No one knows better than Zhu Youlang what it means to take Yiling.

Since the disagreement between the loyal battalion and the imperial court in the early years of Yongli, and He Tengjiao's defeat and suicide, how long has the Ming army not controlled Yiling?

Although Yiling is not a big city in the absolute sense, it is a bridgehead that plays the role of a gateway to the pass.

Taking Yiling, the Ming army could either radiate Yunyang and Xiangyang to the north, or attack Jiangling to the east.

It can be shown that the army has turned passivity into initiative in one fell swoop and seized part of the opportunity.

I don't know what the results of Hao Shaoqi and He Zhen are.

For Zhu Youlang, he made a two-handed plan.

If Yunyang and Xiangyang can be taken, the Ming army will have a core control area, and it can send heavy troops to guard it like it did in Kuidong Towns.

It doesn't matter if these two provinces are not taken, the Ming army can directly attack Jiangling and constantly test the bottom line of the Qing army.

In general, there will not be too many Qing troops in Huguang. If the Ming army can further take Jiangling, it proves that the main forces of the Qing army are entrenched in Wuchang generation.

This is definitely what Zhu Youlang wants to see the most, because in this way, the entire Huguang except Wuchang can be won at any time as long as he wants to fight.

What was the purpose of the Ming army's attack on Huguang?

One is to slap Shunzhi Xiao'er's face hard and make him close his stinky mouth. The second is to obtain sufficient food supplies.

Not all of Huguang's grain is concentrated in Wuchang.

It's also great to be able to control enough territory.

Therefore, for Zhu Youlang, he can advance and retreat freely, and he can make targeted adjustments at any time.

At the first moment after the Yiling was defeated, he entered the museum space to see if the guns and ammunition had been refreshed.

To his disappointment, the amount of ammunition for the guns was the same as the last time he looked at it.

This shows that a city of Yiling's size is not a big city.

Fortunately, Zhu Youlang did not take out this batch of guns and ammunition to attack Yiling, otherwise it would not be a loss.

That's all there is to it, and it still has to be used at critical moments.

Good steel should be used on the blade.

After entering Yiling, the military discipline of the Ming army was maintained very well. In addition to beheading the Qing soldiers, the soldiers of the Ming army did not commit any crimes against the people.

Compared with the brutal and murderous Qing army, the Ming army is simply a living bodhisattva.

At first, the people were still very wary of the Ming army, and no one dared to go to the streets. But gradually, they began to take the initiative to contact the soldiers of the Ming army.

Some of the people who were interested in the Ming Dynasty even sent food.

Zhu Youlang was still a little moved by this.

Maybe the Ming court did something bad in the past, and the people must have complained.

However, despite the Manchu rule, the common people were still willing to live under the Ming Dynasty.

After taking Yiling, the first task was to clean up the wreck at the mouth of the spout and bring the naval warship.

As long as there is enough time to avoid the threat of attack, it is not impossible to accomplish this, it is nothing more than a slow cleaning and grinding.

As long as the river surface is dredged, everything will be easy.

Zhu Youlang found that there was still a lot of food in Yiling City.

These grains should be enough for the Ming army for at least a month, and they can be regarded as an effective supplement.

It's a pity that Wen Anzhi can't personally set foot on the land of Yiling's hometown at this moment in Chengdu to assist the crown prince and supervise the country. How happy would he have been?

It didn't take long for Zhu Youlang to receive a report that Hao Shaoqi had taken Yunyang Mansion, but He Zhen had a gray nose and came back in a gray state.

This was expected by Zhu Youlang.

Hao Shaoqi and Li Laiheng, the thirteen subordinates of Kuidong, have the strongest combat power, and He Zhen has the worst combat power.

Moreover, Xiangyang is an important town, and He Zhen has no chance to fight Xiangyang.

On the contrary, Hao Shaoqi has been fighting with the Qing army in Fang County for many years and has sufficient experience.

How many troops there are in Yunyang City, he is afraid that he knows all of them.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing the other side will win all battles, Hao Shaoqi is difficult to lose.

In this way, the battle situation was acceptable for the Ming army.

In general, Yunyang Mansion also acts as a barrier.

As long as Yunyang Mansion is in hand, the Qing army of the Han generation will not dare to act rashly.

If they came to attack Yiling, the Ming army in Yunyang could take the opportunity to attack Xiangyang.

On the contrary, if Yunyang is attacked, the Yiling Ming army can also go to the rescue.

The two are horns of each other, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

Zhu Youlang prepared to rest in Yiling for a while, and then attacked Jiangling when he was ready.

As for the extra guns, when the sailors and warships entered the city, Zhu Youlang could take them out.

As long as he is fast enough, the guns in the Tiger Army will not attract too much attention.

In fact, Li Dingguo didn't know the number of guns newly imitated by the Son of Heaven, after all, these new firearms were all given priority to the Tiger Ben Army, the Son of Heaven's pro-army. As for Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, Li Laiheng and others, they don't know.

Zhu Youlang's purpose is not one city and one pond, but the entire lake.

It's not easy to rip off this piece of meat.

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"What am I talking about Erhu, my nephew will have to make a career sooner or later. Isn't he caught this time? This is in front of the Son of Heaven. In the future, Xingming is afraid that the future is immeasurable. ”

Mr. Yuan's first boast was to make Liu Xingming's face blush and heartbeat.

Liu Tichun listened very comfortably.

This stinky boy didn't disappoint him.

In fact, when Liu Xingming volunteered to board the hot air balloon, Liu Tichun was still very worried.

After all, I've never seen anything like this before. Although, according to His Majesty, this is a large Hung Ming lantern that is very safe.

But Kong Minglan didn't sit down.

If this thing falls, will the person still live?

Don't fall into the mud?

Of course, as the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger.

I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf.

If you want to get a place in Your Majesty's heart, you have to do things that ordinary people dare not do.

After this war, Liu Xingming can be regarded as a simple emperor.

"Old brother, don't praise him, if you praise him again, his tail will go to the sky."

Although Liu Tichun said so, he was beautiful in his heart.

How can Mr. Yuan not see it?

He cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, should you praise it?" Among the younger generation, Xingming is the most capable. Look at my unsuccessful son, it's really going to me off to death! ”

Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and others are all middle-aged, so they naturally have to consider supporting their sons to take the throne.

It may not be necessary to take over completely, but at least you have to brush up your presence in front of people, so as not to have an embarrassing situation where your subordinates are not satisfied when you really take over.

As for how far they can go in the future, it is not up to them to decide.

They can pave the way, but in the end the children will have to walk on their own.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, do their best, and obey the destiny of heaven.

"Brother, did you say that Dongyu has transferred all his troops to Guizhou, I feel that there is no one in Huguang who can fight."

Liu Tichun didn't want Yuan Zongdi to continue to brag about his son, so he changed his words.

"That's not necessarily the case, maybe Dongyu doesn't think we'll use our main force to go east."

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