Maybe it's because the opponent once took away his own big money.

Or perhaps because he had to give up on Beijing and lost his self-confidence in dominating the world.

Li Zicheng is much more timid than Zhu Cihong imagined.

Since Niu Chenghu's troops occupied Zezhou and controlled the canyon passage south to Henan, Li Zicheng stopped using troops against Shanxi. He even ordered Li Guo to retreat to Yulin, stick to northern Shaanxi, and give up the opportunity to completely annihilate Tangtong, and even gave up the opportunity to set up a bridgehead in Shanxi.

In the face of Li Zicheng's curling, the Qing court also showed the intention of reconciliation. First of all, they no longer shouted with great fanfare to fight for the Ming thieves, and at the same time shrank the strength of the western Jin Dynasty, only arranging road piers along the Yellow River, and clearly indicating that the carriages and horses would concentrate on Liliang to attack the Ming army entrenched in the eastern Jin Dynasty.

By the middle of October of the seventeenth year, this situation had finally become more and more apparent.

Wu Sangui, the king of Guangning, took the lead in stationing Dingxiang with 60,000 Guan Liao troops, followed by Kong Youde, the king of Gongshun, with 30,000 Han troops of the Red Banner. At this point, the Qing army had more than 100,000 troops in Shanxi. What is sad is not the numerical pressure of 100,000 troops, but the fact that in a war of this scale, the children of the Han family died.

I have to admit that in this troubled world, people's reputation is often closely related to their own strength.

After Meng Qiaofang was appointed as the governor of Shanxi, he quickly formed his own Fubiao battalion and took a piece of meat from Jiang Jiu's body. He also knew very well that he should let professional people do professional things, and completely relied on Wu Sangui in terms of strategic arrangements, and suppressed Ye Chen, Jiang Hao and others.

Wu Sangui is probably the most proficient person in this era, running when he should run, and he will not be timid when he should fight. Later generations only remember that he led the wolf into the house, but they often forget that he once broke into the camp of 3,000 Jiannu with 28 horsemen and rescued his father Wu Xiang. At that time, people called him "the brave champion of the three armies, filial piety to the nine sides". Far from flattering.

"Yuxian can't beat it." Wu Sangui personally inspected the terrain, and even changed into civilian clothes and pretended to be a business traveler to go to Guantoubao to watch a jujube core ball show. In the end, he came to the conclusion that as long as the Ming army set up 500 troops here, the eastern captives would have to fill it with 50,000 soldiers. The Guantou Fort is only the first line of defense in Yuxian County, and there are Da Nan Gou, Xiao Nan Gou, and Lujiayu Pass behind it, all of which are in hand. Thousands of rotten and dangerous terrain.

Meng Qiaofang arched his hand slightly and said, "How does the prince think he should fight?" ”

In terms of title, Wu Sangui is the prince, and Meng Qiaofang is just a Maile Ezhen, which is a world of difference. However, in terms of position, Wu Sangui, the king of Guangning, is only the chief soldier of a town at the moment, while Meng Qiaofang is the highest civil official in charge of a province. The most important thing is that Wu Sangui is Han, but Meng Qiaofang is a banner man.

"Leave 10,000 horses to lock the mouth of Yu'er. It is enough not to let the enemy of Yuxian advance westward. Wu Sangui pointed on the map and said: "The army went south, attacked Liaozhou (now Zuoquan County) and Qinzhou (now Qin County) from the narrow road of Taiyue Mountain, and first took Lu'an Mansion." ”

Meng Qiaofang counted the strength of the Qing army in Shanxi in his heart, and also felt that this arrangement was the most efficient. He smiled and said: "I still have to work hard for the prince, and go south to attack Liaozhou first." ”

Wu Sangui straightened his waist, and said after a long time: "My Wu family has received the grace of the Ming Dynasty, and I can't bear to add one arrow." Our army will first be stationed in Taiyuan Mansion, and you will take Zezhou. Open up the road to Henan Province in the south, and the king led his own troops to take Tongguan. Kill the rebellion. ”

Meng Qiaofang's face changed slightly. He had long heard that Wu Sangui called the Ming Dynasty "my dynasty" and the Qing Dynasty "your country", obviously because he was surrendering his heart and not surrendering. However, even if Wu Sangui's Guan Liao army is not available, there is still Kong Youde's Han military flag. This time, Kong Youde also brought five red-coated cannons, and it may not be difficult to bombard the checkpoint of the Ming Army.

"It doesn't matter, if you want to come to the king, you are willing to take this great merit." Meng Qiaofang's tone was gentle. returned Wu Sangui's sentence.

- Yongcai, if you don't fight on the Beizhi side, no matter how lively Shanxi is, it will be half the effort.

Wu Sangui sneered: "Please let me know when the time comes." ”

Meng Qiaofang picked up the teacup.

