Forbidden city.

Spring is already blooming in the south, but the capital city in the north since the completion of Yanjin is still full of biting chill.

The Forbidden City was already very dilapidated in the late Ming Dynasty, and after Fulin took power, some repairs were carried out intermittently, and Cining Palace was the focus of it. Bumu Butai.

The renovated palace can't hide the desolate, decaying, and decaying atmosphere inside the palace, the young lord is in the dynasty, the chicken is in the morning, the Guangdong front line is defeated, the elite army is lost, and the new dynasty that should be full of vitality is full of life at the moment.

The eunuchs and maids of Cining Palace were light at this time, for fear of affecting the masters inside, and more than a dozen slaves and maids had been beaten to death by the slave owners because of trivial matters recently.

In the palace, the empress dowager held her young master and discussed military affairs with the ministers.

Sonny, Aobai, Suppilon, and Sukh Saha, no matter how hostile they were to each other, all knelt respectfully at Burbutai's feet at this moment. The appointment of the four auxiliary ministers was not so much a decision made by Fu Lin as it was the intention of Burbutai.

The little emperor sat beside his grandmother, Burbutai swept over the four minions, and among the four auxiliary ministers, the first three were from the two yellow flags, and Sukh Saha was from the white flag.

Sony is in his 60s, an old fox.

Curb Pilon Mingzhe to protect himself, slip his head.

Sukh Saha is a minion of the White Flag.

Only the courage to do things, loyal to the Huang Taiji family can be useful.

Burbutai used Aobai to do a lot of things that offended people, so that Aobai came forward to bear all the infamy, and Bulbutai and Xuanye could win people's hearts.

Wu Sangui reported on the latest developments.

The four auxiliary ministers and Burbutai did not dare to breathe against Wu Sangui's atmosphere, and recognized all the actions of Wu Fan.

Sonny Aobai and the others were originally very afraid of Wu Sangui, and of course these minions who had risen up from work knew how terrifying Wu Sangui's current strength was. And after all, Wu Sangui sent troops to Changde and other places, and he could be regarded as listening to the orders of the imperial court, at this time, he was willing to go to Sichuan to get some grain and some salt, and it would be good to be able to report it.

handled Wu Sangui's affairs carefully, and the rest was the front line managed by the imperial court itself.

Ji Bilong kowtowed and reported respectfully: "Empress Dowager, the army of Daoyi has approached Changsha, and the minions have discussed, the defeated soldiers of Guangdong and the newly reinforced flag battalion need to be further rested, and it is not appropriate to put it in Changsha, it is better to stop in Yuezhou, backed by Dongting Lake, it is more convenient to attack and defend, and it is better for the defense of Changsha to be borne by the Han people." ”

Suke Saha kowtowed, "The servants discussed and moved the governor of Biyuan from Yuanzhou to Changsha, and added the Huguang Inspectorate to the Inspectorate to make it stationed in Changsha Mansion together with the Huguang Right Envoy. The defense of Biyuan was taken over by the Guizhou soldiers. Changsha has three more battalions of pacesetters, and the defense south of Yuezhou is under the responsibility of Zhou Zhaonan, the governor of Biyuan, and Changsha, Hengzhou, Yongzhou, Baoqing, Chenzhou, Changde, and Yuezhou, a total of seven prefectures, and Chen, Jing, are the jurisdictions of the governor of Biyuan. Then the Green Flag Changsha Association was promoted to Changsha Town, and the deputy general Huang Zhengqing was promoted to the governor of Changsha, and the chief soldier of Changsha was allowed to raise his own food and salary and expand the army on his own. ”

The governor of Biyuan was moved from Yuanzhou to Changsha, with the administrative organs of the political department and the judicial department, which was the beginning of the separate province of the Huguang region south of Dongting Lake.

Heng, Yong, and Chenfu are already under the control of Daoyi, and the fall of Baoqing Mansion is just around the corner. Chenzhou Mansion, Changde Prefecture, Jingzhou Zhili Prefecture and the territory west of Dongting Lake were taken over by Wu Fan, leaving only Changsha Mansion and some scattered prefectures and counties to the governor of Biyuan, of course, this bit of territory could not raise many soldiers, but the Tatar court had no choice, the central finance was concentrated on supplementing the Eight Banners and reliable green battalions, and the southern front could only delegate power and let the local officials raise their own funds.

This is the case in Huguang, Jiangxi and Zhejiang, and the main forces of the Eight Banners of Luo Keduo and Doni retreated to Jiujiang, Hangzhou, Nanchang and other places to hand over to the Green Camp and the Han Army Banner.

