Go up the river

Shen Tingyang came here, but it was not Shen Tingyang's own meaning, but Lu Zhenfei's meaning.

And Lu Zhenfei is not only the governor of Caoyun at this moment, but also the title of governor of Huaiyang and Yang, Lu Zhenfei at this moment has been promoted.

He was promoted to the superintendent, given the king's order flag, and the governor of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi Zhufu County, was ordered by Chongzhen to break Cao Ying and recover Jiangnan.

However, Lu Zhenfei was promoted.

But the strength in his hands has not improved much, and there are no soldiers on the Beijing side for a long time.

And another reason why Lu Zhenfei was promoted was that the connection between the imperial court and the south had been cut off by the rebels. Lu Zhenfei can receive the holy decree, but the southern provinces can no longer receive the holy decree.

Lu Zhenfei thought about it, and felt that Cao Ying could not be exterminated for a while, and the top priority was not anything else, but to open up the north-south connection of the imperial court, otherwise after a long time, I am afraid that there will be unbearable disasters in the south.

The infantry in Lu Zhenfei's hands is limited, but he has a large sailor at hand, that is, Shen Tingyang's department.

There were as many as 200 large and small ships under Shen Tingyang's command, and when the official army and the righteous army did not have a large-scale naval division, these two hundred warships were enough to decide many things.

Lu Zhenfei felt that he couldn't sit still, so he played a few moves and sent people to persuade Yuan Shizhong to surrender.

When Yuan Shizhong was in Shangqiu, he had an obvious intention of surrendering. Therefore, if Lu Zhenfei wanted to persuade Yuan Shizhong to surrender, wouldn't he rely on tens of thousands of soldiers.

Of course, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, Yuan Shizhong wanted to recruit An, but he couldn't find the portal, but now Yuan Shizhong didn't have that thought, but Lu Zhenfei sent someone here.

Whether it succeeds or not, Lu Zhenfei didn't think much about it, he just wanted Yuan Shizhong to relax his vigilance.

And Lu Zhenfei's real action is in the south.

Send Shen Tingyang south, enter the Yangtze River from the mouth of the Yangtze River, and cut off the connection between the two sides of the Yangtze River. Then Lu Zhenfei's army went south and occupied the territory south of the Yangzhou Canal. It faces the south of the river across the river.

In this way, Lu Zhenfei can intervene in the battle situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and secondly, through the Yangtze River, he can also unite with Zuo Liangyu upstream, one east and one west, along the river, attack Nanjing, and after defeating Nanjing, Cao Ying will be cut in half from it, and then talk about others.

Lu Zhenfei's plan is to make full use of his naval advantages.

Therefore, Shen Tingyang also gave up the task of sea transportation and returned to Chongming Island.

Shen Tingyang took Lu Zhenfei's appointment, and as soon as he returned to Chongming Island, he greatly encouraged the resistance of Songjiang Mansion. Shen Tingyang and Xia Yunyi converged, and the force was huge.

Of course, Shen Tingyang did not forget his responsibility. Therefore, he sent a boat to go up the river and go straight to Zuo Liangyu's camp.

Along the way, Zhou Fuchen's newly formed Yangtze River Water Division fell

It was the convoy that was discovered. But Zhou Fuchen's ships were much smaller than Shen Tingyang's. What's more, Zhou Fuchen's ships were simply recruited civilian ships. If it can be compared with Shen Tingyang's specially built boat.

Zhou Fuchen put a lot of effort into it, but he still couldn't stop it.

Therefore, Shen Tingyang's envoy came to Zuo Liangyu's army very easily, and this time the herald was not only the news connection between Lu Zhenfei and Zuo Liangyu. But between Beijing and the southern prefectures and counties, there is news again.

Zuo Liangyu received the letter, and after reading it, he treated the messenger well, but he didn't do anything at all.

For no other reason, Zuo Liangyu couldn't break the current stalemate.

No, Lu Zhenfei urged, Zuo Liangyu had the intention of conquering Nanjing before. However, Yang Chengzu blocked Lu Zhenfei here.

The two sides fought, there were victories and defeats, but there was no kind of big victory that could determine the outcome of the victory, as soon as Yang Chengzu couldn't bear it, he asked for reinforcements.

If it weren't for Luo Rucai's poor health, Luo Rucai would have wanted to sit in charge in person, and Yang Chengzu's successors would be endless.

It is also divided into three parts, one part is the Cao Ying veterans, this part is the least, and the other part is the new soldiers, with many soldiers in Jiangbei, after all, Luo Rucai still has money in his hands, only if he has money, he is indispensable to be a soldier. Another part is the surrender.

