At this time, with Jin Shenghuan and Li Chengdong rectifying one after another, the anti-Qing situation in the whole country was surging, and many people once again made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and for a while, the anti-Qing situation in the whole country came out of the slump and ushered in the second climax since the Qing army entered the customs. (When the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the people of the whole country resisted the Qing army and its puppet army many times, and historians divided them into three anti-Qing climaxes according to the events.)

For the first time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered Jiangnan and ordered the implementation of the hair shaving order in the newly occupied area, that is, to keep the head without hair, and under its influence, the people in the Jiangnan area resisted the invasion of the Qing army, and the representative events included the three massacres in Jiading, Yan Yingyuan and others in Jiangyin resisted the Qing army on the 81st day and other events.

The second anti-Qing upsurge, that is, the Qingming Dynasty will be caused by the Qing Dynasty internal strife, the Manchu Qing Dynasty Jiang (West) Governor Jin Shenghuan was dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty officials to exploit it, led the troops to counterattack the Qing army, its resistance movement by the Qing Guang (East) Governor Li Chengdong, Datong General Jiang Zhi responded, the Ming army once controlled several provinces, but because of the lack of cooperation, it finally lasted several years and was suppressed by the Qing army.

For the third time, after Zhang Xianzhong's remnants occupied a foothold in Yunnan and Guizhou, its leaders Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and Liu Wenxiu initiated, Li Dingguo led his troops from Guizhou Province to Hunan, and Liu Wenxiu from Yunnan to Sichuan, and defeated the Qing army many times.

In the third anti-Qing upsurge, Li Dingguo was the king of Dingnan, and killed Kong Youde and Nikan, the kings of Dingnan of the Qing army, and Liu Wenxiu was also forced to give up Baoning Mansion (today's Langzhong).

However, because Sun Kewang was jealous of Xian and was jealous, coupled with Li Dingguo's too stubbornness, in the end, the two sides fought infighting, Sun Kewang defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the anti-Qing movement failed. ）

In Fujian, Zheng Chenggong established an armed base in Xiamen in Kinmen, and with a strong naval army, he had already gained a foothold on the southeast coast, and now he is leading his troops to attack in an attempt to occupy several state capitals in order to develop his power and expand his influence.

In eastern Zhejiang, the Zhejiang gentry who supported Zhu Yihai of the Lu Jian State also responded with luck, and they used Zhoushan as a base to attack the coastal areas of Zhejiang with their sailors, or contact local gentry in an attempt to establish a stable regime.

In the south of Hu, the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, came out of the shadow of the failure of the siege of Jingzhou last year, contacted the remnants of Dashun to besiege Changde, and planned to collect and pay Changde in order to connect with the anti-Qing forces in the southwest.

At this time, the regent of the Manchu emperor, Dolgon, also came out of the continuous defeat and mobilized troops and horses to exterminate the Southern Ming forces.

At the beginning of the Northern Expedition of the Volunteers to recover Hanzhong, Dolgon was furious, and wanted to send troops to retaliate against the Volunteers, but now he heard that there was a mutiny in Jiang (West) and Guangdong, and was greatly annoyed, and decided to postpone the capture of Si (Sichuan) and discharge the elite to quell the rebel forces.

Dolgon ordered his uncle regent Duoduo (after the destruction of the Southern Ming regime, Duoduo was promoted from Prince Yu to his uncle regent) to sit in Kaifeng to coordinate and command the various departments at the front.

Ling Zheng Huangqi Gushan Ezhen Tan Tai was the general of the expedition to the south, and led his troops along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal south with Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi and Huaishun Wang Geng Zhongming to attack Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren in the west of the Yangtze River.

He made Prince Zheng Ji'er Harang the general of Jingyuan, and stationed with Shen Yongzhong, the Duke of Xushun, to march into the lake (south.

In order to solve the problem that the northern soldiers were not accustomed to water warfare and the north could not tolerate the high temperature weather in the south, for Guangdong, Guangxi (west, Fujian, Yunnan and other places in the south), he did not hesitate to divide the land and seal the king to Wu Sangui, Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, Geng Zhongming and other traitors, and promised to seal this place as a fence.

