In October of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the Qing court completely moved to Beijing, in addition to repairing the Forbidden City, but also re-customized the Manchurian and Mongolian Han names of each gate and palace in the palace, which has the meaning of settling here. Because of Zilharang, who was also the regent, and because of the stain on the defeat of the stone pillar of Bahana on the southern road, Dolgon had to agree to agree to Hauge's restoration of the prince's title at the Council of the Eight Kings and return to the blue banner.

In exchange, the ministers of the Two Yellow Banners also recognized the division of territory since the entry of the customs, and promised in the name of the emperor that they would not encroach on their land and population when the Two White Banners sent troops.

Just like the advancement of the original historical script, this Eight Kings Council also made a distribution for the future division of the Ming territory.

In the original plane, Dolgon's two white flags were captured in the northwest and south of the river. The former is a military town, and the latter is a source of wealth, which can be said to have taken advantage of the benefits; Jierharang, Haoge and the two yellow flags were divided into the hinterland of the Central Plains and Sichuan in the southwest, which can be regarded as a rich land; Wu Sangui and King Sanshun were assigned to Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangzhou, and other places, which were already the same places as leftovers, but they were later exterminated by cutting down the domain.

Under the current situation, the occupation of the northwest and south of the Yangtze River by the two white flags has become a bubble. The Qing court still used the slogan of rewarding Wu Sangui from the former country of Guangning to appease the soldiers and horses of Liaozhen to work for him. With new cannons being sent to the fort every day on the Zhencang line, no prince or Baylor in the south was willing to touch the nails.

The eyes of the Ming, Shun and Qing dynasties all fell on Shanxi.

Today's Shanxi has become a common key point for the three parties.

Without Shanxi, Beijing would have no barrier and would have to face Li Zicheng's army of hundreds of thousands.

Without Shanxi, the Qing army would be trapped in a region, and people could only withdraw from the pass in the end.

Without Shanxi, the western flank of the East Palace was exposed to the swords and guns of the intruding army and the Qing army. There is no way to develop the farmland in North China, let alone keep Henan.

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October of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Shanxi, Taiyuan Mansion.

"Now the area from Datong to Taiyuan is in the hands of our army. A few days ago, Tang Tong stabbed Li Guo in the back anyway, but was chased by Li Guo across the Yellow River. At the moment, it is still a stalemate in the state of Palde. The first part of Yuan Zong occupied the southwest of Jin, and it seemed that it was the vanguard of the rebellion into Jin, and he had to guard against it. ”

Yang Zhenwei was dressed in a cloak, facing his boss sitting in the hall, and continued: "In this situation, the enemy in western Jin is the great enemy of our army, and there will be a battle in the future. Therefore, our army must seize Yuxian before starting a war with the rebels. Control the solid level to relieve the worries of the back. ”

As the deputy general of Datong, Yang Zhenwei knew very well that the situation in Shanxi could not be solved by Ye Chen's army and the Datong army. However, he just made a comprehensive introduction, and it can be regarded as a confession to the new boss, and the specific fight still has to be decided by the adults in the hall.

There were three people in the hall, two of them were dressed in military uniforms, it was Ye Chen and Jiang Xuan. The other sat high in the center, dressed in civilian attire. Judging from his appearance, he is an out-and-out martial artist.

This person is Meng Qiaofang, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, the son of Meng Guoyong, the general soldier of Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, he guarded Yongping as a deputy general. Chongzhen fell in Yongping in the third year, he surrendered to Huang Taiji, and was still appointed as a deputy general, and now he is the left servant of the Criminal Department, and he is also the Maile Ezhen of the Han Army with the Red Banner.

Since the Qing court has already divided the pie, the two white flags will naturally be able to go west with all their might. The army was dispatched. Pioneers are important. Meng Qiaofang knows the Northwest Generation well, and happens to be the guide and pioneer of the army's westward expedition. After Meng Qiaofang, the armies of Wu Sangui and Kong, Shang, and Geng Sanshun were also allocating grain and grass, and they would soon march westward.

Only when these Han troops had swept away the enemy soldiers would Azig and Duoduo follow with the forces of Manchuria with two white flags. Occupy the place.

As for the Mongolian Eight Banners, according to the intention of the Parliamentary Assembly, they should be sent back to their stations outside the customs when the situation is stable.

Although the Mongol cavalry was not to be underestimated, the Manchurians did not intend to give a piece of land to these herders.

Meng Qiaofang, who was nearly half a hundred years old, stroked his beard gently, listened to Yang Zhenwei's report, and recalled the situation when he had just entered Taiyuan City.

The founding age of this ancient city can be traced back to the time of Yin Shang, destroyed in the Song Dynasty, Xing in the Yuan, in the Ming Dynasty for the Jin Dynasty where the palace is located, the head of the nine important towns. Because of the identity of the third son of King Zhu 61 of the Jin Dynasty, Taiyuan City opened eight gates, set up 12 gatehouses, built 92 small buildings around the city, and 32 enemy platforms, which is really worthy of its reputation as "Dragon City".

