"It's not Yu Qi who is looking at Lonely, but the people of the Northland." Zhu Yongxing smiled faintly, tapped on the lid of the tea bowl, and said, "What is the banner that can be raised by him to raise an uprising?" The tyrannical rule of the Tartars is already a source of resentment among the people, and what is the difference between it and the bad things done by Yu Qi's men? Of course, the people we sent not only had to improve the intelligence network, but also help Yu Qiguan to manage his subordinates. In this matter, Lone Club wrote to Yu Qi and knocked him. ”

"You can send your subordinates to Shandong, and you will not be dishonored." Gu Yinghui took the initiative to ask for help, and her attitude was sincere.

Zhu Yongxing pondered for a moment and said, "I don't want to work hard for you anymore, but you are familiar with the Northland, and you are indeed an ideal candidate." Well, that's fine. You have a good rest for a few days, and when everything is ready to stop, then go to Shandong! ”

"Yes, subordinates are at your disposal."

"I will make relevant plans before going to Shandong, and take advantage of today's time to remind you of a few precautions." Zhu Yongxing nodded with a smile, his face calmed down, and he pondered the words and said: "Listening to the people sent by Yu Qi, Yu Qi and the others are a little blind and arrogant, thinking that after practicing the style for a few days, they can win lightly on the battlefield. After you go, you must suppress or guide this ideological tendency, and when our army is free in the south and can come to the aid of Shandong, then raise the banner and raise the banner of righteousness. Well, after you go, on the one hand, you will strengthen your intelligence work, and on the other hand, you will gather grass and grain to prepare for the needs of our army's war in Shandong. ”

Gu Yinghui wrote them down one by one and continued to listen intently.

"According to the report of Shandong's intelligence station, Ziyaya Mountain is a dangerous place, condescending, and controllable Jiaodong." Zhu Yongxing paused and continued: "You can use this as a base to secretly gather grain and grass materials and build fortifications. There are also some backbone soldiers in the army who will go to Shandong with you this time, and they can be the main ones militarily, and you can assist them. If you can buy some Qing officials. A transport road to the sea was opened, and some guns and ammunition could also be supplied to Yu Qi. Well, Yu Qi is very rich, so you told him that you will spend money on accounting and wait until the Central Plains are recovered. Alone and returned. ”

Hehe, Ye Hu and Gu Yinghui both laughed. This His Royal Highness Min really has a lot of debts and doesn't worry, but now I don't know how much I owe, but I still don't care at all.

"In addition—" Zhu Yongxing smiled, his face became solemn, and he instructed: "Pay special attention to safety, try to explain everything to your subordinates, and don't take risks lightly." That Li Maolin. You also brought it, and then pick some good hands, and the safety and security work should not be neglected. ”

"His Royal Highness cares, and his subordinates remember it in their hearts, and they will always feel great gratitude." Gu Yinghui was very moved, and got up and bowed deeply.

Zhu Yongxing had already had the idea of crossing the sea to attack Shandong. But now in the form of shì, he is no longer satisfied with raiding. Instead, it is necessary to carry out a large-scale landing operation and go straight to the Central Plains. Threaten the Kyoshi.

When it comes to landing operations, the biggest problem is the local guides and local intelligence. With the Yu Seventh Division, the Ming army could understand the deployment of the Qing army in Shandong, the local garrison and grain storage, and the roads and landforms. Landing on the ground will not be a black eye.

Sending guides to take over the landing is only one of the roles that Yu Qishobu can play. With these locals to guide the way and pacify the people, the grain and grass collection work after the Ming army landed can be well solved. There was also no understanding and support from the people of Shandong before the levy and support. After landing, the army will have great difficulties in transportation alone.

Because of this, Zhu Yongxing could temporarily tolerate some of the bad deeds of Yu Qisho and attach importance to his relationship with the capture of Shandong. Relying on the current conditions, carrying out a large-scale amphibious landing will face many difficulties without response, and the Seventh Division is the key to solving these difficulties.

Because of this, Zhu Yongxing didn't want Yu Qi to get up too early and was extinguished by the Qing court without backup. Moreover, Zhu Yongxing had a deeper plan, that is, to use Shandong soldiers to conquer Liaodong, and in the future, he would also use the relocation of Shandong people to settle in Liaodong in order to completely stabilize the occupation.

The biggest difficulty in the southern war is the climate. How to fight in the ice and snow even when a southern soldier who had never seen ice or snow and had never worn a cotton coat was a headache anyway. If you only choose to use troops in the warmer times of spring and summer, the effect of conquering Liaodong will be greatly reduced. Stop-and-stop, stop-and-stop, let the Manchus adapt to the tactics of the Ming army.

Besides, the big bear of Tsarist Russia also has to be considered. If Tsarist Russia supported the Mongol tribes in the same way that it supported and instigated the Mongol tribes, it would instead support the Manchus......

