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On the 23rd day of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zixiao left 2,000 white dragon troops and 2,000 city defense troops in Dezhou, handed over to Qin Zhen as commander, and then continued to lead the army eastward, aiming at Jinan, the capital of Shandong.

Li Zixiao's instruction to Qin Zhen was to let him stay in Texas for half a month.

In this half a month, the city of Texas was not allowed to be captured by the Tartars, and if Texas could not be defended after half a month, he could choose the opportunity to break through at his own time.

Before Li Zixiao left, there were almost 30,000 people in the city.

They did not dare to continue to stay in Dezhou and were ready to move to Jinan, or to Qingzhou and Laizhou in the east to temporarily take refuge with relatives to escape the war.

This is also Li Zixiao's mobilization of the people after he entered the city.

Li Zixiao gave up the entire land of Hebei and used space to exchange space for him for a short time.

He wanted to take advantage of the fact that before the Tartars entered Shandong, he would move all the people in the counties west and north of Jinan to the west of Jinan for temporary residence.

In Li Zixiao's plan to conquer the Tartars, he will build a defense line around Jinan to block the Tartars north of Jinan and prevent too many Ming people from being plundered.

After the 30,000 people moved away, there were not many people left in the entire Dezhou City, only the 4,000 White Dragon soldiers led by Qin Zhen, and more than 3,000 ordinary Ming soldiers such as Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen is also a backbone official, he took the initiative to apply to Li Zixiao to stay, continue to take other officials, and continue to move the people in other parts of Texas to the east.

And Li Zixiao took the quartz first, broke away from the large army, rode at full speed, and ran to Jinan City one day later.

He was going to King De of Jinan, and Zhang Dashan, the current governor of Shandong, to persuade them to order the relocation of the people from more county towns to the west and north of Jinan.

Li Yan didn't know why Li Zixiao was there, and he could have expected in advance that Tartar would enter the customs again this year to loot, but now it seems that Li Zixiao's preparation was too timely.

"Don't worry, Ben Jue guesses, there should be a few months before the real entry time of the Tartars, and there is still plenty of time left for us to prepare.

The last time, when the Tartars entered the customs in a big way four years ago, Benjue had limited troops at his disposal, and he could only teach them a small lesson.

This time, Benjue prepared tens of thousands of elite soldiers for them, and this time Benjue wanted to let the Tartars know that it was easy to enter the customs and difficult to get out. ”

As he spoke, a sneer appeared on Li Zixiao's face.

Just when Li Zixiao was secretly preparing for the entry of the Tartars, Huang Taiji outside the Guanwai was also secretly planning to go south in the autumn at this time.

At the beginning of July of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, late at night in Shengjing, the study of Chongzheng Palace.

At this time, Huang Taiji's study was crowded with many civil and military ministers of the current Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Including Dai Shan, Dolgon, Azig, Zilharang, Duoduo, Hauge, and the traitor Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I are all there.

These people crowded Huang Taiji's originally small study.

"Ahem!"

Huang Taiji, who was sitting on the imperial chair, habitually coughed, moved his fat body with difficulty, glanced at everyone, and then said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I summoned you here this time.

I want to ask you, about our 'Southern Hunting' operation this year, are all the weapons, armor, grain, grass, and supplies of your banners ready? ”

Azig was the first to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, the grain, grass, materials, armor, etc. of all ministries are being urgently prepared.

However, this year's harvest is not good, and it is difficult for all tribesmen, and it is a great burden for all tribes to raise and supply the grain and grass needed for several months to supply the army of more than 100,000 at one time.

I also hope that the emperor will give us a little more time, and we will definitely complete the fundraising as soon as possible, and never delay this year's 'Southern Hunting' operation." ”

But Huang Taiji shook his head and said: "No, your various departments must speed up, we must take advantage of the Han people's defenselessness and rush to the south before winter, and take advantage of their unpreparedness to go south in one fell swoop, in order to reap miraculous results."

Otherwise, once we wait until winter, the weather is cold and freezing, and it will be even more inconvenient for us to enter the customs, and if we wait for the Han people to react, in case of another stalemate, it will be extremely unfavorable to our Qing Dynasty.

This time, we still have to fight fast and slow as before, avoid Shanhaiguan, quickly go south to enter the customs, and fight the Ming army without hurrying.

Before the army of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty arrived in Beijing, we quickly plundered and re-exited.

We now need more people to cultivate more land, and we also need manpower for mining and iron smelting, so this time we are going south to enter the customs, and we are still mainly looting people.

The main targets are Shanxi in the Ming Dynasty, as well as Shandong and Shandong. ”

Huang Taiji also knew very well that at this time, the Daming Hebei region had already been in tatters after being plundered by them on a large scale in the previous few times, and there was not much population and wealth to plunder.

Therefore, this time Huang Taiji prepared to divide his troops into two routes, all the way west to Shanxi, and all the way south to Shandong, both of which they had not penetrated too deep before, and the oil and water were still very sufficient.

"What the emperor said is reasonable, the courtiers asked to attack Shandong, and this time I will take Jinan."

Dolgon, the owner of the white flag on the side, also stood up at this time, said excitedly, and took the initiative to lead the Southern Route Army.

