Receiving the news that Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong had invaded Zhejiang, Yang Chao was indeed a little surprised, the imperial court and the Zheng family were actively trying to win over these two people, why did the two of them suddenly attack Zhejiang, and crossed Yushan to attack Hengzhou Mansion.

Yang Chao did not panic, but immediately made arrangements.

"Give Lu Mo an order, let him divide 10,000 troops, go south from Huizhou to Hengzhou, fight if he can, and defend if he can't!"

Lu Mo led troops to garrison Huizhou, guarding against the 10,000 Eight Banners of Nanchang, and now the 10,000 Eight Banners of Nanchang are the most effective troops in the south of the Yangtze River, although there are still some green battalion soldiers transferred from Hubei, with a number of 30,000 or 40,000 people, Yang Chao doesn't care too much.

However, only one day after Yang Chao's order was issued, the news of the fall of Hengzhou came, and the second army of King Jin divided troops into Yanzhou and Jinhuafu.

The northwest of Yanzhou is Huizhou, and due north is Hangzhou.

The Ming army in western Zhejiang is under the command of the governor, and the previous record is extremely poor, but how can I think of such a bad situation, Hengzhou Mansion has not even stopped for a day, if Yanzhou is also in this situation, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the two Jin Wang, if Yanzhou falls, the Jin Wang and the two will enter Hangzhou, and then the Qing army will be able to form a three-bread sandwich between the east and the west and the south of Huizhou.

"Many men listened to the order and ordered you to bring 30,000 troops to go south to Hangzhou. Defend Hangzhou first, and then attack with Lu Mo to recapture Hengzhou. ”

Not to mention that the fall of Hangzhou will cause instability in Huizhou, just the city of Hangzhou, Yang Chao did not dare to risk letting the Qing army occupy it, the Qing army may not be able to stand the attraction of a prosperous city like Hangzhou, if it is a massacre and looting, the loss will be too heavy.

If many men arrived in Hangzhou, Yanzhou and Jinhua had not yet been lost, then he would enter Jinhua together, and at this time, he and Lu Mo would attack the Qing army on both sides.

After making the order, Yang Chao thought that his disposal was a safe matter, and after thinking about it, he still didn't let the army in Jiangbei come back to help, the pressure on Shandong was too great, and seventy percent of the elite of the Eight Banners were here, and Yang Chao felt that it was inappropriate to move a soldier.

At this time, the Qing army had many troops in Jiangxi. However, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong have been in Ganzhou in the south, and there are only 10,000 eight banners and a green battalion from Hubei to change defenses, and the data of this green battalion has 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the commander of the army is unknown. After the 20,000 Eight Banners left under the leadership of Tan Tai and Heluohui, they filled the vacancy.

exchanging 30,000 green battalions for 20,000 eight banners, no matter how you look at it, it has weakened Jiangxi's troops, and with the situation in Jiangbei, Yang Chao still focuses on Jiangbei.

And Yang Chao deployed many men, Xie Fei and Lu Mo, in the south of the Yangtze River. Together with Hu Quan's artillery unit and the new recruits guarding Nanjing, the total strength reached 150,000, whether it was to deal with the Jiangxi Eight Banners or Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong, it was enough.

"Fujian Emergency: Chuzhou has fallen, Wenzhou has fallen!"

Many men had just gone south, and the next day Yang Chao received news of the fall of Chuzhou and Wenzhou, which meant that the southern half of Zhejiang had all fallen, plus Hengzhou, Yanzhou and Jinhua, and half of the ten provinces in Zhejiang had gone.

Yang Chao couldn't help but feel that the form was a little grim at this time. While annoyed at the weakness of the Zhejiang soldiers, he suddenly felt that there were still too few mobile troops around him.

Several messages were received within three days, and judging from the current road conditions, it is impossible to figure out that this was an attack launched by the Qing army at the same time.

"Hong Chengchou!"

