Chapter 473: Partition
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The Ming army stepped up its attack on Luck Dehun, and Chen Huwei supervised the naval army to go deep into Wuchang Mansion to find the remnants of the Qing court's naval division in Huguang for a decisive battle.
After a day of fighting, Luckedhun led his army to leave the outskirts of Jiujiang and retreat to Ruichang, more than 50 miles away from Jiujiang. Jin Shenghuan did not reply for a long time, his suspicions became bigger and bigger, those people were all Ming soldiers, since Jiang Ping, Zhang Tianlu and others anyway, the Manchu people have become more and more distrustful of the Han people who are in charge of the military.
This army of soldiers and horses was the last bargaining chip for the Qing court to hold on to Huguang, and it was impossible for Lucketthun to lose too much in Jiangxi. Zhai Zhe's attacks day by night had already made him feel distressed. If Hong Chengchou hadn't insisted, he would have led his army back to Xiangyang long ago.
The Ming army's sailors were in full swing on the Yangtze River, and he was vaguely worried about his retreat.
After the Qing soldiers retreated, Zhai Zhe did not continue the pursuit, and the news from the city of Nanchang made him vaguely uneasy.
Zheng Zhilong's soldiers came to Nanchang City for ten days, but they did not attack the city.
At the end of April, after crossing the Jiujiang River to the south, the mountains on the side of the road were full of flowers, and a column of cavalry galloped through the rugged mountain road. Zheng Zhilong did not lead the army to surround Nanchang City, and it was not safe on the road from Jiujiang to Nanchang, and the five hundred personal guards were cautious.
One day and one night, Zhai Zhe arrived at the city of Nanchang.
The cavalry waved the banners of "Great General" and "Zhai".
Both the Nanchang defenders and Zheng Zhilong saw the flying flag.
After hearing the proclamation, Jin Shenghuan rushed to the head of Nanchang City to look into the distance.
The banner of the "Great General" was flying, which made him more and more difficult. When the envoy returned the day before yesterday, he had been paying attention to the battle of the Ming army under Jiujiang City, but the result was unexpected, and Luck Dehun was frightened and led the army to withdraw.
From the bottom of his heart, he believed that the general trend of the Qing court had gone, and the worst was the situation of confrontation between the north and the south. Once the Han people in the north turned away from the Qing court, the situation of the Qing court would be even more difficult.
"General, general" He touched the head of the city, remembering his former Shangguan Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu's prestige back then was actually not much worse than this general, but it turned out that it was the peak of Zuo Shuai's life.
In troubled times, if there is a soldier who can be king, how can he give away all his capital. If not, do you want to bury the Qing captives? Jin Shenghuan shook his head lightly and walked down the city silently.
When he returned to the mansion, he found the envoy who had traveled last time and ordered: "You go to the Ming military camp, I want to see Zhai Zhe." β
Hearing is false, seeing is believing, he wants to see Zhai Zhe and determine his future.
North of Nanchang City.
Zheng Zhilong didn't expect Zhai Zhe to come here suddenly, and hurriedly went out of the camp to greet him, along with Wan Yuanji, the governor of Jiangxi.
The two groups of cavalry gradually approached, and when they were a hundred paces apart, they dismounted.
Zhai Zhe dropped his war horse and stepped forward quickly.
"Lord Wang, Governor Wan"
Zheng Zhilong and Wan Yuan Ji stepped forward, both of them were polite.
One is the prince, and the other is the literati governor, and neither of them thinks that their status is lower than that of Zhai Zhe.
"General Zhai is here, what a surprise"
Zheng Zhilong's words sounded profound.
Zhai Zhe knew it in his heart. All of them were caused by the coup d'Γ©tat in Nanjing, and in a sense, he violated his agreement with Zheng Zhilong.
Several people greeted each other all the way into the camp, and Zhai Zhe mentioned that he had repelled Lekdehun's army under Jiujiang City.
Wan Yuan Ji interjected and flattered: "This time, the two princes will meet in Nanchang, and it is not a problem to drive Jin Shenghuan away."
As the governor of Jiangxi, he was most anxious when he saw that Zheng Zhilong had been standing still. The land of southern Gan is mostly deep in the mountains and poor, and after recovering Nanchang and Jiujiang, he can live up to his name as a governor.