Dolgon has not forgotten that four years ago, he encountered the White Dragon Army in Shandong, Duoduo was captured, and Li Zixiao forced him to give up the attack on Jinan.

This time, Dolgon is ready to attack Jinan again, and he must defeat it to make up for the regret of the last time.

In addition, he knew that Shandong was not far from Li Zixiao's station, and Li Zixiao was very likely to lead his army to meet them at that time.

This time, Dolgon also went to wash away his shame and defeat Li Zixiao.

"Your Majesty, my courtiers are also asking for war, and my white flag is willing to go south to Shandong." When Dorgon had finished speaking, Dodor couldn't help but stand up.

Compared with Dorgon, Duoduo was even more imperative for going south to Shandong this time, and he couldn't forget the shame of being captured by Li Zixiao four years ago.

"Okay, I'm right, the Southern Route Army that entered Shandong will take your two white flags as the main force, and I will let the blue flag, and the Mongolian two red flags, and the white flag to cooperate with you.

In addition, the Han army with red, white, and yellow flags formed your Southern Route Army, with Dolgon as the commander, Duoduo as the deputy commander, and Zilharang as the deputy commander. ”

When Emperor Taiji saw that Dorgon and Dorgon were so invited to fight, he had no reason to disagree.

Originally, this time Dolgon was one of the commanders of the two-way raiding army in Huang Taiji's mind, and now he took the initiative to ask to command the Southern Route Army, which was the same as Huang Taiji thought.

At the same time, the two white flags of Dorgon and Dodor have always acted together, and it is not realistic to separate them.

Of course, Huang Taiji also knew the thoughts of Dolgon and Duoduo, and he also intended to fulfill them, and Huang Taiji believed that Dolgon should not be careful with him this time.

This time, Huang Taiji summoned so many Manchu ministers to come back, originally to determine the commander and composition of the two route armies in the south, otherwise there would be no time later.

Dolgon's Southern Route Army, including the Three Banners of the Tartars, the Three Banners of the Mongol Army, and the Three Banners of the Han Army, had more than 80,000 troops.

"Your Majesty, who will command the army that entered Shanxi?" Fan Wencheng asked beside him.

"This time for the Western Route Army, I am ready to hand over to Commander Azig, with Hauge and Du Du as deputy marshals, leading the Yellow Flag, the Red Flag, and the Blue Flag.

As well as the Mongolian two yellow flags, the white flags, as well as the two blue flags and inlaid red flags of the Han army, entered the customs from the north of the Great Wall, and plundered Shanxi to the west. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." When Azig heard this, he was also overjoyed and immediately received the order.

Azig's Western Route Army also had more than 70,000 people, and the combined armies of the two routes had reached 150,000 soldiers and horses this time.

This has almost accounted for two-thirds of the total strength of the Tartars at this time, and you must know that the national strength of the Tartars at this time is only about 220,000 people.

This is also because in the past two years, the Tartars have suffered a lot of losses in the hands of the White Dragon Army, which has allowed Huang Taiji to expand the ranks of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty several times in a row, which has made the Tartar army grow rapidly.

Huang Taiji couldn't send all the soldiers and horses south to enter the pass, and he needed to leave enough troops to defend the old nest.

Huang Taiji didn't want to, last year Li Zixiao crossed the sea and led his troops to Shengjing City to reappear.

Although Li Zixiao only brought 2,000 people to Shengjing City last year, and did not cause much loss to the Tartars in Shengjing City, just the capture of Da Yu'er was already difficult for Huang Taiji to accept.

Therefore, this time Huang Taiji has fully considered it and will not give Li Zixiao any more loopholes.

"Now that the summer harvest has just ended, it is the best time to raise grain and grass materials, and I want your departments to complete the collection of all materials and the mobilization of troops within two months.

In September, all the troops will go to the meeting place one after another according to my orders, and in late September, they will enter the customs.

I think my father started with thirteen pairs of armor, how many difficulties have we overcome since we can develop to the present, no matter how difficult we are now, can we have the difficulties of my father's time?

The grain of each department was first supplied to the army, and when we entered the customs this time, the Han people there had food for us to grab.

When we bring back a cart full of grain, we will double it and return it to the people, not only food, but also women, real money, silk and satin. ”

Huang Taiji's words caused the Tartar generals to laugh, they recalled that they had entered the customs several times before, and each time they had gained a lot, and they were even more looking forward to this time.

Haoge laughed even louder and said, "What my father said is right, what we lack, just go to the Han people and grab it!"

I think that Taizu was able to create today's great foundation with thirteen pairs of armor, not because of the bravery of our people and the plundering from the Han people again and again!

The father and the emperor can rest assured that after the sons and daughters go back, they will take out the grain in the house, and they will ensure that they will raise all the grain and grass they need within the time limit. ”

"Okay." Huang Taiji glanced at Haoge appreciatively.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, we will do our best to help the princes and Belles, raise the materials needed for the army as soon as possible, and never delay the emperor's 'Southern Hunting' plan."

Fan Wencheng and Ning Wan, the traitor ministers next to him, also hurriedly stood up at this time and expressed their determination to Huang Taiji.

With the end of this late-night meeting in the Huang Taiji study.

(End of chapter)