"Slave Gao Jia has seen the prince!"

This person is ordinary in figure and not amazing in appearance, but has a strong aura on his body. When he saw Prince Cheng, he saluted him cleanly.

"It's Gao Jia, Suken actually sent you here." Prince Cheng smiled on his face, quickly stepped forward and stretched out his hands and helped Gao Jia away.

Gao Jia is a general under Sukan and is also a slave of Prince Cheng. He is loyal to Prince Cheng. Since Sukan led his troops north last year, Prince Cheng has not seen Gao Jia for half a year. He is naturally happy to see him today.

"Thank you, Prince Xie." Gao Jia stood up, Prince Cheng took his hand and sat down aside, asked someone to serve tea, and asked him to ask him about his situation along the way.

"Prince, General Su's slave has brought it. Please..." Gao Jia took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him. Prince Cheng took it but did not read it. He just put it aside and said with a kind look: "It's not too late for me to see Sukan's letter later. You can talk about the situation in the north first."

"yes!"

Gao Jia responded respectfully, and then began to talk about the things in the north. As Gao Jia's story, Prince Cheng listened very carefully. Although he had learned some of the situations before, he was not very clear about the details. In addition, as the army retreated to Jianchang, the north was Prince Cheng's only way, and he had to do it carefully before the army set off.

Gao Jia talked about this lecture for more than an hour, and Prince Cheng also asked some questions in detail, and Gao Jia naturally answered one by one.

After Gao Jia finished speaking, Prince Cheng smiled and handed over the tea beside him, making Gao Jia moisten his throat, but he frowned slightly as if thinking.

"Prince, General Su asked his servant to tell the prince. If our army heads north, it would still take a quick moment. Now Tibet is unstable, General Su has also spent a lot of effort to build a passageway. If..."

"I understand." Before Gao Jia finished speaking, Prince Cheng nodded and said, "You came from afar, and I think you are tired. Let's take a break today and wait for me to think about it tomorrow."

"Since the prince has plans, the servant is relieved, and he will take his leave in this way." Gao Jia stood up and said.

Prince Cheng also got up with a smile, then called Goshha outside and asked someone to take Gao Jia down to rest for a long time.

After Gao Jia left, Prince Cheng returned to his seat and sat down again, frowned again, and gently tapped the handrail with his left hand aside.

Through Gao Jia's story, Prince Cheng has fully understood the situation in the north. Just as Suken asked Gao Jia to persuade him to go north as soon as possible, Prince Cheng also knew in his heart that his army could not continue to stay in Jianchang and must seize the time to go north immediately.

Now, the situation in the north is relatively chaotic. There are currently several main forces in the north, and these forces are enemies rather than friends for Prince Cheng.

First of all, the Junggar Khanate, which was an old opponent of the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, Galdan of Junggar was ambitious and attempted to annex the Mongolian tribes and rebuild the Mongolian Yuan. At first, Galdan first served as Taiji, and then fought south and north. After defeating Eziertu Khan, he claimed to be a great Han Dynasty, and then annexed the Yarkand Khanate, which greatly boosted its momentum.

In the next ten years, the Junggar tribe flourished under the command of Galdan and had become a heroic lord. Soon, Galdan, who thought he was full of wings, led a large army across Hangai Mountain and attacked Tushetu Khan, forcing the Mongolian tribes to be defeated and moved south.

After that, Galdan's reputation was even greater. He felt that the opportunity to completely unify Mongolia was right in front of him. He then sent troops to the north of Mo, trying to annex the Khalkha Mongolia in one fell swoop to restore the glory of the golden family that year.

Unfortunately, Galdan did not expect that the Qing Dynasty sent troops here. Kangxi led the elite Manchus to the north. Facing the powerful Manchus at that time, Galdan still failed in the end. The Qing Dynasty won the Northern Expedition, Galdan was defeated and died. The powerful Junggar tribe was severely injured and had no choice but to retreat.

Later, Cewang Alabandan inherited the Khan throne and still confronted the Qing Dynasty. Compared with Galdan, Cewang Alabandan was slightly deficient, but he was also a figure. Understand that the Qing Dynasty was not good at taking action to the east, Cewang Alabandan turned to the west and once directly captured Lhasa and occupied all Tibet. However, at that time, the Qing Dynasty sent troops to defeat the Junggar tribe and expelled its Junggar tribe from Tibet.

What is mentioned above is the past, so Prince Cheng is naturally very clear. But after the rise of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty lost the Central Plains. Seeing the decline of the Qing Dynasty in the northwest, the Junggar tribe began to make up the idea of ​​Tibet again.

Now, the Junggar tribe has re-entered Tibet from Qinghai. Although it has not been able to go straight into Tibet like before, it has controlled many of the Tibet territory. More importantly, the hatred between the Junggar tribe and the Qing Dynasty cannot be resolved. If Prince Cheng wants to go north, he will inevitably encounter interception from the Junggar tribe. If he fails, he will be a big war.

