It's winter, and the wind is blowing from the northwest, and the wind direction from east to north is very unfavorable.

However, the ship travels in eight winds, and it is not impossible to sail, but the speed is much slower, and the sea journey from Dongfan to Hangzhou is now estimated to take one month. But even so, it's better than taking the road route, at least not too tired.

Chen Yue personally apologized to Gu Junen, saying that he should not be suspicious, and asked Gu Junen to go with the army. After Gu Junen shirked it, he readily agreed.

As Liu Neng said, Gu Junen now has a sense of identity with the Qiguo Mansion, and Chen Yue's apology and trust make him feel emotional.

Gu Junen knew that Chen Yue's expedition this time was definitely the biggest opportunity to soar to the sky. After experiencing the continuous suspicion of the imperial court, and after experiencing complete control of a place, Chen Yue's heart is very different from before.

If the rebellion between the Shun Army and the Great Western Army can be resolved this time, Chen Yue's prestige in the Ming Dynasty will reach its peak, and he will definitely not let the court be suspicious and idle, and will definitely try to control the authority of the Ming Dynasty!

Whether it was to suppress the Shunxi Rebellion or to fight for power in the Ming court, this kind of war would stimulate Gu Junen's interest more than staying on the island to farm.

As for the concern for the Shun army, Gu Junen thought that he could stay in the army to take care of the Shun army's surrender or capture as much as possible, so as to have no regrets in his heart.

Gu Junen is a serious person, since he was invited by Chen Yue to join the army, he actively planned, and suggested to Chen Yue before getting on the ship and setting off that Li Yanzhi, the magistrate of Dayuan, should be sent back to Shandong.

"The Shunxi Rebellion will not be peaceful for a short time, and the Manchu Qing will never let go of this opportunity, and they will definitely send troops to invade the south, even if they do not have the strength to occupy Jiangnan, they will definitely expand their power to the Huai River line.

Now the only person who can contain the Qing army is Shandong. Therefore, General Wu Ping not only could not retreat to Dongfan, but had to fight to the death in Shandong, commanding the Shandong Righteous Army to contain the Qing army there, so as to relieve the pressure on us.

Li Yanzhi was a gentry in Jiaozhou, and he had a high reputation in Jiaodong, and he was the best candidate to assist General Wu Ping. ”

Chen Yue thought carefully about Li Yanzhi's words and thought it was true, so he summoned Li Yanzhi and asked him for his opinion.

Li Yanzhi readily agreed without much thought. In fact, since he was appointed as the magistrate of the county, Li Yanzhi has been very uneasy, because he knows that he has no great merit for Dongfan, but he has been entrusted with an important position, and there will inevitably be many people who are not satisfied, and this magistrate is not stable. After all, the Duke of Qi is now under the jurisdiction of two counties.

If he can make meritorious achievements on the battlefield in Shandong, assist Wu Ping to defend Shandong, and buy time for Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi, to exterminate the thieves, then he will be able to gain a firm foothold in the Qi Mansion system.

Of course, Li Yanzhi could not only be sent to Shandong, Chen Yue allocated a thousand soldiers to go with ten three-masted sailing ships, one of which was a Galen ship with more than 40 guns, with this army, at least there was no problem in holding Dengzhou City near the sea.

The 4,000 troops set out from Dayuan on dozens of warships and arrived in the city of Hangzhou in mid-February.

The military situation was urgent, Chen Yue did not choose to take the sea route again, but chose to take a small number of personal guards to land in Hangzhou and go to Nanjing from the canal.

As for the warships and most of the army, they continued to take the sea route, entering the Yangtze River through Zhoushan, and then taking the water route to Nanjing.

As for Li Yanzhi, he said goodbye to Chen Yue in Hangzhou, and continued to take the waterway to Shandong by boat, and when he arrived in Dengzhou, I am afraid it will already be March.

