When Sun Chuanting in Nanjing learned the news, he was furious and scolded Zuo Liangyu at the cabinet meeting. However, he did not panic, because he had already planned for this. He immediately drafted a crusade document in the name of the imperial court, and after informing Cao Yue, he transferred the three guard divisions that stayed on the Yangtze River to march west along the Yangtze River to prepare for the crusade against Zuo Liangyu.

The two guards divisions garrisoning Nanjing did not move, and were still stationed in Nanjing.

Subsequently, the Ming court issued an edict to the world, asking the nearby town army not to cooperate with Zuo Liangyu, and regarded the Hubei army led by Zuo Liangyu as an enemy. At the same time, the edict exhorted the soldiers of the Hubei Army not to do anything rebellious, if they did not follow Zuo Liangyu's rebellion and returned to their path, the court would not blame them for their crimes. But if you continue to go to the dark with Zuo Liangyu, you will be severely punished.

Cao Yue sneered after receiving the news, and immediately ordered the Red Lady Division, which had been on standby for a long time, to march to Hubei according to the plan, preparing to eliminate Zuo Liangyu's department, and at the same time ordered several guard divisions left behind in Nanjing Jiangbei to strike hard at Zuo Liangyu's department, and put down the rebellion in the shortest possible time, and must not let Zuo Liangyu's rebellion affect more places.

At the same time, Cao Yue sent a secret letter to Sun Chuanting in Nanjing, asking him to pay close attention to the movements of the officials in the court and prevent the officials of the court and the central government from secretly supporting Zuo Liangyu. He then ordered Chang Yanling, Cao Chao and others of Jinyiwei to closely monitor every move in Nanjing City to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. He gave Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi, Fang Yizhi and others secret orders, asking them to launch members of the Donglin Party and the Fushe Society to denounce Zuo Liangyu's rebellion.

Although the identity of the former Empress Zhou and the current Empress Dowager Zhou and the little emperor Zhu Cijiong is basically not doubted by Nanjing officials, Zuo Liangyu played the banner of "Qing Jun's side", saying that Zhu Cijiong was a fake, and the Empress Dowager Zhou was forced by Cao Yue, so it was necessary to respond, master the speech of the world, and avoid the army that did not know the truth from being bewitched by Zuo Liangyu, and the speech in Nanjing must be controlled. The role of the Donglin Party and the Restoration Society should also be brought into play. In addition, Empress Dowager Zhou and those members of the royal family who were fortunate enough to escape from Beijing, as well as Zhu Yujiao, who can best prove Zhu Cijiong's identity, also stand up and make a statement. Try to isolate Zuo Liangyu.

"Daming Guards Daily" also wanted to use more pages to report on this matter, reporting all the unsightly things of Zuo Liangyu, and implying that he had the courage to rebel only with the support of Jiannu.

"The Ming Dynasty and Jiannu are fighting in Liaocheng, and the traitor Zuo Liangyu actually took the opportunity to make trouble, fornicated with Jiannu, and was willing to join forces with Wu Sangui, Tang Tong and others, in a vain attempt to sacrifice the Ming Dynasty to foreign captives, and tens of thousands of Ming soldiers and civilians will not agree. All the bloody Ming soldiers and civilians. Take up the weapons in your hands and fight against all anti-Ming forces with the greatest determination and full confidence!" The attitude of the military in the big red letter of the Guards newspaper completely shows that many people saw the text of the military newspaper and were encouraged by the content to join the ranks of the Ming Guards.

After Cao Yue led the army to the Northern Expedition, the recruitment of the Ming Guards has been going on, and the scale is still expanding. In just one and a half months, nearly 100,000 recruits were recruited. These recruits are carefully selected. Only a good young man in all aspects. They also began the training of recruits under the leadership of a unit sent by the 1st and 12th Guards Divisions. After three months of training, they will be assigned to the newly formed Guards Division or the Guards Divisions in front of them.

