Ma Cheng lived a very happy life in the city, but Duoduo outside the city lived like a year.

It's the end of June, and Jiangnan is entering the most difficult rainy season of the year.

Meiyu is a unique weather and climate phenomenon in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in early summer, which is the result of the stagnation of the main rain belt in the Yangtze River basin during the northward migration of the main rain belt in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Although the end of the Ming Dynasty was the Xiaoice River period, the temperature in Jiangnan was much lower than in previous years, but this made the flooding of plum rain even heavier. The rainy season in the first year of Hiromitsu came early, but it lasted for a long time, reaching its peak at the end of June.

Now it has been raining for seven or eight days in Nanzhili, and the water level of the rivers in various places has risen sharply, and the Qing army camp has moved three times in order to avoid the flood, and finally moved to the Jiangjun Mountain, which is fifteen miles away from Nanjing, to temporarily avoid the erosion of the flood.

In addition to the rainy days and this humid climate, the plum rain and plum rain are actually mildew rain, in this high temperature and humid environment, the Manchu Eight Banners, who have lived in the bitter cold and dry land since childhood, have suffered a great attenuation of combat effectiveness.

Even Duoduo, who was the commander, suffered from dysentery five days ago, and if it weren't for the best imperial doctor in Beijing who followed Duoduo, the ten most capable kings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty would probably have died in the toilet.

Duoduo had an imperial doctor to ensure safety, but the ordinary Manchu Eight Banners were different, a large number of ordinary soldiers died of dysentery, and more people were replaced with strange diseases, many of them had a big belly, and even those imperial doctors sent by Beijing were helpless for this disease.

Duoduo learned by asking the locals that this disease was a disease unique to Jiangnan, and it was basically death. Seeing that his subordinates were seriously attritional, Duoduo suddenly had the idea of retreating to the north.

If the time goes back to May now, Duoduo knows that the summer in Nanzhili will be so sad, and he will definitely not besiege Nanjing, and retreat directly to Shandong to escape the summer. But now it can't be done, after Duoduo occupied Nanzhili, he immediately resumed the Cao transport, and the first batch of grain had arrived in Beijing half a month ago. Dorgon, who got the sweetness, ordered Duoduo to increase the intensity of the water, and at the same time gave a death order to Duoduo to ensure the smooth flow of the water.

Now Duoduo is in a position where he can't advance or retreat, Nanjing can't be taken in a moment and a half, and the regent who retreats to the north is not allowed, but the climate does not allow it to stay in Nanzhili, and even Duoduo has no good idea to solve this situation.

Duoduo looked at Li Chengdong, who was kneeling in front of him to plead guilty, sighed and said, "Get up, it's not your fault that the battle has been fought so much in the past few days!" ”

A few days ago, Li Benshen was beheaded by Duoduo because of his unfavorable battle, and the elites left by Gao Jie became Li Chengdong's subordinates. However, if you have the right, you must be responsible, and Li Chengdong succeeded Li Benshen as the front-line commander.

In the past few days, it has rained heavily, and all the firearms of the Qing army cannot be used, and at the same time, the bowstring has been soaked by the rain and cannot be used, so the siege of the city in the past few days is completely filled by Li Chengdong with his life. Originally, Li Chengdong thought that he would definitely be unlucky, but now that he heard that Duoduo didn't care about him, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"The last general has thanked the ten kings for not killing!"

Although Li Chengdong has no culture, he knows how to be grateful, and when Gao Jie was killed, Li Chengdong fought until the last moment. Now that he heard Duoduo spare him, Li Chengdong felt in his heart that these braided Beiyu were not so difficult to speak.

Duoduo waved his hand impatiently and asked Li Chengdong to go out, Duoduo had eczema on his body in the past few days, Duoduo had never seen this kind of thing at all, and the imperial doctor in the camp said that it was caused by dampness, so Duoduo was very irritable.

Duoduo looked outside and then said to his lieutenant, Luckedhun, "Pass the order, don't attack the city from today!" ”

Luckedhun had no choice but to bow down and agree, and then send a herald to order the battalions.

On July 11, the rain that had been falling for half a month in Nanzhili finally stopped, and cheers were heard from the entire Qing army camp, and no one wanted to stay one more day in this kind of ghost weather.

There was also good news for Dordor that his long-awaited Prince Azig had arrived.

After accepting Zuo Menggeng's surrender in May, Azig led his army to Jiujiang in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and sent troops to threaten Huang Degong in Tongling.

Huang Degong defeated Zuo Menggeng's 800,000-strong army in Tongling, and in order to regain the lost territory, he immediately sent troops up the river to attack Chizhou, and then wanted to occupy Anqing and Jiujiang, the military towns in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Soaring Chinese

However, Huang Degong was confronted by the Manchu Eight Banners, and although Azig may have lacked political wisdom, he was extremely experienced in combat. The Manchu army defeated Huang Degong's elite at the Liyang River, which was less than 100 miles away from Anqing, and Huang Degong had no choice but to retreat with the remnants of the army, so he retreated to Wuhu, the last line of defense in the upper reaches of Nanjing.

