Since the strategic direction was adjusted, there could be no accidents in the peace talks between the north and the south, and the Senate and the House of Representatives quickly elected representatives to go to Nanjing to negotiate with Li Fugui, and in order to jointly issue an order with the Presidential Office, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Metropolitan Governor's Office: Abolish the Wuchang Governor's Office, Li Huai was reappointed as the commander of Jiangbei, Zhang Mengcun was reappointed as the commander of Hubei, and Ji Qi was reappointed as the commander of Hunan, and summoned the former commanders Du Wenhuan, Ma Guangyuan, and Bai Xianzhi to return to Datong as soon as possible.

This farce is almost equivalent to a coup d'état, the authority of the parliament has been greatly enhanced, but the federal president has been pushed aside, and the parliamentarians dare not see Li Yu in their hearts, remembering that the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry wants to investigate whether Gyeonggi can grow rice, so they sent the capital to serve the resolution, in addition, they also manipulated public opinion, instructed the newspaper to pour dirty water, and described the Rakshasa country as a lazy, insatiable gang of thugs who specialize in killing and robbing to make a living, and after exterminating the tribes in the far north, they will target the poor Kyrgyz, and if they succeed, they will definitely enter the Datong Federation- The citizens of the Federation were outraged and called for a severe punishment of the Rakshasa State, and the House of Representatives and the new government received unprecedented public support for their wise decision.

Jiangnan, after the battle of Gaochun Lake, the soldiers of the Eight Banners retreated into Jiangning City, and they were relieved to get the news of the drastic changes in Beijing, this is the best result, and if they continue to fight, they should be wiped out, and the Prince of Jin will still reward everyone with a way out. Bolo didn't have time to contact the Datong army, Li Yu summoned him back to Beijing to visit Amma's letter arrived first, this guy howled and then boarded Datong's ship and rushed to Beijing - the boss ran away, the eight banner soldiers in the city only had about 3,000 people, and the green camp Han soldiers were all over if they turned their faces, leaving the two solid mountains guarding the city, Ezhen Baiyintu and Yilde wanted to take refuge in Datong, but both of them were on the hanging list of the Yangzhou massacre, and Baiyintu also attached to Dolgon with his younger brother Gong Adai and Xihan, and had to ask Hu Chunshui for help.

Hu Chunshui was a friend enough, took out a big bag of silver coins and the secret order he had just received, and said that the president said in Beijing that "Dolgon is not guilty of mistakes, and the relevant people will no longer be investigated", so he will no longer be guilty of relying on Dolgon, but the old accounts in Yangzhou can't be left, Han Dai and others have gone to Ningguta to join the army to atone for their crimes, you can only do this, hurry up and get on the road - Bai Yintu and Ilde were grateful, and ran away with a smoke, Jiangning fell into the hands of Hu Chunshui and Li Shutai, a Datong spy and a nominal nephew of Li Yu, The power was in his hands and ordered the Eight Banners to expel the Green Battalion soldiers from the city, and then raised the three-color black eagle flag at the head of Jiangning City.

Jiangning City changed in an instant, but Hong Chengchou, the governor of the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, turned a blind eye, and during this time he also wrote with Li Huai constantly, and reached a consensus - the merger of the Qing Dynasty into the Datong Federation is beneficial to the country and the people, and all parts of the Jiangnan should indeed change their orders. Hong Chengchou hoped that all the Datong Army would receive the Green Battalion Army and that all the original crimes of the officers and men would be pardoned, while Li Huai demanded that all the Qing troops in Jiangnan, including the Wuhu Green Camp Army, disarm and surrender, and that the decision to retain or dismiss them should be made after reorganization, and that officers and soldiers who had taken plundering and slaughtering the people would be punished in general, especially those who were on the Datong Supreme Court's hanging list.

How can this be reasonable, there are a few soldiers who do not do evil, all dynasties and dynasties are not to blame for the past, no matter how domineering you are in Datong, you can't break the rules, Hong Chengchou came up with a trick in a rage, and transferred Wang Zhiren, the Marquis of Wuning, of the Lu Dynasty, to Li Huai - Wang Zhiren fought a battle with Huang Binqing, the Shaowu Dynasty in Zhoushan, and after the defeat, he scuttled and drowned more than 90 family members, and he ran to Jiangning alone to seek death, Hong Chengchou came forward to persuade him to surrender but was insulted, and it is not good to kill people at this juncture, Datong is not about benevolence, this person not only harms the people but also kills his family, But the Han people regard him as a hero of the resistance to the Qing Dynasty, and I will see how you deal with it. But Li Huai played even more desperately, not only detaining Wang Zhiren, but also sending cavalry to raid the Qing army's Jurong camp, arresting Zhang Tianlu, the commander who was on the hanged list, and disarming the other green battalion soldiers.

