However, the surrounding scholars, officials, and even generals completely ignored this.

As soon as Chongzhen's words fell, the huge cheers had already rushed into the sky, almost tearing off the roof where he was walking.

In the cheers, Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong's little brothers hugged each other, Gao Qiqian hugged Lu Jiude, Huang Zongxi hugged Zheng Sen together, and Du Yinxi and Jin Xuan also hugged together.

The officials, the scholars, and even the eunuchs were all overjoyed.

The princes of Gungun, who were far away in Nanjing, could not understand this kind of mood.

But everyone in Xuzhou knows that this victory was not easy to come by.

So when Jiannu really retreated, when Xuzhou really defended, when the Huanghuai defense line really defended, everyone felt irrepressible excitement and joy, the Ming Dynasty was saved!

Because of the excitement, Chongzhen completely lost his sleepiness.

Not only Chongzhen, but also Zheng Hongkui, as well as Du Yinxi, Huang Zongxi, etc., are also completely sleepless.

Nearly a hundred people gathered in the hall of Xingzai, enthusiastically discussing the next action, even if Jiannu did not suffer decisive losses in Xuzhou, even if Jiannu was still invincible in the field, but the Ming army must not do nothing, the pursuit must be pursued, even if it can only kill a few hundred Jiannu is good.

What's more, the Ming army is not without opportunities, after all, they still have water divisions.

At present, at least half of the Jiannu are south of the Yellow River, and if these Jiannu want to return north, they will have to cross the Yellow River north, and then the sailors can seize the opportunity to teach them a cruel lesson.

and Jiannu in Xiao County, who has become a lone army.

Chongzhen suddenly regretted a little, he had known that he would not withdraw Jin Shenghuan and the other border troops of the three towns.

If Jin Shenghuan and the other border troops of the three towns were still near Xiao County, they would only need to ride a fast horse, and 10,000 troops would be able to surround Xiao County, even if they were not able to encircle Xiao County, they would at least be able to hold back Xiao County's blue flag.

If you can take this opportunity to eradicate one of the eight banners of Jiannu, then the Ming army will be made by blood.

But it's too late to regret it now, and the Blue Flag will definitely have received an order to retreat to Guide Mansion.

By dawn the next day, more definite news came that Jiannu had indeed withdrawn, not only the blue flag stationed in Xiao County had retreated to Guide Mansion, but the Zhenghong Banner and Zhenglan Banner stationed in Pei County, and the Zhengbai Banner stationed in Xin'an Town had also withdrawn to the north at the same time and had entered the territory of Yanzhou Mansion.

Huang Degong sent a horse to ask for instructions, whether to pursue north?

Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Caoyun stationed in Pizhou, didn't think about pursuing at all.

However, Chongzhen did not let Huang Degong pursue, or that sentence, at this stage, the Ming army can only fight to defend the city, as for the field war, it can be reluctantly tried on a small scale or under specific conditions, and the large-scale frontal field battle is still forgotten, even if it is Huang Degong's Ten Towns border army, it can only be a head.

But there was no problem in sending sailors to intercept Jiannu.

At that moment, Chongzhen said to Zheng Hongkui: "Zheng Qing, you will lead the sailors to trace the Yellow River, send more scout fleets, and once you find that Jiannu has signs of collecting fishing boats or building pontoon bridges to cross the river, you will immediately try to stop them!" In short, if you remember one, you can't let Jiannu cross the river easily, if you want to cross the river, you can shed a layer of skin! ”

"Commandment." Zheng Hongkui waved his hand and turned to leave.

Chongzhen said to Hu Guozhu again: "Hu Qing, you have to work hard for a few more days, lead the eight hundred Yiding to go out in the direction of Defu to continue to reconnoiter the movements of Jiannu, and once you find that something is wrong, you will report it immediately." ”

"Although Jiannu has withdrawn from the army, we still can't be careless."

"Otherwise, if you are killed by Jiannu, the Huanghuai defense line will be gone."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "If this is the case, our monarchs and ministers will become a laughing stock in the future history books, and they will be a laughing stock for thousands of years." ”

"Commandment."

Hu Guozhu turned around and hurried away.

At this time, Gao Qiqian asked, "Long live the master, are the remaining green seedlings still pulled?" ”

"This ......" Chongzhen is also a little hesitant, since Jiannu has withdrawn, the remaining green seedlings seem to have no need to pull them out, before Jiannu occupied Xuzhou, it was Jiannu's green seedlings, but now Jiannu has withdrawn from Xuzhou, and then pull out the Ming Dynasty's own green seedlings.

After a pause, Chongzhen said: "Continue to pull it out, pull it all out!" ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if, what if Jiannu really kills a horse gun?"

"The big deal is to lose all this season's agricultural time, and I transferred grain from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to support the people of Xuzhou."

