In May, the Fu Han army was finally ready for the Eastern Expedition, the four main divisions were ready, the 40,000 troops stood under the city of Anqing, the fiery red military flag fluttered in the wind, and the soldiers of the Fu Han army under the banner were also wearing red military uniforms and carrying long flintlock pistols, and were lining up in formation.

Of course, although the armament of these four divisions has been satisfied, after all, among the 40,000 people, nearly 10,000 are recruits sent from Wuchang and have not really been on the battlefield, so there is still a certain test in combat effectiveness.

Ning Yu held the binoculars in his hand, looking at these soldiers, his face was full of irrepressible smiles, he didn't care about this problem, at least Ning Yu knew that although there were still many recruits in the Fu Han Army, the really difficult battle had passed, and the tens of thousands of green battalions and more than 10,000 Eight Banners left in Jiangnan were not difficult bones to gnaw.

On the contrary, the gentry in Jiangnan are still a little tricky to organize regimental training, but for Ning Yu, there is not much difference, anyway, they are all fighting, and it will naturally be better if they can train a soldier.

"Look at our current situation, when we were in Yunmeng, we couldn't imagine that one day we could become so many people!"

Dong Ce seemed to be very emotional, he held the clairvoyant mirror and looked at the Fu Han army below, and couldn't help but let out a sigh. "It's the same group of people back then, and there aren't many left now."

Ning Yu said softly: "Dong Ce, at the beginning of the Eagle Camp, there were twenty-four people I was most optimistic about, and these twenty-four people were carefully selected by me, including you, Xu Chengliang, and Chang You......

"It's a pity that the bones are withered, and now, there are only eleven of these twenty-four people left. There are six people, all of whom died in the last battle with Kangxi. For the battlefield, no one dares to guarantee that they will come down alive. ”

Dong Ce's expression was a little heavy and sad, it was not that he didn't understand this truth, he had fought more battles, and his heart became harder and harder, but he was a little unwilling to understand it, unwilling to understand this truth.

"Metropolitan Governor, the Military Intelligence Department is urgent."

Shi Xue hurriedly walked over and whispered softly in Ning Yu's ear, revealing a bit of solemnity in his expression.

Ning Yu's face was happy, he quickly sent someone to summon the generals, and then walked directly into the war room, the horsewhip in his hand tapped his palm from time to time, and his mood seemed quite happy.

After the generals walked in, Ning Yu couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, looked at everyone and smiled: "We can be regarded as ushering in a good opportunity!" ”

Li Shihu's eyes lit up and said, "Good opportunity?" Isn't Yongzheng dead? ”

The rest of the generals also looked at Ning Yu excitedly, in their opinion, only the death of another emperor in the Qing Dynasty could be regarded as a good opportunity.

Ning Yu was laughed at angrily, he pointed at Li Shihu and shook his head, and then said: "You think about these beautiful things all day long, forget it, I won't go around in circles with you, the Northwest Delirium Alabutan and Qinghai's Luo Buzang Danjin have already raised troops, and Yongzheng sent Nian Qianyao and Yue Zhongqi to the northwest." ”

When everyone heard the news, they were at a loss, only the veteran Cheng Ming was a little surprised on his face, he walked in front of Yutu, but he looked at it for a long time, shook his head and said, "How can Yongzheng be so unwise?" ”

Ning Yu smiled, he understood what Cheng Ming meant, because in everyone's normal analysis environment, the biggest threat to the Qing Dynasty at present is always the Fu Han Army, if it is necessary to attack any delusion, it seems to be necessary, but in fact, it is giving the Fu Han Army a chance, which is very unwise from another point of view.

Li Fu shook his head and smiled, he looked at Cheng Ming and said with a smile: "General Cheng's words are wrong, Yongzheng is by no means incompetent, from this move, I can see at least three benefits." ”

Cheng Ming was a little curious, and saluted: "Please also ask Mr. for advice, but Ben Jiang really can't see it, which step is right?" ”

Li Fu said with a smile, "Now that Yongzheng has just succeeded to the throne, he urgently needs a big victory to enhance his prestige and consolidate his position, this is one of them." ”

"Second, Yongzheng is determined to reform, but it will undoubtedly offend the ministers of the whole world, if there is a big victory in this battle, it can also prevent a counterattack within the Qing court, so this battle is destined to be fought, but the old man originally thought that this battle would be on the White Lotus Sect, but he didn't expect this northwest strategy, and he was also a little restless."

"Third, this is third, I think Yongzheng should have the idea of taking this opportunity to train soldiers, after all, in the previous war, almost all the elites of the Eight Banners of Beijing were wiped out, so at this time, I naturally want to train more soldiers."

Ning Yu thought about it, Yongzheng's idea was obviously to pick a soft persimmon and pinch it, although it was not soft at all, but compared to the Fu Han army that had just been beaten, it was a relatively soft persimmon.

