On May 20, Cao Bianjiao rode a horse and stood on the wharf by the Yangtze River, looking at the scenery across the river with binoculars.

Cao Bianjiao could see some soldiers of the Jiangbei Army standing on the opposite bank of the river, looking at this side vigilantly.

Cao Bianjiao took a breath and said, "I didn't expect the gentry in Jiangnan to be so tenacious. ”

After Cao Bianjiao defeated the Chuang army in Xiangyang, Huguang's thief army basically collapsed. Li Zicheng fled to Sichuan, and there were only tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left, which is not enough to mention. Ainengqi's entire army was annihilated and killed by Cao Bianjiao's firecrackers. Li Dingguo fled in a hurry, and finally went east to surrender to Li Zhi.

The hundreds of thousands of thieves who ravaged Huguang for several years, especially the hundreds of thousands of thieves who turned the northern part of Huguang upside down, were all wiped out in one fell swoop.

However, this does not mean that the Son of Heaven will be able to control Huguang from now on.

After the thieves were defeated, the gentry of Huguang Province naturally celebrated. However, after being happy, they did not repay the new army of the Son of Heaven who drove out the thieves for them, but instead flattered the Jiangbei army one after another.

The reason is very simple, if the new army of the Son of Heaven comes in, it will soon implement the law change. The gentry will be deprived of the privilege of immunity on which they live, and the gentry who parasitize the people of Huguang will soon have their blood-sucking needles cut off. The gentry have a big family and a big business, and when the financial route is broken, what do they eat and drink? It's a deadly thing.

However, the Jiangbei Army was different, and the Jiangbei Army was relied on by the gentry. The Jiangbei Army has been fighting with Li Zhi over the years, although he has been defeated again and again, but his ambition is commendable. The regimental training organized by the gentry themselves was far inferior to that of the Jiangbei Army, and the heavy task of resisting the Son of Heaven's reform of the law could obviously only rely on the Jiangbei Army.

Although Ainengqi has been active in the southern part of Huguang, there are few people after all. In the southern part of Huguang, that is, in Hunan Province in later generations, the rule of the gentry was still very solid and stable. In fact, Li Dingguo has been operating north of the Yangtze River, and as long as he crosses the Yangtze River, the damage caused by the thieves is very small.

When the gentry who ruled the countryside and cities saw the defeat of the new army, their first reaction was to welcome the Jiangbei army in Nanchang Province against the new army.

As a result, Jingying finally defeated the thief army, but only controlled Huguang north of the Yangtze River. In terms of area, the area controlled by the Forces nouvelles is probably only one-third the size of the lake.

In this regard, Cao Bianjiao was very angry.

Cao Bianjiao held a telescope to observe the opposite bank and asked, "Huang Degong, how many soldiers and horses are there in the Jiangbei Army on the other side?" ”

Huang Degong was stunned when he heard this, Cao Bianjiao was concerned about the number of soldiers and horses of the Jiangbei Army, could it be that he wanted to attack the Jiangbei Army?

Huang Degong arched his hand and said: "Uncle, it doesn't matter how many soldiers and horses the Jiangbei Army on the other side has. If the uncle attacks the past, the 90,000 horses of the Jiangbei Army will definitely wave their troops to cover up. ”

Cao Bianjiao put down the binoculars and looked at Huang Degong.

"Huang Degong, you are very afraid of the Jiangbei Army."

Huang Degong's face sank, and he said: "Uncle, now that we have controlled the north of Huguang, this is already a great achievement. After a few years, the seniority will be arranged, and the uncle may be able to be crowned a marquis. It's better to close it when you see it, and stick to the river to defend the hard-won north of Huguang. ”

Cao Bianjiao frowned and said, "How is Ben Bo than Wu Sangui?" ”

Huang Degong was stunned, and arched his hand and said: "Wu Sangui is shameless, how can he compare with General Xiao Cao, who is brave and good at fighting and famous all over the world?" ”

Cao Bianjiao said lightly: "Then why do you think that Ben Bo is not Wu Sangui's opponent if he is also running a new army?" ”

Pointing to the opposite side of the river, Cao Bianjiao said: "The main force of the Jiangbei Army is guarding against the king of Tianjin in Nanchang Mansion, and there are no more than 30,000 people in Huguang, how can it be the opponent of 50,000 people in my Beijing camp?" ”

Huang Degong and Yang Guozhu glanced at each other and felt that the situation was a little tricky.

