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~-~ In the past few days, Zheng Kezang's mood on the front line of Huai'an has been like a roller coaster. At first, he blamed himself, since he predicted the hidden worries in advance, why did he directly transfer troops to Beijing; Next is nervousness, fearing that the Guardians of Yingtian, who are not strong enough, will not be able to deal with the internal and external enemies; Then he was rejoicing, thinking that the anti-Zheng forces inside and outside the Heavenly City would be completely purged after this change; In the end, he was angry, because the urgent report from Huguang was also delivered, not only Hanyang and Hankou changed hands, but Wuchang was also besieged by the Qing army that crossed the river in a big way, and even Xingguozhou, which was the foothold of the Honggong Pillar Department in Huguang, also faced the siege of the Qing army.

However, anger is annoyance, but the danger in Huguang cannot but be dealt with, so after overlooking the strong city defense of Huai'an City, Zheng Kezhang finally made a decision, and on the premise of not interrupting the two battles of Huai'an and Anqing, two divisions and a section of the Yangtze River Fleet were transferred from the Huai'an and Anqing fronts to northwest Jiangxi.

In view of the impact of the transfer of troops on the Huai'an and Anqing operations, Zheng Kezhang issued another order to train three new divisions in each of the two places, thinking that the number of soldiers and divisions of the Zheng Army on the front line should not affect the overall combat effectiveness if such a number of new annexed armies, local regimental training in Suzhou and Anhui, and the armed forces of the Ming Righteous Army were absorbed.

As for Jiangnan, Zheng Kezhang was not prepared to deny the edict he had issued two days earlier to "continue to redeploy the Songchongzhen army, clear the enemies inside and outside (Nanjing), restore calm (Jiangnan), and return the relevant punishments to the division for reconsideration." ”

Zheng Kezhang also wanted to take Huai'an, in order to do the full success of the first phase of the Northern Expedition, and Chang Ning, the prince of Manchu Gong who rushed all the way to Huai'an City to preside over the overall situation, naturally wanted to rely on the strength of more than 45,000 people to hold the bridgehead on this geographical dividing line, but no one thought that God would not give the two a chance to continue to fight.

In the third year of Wuding in the Ming Dynasty and the forty-third year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, on July 27, because there was still heavy rainfall, the water in the first line of the Huanghuai River swelled, and out of fear of flooding, Zheng Kezhang had to order the troops to retreat to Xinghua. But before the Zheng army withdrew, there were signs of flooding in Luoma Lake, and what was even more terrifying was that the embankment of Hongze Lake was also overflowing.

But the greater disaster appeared in Anhui, because the Qing court adopted the strategy of simply protecting the river (river), and other places were considered to have nothing to do with the overall situation, so the rivers on both sides of the Huai River were in disrepair, and the recent military disasters were so far that no one went to the embankment to take care of them, so they encountered the backflow of the Yellow River, and they couldn't hold it all at once.

At the end of July, as the upper tributaries of the Huai River, the Huhe River, the Whirlpool River, the Xiqi River, the Beiqi River, the Qianhe River, the Ci River, the Quanhe River, the Tuo River, the Sui River, the Gu River, and the Honghe River burst one after another, and the land of Huaibei was a vast ocean. Huainan Fengyang, Dingyuan, Shouxian, Changfeng and other prefectures and counties were also flooded, and floods also occurred in eastern and southeastern Henan.

Seeing that the people were fish and turtles, the Huai'an Qing army, which finally survived to the retreat of the Zheng army, suddenly felt that they had fallen into a situation where they could not advance or retreat, and Changning, who was afraid that Huai'an would become an isolated island, wrote five times in a row, requesting to lead troops back to Xuzhou to ensure the border between Shandong and Henan, but Kangxi resolutely refused to allow it. But on the ninth day of August, Kangxi didn't allow it. On this day, Suining was besieged by heavy water, and the rest of Huai'an's counties were also in danger. So Changning ignored Beijing's strict orders, hurriedly led his troops back north, and sent troops to try to destroy Gaojiayan before leaving. Fortunately, those who stayed were all Soviet soldiers, and they couldn't bear to become Zeguo, so they didn't cause a bigger disaster.

However, although Gaojiayan was temporarily saved, but because the Qing and Zheng were still in a state of military confrontation, there was no way to ensure the maintenance of the embankment, so in the flood of the second year, it was finally washed away by the turbulent Yellow River, so that in the south of Xuzhou, west of Haizhou, until Yancheng and Baoying formed a vast area of the Yellow Flood Area, thus isolating the warring parties, and the prosperous Huai'an Mansion was also abandoned, but this is all a later story

After retreating all the way to Xinghua, Zheng Kezhang ordered all the armies to collect the victims, and then built forts and trenches and planted thorns in a straight line between Baoying and Yancheng in lieu of work. These bamboo-reinforced cement forts are all fortress structures, and the area is not large, usually only one or two infantry teams, one cavalry team and two light artillery squads. With such a force, it was naturally not expected to be able to resist the invading Qing army, but was intended as an early warning and delay the opponent's attack. The dense trenches could drain the water and hinder the Qing army's horse team. The same is true for planting thorns, which can maintain water and soil, and can also block the brigade of the Qing army.

Of course, in this way, Zheng Jun was also unable to continue the Northern Expedition directly from the direction of northern Jiangsu. However, compared with the loss of the future detour, Zheng Fan can now save a lot of valuable troops for the Western Front battlefield, so whether this move is a bargain or a loss is also a matter of opinion

Since there is no possibility of a great war in northern Jiangsu, Zheng Kezhang will not leave the supervisor of civil engineering, so he promoted Lin to Sheyang Bo with the merit of counterinsurgency, and appointed him as the Jiangbei general army to control the Jiangbei soldiers and horses, and then left Xuanwei, Longwu and other armies four divisions to guard the Jiangbei land, and the rest of the troops went to the western front.

