Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 521
Wang Yan's massive invasion of Sichuan left the Ming army empty on the eastern front. This was an excellent opportunity for the Qing court. If they could take advantage of this opportunity to capture Chu and Jiangxi, the Manchu Qing would be one step closer to the cause of world domination.

There are now more than [-] soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and nearly [-]% of the Qing government's military strength is placed in this fertile land to prevent the Ming Dynasty's large-scale Chu and Gan people from going down the river.

Now there is an opportunity to eliminate the threat of Chu and Jiangxi. As one of the top strategic talents in the world, Hong Chengchou immediately grasped the opportunity keenly.

Although his previous advice to Dorgon was to put Shu first and then Chu, but now that the situation is changing, the Qing troops in the south of the Yangtze River have no choice but to stay still. The results will not fall into the hands of the Ming court.

He had just met Doduo, and his sagging belly and swollen face made him a little worried. This Qing court prince with great military exploits had his fighting spirit drained by Jiangnan's debauchery, but after listening to his words, Hong Chengchou slightly Take it easy.

The two had a preliminary discussion. Considering that there were many nights and dreams, and the opportunity was rare, they decided to write to Dorgon immediately, preparing for a big fight. Taking advantage of the Ming army's entry into Sichuan, they killed the Nanming court with a hammer.

Immediately, eight hundred miles of fast horses galloped to the north, while Hong Chengchou and Duoduo selected soldiers and horses in the south to prepare food and grass. They had to be ordered by the Qing court to mobilize the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River and go up the river to recapture the upper reaches. place.

Originally, the Qing army didn’t have enough food and grass, but it didn’t matter. The army was ready to prepare. By the time the troops were dispatched, it was estimated that it would be the beginning of July. At that time, it was the season of summer harvest and summer planting. The Qing soldiers could not only eat the summer grain in the south of the Yangtze River, but also Looting Chu Jiang's grain along the way, and more importantly, being able to affect Chu Jiang's summer crops, made the Ming Dynasty's autumn grain harvest impossible.

Hong Chengchou's abacus was clanging, and the food problem that restrained the Qing government from sending troops was resolved. The only troublesome thing was that the Lord of the Eight Banners was escaping the summer heat and his combat power was weak in summer.

In mid-June, the report from Jiangning was sent to Dorgon after running to the death of several post horses.

Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. Since Wang Yanzai's rise in Chu and Gan, Dorgon's life has become more and more difficult every day, and his career of dominating the world seems to have stagnated.

The general trend of the world is changing. After the Longwu court opened up the situation in Chu, Jiangxi and Fujian, a sign of Longwu's rejuvenation was placed in front of the people of the world. If Longwu wants to rejuvenate, it is the Qing court's decision. Crisis.

In the third year of Longwu and the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon faced a major test since entering the customs.

This kind of test is not only due to the gradual revival of the Ming court from the outside, but also from the inside. Prince Su Haoge shot and killed Zhang Xianzhong, put down the Xikou, and established the Sichuan and Shu lands for the Qing Dynasty, greatly shaking his position.

The information sent by Jiangnan made Dorgon see an opportunity to solve his internal and external troubles one at a time.

Sending troops to the south, one can take advantage of Wang Yan's main force in Sichuan, severely weaken Nanming's strength, interrupt the so-called Longwu Zhongxing, and eliminate the foreign troubles he faces; Taking advantage of Chu Gan's achievements again will naturally stabilize Hauge and at the same time solve the internal worries he faces.

When Dorgon read Hong Chengchou's suggestion, he agreed a hundred times in his heart. It was a god-given opportunity, and he also avoided the heat of his mother. In the face of opportunities, great difficulties must be created.

King Sanshun, now only King Liangshun is left, urged these more than 5 people to monitor and guard the Ming army in Henan, but they hesitated when they received the order.

The land of Henan, where Chinese civilization originated, is called the Central Plains. It is a good place, but it has not fallen since the Song Dynasty.