Cao Bianjiao won again and again in Shaanxi and Huguang, and his vision became higher and higher, and he was ready to challenge the Jiangbei Army.

Yang Guozhu arched his hand and said: "Admiral, the last general thinks that you can't cross the river to challenge the Jiangbei Army." If I lose, then Shaanxi and Huguang, which I have worked so hard to build, will gain and lose. I am afraid that not only that, if the new army is defeated and the Son of Heaven has nothing to rely on, the ministers will make a comeback, and there may be great changes in the court. ”

Seeing that Huang Degong and Yang Guozhu were both against the Jiangbei Army that attacked Jiangnan, Cao Bianjiao was silent.

Taking a breath, Cao Bianjiao stroked his sword and looked at the Jiangbei Army sentry soldiers on the other side of the river and were silent.

After a long time, Cao Bianjiao said: "The Son of Heaven has worked hard to manage the army, and now there are 120,000 people in the new army in Beijing. ”

"There are more than 50,000 soldiers who can fight this time."

"At this time, the fighter plane is rare, and it is a pity to miss it. This matter is not up to us, when the Holy Son of Heaven is played, please choose the Son of Heaven! ”

When Huang Degong and Yang Guozhu heard this, they didn't dare to refute it, and bowed to Cao Bianjiao.

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In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen, the son of heaven, looked at the music sent by Zhang Guanghang personally, with a look of excitement on his face.

"The Jiangbei Army is actually trying to stop our new army in Beijing with 30,000 people?"

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Youzhen said loudly: "Wang Chengen, take the map." ”

Wang Chengen sang loudly, trotted all the way into the study, and soon took out a map of the whole country. He beckoned the four eunuchs and spread out the map drawn in ink in front of Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen pointed to Huai'an's location and said: "The Jiangbei Army and the Huben Army fought a great battle before, and they were defeated. The 160,000 men were defeated, and only 90,000 fled back to the south of the river. ”

Zhu Youzhen pointed to the location of Nanchang Mansion in Jiangxi Province and said: "In order to defend against the Tiger Ben Army of the King of Tianjin, the Jiangbei Army has arranged 60,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Then pointing to the Yangtze River in Huguang, Zhu Youzhen said: "Now the gentry in Huguang want the Jiangbei Army to defend the Yangtze River, and the Jiangbei Army divides its troops again and deploys 30,000 soldiers and horses in Huguang. ”

Wang Chengen looked at the finger strokes of the Son of Heaven, his eyes lit up, and he arched his hand and said: "Holy Lord, now my new army has trained another 50,000 people. Even if 20,000 people are left to defend the capital, they can gather 100,000 troops to attack the Jiangbei army in Huguang in the south. ”

"With 100,000 new troops fighting 30,000 Jiangbei troops, there is no reason why you can't beat them."

Zhu Youjian was happy, and stood in front of the map to observe the mountains and rivers of the lake.

He looked at Zhang Guanghang and asked, "Zhang Qing, if you defeat this Jiangbei army, what will be the situation in this world?" ”

Zhang Guanghang arched his hand and said: "Shengshang, if the Jiangbei Army is defeated, I am afraid that the whole world will know the authority of the Shengshang, and no one in the entire Jiangnan will dare to oppose the change of the Son of Heaven." The taxes of the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River not only have no arrears, but also increase by 20% to supplement the warehouse. It is not difficult to increase the number of the new army to 200,000 or 300,000 people. ”

"At that time, the world will be deterred, and the order will be forbidden, and I am afraid that even the king of Tianjin will be convinced. Ten years later, the Son of Heaven took advantage of the situation and divided the subordinates of the king of Tianjin County to various places as officials in the name of the Son of Heaven, and Tianjin was defeated. The king of Tianjin can only be an ordinary king of the county, and I have no worries about the tail. ”

"At that time, the saint's martial arts will be buried in the annals of history. I'm afraid that Tang Zong Hanwu is nothing more than that. ”

Hearing Zhang Guanghang's words, Zhu Youzhen stroked his long beard, and his eyes gradually lit up

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