In a word, Chongzhen is not short of silver now, and if there is silver, there will be food, and for a state machine, it is not difficult to feed more than one million people for a year.

It adds up to nothing more than two million taels of silver.

Moreover, it is not necessary for this money to come out of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Chongzhen had actually calculated it a long time ago.

……

Outside the city of Kaifeng, Dolgon's big tent.

The three-day carnival finally came to an end, and the Eight Banners soldiers who entered the city were basically fully loaded, and these Eight Banners soldiers not only grabbed a lot of property, but also a large number of livestock and population.

In contrast, the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Mongolia did not gain much.

Because when it was their turn to enter the city, it was already the evening of the second day, and the good things had already been robbed of the Eight Banners Manchuria.

Not to mention the Outer Domain, Mongolia didn't even have the opportunity to enter the city, to put it bluntly, the Outer Mongolia was a servant army, and it was already Dolgon's grace not to let them bring their own dry food to the battle.

He Luohui came to Dolgon's tent happily, knelt on the ground and said, "Master, all the banners have been withdrawn from the city." ”

There is no need for He Luohui to report, Dolgon has already seen it, because a sky-high fire has been ignited in Kaifeng City, and judging from this fire, Kaifeng City is destroyed.

It is estimated that only one ruin remains.

Looking at Kaifeng City, which was caught in flames, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan were all a little melancholy.

These three traitors naturally know what it will mean for Kaifeng to suffer this catastrophe, which will mean that the people of the Central Plains hate the Qing court even more from now on, and it will be more difficult for the Qing court to unify the Central Plains.

However, there is no way to open the seal in blood.

If it were not for the bloody Kaifeng, the loss of property of the Eight Banners would not be compensated, and the morale of the Eight Banners who had been filed in the Shanyang and Xuzhou battles would not have been restored.

At least, after the bloody wash of Kaifeng, the morale of the Eight Banners Army has been restored.

This can be clearly felt from the smile on the face of the Eight Banners.

Dolgon was still a little unwilling, and asked in a deep voice: "He Luohui, is there a lot of food in Kaifeng City?" ”

He Luohui said: "If you go back to the master, there is not much food in Kaifeng City, but the population has robbed a lot, and all the clothed minions we lost in Shanyang and Xuzhou have been replenished, and there are more." ”

Dolgon said: "A city as big as Kaifeng, with a population of more than 100,000, has no food? ”

He Luohui snorted lightly and said, "Master, why don't the servants go and ask the banners to hand over all the food they have grabbed?" Leave it up to you to distribute it in one place? ”

Dorgon seemed a little moved.

Hong Chengchou and the three hurriedly persuaded: "Think twice, master! ”

Dolgon let out a sigh of relief, and said to Holo, "Forget it, you can find a place to build a pontoon bridge first." ”

Seeing that He Luo would walk out of the big tent, Dolgon said with a dark face: "Three gentlemen, this king is unwilling, unwilling! If all the grain grabbed from Kaifeng City is collected, plus the more than 400,000 stone grain left in each banner, it may not last until next year's winter wheat is ripe, and we may still have a chance. ”

"Not enough." Hong Chengchou said, "Unless you can keep Xuzhou Tuntian." ”

"I was about to say this." Dolgon's eyes flashed and said, "After learning that I have withdrawn from the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen and the Ming army will most likely give up the action of pulling out the green seedlings, and at this time, if my Qing soldiers suddenly kill back the horse pistol, the Ming army will not have time to pull out the green seedlings, and maybe they will have the opportunity to keep enough wheat seedlings!" ”

"Master, it's impossible." Hong Chengchou sighed.

Ning Wan also persuaded: "Chongzhen shouldn't make such a mistake. ”

Fan Wencheng also sincerely persuaded: "Master, the superior is the most taboo to change the order at night." ”

Ning Wan I said: "The key is that the order to withdraw has been issued, and the warriors of all banners have returned to their hearts like arrows, at this time, they have taken away the grain they have looted from Kaifeng City, and they have to return to Xuzhou to fight a big war with the Ming army that is likely to last for two or even three years, and it is bound to be fluctuating in the army's morale, and it will be a big trouble if there is a mutiny." ”

When Dorgon heard this, he also sighed, why didn't he understand the truth of this?

It's just unwilling, Dolgon is really unwilling, and the only chance is gone?

Thinking of this, Dolgon couldn't help but ask the three of them, "Three gentlemen, is there really only one chance?" ”

"Not really." Now, Hong Chengchou has changed his words, "Although the barbarian regime that has risen in the border since ancient times usually has a chance to unify the Central Plains, it is not without exceptions. ”

Fan Wencheng said: "It took a full fifty years for the Great Yuan to finally destroy the Southern Song Dynasty. ”

"Da Yuan." Dolgon bowed slightly, and said, "This king understands, and he wants to learn from Dayuan." ”

As he spoke, footsteps sounded outside the big tent, and then he strode in with the blue flag and the mountain Ezhentun.

