Gao Huan's rise made Dorgon dare to be so melancholy.

He originally planned to instigate Li Zicheng to march towards Beijing through the Shanxi merchants, while the Qing army reaped the benefits of the fisherman.

Now Gao Huan is entrenched in Henan, blocking Li Zicheng's way out from the east and attacking Beijing.

Although Li Zicheng was still able to cross Pujin Ferry from Guanzhong, break into Shanxi, and then attack Beijing, Gao Huan used Li Zicheng's retreat several times, which must have left a shadow on Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng may not dare to go straight into Beijing.

Now Li Zicheng does not distinguish between Gao Huan from the top and bottom. At most, the partial master takes Hedong, and it is unlikely that he will directly destroy Ming.

If the Qing army continues to wait, it will give Gao Huan time, and Gao Huan and Li Zicheng will become stronger and stronger, so they can only take advantage of their ability to compete with the Qing Dynasty and defeat them first.

Outside the pass, Dorgon persuaded the Eight Banners nobles to attack the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the Chongzhen court in Beijing had not yet felt that the huge crisis was coming.

Beijing City, Gao Youcai, the Minister of Rites.

On that day, Gao Youcai had just come out of the palace and returned to his mansion in an official sedan chair.

Gao Jian immediately came forward and whispered: "Father, someone is here at home!"

Gao Youcai raised his eyebrows and couldn't help asking, "Who is it?"

"It's Wang Dushan, the elder brother!" Gao Yan whispered.

"So it's the magistrate of County Wang!" Gao Youcai asked, "Do you know what's going on?"

Gao Jian said: "It's not clear yet. He just arrived and was arranged by his son to wait in the flower hall."

Gao Youcai nodded and walked in and said, "Go to the flower hall!"

At this time, in the flower hall, Wang Dushan, the former magistrate of Dengfeng County, was drinking tea with a teacup.

When he jumped off the building and was rescued by Gao Huan, he defected to Gao Huan and became one of the main aides of the military government.

However, unlike Li Yan and others who obtained the status of the Ming Dynasty, he was accused by the court and thought he was dead, so he kept serving Gao Huan as an aide and did not regain the official position of the Ming Dynasty. He was considered Gao Huan's retainer.

At this time, he was drinking tea when he suddenly saw Gao Youcai coming in with a red face, so he immediately stood up and saluted, smiling and said, "Master!"

When he was in the county, Gao Youcai saw Wang Dushan and had to call him "Master", but now he was turned upside down, which made Gao Youcai sigh.

"Zhuo Yuan! Sit!" Gao Youcai hurriedly called him to sit down.

Wang Dushan sat down and asked with a smile: "The master just returned home at noon. It seems that the affairs in the court are busy!"

"No!" Gao Youcai drank a bowl of strong tea himself and said proudly: "Your Majesty will keep me after the court is out every day and go to the imperial study to discuss major events."

Wang Dushan was actually not very concerned about the affairs of the Chongzhen court.

Not long ago, Gao Huan summoned his confidants to discuss and judge the major affairs of the world. He, Li Yan, Song Xiance, Yuan Gui, Sun Sike, Chen Debiao and others, all believed that the Ming Dynasty had fallen in recent years.

Gao Huan thought it was faster, telling them that the Chongzhen court would perish in less than a year and that it would be powerless to turn things around.

The military government reached a consensus after discussion and recognized Gao Huan's judgment.

Therefore, Wang Dushan did not think that there were any major issues that could be discussed in the Chongzhen Dynasty. Even if it was discussed, it would not be possible to discuss any issues.

However, when he saw Gao Youcai, he was quite interested and asked, "Oh, I don't know what it is?"

Gao Youcai said: "What else can there be? The important matter of the imperial captives and pacifying the enemy. Sun Chuanting, Ding Qirui, and Hou Xun were dismissed from the position of supervisor and accepted the trial of the court. Today, Your Majesty asked me to discuss with you to see who can replace them and encircle and suppress the enemy!"

Wang Dushan asked, "Is the result of the discussion?"

Gao Youcai shook his head, "Not yet. Your Majesty asked Yu Yinggui to replace Sun Chuanting's governor, Shaanxi, to clean up the border soldiers, and to suppress the enemy with a camera. Yu Yinggui cried on the spot."

Wang Dushan said: "Li Zicheng occupied Guanzhong, and the Three Qins had fallen into the hands of the Shun Army. Yu Yinggui had no soldiers and money, so it would be useless if he left!"

Gao Youcai said: "Now, it is only confirmed that Li will lead the governor of Shanxi to resist Li Zicheng's eastward advance. Master Zhou Ge wanted to supervise Huguang, but Your Majesty did not allow him."

When Wang Dushan heard the words, he just nodded, feeling that Zhou Yanru is worthy of being an old bureaucrat with a keen sense of smell and wants to escape, but unfortunately there is no one in the court. Chongzhen relies too much on him, and he is afraid he will not be able to leave.

At this time, Gao Youcai asked, "Tei Yuan, what's the matter when you come to Beijing?"

Wang Dushan said: "The governor asked me to see the master. There are a few things I want the master to deal with!"

"What did my brother say?" Gao Jian couldn't help asking.

Wang Dushan said in a deep voice: "Duxian hopes that the master and the second son will try to rescue Sun Chuanting, Ding Qirui, and find capable officials and Jinyiwei to let them go to Luoyang!"

After Sun Chuanting left, Gao Huan annexed the remnants of the Qin army, allocated land to the families of the Qin army soldiers, and allowed them to settle down.

The Qin army's family divided the land, received food, seeds and oxen, and then they had a home in Henan.

The news was passed back to Shanzhou, and Gao Huan gave them military pay, which made the Qin army cry for Gao Huan.

Although Sun Chuanting had a high prestige among the Qin army, he did not solve the basic survival problems such as food, clothing, housing and transportation of the Qin army and his family.

Now Gao Huan is sure that even if Sun Chuanting comes out, most of the Qin soldiers will not follow Sun Chuanting.

Therefore, Gao Huan decided to rescue Sun Chuanting and Ding Qirui so that they would not be killed by Chongzhen, or if Beijing fell into the hands of others.

In the Ming Dynasty, only Sun Chuanting was the only famous ministers and generals who could fight. On the Qing army, Dai Shan, Jirgalang, Dorgon, Ajige, Duoduo, Haoge, and Hong Chengchou were all the people who could fight.

Gao Huan's two fists cannot match four hands, so he must pull a few more people around him, and then faces the Qing army, he can be more relaxed.

Otherwise, if Dorgon appeared from the Qing army, he would take over. If Daishan and Ajige came again, who would send him to? He had no cards to play.

There are all long-time generals who have fought on the battlefield for decades, and most of Gao Huan's debut is a newcomer.

During the Chongzhen Dynasty for more than ten years, the talents of the Ming Dynasty were consumed too quickly.

Gao Youcai heard Wang Dushan's words and felt a little shocked, and asked in surprise: "What? Huan'er thinks Beijing is not safe?"

Wang Dushan nodded slightly, "After discussing with us, the Governor felt that Beijing would last for one more year at most. Therefore, the Governor hopes that the master can absorb some talents as much as possible for the military government. In addition, please ask the master and the second young master to leave Beijing as soon as possible to avoid being trapped in the capital!"

Gao Youcai was obsessed with the dream of the court officials sitting with the king. After hearing this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Oh! Is it going to end so soon?"

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