Hearing the arrival of Emperor Hongguang, Gao Di immediately led the generals out of the city to greet him. When he got close to Gao Di, he found that the emperor was tired, but he was in good spirits. Gao Di thought to himself that the emperor personally led an army of 200,000 to fight north, and now he has almost lost nearly half of his troops. How can he not feel sorry for getting angry? Fortunately, he has won several victories recently, otherwise the emperor might be like!

I came all the way from Suzhou. At this time, I was in two moods. One was to worry about the defeat in the battle and didn't know how to fight. The other was to be happy about the two recent victories. Although I lost a bit miserably, it did not stop the Qing Dynasty. This was already very good.

"Transfer my will, the generals do not need to worship the generals, and they will go to the city for a meeting immediately." The small Yongcheng Town cannot accommodate more than 100,000 people, and there have been generals who have been commanding the camp to set up for the time being.

In Yongcheng Town, Emperor Hongguang and the generals held a military meeting to discuss the combat plan against the Qing Dynasty. After listening to the opinions of Gao Di and others, I pondered for a while, "Although our army has a lot of troops at present, there may be very few people fighting tough battles, especially the Central Plains is conducive to cavalry combat, and cavalry combat is the strength of the Tartars, which is not easy to fight! However, what you all said makes sense. We can concentrate our superior forces to choose to attack the weaker Tartars, and strengthen our morale and momentum as soon as possible."

As I said, I pointed my hand at the map, "I just got the news that Duoduo had seized Yancheng. In this way, except for Nanyang, the entire Henan area was basically occupied by the Tartars. However, the Central Plains was so large that Duoduo's army might not be able to cover everything. Shangqiu, which is closer to Yongcheng, is a place where the Tartars have weak forces. As long as we take Shangqiu, we can intimidate the Tartars near Guide Prefecture."

Yin Shixun felt that Emperor Hongguang's analysis made some sense, and he continued: "Emperor, I think we might as well be bold. The main forces of the Tartars are now gathered in the heartlands of the Central Plains such as Yancheng and Xuchang. We might as well divide 20,000 troops to Guide north. Even if we cannot take Guide, we can threaten the Tartars' retreat at any time. If possible, we can leave all Duoduo's army in Henan." Yin Shixun has a great ambition and even if the victory or defeat is unpredictable, he actually wants to eat Duoduo's army.

Gao Di shook his head, "No, our army has not had much force, and the division of troops will inevitably affect the combat capabilities in front of us. We believe that the Tartars have the ambition to occupy Henan for a long time. This battle may not be completed in a year or two. It is better to send a capable general to lead two thousand troops to cross the river from Shandong to the vicinity of Guide, and then recruit soldiers there. It is estimated that the number of troops gathered in a few months can be about tens of thousands, and it should be able to play a role as a hidden force."

I was about to say something, but an urgent report was sent to my hand. I opened it and made my forehead sweat. "Obai and Zhuobutai are attacking Jining at this time, and Ainengqi has sent troops from Jinan Prefecture to the south."

Gao Di and others were not surprised when they heard this. They had long expected that Oboi had entered Shandong. There were the Daxi Army led by Ainengqi and more than 40,000 local armed forces in Shandong. I believe that Ainengqi could block Oboi's offensive. Compared with the war in Shandong, Duoduo, who had a hundred thousand troops, was the enemy of the Ming army.

I calmed my confused mind, "Tian Xiong, I ordered you to lead 5,000 troops to clean up the battlefield in Bozhou. You must bury all the dead bodies, and then go to Luyi. Go right away!" The weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, and corpses are rotten and it is easy to cause plague. I still know this common sense.

"Since you have no objection, our army will immediately send troops to Shangqiu. However, many food, supplies, firearms and gunpowder have not been transported. After capturing Shangqiu, they may have to rest for a month. I think the Tatars should also face the same problem. I hope our army's preparations can be faster than the Tatars." I think after sending troops to Shangqiu, I should be able to take care of Jining, which was attacked by Oboi. Once Jining is in a tight position, I can send troops north to reinforce at any time. After making a big strategic decision, I immediately called Yin Shixun into the secret room.

Yin Shixun followed Emperor Hongguang into the inner room. When he saw Emperor Hongguang sitting down, he plopped down and said, "I deserve to die for the crime. Please punish the emperor." Yin Shixun knew that the emperor would bear certain responsibility for the defeat in Xuzhou this time, at least the emperor was very passive in the collection and transmission of information.

"Get up first! It's useless to say this now. There's a reason for the matter. You go to Beijing for me. Let's talk about your affairs in Beijing!" When I sent troops, I sent a message to Yin Shixun and asked him to be responsible for intelligence work, but when this order came to Yin Shixun's hands, Yin Shixun was already far away in Beijing. This can only say that I was unlucky and had poor arrangements.

Yin Shixun nodded, "After I arrived in Beijing, I found some people loyal to the court and set up two intelligence collection and contact institutions in the East and West City. They had no problem with loyalty, and the Tiandihui had already taken shape in Beijing. Although there are less than ten members now, the energy they can exert should not be underestimated. The intelligence collected during this period is also very useful. The more important information is that Haoge, the Prince of the Qing Dynasty, was sent to prison by Dorgon...!" Yin Shixun took some credit and expressed his achievements in Beijing, hoping that Emperor Hongguang would be happy.

I am really happy to hear Yin Shixun’s words. It is very important for me to install eyeliner in Beijing. "You did a good job, but you must be careful not to be mixed into the world by the Tartars. Tartars are not vegetarians, do you understand!"

