The world is impermanent.

Hong Chengchou, who was looking forward to the arrival of the 80,000 Qing troops in Xuzhou as soon as possible, and Jierharang, who was reinstated as an official, were actively planning and deploying and preparing to do a big job. The Qingtai Dynasty was fierce, and the monarchs and ministers were nervous about war preparations.

An unexpected event happened that changed the direction of the whole situation.

The Mongol Sunit tribe in Mobei rebelled.

Sunit Khan Tengji led his troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and defected to the Khalkha Chechen Khan in Mobei.

This led to a rebellion of 30,000 people.

30,000 people, this number is really not a shocking number for Jiangnan.

But Mongolia is vast and sparsely populated, and with 10,000 people, I am afraid it is enough to sweep half of Mongolia.

The Qing court was shocked when they heard the news, and there was a fire in the backyard.

Urgently transferred back the 80,000-strong army, which had already reached half of the march, with Dolgon's brother Azig as the commander, and rushed to Mobei to quell the rebellion.

And for the situation in Jiangbei, the Qing court had to change its strategy - Huairou!

Hong Chengchou and Zilharang were ordered to immediately negotiate with the Qingtai Dynasty on key matters, and they also strictly ordered that the war that should not have happened at this time must be ended in a dignified manner.

Hong Chengchou, who heard this, was dumbfounded, this was pulled out, and then eat it back?

If Hong Chengchou could still enter Yingtianfu and negotiate with the Qingtai Dynasty on behalf of the Qing court, but now he is plotting against Zhenjiang, colluding with the important ministers of the Qingtai Dynasty, and wanting to intercept and kill the Zhenguo Duke of the Qingtai Dynasty, etc., even if Hong Chengchou is thick-skinned, he has to guard against whether he will be torn apart by the angry Wu Zheng and the military and civilians once he arrives at Yingtianfu.

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Jiangdu is still in the hands of the Ming army, although there are still 40,000 Qing troops in Jiangbei, but if you really want to fight a reconquest war, it still seems that the troops are insufficient.

Hong Chengchou and Zierharang looked at each other, and they were extremely embarrassed for a while.

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Just when Hong Chengchou and the others were in a dilemma, a secret letter from Jiangnan made the almost gloomy mood of the two of them instantly revive like mushrooms after a rain.

The crown prince of the Chongzhen Dynasty appeared, and the courtiers of Qingtai were plotting a coup d'état to support the former prince to ascend the throne.

Hong Chengchou and Zilharang looked at each other again, and then laughed.

In just two days, the armistice was signed.

To put it mildly, from Yangzhou Mansion to Yingtian Mansion, this one round trip is not enough for one day, right?

It can be judged that this is almost an instant negotiation between the two parties, and even the process of bargaining is omitted.

The one who signed the agreement this time was Chen Zilong in the Qingtai Dynasty and Hong Chengchou in the Qing court.

The agreement was very small, simple and clear, the two sides immediately ceased fighting, the Ming army withdrew from Jiangbei, and in return, the Qing army abandoned Jiangxin Island, and then divided the river and ruled each other, without aggression against each other.

As a subsidiary clause, the Qingtai Dynasty was not allowed to interfere in any way with the Qing army's occupation of Fujian and Guangzhou, in exchange for the Qing court's acquiescence to the Qingtai coup d'état and the continuation of the agreement.

The agreement was signed quickly, and little was known to the court until the negotiations were completed.

In the cabinet, in addition to Chen Zilong, Qian Sule, and Zhang Huangyan, Ma Shiying was excluded.

Zhang Guowei didn't know it.

But Zhu Yujiao knew about it and allowed Chen Zilong to sign the agreement.

The first time the imperial court did not announce to the world, but secretly ordered Zhenjiang Liao Zhongping to immediately lead his troops back to the west.

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Liao Zhongping received an urgent order from the imperial court and felt that something was wrong.

He is a forbidden army, and he is ordered to supervise the state.

It stands to reason that the Cabinet does not have the power to mobilize the forbidden army.

