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Both the Manchu Qing who occupied the north and the Ming Dynasty, who had recovered the south of the Yangtze River, were prepared for a long-term confrontation, and both sides realized that they did not swallow the strength of the other in one gulp.

Time passes slowly in the eyes of some, and fast in the eyes of others.

All kinds of indications show that Huguang will become the focus of contention between the north and the south in the second year of Longwu.

Half of it belonged to the Southern Ming and the other half was occupied by the Manchus. Compared with the unity of Jiangnan anti-shaving order, the anti-Qing wave here slowly subsided because of He Tengjiao's defeat in Hubei.

Although Huguang is not as rich as Jiangnan, the fertile plains around the two lakes can provide Jiangbei with the most scarce grain. Luckedhun's defeat of the Ming army at Huguang was the only good news after the defeat of the Qing court in Jiangnan, and it also relieved Dolgon in Beijing.

Huguang is connected to Sichuan and Shanxi to the south.

Jin Shenghuan, who was entrenched in Jiangxi, and Wu Sangui, who occupied Sichuan, were both Han Chinese, and with the strategy now implemented by the Southern Ming, as long as the Qing court was slightly weak, it was not surprising that these two men would defect to the Ming anyway. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Longwu did not give Jin Shenghuan the position of governor of Jiangxi, Jin Shenghuan would have taken refuge in Nanming.

Huguang had actually become the lifeline of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhai Zhe saw this, and Dolgon also saw this.

Liu Suifeng volunteered to say that Jin Shenghuan was lowered, but was rejected by Zhai Zhe. In fact, in the Southern Ming court, in addition to Huang Daozhou, he and Zheng Zhilong clearly opposed the imperial court's appointment of Jin Shenghuan as the governor of Jiangxi, so that Emperor Longwu's edict of surrender did not go out.

The war was nothing more than a continuation of the court strife, and after the alliance between Zhai Zhe and the Zheng clan, they no longer needed an ally who could be their equal.

What's more, if Jin Shenghuan is anyway, what excuse does Zheng Zhilong have to enter Guangdong? In Zheng's way, they would never participate in the Northern Expedition. Zheng Zhilong didn't even care about the rich Jiangnan, let alone the poor north of the Ming Dynasty. He only wants Canton, because his roots are on the sea.

Jiangnan camp is full of traffic.

Grain from all over the south of the Yangtze River, newly cast armor and firearms from Hangzhou and Ningshao, were transported by water from the canal to the Zhenjiang boundary. The rebels received equipment in batches, and the atmosphere before the war was set off to the extreme.

The soldiers and horses of the Pinglu General's Mansion were divided into two, one in Zhenjiang and the other in Suzhou.

From New Year's Month to February, and then from February to March.

In the past two months, Zhai Zhe reorganized the military system, divided the Jiangnan soldiers and horses into 15 10,000 troops, and ordered each county to recruit another 3,000 to 5,000 government soldiers. The regular soldiers are recruits, practice in their spare time, and go out to fight in wartime. The government soldiers only practiced in the countryside to maintain local security. In addition to receiving military salaries, each person in the regular army can be exempted from the land tax of 20 acres of land at home. The salary of the government soldiers is only 30% of that of the regular soldiers, and they do not enjoy the preferential treatment of exemption from field tax.

These measures were gradually implemented, and he could not rely on the literati to control Jiangnan. The government soldiers can not only be a supplement to the regular soldiers, but also provide convenience for the counties under his control.

The willow trees have budded, and the spring flowers have bloomed.

The army was still on the Yangtze River, Zhu Yujian didn't dare to be lonely, and issued an order to come to inquire, and some generals in the army couldn't help but come to ask for battle.

There are not many soldiers and horses in Jiangnan that can be used in the Northern Expedition, such as Wang Zhiren's 20,000 naval army. Zhang Mingzhen was depressed after the abdication of King Lu and had little interest in the Northern Expedition. Most of the people who were really enthusiastic about the Northern Expedition were generals from the north, such as Li Zhi'an and Yuan Qizhou from the Tianxiong Army, Zuo Ruo, Feng Qin and others who followed Zhai Zhe first, and Yan Yingyuan.

