Zhu Si said that he wanted to take a few more glances at the captured equipment, but in fact, he wanted to take a few more glances at the sacrificed comrades. It's just that what the army needs at this time is not an excessively sad emperor, but a heavenly khan who can continue to lead the whole army to a new victory.

Dolgon ran away with only 113,000 cavalry, and at the beginning of the war he and Zilharang had a total force of 302,500 men. After this battle, six or seven out of ten were lost, which can be said to have suffered a heavy setback. Less than a decade after the establishment of this new dynasty in the north, it began to be stormy. Dolgon was not alone on this escape route, and in addition to the remnants of him and Zilharang, there were also Luckedhun of Luoyang and Wakda and Aobai who had been cut off for them.

All the Qing troops were looking for the crossing of the Yellow River, and fled north all the way. When they finally crossed the Yellow River safely, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. The army briefly passed through the southwest of Huaiqing Mansion and then passed through Weihui Mansion and Zhangde Mansion, and went straight to Beijing without looking back. It's just that as soon as Dolgon crossed the Yellow River, he couldn't afford to fall ill, and his condition was unpredictable, and he seemed to have a sense of irreparability.

Zilharang rushed back to Beijing with a seriously ill regent who traveled thousands of miles and stayed overnight, but he didn't know what it was for. Wakda and Aobai, who had been broken off, did not take the main road after passing through Zhongmu, but went straight to the Yellow River and rushed to the Sunjia ferry to grab a boat to cross the river. When he arrived at Weihui Mansion and heard that the main army had been retreating to the north, he also followed all the way back to the capital, and the first Baturu of Manchuria, who had broken through the Ming army's ten-mile company camp and eighteen formations, returned to the starting point when he came with a body of scars and all kinds of mixed feelings.

In winter, with the sound of firecrackers and this Spring Festival, it is gradually moving away, and the wind caresses the green mountains, and the big rivers moisten the plains in spring. In this season of winter to spring, a discussion is going on about the future of this Zhongxing dynasty in Liangyuan, southwest of the ancient city of Kaifeng, on the bank of the great river. This is not a formal court meeting, but it has gathered many famous heroes and generals of the Ming Dynasty.

"It is difficult to see the sea as water, except for Liang Yuan is always a village. It's just that today's Kaifeng can't compare to Bianliang City back then. Zhu Si and the ministers enjoyed the flowers and tea together, and sat on the Yuwang platform for a while. But he didn't forget to yearn for the prosperity of Bianliang City in the past, and there was no restraint between the monarchs and ministers.

Hong Chengchou put down the teacup and took over the topic and said: "According to what the minister has seen, although the current Kaifeng City does not have the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, it has its own Lanlan Tianfeng of the Ming Dynasty today. Once upon a time, the Jin soldiers and horses stepped on the Yellow River and entered the Bianliang City. There were only tens of thousands of northern soldiers, and they couldn't even surround Bianliang City, but they attacked Bianliang twice and destroyed the literary style of the Northern Song Dynasty. But now look at the outside of Kaifeng City, there are more than 200,000 military horses of my Ming Dynasty, and a neighing is enough to roar through Yanjing. The military prestige is prosperous, and there are two million soldiers, how can it be compared to the dead Song Dynasty? Rao is a strong man, and the Tang Dynasty does not have so many elite soldiers. Now in troubled times, my people can have enough food and clothing. The cold winter has passed, but there is no one who has died of cold under the eaves above the road. The old, the weak, the orphans and the poor are all supported, and the act of benevolence and righteousness begins in Zhumen. All this depends on the holy virtue of the Son of Heaven. ”

This sycophant is shot extremely loudly, which makes people listen to it. It's just that the more than 200,000 war horses mentioned in his sycophant are a problem that needs to be solved urgently. Why? Because Zhu Si hasn't started training cavalry yet. Zhu Si also had a polite conversation with Hong Chengchou, and then talked to the generals about the cavalry: "When will the regimental training in the northwest reach Kaifeng?" The 100,000 school companies and battalions that temporarily obeyed Rujing's (Li Dingguo) orders also came to Kaifeng with Rujing the day before yesterday, right? Li Dingguo, who had just arrived, replied: Yes.

