Hangzhou is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Lu King Zhu Yihai, the Zheng group is constantly fighting against each other, so the troops stationed in the Eight Banners are more, although after several transfers, there are still more than 3,000 Manchu and Han Eight Banners soldiers, commanded by Melerzhang Jingji Xiha.

Ji Xiha is a veteran of the Nurhachi period, the general of the Yellow Banner, Chongde became the Baya Lazhang Jing in four years, and later disobeyed the military order of Huang Taiji, was stripped of his official position and started from scratch, and slowly climbed to the position of the Red Banner Mongolian Mel Zhangjing, followed the Boluo Southern Expedition, and then stayed in Hangzhou, and fought many times with the Lu Wang regime, winning more and losing less.

Tan Tai stayed in Zhejiang and had more than 10,000 troops, led by Jialazhangjing and Tuo, after burning and destroying in the central and western parts of Zhejiang, he and Tian Xiong's green battalion soldiers retreated to the vicinity of northern Zhejiang, and then divided the troops into two routes, and Tuo led the soldiers and horses on the north road to meet Wang Deren, in order to defend the most important Suzhou Mansion, Jiaxing Mansion, Songjiang Mansion (Shanghai) and other places, Ji Xiha and Tian Xiong led the soldiers and horses of the South Road to meet Zhang Mingzhen, and blocked the Ming army in the periphery of Hangzhou Mansion.

Wang Deren went deep alone, unwilling to fight a decisive battle with Hetuo, with one in Huzhou Mansion and the Qing army, the other along the shore of Taihu Lake to the north, and Tuo did not have time to fight this kind of sports war of chasing and running, after driving him away, he was stationed in Suzhou and Jiaxing with the main force, recruiting people to repair the city defense, digging trenches, and making preparations for long-term holding.

Ji Xiha, Tian Xiong and Zhang Mingzhen of the South Road are old opponents, the two sides know the roots, and there is no light decisive battle in the case of each scruples, after a few small-scale contact battles, Zhang Mingzhen took the initiative to retreat and turned into Jinhua Mansion, Tian Xiong and Ji Xiha did not pursue, but guarded the city of Shaoxing, and defended Fuyang, Xiaoshan and other counties with several partial divisions. Collect grain and actively prepare for war.

After this large-scale adjustment deployment. With Hangzhou and Suzhou as the core, the Qing army initially formed a defensive formation with a radius of 300 miles. Making a defensive posture and waiting for the main force of the Ming army to attack, the army of the Lu Wang regime had just occupied a large area of territory and was busy digesting the fruits of victory, and the war in Zhejiang was calm.

At this time, after repeated quarrels within the Lu Wang regime, it was decided to refuse to send an official representative to Nanjing, but it was impossible not to participate in such a major event as worshipping the filial piety tomb, so the method of covering his ears and stealing the bell was adopted. Zhang Huangyan went to Nanjing in the name of discussing the common resistance to the Qing Dynasty, and Zhu Yihai's fifth brother Zhu Yijiang went with him in his personal capacity to worship Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu Gao Emperor, on behalf of the King of Lu.

From the western part of Zhejiang to the central part of Jiangsu, most of the prefectures and counties were either recovered by the Ming army, or took the initiative anyway, and it was faster and safer to take the land route.

Zhuji County is located in the southwest of Shaoxing Province. The low-lying Puyang River, known as the "Little Yellow River of Zhejiang", passes through the territory, and frequent floods occur, and the Qing army opened the main embankment of the Puyang River in Zhuji County. The floods brought by the typhoon inundated a large number of villages and fields, and also formed a vacuum zone between the control areas of the Ming and Qing armies, when Zhang Huangyan and Zhu Yijiang passed by. The flood water has largely receded, but dozens of miles around it have become barren. In the low recessed corners, you can see many uncollected corpses.

The bodies were all washed over by the flood, and a few were drowned. When Tian Xiong's green battalion soldiers evacuated from here, they slaughtered the city in Pujiang and Zhuji counties, killing tens of thousands of people, which was more ferocious than the Eight Banners...... Tian Xiong was originally Huang Degong's general, but later surrendered to the Qing army, and personally carried the Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong to the Qing army, and since then he has become a hardcore traitor, who has been charging for the Manchu Qing for several years, and has repeatedly carried out bloody massacres against Han compatriots.

(Wu Sangui's reputation at this time was not too stinky, and he became a notorious traitor after killing Yongli, Tian Xiong was in a similar situation to him, and there was no turning back after betraying Emperor Hongguang, so he could only be a traitor.) ）

Zhang Huangyan and Zhu Yijiang crossed Zhuji County, entered the boundary of Lin'an County, and gradually encountered more people, Lin'an County is on the west side of Hangzhou Prefecture, is the retreat route of the Department of Trusteeship, the villages and towns on both sides of the official road have been slaughtered, and the remote places have escaped this disaster, because the main force of the Qing army has retreated to within 100 miles around Hangzhou, this area has just been recovered by the army of King Lu's regime.

When passing by Henglu Village, Zhang Huangyan met Hu Yuanwai, a squire from his village.

"Please call the shots of the two masters! The Tartar soldiers killed more than 300 people in the village with one meal, and four people in the old family were killed. When the Qing army broke into the village, he took his family to hide in the cellar, but the time was too short, and several relatives fell outside, all of whom died under the knife of the Qing army.

