Zhu Jie has been on the treasure for half a month, in this half a month, the intelligence from all over the country has gathered to Nanjing City, now from the capital to the south, the Qing army is divided into two roads, one route is led by Jierharang two red flags and Han Eight Banners across Xuanhua, take Datong, and then approach Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, Shanxi General Sun Zhixiu is difficult to support alone, so he has to temporarily retreat to Taiyuan, retreat towards the south of Jin, the Qing army all the way south, approaching Pingyang Mansion; The main force of the Qing army in the east is all the way south from Beijing, passing through Zhuozhou, Baoding, Zhending and Hejian Mansion, and the troops have also advanced to the Daimyo's Mansion, Duoduo himself is a famous Qing general, and Wu Sangui and Aobai and others help each other from the side.

Tartar entered the customs, Lianke Prefecture, I have to say, the whole world was shaken, where Tartar said, blood flowed like a river, the people were not happy, there was no worst, only worse, every day the documents sent to Nanjing City were baskets and baskets.

Above the court, now the courtiers are most concerned about the war situation of the Daimyo's Mansion, whether they can hold the Daimyo's Mansion, if the Daimyo's Mansion is lost, Henan Province has suffered repeated wars, and the people's livelihood is withered, it is difficult to contain the Qing army's attack in Henan, then it may be necessary to let the Qing army reach the Yangtze River in one breath.

Zhu Jie is not too worried, he believes in Xu Yifan's ability, as long as there is no very abrupt change in the situation, Xu Yifan will lead the Tianwei Army to hold the Daimyo's Mansion for a month or two, and there will be no big problem, but he, Zhu Jie, will definitely not let the Qing army besiege the Daimyo's Mansion like this, where all the efforts are gathered - Tongzhou Town and Tianwei Army, which is the only elite of the Ming Dynasty who can wrestle with the Manchurian elite now.

It's just that now it is not so easy to dispatch the three towns of Nanjing, and even the elite of Luzhou Town, but all the troops who mobilize need military salaries, not to mention the three towns of Nanjing, with a strength of 60,000 or 70,000, once the whole army is dispatched, military salaries, pulling fees, grain and grass are all a huge expense, but now what makes people scratch their heads is money, money!

How can you fight a war without money? Just the six towns of the Tianwei Army in front of it plus Tongzhou Town, the military salary of the 100,000 army is as high as 400,000 taels every month, and there is a trend of further rise, if the three towns of Nanjing are pulled up, there is no doubt that it will be higher, and the consumption of six or seven hundred thousand taels a month is not a problem.

Today's Hubu Shangshu Hou is about to die of sorrow, from Guangdong, Fujian, Huguang, Jiangxi to relieve the military salary, now has been intercepted by the imperial court, have been rerouted to Nanjing City, however, these provinces, also Huguang is rich, a lot of taxes, with more than one million taels of silver, and some grain and grass, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi The taxes of the three provinces together are only similar to Huguang, the four provinces combined, that is, less than three million taels of silver, what can three million taels of silver do? Even if it is all used for war, according to the current situation, it will last for half a year at most, and the sea will be returned to the dry river.

As for most of the taxes of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, which occupied the majority of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, they have now entered Shandong out of Nanzhili and transported to Beijing. Although he has already made a will to Xu Yifan, he doesn't know how much he can get back.

Zhu Jie's heart has been very heavy these days, even if Cha Zhu and Xu Yifan have won two battles in succession at the junction of Zhilu and Henan, they have not caused the slightest excitement in his heart. A small victory in a corner of the country, has nothing to do with the overall situation, the real key lies in Dezhou, Dongchang and the Daimyo, the three state capitals can be defended, naturally everything is easy to say, once one of them is lost, it will be a big trouble for the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, you are here to say something, when will I be able to wave my troops north again, grandma, I have heard that now the common people in the north are suffering under the bullying of the Tartars, and even the slaughter of the city has appeared!"

Qin Mufeng went straight into the harem, roaring angrily, only he Qin Mufeng dared to treat the forbidden place of the palace as nothing, and he didn't even need to report it, he broke into the harem directly, Shu Xinchen next to him was full of helplessness, he was forced to come, so the emperor was unhappy, and he was going to be unlucky.

"Mu Feng, don't worry, there are still battles to be fought, in the next two or three years or even longer, I will let you fight endless battles, until one day, you don't want to fight!"

To Shu Xinchen's surprise, the emperor did not have the slightest displeasure, he was more gentle than before, at other times, even if Qin Mufeng wanted to go straight to the Shuai Mansion and the Yamen, he would be reprimanded by the emperor, but now that he has ascended to the big treasure, he is more gentle than before.

Qin Mufeng's face froze, and he said hurriedly: "But, but, the emperor, the ministers are in a hurry, the bubbles on the anxious mouth are all out, over there in the Daimyo's Mansion, Duoduo is leading the main force of the Manchurian Tartars and the Guanning Iron Cavalry to besiege it, it is a powerful force that shocks the world, Brother Yifan's troops are far inferior, in case there is a mistake, it is not a joke......

"I know!"

Zhu Jie said angrily, "Mu Feng, the war is different from others, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, but now we have no grain and grass, most of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty are now on the canal, not to mention anything else, just on the Cao Yun ships in Shandong, there are no less than three million taels of tax silver, millions of stones of grain and grass, Nanjing City is now empty of the treasury, how to go on the expedition?" What do we fight with? ”

"Your Majesty,"

Sun Chuanting on the side said in a deep voice: "The minister always feels that something is faintly wrong, even if all the boats have arrived near the Daimyo's Mansion, now that Xu Yifan has received the will, it has been half a month, it stands to reason that these boats should have passed through Jining, and even re-entered the territory of Nanzhili, but, why didn't there be any movement?" What went wrong? ”

Zhu Jie's heart was shocked, this is exactly the problem he is most worried about, so much tax money and grain are concentrated in Shandong, and he has not received accurate information, what is going on? As Sun Chuanting said, since Chashu defeated the Qing army near Dezhou and intercepted most of the boats, then these boats should have returned to Nanzhili......

"Brother Baigu, I am going to send someone to expedite seven hundred miles and send it to Fang Dayou, the governor of Shandong, and Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, to inquire about the canal transportation affairs, and order Liu Zeqing to send troops to protect the transportation ships to the south, and there must be no accidents.

Zhu Jie shouted in a deep voice.

Qin Mufeng muttered: "Your Majesty, I have long felt that Liu Zeqing's kid is a little unreliable, when did that kid stand in the way?" Greedy for life and afraid of death, cowardly and incompetent, putting Shandong in his hands is simply playing with fire......"