The battle to besiege Aobai had actually been opened a long time ago, but Xiao Fei didn't seem to be in a hurry to eat Aobai in one bite, and always sent three or hundred people to attack, of course, it was a dragoon, ran to the outside of the town to shoot a few shots, and then quickly retreated, waiting for the enemy to chase out in a hurry, and then fired a few shots, the enemy chased and fired a few more shots, the enemy was fooled once or twice, chased out a few miles, and then was ambushed by the cavalry outside to wrap dumplings, and ate the enemy's thousands of cavalry at a time.

After two or three times, the enemy did not suffer a loss, but did not attack the pass defended by Wang Yuqun's 19th Field Brigade, but the whole army retreated to the town, began to build fortifications, and prepared to hold on.

Aobai, who was once famous and brave in the Qing Dynasty, became a dead fish and was besieged in the town, silently waiting for death to come.

Seeing Aobai's reaction, Xiao Fei, who was still thinking about eliminating Aobai in one fell swoop, began to harass and besiege as soon as his heart moved, wanting to hang more Qing troops and encircle them to send reinforcements, which was also the tactic that Zhang Qiang taught them when he trained them.

However, Xiao Fei was soon disappointed.

It has been a few days, not only did not the Qing army in Hubei Prefecture rush here to rescue Aobai, but the Qing army in Hubei Prefecture has withdrawn completely, and even the Qing army in the distance has retreated, he received the news that Tong Dawei led the cavalry brigade and the 23rd field brigade to take a number of county towns bloodlessly, victoriously took Wuhan Mansion, and then turned to Yichang Mansion upwards.

There are not many Qing troops on this one, and the officials along the way have hung up their seals and gone to their posts, the gates are open, and many counties are beating gongs and drums to welcome the posture of the king.

This is why Xiao Fei sat on wax.

Hurriedly contacted Zhang Qiang, who was building in Huguang, Zhang Qiang sent personnel to contact the Ministry of Military Intelligence, Milin hurriedly ordered an investigation, ten days later, the news came, Xiao Fei smiled bitterly, the Qing army actually retreated, all of them withdrew into half of the territory of Anhui Prefecture, or withdrew into Henan Mansion, Huai'an Mansion, and some entered Shandong Prefecture, and the Qing army seemed to be shrinking its strength.

At present, the difficulty thrown to them is that there are not so many troops to seize a large amount of territory in Hubei Prefecture, which is seized by some Ming rebel army and anyway army, as well as He Tengjiao in Hubei Prefecture, of course, Li Guo's loyal battalion and Dashun army are indispensable.

Knowing this situation, Zhang Qiang ordered Xiao Fei to immediately dismantle the cavalry and seize a few county towns in all directions, and at the same time ordered the 24th Field Brigade stationed in Jiujiang Mansion to send people to cross the river to reinforce the remaining troops of the 23rd Field Brigade that took over Wuhan Prefecture, where to establish a defensive line to prevent the Qing army from raiding.

Xiao Fei ordered Brother Zhu to take the cavalry brigade plus the cavalry of the two field brigades that had just replenished the cavalry to march quickly to reinforce the Yichang Mansion where Tong Dawei was stationed, to help Tong Dawei stabilize the situation and prevent He Tengjiao of Yongli Daming from attacking the Huaxia army, and he took two field brigades and Wang Yuqun's field brigade to continue to surround Aobai, and Zhang Qiang had not yet given instructions on how to deal with Aobai.

However, at present, the main contradiction is not their battle with the Qing army, but how to deal with the relationship with the Yongli Ming in Hubei Prefecture and Li Guo's loyal battalion in Dashun.

There is also the relationship between Chen Youzheng and the rebel army and the rebel army.

Xiao Fei had to admire Hong Chengchou as an opponent, he handed over a difficult problem to the Huaxia Army, instead of facing the Huaxia Army head-on.

If he wants to complete the task assigned to him by Zhang Qiang, he must deal with this problem, otherwise if he encounters the Yongli Daming, the loyal battalion, and the army, if people do not recognize them, or are unwilling to surrender to them, how to deal with it?

