"I'm afraid it's more than that." Chongzhen said thoughtfully.

"When Lao Nu was here, there were no Eight Banners Han Army and Eight Banners Mongolia."

"And there are only Han Niu Lu and Mongolian Niu Lu who are affiliated with the Eight Banners."

"But since Huang Taiji took over, he separated the Han army and the Mongolian cavalry from the Eight Banners and organized them into the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Mongolian Banners that only obeyed the emperor's orders."

"This amounts to partial centralization."

After a pause, he continued: "But before the Eight Banners Manchuria could be chewed, Huang Taiji died."

Hearing this, Xu Yingwei immediately reacted: "What your Majesty means is that Dorgon is going to bite the hard nut of Eight Banners Manchuria, and he wants to achieve true centralization of power?"

"This must be the case." Chongzhen said solemnly, "Dorgon is really not simple. He actually wants to reform the Eight Banners and monopolize power. This is a goal that Huang Taiji has not been able to achieve."

"The most vicious thing is to use Xuzhou and Guide as hunting grounds."

Xu Yingwei said with a dark face: "The cavalry and archery of the Jiannu are still very powerful. It is difficult for Xuzhou and Guide's soldiers to withstand the harassment of a small group of Jiannu alone."

"Going out of the city to fight in the field will definitely result in heavy casualties."

"If you stick to the fortress, you will be too passive and it will also delay spring plowing."

After saying this, he said: "Your Majesty, we must not sit idly by and watch this matter."

"We definitely can't sit back and watch." Chongzhen said solemnly, "Dorgon wants to use Xuzhou and Guide as hunting grounds to achieve his intention of centralizing power. We must not let him get his wish."

"Your Majesty, do you mean to cancel the troop deployment plan for Dagukou and Gaizhou Guards?"

"No, the troop deployment plan for Dagukou and Gaizhou Guards cannot be cancelled. Not only cannot it be canceled, but it must be brought forward, because after Dagukou and Gaizhou Guards are attacked, Dorgon will definitely send troops to recapture them.

Once they arrive, some of the real slaves must be withdrawn from the Huanghuai front line."

"It's true that Jiannu has always distrusted the Eight Banners Han Army and the Eight Banners Mongolia. Every battle must be fought by real slaves."

"So in order to reduce the pressure on the Huanghuai defense line, you must launch an attack on Dagukou and Gaizhouwei in advance. There is no need to wait for the North Sea to thaw in late April. Start now!"

"Did the Holy One say that we should directly step on the ice to launch an attack?"

"Yes, after arriving at the edge of the field, we will directly step on the ice to attack when it is dark."

"Well, attacking on the ice is not a big problem. Anyway, Jiannu would never have imagined that we would use troops against Dagukou and Gaizhouwei. If we were not prepared, we would definitely be able to defeat them in a single battle."

"It's useless to be prepared. There won't be many troops left behind at Dagukou and Gaizhou Guards."

Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "But one thing is that because the Beihai and the canal have not yet thawed, the Eight Banners Han Army can quickly transport the Hongyi artillery through the ice of the Weihe River and the Beihai, so the time left for you to build the gun platform will be changed.

There are few, but in order to crush Dorgon’s attempt to centralize power, we don’t care about these.”

Xu Yingwei said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely be able to guard Gaizhou."

After a pause, he added: "I believe that Jianheng will be able to defend the entrance of Dago."

"The main one is Dagukou, which is only a hundred miles away from Tianjin and only three hundred miles away from Beijing."

Chongzhen pondered for a moment and then asked: "How is the adaptability training at sea going?"

"I've done a few adaptive trainings and it's much better than at the beginning. There shouldn't be any problems."

"That's good." Chongzhen nodded lightly when he heard this, and then asked, "By the way, what military report do you have?"

"Something big has happened in Sichuan." Xu Yingwei sighed. "Sichuan Relief and Suppression Officer General Yang Zhenxin sent flying cavalry to report to Wuchang, saying that Sichuan General Yang Zhan was murdered by his subordinates Wu Dading and Yuan Tao."

"Is this possible?" Chongzhen's face suddenly fell.

Yang Zhan finally died in the hands of Wu Dading and Yuan Tao?
Chapter completed!