Drinking poison to quench thirst is the most vivid portrayal of peace talks between the Qing court and Zhou Shi.

In addition to the Taiping Army not advancing north, another condition for the Qing court to complete the large-scale flag-raising to expand the state group was that Wu Sangui was in Xi'an with the idea of ​​"two tigers fighting each other will be injured." Only when these two conditions were met can the Qing court complete the "reform", accumulate strength again, and then wait for the good news of another internal strife in the south.

After returning from Xi'an, Grand Secretary Maleji happily told Shunzhi that Wu Sangui was hesitant and indecisive. As long as the Qing Dynasty showed strength, Wu Sangui had to consider that the consequences of his advance eastward might be to make clothes for the thief scholars in Jiangnan.

Shunzhi was very happy to hear Maleji's return, because he also thought that Wu Sangui would not foolishly fight with the Qing Dynasty to lose both sides and then get a thief scholar. But he never expected that before the happiness passed, Tongguan was lost!

No matter which of the two prerequisites is gone, it will be fatal to the Qing court. The thief scholar and Wu Sangui are like two hungry wolves, and the Qing court is now like a tiger struggling dying. He can fight hard before his death, but in the end he will die.

The Central Plains has always been a must-have place for competition. In order to protect the Central Plains, Chongzhen mobilized many powerful generals and ministers to gather heavy troops to fight against Li Zicheng in Henan. The Qing Dynasty can be said to have obtained the Central Plains out of thin air, and a pie fell from the sky. Now, Shunzhi has to taste what the bitter taste of trying to protect the Central Plains is. Speaking of which, since Yangzhou returned to the capital, Shunzhi has never cried his elder brother again.

Although the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade had just been reorganized, Shunzhi had no other choice. He either sat on the sidelines of Kaifeng and rushed straight to the capital, or sent the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade to make a last fight with Wu Sangui. In addition to these two choices, it was a miracle, that is, the governor of Henan Jia Hanfu could defend Kaifeng against the will of heaven, without using one soldier in Beijing, and use one man to exchange the opportunity to prosper the Qing Dynasty.

Shunzhi did not expect his husband Shi Huashan to have any ability to stop Wu Sangui. He asked Shi Huashan to go to Henan, which was more symbolic, indicating that he had a strong trust in the Han army. What can be done in Henan depend on is Jia Hanfu. He had issued an order to carry Jia Han back to the Zhenghong Banner of Manzhou and gave him a viscount. The decree also hinted that if Jia Hanfu could defend Henan for the court, he would be just about to be granted a title of Duke and Marquis.

If Tongguan was not lost, Jia Hanfu might have been granted the title of Duke and Marquis because the remaining troops of the treacherous troops who invaded Henan suffered consecutive defeats under him. But now, it is hard to say whether Jia Hanfu can still save his life. After all, Wu Sangui's army is much stronger and too much than Zhongzhen Camp.

"Emperor, no matter what, you must send troops to rescue Kaifeng quickly, otherwise, if the Central Plains is lost, the capital will be in danger."

He has a headache to treat his head and feet to treat his feet. Now Henan is in danger. Hu Shian, a great scholar who was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, naturally thought that he should send the Eight Banners to Henan. Otherwise, if the Central Plains are lost, will the Qing Dynasty be the same as the Chongzhen Dynasty?

Yitu didn't say anything, but obviously he was advising Hu Shi'an, and he had to send the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade to rescue Kaifeng immediately. As for the issue that Sony was worried about the fact that there was no soldiers to defend in the capital, it seemed to him that it was purely unfair. The Qing Dynasty's enemies are all in the south. If they do not block the enemy's enemies in the south, what's the use of leaving the troops in the capital? When the enemy soldiers are really coming to the capital, what's the use of the number of soldiers in the capital? Could it be that the thief scholars in Jiangnan can still descend to the sky and appear under the city of Beijing when the main forces of the Qing Dynasty are all out!

"Henan must protect it, and there must be no mistakes!"

Hu Shi'an knelt down, and Itu also knelt down. Sony sighed, knowing that this matter was a foregone conclusion. Regardless of whether he wanted to or not, the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigades would go south. Otherwise, if Wu Sangui really took Henan and entered Zhili, the Qing Dynasty would have to retreat outside the pass.

Many disasters and difficulties!

Sony's heart was extremely bitter, even more bitter than Shunzhi.

"If the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade were to go south, I don't know who the master will command?"

"Let Aobai go, let him make meritorious contributions. Can he not beat the thief scholar, or even defeat Wu Sangui!" Shunzhi was anxious and angry, his voice changed, and his face turned pale and shouted: "Tell Aobai that he must block Wu Sangui in Henan this time. If he can't stop it, don't come to see me again!"

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The news that Wu Sangui's rebels entered Henan spread like a plague in Beijing. The officials who had just calmed down from the news of the emperor's defeat in Yangzhou became frightened again. The eight banners team, which had been reorganized for several months, left the city. Even the emperor's personal military camp, military guard camp, vanguard camp, Shenji camp and the three flags of the Interior Ministry's three flags, received a transfer order to the south, which further increased the officials' worries. It seemed that a war was about to fall from the sky. This war was no longer what it used to be, but a life-and-death battle that really determined the survival of the Qing Dynasty.

Overnight, the whole city was like a hornet's nest that had been stabbed open, and the city was in chaos. Many businesses were closed and the downtown was suddenly neglected. The fast-moving families were already cleaning up the fine and soft and ready to escape. As for the Eight Banners House, they had to prepare for the expedition, and they were also in a panic. The entire capital was shrouded in sorrow.

Some Eight Banner generals who received the transfer order were afraid of being beaten by the Yangzhou War last year or were frightened by Wu Sangui's 200,000 Guanning Army, and were unwilling to go south. In order to erase their names from the transfer order, they all looked for contact. Some even asked the Empress Dowager of Cining Palace, but they were scolded and driven out by the Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager couldn't get along, and some smart people thought that the only one who could influence the emperor now was Tomafa. The monk Yulin was a monk. Even the emperor could not see him often without asking about the affairs of the world, let alone the people like them. So there was a lot of traffic on the street in front of the Catholic Hall outside Xuanwu Gate. The Eight Banners Generals and Schools who knew each other met each other, and the first thing they said was: "Did the Westerners agree?" The person asked shook his head with a sad face and sighed, as if he would definitely be a death to go to Henan.

Chau Wang was so annoyed that he met some at first. When he found out that these Manchu people were coming to ask them to speak nice things for them and were exempted from the order of transfer, he was shocked and refused to see anyone again.

After dark, Tang Ruowang fell tiredly on his recliner. During the day, the Manchu people praised him and felt a layer of unspeakable sadness in his heart, because the Qing emperor, who had been extremely close to him in the past two years, became increasingly cold to him. There were even a few times when he took the initiative to meet his emperor students, but the emperor did not want to see him.

Johnson Chan knew that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, or the young Tatars, might never have the place of Mafa in his heart.
Chapter completed!