Zhu Si smiled and continued: "In order to restore the scale and combat effectiveness of the imperial camp before the war as soon as possible, I have ordered all the rural warriors in the world to come to Kaifeng to concentrate, and I have transferred all 100,000 people from the northwest school training camp. In addition, they also recruited skilled archers and horses from the provinces, and obtained 39,000 elite cavalry of various ethnic groups. There were also 7,350 Qing troops who volunteered to join this army, a total of 46,350 people, so 3,000 battalions were rebuilt. ”

The 3,000 battalions in Zhu Si's mouth are the resounding names that the Ming Dynasty has since the beginning of the founding of the country, and it is one of the three major battalions of the Ming army. It was a fist unit established in the early Ming Dynasty on the basis of the 3,000 Mongolian cavalry of Duoyan Sanwei. Of course, its number was never more than 3,000 after that, and during the Jiajing period, long after the Tumubao Incident, there were once as many as 70,000 when the three major battalions were restored.

Zhu Si's 3,000 battalions, with Yu Yin as the commander and Wang Yongqiang as the commander, are currently assembling in Kaifeng. Qin Yiming, who was in charge of the logistics of the entire Ming army, answered Zhu Sigang's question: "Long live Qiyu, within five days, the 180,000 regiments in the northwest can reach Kaifeng City." The 500,000 regimental training in Jiangnan will arrive at the end of the month at the latest, due to the very lack of concentration in the garrison and the relatively long distance. ”

Zhu Si nodded and praised, "Very good, this speed is many days ahead of the date I expected. The imperial camp is about to return to its former size, but it will take time for the imperial camp of the Ming Dynasty to truly recover its combat effectiveness before the decisive battle. Hong Chengchou arched his hand and said: "Long live, the current battle situation in Xuzhou is still in a stalemate, and the siege of General Hao (Yongzhong) and Jiao Lian is not going well. Moreover, the defenders of Xuzhou did send cavalry out of the city to counterattack General Hao many times as expected by Long Live, and also relied on General Wang Yongzhen of the Northern Army Cavalry Battalion to save the danger many times, so that our army's losses were not large. ”

"Oh, so to speak, Hao Yongzhong, Wang Yongzhen and Jiao Lian have really stabilized their positions in Xuzhou. Siege warfare is already difficult to fight, not to mention that their opponents are Meng Qiaofang and Li Guohan, two fierce tigers. These two enemy generals made Liu Wenpu, Ma Jinzhong and I suffer a lot back then. It is better to take Xuzhou slowly, and tell Hao Yongzhong that you can take your time, we have time to spend it. Even if it takes him a year and a half, it's okay, anyway, the time belongs to us. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Si turned his face and looked at Li Dingguo, who looked at Li Dingguo with a little hairy in his heart. Zhu Sicai smiled and said, "Rujing, it seems that there is no battle for you in Xuzhou." Hehe, then you go and help Liu Wenxiu defend Shaanxi, Dolgon is now unable to cross the Yellow River, but he also has to prevent them from detouring beyond the Great Wall to attack northern Shaanxi. With your Jin Guogong sitting there, the King of Shu and the Duke of Eguo can let go of their hands and feet to kick Shang Kexi's place. ”

Li Dingguo promised, and Zhu Si told Liu Wenxiu and Li Jin: "This attack on Taiyuan, if Wu Sangui dares to make trouble again, he must not be allowed to escape." Whether it's Shang Kexi or Wu Sangui, I don't want to live, especially Wu Sangui, a dog thief. If he hadn't led the Qing soldiers into the customs, how could my two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty be so poisoned? Liu Wenxiu was just about to speak, Li Jin preemptively said: "Shengshang, kill these dog traitors, the ministers and others have an unshirkable responsibility, and the ministers swear to the sky that Wu Sangui's dog head will be cut off in this battle and sacrificed to the suburbs." ”