Mobilize troops, impeachment is easy.

The main forces are all in the Huaibei area of Shandong, and they dare not withdraw easily, there are only 100,000 troops in the south of the Yangtze River, and the defense is still difficult, how can they help Zheng Chenggong.

Yang Chao's primary goal now is not to go south to Fujian, but to attack Jiangxi to the west.

But Yang Chao doesn't have to worry, he is now taking the initiative and making progress by himself, while Hong Chengchou only has a part of defense.

Don't think that Yang Chao suddenly went north to attack Shandong, it was a whim, or he was in a hurry to expand his territory, it was a big game of chess, and it was a big plan for Yang Chao to ask for strategic passivity, and the effect had already appeared at this time.

As early as in the north, Yang Chao deliberately asked Zhao Kang to lead the cavalry to break through to the hinterland of Beijing, not seeking to capture the city, but just turning around Tianjin, the purpose was to shake the Qing court, and the result of the Qing court's shock was Hong Chengchou's bad luck.

To be honest, Hong Chengchou's strategy has been perfected, and Yang Chao is still apprehensive, and it can be said that he was completely toyed with by this old man last time.

However, it is true that Hong Chengchou has outstanding ability and far-reaching strategy, but he is a Han.

But his master is full of people.

This is Hong Chengchou's original sin.

When Yang Chao asked Zhao Kang to go around the hinterland of Gyeonggi, the effect came out, and the Beijing court was panicked at first, and the big and small magnates quarreled, but they did not blame Jierharang, who gave Shandong to Yang Chao in order to preserve the vitality, but instead put the responsibility on Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou was forcefully activated by Dolgon, which shows that Dolgon's employment is unknown, but in fact, it is still the anti-Dolgon forces that are taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

These people attacked and said that it was because Hong Chengchou did not contain Yang Chao well in Jiangnan that they let Yang Chao out and bite them, and also said that Hong Chengchou, a Han slave, obviously did not work hard, and his intentions were very bad, and he wanted Dolgon to punish this slave, and transferred the king of Sanshun under Hong Chengchou back to Beijing to protect the property of his masters. Protect the vast manor of the masters in Beizhili.

Dolgon knew very well in his heart that Hong Chengchou had done quite well, at least Hong Chengchou did not lose, and the small Fujian court that he was still fighting was almost dissolved. The little emperor fled again, and the political blow to the strength of the Ming Court in the south was heavy, except for Yang Chao, a barbarian, everyone else was in mourning.

But Dolgon could only compromise and temporarily fined Hong Chengchou for half a year. and issued an order to reprimand, but did not transfer the king of Sanshun away, joking Hong Chengchou took the king of Sanshun to let Yang Chao run to Tianjin in the south of the Yangtze River, without Hong Chengchou here for strategic containment, Yang Chao dared to let go of the attack on Beijing.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou not only did not dare to draw Hong Chengchou's troops, but planned to strengthen his troops, but he was temporarily overstretched, and he really couldn't come up with rich troops.

Dorgon was just making a secret decree. Hong Chengchou was allowed to recruit his own troops, expand the number of troops in his hand to 100,000, and gave him an order to find a way to launch a victorious offensive against Jiangnan, without seeking any substantial victory, as long as he could see it, so that Dolgon could block the mouth of the Eight Banners nobles.

After getting Dolgon's secret order, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but smile bitterly, and the secret order was to expand the army, which was to treat Hong Chengchou as an outcast, and someone would definitely use this matter to make him happen in the future. If it works out, it's okay to say, but once there is a slight setback, I'm afraid my life will not be held.

As for launching an offensive, Hong Chengchou was also a little powerless. Last time, King Sanshun was defeated, and the 40,000 army lost half of it, and there were only 20,000 people who could fight in front of him, plus the 10,000 Eight Banner soldiers in Bashan, it was only 30,000, how to fight with Yang Chao's more than 100,000 troops in the south of the Yangtze River.

