Perhaps it was because the opponent had once snatched his own big pen.

Perhaps it was because I had to give up Beijing and I lost my confidence in dominating the world.

Li Zicheng was much timid than Zhu Cilang imagined.

Since Niu Chenghu's troops occupied Zezhou and controlled the canyon passage to Henan south, Li Zicheng stopped using troops to Shanxi. He even ordered Li Guo to retreat to Yulin and stick to northern Shaanxi, giving up the opportunity to completely annihilate Tang Tong, and even giving up the opportunity to set up a bridgehead in Shanxi.

Faced with Li Zicheng's curl, the Qing court also expressed the intention of reconciliation. First, they no longer shouted loudly to fight against the thieves for the Ming Dynasty, but also reduced the troops in western Shanxi, and only arranged road piers along the Yellow River, making it clear that the chariots and horses should concentrate their efforts to attack the Ming army entrenched in eastern Shanxi.

This situation finally became more and more obvious by mid-October 17.

King Wu Sangui of Guangning led 60,000 Guan Liao troops to take the lead in Dingxiang, followed by King Kong Youde of Gongshu, and brought 30,000 Zhenghong Banner Han troops. At this point, the Qing army's troops in Shanxi reached more than 100,000. What makes people feel sad is not the pressure of the number of 100,000 troops, but the war of such a large scale, and the deaths of the Han family.

It has to be admitted that in this chaotic world, a person's reputation is often closely related to his own strength.

After Meng Qiaofang was appointed as the governor of Shanxi, she quickly formed her own Fubiao camp and cut a piece of meat from Jiang Yan. He was also very clear that professionals should be allowed to do professional things, and rely entirely on Wu Sangui in strategic arrangements to suppress Ye Chen, Jiang Yan and others.

Wu Sangui is probably the best person to judge the situation in this era. He runs when he should run and won’t be afraid when he should fight. Later generations only remembered that he led the wolf into the house, but often forgot that he once led the twenty-eight cavalrymen into the camp of the three thousand Jiannu and rescued his father Wu Xiang. At that time, people called him "the bravest army and the filial piety of the nine borders" and was by no means a praising statement.

"Yun County cannot be defeated." Wu Sangui checked the terrain himself, and even changed into casual clothes to pretend to be a business traveler to Guantoubao to watch a date pit ball scene. In the end, he concluded that as long as the Ming army set up 50,000 soldiers here, the Donglu had to fill it. Guantoubao was just the first line of defense in Yun County, and there were Danangou, Xiaonangou and Lujiayukou, which were all in one shot. The terrain of ten thousand men was decaying.

Meng Qiaofang bowed slightly and said, "How should the prince fight?"

In terms of titles, Wu Sangui is the prince, Meng Qiaofang is just a mere zhen, which is a world of difference. However, in terms of position, Wu Sangui, the King of Guangning, is now just the general of a town, while Meng Qiaofang is the highest civil servant in command of a province. The most important thing is that Wu Sangui is a Han Chinese, while Meng Qiaofang is a bannerman.

"It is enough to leave 10,000 troops to lock the mouth of Yu'er, so that the enemy in Yu County will not advance westward." Wu Sangui pointed on the map and said, "The army went south and attacked Liaozhou (now Zuoquan County) from the narrow road of Taiyue Mountain, Qinzhou (now Qin County), and first seize Lu'an Prefecture."

Meng Qiaofang calculated the Qing army's troops in Shanxi in his heart, and felt that this arrangement was the most efficient. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty Laodon is going south first to capture Liaozhou."

Wu Sangui straightened his waist and said for a long time: "My Wu family has received the kindness of the Ming Dynasty and cannot bear to join each other. Our army will first station in Taiyuan Prefecture, and wait for you to take Zezhou and open up the road to Yu Province south. I will lead my troops to seize Tongguan and break through."

Meng Qiaofang's face changed slightly. He had long heard that Wu Sangui called the Ming Dynasty "our dynasty" and called the Qing Dynasty "the country", which obviously caused his body to surrender. However, even if Wu Sangui's Guan Liao army was not useful, there was Kong Youde's Han army flag. This time Kong Youde also brought five red cannons, and it might not be difficult to open the Ming army's checkpoints.

"It's okay, I think King Gongsun is willing to win this great contribution." Meng Qiaofang said in a gentle tone and returned Wu Sangui.

——Mortal talent, if you don’t fight in Beizhi, no matter how lively Shanxi is, it will be half the result with twice the effort.

Wu Sangui sneered: "Please inform us at that time."

Meng Qiaofang picked up the teacup.

Wu Sangui had already stood up and walked out without waiting for the servant to shout "Send out".

