From Xuzhou to Zhongmu is more than 600 miles.

When Chongzhen led Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan, Ma Huabao and other border troops of the three towns and the Shizi battalion to the veterinarian's mouth, it was already noon five days later.

To tell the truth, a rapid march of 600 miles in five days is already a god's speed.

That is, the current Ming army is well fed and has the physical strength to keep up, otherwise with the pitiful supplies from before, it will not be able to support such a high-intensity march at all.

However, the border army is still inferior to the Shizi battalion.

After five days of rapid marching, the 20,000 officers and soldiers of the more than 20,000 troops were already exhausted, but the more than 6,000 soldiers still seemed full of energy, and even had the mood to recite poems while marching.

The muscles and bones of these 6,000 scholars have really been boiled out.

Yunwen Yunwu can really be called the top elite of this era.

At the veterinarian's mouth, Chongzhen met Kim Xuan, Hu Guozhu and Zheng Hongkui.

"Ministers, see the saint." Kim Hyun and the three of them bowed to Chongzhen according to the military salute.

"Excuse me." Chongzhen waved his hand casually and asked again, "What's the situation?" ”

Jin Xuan said: "Back to the Shengshang, the Yellow River embankment was saved, but the serfs were not intercepted and let them run away." ”

"Holy Lord, it's all to blame for the incompetence of the minister's sailors." Zheng Hongkui said ashamedly, "Because the river is too shallow, the minister's sailor can't go up again when he reaches the vicinity of Heyin, so he can only watch Jiannu cross the river." ”

"Zheng Qing doesn't need to blame himself, how can he blame the sailor for this." Chongzhen waved his hand and said in relief.

"What's more, if you can hold the Huanghuai defense line this time, you sailors can be said to have made great contributions!"

Hearing this, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai and other generals of the navy division behind him were naturally happy, and the border town generals such as Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao were slightly unhappy.

Chongzhen did not ignore these border town generals.

"And Qing and so on." Chongzhen patted Jin Shenghuan on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "They are all heroes of this battle, and I will be rewarded when I return to Xuzhou, hehe." ”

"Your Excellency, thank you."

Jin Shenghuan and other generals were overjoyed when they heard this.

In contrast, the scholars were extremely calm.

Chongzhen asked Hu Guozhu again: "Hu Qing, are you sure that Jiannu has retreated across the Yellow River?" ”

"I'm sure." Hu Guozhu replied with great certainty, "The Yiding led by Mengke Rabbit even chased outside Wushe City, and at this time, the Jiannu army had already retreated through Qinshui and rushed to Weihui Mansion. ”

"Good, good! Very good! Chongzhen let out a sigh of relief when he heard this.

"Only now can I dare to believe that the battle of Xuzhou has really come to an end."

After saying this, Chongzhen said again: "After all, the battle of Xuzhou is still our Ming victory, hehe!" ”

"Congratulations to the Holy One!" Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi and other scholars said hello to Chongzhen, and then Jin Xuan, Zheng Hongkui, Jin Shenghuan and other civil and military generals also followed suit.

"Rejoice and rejoice, huh." Chongzhen smiled all over his face.

Now, it's time to think about the specifics of what follows.

……

At this time, he was walking in Luoyang, but Li Zicheng looked depressed.

This time out of Luoyang, Li Zicheng originally wanted to pick up the cheap.

As a result, the bargain did not pick it up, but buried the 70,000 army.

The 100,000 right battalion army that followed him east out of Luoyang eventually only escaped back with 30,000 old soldiers, and the 70,000 newly recruited soldiers either died in battle or fled, and there is a high probability that they will not return to Luoyang.

Fortunately, as long as the 30,000 old soldiers are still there, the foundation of the right camp is still there.

In the past few days, news has been coming back from Bishui, and when he heard that Jiannu was preparing to dig the Yellow River embankment, Li Zicheng didn't feel anything wrong, because he had done it before.

In order to defeat the enemy, it is natural to do everything to fight.

What can never harm the people is just the opinion of a scholar and a corrupt Confucianism.

Li Zicheng even hoped that Jiannu would succeed, which would bring a catastrophe to the Ming army, and even if the Ming army held the Huanghuai defense line, it would have to be busy with disaster relief for a long time.

It's a pity that Jiannu fell short in the end.

Chen Yongfu said: "Shengshang, Jiannu has retreated, and the Ming army has also occupied Heyin, Mi County and Xingyang counties, but the garrisons are very few, and each county town has only more than 100 horsemen. ”

"If our Dashun army sends troops at this time, it will be easy to seize these county seats."

After saying this, Chen Yongfu said again: "In this way, at least half of Kaifeng Mansion can be obtained." ”

Zuo Mao was anxious when he heard it for the first time, and said: "Shengshang, you promised us that Kaifeng Mansion is only a temporary loan, since the Xuzhou War has now ended, it should be returned to the original owner, but you can't send troops to rob it." ”

"Sir, don't worry, I won't rob it." Li Zicheng didn't have a good breath and said, "There weren't many people left in Kaifeng Mansion in the first place, and after being sacked by Jiannu this time, there were even fewer left, so what's the use of me grabbing them?" ”

After a pause, he said to Chen Yongfu again: "You just need to beware of the Jiannu in Huaiqing Mansion in the north." ”

Suffering this defeat, Li Zicheng was a little distracted and wanted to go back to Xi'an to recuperate for a while.

