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April 24th.

The sky was sunny and misty.

Li Zhi'an's army and Zuo Ruo's army marched out of the camp to the Qinglu camp in the east of Jiujiang City, and Zhai Zhe's central army and the surrendered army responded behind.

After a year, the Jiangnan Ming Army finally had to meet the Qing captives again on the battlefield.

A year ago, the armor of the soldiers and horses in Ningshao Town was not neat.

A year later, the gunners, armor and bird gunners in the Ming army were well equipped.

This is Zhai Zheci's battle with the Qing captives in an advantageous situation, and the joy of it is difficult to describe in words. Jiujiang is near the river, the terrain is flat, and many small rivers are interspersed, and the artillery has a lot of room to wield.

The Ming army shelled the Qing soldiers stationed in front of them across the river, and then built a pontoon bridge to cross the river, all the way to the east gate of Jiujiang.

Lucke Hun led the Qing troops to garrison the south side of the Jiujiang River, and he was very embarrassed. In addition to the troops stationed in Jingzhou and Xiangyang, Huguang Neng only had 50,000 mobile troops, and he brought 40,000 from Jiujiang. In the past month, he has been back and forth with Jin Shenghuan, passing more than a dozen letters, with only one purpose, to make Jin Shenghuan abandon Jiangxi, retreat to Huguang, and tighten his forces to hold Jingxiang.

Jin Shenghuan has nearly 40,000 soldiers and horses, if he can get such strong reinforcements and stick to Huguang, he can have some confidence, but Jin Shenghuan has not replied for a long time.

The Qing court's loss of Jiangnan had a great impact on its prestige, and the general trend of the world changed from the Qing court to a group of heroes.

Jin Shenghuan wanted to surrender to Nanming last year, but he didn't get a reply from Emperor Longwu for a long time. After the Ming army assembled in southern Jiangxi to attack in the north, he continued to shrink the defensive line and handed over all the Ji'an and other places captured last year to Zheng Zhilong.

Last year, he asked the Qing court for the post of governor of Jiangxi, and the Qing court only ordered him to be the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi. He asked the Ming for the position of governor of Jiangxi, and the Ming army sent two expeditionary armies.

The Qing court is now willing to promise him anything, but now this promise is worthless, and retreating to Huguang will only become cannon fodder. In troubled times, not everyone can have the opportunity to achieve hegemony. He chose to belong to Nanming, but to ensure his rights and interests.

The real big war has not yet broken out.

Zhai Zhe rode around outside Jiujiang City and ordered: "Mobilize iron cannons and bombard Qing soldiers"

He could see at a glance that Jin Shenghuan and Qing Bing were not of the same mind. Even if you want to attack Jiujiang City, you must first clear the foreign aid outside the city.

Li Zhi'an led the army from the side of the river at the north gate of Jiujiang City, and the gunners assisted the people in pushing the artillery.

More than ten miles away from the Qing army's position, there were several roars from the Qing army's position on the opposite side.

"Boom, boom, boom", a few iron balls fell from the sky like a big bird with broken wings.

Luckedhun also had artillery, and it was impossible for him to let the Ming army build artillery positions in peace. The iron artillery of the Ming army was pushed to the front of the formation, and it was immediately shelled.

Zhai Zhe watched for a moment, forcibly set up an artillery position close to it, and the loss of the people was too great, and the establishment was too far away to achieve a good attack effect, so he ordered the gunners to retreat and wait until it was dark to arrange the position. He has profoundly realized that the status of iron artillery in war is constantly improving. Perhaps in a few years, firearms will become the most important assault weapon in the military.

Jiujiang is more than 100 miles away from Nanchang.

Nearly 200,000 Ming troops from the two routes gathered in northern Jiangxi.

Nanchang Province.

This is the capital city of Jiangxi, and it is also the strongest city in Jiangxi, followed by Jiujiang.

Inside the governor's yamen, a stout and sturdy man was busy receiving urgent reports from all over the world, and that was Jin Shenghuan, who was the most nervous and tangled at the moment.

"Report, Ming Pingyu General Zhai Zhe has set up a formation outside Jiujiang City to confront Luck Dehun Beyler."

