The Qing envoy was assassinated, which was a big deal.

Although Fan Wencheng did not die, he still shook the government and the opposition.

This means that some people want to interfere in the internal affairs of Jin and provoke trouble, which is intolerable to the whole country of Jin, and all signs indicate that the Southern Ming court planned this assassination.

On this day, after understanding the trend of public opinion and feeling Jin Guo's attitude, Fan Wencheng ran to Jin Guo's Ministry of Rites with his injury and asked Jin Guo to give him an explanation.

For Fan Wencheng's shamelessness, for the Qing court's cheap and obedient face, Haoge was very unhappy, Ao Bai was even more angry, while sending people to the post station to appease, while closing the city gate, copying a Manchu intelligence point in the city.

Fan Wencheng understood that Haoge was very clear in his heart, knowing that he had acted in the play, and he had angered Haoge, and Jin Guo's copying of his intelligence point was a warning, so he quieted down and stayed in the post house to recuperate.

However, Fan Wencheng made such a fuss, but he gave Haoge an excuse to expand the situation, ordered a strict investigation of the case, searched the whole city, and must find out the murderer.

Shang Shu Sony of the Criminal Department, personally sat down, and in just one day, the case was clarified, and all kinds of evidence pointed to Nanming.

Before, it was just a rumor from the government and the opposition, but now the official has given ironclad evidence, and the government and the opposition are deeply dissatisfied with Nanming's intention to provoke a war between Dajin and the Qing State and meddle in the affairs of the Jin State.

Of course, there are also sober voices among them, Fan Wencheng's instigation of the Jin State to attack Shu has been vetoed by Han Zhaoxuan and other Han Chen, Nanming assassinated at this time, there is no profit at all, many people expressed doubts about the case, and they all thought that it was Jierharang, Aobai, Sony and others who were playing ghosts.

But the sober is always a minority, and there is no substantive evidence, it is difficult to question, and at this time, Haoge took the opportunity to order a search in the city, a team of soldiers, search the whole city, clear the den of the Heaven and Earth Society, and take the opportunity to investigate more than a dozen Hanchen who had correspondence with the Southern Ming Dynasty, and temporarily put the Ming Dynasty envoy Jinbao under house arrest.

Haoge grasped the scale very well, and did not move those Hanchen officials, but only arrested a few principals and waited for four or five officials, but it made no one in the court dare to speak for Nanming anymore.

Seeing this, Hauge was very satisfied, his rights seemed to have been strengthened, but he was too anxious, which also aroused the vigilance of the Han officials.

A month after the assassination, a group of about 60,000 Jin soldiers, among the mountains and mountains, marched rapidly, they set out from Chang'an, crossed the Dasanguan into Hanzhong, and then took the Lychee Road into Kuizhou, Sichuan.

This Jin army consisted of 10,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry troops, and was personally led by the Jin Emperor Haoge.

Hauge left Zilharang in Xi'an, and he drove his own expedition, and after joining Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, in Hanzhong, he decided to quickly go south to conquer the land of Quanchuan.

10,000 cavalry, except for more than 2,000 banners of Manchurian and guard Haoge, the rest are Mongols and Huibu, led by Aobai, and the 50,000 infantry army is mainly 20,000 Han Eight Banners and 30,000 Green Battalion soldiers, the main generals are Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang.

In addition to the army, there were nearly 10,000 people, driving more than 20,000 goats and other livestock, carrying some grain, and marching together.

It has to be said that compared to the Ming Dynasty, Haoge's Jin had a huge advantage, at least the army could get a large number of livestock, making the soldiers strong.

This point is basically incomparable with the Ming Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty cannot be compared, because in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Mongolia is the object to be wooed, and the Manchu Qing often have to give Mongolia some benefits, and in Dajin, Mongolia and the Hui are the objects of oppression.

There are three roads into Shu, and the longest one is naturally the Golden Bull Road, but this time Haoge did not choose this road, but took the more difficult Lychee Road, the reason why this is so is naturally that he does not want the Ming army in Sichuan to find traces.

The Jin soldiers marched hard for ten days between the mountains and mountains, and finally arrived at Xuanhan in the northwest of Kuizhou, and unexpectedly captured this small county town with almost no troops to defend.

The goal of the Jin army this time is to capture all of Shu, but it must avoid a tug of war with the Ming army, and the Qing army cannot be cheapened in vain, so Haoge's purpose is very clear, that is, to first cut off the connection between the Ming army in Sichuan and Huguang and Guizhou, and then guard the key points to prevent the Ming army from supporting, so as not to repeat the mistake of the defeat in Shu last time.