Here in Wuhu, Huang Degong was ready to fight to the death with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the general situation of the whole country was very unfavorable to the Southern Ming Dynasty, and at this time the news came that the Qing army had occupied Yangzhou, and Huang Degong's troops had no morale from top to bottom, and many generals were plotting to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

In this way, Huang Degong took the remaining tens of thousands of subordinates to fight with Azig in Wuhu, and in the battle, Huang Degong was hit in the neck by a stray arrow, bleeding more than death in the army. After Huang Degong's death, his subordinates also lost the will to fight, and all surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

After this war, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had completely occupied the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, except for Sichuan, which was in a mess, and Nanjing, which was still stubbornly resisting, the entire Yangtze River became the territory of the Manchu Dynasty.

Azig retreated to Jiujiang after the defeat of Huang Degong, where he recruited 100,000 horse infantry from Zuo Mengeng, the son of Zuo Liangyu, the marquis of Nanhou Zuo of Mingning, and Yuan Jixian, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and successively occupied 63 cities in Henan, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Jiangnan. The wealth of the south dazzled Azig, who did not expect that Jiangxi would harvest so much rice every year. Thinking that he had occupied such a good place, Azig's long-dormant heart began to beat again.

The eldest of the three Dolgon brothers, Azig is exactly forty years old this year, and his biological mother is Abahai, Nurhachi's favorite concubine. Abahai was born in the Ula Tribe, which has the widest territory and the strongest power among the Jurchen Hulun Divisions, and his grandfather's family is strong, coupled with his mother's favor, so Azig has developed an arrogant and domineering personality since he was a child.

After Nurhachi's death, Huang Taiji became the Great Khan through some shady means, and forced Abahai to death in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, when Azig was twenty-two years old and had become an adult, seeing his mother and concubine forced to be buried, and the two younger brothers were still teenagers, Azig vowed to eradicate Huang Taiji's bloodline, because the position of this Great Khan should be his Azig.

However, after the death of Huang Taiji, the second brother Dolgon actually compromised with Daishan for the sake of power and supported Fulin to succeed him, which was absolutely unacceptable to Azig. Azig knew that his intelligence was inferior to Dorgon's, so he used to listen to this younger brother in big and small matters, but now what does it look like? Dolgon can obviously become the emperor, but he has to support a yellow-mouthed son Fulin. So from this moment on, Azig had the idea of setting up another stove.

However, Azig is a person with great ambitions and talents, and you can be self-reliant, but you have to be secretive. Azig preached it in a big way, and told people everywhere that Emperor Shunzhi was a yellow-mouthed child. This remark soon reached Dolgon in Beijing, and Dolgon was really disappointed in this brother, and at this time, when Dorgon's invitation to soldiers arrived, Dolgon took this opportunity to issue a canonization decree, allowing Azig to lead the troops to Nanjing, and immediately return north to Beijing after handing over the troops to Dorgon.

Seeing that there was no way to do it, Azig had no choice but to bring the 180,000 Ming troops who had surrendered, plus the 30,000 troops of the Eight Banners he brought from Xi'an, and marched down the river from Jiujiang to Nanjing.

Azig's army arrived at Dasheng Pass, twenty miles from Nanjing, and sent his own soldiers to deliver a message to Duoduo, while preparing to pack and sail north.

When Duoduo arrived at Azig's camp, all the high-ranking Manchu generals stood at the door to greet Duoduo. These generals, led by the lieutenant general Nikan, knelt down on their knees and saluted Dord: "Slaves, wait to meet their masters, His Royal Highness the Ten Kings!" ”

Duoduo's temperament was different from that of the irascible Azig, who was very good at buying people's hearts, and when he saw Nikan and others kneeling in the muddy water, he quickly stepped forward to personally support everyone and comfort them with kind words. These high-ranking Manchu generals were very happy to see Duoduo so easy-going.

Duoduo looked around and saw that there were no Azigs around, and asked, "What about the king's eldest brother?" "The three Dolgon brothers are not called according to brothers, but according to their own small ranks, Azig is the eldest brother, Dolgon is the second brother, and Dordo is the youngest brother.

Nikan looked into the big tent and whispered, "The ten kings, the eight kings are in the big tent, and they say that they are sick!" ”

Duoduo knew why his brother was angry, but he was angry that his brother had cut his military power. Duoduo smiled, patted Nikan and said, "Okay, you all disperse, this king goes to see the eldest brother!" ”

After saying this, Dodor walked into the tent alone, and when he entered, he saw Azig sitting in a chair sulking.

Duoduo smiled and said, "Big brother, the little brother is here, why don't you like to see the little brother?" ”

When Abahai died, Duoduo was only twelve years old, and as the eldest brother, Azig was really a father and a mother back then, taking care of these two brothers, especially Duoduo, and had a very good relationship with this eldest brother.

Hearing what Duoduo said, Azig sighed and said, "Third brother, you are here, don't take it to heart if your brother didn't go out to greet you!" ”

When Dordor could blame the eldest brother for his kindness, he came to Azig and asked, "Big brother, what is the difficulty?" ”

When Azig heard what Dordor said, he immediately opened the conversation and scolded Dolgon, who was far away in Beijing. Duoduo listened to Azig quietly on the side, and only after Azig finished speaking did Duoduo decompose for Dolgon: "Big brother, it's not easy for the second brother, there must be a reason to transfer the eldest brother back to Beijing this time!" ”

"What's the reason? The second child is now the regent, I think he has forgotten the tragic situation of our brother being bullied by Huang Taiji, the second child is now blinded by the demon woman in the palace, for the son of the demon woman, you and I don't want brothers like me! ”