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First assistant Ma Shiying and cabinet university scholars Wang Duo and Cai Yichen were relatively speechless and in extreme shock.

On the desk in front of them was a military newspaper, but none of the three had the courage to pick up the military newspaper and read it carefully.

Relying on the merits of supporting the establishment and relying on the conspiracy to squeeze Shi Kefa out of the court, Ma Shiying became the first assistant of the Southern Ming court. But his talent is simply not enough to support the chaos in this world, and his ability cannot even stabilize the court.

Since Hongguang ascended the throne, in just one year, the Southern Ming Dynasty court has launched three major party disputes, the Great Compassion Case, the Pseudo-Prince Case, and the Tong Concubine Case, and the court is in chaos, and the ministers quarrel all day long. The Donglin Party people, under the leadership of Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, constantly launched attacks on Ma Shiying.

And Emperor Hongguang was drunk and lustful, chasing joy and fun, and his mediocrity was worse than that of the kings of the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't think about state affairs at all.

Major military affairs are decided by Ma Shiying, but Ma Shiying is extremely familiar with the political disputes in the court, and relies on collusion with Lu Jiude, the eunuch who is in charge of the seal, to firmly suppress the opposition forces such as the Donglin Party.

But for the real military affairs, Ma Shiying was completely blind.

Looking at the military report in front of him at this moment, Ma Shiying only felt that his eyes were black, and he wanted to fall asleep all of a sudden.

Nanning Marquis, Ping thief general Zuo Liangyu led an army of 200,000 to leave Wuchang and go down the river to clear the king's side!

On the side of Qingjun, isn't it himself who is clear?

This is really a house leak coincided with rain, broken ships and head winds, the Manchu army has returned to Germany to the south, about to come to Yangzhou, Zuo Liangyu led his subordinates to rebel against 200,000 troops, is the Ming Dynasty going to die?

"Shousuke, you need to get an idea quickly!" Wang Duo, a university scholar, urged in a loud voice on the side.

Listening to Wang Duo's words, Ma Shiying smiled bitterly. The heavy troops of the Ming Dynasty are all in Jiangbei, and the miscellaneous troops in Nanjing City are all low combat effectiveness, although there are tens of thousands of people, but the combat effectiveness is very poor, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, what can I do!

"The troops of Huang Degong, the marquis of the south of Jingjing, rushed to Wuhu to block Zuo Liangyu's army. Send a message to Shi Kefa, let him quickly send troops to Wuhu, and resist Zuo Liangyu with Huang Degong! After pondering for a long time, Ma Shiying ordered.

"Shoufu, the Qing soldiers are about to arrive in Yangzhou, and I'm afraid the Shi Pavilion Department will not be able to divide the troops! Besides, Yangzhou is thousands of miles away from Wuhu, and I am afraid it will be too late to reach Wuhu. Otherwise, I will personally lead the troops to Wuhu. Wang Duomao then recommended himself.

Wang Duo is a civil official, where does he have the courage to lead the troops to fight against the powerful Left Army, he just wants to take the opportunity to grasp the military power. In troubled times, only by mastering an army can you hold your own life.

Ma Shiying didn't expect that Wang Duo, who had always been weak, would have such courage, and she couldn't help but be a little moved in her heart. can feel moved, it is Ma Shiying's unwillingness to hand over the small number of troops in Nanjing to Wang Duo, and only when there are troops in the city can Ma Shiying have a sense of security.

"It's not hard for Brother Lao Jue, with the Marquis of Jingnan here, he must be able to block Zuo Liangyu's army."

"But Jingnanhou only has more than 40,000 troops in his hands, how can he stop the more than 200,000 troops of the left army!" Wang Duo said hurriedly.

"By the way, didn't Ren Siqi, the newly sealed Ningbo commander-in-chief, bring 20,000 troops to Zhenjiang, let him go to Wuhu, I heard that Ren Siqi's troops are all sailors, and the fleet will be much faster than the infantry when they go up the river."

"Okay." Seeing that he couldn't get the power of the army, Wang Duo said stupidly.