Yang Chao is a fool if he can't guess that this is Hong Chengchou's handiwork.

"Could it be that Hong Chengchou went to Jiangxi?"

The Jiangxi Ming army acted at the same time, and if there was no one in the center to command, it would not be able to launch such a large offensive at the same time.

If Hong Chengchou is in Jiangxi, then this attack is the main direction of attack, and Yang Chao should mobilize the Jiangbei troops to come back for defense.

However, if Hong Chengchou was not in Jiangxi, but in Henan and Shandong, would the Qing army's offensive in Jiangxi be a feint.

If the Qing army wanted to use Jiangxi's feint to mobilize Yang Chao. forced Yang Chao to withdraw the army from Jiangbei, and then they suddenly launched a general attack, attacking from north to south, how should they respond at that time?

There is no doubt that the main force of the Qing army was in Shandong. Because where are the 50,000 Eight Banner soldiers, it must be the main direction, and although Jiangxi has a large number of troops, there are only 10,000 Eight Banners, obviously the Qing court does not attach importance to here, how can Yang Chao pay attention to it.

And there is also the intention of the imperial court and the Zheng family to surrender. Yang Chao has always been negligent in Jiangxi, but he didn't expect the Jiangxi Qing army to suddenly exert force and march towards Zhejiang.

For a while, it really made Yang Chao very passive.

Three days is simply not enough for many men to arrive in Hangzhou, and Lu Mo has probably just been deployed.

"Fujian!"

Yang Chao was suddenly shocked in his heart, the target of the Qing army was not Zhejiang, but Fujian!

The Qing army planned to go straight to Fujian, and then destroy Zhu Cihuan's small court, or even go directly to Zhu Cihuan.

Last time Zhu Cihong abandoned the city and fled, and finally was captured, the impact on all parts of the south of the Yangtze River is huge, the whole Jiangxi can be said to be because of this fall, the Qing army effortlessly took Jiangxi, if this time they invaded Fujian, and captured Zhu Cihuan, this political shock is too big, if you don't get Guangdong, it will fall directly, and then Hunan, then the entire south of the Yangtze River will only be left in the south of the Jiangnan region.

Although Yang Chao was able to hold Jiangnan, because of the strong army and the strong economy of Jiangnan, he had to admit that Hunan and other places still shared a lot of pressure on him, with Hunan, the tens of thousands of troops of the Qing army in Hubei did not dare to leave easily, if Hunan also fell, Sichuan has been ruined, Yungui is a remote place can not be counted on, and it is reported that it has been occupied by the remnants of the Great Western Army under Zhang Xianzhong, it is conceivable that once only Jiangnan is left, the Qing army will definitely attack Jiangnan with the whole army at that time, Yang Chao has to face more than just a Hauge, Azig and Duoduo, I am afraid that when the time comes, the three kings will attack him.

"Order Xie Fei to divide 10,000 troops and rush to help Hangzhou from the direction of Ningguofu! Let Xie Feijun not be delayed, and he can find the enemy as soon as he arrives in Yangzhou. Summoned Lu Mo and asked him to cooperate with Xie Fei to annihilate the enemy in Yanzhou as quickly as possible, and if the enemy withdrew, he would chase after the poor Kou. Ordered many men to set off from Hangzhou to the south of Shaoxing and Jinhua, and advance south as fast as possible, without sparing casualties! ”

Let Xie Fei and Lu Mo divide their troops for a total of 20,000 should be able to destroy, at least be able to repel Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong, and let many male main forces go directly south, sweep all the way to Fujian.

"That's all I can do here."

Yang Chao sighed in his heart, it is useless to keep this emperor, but it is of great use to leave it to the Qing court. But Yang Chao couldn't save him, he could only hope to contain a part of the Qing army, and even forced the Qing army to fight with him in order to return to the army for the back road.

