Not many people agree with Dolgon's crazy idea, but Zhang Tianlu feels that if Dolgon goes south again, he will definitely hit the Jinhua thieves hard, and their brother will take the opportunity to rise from the sky.

He is the "righteous army" in the mouth of Dolgon, Duoduo and Hauge, but the actual situation is that when the Qing army in Jiangnan collapsed and the Qing army in Jiangbei ran wildly, Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers were very lucky to occupy the land of Haizhou and Ganyu in Huai'an Prefecture, and played the banner of the Yue Ming army in time to avoid becoming the first target of the Yue Ming army.

However, this does not mean that Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu are optimistic about the development of the Yue Ming army, they changed their banner just because of the situation, and they even took advantage of the fact that the Yue Ming army was beyond the reach of the whip to start recruiting troops to expand their strength, and even controlled half of Muyang County, trying to take advantage of all the advantages in the confrontation between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Although the Chengtian Dynasty was temporarily unable to deal with feudal towns like Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu, Zhang Boyi of Xuzhou and Wang Zhiren, the newly appointed governor of Huai'an, did not allow Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers to continue to mess around, but such a move made Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers feel that the Chengtian Dynasty was destroying them at all costs.

Zhang Tianlu said in a weird manner now: "In total, we are only given a total of 1,500 people in the three battalions of our brothers, and when we followed Shi Kefa, there were 3,000 people, and now there are five or six thousand soldiers and horses, is Wang Zhiren preparing to starve his brothers to death?" ”

Zhang Tianfu also felt that Zhang Tianlu was right: "I think Liu Yongxi is trying every means to eliminate us, I have already inquired that Zhang Boyi has three brigades, five battalions per brigade, and Wang Zhiren has two brigades, although it is only the establishment of four battalions per brigade, but counting his two battalions of Fubiao, there are also ten battalions of people, and Wang Puxiang of Linhuai is the establishment of one brigade and six battalions, but our brothers are only for the establishment of one standard and three battalions, and it is really necessary to adapt according to the meaning of the Jinhua thief, I am afraid that Zhang Boyi and Wang Zhiren will attack at the same time just after the adaptation!" ”

In the eyes of Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu, soldiers and horses are an important capital for their lives, and their brothers finally expanded their soldiers and horses to 6,000 people and took the territory of Haizhou, and now not only have to fight back to their original form, but also the Ming Dynasty only gave three battalions of 1,500 people, which is less than half of the strength when they descended to the Qing Dynasty.

Not to mention that Wang Zhiren asked them to give up the territory of Haizhou, they would definitely not do it, but hoped that they could take the entire Huai'an Mansion in the next step.

Zhang Tianlu also said very clearly: "Although we can play the banner of the Heavenly Empire, but the territory of the soldiers and horses can not be controlled by others, not only can we not be disarmed according to the will of the Jinhua thief, but we must seize every opportunity to expand the soldiers and horses, if we have 10,000 soldiers and horses in our hands, whether it is the Qing Kingdom or the Ming Kingdom, we must try our best to win us over!" ”

Now between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Zhang brothers can be said to be a pivotal existence, although they only have five or six thousand people in their hands, but the Haizhou they occupy is just located on the border of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, the Zhang brothers are naturally very important, so Zhang Tianlu has always felt that he is a real big man.

Zhang Tianfu was a little worried: "We only have five or six thousand people now, and the Jinhua thieves have tried their best to guard against us, if we have 10,000 people, I'm afraid that Wang Zhiren, Zhang Boyi, Wang Puxiang and Zhang Huangyan will first think about how to deal with us, then we will bear the brunt!" ”

Although Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianlu brothers think very highly of themselves, and they can be said to have taken advantage of the time and place, but when they thought of fighting against the entire Chengtian Dynasty, Zhang Tianfu became a little worried, but Zhang Tianlu said confidently: "Now there are countless heroes and heroes in the same situation as us in Jianghuai, all thinking about how to deal with Jinhua thieves, and the key to victory or defeat is actually very simple......

Zhang Tianfu immediately asked, "What do you say?" ”

Zhang Tianlu said confidently: "As long as the Great Qing Kingdom marches south, our brothers will not say that there are tens of thousands of people, even 20,000 troops will have a way!" And I happen to know how to make the Great Qing Kingdom march south! ”

As for Zhang Boyi, although he is now taking over a mess, there are several small warlords like Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu between Jianghuai, not to mention tens of thousands of wanderers, but Zhang Boyi thinks that this is both a challenge and an opportunity, just as he is in charge of Huzhou, otherwise how can he surpass Wang Zhiren to be in charge of the Jiangbei war.

But Wang Zhiren was complacent because he got the position of governor of Huai'an: "Peng Chengbo, now our enemies are not only Jianlu, Zhang Tianlu, Ma Huabao, Li Yuchun and others are all henchmen, since Your Majesty let Peng Chengbo preside over Jiangbei military affairs, Peng Chengbo naturally has to have a charter for these people!" ”

"Pengcheng" is the old name of Xuzhou, just from the title of "Pengchengbo", we can know that Liu Yongxi has high hopes for Zhang Boyi to sit in Xuzhou, but there is naturally a certain reason why Wang Zhiren is so proud.

Although Liu Yongxi asked Peng Chengbo Zhang Boyi to preside over Jiangbei military affairs, his actual position was only the governor of Jiangbei, while Wang Zhiren was the actual governor of Huai'an, and Liu Yongxi personally named him the Marquis of Wuning, and Zhang Boyi was only Peng Chengbo, so Wang Zhiren was above Zhang Boyi regardless of the official title.