After this battle. Hong Chengchou also figured out the combat power of Yang Chao's army, Yang Chao's army can fight with the Eight Banners to a certain extent, which surprised Hong Chengchou, he analyzed all Yang Chao's previous combat power, did not show excellent field ability, so he dared to let the king of Sanshun rush to Nanjing City desperately, and then opened the city gate with Neiying, I thought that as long as he entered the city, Yang Chao's 50,000 recruits in the city would collapse without a fight, and Nanjing would be taken, and it would be best to take Yang Chao, In that case, the entire Jiangnan will basically be won.

However, Hong Chengchou did not expect that Yang Chao commanded 30,000 new soldiers, and even repelled the attack of King Sanshun, and then insisted on the arrival of reinforcements, and completely beat King Sanshun's army out of Nanjing City.

There is no problem with Hong Chengchou's strategy, nor is there any problem with the combat effectiveness of the army, but the problem is that he underestimated the discipline of Yang Chao's army.

So during this time, Hong Chengchou has also been looking for a way, hoping to save the gap in strength and combat effectiveness through strategy, but he doesn't want to take the initiative to attack, it would be good to be able to hold Jiangxi, in fact, after Hong Chengchou withdrew from Fujian, he concentrated his main forces in Nanchang and Jiujiang, leaving only civilian officials and a few defenders in other places, which is no different from giving up.

Yang Chao was also very aware of Hong Chengchou's predicament, and he was very clear when he was in Xuzhou, because the attitude of the nobles of the Eight Banners in Beijing was too fierce at that time, and the rumor was boiling all over the city, and Diao Erdou could pass it on to Yang Chao without much effort.

Therefore, Yang Chao dared to be attacked by Hong Chengchou once in the south, but instead ran to the north to go to the northern expedition, because the Manchu magnates wanted to mobilize Hong Chengchou's troops to defend in the north, and in this case, he gave Hong Chengchou a hundred guts, and he did not dare to fight the idea of Jiangnan.

Because his troops actually don't have the ability to attack Jiangnan again, and if he takes the risk of sneaking up on Jiangnan in the face of the strong anger of the nobles of the Eight Banners in Beijing, let alone failing, as long as he can't achieve a substantial victory, Yang Chao can see that Hong Chengchou's old life is probably about to be explained.

Even Yang Chao wished that Hong Chengchou was fighting Jiangnan once, with the little strength under him, after Yang Chao ate a trench and grew wise, and was prepared, I am afraid that he would not even be able to defeat a county town.

So he boldly stayed in the north for more than a month before coming back, and coming back was not passive, but Yang Chao planned to take the initiative and took the initiative to trouble Hong Chengchou.

But before that, there's a little more to deal with.

"Neiying! Hum! ”

Yang Chao began to liquidate at this time, and the last time Nanjing City was inexplicably opened, Yang Chao was very surprised.

After the war, the investigation made it clear that it was the carelessness of the defenders of the south gate, but suddenly at night a group of people suddenly pushed the cart into the city gate hole, the car was loaded with slow gunpowder, ignited and ran away frantically, the gunpowder blew up the city gate and flew out, and soon the cavalry outside the city rushed in. And the soldiers guarding the city gate were either killed by the bombing, or they were hacked to death by the Qing army, so for a long time, Yang Chao did not figure out how the enemy army entered the city. I only know that the city gate was blown up, but I don't know how it was blown up.

Later, among the subordinates of King Sanshun who were captured, an officer confessed that there was an internal response in the city of Nanjing.

Yang Chao was in a hurry to go on the Northern Expedition, so the matter of searching for Neiying was handed over to many men who stayed in Nanjing. After Yang Chao came back this time, many men had already caught Neiying and waited for Yang Chao to deal with it.

"My lord, what should I do?"

Many men are unsure.

"What else, aren't all spies killed directly?"

Yang Chao snorted coldly, and the situation in Neiying made him very dissatisfied, because there were his soldiers among them.

"But that boy!"

Many men have some concerns.

It was one of Yang Chao's soldiers, Hou Fangyu, the famous fourth son, who was worried about killing such a person. It will definitely provoke criticism, and whether you have conclusive evidence or not, there will be suspicions of Yang Chao's personal vendetta, and he promised to be included in the history books, which has become one of the mysteries studied by later generations.

Here's the thing, Nei Ying sent by the Tartars had long been lurking in Nanjing City, and then colluded with Hou Fangyu, who was captured by Yang Chao and Xiucai to fill the army.

