The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 378 National Situation

At the end, Du Yuan took out another piece of paper folded in the hat, unfolded it and handed it to Zhu Linming, saying: "Your Highness, this is the recent movement of the captive army reported by Zhejiang's secret agents in Nanzhi, it may help Your Highness use troops. "

Zhu Linmi took the note and glanced at it, and saw that it listed in detail the strength, commander, and movements of the various departments of the Qing army.Zhejiang and Nanzhili are close at hand, and the enemy's situation is indeed more detailed than Fujing's.

He put away the information and warned: "Remember, you must not disperse your forces to reinforce Wu Shengzhao. It is best to let Wu Shengzhao also stand still first. Su Song can't do anything about it."

Du Yuan didn't dare to ask the reason in detail, he just nodded and said: "The villain must tell the cabinet department."

After Chen Hongmi and the secret envoy from Zhejiang left, Zhu Linmi immediately summoned Shi Lin and said, "Go and inform Yu Xin. After half an hour, the Staff Department of the Ministry of War will discuss matters. Everyone must be present."

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, hundreds of people had gathered in the lobby of the Staff Department of the Ministry of War, among which there were nearly [-] senior officers of the Staff Department.

After all the generals saluted, Zhu Linming raised her hand to signal everyone to sit down, and then cut straight to the point: "The Northern Expedition was supposed to be deployed tomorrow, but the situation has changed now. I just got a copy of the Jianlu military information sent by Zhejiang. Take advantage of the opportunity to call everyone.”

He passed the information left by Du Yuan to Yu Xin, "Read it for everyone first."

"Yes!" Yu Xin took it respectfully, and then said loudly, "Chen Tai's [-] Jianzhou cavalry and [-] Mongolian cavalry have crossed the Yangtze River to the vicinity of Danyang, and are heading for Hangzhou."

On the side, another junior officer drew a red line on the big map in the middle of the room, pointing directly from Danyang to Hangzhou, and marked the enemy generals and their numbers.

"The puppet Huizhou commander-in-chief Zhang Tianlu commanded [-] rebel troops, and the puppet Anqing commander-in-chief Huang Ding commanded [-] rebel troops. They are both crossing the river and should go to Fuyang and Tonglu in the southwest of Hangzhou.

"Pseudo-Suzhou garrison Yang Chengzu's troops, with nearly 1 troops, set off the day before yesterday and are now near Tongli. I don't know where they are going.

"There are more than [-] main forces in the establishment of the prefecture of Luke Dehun, the king of the puppet prefecture, and they are still near Nanjing, and their movements are unknown.

"Ma Degong, the puppet general of Zhenjiang, set up an ambush to the west of Xiaoshan two days ago. Taking advantage of Fang's general...it should be Fang Guoan leading his army across the Xixiao River, he attacked him halfway. Fang suffered heavy losses and returned to Shaoxing Mansion with more than [-] remnants. Now Ma Degong is leading more than [-] captive forwards to encircle Xiaoshan and attack fiercely.

"Another puppet captain, Dasu, brought [-] Jianzhou soldiers to the south from Beijing, and may arrive in Nanjing in the near future. There are still more than [-] defenders in Nanjing, led by Hong Chengchou himself."

After he finished reading, all the generals looked at the map, and saw that the south bank of the Yangtze River was full of red arrows, extending to the vicinity of the Qiantang River, lined up from east to west.There is a tendency to overwhelm Zhejiang with one fell swoop.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Zhu Lin took out a few more documents and handed them to Yu Xin, and said with a smile: "The captives seem aggressive, but they are actually in a state of desperation.

"These are the memorials and secret reports sent from various places recently, and everyone should refer to them for details."

As he spoke, he gestured to Yu Xin, and the latter immediately read: "I am the Governor of Sichuan, Wang Yingxiong Qi." He then skipped the standard scene and directly turned to the text, "The situation in northern Sichuan is as expected by Your Highness. Xian Kou abandoned Chengdu on the second day of this month, and went to Baoning Mansion with heavy troops. General Zhongzhenhou Qin Liangyu followed the strategy of His Highness and prepared an army to wait, so he returned to Chengdu in only five days. In Langzhong and Zhaohua, the Hauge Division was destroyed twice, more than [-] thieves were killed, and the main force of the captives was retreating to Guangyuan to defend. Now my ministers and the loyal Marquis Chen Bing are on the front line from Chongqing to Chengdu, and they are ready..."

