The new chess game gradually took shape in Qian Qianyi's mind, and the feeling of using the whole country as a chessboard and having no regrets made him feel extremely excited.

Among them, the strategic direction of the Ming army is one of them, and Qian Qianyi is still seeking to instigate more Qing troops anyway, so that not only can the losses of the Ming army be reduced, but also the fastest speed to recover more lost territory. After all, Chen Kai's actions in Fujian are almost impossible to replicate.

The characters who want to instigate are mostly generals with heavy troops and high-ranking local figures, and these characters have a certain degree of friendship with Qian Qianyi. Even if the hint fails, those people will not sue him to the Qing court, and they must protect themselves while fighting the Qing court to be the perfect lurk.

Libra's Qian Qianyi is pursuing a balance between the two, so today, the Qing court's most powerful Wenchen Hong Chengchou south of the Yangtze River, although Qian Qianyi also has some dealings with him, but the edict of rebellion is never dared to be used on such a ruthless person, otherwise there will be no way to balance.

In the sixth year of Yongli, Li Dingguo became a famous king twice, especially in the victory of Hengyang, and killed Nikan, the king of Jingjin and diligence of the Qing court. Nikan was executed, however, due to the fact that the encirclement of Feng Shuangli and Ma Jinzhong did not arrive, the main force of the Eight Banners Army escaped, and in March of the following year, they defeated the Qianqian army of Sun Kewang, the king of Qin, in the battle of Zhoujiapu in Baoqing Mansion.

However, although the Qing army won this battle, it was only a narrow victory. The defeated soldiers in front of the army suffered many losses, but the Eight Banners Army that participated in the battle also suffered heavy casualties before barely defeating the opponent. As a result, after the war, the Qing army was not able to further advance in the direction of Guizhou, and the Ming army still controlled strategic places such as Chenzhou, Jingzhou, Yuanzhou, and Wugang. From Li Dingguo's lure of the enemy last year to the discord between Sun and Li, when Li Dingguo left Guangxi, Tunqi successively took over Hengzhou Mansion and Yongzhou Mansion, after the Qing army arrived in this battle, it only recaptured Changde, Changsha, Baoqing, Yongzhou and other central cities in eastern Hunan, the two sides continued to carry out a tug of war on the front line of Changde and Baoqing, and the western part of Hunan, which was terrainically favorable, was still firmly controlled by the Ming army.

After that battle, the two sides seemed to have entered a state of confrontation in Huguang, but the problem was that the Ming army's leading army was dominated by Han people after all, and the huge population base of the Han people was incomparable to that of the Eight Banners. In other words, although the former only has Yungui in the southwest, its recovery speed is far stronger than that of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which lived in the city of Beijing, Manchuria, Mongolia, and the Han army, plus the clothed minions, which together are counted as hundreds of thousands of people.

The victory of Hengyang and the battle of Zhoujiapu, after the two battles, the Eight Banners Army was still strong, but it was no longer as sharp as when it entered the customs at the beginning of the year. In fact, in the final analysis, whether it is a nomadic people, a fishing and hunting people, or a farming nation, or even an industrialized society in later generations, when it is really time to play with life, they are always barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes. In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Eight Banners Army was in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, and naturally had a resolute will to fight, because if they did not fight or lost, there was no way to "grab the west", and they would not be too far away from starving to death. And after entering the customs, wealth and glory, even the banner people at the bottom have hardcore crops, and there is no threat of starvation, so it is inevitable to spare their lives.

The disadvantages of the other, especially the large population base of the Han people, the magnates of the Qing court saw it in their eyes and were anxious in their hearts. As a result, in just about two months, the Qing court appointed Hong Chengchou, a 61-year-old Han minister of the Qing Dynasty, as "the Taibao and the prince and the prince, passing through the five provinces of Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou, and the governor's military affairs and managing food and wages." and strictly ordered that "the two departments of officials and soldiers shall not be hindered, and the household department shall not be delayed", putting on an attitude of undoubted employment.

Speaking of which, after Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in the Chongzhen Dynasty, he was never reused. It was not until Huang Taiji died of illness and Dolgon was in power that he decided to use this person's method to enter the customs, but he abandoned it due to Wu Sangui's surrender. When the Qing army took Jiangnan, it was necessary to send a powerful Hanchen to pacify it, and Hong Chengchou was ordered to pacify Jiangnan. However, where the Manchu and Han soldiers and the provincial economic officers and soldiers had their own commanders, Hong Chengchou could only "dispatch and restrain the officials of Gushan Ezhen Yechen and Dufu Town", and it was appropriate to advance militarily. This means that Hong Chengchou actually has to obey the instructions of Belle Lek Dehun, and his status is at most equal to that of the Eight Banners Gushan Ezhen Yechen.

It is undeniable that Hong Chengchou's appeasement work in Jiangnan was very successful, and effectively calmed the situation in Jiangnan for the Qing court. But when everything was over, he was transferred back to the capital again. Until this incident, after realizing the problem of the Eight Banners Army, the Qing court decided to change its past strategy and "use Han to control Han".

