"alright"

Just near this sand table, the most confidential meeting of the Privy Council in Dongxiao's third year, officially began. Nikan stood at the northernmost end of the sand table, holding the edge of the sand table with both hands, and said with a serious face.

"The following information is personally told by Ben Khan."

"After Li Zicheng took Kaifeng, he had already gone south to Hubei and seized a large number of cities. Everyone, if several key battles in Henan allowed Li Zicheng's troops to obtain a large number of Dingkou, especially after taking over the high-quality military sources from the Ming army, he allowed them to obtain a large amount of food and supplies."

"Huguang is familiar with the world, this is not a false statement."

"Part of the Ming army is now restrained by Li's army, and more are restrained by Zhang Xianzhong from Hunan. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before Li Zicheng takes over all the land in Hubei."

"With a lot of Dingkou and a lot of food, where will they go next?"

Seeing everyone pondering, Nikan also sighed inwardly, "At present, these few generals are already considered 'famous generals' in the Kingdom of Daxia, but as a general with strategic vision, they are not a single one. It is no wonder that if they want to think about the overall situation comprehensively, they must have no grasp of the people's hearts and the grasp of mountains and geography, and except for Liu Ruoyu, these people are not talented in this regard."

"If the empire wants to have a real talent, it is probably necessary to grow up after Luo Jizhi, Bayan, Sun Demao and others who have been trained at all levels of the empire. They have systematically studied military science, some Confucian classics, and geography..."

I thought of Chen Qixin and Fu Dingchen again, these two people are all-round talents, but unfortunately they have never entered the imperial school.

"Forget it, just wait and see, this matter is not urgent."

"Your Majesty", Liu Ruoyu spoke.

Since that serious illness, Liu Ruoyu has never been sick again, and he was even more energetic when he was named first-class uncle. Think about it, there was no country who named a eunuch as an earl when it was founding. This honor has never been seen before.

"As the saying goes, wealth and honor will not return to their hometown, like walking in the night in brocade clothes. What's more, the gang of rioters, Li Zhe, estimated that after taking over Henan and Hubei, they will definitely capture Shaanxi. Shaanxi also has the last powerful army of Ming Kingdom in the north. Of course, except for Wu Sangui's troops, this army is the army of Sanqin. If used properly, the combat power will be quite good."

"Now, Gao Jie's army, Niu Chenghu's army, Zheng Jiadong, Zuo Guangxian's army, Bai Guangen's army, and Ma Ke's army were injured in the Henan war, but they still had certain combat power. However, their supervisor Hou Xun was far from Sun Chuanting before... Cough cough, Lord Sun, Fu Zonglong, and Wang Qiaonian were very different, and they were almost the same as the former supervisor Ding Qirui. Although he recruited some troops after retreating to Shaanxi, he heard that the results were very little."

"But no matter what, Gao Jie and others are all powerful generals in the northwest. Their roots are still there, and there are still about 20,000 elite cavalry. In addition to the infantry, 50,000 troops can still be taken out. According to the current temperament of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, they will definitely not sit still and watch such a force be buried in Tongguan and train slowly. I am afraid that Hou Xun will be ordered to leave the pass and fight against Li Zhe soon."

"With Hou Xun's ability, there are 50,000 troops, and 20,000 new recruits. Although they are all children of the Sanqin, it is no longer up to the refugees to defeat the Li thief army, which has more than 300,000 cavalry and infantry. According to the news from the Censorate and the Ming army's palace reports, there are at least half of the cavalry in the Li thief army."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help frowning.

"Even if there is no training, it is still a cavalry. Since you can ride a horse and fight, your combat power cannot be underestimated."

"So," Liu Ruoyu continued, "Li thief was eager to go north and eliminate the Qin army. If this army was eliminated, they would probably have no opponents at all."

"Cough cough", Liu Ruoyu secretly looked at Nikan, "Now most of the Qin army gathered near Xi'an, and most of them were going out of seclusion. Nowadays, you should understand the purpose of Your Majesty's hard work in Helan Mountain and Songshan Fort."

Alin A was a general guarding Qingcheng, and his eyes lit up when he heard this.

Seeing this, Nikan took over the conversation, "Everyone, everything has a cause and a result. Gushi Khan from Qinghai is confronting Abdullah of the Yarkand Khanate at the foot of Kunlun Mountain. If it weren't for the Tianshan Sengge and Eziertu's echo, Gushi Khan would have been defeated long ago. Therefore, with the restraint of the Yarkand Khanate, there should be no major damage near Hexi and Lanzhou."

"If the Li thief army breaks into the Longyou area, except for Li Qifeng, Ma Yu has a few troops, and will be completely unprepared."

Speaking of this, Nikan was also a little hesitant. According to his plan, Li Zicheng's army swept the Ming Kingdom and then took action. At that time, all the money and food that Li thieves plundered from the vast gentry would belong to him, especially after the camp rampage, Longyou (Gansu, Ningxia, Xining) was in panic when Daxia's intervention would have twice the result with half the effort.

However, although the gentry was tortured in the later stage of the camp, there were fewer murders. If you want to use the strategy of "beating the local tyrants and sharing the land" after you go in, you may not be able to catch it.

What's more, most of the Longyou area is located in the Shaanxi Xingdusi area, and most of the Dingkou are military households, which is somewhat different from the mainland.

In the end, he made up his mind to take down the Longyou area in advance.

This place is in the northwest of the Junggar Khanate and the Hoshuot Khanate to the west. Neither the Ming Dynasty nor the camp will be the opponent. In the end, the two Khanates were in vain. What's more, it is said that the children of the Sanqins are fierce, and most of them are in northern Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, and Xining. There is a good place for soldiers.