Yin Shixun nodded and said yes, but suddenly he slapped his forehead, "Master, I have also learned about the late emperor and the eldest princess."

I suddenly felt enlightened when I heard this. I am very familiar with this eldest princess. There are many characters in later novels, especially those who have been Wei Xiaobao's master and have a crush on Yuan Chengzhi! "How is her situation? Did the Tartars imprison her?"

"That's not. In order to win people's hearts, the Tartars were very polite to the eldest princess and betrothed the eldest princess. The husband's family was Zhou Shixian, the son of the Zhou family, the great scholar of the time. However, I heard that the eldest princess was in poor health and often fell ill." Yin Shixun put some effort into the remaining bones and blood of the late emperor.

I remember that in real history, this eldest princess seemed to be alive for a few days. "I want to take her to Nanjing. You can arrange it to block the mouths of those scholars. Is there any difficulty?" Some time ago, my mind hurts. Although no one dares to compete with me, it will definitely be beneficial for me to be able to take Chongzhen's eldest princess to Nanjing.

Yin Shixun frowned. The Qing Dynasty saw the eldest princess very tightly. This task was not easy to complete! "Your Majesty, I will try my best to try it out. By the way, how will the emperor deal with those traitors who have lost their integrity?"

"What else can they do if they surrender to the Tartars? The common people say that if you have milk, you are a mother. However, I wish I could only cut off those traitors who surrender to the Tartars. Similarly, I deeply admire those ministers who are determined to die and never surrender to the Ming Dynasty. It is because of these loyal ministers that my Chinese backbone is immortal!" I really hated Yin Shixun when he talked about the surrendered factions in Beijing.

Yin Shixun smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, I have an idea to cure those cordyceps, but it's a little too damaging. However, it's not too cruel to deal with those traitors." When he saw the emperor signaling him to continue, Yin Shixun paused, "The emperor can write two historical books, namely "The Book of Treacherous Nethers" and "College of Loyalty", which are included in Beijing and the court officials of Loyalty and righteousness. Naturally, they praise the court officials of Loyalty and righteousness in various ways. The descendants should also be given pensions, and even they can shape their golden bodies for them without any gold and silver to make them famous throughout the ages. Those cordyceps! The emperor can describe their faults in detail. Most of the ancestral homes of those cordyceps are from the southerners. The emperor can let their tribesmen expel them from their household registration, use black iron to create crimes for people to curse, and make them despise them by the people of the world, etc. In this way, there are probably not many people who can live with shamelessness."

I thought about it for a while and thought that Yin Shixun's proposal was good. Even Qin Hui's descendants were ashamed of their surname Qin. It can be seen that the ancients valued reputation and integrity. Yes, start from this aspect, "Very good. Your proposal is very suitable for me, so let's do it right now! It's best to show me a prototype within ten days to review it."

Time passed quickly. During the brief preparations for the Qing army and the Ming army, Yin Shixun finally had a draft of the "Record of Treacherous Symptoms" and "College of Loyalty" collected and compiled by Yin Shixun.

It should be said that although the Ming Dynasty had few capable ministers who had the talent to govern the country since Muzong, there were many ministers with backbone. Of course, having backbone does not mean being capable, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not be overthrown by Li Zicheng. After Chongzhen committed suicide, a group of ministers followed the former emperor Chongzhen. The most famous ones were Grand Secretary Fan Jingwen, Minister of Revenue Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Li Banghua, Minister of the Left Censor Li Banghua, Minister of War Wang Jiayan, Minister of Justice Meng Zhaoxiang, etc. These people either committed suicide, died by themselves, or jumped into a well, or even committed suicide to thank the emperor for their kindness. Their deeds were very admirable.

Speaking of treacherous villains, there are really a lot of things to fill. For example, Duke Cheng, Zhu Chunchen, Grand Secretary Wei Zaode, Chen Yan and others, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, they turned into Li Zicheng's praises. After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, these people turned to foreign races, and there were many representatives among them, such as Hong Chengchou, Jin Zhijun, Xu Yifan, Sun Zhixie, etc., especially Sun Zhixie. Later, Dorgon ordered his hair to be shave and changed his clothes, which was mostly because he did it. If these people were not cleaned up properly, they would not serve as a warning.

After reading the draft submitted by Yin Shixun, I picked up the pen and ticked the names of Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Zu Dashou and other military generals one by one, and even Zuo Menggeng's names were removed. I think it is not appropriate to point the finger at Wu Sangui and others at this time. Wu Sangui is still the King of Liao that I was granted by imperial concubines! Once I point the finger at these generals, wouldn't it be better for the Manchu Qing to work harder! "I just need to read the "Treacherous Records" and "Loyalty Collection" to include all civil officials. Generals only know how to fight, and they can't recognize a few people. How can they know the literati's style? Even if they surrender, they are forced to send this manuscript back to Nanjing to make it polished by Wang Duo and Qian Qianyi. It is best to let Qian Qianyi write an article that excuses the generals for the rebellion, and go and do it now!

Through Yin Shixun's trip to Beijing, I had a rough understanding of the Qing Dynasty, especially the conflicts between Dorgon and Haoge and even Shunzhi, the conflicts between the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and the Han officials who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, these are all places I can use. Sun Tzu's Art of War is good, and the conspiracy and tricks are sometimes more effective than tens of thousands of troops. The fortress is the easiest to break from the inside. However, through Yin Shixun's narration, I knew that Dorgon was not a fuel-saving lamp. If I tied up a few tricks, I was not his opponent. This hero has a place in history!
Chapter completed!