After these several blows, especially the defeat in the field battle with the model army outside Haicheng some time ago, it was almost like the extinction of the Qing Dynasty, and Dolgon's mood and state at this time were a big notch higher than before.

The attack failed, their entire strategic plan was completely bankrupt, and a new one had to be made, and Dorgon was no longer nostalgic for the past.

Think about it.

Although this opportunity is good, it is a drop in the ocean after all, there are really too many unbeautiful things in it, and the Great Qing Kingdom is not mature enough in all aspects.

Even, even if it is done, it is not necessarily a good thing, but it will become a burden.

After all, his opponent was not the little emperor of Nanming, but Xu Changqing, a powerful man who swallowed mountains and rivers!

If you really want to break Nanjing, will Xu Changqing definitely come to the rescue?

Don't be naïve.

I am afraid that Xu Changqing's wish has been fulfilled and Xu Changqing will be better self-reliant.

The sultry river breeze swept by, and Dolgon soon made a new decision, completely no longer entangled in Nanjing, and the fleet that was already on the Nanjing side did not let them sail over, first found a place to get up, everyone re-discussed, and gathered all their eyes on Jiangbei.

……

At the same time.

Dinghuai Gate.

After Zhu Cihong met with Zhu Guangzhi, the dragon of the mixed river, he did not let him leave, but personally left him warmly, and asked Zhu Guangzhi to accompany him for a few drinks under the pretext that he was hungry.

This made Zhu Guangzhi uncontrollably flattered.

Although Zhu Guangzhi is a river thief, his reputation is not very good, he is not as good as the famous Zheng family, and he is not as good as Shen Tingyang, who is good at dancing with long sleeves, but he is definitely a real ruthless person!

has been running and living on the banks of the river since he was a child, and the experience of growing up in this house is more complicated and bloody than Xu Changqing.

He can step on this position and occupy Chongming Island, under his feet, behind him, there are countless white bones.

Although he did not have many people under his command at this time, only a few thousand, they were all good hands, and they occupied the Yangtze River trade route, even if the ships of the Zheng family and Shen Tingyang passed by, they also had to pay protection money, and their financial resources were also quite good.

That is, Xu Changqing and the prestige of the model army are too great, and Xu Changqing has never troubled him, but has contacted him several times to join the imperial court, so he has not found trouble with the model army.

Otherwise, in this complex and changeable estuary channel, the fleet of the model army will also have to coil and rely on his snort.

Even, if Zhu Guangzhi is ambitious, it is not a dream to conquer Nanjing.

Zhu Cihong seemed to understand Zhu Guangzhi's criticality very well at this time, even if he knew that this was a bit of a look, and even too much, he still couldn't control himself.

If he is not immersed in the scene, he can't understand Zhu Cihong's desire to be strong at all, even if he wants to have friction with Xu Changqing because of this, he can't care about it.

"Zhu Junmen, hehe, really speaking, we were a family five hundred years ago. Today, with Zhu Junmen's help, I am very relieved. ”

After drinking a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere gradually became lively, and Zhu Cihong looked at Zhu Guangzhi with a smile.

Zhu Guangzhi was even more flattered.

He promised Xu Changqing to come over to help, and the core point was that Xu Changqing not only promised him the commander-in-chief of Jiangzuo, but also ensured his practical interests on the front line of Chongming Island.

He actually didn't want to come to Nanjing to really die.

It is really too difficult for him to get to where he is today, and it is not easy for his brothers under his command, every life is very valuable, how can it be wasted here? If there is a benefit, you will catch it, and if there is no benefit, you can just run.

But he never thought that when he arrived in Nanjing, he would become a fragrant dumpling......

Zhu Guangzhi has no culture, but he is not stupid, and he is shrewd, all of which are lessons of blood and tears from reality and exchanged for his life.

Xu Changqing is like a hungry wolf!

Once he really joined Xu Changqing's command, it seemed impossible for him and his brothers to be as comfortable as before.

But this little emperor ......

