the end of February, the whole of Shanxi had fallen.

After the capture of Shanxi, the Qing army was overjoyed, but due to the lack of troops and the long front, it took time to further consolidate the places that had just been occupied and Gyeonggi, Hebei and Shanxi, so Dolgon resolutely temporarily slowed down the pace of attacking Shaanxi.

Under the leadership of Hong Chengchou, he vigorously absorbed the elites and officials of the former Ming Shilin, and on the other hand, he announced that all the fields and assets seized by the Shun army would be returned to the owner, and the levy of Liao, expropriation and levy during the Chongzhen period would be stopped, and the artisan households would be exempted, and the military household system should be abolished. A series of measures improved the brutal image of the Qing army in repeatedly entering the Qing army, killing and plundering, especially after recruiting a large number of former Ming civil and military officials and scholars, and quickly gained a firm foothold in Gyeonggi.

After Feng Quan became a scholar of the Inner Court, he was ordered to restore the Imperial City of the former Ming Dynasty, and thanks to Dolgon's "knowing people and making good use of them", Feng Quan, who was in his sixties, ran around various construction sites in the Imperial City every day, despite his old age and frailty. The gold and silver plundered by the Dashun army of the former Ming Dynasty, and a considerable part of it became the spoils of the Qing army, so it was more than enough to repair the imperial city.

Early in the morning of February 12, Feng Quan got up early and entered the palace as always, and just arrived near the Qianqing Palace, he saw a large number of Qing army officials in brocade clothes and ermine furs standing in front of the palace and pointing.

Feng Quan rubbed his eyes, and saw that Dolgon, Duoduo, Ganglin, Fan Wencheng and others were among them, and he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly walked up to meet him.

"Minister Feng Quan knocks to see the regent!"

As soon as Dolgon turned around, he saw Feng Quan, smiled and helped him up, "Mr. Zhenlu has worked hard, when the thief withdrew from the capital, he set fire to the imperial city, and there are many places in the Forbidden City, I can't imagine that it has only been more than a month, and Mr. Zhenlu can actually restore the palace to its current appearance." I heard that Mr. came here to supervise the work before dawn every day, and only left the palace when it was dark, this time was really Mr. Lao, and the king of Japan set up a banquet, and he must pay more tribute to Mr. A few cups during the banquet! ”

Feng Quan thanked him with trepidation, and then replied: "Lord, look at the current process, the minister will have about two months, and the imperial city should be able to restore the old view, and then the prince will be able to enter the palace to preside over the overall situation!" “

Dolgon raised his eyebrows, not paying attention to the hint in Feng Quan's words, but turned around, stepped up the steps, and walked into the newly renovated Qianqing Palace hall.

The stone floor of the temple had been wiped clean, the carved pillars were freshly decorated, and the new dragon chair was high up, which for a moment made Dolgon feel dizzy.

Dolgon walked forward, and all the civil and military forces behind him also followed behind, and before they reached the imperial steps, everyone stopped, but Dolgon continued to walk upward.

In the crowd, Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng secretly exchanged the following glances, but the light in their eyes became complicated.

Dolgon's palm caresses the imperial bookcase, and then gently slices his fingers across the armrest of the dragon chair, and the intricately carved coiled dragon on the dragon chair glitters, making people can't help but feel excited.

Dolgon's throat throbbed, but when he turned back, he was as calm as ever.

Duoduo stood at the bottom of the stairs with his hands in his hands, but his face was triumphant, "Brother, why don't you sit down!" ”

His Royal Highness's ministers suddenly changed their faces, and they all lowered their heads, but the confidants and important ministers echoed loudly.

"Hugh is noisy!" With a smile on his face, Dolgon whispered to the crowd and walked down slowly. "This king has lowered his order with the emperor and the queen mother, please come to Beijing to ascend the throne and sit in Beijing. The Qianqing Palace is the land of the Son of Heaven, how can it be transgressed! Wait a long time! ”

After walking around the Qianqing Palace for a while, the ministers gradually dispersed, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou also retired and left, and only Dolgon and a group of henchmen were left in the huge Qianqing Palace.

