Chapter 712: Confidants

After the Qing army entered the customs, he went down to the south of the Yangtze River with the Prince of Yu, Keyangzhou, Jiangyin, and then Pinghunan, Kewugang, Yuanzhou, and then followed the Rui Prince Dolgon to crusade against Datong Jiang Xuan, and Li Shutai, who died in Guangdong, were all executioners whose hands were stained with the blood of the Han people and helped the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The last governor of Jiangxi, Xia Yilu, was a member of the white banner of the Han army, and after he died in office in the ninth year of Shunzhi, Zhang Chaoxuan, who was a household servant, moved to the governor of Jiangxi. During his tenure in Jiangxi for several years, the only good thing Governor Zhang did for the people of Jiangxi was to exempt Nanchang and Ruizhou from paying taxes for three years.

Just ordered to arrest and kill Chen Yin and Ding Quangui, the deputy generals who had rebelled against the Qing Dynasty after returning to the Ming Dynasty with Li Chengdong anyway, and ordered to wantonly recruit Ding in the city, and ordered to suppress the rebellious people and bandits in various places. The envoy came by order of Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Jiangnan, Jiangxi.

Lang Tingzuo is a native of Guangning, Liaodong, his father is a talent in the Ming Dynasty, after the capture of Guangning by Houjin Nuerhachi, Lang's father went to surrender, and was awarded the position of hereditary guerrilla by Houjin. In the third year of Shunzhi, Lang Tingzuo conquered Sichuan from Prince Su Haoge, Pingzhang Xianzhong, and moved to the secretary of the academy. In the eleventh year of Shunzhi, he was awarded the governor of Jiangxi, and for twelve years, he was promoted to the post of governor of Jiangxi in the south of the Yangtze River. The original Jiangnan Jiangxi Governor's Mansion was located in Jiangning, and it was moved to Nanchang in the ninth year of Shunzhi, but it was moved back to Jiangning last year.

The Governor sent an envoy to come, and Zhang Chaoxuan did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked the envoy what was the matter. The envoy took out a warrant from the governor, but he asked Jiangxi to immediately dispatch troops and horses to rescue Jiangning.

"There are bandits in Jiangning, there are bandits in Koucheng, and there are also long-haired thieves here in Jiangxi, and the main force of the green camp has asked Admiral Liu to take them to Ji'an, the province is full of people making trouble, and the people in the provincial capital are panicking, how can we still have soldiers to save Jiangning! Isn't this a hurry, Your Excellency? Rushing to the doctor is not such a vote! ”

Zuo Buzheng Tong Fengcai, like Governor Zhang Chaoxuan, is a member of the Blue Banner of the Han Army. However, Tong Fengcai is the grandson of the founding minister Tong Yangxing, and the nephew of the current first-class prince Tong Tulai, and the relatives and nobles of Manchuria, are closer than the governor of Lang Tingzuo and the governor of Zhang Chaoxuan, so he speaks a little loudly, and he is not afraid of offending Lang Tingzuo at all.

Youbu Zhengwang Ting is not a Han army bannerman, but an authentic Han official, so he didn't dare to speak like Tong Fengcai, but sighed and said to the messenger: "The situation in Jiangxi has long been sent to the governor's yamen, and the governor should know the situation in Jiangxi. As soon as Ganzhou is lost, the whole province of Jiangxi will be shaken, in case Ji'an is lost again, we can't even stay in the provincial capital... I also hope that the envoy will return to the Governor, but if I don't send troops to rescue the Governor in Jiangxi, there will be no soldiers to send. ”

"Jiangxi is the land of the four provinces, in case of loss, the upstream and downstream contacts will be cut off, then the Taiping Kou can attack Huguang, and the lower can enter the south of the Yangtze River, and the threat caused is not less than that of the sea bandits, this is very clear to the governor, but why do you want me to send troops in Jiangxi, could it be that Jiangning really has no way at all?"

Zhang Chaoxuan realized that Jiang Ning's side was afraid that it was very dangerous, otherwise Lang Tingzuo would not have sent someone to ask for help from him.