The so-called "Four Han generals of Hexi" in the Qing Dynasty in the later Qing Dynasty, except for Sun Degong's son Sun Sike, the other three Zhang Yong, Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong, were all real men of Longyou.

According to the information from the Censorate, although the Longyou area was devastated at this time, it still had a considerable population, not counting Ningxia Town, Gansu Town (Ganzhou, Suzhou, Liangzhou) plus Dingkou, Lintao Prefecture, there are at least one million. If Ningxia Town is added, another 300,000 will be added.

If we add Pingliang Prefecture where Shaanxi Town is located and Yan'an Prefecture where Yansui Town is located, we may have to add another 300,000.

One million and six hundred thousand dings are already similar to the current population of the entire Great Xia Empire.

However, if Li Zicheng wanted to go north to "Northern Expedition" after occupying Xi'an, he would have to pass through Yansui Town. If he occupied Yansui Town now, he would have to fight with them in advance. If Li Zicheng's eyes turned to him and delayed the attack on Beijing, it would be more than worth the loss.

However, if Li Zicheng had occupied the entire Shaanxi Xingdusi (Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Liangzhou Jiaxining) in advance, Li Zicheng's reaction would definitely not be that big.

However, Lanzhou where King Su is located is under the jurisdiction of Lintao Prefecture. The richest and most Dingkou place in the entire Lintao Prefecture is Lanzhou. It seems inappropriate not to occupy Lanzhou.

"In this way, my Khan believes that the Shaanxi Xingdusi is a borderland in the Ming Dynasty. If Li Zicheng defeated Hou Xu again, he would definitely go north to occupy Longyou. At that time, our army, that is, Alin's troops, immediately enter the Shaanxi Xingdusi, as for Lanzhou."

He closed his eyes and thought for a while, "Let's talk about it then."

"Your Majesty", Wang Wenhui gave a bow, "The chief of the Prince Su Mansion, Huangfu Duan, has contacted the inspectors of my inspectors, and seems to have some good feelings for us."

"What do you mean?" Nikan couldn't help but feel excited.

"The entire Lintao Prefecture, all the Dingkou is concentrated in Lanzhou, Hezhou and Didao, among which there are no less than 100,000 Dingkou in Lanzhou. At that time, all Dingkou in this place will be moved to Songshan Fort."

"Inappropriate", Nikan quickly waved his hand, what a joke, Li Zicheng's failure is right in front of him (he thought he would definitely defeat Li Zicheng), and why did he migrate the population on such a large scale?

"Okay, Ben Khan has already had an idea about this matter. Let's talk about it at that time. Let's go back to Liaodong. How to take over Liaodong? Time, troops, you can tell me about it."

"Great Khan", Nikan didn't say "I" just now, and "I Khan" was spoken by one. Everyone was a little surprised. Seeing this, Zhu Ketu simply changed his name, "My Hanhai Army is strong and there is no need to be weak. The Changchun Army went south to surround Lishu City."

"Wait," Wang Wenhui wiped his sweat, "I just missed a little bit. Between the Qing Dynasty's blue flag and the red flag, there are five thousand squadrons and cavalry in Longcheng. I used to think that they were a bit inexplicable to lay a chess piece here. Now it seems that no matter whether our army attacks the north or the east to open the road to Chenyang, Luke Dehun of Longcheng can wait for an opportunity to attack. Even if there are only three thousand cavalry, it should not be underestimated."

"It's okay," Nikan said: "Enso, just leave three thousand mount guards in Guanjie Fort."

Enso knew that his main attack was not the direction of his attack as soon as he heard this. He couldn't help but look at Zhuketu and Xiao Alin with some envy.

"Duke Anguo, you are the envoy of the Privy Council, tell me."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Sun Chuanyu said, "In the opinion of the empress, according to General Zhuketu's opinion, the Changchun Legion went straight to Lishu City to attract the enemy to come to rescue. It was still an old routine to siege the city and fight for help."

"Xiao Alin and Enso's army were also dispatched to restrain the left wing of Korqin and the army of Jirgalang."

"If the enemy only has a small number of troops to support, General Zhuketu can solve the problem himself. If Huang Taiji personally leads the army to support, then Xiao Alin and Enso can divide a legion to support."

"I must let Huang Taiji come out!" Nikan suddenly interrupted, thinking to himself: "It's only been more than a year before the Ming Dynasty is destroyed. If you still besiege the city and fight for a small battle, you don't know how long it will take to take Liaodong. Besides, you still have North Korea and Japan's strategy needs to be completed."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly understood.

"No!" Liu Ruoyu and Wang Wenhui suddenly knelt down. Seeing this, the others quickly knelt down and said in unison: "Let us attack, Khan/Your Majesty must not move lightly!"

Nikan did not help them up one by one, but said firmly: "I have decided. At that time, I will join Zhuketu's army and use my banner to attract Huang Taiji."

"Your Majesty", Sun Chuanyu advised: "What if Huang Taiji doesn't come?"

Nikan shook his head, "No, he will definitely come. In the past, during the Battle of Sarhu, the old slave's 'No matter how many ways you come, I will only go all the way' was unprecedentedly successful. At that time, Xiao Alin, Zhuketu and Enso acted at the same time, and they would definitely concentrate their troops to attack one place. With me in Zhuketu, Zhuketu's troops are the elite of our army, and Huang Taiji must also focus on this place."
Chapter completed!