Backwardness always has to be beaten, Yongli Ming has been unable to keep up with the pace of development of the times, so they are naturally close to the Huaxia Army, learn the Huaxia Army of the Southern Ming Army to overtake, don't look at their territory is larger than the Nanming Kingdom, control a lot of places, loyal to their Ming generals and civil ministers many, but their overall strength is not as good as the Southern Ming Kingdom.

Even a capable person like Li Dingguo, who almost has a chance to bring Yongli Daming to the road to recovery, a person at the level of the god of war will inevitably fall into the calculations of Longwu Zhu Yujian.

With the help of the situation, Li Dingguo was trapped, and let him fight the Qing army for himself and enjoy the success himself.

Turning around, Hong Chengchou already felt that the courage on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier, and the situation seemed to be more critical than a year ago, and he suddenly found that the troops on his side had been seriously weakened, what about the one million troops at the beginning?

Now there are less than 450,000 troops left, leaving aside the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the cold weapon troops stationed in various places and the defense line of thousands of kilometers, the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the naval division, and the 50,000 Qing troops of Aobai, he sadly found that he only has the command of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses.

Taking a closer look at the situation, he suddenly found that Huguang was empty, which made him sweat in shock, Huguang, Huguang was actually empty, most of the troops were transferred to Guangxizhou, and many places in Huguang actually left only the troops defending the city, and the other mobile forces were gone.

Looking at it again, the troops in Hubei Prefecture behind him have also been evacuated, leaving only the local township brave, and even the troops defending the city have only left the young and strong plus the government service, and there are no soldiers behind Huai'an Mansion to defend, which is hundreds of kilometers to the Beijing Division.

In a panic, he hurriedly ordered the new army of one town plus several thousand Qing infantry to return to Huai'an Mansion from the defense line, and the new army of two towns went to Huguang to defend the town, and 10,000 Qing army Han army flags were also sent to Huguang.

Looking back, only sixteen towns were left to guard the Yangtze River defense line, and the troops were even thinner.

Hurriedly played the imperial court and asked the imperial court to send back the four towns that were transferred, but the imperial court only promised to send one back to guard Henan Mansion, and at the same time transferred 10,000 Mongolian cavalry from Mongolia to strengthen his mobile force here.

Hong Chengchou tried his best to mobilize 50,000 Qing troops from Sishan, Shaanxi and Gansu to reinforce again, but it would take a few months for these troops to reach Yangzhou, after all, the distance was too far, and the road of the Ming Dynasty was even more difficult to travel in the late Ming Dynasty.

He was anxious and moved more, wanting to draw more troops to defend, but the court told him that the court had lost confidence in him and asked him to attack the Huaxia army as soon as possible, otherwise someone would be arranged to replace him.

Hong Chengchou knew that Dolgon's body was getting worse day by day, this was a hurry, because Emperor Shunzhi was growing up day by day, and wanted to take back his rights, and the power struggle in the court had reached a fever pitch.

Hong Chengchou also got the news that the grassland is not peaceful, although the Chahar Mongols were beaten without temper, wandering around, and it seems that they are going to die, the Qing army will solve the problem of turmoil on the Mongolian steppe, and can draw more troops to the south, but the newly rising Yarkand Mongols are as morale as rainbows, almost conquering most of the land of Chahar Mongolia, and developing to Gansu Prefecture, and most of Gansu Prefecture has also fallen into their hands.

They also developed to Kangding and Turpan, and fought with the Junggar Mongol tribes there, and the Khalkha Mongols also clashed with them in Monan and Mobei, and the two sides won and lost each other, but the good thing was that the Korqin Mongols farther away were calm and had no opponents.

But this also posed a threat to the strategy of the Qing army, the Horqin Mongols had to send troops to help the Khalkha Mongols, and the Qing army also had to see tens of thousands of Qing troops stationed in Horqin Mongolia to stabilize the situation and maintain the suppression of the two Mongol tribes, and there were troops stationed in Shengjing to guard the Manchu lair, and at the same time they also fought against Goryeo, Goryeo had three kingdoms, and there were battles from time to time, where did the Mongols and the army have to maintain military pressure.

The rebel army and the anyway army in Shaanxi and Gansu are like weeds, how can they not be cut, cut and raised, rose and destroyed, Yongli Daming still has territory in Huguang, Hubei Prefecture, Henan Province, and is still fighting with the Qing army, which makes the Qing army annoying.

Li Dingguo was able to suppress the Qing army in Yunnan and Guizhou, Yunnan Prefecture was almost his nest, the Qing army had not entered there for many years, and a surprise attack by the monk Kong Youde and Shang Kexi only caused a small harm, and he was driven out, and he was embarrassed.

Now Li Dingguo took advantage of the victory to pursue, the troops came to the city, and launched an attack on Kong Youde, Mang Gurtai, and Ma Degong brothers in Guilin Mansion, and it has been fighting for more than a week, and there have been a lot of losses on both sides, but the Qing army is even more unbearable, and can only defend to the death, without the strength to counterattack, because of where he takes care of where and reinforces a lot of troops, so it seems that it can still hold for the time being, but it also dragged him nearly 200,000 troops, and 100,000 troops who continue to go to the rescue.

Hong Chengchou found that his advantage was losing step by step, and it was now the spring of 1656.

For a year and a half, he did not destroy the Huaxia Army, but his own strength was constantly reduced by Nanming, Yongli Daming, and Lu Guo, and he felt a little uneasy.

At this moment, a staff member ran in, "Proprietor, it's not good, the Huaxia army has moved, the Huaxia army has moved, they have killed it." ”

"Are you coming?"

"Where did they cross the river from?" Hong Chengchou hurriedly grabbed the arm of the staff member and asked.

"The proprietor, the proprietor, the Huaxia army has attacked Huguang, they went north from Huguang Yuezhou Mansion, all the way to Changsha, depending on the situation, they will make peace with He Tengjiao."

"Ah, how so? They actually attacked from Huguang and did not cross the river to attack us from the front? ”

The staff reminded: "The proprietor, Huguang is empty, Lord Feng Quan has already set off for Huguang, and he asked your lord to quickly transfer troops to Huguang to intercept the Huaxia army." ”

"How many soldiers and horses are there?"

"How many troops did the Huaxia Army send?"

Hong Chengchou calmed down and asked.

"According to the Tanmalai report, I heard that the 100,000 Huaxia army set out from Yuezhou Mansion and has swept through various counties in the south of Changsha, whether it is Yongli Nanming or the rebel army, anyway, the territory of the army has been swept by the Huaxia army, they have killed all the way, depending on the situation, if they are not intercepted, they will kill the entire Huguang."

After Hong Chengchou calmed down, he snorted coldly, "He Tengjiao, that old horseman, may not be able to beat us, but if he feels that the Huaxia Army is devouring his territory, he will definitely not give the Huaxia Army a good look." ”

The staff thought about it, and yes, He Tengjiao belongs to the kind of Ming officials who have more than enough success and more than defeat, maybe he only dares to dodge the Qing army, and does not dare to fight, but for his own people, he has never lost, and he has pit a lot of people, Li Guo's loyal battalion has been pitted by him many times, and the Qing army has been stumbling many times, and the county town and territory recovered in front have been taken away by He Tengjiao, and in the end he can only stay away with hatred, and wander in Henan Mansion and Hubei.

"But what if the Huaxia army doesn't attack Changsha and turns southwest from here? At that time, they will surround the brothers Mang Gurtai, Jierharang, Kong Youde, and Ma Degong in Guangxi Prefecture in Guangxi Prefecture. The staff was also open-minded and thought of a possibility.

(End of chapter)