In order to boost the morale of Wu Sangui and other traitors, the Qing court officially divided Wu Sangui as the prince of Pingxi, and expanded the department to 40,000 soldiers and horses.

The traitor Kong Youde was the king of Dingnan, and after cooperating with Ji'er Harang and others to capture Hunan, the department alone captured Guang (west.

Although Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming were relatively weak, they were still divided into the kings of Pingnan and Jingnan, and their departments were expanded to 13,000 and 7,000 respectively.

The Qing army was menacing and vowed to eliminate the Southern Ming regime in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the Qing army actually gathered such soldiers and horses in a short period of time after falling and defeating, it was menacing, and the Ming armies from all walks of life retreated.

Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang, who fled to Zhaoqing and just got peace, was at a loss, and the ministers saw this, and they all said, that Yang Xuan was unruly and did not listen to orders, and he often regarded himself as a loyal and virtuous minister in case of trouble, and now the ministries were shocked, and the emperor could send an envoy to CD to urge the volunteers to go eastward.

If the volunteers leave the Three Gorges, they will inevitably threaten the back of the Qing army like a tiger, so the Qing army will definitely ignore the end and will definitely be defeated.

Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang thought it was true, and sent Yan Qiheng, the secretary of the military department, to CD to read the holy decree, appointing him as the governor of the four provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hu, and Guangzhou, and leading the volunteers to conquer the east.

After receiving the holy decree, it was enshrined, and everyone sat down as guests and hosts, and everyone talked eloquently.

Liu Changlin, the political envoy of the right cloth, Qian Bangqi and others advocated the edict and counted the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition, just as Liu Changlin said, if the Volunteers went eastward, the world would inevitably be shaken, as long as the Volunteers could approach Wuchang, they could solve the dilemma of the Southern Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Senator Yin Chengzhu, Wu Yanghu and others disagreed, Si (Sichuan) is a basin, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the Hanzhong Basin is on top of it, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At that time, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition needed to pacify Nanzhong (today's Yunnan-Guizhou region), and now Sun Kewang has a heavy army in Yunnan, and its threat is far above that of Meng Shu back then.

If you want to complete the eastern crusade in one battle, the elite will inevitably enter and exit, so that the four (Sichuan) are empty, giving Yunnan Sun Kewang and Guanzhong Wu Sangui an opportunity to take advantage of, even if the other party does not attack the Sword Pavilion or Sichuan, only need to lead a heavy army to approach the four (Sichuan), and the rear will inevitably shake.

In this way, the volunteers could not win the battle, could not defend the retreat, suffered from the enemy on their backs, lost their ground in advance and retreat, and fell short.

When the people present heard this, they all thought it was true, and everyone talked about it, and they knelt down and begged not to listen to such a chaotic fate.

Yan Qiheng, the secretary of the Nanming Military Department, was annoyed, stood up and swept everyone and said: "Yang Xuan, you were born as a deputy leader, and you have to marry my lord of the Ming Shu Domain, I am not thin with you, how can you be ungrateful?"

Now that the emperor's holy purpose is here, do you want to disobey it? ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Yan Shangshu, don't worry, there are things that need to be carefully considered, after the repeated bloody battles of the volunteers, not only the place is withered, but also the strength is very seriously damaged, so you must listen to the general to make it clear." ”

When everyone heard this, there were many discussions, and many unfavorable factors were said.

Although they were expelled from the provincial capital the year before last, the Qing army entered Sichuan at the beginning of last year to burn, kill and loot, and many places were sparsely populated and the economy withered.

In the past, Li Zhanchun dominated the sea, exerted power in the local area, plundered the people, and put down his rebellion at the beginning of this year, but the local economy is still in tatters.

Although the Volunteer Army claims to have three detachments of naval troops, one co-cavalry, and 12 town infantry, it is not full at all, and many supplementary towns are mostly two main regiments (standards), and a certain number of supplementary standards.

