Many times, there is no hatred between the two countries.

The reason why the two sides have made enemies is actually very simple, that is, the two countries are both adjacent and want to become stronger.

In the agricultural era, due to insufficient productivity, if you want to become stronger, you can only occupy more means of production. The most important means of production in this era is undoubtedly people and land.

To speak human words is that as long as you want to become strong, you must expand.

The Ming Dynasty wanted to expand, the Qing Dynasty also wanted to expand, and the two sides were neighbors, which brought about huge contradictions.

Moreover, this contradiction is different from the previous Mongolia.

The contradiction between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia belongs to the contradiction between farming and nomadic peoples, and it is difficult to transform between the two sides.

The Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols ruled the Central Plains for decades, and what they did was nothing more than painting large pieces of fertile fields in the Central Plains as pastures, which was undoubtedly ridiculous.

Although the Ming Dynasty also had a great victory in breaking Mongolia in the Fishing Sea (Bel Lake on the border of China-Mongolia), it also could not gain a long-term foothold on the grassland.

The lack of ability to transform into the other party's lifestyle is destined to be a long-term struggle between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia.

The Qing Dynasty belonged to the fishing and hunting people who came out of Changbai Mountain. They were very adapted to the way of settlement and could easily switch from fishing and hunting to farming.

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, Liaodong occupied by the Qing Dynasty was originally the land of the Ming Dynasty, and there were a large number of Ming farmers living on it.

This destined that it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty to coexist peacefully. These two countries were like two tigers living in the same mountain forest, biting each other until the last moment.

One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

It is undeniable that in the past many years, although the Qing Dynasty was far inferior to the Ming Dynasty, it had achieved a sufficiently brilliant victory over the Ming Dynasty in terms of military aspects.

The Battle of Sarhu, the Iron Battle, the Battle of Guangning, the Battle of Songjin... There were many battles, but almost every time it ended with the victory of the Qing Dynasty.

All this was deeply engraved in the memories of the Ming dynasty headed by Chongzhen, and gave them enough shadows to the Qing Dynasty.

But even so, Chongzhen still firmly promoted this battle against Qing.

There is nothing else, just because this time the leader is Zhu Cilang.

The Qing Dynasty's record against the Ming Dynasty was very brilliant, but that was before Zhu Cixuan appeared.

Since Zhu Cixuan officially took over military power, the Qing Dynasty fought against the Ming Dynasty several times and never won.

On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty became more and more braver in the battle. Not only did it successfully pacified Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, but it also defeated Dorgon's troops outside the pass.

With such a record in hand, why didn’t Chongzhen have high expectations for Zhu Cixuan?

Winter has passed and the spring of the new year has come.

In the entire city of Beijing, countless Ming people watched Zhu Cilang's army heading north in a mighty way, and their hearts were also hot.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince has sent troops again. This time it should be to fight Jiannu!"

"We should have taught Jiannu a good lesson long ago."

"Can you win?"

"What are you saying? Do you really think that the Crown Prince is the useless generals in the past? Let me tell you, this time, Jiannu is dead!"

"That's right, the old man sent all three sons to join the army this time, just waiting for them to come back with Jiannu's head, and glorify the ancestors!"

"Oh, you're in a good time. My two sons went to join the army ten years ago and all died in the Battle of Songjin."

"It's okay, don't you still have three grandchildren? When you grow up, they will avenge your father!"

"Avenge? Hey, I'm afraid that Jiannu had been flattened by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at that time, haha!"

Amid the expectations of everyone, Zhu Cixuan rode a horse and led 45,000 cavalrymen to leave Beijing City.

The Duke of England and Li Guozhen represented the court and sent Zhu Cixuan all the way out of the city.

The British Duke looked at Zhu Ciyang and said seriously: "What kind of instructions does Your Highness have to do to me?"

The British Duke did not mean that he wanted Zhu Cilang to leave his last words, but that he hoped to get some advice from Zhu Cilang.

Zhu Cilan touched his chin and thoughts appeared in his mind.

These ideas were basically derived by Zhu Cixuan after discussing with his staff and staff in the past winter, about the possible actions Dorgon took.

But... which one should I tell the British Duke?

Zhu Cilang pondered for a while, his eyes flashed over the Duke of England and Li Guozhen, and finally made up his mind and spoke slowly.

"Duke of England, the situation of the war has always been ever-changing, how can I fully predict it? But what I want to say is that Dorgon's hatred for this palace is unparalleled, beyond the imagination of many people."

"So, if you have a chance, please be decisive! Only decisive actions can bring victory to the Ming Dynasty and truly help us!"

When the British Duke heard this, he immediately felt solemn and bowed to Zhu Cilang, "I must keep your words in mind."

Zhu Cilang laughed, waved goodbye to the two of them, and then rode his horse away.

The British Duke looked at Zhu Cilang's figure, and for a moment he was ecstatic, expressing his feelings: "Your Highness is indeed a man of decisive decisiveness, and he can do this."

Li Guozhen, who was standing by, was quite puzzled since the beginning, and now he was even more puzzled: "What is the mystery of the British Duke fighting? Can you tell the last general?"

The British Duke laughed and shook his head at Li Guozhen: "The Buddha said, you can't say it, you can't say it!"

After saying that, the British Duke turned around and left.

Seeing this, Li Guozhen was immediately dissatisfied: "Why does this British Duke look like he is relying on his seniority? Humph, don't you say it, right? I will find a military advisor to ask you later. I don't believe that I can't solve your mystery!"

The next day, the British Duke and Li Guozhen also led 100,000 Ming troops to garrison the Shanhaiguan line.

On the one hand, this is to support Zhu Cilang's attack on Mongolia and defend Zhu Cilang's return.

On the other hand, this is also to cooperate with Zhu Cixuan's attack and attack decisively when the situation changes!

As for whether to take two-pronged approach or attack and defend, neither Zhu Ciying nor the British Duke had an answer in his mind at this moment.

In this game of battle, the Ming army was just one of the chess players. How would the chess game go depends on how the other chess player in the Qing Dynasty responded.

In fact, the Qing Dynasty's response was much more direct than what the Ming Dynasty wanted.

After hearing the news of the Ming army sending troops, Dorgon slapped his thigh and sneered.

"I haven't sent troops yet, but the Ming people dared to send troops? Very good. I immediately convened a meeting of the Prince and Ministers to discuss the affairs of the government. I want these Ming people to know what it means to be wrong!"
Chapter completed!