It's just that Azig and Tong Yanghe have forgotten one thing, even they who have hundreds of thousands of troops have completely lost confidence in this southern expedition, not to mention the troops of Duoduo and Hauge, who have been defeated repeatedly.

If it is said that before the fall of Suzhou Mansion, the Qing army in Jiangnan still had a glimmer of hope for victory, but now this Qing army still has nearly 100,000 soldiers in terms of strength, which is 10,000 more than when Duoduo set out from Guide Mansion in the south, but its morale has been completely crushed, and it will not be able to recover unless it retreats to Jiangbei and has a long-term rest.

Although according to Duoduo and Haoge's ideas, the Qing troops from all walks of life withdrew to Jiangbei in an orderly manner, but now there are many Qing army officers who are looting warships and sending gold, silver, and family members to Jiangbei.

For these officers who repeatedly disobeyed orders, Duoduo was naturally angry: "I have repeatedly reiterated to them, you can't run all the way so chaotically, now that the horse team of the Jinhua thieves has been killed outside Nanjing, everyone must act according to my orders, so that the soldiers, gold, silver, jade silk and beauties can cross the river, otherwise Jiangning Mansion and Changzhou Mansion will be used by Jinhua thieves!" ”

Duoduo wanted to cross the river not only with the 100,000 Qing troops and the gold, silver, jade, silk, and beauties they had harvested, but also with all the spoils of war across the Yangtze River, and ready to burn everything of strategic value clean before retreating.

But Kong Youde below smiled bitterly: "Prince Yu, you really think too much, now the horse team of Jinhua thieves is killed outside Nanjing from time to time, we are now fighting against the water, in this case, we still want to retreat with the whole division, how can it be so easy!" ”

Duoduo also knew that the Qing army in Jiangnan was now almost fighting against the water, and as long as there was a slight mistake, the whole army would be wiped out, but Haoge was particularly hard-mouthed: "Didn't the Jinhua thieves fight against the water when they crossed the Qianjiang River?" Since the Jinhua thief can turn defeat into victory, my Qing soldiers can also do it! ”

Kong Youde is just a Han after all, and he can only shut up when he encounters such a principled problem, but Li Shutai, who escaped from Suzhou Mansion, stood up and fully supported Kong Youde: "King Su, it's not interesting to say this?" If our 100,000 horses are buried in Jiangnan, how can you and I face His Majesty Nurhachi! ”

Although Li Shutai also has Han blood, he is a completely Manchurian Han and was adopted by Nurhachi, so Haoge was speechless by him, and Duoduo was also shocked by the number of "100,000 horses": "If the 100,000 army is buried in Jiangnan, it is indeed shameless to face the first emperor, Li Shuitai, how do you think we should retreat north as soon as possible!" ”

Now Duoduo and Hauge no longer expect to defeat Liu Yongxi on the battlefield, but hope to use some evil ways to deal with Liu Yongxi, the most typical example is the previous release of the captured Hongguang Emperor.

But since the battlefield can not defeat the Yue Ming army, these evil crooked ways are naturally meaningless, as soon as the Hongguang Emperor is returned, Zhou Zhisheng, Wang Puxiang arranged to become a "martyr on the battlefield", and later the "martyrdom" of the Hongguang Emperor was also used by Zhang Guowei as a weapon to unite the hearts of the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

Therefore, Duoduo's current idea is to take as much of the spoils as possible while retreating with the whole division, and if he still has the time and energy, he will completely destroy the war potential of Jiangning Mansion and Changzhou Mansion, but in this matter, he did not trust Kong Youde, who was the first to make a proposal, but handed over the problem to Li Shutai, whom he trusted more.

Li Shutai had just broken out of Suzhou City not long ago, although he sold the new annexed army and Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming's soldiers and horses cleanly, but this did not affect the trust of the Manchurian nobles in him: "In fact, it is completely impossible to retreat with the whole division now, let alone set fire to burn Nanjing City clean, in case the Jinhua thieves are in a hurry, I am afraid it will not be good for our army!" ”

In the past, the Qing army had an absolute advantage, so there was no scruple about killing people and setting fires, but now that the Yue Ming army has an advantage, the Qing army feels that it is a mouse trap everywhere, and many habitual means are not dared to be used, especially now that the Ming army has approached Nanjing, even Duoduo and Haoge have become easy to talk to.

Therefore, Li Shutai's words can be listened to by Duoduo and Haoge: "Then how does Li Shilang think the aftermath should be dealt with?" ”

Li Shutai said without hesitation: "Actually, King Yu's plan is very thoughtful, but even if it is done perfectly, it will not be of much benefit to our army, can there be any real benefits to sending gold, silver, jade silk and beautiful women's families across the river?" The key to actual success or failure lies in how many Eight Banner soldiers, Mongolian elites, and Sanshun Wang soldiers can cross the river and go north, as for Qian Qianyi's generation, even if he brings a hundred, what is the significance of the country's success or failure? ”

In fact, Li Shutai did this in Suzhou Breakthrough, but when he broke through, he even deliberately sacrificed Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming's subordinates, and only took the Eight Banners soldiers out of the city to break through, and now he is ready to replicate it in Nanjing.