Zhai Zhe was also very anxious, the army in Jiangnan wanted a full bow, and this arrow had reached the time when it had to be shot.

Half a month ago, Zheng Zhilong personally supervised Shi Fu and Zheng Hongkui to lead 40,000 soldiers and horses out of Fujian from Quzhou Mansion into southern Jiangnan, converged with the Gui army and the Guangdong army, gathered 100,000 troops in Jiangxi, and was marching towards Ji'an.

The soldiers and horses of the Qing court were gathering towards Huguang, and Zhang Tianlu of the Qing court led the army to hold Anqing and block the way of the Fang Guoan army upstream.

In order to ensure the safety of Jiangnan, Zhai Zhe could not send more than 60,000 soldiers and horses to Huguang this time, and Fang Guoan still had to garrison Wuhu and Chizhou, so he could only send another 10,000 soldiers. The 70,000-strong army attacking Huguang is still a bit thin. You must know that He Tengjiao still has an army of nearly 200,000 in Hunan, and he finally returned home.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

Zhai Zhe's eyes were staring at Shanxi.

He was expecting something to happen there, but things were far from going as smoothly as he had imagined.

Only if you are really born can you be considered born, Jiang Zhu first descended to Dashun, and then to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that person has no feelings for Daming. Lu Xiangsheng was framed to death by Yang Sichang and Gao Qiqian, and Zhai Zhe tried to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past. He thinks that Jiang Pai is a righteous brother, but that is just a means of survival in the Ming officialdom, and the status of that brother in his heart is far greater than that of Bu Xiao, and Jiang Pai doesn't really regard him as a brother.

If, at this moment, he led the army into Huguang, with the importance of this battle, Wu Sangui would inevitably temporarily abandon Sichuan and lead the army down the river to the east when it was critical. He was not sure of winning in Huguang, and it could even be said that the possibility of defeat was greater, and He Tengjiao couldn't count on it.

So he sent Jin Xiaoding north, which was his most optimistic personal soldier, and he didn't know that Jin Xiaoding was already in prison.

Jin Xiaoding was in the prison of the superintendent camp, and Jiang Ping failed to rescue him. After receiving the report, Geng Chun, the governor of the Qing court, abandoned the matter of collecting grain and grass, hurried back to Datong, and personally ascended to the court for interrogation.

interrogated for two days in a row, put on a stick several times, fainted and then woken up by cold water, Jin Xiaoding turned over and over to take a few words.

"Are you Zhai Zhe's personal soldier?"

"Not bad!"

"Why did you come to Shanxi?"

"Save the general's family south!"

"Why did you come to Datong?"

"Just come and hang out!"

He admitted that he was Zhai Zhe's personal soldiers, and he admitted that he escorted Zhai Tang and his family south, but he just didn't mention the names of Fan Yongdou and Jiang Ping.

Jiang Jian listened to the official narrate to himself that Geng Chun had punished Jin Xiaoding over and over again, and he really didn't expect this young man's bones to be so hard.

Jin Xiaoding's arrest was a form of torture for everyone in Shanxi, including Geng Chun, the governor of Xuanda. He would rather put Jin Xiaoding to death like this, and he didn't know what to do, but since the matter had already been born, he couldn't pretend not to wake up.

There are some things that don't need to be said so clearly, not to mention that Jin Xiaoding is hinting at Geng Chun intentionally or unintentionally. Jiang Jian and Fan Yongdou, he didn't dare to disbelieve it, because these two were old friends of General Zhai Zhe.

Shanxi is a powder keg! Geng Chun realized it, so his secret music had been sent to the capital.

Wang Yi was placed under house arrest by Jiang Jiao in the barracks, praying for Jin Xiaoding every day. He was the deputy commander of the dark camp, but the appearance of the general's personal guards made him embarrassed. Jin Xiaoding's goal has been achieved, no matter whether Jiang Pai is against it or not, the Qing court will never dare to take Shanxi lightly, and Jiang Pai will never sit idly by.

