Fang Xiaoyan didn't dare to slack off, this time it was about the life and death of the whole army, he prepared three fast horses, one person and three horses to Nanyang Mansion, Xu Yun was not at ease, and forcibly asked to follow him, Fang Xiaoyan gritted his teeth, took Xu Yun and five fast horses, and galloped towards Nanyang Mansion.

The Ming army chose to retreat tactically, Liu Liangzuo led the army into the air, he was not afraid to fight with the Ming army, but he was afraid of being joined by the Ming army and the Great Western Army.

Destroying the main force of the Ming army, he withdrew with his army to Runing Province.

Hatai was camping in Xiping City, he did not eliminate a Ming soldier, but he was in a very good mood, because Liu Liangzuo eliminated the Ming army troops in Xiping City, after Liu Liangzuo came back, he reported to him that the Ming army retreated, he did not dare to go deep alone, temporarily retreated, and Hatai asked whether to pursue the Ming army.

Similar to Liu Liangzuo's thoughts, Hatai was also worried that the Ming army and the Great Western Army would join forces, so he asked his generals to go to the capital to report the military situation in Henan to the regent, and asked the translator to say to Liu Liangzuo: "From today onwards, I will lead my troops to garrison Xiping City, and you will withdraw the troops in Nanyang Mansion and garrison the western part of Runing Mansion to ensure that our army is not besieged by the Ming Army and the Great Western Army." ”

After the translation was finished, Liu Liangzuo rested in the city for one night, and the next day he led his troops on the road to Nanyang Mansion.

The Qing army in Nanyang Mansion was passively avoided the battle because Liu Liangzuo took away some of the elite soldiers, and in the face of Li Dingguo's attack.

It was also because the Qing army was a shrinking turtle, and the Great Western Army could not break through the Qing army's city in several attacks, and Li Dingguo was also a little annoyed that his eldest brother Sun Kewang lost a large number of soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army in the early stage, resulting in a shortage of manpower in his troops, which was not enough to storm the Qing army to garrison the city.

When Liu Liangzuo returned with his troops, Li Dingguo wanted to retreat temporarily, but after Liu Liangzuo arrived, he led the Qing army to retreat to Runing Mansion, which made a group of generals of the Great Western Army stare at him.

Sun Kewang was eager to make meritorious contributions, eager to avenge the Qing army, and in the name of the superintendent Nanyang Mansion, he ordered all troops and horses to pursue the Qing army, Li Dingguo raised objections, which Sun Kewang refused.

As a last resort, the Great Western Army pursued the Qing army under the command of Sun Kewang, and Liu Liangzuo laid a heavy ambush on the way to retreat, waiting for the Great Western Army to come and pursue.

Tens of thousands of Great Western Army from various fronts, into the Qing army arranged ambush circle, was killed by the Qing army, heavy losses, Sun Kewang was almost captured by the Qing army, if it were not for Li Dingguo's bravery, the Great Western Army would be defeated by the Qing army again.

This pursuit resulted in the loss of two-thirds of the soldiers and horses of the Great Western Army, and Li Dingguo led the Xiaocai Battalion and the Tiger Battalion to lose three out of ten, and the other battalions were either completely annihilated by the Qing army or surrendered to the whole battalion.

Seeing that the momentum was booming, Liu Liangzuo asked a small number of troops to withdraw to Runing Mansion, and he led a large army to storm the western city of Nanyang Mansion, and even pulled out the military stronghold of the Great Western Army in Nanyang Mansion in one go.

The Qing army was unstoppable, the remnants of the Great Western Army had no strength to fight, Li Dingguo thought that he could not fight hard with the Qing army, and escorted Sun Kewang to retreat to Henan Mansion.

The Great Western Army still had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Henan Mansion, and Sun Kewang withdrew to Henan Mansion, meaning that his military ability was not as good as Li Dingguo, so he appointed Li Dingguo as the overseer of Henan Mansion and the military governor of Henan Mansion.

Li Dingguo held the military command of Henan Mansion and could let go of his hands and feet to fight the Qing army, but Liu Liangzuo withdrew at this time.

Before the Qing army retreated, Nanyang Mansion was burned, the Great Western Army operated in Nanyang Mansion for several months, and was completely destroyed by the Qing army.

But think about it again, Liu Liangzuo is the chief soldier of the Green Battalion, and the Qing Dynasty needs the Green Battalion to fight the world, he greeted Liu Liangzuo's victorious return with a smile, and also gave Liu Liangzuo a big house and ten women, in order to show his trust in Liu Liangzuo.

Liu Liangzuo was rewarded by Hatai, and his heart was beautiful, in his opinion, the Ming army was still mud, fortunately he surrendered to the Qing army, if he continued to fight in the Ming army's camp, he would have been wiped out by the Qing army.

He happily became Hatai's attendant, and Hatai told him that he had sent people to the capital to report the military situation to the regent, and believed that reinforcements would arrive in Henan soon, and they only needed to hold on to Runing Mansion.

