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Huang Taiji threw down the Ming Dynasty peace agreement that had just been sent back and sighed weakly: "I didn't take Zhu Ciye seriously at the beginning, but now he has already taken root and sprouted in Liaodong and became a confidant. Now my Qing Dynasty's elite are all in the Linghe River and Liaohe River. South Liao and Zhenjiang are empty, and no one can control the Chu army. Now the two places are in corruption, and the troubles are even better than Ning Jinming's army."

Fan Wencheng, a senior secretary of the Inner Secretary Academy, said hatefully, "This Zhu Ciye really underestimated him at the beginning. He thought he was just a slutty boy. He was lucky enough to be promoted with Mei Zhihuan and Li Changgeng, but he didn't expect that he really had some skills."

"We must now contain Zhu Ciye. The six Kuandian Forts have been destroyed by him. There is news that he is preparing to attack Phoenix City. If Phoenix City is broken again, the Chu troops in Dongjiang can directly threaten Liaoyang Chenyang." Huang Taiji said.

"The Sanshun King was incompetent and ruined the great affairs of the emperor." Fan Wencheng said, "Before Zhu Ciye landed in Lushun, Your Majesty had specially transferred the Sanshun King to defend, but they were slow all the way, so that Zhu Ciye could successfully land in Lushun. After that, he stopped moving and led to the fall of the states in southern Liaoning. Until now, they have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in vain, but they have never taken over a battle with the Chu army. Let the Chu army run rampant in Liaodong, destroy more than a hundred cities, seize hundreds of thousands of people, and kill more than ten thousand Qing warriors, which is a sinner for the ages."

"What should I do to reverse the current trend?" Huang Taiji asked in a sigh.

"Maybe we should make a little concession first, show it to be weak, and then counterattack after winter comes." Fan Wencheng said, "It is better to argue with Ming for peace. The conditions may be higher and hold them back. When winter comes, the Liaohai Sea will freeze. At that time, the strongest fleet of the Chu army will be useless. At that time, Zhenjiang and Lushun should not be able to support each other. At that time, we will defeat the Chu army first."

"But the peace agreement proposed by the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty was in no way sincere. Now the morale of the Southern Dynasty is high, and I am worried that they will launch a counterattack." Huang Taiji said worriedly, "If Ning Jinming Army and Lushun and the Ming Army in Zhenjiang attack at the same time, we are afraid that we will be unable to deal with it."

"Emperor, blindly giving in will only make the southerners think that we are weak and bullied. The more we are at this time, the more we need to counterattack so that we can shock the Southern Barbarians' desire to move." Dai Shan, Prince Heshuoli, hurriedly persuaded him, and he opposed the peace talks at this time. "Your Majesty, I think there is no need to take care of the Chu army. Although Zhu Ciye repeatedly attacked the city and broke the ground, he only guarded the two places in Lushun and Zhenjiang. The rest of the cities were quickly abandoned, which shows that he did not want to go deep into the Liao territory immediately."

"you mean?"

"In my opinion, we still have to fight Jinzhou. Now the Ming army is winning a new victory, and it is because of underestimating the enemy and arrogant soldiers. We can defeat Ning Jinming's army first. As long as Ning Jinming's army is defeated, the Chu soldiers in Zhenjiang, southern Liaoning will naturally not have to worry about it."

"The current situation. It is difficult to defeat Ning Jin's soldiers." Huang Taiji shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty, no matter how many routes the Ming army came, we only went all the way. It was this that we won the Sarhu. Now that the Ming army is attacking three routes, we cannot prevent it from three routes. It is better to concentrate our troops and break the whole route." Dai Shan still insisted on his own proposition.

"Master, what do you think?" Huang Taiji asked Fan Wencheng.

Fan Wencheng thought for a while and said, "What Prince Li said makes sense, but there is a lot of planning for how to fight. After more than a month, the Liaohai Sea will freeze. It is better to continue to discuss peace with Ming first. Show the enemy to be weak and slow down the military plan. When it is cold and freezing, the Ming army's navy will not be able to act, and the various Ming troops cannot support each other. At that time, we will send troops to counterattack and only attack them all the way. It should be feasible."

"Okay, let him bear it first. I will pass the order to Kong Youde and others, and let them retreat to Gaizhou and temporarily postpone the attack on Jinzhou. I will then pass the order to Jinzhou, and let them retreat to Daling River and defend Yizhou and Daling River Fort. Fan Qing, I will be fined that you will personally lead the delegation to Ningyuan and make peace with the Ming Dynasty. As long as you can stabilize the Southern Dynasties, you might as well agree to their conditions first."

"I obey the order."

Beijing.

Liu Zongzhou, the left censor of the Censorate, came out of the palace and ended his complaint with the emperor. The next day, the emperor issued an order to move the eighth town to Lushun, the ninth town to Zhenjiang, and the tenth town to Wuchang. Zhu Ciye was changed from the admiral of Huguang to the admiral of Liaodong, and the imperial envoy to the admiral of Liaodong. The military affairs of the two towns in Zhenjiang also led the Beiyang Navy, and also managed food and money. He was also appointed as the Minister of War and the Left Deputy Censor of the Censor of Korea and Japan, and was awarded the Shangfang sword, the twelve deputy flag plaques, golden arrows, and military generals under his command.

After the officials of the imperial edict went to Liaodong to announce the edict, hundreds of officials in the capital also speculated about the meaning behind the edict.

