Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Wind Comes

Songjiang Mansion can be said to be the most suitable battlefield for the Yue Ming army to fight in the whole Jiangnan, not only the river network is also the mouth of the Yangtze River, which is the most suitable for Liu Kong Zhao's water division to annihilate the enemy on the water, and Songjiang Mansion is the most active place for the anti-Qing forces in the entire Jiangnan Province, almost half of Songjiang Mansion is controlled by the righteous division and the righteous division, and the Vietnamese Ming army fighting in Songjiang Mansion can be said to be no different from the home battle.

In this situation, several reinforcements sent by the Qing army to Songjiang Province did not dare to enter Songjiang Province at all, but stayed in Suzhou Province to prepare to resist the next wave of the Yue Ming army's offensive, and the best performance of the Qing army in Songjiang Province was only a touch of a blow and fled to Suzhou Province, and most of the troops either changed their flag or collapsed on their own.

And for the Viet Minh army, the biggest enemy is not these unfashionable enemy troops, but must re-establish order at the first time.

The original order of Songjiang Mansion has completely collapsed in the war, although it is definitely a good thing for tens of thousands of rebels and righteous divisions to cooperate in the battle, but these rebels and righteous divisions are also mixed, most of them are rabble, and some of the rebels are even so poor that the civilians can only tolerate the attack of the Qing army.

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of these righteous armies and righteous divisions is extremely poor, and the Qing army only used two or three thousand people under Li Chengdong to sweep Songjiang Mansion in a short period of time, if it were not for the Yue Ming army to attract the main force of the Qing army, the current Songjiang Mansion would have already been a river of blood, so although Chen Yuan and Zhang Huangyan incorporated most of the righteous army and righteous divisions in time and temporarily gave them a name, it was imperative to reorganize the army on a large scale.

Fortunately, Songjiang Mansion is a place where the tradition of the gentry is very strong, and these Songjiang Mansion gentry are very loyal, in the anti-Qing movement, it can be said that the former servants have paid sacrifices again and again, the most famous typical is Xia Yunyi, Xia Wanchun father and son and the Songjiang Xia family behind them, is an absolutely trustworthy force, so with the help of the gentry of Songjiang Mansion, the order was rebuilt in a short time, and the sun and moon flags were played on both sides of the Huangpu River.

For the Qing army, although the situation is serious because of the loss of Songjiang Mansion, as long as Suzhou Mansion is held, it can be guaranteed to be foolproof.

However, the Qing army soon found that they were thinking too simply, and the anti-Qing forces could only rely on Chongming Island and individual remote counties and acropolis to launch a meaningless offensive, but after the Ming army integrated the resources of Songjiang Prefecture, it formed a flanking attack on Suzhou Prefecture, and even worse, after controlling the Yangtze River estuary, Liu Kongzhao's Jiangjiang Sailor Division had begun to patrol along the river to investigate merchant ships.

Nanjing's Duoduo, Haoge and Hong Chengchou could only send a few hundred Eight Banner Army and more Han troops to Suzhou Prefecture, but the main force was still in the vicinity of Nanjing, after all, although Liu Yongxi launched an offensive at the same time to the upstream and downstream, but the main force of the Zhejiang army has been holding on to the ground and not starting, if the main force of the Qing army leaves the vicinity of Nanjing, Liu Yongxi's main force of the Ming army will definitely attack Nanjing with a thunderous momentum.

In this case, Duoduo, Hauge and Hong Chengchou could only stand still, but while holding their troops still, they were also trying all means to deal with Liu Yongxi, and their greatest hope was the Azig army advancing east along the river.

However, the Azig department in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River did not know how much trouble Duoduo was encountering, and he had too high hopes for Huang Shu, so the support army he sent was only 20,000 troops, and it was mainly Zuo Liangyu's old army.

He didn't expect that Huang Shu would die at the hands of Jin Sheng as soon as he arrived in Huizhou, and the nearly 1,000 people led by Huang Shu were also annihilated, while Xing Shengping and Wang Sunfan launched an offensive almost at the same time and even went smoothly, so the situation in the upper reaches is not particularly serious now.

Since the reinforcements from the upper reaches cannot be counted on for the time being, the maximum number of reinforcements that the north can send is a few thousand, so although Duoduo, Haoge and Hong Chengchou think that solving Liu Yongxi, the soul of the Yue Ming army, is the key to the problem, they are also thinking of all kinds of tricks, and are even trying to contact the Longwu small court in Fujian in an attempt to form a north-south attack.

They were even angry about the slow and anxious actions of the small court of Longwu: "Liu Yongxi, this thief, obviously has an adulterous affair with the pseudo-queen, how can Fuzhou turn a blind eye to such a thing of disrupting the court, how can this be called Ming orthodoxy!" ”

In the planning of Duoduo, Hauge and Hong Chengchou, Ruan Lizhen, who has been under house arrest, has also become an extremely important figure, and can even be called hot.

Although the Qing court initially only hoped to persuade Liu Yongxi to surrender through Ruan Lizhen, due to the development of the situation, the Qing court's requirements were quickly reduced to the hope that Ruan Lizhen would negotiate with Liu Yongxi, and even only hoped to maintain a channel of communication and contact with Liu Yongxi.

And Liu Yongxi also gave Ruan Lizhen, a childhood sweetheart, enough face.

Although he rejected the Qing court's persuasion and courtship, he did not object to the exchange of prisoners or other negotiations that did not violate the principles, and the only additional condition was to improve Ruan Lizhen's living conditions as much as possible.

