The reason why Yang Chao dared to give an order in Yangzhou was because his mentality was stable at this time, there was no thing he was worried about in Jiangnan, and the big wealthy families did not hold Zhu Cihong up.

In fact, Zhu Cihong himself disagreed, with his identity, on the first day of his appearance, the Confucians in the Susong area came to visit, but Zhu Cihong did not accept their support, but directly asked people to send him to Nanjing, and after going to Nanjing, he did not live in the palace, but lived directly in the Yang Mansion.

Obviously, Zhu Cihong was showing favor to Yang Chao, and he didn't treat Yang Chao at all, and regarded Yang Chao as a thorn in his side, but at this time, he showed favor to Yang Chao, and I have to say that Zhu Cihong learned to be smart after being captured.

So Yang Chao took a few more days in Yangzhou, patiently dealt with official business, Yangzhou this place, to be honest, is much more convenient than Nanjing, if the transportation is convenient, Yangzhou is better than Nanjing, after all, this is the east and west, north and south, and Nanjing just occupies the advantage of the Yangtze River, the reason why Nanjing is the capital, that is because there are Zhongshan and other mountains, feng shui is said to be the land of dragons and tigers, militarily it is said to be by the mountains and rivers, in fact, it is a strategic place, as a matter of business transportation convenience, it is not as good as Yangzhou.

Sitting in Yangzhou, I can receive the news from the north and the south, and I am slightly surprised that the small court of Guangdong actually attacked itself under the banner of destroying the traitors, but it is a pity that the characters they sent are too bad, and many of the 1,000 men who stayed in Ganzhou easily defeated each other, and also captured their supervisor Li Ruyue, who has been escorted to Nanjing.

In fact, it's not that Wang Deren is really bad, Wang Deren has 150,000 soldiers, and the pile has also killed the thousand people in Ganzhou, but Wang Deren doesn't want to fight with Yang Chao at all, those civil officials in the small court don't know how powerful Yang Chao is, Wang Deren is clear, he and Jin Shenghuan were driven out of Zhejiang by Yang Chao's army, even if they haven't fought each other, he is very clear through comparison, can the army that can fight the Eight Banners and annihilated the army many times?

But all this can be ignored for civil officials. They are emotionally up, they dare to do anything, literati, they all have a kind of romanticism.

Also the latest news is: The small court in Guangdong sent an official letter and sent an envoy headed by Ding Kuichu, the first assistant of the cabinet, to come to Nanjing to greet Zhu Cihong, under the banner of being ordered to welcome the first emperor, but poor Zhu Cihong was called the first emperor before he died.

At the same time as sending someone to greet him. The small imperial court also arranged heavy troops in the Nanxiong area, obviously beat Yang Chao, they were also weak-minded, of course, it may also be Wang Deren's weak heart, he arranged heavy troops at the same time, but also sent people to Ganzhou to give gifts to explain, saying that everything was forced by Li Ruyue, and he Wang Deren himself was absolutely unwilling to be the enemy of Zhongyibo.

Yang Chao had no intention of starting a war with the small imperial court, and at this time he also regarded them as allies, although this ally was a little piggy. But there is at least no infighting, the original history of the small court died of infighting Yang Chao is still clear, so far, although the small court has always been not in tune with Yang Chao, but there has been no situation where each place is fighting for itself, and there has been no situation where multiple emperors, prisoners, and orders are out of the house.

This is Yang Chao's only requirement for the small court, don't toss, don't make trouble, as for what to play to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Yang Chao found that he was still a domineering warlord, he really had no talent for such a thing as blackmailing the Son of Heaven, and the Zheng family had no talent, so it was not Cao Cao or don't play with this thing.

Although it is not intended to pursue the sneak attack of the small court. It can be regarded as a friction, and the two forces of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party with a view of the overall situation also have friction.

But the small court has to pay a certain price, the last time Zheng Chenggong asked Yang Chao to write a book, Yang Chao was in the attitude of winning over allies, but the result was obvious. The small imperial court did not approve it, not only was the city department in Guangzhou not allowed to open, but even the Fujian one was not opened, in fact, it was easier for the Zheng family to operate on its own, after all, Zhu Cihuan was supported by the Zheng family, but they were not confident that they came to Yang Chao, and with the relationship between Yang Chao and the little emperor, it was strange that they could pass.

Then you can ask for it this time, who let Li Ruyue, a famous minister of the small court, be captured, if you don't agree, then okay, just kill Li Ruyue, anyway, with Li Ruyue's posture of often scolding Yang Chao, Yang Chao has enough reasons to kill him, it's a big deal to be regarded as a personal vendetta of the communiqué, in fact, Yang Chao didn't want to kill him, but others must believe that Yang Chao is willing to kill him.

If the small court doesn't even care about Li Ruyue's life, then Yang Chao still has a back hand, it was your small court that used force first, don't blame Yang Chao for fighting back, it is estimated that Li Ruyue is enough, no need for Yang Chao to force each other by force, even if the small court doesn't care about Li Ruyue's life, they are willing to find a step down, it is better than being beaten and compromised, after all, it is much better to open the market in exchange for the life of the minister than to be held with a knife to sign the alliance under the city.

That's how things are handled in the south, and as for the north, there is constant news.

Under the operation of Dolgon, the interior of the Eight Banners seemed to be much more harmonious for a while.

Originally, the release of Haoge was to provoke their infighting, but who knew that Dolgon's operation made others think that he had a sense of the overall situation, and gained the gratitude of many old magnates, and he also made some expressions to ease the resentment of Nansiqi.

Even if you open the enclosure in the future, it will make up for the South Four Flags, whether it is the North Zhili Enclosure or the Shanxi Enclosure, the two white flags occupy the best place, followed by the two red flags, and the South Four Flags are always the worst.

