The results of the Qing army, as fast as the virus-like expansion and development, are unbelievable.

On March 20, Duoduo led Dugu Hanjiang, Azignikan and others from Kaifeng, and on the 30th, the Xuyi garrison announced that they would return to the Qing Dynasty, and all their troops shaved their hair and changed their banners.

On the fifth day of the first month of April, the Ming army in Tianchang and other places surrendered to the Qing army. Officials in Sizhou and other cities also announced their submission to the Qing army. Duoduo's weaving gold dragon has not yet crossed the Huai River, and the Ming army on both sides of the Huai River has all shaved their hair and changed clothes.

On the eighth day of the first month of April, under the guidance of Liu Liangchen (Liu Liangzuo's younger brother), Zu Dashou and others, Liu Liangzuo, who was in charge of Guangchangbo, Feng, Shou, stationed in Linhuai, and manager Chen, Qiyi Road, and other military affairs, was renamed the Marquis of Guangchang in the Qing Dynasty to control the soldiers and horses of all roads (in fact, the flag was changed to two words, the Ming Dynasty was changed to the Qing Dynasty, and the earl was changed to the marquis), and the soldiers and horses were surrendered. Adopted by Duoduo as a subordinate.

Suddenly, there were hundreds of thousands more soldiers and horses under Duoduo's command.

The good news flew into Beijing like snowflakes, and Chao Chinese's first reaction was: "Is this possible?" Isn't it that the master of Prince Yu has been in the Nanban place for a long time, and he has also learned to lie about his military exploits? ! ”

However, if Duoduo lied about his military exploits, the strength of the soldiers and horses of the local cities, officials and generals who surrendered could not be faked. What's more, there is also a countersignature of Hong Chengchou. However, the Lang Zhong who suffered from the staff of the Ministry of War, often within one day, the front defense area of the Qing army and the Ming army underwent many changes, and each time there was a change, the Qing army's soldiers, horses, and equipment were more than tens of thousands, and the local people had more money and food.

On April 10, the two brothers, Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Tianlu, two general soldiers on the periphery of Yangzhou, also surrendered to Duoduo. At the same time, Gao Jie's old department stationed in Yangzhou, the governor, Gao Jie's nephew Li Benshen, the pavilion hall (that is, the Chinese army) Hu Maozhen, Xuzhou general Li Chengdong and other core personnel, sent secret envoys to contact Duoduo, Hong Chengchou and others, ready to surrender, "If we can protect Xingping, we are willing to sacrifice Yangzhou City as a gift." As long as the title and status of Gao Jie's wife and children can be guaranteed, Li Benshen, Li Chengdong and others can dedicate Yangzhou City.

What's not to do with that!? Although Duoduo was known as the "ridiculous prince" in the Qing army, he was not a fool. It's clear which one is heavier and which is lighter. Even if the arrow is an alliance and the blood is an oath, "As long as the Qing Dynasty is here, the Marquis of Xingping will rest with the country and keep his wealth forever!" "Look, for the sake of Yangzhou City, for the sake of tens of thousands of elites, Duoduo did not hesitate to upgrade Gao Jie's orphan and widow to a knighthood, from an earl to a marquis.

Next, the scene in Yangzhou City is even more shocking.

Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen and others conspired to launch a mutiny in Yangzhou City, and solved the troops of Li Qifeng, the chief soldier of Gansu stationed in the city, Gao Qifeng, the supervisor of the army, and the generals Hu Shangyou, Han Shangliang and others.

"In this way, the Qing Dynasty will gain the land of Jiangbei in one fell swoop!"

Li Chengdong is very proud of his plan. At this moment, the pro-barracks officers outside the door came to report, and several adults such as the Gansu General Soldiers came to visit.

Speak of the devil. Their heads are being calculated here, and they actually came to visit!? Li Benshen couldn't help but get nervous immediately, if he wasn't planning in the secret room, he would have rushed out immediately, and he would have dealt with these people with a knife in his hand.

In the end, Mrs. Xing was able to suppress the situation, and when she stopped Li Benshen by drinking, she calmed down, "Benshen, you go to the back and tell the little ones to get ready." Chengdong, you go out with me to greet a few adults. Since people come to visit, they are guests. Let's treat each other with courtesy. ”

With the words of Mrs. Xing, the main mother and the backbone of the whole army, Li Benshen could only retreat to the back hall resignedly, gather the elite dead soldiers, and quietly prepare with their sharp blades, as long as Mrs. Xing in front of her is a little out of the limelight, she will immediately pounce out and split these people into pieces! Originally, we were assigning which battalion to fight where, and who that battalion was dealing with, but you suddenly came to visit, and if you want to say that there is nothing here, the devil will believe you!