At present, although there is a little friction between the Huaxia Army and the Yongli Daming, but the overall relationship is still in a state of cold treatment, Zhang Qiang is not willing to take the initiative to lift the cover, and the Southern Ming Army has friction from time to time, and has fought a few small wars, but generally speaking, the two countries are still allies, to be precise, the Nanming Kingdom belongs to the vassal state of the Huaxia Army, but the people are also the legitimate successors of the Ming Dynasty, it is orthodox, those rebel armies and the anyway army may still recognize people, Longwu may also recognize people, if these people are beaten, Maybe the relationship with Nanming will decline.

The Huaxia Army is not afraid of the Nanming Kingdom, and the Nanming Kingdom can't defeat the Huaxia Army, but at this moment, it is still necessary to be cautious in dealing with it, don't mess with things that shouldn't be provoked, and take down the things that can be done at a small price, this is Zhang Qiang's code of conduct.

It dragged on for half a month, even if the intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Department were slow to react and convey intelligence on the way, Zhang Qiang also got a report from the Military Intelligence Department, and almost got the information that Hong Chengchou and Feng Quan had changed in the Qing army.

Seeing such information, Zhang Qiang was also stunned, what the hell, the Ming Dynasty has become the Warring States Period, is it really divided into multiple entity countries?

Looking at this situation, Hauge didn't know when he had such courage, and he dared to muster up the courage to take back the position of the emperor that belonged to him, a few years ago, if it weren't for Dolgon, Hauge would be the legitimate and orthodox person who was the most promising person to take over the position of emperor of Huang Taiji, he was the eldest son, according to the tradition of the Chinese land, the eldest son to succeed the emperor was the most legitimate and undisputed option.

It's a pity that Dorgon, the imperial uncle, and Zilharang and others used their strength to deprive him of his legal inheritance.

Such a situation is what Zhang Qiang is willing to see, and the internal strife in the Qing Dynasty is also what the emperors and anti-Qing aspirants of the Ming Dynasty are willing to see, but it has caused problems for the next move of the Huaxia army.

Should we continue to go all the way north and take down the Manchus, or should the Manchus continue to kill each other and attack when the overall situation is settled?

There is also how to get along with Nanming, Daming, these forces in the future, the situation has changed, the Qing Dynasty is in civil strife, and now Nanming has been left behind by the Huaxia Army, behind the people, there are no enemies left and right, with the urine of Nanming Longwu, he will definitely turn his face with the Huaxia Army immediately, even if he does not attack the Huaxia Army, he will secretly make trouble.

Such a change in the situation is beyond Zhang Qiang's expectations, if Dolgon does not die, the Qing Dynasty is still a whole, he can suppress the Shunzhi Emperor to the death, Shunzhi can not take all the Qing troops scattered in the entire Ming land together, continue to attack Yongli Daming, continue to attack Nanming, he does not have that strength and prestige.

Oh my God, Zhang Qiang also felt a headache.

Next, Yongli Daming may have to turn his face with him, because to be honest, the nature of the Huaxia Army is the same as the nature of Li Zicheng, a traitor, and he wants to fight for the world with others.

Yongli Daming and the Qing army still had contact, but the Southern Ming Kingdom had no enemies, if they knew this fact, then their Huaxia army would be in danger.

Maybe they can't beat the Huaxia Army, but the relationship between the Huaxia Army and the Southern Ming Kingdom is difficult to say.

Zhang Qiang immediately rearranged and ordered the Military Intelligence Department to focus on monitoring the movements of the Southern Ming Kingdom, and at the same time monitoring those Ming generals of the Huaxia Army, such as Liu Liangzuo and others, as well as civilian officials, Qian Bingrup and others.

At the same time, Liu Liangzuo was sent back to the center and given idle positions, such as helping Lin Chengcheng to manage the punishment camp, he went to manage the prisoner camp, and in the prisoner camp near Jinhua, the prisoner camp was responsible for inspecting the prisoner camp according to the inspector.

Gu Yuesheng was transferred to Guangzhou Mansion to cooperate with Xuanyuan Longfei, Ruan Jin and others to monitor Nan Mingguo.

