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The boundaries of Jingzhou and Xiangyang are different from those in Jiangnan.

Although it is only a river away, the people here are stronger, or more unfortunate. Since the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, and Lao Huihui have swept past here in batches, leaving behind corpses and lessons in exchange for blood

In the mountains and forests from Jingzhou to Xiangyang, there is a village in ten miles and a village in twenty miles, all of which have built city walls at dangerous places, and the villages are jointly defended, and they are equipped with a lot of weapons.

Whether it is a thief, an officer or a soldier, in their eyes, they are all goods who come to loot and loot.

They are not afraid of the war, or they have learned how to deal with it.

Hong Chengchou was good at dancing in Huguang with long sleeves, and after the failure of planning Jin Shenghuan, he met with the gentry of various villages in the name of the governor of Huguang in the Qing court. When he was the governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, many of his protégés and former officials were in Jiangbei, and they mingled with the squires of Chengtian Mansion, Jingzhou Mansion and other places.

The infiltration of the secret camp in Hubei was very unsmooth, and Hong Chengchou ordered the blockade of roads in various places and the prohibition of business travel. Anyone who was not a local, was arrested and imprisoned, and countless executions were secretly executed.

The news quietly spread to the jubilant Nanchang Mansion.

Zhai Zhe had no intention of staying here for a long time.

The day before yesterday, he had written to the Ministry of War to ask for merit, Jin Shenghuan was the general soldier of Wuchang, Yang Shouzhuang was the general soldier of Jiujiang, and Shi Fu was the general soldier of southern Gansu. It is still a few days before the official appointment of the imperial court arrives, but the general's appearance is actually a certainty.

Wuchang Mansion is the territory of Huguang and is connected to the boundary of Changsha. According to the division of prefectures and counties, this place should be under the control of He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang. Jin Shenghuan is the chief soldier of Wuchang, and it is impossible to listen to He Tengjiao's orders, he is actually carving up Huguang's territory.

Nanchang Mansion.

Wan Yuan Ji wandered around in this lost and recovered mansion, and the rockery flowers and plants here retain the appearance of a year ago. Jin Shenghuan is a rough man, and without the comfortable and elegant temperament of these literati, he will only loot property all over Jiangxi.

He followed Zheng Zhilong and Zhai Zhe to fight soy sauce to recover Jiangxi, but it was easy to invite the gods and difficult to send the gods, and the Zheng soldiers and horses and the Jiangnan army were entrenched in Jiangxi, so that his orders could not come out of Nanchang City.

While he was wandering, the doorman came in and said, "My lord, the general is visiting."

"Please come in"

As soon as the words came out, he immediately felt that something was wrong, and called the doorman and said, "Take me to meet me."

He can think in his heart that his identity is not inferior to that of a general, but now he has something to ask for and must make an appearance.

Out of the mansion, Zhai Zhe stood at the door with ten personal guards.

"General" Wan Yuan Ji stepped forward quickly, secretly ashamed of his flattery. The status of the warriors is gradually rising, and the civilian officials no longer have the psychological advantage they used to have over the generals.

Zhai Zhe returned the salute: "Governor Wan"

"Please"

"Please"

In the end, it was Zhai Zhe who went first, and Wan Yuan Ji was half a step behind and entered the governor's mansion.

When Jin Shenghuan withdrew from Nanchang, he took away all the gold and silver treasures he had looted this year, and Wan Yuan Ji was now a poor governor.

But Zhai Zhe was concerned about the Huguang War, and he came here to pick up the skin and cramp.

The two sat down, and Zhai Zhe directly explained his intentions: "Governor Wan, I was ordered by the imperial court to conquer Huguang in the west, and after the army recovered Jiangxi, it was a long way to transport grain and grass from Jiangnan, and countless people were labored. I hope that the governor of Wanwan will be able to supply grain and grass for convenience after our army enters Huguang. ”

"Ah" Wan Yuan Ji shook his head and smiled bitterly, "At the moment, the situation in Jiangxi, the general is not unclear"

"King Yanping and I will withdraw from Nanchang soon"

This is the agreement between Zhai Zhe and Zheng Zhilong, and he will not let Wan Yuan Ji know.