Li Benshen's hand holding the handle of the knife in the back was already full of sweat, and in the hall in front, Mrs. Xing, Gao Qifeng, the supervisor of the army, Li Qifeng, the chief soldier of Gansu, and others were also pregnant with ghosts. They all want the other party to say the answer they want to get first.

Finally, Li Qifeng, the chief soldier of Gansu, couldn't hold it back.

"Madam, there is a saying outside that Madame wants to bring her uncle's subordinates to the Qing Dynasty, but is there such a thing?" As soon as he said this, Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen and others were like athletes who heard the starting pistol, and the nerves and muscles in their bodies suddenly tensed, and Li Benshen was about to rush out with someone.

"Where did that come from?" Mrs. Xing was very calm. Along the way, she has seen more things than these scholars have taken the exam, but they can take the exam again, if Mrs. Xing and Gao Jie can't pass the test, it will be the end of blood splashing and falling to the ground. Naturally, Mrs. Xing is an excellent student in this industry. She keenly grasped a small message, that is, instead of saying words such as surrender and rebellion, she used the positive praise of submission.

"Madame doesn't need to ask, there is no impermeable wall in this Yangzhou city. I just want to know, is Madame really going to do this? "After all, Li Qifeng, the chief soldier of Gansu, is a rough person, and his speech is not as elegant and decent as Hu Qifeng.

"This is natural." The words have been said to this point, and it is her home field, so Mrs. Xing naturally has no need to hide anything, it's a big deal, just splash a few points of blood on her body in a while. She replied coldly with a calm face.

"If Mrs. is interested, we are willing to participate in the righteous act, I wonder if Mrs. is willing to lead the collection?"

I'm your ancestor! Mrs. Rao is Mrs. Xing is a woman, and she can't help but scold Li Chengdong and Hu Maozhen around her, and Li Benshen in the back hall.

originally thought that blood would be splashed on the spot, but in a blink of an eye, it became a scene of Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian drinking at Wang Po's house.

As a result, all the arrangements just now are useless. The ambushed axemen withdrew and came up with cooks and beauties. However, no matter how chaotic the situation is, Yangzhou City has never lacked good cooks and beauties. As a result, the wine and meat were chased, and the warblers and swallows were chaotic.

The rest is much easier. Li Benshen and Hu Maozhen went to deal with Shi Kefa's Shi Ge Ministry's line, "You can't hurt a single hair of Shi Ge Ministry!" "It is worth it to give all the beards and tails of Shi Kefa to the great general of Yangwei, Duoduo. For the rest of the people, Li Chengdong led the troops of Yang Chengzu, Hu Shangyou, Han Shangliang and others to deal with the troops of the Nanyue Army stationed outside Yangzhou City, seize their baggage, food, and artillery, and by the way, also fight for a few more chips for himself in Duoduo's mind, proving that his own soldiers and horses can fight!

However, when it came to the troops of the Ninth Garrison Brigade against the Nanyue Army, almost all the people present drooped their heads. Everyone knows that if it is fought by the Nanyue army, don't say that there are not too many soldiers and horses on it for a while, even if tens of thousands of people go up together, people's artillery guns come in rows, and the bright spurs stab over like firewood, but I am afraid that others have not collapsed, but our own soldiers and horses will collapse first.

"Humph! You still claim to be old soldiers, old soldiers! If others don't say it, you won't open your mouth when you were in Jinzhou, how did Zu Dashou deal with Wu Biao's amount? I don't understand the truth of outwitting the strong and capturing the weak, so I have to hit my head on someone else's gun? Mrs. Xing's rows of strokes can be regarded as a direction for everyone. Thus, a well-thought-out plan was formed.

Hu Maozhen, as the pavilion hall, adjusted the guards and horses of Shi Kefa's line, and replaced them with all the old men under Gao Jie. It was announced to the public just in case. Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, Li Qifeng, and others clamored for a salary, demanding that Shi Kefa pay the troops a three-month salary as soon as possible as a reward before the war.

There is a strong enemy outside, and there is a risk of mutiny inside. Shi Kefa had no choice but to summon the generals of the Yangzhou garrison into the city in the name of the cabinet department. Among them, the official document emphasized that all officers of the Ninth Garrison Brigade and those above the battalion officer level must attend.

