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In the spring of the fifth year of Longwu, the two armies of the Ming and Qing dynasties fought a fierce battle in the mountainous area of Ningzhen near Nanjing.

The evolution of the battle situation to this point was beyond everyone's expectations, including Wang Kefan himself, who did not expect it in advance. To say that he is not nervous at all and is 100 percent sure of victory is to be self-deceptive. If the Chu army loses this battle, it will inevitably suffer a great loss of vitality, and the Qing army will inevitably take advantage of the victory to attack Jiangxi...... In the worst-case scenario, the Ming army may have to retreat to the Ganzhou area to stabilize the defensive line, but the fruits of victory in Fujian and Zhejiang will have to be surrendered, and the Qing army in Huguang will also take advantage of the situation to launch a counteroffensive and threaten the base camp of the Chu army.

However, opportunities and risks always coexist, and when the enemy is strong and we are weak, it is wishful thinking to hope to win the battle without taking a little risk.

Fighting in hilly and low-mountain areas, wielding the full power of thermal weapons such as flint guns and mortars (although these thermal weapons are still very primitive) is a perk for the traverser, a very rare opportunity. You must know that after the Battle of Ningzhen, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will grow wise, and next time I am afraid it will not be so easy to fall into the trap...... Wang Kefan is determined to seize this opportunity and try to maximize his benefits, rather than choosing to be more secure. A more conservative battle plan.

After the end of the first phase of the Battle of Ningzhen, if you accept the opinions of Wang Jincai and others. Annihilate Mulima and Jumala, and then immediately march southeast from Changzhou and Ningguofu. Fight all the way to Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai, and join Zheng Chenggong in Hangzhou Bay, you will return to the original Eastern Crusade battle plan, and the risk will definitely be smaller.

However, the risk has become smaller, and at the same time, the blow to the Manchu Qing is also small, it is nothing more than a circle of destruction, and in the end it has to retreat from the mountainous areas of southern Zhejiang to Jiangxi, which in essence cannot change the situation in the south of the Yangtze River...... The Qing army still attacked, and the Ming army still had to defend. After Dolgon solves the problem of Jiang Jiu in Shanxi, the pressure on the Ming army of the Eastern Expedition will become greater and greater, and Jiangnan is still the money bag and rice warehouse of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if it is destroyed by the Chu army, it will soon be able to restore the blood transfusion function.

In addition, Wang Kefan has another layer of consideration.

The Chu army fought in the mountainous area of Ningzhen, and in case the battle was unfavorable, it could turn around and retreat in time, and the main force of the Qing army was trapped in the mountains. If you want to chase it, you may not be able to catch up...... If you kill all the way to Hangzhou, thousands of miles away, if Zheng Chenggong releases the pigeons, and the main force of the Chu army is trapped on the seaside, then there is really a danger of annihilation...... According to the bitter lessons of Li Dingguo in history. This possibility is not unexistent.

Yes, the current shape is different from the Yongli period, and Emperor Longwu is not the Yongli. Zheng Chenggong is considered to be the descendant of Emperor Longwu, and he will not give face to the court.

Not bad. Wang Kefan also made two preparations in advance, using the underground work of the Intelligence Bureau. The Jiangnan gentry who sympathized with the Ming army in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing vigorously raised food and materials to prepare to meet the Chu army.

But for an army of tens of thousands of people, pinning the fate of the whole army on Zheng Chenggong's promise and on the patriotic enthusiasm of the Jiangnan gentry is itself an adventurous act.

All in all, the original plan for the Eastern Crusade did not have much risk on the surface, but in fact there were hidden risks, and Wang Kefan did not like this choice, which might be controlled by others and at the mercy of others.

(Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo are both national heroes, and Bandu personally prefers Li Dingguo.) However, Li Dingguo is a national hero who resisted the Qing Dynasty and does not conform to the main tone of national unity, Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan and the maintenance of the reunification of the motherland are more in line with the main theme of the moment, so public opinion propaganda favors one over the other, and Zheng Chenggong's fame is much greater than that of Li Dingguo.

In fact, Li Dingguo's prestige in Yunnan is very high, as far as I know, the prestige of the King of Jin in Yunnan is almost sacred, Zhang Taiyan once said: "May I Yunnan people, do not forget Li Dingguo", Cai Yi, Zhu * De, Tang Jiyao and other lovers are all influenced by Li Dingguo, Yunnan ethnic minorities have many surnames Li, all because of respect for Li Dingguo, respectfully called him Li Wang. ）

If the main forces of Jierharang and Tan Tai can be severely damaged or even eliminated, the Qing army will not be able to launch a large-scale attack on the Southern Ming Dynasty in the short term, and the area south of the Yangtze River will also become a battlefield where the Ming and Qing armies are tug-of-war, completely smashing the Manchu money bags and rice warehouses...... Tan Tai is also gone, Jierharang brought the elite troops of the Manchu Dynasty this time, according to the scouts and scouts in the army of elite soldiers and strong generals, there are countless so-called famous generals who have left their names in the history books, if they can be eliminated in the mountains of Ningzhen, it is the Qing army that will be greatly injured.

The battle of Ningzhen was carried out in the second stage, Zhu Mala and Mu Lima were trapped in Yanling Town, the battle situation was favorable to the Chu army, the terrain and tactical conditions were also favorable, the only thing that worried Wang Kefan was that the Chu army's strength was still not enough, although Wang Sheng and other troops were coming soon, but compared with the Qing army, the strength was still at an obvious disadvantage, which was likely to affect the final result.

