Seeing that there was only a voice of approval but no objections, Zuo Mengeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This Xiao Ning Nanhou did not inherit many of Zuo Liangyu's advantages, and even most of Zuo Liangyu's shortcomings were not inherited, so naturally he did not have much heroism, so he led an army of 100,000 in Jiujiang to surrender to the Qing Dynasty easily, and now it is now the limit of Zuo Mengeng's life adventure.

If Zuo Liangyu was replaced, he would definitely not hesitate to eat Dong Yuan's fifteen Niu Lu and then negotiate the price with the Yue Ming army, but Zuo Mengeng looked righteous, but only when Dong Yuan led his troops to retreat north alone from Zuo Mengeng would he have the courage to make the decision to throw himself into the Ming army.

Fortunately, Zuo Mengeng soon became happy, he found that Zhou Zhisheng's soldiers and horses in Beigubo were definitely more than 8,000 people, at least 10,000 thousands of people, according to Mingsheng, Zhou Zhisheng led 20,000 troops to aid Xuzhou, and it was precisely because Zhou Zhisheng's Jingkou Town had such a large number of troops that he could easily defeat the five or six thousand soldiers and horses of the Zhang brothers in the first time.

In fact, there is nothing worth mentioning in the battle between Jingkou Town and Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu, it is really too suspenseful, the troops invested by the Yue Ming army are three times or more than those of the Zhang brothers, and the Zhang brothers were almost exhausted before, so they easily broke the five thousand remnants of the Zhang brothers.

Therefore, Zuo Mengeng told his generals while rejoicing: "The regent thought that there were only 8,000 people in Jingkou Town at most, but there were more than 20,000 people in Jingkou Town, plus Wang Zhiren and Zhang Huangyan, this battle was lost by the Qing Dynasty, fortunately, we are interested!" ”

And the subordinate generals hurriedly congratulated Zuo Mengeng: "No, no, no, the key is that Ningnanhou is wise and brave, and he made the most correct choice at the critical moment, otherwise our brothers at the head of the thirty battalions will be trapped in it, and now that Ningnanhou has returned to the Ming State before the battle, the Chengtian Dynasty has won this Jiangbei battle, and Ningnanhou can be said to be the number one hero of this Jiangbei battle!" ”

Zuo Mengeng was naturally proud after hearing such a boast, he really felt that he was the number one hero in this battle of Jiangbei.

And for Zhou Zhisheng and the Yue Ming army, they also got the most critical and important information: "Dolgon thought that we only had 8,000 people in Jingkou Town, but unfortunately we had 19,000 people, plus the Huai'an army, there was no suspense in this battle of Xuzhou!" ”

Although Zhou Zhisheng's statement was a bit exaggerated, they got crucial information from Zuo Mengeng's mouth, that is, Dolgon responded according to the scale that Jingkou Town could only mobilize a maximum of 8,000 people.

But the problem is that there are 16,000 people in Zhou Zhisheng's headquarters alone, and if you add Zhang Huangyan, Wang Zhiren, and Zuo Mengeng's department, who has just surrendered to Chengcheng, no matter how exquisite Dolgon's deployment is, it will become a joke.

However, Zhang Huangyan felt that Dolgon was indeed a good opponent: "Actually, Dolgon's idea can't be wrong, if the aid of Beigubo Jingkou Town alone is indeed 8,000 people, but how could he have thought that the queen would drive the expedition in person, and we can win a big victory because of the Niangniang's personal expedition!" ”

Zhou Zhisheng had to admit that Zhang Huangyan's words were not only beautiful but also true: "It is indeed the credit of Niangniang, but then please Niangniang to sit in Huai'an, and leave the matter of rushing to Xuzhou to a few of our martial artists!" ”

Although Empress Changping really wants to continue the imperial expedition, after all, the next step is the moment to pick the fruits of victory, but she knows that the front is full of countless dangers, and more importantly, her imperial expedition can greatly improve the morale of the Yue Ming army, and her sitting in Huai'an can also greatly improve the morale of the Yue Ming army: "Then the matter of using troops will be entrusted to the generals, please rest assured that the generals will kill the thieves, I will not cause chaos to the front-line soldiers in Huai'an!" ”

Zhang Huangyan, Zhou Zhisheng and Wang Zhiren all felt that Empress Changping dealt with it very decently, and it was indeed the courage of the Empress of the Prison Country, no wonder Liu Yongxi wanted Empress Changping to become the Empress of the Prison Country, and Empress Changping did have such qualifications.

Therefore, Zhou Zhisheng felt that some friends should still ask the queen mother to decide: "Queen mother, this time the Qing army marched south to the Zhang brothers is the culprit, Zhang Tianfu has been killed in front of our army, Zhang Tianlu led hundreds of remnants to the north, but the death period is not far away, now the biggest problem is still on Zuo Mengeng, how should Zuo Mengeng deal with it, please give Niangniang a charter!" ”

Now Zuo Mengeng is a very sensitive issue, and his surrender before the battle is very beneficial to the next move of the Yue Ming army, but this little Marquis of Ningnan is too pretentious, not only saying that he inherited Zuo Liangyu's title of Marquis of Ningnan and promised himself as Marquis of Ningnan, but even claimed that he originally had thirty Niulu's armor soldiers, and wanted to ask for the establishment of thirty battalion heads from the Chengtian Dynasty.

