In the Tianfu Mansion, Zheng Chenggong summoned his main subordinates and said: "Now the situation is changing three times a day, I want to expand my chassis as much as possible and enhance my strength when the Qing army is facing off against the Great Western Army." Therefore, I wanted to divide the army into two routes, all the way to the east to attack Yangzhou and Huai'an, and all the way to the west to recover Anhui and other places. What do you think? ”

Yao Qisheng stood up and objected: "General, our army has been fighting for months, and the army is quite tired. In addition, Ying Tianfu has just been occupied, and the people's hearts are unstable, and they also need a large army to sit in the town. Our army is really not suitable for dividing troops into two ways. Xia Guan felt that it was the best policy to take advantage of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's battle with the Great Western Army and concentrate troops to capture Wuhu, Chizhou, and Anqing. ”

Zheng Chenggong was a little dissatisfied with Yao Qisheng's conservatism, and said: "Since ancient times, guarding the river must guard Huai!" Only by pushing the defense line to Jianghuai can the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River not be affected, money and food will not be worried, and the people's will will be stable, which will be most conducive to ruling and management. If we don't take the opportunity to occupy Jianghuai now, it will be even more difficult to capture it when the Manchus slow down. Only by occupying Jianghuai and laying a nail north of the Yangtze River will it be beneficial for our army's northern expedition in the future. ”

Yao Qisheng said: "General, guarding the river must defend Huai, the premise is that Xiangyang and other places in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are in the hands of our army, but now Xiangyang and other places are still in the hands of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Please see you again, the general! ”

Zheng Chenggong laughed out loud and said, "Xizhi, why are you so cautious, today, the strong are respected." Today, I have more than 300,000 troops in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangnan. Just show the edge and compete for the world. If it is a hesitant strategy, it will be protracted for a long time, not to mention the endless variables, and it will be even more futile! ”

"General......" Yao Qisheng still wanted to continue to persuade again.

Before Yao Qisheng could continue to persuade him, Zheng Chenggong had already said categorically: "Xizhi doesn't need to say more, I have made up my mind." ”

Yao Qisheng could only be silent when he heard it.

Zheng Chenggong looked around at his subordinates and said: "The East Road Army has Gan Hui as the main general, and Yang Cai and Yu Kuan as the deputy generals......"

Zheng Chenggong paused before continuing, "Yao Qisheng joined the army with the army!" ”

Gan Hui is his confidant general, and he can rest assured that he will lead the troops.

It's just that Gan Hui's personality is a little impulsive, and his strategy is a shortcoming, in order to make up for this shortcoming, Zheng Chenggong decided to send Yao Qisheng to help him.

Yao Qisheng silently arched his hand and said, "Give the official an order!" ”

Seeing that Yao Qisheng did not object, Zheng Chenggong breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Order Lin Xishan, the commander of the water division, to help Zhenguo General Hong Xu lead 50,000 troops to defend Nanjing. Wang Zhongxiao is the head of the household department and supervises the grain and grass; Chen Yonghua is a staff officer; Xiao Gongchen is in charge of the paperwork; Liu Guoxuan is the pioneer of the front; Wan Li and Zhou Quanbin are deputy generals; Wang Qibang and Yao Guotai are the captains of the Chinese army; After Zhang Jin and He Wenxing merged, they chose to set the Bingyin Sunrise Division in May of the fourth year of Yongli. ”

When the civil and military officials heard Zheng Chenggong's order, they all stood up and drank: "Get the order!" ”

With the support of the Zheng family's sailors, Sihai Commercial Bank has made a lot of money year after year.

In addition, in recent years, under Zheng Chenggong's strong rectification, the people in Fujian and Zhejiang have lived a stable life.

Vigorously promote drought-tolerant, high-yield grains such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and Champa rice, and they are ripe year after year.

Therefore, all the things used in military equipment are complete; The rice is full of warehouses, and the treasury of the treasury is profitable.

Within three days, the military rations and equipment were prepared, and the 150,000 troops marched on land and water, and the ships and horses traveled in two rows, and they rushed to Anhui.

In this Western Expedition, the siege of the city is the bottom, the attack is the top, and the main force is mainly to recruit and surrender.

Liu Guoxuan is still a young general, brave and energetic.

The vanguard was advancing very rapidly, and by the time Zheng Chenggong left Yingtianfu, he had already reached Ma'anshan. When he arrived in Ma'anshan, Liu Guoxuan entered Wuhu again.

After a simple supply, he immediately did not stop and killed Tongling.