"The Sword Comes"

Because the Qing army was fighting with the Great Western Army, the Qing army lost a lot of soldiers and horses, and Hatai was also a little worried about the lack of troops, so Liu Liangzuo expanded the army, which was Liu Liangzuo's specialty.

After a one-pass operation, the Qing army recovered to more than 70,000 people in terms of numbers, of which it was combatable

There were more than 40,000 people in the army, and the rest were strong men, only suitable for defense and logistics.

The size of the Qing army in Runing Mansion was restored, and Hatai and Liu Liangzuo sat in Runing Mansion, waiting for the main force of the Qing army to move south again and completely eliminate the Ming army in Jiangbei, the Dashun army and the Daxi army.

Dolgon, who was in the capital, received information that Hatai was besieged by the Ming army and the Great Western Army, and he was very hesitant, whether to continue the fierce battle in the Guan, or to withdraw the population and wealth in the Guannai to the Guanwai?

After all, the southern tip of the Goryeo Peninsula has been captured by the Fusang people, and if the Goryeo people had not risen up to resist the Fuso army's northward advance, the entire peninsula would have become the territory of the Fusang people.

The peninsula is the back garden of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which is not allowed to be coveted by others, but Dolgon's troops are only so many, and at the same time there is a war in the pass and the pass, the Qing army cannot afford to consume, Dolgon summoned the Manchu and Ming ministers to discuss whether to go south or north?

After the ministers arrived, Dolgon asked the ministers whether they should withdraw to the outside of the pass, or should they destroy the remnants of the Ming and other military forces in the pass, and then go to the decisive battle outside the pass?

He thought that the Manchurians would choose to withdraw to Guanwai and hold the land of Longxing, while the Ming ministers were attached to their homeland and refused to return to Guanwai.

But the result really made him lose his eyes, most of the Manchu civil and military generals did not want to return to the place outside the Guan, and they all felt that the Huahua World in the Guanai was the place where people lived.

The Ming ministers did not have much say in the imperial court, and when they saw that most of the Manchus asked to be in the Guannei, the Ming ministers also agreed to continue to be stationed in the Guannai.

Manchu people entered the customs so degraded, Dolgon was angry, he angrily reprimanded the ministers, for the sake of the Guannei Huahua world forgot the land of Longxing, the more he scolded, the more excited he became, and finally ordered to retreat from the court, let the ministers go back.

But after Dolgon retired from the court, he asked people to invite Hong Chengchou, Daishan and other important ministers of the court, and Duoduo has been at home these days, and he was also invited to the palace by Dolgon.

Dorgon was the first to come to Dorgon's study, and saw that Zilharan was not there, so he kindly reminded Dolgon that he had invited Zilharan this time.

When it comes to Zilharang, Dolgon is a little unhappy, Jierharang was captured by the Dashun army, in order to save Jilharang, Dolgon used Liu Zongming, Tian Jianxiu and other captured high-ranking officers of the Dashun army to exchange him back.

When Zilharang returned to the court, he became much older, and his prestige declined greatly as he was captured by the Dashun army.

Dorgon told Zilharan to go home to recuperate, and Zilharan knew what it meant, and when he returned, he closed his door and stayed up, boxing and drinking all day, so that he was not happy.

He was far away from the Manchu power center, but this time it was about the Manchu strategic choice, and Dolgon thought about it and invited Zilharang.

He asked Dodor to invite Zilharan himself, and Dorgon had just left the house, and Dorgon told him to wait, and he and Dodor went to Zilharang's house to meet him.

Gil Harang was raised at home, but his heart was still concerned about the current situation, Dolgon kept him away from the center, but did not restrict his freedom, Zilharang heard from many channels the movements of the Dashun army, the Ming army, the Daxi army, and the Fusang people of the Goryeo Peninsula were attacking the remnants of the Goryeo army.

He was very eager to return to the army, and led the main force of the Eight Banners back to Guannai to hold the Manchu base camp, just when he wanted to return to the army, the slave ran to him and said in a panic: "Uncle, the regent and Prince Yu are here." ”

Hearing of Dolgon and Dodor's arrival, Zilharan smiled and thought that his opportunity had finally come.

When Dorgon and Dorgon came to the palace, they were very polite and respectful, and Zirharang did not rely on the old man to sell the old, and greeted Dorgon with the courtesy of a king, and Dorgon humbly explained his intention to him, and Zirharan listened quietly to Dorgon before expressing his opinion.

"I thought that we would select elite soldiers to withdraw to Guanwai, defend the land of Longxing, and wait for the war in Guannei to end, and then go outside Guanwai to expel the Fusang people."

This coincided with Dolgon, who was pleased that Zilharang had supported him and decided to return Zilharan to the army.

"Uncle, how are these days?"

"Regent, his body is stiff."

Zilharang patted his chest, saying that he could continue to charge for the Qing Dynasty, and Dolgon said to him: "Uncle, this king wants to protect the land outside the pass, and the uncle has a strong body, so the uncle will go to the pass, and the king can rest assured." ”

Zilharang, who was also an old fox, gladly went to work, but there was a request, and Dolgon did not agree, so he did

Refuse to return to the outside of the border.