For the needs of the war, Cao Yue's plan was to recruit thirty to fifty guards divisions. Expand the military power of the Ming Dynasty to nearly a million people. It is impossible to expand the army of one million people all at once, and it must be done one by one. The establishment of the first ten guards divisions was the result of the first batch of recruitment, and the establishment of the eleventh to twentieth guards divisions was completed by Cao Yue after the end of the Northern Expedition.

During the Northern Expedition. The recruitment program did not stop, partly to meet the needs of the war, in case the war was unfavorable at the front. Or there is a lot of attrition, and the soldiers can be replenished continuously. On the other hand, if the war is soon suspended, such a new recruit who has been recruited and started training will soon be able to form an army after being mixed with other veterans, and the pace of military reform will not be slowed down.

After Zuo Liangyu rebelled, he continued to expand the scale of recruitment, and there would definitely be no opposition from the DPRK and China.

Dolgon also soon received the news that Zuo Liangyu had rebelled.

The plan to incite Zuo Liangyu to rebel was realized, and Dolgon finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The war was still not going well, and during this time Dolgon used various methods to launch attacks on the Ming positions, but with little success. It rained, but Dolgon was disappointed to find that the rain did not cause much trouble for the Ming army, and that the Ming army's muskets and artillery could still be used in the heavy rain, which puzzled him. However, he also understood that the Ming army must have improved the manufacturing process of artillery and muskets, which made it easier to shoot in rainy days. The Ming army's ammunition did not seem to be running out, and after more than ten days of continuous attacks, their artillery and musket fire was still very intensive, which made Dolgon worried.

The Qing army had already paid the price of at least 50,000 men, and although they had achieved some success during the attack, the results were very small, and it is estimated that the losses of the Ming army were only a few thousand at most. These results were not harvested on the main position, but were obtained by Dolgon's dispatch of partial divisions to attack the Ming convoy.

The warships on the canal, they did not succeed in attacking, but the convoy transported by land was attacked by them several times, and captured and destroyed some ammunition and grain and grass of the Ming army. However, judging from the overall number, these losses of the Ming army are basically negligible, and thousands of stones of grain and grass and thousands of catties of ammunition will not cause any trouble to the Ming army.

The elite cavalry of the Qing Dynasty could not break through the Ming army's defense line composed of artillery, muskets and gunpowder, and Dorgon's self-confidence was seriously reduced. He had to order a postponement of the large-scale attack, and only sent a small group of men and horses to harass the Ming army, and at the same time sent men and horses to collect grain from the people in Shandong, Beizhili, and Shandong. This time the grain was no longer under the banner of Manchu-Han friendship, but openly looted. This is no way, the rations of the Qing army will be exhausted, and if they don't find a way to raise food, the soldiers will have nothing to feed their hunger.

The situation was a great headache for Dolgon, and he knew that it was impossible to win the war without surprises, unless he stopped the expedition and summoned all his men and horses to deal with the Ming army, but this was not what he expected. Zuo Liangyu's rebellion made Dolgon feel that the accident had finally arrived, and he immediately ordered all his troops to prepare to launch another attack on the Ming army.

Dolgon believed that Cao Yue would definitely withdraw his troops after receiving the news of Zuo Liangyu's rebellion. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of people in Zuo Liangyu's department, and the Ming army only had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses left behind in Nanjing, so it was impossible for Cao Yue to fight on two fronts.

The Ming army withdrew from the main position and retreated to Nanjing by land and water, and the power of muskets and artillery would certainly not be fully exerted, and the Qing army could take this opportunity to deal a severe blow to the Ming army, and perhaps it would be able to turn the situation around in a battle, turn defeat into victory, and completely solve the remnants of the Ming ******.

Under Dolgon's orders, Jiannu, who was originally confronting the Ming army, prepared to follow the attack with all his strength when the Ming army retreated. (To be continued.) )