In the first battle of Baling, the Ming army annihilated the elite of the Qing army.

What is even more commendable is that Li Laiheng, the Duke of Linguo, led the Ming army's sailors to destroy the Qing army's sailor camp in Dongting Lake in one fell swoop.

In addition to Zhou Peigong's panic in this battle, the result was perfect for the Ming army.

Zhu Youlang's purpose has been realized, not only to take the Wuchang portal, but also to perfectly realize the coffin bombing tactics.

In the future, the coffin bombing can be used as a standing tactic and can be used at any time.

Now what the Ming army has to do is to go north along the river and go straight to Wuchang.

From Baling to Wuchang, there are some small passes along the line, and Zhu Youlang feels that there will be no problem in fighting with the current combat strength of the Ming army.

It's just that the weather is getting colder and it's a real problem.

Zhu Youlang originally wanted to take Wuchang before winter. But now, it seems difficult.

In any case, Wuchang is the center of the entire Huguang, and the Qing army must have hoarded a lot of troops here.

Zhu Youlang is ready for a fierce battle.

After a short rest in Baling, Zhu Youlang prepared to set off for Wuchang.

"Your Majesty, the minister has received an urgent report that the king of Yanping County has recovered Nanjing!"

"What?"

Zhu Youlang was surprised when he heard the news.

Zheng Chenggong has recovered Nanjing?

Although he ordered Zheng Chenggong to cooperate with the Ming army of the Eastern Expedition, he never thought that Zheng Chenggong would be able to defeat Nanjing in one fell swoop.

It can only be said that the Qing army took it lightly, and after holding it once, it thought that Zheng Chenggong would not attack again in a short time.

It was by taking advantage of this psychology of the Qing army that Zheng Chenggong was able to easily take Nanjing.

In fact, the significance of the liberation of Nanjing is more political, and the Ming army can make more fuss about propaganda.

As for how far it can develop from this base, it depends on Zheng Chenggong's ability.

In any case, it is a great joy. Zheng Chenggong is a great hero in the recovery of Nanjing, and Zhu Youlang must be rewarded.

After thinking about it, the only thing he could do was the title.

In fact, the title of Nanming Dynasty began in the Yongli Dynasty, and the title of the Duke of Guo was still very precious before that.

But since Yongli has been indiscriminately titled, the prince has been everywhere, and the earl is not as good as a dog.

Even the prince is rotten.

The original generals of the Great Western Army alone have been crowned many county kings, including Sun Kewang, King of Qin, Li Dingguo, King of Jin, and Liu Wenxiu, King of Shu.

So much so that Zheng Chenggong, who was named the king of Yanping County, was a head shorter than them.

This time, Zheng Chenggong can only be crowned as a prince.

"It's a godsend. I will make an order to crown the king of Yanping County as the loyal king, and the hereditary replacement! ”

Zheng Chenggong's move can be regarded as completely revitalizing the pool of stagnant water in the south of the Yangtze River.

Even this made Zhu Youlang come up with the idea of merging the east and west to take down Nanzhili.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Zhu Youlang can successfully take Wuchang.

You can't be fat by eating one bite, and you need to take it step by step.

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Guizhou, Guiyang Province.

Soon after Ao Bai led his troops to leave, Hong Chengchou 'invited' Wu Sangui back.

In fact, Hong Chengchou didn't expect Wu Sangui to come back.

After all, he was so disgraced when he left.

Anyone who is a little cheeky will not come back, but Wu Sangui has no face and no skin, and he really came back!

Hong Chengchou could only plan and set up a banquet for Wu Sangui to wash the dust.

"Haha, General Pingxi can return to Guiyang regardless of his previous suspicions, and the old man is very relieved."

Hong Chengchou personally poured a glass of wine for Wu Sangui and handed it to him.

"Before, because of the relationship between Lord Ao, General Pingxi and the old man had some unpleasantness. But now that things have passed, Lord Ao led his troops north to reinforce Huguang. General Pingxi can stay in Guiyang in peace. ”

Wu Sangui sneered in his heart, he said in his heart, who doesn't know that it is you, an old dog, who is making a hindrance, and still pretending to be innocent here. I really want to vomit!

Of course, the reason why he returned to Guiyang was not because he remembered his old relationship with Hong Chengchou, but because he wanted to knock Hong Chengchou hard.

He already knew the news of the Ming army's eastward expedition to Huguang, and it was not difficult to see from Aobai's hurried northward march that the Ming army was pouring out this time.

Wu Sangui smelled an opportunity.

If he attacked Yunnan at this time, wouldn't it be like digging for something?

He can't beat Li Dingguo, can't he beat Mu Tianbo?

In these days in Anlong, Wu Sangui has been recuperating and waiting for the opportunity.

He watched coldly, just to find a suitable opportunity to shoot.

At the beginning, Emperor Shunzhi promised to reward Yunnan as a fief to Wu Sangui, and Wu Sangui would willingly send troops.

Who would have thought that so many changes had happened along the way, and Yunnan would not be able to take it for a while.

But Wu Sangui has always coveted Yunnan, and now that there is such a good time, how can he let it go?

"Hong Jingluo's words are wrong, this time the general did not come to stay in Guiyang Mansion for a long time, but to attack Yunnan."

It doesn't make sense for Wu Sangui to hide it in his heart, it's better to get straight to the point.

"Attack Yunnan?"

Hong Chengchou was slightly surprised.

Wu Sangui is going to attack Yunnan? The last time I lost so badly, did you forget it so quickly?

It's really good, the scar forgot the pain.

"General Pinxi isn't kidding, is he?"

"Hong Jingluo, how could I be joking. At this moment, the thief poured out of the nest, and the rear must be very empty. If I lead my troops to attack, I should be able to take Yunnan without bloodshed. ”

Wu Sangui is very shrewd, and he estimates that there are at most 20,000 or 30,000 troops in the whole of Yunnan today.

And there are sixty or seventy thousand elites under his command, and the Ming army can be crushed to death just by piling up the number of people.

At that time, he will take Yunnan, not to mention the long face of the Qing court, and he can also get the fief justifiably.

Wu Sangui has already thought about it, once he takes the fief, he will listen to the fief or not, and honestly stay in Yunnan and not go anywhere.

He didn't even bother with the war between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"In this case, General Pingxi has a little more to prepare. The army did not move, and the grain and grass went first. Can General Pingxi prepare the grain and grass properly? ”

Facing Hong Chengchou's questioning, Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Isn't this going to bother Hong Jingluo?" Who doesn't know that Guiyang is the storage place of grain and grass in the whole of Guizhou. I came this time to ask Hong Jingluo for some grain and grass. ”

Hong Chengchou said in his heart, this Wu Sangui's skin is really thicker than the city wall, this kind of words are really not red and heartbeat.

To say that Guiyang Mansion did store a lot of grain, it was all transported from Huguang back then.

However, after years of war, the reserve grain was depleted very quickly. Ao Bai went north and took another batch with him, and now there is not much food left in Guiyang Mansion.

Mo said that Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui did not deal with each other.

It is that Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui have a good personal relationship, and he has to think carefully about whether to provide military rations for Wu Sangui.

Under the current circumstances, Hong Chengchou said that he would not provide food to Wu Sangui.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint General Pingxi, there is no food in the city now."

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