However, Ning Yu also understood that Yongzheng was also giving himself the opportunity to win Jiangnan, but he gave up Jiangnan so easily, and he always felt a little illusory.

"Yongzheng gave up Jiangnan this time, maybe there is something else...... Ning Yu's fingers moved on the sand table, and he pointed all the way to Anqing along the Yangtze River, looking a little hesitant.

"If you say that you give up Jiangnan, it's not true, it's just that Yongzheng can recognize the reality better, and besides, the gang of people in Jiangnan rebelled against the people, but the Qing court suffered a lot."

As Li Fu from Jiangxi, he can naturally understand the grievances and entanglements hidden behind this, and it is really repeated when he says it, and he did not let the emperors of the Qing Dynasty worry at all.

From the time of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the customs, Jiangnan undoubtedly became the biggest obstacle to the Qing court's stable rule, especially this kind of resistance, not just the cause of braids, but from the political, economic, military, and ideological all-round resistance to the Qing Dynasty, especially the gentry group in Jiangnan, although they accepted the rule of the Qing Dynasty, but still tried to preserve their political and economic rights and interests.

Therefore, after Kangxi succeeded to the throne, Jiangnan has not been particularly stable, and the local gentry tested the Qing court at the governance and economic level, trying to restore and maintain the various privileges that had existed since the Ming Dynasty, so that the later Qing kings went to Jiangnan many times on the one hand, and on the other hand, they repeatedly revived literary prisons, that is, to wipe out all the little things in the hearts of the Han people in Jiangnan, so as to leave a bunch of real obedient people.

For Yongzheng, the reform he wants to achieve, one of which also has a lot of resistance comes from Jiangnan, so seeing that Jiangnan is about to be unable to keep, he did not really smash the pot and sell iron to protect it, although Jiangnan's money and grain almost accounted for more than forty percent of the entire Qing court. If you don't want to, you can't.

It can be seen from the personnel arrangements of the Qing Dynasty in Liangjiang that during the previous war in Huguang Jiangxi, the Qing Dynasty died a governor of Liangjiang, a governor of Jiangnan, and then a general of Jiangning, but after his death, the Qing court has not appointed a new governor of Liangjiang, and later Yue Zhongqi only became the governor of Anhui, and the position of governor of Liangjiang has been vacant.

If it was placed in previous years, the pit of the governor of Liangjiang was a big fat meat that the ministers could not reach, but now it is different, everyone understands in their hearts that whoever goes to Liangjiang now is tantamount to looking for death.

There are still 100,000 soldiers and horses in the previous governorship of Liangjiang, but what is there in this term? Relying only on tens of thousands of green battalions and more than 10,000 Eight Banners, it is simply wishful thinking to block the front of the Fu Han army.

In this case, Jiangnan is also panicked, and many people are pessimistic about the future of the Qing Dynasty, and even want to retreat directly north to Shandong, but without Yongzheng's will, no one dares to leave rashly.

After Yongzheng was preparing for a vain battle, he did not completely abandon Jiangnan, and he quickly looked for a new candidate for the governor of Liangjiang - Fan Shiyi.

In the Qing Dynasty, there were not many noble ministers with the surname Fan, and the most famous of them was Fan Wencheng. This old traitor exhausted his efforts for the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty, so he has always been valued by Kangxi, and his children and grandchildren have also been reused in the Kangxi Dynasty, and Fan Shiyi is the grandson of Fan Wencheng.

Today's Fan Shiyi was originally just the chief soldier of Malan Town, no matter from which point of view, it was not his turn to be the governor of Liangjiang, but the current situation is not good, the governor of Liangjiang has become a brazier, and the nobles of Manmeng do not want to jump into the fire pit, so when Yongzheng proposed this candidate, almost no one objected, and the unlucky Fan Shiyi was forcibly put on this position.

Ning Yu naturally knew that this descendant of the big traitor, he felt a little happy in his heart, you must know that there is no Han in the world who does not hate this old thief of the Fan family, if he can capture him alive or directly cut off his head in the battle in Jiangnan, I am afraid that everyone in the world will be happy.

"In this case, our army will send troops to Jiangnan on May 15!"

At this time, Jiangning City on the sand table has been planted with a small red flag.

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"The First Battle of the Eastern Crusade is related to the rise and fall of our Han Dynasty, save the people of the world, and learn from heaven and earth!"

On the fifteenth day of May, the whole four main divisions plus one Governor Janissary Brigade swore an oath under the city of Anqing, and after Ning Yu prayed for heaven and earth, he did not say anything more, and took a warship all the way east along the Yangtze River.

According to the opinion of the General Staff Office, in addition to the 50,000 troops, nearly 100,000 people were also mobilized to accompany the expedition, known as the 200,000 troops to attack the south of the Yangtze River.

