The Qing Dynasty Red Flag Cavalry took less than ten days to conquer two cities in Dingxing in Baoding Prefecture, and massacred more than 60,000 people. Since Baoding Prefecture was not invaded by the Qing cavalry in the second year of Chongzhen, the people's livelihood of Baoding Prefecture did not suffer much influence. It is also true that the Inlaid Red Flag Cavalry soon swept Baoding Prefecture, a large amount of gold, silver, grain, cloth and other scarce supplies in Liaodong were seized. The Inlaid Red Flag Cavalry handed over 80% of them, and the Inlaid Red Flag Cavalry all filled the spare horses with supplies. In the view of the Inlaid Red Flag Cavalry, the young women of the Ming Dynasty were far better than the women of their tribe. The Inlaid Red Flag Cavalry had two horses, one was filled with gold, silver and wealth, and the other was tied with two to three women.

Unlike the cavalry of the Inlaid Red Flag that gained a lot from plundering, the main force of the Zhengbai Banner of the Qing Dynasty, which attacked Hejian Prefecture, still slowly swept the Jinghai, Dacheng, and Qingxian outskirts along the canal line. Last time Dorgon invaded Zhili of the Ming Dynasty with the Khan Huang Taiji, he knew that Tianjin Wei was not much oil and water, and if he wanted to grab more wealth, he had to go deep into the hinterland of Hejian Prefecture. However, Dorgon's eyes were always staring at the north of Zhili, he speculated that Zhang Ping'an, the commander of the Possess Army, would never miss the excellent opportunity to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Qing Dynasty. Dorgon's speculation was based on the basis of the corrupted Possess Army, which was widely publicized by the corrupted Possess Army. Many people in the Qing Dynasty regarded the corrupted Possessessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessessed Possessed Possessessed Possessed Possessed Possessed Possessed Possessed Possessed Possessed Possessed Possessed

But Dorgon didn't think so. Before entering the Ming Dynasty, he carefully read all the intelligence of Zhang Ping'an and the Po Nu Army collected by Luan Yiwei. Dorgon found many suspicions in the intelligence. First, Emperor Chongzhen issued an imperial edict to allow the opening of the border tent, and second, Emperor Chongzhen sold the heavy responsibility of clearing the arrears of the court's salt tax to the Xuanwei envoy of the Po Nu City. Dorgon then checked the archives of Luan Yiwei and gradually got a clue. Zhang Ping'an used any means to open the tent. In order for the smooth transaction of the tent, the jackal wolf Zhang Ping'an could do anything, including suppressing his inner dissatisfaction with Emperor Chongzhen.

Another evidence is that Zhang Ping'an led his army to Shaanxi to suppress bandits during the Tianqi period, and also sent a cavalry to jump thousands of miles to destroy the canal gang. The fox wolf Zhang Ping'an was not in the way with the eunuch party at that time, but it did not prevent him from joining forces with Wei Zhongxian to devour the property of three large salt merchants in Yangzhou. Since the Xuanwei envoy in the Ponucheng stationed in Beijing has obtained the power to clean up salt, he must have to get tens of millions of taels of salt tax. Based on the spy collected by Yan Zhuochen, Dorgon inferred that the Yangzhou salt merchants were in Nanzhili, and it would be difficult to shock the Yangzhou salt merchants without a large army entering the pass. In particular, the Ponu army had three battle camps to wipe out the Mongolian Tumote Khan's tribe in Shaanxi. This tricky fox wolf Zhang Ping'an had played once in the three years of Chongzhen.

Dorgon, who had already believed in his heart that the Pou Slave Army would send troops to fight the Qing Dynasty, would not tell him how the Pou Slave Army would fight the Qing Dynasty. He just buried this speculation deeply in his heart. Dorgon knew that the Khan King Huang Taiji now wanted to step on the three great belles. If he exposed his talents too early, he would definitely be remembered by Huang Taiji. If Dorgon was not careful in the future, it would be very likely that he would become the target of Huang Taiji's elimination. Dorgon clearly remembered that the news of his father Khan Nurhaci's death had been concealed by several leading soldiers on the front line.

