A few days later

In the city of Nanjing, above the Wuying Palace, the ministers are all there, hundreds of officials gather, Li Zicheng is wearing a golden dragon robe, indescribable, sitting above, between the words, full of the power and confidence of the emperor.

"Mr. Xu, how is the situation in Shaoxing Mansion and Jiangxi?"

After Li Zicheng finished asking indifferently, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, staring straight at Xu Xiake, and the people on both sides were also full of hope, looking forward to his answer.

After all, there are so many news about the army's benefits in the two places, which is exciting and skeptical at the same time, and they don't believe it so much, only by confirming it from Xu Xiake's mouth and hearing it with their own ears, can they believe it.

For a while, the hall became extremely quiet, except for Li Zicheng, everyone else was holding their breath, pricking up their ears, listening carefully, for fear of missing or mishearing a word!

"Emperor Qiqi, whether it is Shaoxing Mansion in Zhejiang, or Gannan and Guangxin Mansion in Jiangxi, the action is very smooth, beyond expectations."

Although Xu Xiake stopped without warning, only a few words, everyone's hearts were still inexplicably excited, and they could have a preliminary judgment on the news they heard, and seven or eight times out of ten there would be no falsehood.

After a short pause, Xu Xiake seemed to be organizing the language, and muttered slightly, which made the excited crowd look forward to it more and more.

After a while, Xu Xiake opened his mouth and continued unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, on the Jiangxi side, Marshal Yuan Zongdi successively conquered Raozhou Mansion and Guangxin Mansion, and used stratagem to surprise attack Huang Daozhou's more than 10,000 Ming troops, killing most of them, and capturing Huang Daozhou. ”

"And Marshal Liu Zongmin, the action should be smoother, except for Ganzhou and Ji'an, the Ming army in other places almost did not resist, and they surrendered one after another, accepting the incorporation of Marshal Liu's department."

"As for the Shaoxing Mansion in Zhejiang, Marshal Li and Marshal He's troops are divided into two routes, preparing to surprise attack the defense line arranged by Fang Guoan along the Qiantang River, if there is no accident, this afternoon, they can annihilate the Ming army led by Fang Guoan. Moreover, during this period of time, the two marshals incorporated a large number of Ming troops, and when they entered Shaoxing Mansion, they almost did not encounter any strong resistance, and the operation was smoother than the army in Jiangxi. ”

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As the good news echoed in the hall, everyone was excited, and couldn't help but make up a picture in their minds, the commander of the Dashun army drove straight into eastern Zhejiang and Jiangxi, captured Zhu Yihai alive, and approached Zhu Yujian's place from all directions, until there was no more war in the south.

However, as Xu Xiake's last sentence sounded, everyone was shocked, until the end, after Xu Xiake finished speaking, he still couldn't react for a while, he was in a daze, and he was stunned.

"Your Majesty, according to the report from our secret agent in Fuzhou, just yesterday morning, Emperor Longwu drove his own expedition, only brought thousands of people, and carried out the Northern Expedition, if there is no accident, I am afraid that it should have arrived in Yanping, Fujian by now, and will enter Jiangxi, so as to enter Huguang."

In addition to Li Zicheng and Xu Xiake, the hundred officials were very surprised, the dignified Longwu Emperor Zhu Yujian, under the imperial conquest, actually only brought a few thousand Ming troops, this is the northernmost expedition? Or are you looking for death?

It goes without saying that everyone understands that with the combat strength of the Dashun Army today, let alone a few thousand, even if it is tens of thousands, it is not enough for the Dashun Army to eat!

Everyone was surprised, why did Zhu Yujian only bring so many people? Is the Ming Court really at the end of the road, and there is no army left?

At the same time, Li Zicheng reacted differently from others, thought more, saw farther, and then looked at Xu Xiake carefully, and saw that the other party faintly smelled of wanting to speak and stop, and immediately understood that there was more exciting and better news behind, but it was inconvenient to say in public, and the two needed to talk secretly.

"Alright, let's all disperse."

Soon after, Li Zicheng and Xu Xiake appeared in the Xingning Palace, there were only two people in the study, and there were soldiers guarding outside the palace gate, and no one was allowed to approach.

"Emperor Qiqi, Zheng Zhilong has already agreed to surrender, in order to show sincerity, he is willing to take the initiative to give up the deployment of Jiangxi. Moreover, as long as we can accept his conditions, in the later stage, the city defense of Fujian will be handed over to Marshal Yuan and them, and Xianxia Pass and other important places in Fujian will be ceded one after another. ”

"Good thing, great news, I didn't expect things to go so smoothly!"

Li Zicheng slapped his thigh, couldn't help but praise again and again, his face was full of excitement and excitement, and he regained his composure in an instant, his expression became solemn, and he asked in a deep voice: "What conditions?" ”

In the afternoon of the same day, in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang, the atmosphere was extremely tense, like the feeling of black clouds crushing the city, compared to the anxiety, uneasiness, fear, etc., the people were much more indifferent, not very afraid, and faintly had a trace of expectation and excitement.

In some hidden places, or in their own homes, ordinary people are whispering, and their words are filled with a trace of anticipation and joy, but they are also gritting their teeth.

"The court of the dog day is finally over, and he ascended the throne and became the emperor, which is strange and beautiful, but he can't even restrain his own dog legs, since King Lu ascended the throne, the sky of the entire Shaoxing Mansion is three feet high!"

"Have you heard of that? Since the arrival of the Dashun army, the western part of Zhejiang has undergone earth-shaking changes, and ordinary people like us, almost every family has a share of land & grain, and they don't have to suffer for natural disasters at all. ”

"How can you not hear about it? There are relatives in Hangzhou, Huzhou and Jiaxing! My relatives and friends said that when the Dashun Army is opened, as long as you hide at home with peace of mind, there will be no problems, and you must not fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the chaos to do something in the city. Otherwise, there will never be a good outcome. ”

"Hey, hey... Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren are those bastards in the township, someone has finally cleaned up, the Dashun army is here, see how they are still jumping? ”

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At this time, in Zhu Yihai's palace, above the main hall, Zhu Yihai stood there with a frown, opposite his confidants, people who relied on him very much, and a soldier with an anxious look on his face, reporting on it.

The atmosphere in the hall is extremely tense, and the depression is almost suffocating!

"Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the Qiantang River defense line built by General Fang has been breached, and the chaotic army is like a god soldier descending from the sky, appearing without warning, almost unstoppable, the firepower is a big mess, as soon as it comes up, it is a large-scale bombardment, and when the situation eases a little, the opponent's cavalry has already killed the front."

"Moreover, the other side's shells added a lot of extremely spicy things, which made people cry and cough so much that they couldn't open their eyes at all, so not only the soldiers on the Qiantang River defense line could not organize resistance, but many cities were lost because of this."

"Also, Shaoxing Mansion is in chaos, there are rebel armies everywhere, and many armies have voluntarily surrendered and accepted the incorporation of the rebel army."

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