This time was the largest force mobilized by the Fu Han Army since it started, and the amount of food and grass needed far exceeded that of previous wars.

In addition to mobilizing so much manpower, the Fu Han army also specially mobilized 300 large and small civilian ships to accompany it all the way, and was specially responsible for transporting logistics materials from Anqing to ensure the needs of the army all the way.

For Ning Yu, there are many things he needs to do to take Jiangnan this time, but the military is not very critical, and it is more about how to lay the foundation of a country for the future Han army.

Yes, when Ning Yu was already in Wuchang, he discussed it with his father Ning Zhongyuan, Ning Zhongjing, Cui Wancai and others, and the current situation of the Fu Han Army is actually obvious, since the war, the Qing court has transformed into a sick tiger, and at this time, choosing to be the emperor has become imminent.

Only by being the emperor can the identity of the traitor be completely shaken off, and more talents can be attracted to Nantou. At that time, the Fu Han Army will no longer be today's Fu Han Army.

Of course, the key to all this lies in Jiangnan, only by taking Jiangnan, can we have such qualifications to be the emperor, otherwise it is a bit reluctant to be the emperor only with the power of the three provinces.

Thinking that the Fu Han Army would be able to completely become a newly created country at that time, Ning Yu's heart was a little surging.

Three years of work at this time.

The news of the eastward advance of the Fu Han army naturally can't hide it from the people of the world, and it can't hide from Yongzheng, who is recuperating in Taoguang, he wants to choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, but someone has no choice but to take the initiative to break it.

"Emperor Qi, the fourteenth Belle Yunyu has presented an excerpt to him...... Ma Qi's face was a little uneasy, he knew in his heart that if this fold was submitted, I am afraid that Yongzheng would be furious, but if it was not submitted, this matter would also be difficult to end.

Yongzheng took the excerpt, but he didn't take a few glances, he was already angry, and the thing that Yunyu gave Chen was very simple, and the key to the excerpt was only one sentence.

"The land of money and grain in the south of the Yangtze River is the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty and cannot be abandoned. If the emperor doesn't fight, the slave is willing to lead the army to die in Jiangnan! ”

Yes, in this letter, Yun Yu only had such a request, but it seemed to slap Yongzheng directly in the face, which was almost pointing at Yongzheng's nose and scolding cowardice.

Yongzheng suddenly had new hatred and old hatred in his heart, and he directly sent a eunuch to Jingshan to reprimand Yun Yu fiercely, and punished him for guarding the tomb, which was equivalent to directly confining Yun Yu and letting him think about it.

Prince Lian Yunyu couldn't bear it, so he went to the concert together with the Nine Baylor Yunyu, wanting to intercede for the Fourteenth Baylor Yunyu, but as soon as he presented the concerto, it angered Yongzheng.

The eunuch soon took Yongzheng's dictation, went to the house of Prince Lian Yunxi, and reprimanded him fiercely, and then attached the Kangxi Emperor and his four queens to the temple, and the changing tent in front of the gate was new, and the smell of paint was great, so that Prince Lian Yunxi and the Ministry of Works, Lang and others knelt in front of the temple for a whole day and night.

Later, Yun Xi almost knelt down like this, especially when his original health was not very good, he suffered such a big setback, and he was even more disheartened, but he no longer thought about government affairs, so he asked Yongzheng to resign from the Ministry of Labor, but this time Yongzheng did not stop again, he changed Yun Xi to the idle Li Fan Yuan Shangshu.

For Jiubeile Yunyu, who has always liked to block him, Yongzheng did not have the slightest softness.

"Yun Yu didn't know how to be grateful to me, he was arrogant, he didn't have the courtesy of his subordinates, and he said that he was a monk and died. It means that if you become a monk, there will be no brotherhood, and if you die, there will be no distinction between kings and ministers. It's so absurd, I don't understand what opinion is in his chest. I have been entrusted by the imperial examination, and since the arrival of the emperor, I have carefully handled the affairs of the country. I have more than enough spiritual strength to manage, but among the brothers, these people are not grateful, and they are not afraid of the law, which makes me mentally exhausted. ”

A eunuch stood in the mansion of Jiubeile Yunyu, with a little fierceness on his face, but this reprimand was a little harsher than the previous one for Yunyu, and the face of Yunyu was like earth.

Of course, it was not enough to scold, and soon the measures to deal with Yun Yu came down, Yongzheng sent Yun Yu directly to the Xining army in Qinghai on the grounds that the Qinghai war was important, but in fact, everyone knew that this was almost equivalent to exile.

With this opportunity in Jiangnan, Yongzheng dealt a severe blow to the Eight Masters of the imperial court, but after the blow was over, he did not forget to send a holy decree to Fan Shiyi, who was far away in Jiangnan.

The content is very simple, stick to Jiangnan and wait for the times to change. But apart from this sentence, there is no aid at all.