This sentence was quietly added by Hu Maozhen.

As soon as the official document was issued, Li Benshen ordered the cabinet department to be blocked. The swords, guns, armor, horses and other items of Shi Kefa's personal guards were confiscated, and at the same time, the city gates were only allowed to enter and not to go out.

"What are you going to do?!" Although he knew in his heart that things might not be good, Shi Kefa still had a fierce look, and after trying to reprimand him with his own words, these Qiu Ba who didn't know the height of the sky were speechless, and finally retreated silently. However, this trick didn't work today.

"Cabinet lord, we don't want to do anything either. It's just that I don't want to play the banner of Daming anymore, and I don't want to be an official of Daming anymore. Now, we are all generals and officials of the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, I hope that Lord Cabinet can lead us to continue to serve the Qing Dynasty. ”

After speaking, regardless of Shi Kefa's scolding in the room, Hu Maozhen led the people to just leave. Leaving behind a tightly guarded doorway, and the Pavilion Department that was locked in the room.

That night, at the meeting hall, Li Chengdong, Li Fengfeng, and others suddenly broke out and killed more than 30 officers at all levels of the Ninth Garrison Brigade of the Nanyue Army who came to the meeting from the brigade commander and below! Blood splattered all over everyone's body and face in the room. Even Shi Kefa, who was imprisoned by several soldiers, also had a few blood stains on his face.

"This is also our blood alliance. Everyone has the blood of the Southern Army on their hands, and they are people on the same boat. How the Yugoslavs treated their enemies, I think, everyone knows. If you don't want to be thrown into the mine alive, and your wife and children become prostitutes and slaves, let's follow General Yangwei to the end! ”

The Yangzhou officials and gentry present were all cheering when they heard this, and some of them were eager to flaunt themselves, and they were even more excited, making some blood on the corpses and wounds of the officers of the Nanyue Army, and smearing them on their faces, making their originally white and handsome faces look extremely hideous. I don't know which face is the real face of these people!

Seeing that everyone had already expressed their stance on their side, Li Chengdong immediately ordered someone to write an order in the name of Shi Kefa, announcing that the Ninth Garrison Brigade of the Nanyue Army stationed outside Yangzhou was "plotting a rebellion with ill intentions", and ordered Li Chengdong, Li Qifeng and others to lead their troops to exterminate it. He immediately ordered his soldiers to go to Shi Kefa's signing room and took the seal of his military department and the scholar of Jianji Palace.

"This official document is sent out, Lord Cabinet, you will become Liang Guogong's sworn enemy. Hey! I have heard people say that the Yugoslav Army is extremely united, and the military discipline is strict, but it is also extremely protective of its shortcomings. On that day, Wu Biao of the Model Brigade was plotted by Zu Dashou in Jinzhou, and the news came out and reached the ears of the Southern Army, and the Southern Army was actually angry. Brothers, even if he is a traitor against the water, it will not be your turn to kill. Then, many people set up memorials for these people in the Model Brigade. I don't know if in the future, when the generals and soldiers of the Southern Army burn paper and incense to the officers and soldiers of the Ninth Garrison Brigade, will they give you a stick of incense, and the cabinet will also take a stick of incense? ”

Li Chengdong's words can be described as heart-wrenching. Shi Kefa could only close his eyes tightly, not looking at the big seal of customs defense falling on the white paper inch by inch. He knew that if this seal fell, he would no longer be able to face Li Shouhan. You said that you were held hostage, but the troops of our Nanyue Army were slaughtered and strangled by your order!

When the sky is light, it is the moment when people are most relaxed and tired. The Ninth Garrison Brigade, which was stationed at several temples and Taoist temples outside Yangzhou, was attacked by the former Ming official army, which was still a friendly army yesterday. At noon, Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Tianlu, who arrived from the periphery of Yangzhou, also joined the battle, and they all wanted to improve their status in Duoduo's mind through this battle.

The battle became more and more brutal and fierce. Because most of the officers at all levels entered the city to discuss matters, the Ninth Garrison Brigade was in a state of leaderlessness, and was caught off guard. Moreover, in the face of these traitor armies that bordered on madness, they quickly organized a second attack after repulsing one attack, taking battalions as units to take turns to attack. Gradually, the casualties became more and more significant.

