That's right, Song Zhu, as a first-rank official of the court, was a slave of Prince Yong. In fact, when Song Zhu was in the prime minister's Huangqi, Prince Yong, as the prince, was his master.

The system of the Eight Banners is actually a typical slavery. It is completely different from the official positions in the court. The existing bannermen have their own masters. For example, the master of an ordinary bannerman is his subordinate, and the master of the subordinate is the governor, and the master of the governor is the governor, and the master of the governor is the governor, etc.

The Zhenghuang Banner is the Shangsan Banner. The rule of the Qing Dynasty was that the emperor personally took over the banner master. However, in fact, the emperor could not handle specific banner affairs, so Kangxi asked his sons to take charge of the banner affairs for him after he became an adult. It was at that time that Prince Yong became Songzhu's master.

Later, Songzhu was transferred from Zhenghuang Banner to Zhenghong Banner, and Prince Yong was ordered by Kangxi to take charge of most of the Zhenghong Banner. This became his veritable master. There is another thing that is, the reason why Songzhu stood out from many people and eventually became General Shengjing was not only his ability, but also Prince Yong made a lot of efforts behind his back.

The Thirteenth Prince and Prince Yong had almost the same good relationship as one person, and he was the only brother whom Prince Yong truly trusted, so he naturally knew these things. This is the real reason why Prince Thirteenth Prince entered Liaodong. Once he entered Liaodong, he had already made plans to contact Songzhu. As long as he had Songzhu who had the support of the army and his identity as a prince, he could control Liaodong.

"No matter who he is, the important thing now is to arrive in Liaodong as soon as possible, let the scouts pay attention to the way out, be careful." The Thirteenth Prince was reminded for a moment and decided not to care about the abnormality of Korqin Mongolia for the time being. Besides, in this situation, there are only a hundred people around him. Even if there are really any problems with the Korqin Mongolian tribe, these people will be useless. It is better to go to Liaodong first and then make plans.

The subordinate responded and immediately went down to make arrangements. After a while, the Thirteenth Prince ordered to continue his departure. The group of people turned over and continued to move towards the target. As the sound of hooves went away, they quickly disappeared on the grassland.

Three days later, the Thirteenth Prince and his party finally passed through the control area of ​​Korqin Mongolia, looked back at the vast grassland, and finally let go of his heart. Then he continued to move towards Liaodong. On the fourth day, they entered Liaodong. After they arrived in Liaodong, the Thirteenth Prince ordered to change his clothes, take off his Mongolian robes and put on the clothes of the Qing army, and then went straight to Shengjing under the banner of the Zhengbai Banner Manzhou.

As a prince, the Thirteenth Prince and others pretended to be soldiers in Manzhou, Zhengbai Banner, would not be suspicious at all, not to mention that he also brought the documents tokens and other things prepared by Prince Yong for him. The Thirteenth Prince's external identity was the leader of Manzhou, Zhengbai Banner, Heilongjiang, and went to Shengjing to work.

With this identity, their next journey was much easier, and they were finally able to stay at the inn and eat hot food.

But as Shengjing got closer, the Thirteenth Prince still dared not relax, and finally arrived in Shengjing three days later.

After arriving in Shengjing, the Thirteenth Prince did not go to Songzhu immediately, but asked someone to find a place in Shengjing to settle down temporarily. Then he sent someone out to inquire about Shengjing, and then he breathed a little relieved after finding out about Shengjing's current situation.

Although the battle within the pass was strong, the Qing Dynasty lost Beijing and moved its capital to Xi'an. After Emperor Jianxing ascended the throne, the Central Plains War had begun, but Shengjing seemed much calmer than the chaotic pass within the pass. But in fact, this calmness was only among the people. With the collapse of the Qing Dynasty's rule within the pass, the nobles and officials of the Qing Dynasty outside the pass were also anxious and did not know where to go.

Among these people is General Song Zhu, Shengjing. As a Manchu, he was naturally worried about the current situation. In order to prevent the Ming army from attacking outside the pass, he had mobilized several troops to strictly prevent various passes, especially the world-famous Shanhaiguan.

However, from the perspective of terrain, these levels were originally built in the Ming Dynasty, and their purpose was naturally to face the defense outside the pass and inside the pass. Since the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, these levels remained the same. Except for a relatively important position like Shanhaiguan, the other levels have been disrepaired for a long time. After all, for the Qing court, threats from outside the pass cannot exist at all. Why do you have to add more effort to these things?

What's more, even if it is repaired, what if it is built? The purpose of their construction limits. At present, using these levels to attack inside and outside the level is not of much use. Song Zhu knew very well about this, but it would not work if he didn't do so. He could only order the officers and soldiers everywhere to try their best to find ways to build and transform the levels to cope with this situation.

Fortunately, after the Ming army took down Zhili, it did not continue to attack north, and stopped just by occupying the land south of Shanhaiguan. In addition, the main target of the Ming army is the Qing army in the Central Plains. At least if it failed to completely pacify the Central Plains, the Ming army should not turn around and go north and fight Shanhaiguan.

However, who can tell the future clearly? Such a powerful Qing Dynasty became what it is now in just a few years, which made Song Zhu sigh. In addition, Kangxi suddenly died of illness and Emperor Jianxing succeeded to the throne, which also made Song Zhu feel bleak about his future.

Compared with Kangxi, although Emperor Jianxing was known as a wise king when he was a prince, he was later crown prince enough to prove his means and ability. Unfortunately, as Song Zhu, who fought in the grasslands and surrounded and suppressed rebels in Guangdong, seemed that regardless of civil and military achievements, Jianxing was still not as good as Kangxi. Even an emperor like Kangxi, who had lost Beijing City. Can Jianxing save the Qing Dynasty with his abilities?

Thinking of this, Songzhu couldn't help but shake his head, and felt even more sad. As General Shengjing, he was facing suppression of the Ming army when he had basically cut off his connection with the central government, and he had done his best.

However, outside the pass is not as good as inside the pass. In addition, the Qing Dynasty's policies on outside the pass have always been much less abundant in both production and population than inside the pass. This practice is still the rule set by Dorgon back then. The purpose is to leave a way to retreat for the Manchus' hometown and maintain the advantages of the Manchus outside the pass.

If the Qing Dynasty continued, there would be no problem, but under the current circumstances, the serious shortage of material production and population has made the huge outside the pass a fatal weakness. Without economic support, logistics supplies and sufficient soldiers, it would be difficult for him to pray.

Just when Song Zhu was anxious about this, Goshha came to report that the Heilongjiang General sent someone to see him and brought a handwritten letter. Song Zhu did not agree with it because he had indeed contacted the Heilongjiang General and Jilin General before. The main military forces of the Qing Dynasty outside the pass were controlled by these three. In order to face the changes in the pass, these three highest military commanders kept warm with each other and it was natural to discuss war.

When someone came in, the person was brought soon. The absent-minded Song Zhu directly asked where the letter he brought was. The other party took out a letter from his arms and handed it over. After taking it, Song Zhu directly opened the envelope and shook the letter paper inside to see. Who would have been stunned when he saw it.

"You... who are you?" His face changed suddenly. The letter in his hand was actually a piece of unwritten white paper. Song Zhu reacted instantly. He jumped up and ran two steps not far away. He took off the sword hanging on the wall with one hand, then drew the sword and shouted loudly.

"Songzhu, please take a look at who I am!" The visitor did not make any dangerous moves, and still stood quietly not far away. At the same time, he reached out and took off his hat, revealing a familiar and shocked face that made Songzhu.
Chapter completed!