Looking at Wu Sangui's back, the servant standing behind Meng Qiaofang could not pull out his gaze for a long time. Until Wu Sangui stopped and looked back, he turned his gaze to the ground and stared at a little ant crawling out of the cracks in the bricks.

This clever servant was Baoyi whom Meng Qiaofang got in Beijing. Because he was good at fists and feet and could read, he was brought by his side, which was quite capable.

Of course, there are more than Meng Qiaofang who thinks this servant is capable, and Xu Dun holds the continuous information from the Shanxi Governor's Office, and also feels that this intelligence officer, code-named "Yizhimei", is very capable.

Now there is Song Hongye staring in Beijing. The Qing army's every move in North China cannot escape the eyes of the crown prince, so the focus of the Jinyiwei's work must be shifted to Shanxi. After burying three nails beside Meng Qiaofang in one breath, Xu Dun began to arrange the intelligence network from Datong to Taiyuan, which was deeply touched by the lack of staff and the rare talent.

In such a tense situation, Xu Dun received an order to not only set up eyes and ears in various prefectures, but also prepare "isolated islands" in the countryside of Taiyuan Prefecture to provide cover and supplies for the Ming Dynasty's infiltrated horse exploration. This really fulfilled Xu Dun's intention to "realize self-worth" and "transcend his own limits".

A trestle is not as simple as a shop.

To set up a supply-able trestle in the enemy-occupied area, not only should we settle the relationship between officials, but we should also have enough reliable personnel.

Xu Dun soon discovered from clues that the crown prince’s special favor for these “spying horses”.

The crown prince transferred some veterans from the Jinyiwei and taught these horses the means of torture and forced confessions. Grasping the tongue and asking about the enemy's situation is the old profession of the horses. Why learn from the Jinyiwei? Wouldn't that kill the chicken with a ox knife? Then he heard that the Eastern Palace called the Qingshan doctor, accountants, woodcutters, hunters, even monks, Taoists... all kinds of people went to teach these horses.

This is not an ordinary search.

Zhu Cilang is only responsible for assigning tasks and ensuring that the tasks do not exceed the execution ability of his subordinates. The rest of the matter will be done by his subordinates, and he only carries out the acceptance results and rewards the merits and punishments.

After handing over the power of affairs to Zuo Shouyi, Zhu Ciyang left Yu County and went to Zezhou to inspect Niu Chenghu's 2000 headquarters of the Third Battalion.

There is Taiyue Mountain to the west, Wangwu Mountain and Taihang Mountain to the south, and Taihang Mountain to the east, and Taihang Mountain to the east. There are two rivers, Qinshui and Danshui, which are simply a place for fish and rice in the dry Shanxi. Unfortunately, the flow of Qinshui and Danshui is not large enough to carry out extensive hydraulic workshops and shipping, but it is no problem to use it to irrigate farmland.

Not only do we need to farm, but we also need to mine. Zezhou is a hometown of coal and iron, especially a resource treasure land with thick coal seams, good quality, shallow burials and easy to mine. As for the utilization of iron ore, it takes more effort to bypass the chaotic Henan, go north first and then south, and send it to Xuzhou.

In the Zezhou Prefecture Military Officers' Hall, the huge sand table shows the mountains, corridors, rivers, levels, and garrison distribution of the entire Zezhou Basin. The artillery, as an important weapon, also marks it. This room is not allowed to come in, and the door is guarded tightly. Only school-level officers can enter it with Niu Chenghu's approval documents.

Zhu Cixuan was surrounded by a group of staff members and listened to the report of the 20th Headquarters of the Third Guards.

Niu Chenghu held his head up and stood beside Zhu Cilang without saying a word.

He Xingmeng, the chief of staff of the Second General, was a student, who worked as a primary school student in the countryside, loved the "dragon-slaying art" and often discussed the gains and losses of the world with others. If four or five hundred years later, his hobbies and energy could be satisfied and vented on various Internet forums. At present, he could only leave his hometown, abandon his pen and become a staff officer.

The smaller the staff member, the more complicated the matters he is in charge, and lacks strategic vision. A talent like He Xingmeng who is proficient in the Three Kingdoms can be appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Inner Academy in Nurhaci and Huang Taiji. Niu Chenghu will naturally bring such a dazzling scholar into the Staff Office of the Second Headquarters.

"Your Highness, as long as we can allow our troops to expand four departments, whether it is to go out of Pingyang Prefecture in the east (now Linfen) or to Huaiqing Prefecture in the south (now Qinyang, Henan), or Henan Prefecture in the Henan Prefecture in Luoyang). "The chief of staff said with a whisper: "As long as the independent camp advances westward and obtains Guide Prefecture in the Kaifeng Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture, the pig iron will continue to be sent to Xuzhou."
Chapter completed!