In the evening, because there were too many troops on the battlefield, the battalion was too complicated. As a last resort, Li Chengdong and others ordered to stop the offensive and consulted with Zhang Tianfu and Zhang Tianlu to coordinate the attack. lest there be a misunderstanding between the two families.

Taking advantage of this gap, Li Youwei, who stayed outside the east gate of Yangzhou to guard the grain and grass in the North Chanzhi Temple of Yueming Bridge, under the suggestion of Jiang Chun, a big businessman who escaped from Yangzhou City, set fire to break through, and led hundreds of people to break through the siege under the cover of chaos caused by smoke and fire.

This temple received special care from Admiral Li Benshen, who personally led tens of thousands of horses to surround this temple and drive the soldiers and horses of other departments far away. He is here, but he is not here to visit Zen and worship the Buddha, to see the peony flowers here, and to engage in a four-phase hairpin flower banquet. He had come to seize the hundreds of thousands of stone grain, countless military uniforms, uniforms, and gunpowder stored here! Such a fat piece of meat, naturally can't let Zhang Tianfu, Li Qifeng and others get involved!

But I don't want to, Li Youwei played such a unique hand for him! In a fit of rage, on the one hand, he ordered people to burst into the temple to extinguish the fire and grab the supplies, while Li Benshen personally led the men and horses to chase and kill all the way along the canal, until near Guazhou, not far from here is the territory of the Nanyue Army, and there are sailors patrolling back and forth, Li Benshen did not dare to chase forward. However, fortunately, Yangzhou City was already in his own hands, so he simply went back to check the harvest of his children's jade silk and prepared to welcome the arrival of General Yangwei.

Duoduo himself could not have imagined that Dugu Hanjiang's risky action plan could have such an effect. The thousand-mile leap of more than 10,000 elite cavalry actually advanced the territory of the Qing Dynasty from the Yellow River Valley to the north bank of the Yangtze River! Moreover, the northern section of the canal has basically been opened, and from then on, the grain between Huaiyang and Yang can be transported north, alleviating the problem of food shortage in Beijing!

On April 15th, Duoduo's Yang Wei General and Prince Heshuo Yu weaved a golden dragon and appeared majestically outside Yangzhou City.

"Sure enough, it is a Yangzhou city, which can be worth hundreds of county seats!" Standing outside the gate of Yangzhou City, he didn't care about the number of salutes that greeted him with the loess mat road and the water purification street and the colorful shed archway, and Duoduo didn't care about the surrendered officials and generals at all levels who knelt on both sides of the road and held up the handwritten resume with the red silk as the cover, just pointed at the Yangzhou city in front of him with a horsewhip.

"Dugu, when our master set off from Kaifeng Mansion, your master promised you that as long as we can take Yangzhou City in this battle, what did your master promise to reward you?" Duoduo, who was in a very good mood, had a sentence and Dugu Hanjiang was bored.

Now, in Duoduo's eyes, Dugu Hanjiang is his lucky star. At this time, Dugu Hanjiang's status in front of Duoduo was no less than Chen Banda's status in front of Huang Taiji and Dolgon.

"This is all a blessing for the masters, where do we have any credit. Master, what you reward your slaves, slaves are blessings. "Dugu Hanjiang knows how to hold Ying Baotai very well, no matter how good Duoduo is in a good mood, he doesn't say anything excessive.

"Good minion! Follow your master and me into the city! Enter Yangzhou! ”

Duoduo took the lead, and Dugu Hanjiang gave in slightly, asking Azignikan to go first, and he followed closely. Thousands of elite cavalry, rolling up a wild surge, left a visual afterimage in front of many surrendered civil and military forces. Tens of thousands of horses' hooves have lifted countless yellow sand and soil.

Duoduo had just entered Yangzhou City on the front foot, and on the back foot, Liu Zeqing, the Dongpingbo stationed in Huai'an, like Liu Liangzuo, changed two words to his banner. The Ming Dynasty was changed to the Qing Dynasty, and Dongping Bo was changed to Dongping Hou. Dispatch his right-hand man Wu Feiluan to Yangzhou to surrender to Duoduo.

Since then, the four towns of Jiangbei have gone to the third. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses shaved their hair and cleared up.

On 20 April, the Qing army of the Duoduo Department arrived in the area of Zhenjiang and Jinshan in Jiangbei.

On April 25, generals Zhang Tianlu and Yang Chengzu bravely took the lead in breaking through the river defense, and the Qing army crossed the river.