Along the way, there have been too many similar tragic scenes, Zhang Huangyan felt extremely sad and heavy every time, and was very sympathetic to the people: "Please rest assured, the officials and soldiers of the imperial court have arrived in Shaoxing Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion, and they will attack the city in the near future, and they will definitely be able to make the Tartars pay for their blood debts and seek justice!" ”

"Oh? The officials and soldiers of the imperial court came, where did they send the soldiers and horses? Which general led the troops? Hu Yuanwai's tears did not dry, gritted his teeth and said: "My family's house has been burned, but there are still 100 acres of thin fields, and more than 10 young and strong offspring, I am willing to contribute to the imperial court!" ”

Zhang Huangyan replied loudly: "We are the soldiers and horses of the Lu Jianguo, led by Marshal Zhang Mingzhen, Marquis of Dingxi. ”

Hu Yuanwai was stunned for a moment: "Lu Jianguo...... Is it surnamed Lu? Who is the official between him and Wang Kefan? ”

Zhang Huangyan was also stunned, not knowing how to answer.

After the Shaoxing Mansion, ordinary people only knew Emperor Longwu, only Chu Jun and Wang Kefan, but did not know the name of Zhu Yihai, King of Lu, and regarded Lu Jianguo as an official of the Longwu court...... This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Kentang and others are eager to let Zhu Yihai be the emperor, ordinary people only know the emperor, the crown prince and the empress, and do not know that the supervision of the country also means the head of a country, Zhu Yihai called the emperor can boost the hearts of the army and the people, improve the appeal and cohesion of the Lu Wang regime, and there are indeed many benefits in the short term.

King Lu's regime is now a grass platform team, the pattern is too small, and it can't compete with the Longwu court, let Zhu Yihai be the emperor, and set up the shelves of the six ministries and nine qings, which is what it looks like to compete for the world and do great things, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan, as the backbone of King Lu's regime, are not good to keep holding back, so they led the troops to go out and stayed out of the matter for the time being...... During this time, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan were fighting abroad, and Zhang Kentang and others were also preparing intensively in Ningbo Mansion.

It's playing with fire!

Zhang Huangyan, like Zhang Mingzhen, also opposed Zhu Yihai's claim to be emperor, the Manchu Qing Dynasty enemy has not been eliminated, the most important cities in the south of the Yangtze River, the richest Suzhou and Hangzhou regions are still under the control of the Qing army, just after a victory began to fight for power, if this caused a conflict between Tang and Lu, the Lu regime such as defeat, the Longwu court was not the victor, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to profit.

However, summer insects are not allowed to speak ice.

Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan were obviously considering the long-term interests of King Lu's regime and the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty, but in the eyes of others, they saw that they were developing into "traitors", and they were afraid of the Longwu court like a tiger, but they drew swords against their own people, and even many of their subordinates did not understand...... Zhang Kentang and others seized the name of righteousness, Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan lost three points without opening their mouths, and they couldn't convince them with things that never happened, and they didn't want their own people to have internal bargains, so they were in a dilemma and under a lot of pressure during this time.

The road ahead is difficult, Zhang Huangyan walked forward step by step, getting closer and closer to Nanjing.

All places along the way have been recovered, showing a full of vitality, Zhang Huangyan's mood is gradually cheerful, looking forward to meeting Wang Kefan, this young general who was born out of thin air, defeated the powerful Qing army again and again, and almost saved half of the country by himself, what is different about him?

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Wang Kefan was very busy during this time.

The Battle of Ningzhen annihilated tens of thousands of Qing troops, but the Chu army was almost disabled, and the next battle was about to begin, chasing and suppressing the remnants of the enemy, adjusting the deployment, recovering the lost territory, reassuring the people, resting the soldiers and horses, and compensating for the casualties...... There are so many things that need to be taken care of.

Tan Tai's main force retracted into Nanjing City, and another part was based on Zhenjiang, and the Chu army advanced forward by victory, and had reached the suburbs of Nanjing City, and would soon arrive at the filial piety mausoleum where Zhu Yuanzhang was buried.

Nanjing is a hard bone that is not easy to gnaw, first of all, Zhu Yuanzhang built the city very strong, not only the city walls are thick, all kinds of city fortifications are also very complete, it is difficult to blow up the city wall with black powder, the siege war is likely to evolve into a siege war of long time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period Zeng Guofan besieged Nanjing, it took three years before and after to break through the city, and the Chu army does not have this manpower, financial and material resources at all.

Suzhou and Hangzhou are the richest areas in the south of the Yangtze River, and the city defense is not as perverted as Nanjing, so it should be ranked first, but there is still a large Qing army in Fujian, which is also a target worthy of priority.

Hearing that the Xianxia Pass was lost, Wang Kefan wrote a long letter to Teng Shuanglin.

Among the senior generals of the Chu army, Teng Shuanglin is quite a wise and resourceful general, but this is only limited to the tactical level, and he often makes mistakes when he encounters an ambiguous strategic level...... Chen Bangfu's Guangxi soldiers have limited combat effectiveness, and after the Zhenxiao battalion is transferred, Chen Bangfu cannot be expected to hold the Xianxia Ancient Road all the time, and Teng Shuanglin's Tongcheng battalion must pick up this burden, but in order to grab territory with Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, he sent the Tongcheng battalion out, which almost caused a catastrophe. (To be continued......)