Under Wang Kefan's plea and strict orders, Jin Shenghuan cooperated with a certain amount of Cheng Dù and sent a partial division to reinforce the Anqing Corridor, but his main force was still placed in the north of Nanchang and was attacking Jiujiang Mansion...... Obviously, he also wanted to take this opportunity to expand his territory, capture Jiujiang Province and Nankang Province, and occupy the entire northern part of Jiangxi Province (Nankang Province was the area of Duchang in later generations, between Jiujiang Province and Nanchang Province).

Wang Kefan had long been mentally prepared for this result, the warlord would not be a warlord if he did not fight his own small calculations, Jiujiang Mansion had a very important strategic value, the Qing army could not give up lightly, and Jin Shenghuan's fierce attack on Jiujiang Mansion also had a certain role in containing and supporting.

In addition, there is also good news, Emperor Longwu sent Jiao Lian to support Nanjing, it is estimated that it will be possible to arrive in seven or eight days, if you do not consider the loyal camp generals, Jiao Lian is the first good general of the Yongli Dynasty in history, and is three points stronger than Zhao Yinxuan and Hu Yiqing. (In history, Li Chengdong captured Guangdong, killed Emperor Shaowu Zhu Yulu, and then attacked the Yongli court in Guangxi, and was beaten by Jiao Lian with a blue nose and swollen face, and retreated to Guangdong in disgrace.) Jiao Lian is good at field warfare, likes and dislikes war, and is very special in the Ming army that likes to resist the city and hold on, is a fierce general-type general, the Qing army captured Guilin in the fifth year of Yongli, and Jiao Lian was designed to be booby-trapped by Chen Bangfu, who had secretly surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty. ）

Jiao Lian can fight, Guangxi soldiers can also fight, when Wang Kefan was employing people, he was full of expectations for Jiao Lian's 5,000 Yangshuo soldiers, hoping that they could arrive as soon as possible......

On the last day of mid-May, Jierharang's former army crossed the Yangtze River from Guazhou on a naval warship and arrived at Zhenjiang.

The commander of this former army was named Sukh Saha.

Suke Saha is a trick that often appears in historical dramas in the early Qing Dynasty, and it is a standard "dead trick", because he often dies as soon as he appears. All film and television literary works that describe Kangxi will inevitably describe Aobai, and all those that describe Aobai will bring out Suke Saha. was also the fourth auxiliary minister in the early years of Kangxi, and the last thing Ao Bai did before his fall was to kill his political opponent Suke Saha.

When Kangxi ascended the throne, the kings of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who had made great achievements in founding the country were basically dead, and the mediocre achievements of the inherited kings were mediocre, and Xiaozhuang held the authority of the country and could calmly control the situation. She accepted the lessons of the Shunzhi period, activated the auxiliary government of ministers with different surnames, so as not to threaten the imperial power of the little emperor Kangxi, and appointed Sony, Suke Saha, Kubilong, and Ao Bai as auxiliary ministers in the name of Shunzhi's edict, abolishing the old system of prince regent.

Unlike Tan Tai, Sukh Saha was a die-hard descendant of Dolgon from the beginning, he was a White Flag man, and he was Dorgon's personal bodyguard, and he was deeply trusted. But less than three months after Dorgon's death, Sukh Saha turned back and accused Dolgon of "plotting to usurp". Wholeheartedly took refuge in Xiaozhuang and Shunzhi, and since then he has been on the rise. (After Dolgon's death, his remnants still had a lot of power, such as Azig, Bihe Luohui, such as Tan Tai, etc., and the Shunzhi pro-campaign was not all smooth sailing, but after a fierce struggle and a brutal purge to take control of the situation.) This purge is also an important symbol of the Eight Banners from prosperity to decline, the Eight Banners were already going downhill after entering the customs, but Yu Wei is still there, after this brutal purge after the rapid decline in combat effectiveness, but also objectively fulfilled Li Dingguo's brilliant achievements in two famous kings. ）

Tan Tai defected to Dolgon after repeated wooing, and in Zilharang's army, there was also a "famous general" who was as famous as Tan Tai - He Luohui.

Like Tan Tai, He Luo Hui also defected to Dolgon after Hauge lost power, but his weight was lighter than Tan Tai, and Dolgon didn't put so much thought into him. Under Dolgon, in addition to the Manchu clans such as Duoduo, Azig, and Luckdehun as generals, Tan Tai and He Luohui are the two generals with different surnames, and they are all good generals.

Although He Luohui took refuge in Dolgon later, his bones were harder than Sukesaha's, and after Dorgon's death, Sukesaha and others all defected, but He Luohui resolutely refused to give in, saying that Dolgon had a credit to the Qing Dynasty...... Such diehards must have been purgeed and were soon executed by Shunzhi Lingchi. (Of course, the reason why He Luohui is not convinced is also because his status is higher than that of Sukh Saha, and he belongs to the backbone of Dolgon's party, and he will not escape death if he is soft, just like Tan Tai's final fate.) ）

Dolgon let Zilharan command the army and regain control of the army, but he could not let it go, but arranged many henchmen and generals in the army, such as Holohui, such as Suke Saha, etc., to contain Zilharang. Among these generals, He Luohui has the highest status, and although Jierharang is the prince of Zheng, he has to give him three points. (To be continued!)

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