However, before the northern aid of Jingkou Town arrived in Yangzhou, it was only the establishment of the 23rd battalion of the 4th Brigade, and Zuo Mengeng, a new attached general, asked for the establishment of 30 battalion heads as soon as he opened his mouth, which was simply a lion's big mouth, not to mention that in the eyes of everyone, Zuo Mengeng and his fifteen Niu Lu were not only extremely weak in combat but also extremely unreliable.

Therefore, how to deal with Zuo Mengeng has become a problem, Zhou Zhisheng, Zhang Huangyan, and Wang Zhiren all feel that this matter has to be judged by Emperor Chengtian Liu Yongxi, but since Empress Changping has the temperament of a hero, Zhou Zhisheng decided to be "judged" by Empress Changping.

And Empress Changping did not disappoint Zhou Zhisheng, he immediately gave a very clear answer: "For my Chengtian Dynasty, Zuo Mengeng no longer has much meaning, but now there is still some use value, several generals, please hurry up!" ”

Since Empress Changping said so, Zhou Zhisheng already counted: "Since Niangniang said so, then let's do it according to Niangniang's wishes!" ”

At this time, Dolgon was not aware of the changes in the situation in Huai'an Province, and now he was now anxious about the bad news from Huguang.

According to Azig's report, Zhang Xianzhong, the king of the Great West Thief, has died inexplicably at the hands of an unknown spearman, and the Great West Thief has also fallen into extreme chaos because of Zhang Xianzhong's death, but this is not the most troublesome thing.

The real trouble is that after Azig got the news of Zhang Xianzhong's death, he stopped the southern expedition as soon as possible, which also completely liberated Liu Yongxi's main force of the Yue Ming army.

According to Azig's report, Liu Yongxi not only had several field corps with the strongest strength and strongest combat power of the Yue Ming Army, but also tens of thousands of remnants of the Dashun Army and troops left by Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren, even if there were no 200,000 troops, there were 150,000 troops.

Now that the Great Western Army is close to collapse, and Azig has also stopped the southern expedition, Liu Yongxi's 200,000 army may send reinforcements to Jianghuai at any time, and the reinforcements sent must be much more than Zhou Zhisheng's thousands of people in Jingkou Town, so Dolgon is angry: "Why is Prince Ying so confused, since Zhang Xianzhong has died in battle, he should seize the opportunity, how can he stop the southern expedition at this time!" ”

According to Dolgon's idea, if Azig marches south with the whole army, it will be beneficial and harmless, and if he succeeds, he will naturally be able to deal a devastating blow to the Yue Ming army, and even if he fails, he can get back enough capital from the Great West Thieves, and Dolgon estimates that he can collect at least a dozen remnants of the Great West Thieves at the head of the battalion.

But now Azig is sitting still and waiting to be killed, Dolgon is naturally angry, and Hauge is reminding Dolgon: "Regent, although there is no Zhu Dadian's fifty battalions and 40,000 troops in the direction of Fengyang, but judging from the current situation, there are indeed Jinhua thieves from Jiangxi and Huguang, and the strength is probably more than 8,000, so we must be careful!" ”

Dolgon couldn't help but think of the several devastating defeats of Duoduo and Hauge in Jiangnan, although Duoduo and Hauge have always been implicit and unwilling to tell the specific defeats, but Dolgon always felt that they must have underestimated the Yue Ming army to be so embarrassed.

If Liu Yongxi sent the main force of the Yue Ming army to the west, nine times out of ten after getting off the ship, it would be killed from the direction of Fengyang Mansion, and as Hao Ge said, the main force of the Yue Ming army would definitely be more than 8,000 even if there were no 350,000 people, so he immediately made a decision: "It seems that the direction of Fengyang really needs troops, I will transfer five more Niu Lu and five battalions of Han troops to Fengyang, and this support army should be foolproof!" ”

Although Hauge is usually low-key, he argues with Dolgon on this issue: "I'm afraid that the five Niu Lu and the five battalions of the Han army are not good, that is the main force of the Jinhua thieves!" ”

The princes and Baylor all felt that Haug had a point, and they all spoke up in favor of Hauge's opinion, and Dorgon understood what everyone was worried about.

Chengtian Emperor Liu Yongxi's westward expedition was too smooth, almost did not encounter any trouble, and his biggest opponent Zhang Xianzhong died inexplicably, which made Liu Yongxi take a big advantage, and the British king Azig was too uncompetitive to send troops south to contain Liu Yongxi.

As a result, both sides of the Yangtze River have become the territory of the Chengtian Dynasty, and Liu Yongxi can transfer tens of thousands of troops to the Jianghuai in the shortest possible time by taking a boat all the way south, so these princes have not only lost confidence in the battle in the direction of Fengyang Mansion, but even lost confidence in this southern expedition.

On the surface, they were in favor of Hauge, but in fact they wanted to take it and withdraw directly to Shandong when they saw it, but Dolgon did not want to give up the last chance of the Qing State to take Xuzhou.

The Ming army in Xuzhou is close to running out of oil, as long as Xuzhou is taken and the offensive is transferred, the Ming army in Fengyang and Huai'an will definitely collapse completely, even if the Yue Ming army arrives in time, but as long as Xuzhou is in the hands of the Qing State, it is enough to defeat the Yue Ming army and grasp the strategic advantage in Jianghuai.

Therefore, Dolgon quickly made the bravest and wisest decision: "In this case, this king will conquer Fengyang, and naturally he can ensure that Fengyang is foolproof!" ”