"In the south, our army fought steadily, tried to mobilize the Qing army in the north as much as possible, and then the sailors went out to cross the Yangtze River, making it difficult for the enemy to return to the north." Zhu Yongxing's eyes were aggressive, and his voice became excited, "The longer you fight, the weaker the Qing court will be." Just looking at its economic means, it is no longer a concern. Rodeo, hehe, stupid. ”

The Manchu Qing Dynasty's large-scale land enclosure guide zhì "The land of is all encircled by the Eight Banners, and the people have no permanent property, and they all depend on renting and planting flag land for a living." Peasants lost their land, were displaced, and lived miserably. At the same time, the land enclosed by these Manchurian princes and nobles was not to pay grain or taxes, and the more they were encircled, the less the state revenue became. In particular, the Qing court, whose main income was from land taxes, could only continue to dry up and fish and oppress the people if they wanted to support the war. If the people are oppressed, the people's grievances will accumulate, and once there is an outlet, it will be unstoppable.

"According to estimates, the Qing court's income from money and grain this year has dropped by 30 percent, and the income from taxes and silver is only more than 3 million taels, but the military expenses have exceeded 10 million." Ye Hu listed the figures, which confirmed Zhu Yongxing's judgment.

"If you can't make ends meet, you won't die." Gu Yinghui chimed in.

"People are clear-minded, the people's grievances are boiling, they want money but no money, they want food but no food, why do the Tartars compete with the lone king for the world, why do they recklessly act like lewdness, why destroy the Chinese heritage, why enslave the people of my Han family?" Zhu Yongxing optimistically and firmly made a prediction, "Its momentum has been defeated, and there is no doubt about it." ”

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Wu Yingxiong's family was rescued, or kidnapped out of Beijing, as the Ming court, the Qing court, and Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui was the last to know. Guizhou is inland, the road is inconvenient, although he also sent some eyes and ears, but it is far less than the Ming court, let alone the sea route is fast and convenient.

After a series of emergency arrangements of the Qing court were launched, the Qing army in Zhenyuan and Huangping, important passes on the border between Guizhou and Hunan, strengthened their forces, and Wu Sangui became aware of it. Although he still didn't understand what was going on, he would not be indifferent to it, and made corresponding arrangements.

When the congratulatory envoy of the Qing court came to Guiyang to issue a decree and reward, Wu Sangui also got the exact news from the former Beijing cronies who had fled by land. At that time, he did not know that his son had escaped the tiger's mouth. But it fell into the hands of the Ming army, and he was overjoyed, and praised Fang Guangchen and others for their ability.

It's a pity that Wu Sangui's good mood didn't last long, and the Ming court's mansion newspaper published the news that Wu Yingxiong and his wife "resolutely surrendered anyway" and were knighted by His Royal Highness Min. This made Wu Sangui's heart fall from the top of the mountain into the abyss in an instant, and he was stunned for most of the time before he woke up.

"Fang Guangchen sold me. Fang Guangchen sold me. Wu Sangui thumped his chest and sighed that it was inhuman. However, he also understands that people's hearts and military hearts are changing, and even confidants like Fang Guangchen have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and used his son as a meeting gift, who else can trust the rest except for his closest relatives?

Wu Sangui sighed with remorse, and there was a noise outside. It turned out that it was his wife, Zhang, who learned the news of her son, and ran over to cry and make a fuss, which provoked several of Wu Sangui's sons-in-law to also come to persuade her. Wu Sangui's heart was in turmoil. I don't know what to do, so I asked the maid to help her into the back house as soon as possible. Zhang cried and cried and was forcibly taken away.

"I don't know what the purpose of the Min clan is, even if I publish the newspaper and don't send people to lobby?" Guo Shitu muttered in a low voice with some confusion.

"What else could it be for? Let the old man suffer from the splint anger, so that he can profit from it. Wu Sangui said angrily: "The Qing court will not believe in the lonely king at all, and it is not just right to let the Ming army attack and plunder." Wait until the Qing army is swept away. Pick us up again, and then we will be alone. Is it his opponent? ”

"Father, forgive my son-in-law." Hu Guozhu smiled bitterly and said stubbornly: "Even if the Ming army comes to attack us now, will the Qing court come to help?" ”

Wu Sangui glared fiercely at the son-in-law who was telling the truth, and turned his head silently. After a long while, he sighed again. said: "The Ming army has invaded Hunan, right? Even the old man can't do it if he wants to take Hunan as the base and be self-respecting! The time is no more, the time is no more! ”

didn't dare to brazenly take Hunan, Wu Sangui was worried about his son in Beijing. I wanted to save my son and act again, but I didn't expect to be destroyed again. Now attacking Hunan, not only the Hunan Qing army is the enemy. The Ming army will not sit idly by. Thinking that the surrounding shape was becoming more and more unfavorable, but he could only be trapped in Guizhou, a barren and poor place, Wu Sangui's heart rose with a deep sense of powerlessness.