As for the original power of Tibet, it was originally owned by Lazang Khan. In order to curb the power of Lazang Khan too strong, the Qing court enthroned the living Buddhas in Tibet during the Shunzhi period, and used the decentralization of Lazang Khan to strengthen control over Tibet.

However, ten years ago, for some reasons, the Buddha at that time was abolished by Kangxi and reselected the Buddha to hold a bed-sitting ceremony in Beijing. According to Kangxi's arrangement, he planned to find time to send the Buddha back to Tibet, and then send ministers from the center to station in Tibet to strengthen the rule of Tibet.

But who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty suddenly rose at this time and swept across the Central Plains in just a few years, making the Qing Dynasty very anxious and could not care about the affairs of Tibet? So this matter was put on hold. After Beijing was lost, the Qing Dynasty no longer cared about the affairs of Tibet. Now, where was the living Buddha who used to sit in Beijing, even Prince Cheng himself didn't know.

Thinking of this, Prince Cheng couldn't help but sigh helplessly. If the court had taken action earlier, the situation in Tibet might have been much better. After all, Tibet is not small in area. Although the ethnic groups are different, if it can be used for it, it will be a helping force.

Unfortunately, due to various reasons, the two largest forces in Tibet are now standing in front of Prince Cheng. Once the army goes north, a war may break out. Prince Cheng is not worried about winning this war, but there will inevitably be losses in the war. Prince Cheng is just worried that his military power will be consumed in vain in this war.

In addition to these two major forces, there are some other forces. However, these forces are not friendly to the Qing Dynasty. The most important reason is that Kangxi abolished the original living Buddha incident. Although this matter was a good thing for the Qing Dynasty, it was extremely dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty's actions for many local forces in Tibet. Therefore, after going north, Prince Cheng still needs to pay more attention to these issues.

Fortunately, Prince Cheng had already prepared. He sent Sukan to lead his troops north half a year ago to clear some obstacles for his retreat. Now, there is basically no big problem with the road to the north. However, Sukan is worried that once the army officially goes north, all forces will have abnormal movements. This is also Sukan asked Gao Jia to send a message to Prince Cheng and asked Prince Cheng to hurry up and go north as soon as possible. Before the forces of all parties can react, use the already opened passage to travel quickly to avoid long nights of dreams.

Prince Cheng is not a fool. After listening to what Gao Jia said, he understood Sukan's meaning, and he also recognized Sukan's suggestions in his heart.

The reason why he did not decide to send troops immediately in front of Gao Jia was mainly because the army could not just go north, especially when going north to Tibet. Not only was it difficult to walk on the road, but it also had climate and other factors. Prince Cheng had to make proper resettlement before he could set off.

Just as Prince Cheng was thinking about how to go north and how to face possible problems, in Kunming City, Yue Zhongqi, the highest commander in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, was also considering similar issues. But compared with Prince Cheng, Yue Zhongqi was wondering whether to take advantage of the victory to pursue Prince Cheng's troops, or follow the route of the Qing Dynasty to retreat north and get the greatest benefits at the lowest cost.

At present, the situation of the Ming Dynasty in Yunnan is not small, but great. With the emergence of descendants of the Mu family, many problems in Yunnan have been solved, which not only allows the Ming Dynasty to better concentrate its efforts against Prince Cheng's tribe, but also makes the comfort of Yunnan more smooth.

According to Yue Zhongqi's estimate, the main force of the Qing Dynasty has basically withdrawn from Yunnan, and most of the Yunnan has fallen into the hands of the Ming army. The military only cooperates with the local resettlement and some disposals, and the court has also begun to send officials at all levels to take over local government affairs in Yunnan.

For Yue Zhongqi, although his official position is high, he is just a military general. Moreover, Yue Zhongqi has always been a pure general and does not like to interfere in local government affairs. From this point of view, this is also Yue Zhongqi's intelligence. As a general, he can understand his positioning and responsibilities. This is a good general. It is also one of the important reasons why Zhu Yicheng trusts Yue Zhongqi and hands over military power to him.

"The Grand Marshal, the news sent by the Duke of Qian is that Rongdian, Situodian, Xichudian, and Zuonengdian and other chieftains have agreed to return to Ming, and it will take some time for the Wajandian side. The Duke of Qian means that if the Grand Marshal can send a force to press south, he may be able to make a decision as soon as possible."

Just as Yue Zhongqi was thinking, the military staff reported that after hearing the staff, Yue Zhongqi was in a very comfortable mood. Mushan is worthy of being the head of the Mu family. She was the right move that day. Now Mushan persuaded the chieftains of various places to the Ming Dynasty in the name of the contemporary Duke of Qian, which can be said to have missed a lot of trouble in the court.

Especially now, four reasons are the lawsuits of the six chiefs in southern Kunming belong to the Ming Dynasty, and the other two are probably the same. After they all belong to the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that there will be no problems in southern Yunnan.

"Since the Duke of Qian has something to ask, I naturally cannot stand by and watch. Let Huang Jie's army lead two thousand people south to cooperate with the Duke of Qian."
Chapter completed!