Guangyuan is the last place in northern Sichuan that can be defended. If Hauge loses it again, he will be completely driven out of Sichuan.The situation of Jianlu in the west will be beaten back to the state in the 17th year of Chongzhen, and even the important city of Hanzhong is in jeopardy.

Yu Xin then picked up the second document, which was a secret letter from Du Yinxi, the supervisor of Huguang Zhongzhen Camp.The letter said that since Luck Dehun's troops suddenly withdrew, the Loyalty Battalion had been repaired for a whole month.Now he and Gao Yigong, the general of Zhongzhen Battalion, make a comeback and storm the important town of Jingzhou.Half a month ago, the guard general of Jingzhou was captured, and the false governor of Huguang, Tong Yanghe, was out of the city to transport grain. He was intercepted and killed by Li Jin led by Gao Yigong, and more than [-] thieves were captured and killed.Right now, the Zhongzheng Battalion has surrounded Jingzhou heavily and is attacking day and night.

However, later in the letter, it was mentioned that He Tengjiao's troops, who were in charge of capturing Yuezhou Prefecture, avoided the battle passively, which resulted in the Qing army's continuous reinforcements from the direction of Yuezhou, causing repeated battles in Jingzhou.

After he read it, all the generals were talking in low voices, and there was a lot of joy in their words.

"Jingzhou is the gateway to Huguang. If we regain this place, Huguang will be safe!"

"It's not just Huguang. Wang Dutang has deployed defenses in northern Sichuan, and the entire southwest half will be safe."

"It's a pity that He Dutang's headquarters are not going well in Yuezhou. Otherwise, after taking Jingzhou and joining forces to march northward, Wuchang and Xiangyang can return along the way."

Zhu Linming knew that He Tengjiao had always supported his own soldiers, and he was not willing to use his own soldiers to build captives. He only wanted to use the Zhongzhen Camp to expand his territory.

In history, Luck Dehun led his army past He Tengjiao's position to attack Yuezhou. He Tengjiao ordered to avoid the battle, which caused the Qing army to rush hundreds of miles to Jingzhou unscathed.

The Zhongzhen Battalion, which was besieging Jingzhou, did not expect Jianlu to attack from the direction of the friendly army. They were caught off guard with heavy casualties and lost their main force.Dashun's last effective fighting force just disappeared.

But now because the Qing army was defeated in the southeast, Luck Dehun was transferred by Dorgon to assist in the battle in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Therefore, although there were still Yuezhou captives to harass the Zhongzhen Camp, without the main force of Luck Dehun, Zhongzheng was not allowed to attack. suffered too much loss.

According to the current development of the situation, the Zhongzhen Camp is very likely to win Jingzhou.Obtaining Jingzhou opened the door to go north to Henan, and there will never be peace in the hinterland of Jianlu.

The last one is the routine report of Jinyiwei North Town, two of which were specially marked by Zhu Linmei. Although there are only a few words, the content is exciting.

The previous one was reported by Jin Yiwei's secret line in Shandong, saying that Xie Qian, a wealthy family in Zichuan, Shandong, was angry at the captives and forced him to shave his hair and change his clothes.Jin Yiwei secretly funded military equipment, money and food, and the rebel army could be mobilized within a month at most.

It's no wonder that the people in Zichuan are so angry. You know, the traitor Sun Zhixie who gave Dorgon an idea to order him to shave his hair lives in Zichuan.Whenever the common people see their ugly rattails, they immediately think that the perpetrator is close at hand, how can they suppress the idea of ​​killing him.

However, during the Xie Qian uprising in history, Jianlu's strength was already extremely strong. Dorgon transferred the governor of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan provinces Ma Guanghui to lead an army into Shandong. Xie Qian was eventually defeated and killed due to outnumbered soldiers.

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