golden scales

In October of the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Qing court completely moved to Beijing. In addition to repairing the Forbidden City, it also re-customized the Manchurian and Chinese names of the gates and palaces in the palace, which greatly meant to settle here.Because of Jierharang, who is also the regent, and because of the stain of the defeat of Bahana Shi Tingzhu on the South Road, Dorgon had to agree to agree to Haug's restoration of the prince's title at the Eight Kings Conference, and regain control of the Zhenglan Banner.

In exchange, the important ministers of the Two Yellow Banners also acknowledged the territory division since entering the customs, and promised in the name of the emperor that they would not invade their land and population when the Two White Banners sent troops.

Just like the original script of history, the eight kings' political meeting also made a distribution for the future division of Ming's territory.

In the original time and space, Dorgon's two white flags took the northwest and the south of the Yangtze River.The former is an important military town, while the latter is the source of wealth, which can be said to have taken full advantage; Jierhalang, Haoge and Lianghuangqi are divided into the hinterland of the Central Plains and Sichuan in the southwest, which can be regarded as a rich land; Wu Sangui and Sanshun Wang were assigned to Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. They were already leftovers, but they were later wiped out by the reduction of feudal clans.

Under the current situation, it has become impossible for the two white flags to occupy the northwest and south of the Yangtze River.The Qing court still used the slogan of Guangning's hometown to award Wu Sangui to appease the soldiers and horses of Liaozhen and worked hard for it.As new cannons are sent to the fort on the front line of Zhencang every day, no prince or Baylor in the south is willing to run into trouble.

The eyes of Ming, Shun and Qing all fell on Shanxi.

Today's Shanxi has become the joint key point of the tripartite.

Without Shanxi, Beijing would have no barriers.It is bound to face Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Without Shanxi, the Qing army would be in a state of poverty, and people could only withdraw from the pass sadly after eating horses.

Without Shanxi, the west flank of the East Palace would be exposed to the swords and guns of the Chuang army and the Qing army, and it would be impossible to develop the farmland in North China, let alone preserve Henan.

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In October of the 17th year of Chongzhen, Shanxi, Taiyuan Prefecture.

"The area from Datong to Taiyuan is now in the hands of our army. A few days ago, Tang Tong was anyway. He stabbed Li Guo in the back, but Li Guo chased him across the Yellow River. Now it is still in a stalemate in Baode Prefecture. Chuangni Yuanzong's troops occupied Southwest Shanxi seems to be a vanguard of Shanxi, so we have to guard against it."

Yang Zhenwei was wearing a cloak, facing his superior sitting in the hall, and continued: "Under this situation, the enemy in the west of Shanxi is the enemy of our army, and there will be a battle in the future. Therefore, our army must fight against Chuangni Before that, capture Yu County and control Guguan. To relieve the worries of the back."

As the lieutenant general of Datong.Yang Zhenwei knew very well that the situation in Shanxi could not be resolved by Ye Chen's Ministry and the Datong Army.However, he was just giving a comprehensive introduction, which can be regarded as giving the new boss the bottom line, and the adults in the hall have to make the decision on how to fight.

There were three people in the hall, two of them were wearing military uniforms, they were Ye Chen and Jiang Yu.The other person sat high in the middle, but he was wearing civil official clothes.Judging from his appearance, he is an out-and-out warrior.

This person is Meng Qiaofang, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment, the son of Ming Ningxia General Meng Guoyong, who guarded Yongping as a lieutenant in the Ming Dynasty.Yongping fell in the third year of Chongzhen. He surrendered to Huang Taiji and was still appointed as the deputy general.Now he is the left servant of the Ministry of Punishments, and also Mei Le Erzhen of the Han Army with a red flag.

Now that the Qing court has divided the pie.The two white flags will naturally be able to head west with all their strength.When the army is dispatched, the vanguard is very important.Meng Qiaofang knew the northwest generation well, and happened to be the guide and pioneer of the army's westward expedition.After Meng Qiaofang, the armies of Wu Sangui and King Kong, Shang, and Geng Sanshun were also allocating food and grass, and they were about to march westward soon.

Only after these Han troops wiped out the enemy soldiers, Azig and Duoduo would follow up with two Manchurian troops with two white flags and occupy the place.

As for the Eight Banners of Mongolia, according to the meaning of the Political Conference, they should be sent back to their stations outside the customs when the situation is stable.

Although the combat power of the Mongolian cavalry cannot be underestimated, the Manchurians did not intend to divide the land in the pass to these herdsmen.

Nearly fifty years old, Meng Qiaofang stroked her beard lightly, listening to Yang Zhenwei's report, she recalled the situation when he just entered Taiyuan City.

The construction of this ancient city can be traced back to the Yin and Shang Dynasties. It was destroyed in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty.Because of the status of the third son of Jin Wang Zhu 㭎, Taiyuan City opened eight gates, set up twelve gate towers, built 92 small buildings around the city, and built 32 enemy towers, which is really worthy of its reputation as "Dragon City".

