Another ten days passed.

The time came to the New Year's Day of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen.

As soon as the Ming army reached the northern foot of Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng County, it began to snow.

Looking at the goose feathers and heavy snow falling one after another, Chongzhen muttered: "It's New Year's Day, it's snowing, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen has become a thing of the past, and from today onwards it will be the eighteenth year of Chongzhen." ”

From this moment on, the world line officially broke away from its original trajectory.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen couldn't help but feel interested, thinking if he should copy a few poems?

But this good mood was soon shattered, for the pack horses and donkeys that were walking in front of them suddenly slipped and fell, and the whole procession was in disarray.

"What's going on?"

Kim Hyun asked.

A military general responded: "My lord, the mountain road is not easy to walk, and it has just snowed heavily, and the animals carrying the catapult components have slipped under their feet, and they have fallen a lot. ”

Jin Xuan hurriedly reported to Chongzhen, and said: "Shengshang, the catapult is useless anyway, just throw it away, right?" ”

Chongzhen sighed: "Although these catapults are useless, these woods are good wood, and they will definitely be of great use when transported back to Xuzhou, but since it is difficult to carry, forget it, throw it away." ”

Kim Hyun responded, and was about to turn around and leave but was stopped by Chongzhen.

"It's not enough to just throw it away." Chongzhen said, "Let's burn it." ”

Jin Xuan said: "The saint is worried that these timbers will fall into the hands of Jiannu, and then be used by Jiannu to build siege equipment and attack Luoyang City?" ”

"Won't it?" Zhu Cijiong didn't believe it, "Duoduo still dares to fight Luoyang? ”

"Duoduo is definitely not willing to withdraw his troops, and he will definitely fight Luoyang." Chongzhen said, "So this wood can't be left, it must be burned." ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen suddenly remembered that there were still many big trees in the Shaolin Temple.

At that moment, Chongzhen didn't do anything, and asked Wu to take more than 100 Yiding to Shaolin Temple, cut down all the big trees and burn them, anyway, none of them could be left.

Shaolin Temple also poured blood mold for eight lifetimes.

The property in the temple was robbed by all walks of life, and now even the temple has been kept for hundreds of years, and the big tree that was originally reserved for building the Daxiong Treasure Hall was also burned by the Ming army, if it were not for the old monks such as Master Xingzheng desperately stopped, the charcoal might really tear down the beams of the Thousand Buddha Hall and burn them.

……

But Chongzhen was indeed prescient.

After several failed attempts at the siege with a long ladder, Dordor ceased to attack and sent a large number of coats to collect wood from the surrounding counties.

Dodor prepares to rebuild various siege equipment such as chariots and ladders.

While sending the coat to collect wood, Duoduo let the remaining coat dig a trench around Luoyang City, preparing to completely trap the Dashun army in Luoyang City.

Although the Dolgon and Duoduo brothers hated Huang Taiji, they greatly respected Huang Taiji's military thoughts, and often imitated some of Huang Taiji's practices when fighting, such as digging trenches and besieging the city.

The Ming army has suffered hardships, but the Dashun army has not yet learned greatly.

So at the beginning, Li Zicheng didn't take this matter to heart at all.

When Li Zicheng reacted and wanted to send a messenger to Tongguan to deliver a letter to Liu Zongmin, he found that he couldn't get out, and the entire Luoyang City had been tightly surrounded by Jiannu.

But Li Zicheng didn't panic.

Because the food grabbed was enough for the 30,000 army to eat for more than half a year.

What's more, there is also the Hongyi cannon, so Li Zicheng is not worried.

……

Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and Chongzhen has arrived in Kaifeng Mansion.

Hearing that Chongzhen led the army to arrive, Chen Qianfu, the governor of Henan stationed in Kaifeng, hurriedly led a group of subordinate officials to greet him, and set up a banquet in the governor's yamen that night to entertain Chongzhen.

As soon as he looked at the dishes at the banquet, Chongzhen knew that Chen Qianfu had also fallen.

Because the current situation in Henan is not able to collect taxes and silver at all, and even has to use money to help the displaced people in turn, the current situation in Kaifeng is all dependent on the little money allocated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to maintain it.

But Chen Qianfu used the silver for him to eat and drink.

From this moment, Chongzhen had already put Chen Qianfu into another volume, but his face did not show it, on the contrary, he talked and laughed with Chen Qianfu.

Chen Qianfu said: "It's been more than two months since the saint went to Henan, I don't know what the results are?" ”

For Chongzhen's trip to Henan, the civil officials and military generals along the Huanghuai line are still very concerned, they are not only concerned about the success or failure of this battle, but also about Chongzhen's safety.

Now Chongzhen has returned safely.

I just don't know what the outcome of this battle will be?

"It's not good, but it's acceptable." Chongzhen smiled and said, "In short, the attempt of the Duoduo army to attack Tongguan has completely failed, and it is now facing off with the army of thieves in Henan. ”

[Note: Henan here refers to Henan Province, not Henan Province]

On the way back to Xuzhou, military reports about Henan kept coming.

Hu Guozhu, who came back with the letter of alliance, even brought back news of Tongguan.

It is said that Liu Zongmin has left Tongguan with an army of 150,000 and entered Xin'an County.

