Liaodong, Gaizhouwei, Siyahoutang

At this moment, Jia Heng hugged Gu Ruoqing's plump and delicate body, smelled the refreshing fragrance, and said softly: "Ruoqing, do you still remember the first time we met?"

Gu Ruoqing snorted coldly, her expression was dazed, and various memories of the past seemed to be reflected in her heart.

Jia Heng said softly: "Speaking of it, we have known each other for two or three years. When Duduo sneaked into the south of the Yangtze River and wanted to assassinate me, if Qingyu was in the inn with me at that time, we could be in danger together."

I remember that the first time I met Gu Ruoqing was when she went to Jiangnan for the first time, because the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou spent a lot of money to let Gu Ruoqing accompany her.

When Gu Ruoqing heard this, there seemed to be some memories in his clear eyes under his willow eyebrows. His bright face was as red as drunk, and he said: "At that time, it was indeed an assassination by a gangster. It was extremely thrilling."

At the beginning, she was also considered a witness.

When we first met, the young man was so arrogant, as if he was a court hawk, but now it seems that he also has the common people hidden in his heart.

The only drawback may be that she is lustful.

Jia Heng said: "Ruo Qing's personality has not changed much after so many years."

The cold look between Gu Ruoqing's brows and eyes floated, and he whispered: "Actually, a lot has changed. In the past, you were like this..."

Jia Heng angrily retracted his hand that was wandering under the beauty's waist and said, "Ruo Qing is afraid he wants to kill someone with a sword, right?"

Gu Ruoqing's beautiful face pretended to be cold, and she snorted coldly, with a hint of shame and annoyance in her beautiful eyes.

Jia Heng chuckled lightly, and then hugged the beauty's plump and delicate body, his heart was inevitably fluttering.

At this moment, Gu Ruoqing felt the heat behind the skirt. Her delicate body trembled and she froze on the spot. She felt her mind trembling inexplicably.

But obviously he didn't expect that as the young man talked, he would actually...

While the two of them were entangled, a joking voice suddenly came from outside, saying: "I just left you not long ago, why are you two hugging me again now?"

Jia Heng's eyes moved slightly, and he turned to look around, but saw Xiaoxiao entering the wing, with a half-smile on his face, and said softly: "Xiaoxiao, are you back?"

Gu Ruoqing also reacted at this moment and quickly straightened the messy clothes. Fangxin was extremely embarrassed and angry.

Chen Xiao glanced at Gu Ruoqing and said softly: "I just went to see the detectives from Jinyi Mansion and asked them to find out about Wang Jing's information."

Jia Heng looked at Chen Xiao and said softly: "Xiaoxiao, thank you for your hard work."

It is precisely because of Xiaoxiao's presence that he can be freed from the labor of writing documents and can fall in love with Gu Ruoqing.

Chen Xiao said in a low voice: "On the North Korean side, the former councilor Gui Sizhe planned to establish the puppet dynasty, and Ao Bai used threats and inducements with swords and weapons, and roughly organized and trained nearly 100,000 North Korean puppet troops, and fought with Zhongzhong in Qingdao, Gyeongsang Province, and Jeolla Province.

King Qin’s troops and horses, the two sides fought a decisive battle in Jiangyuan, regardless of the outcome. Now that the weather has turned cold, both sides have stopped fighting."

The Jurchens had few soldiers, but Azige "ruled the court by the people of the court", while Aobai used 18,000 elite banners to sit in Wangjing and serve as a platform for the North Korean hypocrite Gui Sizhe.

On the surface, the Manchu and Qing troops sent out this time was not to transform the country into a Qing Dynasty, but to whip and punish the disobedient Li family of Korea.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the will of resistance of some high-ranking families in the royal family of Korea was undermined.

Otherwise, these 100,000 North Korean puppet troops would not be prepared at all.

Jia Heng said: "As for North Korea, where is Li Hao's son now?"

"It is still in Gyeongsang Province and is supported by the local wealthy families. Recently, we are discussing to move the palace to Jeolla Province. However, the wealthy families in Gyeongsang Province are not willing." Chen Xiao explained, "Especially since our Han army is here.

After the Jurchen soldiers and horses were defeated in Liaodong and the two guards were captured, their will became even more determined."

This is also a rare commodity.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that once the Han Dynasty sends troops, the restoration of Korea will only be a matter of time. At that time, many local wealthy families in Gyeongsang Province will be able to enter the royal capital and become high-ranking political families because of their support.

Jia Heng picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the tea, which was cool and sweet after pressing down.

I don’t pay much attention to the discord among North Korean political factions.

It is said that the temple is small and the wind is strong, but the pond is shallow and there are many bastards.

Chen Xiaodao: "However, soon, the navy stationed in Japan will arrive in North Korea."

Under Chen Xiao's curved willow-leaf slender eyebrows, his cold, jade-like eyes moved slightly, and asked softly: "When do you plan to send troops?"

Jia Heng thought for a while and said softly: "Wait for a while, at least there will be a stalemate for a while."

Nowadays, there is not much ice on the vast sea. When the time comes, the boat can go straight to Liaodong.