Thinking about it, Zhu Guangzhi hurriedly smiled and said, "Emperor, you are very loving." The small, no, lowly position has long wanted to abandon the dark and turn to the light, and serve my Daming, but he has never had the opportunity to ......"

……

Inside, Zhu Cihong and Zhu Guangzhi were like forgetful friends, the dry firewood touched the fire, and it was about to burn, and Wang Xi, who had just rushed back from Jiangkou, also got the news for the first time.

Luo Xiushen also rushed over soon, "Brother Wang, this, how should this be ......?"

Wang Xi was indescribably irritable in his heart, but this was definitely not the time to get angry, and said lightly: "Master Luo, you are the emperor's person, and you should consider the emperor." ”

As he spoke, he patted Luo Xiu's shoulder vigorously, then said no more and left quickly.

“……”

It took Luo Xiu a long time to come back to his senses, and he was already covered in cold sweat.

That's right.

He, the commander of the brocade guard, is the royal eagle dog, if he can't get the trust of the emperor, what value does he have to Xu Changqing?

In terms of ability, can he be stronger than those night guards of the Model Army? Or, is it close to Xu Changqing?

Luo Xiu thought about it for a long time, gradually corrected his mentality, no longer thought about anything else, and dutifully commanded the arrangement of the brocade guards to protect Zhu Cihong's safety.

……

Nanjing quickly calmed down, and that night, the Qing army on the north bank of the river began to pull out the camp, and the whole south of the Yangtze River was suddenly jubilant.

It's a pity that Tan Bai and Ao Bai ran fast, and they were all good players, with the strength of the southern soldiers, it was impossible to do anything to them in a short time.

Zhu Guangzhi's men soon joined the search, but fighting on land was not their strong point, but they found the position of Tan Bai and them, but they did not take it, but killed and injured many people.

This also made Zhu Guangzhi quickly clear up a lot.

Tartars have been famous for decades, how can they be joking?

As the night gradually deepened, the Ming army completely lost the news of Tan Bai and Ao Bai.

……

Haicheng.

Xu Changqing received the news from Nanjing at noon the next day, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl, yelling more than a dozen times one after another, and his throat was about to burst.

This damn thing, after exposing so many arrangements in advance, and risking an open conflict with the Heavenly Family, he finally held Nanjing.

Regarding the contact between Zhu Cihong and Zhu Guangzhi that Wang Xi focused on, Xu Changqing glanced at it and scoffed.

The young man is too young.

The essence of interpersonal communication is exchange.

At this time, Xu Changqing asked Zhu Guangzhi to help in exchange for Chiguoguo, Zhu Cihong thought that he could change the heart of Zhu Guangzhi, an old fritter, by personally wooing and appeasing him in person?

Stop dreaming!

The best destination for such a person is to become a dead person!

However, Huang Degong's people contacted the model army near Haimen at night and sent back the news, but Xu Changqing attached great importance to it.

Compared with Zhu Guangzhi, Huang Degong is obviously a person who understands the overall situation and knows how to advance and retreat.

Although it was a little strange for him to escape from Huai'an City, considering all aspects, the imperial court was indispensable to reward him.

He must be used as a neutralizer for Liu Liangzuo's harsh surrender.

Even if he didn't like him, Xu Changqing had to push him.

Huang Degong still has more than 2,000 people at this time, and it is definitely impossible to think of a big role in a short time, but it is not a big problem to stabilize the situation on one side, but this position must be carefully discussed.

Xu Changqing will definitely not lift a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

Straightening out Nanjing's thinking, Xu Changqing put aside some trivial things and refocused his attention on the overall situation.

At this time, the Qing army had successively broken through the two big cities of Xuzhou and Huai'an, more than a dozen counties of various kinds, countless villages and towns, and plundered nearly one million people.

This also means that ~, their choice is no longer as thin as it was at the beginning of the war!

Including Jining and Qufu, which escaped before, will also fall back into a more terrifying crisis!

