When Gao Huan's army entered Shandong, it received a report from the front that the Liang army had recovered Beijing and the Qing army fled from Hebei.

Now the entire Hebei region is restored, the Qing army fled far away from the pass or retreated into Hedong.

Both places are not easy to attack. The outside of the pass is too far away from the core area of ​​Liang State, and it is inconvenient to provide supplies for the long expedition. Hedong is surrounded by mountains and rivers, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Liang army cannot attack for a while.

At this time, the Qing army fled Hebei and the war could not be fought for the time being, but Gao Huan still led the army to Tongzhou along the canal.

Gao Mingheng and others hurried forward and saluted together, "I welcome the king!"

Gao Huan was riding on the horse wearing golden armor, smiling and raising his hand, "Haha~ You guys don't have to be too polite!"

At this time, Gao Huan turned over and dismounted, threw the whip to Yang Yan, and then praised: "This time the Qing army secretly evacuated, trying to transfer the population and supplies of Hebei. Fortunately, my decisiveness, otherwise Hebei would be white."

Gao Mingheng said: "First of all, the Military Information Department provides timely information, and secondly, the soldiers use their lives, especially the Governor Yuan led his troops to advance, which prevented the Qing army from continuing to transfer materials. I dare not take credit!"

Yuan Shizhong quickly saluted, "I failed to block Haoge and let the Qing army escape. I also asked the king to atone for his sins!"

Gao Huan waved his hand and said seriously: "I know the achievements of all my beloved ministers. You don't have enough troops and can force the Qing army to retreat within a few days. This is a great achievement, let alone Yuan Aiqing has saved Beijing."

Gao Huan glanced at everyone and said aloud: "You have made contributions this time! I will reward you with me, and no one is allowed to refuse."

Gao Mingheng, Yuan Shizhong and others looked at each other, and their faces showed joy.

At this time, everyone talked for a while, and Gao Mingheng and others immediately invited Gao Huan to Beijing.

Beijing City.

Since the Liang army entered the city, the people in the city have decorated their lights and celebrated their regaining of the capital with joy.

At this time, I heard that King Liang was coming, and the city was filled with joy.

However, after the robbery of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing was no longer the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The city no longer flourished, with a sharp decline in population, nine out of ten households, and a depressed industry. Many neighbors were like ghost towns.

"Alas! At that time, Beijing had hundreds of thousands of people, and the city was full of traffic, extremely lively and prosperous, but now it has declined to be like this." Zhou Yanru followed Gao Huan to Beijing. Seeing the scene in the city, he couldn't help but sigh.

Many of the officials who followed the expedition this time have worked as officials in Beijing. They feel deeply the same when they look at the dilapidated Beijing city and the burned houses.

At this time, Gao Huan and his party came to the palace and saw a ruined wall and a dark ashes.

Gao Huan asked with a black face: "Is this what Hong Chengchou did?"

Gao Mingheng nodded slightly, "It was indeed Hong Chengchou who presided over the retreat, but it was said that it was the order issued by Ajige!"

Gao Huan said in anger: "This group of damn Tartars occupy our country's territory, bully our people, and destroy our Forbidden City before retreating. It's really a pity to die!"

In ancient times, when he was defeated and burned a palace, he might think it was nothing, but for Gao Huan, this was an unforgivable sin.

In addition to their own value, these palaces also represent culture and history, and are part of a country's soft power.

Military conquers the body, culture and history conquers the hearts of the people.

Zhou Yanru and others also ordered to denounce the Qing Dynasty, and everyone's faces were full of anger.

"King! Jiannu is abominable! We will repay this account!" Zhou Yanru said in accordance with Gao Huan's wishes.

Gao Huan said coldly: "Hmph, Jiannu thought that if I retreated outside the pass, I could not do anything to them and could escape my revenge. Since Ajige dared to burn the Forbidden City, even if they ran to the ends of the earth, I would still capture him back and accept the punishment of burning!"

Gao Huan stood in front of the ruins and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on right now after Jiannu quits Hebei?"

Gao Mingheng hurriedly said, "Report to the king! I sent a scout out of the pass to investigate. Jiannu completely gave up the Liaoxi Corridor and only stationed troops in Jinzhou."

"Reporting to the king, I have sent me a detailed return. The main force of the Qing army has retreated to the Liaohe Plain to reclaim farmland, but Hong Chengchou stayed in Jinzhou and is rebuilding Jinzhou and Dalinghe City." Huang Ting reported.

Huang Ting was recovering from his injuries in Shandong. After Gao Huan arrived in Shandong, he followed Gao Huan to Beijing and re-in charge of spying on the Qing Dynasty.

Jinzhou is the gateway to the northeast. The Qing army abandoned the western Liaoning Corridor and rebuilt Jinzhou City, which was a complete turn to the defensive.

It took Nurhaci and Huang Taiji more than 20 years to break through the Ningjin defense line of the Ming Dynasty and push the front line to Shanhaiguan.

Now that the Qing army has given up western Liaoning, retreated to Jinzhou, and rebuilt Dalinghe City, it can be said that the efforts of the two generations have been in vain.

Gao Huan sneered: "Hong Chengchou is quite good at retreating to Jinzhou. With the current national strength of the Qing Dynasty, retreating to Jinzhou is indeed the right decision. It can lengthen my supply line to facilitate their supply nearby."

Huang Ting continued: "King! According to the news sent back by the detailed work, the Jinzhou and Dalinghe City built by Hong Chengchou may be gun cities!"

"Guncheng?" Gao Huan frowned, and couldn't help but feel annoyed, "This Hong Chengchou is really doing his best for the Qing Dynasty!"

Last year, the Liang army attacked the Minyue Kingdom and was blocked by Zheng Zhilong's gun city for several months. Finally, it was through Kong Mingqiu that it broke the Zheng army's gun city.

If Hong Chengchou built Jinzhou and Dalinghe City into a gun city, then the Liang army would probably pay a huge price to attack the Qing Dynasty through the Liaoxi Corridor.

Gao Huan frowned, "How was Jinzhou and Dalinghe City built?"

Huang Ting said: "Hong Chengchou used 100,000 troops to build a city with 200,000 people. Most of the main walls have been built!"

This time, the Liang army's northern expedition was a temporary intention, and it was very hasty. The vassal states did not prepare food, grass and military supplies in advance.

Now Hebei is devastated and plundered by the Qing army. The Liang army is unable to obtain supplies from Hebei and needs to distribute grain to the people of Hebei.

In this way, when the vassal state prepares food and grass, it is estimated that the Jinzhou and Dalinghe City of Hong Chengchou have been built.

Thinking of this, Gao Huan couldn't help but ponder, knowing that he could not attack Jinzhou now, and the original plan to land in Liaodong was also because the main force of the Qing army returned outside the pass, and he needed to make a long-term plan.

Gao Huan pondered for a while and decided to temporarily give up attacking the Qing Dynasty, restore Hebei first, solve Hedong, and then clean up the Qing soldiers outside the pass.

Now the land outside the pass is deserted and sparsely populated, and the Liang army cannot obtain supplies when attacking. It is better to let the Qing army develop first and then capture the Liang army.

Hedong is close to Hebei, and Hebei is flat. If Hedong is not solved and the Qing army and Tang army in Hedong are eliminated, Gao Huan dared not lead his troops out of the pass.

If the Liang army leaves Shanhaiguan, the Qing army and the Tang army send troops from Hedong and attack Hebei, would the Liang army not have the ship capsized in the gutter?

Gao Huan pondered for a moment, then said to everyone: "Go! Go inside and take a look!"

At this moment, a group of people walked through the ruins and headed to the magnificent palace behind.

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