Jin Shenghuan actually felt a sense of relief, "It's time to come after all." ”

He had been waiting for General Zhai Zhe for a long time.

The recovery of Jiangnan made Zhai Zhe famous, such as Zheng Zhilong's generation, although he was also crowned king by Emperor Longwu, but in the eyes of the generals who led the troops in various places, he could not be compared with Zhai Zhe.

When Jin Shenghuan was thinking about how to establish contact with Zhai Zhe, the guards guarding outside entered the door and said, "Lord Qiqi, Special Envoy He asks to see"

"Why are you here again" Jin Shenghuan was absent-minded, and instructed: "Just say that I am busy with military affairs, and I have no time to see him today"

Special envoy He is He Yanzhi, a protégé sent to Nanchang by Hong Chengchou, who has been in Nanchang for half a month. Jin Shenghuan has been procrastinating with him, just to see what kind of price Zhai Zhe can offer him, so he decided on the next step.

A month later, Wang Yongqiang, a general of Yan'an, Shaanxi, also raised troops against the Qing Dynasty and swept half of Shaanxi. Even if Hong Chengchou has a lotus tongue, Jin Shenghuan has to consider the actual situation.

The guards took the order and went out, and soon returned to say: "Envoy He has been waiting at the door, saying that he will see your lord today no matter what. ”

Jin Shenghuan thought for a moment and said, "Let him in." ”

A moment later, a thin scribe in his fifties walked in, with two goatees and two eyes looking around.

It wasn't until he walked in front of Jin Shenghuan that he straightened his posture and said, "Lord Jin, you must have known that the soldiers and horses of Zhai Zhe, the thief in Jiangnan, have come to Jiujiang City. Lord Belle and Governor Hong are waiting for your reply, Jiangxi can't hold it, as long as Jingxiang is held, Governor Hong has also promised you, Governor Jiangxi and even Governor Huguang are not a problem. ”

Hong Chengchou did not have that much power, he himself was just the governor of Huguang who had just taken office, and he was still under the surveillance of Luck Dehun. The Jurchens have always been very stingy with the Han people, and only Wu Sangui was appointed as a marquis and ordered to guard Sichuan. A promise is just a promise

Jin Shenghuan thought about it carefully and said, "Three days later, three days later, I will lead the army to Jiujiang."

He was worried that the Qing soldiers and horses would withdraw and become a lonely man, and he would no longer be able to negotiate with Zhai Zhe. Zhai Zhe never came to him, he had to take the initiative to find him. He now has several options, he can withdraw to Jiangbei, or he can return to Ming anyway. He couldn't directly contact Emperor Longwu, but he could ask the three of them to surrender, He Tengjiao, Zhai Zhe and Zheng Zhilong were all the commanders of the sole party, but he wanted to rely on Zhai Zhe the most.

After He Tengjiao's last defeat, he lost face. Zheng Zhilong was rude and rude to the imperial court, and he started with sea trade. Good birds choose trees to perch on, and they want to cling to them and choose the most powerful person.

"Okay, three days later, when the good news from the chief soldier, Lord Belle will definitely lead the army back to Huguang at that time." He Yan was serious and reminded: "The recovery of Jiangnan by the Southern Ming Dynasty is just a flash in the pan, Lord Jin used to be an official in the Ming Court, and he should know that the party is fighting for the Yan zhòng. Zhang Mingzhen in eastern Zhejiang obeyed Zhai Zhe, and after recovering Jiangnan, because of the independence of soldiers and horses, he finally could not escape death. ”

The metaphor can be heard by fools, but it is not the case when you return to Huguang. Compared with being destined to be suspicious of the Manchurians, Jin Shenghuan still wants to try something on Daming's side. After the surrender of the Qing Dynasty, the generals of the Ming army were Zhang Tianlu and Yang Shouzhuang, and they all lived well under Zhai Zhe. But his strength is different, and the rights and interests he wants are also different.

Zheng Zhilong Chen soldiers under the city of Nanchang, not in a hurry to attack the city, the Ming army has recovered southern Gansu. Zhai Zhe's promotion to general made him very unhappy, because he also got the position of governor of Fujian and Guangdong that he wanted. He led the army to Nanjing last year, and although he was crowned king, he actually did not get any benefits.