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At the same time as the Yuezhou capital was recovered, the general's messenger not only went to Shanxi, but also to Suzhou.

Two armies of nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses faced each other across the river for a whole year, and there was no war, which was also a miracle in the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing court. Neither the Ming nor the Qing troops were able to cross the river to fight.

But now, this phenomenon is coming to an end.

Feng Qin urgently summoned troops and horses from all walks of life, and the government soldiers from all over Jiangnan also obeyed the orders of the Jiangnan Governor's Office to assemble.

There are various theories in the city of Nanjing, but one rumor must be correct, that is, the General's Mansion is preparing to cross the river to fight.

Xiao Zhiyan didn't receive an order, and his mood was a little heavy. Rather than stay in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, he would rather go to the battlefield. Here, not only can he not enjoy the idyllic life he longs for, but he can no longer taste the pleasure of the battlefield.

"Is the general going to attack Yangzhou Mansion?"

Gu Mei sat on the mat with a fan shaking her fan, these news were all told to her when Liu Ru came to chat in recent days. Xiao Zhiyan never took the initiative to talk to him about military affairs. She grinned slightly, smiled happily, and had a bewitching feeling that made people want to get close.

Although the general has done things that have made many people dissatisfied in the past six months, more people are still looking forward to the Northern Expedition of the Jiangnan Army. When the anti-shaving order was first announced, many people shouted the slogan of driving the prisoners out of the customs.

"I don't know" is a stiff voice.

Gu Mei was slightly surprised, and then Xiao Zhiyan's feelings today seemed to be a little low.

"The general asked the master to guard Nanjing, this is the most important thing," she tried to make her husband happy.

Liu Ru chattered every day, and the most she talked about was the general's affairs, most of which were compliments, and of course, there were also a few words of concern about the general's abuse of power. She only has such a close friend, knowing that Liu Ru is arrogant and embarrassed by the general's mansion, and it is understandable to occasionally say a few complaints.

As for whether the general is arbitrary or not, what does it have to do with her. She can marry someone like Xiao Zhiyan from the bank of the Qinhuai River, and she doesn't have to ask for more.

"Let the kitchen prepare a few jugs of wine, I want to drink a few"

"Yes," Gu Mei walked out.

In the past, Xiao Zhiyan drank alone, but now he has someone to accompany him when he drinks.

To find a lady who can drink with him, he doesn't seem to have any other luxury in his life, but why is he still in this Nanjing city?

"Mei'er, if I resign from the position of chief soldier and return to Shaoxing to farm and fish, what do you think?"

"Ah" Gu Mei spilled half a glass of residual wine on the hem of his skirt, "Master, what's wrong with you?" Her face was still red, and her eyes were still flowing, but there was panic in them.

"The general sent troops this time, and he didn't even recruit me, I think I'm of little use to the general

Xiao Zhiyan was laughing, smiling very lonely, two fingers gently playing with the wine glass, he hadn't used this index finger to pull the bow for a long time. To be precise, since the last Nanjing Mutiny.

He never attached himself to the authority of the commander-in-chief of the Jingjing battalion. Moreover, he had no heirs and no need to save money. A righteous son already has a little prestige in the army, and his future road depends on himself.

Gu Mei thought carefully and replied: "Where you go, I will go" She drank only the remaining wine that covered the bottom of the cup, "It's just, does the master have to wait until the general returns to Jiangnan?" ”

Xiao Zhiyan poured himself a drink, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Yes, after all, they are brothers for many years, and I shouldn't make trouble for him." ”

He wanted to resign from the position of the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, precisely because he didn't want to embarrass himself when something happened in the future.

Fang Guoan was dismissed, and Zuo Ruoxian was deprived of the marquis of the broken army, and in less than ten days, he was restored to his original position. The government has been completely controlled by Zhai Zhe, but it is still a little troublesome to ask the court for his life. From Zong Mao's transformation to Fan Yongdou's southward departure, the Great General's Mansion has become a little strange to him.

Those people's ** has swelled to the point where it is irrepressible, and it's time to pull out, albeit a little early

"You shouldn't drink anymore" Seeing that Xiao Zhiyan poured wine, Gu Mei wanted to snatch the wine glass from her husband's hand.

Xiao Zhiyan stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "What are you afraid of, there is Yiyang in the army, and there will be no chaos."

Xu Yiyang is only a thousand generals, but he is actually almost completely responsible for the training and deployment of 20,000 soldiers and horses garrisoned in the Nanjing battalion of Jiangnan, as well as various military chores, because he is Xiao Zhiyan's son. In fact, he is very good, at least not worse than his Lao Tzu.

Gu Mei watched Xiao Zhiyan stare in a daze, and shook his body back into the house.

For the first time, she was hiding thoughts that she couldn't tell her.

Only separated by a river, the south of the Yangtze River can not hide the Bolo who guards the Yangzhou capital.

The Qing court soldiers and horses marched from the Xuzhou territory to Huai'an Province, preparing to deal with the Ming army's crossing of the river.

The Yangtze River was too long, and because of the disadvantage of the navy, Bolo could only choose to defend Yangzhou City with heavy troops, and then make further plans after the Ming army crossed the river. In the early morning of the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wang Zhiren led the sailors to escort 20,000 Ming troops to Taixingdu

The Ming army had sufficient artillery, with newly cast Hongyi cannons, which could bombard up to thirty miles away.

After only two hours of bombardment, the Ming army captured Taixing County before the Qing reinforcements arrived. This time it was Yan Yingyuan, who led the army for the first time, and after emerging in the Jiangyin offensive and defensive battles, he finally showed his majesty again after a year.

The foot soldiers entered Taixing County with neat steps, and most of these people were township soldiers from Jiangyin, and Yan Yingyuan was very handy in using them. Jiangyin and Taixing face each other across the river, and the accents of the two places are similar.

Chen Mingyu was the pioneer, and the first thing he did was to let the people in the city cut off their braids. Collect the strong men in the city, carry down twenty or thirty small cannons from the warships by the river and place them at the head of Taixing City.

The soldiers ran around the city with swords and shouted, "Anyone over the age of 16 and under the age of 60 dares to hide in their homes and kill them." ”

When the heads of the streets were cut off, whether it was a rich boy or a beggar's family, they all demolished their houses under the clubs of the Ming army to strengthen the city wall that was only blown down.

Yan Yingyuan's strict management of the army and the fierceness of his methods were unexpected.

In the Yangtze River waterway, the warships slipped from Nanjing City to the mouth of the Songjiang River, and the army did not know where to land.

Bolo had suffered a big loss in Jiangnan only last year, and he did not have the courage to attack the Ming army and occupy the city. After looking at the Qing soldiers outside Taixing City for a while, they honestly retreated to Yangzhou City. As long as Yangzhou City is not lost, the Ming army will not be able to cross the river to make any big climate.

On the third day of Yan Yingyuan's capture of Taixing County, Feng Qin personally led an army of 30,000 to go ashore at the boundary of Taixing, and marched to Yangzhou City after merging with Yan Yingyuan's army.

The Ming army only traveled more than ten miles a day, choosing dangerous places to set up camp.

When the fruits of Huguang were about to ripen, Zhai Zhe ordered Shanxi and Jianghuai to send troops for the real purpose of containing the Qing troops everywhere and making them unable to rush to the aid of Huguang.