A few days later, Zhang Qiang came to Xiao Fei's tent with his personal guards, and after a secret discussion, the two met with Aobai in the center of the battlefield, and a few days later Aobai took the remnants of the Qing army to get out of trouble, from Hubei Prefecture, through Henan Mansion back to the Qing army's Beijing Division, and Shunzhi got reinforcements from a troop.

Balanced the strength of Shunzhi and Haoge.

Originally, Aobai was Shunzhi's enemy, but compared to Shunzhi's relationship with Dolgon and Haoge, Aobai was still loyal to the original Qing Dynasty.

With Aobai, the first fierce general of the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi immediately showed off his might.

After all, there are quite a few troops gathered in the Beijing Division, and the 300,000 troops plus those Qing troops who are still loyal to the Beijing Division in various places, the strength of Shunzhi has increased a lot, and the total strength has reached 600,000.

Surpassing Haoge's army, Haoge stopped in Hebei Prefecture, no longer marched, but began to retreat, while retreating, while gathering troops, until retreating to a big city like Baoding, he stood still.

Half a month later, Haoge announced the establishment of the Dajin State in Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Prefecture, and his territory included most of Shanxi Prefecture, most of Shaanxi and Gansu, as well as part of the grassland, and part of Henan Prefecture, with a total strength of 800,000, 400,000 troops under his direct leadership and control, and 400,000 garrisons in various places.

And Qing Shunzhi, or the Qing Dynasty called his country, he owns the three eastern provinces of the Qing Dynasty's Longxing, most of Shandong Prefecture, most of Hebei Prefecture, half of Henan Province, on the grassland, Horqin Mongolia, Khalkha Mongolia, and further south of the desert Mongolia, the territory is still very large.

Sandwiched between them was the Chahar Mongols, but a few days later, the Chahar Mongols took refuge in Hauge, and the power of the Dajin Kingdom expanded in the steppe.

The situation is becoming more and more complicated.

Part of the Qing army in Sichuan Prefecture also recognized the Great Qing State, but part of it was subordinated to the Dajin State, and the forces of the Yongli Ming Dynasty and the forces of their two countries were staggered and attacked each other, and the four mountains became a place of four wars.

However, the Southern Ming Kingdom of Guangxi Prefecture encountered the same problem as Yungui of the Yongli Ming Dynasty, and those toasts began to make trouble again, and the two countries began to wage war with the toasts in these two places, and the fight was in full swing.

In front of Zhang Qiang and Xiao Fei was the loyal battalion of He Tengjiao and Li Guo of Yongli Daming, those anti-rebel armies and rebel armies were not together, some of them were loyal to the Southern Ming Kingdom, some were loyal to the Yongli Daming, and some went back to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty or the Dajin Kingdom, and Hubei Prefecture was also a mess.

This situation made Zhang Qiang very annoyed, he didn't expect the death of a Dolgon, there would be such chaos in the land of the Ming Dynasty, so he could only order the Huaxia Army to advance in an all-round way, no matter who dared to make trouble, they would all be eliminated, the purpose was to fully take over Hubei Prefecture and complete the strategic goal of the second stage.

Just when Zhang Qiang was distressed by these, there was a problem in the east again, Hong Chengchou surrendered to the state of Lu, and Zhu Yihai was appointed as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and still restored the title of the king of Lu in the Ming Dynasty, and called himself the state of Lu Jianguo, and the state of the prison was restored to the Ming Dynasty, and he still regarded himself as the orthodox royal family of the Ming Dynasty.

Now his appeal is more powerful than Yongli Daming, some of the rebels in Hubei Prefecture, and even the rebels in Shandong Prefecture are loyal to him, although people still call his kingdom Lu, but in fact, people feel that they have hundreds of thousands of troops of Hong Chengchou, Suzhou Prefecture, Anhui Prefecture, less than half of Shandong Prefecture, Huai'an Mansion, and other Lu kings, it is very likely that the clan will be restored and become the real emperor of Yanjing.

(End of chapter)