In this way, if there is a place where Jiangbei's military affairs are mishandled, it is naturally Jiangbei Governor Zhang Boyi to bear the greatest responsibility, and if it is properly handled, it will be foolproof, but Wang Zhiren, the governor of Huai'an, will sit back and enjoy the success, so he will be so active.

And Zhang Boyi also understood Liu Yongxi's painstaking efforts: "Wu Ninghou, you are too polite, Zhang Tianlu, Ma Huabao, and Li Yuchun were originally lackeys of Jianyu, and it is only expedient to recruit them, as long as there is a chance, they must be eliminated, unless they are willing to listen to our dispatch, but will they listen to our dispatch?" ”

Although Wang Zhiren also had a short history of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he immediately went straight anyway as soon as he shaved his hair, and Zhang Tianlu, Ma Huabao, Li Yuchun and others were not the same thing at all, these rebel generals were extremely vicious in dealing with their former comrades-in-arms after the Qing Dynasty, and they slaughtered villages, towns, and cities at every turn for the rebels, so in Zhang Boyi's eyes, these warlords between Jianghuai and Huai were hopeless.

Wang Zhiren also felt that what Zhang Boyi said was extremely true: "Yes, such chaotic ministers and thieves should be killed, but now the strongest ones are Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers, as long as the other ways of the Zhang brothers are solved, it is not a big problem, let's concentrate our forces to solve the Zhang brothers first!" ”

Haizhou and Ganyu County under its jurisdiction all belong to Huai'an Mansion, not to mention that the Zhang brothers also control half of Muyang County, although Wang Zhiren is nominally the Marquis of Wuning and the governor of Huai'an, but he can only control most of Huai'an Mansion, so the Zhang brothers who are lawless on their own naturally hate it.

However, although he has eleven battalions of elite soldiers and several battalions of state and county soldiers under his command, the biggest obstacle to attacking Haizhou is the Qing army that has been staring at the north and delaying, and now Zhang Boyi's view is different from Wang Zhiren: "Although Haizhou is very important, if the prisoners go south, our two armies may not be able to solve Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu together, and the persimmon still has to choose a soft pinch!" ”

As soon as Zhang Boyi said this, Wang Zhiren understood: "Peng Chengbo means to test Li Yuchun's hand? ”

Li Yuchun was the general soldier of Sizhou of the Hongguang Dynasty, when the Qing army went south, he not only surrendered the Qing army, but also worked particularly hard in the process of dealing with the Southern Ming army and the righteous army, and when the Qing army collapsed in Jiangnan and the Qing army fled all the way in Jiangbei, he led his troops to flee back to Sizhou's nest and announced the change of banner.

At that time, Zhang Boyi and Wang Zhiren's first task was to take Xuzhou, so since Li Yuchun decided to change banners, he allowed Li Yuchun to continue to possess Sizhou, but after taking Xuzhou, he found that Li Yuchun had a big tail in Sizhou.

Although Li Yuchun had only three or four thousand soldiers and horses, after occupying Sizhou City, it had already posed a huge threat to the rear of the Ming army, and more importantly, Li Yuchun, Zhang Tianlu, and Ma Huabao, the small warlords, all communicated with each other, and did not take Zhang Boyi, the governor of Jiangbei, and Wang Zhiren, the governor of Huai'an, in their eyes at all.

And now Zhang Boyi decided to slaughter the chicken with a knife: "Yes, let's try Li Yuchun first, when the time comes, we can launch the four-way army at the same time, Li Yuchun can't cope with it even if he has the ability to pass through the sky!" ”

Sizhou is in the far-reaching rear of the Ming army, but from a certain situation it has been surrounded by the Ming army, the north is Zhang Boyi's department, the west is Wang Puxiang, the east has Wang Zhiren, and Yangzhou has Zhang Huangyan's department.

Although the four-way army seems to be a little too laborious to deal with Li Yuchun, Zhang Boyi said very clearly: "There are countless outlaws between Jianghuai, so let's use the power of thunder to let these outlaws know what a dead end is!" ”

Although Wang Zhiren had some different views, Sizhou City's own actions were also a great threat to Huai'an Mansion, and more importantly, it was a great risk to attack Haizhou, but it was safe to take Sizhou City, so he only asked: "When we deal with Sizhou, what should we do if Zhang Tianlu and Ma Huabao have any changes?" ”

Zhang Boyi immediately laughed: "The reason why I am so well-intentioned in the small city of Sizhou is to lure the snake out of the hole!" ”

Hearing Zhang Boyi deliberately say "leading the snake out of the hole", Wang Zhiren knew that he must still have a killer feature.

For Liu Yongxi, this expedition to the west is very different from the past, he is concentrating the strength of the whole country every time he personally marches, but this time, in order to be foolproof, he left a large army near Jiangbei and Nanjing just in case, resulting in a total of only 30,000 troops with him.

But these 30,000 people are already almost all the troops that Yue Ming can maneuver, so Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "Empress, you stay in Nanjing City, the sky is falling, there is a promising husband to stand up, no matter how the situation develops, don't abandon the city and leave!" ”

The queen in his mouth is not Empress Zhang, but Empress Changping, who has just been married for a long time, and Empress Changping has always trusted Liu Yongxi very much: "Brother Yongxi, I will arrange everything to you, but I quietly want to ask ......"