The Ming Dynasty had 300,000 Northern Expedition Army, of which Zuo Liangyu's troops had more than 100,000.

Lu Guangzu, Li Guoying, Jin Shenghuan and other Zuoying generals all gathered in western Henan and northern Henan.

This is to block Li Zicheng's door, second to restrain Duoduo's army, third to limit them to the Central Plains.

In this way, although these people have made contributions, they are obviously better than the "direct troops" such as Cao Bianjiao, Gao Jie, and Huang Degong.

The Jinling court officials made a very smart plan.

The remaining troops and horses were obviously the direct descendants of the small Jinling court. This can be clearly seen only by looking at their supplies and origins.

These people fought from the Central Plains to Northern Zhili, and they were filled with upper and lower pockets, and they went north and happily. The belts were loose and could be stuffed into an old sow.

Dorgon didn't believe that they could fight and dared to fight, and returned the military discipline as before.

Not to mention that the long supply line from Jianghuai to Yanjing must have caused the Ming army's military supplies to be nervous - not the tension on food, clothing, quilts, but arrows, powder, etc., and bulky cannons.

Dorgon calculated everything in detail, and the Ming army was really as he had imagined. On the thousands of miles of Northern Expedition, not only did the morale and discipline of the army be no longer the same as before, but even the artillery was left behind.

"I can't bear to leave the child and can't get caught?" Aziger wanted to laugh when he heard it. But he had to admit that this made sense.

Leaving the information about the Ming army that Dorgon ordered, Ajige's face no longer had the heavy expression he had when he first entered the capital, but was full of a strong sense of confidence.

There are not enough red cannons.

Now the Ming army has become very familiar with him in his eyes. That is the Ming army who is in the diplomatic battle with him? It is even worse than that!

He didn't believe that the teams Emperor Chongzhen had been to the southern country could be comparable to the elites of the nine sides.

"Call people to stare at the southern barbarians and see where they are now." Ajige had the urge to send troops immediately, but he forced himself to suppress them. At least he had to make the people at the bottom full and have a warm sleep.

...

In Zhending City, night is coming.

Because it was not long since the restoration of the liberation, the Zhending City was also home to Hong Chengchou's headquarters. If you act cautiously, the city was dark.

But Du Yinxi, who followed the military aircraft of Hong Chengchou, still had a bright spot.

All day and night, the four words "The overall situation is the most important" were circling in his mind.

These four words are very simple and easy to write. But for Du Yinxi, these four words are so heavy.

He was a Donglin Party member with a "rooted roots and a righteous man" and studied under the famous scholar Ma Shiqi. Ma Shiqi's father Ma Xiyin was a disciple of Ye Maocai, who was known as the "Eight Gentlemen of Donglin" together with Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong, Qian Yiben and others.

Since he was a member of the Donglin Party, you can imagine that his butt was sitting there. After tragedy between the gentry and the township officials of the prefectures in northern Henan and southern Henan, Du Yinxi was extremely angry.

The foundation of the Donglin Party is in Jiangnan, but it is only a matter of how many things are there in the Donglin Party in the world.

He repeatedly asked Hong Chengchou to give heavy pressure to deal with it. Hong Chengchou was indeed not completely indifferent, and he still put pressure on the actions of Xu Dingguo, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and others.

The incident in Handan is a good example, and it has become a chess piece that Hong Chengchou restrains military discipline.

But Du Yinxi felt that this was not enough. If he wanted to win back the hearts of the people for the court, he would also severely punish Xu Dingguo and Gao Jie and others.

Of course, he would not have to write to the court to punish Xu Dingguo and others now. The war is still in progress. He just hates Xu Dingguo and others again, and there is still the necessary rationality.

Du Yinxi's purpose was to plead for the scholars and people in Handan.

A group of gentry in Handan opened the door and asked for surrender when Hong Chengchou was visiting the city.

Who told Luo Jinxiu to escape long ago?

After that, the savages and civilians in the city gathered to resist Xu Dingguo's revenge and led their troops to attack. This was entirely for self-protection and to prevent Xu Dingguo from slaughtering the city.

Because Xu Er'an was taken to Baoding by Luo Jinxiu, many wealthy gentry and wealthy families in the city went to Baoding together.

However, Zhao Zhan stayed and led the people of Handan to defend the city with the gentry who stayed behind.

You can praise the tenacity of the Handan people, and in that case you can still defend the city. You can also complain about the incompetence of the Xu Ding army, but in that case you are still unable to take Handan.

So Xu Dingguo continued to go north, Hong Chengchou came to the city in person, and Zhao Zhan and others obediently tied themselves up and asked to surrender.

Du Yinxi didn't want to see Zhao Zhan and others die.

The law did not punish the masses, and the court could not slaughter the entire Handan in one go, but Zhao Zhan and others might not have such a good fate. But he never expected that his letter would be intercepted by Zhou Yanru. The latter even sent him four big words - the overall situation is the most important.

Gripping his teeth, Du Yinxi could hear the creaking of his teeth.

At this moment, Changsui came in and said, "Master, Hong Benbing is welcome."

Of course, Hong Chengchou was Hong Chengchou, the governor of the nine provinces, the commander of the Northern Expedition, and one of the most important pillars of the Ming Dynasty. Before the Northern Expedition, he had been awarded the title of Minister of War by Emperor Chongzhen, and he was also a great nephew of Du Yinxi.

Although Du Yinxi was a civil servant, he had a general spirit. After Emperor Chongzhen moved south, he saw the world's chaos. Although he served as the deputy envoy of the Huguang Censorate and was in charge of the political education, he still trained his soldiers and studied military affairs. He established a "gentleman camp" and set up a department to recruit soldiers. He personally went to recruit soldiers, tested his courage and strength, recruited 300 people, divided into 10 battalions, and took the meaning of King Goujian of Yue, the gentleman, and did not call him a soldier, but called him a gentleman to show respect.

Although it was a bit ridiculous, Hong Chengchou praised it very much after hearing this. He recommended it to Emperor Chongzhen that Du Yinxi could accompany the army as a military commander, so he could rely on Hong Chengchou to support him.

Du Yinxi immediately stood up and went to Hong Chengchou's headquarters. He saw Hong Chengchou sitting there with trepidation, and many staff members next to him were also as anxious as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Zhongyan. Big things are not good, big things are not good." However, Hong Chengchou has received the news of defeat from the front line.

Ajige led more than 20,000 Qing soldiers to Yanjing City, and gathered the original soldiers of Yanjing City. In a battle, they defeated the unprepared Cao Bianjiao, Gao Jie and Xu Dingguo.

The Ming army was unstoppable along the way, and life was so comfortable. Moreover, everyone gained a lot of benefits. The belts were looser and could fit an old sow. They rushed to Yanjing City, which was to make great contributions, but to get wealth. How many people were loyal to expel the Tartars to restore Shenjing? Now, when they fought a tough battle suddenly, how could they become hard?

Even Cao Bianjiao, who led his troops to attack Huangtaiji Imperial Camp, had no choice.

What can he do if his soldiers and generals are tofu?

Even with Liu Zhaoji's timely response, the Ming army was defeated again and again.

Ajige's use of troops this time was just the word "strong".

There is nothing to say. The war horses are flat, the earth is frozen everywhere and the rivers are frozen. Apart from the city, there is nothing else that can stop their cavalry.

Ajige relied on the cavalry and defeated Cao Bianjiao in one battle and then chased him all the way.
Chapter completed!