Duoduo then said, "Brother, do you really want to take the emperor to Beijing?" ”

"Naturally, it's true, a few days ago, the concert had been sent out of the Beijing division quickly, and I thought it was already out of Shanhaiguan at this time!" Dorgon replied nonchalantly.

Duoduo was suddenly a little annoyed, "Brother, this country was brought down by us with a knife and a shot, so cheap Fulin's stinky kid!" ”

"Shut up!" Dorgon exclaimed, "How can these words be nonsense? ”

"I can't figure it out!" Duoduo simply sat on the imperial steps, pointed to the dragon chair and said: "Today's Qing Dynasty, if it weren't for the bloody battle between our brothers and the sons under our command, how could it be possible to enter the customs so lightly and occupy such a large territory as Beijing, Hebei, and Shanxi. From Huang Ama to the fourth, how much effort was spent and how many Manchurian elites were killed in battle, it was always difficult to enter the Central Plains. But our brothers won such a large territory in one battle, and the southerners had to bow down to the vassals, which is a great achievement that no one in my Qing Dynasty can match. is to sit on the dragon chair ninety-five supreme position, who can say irresponsible things? ”

Qi Chongge and Ning Wan saw that the Dolgon brothers were about to quarrel, and the two hurriedly stood up to play a round, Qi Chongge helped Duoduo up and said warmly: "The fifteenth master should not be anxious, how can the big thing we have been planning give up halfway, and now although the Central Plains is settled, it has not yet completely gained a firm foothold." The Han people pay attention to their reputation, and blindly seizing the throne by force will inevitably have a weak foundation, and the prince is far-sighted, and what he wants is to benefit the great cause of future generations, so naturally he can't be in a hurry! ”

Ning Wan also added: "That's the truth, Haoge and Prince Zheng Ji'er Harang are still outside the customs, they are also auxiliary princes, we must restrain them first, we will have a chance of winning, right?" ”

Dolgon frowned, "Count the days, it's been a month since Hauge returned to the outside of the pass, why hasn't there been any news from Huo Wu and He Luohui?" ”

Qi Chongge smiled, "The slave is now going to persuade the prince not to be anxious!" Li Dingguo's troops entered Liaodong, Dingzhou and Yizhou fell one after another, and the outside of the border was shaken. With so many people returning to help outside the Guan, the ministers outside the Guanxi will never find fault with the prince, but the Queen Mother is afraid that she will be frightened by this. But rest assured, our planning is extremely meticulous, and we will definitely not go on a business trip, He Luohui and Huo Wu are both meticulous characters, I believe that after a while, there will be good news coming! ”

Duoduo jumped up all of a sudden, "Brother, since there is a big event arranged, why don't you tell me about it?" ”

Dolgon looked at his younger brother angrily and punched him in the chest, "Tell you? Your big mouth without a door has long been known to everyone, do I dare to say it to you? ”

Duoduo rubbed his chest, but he laughed out loud.

Looking at the dragon chair on the royal steps, Dorgon's eyes gradually became solemn. Zhu Ping'an's sudden dispatch of troops to Liaodong turned a bad thing into a good thing, if it weren't for this, he Dolgon would have no reason to send Haoge, a confidant, back to Guanwai.

Although Dingzhou and Yizhou were lost, the current situation made the empress dowager and the emperor have to rely more on Dolgon. Dolgon's army conquered the city in the Central Plains, creating an unprecedented situation for the Manchus. At this time, Haoge, as the auxiliary political and diligent king, had to return to Guanwai, which had nothing to do with these great achievements, on the other hand, Haoge's return to Shengjing was a golden opportunity for Dolgon to create a zào, an opportunity to break him into a situation of no return.

As long as Haoge falls, the rest of Zilharang will be alone, and when the time comes, it will be a matter of course for the emperor and the queen mother to enter the customs, as long as they arrive in Beijing, they will be Dolgon's family, who else can compete? R1152