Chen Xiao nodded slightly and said warmly: "That's fine."

Jia Heng said: "Let's not talk anymore, let's eat first."

Chen Xiao nodded slightly, then raised his eyes and glanced at Gu Ruoqing, who was not far away with the blush on his cheeks, and whispered: "Let's not talk about this for now, let's eat."

Then, everyone sat down and started eating.

Chen Xiao said softly: "It's almost winter. Tianjin Wei has delivered a batch of winter clothes and cotton shoes. The weather in Liaodong is too cold after all."

Jia Heng nodded and said warmly: "In addition, buy some more wine and meat to keep the soldiers warm in the winter. These are navy soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River, and most of them cannot withstand the cold."

This is what war really looks like. What is fought is money, food and logistical support. A real war must have a lot less romance and more of these small and silent things that moisturize things.

Chen Xiao nodded and said, "You can't live without wine."

The weather in Liaodong is indeed very cold.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is late November of the 18th year of Chongping. It is the ninth winter, and the weather is getting more and more biting and cold. Shengjing, Liaodong, which has a higher altitude, also has a heavy snowfall early.

It flew down and covered the entire vast land of Liaodong.

In the blink of an eye, several days passed and the weather became colder and colder.

The entire situation among the Han captives remained eerily calm.

Just after the Battle of Shanhaiguan, Cao Bianjiao did not continue to pursue the soldiers and horses of Prince Zheng Jierhalang due to the lack of troops under his command and the cold weather.

Therefore, the war in the north has calmed down for the time being.

As for Haizhou, the guards of Gaizhou, as Jia Heng said, began to pour a large amount of water on the city walls and build several ice cities.

Naval officers and soldiers from Jiangnan and Hebei frontier troops, numbering nearly 100,000, began to spend the winter in Liaodong.

At this moment, Shengjing, Palace Garden——

Lead clouds descended from the sky with low pressure, thick and rolling, and the slightly cold wind blew by, making the glazed tiles on the houses make whining sounds.

Dorgon has a majestic and tall figure. Due to many days of worry and anxiety, his originally majestic and solemn face has become extremely haggard, and his chin is unshaven.

At this moment, Dorgon's eye circles were already green and black, his voice was hoarse and rough, and he asked: "Where are the soldiers and horses of Prince Ying?"

As the Gaizhou Guard and Haizhou Guard fell into the hands of the Han court, and the military front reached Shengjing, Dorgon felt waves of pressure coming towards him.

Jia Heng's strategy of using the two guards as nails and launching a large-scale invasion of Liaoning in the spring of next year was naturally anticipated by Dorgon and Fan Xiandou.

So the top priority is to drive the Han people into the sea and regain the lost territory of the two guards.

How can you allow others to sleep soundly beside the couch?

The eunuch was cautious, his face paused slightly, and he said softly: "Your Majesty, Prince Ying has arrived in Liaoyang at this moment."

Dorgon took a deep breath, his face was as solemn as iron, and he said in a low voice: "Calling the princes and ministers of the Eight Banners to the Xiande Hall, I want to discuss state affairs."

The inner warden responded and then left in a hurry.

At this time, the outer and inner guards came to report that the Queen Mother was here.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager, also known as Concubine Zhuang, is wearing a gorgeous dress embroidered with Luan and Phoenix, her head is full of pearls, her dignified and gorgeous face is as charming as a spring flower, and her slender fingers are covered with Manchu finger cots.

To show that noble people don’t have to work.

"Fourteenth brother." Concubine Zhuang walked closer with plump steps and called out to Dorgon softly.

Dorgon looked at the graceful beauty and said, "Sister-in-law, you are here."

Concubine Zhuang said softly: "Fourteenth brother, I cooked some white fungus and lotus seed soup for you. It's cold. Please drink some to warm yourself up."

Dorgon waved his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I don't have much appetite at the moment."

What appetite can he have? Nowadays, national affairs are entangled and he is already very worried.

Seeing this, Concubine Zhuang's eyebrows curved, she pursed her slightly pink lips, and said with relief: "Fourteenth brother, although the state affairs are difficult, they need to be sorted out slowly, and you should not overwork yourself."

Could it be that after he got her body, he started to get tired of her?

This thought only passed by for a moment, and Concubine Zhuang put an end to the thoughts of these young children.

Now that there is a powerful enemy, the fourteenth brother cannot sleep at night, which is really worrying.

Dorgon said softly: "We will summon the ministers later, so please rest first."

Concubine Zhuang's face turned slightly, and she persuaded again: "Fourteenth brother, eat a little."

As he said that, he turned around, picked up the blue and white porcelain spoon in his hand, and filled the bowl with gruel.

Seeing this, Dorgon could only let Concubine Zhuang take care of it, closed his eyes and rested his mind, thinking about the Qing Dynasty's response.

After a while, the eunuch came to summon him, and all the princes and ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had already gone to the Xiande Hall to wait for him.

Dorgon took two mouthfuls of porridge, left the inner study without saying much, and headed towards the Xiande Hall.
To be continued...