Under the propaganda of the secret agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau organized by Chen Yonghua, Zhucheng in Anhui heard that Zheng Chenggong led an army of 150,000 to kill, and if he did not surrender, when the city was broken, he would be executed by Ling Chi like Guan Zhongxiao in Nanjing, and he would be intimidated by the civil attack and military force.

These cities have fallen to the wind, and many of the defenders have abandoned the cities and fled before they have even fought.

Zheng Chenggong's westward march was not like a war, it was like a chasing race.

Although the Zheng army had purchased war horses from the Middle East, the army was still dominated by infantry, and the Qing army that chased and killed horses could not catch up.

At the beginning, Liu Guoxuan's military newspaper still wrote about attacking a certain city and how many beheadings, but later it was all about occupying a certain city and gaining a certain city, and even the word of war was lost.

Although he knew that this Western Expedition might go smoothly, it was beyond Zheng Chenggong's imagination that it had gone so far.

Fortunately, the first batch of students from Xiamen University of Political Science and Law has graduated, plus those scholars who have been selected in the imperial examination, there is no shortage of official history.

In every city, Zheng Chenggong was very busy.

At this time, it was the weather in mid-May, and Liu Guoxuan's troops were progressing smoothly, he led 10,000 troops, marched 600 miles in half a month, and even went down more than 20 cities, and the troops were like fire, pointing directly at Anqing.

Seeing Liu Guoxuan's ambition increase like this, Zheng Chenggong sent someone to reward General Xuanwei as a reward.

At this point, most of Anhui has entered the hands of the Zheng family.

When Gan Hui, the army of the East Road, had not yet sent troops to attack Yangzhou, the people of Yangzhou had already spontaneously expelled the Qing army.

In that year, Yangzhou fell after fierce resistance, and the Qing soldiers slaughtered and plundered, and did not seal the knife for ten days. The prosperous Yangzhou city of several generations is a pile of corpses to store, hands and feet pillow, blood into the water and blue ochre, turned into five colors, the pond is flat, front and back, left and right, burning everywhere, the corpses in the city are like mess.

Except for a few residents of Yangzhou who escaped before the city was broken and a few who survived after the Qing army entered the city, almost all of them were slaughtered, and more than 800,000 corpses were collected by monks alone.

With such blood debts, the people of Yangzhou hated the Qing army to the core.

Hearing that Zheng Jiajun was going to recover Yangzhou, the remnants of the people rushed to tell each other.

On the tenth day of Yangzhou, from the rich to Pingming, the one who had no relatives died in the hands of the Qing army.

Some people have proposed to oppose the Qing Dynasty, which is really a response to all calls.

The entire city of Yangzhou was mobilized.

Sticks and kitchen knives are all used.

In order to suppress the people, Yangzhou was heavily guarded before, but in order to guard Nanjing, Guan Zhongxiao transferred most of the soldiers and horses, and now the Qing army in Yangzhou is only 3,000 people.

The Qing army, which was still sleeping in the camp in the middle of the night, was surrounded by the people of the whole city who had been mobilized overnight.

Lime powder, oil and oil Dafa Li City, the people's sticks and stones, also made the Qing army dizzy.

Caught in the sea of people, the Qing army suffered countless casualties, and they didn't know what was going on, and when they saw the torches erected in the camp, they thought that it was the Zheng family's army that attacked!

However, the Qing soldiers in Yangzhou were often old, weak, sick and disabled, or deflated soldiers, and it was no problem to fight a good battle, but in this case, they could not organize their combat effectiveness at all.

All of them are running blindly like scattered sand, and there are countless trampled people in the white phase, fleeing in order to seize the road, rushing out of the walled gate, and waving knives at each other.

Except for a few Qing troops, the rest all died at the hands of angry people, which directly led to the fact that not a single prisoner remained.

The soldiers easily recovered Yangzhou without bloodshed, which made Gan Hui, who was ready to do a big job, sigh again and again, this Qing army is too ineffective!

Gan Hui was a little regretful, but Zheng Chenggong was very happy and said to Chen Yonghua: "The people return to their hearts and unite as one." It is really a feat for the ages, and it must be vigorously rewarded and widely disseminated to strengthen the hearts of the army! ”

Chen Yonghua said quietly: "Good! ”

Zheng Chenggong rode on horseback and proudly said to Chen Yonghua: "Fufu, you see that our army has won victories in two ways, which proves that my strategy is correct. Hey, Xizhi is too cautious, my Zheng family army is disciplined, well-trained, and will win the battle, and will conquer! Don't be afraid of the Qing army. Fufu, and look at me sweeping Central China, the Yangtze River is fighting for the world! Hahaha......"

"General, our army may be in danger!" Chen Yonghua said coldly.

"What?!" Zheng Chenggong was frightened by Chen Yonghua's words. (To be continued.) )