Chapter 41: A Turning Point

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Liu Zeqing, the Marquis of Dongping, knew that the so-called upper and lower strategies were just interferences, and he threw out the so-called upper, middle and lower three strategies just to let Hong Chengchou choose the middle policy he chose for him.

Although the best strategy of retracting the shaving order can theoretically solve the problem, it will not be accepted by the regent Dorgon, and the next strategy is also an excellent solution, as long as Fujian and Yue compete with each other to kill the Qing army, they can reap the benefits of the fisherman, but now a trip back and forth to Fujian for at least two months, Hong Chengchou needs a solution that can solve the problem immediately, and he can't wait so long.

In this situation, using the generals of the Hongguang Dynasty to surrender troops seems to be the only correct choice for Hong Chengchou, and Liu Zeqing also gave an answer that satisfied Hong Chengchou: "Xiangguo said it very well, I know how to contain Liu Thief!" ”

Hong Chengchou deliberately used the word "containment", naturally thinking that the four towns of Jiangbei including Liu Zeqing were not at the same level as Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yueguo, and did not expect them to be able to deal with the army of Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yueguo, just hoping that they could contain Liu Yongxi.

After all, when the Qing army went south, the four towns in Jiangbei did not even have symbolic resistance, how could Liu Zeqing and Liu Yongxi fight inextricably in this case, and Liu Zeqing also did not think that he could deal with Liu Yongxi's army of 50,000, but he knew what was the answer that the Manchurian nobles and Hong Chengchou wanted.

His face was full of viciousness: "Although I can't deal with Liu Xiaobao on the battlefield, the reason why Liu Xiaobao can toss to this day is because there are many traitors who support Jinhua thieves, and I just know how to deal with these traitors, and no one is more beautiful than me in this regard!"

Hong Chengchou felt that Liu Zeqing's answer was close to perfect, although the Qing army has always been an expert at slaughtering people, but they are still too inferior to real butchers like Liu Zeqing: "Well said, well said, we must kill those traitors who support the hypocrisy, then the Jinhua thieves can only be water without a source, and they can't toss the waves!"

Qian Qianyi had a feeling of fear, he felt that he was among the "traitors" mentioned by Liu Zeqing, after all, he was trying to contact Empress Zhang and Yue Guogong not long ago, so he could only squeeze out a smile and said: "Dongping Hou's opinion is indeed extraordinary, if you deal with it like this, you have to be careful of your reputation in the future!"

Liu Zeqing laughed wildly: "As long as I clean up Liu Xiaothief, I will be a pillar of the imperial court, and my reputation will definitely resound all over the world!"

And Hong Chengchou also laughed: "I've come to this point, what is the use of reputation, Dongping Hou, you let go of recruiting troops to deal with traitors, I am okay with this matter!"

At this moment, Hong Chengchou is already full of murderous intentions.

And in his hometown of Fujian, some people also mentioned this Zhaofu Jiangnan Admiral Military University Scholar, Zheng Zhilong said confidently: "Since Hong Chengchou has arrived in Nanjing, then Yue Ming's smugness will definitely not last long, others may not understand, Hong Hengjiu I still understand this person, the use of soldiers is an expert, there must be a way to deal with the Zhejiang people!"

The Tang King, who was also Emperor Longwu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was naturally relieved when he heard Zheng Zhilong say this: "Now the Zhejiang people and the Qing people are fighting for life and death on the river, it is a great opportunity for the rise of this dynasty, Nan'an Hou should not miss the opportunity!"

On this issue, Zheng Zhilong seemed very conservative: "Your Majesty is still preparing to send troops to the Northern Expedition?" But Guangxin Mansion is already owned by the people of Zhejiang, so we can't let us copy Jinhua from behind, right? I think it's better to wait and see this matter first, and it's not too late to send troops when the Zhejiang people and the Qing people are defeated!"

Zheng Zhilong This is a safe opinion, but from another aspect, this plan is in line with the interests of Zheng Zhilong's maritime group, and the interests of Zheng Zhilong Group are almost all at sea, whether it is to send troops into Zhejiang or Jiangxi, it is not in line with Zheng Zhilong's group, and it will even squeeze out the resources of Zheng Zhilong Group.

Although the small court of Longwu was established by Zheng Zhilong, the Tang King and Zheng Zhilong had an essential conflict on this issue, and Emperor Longwu hoped that Zheng Zhilong could bet all his capital on himself, but the problem was that even if Zheng Zhilong obeyed the orders of Emperor Longwu, Emperor Longwu did not have a proper return, after all, Zheng Zhilong was already a leading figure in the Longwu Dynasty, and the success or failure of the Northern Expedition had nothing to do with his status.

But Emperor Longwu still couldn't wait to send out the Northern Expedition: "We can't drag it out any longer, if it drags on any longer, Liangguang, Huguang, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces are afraid that they will all move closer to the Zhejiang people, even if it is to create a momentum, we should send troops to fight with Jianyu as soon as possible!"

Shoufu Huang Daozhou's views are consistent with Emperor Longwu: "Yes, Your Majesty has decided to personally lead the Ten Route Army to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains to recover the homeland of Nanyang, and the Marquis of Nan'an should fully cooperate, we can't wait until the Zhejiang people recover Nanjing to worship Xiaoling, we haven't sent troops yet, in that case, the southwestern provinces will be owned by the Yue people!"

