Zhang Boyi, who was standing aside, fully agreed with Zhou Zhisheng's judgment: "I am now worried that Zuo Menggeng, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo are our defeated generals. Letting them deal with Jianlu may not be able to become a climate!"

Zhou Zhisheng was very excited to discuss the details: "It can make a climate, it will definitely make a climate. Now, after such a big defeat in Jianlu, it will definitely change people's minds. Zuo Menggeng, Liu Zeqing, and Liu Liangzuo are willing to stand up, they will definitely be able to restrain Jianlu for several months. For us, this is the most important time to recuperate, and I also listen to Wu'an Hou's self-reporter to support Caozhou!"

Zhang Boyi knew that Wang Zhiren was defeated and wanted to get back his face, but he was not opposed to launching an offensive to the north while recuperating on a large scale: "It is a good thing for the country to occupy a few more prefectures and counties. Anyway, the outside of Xuzhou City has been almost done, so the top priority for us is how to deal with Dorgon, the regent!"

Zhou Zhisheng was also very concerned about Dorgon's problem. After all, Dorgon must pass by Xuzhou when he returned from Fengyang. Moreover, Wang Puxiang was chasing Dorgon closely behind him. He didn't take the opportunity to attack him in front and back. I'm sorry for such a favorable situation: "Yes, it's almost time for us to chase him to the ground in Shandong. The key is how to deal with this regent, Peng Chengbo. How do you think you should deal with Dorgon? Should you intercept the regent specifically, or let Dorgon kill him like Xuzhou, or leave all Jianlu behind!"

Zhou Zhisheng has now proposed three feasible plans. The first is to focus all his attention on Dorgon, the regent. As long as Dorgon, the actual number one figure in the Qing Dynasty, he will naturally create huge chaos in the north and within the Qing Dynasty. However, although this plan can intercept Dorgon as much as possible, it will definitely let go of most of the main forces of the Qing army.

The second solution is naturally to pursue killing efficiency like the Battle of Xuzhou, and devote most of the energy to the Qing army's inconvenient baggage, artillery and infantry, and to eat up all these slow-moving and weak self-defense troops with tide-like attacks. However, the disadvantage is that the most elite and most capable troops in the Qing army will definitely take the opportunity to escape.

The third option is to go the other way, specifically capture the elite Qing army and fight to the death. Both sides will suffer losses, but they must completely defeat the elite Qing army. Zhang Boyi immediately laughed: "Your Majesty gave me face-to-face advice before this Western Expedition, and he had already considered such a problem!"

Zhou Zhisheng suddenly became curious: "Boy Peng Cheng, how do you say this?"

Zhang Boyi immediately said: "Your Majesty told me personally that if we fought with Jianlu in Xuzhou and suffered a loss or were just a small victory, we would naturally have to solve Dorgon at all costs. As long as we solve Dorgon and Jianlu, we would definitely not be able to hold on!"

Zhou Zhisheng already understood what Zhang Boyi meant: "But now we are neither losing both sides nor losing or winning small, but winning a big victory!"

Zhang Boyi said excitedly: "Since it has won countless victories, Dorgon is a toothless tiger. Your Majesty naturally hopes that Dorgon can help us guard the northern part of peace and safety for several months!"

Zhou Zhisheng already understood.

When Dorgon's two southern expeditions were ultimately defeated, a living Dorgon was more valuable than Dorgon who was shot dead by the Ming army of Yue. What's more important is that Liu Yongxi and Chengtian Dynasty did not want a full-scale warlord battle in the north after Dorgon's death.

For Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Zuo Menggeng and others, the Ming army of Yue and Chengtian Dynasty can be said to have absolute psychological advantages. We know that these defeated generals cannot cause much waves. If the Qing army had not ended in a crushing defeat in both southern expeditions, these defeated generals would not even have the courage to raise an anti-Qing army.

However, if there is a situation of warlord chaos in the north, there will definitely be strong enemies that Chengtian Dynasty and Yueming Army completely unexpectedly emerged. Although Chengtian Dynasty and Yueming Army felt that no matter what kind of strong enemies, the fewer such unexpected strong enemies, the better, especially the Han warlords in the northern region that occupy several provinces are even more powerful enemies of the unified path of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Dorgon returned to the north alive, just as Zhang Boyi said, it was purely a "toothless tiger" and could help the Ming army in the Yue Ming army suppress the warlords in the north. Of course, the Ming army of Yue Ming would not allow Dorgon and the Qing army to calmly recover from their wounds, so there was a rebellion between Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and Zuo Menggeng.

This is the situation that Emperor Chengtian Liu Yongxi hopes most, and Zhou Zhisheng immediately replied: "Then we will handle it according to the rules of the Battle of Xuzhou, and the results will be particularly good at that time!"

He was talking about this, and a clear news came from outside: "Our cavalry has discovered that Dorgon, the regent of Jianlu, is leading the army back from the south!"