"Fu Zhen below listen to its moderation, soldiers, horses, money and food listen to its dispatch, one should not be neutral in the matter of suppression, and report afterwards. The civil and military officials who should be used outside Beijing are selected and appointed, and the promotion and transfer are as appropriate as they are requested, and the second department of the officers and soldiers is not allowed to elbow, and the money and food should be given immediately, and the household department shall not be late, and the officials who return to the obedience shall be included at their discretion, and the surrendered soldiers and civilians shall be placed as appropriate. ”

The Qing court entrusted the personnel, administration, military power, and financial power of these five provinces to Hong Chengchou's hands. However, by the time Hong Chengchou arrived in Huguang, what he saw was also devastated, and it was only a matter of time before the Qing court's rule here completely collapsed.

Since the Qing Dynasty, the Ming and Qing armies have been fighting in Huguang for more than ten years. The Ming army has local Ming troops, provincial reinforcements, Dashun army, loyal battalion, Qin Domain and Xining Domain of the Great Western Army, which abound; On the side of the Qing army, the local green battalion, the green battalion from other provinces, the Eight Banners led by the Sanshun Wang, the Duke of Xushun, the Jierharang, and the Nikans have never been less. The army crossed the border, the people were struggling to make a living, white bones and phosphorus, thorns and thousands of miles, and the Qing court had long been unable to make ends meet here.

The more fatal problem is that due to the great counteroffensive launched by the Ming army in the sixth year of Yongli, they lost a large number of soldiers in both the southwest and southeast battlefields, including the Eight Banner Army, and more of them were green battalions. By the time Hong Chengchou arrived in Huguang, the shortage of troops was very serious, and the current state of confrontation was nothing more than the false fire of the main force of the Eight Banners Army led by Dorobelle Tunqi, and the Ming army they were currently facing after the first battle of Zhoujiapu also needed to recover its strength, so the battle situation in Huguang could continue to be maintained.

On March 12 of the ninth year of Yongli, Hong Chengchou officially opened his mansion in Changsha Mansion in the south of Huguang. In the lobby of the Yamen, Hong Chengchou stood tall on it, behind him, one left and one right, standing upright, but there were two internal guards holding the knife handle, one was called Zhang Dayuan, and the other was called Wang Fuchen, who was specially sent to protect him for Shunzhi. At the same time, the intent of surveillance is indispensable.

Above the lobby, all civil officials sit on the left and right. Hu Quancai, governor of Huguang and Yunyang, Huang Zhixuan, political envoy of Huguang Zuobu, Wu Zhengzhong, Changsha Branch, Zhang Daocheng, acting governor of Changsha, Liu Jianlong, Xiangtan Governor of Changsha Prefecture, Zhu Ying, Changning Governor of Hengzhou Prefecture, Yang Zhengcui, Guiyang Governor of Chenzhou Prefecture, as well as a number of staff members such as Jiang Yingtai, Hao Zongfu, Shi Zongyao, Wu Hongdao, Chen Yuanlu, Song Chengming, Zhou Shizhong, Chen Hongfan, Huang Zhongtong, Liao Wenying, Xie Ruju, and other staff.

Most of these people were asked by Hong Chengchou on the way to Huguang, and many of them were called to the curtain after arriving in Huguang. Among them, such as Hu Quancai, Wu Zhengzhong, and Zhang Daocheng, have been granted the local government system as the tentacles of the Changsha shogunate at the local level, so as to better implement Hong Chengchou's strategy.

"Appointed, after the Yamen praise painting, the former prefect of Guangxi Taiping Prefecture Huang Zhongtong as the prefect of Yongzhou Prefecture ......"

"Appointed, Jiang Yingtai, Xing'an Zhi County, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Province, as the ...... of Ningxiang Zhi County, Changsha Prefecture"

"Appointed, Wu Hongdao is the ...... of Yuanjiang County, Changde Prefecture"

"Appointed, after the Yamen praised the painting of Song Chengming, the experience of Baoqing Mansion ......"

“……”

The government was opened, and a group of staff members were appointed as magistrates. The Qing court granted Hong Chengchou full powers, and his people directly installed their cronies in the key points of the prefectures and counties in the south of Huguang with authority.

The newly promoted magistrates who had just been appointed thanked Jing Lu for his promotion and sat down one after another. Personnel appointments were completed, and the first meeting of the Kaifu government officially began.

"Liu Jianlong, Xiangtan Zhixian County."

"The lower official is here."

"Asking you to repair the post in this county, recruit people, build barracks, and prepare for military supplies, has it been effective?"

"Back to the words of the old man, the lower officials have completed the reconstruction of the post delivery, and the barracks have also been repaired. These two matters and other matters, the lower officials have written a note, please get the approval of the elder. ”

Xiangtan County is located directly south of Changsha Fucheng, and Changsha Fucheng is on the bank of the Xiangjiang River. A Xiangjiang River can connect Hengzhou Prefecture, Yongzhou Prefecture and Chenzhou Prefecture, and Xiangtan County is connected to Hengshan County of Hengzhou Prefecture, ensuring the transportation here, so that the Qing army can project military from Changsha and even from the northern part of Huguang to the southern part of Hunan.