"The Ming army attacked Chenzhou in three ways, and it will be down in the near future." Xia Guoxiang replied in a deep voice: "With the strength of the Qing army in Hunan, it is difficult to resist tens of thousands of Ming troops. There are thirteen reorganized Ming troops in Jingxiang, Hubei, Jiangxi Province has been occupied by the Ming army, and the Qing army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang is the most numerous, and it is also controlled by the Ming army by land and water, and it is difficult to draw troops for other transfers. If it is said that the northern soldiers are transferred to the south, the son-in-law does not think that the army composed of those banner slaves can make a difference in the south, let alone turn the shape and turn defeat into victory. ”

"If Jiangnan is not attacked, the ambition of the Min Fan is not small." Wu Sangui said quietly: "Sure enough, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have become a place where the Qing army is trapped, and the major generals of Jiangxi, Hunan and Chu are weak, and it is difficult to resist the attack and plundering of the Ming army. ”

"People from all over the country have responded to the Ming army, people's minds, Sihan!" Hu Guozhu stumbled on his tongue, and in a hurry, he changed Ming to Han, so as not to be looked down upon by his father-in-law again.

Wu Sangui was silent. The Ming army has won many victories, and although weapons and equipment are an important reason, morale and popular support are also crucial. The anti-Qing tide, which had already been somewhat depressed, surged again, coupled with the tyrannical rule of the Qing court, and the people's resentment boiled. In Yunnan Province, Wu Sangui realized this, and the Ming army took advantage of the Qing court's coastal relocation to conform to the people's will to go eastward, and from then on it was unstoppable.

With the support of the Han people inside, and the help of the Xiyi outside, the anti-Qing armed forces in various places that were originally not subordinate to each other have also been unified and worked together. The Qing court was struggling to cope, covering the east and west, and was exhausted. Not only did they want to use the Green Flag Han Army to control the Han with Han, but they also guarded against suspicion, and they controlled a lot of food and weapons, so that the Green Flag Army was not attached to it and its combat strength was sluggish.

It's hard to control! Wu Sangui lamented in his heart, in the middle of the cracks, the Ming army ignored him, and even secretly communicated with him to smuggle goods, but this was only a temporary forbearance. He also earns money, and he expands, but compared with the speed of the growth of the Ming army, he is embarrassed to say. The information sent by his eyeliner was that the Ming army had sharp guns, strict battle formations, and was unstoppable in attacking the city, which made him more and more pressured.

Can you only offer your own painstaking management with both hands and bow down to your subordinates? He struggled for most of his life. At the cost of sacrificing tens of thousands of people, in exchange for a crown, a piece of land, Xituyong Town, and the world is blessed. Who would have thought that they would end up in such a situation. One by one, the dreams are shattered, and he will lose the qiē he has gained. Bowed his head empty-handed and obeyed orders, and lived for the rest of his life.

Unwilling! Wu Sangui waved his hand to let the others stand down, he needed to be alone, his anger, injustice and lamentation...... I don't want others to see his confusion and weakness.

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As the war continues and the soldiers and horses are restless, the Qing court's military expenses will become more and more difficult to support. What's more, the northern troops were transferred to the south, and the road was far away. The cost of food is even greater. However, our army transports troops on the inner line, and if it occupies one place, it will be one point stronger, and if it saves one people, it will be better than one point, so the more it fights, the stronger it is, the stronger it is, the stronger it is, the stronger it is, the stronger it is, the stronger it is, the stronger it is. However, if you sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. The officers and men of the Emperor Wangwu overcame difficulties, worked hard to move forward, and fought bravely. In order to achieve the full merit of Zhongxing......

The edict was conveyed to the Ming armies through various channels and published in full in the newspaper. means the beginning of a major counteroffensive. The battle became more and more intense, and the Ming army drums fought bravely, and good news was frequently reported.

Jingxiang area.

After the Shuo army abandoned Zhongxiang, they marched from the east to force Yiling, and the remaining troops in the Kuidong base area also poured out of the nest by winning the Xiangxikou blocking battle. Rushing out of the Three Gorges with the Yangtze River Naval Division, breaking through Zigui, and approaching Yiling from the west, a great battle was fiercely launched on the water and land.

After a day of fierce fighting, the Yangtze River sailors cut the iron cable. blasted away the "Rolling River Dragon", burned down the wooden city, and destroyed the river defense fortifications rebuilt by Yiling; The Shuo army defeated the Qing army in the east of Yiling City, and the muskets and artillery showed their might. Subsequently, the land and water army jointly attacked Yiling, the artillery fire was flying, the guns were continuous, and the Ming army was attacking like a tide, aiming to conquer.