In order to attack the forces of the three brothers of Dorgon, the four great bells first divided the Niulu of the two yellow flags, and then deprived the entire Zhenghuang flag of control. Huang Taiji was not inferior to the grassland jackal wolf Zhang Ping'an at all. Huang Taiji had some mistakes in calculating the invasion of the Ming Dynasty this time, and he did not see the entire strategy of the grassland jackal wolf Zhang Ping'an. This was mainly because Huang Taiji had to deal with a large amount of government affairs, and these trivial matters separated Huang Taiji too much. Moreover, Huang Taiji's eyes were still staring at the three big bells with real power, so he did not spend much energy on planning the grassland jackal wolf Zhang Ping'an.

Dorgon also observed Huang Taiji's intentions from Huang Taiji's deployment. Huang Taiji speculated that the Slave-Breaking Army might continue the last time that the Duoyan tribe in Mongolia had a half-travel robbery. Because of this, Huang Taiji hoarded the main soldiers of the Qing Dynasty on Xiongwotou to the fleeing army. Dorgon's dark-hearted thoughts were not told to anyone. When he attacked Hejian Prefecture, he kept nearly half of the main force of Zhengbai Banner in Tianjin. Although the Zhengbai Banner's advance was not fast, they also captured 50,000 people and a large amount of wealth, but the amount of wealth seized by Zhengbai Banner was far lower than that of the Inlaid Red Banner. In fact, Dorgon's Zhengbai Banner cavalry did not want to use fine works to mix into the county and then break the city, but Hejian Prefecture was threatened by Kong Youde rebels this year. The Ming army did not relax during the city defense patrol. If it was ineffective, it would be impossible to succeed.

As thieves who specialize in robbery, there are usually people who receive stolen goods. These Ming traitors who receive stolen goods are naturally those Jiexiu Shanxi merchants who are bold and reckless in their ancestors. Now, the Shanxi merchant Huang Jinfa, who is dedicated to raising grain for the Qing Dynasty, has become a guest of honor for the Qing Dynasty, and he has also become the head of collecting stolen goods after following the Qing Dynasty's plundering army. In fact, the eight Shanxi merchants of Jiexiu actually hoarded 300,000 stones of grain outside the Zijing Pass, and waited for the Jinfa to receive the gold and silver robbed by the Qing Dynasty in Zhili. Outside the Zijing Pass, the leader of the Shanxi merchant, was Fan Yongdou. Although the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger, the risks in this should not be underestimated. For this reason, Fan Yongdou summoned 800 servants from Jiexiu's merchants' family and bribed the Fenzhou government to issue a customs clearance document for him.

The Zijing Pass, which lies across the official road from Shanxi to Zhili, naturally became the focus of Shanxi merchants' bribery, and the general Yang Xitian, the general of the guard of the Zijing Pass, was also the main target of bribery by Shanxi merchants. Fan Yongdou was very familiar with the rules of the Ming Dynasty. He never did anything to cram the matter. Since the official road of Jingxing was robbed, the successive guards of Zijing Pass were always respected by Fan Yongdou and others every year. Shanxi merchants not only used silver to buy officials, but also paved the way for their promotion in advance. For officials who are upright and cannot be bribed, Fan Yongdou will mobilize officials from Jin to Beijing to transfer them. After the Shanxi merchants replaced disobedient officials through their connections, they would not take any action to kill them. The main reason was to leave a way out for themselves.

Those transferred officials were either promoted or transferred to a wealthy place. In this way, the transferred officials were full of favor towards the Shanxi merchants. Yang Tianxi, the governor of Zijing Pass, was originally from Fenzhou, and every step of his promotion, had Jiexiu, the Shanxi merchants paved the way for him. Because of this, when Fan Yongdou held the complete official documents of the Fenzhou government, Yang Tianxi immediately opened and let Fan Yongdou and the others transport supplies. In fact, Yang Tianxi also roughly guessed what business Fan Yongdou and the others did, but the Shanxi merchants and the others had a huge influence in the court. Yang Tianxi believed that his background was very strong, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb about Fan Yongdou and the others' business.