This qiē should have been logical, but Jin Xiaoding's arrest made the whole incident more operational.

Datong Town is in a kind of sabre-rattling, Jiang Jian no longer dares to see Geng Chun alone, and Geng Chun is also restless.

Three or four days later, a message came out of the governor's camp that Jin Xiaoding had admitted that he had colluded with Jiang Pai, the general soldier of Datong, and was plotting against the Qing Dynasty. The news was spread by Gong Chen, and he only hoped that Jiang Ji would raise troops and rescue Jin Xiaoding from prison.

There were endless rumors in the army, and many soldiers were dissatisfied with the Qing court. Several cronies and generals believed that it was true, found Jiang Pai, and asked when the army would be raised.

The Qing court was preparing for the Battle of Huguang, and the soldiers and horses of the Eight Banners were frequently mobilized, and the scouts sent the news from all around to Datong City. When there is a ghost in his heart, he feels that he is targeting himself when he sees everything, Jiang Ji was roasted on the stove for three days, and he felt that he could not escape this catastrophe, so he went to see Wang Yi. He was worried that the Qing court's soldiers and horses were arranged, and he was like the eighth king in the iron pot, and there was no chance to escape.

Wang Yi was imprisoned for seven or eight days, and as soon as he saw Jiang Ping, he begged him to raise troops to rescue Jin Xiaoding.

Jiang Jian motioned for him to stop, and said in a deep voice: "I have decided to raise troops, you go back and tell General Zhai, don't break your word." ”

Wang Yi was pleasantly surprised, "That's great!" ”

Jin Xiaoding's plan succeeded.

On March 17, Datong City was on fire in the middle of the night, and Jiang set up troops against the Qing Dynasty.

Geng Chun slept with his eyes half-open, and as soon as there was movement in Jiang Pin's barracks, he immediately led the superintendent camp to escape from Datong City like a frightened bird. Gong Chen betrayed Jin Xiaoding, fearing that Jiang Jian would kill him indiscriminately, and also followed Geng Chun to escape from Datong.

Lei Yanqian raised troops in the town to respond.

The Ming army was imprisoned and rescued the dying Jin Xiaoding, and Jiang Jian found the most famous Chinese medicine treatment in Datong City. The thin young man didn't even have the strength to speak, and the doctor boiled medicine all night, and after drinking some decoction, his spirit was slightly better.

Wang Yi hurriedly returned to Jiangnan to deliver the news. The next day, before leaving, he came to visit Jin Xiaoding.

The two looked at each other and smiled, Wang Yi laughed for a while, and a few tears fell out of his eyes.

"I can't leave for the time being, go back and tell the general that I will not disgrace my mission!" Jin Xiaoding's body was weak, and his voice was subtle. He's hard and happy.

Wang Yi nodded and left.

The streets of Datong City are more lively than yesterday, and the soldiers are putting up a list to calm the people and maintain order.

There was no fierce fighting in the city last night, and after learning that Geng Chun had fled, Jiang Ping personally led his troops to chase after him. The Ming army defeated Geng Chun's camp at Yanggaowei, and Geng Chun fled to the Beijing division with only a hundred horsemen. Gong Chen was forced to be helpless, so he could only accompany Geng Chun. Now except for Jin Xiaoding to speak, he is speechless, and he can't let Jiang Jian know about this matter.

Jiang set up troops in Datong and ignited the powder keg in Shanxi. Within four days, the Ming army recovered several counties in Datong Prefecture, and many counties in Shanxi responded with troops.

The head of Datong City re-established the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and Jiang Jian put the military rations prepared by Geng Chun a few days ago into Datong Mansion, and made every effort to prepare for the attack of defending the Qing Dynasty.

Wang Yi did not go to Jiangnan, and the news spread to Jiangnan first.

Zhai Zhedu Zuo Ruo, Li Zhi'an, Yuan Qizhou, Chen Huwei, Wen Linzhu and Yang Shouzhuang, a total of 60,000 soldiers and horses sailed upstream, and Fang Guoan led the army to meet in Chizhou.