Nanking. As soon as the Qing army was defeated, a Jinyi guard reported the results to the imperial court.

The news of the victory on the Wuhu front has come, the whole court is jubilant, Chongzhen also rarely shows a smile, the court meeting has been held for a long time, and the ministers are talking excitedly, looking forward to the Northern Expedition to recover the old land. The Manchu and Qing armies were annihilated, and although there were still Qing troops stranded south of the Yangtze River by Ao Bai and Wu Sangui, they could no longer threaten the Ming Dynasty, and there was nothing to fear.

The entire imperial court was waiting for the Pingnan Marquis Chen Yue's report of victory, so as to understand the battle process and reward the meritorious heroes.

Throughout the court meeting, Han Zanzhou, who was standing beside Chongzhen, smiled silently, and he knew better than everyone present about the battle, including Chongzhen, who was sitting on the throne. Because Fang Mingxia had already reported to him the plan to annihilate the Eight Banners.

However, in order not to leak the strategy, and for some reason, Han Zanzhou did not tell Chongzhen in advance. He was also afraid that Chongzhen would be dissatisfied if the plan failed, and he was even more afraid that he would take responsibility if he was defeated. After all, it was not Dongchang's duty to fight, and Fang Mingxia's move was already suspected of overstepping his bounds.

Now that he has won, it means that Fang Mingxia's strategy has worked, how can Han Zanzhou be unhappy?

After the early dynasty, when he returned to the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen was still in excitement, and he did not review the recital for the first time, but walked around the main hall. In the seventeen years since he ascended the throne, the Ming army has been defeated repeatedly in the face of the Manchurians, how can there ever be such a time to raise his eyebrows!

In the two battles of Yangzhou and Wuhu, as many as 60,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners were annihilated, how many elite troops did the Manchurian Tartars add up? There are only about 100,000 people, and half of the Tartar elite has been killed in the two wars, so Chongzhen sees the hope of recovering Beijing and recovering the country.

"What a Chen Yue, he really lives up to me!" Chongzhen said excitedly, "I don't know when the report will be handed over, I can't wait to see how Chen Yue defeated the Eight Banners!" ”

When Chen Yue used water to destroy Duoduo's 100,000 army, what kind of strategy did he use to defeat Azig this time? Chongzhen is looking forward to it.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the old slave knows what this battle is all about." Seeing that Chongzhen was happy, Han Zanzhou took the opportunity to say, now is the best time to show his merits.

"Oh? Tell me, then, how the battle was fought? Chongzhen looked at Han Zanzhou with a smile, Han Zanzhou is the commander of Dongchang, he has many subordinates and is well-informed, so it is not surprising to know the situation in Wuhu.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have a stall called Fang Mingxia in Dongchang, I was sent to Wuhu by the old slave some time ago, some time ago, he sent a letter to the old slave, saying that he came up with a plan to defeat the Manchu Tartars....."

Han Zanzhou told Chongzhen about Fang Mingxia's strategy, and Chongzhen's eyes widened more and more when he heard it.

"Now that the news of Wuhu's victory has come, I don't know if Fang Mingxia's strategy has worked. Previously, the old slave was afraid that the plan would not succeed, so he didn't dare to tell His Majesty, and asked His Majesty to atone for his sins. ”

"Are you saying that in this battle, Ming Xia persuaded Li Guoying to surrender, and then Li Guoying secretly designed the warship to capsize and destroy the 20,000 Eight Banners of Azig?" Chongzhen looked at Han Zanzhou in a daze, he couldn't believe it.

"Li Guoying has been persuaded by Fang Mingxia to surrender, but whether it is the Azig 20,000 Eight Banners defeated by Fang Mingxia's strategy, the old slave is not sure yet, and he will know when the front line reports that he has come over." Han Zanzhou said cautiously.

"What a Fang name Xia," Chongzhen suddenly laughed, "If it's really like what you said, there is another resourceful and useful minister in my Ming Dynasty." Li Guoying was able to get lost and return and destroy the 20,000 Eight Banners of Azig, which can be regarded as a great achievement. ”

"I thought it was Chen Yue who made a new contribution, but I didn't expect there to be such a thing, hahaha......" Chongzhen laughed loudly again.

