Regarding the standards and tastes of General Yangwei and Prince Heshuoyu in choosing women, Dugu Hanjiang naturally did not dare to comment on it. However, I speculated in my heart that it probably had something to do with Emperor Xianzong's Zhu Jianshen's love for Wan Zhen'er Wan Guifei, and the general's growth experience when he was young, right?

Although he had just surrendered, he naturally told Dugu Hanjiang about the historical origins within the Qing army, so as not to accidentally violate the taboo of his master. Of course, Dugu Hanjiang also spent a lot of make-up fees.

In private, Dugu Hanjiang speculated that Duoduo may have lost his mother at a young age and had a mother-lover complex. So I naturally like these older women, some of them with status and education, and they look graceful and luxurious. However, compared with those young twenty-eight girls, these older women have another kind of attraction and have the charm of mature women.

When he was in Liaodong, it was difficult for Duoduo to find such a woman. At most, it was the idea of beating Fan Wencheng's concubine. However, after entering the customs, especially after going south as the commander of the first army, such a woman naturally has as many as she wants. The generals and officers under his subordinates know this hobby of the master, but isn't it a three-foot search?

"This kind of thing for women is the same as the way of eating. There is no reason to speak of. It is said that Liang Guogong is also quite fetish. Like mature women, like mothers and daughters, sisters. Alas! It's hard to guess the superiors! Dugu Hanjiang complained a few words in his heart, but he also strengthened his determination to climb up no matter what, as long as he was on it, that was whatever he wanted, and there were hundreds of people who sent it to you.

In Duoduo's living room, there is a table of eight immortals, on which there are cups and plates, steaming hot and fragrant. In the center of the main seat, Duoduo Dama Golden Knife sat there, but Hong Chengchou on the right hand side, saw that Dugu Hanjiang was brought in by Baya Lama Zhangjing, and got up very politely to say hello.

"Have you eaten it?" Duoduo raised his eyes and looked at Dugu Hanjiang, and suddenly came out with such a sentence.

"If you go back to your master, you haven't yet. As soon as you say hello, the minions arrive. Dugu Hanjiang did not hide it, and easily expressed his loyalty to the master's call "sword and shoes".

"Azignikan. You also sit down and eat. ”

Baga Lama Zhangjing Azignikan, also born in the Tashan system, although it was originally a white flag Manchuria, but the battle of Tashan, from the third-class Lazhangjing Shishi all the way to the Dolgon's white flag Manchurian administration Baya Lama Zhangjing. After entering the customs, he was asked by Duoduo to come over from Dolgon's men, and served as the commander of Baya Lama Zhangjing in Manchuria with the white flag. Azignikan knew very well that as long as he worked well under the general, he didn't dare to say anything else, at least one Han army banner would really not be able to run.

The military exploits of the Tashan system, the origin of the two white flags in Manchuria, and the fact that he personally executed such a big vote as Prince Hauge of Su, belonged to the absolute hardcore figures under the Dorgon and Duoduo brothers. If such subordinates don't reuse, then who else will reuse? Historically, Azignikan invaded Chahar from Taizong, entered the Ming realm from Datong, and defeated the Ming soldiers in Lao County with Yalai. In the first year of Chongde, he invaded Korea from Taizong and defeated the border soldiers of Mingning. In three years, from Baylor Yue to Ming, he broke the general soldier Hou Shilu, and obtained his seal and cavalry. For four years, he was promoted to Lama Zhangjing. From the prince of Su Haoge attacked Jinzhou, set up an ambush in Lianshan, captured five people, and captured seven horses. In April of the first year of Shunzhi, from the Prince of Rui Dolgon entered the customs, broke Li Zicheng, chased to Qingdu, and entered the first-class Melle Zhangjing. In October, from the prince of Yu Duoduo Shuai Shi to the west to ask for self-formation, cross Mengjin, Botong Pass. The thieves dug heavy trenches for solidification, and Zicheng led Liu Fangliang to lead more than 1,000 people to refuse, and Azignikan fought with Turai, Arzin, etc., and Fang Liang was defeated and retreated. At night, the return of the offender, Azigni fought hard, even broke the second base of the thief, then led the soldiers over the trench, risked the arrow stone to climb first, the thief was frightened and fell, and the division entered the pass. In the first month of the second year, Kexi'an became a self-congregation from Shangzhou into Huguang.