Lighting a bag of cigarettes and looking at the huge map of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Changqing let the spicy taste of tobacco continue to swirl in his chest and abdomen, contemplating it.

This unique innate advantage bonus is really too big.

Even though Xu Changqing and the sons had tried their best at this time, they were already in a passive state again.

Dolgon is not afraid to attack Haicheng, including taking Qufu and Jining Xu Changqing!

But it is......

I am afraid that Dolgon's dog will be coaxed, and the huge population and materials will not go from Haicheng, but will go deeper inland......

It's not fun.

At this time, if you think about it carefully, this possibility is extremely high, even nine out of nine!

In this battle, the Qing army abandoned the autumn harvest, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it risked the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species to storm Haicheng, how much did it take?

Dolgon's pressure is not only on the national fortunes of the Great Qing Kingdom, but also on the lives of their brothers!

But the field battle of the Battle of Haicheng made Dolgon understand that the Model Army now has the strength to pull them out!

As long as Dolgon is not a brain cramp, he will no longer be tough with the model army, but will first absorb and digest the harvest at this time and stabilize the national fortunes of the Qing Dynasty.

At the same time, he wantonly oppressed Xu Changqing politically.

As long as you follow this routine and send some people around Haicheng, the many rumors in Nanjing can really sit on Xu Changqing's head.

If it weren't for the fact that Xu Changqing was reckless, so happy, and insisted on going his own way, how could the Great Qing Kingdom be so angry and directly plunder Lianghuai?

"Huh."

Xu Changqing suddenly shook his head and smiled: "This is the rhythm that wants to enter the super hell mode......

There are few smart people in the world, and even fewer people who are really clean.

The key is that this basin is too graceful at this time, as long as Dolgon and them use it a little, Xu Changqing can't pick it off.

Even if the model army has clearly won the battle and made pioneering and creative progress, it is constrained by the overall situation and can only bear this blame......

Xu Changqing's fingers continued to be inserted deep into his hair, grabbing his scalp hard.

Self-deprecation is self-deprecation, or face reality!

Daming has the situation at this time, not a day's cold, let alone Xu Changqing's 'war crime', this is the cause and effect of the superposition of countless mistakes and the outbreak after the unbroken change.

From the beginning of the apocalypse, Guangning was lost, and the Ming Dynasty lost the racecourse, which was doomed, and at the military level after that, the Ming Dynasty completely lost the initiative!

Even if it is the elite Yiding Tuqi among the elite of Guanning built with a lot of money, he is also the younger brother of the younger brothers in the field battle with the Tartars, and he can't hold on to the three melons and two dates, so he can't fight at all.

At this time, there is no way to break the overall situation, and it is very simple!

"It is enough to completely abandon Jiangbei and retreat to Jiangnan to 'divide the river and rule'."

As long as the Ming Dynasty develops for decades, slowly replenishes the sea power, and catches up with the tide of the Age of Discovery, the Qing Kingdom should be almost corrupted, and it may not take too much effort to recover the rivers and mountains.

This is the same as Wang Zaijin's proposal back then, "completely abandon Shanhaiguan and fully defend the Guannei." ”

But can you really give up this thing?

If it was the state of the year, it was indeed the right choice to give up Shanhaiguan, because the Ming Dynasty had been weak for too long and was no longer able to compete with the Qing army.

But at this time, the model army already has the strength to be tough with the Qing army, the core of Haicheng, together with the hinterland of Denglai, there are still millions of people, how can they give up?

Not to mention the hundreds of people in other parts of Jiangbei.

Then there's only one choice!

Really go out of the city and go with the Qing army head-on and dignified!

The mobility of the Qing army is indeed cattle, but with nearly a million people and property in the Lianghuai region, it would be good to be able to reach Beijing in three or five months, and there will definitely be a lot of opportunities!

Thinking about it, the blood around Xu Changqing's body couldn't stop stirring.

I like the headwind the most.

Especially this super hell mode.

Dolgon, are you guys ready?