Although I don't know what specific arrangements Liu Yongxi has next, but Empress Zhang really wants to fight for the loyal battalion and the remnants of the Dashun army, she feels that even if the loyal battalion can't produce a governor, Liu Yongxi always has to arrange a governor's position, but when she heard Empress Gao say this, Liu Yongxi immediately laughed: "Isn't it enough for Empress Fengtian Gao to sit in the military affairs of the five provinces of Wuchang?" ”

Empress Gao originally thought that she would definitely follow Liu Yongxi back to Nanjing, but she didn't expect Liu Yongxi to continue to let her sit in the military affairs of the five provinces of the governor of Wuchang, even if the governor of Huguang and the governor of Sichuan were not from the loyalty battalion, but with her as the queen's mother, the old generals of the loyalty camp including Gao Yigong were naturally foolproof, not to mention that the personnel arrangements of the governor and the admiral would definitely take special care of the loyalty battalion.

Therefore, her mood suddenly became happy: "Since Your Majesty can trust the palace, the palace will definitely ensure that Huguang is foolproof, and it must guard your majesty." ”

And Mrs. Xing immediately asked, "Which five provinces is Empress Fengtian responsible for?" ”

In the past, although the name of Empress Gao was the military affairs of the five provinces of the governor, there was no clear explanation of which five provinces, but now Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Henan, Shaanxi, the military affairs of these five provinces are all handed over to Mrs. Gao!" ”

Since ancient times, there has been a problem in the regimes in the southeast of the country, that is, the upstream Jingxiang will always form a confrontation situation with the downstream, which is also an important reason for the failure of the Northern Expedition in all dynasties, and now Liu Yongxi is also encountering the same problem, even more serious than the situation in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Not to mention the Azig Division, which once occupied Huguang, whether it was the loyal battalion or the remnants of the Great Western Army, it was easy to form a situation in Huguang, so Liu Yongxi transferred the most trustworthy Wang Sun Fan to serve as the governor of Huguang, and sat in Wuchang with Empress Fengtiangao.

And Empress Gao was also relieved to receive such a clear answer: "Please rest assured, whether it is Hunan, Sichuan, Henan or Shaanxi, the concubines will be taken down for Your Majesty!" ”

As far as the current situation is concerned, the Yue Ming army only took a Hubei, and Hunan, which also belongs to Huguang, is still under the control of He Tengjiao, not to mention the provinces of Sichuan, Henan, and Shaanxi, but Empress Gao felt that it was the most suitable choice for His Majesty Emperor Chengtian to let himself be the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces.

Hunan's He Tengjiao is already vulnerable, Sichuan has Governor Yang Zhan's military affairs, it should be no problem, Henan and Shaanxi are the real big problems, but Shaanxi is the hometown of Chuang Ying and Xiying, and Henan has also been Li Zicheng's territory for many years of war and operation, so he should be sure to take it.

And Mrs. Xing immediately laughed: "Your Majesty should first appease these people in Xiying, they are all waiting outside for Your Majesty to receive you, as long as you solve these people in Xiying, Your Majesty's personal expedition to Huguang this time will be a complete victory!" ”

Liu Yongxi was also in a happy mood: "Yes, this western expedition should have a happy ending, but I don't know how the Jianghuai war is?" ”

Now she thought of Empress Zhang, Empress Changping and others who stayed in Nanjing, and now Empress Changping should lead a large army to conquer Jiangbei, which made him feel particularly concerned.

At this moment, the land of Jianghuai is already in flames of war.

Unlike Zhang Xianzhong, who was stabbed to death by a nameless soldier as soon as he appeared on the scene, in this battle, the regent Dolgon can be said to have done everything he could, which gave the morale of the Qing army a fundamental boost, and even the defeated generals such as Haoge, Duoduo, and Kong Youde fought with the Yue Ming army.

Although Liu Yongxi's four heavy army groups deployed in Jiangbei, Zhang Boyi, Wang Puxiang, Wang Zhiren, and Zhang Huangyan, were all fully mobilized, the Qing army still had an absolute advantage in troops, and quickly transformed the superiority in troops into a strategic superiority.

Now Wang Zhiren, who has suffered the greatest loss, can only retreat to Huai'an Mansion, if it were not for Zhang Huangyan of Yangzhou to rescue Wang Zhiren with all his might, I am afraid that Huai'an City has been broken by the Qing army, but even so, now Wang Zhiren can only continue to hold on and cannot respond to Zhang Boyi in Xuzhou.

And Wang Puxiang in the direction of Fengyang also encountered the same problem, although Wang Puxiang has mobilized all his troops to deal with Zhang Boyi, but because Anhui Governor Xing Shengping led the main force to follow Liu Yongxi to go on the expedition, so Wang Puxiang, who only has a brigade, is also incapable, and now he can only mobilize the state and county soldiers to organize the next round of offensive, and on the other hand, all his hopes are pinned on Zhang Boyi in Xuzhou.

Wang Puxiang knew very well that if Zhang Boyi couldn't hold on, the Huai'an Mansion and Fengyang Mansion on both wings would be directly submerged by the tidal offensive of the Qing army.

The current Peng Chengbo Zhang Boyi and his three brigades can be said to play the role of the mainstay, although after two mobilizations Zhang Boyi only had 27 battalions of troops, but no matter how fierce the Qing army's offensive was, Zhang Boyi still persevered.

The two sides have launched hundreds of large and small battles near Xuzhou, and many battalion leaders and Niu Lu have suffered more than one-third of the casualties, and Zhang Boyi's several battalion leaders who act as firefighters have been supplemented four or five times.

Zhang Boyi's troops in the Ming army in Vietnam can only be regarded as a partial division, but in the case of Liu Yongxi's large-scale expedition to Jiangxi and Huguang, the Qing army still can't take Xuzhou City, and more importantly, Zhang Boyi's subordinates, whether they are infantry, cavalry, or artillery, have the determination and courage of the Qing army to win a decisive victory in the field.

Therefore, no matter how fierce the Qing army's offensive was and even used red-coated artillery, but Xuzhou was still a strong reef to cover the Qing army's offensive, the Qing army used cavalry, they also dared to use cavalry, the Qing army used infantry, they also dared to use infantry, the Qing army used siege equipment, they also used the city defense equipment, even if the Qing army bombarded them with red-coated artillery, they also used red-coated artillery to pay back, until now it is still difficult to solve.

Although Zhang Boyi only had more than 20 battalions of three infantry brigades in his hands, the Ming Kingdom really brought into full play their amazing human resources for the first time, and although they suffered heavy losses in the battle, they soon returned to the battlefield because of the replenishment of a large number of new soldiers.

But Dolgon also knew that even if the Yue Ming army was not exhausted, it was not far from the limit, after all, no matter how rich the human resources of the Ming State were, it could not make up for the huge loss of veterans and equipment, and now many of the Ming army's battalion heads were equivalent to the original, but the combat power was only half or even only one-third of the original.

Now is the last chance of the Great Qing State, if it takes Xuzhou before the Yue Ming Army's Western Expedition wins a complete victory, then the Jianghuai Ming Army will be devastated, and it will naturally form a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, and the Great Qing State can completely drag down the Ming State in the long-term attrition.

But if the Great Qing Kingdom comes out of the empty country and can't even take a small Xuzhou, then the good situation of the Great Qing Kingdom in the Guannai can't last long, so this time Dolgon solemnly brought all the princes and Baylor over: "The success or failure of the Great Qing Kingdom depends on whether we can take Xuzhou City, I have written an edict to the British king, so that he immediately leads his troops to the south at all costs, but no matter how much the British king does at all costs, the key is whether we can work hard to take Xuzhou!" ”

Speaking of this, Dolgon's whole body is heroic: "I don't believe it, 100,000 Qing soldiers can't take a small Xuzhou City, tell the soldiers below, as long as they take Xuzhou City, they can put forward any conditions they want, they say that a few days to seal the knife is a few days to seal the knife!" ”

After the Qing army entered the customs, although there were often slaughter of the city, it has always been the initiative of the commander of the Qing army to pay attention to the order and prohibition, the marshal said when to seal the knife when to seal the knife, and never allowed the subordinates to act without authorization, but now Dolgon has spared no expense in order to take Xuzhou.

Zhang Boyi, who was sitting in Xuzhou, also felt Dolgon's madness, although he was also the first to bear the brunt of the battle of Huzhou, but Liu Yongxi's reinforcements arrived almost at the same time as the Qing army besieged the city, so the key is whether Liu Yongxi's main force of the Yue Ming army can break through the Duoduo blockade and successfully break the siege, but now it is the Qing army that continues to attack Xuzhou one by one.

Although Zhang Boyi had made all the preparations in advance for the arduousness of the battle, all the preparations that accompanied the continuation of the battle could not catch up with the changes, and the supply of personnel, ammunition, materials and even bricks was facing a huge supply, and Zhang Boyi's pro-military battalion was almost fragmented after serving as a firefighting team seven times, and had to retreat and reorganize, but as long as the situation changed drastically, the pro-military battalion had to rush up to act as a firefighting team.

Now Zhang Boyi knew that he had twenty-seven battalions under his name, but the actual combat strength of these twenty-seven battalions was at most ten old battalions, so he pinned all his hopes on Zhou Zhisheng in Jingkou Town.

Zhou Zhisheng has more than 6,000 people in two brigades and ten battalions, as long as he arrives at the battlefield in time, the situation will change fundamentally, but when he gets the news from the south, he is still taken aback: "Empress Changping is really still Empress Changping, we have won a big victory in this battle!" ”

Although the officers and civil officials present had already expected it, everyone was still taken aback: "Queen Changping led the army to fight again?" ”

Last year, Empress Zhang and Princess Changping crossed the river to fight in person, which can be said to be the key to victory or defeat on the battlefield in Zhejiang, but everyone didn't expect that now Queen Changping once again staged a miracle to turn the tide.

Although there are almost no such precedents in the past dynasties, since this dynasty has had a glorious precedent, in the eyes of these officers of the Chengtian Dynasty, it is natural that as long as the queen and princess cross the river and win the victory, it must belong to the Chengtian Dynasty, and more importantly, the reinforcements that everyone originally expected were only Zhou Zhisheng's two brigades and ten battalions of 6,000 people, and now since it is the Empress of Changping who crossed the river to conquer in person, the reinforcements put into the battlefield are definitely more than two brigades and ten battalions.

And Zhang Boyi gave a very clear answer: "Niangniang personally led 19,000 people from the 5th Brigade and 30 Battalions to aid Xuzhou this time, as long as Niangniang's reinforcements arrived, it would be the time for Jianyu to retreat!" ”

After so many days of hard fighting, the officers and civil officials present were exhausted, but at this moment, they all seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood: "When will the Niangniang cross the river and arrive in Xuzhou?" ”

Zhang Boyi's face was full of smiles: "The forward horse team can arrive in three days, and the main force will arrive in Xuzhou on the fifth day!" ”