It is more than six hundred miles from Xuzhou to Zhongmou.
It was already noon five days later when Chongzhen led Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan, Ma Huabao and other frontier troops from the three towns as well as the Shiziying to arrive at the veterinary hospital.
To be honest, marching 600 miles in five days is already an incredible speed.
That is to say, the Ming army is now well-supplied and physically able to keep up. Otherwise, with the meager supplies from before, it would not be able to support such a high-intensity march.
However, the frontier army was still inferior to the Shizi camp.
After five days of rapid march, more than 20,000 soldiers of the frontier army were exhausted, but more than 6,000 soldiers still seemed full of energy, and they were even in the mood to recite poems and write poems while marching.
The muscles and bones of these six thousand scholars have really been built up through hard work.
Yunwen Yunwu can truly be called the top elite of this era.
At the veterinarian's entrance, Chongzhen met Jin Xuan, Hu Guozhu and Zheng Hongkui.
"I see you, Your Majesty." Jin Xuan and the others bowed to Chongzhen in accordance with military etiquette.
"No need." Chongzhen waved his hand casually and asked, "How is the situation?"
Jin Xuan said: "Back to the Lord, the Yellow River embankment was saved, but Jiannu was not stopped and was allowed to run away."
"Your Majesty, this is all because of the incompetence of my navy." Zheng Hongkui said with shame, "Because the river is too shallow, my navy couldn't get up near Heyin, so I could only watch Jiannu crossing the river.
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"Zheng Qing doesn't need to blame himself. How can you blame the navy for this?" Chongzhen waved his hand and said in relief.
"What's more, your navy can be said to have taken the greatest credit for being able to hold the Huanghuai defense line this time!"
Hearing this, the navy generals such as Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Cai behind him were naturally happy, while the border town generals such as Jin Shenghuan, Wang Zuntan and Ma Huabao were slightly unhappy.
Chongzhen did not ignore these border town generals.
"There are others, sir." Chongzhen patted Jin Shenghuan on the shoulder and said with a smile, "They are all the heroes of this battle. I will reward them heavily when they return to Xuzhou, haha."
"I thank you, Your Majesty."
Jin Shenghuan and other generals were overjoyed when they heard this.
In contrast, the scholars were extremely calm.
Chongzhen asked Hu Guozhu again: "Hu Qing, are you sure that Jiannu has retreated across the Yellow River?"
"I am sure." Hu Guozhu replied with certainty, "The Yiding led by Meng Ketu even chased them outside Wushe City. By this time, the Jiannu army had already retreated through Qinshui River and headed for Wei Hui Mansion."
"Okay, okay! Very good!" Chongzhen let out a sigh of relief after hearing this.
"Only now can I believe that the Xuzhou War has really come to an end."
After saying this, Chongzhen said: "In the end, our Ming Dynasty won the battle in Xuzhou, haha!"
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Zheng Sen, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi and other scholars congratulated Chongzhen one after another, and then Jin Xuan, Zheng Hongkui, Jin Shenghuan and other civil servants and military generals also followed suit.
"Same joy, same joy, haha." Chongzhen smiled with a smile on his face.
Now, it's time to consider the specific follow-up matters.
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While walking in Luoyang, Li Zicheng looked depressed.
This time when he left Luoyang, Li Zicheng originally wanted to take advantage.
In the end, instead of taking advantage of the opportunity, the 70,000-strong army was ruined.
The 100,000 right battalion troops who followed him out of Luoyang eastward only managed to escape with 30,000 old soldiers. The 70,000 newly recruited soldiers either died in battle or fled, and there is a high probability that they will never return to Luoyang.
Fortunately, as long as the thirty thousand old soldiers are still there, the foundation of Youying will still be there.
In the past few days, news has been coming back from Si River. When he heard that Jiannu was preparing to dig the Yellow River embankment, Li Zicheng didn't think there was anything wrong because he had done this before.
When it comes to fighting, in order to defeat the enemy, you will naturally do whatever you can to defeat the enemy.
What can never harm the people is just the opinion of scholars and the obscurity of rotten Confucians.
Li Zicheng even hoped that Jiannu could succeed, which would bring a catastrophe to the Ming army. Even if the Ming army held the Huanghuai defense line, it would be busy with disaster relief for a long time.
Unfortunately, Jiannu fell short in the end.
Chen Yongfu said: "Your Majesty, the Jiannu have retreated, and the Ming army has also occupied Heyin, Mi County and Xingyang counties, but the garrison is very small, with no more than a hundred horses in each county."
"If our Dashun army sends troops at this time, it will be easy to capture these counties."
After saying this, Chen Yongfu added: "In this way, we can gain at least half of Kaifeng Mansion."
Zuo Mao became anxious when he heard it at first, and said: "Your Majesty, you promised our Ming Dynasty that Kaifeng Mansion is only a temporary loan. Now that the Xuzhou War is over, the property should return to its original owner. No more troops can be sent to rob it."
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"Don't worry, sir, I won't rob you." Li Zicheng said angrily, "There weren't many people left in Kaifeng Mansion to begin with, and even less after being robbed by the Jiannu slaves this time, what's the use of me just robbing them?
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After a pause, he said to Chen Yongfu: "You just need to be careful of the slave slaves in Huaiqing Mansion in the north."
After suffering this defeat, Li Zicheng felt a little disoriented and wanted to return to Xi'an to rest for a while.
However, before leaving, there was one more thing that had to be done, so he immediately ordered Li Shuangxi: "Prince, go and behead Niu Jinxing and his son, and you will personally supervise the execution!"