He also deliberately confessed that he would give up his sincerity to Ruan Lizhen to live in, and asked the Nanjing side not to obstruct Ruan Lizhen's normal communication with the outside world.

Regarding the conditions proposed by Liu Yongxi, Duoduo and Hong Chengchou complied one by one, so although Ruan Lizhen is under house arrest, she has started normal communication with the outside world.

Now the sincerity of imprisoning Ruan Lizhen can be called singing and dancing, and the gentry and celebrities flock to it, and even become a social center in Nanjing, because everyone feels that getting closer to Ruan Lizhen is a choice that cannot go wrong.

If the Qing Dynasty finally won the world, then the move of approaching Ruan Lizhen now is naturally to do their best for the Qing Dynasty, but if the Ming Dynasty sweeps the world, they can be said to be a charcoal in the snow to take care of Ruan Lizhen at a critical juncture, and they are also meritorious ministers, and Yue Guogong and Ruan Lizhen will keep this matter in their hearts.

It's just that Ruan Lizhen, a talented woman, doesn't like this kind of excessively noisy days, this kind of life as a prisoner of Chu is actually not comfortable, and everyone nominally comes to see her actually for Liu Yongxi, but she hasn't thought about how her story with Liu Yongxi should develop.

What's more, she also suffered a major blow: "Mrs. Qian, are you saying that my father has ......"

"That's right!" Qian Qianyi's wife Liu Ru said with a murderous aura: "That's right, I believe that Miss Lizhen will soon be able to see Ling Zun in Nanjing City, I believe that Ling Zun is rare, and King Yu and King Su will look up to him." ”

But Liu Ru is heart can't understand what Ruan Dacheng did at all, after all, his husband Qian Qianyi's surrender can be said to be extenuating due to the situation, but now that the Ming official army has turned into a counteroffensive, Ruan Dacheng chose to surrender at this time, which can be said to be completely ruined.

Of course, when it comes to Ruan Dacheng's complete disgrace, Liu Ru is mood is a little happy, after all, if Ruan Dacheng throws himself to Zhezhong with Fang Guoan regardless of his face, it will make the Yue Ming small court in big trouble.

Li Xiangjun mentioned in the letter that for the matter of Ma Shiying and Yang Longyou's attachment, there was a lot of trouble in the Yue Ming Dynasty, and in the end, it was Yue Guogong himself who made the decision to let Ma Shiying have a place for the time being, and the controversy caused by Ruan Dacheng would be ten or a hundred times greater than Ma Shiying, and it would even trigger a comprehensive political tide in the Yue Ming court.

And Ruan Dacheng is a very strong and active character who can drill at the seams, where he goes, trouble will appear, and now Ruan Dacheng's surrender to the Qing Dynasty is equivalent to helping Yue Guogong and Zhongxing solve a big trouble, Liu Ru is heart is naturally a little happy, and Ruan Lizhen's tears have come down: "How can my father be so unwise, she is really ......"

Now Ruan Lizhen doesn't know what to say about her father, but Liu Ru said with a smile: "Actually, it is a good thing for Ruan Xianggong to do this, after all, Yue Guogong was crowned King Yue in Hangzhou just now, and he needs to have his own people here in Nanjing!"

Ruan Lizhen didn't expect that Mrs. Qian Qianyi in front of her actually mentioned Liu Yongxi, she keenly felt that Liu Ru was definitely not simple to talk to herself about this matter, so she stopped her tears for the first time: "Mrs. Qian, I don't understand what you mean?" ”

It's just that Ruan Lizhen quickly asked a question about Liu Yongxi: "Has Yongxi's younger brother been crowned King Yue in Hangzhou?" What happened to him and the princess of the prison country? ”

Liu Ru shook his head and said, "This is not a problem that we can solve, we can only try our best to help him solve some unimportant things!"

Speaking of this, Liu Ru couldn't help but think of this magical boy who suddenly rose from a different army, she had also seen this young man a few times when she was in Nanjing, but she felt completely mediocre, no one thought that this ordinary boy would suddenly have such a wonderful story, and he turned the tide and created an incredible miracle.

Although it is said that he is a real romantic person, there are many women around him, and even there are some incurcursions with Queen Zhang, but Liu Ru was born in a Qinglou and is used to seeing the so-called romantic characters, so he is not disgusted by Liu Yongxi's romantic stories, but is full of infinite curiosity about Liu Yongxi, and now he also hopes to get some information about Liu Yongxi from Ruan Lizhen, a childhood sweetheart.

Ruan Lizhen secretly glanced outside the pavilion to make sure that no one was eavesdropping before she spoke: "Brother Yongxi, what is there that my sister needs to help him solve?" I hope this thing matters!"

Liu Ru glanced at the remnant lotus in the pool: "I also think it is very important, I heard that His Royal Highness King Yu, His Royal Highness King Su and Scholar Hong Chengchou are planning a big event, and this matter is related to King Yue!"

Although Liu Ru said it very implicitly, Ruan Lizhen knew that this must be an earth-shattering conspiracy, she shook her fan and said, "Hedongjun wants to know the specific details?" Indeed, this should be left to my father. ”

She has a very clear understanding of her father's ability to move, and knows that it is definitely an existence that is not necessarily insufficient but more than failing: "This must be no problem, I will fully cooperate with Hedongjun in this matter, but Hedongjun came to the door this time for this matter?" ”