Outside Zhenjiang City, the official army camp, Wang Yan ordered Wang Shixiu, Liu Tichun, Liu Tiren, Li Yuanyin and others to come to meet.

After receiving the order, these generals thought that they were going to start attacking Zhenjiang, and came to the commander's tent of the Chinese army one after another.

Wang Yan sat in front of the handsome case, with a military report unfolded on it, and several generals sat under the tent, looked at each other, and did not talk.

After half a ring, Wang Yan looked away from the military newspaper, looked up at both sides of the tent, and saw that the generals were coming, so he said directly: "Kong Youde and Shang Kexi, the two traitors, known as 500,000, have surrounded Nanyang!" ”

After hearing this, the generals in the tent were not too surprised, they had already been mentally prepared for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to intervene, and Wang Yan also made an explanation.

"Half a million?" The eldest old and rough Liu Tichun sneered: "I look at Kong and Shang Er, it's really a sparrow laying goose eggs, and I'm not afraid to flash my tongue when I speak!" An army of 500,000 can really blow! I think at most 100,000, how many families are still in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, when we don't know? ”

The Ming army had long lost its fear of the Qing army, and everyone did not care too much about the Qing army's southward movement.

In the big war a few years ago, the vitality of the Qing army was greatly damaged, where was it so easy to recover, if it weren't for the lack of horse troops in the imperial court, this group of beasts would have been driven out of the gate long ago.

Hearing that the Qing army claimed that 500,000 people were going south, instead of being nervous, everyone showed a mocking expression, and echoed Liu Tichun's words, only Wang Shixiu and a few people looked pensive, considering Wang Yan's intention to summon them over.

Unlike the arrogant generals below, Wang Yan was expressionless, and said: "King Gu expected that the Qing army would go south, so he told Huguang to insist on three months, so that King Gu had enough time to quell the Tang Lu rebellion." ”

Wang Yan's words attracted everyone's attention, listening to his tone, everyone in the tent couldn't help but be quiet, and listened to him continue: "King Gu originally thought that Huguang had been in business for many years, and there was no problem for three months. In this way, King Gu can first pacify Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, and then turn back to deal with the Manchu Dynasty, but he doesn't want Nanyang to send a military report, maybe King Gu underestimated the strength of the Qing army! ”

In the past two years, the Ming army has been updating its equipment, training the new army, sharpening its knives, and the Manchus naturally cannot sit and wait for the Ming army to slaughter, they have also made changes and are also enhancing their military strength, but some generals on the side of the Ming Dynasty are still looking at the Manchus with old eyes, so they are a little surprised by Wang Yan's words.

"Your Highness, is there something wrong with Nanyang?" Wang Shixiu suddenly asked.

The people in the tent were silent, Liu Tichun and the others had not recovered from the change, the Huguang Ming Army had been operating for many years, although this time in order to quell the rebellion, 60,000 horses were sucked away, but as the largest war zone, the resources of the imperial court have been tilted, and it should be easy to hold on for three months, how to listen to the tone of the King of Chu, it seems that something is wrong?

At this time, everyone listened to Wang Shixiu's words, and they all flashed the same thought, could it be that Nanyang was lost?

If this is the case, it will be another heavy defeat of the Ming army after Yuan Zongdi died in Hezhou.

"Your Highness, isn't it the Qing army that has invaded Huguang?" Liu Tichun was surprised.

Unexpectedly, Wang Yan shook his head, "It was Liu Fangliang from Nanyang who sent an urgent letter, the Qing army bombarded the city with 100 heavy artillery, and attacked Nanyang with five times the force, he asked the Lone King to prepare early!" ”

Hearing that Nanyang was still in their hands, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Liu Fangliang asked Wang Yan to prepare early, that is, to tell Wang Yan euphemistically that he might not be able to complete the task of holding on for three months, and tactfully asked Wang Yan for reinforcements.

"Hao Shaoqi, to guard against Wu Sangui in Hanzhong, Ma Guanghui's troops pressed the Huai River, Jiangbei can't draw people, the 30,000 Chu soldiers led by He Zhen have just passed Moling and are ready to go to collect Zhejiang, at this critical moment, if it is transferred back to Huguang, then His Royal Highness's plan to quickly pacify King Lu will be affected!"

"The two towns of Liangguang have just entered Fujian, maybe they are fighting fiercely with Zheng Bing, and they have no chance to go north to Huguang!"

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The generals below were a little anxious at this time, and at the same time a little depressed, they didn't expect the Qing army to be able to shake Huguang.

In fact, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty failed continuously, after all, it controlled the vast area in the north, and annexed Moxi Mongolia, and the Ming army only placed 30,000 people on the Nanyang line, and the other side went south with more than 100,000 people.

Wang Yan listened to everyone's words, his brows tightened, now is the critical moment to end the Tanglu rebellion, and he is about to kick the door, but in terms of Huguang, he can't ignore it, in case the Qing army breaks through Nanyang and enters Huguang, with the current state of emptiness in Chu, the big dragon of the Ming Dynasty lined up is really likely to be cut off.

"Your Highness, once Nanyang is broken, if the Jin Kingdom intervenes again, and even as long as the soldiers suppress Shangyong, then Xiangfan and Wuchang will be in danger! If we let the Qing army occupy Hubei, we will be passive again! Wang Shixiu opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness, I think that I should immediately dispatch people to support, and I can't leave anything to chance!" ”

It can be seen that compared with internal dumping, Wang Shixiu is still more worried about the situation in Huguang.

The Ming Dynasty has not benefited the Manchus once or twice because of internal struggles, and Wang Shixiu can be regarded as a person who abandoned literature and followed martial arts, and knew how to learn lessons from previous events.

