When the news of the collapse of the Onishi regime reached the capital, Li Ziguo could not sit still, and he ordered Liu Zongmin, who was stationed at Shanhaiguan, to be ready to abandon the defense and go south at any time, and on the other hand, he ordered local conscription to expand the army to more than one million.

The order was given, but it is not easy to execute, since Li Zicheng arrived in the capital, he has been doing the business of dividing the money equally, although the initial poor search of the capital obtained two silver is 70 million, but it must be understood that Li Zicheng brought no less than 800,000 people when he entered the capital, and the average division of one person is less than 100 taels, and after more than a year, there is nothing left left.

For more than a year, the entire capital has been in a state of incurrence, and Li Zicheng also wanted to take care of it, but some subordinates were not happy, saying that the emperor was ready to let you do it, and we were not allowed to live a prosperous life for a few days. So Li Zicheng didn't manage it if he wanted to.

The result of this is that there is no source of tax revenue, and they have been eating the old money. Now when it comes to expanding the army to 1 million, not to mention whether there are people or not, money and food are a big problem.

After Zhang Xianzhong was eliminated, Gao Yiming appointed Ma Xianglin as the governor of Sichuan, and asked Gao Jie to allocate another 50,000 people to him, a total of 100,000 horses to garrison Sichuan, and then ordered He Tengjiao to lead 100,000 horses to garrison Chang'an, Gao Jie and Jin Menghuan, Zhang Huangyan led 430,000 troops and Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates who were willing to continue to serve as soldiers, and the class returned to Nanjing.

When the army came to Nanjing, Gao Yiming immediately ordered Qin Liangyu, Gao Jie, and Li Dingguo to be responsible for organizing training.

The spies sent by Dolgon outside the pass continuously sent the situation inside the pass to Shengjing, which made Dolgon regret for missing the opportunity, knowing that the peasant army was so vulnerable, he should have led the Qing army south when Wu Sangui gave up Shanhaiguan.

"Regent, now that I have heard the truth of the Nanren, I suggest that I immediately send troops into the customs! Taking advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty and Li Zicheng had not yet succeeded in recruiting new soldiers, they first captured the capital, and then slowly plotted to dominate the world. "Hauge has always been a belligerent, holding the three flags of the blue flag, the yellow flag, and the yellow flag, as well as the support of the lord of the blue flag, the prince Qierharang, and has nothing to look for.

"That's right! Now we have more than 400,000 horses and horses in our hands from the Manchu and Han Eight Banners, and we have united with all the departments of the grassland, and we have a total of 700,000 strong people, so we don't have to worry. Doze also stood up and agreed, and he also had a white flag in his hand.

Now Dolgon, who was in front of the little emperor Shunzhi, glanced at the two brothers Hauge and Doze majestically, and said, "What about the other banner lords? How to look. "Dolgon also has a white flag and a flag in his hand, and the two flags of the red flag and the red flag are the sons of Prince Heshuo.

Dai Shan thought for a while, stood up and said, "I listen to the regent." "No way, although Dai Shan has two banners in his hands, but in the duel between Hauge and Dolgon, he chose neutrality, and Dolze at that time supported Dolgon, plus the support of the Han Eight Banners, Dolgon had a slight upper hand, plus Dolgon stayed in Shengjing at that time and took the lead, but due to Hauge's strong opposition, Dolgon did not become the emperor, and cheapened the underage Shunzhi.

Hearing Dai Shan say this, Dolgon was very satisfied, the overall situation of the court was still under his control, and he glanced at Haoge proudly, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that this two people were stunned.

After a moment of silence, Dorgon said, "Since all the princes have no opinion, Hauge! ”

"In!"

"This king orders you to lead the three banners of the blue flag, the yellow flag and the Han army, a total of 110,000 horses and horses to try to take Shanhaiguan first, if it goes well, take advantage of the situation to capture the capital, if there is nothing wrong, immediately withdraw it."

"Yes!" Hauge thought to himself: "I will take the capital in this battle, hum!" Dolgon, I'll come back to you when I take the capital. ”

Originally, as the son of Huang Taiji, after the sudden death of Huang Taiji, Hauge had a good chance to ascend the throne as the emperor, but was hindered by Dolgon, who stayed in Shengjing at that time, and the two were once tense, and finally under the competition of many parties, the little emperor Shunzhi was established, and Shunzhi respected Dolgon as his father, which made Dolgon pressure himself everywhere, which made Haoge very unhappy.

Here I have to mention Hong Chengchou, as a bachelor of the Ming Dynasty, after the defeat of the Qing Dynasty, although the emperor Taiji treated him with courtesy, but did not reuse him, until Shunzhi ascended the throne, Dolgon in order to prepare for the future south, only to let Hong Chengchou be Shunzhi's teacher, this began to be reused by the Qing Dynasty, for the Qing army to put forward the "surprise, from Jizhou, Miyun near Beijing, fast march" suggestion is he, eyes are hot.

Chongzhen also blamed himself for his death, giving great mourning, who knows that the one who was thought to be dead did not die, but the one who was alive died helplessly, I don't know how the two of them felt when they got together underground, this is not the point, the point is that Gao Yiming gave up Chongzhen, he knows that Hong Chengchou is not dead, and he also knows why Hong Chengchou was named the first Han Prime Minister of the Qing Dynasty, so he has a sense of urgency.

However, sending someone to assassinate this kind of unscheduled thing, Gao Yiming also disdains to do it. So when he heard that the Qing army was preparing to go south, his heart immediately collapsed again not long after he relaxed, and the most difficult moment came, and he had to deal with it as soon as possible.

Gao Yiming summoned the ministers and said: "According to reliable information, the 110,000 Qing army led by Prince Su Haoge is ready to enter the customs from Shanhaiguan. ”

Listening to Gao Yiming's words, the ministers were shocked, the court and the Jurchens fought for more than a hundred years, the court became weaker and weaker, and the Jurchens became stronger and stronger, not only occupying the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty's Nuer Gandusi, but also taking away the Guanning region, making the northern gateway of the capital completely lost.

Not only that, but the Qing army also occupied the central and eastern regions of Inner Mongolia in later generations, threatening the capital on three sides.

In addition to the Qing Dynasty, there were seven khanates of different sizes around the territory of the Ming Empire, such as Transkhalkha and Jungar in the west, and Gelug and Annam in the southwest, all of which were not weak.

"Your Majesty, I have been fighting with the Qing army for many years, we are getting weaker and weaker, but the Qing army is getting stronger and stronger, not only unified the Guanwai, but also allied with the Mongolian tribes, and now the strength is above my Ming Dynasty, the minister suggested learning from the old things of the Song Dynasty and sending envoys to negotiate peace."

"Bold, old fellow, you are a spy sent by the Qing army, you dare to defy the world's condemnation to openly speak out in the court, what do you want to ignore Taizu's legacy?" There are young officials who have a violent temper and directly scold.

Just kidding, the old Zhu family's discord, no compensation, no land, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guards the country, the ancestral training of the king is not in vain, more than 200 years, more than a dozen emperors have done this, who dares to change it easily.

"Vertical son, don't talk about Taizu Zu's teachings, now at this time and that time, the current situation is that the enemy is strong and I am weak, we must recognize the reality, take retreat as advance, in order to plan for the future, please think twice."