Zhai Zhe spoke of relief and said, "Governor Wan rest assured, it's right in front of you."
There are 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Zheng family, 10,000 reinforcements from Guangdong, 10,000 wolf soldiers from Guangxi and 20,000 of the superintendent camp of 10,000 yuan, a total of 100,000 troops. The main force is Zheng's soldiers and horses, and the combat effectiveness of the wolf soldiers in Guangxi is also good, but the military discipline is extremely poor, and the imperial court is unable to supply military salaries, so these people rob the people along the way.
Zhai Zhe knew in his heart that if he wanted to move these soldiers and horses, he still needed to untie Zheng Zhilong's heart knot.
As the governor of Jiangxi, Wan Yuan Ji did his best to find all kinds of mountain treasures from several nearby prefectures and counties, and arranged an extremely rich reception banquet.
The military situation in Jiujiang is urgent, and it is like no one is here, Zhai Zhe is full of unhappiness, and he can't help but not make it.
During the banquet, a bearded scribe came to toast Zhai Zhe, "General, do you remember me?" β
Zhai Zhe looked familiar, and couldn't remember who this was for a while.
"The matter of the giant deer snow field, keep it in mind" The man saw that Zhai Zhe still couldn't remember him, and said with some embarrassment: "Yang Tinglin in Xia"
"It's Lord Yang" Zhai Zhe had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and it turned out that this person was Yang Tinglin, the military counselor of Duke Lu back then. Because of the main battle in the DPRK and China, he was sent to the army, and the day before Lu Gong was killed, he went to the Gaoqi camp to ask for help, so he escaped.
"I didn't expect to meet here" The two of them sighed when they talked about the annihilation of the Tianxiong Army that day.
Zhai Zhe didn't have the heart to catch up with Yang Tinglin at the moment, after lunch, and after all the things were over, he made an appointment with Zheng Zhilong alone.
At this point, it is impossible for Zhai Zhe to say that his subordinates acted without authorization, so he could only let Zhang Mingzhen carry the black pot as the court decreed.
Both of them know in their hearts that the important thing is not what has been born, but how to remedy it.
Zheng Zhilong had an opinion in his heart, but he didn't dare to turn his face with Zhai Zhe. Jiangnan and the imperial court are in the hands of Zhai Zhe, and now he is turning against Zhai Zhe, and his early efforts are in vain.
Zhai Zhe did not expect Zheng Zhilong to attack Huguang with him, and promised: "As soon as the war in Jiangxi is over, Guangdong will be handed over to the king of Yanping immediately." β
This is still the agreement made a year ago.
"How to take Guangdong?"
Zhai Zhe already had an idea, and said with a smile: "I heard that there are clans in Guangdong that are not very peaceful, and the prince only needs to have an opportunity to enter Guangdong." β
Zheng Zhilong was overjoyed, nodded again and again, remembered what Zheng Sen had written to him, and said, "I still want the land of southern Jiangnan." β
Gannan is a bridge connecting Fujian and Guangdong, and is the place where the five provinces meet, and its geographical location is extremely important. If Gannan is returned to the Zheng family, Jiangxi will be divided. The two of them talked about these things with 10,000 yuan on their backs, and used state affairs to buy and sell
Zhai Zhe's heart was in a hurry, he was not worried about Jiangxi. Once Zheng Zhilong controls Fujian, Gannan and Guangdong, he will become a huge force and will become his fierce rival in the future. But for now, he needs an ally, not turning the Zheng clan into his enemy.
"Okay, how about Shi Fu as the commander of Ganzhou?"
Zheng Zhilong nodded, and said: "Nanchang City is high and deep, and it is not easy to capture it. β
The Gannan he wanted was already under his control, and he didn't want to send troops to help Zhai Zhe capture Nanchang.
Zhai Zhe suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart.
Zheng Zhilong wanted a lot of things, but he always wanted to empty the gloves of the white wolf, and he got a prince for nothing, and he won Guangdong without much effort. And the places he got were all snatched back from the Qing captives by the bloody battles of his subordinates.
"The prince only needs to attack, let Jin Shenghuan know that it is powerful."