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Chapter 403 Allied Forces Not Allied Forces

In the past few days, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty stayed in the palace of two Zhuang (tribe) concubines almost every night.

This is not legal, but Zhu Yijiong is the founding emperor. If he is willing to abide by it, it is called paying attention to etiquette. If he does not abide by it, it is called innovating.

Although the two Zhuang concubines were from Zhuang people, they were as beautiful as the previous Yao concubine, which was in line with the aesthetics of the Han people.

This is natural. Over the past few hundred years, the Zhuang people in Guangxi have been almost Hanized by the Ming Dynasty.Although the chieftain system is still preserved, they are basically the same as the Han people. They speak Chinese and recognize Chinese characters, but their clothing and customs are different.

Eight in the morning.

Zhu Yijiong got up on time, changed clothes and washed up under the concubine's service.

Since becoming the emperor, Zhu Yijiong has gradually realized the addictive feeling.Counting these two new concubines, he, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, can now be regarded as one of the concubines Ruyun.

Although he still has true feelings for the queen, this does not prevent him from indulging in beauty.

In the spring of this year, the Queen became pregnant again, and also pregnant with the Emperor's heir were two miscellaneous concubines in the harem.

Zhu Yijiong was overjoyed and immediately promoted the two miscellaneous concubines to official concubine titles and rewarded them with new palaces. The concubine titles were tentatively designated as Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Hui (Lao Zhu's pot will fly).

The officials not only did not dissuade the emperor from being lustful, but also became more and more relieved.

If the emperor doesn't like women, how can he reproduce the emperor's heirs?
After leaving the palace of the two strong concubines, the emperor moved to the Huagai Hall and began his daily work for the day.

Zhu Yijiong had designated the Huagai Hall to work, and he had to set aside at least half a day every day to approve memorials in the Huagai Hall.Unless I have no work or have to go to court, I will go to Jinshen Hall in the morning.

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Shanxi.

Liu Ruhan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, personally led the army out of Taiyuan Prefecture and into Pingding Prefecture.

Pingding Prefecture was one of the first Shanxi prefectures to surrender. Although it was not damaged by the war, under Liu Ruhan's exploitation, people's livelihood was in ruins.

Liu Ruhan looked at the Pingding Prefecture City in front of him, which had a depleted population and was not far away from the poverty of the people.After a moment of silence, he asked: "What's the situation now? Have the Tatars sent troops?"

Liu Ke said: "The Tatars have just replied to the letter and have divided their troops into two groups. We are preparing to attack Shanhaiguan and Yishiguan on the south road, drive straight in, and march into Tianjin. The north road is to bypass Longjing Pass, Da'ankou and Hongshan Pass of the Great Wall, and then capture them. Zunhua, Sanhe, Shunyi, and Tongzhou are closing in on the city of Beijing. But we, the Han, must first send troops from Shanxi and attack Zhengding and Baoding from the east. They will take advantage of the situation and attack from the north and south, encircling them from all sides. By then, they will be able to defeat Zhili in the north of the Ming Dynasty. .”

Liu Ruhan said: "I don't care if the troops are divided into two groups or surrounded on all sides. The key is that we must join forces to fight this battle."

Liu Ruhan personally mobilized all the troops of the puppet Han this time, with a total strength of [-].For Shanxi, a barren mountainous area, this has obviously exceeded its endurance limit.

He did not try to attack Henan, because Henan was so flat that it would be impossible to defend it, and because Henan was desolate, there would be no benefit in attacking it.

Lao Wu, who originally persuaded Liu Ruhan to revolt, has now become a pseudo-Han general, and his status is almost the same as that of Liu Ke, the prince.At this moment, he said: "Your Majesty, the Tatars clearly intend to let us big men go head-to-head with the Ming army first, so that they can reap the benefits at any time. We must not be fooled by the Tatars."

Liu Ruhan believed this, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty asked him to send troops to attack Zhengding Prefecture first. This would inevitably attract Ming troops to attack Zhengding Prefecture.

At that time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty can calmly enter the pass and force troops to force Beijing.But now, the pressure is all on him.

Liu Ruhan had never experienced the combat power of the Ming army, but Liu Ruhan was beaten by the Manchu and Qing Northwest Army, and the Manchu and Qing Northwest Army was defeated by the Ming Army. The gap in combat power is almost obvious.

Liu Ke thought that Liu Ruhan was hesitating, so he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Father, finally the Tatars are willing to send troops with us. If we return the favor at this time, the Tatars will have no chance to retreat. Moreover, if a man wants to achieve great things, how can he do it in the slightest?" Don’t you want to take risks?”