"Zhang Daocheng, acting governor of Changsha Prefecture."

"The lower official is here."

"Ask you to go to Yongzhou Mansion to build a clapping grain ship, how much progress is being completed?"

"Back to the words of the old man, when the next official set off, two hundred and twenty-one ships had been completed. The rest of the materials are ready, and they will all be ready within three months. ”

"Hmm."

Zhang Daocheng is the son of Zhang Quan, the former Liaodong Governor, and Chongzhen once prepared his own soldiers and horses in the sixteenth year of "Confucian clothes to join the army". Before entering the shogunate, he was the governor of the Kangfu in southwest Jiangxi, and the Changsha shogunate, who entered the shogunate at this time last year, took up the post of acting prefect of the Changsha Prefecture, and was mainly responsible for the affairs of the direction of war preparedness. For example, this time the grain ship was built in Yongzhou Mansion to transport grain and grass for the Qing army in Guangxi.

"How is the repair of Dong'an County?"

"Back to the words of the old man, the city walls of the county town have been damaged in many places, and the lower officials have prepared the materials, and now they are being repaired, please rest assured."

“……”

The inquiries of one thing and one thing were properly arranged, and Hong Chengchou's mind seemed to have a three-dimensional sand table, and the progress of various places was constantly growing.

These increases had a direct impact on the Qing court's rule over the Huguang region and its ability to withstand attacks by the Ming and rebel armies. It's just that these efforts are far from enough, and they are still too far from the core strategic and tactical concept of the Huguang battlefield of "defending as a battle" in Hong Chengchou's mind.

"Zhou Shizhong."

"Humble duty."

Hong Chengchou's staff Zhou Shizhong is Ada Hahafan with a white flag, and his Chinese is the captain of the light car. In terms of the internal level of the Eight Banners, he is higher than Hong Chengchou, the Han Army with the Yellow Flag, but Hong Chengchou is now in the vast number of Huguang powers, and there is more Shunzhi support behind him, Zhou Shizhong originally had a lot of respect for Hong Chengchou, and now he is doing things in the curtain of his people, so naturally he will not take it bigger.

"What happened to the Huangzhou cottage now?"

"Back to the words of the old man, Li Youshi, the chief soldier of the Huangzhou cottage, has decided to belong to the Qing Dynasty, and those thieves in the cottage, the lowly position and Chen Zanhua are also collapsing one by one, I believe that it will not be long before the thieves there will no longer be a disaster for the Qing Dynasty."

Huangzhou Mansion is located at the junction of Hubei, Henan, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. Qishui, Huangzhou, Mayang, Luotian in Hubei, Qianshan, Taihu, Yingshan, Huoshan in Anhui, Guangzhou, Gushi, Shangcheng, Runing and other prefectures and counties in Henan are geographically connected...... Its entry and exit paths, the pass is only wrong toe, the cliff is left and right, the river is ringed, the road is blocked and the valley is deep, and the mind is shaken. "It has the common characteristic of dangerous terrain, that is, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Taking advantage of the advantageous terrain, the anti-Qing armed forces rose up in the cottage as a unit, and in the late Ming Dynasty, there were "four hundred and eighty-nine famous villages", and the forty-eight villages of Qihuang were the most famous.

"The village has a long, full of most of the gentry and Confucianism, and those who can reach themselves are paid by the big officials and act, or the surname of the Ming clan, and the rank of the prince is called the town, so far there is the king of the village." The organizers of the Huangzhou cottage are mostly gentry and celebrities from all over the country, and there are also contacts between the villages. Zhou Shizhong grasped this clue, first appeased the general Li Youshi, and then started from Li Youshi, and frequently succeeded in the process of appeasing the Huangzhou cottage.

Zhou Shizhong is an expert in appeasement, and he knows how to take advantage of people's hearts. He had just followed Hong Chengchou to Huguang, and in just four months, he recruited Hu Yuelong, the chief soldier, and many others, and vigorously disintegrated the anti-Qing forces in the Huguang area. In other words, he may not even be familiar with the local situation, but he has done it with ease, and his ability can be seen. And this time to appease the Huangzhou cottage, and with the help of Chen Hongfan, another guest in Hong Chengchou's scene, it can be said that it is like a tiger with wings.

Restoring war readiness, appeasing exiles, plotting against the enemy, training soldiers, mobilizing troops, and so on, Hong Chengchou sat in this position, which can be described as trembling, and did not dare to make the slightest mistake.

The meeting lasted for a long time, and after it was over, the officials who had been given real power set off to return to their respective offices, and the staff members also had their own jobs, and Sumeru did not dare to relax.

After they left, the sixty-three-year-old old man lost the energy he had when he was young, chasing the rogues around, and he was tired and tired. And at this time, there is no need to cover up too much, because at this moment, only his fellow villager and in-law Huang Zhixuan is still by his side, and even Zhang Dayuan and Wang Fuchen have been waved out.

"Oumei, Sun Kewang has not yet been resolved, Li Dingguo is also stubborn, and now Guangdong has one less Shang Kexi, and Chen Kai has been added, and the burden on the old man's shoulders is going to be a little heavier."

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