During this period of time, although Luo Rucai was ill, he was not idle, and with Nanjing as the center, he sent his cronies to attack everywhere. Yingtianfu and Guangde Mansion were all included in Luo Rucai's command one by one.

A large number of surrendered troops were sent to Yang Chengzu by Luo Rucai as reinforcements.

With so much support, even if Yang Chengzu loses a few times, he can recover.

After a long time, Zuo Liangyu lost confidence in capturing Nanjing in one fell swoop.

At this moment, Lu Zhenfei's suggestion of the two sides to unite and the intention of marching by land and water, Zuo Liangyu is not very optimistic.

"What should I do?" Zuo Liangyu secretly said in his heart: "What should I do? ”

He has returned to Wuchang in his heart, he can't beat Cao Ying, but there is no problem in beating Zhang Xianzhong, seeing that the world of the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more unstable, Zuo Liangyu will inevitably have other thoughts in his heart, it is better to occupy a part of Huguang, plus a province of Jiangxi, and it may not be impossible to have a future in the future.

And not to waste troops here.

But withdrawing the army without an order from the imperial court is not a good way, after all, there are still Huang Shu in the army, Wuchang and He Tengjiao, these civil ministers, this is not a good place.

As soon as Zuo Liangyu thought of He Tengjiao, his heart was suddenly full of anger, and he could hardly control himself. Although Zuo Liangyu is not in Huguang, what He Tengjiao did in Huguang could not be hidden from Zuo Liangyu's ears and eyes.

He Tengjiao has already tried to recover the generals in Wuchang.

This kind of thing, in a sense, is digging Zuo Liangyu's corner.

However, in He Tengjiao's eyes, it is justified. He is the Hu Guang Patrol

Fu, all the armies in Huguang and Xinjiang must be controlled by him. Before, it was just him who controlled Zuo Liangyu, and Zuo Liangyu controlled other generals.

And now that Zuo Liangyu is in the east, He Tengjiao can justifiably bypass Zuo Liangyu and contact other generals.

After all, Zuo Liangyu's army is the army of the Ming Dynasty, and listening to the words of the Ming governor, it is naturally justified.

However, in the troubled times, many legitimate things cannot be done. He Tengjiao had already left Wuchang and Yuezhou, urging the armies to attack Changsha. After a long time, He Tengjiao also figured out Zhang Xianzhong's feeling of being strong on the outside and dry on the outside.

The two sides fought a series of fierce battles in the south of Huguang, which is now Hunan, and the battle was not big, but it made Zuo Liangyu feel very uncomfortable.

Although there are many troops under Zuo Liangyu, they are too mixed, and many of them are transferred to Zuo Liangyu by the troops of the Ming Dynasty.

Zuo Liangyu's control over him is not too high.

"I can't afford to sit still." Zuo Liangyu said secretly in his heart.

Zuo Liangyu regards his army as his life-root. How to tolerate He Tengjiao's involvement. But people are thousands of miles away, and it is useless to say anything.

Only by going back can you control the situation.

Therefore, finding a way to turn Huguang in the name of justice is Zuo Liangyu's top priority, not how to attack Nanjing City.

Zuo Liangyu, who was thinking about this, had the heart to unite with Lu Zhenfei, and the two sides jointly attacked Nanjing City.

Zhang Xianzhong in Changsha City was not very comfortable during this period of time.

Jiangnan fell, Zhang Xianzhong thought that after Zuo Liangyu left, he would be able to gain a firm foothold in Huguang, but he didn't want to, He Tengjiao insisted on urging all departments to march, and there was also a man named Zhang Kuang who pulled out a lot of wolf soldiers from Guizhou. For a while, Zhang Xianzhong also felt the pressure, and there were two troops in the south, and for a while Zhang Xianzhong felt as if he was surrounded on all sides.

In Changsha City, I couldn't sit still.

Finally, after consulting with the strategist Yoshiko, it was finally decided to give up control of more than 40 counties centered on Changsha, and the army went north and went around to Irikawa. Open up a new situation in Sichuan.

Such a big strategic transfer, regardless of whether it can succeed or not, he first gave the officers and soldiers a great credit. The more than 40 counties that were abandoned fell into the hands of the officials and the army, and suddenly became a rare big victory for the officials and the army in the 16 years of Chongzhen.

also made He Tengjiao suddenly gain a firm foothold from Huguang, and he also had many of his own cronies in his hands.

Zuo Liangyu had to endure He Tengjiao cutting off a piece of meat from his army.

But that's all for later.

Zhang Xuan, who is far away in Jinhua, does not know much about the evolution of the situation in Huguang, nor does he care very much, and Zhang Xuan has not even received news about the evolution of the situation in Songjiang.

At the moment, he was just on the march, waiting for news from the forward.

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