Prince Yu moved down to the south of the Yangtze River, in April, to Huai'an, sent Azignikan to lead the troops to Yangzhou, north of Tuncheng, and the pro-army attacked, the city was down, and more than 200 warships were obtained; Crossing the river Keming Nandu, pursuing the king of Mingfu by Song in Wuhu, defeated his boat division: into the third class Angbang Zhangjing. For three years, from Duanzhong Prince Boluoding Zhejiang, Jinhua and Quzhou, breaking Xianxia Pass, slightly Jianning and Yanping. Wang Yu of the Ming and Tang dynasties went to Tingzhou, and Azignikan and Duerde attacked the city, leading the elite to ascend first, and then Keting Prefecture. Its commander-in-chief, Jiang Zhengxi, sent 20,000 men to help, and Azigni was able to go out of the palace, killing and wounding more than half of them. Advance to the first-class essence of Qi Nihafan, and give it hereditary. In five years, the White Flag was awarded to the Manchurian capital.

The wine is roasted knives, the main dish is fatty white meat hot pot, authentic Manchurian dishes, and barbecue with complete condiments. After drinking a few glasses of wine, Dugu Hanjiang had a bottom in his stomach, but he still had no bottom in his heart. He looked at the faces of Duoduo and Azignikan, which showed no sign of anything, and his heart became even more uneasy.

When he was hesitant, Duoduo put down the chopsticks in his hand and burped with satisfaction, and the coated servants who were waiting for him to eat hurriedly took the thick tea to rinse his mouth. After drinking two sips of tea, a smile appeared on Duoduo's face and said, "Dugu Meller, during the day, you said that you should fight Li Shouhan first, I don't know how you are going to fight?" ”

"Exactly! How should it be to 'go straight forward, slightly rogue thief, Sheyimeng, and concentrate on Jinling'? Hong Chengchou also put down the teacup in his hand, and stared at Dugu Hanjiang with a pair of eyes.

Dugu Hanjiang was a little relieved at this time, it turned out that he was asking me about this!

So he sorted out his thoughts a little and replied slowly: "The idea of the slave is that now between Jianghuai and Jianghuai, Lu Mahong, Wu Xing and others are forcibly implementing Li Shouhan's so-called new policy, which harms the good people. After a brief period of justice, the Qing Dynasty promulgated the moral government of the Qing Dynasty to the Quartet, and officials from all over the country knew that the original official position was not moved, and the old evil was not remembered, and so on. Therefore, the hearts of the people everywhere in Jianghuai are to me. This is one of them. Nanjing was in endless internal fighting, Zuo Liangyu also took the opportunity to go east, containing a large number of Li Shouhan's troops, especially he himself went to Jiujiang and Anqing to conquer Zuo Liangyu. The slave doesn't believe it, the political enemies who are against him in the Ming court will watch him return safely after fighting Zuo Liangyu and have the power in hand? This is the second one. At present, all the Ming horses in Jiangbei are in tandem in private in panic, discussing with each other how to deal with the upcoming inspection of the Nanyue Army, so the army's morale is unstable. There are also Xu Dingguo and other generals of our army who write letters to and fro in private, and this generation must be looking down on the wind. Thirdly. In addition, the minions found that between the garrisons in Jianghuai and Anqing, somehow, there was a gap about more than 100 miles wide, and there was no Ming State Brigade stationed with soldiers and horses. If you can send an elite army, go straight to Yangzhou, and then go south along the canal, go straight to Zhenjiang, and threaten Nanjing. The city of Nanjing is bound to change! Even if he can't successfully conquer Nanjing, he can still disrupt Li Shouhan's plan to calmly deploy the formation and create opportunities for our army. It's just that this trick is extremely risky, and it must be gambled with elites, so it needs to be done by competent people. The slave is not talented, and he is willing to take on this task, but I don't know what the prince thinks? ”

Instead of answering directly, Dordor asked him, "How sure do you think you are of success?" ”

Dugu Hanjiang pondered for a moment and replied: "At most, thirty percent." ”

Duoduo asked again: "Then if it succeeds, what will happen to Li Shouhan?" ”

Dugu Hanjiang replied: "If you lose Jinling, the southeast half of the wall will fall into the hands of my Qing Dynasty." If he did not die in the chaos and died at the hands of his political enemies, he could only flee south to Huguang. But in this way, it will be necessary to clash with the thieves of Li Zicheng's subordinates, who are hesitating on the ground of Huguang at this time, and the two tigers will definitely be injured. Since ancient times, losing half of the south wall of the Yangtze River and defending Huguang has never had a precedent for a successful counteroffensive. ”

"General Dugu has a point. Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty monarchs developed Jiangdong and turned Jiangnan into a land of wealth in the land of fish and rice, there has never been a dynasty where the upper reaches were lost and Jinling was peaceful. On the contrary, the soldiers and horses upstream also had to rely on Jiangnan money and taxes to support them in order to be stationed. Otherwise, it's just a flash in the pan. ”

"If our army can successfully take Yangzhou and threaten Jinling, we can use the wealth of soldiers and horses between Jianghuai and Huai to deal with Li Chuang's soldiers and horses, and then, with Li Chuang's soldiers and horses, turn around and deal with Lu Mahong and others in Shandong. This move can be described as a living, a living. If you grab it first, I will be invincible! ”

