The importance of the Battle of Nanchang is self-evident, but Zhu Youlang still underestimated the shocking power of the Ming army's total annihilation of the Qing army's green battalion and the execution of Hong Chengchou.

After taking Jiujiang, Nanchang and other prefectures, the remnants of the Jiangxi Green Battalion had already been frightened, and they ran away, and the scattered Sanming army went all the way south to recover Chongduofu counties including Ji'an, Fuzhou, and Jianchang without a single soldier.

This also made Zhu Youlang sigh with emotion.

He directly attacked Nanchang against public opinion, and it was really effective.

The so-called shoots the man first and shoots the horse first, and the thief captures the king first.

After taking Nanchang, those villains who saw the wind and steered the rudder saw that the wind was not in the right direction, and they must have run away to save their lives.

These people can only fight with the wind, and once they fall into the downwind, they can run faster than anyone else.

Now that only Ganzhou Mansion is still stubbornly resisting in the entire Jiangxi, Zhu Youlang will certainly not hesitate to take it, and he will order the army to capture it with a wave of his hand.

Ganzhou is the southern gate of Jiangxi, directly bordering Fujian and Guangdong.

That is to say, no matter whether Zhu Youlang wants to attack Guangdong or Fujian in the future, Ganzhou must be held in his hands, and it plays the role of a bridgehead.

Ganzhou borders Ji'an Province, and the Ganshui River flows through it, giving birth to all living beings in Ganzhou Mansion.

At this time, it was the flood season, and the water level of the river had risen a lot.

The ships of the Ming army could also go south along the Ganshui River, saving many of the troubles of transporting grain and grass.

Winning battles all the way, the atmosphere in the army is naturally very good.

Even Li Dingguo, who has always been unsmiling on weekdays, took the initiative to make jokes.

"Linguo Gong, this king heard that when you were in Kuidong, the Tartars often came to attack, but every time you were beaten by you and fled."

Li Laiheng laughed when he heard this: "King Jin is really well-informed." Yes, the Tartars have always looked at us unpleasantly, and they will send troops to encircle and suppress us every once in a while. However, Kuidong is mountainous, and the terrain can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack. If the Tartar is swimming against the current and is not familiar with the terrain, it must have hit a head. Since they are here, the prince of the country naturally has to treat them to a pot. Otherwise, wouldn't you be sorry for their rejuvenation? ”

"Hahaha, wonderful, wonderful."

Li Dingguo exclaimed: "A year or two ago, we were still on the defensive, and we never imagined that we would have a full-scale counteroffensive in just a year." This is all the credit of His Majesty. ”

Li Laiheng hurriedly echoed: "However, Your Majesty is wise and martial, and the leadership is good, so that we can defeat the Tartars." ”

Li Laiheng didn't say this because he was all sycophants, but because he really admired the Son of Heaven.

After all, the Son of Heaven's ability to twist the rope is first-class, and such a complicated army has been twisted into a rope by him, and everyone has the strength to work in one place, which is really too powerful.

"Well, I almost forgot, Ji'an is a place where culture and education are extremely prosperous. I heard that half of the champions of the Ming Dynasty are in Ji'an Mansion, I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

Zheng Chenggong, who has been enjoying the scenery along the river, suddenly sighed.

Zhang Huangyan hurriedly shook his head when he heard this: "Fei Ye, Fei Ye, Da Mu, you just said it wrong." Although Ji'an is prosperous in culture and education, it is impossible to be so exaggerated. If you want to say that it is the whole of Jiangxi, it can barely be said. However, even Jiangxi may not be able to steadily overpower Nanzhili and Zhejiang. ”

Zhang Huangyan himself is a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang, and his feelings for Zhejiang are naturally far from being comparable to other places.

Hearing Zheng Chenggong blindly touting Jiangxi Ji'an, he couldn't listen to it anymore.

"Haha, then I won't fight with Brother Cangshui. After all, Brother Cangshui is also a man no matter how he says it, and this king is also a prisoner of the country. ”

The entire bureaucratic imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty also had a chain of contempt.

First of all, the jinshi must be the first level, followed by the lifter, and then the xiucai and the supervisor.

Prisoners are generally after meritorious heroes, or extremely outstanding talents.

The students who graduated from Guozijian can also be officials, but they definitely can't reach the height of Jinshi's background.

It's a pity that Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong failed to make much achievements in the imperial examination, after all, the world was already in chaos at that time.

The two did not hesitate to put pen to paper, and shouldered the responsibility of supporting Daming with a pair of shoulders that were still a little immature at the time.

Looking back on the past, these fragmented things come to mind, which is quite emotional.

"When he was in his twenties, Benwang always felt that he could be captured in five years, but now more than ten years have passed, and the situation in the Ming Dynasty is almost the same as when the East Captives went south, or even worse."

Zheng Chenggong sighed: "At that time, we were all young, and we still had the opportunity to start anew, and now we can't make mistakes again." ”

The two talked and talked about the current situation.

Zhang Huangyan nodded: "Although our army is like a rainbow now, it actually relies on a breath. If you win all the time, even if it is a miserable victory, you can continue to do it, but as long as you lose a game, it will be difficult to bring it up again. ”

"Therefore, this king very much wants to come to Jiangxi and join forces with His Majesty, because only by seeking a decisive battle as soon as possible can the morale be boosted. We don't have time to train now, so we can only train by fighting, and the Tartars don't fight with us, so we take the initiative to fight them. ”

"Brother Cangshui, you said that if the Tartars send all their main forces south to make a wave of outlaws, can we withstand it?"

Zhang Huangyan frowned when he heard this.

That's not a very easy question to answer.

Although they did not advance all the way, even Hong Chengchou Aobai could not resist their troops, but in fact, the Qing army could mobilize less than 200,000 troops at one time.

Although this force was larger than the Ming army, it did not have an overwhelming advantage.

And if the Manchus mobilized the entire north, hundreds of thousands of green battalions would still be able to mobilize. Coupled with nearly 100,000 Manchurian, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners, this strength can be said to be several times that of the Ming army.

In this case, the Ming army should have a hard time.

This is also the reason why Zhang Huangyan suggested that the Son of Heaven should rest and recuperate after taking the south, and train his troops.

The Ming army really needed time to recuperate.

Only by expanding the strength of the army and then going on a northern expedition on a par with the Qing army can the chances of victory be great.

After all, fighting from south to north, only Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang has succeeded in history.

"I can definitely fight, but I don't think the Tartars will be so aggressive."

Zhang Huangyan analyzed: "After all, it is not unacceptable for them to be able to row the river and rule. If the main force is sent to attack, in case it cannot be defeated or even the whole army is annihilated, then I am afraid that we can only retreat outside the Shanhai Pass. ”

Zheng Chenggong nodded and said, "In this way, the Tartars should not use the troops from the north." That's fine, just one Shi Lang can only stir and stir, and can't set off any big storms. Wait for me to pacify the Ganjiang River with Your Majesty, and then turn back to Zhejiang to take the head of this thief. ”

Zhang Huangyan could see that Zheng Chenggong had a deep grudge against Shi Lang.

The two can be described as deep hatred and hatred, coupled with the Zhoushan incident, it can be said that new hatred and old hatred are added together.

Now Shi Lang can still get away with it, not because Zheng Chenggong is afraid of him, but because Zheng Chenggong has more important things to do.

When everything is stable and Zheng Chenggong frees his hands, it will be the end of Shi Lang.

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