Afterwards, the Jinyiwei further strengthened the intelligence against Chahar, but due to various reasons, the information obtained by the Jinyiwei could not be detailed, and could only calculate the actions of the Qing army through appearance.

But not long ago, the Jinyiwei suddenly discovered that there were abnormal movements in Chahar's Qing army and Mongolian troops. A large number of Qing army and Mongolian cavalry suddenly began to gather. At first, the Jinyiwei thought that these troops were planning to march from Datong to Beijing, but who would have thought that the news later was puzzling. The main force of the Qing army and Mongolian cavalry did not advance eastward, but went north. At first, the Jinyiwei thought that the Qing army planned to bypass the Zhangjiakou area and attack Beijing from other directions, so the Jinyiwei sent a warning to the Beijing garrison for this. Zhuang Yan was nervous when he learned about it, but he quickly judged that this way of marching seemed very unreasonable. You must know that the Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty that year. There was a new army stationed in the Ming Dynasty in Beijing. In addition, the Qing army's various tricks were not impossible to achieve unexpected surprise attacks, but also made the Ming army wait for work and attack the other party.

Therefore, Zhuang Yan asked the Jinyiwei to further monitor the Qing army's actions, and at the same time began to arrange defenses in various places. But soon, further news from the Jinyiwei came. The Qing army did not show any signs of detouring Datong to attack Beijing from other directions, but instead went directly to the north. It seemed that they were going to Mobei.

When the news came, Zhuang Yan suddenly fell into deep thought. He could not understand the purpose of the Qing army doing this for a moment.

After all, on the grassland, the Jinyiwei could not have been like fish in water in various parts of China. It is extremely difficult to find out about the enemy's movements when a stranger appeared on the vast grassland. Although the Jinyiwei had spies sneaked into the Qing army and followed the Qing army to act together, because the level was too low, they could not reach the real secret of the Qing army. In addition, as the Qing army entered the depths of the grassland, it was extremely difficult to convey information.

"Ship Zhuang, your judgment is..." Zhang Zhao quickly finished reading the information, and his expression seemed a little confused. He couldn't understand the intention of Qing Jun doing this for a while.

Zhuang Yan shook his head: "The information is unknown and the motive is unknown, but one thing is certain, the current direction of the Qing army and Mongolian troops from Chahar is Mobei."

"The problem is what are they doing in Mobei?" Zhang Zhao frowned and thought for a while, but in the end he still didn't think of the reason.

If the commander of this Qing army felt that the Qing Dynasty was beyond help and led his subordinates to escape from the Qing court and were preparing to run to the north of the Mo and even further away to find another way out, I am afraid that the two present would not believe it. Chahar's Qing army was one of the elite troops of the Qing court, and there were also troops from various Mongolian troops. Although the number of this force was not as good as that of the Qing army in the Central Plains, in terms of combat effectiveness, it was probably even more than three points.

Furthermore, in addition to the Qing army and Mongolian cavalry, this unit also has the Russian army that had fought with the Ming army in Huaian. Such a unit joined forces with the three forces must have a targeted target and will never be deployed easily.

But shouldn't they attack Beijing now and to suppress and support the Battle of Central Plains? But now they are running farther and farther to the north, and this move is really unpredictable.

"No matter what, the Qing army's actions must have a deep meaning. I'm afraid there will be news soon." Zhuang Yan said seriously: "In my opinion, the Qing army may not be able to move south in a long time, but when will it go south and whether the target is Beijing City, it is not known yet, so you must be fully prepared."

"Please rest assured, Zhuang Shuai is prepared, and you are not afraid of the Qing army not coming. As long as they come, Bei Zhi guarantees that they will never return!"

Zhang Zhao immediately stood up and said firmly.

Zhuang Yan's expression was extremely serious, and he shook his head and said, "General Zhang, you didn't understand what I mean. What I said is that you must be fully prepared!"

"Me?" Zhang Zhao asked incomprehensible.

Zhuang Yan nodded and said directly: "The Central Plains has started war. The war in the Central Plains is related to the overall situation. Lin Shuai has sent letters to urge me to go south as soon as possible, so I can't stay in Beijing. In the past few days, I will go south and meet with Lin Shuai, so you are responsible for the defense of Beijing, including the northern part of Zhili!"

As soon as this sentence was said, Zhang Zhao was stunned, but before he could react, Zhuang Yan officially announced that Zhang Zhao would temporarily take over the garrison in Beijing, command 30,000 elite troops in Beijing and Fengtai, and also have command of the garrisons around Beijing.

In other words, Zhuang Yan directly handed over all his rights in Beijing to Zhang Zhao. It can even be said that Zhang Zhao became the supreme commander of northern China, including Beijing and its northern war zone, except for the troops in southern Zhili.

"Supervisor Zhuang...this..." Even though Zhang Zhao was usually bold and shocked by this order, he had to know that his level was only a general, and he was far from the level of commanding the entire army. Such a heavy burden was pressed on him all at once, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"I discussed and decided by Mr. Lin. Mr. Dong also agreed and reported it to the Military Affairs Office to get the approval of the emperor." Seeing that Zhang Zhao was a little confused, Zhuang Yan immediately explained, and patted his shoulder hard and said, "No need to be favorable to one and the other. Have you done a good job these days? Speaking of which, you have also experienced it over the years. Besides, this is just a name. You must know that there is still a temporary wait in front of your guard. Do it well! As long as you keep your territory and wait until the dust in the Central Plains is settled, you will be a great achievement at that time!"

The expression on Zhang Zhao's face was first shocked, then turned into surprise, then a little frightened and uneasy, but with Zhuang Yan's encouragement, a blush slowly appeared on his face. Finally, his body trembled slightly, his expression was excited but firmly claimed that it was.

On that day, Zhuang Yan talked with Zhang Zhao for a long time, mainly to hand over the work of garrison with him. With the beginning of the Battle of the Central Plains, Lin Jianzhang was in urgent need of people. As the Chief of Staff, Zhuang Yan was also one of the highest commanders in charge of the Northern Theater Command. At this time, he had to go south as soon as possible to assist Lin Jianzhang in commanding this decisive battle.

Therefore, Zhuang Yan didn't stay in Beijing for much time, and Dong Dashan had already returned to Nanjing with Zhang Ran a few days ago, so Zhang Zhao also needed to shoulder the heavy responsibility of guarding as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!