Sultry air enveloped Xuzhou City in central Henan Province. There was not even a draft in the backyard of the state government office. The willow branches in the courtyard had not moved for most of the day.

On the willow tree, the sound of cicadas kept squeaking. The noise made Prince Hauge of the Qing Dynasty a little upset. The sultry climate in Xuzhou in summer made Hauge, who was used to the cool temperatures outside Northeast Pass, very uncomfortable. Lying down

Hauge was sitting on a bamboo couch under a willow tree in the yard, shirtless and covered in black hair. He was fanning himself with a cattail leaf fan in his hand. At this moment, he missed the cool climate of his hometown outside Guanhai.

But when he wanted to go back to his hometown, he was unwilling to pack up his things and go back to his hometown.

Because he has now helped his younger brother Fulin to capture the core territory of the Central Plains. If he conquers the Central Plains and conquers the world, he also knows it. After all, he has also read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one of the three famous works, otherwise he would

Nor would he place his old camp in Henan in Xuzhou. Isn't Xuzhou the same as Cao Cao's hometown, Xuchang?

In Hauge's opinion, Luoyang is too remote. Kaifeng Prefecture was washed away by floods, and Suiyang was evacuated by Huang Degong, and its location is also relatively remote. Only Xuzhou, which belongs to Kaifeng Prefecture, is still prosperous and has a good location.

It's relatively upright, almost in the middle of the Central Plains.

It will be easier to occupy Xuzhou and conquer the east and west, and it will also be easy to collect grain and cadres. Using this place as a stronghold, sooner or later the entire Central Plains can be captured!

Therefore, in Hauge's own opinion, this layout is still very clever. The only thing that makes him a little dissatisfied is that the summer in Xuzhou is too hot for him, and there is no place nearby to escape the heat.

Just when Hauge was looking for a shade to escape the heat of the afternoon, Obai's bleating sound suddenly came from outside the yard.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is another good news from Shandong!"

Another good news from Shandong!

Hauge got angry when he heard Ao Bai shouting about Shandong! What's so great, isn't it just that he annihilated 40,000 to 50,000 Nikan regiments? He's not an elite, so why bother bragging about them every day?

Moreover, there were also many casualties in Duduo, probably over 10,000, of which nearly 1,000 were killed in the Eight Banners Real Manchuria! It is also said that they died of illness due to overwork and acclimatization. Who can blame them?

Are the bones of the Eight Banners True Manchurians that weak? After traveling around Shandong, Xiao Qianduoduo died of illness in just a few days. He brought a total of 12,000 to 3,000 True Manchurians to Shandong. If he had to die in such a way, not even two of them would die.

The year is over!

Is it true that the two white flags in Manchuria have the same body as tofu? If it is really like that, why don't you just go back to your hometown and eat something good and wait until death?

Besides, how come so few people in Haug’s True Manchuria are infected with the disease? The number of True Manchurians under his command and those under Duduo seem to be less than 20 or 30 when they get sick in the past two months. This is normal.

number!

It's just a miserable victory. A miserable victory is still a victory! But Dorgon, a rebellious minister and traitor, brags every day. He even gave Duduo the title of Prince Heshuo. It is said that Duoduo will be appointed as an assistant.

Prince Zheng is the same as Jierhalang!

Why? I am the eldest son of the late emperor, half a step away from becoming the emperor. Now there is no prince Heshuo or an assistant prince, just Duduo has them!

This guy Duduo is even more hateful. He reports a bullshit victory every two days! It is extremely shameless to boast about conquering the next county seat.

Just when Hauge was about to open his mouth and drive people away, he saw an Obai who looked like he was fished out of the water running in. He wiped his sweat and saluted Hauge: "Your Majesty, my slave, Obai, wishes to greet you."

"Oh, Obai, you look so hot, you feel like you fell into the water!" Hauge shook his head repeatedly, "It's such a big deal, why are you in such a hurry?"

"There is no hurry!" Aobai stamped his feet, "Dorobelnik can take over Xuzhou City!"

"What?" Haug suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, "What did you say?"

"Dorobeleni can take Xuzhou!"

"Xuzhou? How is it possible?" Hauge couldn't sit still and stood up suddenly, "How many people do Duduo have at hand? With such a tight army, how can there be any spare power to capture Xuzhou?"

Obai handed the Tang newspaper with both hands and said in his mouth: "Your Majesty, the victory report said that Dorobellani was worthy of the order of the Prince of Yu, leading an Eight Banner force of three thousand to plunder Peifeng, Fengjian, and more than ten thousand people from Gaojie's tribe in the Southern Army.

Encountered it and defeated it in one battle. Then Gao Jie abandoned Xuzhou and headed east to Haizhou, and He Luohui then invaded Xuzhou!"

"Nikan is indeed brave, much better than Duduo!" Hauge praised, and took the Tang newspaper from Obai's hand and read it carefully.