On 11 August, Zheng Kezang's troops went to Jiangpu, and hundreds of officials in Nanjing crossed the river one after another to pay respects, so Zheng Kezang, according to the request of Yang Ying and others, sent a division of troops across the river to garrison Dangtu, and then ordered the Songchong garrison to return to the original defense, and changed one of the recruits of the three divisions originally scheduled to be trained in northern Jiangsu to be trained in Changzhou.

In addition, Zheng Kezhang also transferred the soldiers and horses of the accompanying divisions to reorganize the Yingtian Guards with a total strength of 2,000 according to the Jianyì of Chen Tong, who was left behind by the Yingtian Division, and the original soldiers and horses of the Left-behind Division, together with the Jinyi Guard, the Bannerman Guard, and the remnants of the Liu Army that were collected after screening, were all scattered and incorporated into various divisions to participate in the Western Expedition.

Still on the day of August 11, Princess Xia Chen Xianqiao led the daughters of the palace to cross the river, and Zheng Kezhang ordered all the troops to go first on the second day, and after he and his wife and children enjoyed themselves for a day, they caught up with the team. However, the joy of a long absence from the newlyweds did not ease the anger caused by the tension of the night of the oral coup d'état.

On August 12, after seeing off his wife and children at the dock, Zheng Kezhang murderously issued formal punishments to some of the coup participants. Among them, Zhu Daoming, the king of Yiyang, who had been killed in battle, and other nobles were all stripped of their titles, and the rest of the participating royal palaces were exiled in the name of vassals, and the places of exile were all on uninhabited deserted islands off the coast of Zhoushan. In addition, the Ming and Zheng regimes would hunt down Zhu Qi within their rule, but the sea capture documents did not directly promote the rebellion of King Ning, but instead smeared Zhu Qi as a demon monk who harmed people. As for the ministers loyal to the Ming family, they will also be exiled to Xiboni, Jinlan and other places

"You, who are you?" Zhu Youge, the emperor of Wuding, who was lying on the sickbed, looked at the crowd that rushed in, and suddenly cried out in horror. "What do you want to do? Come, drive them out! ”

But Zhu Youge's words did not cause any fluctuations, those palace people who had just been replaced drooped one by one, as if they were all deaf, seeing this scene, Yu Ping, the leader of the team, grinned his teeth: "The emperor is a little restless, the ministers have no intention of harming here, but they are just ordered by King Xia to ask the emperor to depose the unscrupulous prince." ”

Want to abolish the prince? Zhu Youge's heart shook violently, and then he looked up at Yu Ping, who was smiling and not smiling, but the other party's gaze was firm, and Zhu Youge suddenly fell on the bed weakly. Seeing that Zhu Youge was like a dead dog, Yu Ping suddenly sneered, and then signaled to the medical officer behind him, and the two medical officers immediately rushed over to give first aid and woke up Emperor Wuding with wormwood incense.

"Since it's what King Xia meant." Zhu Youge, who was woking up in the dark, finally refocused his out-of-focus gaze on Yu Ping's body, and then he opened his mouth in tears. "I understand, come on, let's draw up the purpose." At that moment, the cabinet secretary finished writing the edict overnight, and the palm seal on the side had not had time to be stamped, so Yu Ping snatched it and stamped it himself. "The crown prince has been abolished according to King Xia's wishes, but the East Palace can't be left without an owner." Looking at the back of the official who hurried away with the edict, Zhu Youge, who looked desolate, asked with a struggling expression. "Can I let my grandson?"

Zhu Youge only has one son, Zhu Ciene, and although Zhu Ciene is not successful, he also has three sons and one daughter, but even if it is like Zheng Kezang's city, it may not accept that Zhu Ciene's descendants accept the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, so Yu Ping, who is worried about the Lord, categorically vetoed: "Zhu Ciene is already a concubine, how can there be any grandchildren." ”

Zhu Youge's eyes widened suddenly, but Yu Ping's words were not finished: "Since the emperor said that I am the master of the East Palace, in this way, the minister recommends one person, I don't know how the emperor will take King Shucheng as the emperor's nephew?" ”

Zhu Cijiong, the king of Shucheng, can also be regarded as having a meritorious role in this rebellion, so the Ming and Zheng sides have such a reward, but more importantly, Zhu Cijiong is older than Zhu Youge, and he also belongs to the category of broken candles in the wind, so that it is convenient for Zheng Fan to continue to control the Ming royal family and prepare for the future Chan Dynasty.

Of course, Zhu Youge also knew Zheng Fan's intentions, but he reluctantly got up, regardless of his identity as the Supreme of Ten Thousand Vehicles, and knelt down on the couch to Yu Ping, who represented Zheng Kezang: "This lord, the king of Xia said that he had a word first, and he would ensure the safety of my father and son's life, and I can't break my word and get fat today!" ”

Yu Ping responded indifferently: "At this time and that time, if it weren't for Zhu Cien's reckless behavior, there would be no disaster today." ”

Seeing that Zhu Youge had a tendency to faint again, Yu Ping relieved himself according to Zheng Kezang's meaning: "But King Xia has the mandate of heaven, since you have promised your father and son to die, naturally there will be no change, the emperor should rest assured that he will raise his body, and there is no need to worry about the sky." ”

That's right, Zheng Kezhang will indeed let the three generations of Zhu Youge's father and grandson die, but on the one hand, the wine scrapes the bones, and on the other hand, there is a lack of medical treatment, so he must be able to quietly eliminate all the disasters soon

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