Xiamen, Fujian.

Emperor Longwu's edict reached Xiamen, and after some careful consideration, Zheng Chenggong decided to respond to the call of the Son of Heaven and lead an army of 100,000 to march into Jiangbei by boat and engage the Qing army.

Many of his generals raised objections, this edict may not be the intention of Emperor Longwu himself, it is more likely that Wang Kefan issued it in the name of the Son of Heaven, and it may not be a wise choice for the entire army of Xiamen to go north to participate in the war.

Zheng Chenggong insisted on going his own way and insisted on sending troops.

"It doesn't matter who wrote it, but it's always true, right? Since the edict of the Son of Heaven is here, we should act according to the order. This is just a superficial reason, Zheng Chenggong insisted on sending troops, in fact, he has a deeper idea.

Emperor Longwu was kidnapped by Wang Kefan to Nanjing as a puppet emperor, although Zheng Chenggong was very angry, but not surprised, in his opinion, the main weak minister will inevitably appear in the minister, Wang Kefan has enough strength to back, doing this kind of thing is almost an inevitable result, he sent troops this time, in addition to targeting the Qing army, the other eye is also aimed at Nanjing.

But among the generals under Zheng Chenggong, some felt that now was not the best time to send troops.

"Even if our army is ordered to send troops, is it better to wait a few more days? Although Chu Wei was defeated in successive battles and lost the land of Huguang Foundation, he still occupied Jiangxi, Nanzhili, and Zhejiang provinces, and ruled tens of millions of soldiers and civilians, and still had the strength to fight, Sun Kewang may not be able to attack the city of Nanjing within a year and a half. ”

"Your abacus is clanging, and your calculations are too fine." Zheng Chenggong laughed and teased, and warned the generals again: "Those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain, we are aiming to prosper the Ming Dynasty and recover these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, if we have been hiding on this Xiamen Island waiting to pick up cheap, how much profit can we have?" In the past few years, this king has been fighting hard and waiting for the day, just to one day fight with the Tartars, and now that Wu Sangui has sent it to the door, he is just borrowing his first sacrifice flag! ”

"The last general thinks that Chu will suffer from the enemy on his back, even if there are still Jiangxi, Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces, he may not be able to hold out for long, in case the Chu army is defeated like a mountain, and our army will send troops in a hurry, I am afraid it will be too late."

"If Sun Kewang captures Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places, I am afraid that the situation will be very difficult to control, our army is now strong and strong, 100,000 Pixiu, 3,000 warships, it is time to sweep the sea and compete for the world."

"Just one Wu Sangui is not enough for us to stuff our teeth, I think we should take Nanjing and welcome His Majesty back to Fujian."

"The rice has to be eaten bite by bite, we can't start a war with the Chu army now, we should fight the Tartars and the Western Thieves first......"

The generals expressed their opinions, and most of them supported sending troops.

Zheng Chenggong has huge profits from maritime trade as military expenses, and the development rate of the army far exceeds that of ordinary warlords, after winning the Fujian Campaign, he and the Chu army, 10,000 yuan and Ji tripartite forces equally divided Fujian, and solved the problem of limiting his military resources and food, some people have money and food, in just over a year, has pulled up an army of 100,000 people, and is well-equipped, well-trained, and a huge naval division to help the war, this small piece of territory along the coast of Fujian can no longer accommodate their development, and outward expansion is an inevitable choice.

In fact, Zheng Chenggong in another time and space had a similar experience, he trained in Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, tried his courage for several years, and then led an army of 100,000 to suddenly counterattack Nanjing.

At that time, the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was attacking the Yongli regime in the southwest, the Jiangnan area was very empty, and the various state capitals in the south Zhili area looked at the wind and surrendered, but it was a pity that Zheng Chenggong's "marines" were not good at fighting large corps on land, and Zheng Chenggong made some low-level mistakes, so that the 100,000 army was wiped out by thousands of green battalions under the city of Nanjing, and he went to Taiwan * Bay in desperation, and he wanted to slowly accumulate strength and make a comeback in the future, but unfortunately he died young after a few years, and his ambition was put into the East China Sea.

In this time and space, Zheng Chenggong's troops are in the heyday of the strongest strength, looking at the world, no matter who has the confidence to fight with one, the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's strong crossbow, it is obvious that it has been weak in succession, the Chu army has suffered from the enemy, has successively lost Huguang, Jianghuai, Anhui large areas of territory, although the Western Army is violent, but there is no water division, to the south of the Yangtze River will become a toothless tiger, Zheng Jiajun is now sent to the south of the Yangtze River, so he came to the forefront, show his strength, and the grand plan to dominate the industry is just around the corner.

Some people also suggested that if the fleet of the Zheng family army entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, it might clash with the Chu army, regardless of whether the Chu army was rebellious or not, now everyone was on the big ship of the Longwu court, if their own people were happy first, the Qing army and the Western army would be cheaper in the end, so they should land from the coast of northern Jiangsu and avoid sensitive areas near Nanjing.

"Don't worry about him, we will land from the north bank of the Yangtze River, and if the Chu army wants to fight, then it will be good to fight." Zheng Chenggong didn't care, it was enough for the sailors of the Chu army to bully the Qing army and the Western army, and it was not enough compared to the ocean-going fleet of the Zheng family's army.

