In October of the 17th year of Chongzhen, the Qing court completely moved to Beijing. In addition to restoring the Forbidden City, it also re-customized the various gates in the palace. The names of Manchuria, Mongolian and Han palaces of each palace were very important to settle here. Because Jirgalang, who was also the regent, and because of the detriment of the defeat of the Bahana Shitingzhu on the South Road, Dorgon had to agree to agree to Haoge to restore the title of prince and regain the Blue Banner at the Eight Kings Political Consultative Conference.

In exchange, the important officials of the Two Yellow Banners also recognized the division of territory since entering the pass, and in the name of the emperor, they would not invade their land and population when the Two White Banners sent troops.

Just as the original script of history was promoted, the Eight Kings Political Consultative Conference also distributed the future division of the Ming Dynasty.

In the original time and space, Dorgon's two white flags were obtained from the northwest and Jiangnan. The former was a military center, while the latter was the source of wealth, which was beneficial; Jiergalang, Haoge and Lianghuang flags were divided into the hinterland of the Central Plains and Sichuan in the southwest, which was also considered a fertile land; Wu Sangui and Sanshun King were allocated to Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi, and were originally places with scraps, but were later wiped out.

Under the current situation, the two white flags occupy the northwest and south of the Yangtze River have become a slogan. The Qing court still used the slogan of Guangning's home country to reward Wu Sangui, and pacify the soldiers and horses in Liao Town to work hard for it. With the Zhencang line, new cannons were sent to the fort every day, and there was no prince in the south, so Beile was willing to hit the nails.

Ming, Shun and Qing all looked at Shanxi.

Today, Shanxi has become a common key to the three parties.

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

Without Shanxi, the Qing army would be trapped in the territory. People would eat horses and chew them and eventually they could only withdraw from the gates in disgrace.

Without Shanxi, the west flank of the East Palace was exposed to the swords and guns of the rebel army and the Qing army, and there was no way to develop farmland in North China, let alone maintain Henan.

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

"Now, from Datong to Taiyuan, all areas have been in the hands of our army. A few days ago, Tang Tong stabbed Li Guo in the back, but Li Guo chased him across the Yellow River. He is still in a stalemate in Baodezhou. Yuan Zongdi's troops occupied the southwest of Shanxi, as if they were the pioneers of Shanxi's rebellion, so they had to be guarded."

Yang Zhenwei was wearing a wardrobe, facing his boss sitting in the hall, and continued: "Under this situation, the enemy in western Shanxi is the great enemy of our army, and there will be a battle in the future. Therefore, our army must seize Yuxian and control Guguan before starting a war with the Chuanggui to relieve the worries behind us."

As a deputy general of Datong, Yang Zhenwei knew very well that the situation in Shanxi could not be solved by Ye Chen's army and Datong army. However, he was just giving a comprehensive introduction, which could be regarded as giving a brief explanation to the new boss. How to fight in detail must be let the adults in the hall make a decision.

There were three people in the hall, two wearing military uniforms, which were Ye Chen and Jiang Guan. The other one sat high in the middle, wearing civil servants' clothes, but they looked like an absolute warrior.

This person is Meng Qiaofang, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, the son of Meng Guoyong, the general of Ningxia of Ming Dynasty, guarded Yongping as a deputy general 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. He is now the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice and Meile Ezhen, the Han Army of the Red Flag.

Since the Qing court had already divided the big cake, the two white flags could naturally go west with all their might. The vanguard was very important when the army was dispatched. Meng Qiaofang knew the northwest generation well and was the guide and pioneer of the army's western expedition. After Meng Qiaofang, the army of Wu Sangui, Kong, Shang, and Geng Sanshun were also allocating food and grass, and they would advance west soon.

Only when these Han troops wiped out the enemy's troops would Ajige and Dodo follow up with the two white flags Manchuria troops and occupy the land.

As for the Eight Banners of Mongolia, according to the political conference, they were to send them back to their bases outside the pass when the situation was stable.

Although the combat power of the Mongolian cavalry should not be underestimated, the Manchus did not intend to divide the land within the pass to these herdsmen.

Meng Qiaofang, who was nearly fifty years old, gently stroked her beard. Listening to Yang Zhenwei's report, she recalled the situation when he had just entered Taiyuan City.

The ancient city can be founded in the Shang Dynasty, destroyed in the Song Dynasty, and rose in the Yuan Dynasty. It was the residence of the King of Jin in the Ming Dynasty and the head of the important towns on the nine sides. Because of the third son of King Zhu H of Jin, the Taiyuan City opened eight gates and twelve gate towers, ninety-two small buildings and thirty-two enemy platforms were built around the city, which is really worthy of its beautiful title of "Dragon City".