60,000 Jin soldiers plus 10,000 people, rested in Xuanhan for a day, the army was stationed, and on the county hall, Haoge summoned Wu Sangui, Ao Bai, Meng Qiaofang and others to discuss the plan of the battle.

Hao Ge and the others dressed up and gathered in front of the map, Meng Qiaofang pointed to the route of the march, "Your Majesty, if you want to prevent the Ming army from entering Sichuan to support, the key is to control Kuizhou Mansion and Chongqing. If you take these two prefectures, you can block the Ming army from Huguang or Guizhou to Sichuan, and cut off the connection between the Southern Ming and Sichuan. ”

These are all discussed in advance, so everyone has no meaning, waiting for Meng Qiaofang to continue, "The Ming army's army in Sichuan, mainly Yuan Zongdi's Zhongyi Town, and the rest are the rebuilt white pole soldiers, as well as some volunteers and native soldiers, with a total of more than 60,000 people, but they defend all over the country and are scattered in eastern Sichuan, southern Sichuan and other places. The key to us is to defeat Yuan Zongdi's 30,000 army, he is the backbone of the Ming army in Sichuan, as long as he defeats him, Sichuan can be passed on. ”

Haoge agreed with Meng Qiaofang's opinion that the Ming Dynasty had been in turmoil for so many years, and the people were struggling to make a living, so they may not have much support for the Ming Dynasty.

It was only because of the previous Qing Dynasty's radical ethnic policy and massacre that aroused popular resistance that the rebel army swarmed, and he chose to rely on the Han gentry and abolished the shaving of hair and easy clothes, and Sichuan and Shaanxi under his rule quickly stabilized, so he believed that as long as he defeated the main force of the Ming army, and then with a fairly moderate policy, he would definitely be able to quickly appease the whole Sichuan.

Sometimes, Haoge is also very entangled in his heart, and the sinicization reduces the resistance to his conquest, but it also means that the Manchus will gradually lose their identity, and over time, the Manchus of the Jin Kingdom will inevitably be assimilated by the Han people, just like the Xianbei of the Northern Wei Dynasty, blending into the Han nationality and disappearing in the long river of history.

This mood made Hauge doubt his path to sinicization, but if he didn't insist on sinicization, his Jin regime would collapse immediately.

"The Ming army built a lot of cottages in the mountains of eastern Sichuan, if we go to fight one by one, it must be very time-consuming, so after the minister and the king of Pingxi discussed, it was suggested that the army should be divided into two roads, one is the emperor himself led the main force of 50,000 people, along the canal south to take Hezhou, and attract Yuan Zongdi of Chongqing to Hezhou, and the other way is that the king of Pingxi led a partial division of 10,000, crossed the mountains in eastern Sichuan, raided Wanxian, and then went up the river and outflanked Hezhou, then Shu can be decided in a battle."

The strategy of the Jin army was to lead Yuan Zongdi to Hezhou with the main force, and then outflank the rear road, annihilate the main force of the Sichuan Ming army in Hezhou, and then sweep all over Sichuan with the momentum of a great victory.

This plan is very complete, but Haoge still has some doubts, he looked at Wu Sangui and said, "Can Aiqing really cross the mountains of eastern Sichuan and raid Wanxian?" ”

No wonder Haoge asked, whether he can succeed in a detour is related to whether the Jin army can settle the whole Sichuan in a battle, if it drags on for a long time and allows the Ming army to reinforce Sichuan, then it is really like Han Zhaoxuan said, it has become a tired gold, and it is strong.

Wu Sangui saluted Haoge, with a hint of hatred on his face, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister turned over the mountains in eastern Sichuan once and brought back more than 3,000 people. ”

The events in Chang'an City, as well as the change of Dajin's national policy, Haoge believed that the secret agents of the Southern Ming Dynasty had already reported to Nanjing and Sichuan one step ahead, and if he wanted to win quickly, he could only be surprised.

Back then, Wu Sangui Wanxian was defeated and escaped over the mountain, Haoge knew very well, since Wu Sangui was sure, then he nodded, "Okay, the army will act according to this plan." ”

Early the next morning, the Jin army divided into two routes, one led by Haoge, Ao Bai and Meng Qiaofang, down the Qujiang River and directly to Hezhou, and the other led by Wu Sangui into the mountains of eastern Sichuan.