The Tatar court was stunned by the defeat of Fujian and Guangdong, and received the news that the army was annihilated and Yue Le was killed. Of course, this kind of stupid talk will not be adopted.

Among the four ministers, Sonny and Ao Bai still have some methods, the Shunzhi Dynasty has suffered several major defeats, and Beijing is not completely inexperienced in dealing with defeat.

Immediately, Sony sat in the center, Ao Bai cleaned up the mess, and urgently mobilized a group of left-behind soldiers in Zhili, Shanxi, and Gansu to reinforce the front line.

Fortunately, Daoyi was short-sighted and obsessed with looting money and grain in the Liangguang region, and did not go north in a big way after the Sanshui War, giving the Tatars time to let Ao Bai and others gather a total of 100,000 soldiers in the Eight Banners, Outer Domains, Mongolia, and Green Battalion, and send them to the south one after another.

The 100,000 soldiers burned and looted all the way from the north, especially the 30,000 clothed slaves mobilized in Beijing, after leaving Beijing, Fengzhou County must rob, catch women to buy prostitutes, catch men and sell them to Mongolia and North Korea to change horses, and then put together a large army.

Life was devastated along the canal, but the Mongol slave owner Burbutai did not care whether the Han slaves lived or died.

The Tatars built four Yangtze River battalions, respectively in Jingzhou, Yuezhou, Jiujiang, and Jiangning, backed by the Yangtze River lifeline, and connected to Zhejiang, with local green battalions and township corps training, with a total of more than 250,000 people.

Bulbutai: "You say, why did my Manmeng Xiongshi lose to the mere Nanyang Daoyi? ”

Ji Bilong kowtowed: "Empress Dowager, the slave thinks that my Manchurian soldiers are unparalleled in cavalry and shooting, invincible in field battles, and the defeat in Guangdong must be caused by traitors leading the way to Daoyi." ”

Suke Saha kowtowed: "Exactly, the Empress Dowager, such as Lan Qin, Ban Jisheng, Guo Hu, Xianqiyu and other scum, led the landing of Daoyi and competed to open the door, which was the root cause of our army's defeat." ”

Burbutai: "The Han people are unreliable, the imperial court, it still depends on our own family." ”

Ao Bai kowtowed and said: "The Empress Dowager, according to Tang Ruowang and other Yiren missionaries, the strong ships and guns of Nanyang Island are also the reason for their strong combat power. ”

Bulbtay: "You go and do these little things, what are you going to do with Doni and Rocodot?" ”

Sonny kowtowed: "The Empress Dowager, the old and small kings of the imperial court, there are few left, and there are few people left who can go into battle to lead the troops. Although the people and horses used by the king of Xinjun after the break had a small defeat, it was not a big problem, and the slaves thought that the king of Xinjun could be punished. ”

Bourbutay: "That's what Doni and Rocodot did. The two minions of Keji Xiha and Yild actually played and said that Daoyi had tens of thousands of iron horsemen, all of them rode high-headed horses, and they were invincible in flat land conflicts, which was really nonsense! The two minions lost their boss and lost their master, and they found such a ridiculous reason to be beheaded according to the law! The defeated army of his subordinates, after screening, the people who committed the most crimes were beheaded! ”

Facing the slave owner who took the case, Ao Bai kowtowed and said: "The Empress Dowager, Jixiha and Yilde are all generals, and now the imperial court generals are withering, and Guangdong has lost a total of Liugu Mountain. ”

"So what do you say?"

Sonny said slowly: "After all, Ji Xiha and Yilde brought back thousands of national soldiers from Guangdong, and then they had the credit of stabilizing Yuezhou. ”

Aobai: "Exactly, the Empress Dowager, Daoyi suddenly appeared, how the soldiers of the Celestial Empire were defeated, what is going on with Daoyi's new army, Ji Xiha and Yil know best, it is more useful to keep them than to kill them, the slave thinks that Yil can be transferred to Jingzhou, Jixi Haru Yuezhou, and then select an important minister to go to the front line to control the overall situation." ”

"Hmm, Suppilon, Sukh Saha, what do you think?"

"The minion seconded."

"The minion agrees."

Burbutai fiddled with the Buddha beads, "Since the four of you have the same opinion, then keep the two minions, who do you think is suitable to go to Huguang to lead the troops?" ”

Sony glanced at Aobai, and Guangdong was defeated by Yue Le. Yue Le was already the highest-level commander of the Zong King that the Tatar court could send.

If the front line is eroded like that, if it is sent again, it can only be one of the four auxiliary ministers or another clan prince.