Zhang Tianlu was the old department of Hong Chengchou when he suppressed thieves in the northwest, and after the defeat of the Luzhou army, he came to Jiangning, trusted by the old Shangguan, and was ordered to lead the 20,000 green battalions of the Jurong battalion. Hong Chengchou lost his love and lost the last bit of blood, and he was furious and wrote to scold Li Huai for not paying attention to faith and righteousness, where is the etiquette and shame of the reader? Li Huai replied after several days: Datong has sent an embassy to negotiate peace, so the two will not talk for the time being, and hope that the boss will gather the southern fame to Jiangning as soon as possible to discuss major matters, in order to end the war and recuperate with the people.

People don't talk about it, Hong Chengchou didn't recruit it, but had a headache how to gather fame to bargain with Datong, he didn't know that Wu Xian, Liu Zongzhou, Huang Daozhou and others were rushing day and night to be representatives of the people's will, and they would arrive in Jiangning in a few days, but this was not necessarily a good thing for him.

Wuhu, the green battalion soldiers in the encirclement are still suffering, the Qing State does not care about them, the Datong army does not accept surrender, it is even more impossible to run, there are gunboats on the river, cavalry on the land, the guns are as dense as raindrops, and several breakthroughs have been defeated and returned. When they were desperate, two groups of people rushed to the riverside to set up a porridge factory under the banners of the "United Asia Company" and the "Northwest Development Company." The green battalion soldiers were so hungry that they became so hungry that they became beggars.

Two meals of green vegetable porridge every day without adding salt, the green battalion soldiers are hungry but feel weak when they walk, or the people in the porridge factory have good hearts and eyes, and often enlighten everyone, good men are determined in all directions, why starve here and wait to die, their company has strength but lacks manpower, and the treatment given is also good, not only pay wages, divide land, but also help find a wife to settle down, young and strong, bold and black-hearted brothers are welcome. The conditions were so good that the Green Battalion soldiers were quickly moved and rushed to sign up, and the brothers who were selected followed the others happily, and the Green Battalion officers didn't bother to care, and they themselves didn't know how long they could live.

"If you are not afraid of hardship or tiredness, you have to shed tears to get rich"

"Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere and colonizes the local lords of Nanyang"

"Yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and if you don't break the rakshasa, you won't return it"

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Du Wenhuan galloped out of the camp, and frowned when he heard the inspirational slogan of the porridge factory in the distance, what a mess, the guys of the "United Asia Company" and the "Northwest Development Company" are cheating the scoundrels again, what a good situation, these 200,000 green battalion soldiers can go south to level the ugly group with a little reorganization, but that stupid boy is disobedient!

"Old handsome, you can delay for a few days before leaving, and let the future send you off." Li Huai whispered beside him.

"It's best to go quietly like this, so as not to cause gossip again, Wang Wenkui and Zhao Fuxing's rabble are worth sending the grass to fly out of the horse, are you afraid that I have different intentions, I broke my heart for the Li family, but you two are losers!" Du Wenhuan said coldly.

Li Huai's face was red and his ears were red, and Du Hongyu couldn't help but say: "Father, Brother Yushan, the generals will not be subject to foreign military orders, we simply hold the green battalion soldiers south, as long as it is done, the president will not blame us." ”

"Shut up, what do you know, when you get to Datong, give me a study, don't go out and talk nonsense." Du Wenhuan pointed at Du Hongyu and Ma Shiying's son Ma Luan and shouted, these two guys are confused, the Datong Federation has strict control over the army, not to mention him Du Wenhuan, even Li Yu himself does not have the support of the Prime Minister's Office and the House of Representatives.

Du Wenhuan lowered his voice and said to Li Huai: "Datong decided to support the second generation of the Li family, and obviously began to take power, and the removal of the Wuchang Governor's Mansion is a signal, I am old, you can do it yourself." ”

When the group arrived at the dock, Du Wenhuan did not return to the boat, and ordered to pull the anchor and set sail, and the warships cruising on the river quickly approached and escorted the ship to sail away - Li Huai sighed suddenly, the old man was right, Datong began to take power, just like in front of him, the Shandong Navy Division and the Wuchang Navy Army have arrived in Wuhu, but Sun Fuhu, the governor of Shandong, has never shown up, and even Lin Feiyu, the commander of the Wuchang Navy Army, has left on the grounds that he has other priorities, Datong must have something to hide from himself, forget it, authority is something outside the body, why bother asking for it, For the rest of your life, you can study with peace of mind, the "Federal Policy" is not perfect, and it seems that a sequel should be written.