This "Nikan" is Nurhaci's grandson, and his father is Nurhaci's eldest son Chu Ying. Chu Ying was Nurhaci's heir in his early years, but because he competed for power with the four great Baylors and five ministers, he was framed by them and was imprisoned by Nurhaci.

, and finally executed.

Because Huang Taiji was one of the Four Belles, he was considered one of Nikan's father-killing enemies! Later, both Nikan and his brother Du Du worked hard for Huang Taiji, conquering the east and west, and made great contributions, but they were always because of this obstacle.

Being suppressed, Du Du died in depression.

So after the death of Huang Taiji, Nikan became very close to the three Dorgon brothers. After the Battle of Tuhe, Dorgon sent Nikan to Shandong to help Duduo.

And Nikan seemed to have a really good plan. Not long after he arrived under Duduo, he fought several victorious battles on the "West Bank of the Canal" battlefield. In early July, he even broke into Xuzhou and defeated Gao Jie's army with 3,000 men.

Thousands of people, they also conveniently took down Xuzhou, which is a must-have for military strategists.

"Your Majesty," Obai saw Hauge's brows furrowed and didn't know what he was thinking, so he reminded him, "Huang Degong from Shangqiu is probably going to run away too."

It doesn't matter if Huang Degong runs away, but Shangqiu cannot fall into Duduo's hands! Otherwise, where would Prince Su Hauge's face be?

"Hurry!" Hauge suddenly jumped up from the bamboo couch, "Hurry and beat the drums to gather the generals, I am going to send troops to Bozhou!"

"Bozhou? Isn't it Shangqiu?"

Hauge snorted: "It's too late. Duduo is now stationing troops in Jining, and is also using troops in the southwest of Yanzhou. How far is it from Shangqiu? Will he allow me to seize Shangqiu calmly?"

Ao Bai thinks so too!

As soon as Gao Jie of Xuzhou fled, Huang Degong of Shangqiu was surrounded by enemies on three sides. Wouldn't he run away and wait for death? Moreover, Gao Jie was heading east to Haizhou, so the Suishui River south of Xuzhou was unguarded.

Huang Degong had to fill this gap and move his troops to the line from Suzhou to Suining, with Hongze Lake as his back, to defend Huai'an Prefecture.

Nanming must defend it!

Obai thought for a while and asked again: "Your Majesty, shall we choose Bozhou?"

If you look at the map, Bozhou is a protrusion inserted into Henan. After the fall of Guide Mansion, it was surrounded on three sides by territory controlled by the Qing army.

"Of course Bozhou won't do it!" Hauge snorted, "But we can't underestimate the enemy and rush into Fengyang Mansion. After all, it is the location of the imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a barrier to defend the Yangtze River. As the saying goes, if you defend the river, you must defend the Huaihe River. Fengyang Mansion

It is not easy to defeat, we must be more cautious."

"Your Majesty," said Obai, knowing that there was a battle to be fought, he became more energetic, "Let me take the lead!"

Hauge shook his head: "Let Shang Kexi and Bai Guangen send troops to Yimen Town. You can send them out later. You must advance cautiously and slowly, and slowly push towards Bozhou."

Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi and other three kings of Shun are now fighting in Henan with Hauge. The army of the three of them has also expanded after entering Henan. It has become the backbone of the Eight Banners Han Army and the newly attached Green Camp soldiers.

Cannon fodder, plus a small number of Banner-Han mixed legions under the supervision of real Manchuria. The number of troops is between 10,000 and 15,000.

Bai Guangen, who originally surrendered to Li Zicheng, surrendered to Hauge in Ruzhou and became a third minister. He personally carried the yellow flag and had more than 10,000 soldiers under his command (he was brought to Henan by Li Guo and was thrown into Ruzhou as cannon fodder).

Army, so more than 10,000 people) were all organized into the Green Camp.

This time, Hauge brought out a gratifying 15,000 people and Bai Guangen's 10,000 people to attack Yimen Town, an important place south of Bozhou. In fact, it was an extremely cautious approach. If anything goes wrong,

It doesn't hurt even if some traitors die. If everything goes well, then Obai will lead thousands of elite soldiers with yellow flags and red flags to capture Bozhou for meat.

Hauge himself led more than 10,000 people from Zhenglan Banner and Zhenghuang Banner, as well as 15,000 people from Kong Youde, to station in Suizhou as backup for Ao Bai, Shang Kexi, Bai Guangen and others.

Geng Zhongming will stay in Xuzhou with Lei Xing, the Qing governor of Henan, to monitor the Dashun army in Nanyang.

Hauge took a breath: "If we have the chance, we will cross the Huaihe River and go to Fengyang Mansion, the central capital of Nanmanzi, and let Dorgon and Duoduo see how powerful we are!"
Chapter completed!