Wu Sangui didn't wait for the little guy to shout "send off", he had already gotten up and walked out.

Looking at Wu Sangui's back, the little guy standing behind Meng Qiaofang couldn't pull out his gaze for a long time. It wasn't until Wu Sangui stopped and looked back as if he felt that he turned his gaze to the ground, staring at a small ant crawling out of the crack in the brick.

This smart and clever little guy was given by Meng Qiaofang in Beijing, because he was good at his fists and feet and could read and write, so he took it with him, which was quite effective.

Of course, Meng Qiaofang is not the only one who thinks this little guy is powerful, Xu Dian holds a steady stream of information from the Shanxi Governor's Department, and also feels that this intelligence officer codenamed "Yizhimei" is very powerful.

Now that Song Hongye is watching in Beijing, every move of the Qing army in North China cannot escape the eyes of the crown prince, so the focus of Jinyiwei's work will be shifted to Shanxi. After burying three nails beside Meng Qiaofang in one go, Xu Dian began to arrange the intelligence network from Datong to Taiyuan, and felt that there was a shortage of manpower and talents were rare.

In such a tense situation, Xu Dian was ordered to not only set up eyes and ears in various prefectures, but also to prepare "isolated islands" in the countryside of Taiyuan Prefecture to provide cover and supplies for the exploration horses infiltrated by the Ming Dynasty. This is really the fulfillment of Xu Dan's intention of "realizing self-worth" and "surpassing self-limit".

A tunpu is not as simple as a shop.

In order to set up a garrison in the enemy-occupied area that can be replenished, it is necessary not only to settle the relationship between officials and faces, but also to have enough reliable manpower.

Xu Dian soon discovered from the clues that the crown prince was particularly fond of these "exploration horses".

The crown prince transferred some veterans from the brocade guards to teach these detectives the methods of torture to extract confessions. Grabbing the tongue and torturing the enemy is the old business of exploring horses, why bother to learn from the brocade guard? Isn't that a knife to kill a chicken? Immediately, he heard that the East Palace had called the Tsing Yi doctor, the account office, the woodcutter, the hunter, and even the monk and the Taoist priest...... All sorts of people went to teach these horses.

This is no ordinary pony.

Zhu Cihong is only responsible for assigning tasks and ensuring that the tasks do not exceed the execution ability of his subordinates. The rest will be done by his subordinates, and he will only accept the results and reward and punish the crime.

After handing over the power to Zuo Shouyi, Zhu Cihong left Yuxian County and went to Zezhou to inspect Niu Chenghu's 2,000 headquarters of the 3rd Battalion.

Zezhou has Taiyue Mountain in the west, Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain in the south, and Taihang Mountain in the east. Unfortunately, the flow of water from Qinshui and Danshui is not large enough to carry out extensive hydroelectric workshops and shipping, but it is no problem to use it to irrigate farmland.

It's not just about farming, it's about mining. Zezhou is the hometown of coal and iron, especially the treasure land of resources with thick coal seams, good quality, shallow burial and easy mining. As for the use of iron ore, it will take more effort to bypass the chaotic situation of Henan, first go north and then south, and send it to Xuzhou.

In the military hall of the Zezhou Prefecture, the huge sand table shows the mountains, roads, rivers, checkpoints, and the distribution of the garrison in the entire Zezhou Basin. Artillery, as an important weapon, is also marked on it. This room is not allowed to be entered, and the door is heavily guarded, and only a colonel-level officer can enter it with Niu Chenghu's approval.

Zhu Cihong was surrounded by a group of staff officers in the middle, listening to the report of the 2,000th Headquarters of the 3rd Guards Battalion.

Niu Chenghu held his head high, stood beside Zhu Cihong, and said nothing.

He Xingmeng, the chief of staff of the Second General Headquarters, used to be a student in the countryside, working as a teacher in the countryside, good at "dragon slaying skills", and often discussed the gains and losses of the world with others. In four or five hundred years, his hobbies and energies could be met and vented on various forums on the Internet. At present, he can only leave his hometown, abandon his pen and become a staff officer.

The smaller the staff, the more complicated the tasks they are in charge of, and they lack strategic vision. A talent like He Xingmeng, who is proficient in the "Three Kingdoms", can be appointed as a scholar of the Inner Academy in the hands of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, and Niu Chenghu will naturally pull such a dazzling scholar into the staff department of the Second General Headquarters.

"Your Highness, as long as you can allow our department to expand the four divisions, whether it is out of Pingyang Mansion (now Linfen) in the east, or Huaiqing Mansion (now Qinyang, Henan) and Henan Mansion (now Luoyang) in the south, it is absolutely invincible!" The chief of staff said with a mouthful of foam: "As long as the independent battalion moves westward and obtains Guide Mansion (Shangqiu) and Kaifeng Mansion, pig iron will continue to be sent to Xuzhou." (To be continued......)

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