Admiral Dong Xueli realized that the success or failure of life and death depended on this battle, and in addition to urgently asking Wuchang to send reinforcements quickly (as far as the Battle of Yiling was concerned, the Qing army of Wuchang had entered the Han River to counterattack Zhongxiang, so it was of no practical point to ask for delay), he was committed to strengthening the defense. He instructed his subordinates to guard the flood and dispatch and command himself from the highest place in the city. In order to boost morale, on the one hand, he "wrote a big book of rewards and punishments, and hung the head of the city", and on the other hand, he "followed himself with a small knife, pointed to the place to tell the soldiers: "This is the place where the admiral reports to the country, and does not let the kings take the edge alone." ”

But this stubborn resistance was quickly dissolved. The Yangtze River Navy Division bombarded the city with ship-borne long cannons, blowing up the city tower, and Dong Xueli took his knife to "be loyal to the country". The main general was killed, the Huguang Qing army in Yiling City fell into chaos, morale plummeted, the southern camp guerrilla Wang Jinzhong, the former battalion garrison Zhang Suoyun opened the city to surrender, the important town of Yiling was conquered by the Ming army, and the Three Gorges portal was opened.

Jiangxi.

The 1st Division of the Annihilation Army and the 2nd Division of the Zhengshuo Army left behind in Fuzhou cooperated to attack and defend one at the same time. Wei Junzhong led his troops to attack Linjiang Mansion, Lianke Xinyu and Yuanzhou (now Yidu), and approached Pingxiang, showing the strength of the first main force of the Ming army. The shanty people of Ganxi responded and broke through Wanzai and Xinchang (now Yifeng).

Hunan.

The Zhengshuo army set out from Ganzhou, followed the route of the Qing army's retreat, and marched westward; The second and third divisions of the Yanshuo Army came out from Shaoguan and Hezhou, and went north to attack Hunan. The three armies met at Yizhang south of Chenzhou, and the 50,000-strong army attacked Chenzhou.

The army pressed the border, the artillery bombardment and the tunnels were used together, and the Qing army in Chenzhou struggled to support it, and the defeat was irreversible. The Qing army, which retreated from Ganzhou to Hunan, was reluctant to leave its homeland, and when it saw that defeat was imminent, they mutinied and surrendered to Chengcheng.

Chenzhou has been down, the Ming army has been slightly reorganized, with the power of a great victory, continue to advance northward, and force Hengyang, an important town in Hunan.

JAC.

With the cooperation of the fleet led by Yang Yandi, the expanding Poshuo army led by Ma Zide of Yiguo took Chongming Island as a base, and with the cooperation of the fleet led by Yang Yandi, he broke through Tongzhou (now Nantong), and then continued to advance along the west of the river, attacking Jingjiang, an important town known as the "gateway to the river and the sea".

Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Led by Deng Yao, Marquis of Jinghai, the naval division was greatly strengthened, starting from Zhoushan, directly entering Sanmen Bay, attacking and occupying Ninghai County, and attacking northward to threaten Ningbo. When the Qing army assembled for a counterattack, they calmly moved the people away.

However, two days later, Deng Yao led his troops to appear in Jinshan, landed and seized the place and threatened Jiaxing. In this way, the vast coastline of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has become a battlefield where naval divisions gallop vertically and horizontally, and the Qing army of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Qing is fortified everywhere, but the strength is insufficient; The slightest flaw was exposed, and he was attacked by the Ming army, exhausted and miserable.

It was not only the Ming army and the naval division that contained the Qing army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, but also the Fujian Provincial Annihilation Army, which controlled and contained the Fenshui Pass and Xianxia Pass. In a favorable situation where the advance can be attacked and the retreat can be defended, the Annihilation Army is not passive, and from time to time it makes it difficult for the Qing army on the front line of Quzhou, Lishui, and Wenzhou to divide their troops.

The most powerful containment was that Ma Bao, the king of Wei, personally led the second division to advance north from the Fenshui Pass, connecting Cangnan, Pingyang, and Ruian, and attacking Wenzhou with the naval division led by Deng Yao. Although it was only a feint, it shocked the Qing army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and made them realize that the defense line against the Ming army in Fujian Province was not stable, and they had to increase their troops. The consequence of this is that the outside is strong and the inside is weak, and the defense of the hinterland of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has become very empty.

The emptiness of the hinterland made the "bandits rampant", and the Taihu Lake water pirate "Barefoot Zhang San", who had already been won by the personnel of the Intelligence Bureau, and led by the Ming Dynasty's appointed officials, took the opportunity to "roar hundreds of ships", and infested the three prefectures of Suzhou, Chang and Hu on the shores of Taihu Lake under the banner of the Taihu Lake Water Division, attacking and killing Qing soldiers and officials, and the situation was prosperous for a while.

…………… (To be continued......)