On Xiamen Island, Sun Feihu and Lin Feiyu were sitting at a table of banquets eating and drinking, and several people with southern accents continued to persuade them to drink, Lin Feiyu burped and said to the middle-aged man wearing a military attache uniform from the Ming Dynasty opposite: "Boss Zheng, His Royal Highness King Ding is the orthodox Ming Dynasty, with our help to speak, you should be the governor of Fujian and Guangdong, and the title of Marquis of Nan'an can also be changed, how about the Duke of Nan'an?" ”

"Thank you two, if you can get your wish, there will be heavy thanks, but the emperor of Datong has abdicated, is his edict useful?" Zheng Zhilong confused being an official with doing business today, and became Boss Zheng worthy of his name, and the two southerners who accompanied him were his nephews Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian, and Xiamen Island was the nest of these two brothers.

"Boss Zheng, you are a person who begs for a living at sea, you have to be thick-skinned, you say that the edict is useful, it is useful, whoever is not convinced to clean up whom, it is really not good, we will come forward to settle it." Sun Fuhu said disapprovingly.

"Dashuai, the king of Datong is the son of the first emperor, even if he abdicates, it is orthodox, how can his edict be useless, those who know the times are Junjie, it is most appropriate to go with Datong." Zheng Cai persuaded, and at the same time threw a wink at Lin Feiyu.

"That's it, King Lu's end of life has fallen into the hands of our brothers, I think the puppet dynasty of King Tang and King Gui won't last long, the old Zhu family deserves to be unlucky, we can't be stupid to accompany the funeral." Zheng Lian also nodded and said.

Zheng Zhilong thought for a while, nodded and replied: "Okay, I believe in you, but there is still one condition, you must lift the blockade of the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, and allow my fleet to pass and trade at sea." ”

"There is only one master on the Far East Sea, that is the United Asia Company, your ship must be handed over to us for disposal, don't worry, don't take you for nothing, Datong will make compensation and promise not to let you suffer," Sun Fuhu smiled faintly, seeing Zheng Zhilong's angry face, he added, "If you want territory or fleet, you think it out yourself." ”

Zheng Zhilong became alert, stared at Sun Fuhu for a while, shook his head and replied: "We are begging for a living at sea, the ship is the root of life, this deal cannot be negotiated, I'm sorry, send off guests!" ”

Lin Feiyu immediately smiled and said: "Boss Zheng, Datong has no deal that can't be done, be clear, the old accounts of you leading troops into Jiangxi to burn and kill and loot have not been settled, don't be ashamed!" ”

"How can this be reasonable, you still dare to buy and sell forcibly in my territory, you don't want to live anymore, come on, take down these two maniacs!" Zheng Zhilong stood up in anger, and Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian immediately flashed to the side.

Zheng Zhilong has money to show off, bought dozens of black slaves as personal bodyguards, these guys heard the shouts of the master and immediately moved, the Datong soldiers standing opposite raised their guns and beat them, a burst of gunpowder smoke dispersed, black slaves were killed and injured everywhere, and at the same time, there was chaos outside the door, Zheng Cai and Zheng Lian's people surrounded Zheng Zhilong's personal army.

"Don't move, I've been a horse thief, and it's no problem to clean up dozens of pirates with knives and guns." Sun Fuhu knocked Zheng Zhilong down with a punch and pulled out a knife to press him on the neck.

Zheng Zhilong was trampled under his feet, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian, you two little beasts, you dare to betray Lao Tzu as a ghost, the Zheng family can't spare you!" ”

Several Datong soldiers tied up Zheng Zhilong and escorted him out, and Zheng Lian asked timidly: "Sun Shuai, you won't kill my uncle, right?" ”

"Leave him alone, hand over King Lu to us, and count it as a great contribution to your brothers," Sun Fuhu waved his hand, and then gestured to the soldiers outside the door.

Du Hongguo commanded the combined fleet to take the "Freedom", "Equality", "Renai", "Republic", and "Citizen" five battleships loaded with 100 heavy guns as the lead, and dozens of cruisers and frigates as the wings to protect the appearance on the sea.

The old horse thief Sun Fuhu was merciless, two days later, the Datong army suddenly killed Nan'an, Sun Erkui led the cavalry to land first, easily defeated the Zheng army in a hurry, the general soldier Shi Fu and his nephew Shi Lang surrendered, Li Taro then led the infantry to rush into Zheng Zhilong's hometown Anping, the Zheng family suddenly suffered a catastrophe, the family was full of dead and wounded, and the family property accumulated for decades was looted.

"Rich, rich!" The Englishman Barmes and the Dutchman Cayu looked at the boxes of gold, silver and jewelry with tears of excitement and put them in their pockets.