Zhang Boyi couldn't help laughing: "Dorgon came very well. Let him know what it means to escape with his tail between his legs!"

For Dorgon, Wang Puxiang alone was afraid that he would be in a hurry. Now that the sudden attacks of the Xuzhou defenders and the Yue Ming army have suddenly come out, he always feels that he is willing but unable to do it. He found that life has never been as sad as it is now.

There were elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, cavalry, infantry, artillery and countless civil rebels everywhere, and Dorgon also confirmed that the Qing army near Xuzhou had collapsed completely: "Regent, our Qing Dynasty has no soldiers or soldiers near Xuzhou, let's go quickly!"

"Yes, the Han people said that they would stay in the green mountains and not be afraid of burning firewood. Let's withdraw quickly!"

"Regent, if we don't withdraw, we won't be able to leave!"

In fact, the reason why everyone said this is naturally because they hoped that Dorgon would abandon those baggage, artillery, coats, and slaves who were slow to act and had no self-defense ability. Everyone felt that if it weren't for the drag of these units, the Qing army would have passed Xuzhou long ago, and it might even be possible to bring most of the Qing army near Xuzhou out.

Dorgon also felt that if he dragged on like this, his army that had been pursued by Wang Puxiang all the way would definitely collapse on the whole line. Therefore, he said without hesitation: "Retreat quickly, and at this time, you can only retreat quickly. As long as you can withdraw from Shandong, it will be a great achievement!"

He even felt that as long as he could withdraw from Shandong, he would be perfect. After all, he had given up the goal of taking all the Jianghuai River. Now he was satisfied as long as he could defend Shandong and even north of the Yellow River. The prince present, Beile, cheered when he heard Dorgon say this: "The Regent said, withdraw quickly!"

"Just retreat to Shandong is a great achievement!"

"We all have horses, so we will definitely run faster than the Han people!"

"Let the horse run quickly!"

The Qing army's actions suddenly accelerated. Although the Ming army of Yue continued to launch a tide of offensives, they did not compete with the Qing army's most elite Manchu and Montenegro team and the elite infantry, but instead rushed to those units that acted the fastest and had no self-defense ability, which naturally restrained most of the energy of the Ming army.

Therefore, most of the elite Qing army still rushed out of the ambush circle of the Ming army under Dorgon's leadership. Now Dorgon announced proudly: "Although the Jinhua thief is known as the elite in the world, it seems that this is the case today. If it were the little thief Liu Yongxi to command the Jinhua thief today, no one of us would have left!"

But no matter how many elite Qing troops could escape, this time the Qing army in the southern expedition was not all elite Qing troops. In fact, Dorgon directly lost more than half of the troops and horses. Although most of the elite Qing troops broke through, they also lost a lot of people in the battle. More importantly, the elite Qing troops who experienced such a bloody battle can no longer be called the elite Qing army from now on.

Although most Niulu lost less than one-third or even fewer people, after this battle in Xuzhou, whether Dorgon and all the princes, Bell decided not to mention the issue of the Southern Expedition. The two Southern Expeditions lost so many elite troops, making Dorgon, the regent, useless to speak now.

Although some people demanded strict disposal in front of Dorgon, the three princes of Duoduo, Haoge and Daishan who escaped in Xuzhou, Dorgon immediately raised objections before he could speak: "The Regent just said that just retreating to Shandong is a great achievement!"

"That's right, all the three princes have withdrawn the team to Shandong!"

"Regent, you have to think clearly!"

These Manchu relatives and nobles around Dorgon were the ones he trusted the most. They usually cheered no matter what Dorgon said. It was not like today that he would block Dorgon's words in person.

It was really the two southern expeditions that Dorgon had no prestige. Everyone even thought that a cat and a dog would do better than Dorgon when they went up. Many people even felt that the most urgent task was to invite Ajige back: "This time, the British King decided to suspend the southern expedition, which is a blessing for the country. How will the Qing Dynasty recover in the future? We have to ask the British King to come and discuss it together!"

"Yes, you have to invite the King of England! The biggest blessing of this southern expedition is that the King of England did not recklessly, otherwise the Qing Dynasty would be over!"

"The King of England has preserved 100,000 elite troops and has made great contributions to the country!"

Although King Ajige of the British had been holding hands in Nanyang, everyone felt that this was definitely a blessing for the Qing Dynasty.

If King Ajige followed Dorgon to throw all 100,000 troops into the southern expedition, then the Qing Dynasty would definitely lose completely during this southern expedition, but King Ajige stopped the loss in time and stopped the southern expedition. In this way, the Qing Dynasty had at least the capital to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, and Dorgon's face became ashen.

He knew that after two serious failures of the Southern Expedition, everyone had a problem of trust in him. In fact, even Dorgon himself suspected that if this continued, Nurhaci and Huang Taiji would be completely defeated by themselves if they had worked hard for decades.
Chapter completed!