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Just when Tong Guonai and Luo Chengyao were traveling through the mountainous areas of western Zhejiang, the news of Li Chengdong's department in Fujian reached Jiangning anyway.

In the former Ming Dynasty Nanjing Imperial Palace, now the Jiangnan Governor's Yamen, the Manchu Qing Dynasty's "Recruiting Jiangnan Governors and Military Affairs University Scholars" Hong Chengchou was worried after receiving the news of Fujian. But I didn't expect news from Jiangxi last month that Jin Shenghuan killed tens of thousands of people stationed in Nanchang and the Eight Banners, and the whole province of Jiangxi rebelled. In less than a month, news came from Fujian that Li Chengdong led 50,000 horses to rebel and swore allegiance to Emperor Shenwu in Guangdong.

If Jiangxi's bad news can still be withheld, the news from Fujian now hits Hong Chengchou's soft underbelly. Jiangxi is only geographically important, Jiangxi is located in the middle of the Yangtze River, and after occupying Jiujiang, it can go south to threaten Jiangning. But this is nothing, Hong Chengchou got the news that Jin Shenghuan only has less than 10,000 horses, and his side has 30,000 people in Jiujiang, plus Huguang Tantai's 100,000 horses, and Jin Shenghuan can be eliminated with a backhand.

However, Fujian is different, Fujian is east of Zhejiang, and Zhejiang plus Nanzhili, which is now Jiangnan Province, is the richest place in South China. At present, the whole of northern China is eroded, and a large amount of grain needed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north depends on the grain-producing areas of eastern Zhejiang and Jiangnan provinces; if there is no grain and there is no need for the south to fight in the north, even the hungry people in the north can eat 200,000 Manchuria and eight banners.

Since Hong Chengchou replaced Duoduo in charge of the military affairs of the provinces south of the Yangtze River two years ago, he has been pulling and fighting in Nanzhili and eastern Zhejiang, setting up more than a dozen Hengjiang iron cables on the Yangtze River, coupled with the strong walls and clear fields, it is easy to expel the Guangdong Navy Division from the Yangtze River (Hong Chengchou thought it was his own credit, but in fact, Zhu Hongsan wanted to let the Manchu Qing go south to eliminate the Lu and Tang regimes), and the Grand Canal had just been opened for less than half a year, but I didn't expect Fujian to lose it again at this critical moment.

Looking at Hong Chengchou in a daze, Zhou Boda, the governor of Jiangnan in the Manchu Qing Dynasty on the side, said: "Your Excellency, now that there is an accident in Jiangxi and Fujian, what should we do?" ”

Hong Chengchou sighed and said, "Lord Zhou, I'm not worried about Jiangxi, I'm worried about Zhejiang!" Now the money and grain in the north have to rely on Zhejiang and Jiangnan Province, if this place loses its own officials, I am really sorry for the regent's kindness! ”

"My lord, it's not so serious, Jin Shenghuan only has more than 10,000 people, and Li Chengdong only has 50,000 people, they have more than enough people to protect themselves, and it is unlikely that they will attack Zhejiang, right?"

"Lord Zhou, you don't know, I am the former king of Ming Chu who is afraid of Guangdong. I heard that Jin Shenghuan and Li Chengdong are loyal to the former Ming Chu king, and it would not be good if they got the support of Guangdong! ”

Zhou Boda had just been transferred to Jiangning from Gansu, and he didn't know much about the two emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty, so he didn't think much of what Hong Chengchou said.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I heard that the former Ming King of Chu only occupied one province in Guangdong, and there were only tens of thousands of soldiers, and there would only be a dozen, what are we afraid of?"

Hong Chengchou shook his head and didn't say anything, he could say that just two years ago, the Guangdong army was less than 10,000 people, and a few big ships disturbed the entire Nanzhili. However, pacifying Jiangnan is Hong Chengchou's political achievement, and he can tell the truth to Zhou Boda.

"In order to ensure that the imperial court's Jiangnan money and grain are not lost, only Jiangning is protected. Lord Zhou, order to go down, Ma Guozhu in Jiujiang led people to withdraw to Anqing to garrison along the river, and at the same time let Tan Tai of Huguang withdraw to Wuchang to avoid being cut off by the Ming army! ”

Hong Chengchou's order was to completely abandon Jiangxi and Huguang, so that Jiangning would be completely exposed to the blows of the Ming army in Jiangxi. Zhou Boda was taken aback when he heard the order, and hurriedly asked, "My lord, this is a bit afraid of the enemy!" Now that the military situation is unknown, a large area of land in Jiujiang and Huguang will be ceded, and the imperial court will not be able to explain it! ”

Hong Chengchou said firmly: "I'll explain to the imperial court, we can't take chances, we can fight if the land is gone, if Jiangning and Zhejiang are lost, then everything is over, Lord Zhou, go down and give an order!" ”

Seeing Hong Chengchou's insistence, Zhou Boda had no choice but to go down and order the armies to act according to the orders of the governor. Hong Chengchou's order saved Tan Tai's 100,000 horses, and after Zhu Hongsan received the news that Fujian was anyway, he immediately ordered Jiangxi's Jin Shenghuan troops to go west to recover Huguang, if Tan Tai left half a month late, his 100,000 horses would fall into the sandwich between He Tengjiao and Jin Shenghuan.

After issuing the order, Hong Chengchou wrote a letter to Dorgon, the regent of Beijing, explaining in detail the affairs of Jiangnan and asking the regent to send reinforcements.