Wang Yin, the governor of Zhejiang, had received a holy decree, and Chongzhen appointed him as the secretary of the military department, replacing the convicted Gao Hongtu.

However, in order to wait for Chen Yue, Wang Yin postponed his trip to Nanjing. A group of officials in Hangzhou greeted Chen Yue, the Duke of Qi who was about to be reused, at the wharf outside the city, and the Zhejiang Inspector named Xia was also among them.

For Chen Yue, Fang Mingxia still had hatred, but he didn't have the heart to target it again. Time is the medicine to eliminate hatred, and more importantly, Fang Mingxia sadly found that the status of himself and Chen Yue was getting worse and worse.

The current Chen Yue is no longer suspicious of the emperor's court more than half a year ago, and is about to be reused to hold the Ming military power. Maybe Chen Yue only promised one sentence, and his seven-rank patrol press would be knocked to the dust......

Chen Yue was very surprised by the respectful performance of the other party's name, but now is not the time to care about personal grievances, Chen Yue is not in the mood to pay attention to this.

After going ashore, he exchanged a few polite words with the officials who greeted him, and Chen Yue immediately got into Wang Yin's sedan chair and asked about the current situation of Daming.

"Alas!" Wang Yin sighed, "Difficult, now the situation is very critical, Your Majesty has fainted twice because of this, and he is still sick!" ”

It turned out that after the Shunxi coalition army captured Jingzhou, it didn't take long for them to divide their troops and plunder.

The Shun army sent troops to the north all the way to Jingzhou

De'an, Xunyang, Huguang, and Jiangbei provinces fell one after another.

The thieves robbed all the way, and when they arrived in Xiangyang, the number of troops had reached more than 200,000.

Zheng Sen, the governor of Xiangyang, had only more than 30,000 people under his command, originally to prevent the Qing army from attacking from the north, and in the face of the overwhelming thief army, Zheng Sen did not dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy, but only asked the imperial court for reinforcements.

Speaking of the Great Western Army, Zhang Xianzhong personally led the troops out of Sichuan, and the strength of the Western Army reached more than 300,000.

Zhang Xianzhong sent his son Anxi general Zhang Dingguo to lead 100,000 troops to attack Huguang, and he personally led 200,000 soldiers to attack all the way along the river.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang, and on the 23rd, he hit Jiujiang, and is currently leading troops to attack Nanchang from the south of Jiujiang, with the intention of completely occupying the whole province of Jiangxi.

Not long ago, news came from Huguang that Zhang Dingguo had conquered Changsha on the 18th day of the first month, and Changsha soldiers were prepared to block Yinxi and lead the remnants of the army to retreat to Hengzhou.

Losing two provinces in a short period of time, the thief army has a tendency to attack Nanjing directly along the river, Chongzhen fainted in anger after hearing the news. Although he was rescued by the imperial doctor, he had to stay in bed to recuperate.

"At present, the danger of the Ming Dynasty is no less than that of the Qing soldiers when they go south, and the one who can rescue the Ming Dynasty is none other than you, the Duke of Qi.

Now the court and even the people of the world are pinning their hopes on you! ”

Wang Yin said to Chen Yue, which made Chen Yue smile bitterly.

"Who would have expected that the original good situation would evolve into the current situation in half a year, and this father is just a mortal, not an immortal, how can he turn the tide every time?

What a fluke you won when you fought against the Mantars, others don't know that Yokoyama Gong should know! ”

Wang Yin couldn't help but smile bitterly: "For the court and the people of the world, you are the last hope, no different from the god of war." Who made you win the streak! ”

"Fucking grass, I have to put out the fire again and again, even if I smash the bones, how many nails can I crush?

In the fair days of the Manchu Dynasty, one by one they talked about it, and when they saw the benefits, they pounced faster than anyone else, but when they encountered things, they were helpless, and let Lao Tzu come to the top of the tank, which is really his grandmother's! ”

The more Chen Yue thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but scold!

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