"This is doing private work, don't shout and scream, and leave quickly when you finish your work!" Du Hongguo reminded his old partner - the General Colonial Bureau had long planned to rob the Zheng family, and wanted to eat alone, after occupying Chongming Island, Sun Fuhu immediately sent the Taixi people away, and the Spaniards and Portuguese were very obedient and left, but these two guys saw that Miduan was alive and dead, and finally reached an agreement, they could bring their cronies to participate in the robbery and share the spoils, but they must keep it secret, otherwise the dividends that should have been distributed to the two East India Companies will be borne by them.

The Datong army came fast and walked faster, Anping succeeded and fled with the Zheng family's belongings, and the Zheng family soldiers would rush to the rescue from all over the country, only to face the corpses everywhere, the messy Zheng family's old house, Zheng Zhilong's eldest son Zheng Chenggong knelt on the ground and cried, gritted his teeth and vowed to take revenge.

To get the property worth tens of millions of taels of silver, the morale of the Datong army was high, all the way singing and driving the boat north, passing through the sea of Zhoushan when the Ming army found the Ming army's sentry ship, only to remember that the time to take care of the road to the Ming army in Zhoushan leaked over, this time it was cleaned up by the way, so the fleet galloped to the Zhoushan Acropolis. The Zhoushan Naval Division bravely attacked to meet the battle, but the fishing boats with a few guns were no match for the gunboats, and they were completely wiped out in less than an hour, and the corpses of the Ming army and the fragments of the warships were floating everywhere on the sea - the Datong army easily defeated the opponent and triumphantly pounced on the Zhoushan Acropolis.

Looking at the dense warships on the sea, Shaowu shook his head helplessly at Huang Binqing, the chief officer of the army and the army, who had never seen so many huge ships and such fierce artillery fire. He walked up to the castle and waved his fist and shouted to tens of thousands of soldiers: "The northern captives are strong and cannonous, and they bring the people of Xiyi and the Japanese Invaders, and they are bound to win against Zhoushan. ”

"Fight to the death, fight to the death!" The officers and soldiers raised their arms and shouted.

"The whole army sang "Man Jianghong" and went to the city to fight to the death." Huang Binqing waved his hand, and the soldiers of the Ming army walked on the city wall with high morale, and the guns and crossbows pointed directly at the seaside, and the song of "Zhuang Zhi hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Hun blood" soared into the sky.

The combined fleet began to attack, the gunboats lined up and rushed by, hundreds of side guns opened fire one after another, and immediately turned around and returned after a round, and continued to bombard with the artillery on the other side, the number of artillery in the city was small, the firing range was short, and it almost posed no threat to the gunboats, and the more the Ming army fought, the more frustrated they became, they simply stopped firing back and let the other side fight. The shelling lasted for more than an hour, the city wall was shattered by bricks and stones, blazing with fire, and several places collapsed into slopes, the Datong army put down its sampan, and Li Yongwu led a battalion of new troops to land first.

"Brothers, the officials deceived us to die, fucking the emperor and the court, run for your life!" The mournful shouts sounded, the Ming officers and soldiers suddenly realized, and fled in all directions, Huang Binqing couldn't stop the deserters by cutting several people in a row, and rushed to the city wall to personally light the cannon, and after a loud bang, they were overturned to the ground by the air wave - the cannon exploded.

"Kill the yellow thief and avenge your dead brother!" A group of people suddenly killed Huang Binqing's family and personal soldiers, and the old department of King Lu rebelled, Huang Binqing was taken aback, got up and raised his knife to parry, and was quickly chopped to the ground by the rebels.

Li Yongwu climbed the city wall and was surprised to see that there were Ming troops kneeling everywhere asking for surrender, and some people even offered the head of the main general, this battle was too easy.

Datong army Zhoushan succeeded, immediately swept the remnants of the islands, and then returned to Chongming in triumph, at this time, Zhao Ji also led reinforcements to Jiangbei and took over the military power on both sides of the Yangtze River, and then it was like a devastating and decaying, Ao Bai and Zhun Ta met Xuzhou, Zhang Chuanjie conquered Huai'an, Yuan Lie conquered Fengyang - Wang Wenkui, Zhao Fuxing raised the banner of destroying the capture and restoring the Ming Dynasty to incite the gentry and green battalion soldiers to rebel, the maximum number of people reached more than 100,000, once made Zhang Ding, Zhun Tower exhausted, but bet on the wrong treasure destined to a sad fate, the two guys were defeated and hanged.

In early May, Li Huai and Zhao Ji led their troops into Jiangning, and the Datong Federation seized the initiative before the peace conference.