However, before leaving, there was one more thing to be done, and he immediately instructed Li Shuangxi: "Prince, you go and behead Niu Jinxing's father and son, and you will personally supervise the beheading!" ”

"Son's command." Li Shuangxi said.

It's not all bad news, though.

There is also good news from the front and back camps.

The front battalion has reached Suzhou Wei and completely restored the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The rear camp is even more incredible, with the Khan banner of Sangar, in less than half a year, it has subdued dozens of tribes in Hetao and Tumut River, and now only the two largest tribes are left to shrink in the naturalized city to survive, if Jiannu does not send troops, the whole territory of Tumut Mongolia is just around the corner.

……

At this time, Dolgon's army had arrived at Anyang in Zhangde Province.

Dolgon stayed in Anyang for a few days, and soon news arrived from Weihui and Yanzhou.

According to the news sent from Weihui's house, although the Blue Flag had dug up two embankments of the Yellow River, the river water was too much sediment, and the gap was finally plugged.

When I wanted to dig the third gap, the Ming army rushed over, so I had to retreat.

If we can't dig up the embankment of the Yellow River and artificially create a large-scale disaster, with the huge gap in manpower and material resources between the Ming and Qing courts, the situation may not be optimistic, and the only hope now is party struggle.

I hope that the party struggle can hold Chongzhen back.

Otherwise, it is really possible for the Ming army to launch the Northern Expedition.

Immediately afterwards, another news came from Yanzhou.

However, this news made Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan and I have mixed feelings.

Because the Duoduo army ransacked Confucius's hometown and Qufu County, the Yansheng Gong's Mansion was also bloodbathed by the Duoduo army, and I don't know if the contemporary Yansheng Gong died in the rebellion?

Confucius's position in the minds of scholars can be described as extremely sacred.

The army of Duoduo ransacked the Yansheng Mansion, and the image in the minds of the scholars was completely ruined.

But then again, it's actually not a big deal, and sometimes the name of righteousness is also false.

When the Qing army had not yet entered the customs, when those Ming officials in the Beijing court talked about the difference between Han and Yi, which one was not a big talk? Later, as soon as the Qing army entered Shanhaiguan, they knelt faster than anyone else.

There are indeed a lot of people who have integrity, but there are even more who have no backbone.

What makes Hong Chengchou and the others disappointed is that in the future, the Qing court will only be able to recruit scholars who have no integrity, and those who have a strong backbone will probably die and will not serve the Qing court.

However, for Duoduo's move, Hong Chengchou and they can also understand.

Because Shandong has been looted successively, the population, livestock and property have decreased sharply, that is, there is not much oil and water, and the Yansheng Mansion in Qufu is one of the few fat sheep.

This time, the Qing soldiers suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Xuzhou.

Naturally, it is necessary to slaughter a few fat sheep to make up for it.

Hong Chengchou can understand, and Dolgon can understand even more.

At that moment, Dolgon summoned He Luohui to his line and instructed: "He Luohui, you immediately send flying horses to Yanzhou Mansion, and inform the Ten Kings that there is no need to occupy the prefectures and counties along the way, and that all the young and strong women and children in Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Jinan Prefectures can be taken captive to Dongchang Mansion for resettlement, and the old people over forty years old and the disabled are all killed, and no food rations are wasted." ”

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou sighed again, there was no way.

"Huh!" He Luo will fight a thousand and take his life.

……

Kaifeng City has been burned down by Jiannu, not a single room is left, the people in the city have also been killed, and even a dog can not be found after Jiannu leaves, and he has lost his conscience.

Therefore, Chongzhen's army could only be stationed in Zhongmu on the left.

Chongzhen waited in Zhongmu until the first day of the seventh month, and finally waited for Chen Qianfu and Du Yinxi.

Before this, after Huang Zongxi lent Kaifeng Mansion to the Dashun army, Chen Qianfu was forced to retreat to Yanling in the south of Kaifeng Mansion with a group of subordinate officials of Kaifeng Mansion, and this time he learned that Chongzhen's army had recaptured Kaifeng and hurried back.

But after returning to Kaifeng, he only saw a ruin, and he couldn't help but feel sad.

So when he saw Chongzhen, Chen Qianfu sued the royal court: "Holy Lord, please behead Huang Zongxi!" If it weren't for this thief's unauthorized decision to temporarily lend Kaifeng City to Jiannu Tun soldiers, why would he have fallen here? ”

"Chen Qianfu, it is my meaning to lend Kaifeng City to Pseudo-Shun."

Chongzhen blocked Chen Qianfu's mouth with a word, don't talk about this matter.

Jiannu washed Kaifeng City in blood, and hundreds of thousands of old and young women and children were killed, and no one was in a good mood.

Didn't you see that Huang Zongxi couldn't eat for three days, and everyone was hungry and thin? But before borrowing the city, who would have thought that the puppet Shun army would be so poor and so easy to be calculated by Jiannu?

So this matter has nothing to do with Huang Zongxi.

So Chongzhen did not hesitate to take the responsibility.

Seeing Chongzhen sheltering Huang Zongxi, Chen Qianfu didn't know what to say.

Chongzhen said again: "Chen Qianfu, after a while, more than one million refugees in Xuzhou City will be sent to Guide Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, and you need to cooperate with Duqing to do a good job in resettlement work and the matter of equalizing acres of land." ”

"Yes." Chen Qianfu agreed, and couldn't help but ask again, "Shengshang, do you really want to be in Henan Juntianmu?" ”

"Or else?" Chongzhen snorted, "If you feel inconvenienced, I can change someone else to Henan." ”

(End of chapter)