In the short term, Zheng Chenggong has no intention of attacking Nanjing, firstly, Nanjing, a super fortified city, is very difficult to fight, and secondly, he wants to keep the Chu army in a breath, so that they can consume more strength of the Qing army and the Western army, which is more beneficial to himself......

In the late autumn and early winter of the sixth year of Longwu, Zheng Chenggong swore to send troops on Gulangyu Island, and the 100,000-strong army held high the banner of King Qin, and the warships he took formed a mighty huge fleet, which went north from the coast of Xiamen and entered the mouth of the Yangtze River in Zhoushan......

"Zheng Chenggong is also here to intervene? Okay, this is the big scene of the stormy meeting. Wang Kefan smiled and said to the left and right: "The king of Yanping County is still very face-saving, this way to the north, Shanghai and Hangzhou along the road have not moved, if he breaks Shanghai, I will really feel distressed, and now I will definitely not be able to laugh." ”

Tian Jianxiu said worriedly: "Zheng Damu poured out of the nest, the intention is not good, our army should immediately increase troops along the Yangtze River, and he is not allowed to land easily." ”

"How can this be true? Come and don't be rude, the king of Yanping is here to fight the Tartars, and he is so polite to us, how can we close the door and drive the guests away? Tell Wang Jincai that Haimen and Tongzhou (Nantong Prefecture, which will be Nantong in later generations) on the north bank were handed over to the king of Yanping County, as long as he stayed west of Yangzhou, and he also asked Uncle Tian to work hard and lead the first army to hold the line from Zhenjiang to Jiading, so as not to let the guests touch the wrong door and run to the south bank of the Yangtze River. ”

Wang Kefan issued several orders one after another to strengthen the defense on the south bank of the Yangtze River, just in case, and at the same time let go of the defense line north of the Yangtze River, let Zheng Chenggong land into Jianghuai, and ordered someone to send a batch of grain and military supplies to Zheng Chenggong's army, so as to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

After doing all this, Wang Kefan picked up the battle reports on the table again and looked at them carefully one by one.

After Wu Sangui captured Huai'an, he successively occupied Sizhou, Gaoyou, Xinghua and other prefectures and counties, compressing the Chu army to the Yangzhou line on the bank of the Yangtze River.

Kong Youde claimed to have conquered Zhongxiang in five days, but after five days there was still no progress, the benevolent and righteous Tan Tai had withdrawn, leaving only Kong Youde and Shang Kexi to continue to fight with Li Dingguo, Tan Tai's main force marched westward, and Tun Buer and Daniel Zhang attacked Huangzhou Mansion left and right, most of the Chu army in Huangzhou Mansion was the second-line troops of the old Chuang battalion, among which the old, weak, sick and disabled and some people who had evacuated with the army had withdrawn to Jiujiang by boat, and the combat troops under the leadership of Li Guo held the Huanggang area of Huangzhou Prefecture, the capital city of Huangzhou Prefecture, and were in a very dangerous situation.

In addition to Zhong Xiang, the Qing army and the western army in other places made a truce with each other, each maintaining the current situation, Li Dingguo's main force withdrew to the west bank of the Han River, and then went north to attack Xiangyang Mansion, because the Chu army had withdrawn, and easily occupied this empty city, Tan Tai and Kong Youde in order to ensure the safety of Henan, sent a force to seize Xinye, Dengzhou and Zaoyang and other prefectures and counties, and the Western army was still in a state of confrontation across the river, because there was no major war in other parts of Hubei, Li Dingguo divided a part of his forces to cross the Han River and reinforce Zhong Xiang, Fierce battles have always been maintained in this locality.

Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu took advantage of this time to continue to march to the Hunan and Jiangxi borders, captured the southern part of Hengzhou and Chenzhou and other prefectures and counties, completely occupied the entire territory of Hunan, and sent a small force to launch a tentative attack on Jiangxi and Guangdong.

The reason why the Western Army did not continue the offensive was only because the battle line was too long, the troops were scattered, and the logistics and supplies could not keep up, and after more than half a year of fierce fighting, the officers and men of the Western Army also needed a process of resting and recuperating, and when Sun Kewang was ready, he could launch the next offensive at any time, whether to attack Jiujiang along the south bank of the Yangtze River, or to attack Ji'an in central Jiangxi, or to attack Guangdong in the south, it is still impossible to judge......

Pushing away the thick stack of battle reports, Wang Kefan got up and came to the window, staring out the window for a long time, outside the window is a small garden, planted with some evergreen flowers and plants in all seasons, full of vitality, in the winter north wind, a few unknown small flowers are blooming in the wind.

It's time!

Wang Kefan suddenly turned around and ordered: "Prepare the horse, I want to go out of the city and go to the riverside for a walk." ”

On the bank of the Yangtze River, there is a huge beacon tower, and a company of Chu troops is stationed here day and night, and it is heavily guarded.

The company commander's name is Song Wugong, a veteran who came out of the shogunate mountain, born in a poor family, originally had no big name, and was promoted in the Battle of Nanjing, and it was really inappropriate to call Song Ergou again, so he asked Shangguan to give him this name.

Suddenly seeing Wang Kefan coming, Song Wugong was surprised and delighted, and immediately gathered the whole company and asked the commander to inspect this beacon tower.

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