After the defeat, Hong Chengchou did not dare to stay near Changsha for a long time, and led the remnants of the army to Jiangxi.

Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chaoxuan led his troops to greet him outside the city of Nanchang.

Speaking of which, Zhang Chaoxuan is a native of the Blue Banner of the Han Army, the son of Zhang Shiyan, a third-class lieutenant of the light car, and he can be regarded as an old bannerman.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, Zhang Shiyan invested in Houjin and has been working ever since.

As for Zhang Chaoxuan himself, after he became the governor of Jiangxi, he made great contributions to the suppression of Jin Shenghuan, and has always been valued by Shunzhi.

In terms of qualifications, Zhang Chaoxuan is not lost to Hong Chengchou, and in terms of official position, he may be a little worse.

But Hong Chengchou is now a general of the defeated army, so he naturally does not dare to be too arrogant.

He exchanged a few words with Zhang Chaoxuan and then went to live in the city.

The Battle of Changsha was fought like this, Hong Chengchou never expected it.

The Qing army has already gathered more than 100,000 troops, twice as many as the Ming army, and it is so ugly that he can't understand it.

What the hell!

Of course, the sudden death of Ao Bai was also a big factor. For a time, the morale of the army was broken, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting again. Even if Hong Chengchou has the ability to reach the sky, it will not help.

Since Ao Bai is dead, Hong Chengchou naturally wants to buckle this pot on his body.

After all, the dead don't speak for themselves.

Hong Chengchou thought about the wording, and even if he wrote a note, he ordered someone to send it to Jingshi as soon as possible to present it to Emperor Shunzhi.

The current situation cannot be said to be bad for the Qing Dynasty, but it is by no means good.

As soon as Changsha was lost, the entire Huguang was in the hands of the Ming army.

This is the granary of the world.

Everyone in the world knows that the vast accumulation of grain and the high construction of walls will slow down the king.

If you want to explode troops, you must have enough food reserves so that you can raise troops.

The total strength of the Ming army was only a fraction of that of the Qing army, and the Qing army had a million green battalion soldiers in the country, and the Ming army had more than 100,000 combat strength.

The disparity is huge.

However, the Qing army lost Huguang, and the situation changed greatly.

Hong Chengchou estimated that it would not be long before the Ming army exploded the army to 200,000 or even 300,000.

With the addition of Zheng Chenggong, who stirred up trouble in Nanjing, the Ming army may even reach half of the strength of the Qing army in the next few years.

All of a sudden, the Ming army changed from a praying mantis with a mantis arm to a fierce beast, and he could wrestle with the Qing army.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou could only sigh.

He is not without his hard work, in fact, Hong Chengchou has been carefully planning.

Every step unfolded according to his established plan, except that something seemed to have gone wrong, leading to a huge deviation in the entire operation and plan.

Hong Chengchou thought about it carefully, and it seemed that it started with Wu Sangui leading his troops to attack Kunming.

Since then, the Qing army has been defeated repeatedly, first losing Chongqing and then conquering Huguang

As a strategy of the five provinces, there is not much territory in Hong Chengchou's hands now, and it is indeed a bit unworthy of the name.

But that's not what Hong is concerned about.

In his opinion, the most terrible thing was that the Ming army played with confidence.

Now there is still a Jiangxi between Huguang and Nanjing, so that Yongli and Zheng Chenggong cannot take care of it.

If they are allowed to join the school, the consequences will be terrible.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou did not return to Guizhou after leaving Changsha, did not go to Liangguang, but chose to go directly to Jiangxi.

It is because he knows that Jiangxi is very important to the Qing army today, and there is absolutely no room for failure.

As long as Jiangxi is in the hands of the Qing army, the Ming army will be very uncomfortable like a thorn in the back.

On the contrary, the uncomfortable one was replaced by the Qing army.

The advantage of the Qing army is no longer as great as in previous years, and it can lose but not so completely and simply.

Zhang Chaoxuan's person Hong Chengchou had heard of it before, but the two had no friendship.

I heard that Zhang Chaoxuan was a ruthless man, and when Jin Shenghuan rebelled, some generals chose to surrender when they saw that the situation was not good.

Zhang Chaoxuan accepted it with his mouth, and turned his face and didn't recognize anyone when he changed hands.

He ordered all these soldiers to be killed and buried alive, which shocked Jiangxi for a while.

Since then, Zhang Chaoxuan has had a reputation as a ruthless man.

After writing the recital, Hong Chengchou planned to meet this Zhang Chaoxuan for a while.

After all, he will get along with Zhang Chaoxuan day and night for the next period of time.

If you don't look up and look down, the relationship is still better.

Although Zhang Chaoxuan is a ruthless person, his face still belongs to the typical Confucian official.

She is handsome and handsome, and her mustache is neatly trimmed.

If it weren't for the ugly pigtails, I'm afraid Zhang Chaoxuan would really confuse many people.

"Ah, isn't Hong Jingluo resting, why did you come to the governor's yamen."

Zhang Chaoxuan was reading the official document, and when he saw Hong Chengchou coming, he hurriedly got up to greet him.

"Haha, it's not like I can't sleep, so I want to come and go. Didn't disturb Governor Zhang's business, right? ”

"Haha, how can it be, Hong Jingxiao, please sit down quickly."

Zhang Chaoxuan was full of smiles, so that people couldn't see a trace of emotion.

Hong Chengchou sat down in his robe and sighed: "The thief is fierce, and the court is afraid that some of them will be busy." ”

"I haven't had time to ask, what's the situation with this Huguang, why is it suddenly defeated?"

"It's a long story."

Hong Chengchou shook his head: "Anyway, it's because of the carelessness of the enemy." ”

Hu Quancai is a person who is so happy and self-serving.

Hong Chengchou is very clear about this.

If Yiling and Xiangyang had not been lost so early, Huguang would definitely not be in this situation now.

This pot has to be carried by Hu Quancai.

"Then, according to Hongjing's opinion, can this Jiangxi be kept?"

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard it.

This Zhang Chaoxuan really dares to say it.

"Nature can be kept."

Hong Chengchou looked confident.

"So what does Zheng Thief Hong Jingluo think? It has been stealing Nanjing for more than half a year, and now it has won Hangzhou, which should not be underestimated. ”

"Zheng Thief is indeed in some trouble."

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "The main thing is that even if he is defeated, he will be able to come back after hiding at sea and resting for a while." ”

"Not bad."

Zhang Chaoxuan nodded in agreement: "So there must still be a strong sailor." ”

"Hasn't General Shi Lang already done it again?"

"Shi Lang is a general, not a handsome talent."

Zhang Chaoxuan said loudly: "There needs to be a person who thinks holistically. ”

Hong Chengchou still agrees with this.

This man should have been Langtinzo.

However, the effect is not ideal.

Is it because he can't suppress Shi Lang?

If so, it's a bit of a problem.

After all, Shi Lang himself was born as a pirate, and he was disobedient to discipline by nature.

And it is easy to have contradictions between civil officials and military generals, which has existed in the Ming Dynasty.

In the Qing Dynasty, this contradiction also continued.

"Thinking about it, I think Hong Jingluo is the most suitable."

Hong Chengchou didn't expect Zhang Chaoxuan's words to lead to him.

"The old man is also lacking in skills."

He smiled helplessly and said, "Is there no other candidate?" ”

What does this Chaoxuan mean? Chase him away?

"Haha, Hong Jingluo, don't care, I'll talk about it casually."

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