Liu Qiao, the commander of the Jinyiwei, discovered that the civil and military officials who had flattered him in the past, have suddenly begun to distance themselves from him. Liu Yunzhen was resentful at home and said that these people were all guys who changed their minds. But Liu Qiao was quite open-minded. After hearing his son's complaints, he said calmly, "Jiye is now in a high position and powerful position. He holds troops from four towns and leads a 100,000 army. Especially this army does not rely on the court's food and wages, and is so capable of fighting, no one will feel relieved. The situation was difficult before, and when the court hired people, everyone could still put it aside."

He smiled, "But now that Songshan is victorious and the Tartars are seeking peace, the situation is very different. The Central Plains bandits have been pacified for more than a year, and the situation outside the pass has improved again. At this time, many people in the court naturally began to jump out."

"Is the bow hidden after all the birds? Before the bird has been shot, I just thought about hiding the bow. The short-sighted guy."

"It's not considered a hidden bow. Didn't Jiye still supervise Liaodong military affairs? He just cut off a town of troops. The emperor still trusted him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let him continue to control the troops in the three towns."

"Can this be considered trust? Isn't this a disappointment to the third brother? The battle for the country in front of him, but behind him is difficult to defend. He was originally the admiral of Huguang, but now he has become the admiral of Liaodong. This can be the same. Not to mention cutting down a town of troops, it turned out to be the admiral of two provinces, but now it is the admiral of two prefectures." Liu Yunzhen stood up for Liu Jun. Now the Liu family and Liu Jun are closely related, and their destiny is connected. If Liu Jun is really defeated, their family will also be implicated.

"In ancient times, heroes and generals could not escape such an ending. Jiye was the emperor's adopted son, so there should not be too bad ending." Liu Qiao sighed.

When the imperial imperial officials arrived in Zhenjiang, Liu Jun had just taken down Phoenix City.

Although Phoenix City is a fortress in the city, the main force of the Qing army is now in the west. After the fortress around Phoenix was swept away several times by Liu Jun, Phoenix City has long become an isolated city. When Liu Jun arrived at Phoenix City with the power of Kuandian's new victory, the defenders of Phoenix City wanted to hold on to the death.

As a result, facing the Ming army cannons, their persistence was meaningless.

Liu Jun did not want to occupy Phoenix City, so he surrounded the four cities and bombarded the four cities for most of the day, shattering the four walls of Phoenix City. Then the Chu army rushed into all directions and cleared them step by step. The five hundred armored cities, plus two thousand Ahas, and more than 3,000 temporary organized people, fought to the death, but could not stop the power of cannons and muskets. Although the armored people and their Aha were fierce, they were trapped in the city, and the cavalry could not be used, and the swords and arrows could not be beaten by guns and cannons.

The defenders of Phoenix City, which had no reinforcements, fought desperately with the Ming army, but were killed by the Ming army in the end. In order to retaliate against the Qing army's massacre in Changdianbao, Liu Jun did not allow the Qing army to surrender this time.

Even the Han army in Phoenix City did not get Liu Jun's understanding. Except for the people in the city, the other thousands of Manchu and Mongolian Han army that were holding swords and arrows to resist the attack, as well as those Baoyi Aha, were killed in total.

Their heads were cut down, and a high Jingguan was built on the edge of the ruins of Phoenix City to warn the Qing army.

After breaking the city, the city was destroyed, all the supplies in the city were moved away, and the remaining population was taken away. The Chu army's autumn offensive officially ended.

As soon as he returned to Zhenjiang, Liu Jun met the imperial officials who were rushing to announce the imperial edict.

Burning incense to welcome the order. After listening to the reading of the order, Liu Jun accepted the order with a expressionless face.

After a big victory, Liu Jun was not happy when he was awarded the imperial court but the decree. He was transferred from the Admiral of Huguang to Liaodong, and the troops of the four towns also cut off one town.

This was a very bad start, and the court finally began to strip his military power. Although he had expected this day, the court took action too quickly.

Wu Sangui only killed more than a thousand Qing troops, but he was promoted to the admiral and commanded the troops of Guanning Jin. Since he entered Liao, he has killed more than ten thousand Qing troops in dozens of battles, but the court has cut off his military power.

However, what made Liu Jun relieved was that although the court changed him to the admiral of Liaodong, the troops in the four towns were also cut off one town. At least the generals of the troops in the four towns had not changed. The tenth town left behind in the two lakes and stationed in Wuchang was still led by Ma Xianglin, and the deputy generals and guerrillas under him were still the same people.

The eighth town, the ninth town, was transferred to Liaodong, and the generals did not make any changes, and Beiyang was still under his command.

After Liu Jun received the order, he wrote a thank-you form to the emperor that day. He showed no dissatisfaction with this transfer. Liu Jun believed that although the court cut off his military power, there would not be any next move. After all, the court now has to use him to conquer Liaodong.

As long as Liaodong has not recovered for a day, his status will still be stable.

After the autumn harvest in Zhenjiang Prefecture ended, Liu Jun returned to Lushun on a warship. Before he left, he transferred two divisions from the ninth town to Zhenjiang according to the order of the court, moved the eighth town to Lushun, and the troops from the tenth town to return to the two lakes.

Taking the North Korean princess all the way back to Jinzhou, Fu Shan immediately reported an important military situation to Liu Jun.

Kong Youde and Zheng sent someone to secretly contact Fu Shan.

"What does he want to do?" Liu Jun asked.

Fu Shan whispered, "Kong has the meaning of virtue and is in a correct way. He wants to abandon darkness and turn to light."

"Do you believe his words?" Liu Jun asked back.

"I think I can talk about it, but there will be no loss anyway. If it can really make it clear, it wouldn't be better."
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