"Slave Tunqi, knock to see the nine kings." Tun Qi snapped the sleeve of his coat and fell to one knee on the ground.

"Excuse me." Dolgon solemnly motioned for Tunqi to get up, and said, "Tunqi, is it okay to set the blue flag?" ”

"Very good." Tun Qi nodded and said, "According to the will of the Nine Kings, thousands of white flags have been collected along the way, and when I return to Beijing, the Ten Kings will probably have to thank the minions." ”

"This king will thank the king of Yujun first." Dolgon asked, "Did the Ming army come after you?" ”

"Borrow the courage of both of them!" Tun Qi snorted disdainfully, and said, "However, Chongzhen's hundreds of horsemen have always been following us, just like flies, and they can't be driven away." ”

"That's just Chongzhen's eyeliner, just send a banner of Mongolian cavalry to drive it away." Dorgon frowned.

These Yiding are all from Liaoxi, and they have been fighting with the Eight Banners for decades, and they are too familiar with each other, so the routines of ambushing, luring the enemy, and detouring do not work.

As long as a certain cavalry pouts his ass, the other party will immediately know what you want to do.

The only way to deal with these Yiding is to send Ye Bu to hunt them, and these Ye Bu Shui must at least be above the Red Armor, otherwise it will be to deliver food.

But it's obviously not worth sending Red Armor to deal with Yiding.

Therefore, the most effective way to do this is to send the foreign vassal Mongols to drive these Yiding away.

"Huh!" Tunzi agreed, and was about to leave when he was stopped by Dolgon.

Dolgon hesitated for a moment and asked, "Tunqi, all the tuntian in Xiao County has been destroyed?" ”

"Well, it's all destroyed by Minggou." Tun Qi said with a dark face, "There is not a single acre left." ”

At this time, Dolgon finally gave up completely, and no longer wanted to kill the horse and return to Xuzhou.

At that moment, Dolgon said again: "Tunqi, this king will lead a large army to cross the Yellow River to the north today, and the task will be left to you to set the blue flag after the break." ”

"Huh!" Tun Qi responded.

However, the expression was obviously not as natural as it was just now.

Because this kind of thing is not a good errand after the break.

There is no oil and water not to mention, and if you are not careful, you will be bitten by the Ming army.

But there is no way, no matter how unwilling Tunqi is, he can only obey the order, no matter what, Dolgon is the regent of the imperial father of the Qing court, if he dares to disobey, Dolgon can kill him directly.

"In addition to the broken queen, this king has another task for you." Dorgon said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou subconsciously wanted to persuade Dolgon, is it after changing the flag?

But when the words came to his mouth, Hong Chengchou returned to his stomach, because he had already guessed Dorgon's intentions, for Dolgon, this was killing three birds with one stone, and he would not lose no matter what.

If the Yellow River is successfully dug up, it will be Chongzhen and Daming who will lose.

If the excavation of the Yellow River fails, but the blue flag is able to retreat, then it will be Zilharang who loses, and Dolgon will definitely take this opportunity to put the blame on Tunqi and Zilharang's head.

At that time, Zilharang will lose the title of regent at least, and at worst, his life will not be saved.

If the excavation of the Yellow River fails, and the Blue Banner suffers a heavy blow, then the Blue Banner will lose, and the position of the two White Flags and his Dolgon will only be more secure.

To be honest, Hong Chengchou was a little disdainful of Dolgon's calculations.

The heart said that Prince Rui was a little too smart, the Ming Dynasty and the pseudo-shun have not been extinguished, and the Qing Dynasty still needs to be united, from this point of view alone, Prince Rui is still worse than the previous emperor.

Tun Qi was already very reluctant, and said with a dark face: "What task?" ”

"Dig up the south embankment of the Yellow River." Dolgon said, "After the king's army leaves, you will take people to survey the terrain and find a few suitable places to dig the south embankment of the Yellow River, which can not only avoid the Ming army from following and pursuing, but also completely submerge the Xuzhou, Guide and Kaifeng prefectures of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and even the Huai'an Mansion downstream." ”

Hong Chengchou then said: "This time, the connection between Shandong and Nanming will be blocked by the flooding Yellow River, and the army of the Ten Kings can calmly take Shandong. ”

"Huh!" Tunqi's face finally looked better.

If you really go back empty-handed, the face with the blue flag will not look good.

At that moment, Dolgon ordered the camp to be pulled out, and took the goods, livestock and people looted from Kaifeng City along the official road to the Taojiadian ferry dozens of miles away.

(End of chapter)