Hearing what the governor said, Tong Fengcai hurriedly asked the envoy: "What is the situation in Jiangning now?" ”

The envoy looked bitter and said: "A few adults don't know, since the loss of Zhenjiang, Jiangning has become more and more critical, all parts of the south of the Yangtze River are a series of vicious consumption, the states and counties in the north and south of the river have lost dozens of cities, and some places are even more incomprehensible to internal and external information. When the little one came out of Jiangning, the pirates had already come to the city, and I heard that the pirate leader led a large group of cronies to Zhongshan, stepped on the terrain, and led the thieves and thieves and a group of thieves and inferior gentry to Xiaoling to worship Ming Taizu, saying that Nanjing must go down. ”

"In this way, Jiang Ning is really dangerous."

Tong Fengcai was a little dazed, he thought that if Jiang Ning, the companion of the Ming Dynasty, was really taken away by pirates, then the Ming Dynasty might really be able to turn over.

The messenger was still saying, "There are many pirates and horses, one is on Lion Mountain, one is on the second mountain, one is on Prison Temple Mountain, and one is on the main road of Fengmen, and they have divided their troops to set up Hanximen, and they have connected dozens of camps. There are also naval troops stationed in the southeast corner, according to the water as the battalion, the ironclad soldiers are stationed in the northwest corner, the mountain is the base, and the Zhusu town guards the camp. The camp is all set up with antlers to look, and the deep ditch is a wooden fence, which looks very majestic..."

Hearing this, Zhang Chaoxuan suddenly raised his hand to stop the envoy, and then said to Tong Fengcai: "It's really strange that the pirates are camping like this. ”

"What do you mean?" Tong Fengcai didn't understand what the governor meant.

"Jiangning City is tall and strong, it is the first male city in the world, it is impossible to surround Jiangning City with the strength of Zheng thief, the only desirable tactic is to divide the troops into several feints, so as to confuse the city, and choose the weak link of the city with the main force, break through in one fell swoop, so as to go down the city. But the pirates can't plan this, and the soldiers and horses are so scattered and stationed, which looks like a huge momentum and a deterrent, but if he doesn't attack the city for a day, what's the use of these many people? .... I think that Zheng thief is also a great man for many years, and he often fights with the officers and soldiers of the imperial court in Fujian and Zhejiang, and it is reasonable to say that he is also a famous place on the battlefield, but he doesn't know the reason for attacking the city? It's weird. ”

Hearing this, Tong Fengcai was also surprised, and asked the messenger: "Is it true that the bandits have not attacked the city for a day?" ”

The messenger shook his head and said, "When the little one came, the pirates did not move outside the city. After speaking, he remembered something, and hurriedly said: "But the pirates actually want to attack the city, and the governor asked the governor to send someone to pay the money and surrender to them, and lied to them that there is a rule in our dynasty, and if the defenders of the city pass thirty days, the city will not be guilty of the wife and daughter." Now all the officials in the city are in Beijing, so I hope that the pirates will give us a month of leniency, and after a month, they will open the door to welcome us. ”

Tong Fengcai couldn't help laughing: "This kind of nonsense, how can the pirates believe it, thanks to the Governor and the Admiral Guan." After laughing, he was stunned, because what the messenger said just now made it clear that the pirates had nothing to do outside the city except for a large camp, which didn't mean that the pirates really believed the nonsense?

"Zheng Thief really believed it, not only believed the words of the Governor Guan, but also rewarded the people sent by the Governor Guan, saying that it was easy for him to lead a large army to attack my Jiangning Lonely City, but since the Governor Guan and the Governor intended to surrender, he would allow forgiveness, so that he could win the trust of the world. Of course, Zheng Thief also said that when it expires, it will not fall, and when the city is broken, there will be no grass left. ”

Wang Ting's eyes straightened when he heard this, not because Zheng Jun was not afraid of what the envoy said at the end, but because Zheng Thief actually listened to the nonsense that children didn't believe.

"Zheng thief is too confident, he started from Jinxia to go north, the battle will be won, the attack will be taken, the battle of Zhenjiang and killed 4,000 of my Manchurian soldiers, I just thought that he was invincible in the world, Jiangning is a lonely city, he wants to take Jiangning City without losing a single soldier."

Zhang Chaoxuan sneered, got up and said to the messenger: "You go back and tell the governor that I really have no soldiers to send in Jiangxi, but please rest assured that the governor is very talented, and he will definitely not be able to break the city." But here in Jiangxi, the thief is talented and elite, and he went down to my important town in Ganzhou, which is really more troublesome than the pirates. (To be continued.) )