After listening to this, Duoduo replied to Dugu Hanjiang and said: "This king has decided, you are among your subordinates, choose a good selection for this king, lead the elite men and horses, and sneak attack Yangzhou with this king, I don't know if you dare?" ”

Duoduo's words almost scared Dugu Hanjiang to death, and he hurriedly objected: "No, this is too risky, how can you move lightly with the body of the prince?" This kind of thing the minions just go ... ”

"Risky, but worth the risk. Emperor Taizu Gao raised troops back then, which was not a risk. ”

Duoduo didn't wait for him to finish speaking, and said: "Take risks, but if you can defeat Li Shouhan, if you don't take risks, you will definitely lose, then I choose to take risks." This matter has been decided, I just want to know what to do if I want to fight for that 30% chance? ”

Dugu Hanjiang saw that he couldn't persuade Duoduo, so he had to give up, he thought for a while and said: "If you want to fight for this thirty percent opportunity, you must remember ten words." ”

Duoduo hurriedly asked, "What are the ten words?" ”

Dugu Hanjiang replied: "Shechengchi, slightly fort, dedicated to Jinling." ”

"This time to Yangzhou, down to the south of the Yangtze River, along the way are prosperous and rich places, if the soldiers are obsessed with the children of the walled cities everywhere, it is bound to delay time, then, the meaning of this time is gone. The slave said something arrogant, that is, the wealth of ten hundred county towns, not as good as a Yangzhou city, and even worse than the Jiangnan that gathers the wealth of the world. took Jiangnan, what kind of beauty didn't have it, and how much silver did it cost? ”

"Shechengchi, Luobaozhai, dedicated to Jinling." Duoduo repeated Dugu Hanjiang's words several times, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. After a long time, Duoduo suddenly held Dugu Hanjiang's hand and said, "General Dugu, you are really the treasure that Buddha Kulun gave to this king. If it succeeds this time, don't dare to say anything else, a red belt king still dares to guarantee it. This king will order the pen to draft documents on behalf of this king, and promote you to the solid mountain of the Han military banner of this banner! ”

These words scared Dugu Hanjiang so much that he couldn't stand on his knees at that time, and he didn't even dare to say it. Dordor helped him to his feet, and said, "What don't you dare?" He Cao Zhenyan can do it, you can do it, as long as you don't dislike my master. In this way, it is not early, you go down to prepare, the personnel must be carefully selected, not sloppy, you know? ”

In this way, a raid battle that went down in history began.

General Yangwei, Prince Duoduo of Heshuo Yu, Manchuria with white flags, Laya Zhangjing, Azignikan, and Han army with white flags, Gushan Ezhen, led more than 10,000 elite cavalry to pounce at the speed of a storm along the line from Kaifeng to Guidefu, Suzhou, Fengyang, and Huai'an. Hong Chengchou led hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses as backup, and the momentum was huge, like a dark cloud in the sky, heading south.

Along the way, there are countless descenders.

Begging letters, messengers, snowflakes flew into the march of Dordor troops.

There is no need to consider the rear grain platform, there is no need to be careful about attacking fortifications, and the Eight Banners of the Qing Army, which is known for its ability to march and maneuver, soared up speed on the Jianghuai Plain. It also set a record of three cities in one day!

Along the way, there were more subordinates of Xu Dingguo and others, who began to attack the city from afar, prepare grain and grass, and recruit rebels. There are people who are a hundred miles away, so they sealed the treasury to count the property, the household register, and went out of the city to accept the surrender. Some were hundreds of miles away, so they shaved their hair and changed their banners, claiming to be under the command of the great general. It was the original official position and seal that had not had time to be replaced, it turned out to be the chief soldier, or the commander gave orders in the name of the chief soldier, but the head that gave the order was changed to a money rat tail hairstyle. The militia groups that formed villages everywhere to protect themselves also threw aside the sun and moon banners of the Ming Dynasty, changed the banners of the Qing Dynasty, and prepared grain, forage, vegetables, cattle and sheep, ready to reward the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, for the army to go south, countless people, chariots, horses, boats, etc. were prepared.

Starting from Kaifeng, Duoduo's subordinates only had more than 10,000 people, and after converging Xu Dingguo in Sui County, the soldiers and horses suddenly swelled fourfold, becoming 50,000 or 60,000. There are dozens of generals below the general army, and there are tens of thousands of mules and horses.

On March 20, Duoduo led troops and horses from Kaifeng, and on the 22nd he joined Xu Dingguo in the area of Sui County and Qi County, and on March 25, he entered and occupied Guide Mansion. On March 30, Xuyi (the city now famous for crayfish, Xuyi is pronounced as Xu Yi. The defenders then announced the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, turning the muzzle of their guns and the muzzle of the guns on alert against the nearby Tianchang and other Ming troops.