The generals present were speechless. Is this a matter of risk?The key is how to fight.

Don't care about anything and go all the way. That's a fool.

Seeing Liu Ruhan's face darken, Lao Wu quickly smoothed things over and said: "Prince! It's not that the emperor refuses to send troops, but how to fight. We can't fight life and death here, and let these Manchu Tatars take advantage behind. How can there be such a reason in the world?" Liu Ruhan raised his hand: "Okay! Zhengding Prefecture must be attacked no matter what, otherwise we will never leave Shanxi. Contact the Tatars immediately and ask them to send troops together. Then we will join forces troops to attack Beijing."

Lao Wu asked: "What do the Tatars in Xi'an say?"

Liu Ruhan said: "The Tatars in Xi'an are on a different path from us, and they will not remain indifferent and do not need to meddle in their own business."

Although Liu Ruhan formed an alliance with Yongzheng and Yinhu to invite troops, the alliance was actually very loose. Only Liaodong and Shanxi could really be considered alliances.

Because their respective strategic goals are different, no matter how hard Yongzheng attacks, he can only attack Hubei and Henan.Henan is barren, vast and sparsely populated, so they will most likely go to Hubei, while Liu Ruhan and Yinhu's goal is the entire Beizhili.

Moreover, even though Liu Ruhan and Yinhu had the same goal, the alliance was very loose.It is not only the instigation of the Ming Dynasty, but also the calculation of mutual interests and intrigues.

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The regent Yinzhu is now almost unable to suppress the internal opposition. This is evidenced by the split of the Liaodong Manchu and Qing armies into two groups.

In the end, it was a hasty seizure of power with insufficient foundation and relied on division of interests to gain support from the princes of Manchuria.In addition, in order to balance power, he also specifically supported Yongzheng's son Hongli as emperor. He only served as regent and re-established the system of political kings.

Although this series of measures quickly stabilized Yinhu's power, it also laid the root of trouble.

Yinsu retreated to Liaodong with the Manchu dignitaries, preparing to follow the example of his ancestors, but he ignored the bitter cold land of Liaodong, which had been blocked by several generations of emperors and had long been vast and sparsely populated.

The Manchu dignitaries who had always lived a luxurious life suddenly returned to Liaodong. Not only was their house smaller, there were fewer servants, and there was not even enough food to eat.

The so-called transition from thrift to extravagance is easy, and from extravagance to thrift is difficult.

Yinsu originally wanted to follow the example of Huang Taiji in the past, taking a detour from the Great Wall to break through the pass, and cooperate with the Mongolian cavalry to march north to Zhili.

However, those ministers who had supported him at the beginning opposed him and felt that he should go to Shanhaiguan.He also reprimanded him, the regent, for not abandoning Shanhaiguan and causing so much blood of the Qing soldiers to be shed in vain.

This made Yinsu furious and helpless, so he reluctantly divided his troops into two groups after fighting against all opinions.

Chengde Mansion (Rehe).

Yinzhu himself brought 5 Sauron soldiers, as well as the Eight Banners soldiers of Shengjing and the banner soldiers of Monan League. The total number of miscellaneous soldiers was about [-].

It should have been possible to recruit more, but the Khan kings of the Monan alliance banners seemed to realize that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was about to die, and they actually began to shirk the blame.

"This Liu Ruhan sent a message asking us to send troops together and attack Beijing with us." Yinhu looked at the letter in his hand, feeling both angry and helpless.

Yinhu, who was brought over by Yinhu to command the troops, said: "Brother Bage, I have told you that the Han people are all treacherous people and cannot be trusted. If this Liu Ruhan hadn't caused trouble in the first place, why would the Qing Dynasty be like this?"

Yinzhu's face straightened: "Fourteenth brother, don't talk nonsense."

After finishing speaking, he said to Dai Duo: "Mr. Dai, please forgive me."

Dai Duo didn't care at all and said: "Liu Ruhan is indeed untrustworthy, but now we, the Qing Dynasty, can only join forces with him. If we fight separately, we will only be defeated one by one by the Southern soldiers."

Yinsu also understood this. If we fight separately, we will definitely not be able to defeat them. There is still a chance to join forces: "Then let's join forces! Otherwise, even if we can enter the pass, we will not be able to defeat the city of Beijing."

After some discussion, Yinhu finally finalized the plan to join forces and quickly replied to Liu Ruhan.

Immediately, Yinhu ordered Yinhui to personally lead the Manchu and Mongolian troops and move to Kuancheng.To the south of Kuancheng is Xifengkou, which was also the route Huang Taiji entered the customs.

(End of this chapter)