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Although Shenjing fell and the northern land fell, the beacon fire in the south has not been broken, and countless people with lofty ideals who have been thinking of the Ming Room are still going forward and succeeding.

At the end of last year, in the Jingzhou War, Qing Zhishun Wang Shang Kexi was awarded the head by many important generals, more than 20,000 elite Qing troops were wiped out, and half of Hubei returned to Ming. The news reached Jingshi, and the court was shaken.

At the beginning of this year, Dolgon issued an edict in the name of the young emperor Fulin, holding accountable the relevant people who caused the defeat of Jingzhou one by one, transferring Hu Quancai, the former governor of Ningxia, as the governor of Huguang, and appointing Hong Chengchou, a scholar of the inner courtyard who was at Ding Wei's home, as the governor of Huguang and other five provinces, "through Huguang, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places, the governor's military affairs and food and salary", "Fuzhen and below the salty and modest, offensive and defensive acts cheaply".

Before long, the edict was issued again. Baizheng Yellow Banner Manchuria Gushan Ezhen Tan Tai was the general of the expedition to the south, and led the elite of the eight banners of the Beijing division and the green battalion of the northern provinces to conquer Huguang.

However, before the soldiers and horses gathered, the grain and grass did not go, and another news came from the south.

Jiangxi Governor Jin Shenghuan, Jiangxi Governor Jin Shenghuan announced in Nanchang that he would oppose the Qing Dynasty and return to the Ming Dynasty, and punish those who did not obey. In addition to Ji'an, the land of Jiangxi returned to Nanming.

This news is tantamount to adding insult to injury and a bolt from the blue sky to the already noisy court.

Dolgon had no choice but to convene a meeting of the ministers of the king of parliament and issued an edict again, and led the army to Wuchang with Kong Youde, the king of Gongshun, and Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, and replenished the grain and grass soldiers for the two departments. Kong Youde's original old department was 2,400, and it was supplemented to 10,000. Geng Zhongming's original old department was 2,500, and it was also supplemented to 10,000.

At the same time, he still worshiped Tan Tai as the general of the expedition to the south, and led the original troops and horses to change to Jiangxi.

This arrangement also has its own reasons and purposes.

From the perspective of the Qing court, although the situation in Huguang is not optimistic, the impact of Jiangxi Jin Shenghuan is undoubtedly worse anyway. After all, no matter how defeated Huguang was, the two armies faced each other, but the Nanchang Revolution was a disaster, and it was the most influential since the Qing court entered the customs. If the initiator Jin Shenghuan is not immediately suppressed and punished as he deserves, how can there be any guarantee that other local towns with different aspirations will not follow suit?

Therefore, the focus of this southern expedition was changed from Huguang to Jiangxi.

For defeating Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren's army, Dolgon was full of confidence, but he couldn't help but consider Pang Yue of Huguang and the tens of thousands of elites under his command, and it was precisely for this reason that Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming led the army to Wuchang. At that time, once Pang Yue led the army to aid Jiangxi, Wuchang's army could go south to Yuezhou and Changsha, and then go east to Jiangxi and fight with Tan Tai He Luohui to attack Pang Yue's army. If Pang Yue does not move, then when Tan Tai defeats Jin Shenghuan and turns west to Huguang, the army of Wuchang can also form a flanking attack with him.

The edict was issued, and all armies moved.

In mid-March, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming gathered the three armies and went south from Beijing to Wuchang.

In the second half of the year, the main force of the southern expedition to Jiangxi was assembled around the Beijing Division. Among the eight banners, except for the Zhengbai flag, the rest of the banners, Mongolian, and Han soldiers were all drawn, totaling 16,700. In addition, there are towns such as Xuanfu and Zhending in Zhili, and Taiyuan and Pingyang in Shanxi, totaling 15,600. The total number of troops is more than 30,000.

The edict was sent to the army, Tan Tai, He Luohui and others put incense cases, invited the shaman to go out of the army, and held a ceremony. Then the three armies moved together, and the mighty division from Beijing went south.

The army marched to Shandong, and a total of five or six thousand people from the two towns of Linqing and Denglai, which were also ordered to march south, joined it.

Later, they arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Ma Guozhu, the governor of Jiangnan, Liu Liangzuo, the governor of Jiangnan, Tian Xiong, the governor of Zhejiang, and the Manchurian inlaid white flag Mele Zhangjingzhu Mala who guarded Nanjing led the headquarters to meet the standard camp and Fengzhao.

At this point, all the Qing troops to conquer Jiangxi were assembled, with a total strength of nearly 50,000.

After the whole army was assembled, Tan Tai did not pause for a moment, and the troops pointed directly at Jiangxi.

Tens of thousands of Qing troops rushed in, and the first to bear the brunt were the counties of Luotian, Qishui, Huangmei, and Guangji in the southwest of Jiangnan Province, which had responded to Jin Shenghuan and erected the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and returning to the Ming Dynasty.

However, by this time, Wang Deren had already led his army back to Jiangxi. Although the anti-Qing rebels gathered in a hurry were full of enthusiasm, how could they be the opponents of the regular Qing army like wolves?

The Qing army from the south took all of the above places almost bloodlessly while on the march. The rebel armies were either destroyed or retreated into the mountains. Regardless of whether the captives surrendered, they were all ordered to be slaughtered by Tan Tai, and the leaders of them were all tortured by Ling Chi. For a time, the blood was bleeding and drifting, and the mountains and rivers changed color.