For Chongzhen, the more talents that emerge, the more prosperous Daming will be, and he is very willing to see more and more people like Fang Mingxia.

"Of course, the biggest credit for this battle is still Pingnanhou's. If there was no Pingnan Hou Yangzhou to defeat Duoduo and defeat the Qing army's naval division in Wuhu, if there was no deterrence of the Pingnan army's successive victories, Li Guoying would not have listened to Fang Mingxia's persuasion to surrender. Han Zanzhou said with a smile, Chen Yue's role is there, no one can hide it, and no one can erase his credit.

Han Zanzhou and Chen Yue didn't have much hatred for the festival, but his subordinate Dongchang and Jinyiwei, who were controlled by the Chen family's father and son, were opposites, and after vaguely guessing Chongzhen's psychology of checks and balances, he sent Fang Mingxia to do so many things.

Of course, Chen Yue is the biggest contributor. Even his father Chen Jianghe was seriously injured, and he didn't know if he could survive. Chongzhen restrained his smile and said sadly. The father and son of the Chen family are the biggest helpers of the imperial court, Chen Jianghe's loyalty is obvious to all, and the loss of him makes Chongzhen quite sentimental.

"The loyal and righteous Hou Ji people will definitely be able to turn the danger into a disaster." Han Zanzhou comforted. However, it is reported that Chen Jianghe's injuries are extremely serious, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to survive, and the courtiers know this.

After being happy for a while, Chongzhen began to eat lunch, rested for a while after lunch, and immediately began to review the recital. At the time of Chongzhen's work, Han Zanzhou withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and as the master of ceremonies and the commander of the East Factory, he had a lot of affairs to deal with.

"Old Ancestor, Fang Mingxia is back, and I am anxious to see you." A little eunuch said.

Why did Fang Mingxia come back? Han Zanzhou was stunned. After the victory in Wuhu, the green battalion that surrendered and the prisoners of war were interrogated, which was the busiest time for the factory guards, why did they run back to Nanjing at this time?

There must have been something big happening, Han Zanzhou didn't dare to slack off, and ordered someone to bring Fang Mingxia in.

"Ancestor, do you want to be the master of your subordinates?" As soon as he saw Han Zanzhou, Fang Mingxia knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

"What the hell is going on? Rise up and speak! Han Zanzhou's brows furrowed, and he ordered in a deep voice.

"Ancestor, Chen Yue, in order to avenge his personal revenge and fight for the merit of defeating the 20,000 Eight Banner soldiers, he captured Li Guoying......" Fang Mingxia stood up and told everything that happened in Wuhu.

"Ancestor, you have to find a way, if it's too late, I'm afraid Li Guoying's life will not be saved!" Fang Mingxia finally said.

In the planning of Fang Mingxia and Han Zan, Li Guoying relied on the great merit of eliminating 20,000 Eight Banners to turn the situation around, at least the general army of any province, and then operated, and most of the green battalion soldiers who surrendered could be controlled by Li Guoying. And relying on Fang Mingxia's support to get up, Li Guoying naturally has to listen to Dongchang.

And in this war, Zheng Sen also led the Zheng family's army, so after the Qing army was expelled, the Ming Dynasty could set up two more warlords of the Zheng family and Li Guoying, plus the establishment of the Beijing camp, and the Ming army lieutenant general will not be the only one in the Pingnan army in the future.

After weakening Chen Yue's power, he could naturally think of dealing with Chen Yue in the future.

But now that Li Guoying has been arrested, the green battalion soldiers have been swallowed up by Chen Yue, and since then, the Pingnan Army has been dominant in the Ming Dynasty, and it is very difficult to deal with Chen Yue.

Therefore, Li Guoying must be saved, and then Li Guoying will lead the credit for defeating the Eight Banners, so as to establish an army to balance Chen Yue!

"It's to save Li Guoying, in this way, I will go to see Your Majesty immediately, you write down the whole story, I will send someone to the courtiers, Chen Yue must bear the consequences if he does such a thing!"

Han Zan Zhou forcibly endured the anger in his heart and commanded.