"My son, I accept the decree." Li Shuangxi said.
However, it's not all bad news.
There is also good news from the front camp and the back camp.
The former battalion has already reached Suzhou Guards and completely restored the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
The rear camp is even more incredible. With the help of Sanggar's Khan Banner, it successfully surrendered dozens of tribes in Hetao and Tumotechuan in less than half a year. Now only the two largest tribes are left huddled in Guihua City and lingering.
If Jiannu does not send troops again, the entire territory of Tumut Mongolia will be pacified soon.
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At this time, Dorgon's army had arrived in Anyang, Zhangde Prefecture.
Dorgon stayed in Anyang for a few days, and soon news came from Weihui and Yanzhou.
The news sent from Wei Hui Mansion said that although Xianglan Banner dug two Yellow River embankments, due to the high sediment content in the river water, the gaps were finally blocked.
When trying to dig a third gap, the Ming Dynasty army rushed over, so they had to retreat.
This news made the three traitors Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo a little disappointed. If the Yellow River embankment could not be dug to artificially create a large-scale disaster, the situation would probably not be optimistic due to the huge gap in manpower and material resources between the Ming and Qing courts.
The only hope now is party struggle.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! I hope that the party struggle can hold back Chongzhen.
Otherwise, the Ming army might launch the Northern Expedition.
Immediately afterwards, another news came from Yanzhou.
However, this news made Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo have mixed feelings.
Because Duduo's army looted Qufu County, the hometown of Confucius, Yan Shenggong's mansion was also bloodbathed by Duoduo's army. I don't know if the contemporary Yan Shenggong died in the war?
Confucius' status in the minds of scholars can be said to be extremely sacred.
Duduo's army looted Yanshenggong's mansion, and his image in the minds of the scholars was completely destroyed.
But then again, it’s not really a big deal, and honors and reputations are sometimes illusory.
Before the Qing army entered Shanhaiguan, who among the Ming officials in the Beijing court spoke loudly about the differences between Han and Yi? Later, when the Qing army entered Shanhaiguan, they knelt down faster than anyone else.
There are indeed many scholars who have integrity, but there are even more who lack character.
What disappoints Hong Chengchou and the others is that from now on, the Qing government will only be able to recruit scholars with no integrity, and those scholars with integrity may not serve the Qing government until they die.
However, Hong Chengchou and the others could understand Duduo's move.
Because Shandong has been looted many times, the population, livestock and property have dropped sharply, which means there is not much oil and water left, and the Yanshenggong Mansion in Qufu is one of the few fat sheep.
This time the Qing troops suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Xuzhou.
Naturally, a few fat sheep must be slaughtered to replenish the supplies.
Hong Chengchou and others can understand it, but Dorgon can understand it even more.
At that time, Dorgon summoned He Luo Hui to the camp and said: "He Luo Hui, please immediately send your flying cavalry to Yanzhou Prefecture and inform the ten kings that they no longer need to occupy the counties along the way. You can take all the lands in Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Jinan Prefecture.
The young women and children were abducted and resettled in Dongchang Mansion, and all the elderly and disabled people over forty years old were killed, and no food was left to be wasted."
Hearing this, Hong Chengchou and the others sighed again, there was nothing they could do.
"Hey!" He Luohui shouted and left.
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The city of Kaifeng had been burned down by Jiannu, not a single house was left, and all the people in the city were killed. After Jiannu left, not even a dog could be found, and he was completely heartless.
Therefore, Chongzhen's army could only be stationed in nearby Zhongmou.
Chongzhen waited in Zhongmou until the first day of July, and finally met Chen Qianfu and Du Yinxi.
After Huang Zongxi lent Kaifeng Mansion to the Dashun Army, Chen Qianfu was forced to take a group of officials from Kaifeng Mansion to retreat to Yanling, south of Kaifeng Mansion. This time he learned that Chongzhen's army had retaken Kaifeng and hurried back.
But after returning to Kaifeng, all I saw was ruins, which made me feel sad.
Therefore, when he saw Chongzhen, Chen Qianfu filed an imperial complaint: "Your Majesty, please kill Huang Zongxi! If this thief hadn't made the decision to temporarily lend Kaifeng City to Jiannu to garrison troops, how could he have ended up like this?"
"Chen Qianfu, it is my wish to lend Kaifeng City to Pseudo-Shun."
Chongzhen stopped Chen Qianfu's mouth with just one sentence. Let's stop wrangling this matter.
Jian Nu bloodbathed the city of Kaifeng, and hundreds of thousands of old, young, women, and children were killed. No one felt good.
Huang Zongxi had been unable to eat for three days, and he had lost weight due to hunger. But before borrowing the city, who would have thought that the puppet army would be so incompetent, and that it would be so easy to be plotted by the slave builders?
So this matter has nothing to do with Huang Zongxi.
So Chongzhen took over the responsibility without hesitation.
Seeing that Chongzhen was protecting Huang Zongxi, Chen Qianfu became confused and didn't know what to say.
Chongzhen said again: "Chen Qianfu, over a period of time, more than one million refugees in Xuzhou City will be sent to Guide Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture. You need to cooperate with Du Qing in the resettlement work and land equalization."
"Yes." Chen Qianfu agreed and couldn't help but ask again, "Your Majesty, do you really want to equalize the land in Henan?"
"Otherwise?" Chongzhen snorted, "If you find it inconvenient, I can change someone else to come to Henan."