What's more, Fan Yongdou took out 10,000 taels of silver for him this time, and used 20,000 taels of silver and 5,000 stones of food to calm the morale of the army at the Zijing Pass. By this year, Zijing Pass had been owed for six years of food and salary. Yang Tianxi's subordinates were all very fond of Shanxi merchants. After Jiannu invaded the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of War's yamen issued a retreat order to various checkpoints of Zhili. Although the Ministry of War was abide by the Ministry of War's military orders, Fan Yongdou and his transportation convoy could pass freely and unimpededly. The mantis stalked the cicada and the oriole behind him, and the chief of the Zijing Pass Yang Tianshun kept watching Fan Yongdou and his performance coldly.

Yang Tianshun was the cousin of the guerrilla Yang Tianxi. Although he was from Fenzhou with Yang Tianxi, he couldn't stand Fan Yongdou and his treason in his heart. When Jiannu invaded the border of Daming, other merchants fled out of the Ming Dynasty, while Shanxi merchants led by Fan Yongdou hoarded food outside the Zijing Pass. He was a fool who could understand who the Shanxi merchants were going to sell to, but Yang Tianshun's official position was humble and could not control these major events. His cousin Yang Tianxi counted the silver and was so cramped that his hand was not in charge of it. Of course, Yang Tianshun's inner depression also fell into the eyes of those who were interested.

Taohualing in the southeast of Zijingguan has entered a critical period of preparation. Deputy Qianzong Li Chunyang and his staff member Yang Tianhe visited Bailonggou more than ten times. At this time, caravans from Shanxi were occasionally transporting grain to Yizhou on the official road of Bailonggou, and only groups of staggering fleeing people were left. Looking at the old people who were lodging on the ground and the children surrounding the old man, Li Chunyang and staff member Yang Tianhe were filled with sadness. People in troubled times are not as good as dogs. Judging from the tired expressions of the fleeing people and the dusty clothes, these people have been gone for several days or dozens of days. When the fleeing people were transporting grain, the Shanxi merchants hoarded grain outside the pass, they took out their only silver money to buy some food to help them, but unexpectedly they were ruthlessly driven away by the caravan.

In the eyes of these unscrupulous Shanxi merchants, the money they earn from selling grain to these victims who were about to starve to death was far less affordable than selling it to the Qing army. Several times, the young Yang Tianhe couldn't help but want to take action, but was stopped by Li Chunyang. Li Chunyang believed that it would be better to settle the accounts at once when he was a woman. Li Chunyang himself had a bad impression of Shanxi merchants, but there were also many good people among Shanxi merchants. Many Shanxi merchants who were doing business in Zhili, saw that they could not return to Shanxi from Zijing Pass, so they planned to detour north from Bao'anzhou to cross Wanquandusi, and then from Chaigou Fort to enter Tianchengwei, Shanxi. Although they were far away, they heard that there was no retreat there, just the evil wolf Pou Nu Army that Jiannu was curled up in the north.

Walking north from Bailonggou is full of difficult roads, vehicles cannot pass through. These Shanxi merchants selected the necessary rations and fines from the box trucks, and sent the excess grain and clothes to the fleeing people. Moreover, this situation is not an isolated case, but the common choice of most Shanxi merchants and Shanxi gentry. Seeing this, Li Chunyang and others have a better understanding of Shanxi people. Most of the Ming gentry and Shanxi merchants are loyal, righteous and kind people. Compared with the two, the ugly face of Jiexiu Shanxi merchants is even more abominable. Bailonggou is less than a hundred miles away from Yizhou, and the main cavalry of the Inlaid Red Banner led by Beile Yuetuo began to rush to Yizhou after looting Laishui County. (To be continued)
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