So Ma Shiying ordered the draft decree, and after handing it over to the celebrant to seal it, he sent people to Zhenjiang and transferred the Ningbo General Army Ren Siqi to Wuhu to resist Zuo Liangyu's army.

On the occasion of employing people, Ma Shiying was much more generous to the salary that Ren Siqi asked for not long ago. He ordered the mobilization of 100,000 stone of grain and 200,000 taels of silver to reward the Ningbo army.

Ninety percent of the world's taxes come from the south of the Yangtze River, and the loss of the north also has an advantage, that is, it reduces a lot of burdens, and the current Nanjing court is very sufficient.

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Before receiving the holy decree, Ren Siqi was intensively training the newly recruited sailors. In the past few days, more than 500 river boats have been collected in Zhenjiang, and by the way, the crew members on board have also been received, which is more than 10,000 or nearly 20,000 people.

Of course, this forcible collection caused the owners of the ships to be extremely dissatisfied and protested, but in front of the swords of the soldiers of the Daishan Army, this protest was so weak.

For the ordinary crew members on the ship, they didn't dare to resist, but Ren Siqi didn't treat them badly, a large number of silver taels were distributed, and everyone got two or three taels of silver, which made the crew's hearts settle down.

Follow the original owner of the boat to run the boat, and earn a few taels of silver a year, and now the Daishan Army is so generous, who will do it?

In this way, Ren Siqi incorporated nearly 20,000 sailors into the army, and the size of the army suddenly doubled to nearly 40,000.

Regarding Ren Siqi's practice of almost open robbery, Li Tao, the prefect of Zhenjiang, personally came to protest against the atrocities of the Daishan army. But what is the use of verbal protests, even Shen Tingyang, who stayed in the Daishan army, stood on Ren Siqi's side.

"Brother Nantian, Ren Zongbing did not collect ships for his own selfish interests, but to resist the Qing soldiers and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. At this point when the community is in a dilemma, we should work together, how can we only consider our own selfishness? Shen Tingyang persuaded.

"Brother Ji Ming, I don't know what you said, but those shipowners are shouting in my ears every day, I have to come." Governor Li smiled bitterly.

The doubling of the number of troops does not mean that the combat effectiveness has increased. The newly recruited boatmen had not been trained at all and had extremely poor combat effectiveness.

In the past few days, Ren Siqi has been busy reorganizing them, organizing them according to the establishment of the Daishan Army, sending veterans of the Daishan Army to act as the backbone, and barely blending them together.

Fortunately, with Li Yanzhi here, he took the staff to take charge of the establishment of new recruits, and Ren Siqi was much easier. But he didn't dare to do anything, and every day he took Mao 18 and other naval generals to patrol the Yangtze River, inspect the hydrology of the Yangtze River, and formulate strategies for future naval battles.

At this moment, the envoy of the imperial court came to Zhenjiang again.

He hurried back to Shuiying with the generals by boat, and saw that the envoy of the imperial court was still the eunuch Lu Fang.

Zuo Liangyu's army of more than 200,000 people went down the river to clear the king's side. When Lu Fang announced the holy decree, the generals were in an uproar, and Ren Siqi was also dumbfounded.

Although he has memories of his previous life, the business executive in his previous life is not a historian, and he knows little about the history of the Ming Dynasty. The memory of Nanming in my mind is only such a major event as the Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading, and the well-known historical figures are Shi Kefa, Yan Yingyuan, Zhang Huangyan, and Zheng Chenggong.

Although Zuo Liangyu also has an impression, Ren Siqi has no impression of his deeds at all.

There are Qing troops attacking Yangzhou in the north, and more than 200,000 troops of Zuo Liangyu in the west going east, so the situation in the Southern Ming Dynasty is so dangerous! No wonder the Hongguang Imperial Court was easily destroyed.

In the face of such a complex and dangerous situation, Ren Siqi suddenly felt powerless. Just rely on the ability of tens of thousands of people to turn the tide and save the Hanjia rivers and mountains? (To be continued.) )