According to Meng Qiaofang's thoughts, if even Taiyuan can be defeated, where else can't it be defeated? When I arrived at the place, I realized that the so-called capture of Taiyuan was actually the defender who abandoned the city.

"It's gratifying that my Qing Dynasty occupied Taiyuan," Meng Qiaofang paused, "but the narrow road on the east side is still in the hands of the Ming army, which is unsettling." Fortunately, now that the Yu'er mouth is blocked, I finally don't have to worry about not being able to sleep. ”

It was Meng Qiaofang who ordered Jiang Xuan's troops Fan Zhuang and Ye Chen to garrison Li Huping and lock Yu'erkou. He was surprised that Ye Chen and Jiang Hao couldn't even let go of such an important strategic location, if the Ming army grabbed it first one day, wouldn't it be possible to go west to Taiyuan at any time?

Jiang Hao thought that Meng Qiaofang was too worried, and he was even more dissatisfied with a "deputy" general who put on his face in front of the general soldiers of his town. He said as if nothing had happened: "The Ming army didn't even occupy Xiyan Town, so it was obviously powerless." ”

Ten miles from Yuerkou to the east, it is an open land, with more than ten small villages. Forty miles further east, you will see a flat valley surrounded by mountains with an entrance and exit in between. This basin is 35 miles in circumference, only four miles wide entrances and exits, among which there are residents into thousands of households, there are nine markets every month, it is the most prosperous place between Yuxian and Taiyuan.

If more than 1,000 people are stationed in Xiyan Town, it can not only be used as a granary for the army, but also an important place for advancing and retreating. The most rare thing is that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as solid as an iron nail into a stone.

"If I had enough troops, I would have included this western tobacco in my bag a long time ago." Jiang Hao said.

Meng Qiaofang sneered: "There are people and horses who were sent to death in Danangou, which is enough to occupy Xiyan." ”

The so-called beating people does not slap the face, scolding people does not expose the shortcomings, Meng Qiaofang is clearly revealing Jiang Jiu's scars. Jiang Hao was naturally furious, and defended himself: "At that time, our army was pursuing and rebelling against Chen Yongfu's department and arresting fugitives, how did we know that the Ming army was secretly ambushing without knowing what to do?" What's more, at that time, our army was only 500 horsemen, but the Ming army had 35,000 people, even if it was placed in Xiyan, it could not be defended! ”

"Three five thousand? How did Jiang Shuai know? Meng Qiaofang didn't believe it, but felt that Jiang Hao deliberately exaggerated the strength of the Ming army to make excuses for his fiasco. As far as he knew, the Ming army in the entire Zhending direction did not exceed 5,000, could it be that they were all ambushed in Yuxian? What's more, as soon as you hear the name Da Nangou, you know that it is a typical ravine, and if you really put three or five thousand people, the Ming army itself will not be able to move.

"There are more than ten Hongyi cannons, and there are not three or five thousand people!" Jiang Hao was deduced from the number of artillery, although it is not accurate, but it cannot be miscalculated from common sense.

The Ming army had much more artillery than the Qing army, but counting the strength of the artillery and artillery discharge, plus the auxiliary troops transporting gunpowder and shells, it was impossible to average two hundred people to one cannon.

"And where did this troop go? Why not occupy the West Smoke? Meng Qiaofang asked.

"I must have gone to Lu'an Mansion." Jiang Hao said: "Naturally, there is no spare strength to occupy Xiyan, and the rest of the troops are fortified in Da Nangou and Xiao Nan Gou." ”

Meng Qiaofang gently pulled his beard, and also felt that Jiang Hao was reasonable. From a tactical point of view, Xiyan is indeed very important. But looking at the entire Qin, Jin, and Henan provinces, Shangdang's hometown is obviously more valuable. If there are really only a few thousand troops, it is indeed a wise move to defend Yuxian and attack the party.

"This Ming army is also a problem." Meng Qiaofang frowned, feeling that he was still too light when he was in Beijing.

"It's very troublesome," Jiang Hao disagreed, "They must go to Henan when they beat Lu'an Mansion, and the Ming army here in Shanxi definitely didn't dare to fight hard with me." ”

"This is not the case......" Meng Qiaofang was just about to use the lessons of Shi Tingzhu and Bahana to educate Jiang Huang, when he suddenly saw the figure outside the military tent shaking, and shouted violently: "Who is outside the tent!" Smugglers of military aircraft! ”

A soldier immediately rushed in outside, and it turned out to be Meng Qiaofang's Goshha.

Na Goshha knelt down and said: "Report to the master, the granary set up by our army in Li Huping was burned down by the Ming army!" ”

Meng Qiaofang stood up suddenly: "Nonsense! How can the granary town be easily burned down! ”

Nagoshha's body shrank slightly, and he hurriedly said: "Master, the night before yesterday, the Ming army did sneak into the granary, and the 5,000 stone army grain was burned...... They also left a font size ......" (to be continued......)

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