After all, according to the statistics of the money and grain account books of the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty, there are more than 58 million mu of land in Beizhili, 42 million mu of land in Shanxi, adding up to 100 million mu of farmland, and the population of the Eight Banners is only about 400,000, and the average person has 250 mu, but the enclosure is not for everyone, the most powerful, and then there are meritorious ministers, and the children of the Eight Banners at the bottom are only 50 acres.

Therefore, Yang Chao judged that Dolgon's words were just fooling the Southern Four Banners.

But a few days later, the news suddenly came that Dolgon asked Nansiqi to send people to Henan to enclose the land, which made Yang Chao couldn't help but be surprised, what kind of play is Dolgon? Is it really going to encircle the South Four Banners? But this is also too expensive, the enclosure of Beizhi and Shanxi has already made him less than four million quintals of taxes, and then Henan circled, who will Dolgon find to collect taxes?

But no matter what Dolgon is playing, Yang Chao immediately asked Wang Pu to prepare and enter Henan at any time, once the Nansi Banner encloses the land, Henan will definitely be full of fugitives, let him pay attention to these populations, people are the most important, the land can be snatched back, people are dead, but they can't be resurrected.

Yang Chao's surprise didn't take long to come, when Nansiqi sent tens of thousands of young men to run to the enclosure on horseback, suddenly Dolgon raided Nansiqi, he didn't know that he had never gotten 100,000 cavalry, and instantly defeated Jierharang of Hejian Mansion and Haoge of Daimyo's Mansion, and killed the two on the spot, so he immediately announced that these two people colluded with Yang Chao, and they deserved death!

But for the magnates of the Southern Four Banners, Dolgon is very popular, and it is not possible not to win them over, and the Eight Banners are so populous, he is reluctant to kill them all, and explain to these people that Zilharang and Hauge's rebellion have nothing to do with the rest of the Southern Four Banners, and Dolgon also said that he will ensure the safety of the enclosure of the Southern Four Banners.

However, at the same time, Dolgon also recruited back Ding Zhuang of the Southern Fourth Banner who went to Henan to enclose, he didn't really let these people go to the enclosure, he just wanted to transfer the people and horses in the Southern Fourth Banner.

At this point, Yang Chao understood, and at the same time figured out that Dolgon had not been wasted for most of the year, and Azig, who was "trapped" by him, was not really imprisoned, but was sent to Mobei and subdued the Mobei Mongolian tribes, and these 100,000 cavalry were the cavalry of Mobei Mongolia.

Seeing Dolgon's dazzling tricks, Yang Chao couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, feeling that he really couldn't play Dolgon, he couldn't catch up with people's methods, and the conspiracies and tricks emerged in endlessly, this is the leader of the times, and the civil officials in the Ming Court who only knew what they were also moral articles couldn't do, even Yang Chao, who thought that he had already sold out his temperance, couldn't do it.

"In the future, I still have to speak with strength. It's not a thing to play with! ”

Yang Chao couldn't help but sigh.

But Yang Chao knew that playing strategy was not Dolgon's opponent, but this opponent still had to face it head-on, because after the 100,000 Mobei Mongolian cavalry was organized into the Khalkha Eight Banners, all of them were Dolgon's strength, and Dolgon concentrated these people in Beizhili, and swore that he would ensure the safety of the enclosure of the Southern Fourth Banner.

How is it guaranteed? Sending Yang Chao back from Shandong is the best guarantee!

Yang Chao immediately asked Wang Pu to shrink his forces, and at the same time warned Li Wuliu and Zhao Kang to be careful.

100,000 Khalkha Eight Banners, 100,000 Monan Eight Banners (composed of Chaharga Desert Southern Mongolia), plus 100,000 Han Eight Banners Xinding, Dolgon already has 300,000 new troops in his hands.

This hardened Dorgon's waist, and he could use both grace and power against the Southern Four Banners, subduing them with strong force on the one hand, and telling them that they could protect their property on the other.

Yang Chao naturally didn't want to see Dolgon integrate the strength of the Eight Banners, so that Dolgon would have no scruples and could let go of his hands to compete with himself, although a real warrior seemed to be a head-to-head confrontation with his opponent, but as a figure who aspired to be a strategist, Yang Chao felt that he still had to gain as many advantages as possible through strategy.

So he immediately ordered Zhao Kang to wait for the opportunity to go north, and this time directly attack the South Fourth Banner.

But as a result, Zhao Kang suffered a great defeat, and the 100,000 Mongolian cavalry that had just come from Mobei taught Zhao Kang what real cavalry archery was.

The Mongolian cavalry in Mobei, they have never competed with Yang Chao's army, so they don't want the Eight Banners to have a psychological shadow, they can fight how they should fight as soon as they come up, fully demonstrating their riding skills and archery skills, and at the same time, the wolf-like split attack and harassment and chase, also made Zhao Kang tired of coping, chasing, not catching up, running, unable to run, 3,000 people tentatively attacked, only 1,000 people came back, which can be described as a fiasco.

Yang Chao was appointed at this time, admitting that Dolgon did have the strength to temporarily ensure the safety of the Southern Four Banners, these Mongolian herdsmen, when they were on the steppe, they were the slaves of the Han and Wanhu, and when they fought against the Eight Banners, they were free herdsmen, but once they were bound by strict military discipline, they were the most powerful warriors.

Genghis Khan had already demonstrated how strong the herdsmen armed with military discipline were, and this example was enough to convince Yang Chao that he didn't need to make too many attempts.

Therefore, it can only be admitted that the offensive posture in Shandong is over, and it begins to move to the defensive stage, and all Li Wuliu's troops are concentrated in Shandong and begin to be responsible for defense. (To be continued.) )