Yang Chao's guess was right, after the emergency report from Fujian, Lu Mo sent news from Huizhou, saying that the 10,000 Eight Banners in Nanchang were rushing south day and night, obviously this was the Qing army that invaded Chuzhou and Wenzhou, but Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong absolutely did not have the troops to fully launch in the whole of Zhejiang at once.

Quanzhou Guitanpu, this is Hong Chengchou's hometown, Hong Chengchou saw his own lantern color pasted with happy words, Hong Chengchou thought he was welcome from afar, only to find that the door was closed, knocked on the door for a long time before a subordinate walked out, Hong Chengchou saw his old mother wearing a bright red wedding dress sitting in the lobby from the door, and then the next person immediately put the door official, not let Hong Chengchou enter.

The moment he saw his old mother just now, he was extremely excited, his eyes were spicy, but when he saw his mother in a wedding dress, Hong Chengchou was a little confused, what is this, the old mother is getting married? I've been widowed for half my life, and I still want to get married when I'm eighty.

After being turned away, Hong Chengchou seemed to realize something, and turned around to see a temple behind him that he had never seen before, with Shuangzhong Temple written on it.

Hong Chengchou ghost sent the god into the temple and saw that the temple was dedicated to Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun of the Tang Dynasty. These two were officials of the Tang Dynasty, they were officials in Suiyang, An Lushan rebelled and attacked Suiyang, the two worked together to defend the city, foreign aid did not arrive, the city fell and was captured, and they did not give in to death.

Hong Chengchou was a Ming Dynasty official, higher than Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun, who was also captured, but he surrendered.

Hong Chengchou saw Xu Yuan's two fingers pointing at the gate of the Hong family's ancestral house, and suddenly felt a sadness in his heart, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Master!"

The old Bao Yi next to him hurriedly helped Hong Chengchou and asked with a concerned face, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Lao Baoyi saw Hong Chengchou looking at Xu Yuan's portrait, and at this time he found that Xu Yuan's finger was pointing at the gate of Hong's house, and he suddenly understood.

"These people are too deceitful! The minions let the ruined temple be demolished. ”

Lao Baoyi knew that Hong Chengchou had a bad reputation in Daming because of his surrender, but this Diao Min in Fujian built a temple and asked the statue to point his finger at the Hong family, which was obviously bullying.

"That's it! Let's go back. ”

Hong Chengchou said weakly, his heart was full of sadness, the Hong family didn't want him anymore, so what was he, Hong Chengchou suddenly felt like a lonely ghost.

There are more than a dozen men in plain clothes with knives outside the temple, all of them are bright, powerful, although not high, but short and concise, there is a faint untamable wildness on the body, these are the masters sent by Zheng Zhilong.

There is no Qing army in Fujian, and Hong Chengchou can go deep into Quanzhou Mansion, naturally with Zheng Zhilong's permission, and send people to protect it, otherwise Hong Chengchou would not have come to Quanzhou.

After a while, Hong Chengchou rode a donkey, and the old servant led the horse and returned to Nan'an County under the protection of more than a dozen masters.

Hong Chengchou is a native of Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, and Zheng Zhilong is also a native of Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian.

"Master Hou, can Yang Chao's army be mobilized?"

As soon as Hong Chengchou returned to the Nan'an Hou Mansion, Nan'an Hou Zheng Zhilong came to ask to see, although Hong Chengchou had just been hit, but it could not change his original intention, since he had already surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, then follow it with all his heart, surrendering once is already a mistake, and it can't be a mistake on top of a mistake.

"Lord Hong's divine calculation!"

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly complimented that Yang Chao had already sent 50,000 of the most elite troops south, and it was indeed expected by Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou was not surprised by this, and was full of confidence in his strategy.

"How many men did he send?"

"Fifty thousand!"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh: "He's cautious, but it's too late." ”

Zheng Zhilong was puzzled: "What does Lord Hong mean? ”

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "It's time for Master Hou to make a decision, it's too late." King Sanshun has already assaulted Nanjing! (To be continued.) )