At this time, the supreme commander of the Ming army stationed in Jiangbei, a scholar of the Jianji Palace, and Shi Kefa, the secretary of the military department, heard that when Xuyi was facing the blow of the Qing army, he hurriedly sent an order to mobilize all troops and horses to Xuyi to intercept and block the Qing army, and at the same time personally came to Xuyi. However, just halfway through the road, before reaching Tianchang, I heard that the cities in the above-mentioned places had been cleared.

As a result, Shi Kefa "braved the rain and dragged the mud for a day and a night, and ran to Yangzhou". However, what about Yangzhou City at this time?

First of all, since Shi Kefa, the cabinet master, his thinking has been very confused. There is no preparation for the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory at all, let alone the Northern Expedition, that is, the preparation for the in-situ defense has not been made!

What is the plan of our Cabinet Department?

The soldiers of various towns have been stationed in Jiangbei for a long time, and they are not paid. Listening to Hu Qinan's request for money and grain, the household registration book was reported, and then it was Hu Tu, and it was not easy for me to fight. The sin of prolonging the years and delaying the closure of the territory lies with the ministers. In order to get the letter of the north, Jiuling still has a governor and ministers, and Feng Quan is guilty of the crime, and the northerners are exhausted. Or do not forget the dynasty, intending to go south, there is no way to escape, it is the land and talents of Hebei are lost. Begging for the edict of the virtuous, partial to the Beigi, Hebei, Shandong registered officials and Kejia tribute supervisors, but Huai Zhong to serve the country, come south as soon as possible, and use it exceptionally. ”

"But if the captives can kill the thief, they will avenge me. Give a righteous name, because of its homeopathy, the great enmity of the first country, and the special forgiveness. Taking advantage of the strength of the army, and destroying the ugly class, it is also necessary to count today. Ma Shiying, the former minister and official, has already prepared for this. "If I go to the river and send them away, I will help me, and I will refuse, and I will meet them. Fu begged to subordinate the army, gathered the courtiers, and established the people who should be sent civil and military, or the lord of the country, or the nine chiefs (Dolgon) first. Apply the edict, write quickly, apply the silver coin, and purchase it quickly. and a certain number of accompanying officials, a certain amount of money should be given, and the food should be completed together. It is scheduled to start within the month, and the money is not nameless, and the exterminator is in one fell swoop. ”

Look! It's still the same set of thoughts. Thieves are a big problem for the heart, and Hu Lu is a disease of scabies. You can borrow Hu Luping thieves.

This is ideologically, then, for the military? On the issue of supporting the emperor to take over the throne, the people of Donglin suffered the loss of "the lack of a murderous knife in their hands". Let you go to Yangzhou to supervise the division, you should use this opportunity to catch the army well, right? No!

After Gao Jie was booby-trapped by Xu Dingguo. Gao Jie's wife, Mrs. Xing, took her son Gao Yuanjue to ask for mercy, and Emperor Hongguang ordered Gao Jie's soldiers to still obey Mrs. Xing's rule. Shi Kefa allied with the generals, set up Gao Jiezi as the son of Xingping, nephew Li Benshen as the commander, Hu Maozhen as the pavilion hall (that is, the Chinese army), and Li Chengdong as the general soldier of Xuzhou. Mrs. Xing was worried that her son was too young to suppress the public, she knew that Shi Kefa had no son, and proposed to let her son Gao Yuanjue worship Shi Kefa as his father-in-law. If it was replaced by Li Shouhan, I would not hesitate to happily entertain and hold a feast to announce that I have another son. At the same time, Gao Yuanjue was given a name of the Li family on the family tree, and then it was noted on the family tree that this son was the son of Jian Yu, who belonged to the son of the two families.

However, Shi Gebu is arrogant as a scholar, thinking that although Gao Jie is a meritorious minister of the imperial court, after all, he was born a thief and is not worthy of his scholarly family. The matter was closed.

After Gao Jie's death, there was no master in the army, and his subordinates were in chaos. Huang Degong and others wanted to take the opportunity to carve up Gao Jie's troops and territory, and the two sides were tense. "The words of the people of the time said: Who called the mountain harrier to come (Gao Jie was nicknamed the mountain harrier in the peasant army), and the boy was not in harmony (Huang Degong's name Huang Chuangzi). Raise swords on the ground, Mrs. came to suppress the village (original note: Mrs. Xing), killed the old matchmaker (original note: Shi Gongye), went to the river and Huai, and the emperor was drunk and drunk. ”

Government affairs and military affairs are all in chaos, how can we resist the tide of generals, and the virus-like expansion and development of the Qing army?