In another time and space, the Longwu court was officially recognized and supported by the provinces of the Ming Dynasty, while the small court of King Lu could only entertain itself, but the current situation is that the small court of Jinhua in Zhejiang has the upper hand in this regard, although there is only the queen of the prison country and the princess of the prison country and there is no such precedent in all dynasties, but the great exploits of the small court of Jinhua are there, whether it is Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang or Yungui are more inclined to Zhejiang.

This is also the reason why Emperor Longwu can't wait to advocate leading an army of 200,000 to the north, although everyone doesn't know how the 200,000 army can be conjured, after all, the soldiers and horses in Fujian Province are at most 20,000 or 30,000 people, and Zheng Zhilong's main force is still the navy, but since Emperor Longwu has made up his mind, Huang Daozhou will fully support: "If Nan'an Hou refuses to send troops, Huang is willing to volunteer to lead his troops to the north!"

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect Huang Daozhou to be ready to put aside himself and go it alone, but when he saw Huang Daozhou's fearless appearance, he knew that he had the full support of Emperor Longwu, no wonder Huang Daozhou wanted to overpower himself all the time during this time: "Since Your Majesty is preparing for the Ten Northern Expedition, then Zheng must give full support, but the biggest problem now is how to get along with the Zhejiang people?" If this matter is not resolved, there will be no way to talk about the Northern Expedition!"

Although the Longwu court has not formally clashed with the Qing army now, Emperor Longwu and Huang Daozhou are particularly optimistic about the military situation: "The Zhejiang people have made great achievements in containing Duoduo and Boluo, no matter what, I have to give them a face, I have decided to form a brother and sister country with Zhezhong, and recognize that Empress Yi'an and Princess Kunxing can supervise state affairs in Zhezhong!"

Emperor Longwu is a very optimistic tone to talk about this matter, in his eyes, whether it is Empress Zhang or Princess Kunxing, it is not right, with the current situation, he, the King of Tang, is the only suitable candidate for the emperor, and it can be admitted that Empress Yi'an and Princess Kunxing are in charge of state affairs in Zhejiang, which is already the most sincere concession in Fujian.

But Zheng Zhilong secretly sneered, the Zhejiang people can fight with the armies of Duoduo and Bolo, and the titles of the queen of the prison country and the princess of the prison country do not need to be recognized by Fujian at all, not to mention that the Tang king still fantasizes about the "country of brothers and sisters" above the Zhejiang people, and completely forgets Liu Yongxi, the prince of Yueguo, the real mastermind behind the small and medium-sized court in Zhejiang.

Thinking of Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yueguo, Zheng Zhilong had already made up his mind: "Just wait for the good news from Jinhua, and I will go and prepare for the Northern Expedition!"

Zheng Zhilong did not take the "Northern Expedition" to heart, and the question he was thinking about now was which of the two people, Hong Chengchou and Liu Yongxi, was the best choice.

Hong Chengchou is a native of Nan'an, Quanzhou, like him, the two can be said to be fellow villagers, and they also had friendships in the past, and the Qing Dynasty sent Hong Chengchou to appease the military affairs of the governor of Jiangnan sooner or later, but the current situation seems to be a little bad, so Zheng Zhilong also has high hopes for Liu Yongxi, the Duke of Yueguo.

As long as he could preserve the territory of Fujian Province, he had no prejudice about whether he would serve the Qing Dynasty or the small court of the Yue Ming Dynasty, and the only concern was the issue of territory and other interests, and he was now waiting for the envoys sent by Hong Chengchou and Liu Yongxi and was ready to bargain with them.

And Emperor Longwu and Huang Daozhou, including Wenchen, did not take Zheng Zhilong, a pirate-born martial artist, to heart, the biggest reason why they were enthusiastic about the Northern Expedition was that the Zhejiang people had won a great victory in the northern expedition to the river, and if Fujian did not play the banner of the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that the hearts of the people in the world are inclined to Zhejiang.

But they were completely unsure about how to go on the Northern Expedition, although they didn't take Zheng Zhilong, a pirate, to heart, but they could only pin all their hopes on Zheng Zhilong, a pirate.

The so-called carving a boat for a sword is nothing more than that.

At this moment, the Hangzhou battlefield has ushered in a real turning point.

Although the Ming army and the Qing army performed extremely poorly during this period of time, the two sides continued to adopt refueling tactics around several strongholds outside the city, and some of the strongholds of 100 people even invested more than a dozen battalions before and after, but Bolo was also completely distorted by Xing Shengping's series of offensives.

At first, the Qing army was only a new annex army, but soon Bolo not only invested in the new annex army, but also invested in the old Han army and the Mongolian soldiers of the outer domain, and finally the Qing army put all the Eight Banners soldiers into it and fought repeatedly around these few out-of-town strongholds that had little tactical significance.

For Bolo, he not only thwarted the serial offensive launched by Xing Shengping and controlled almost all the strongholds, but also in this series of battles, the casualties of the Qing army were significantly smaller than those of the Ming army, and the greater the investment of the Ming army, the greater the losses.

But for Xing Shengping, this refueling tactic is more beneficial to him.

Although his losses were greater than those of the Qing army, through this series of continuous offensives, he successfully contained the main force of the Qing army, so that Bolo could not be distracted from other battlefields at all, and although his losses were greater than those of the Qing army, they were still within the range of bearing, and more importantly, the losses of the Qing army could not be compensated, and Xing Shengping's energy was constantly replenished.

Although the recruits who were not very useful were recruits, this meant that the Ming army would take the strategic initiative, and the turning point that made Xing Shengping ecstatic was that the princess of Jianguo was leading tens of thousands of troops to prepare to cross the Qiantang River.