Li Shutai's suggestion Duoduo obviously listened to it: "That's right, Qian Shangshu wants as much as the people's kingdom wants, how can I treat him as a treasure and must be brought to Beijing, gold, silver, jade silk, and beautiful people's relatives actually don't have much meaning, the most important thing is that the elite of the king can retreat with all the divisions!" ”

Before this, Duoduo and Haoge's idea was not only that the 100,000 army should retreat, but also that all valuable existences should be taken away, and if they couldn't be taken away, they would all be destroyed, but now Duoduo and Haoge have realized that they still don't think too much under the front of the Yue Ming army, but the problem is back to the original point: "Gold, silver, jade silk, and Qinhuai beauties can be left to Jinhua thieves, but how can the elite of the Wang Division retreat with the whole division?" ”

Li Shutai didn't answer Duoduo's question directly, but paused for a while before saying, "I went to Miss Ruan Lizhen and asked her to express our kindness to the Jinhua thief, and Miss Lizhen was also very cooperative!" ”

Duoduo's face became extremely difficult to look at, but he still controlled his emotions well: "Is there any reply from Zhejiang?" ”

After all, Li Shutai has Han Chinese ancestry, so he is naturally very effective in handling this matter: "King Yu, although we have many channels to communicate with Zhejiang, but the only one that is really useful is Miss Lizhen!" ”

This is very helpless for the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River, since the Battle of Hangjiahu, the Qing army has tried to get in touch with the Ming Dynasty through many channels, but so far the only channel that can really communicate smoothly with Zhejiang is Ruan Lizhen, but the problem is that the Qing army continues to lose on the battlefield and has fewer and fewer chips, and the questions raised are often meaningless before passing on the past.

And Duoduo gritted his teeth and said: "Li Shilang has done this beautifully, and he has made a great contribution to the country!" ”

He cursed Liu Yongxi in his heart, but now he could only hope that an agreement was reached with Liu Yongxi through Ruan Lizhen, and Li Shutai gave a clear reply: "King Yue replied, as long as King Yu and King Su maintain restraint, and Lizhen stays in Nanjing, he also let his soldiers maintain restraint!" ”

The Qing generals present were relieved to hear this answer, and Hao Ge even interjected: "Things are done beautifully, we agreed, by the way, if Ruan Lizhen has any requirements, we can also agree!" ”

Li Shutai immediately laughed: "Miss Ruan Lizhen really has a request, since the king of Yue asked her to stay in Nanjing, she feels that when the time comes, she is a weak woman who is powerless to defend herself, and wants to recruit a few bodyguards!" ”

Haoge didn't take Ruan Lizhen's conditions to heart: "We agreed to the conditions proposed by Miss Lizhen. ”

Yu Wang Duoduo felt that the conditions proposed by Ruan Lizhen were a bit unbelievable, but he felt that he couldn't find anything wrong.

And now the imperial meeting of the Yue Ming Dynasty also specifically mentioned the conditions put forward by the Qing army through Ruan Lizhen: "Now the Jianyu means that we are asked to exercise restraint as much as possible, and they will also try to be more restrained in the process of retreating north, so as to leave us with enough mercy!" ”

But as soon as Zhu Dadian mentioned the conditions proposed by the Qing army, the newly promoted Beigu Bo Zhou Zhisheng couldn't wait to say: "Niangniang, Your Majesty the King of Yue, you can't go back to the mountains, now there are still 100,000 people in Jiangnan Jianyu, if you let the whole army retreat, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles!" ”

Xing Shengping, the uncle of Tianmen, also felt that Zhou Zhisheng was right: "What Beigu Bo said is extremely true, and now this situation must not let the tiger return to the mountain!" ”

The other generals present were also unwilling to let go of such an opportunity to make contributions, but Liu Yongxi laughed: "I understand what everyone means, but I have discussed with Niangniang, we can't return to the mountains, but the question is what is a real tiger?" ”

Zhou Zhisheng has already understood: "Your Highness is talking about the truth? ”

Liu Yongxi replied very clearly: "The Eight Banners are real tigers, the Mongolian army of the outer domain, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming can also be regarded as real tigers, and the rest of the Han army, no matter what their origins are, are fake tigers!" ”

In the Han army, there was originally a difference between the green battalion soldiers attached to the first year of Shunzhi and the new annexed army in the southern expedition in the second year of Shunzhi, and the combat effectiveness of the green battalion soldiers attached to the north in the first year of Shunzhi was significantly stronger than that of the new annexed army in the south of the Yangtze River, but since the withdrawal of Azigexi, there is no difference between the two in the eyes of the Yue Ming army, as Liu Yongxi said, they are all fake tigers.

And Zhou Zhisheng already understood what Liu Yongxi meant: "Your Highness means to fight a real tiger, I agree, as long as the real capture is broken, how dare there be 100,000 green battalion soldiers It is easy to do it!" ”

Jin Sheng, the governor of the military affairs department of Huining Chitai, who participated in the imperial meeting for the first time, applauded this decision: "Your Highness is wise, is Your Highness ready to take it first?" ”

Empress Zhang laughed: "King Yue and I are just ready to be very frank and explain the situation to the Qing army, see if Duoduo and Haugeken are unwilling to sacrifice the Eight Banners for these green battalions and the new annexed army, as long as Duoduo and Haugeken are determined to sacrifice the Eight Banners Force, His Royal Highness King Yue and I can only send the Qing army across the river!" ”