Wan Yuan Ji was pleasantly surprised and asked, "Does the King of Yanping also want to enter Huguang?" ”

Zhai Zhe shook his head, but did not reply.

Wan Yuan Ji suppressed the excitement in his heart, and he couldn't wait to send these two soldiers and horses out of Jiangxi. Jiangxi is the fat on the side of the mouth, Zhai Zhe and Zheng are here, and his host is like a guest. He hurriedly changed what he had just said and promised: "The generals and soldiers have entered Huguang, and I am in Jiangxi, so of course I should do my best to support them." ”

Jiangxi's grain production areas are all near Poyang Lake near Nanchang, and Jiujiang Mansion occupies the eastern corner. Zheng and Zhai Zhe returned Nanchang to Wan Yuanji, which was indeed very generous, and the forces on both sides needed such a buffer zone.

Zhai Zhe made a condition: "From the beginning of the early rice maturity in July, Jiangxi will supply me with 100,000 stone rice every month

He was kind and demanding. He gave 10,000 yuan a two-month buffer period, and the grain brought from Jiangnan was enough to supply the army until July. Subsequently, no matter how long the war continued, Wan Yuan Ji had to shoulder this heavy burden in Jiangxi.

Wan Yuan Ji carefully calculated for a moment, and in order to get Nanchang as much as possible, he gritted his teeth and agreed: "Okay"

I agreed to come down first, but I couldn't be satisfied, and I would find a way when the time came. Zhai Zhe naturally let out his words, and naturally there was a way for Zheng Zhilong to withdraw from Nanchang Mansion.

After a few words to finalize the big thing, the two talked about some miscellaneous things, and Zhai Zhe said goodbye and left.

He had just returned to his residence when a messenger from Wuchang Mansion delivered an urgent report.

Before the matter in Nanchang was over, there was trouble over there.

The messenger presents the letter.

The urgent report was sent by Zuo Ruo, and He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, led an army of 40,000 into Wuchang Mansion.

After reading it hastily, Zhai Zhe was angry, He Tengjiao really didn't even want his face.

The news of the Ming army's recovery of Wuchang Mansion reached Changsha Mansion on the second day, and He Tengjiao did not know that Zhai Zhe asked for credit for Jin Shenghuan as the general soldier of Wuchang. He made a decision within half a day and supervised the 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command to come out of the camp to accept Wuchang Mansion.

Wuchang Mansion is indeed the territory of Huguang.

Huguang soldiers and horses were unprecedentedly efficient, and the 40,000-strong army marched day and night, walking for five days to enter the territory of Wuchang Prefecture, and it happened that Jin Shenghuan was in various counties to make a list of people, urging people everywhere to cut off their braids.

Zhang Kuang was arrogant and arrested more than 30 soldiers appointed by Jin Shenghuan to maintain order in various counties

He Tengjiao played the banner of the governor of Huguang and ordered the soldiers to go to Wuchang Mansion to let the Jiangnan Ming army withdraw from Wuchang, and at the same time please see Zhai Zhe. He did not address Zhai Zhe as a general in his letters, but continued to refer to him as General Pingyu

Zhai Zhe was not in Wuchang, Jin Shenghuan was a general, and he didn't dare to make decisions without permission, so he ordered someone to ask Zuo Ruo.

Zuo Ruo ordered someone to send a letter to Zhai Zhe, and at the same time asked the Ming army to stick to the passes in various places, and did not let the Huguang soldiers and horses approach Wuchang City.

After reading the emergency report, Zhai Zhe said goodbye to Zheng Zhilong and Wan Yuanji, and immediately rushed to Wuchang. In this matter, he did not come forward, and it was difficult for Zuo Ruo to deal with it.

Wuchang Mansion.

The urgent report was sent away.

The eyes of all the generals were fixed on Zuo Ruo, and Jin Shenghuan, Fang Guoan and others said nothing.

He Tengjiao put on a formation and spread the word that if the Ming army did not get out of the way, he would kill the thirty soldiers captured in front of the formation.