The Qing army intervened at this time, undoubtedly helping King Lu, Liu Tichun and others preemptively scolded, saying that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was really hateful, and our army didn't clean them up, they got up and made trouble!

Wang Yan is now in a bit of a dilemma, if he ignores Huguang and continues to level King Lu and Zheng Chenggong first, Huguang is only more than 60,000 people left after all, in case the Qing army takes advantage of it, then the Ming Dynasty's losses will be great.

But if he transfers troops back to Huguang, it will inevitably affect the counterinsurgency, not to mention King Lu, there is a big trouble for Zheng Chenggong, and in the end, if he is anticlimactic and tears his face, I am afraid that the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty will not have to be done.

Wang Yan groaned for a while, and after half a sound, he spoke: "King Gu will be able to quell the rebellion immediately, and at this time, Gu does not plan to give up." So be it! Ma Jun transferred Zhao Shenkuan and Qin Shangxing to lead 20,000 people, first went to aid Huguang, led the rest of the men and horses, still besieged Zhenjiang, and captured King Lu as soon as possible! What do you think? ”

The Ma army stayed in the city to play a small role, 10,000 cavalry, enough to be proud of all the rebels, Wang Yan still wanted to deal with the king of Lu, and proposed a compromise plan.

"Your Highness, the 20,000 horse army has returned to Huguang, and it seems that the humble post is of little use. With the number of horse troops of the Qing army, even if the 20,000 horse army returned to Huguang, it would be impossible to fight with the Qing army, and naturally they could not solve the siege of Nanyang, so they could only be used as foot soldiers to defend the city, and the direction of Nanyang was still very dangerous! Wang Shixiu said with his fists clenched.

In his opinion, there is no need for the king of Chu to drive out the king of Lu, and put the king of Lu on Taiwan Island to become a vassal, with the desolation of Taiwan Island, it is difficult for King Lu to become a climate, and he cannot threaten the king of Chu, but the king of Chu is now in a high position, but he is becoming more and more rigid and self-serving.

Wang Yan frowned, a little unhappy, he didn't realize that with Tang Lu's failure, he was in control of the overall situation, and after the two kings were less restrained, he became more and more assertive, and he let himself go a little.

"20,000 cavalry, as long as you can contain the Qing army, so that the Qing army does not dare to attack Nanyang wantonly, and delay for some time!" Wang Yan had a cold face, and suddenly said: "Dolgon, this guy stabbed the lonely king from behind, and the lonely king won't let him have a good time!" Don't worry, the lonely king suddenly had a plan, maybe he can retreat from the Manchu army! ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for everyone to ask He Ce, he looked at Yu Taichu of Jinyiwei and said: "Jiang Xiang of northern Jin, several times he expressed that he wanted to welcome the lonely king to the north, and the lonely capital made Hu Weizong suppress. Lone originally wanted to wait for Lone to lead the Northern Expedition and let him be the internal response, but Dolgon actually stabbed Lone with a knife at this time, and Lone also wanted to surprise him. Jin Yiwei immediately contacted Hu Weizong and asked Jiang Xiang to get into trouble as soon as possible, and see how the Qing army would go south! ”

Hu Weizong stayed by Jiang Xiang's side for almost four years, during this period, Dolgon wanted to move Jiang Xiang several times, and Jiang Xiang also thought about it several times, but Wang Yan held it down, because he felt that this chess piece was used well, and his Northern Expedition was at least eighty percent likely to succeed, so he kept them calm and waited for the opportunity.

Wang Yan was bent on cutting the feudal domain and centralizing power to the center, and Dolgon was also doing the same thing, Jiang Xiang in the north of Jin was a thorn in his eyes, and Jiang Xiang naturally knew it, so when the Ming army attacked Xuzhou last year, news came and he expressed his willingness to respond.

Now that Dolgon has swallowed Moxi, the power of the Eight Banners has increased greatly, he didn't dare to do anything to these Han warlords before, but now that the power of the Qing court has increased, I am afraid that Jiang Xiang will be moved again.

Wang Yan originally didn't want Jiang Xiang to get up so early, but the Qing army shook Nanyang, which made him feel a trace of danger, if he didn't move Jiang Xiang, he was afraid that Dolgon would take Jiang Xiang away, so he let Jiang Xiang launch in advance.

In addition, Wang Yan also has a very dark idea, Jiang Xiang's strength is not bad, and he intends to let Jiang Xiang fight with the Manchus for a while, which not only gives him time to rectify the interior, but also consumes the strength of Jiang Xiang and the Manchus, so as not to face a meritorious warlord in the future.

Wang Yan said Jiang Xiang in northern Jin, so that Wang Shixiu and others had no objections, if there was a rebellion within the Manchu Qing at this time, especially if northern Jin was only a few hundred miles away from Beijing, it would be too late for Dolgon to quell the rebellion, and the crisis of the Ming Dynasty in Huguang and Jiangbei would be resolved immediately.

After speaking, Wang Yan glanced at everyone, and saw that no one raised objections, so he immediately instructed Yu Taichu: "Just do what Gu said!" Be fast! ”

"Humble command!" Yu Taichu immediately got up and clenched his fists.

At this time, Lu Shikui suddenly came in, ignored the people in the tent, and hurriedly walked to Wang Yan's ear and said, "Your Highness, the sailor surnamed Zheng Guo has arrived in Chongming!" King Lu seems to have gotten the news, and someone in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Navy Division has sent information that King Lu has already boarded the ship, and I am afraid that King Lu will see that the negotiation will not succeed and is ready to go to sea! ”

Wang Yan's face changed when he heard this, he was even more surprised than seeing Liu Fangliang asking for help, he finally arranged the things in the north, and was ready to concentrate on cleaning up King Lu, but King Lu got on the sailor warship at this time, and Zheng Chenggong actually arrived in Chongming, so how could he clean it up?

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