Dolgon generously agreed to any of his requests, and Zilharang offered to lead 20,000 Eight Banner soldiers, as well as Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi and other 200,000 Green Battalion soldiers to garrison outside the Guan.

This request was opposed by Duoduo, who believed that there could not be so many green battalion soldiers in his hometown outside the Guan, and that the number of Eight Banner soldiers should be increased and the number of green battalion soldiers should be reduced.

As long as Shanhaiguan is still in the hands of the Qing army, the green battalion soldiers will not be able to withdraw back, and they will be forced to defend Shengjing and other cities for the Qing army.

Zilharang got Dolgon's consent and went to the barracks to order troops, and Dolgon also returned to the palace, asked the eunuch to draft a holy decree, and once again used Zilharang as the commander of Guanwai, and sent troops to garrison Shengjing and other cities outside Guanwai.

Dolgon's move has shown his determination, Hong Chengchou, Dai Shan, Azig and others will not say more, but Dolgon asked Wu Sangui to continue to fight in the pass, so as not to jump outside the pass.

The 20,000 Eight Banner soldiers and the 200,000 Green Battalion soldiers soon embarked on the road to Guanwai, and Wu Sangui, who did not go to Guanwai, was moved, thinking that Dolgon let him continue to fight in Guannei, which was a gift to him, and it was also a trust and reuse.

He asked Ying to go to Henan, defeat the Ming army and the Great Western Army in the Henan area, and then annihilate the Chongzhen court in the north and south.

In the eyes of most of the green battalion soldiers, to garrison outside the pass is that the Manchurians do not trust it, and the green battalion army stationed in the pass is to enter the eyes of the Manchurians, and many green battalion generals have expressed their loyalty and are willing to eliminate hostile forces for the Qing army.

Seeing that the army's heart was available, Dolgon decided to send troops to destroy the Dashun army, the Daxi army and the Chongzhen court in Jiangbei in the first half of 1646.

He formulated a three-way military strategy, Azig was the general of the expedition to the west, led 30,000 Eight Banner soldiers, and 200,000 Green Battalion soldiers to attack the Chongzhen court and the Dashun army in Shanxi.

Duoduo was the general of the expedition to the south, leading 40,000 Eight Banner soldiers and 150,000 green battalion soldiers to attack the Ming Army and the Great Western Army in Henan.

Bolo is the general reserve, 30,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners, 400,000 soldiers of the Green Battalion are stationed in Beizhili, after the war on the front line, the task is to be responsible for the grain and grass and replenishment of troops, he is also the largest infantry and horse troops, and Dolgon has a million soldiers, aiming to dominate the world.

The Qing army's war machine was running again, and the Qing army's first offensive target was the Chongzhen court in Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi, after the Chongzhen court took root in Pingyang Mansion, it was supported by a large number of rebels, and the Chongzhen court had as many as 300,000 soldiers and horses in Shanxi, which was already the strongest strength in Shanxi.

But these 300,000 troops, most of them are a group of rebels with no military experience, and their weapons and equipment are also in tatters, less than one-tenth of the firearms troops, and even less cavalry, but with 300,000 soldiers and horses, the Chongzhen court began to expand its power outward.

Before expanding its power, a large number of Chongzhen court details entered the territory of the Qing army, although most of the details entered the territory of the Qing army, either captured by the Qing army, or became traitors, only a very small number of details succeeded in bringing back intelligence.

The monarchs and ministers of the Chongzhen court brought back information from Xizuo and learned that the Qing army was planning a huge military operation.

Zhu Youzhen convened three court meetings within one day to discuss how to defeat the Qing army, and most of the ministers believed that the imperial court had 300,000 soldiers and horses, and it was completely capable of blocking the Qing army's attack, and perhaps it could defeat the Qing army and recover the capital in one go.

However, there are also a few ministers who think that the Qing army is strong and strong, most of the soldiers and horses in the imperial court are new soldiers, and the elite troops are very few, and they are not opponents of the Qing army at all, so they should join forces with the Great Western Army and the Great Shun Army as soon as possible.

There are also ministers who wrote to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to issue a holy decree to order Jiangnan soldiers and horses to go north, but this opinion was thrown under the table by Zhu Youzhen.

King Fu, King Tang, King Lu has become the climate, the Ming army under his command has long listened to the tune and does not listen to the Xuan, some forces do not recognize him as the emperor, he dispelled the idea of asking for help from the Ming army in Jiangnan, ordered Wu Dading, Mei Shifeng and other generals to strengthen training, to deal with the Qing army's large-scale attack, and let Li Jiantai, Wang Chengen as the messenger to the Dashun army, the Great Western Army, invited the two armies to resist the Qing army's attack.

The top brass of the Great Western Army and the Great Shun Army also knew that the Qing army was about to launch a new offensive, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong did not dare to despise the Qing army.

Before the Qing army attacked, the two envoys traveled back and forth between Yunyang Mansion and Xi'an Mansion to discuss how to staff the Ming army, and finally Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng met at the junction of Shaanxi and Huguang.