According to Meng Qiaofang's thinking, if even Taiyuan can be taken down, what else can't be taken down?It wasn't until we arrived at the place that we realized that the so-called capture of Taiyuan was actually the defender abandoning the city.

"It's gratifying that the Qing Dynasty has occupied Taiyuan," Meng Qiaofang paused, "but the narrow road on the east side is still in the hands of the Ming army, which is disturbing. Fortunately, Yu'erkou is blocked now, so there is no need to worry too much Fall asleep."

It was Meng Qiaofang who ordered Jiang Guan to garrison Fanzhuang and Ye Chen to garrison Lihuping and lock Yu'erkou.He was surprised that Ye Chen and Jiang Yu didn't even care about such an important strategic location. If one day the Ming army snatched it here first, wouldn't they be able to go west to Taiyuan at any time?

Jiang Yu thought that Meng Qiaofang was too worried, and he was even more dissatisfied with a "deputy" general showing his face in front of his commander in chief.He said as if nothing had happened: "The Ming army didn't even occupy Xiyan Town, so it's obviously powerless."

Ten miles zigzagging eastward from Yu'erkou, there is an open land with more than ten small villages.Continue to the east for forty miles, and you will see a flat valley surrounded by mountains with an entrance and exit in the middle.This basin has a circumference of 35 li, and only four li wide entrances and exits. There are thousands of residents in it, and there are nine markets every month. It is the most prosperous place between Yu County and Taiyuan.

If more than a thousand people are stationed in Xiyan Town, it can not only be used as a granary for the army, but also an important place for both advance and retreat.The most rare thing is that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, as solid as an iron nail into a stone.

"If I had enough troops, I would have already taken this Xiyan into my pocket," Jiang Yu said.

Meng Qiaofang sneered: "There are people who died in Danangou, enough to occupy Xiyan."

The so-called hit people without slaps in the face, and swearing without revealing faults, Meng Qiaofang made it clear that Jiang Tuan's scars were exposed.Jiang Guan was naturally furious, and defended himself: "At that time, our army was chasing and arresting the fugitives. How did we know that the Ming army did not know what to do? What's more, our army was only five hundred cavalry at that time. But there are a total of 5000 people, even if it is placed in Xiyan, it will not be able to keep it!"

"Three to five thousand? How did Jiang Shuai know?" Meng Qiaofang didn't believe it, but thought that Jiang Guan had deliberately exaggerated the strength of the Ming army to make excuses for his disastrous defeat.As far as he knew, the Ming army in the entire Zhending direction did not exceed 5000. Could it be that they were all placed in an ambush in Yu County?What's more, as soon as you hear the name Danangou, you know that it is a typical valley. If you put three to [-] people, the Ming army can't move.

"There are more than ten Hongyi cannons, and there are still 5000 people!" Jiang Yu deduced it from the number of artillery pieces. Although it is not accurate, it is not wrong from common sense.

The Ming army had much more artillery than the Qing army, but taking into account the strength of the cannon-carrying and firing troops, plus the auxiliary soldiers transporting gunpowder and shells, it is absolutely impossible to average 200 men per cannon.

"Then where did this team go? Why didn't they occupy Xiyan?" Meng Qiaofang asked.

"It must have gone to Lu'an Mansion." Jiang Yu said: "Naturally, there is no spare power to occupy Xiyan, and the remaining troops will be fortified in Danangou and Xiaonangou."

Meng Qiaofang gently pulled her beard, and also felt that what Jiang Guan said made sense.From a tactical perspective, West Tobacco is indeed very important.But if you look at the entire Qin, Jin, and Henan provinces, the old county of Shangdang is obviously more valuable.If there are only a few thousand troops, it is indeed a wise move to defend Yu County and attack Shangdang.

"This Ming army is a problem." Meng Qiaofang frowned, feeling that she underestimated the enemy in Beijing.

"It's really troublesome," Jiang Guan said disapprovingly, "They must be going to Henan to take down Lu'an Mansion. The Ming army in Shanxi definitely dare not fight head-on with Daqing."

"This is not the case..." Meng Qiaofang was about to use the lessons of Shi Tingzhu and Bahana to educate Jiang Tuan, when she suddenly saw a figure outside the military tent shaking, she shouted violently, "Who is outside the tent! Those who spy on military planes will be killed!"

Immediately, a soldier rushed in. It turned out to be Meng Qiaofang's Geshha.

Nagoshha knelt down and said: "Report to the master, the granary set up by our army in Lihuping was burned down by the Ming army!"

Meng Qiaofang suddenly stood up: "Nonsense! How can someone burn down an important granary town so easily!"

Nageshha shrank slightly, and said hastily: "Master, the night before yesterday, Ming soldiers indeed sneaked into the granary, and five thousand shi of the army's grain were burned... They even left a name..."

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