At that time, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren were still attacking Ji'an with all their might, completely ignorant of the imminent danger of Meijie.

In late April, the Qing army of the southern expedition arrived in Dongliu County, and then the troops divided into two routes and launched an all-round attack on Jiangxi.

On the 30th day of the fourth month of the leap month, the army of He Luo broke through Raozhou.

On the first day of the fifth month, Wu Gao, the chief soldier of Jin Shenghuan's troops guarding Jiujiang, fled without a fight. Yang Jiebing, the deputy general of Ma Guozhu's department, was bloodless and took the lead in entering Jiujiang.

At this point, the gateway to northern Jiangxi was wide open.

It was also at this time that Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren woke up like a dream and led the army from Ji'an to urgently return to Nanchang.

The Qing army Liu Wuyuan and Hu Yousheng, who held on to Ji'an, were demoralized and took advantage of Jin Shenghuan's panicked withdrawal to open the city and attack. Caught off guard, Jin and Wang lost their troops and retreated to Nanchang in embarrassment.

From May to June, the armies of Tan Tai and He Luo swept through northern Jiangxi and plundered various prefectures and counties to replenish military supplies. Jin Shenghuan sent troops to take the initiative to meet the Qing army several times, but they were all defeated.

In late June, Jin Shenghuan led his army to meet the Qing army in the suburbs of Nanchang and was defeated again.

Subsequently, the two Qing armies also joined forces again. Tan Tai and He Luo would take advantage of the victory to pursue and arrive at the city of Nanchang at the end of June, and all the troops built camps around the city to form a siege.

At this predicament, the previously high-spirited Jin Shenghuan was almost desperate, and while holding on to the city, he sent messengers to Changsha, Hengzhou and other places to ask for help.

Especially the distress letter sent to Emperor Longwu in Hengzhou, Jin Shenghuan was extremely sincere, putting aside the staff writing himself, regardless of whether there were grammatical errors, let alone whether there was literary brilliance, he only wanted to be able to express his desire for help most directly. Because he knows very well what awaits him once Nanchang City is broken.

The gist of the letter is: The minister was deluded in his mind and took refuge in the Tartars, which is really an unforgivable sin, and then although he had the slightest merit of opposing the Qing Dynasty and returning to the Ming Dynasty, he violated the system, and without the permission of His Majesty, he did not know the heavens and the earth and indiscriminately sealed the official title, which is also a crime that deserves death. Now, the minister is a sinner, and he has a rotten life, and if he dies, he dies, and he does not deserve sympathy. But the military and civilians of the whole city of Nanchang are innocent. Your Majesty is a benevolent and righteous king, and he will not want to see the whole city ruined. Besides, if they all die, who will dare to raise the banner of anti-Qing to join the Ming Dynasty in the future? Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to send troops to rescue Nanchang for the sake of the common people in the world and for the sake of the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty. If he can get away with a dog's life one day, the minister will definitely come to Xingdu with his hands tied, and if he wants to kill or kill, even if he robs his family and exterminates the family, he will be disposed of at will, Your Majesty.

The news that the Qing army besieged Nanchang and Jin Shenghuan asked for help spread to Hengzhou, the capital of Xingzhou, and there was also an uproar in the court.

Almost no one in the Manchu Dynasty thought that Jin Shenghuan, who was at the peak of his army before, would fall into a desperate situation so quickly and become a turtle in an urn, and tens of thousands of troops could not parry in the face of the Qing army heading south.

To save or not to save?

In the end, the opinion of sending troops to rescue Nanchang prevailed above the court. Emperor Longwu also decided to send troops to the rescue.

After all, there are few people who don't understand the truth of cold lips and teeth.

But which troops should be sent to the rescue? Looking around, which army and horses are willing to obey the dispatch of the imperial court, and are able to compete with Jin Shenghuan and He Luo's army from the south?

The answer is self-explanatory.

At the beginning of July, Emperor Longwu sent an edict to Chenzhou: "Edict, Dingwu Marquis, the governor of the right capital Tongzhi, the commander of Huguangdu, and the general officer of Huguang to guard Huguang, Pang Yue, is the general of the conquest, and personally leads the army of the Son of Heaven to rescue Nanchang." And give Shang Fang the sword, unified control of Nan'an Zhang Xianbi, Ganzhou Hao Yongzhong two towns, the army below the three grades can be cut first and then played. ”

Pang Yue gathered all the generals, put incense on the case, worshiped in the Chinese military tent, received the holy decree, and shouted long live: "Minister Pang Yue obeys the order." Serve the country with a naked heart and swear to destroy the thieves. Go to the soup and fire to repay the grace of God. ”

The generals under his command, Zhang Yunli, Shi Youliang, Lu Qiwu, Cui Shoucheng, etc., also shouted long live and pressed their swords in unison: "Serve the country with a naked heart and swear to destroy the thieves." Go to the soup and go to the fire to repay the grace of God! ”

Tens of thousands of tigers outside the tent, the armor is brilliant, and the soldiers are strong and strong. They raised their arms vigorously, and their guns were like forests, and they also shouted in unison, and their voices stopped Xingyun: "Serve the country with all your heart, and swear to destroy the thieves." Go to the soup and fire to repay the grace of God!! (To be continued.) )