According to Meng Qiaofang's thought, if even Taiyuan can be defeated, where else can't be defeated? It was not until I got to the place that I realized that the so-called capture of Taiyuan was actually a defensive general abandoning the city and leaving.

"It is certainly a welcome congratulations to my Qing Dynasty occupy Taiyuan," Meng Qiaofang paused, "but the narrow road on the east side is still in the hands of the Ming army, which is uneasy. Fortunately, it blocked the entrance of Yuer, and finally there is no need to worry that I can't fall asleep."

It was Meng Qiaofang who ordered Jiang Qin to station troops in Fanzhuang, and Ye Chen stationed at Li Huping and locked the entrance of Yuer. He was surprised that Ye Chen and Jiang Qin and the others ignored such important strategic locations. If the Ming army grabbed this place one day, wouldn’t they be able to go west to Taiyuan at any time?

Jiang Yan thought Meng Qiaofang was too worried and was even more dissatisfied with a "deputy" general showing his face in front of the general of his town. He said as if nothing had happened: "The Ming army did not even take up Xiyan Town, obviously it was too much to do so."

Ten miles to the east from Yuerkou, there is an open land with more than ten small villages. Continue to the east forty miles, you can see a flat valley surrounded by mountains on all sides, with an entrance and exit in the middle. This basin is thirty-five miles in a circle, with only four miles wide entrance and exit. Among them, there are thousands of residents entering the house and there are nine markets a month, which 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 a key place for both advance and retreat. The most rare thing is that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack, as reliable as iron nails into a stone.

"If I had sufficient troops, I would have taken this Xiyan long ago." Jiang Guan said.

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

The so-called "beating people without slapping the face, and scolding people without slapping the shortcomings" Meng Qiaofang clearly revealed Jiang Yan's scars. Jiang Yan was naturally furious and defended himself: "At that time, our army was pursuing Chen Yongfu's troops and arresting fugitives. How could we know that the Ming army was ungrateful and ambushing secretly? What's more, our army had only 500 cavalry at that time, but the Ming army had 3,500 or 5,000 people, and even if it was placed in Xiyan, it could not be defended!"

"Three or five thousand? How did Jiang Shuai know?" Meng Qiaofang didn't believe it, but felt that Jiang Yan deliberately exaggerated the strength of the Ming army and made excuses for his miserable defeat. As far as he knew, the entire Ming army in Zhending direction was no more than five thousand. Could it be that they were all placed in Yu County to ambush? What's more, the name Danangou was known to be a typical mountain valley. When he really let three or five thousand men, the Ming army was extremely moved.

"There are more than ten red barbarian cannons, but there are not three or five thousand people yet!" Jiang Guan deduced it from the number of cannons. Although it is not accurate, it cannot be miscalculated from common sense.

The Ming army had much more artillery than the Qing army, but including the forces of transporting artillery and firing artillery, plus the auxiliary soldiers who transport gunpowder and artillery shells, it is impossible to average up to 200 people per artillery.

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

"I must have gone to Lu'an Prefecture." Jiang Yan said: "Of course, I have no spare energy to occupy Xiyan. The remaining troops are all in Danangou and Xiaonangou fortification."

Meng Qiaofang gently pulled her beard and thought that Jiang Yan was right. From a tactical perspective, Xiyan is indeed very important. But it is obviously more valuable to look at the entire Qin, Jin, and Henan provinces, Shangdang’s former counties. If there were only a few thousand troops to defend Yun County and attack Shangdang, it would be wise to do so.

"This Ming army is also a problem." Meng Qiaofang frowned, feeling that she was still underestimating the enemy when she was in the capital.

"What's the trouble," Jiang Qin disagreed. "They must have gone to Henan to capture Lu'an Prefecture. The Ming army in Shanxi definitely did not dare to fight with our Qing Dynasty."

"This is not the case..." Meng Qiaofang was about to teach Jiang Guan with the lessons from Shi Tingzhu and Bahana, but suddenly saw the figure shaking outside the military tent, and immediately shouted loudly: "Who is outside the tent! The private military aircraft slashed!"

A soldier rushed in outside immediately, and it turned out to be Meng Qiaofang's Goshha.

Nagoshha knelt down and replied, "Master, the granary set up by our army in Li Huping was burned by the Ming army!"

Meng Qiaofang suddenly stood up: "Nonsense! The important granary town is not easily burned by others!"

Nagoshha shrank slightly and said quickly: "Master, the night before yesterday, the Ming army did sneak into the granary, and the five thousand stones of military ration were burned... They still kept their font size..."
Chapter completed!