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Yang Xuan listened silently, didn't turn around and stare at the map in front of him and said: "Yan Shangshu, our army abides by the holy decree and goes on the expedition, even if the road is like a bamboo, the troops are under the city of Wuchang, forcing the Qing army to retreat, but the outcome is nothing more than the following:

In the fourth (Sichuan), due to the main force of our army's eastward crusade, those who remained in Sichuan must be some old and weak remnants, after seeing our army's eastward crusade, Yunnan's Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and Guanzhong's Wu Sangui must do their best to enter Sichuan, so the rear base will definitely not be able to keep.

Then look at the Huguang war, even if our army wins a hundred battles and drives straight to Wuchang, its effect depends on whether Jin Shenghuan, Du Yinxi, He Tengjiao and others can survive at that time.

If Jin Shenghuan, Du Yinxi, and He Tengjiao can't survive that time, our volunteers will fall into the encirclement of the enemy, and the whole army will definitely be annihilated.

If Jin Shenghuan, Du Yinxi, and He Tengjiao can survive until the Volunteer Army is approaching Wuchang, so the Qing Army will inevitably retreat north, and our Volunteer Army will also fall into the encirclement of the Qing Army.

Even if Jin Shenghuan, He Tengjiao, and Du Yinxi have the heart to help, it depends on whether the other party has the strength?

Yan Qiheng stood up and said with a stern face: "Yang Xuan, the old man knows that you would not save you when you saw death, but don't make so many excuses." ”

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "As the saying goes, the one who counts more wins, and the dispatch of the army is related to the fortune of the country.

Xuan's death is not a pity, Xuan's reputation is not a pity, but if I want to ruin the Han family's national fortune for hundreds of years, I will not be able to obey my fate. ”

Yan Qiheng sneered: "If you don't obey the order, is it reasonable?" ”

Seeing Yan Qiheng publicly insulting Hou Ye, the surrounding generals were quite angry and scolded one by one.

Qian Bangqi's face was full of worry, and he knelt down and said: "Hou Ye, Yan Shangshu conveyed the holy decree on behalf of the emperor, although it is quite difficult for us to implement it, but I still hope that Hou Ye will look at everyone's feelings for fighting against the Tartars together, and find a way to reverse the situation ahead." ”

Yang Xuan thought about it, suddenly got up and helped Qian Bangxin up: "According to the inspection, the old ministers seek the country, and for the country and the people, regardless of personal gains and losses, it is really a model for us to learn."

Qian Jianjun, generals, I said that I would not go out to rescue Huguang and Jiang (West), instead of sitting back and not rescuing? ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they asked in unison.

Yang Xuan smiled, and had an idea for a moment:

Let Ran Lin write a note on his behalf, and ask the imperial court to appoint him as the governor of the six provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Guangzhou, so as to lead the volunteers to the east and the Northern Expedition, and fight to the death with the Tartars.

Feng Youqing, the deputy general of the 10th town, was appointed as the pioneer officer of the Eastern Expedition, and together with Jin Tongwu of the 7th town, he led his troops out of the Three Gorges, controlled Kuizhou Mansion, and approached Jingzhou.

He Zhen, the commander of the 8th town, was ordered to be the pioneer officer of the Northern Expedition, and led his subordinates to control Yunyang and approach Xiangyang.

Yang Xuan sat in the middle of the road in the name of the governor of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hu, and Guangzhou, and waited for the soldiers, horses, grain, and grass to be ready, and then set out to the east.

When everyone heard that the morale was high, it seemed that the adults would not really sit idly by and watch the other Ming armies be wiped out.

Yan Qiheng, the secretary of the military department, saw the problem and asked eagerly: "Master Hou, although this can contain one or two, if it is protracted, I am afraid that it will be detected by the Tartars." ”

Yang Xuan smiled: "This will make Feng Youqing, He Zhen and others fake the show, play with majesty and momentum, and make the Tartars feel afraid."

As long as the strength of our volunteers is still there, and the threat is still there, even if the Qing army finds out that there is fraud, it will be even more difficult to change tactics and prevent it.

As long as it takes a year and a half, as long as I can calm down the rogues and solve the hidden dangers in the rear, I can lead my troops to the expedition at any time. ”

Yan Qiheng had no choice but to agree.

And the surrounding generals also seemed elated, one by one, saying that Hou Ye was resourceful, not only declaring righteousness, but also having the ability to turn decay into magic.