Those people were all Jin Shenghuan's subordinates, Jin Shenghuan didn't speak, but there were sparks in his eyes. When he was guarding Jiangxi, He Tengjiao didn't dare to offend every soldier, so he cut his braids anyway, and he encountered such a blockage

The atmosphere in the palace was silent for a long time, and Fang Guoan finally spoke up: "General Zuo, this matter needs to be solved by the general."

He had a schadenfreude smack. Zhai Zhe was in charge of the General's Mansion, and he, the former Zhejiang commander-in-chief, was obviously marginalized. He had no interest in the western expedition to Huguang. As for the battle between He Tengjiao and Zhai Zhe, he is a lively person who is not afraid of big things.

He Tengjiao is forcing Zuo Ruo into a dead end.

He ignored Fang Guoan, and ordered with a gloomy face: "Send me a letter to He Tengjiao, asking him to wait for the general to arrive at Wuchang Mansion before making a decision." The scouts in the army had already found out the day before yesterday that He Tengjiao led the army on the way to Wuchang Mansion, and they all blamed him for his carelessness and underestimated the shamelessness of the governor of Huguang.

Jin Shenghuan stood there like a thorn. This matter is related to the dignity of the General's Mansion, and the messenger is quick to whip up, and I don't know if it is too late to go back and forth to Nanchang.

The front foot sent the messenger away, Zuo Ruo thought about it in the house for two hours, but he was still not at ease, and decided to go to He Tengjiao's camp in person. He had a hunch that if He Tengjiao really beheaded those Jin Shenghuan's subordinates, there would definitely be a big incident.

He carefully selected 200 personal soldiers, prepared a gift box of 5,000 taels of silver, and left Wuchang Mansion to He Tengjiao's camp.

At present, the Southern Ming Dynasty is more like an alliance, Jiangnan and Fujian are in power by the warriors, and in Huguang, Jiangxi and Liangguang are still in power by the literati. Due to the influence of Zhai Zhe's policies in Nanjing City for half a year, the military generals in various places were no longer as obedient to the literati governors as before.

The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty have always taken the generals seriously, and He Tengjiao thought that if he killed these people, he would kill them, but they were just a few soldiers. The Ming army in Jiangnan was disobedient, and he killed a few people to regain some face. When the news of Zhai Zhe's defeat in Nanjing's request for He Tengjiao's impeachment reached Changsha, he was furious.

From the moment Zhai Zhe led the army into the Huguang territory, He Tengjiao made up his mind that he would never let this westward expedition succeed. The Ming army in Jiangnan succeeded in its westward expedition, and would never hand over Jingzhou and Xiangyang to him, the governor of Huguang.

Lake vast camp.

Zuo Ruo's messenger arrived first, He Tengjiao opened the letter, and after reading it, he handed it to Zhang Kuang and said, "It seems that Zhai Zhe is really not in Wuchang Mansion"

Zhang Kuang glanced at his face and said, "Then it's even better, my lord beheaded these thirty or so soldiers, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone." ”

"How?"

"First, these people are all Jin Shenghuan's subordinates, Jin Shenghuan is a general, seeing that Zhai Zhe can't even protect his subordinates, he must be dissatisfied with Zhai Zhe.

"Second, this is a warning to Zhai Zhe that Huguang is not something he can enter if he wants to, this is the territory of adults."

"Third," Zhang Kuang smiled sinisterly, "if Zhai Zhe makes any outrageous moves because of this, Du Yinxi will no longer listen to his orders and march to Jingzhou." ”

He Tengjiao's eyes lit up, he reminisced for a moment, and replied, "Sure enough, it's a good move." He still felt angry when he thought about it, and scolded: "That thing blocking Yinxi is not poured with any ** medicine, first offering the thief as a grandfather, and then listening to the command of Zhai Zhe, a martial artist, doesn't he know that the martial artist is more terrible than the Qing Dynasty?" ”

Zhang Kuang didn't comment and stepped aside.

"If you want to cut it, you have to cut it in front of everyone" He Tengjiao was as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. Since it has been done, it must be done, if Zhai Zhe loses his mind, Huguang's existing hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are not easy to bully.