Hong Chengchou's letter for help was finally delivered to Dolgon half a month later, and he saw that Jiangxi and Fujian, which he had occupied, were all lost, which made Dolgon very passive. In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Dolgon was not a one-handed man, he was just the most powerful leader. In the past, everyone mixed with him because he could lead everyone to grab good things, but now he has lost two provinces at once, and nearly 10,000 Manchurians have died in Nanchang, which can cause an uproar in Beijing. The Manchurian Eight Banners in Nanchang is the most in the entire Jiangnan except for Jiangning, and most of them are the families of Tan Taixi's expeditionary army, and they are all dead now, you must know that there are only more than 200,000 people in the whole Manchuria.

Fortunately, Hauge, who is now opposed to Dolgon, is in Sichuan, and he can't deal with Dolgon. Daishan in Beijing is still a peacemaker, and Dolgon will suppress the unfavorable voice for himself. However, Dorgon's policy of using Han to control Han was a complete failure, and Jiangxi and Fujian were the backbone of the new annexed army, and it was the reliable voice of his own people that dominated.

There were many excellent generals in the Manchu Qing Dynasty at this time, but there were few handsomes who were in charge. Now the only general that Dorgon can trust is Duoduo, and his eldest brother Azig is a suitable candidate, but Azig has bravery, but he has no brains. After occupying Wuchang back then, he wanted to ask for the title of uncle, which made Dolgon very unhappy, what should I do if you want to be the emperor's uncle? Is it the emperor's second uncle? So Azig was left idle after returning to Beijing.

Dolgon thought for a long time, if he wanted to pacify the provinces south of the Yangtze River, why would he need an army of 100,000. Commanding the 100,000 Manchurian and Mongolian army is not qualified, he himself has the ability and prestige to lead the troops, but now the DPRK is changing rapidly, if he no longer lives in Beijing, I don't know what will happen. Azig was not trusted, and had no choice but to beg for Dordor who was sick at home.

Nurhachi's sons are really not given for nothing, each one is more powerful than the other. After the Qing army entered the customs, most of the land was beaten down by the Prince of Yu Duoduo, and the Qianlong Emperor of later generations called it "the most meritorious of the founding kings". But fortunately, smart people don't live long, Huang Taiji lived to be fifty-one years old, which is not bad, Dolgon lived to be thirty-nine years old, Shunzhi lived to be twenty-four years old, Duoduo lived to be thirty-six years old, Azig lived to be forty-seven years old, and Hauge lived to be forty years old. If these guys are all seventy or eighty years old, there is really nothing to do with Zhu Hongsan (Zhu Hongsan: Fart, this is killing too many people and being punished by God, you know!) ）。

In order to seek his brother's opinion, Dolgon went out to the palace of Prince Yu in Dongcheng and saw his fifteenth brother Duoduo who was sick in bed.

Duoduo was very unaccustomed to the hot climate of the south when he pacified Jiangnan in the second year of Shunzhi, and has been recuperating since returning to Beijing in October. However, Dolgon's manpower was really insufficient, coupled with the eventful autumn, in the third year of Shunzhi, Tengjisi and Tengjite of the Mongolian Sunit Department defected to Khalkha and rebelled against the Qing court. In May, Dolgon's ill Duoduo became a great general, and together with the king of Chengze County, Shuosai, gathered the Mongol troops of the Outer Domain at the Krulun River to pursue the Sunit army. He returned to the dynasty in October.

The illness in Jiangnan was not cured, coupled with the wind and sand outside the Saiwai, Duoduo fell ill again after returning to Beijing, and this illness lay down for more than half a year.

When Dorgon saw Dorgon enter the room, he sat up and said, "Brother Fourteen, what wind has brought you here?" ”

Seeing that Duoduo was about to get up, Dorgon hurriedly stepped forward to support Duoduo, "Fifteenth brother, lie down, my brother is here to see you today!" ”

Duoduo smiled, he knew his fourteenth brother too well, and among the brothers, Dolgon was the most like Huang Taiji, ruthless and selfish. A few years ago, his brother Azig didn't have a long mind to win the battle, so he wanted to invite his uncle to be king, but when he came back, he was idle by Dolgon. Duoduo himself also saw the results of Azig and said that he couldn't get sick, but in fact, Duoduo's illness was not that serious.

"Brother Fourteen, is there any war again?"

Dorgon's old face turned red when his brother said it, "Fifteenth brother, news came from Jiangnan, the surrendered armies of the former Ming Dynasty in Jiangxi and Fujian rebelled again, and nearly 10,000 of our people died in Nanchang!" ”

Duoduo was also stunned, 10,000 people died in a battle, which was unprecedented since the founding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

"Brother Fourteen, how is the situation in Jiangnan now?"

"Hong Chengchou handled it very well, he gathered his troops to deploy in Anqing, and at the same time prepared the Ming army sailors to go ashore on the coast of Zhejiang, but he was more than self-preservation, and Jiangxi and Fujian could not be dragged so long."

"Brother Fourteen wants me to lead my troops south!"

"Fifteenth brother, fourteenth brother really can't help it, Chaozhong Daishan and Jierharang are pressing us step by step, and my brother really can't go. In addition, the army mobilized this time is 40,000 Manchurian Eight Banners and 60,000 Mongolian Eight Banners, this is most of our army, and it is not safe to hand it over to the outsider brother, and the elder brother has to come to ask for the fifteenth brother! ”

This time, Dolgon made a bloody investment, and 30,000 people came out of 40,000 eight flags and two white flags, which was already the largest number of sorties from the Eight Banners of Manchuria from the customs.

When Duoduo heard Dolgon say this, he knew that he had already decided to be the commander in Dorgon's heart, and he came here today just to ask for his own opinion. ”

"But your body..."

Duoduo lifted the quilt, stood up from the bed, and said, "Brother Fourteen, don't worry, I can't die yet!" ”

Seeing that the general's problem was solved, Dolgon was very happy, and with this most capable younger brother coming out, he would definitely be able to pacify the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and then he could take advantage of the great victory in the south of the Yangtze River to go further.