Several of them should be people who have a grudge against Yang Chao, and they are the Xu Zhongxiao family who used to harm one party, and the Xu family was actually cleaned up by Feng Kezong, and the man was assigned at that time. The female sales, but they knew that Yang Chao was the mastermind behind the scenes, so they hated it deeply.

This kind of hatred can't be eliminated, coincidentally. The male of the Xu family was sent to Guanwai, and was soon captured by the Tartars, and became the clothed servants of the Manchurian aristocracy, and after suffering a lot, only Xu Zhongxiao and his younger brother Xu Shuxiao survived.

After the First World War in Haizhou, their fortunes began to change. At that time, Huang Taiji issued a reward order, and those who could provide Yang Chao's news would be rewarded with a cow, Xu Zhongxiao unveiled the list at that time, and told everything he knew about Yang Chao, and he was rewarded, not only got the cow, but also was asked by Huang Taiji to come to his side, and the situation changed suddenly, otherwise Xu Zhongxiao and his younger brother would probably die of exhaustion like several sons and eldest brothers and nephews.

After becoming the coat of Huang Taiji himself, he didn't have to work, and soon became a village head.

After that, Dolgon took power and entered the customs, and the situation of Yang Chao that they knew once again became a bargaining chip to raise their value.

After Yang Chao killed Duoduo, Dolgon also found them and carefully inquired about Yang Chao's situation, but Dolgon was obviously more solid than Huang Taiji's employment, and after hearing about Yang Chao's situation, he asked them to quietly return to Nanjing and lurk in Nanjing as an internal response.

Xu Zhongxiao was originally born in Jinyiwei, and he was good at this kind of thing, wearing a wig and dressing up, he successfully hid in Nanjing City, and began to act in private, until Yang Chao caught Xiucai to fill the army, he found an opportunity, contacted Hou Fangyu, and formed an anti-Yang alliance, intending to give Yang Chao a fatal blow at a critical moment.

At this critical moment, they didn't wait long, Hong Chengchou activated his chess piece, and asked him to find a way to open the Nanjing gate for the cavalry of King Sanshun, which led to the later story of blowing up the city gate with gunpowder.

"Kill! Don't look backwards. ”

Yang Chao's attitude is very resolute, Hou Fangyu, a fool, feels good about himself, thinks very highly of himself, provokes Yang Chao again and again, fails again and again and does not know how to stop, and finally comes to the step of betraying the country, then he will die innocently.

In the past, Yang Chao was a pity that he was a talent, although he was damaged by dealing with him, he would not want his life, otherwise he would have been able to cut off his head if he made trouble with them and organized Xiucai.

"But you can try it before you kill it, and it's best to find out all those fools."

Not to mention that many men really knocked out a lot of things from Hou Fangyu's mouth, many soldiers in the army are their comrades, it is not surprising at all, originally among the 10,000 talents, a considerable number of them are members of the Erli Society, and Hou Fangyu is the leader of the Erli Society, to say that he can't develop his own people in the army, it would be hell.

It's just that he took advantage of this relationship to help the enemy open the city gate, which is too much.

"Check, find out who has participated, kill them all!"

Many men quickly completed the order, found out hundreds of Hou Fangyu's henchmen, and then beheaded them all at the entrance of the vegetable market, announced their charges in public, and posted notices to publicize them.

"What's the matter, are you still scolding Ben Du when you are dying?"

Yang Chao imagined the appearance of Hou Fangyu, a high-ranking scholar before leaving.

Many men disdainfully said, "No." cried and begged for mercy, and the feces and urine flowed all over the ground. But that Xu Zhongxiao has some backbone. ”

Yang Chao actually guessed wrong, but think about it, this kind of noble son who doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and is suave, where is he willing to die, Xu Zhongxiao is already a bad life, plus he is a villain on the street, the culture of the two is different.

Yang Chao also guessed the next thing, and sure enough, some scribes began to scold Yang Chao, but what he didn't guess was that those people scolded Yang Chao for cruelty to Zhongliang, and at the same time desperately washed the floor for Hou Fangyu, saying that he was framed, saying that he would rather die than give in, and scolded Yang Chao before he died.

Hey, literati, two mouths! (To be continued.) )