Duoduo left part of his army to continue to besiege Luoyang, and he returned to Xin'an with the main force of Jiannu to confront Liu Zongmin.

When he first got the news, Chongzhen was even in a trance, isn't this a fucking copy of the Battle of Songshan? It's just that the Ming army was replaced by the Dashun army, and Huang Taiji was also replaced by Duoduo.

However, the performance of those generals and generals of the Dashun Army should be better than those of the Ming Army's chief military officers in border towns, so the final result should be different, at least the fiasco should not be great.

Chongzhen said: "It should be difficult for the two sides to distinguish the winner in a short period of time. ”

"Oh yes?" Chen Qianfu smiled, "This is good news for my Daming. ”

"Good news? I'm afraid not necessarily. Chongzhen shook his head and said, "Lao Tzu said: Misfortune and fortune are relied on, and fortune and misfortune are lurking, this time I helped the thieves to relieve the danger of destroying the country, but there may not be a good result." ”

Chen Qianfu said: "The Holy One is worried that the thief will take revenge? ”

Jin Xuan said: "What the saint is worried about is not that the thief will take revenge, but that Jiannu may re-list my Daming as the number one rival, and then choose to reconcile with the thief and attack my Daming with all his might." ”

Chongzhen waved his hand and said abruptly: "I'm afraid it's not possible, but it's certain." ”

Although Dordor was still struggling, his expedition to the south was in fact a failure.

If nothing else, the army of Duoduo will withdraw due to the lack of food.

As soon as the Duoduo army withdrew, Li Zicheng could also mobilize all the main forces to go north to Yulin and have a final decisive battle with Azig's Western Route army.

In other words, this time, both the armies of Azig and Duoduo will return with a feather.

The simultaneous defeat of both armies will surely calm Dorgon's mind.

Dolgon, who calmed down, is still quite terrifying, and then he will definitely adjust the national policy, re-list Daming as the number one enemy of Jiannu, and then he will make peace with the thieves while concentrating all his forces to conquer Daming, and even do not rule out personally leading the troops to the south, in this way, Daming's Huanghuai defense line will withstand the test of unprecedented strictness.

Therefore, the ancients are really wise, and the proverbs summed up are really reasonable.

It is said that this time he sent troops to western Henan, defeated Duoduo, and saved Li Zicheng's life, but it is likely to attract a more powerful enemy for the Ming Dynasty: Dolgon!

……

Chongzhen's concern was justified.

In fact, Dorgon had already calmed down by this time.

The armies of Azig and Dordor were only slightly frustrated, and Dorgon's mind had already regained its former composure, and he had made a sober assessment of the situation in front of him.

Facing Ning Wanme, Fan Wencheng and Hong Chengchou's three staff, Dolgon muttered: "The soldiers are divided into two routes, and let Prince Ying and Prince Yu each lead an army to defeat Pseudo-Shun and Nanming respectively, this matter is a mistake by this king, even if this king later changes the goal of Prince Yu's army, and cooperates with Prince Ying to attack Pseudo-Shun, it is still not enough to recover." ”

Hong Chengchou glanced at Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng, and said, "Lord Wang, it is actually impossible to divide the soldiers into two ways......

"Hengjiu, you don't have to save face for this king." Dolgon waved his hand and said, "In the battle of Sarhu that year, why did my Qing Dynasty win?" Why did Daming end up fiasco? ”

"Without him, the reason why Daming was defeated was because the soldiers were divided into multiple routes."

"The reason why my Qing Dynasty won was because of the old Khan's method of concentrating all the troops in one direction."

After a pause, Dolgon muttered again: "This time, this king is also in a hurry, and he has committed a taboo in soldiers. ”

Hearing this, Fan Chengchou couldn't help but look at Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng again, both of them showed a look of relief, it seems that the imperial father regent has really regained his composure.

At that moment, Hong Chengchou asked again: "So what does the prince mean?" ”

Instead of making a decision immediately, Dorgon tapped his finger lightly on the kang.

Hong Chengchou and the three of them are not in a hurry, how can such a major matter be easily decided?

After a long time, Dolgon finally said: "Three gentlemen, this king intends to let Prince Yu's army withdraw to Hebei, temporarily rest in Huaiqing Mansion and Weihui Mansion, and then withdraw Prince Ying's army, transfer to Shanxi to enter Hebei to join Prince Yu, and then send an envoy to Shaanxi to negotiate peace with Pseudo-Shun, and finally concentrate all his efforts to defeat Ming, can you?" ”

"That's the best policy!" Hong Chengchou said without thinking, "The prince should have been like this a long time ago." ”

"Slaves and others seconded it." Ning Wan, Fan Wencheng and I also supported without hesitation.

"Very good!" Dolgon nodded happily and said, "This king will send an envoy to recall the two armies. ”

After a pause, he said: "However, this matter cannot be mentioned to the outside world, just a tactical adjustment." ”

"Slaves wait for understanding." Hong Chengchou and the three of them understood that the armies of Azig and Duoduo were frustrated at the same time, and they had no choice but to merge the two armies into one road, but this matter must not be said outside, and it will inevitably weaken Dolgon's prestige, after all, the previous soldiers attacked in two ways and Dolgon decided with one word.