But Liao Zhongping is an honest man, since Zhenjiang City is no longer war-free, and Wu Zheng is safe and sound, then it is time for him to go back.

However, after Liao Zhongping thought about it carefully, he still sent someone to send a letter to Wu Zheng to report the news, and left a partial division in Zhenjiang City in case of accidents, and then led his troops back to Yingtianfu.

At this time, Wu Zheng was sitting on the edge of Xia Wanchun's bed.

After arranging the precautions of Zhenjiang and Dantu, Wu Zheng was still worried about Xia Wanchun's injury and came to visit him.

"Look...... Take a look. Wu Zheng shook the map in his hand, quite a bit of a treasure, "These two bastards actually planted such evil on the head of Bengong, I really don't know whether to live or die." ”

Xia Wanchun chuckled and said, "But they have recovered Jiangdu after all." ”

"If it weren't for that, would I have spared these two bastards?" Wu Zheng glared and said, "Do you know that Wang Yilin actually claimed to have plundered Jiangdu on my orders. He is the nephew of Xingguo Gong, no matter how long my Wu Zheng is, I'm afraid I won't be able to rise to the Xingguo Gong Water Division, right? ”

Xia Wanchun still chuckled and said, "But I can't hear a trace of scolding from Zhen Guogong's words." ”

Wu Zheng was stunned, glared at Xia Wanchun for a long time, and suddenly burst out laughing, and scolded with a smile: "Can't you turn a corner?" ”

Xia Wanchun suddenly said: "It is indeed inappropriate to rob Jiangdu, and the crime should be beheaded." Fortunately, the two did not plunder the ordinary people, but the crime was reduced to one degree. In addition, the recovery of Jiangdu town, the merit lies in Sheji. In detail, the merits and demerits are offset by each other, and the merits are even better. What does Zhen Guogong think? ”

Wu Zheng licked his lips, patted the edge of the bed and said, "This is very much in line with me." These two bastards did something that impressed me, just by recovering Jiangdu, let me carry this black cauldron, I admit it. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng became excited, pointed to the map and said: "Jiangdu is in hand, which is equivalent to driving a nail into the hinterland of the Qing court, which is equivalent to when Zhenjiang City was occupied by the Qing army before, you and I tossed and turned, and couldn't sleep at night, now it's the turn of the Tartar who can't sleep, haha...... I have thought about it, to build a fortified city, the city wall should be able to run horses, deploy a hundred cannons, and the entire circle of the city wall should be built into a circle...... Well, you have to use cement and steel bars, so that it can be repaired quickly. ”

"What are cement and steel bar?"

"Uh...... You'll know then. Wu Zheng realized that he was speechless, and hurriedly changed, "There are not many garrisons, 20,000 elite soldiers are enough, so even if the Qing army of 100,000 troops comes to attack, it will not be easy to capture it in a month or two." ”

"What about supplies?" Xia Wanchun reminded softly on the side.

"It's not hard." Wu Zheng was full of confidence, "Xingguo Gong has three battalions of water divisions, although there are some losses this time, but the imperial court can give priority to supplementation, and even form another battalion of four thousand new water divisions." Although the Qing court's strength far surpassed our army, it could not be compared with our army without a naval division. With a sailor across the river, it is not difficult to supply the river. ”

"Zhen Guogong means that he wants to use Jiangdu as a base...... Northern expedition? ”

Wu Zheng paused for a moment and slowly calmed down, "The Northern Expedition is not the time yet, this war of less than ten days before and after has exhausted everything in our dynasty, and it is greedy to chew it, the newly attached land needs to be consolidated, it is time to rest." ”

Speaking of this, Wu Zheng became excited again, "No matter what, as long as Jiang Du is in hand, he can suppress the Qing court, and when the time comes, he will take what he wants, and the Tartars dare not agree?" ”

Xia Wanchun was infected by Wu Zheng's excitement, propped himself up from the bed, and reluctantly said: "If the prince of Zhenguo does not give up, Wanchun is willing to stay in Jiangdu." ”