During the reign of Chongzhen, the world was in chaos, going from south to north, from east to west, no matter which direction, Henan was going to be fought, and there was no way for the land of the Fourth World War, it was so unlucky, more than ten years had passed, and it had been ruined beyond recognition.

In addition to Henan being broken and unable to support the Liangshun king to go south, the Ming army in the Xiangfan area, Ma Jinzhong and Wang Jincai had more than 5 people to cultivate.

King Liangshun got the order, and hurriedly wrote a letter, saying that it is okay to go south, and ask the court to allocate some money and food for soldiers and horses.

Their journey was no different than Jiangnan. He Tengjiao listened to Wang Yan's suggestion and moved all the people from dozens of counties in northern Hubei. When they went south, the weeds in the rice fields probably grew up to their waists.

Dorgon immediately ordered the Ministry of War to supplement King Liangshun's army. Kong Youde added 2 soldiers, assigned to Guoan, Cao Dexian, and Xu Degong, and Shang Kexi also added 1 soldiers, assigned to Xu Erxian and Ban Zhifu. The general army raised the strength of Henan to 8.

In short, Dorgon wants people to give, and money to give money, and there is only one condition-go south as soon as possible.

At this time, the Ministry of War of the Qing court was still brewing a battle plan. At first, it planned to divide the troops into three groups. One was that King Liangshun went to Xinye to attack Xiangyang to take charge of Hubei, and the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River was divided into two groups. Containing the Jiangxi Ming Army, the main force went all the way to the north bank of the Yangtze River and went straight to Wuchang. However, the Qing court's plan had not yet been fully finalized, but the Jiangxi Ming Army took the lead and disrupted the rhythm of the Qing court.

The news that the Qing court was going to do something was naturally hidden by Hou Fangyu who was next to Hong Chengchou. He immediately learned that the information passed through the Tiandihui and soon reached Gan Governor Wanji.

Jiang Yueguang, Wanji, and Jin Shengheng, the three giants in Jiangxi immediately gathered together to discuss, and finally decided on two strategies, one is to send troops to help rob the grain to ensure that the food will not be robbed by the Qing soldiers, and the other is to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River to make a large-scale Burning the fields left the Qing soldiers without food and delayed the attack time of the Qing soldiers.

It has to be said that the hearts of these three people are more ruthless than that of Wang Yan. Jin Shengheng led [-] soldiers and suddenly attacked Chizhou Mansion and defeated the Qing general Yang Jie. Then the army was divided into ten groups. The smoke rose into the sky, and the people of Nanzhi cried.

At this time, Hong Chengchou was gathering troops in Jiangning to select a large army for the expedition. When he got the news, he was furious and sent troops to strangle him. But as soon as the troops arrived, Jin Shengheng returned to Jiangxi on his own initiative.

The Qing army took an inventory of the losses, and found that most of the rice fields in Chizhou, Huizhou, and Ningguo were burned, and the losses were heavy.

And at this moment, Lu Jianguo in Zhoushan did not feel lonely, and suddenly attacked the coast. He didn't cooperate with Jin Shengheng, but he was so hungry that his eyes turned green, and he came ashore to fight the landlord.

With the strong rise of the Longwu regime, Zhejiang, once the center of the Anti-Qing Dynasty, and Lu Jianguo, who was able to sing against Longwu, gradually became a supporting role, but East Zhejiang is still surging overseas.

The current bottleneck of the Lu Jianguo regime is that there are too many people and little land, and there is an urgent shortage of food and grass. Although there is the secret support of the eastern Zhejiang maritime merchants, it is not enough. Tens of thousands of people stay on the island. On the summer grain in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jin Shengheng's side was burning, and Lu Jianguo's side was robbing. They all ran away with one shot. One of them ran back to his lair, and the other ran away by boat. When he was at his wit's end, the Anqing General of the Qing court sent an important secret report.

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