This time is not compared to the death of Nikan in the first battle of Hengzhou, Hengzhou actually lost only a few thousand soldiers in the Eight Banners, although it was also very heavy, but it did not hurt the vitality, the Tatar court at that time also had a lot of generals to send, this time Guangdong was really miserable, the foundation of the court was shaken.

The errand on the front line is not easy to do, and it is far less comfortable than controlling power in Beijing, Sony thought that he was over 60 years old and was unlikely to go on the expedition, so he decided not to be this bird, lowered his head, and stopped talking.

Sukh Saha's identity is sensitive, and he is even more afraid to speak.

Ji Bilong hesitated and said, "Empress Dowager, it's best to send the prince of the clan to Huguang to take charge." ”

When Burbutai heard this, he suddenly wiped his tears, "Yue Le's death, our Aixin Jueluo family doesn't even have a relative who can go into battle, do you want to find someone in my mother's house?" ”

After Jianzhou entered the customs, the internal fighting was very intense, and the generals and princes died of illness one by one, died in battle, and were convicted of infighting, resulting in Yue Le's death, all that was left in the Tatar court was some children, and even a prince could not be sent out.

It is certainly not appropriate to find people from the Horqin Mongols, the Mongols don't even understand what the firearms battle is all about, and they will definitely be bombarded into scum by the artillery of Daoyi, of course, they are also scum in the first place.

Bulbutai cried, and the four ministers hurriedly kowtowed.

"Or, which of you will make the hard run?"

All three of them peeked at each other, and he was the only one who was the most suitable.

Ao bowed forward, kowtowed heavily, and said: "Minion, never give up!" ”

Burbutai smiled, "Aobai, you're good. ”

The four auxiliary ministers immediately made a decision, with Ao Bai as the general of Fuyuan and the president of Huguang generals.

A month later, Aobai gathered another 10,000 troops and led the troops to take the oath to go on the expedition.

Before leaving, by the Jinshui River, Ao Bai grabbed the boss Sonny, his in-law Suke Saha, and his ally Kubilong's hand and said: "Daoyi is afraid of guns, guns and cannons, I will go to Huguang to win quickly, buy food and wages, make guns and cannons, it all depends on you." ”

Sonny sighed secretly, "Don't worry, we are responsible for these things." ”

Aobai: "The cannon is indispensable to Tang Ruowang and others, the dispute between the Han people and the Yi missionaries on the calendar, we were originally inclined to the Han people, and now we must not build a big prison." ”

Sony: "I understand. ”

Ao Bai put on a helmet for carving, the minister's helmet with a drooping mink tail, bowed goodbye to Tiananmen Square of Shunzhi reform, and led a team of guards out of Sijiu City.

Along the canal to the south, ransacked the counties along the road again, looted in Huai'an and Jiangning, satisfied the appetite of the uncles under his jurisdiction, and arrived in Yuezhou.

The situation has gotten worse.

Huang Zhengqing, the chief soldier of Changsha, responded to Daoyi and took the initiative to open the door to attract Li Laiheng, and Changsha was lost without a fight. The governor of Biyuan, the political envoy of Huguang Youbu, the envoy of the inspector, the Changsha military preparation road, the branch guard road, and the Changsha prefect were all shot.

Liu Jinzhong, the general soldier of Raozhou and Guangxin Mansion stationed in Jiangxi, captured 1,500 troops of the deputy general of the Guangxin Battalion and the deputy general of the Raozhou Battalion, and surrendered to the two battalions of Erfu and Fuliang of Poyang Lake.

Yan Ziming, who was changed from the governor of Guangdong to the governor of Jiangxi, contacted Xianqiyu and opened the door to lead Daoyi into the city, and the governor of Jiangxi and other members fought to the death with Nanchang Town and Jiangxi Fubiao, and once repelled Daoyi, but Daoyi transferred 50,000 musketeers to occupy a section of the city wall, and the guns fell like rain, and the loyal and brave green battalion soldiers were outnumbered, although they killed and injured countless enemy soldiers, they finally had to withdraw from Nanchang City and turn to Jiujiang.

At this point, Jiujiang and Yuezhou directly became the front line.

The Daoyi forward advanced from Guangxin into western Zhejiang, Quzhou was lost, Hangzhou was shaken, and Doni was forced to withdraw from eastern Zhejiang, abandon Taizhou, Chuzhou, Wenzhou, Yanzhou, and Jinhua, and retreat to Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Shaoxing.

A Daoyi division advanced into Huizhou, and Jiangnan was shocked.

The whole south looked like it was almost over, but Ao Bai felt that there was still room for things.

Daoyi fights from south to north, and the intersection of various water systems is the top priority, and the most important junctions are the mouth of Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake.