The annihilated Qing army not only had the new annex army, the green battalion soldiers, and Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, but also a lot of Eight Banner Army and Mongolian soldiers from other domains, and the losses suffered by the Qing army in Suzhou Mansion were not inferior to those in the direction of Liyang and Yixing, and after this round of offensive, Suzhou Mansion was basically controlled by the Ming army.

Although the capital city of Suzhou and individual county towns were still under the control of the Qing army, for Duoduo and Haoge in Nanjing, these cities that were still resisting became a huge burden.

Although it is reasonable to say that the Qing army should not hesitate to send troops to rescue Suzhou Mansion, but after suffering a series of defeats, the Qing army of Yingtianfu and Changzhou Mansion is already difficult to protect itself, and sending troops to rescue Suzhou Mansion is not the second battle of Huzhou, so even Haoge, who has not been beaten by Liu Yongxi, has become hesitant.

Although Hauge claimed to have led 28,000 troops to the south, the so-called 28,000 troops were at most 22,000 soldiers, and the Qing army annihilated by the Vietnamese Ming army in this round of offensive was almost 20,000 people, which means that the reinforcements led by Hauge were almost annihilated.

Although this statement is somewhat inappropriate, the structure of Hauge's department is still complete, and the biggest blow is the new annex army that Duoduo attached and formed when he conquered Jiangnan, but this round of heavy blows is to completely break the morale of the Qing army in Jiangnan, and everyone is worried about being completely annihilated by the Ming army.

Even an extremely warlike martial artist like Hauge is now a little depressed: "Although it is inevitable to rescue Suzhou, we must be cautious and cautious, and we can't just try to venture into the ambush of Jinhua thieves!" ”

Just after saying this, Hauge felt regretful.

At present, there are nearly 6,000 Qing troops under the command of Li Shutai, the squire of the Criminal Department, in Suzhou alone, and nearly half of them are the Eight Banner Army, the Mongolian soldiers of the outer domains, and the "old people of Liaodong" like Kong Youde and Geng Zhongyou.

And those counties that are still holding on to the offensive of the Qing army also have thousands of Qing troops, if you directly abandon Suzhou Mansion is equivalent to losing at least nearly 10,000 Qing troops, when the time comes to investigate the responsibility of Suzhou change hands, most of the people will say what Haoge said, after all, this kind of loss Haoge has suffered too many times.

And Duoduo was finally relieved to hear Hauge say this, no matter what happened in Suzhou Mansion next, he could at least put half of the blame on Hauge.

But Duoduo was still worried, no matter what, as the supreme commander of the Qing army in Jiangnan, he still had to rescue Suzhou as soon as possible, but how to rescue Suzhou became a big problem.

If Haoge has been beaten out of the psychological shadow by Liu Yongxi, and Duoduo has become accustomed to failure after failure, he feels that the rescue of Suzhou will definitely fail under normal circumstances, and may even drag the reinforcements into the water, so he can only say implicitly: "This rescue of Suzhou is related to the overall situation in the southeast, and a general who is most familiar with the situation in Suzhou must be specially selected to be fully responsible!" ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou heard it, he knew that Duoduo was going to push the pot to him, the governor of Jiangnan Military University, after all, he was the only Han person here who was "most familiar with the situation in Su Chang", and he was also the most suitable back-handed man!

Who called him a Han man!

But Hong Chengchou was treacherous and slippery, and he immediately thought of a plan to get out: "It's too early to talk about rescuing Suzhou, the key is to meet with the British king as soon as possible, as long as we meet with the British king's army, everything is hopeful!" ”

As soon as Hong Chengchou said this, Duoduo and Hauge were so happy that they almost jumped!

Although they are not the opponents of Liu Yongxi and the Yue Ming army, it is completely different for Azig's 150,000 troops to be thrown into the Jiangnan battlefield, and they can follow Azig to defeat the Jinhua thieves.

If Azig's 150,000 army is not Liu Yongxi's opponent after joining the war, it is by no means a matter of their ability, Azig's 150,000 army cannot withstand the attack of Jinhua thieves, and it is very normal for them to join forces and lose at Liu Yongxi's hands.

After thinking about this matter, Duoduo immediately made up his mind: "That's right, the British king's army is the key to victory or defeat as soon as possible, I will write a letter to the British king, and ask him to go east with all his strength to join us as soon as possible, if he comes late, Li Shutai and the ten thousand kings of Suzhou will be wiped out, and he must be asked to speed up!" ”

Now that the backstabbing man has been replaced by the British king Azig, if Li Shutai and the tens of thousands of Qing troops in Suzhou Mansion fail in the end, the reason can only be that the reinforcements of the British king Azig came too late.

And Hauge also understood the true meaning of Duoduo's words in time: "That's right, please ask the King of England to go east as soon as possible to join us, his advance speed is related to the life and death of the southeast!" ”

Rather than letting himself take the blame, it is better to let Azig carry the blame, and Duoduo is also in debt: "In addition to asking the King of England to go east as soon as possible, we also have to write to the Jingshi, and let the Jingshi send another 150,000 elites to the south of the Yangtze River, only in this way can the southeast be preserved!" ”

Hong Chengchou was the first to respond: "King Yu is wise, King Yu is really wise!" ”

Now the Great Qing Kingdom can't turn into an army of 150,000 even if it knocks on the bones, but in this way, the regent Dolgon and the princes of the Jingshi and Baylor will become the new backstabber.

If the battle of Jiangnan is won, it will naturally be the credit of the sincere cooperation between the British king Azig and Duoduo, Hauge and Hong Chengchou, if it is not for their hard work and waiting for changes, they will never hold out until the arrival of the British king Azig's army, but if it fails, it is because the imperial court is unwilling to make up its mind to send 150,000 soldiers south to reinforce it.

Prince Su Haoge also wanted to understand the mystery of this, and he clapped his hands and said: "150,000 reinforcements are not enough, 200,000 must be!" ”

Now Duoduo, Hauge, and Hong Chengchou all feel that the biggest responsibility for failure does not lie with them.

The reaction of the Yue Ming Dynasty was completely opposite, if the 100,000 Azig army had suppressed the entire Yue Ming army before, and now the entire Yue Ming Dynasty was full of confidence because of this huge victory, and even felt that even if Azig joined forces with Duoduo and Haoge, the Yue Ming army would still be able to win, after all, with Liu Yongxi, the king of Yue, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, the Yue Ming army could create all miracles.

Whether it is Empress Zhang, Princess Kunxing, Zhang Guowei, Zhu Dadian or ordinary officers and soldiers, they all now feel that as long as there is another big victory, the Yue Ming army will be able to recover Jinling and worship Xiaoling, and Liu Yongxi is the most sober person in the entire Yue Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, when Mrs. Xing brought the remnants of the Dashun Army and the Empress Dowager Gao, not only did he not blame Mrs. Xing for cutting first and then playing, but her face was happy: "Sister Xing is really my virtuous helper, I will immediately go to Hangzhou to persuade Niangniang and Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

Although Huzhou City, Liyang City and Hangzhou City are not far away, Liu Yongxi has been the first soldier for a long time and refused to leave the front line, although Mrs. Xing knew that Liu Yongxi would most likely not oppose the agreement between her and the Empress Dowager Gao, but she really didn't expect Liu Yongxi to be so active in this matter.

Therefore, there was naturally a little sour in her tone: "I've seen this Queen Gao, don't look at Li Guo, Gao Yigong and Tian Jianxiu, they all call her Empress Dowager Gao, in fact, she is only twenty-eight years old this year and she is still a great beauty, His Royal Highness King Yue is happy now!" ”

Liu Yongxi knew that Mrs. Xing was a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he could only hold Mrs. Xing's hand and say: "I have already said this matter, and Sister Xing is fully responsible, but I didn't expect Sister Xing to do things so beautifully, this is hundreds of thousands of thieves, if one-tenth of these thieves can become the teacher of the national economic system, Huguang can be determined!" ”

Liu Yongxi imprinted a kiss on Mrs. Xing's face and continued: "As for how this Empress Dowager Gao arranges, I will listen to Sister Xing's arrangement, Sister Xing said that she is young and beautiful, she is young and beautiful, Sister Xing said that she has bad intentions, then she must intend to rebel, anyway, I will listen to Sister Xing's arrangement, who called us a husband and wife in distress!" ”

Mrs. Xing took a sip of Liu Yongxi and then pretended to be angry: "Nothing else will be these sweet words, but since my husband wants to go to Hangzhou City, then Liyang City will be handed over to me to be responsible for ensuring that nothing goes wrong!" But Empress Zhang's side may be able to fool the past, and Her Royal Highness the princess may not be able to handle it! ”

Liu Yongxi immediately laughed: "Since it was Sister Xing's arrangement, I have decided to cut first and then play, and this time I went to Hangzhou mainly to persuade the queen mother and Her Royal Highness the princess!" ”

Although Liu Yongxi has had the power to cut first and then play since he became the generalissimo of the world as the Duke of Yueguo, and all matters can be decided in a word, and then report to Empress Zhang and Princess Kunxing afterwards, Liu Yongxi rarely uses this supreme power, so Mrs. Xing did not expect that Liu Yongxi would actually cut off and play later in this matter, but she understood after thinking carefully: "Quickly cut through the mess, save the Chinese Wu nonsense." ”

Although the incorporation of the remnants of the Dashun Army and the Great Western Army is a perfect good thing for the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the Longwu Dynasty or the Yongli Dynasty, most civilian officials regard the Great Shun Army and the Great Western Army as the enemies of life and death.

But Liu Yongxi first cut and then directly sent out the edict, and then reached an agreement with Empress Zhang and Princess Kunxing and persuaded the ministers and Shangshu, the situation would be completely different, and since there is a story of Mrs. Xing, another Mrs. Gao can also cite a precedent, Mrs. Xing feels that this is the right way: "Husband, don't worry, I am responsible for Liyang, and there will definitely be no mistakes!" ”

But she is a woman after all, and she is always a little uneasy when Liu Yongxi is not around: "Does the husband have any explanations when he goes?" ”

Liu Yongxi has already thought about everything: "There are not too many things to explain, but I don't need to bring too many cavalry when I go south this time, I will leave one hundred and fifty cavalry to ride down, and my sister will find a few hundred infantry to come out and form a brigade to help Xing Shengping, by the way, inform Chen Yuan and Zhang Huangyan on my behalf, I know that they are also very difficult now, but Shengping is even more difficult now, more or less transfer some soldiers and horses to Xing Shengping, even if it is a team of people!" ”

Mrs. Xing didn't expect Liu Yongxi to think about Xing Shengping before parting: "It is said that there are still many remnants of Jianyu in the south, so you must be careful, let's bring two hundred horsemen, and then I can hand over all the horsemen and soldiers around me to Shengping for command!" ”