In order to cope with the imminent arrival of Qing reinforcements, the post-war reward and punishment evaluation work of the Nanjing court was hastily completed in just ten days. Diaphragm

Even if you count the days of execution in those few days, it has not been delayed until the Lantern Festival, so as to avoid the bad luck of being stained with blood during the festival.

And the vanguard of the Qing army reinforcements in Jiangbei was indeed approaching Yangzhou City on the eleventh day of the first lunar month.

It's just that the first to arrive are cavalry, and they can't attack the city, so they don't rush in, but just harass the countryside, trying to slaughter and plunder.

And since the Ming army has been prepared, and the vicinity of Yangzhou has been tugged at several times, the Ming army lost once last year, and then counterattacked, and now it is the third time that it has been baptized by the fire, and the degree of the strong wall has reached the extreme, where can you still see living people wandering around in the countryside of Yangzhou Prefecture?

The living were either transferred to Jiangnan or concentrated in the city, where they helped defend the city as strong men and accepted militarized management.

The vanguard cavalry sent by Azig made a slight turn around the boundary of Yangzhou Mansion and found that the fertile soil of Huaiyang, which was originally known as extremely rich, was now completely "white bones exposed in the wilderness, and there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles".

Except for a few county towns along the estuary of the river that have been militarized, there is not even a single hair to be found in the countryside - and all this is obviously caused by dog tartars! The account must be calculated on the head of the Qing army itself! Diaphragm

The cavalry did nothing, could not find anything to grab, and waited for another two or three days before the follow-up infantry arrived one after another, and the artillery needed more time.

During the waiting time, the Qing infantry had to try to cut down wood to build siege equipment and do some other preliminary preparations, and it was impossible to have any substantive offensive before the Lantern Festival.

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At the same time in the city of Nanjing, Zhu Shuren rarely faked public welfare and delayed spending a few days to accompany his family.

After the Lantern Festival, he was ready to cross the river by boat, go to Jiangbei for a while, urge all departments to force the Qing army back, and mention the defense of various places, which can be regarded as a beginning and an end.

Zhu Yuchan, the little princess who had just reunited with her husband on Chinese New Year's Eve, was naturally very reluctant. Last year, Zhu Shuren just spent too much time fighting outside and running around, and he only spent three or four months with her in total.

So much so that on New Year's Day, her father suspected that she had a physical problem, and why her stomach never moved. Diaphragm

This time, Zhu Yuchan naturally took out the capital, and she was gentle and wanted to persuade her husband not to supervise the battle in person.

"Dodor is all killed, and Dorgon and Azig know that they can't be saved, and they will retreat in a few days, right? What are you still doing in Yangzhou?

The son of a daughter can't sit down, you are a prince, you don't have to do it yourself. A few days ago, my father also sent a doctor and a palace maid to come, and in the future, he said that he would be stationed in our mansion.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is going to be stable, you might as well be in the ...... Working hard at home is more important than fighting a few more small victories on the battlefield. ”

Zhu Yuchan's words were not rough, although she was selfish, she still hit the right one.

One of the most important reasons why Nanming is finished in history is that there are several politics! Everyone has ambitions, and there are many mountains.

But as long as they can be like Zhao Gou in the Southern Song Dynasty, all their brothers and cousins are dead or arrested, and ambitious generals can't support other puppets, and everyone is unified under one banner, Nanming will never be so easy to finish. Diaphragm

Why does the prince who raises pigs want to live so much? Isn't it good to die cleanly? It's enough to keep one!

Now that the defense line of Nanjing City and the Yangtze River is completely defended, the next step is to push back, the biggest benefit is not to win again on the battlefield, but to get a son out of Zhu Shuren quickly, and completely dispel the concerns of the people of the world about the suspicion of the monarch and the minister.

Otherwise, it will always be a thorn in the hearts of all Ming loyal ministers: if the people of the Lu Wang family are really not very good and not easy to give birth, and they have to find someone from other vassal kings to succeed them in the future, then should we burn the cold stove in advance and hug the thighs?

Or at that point, if a vassal king really jumps out, will the king of E use force to subdue him? How many people will support each of them then? How tragic will the civil war be?

Once a civil war breaks out, no matter how well the farming and army are done, they will be completely consumed by the benefits of internal fighting.

Therefore, in the next year, Zhu Shuren should really take the turn of the lower body to work hard, and his brain can be idle, and nothing is as important as the following problems, which is the foundation of the country.

Fortunately, of course, Zhu Shuren also knew this truth, and when he heard his wife say it, he just said gently: "The imperial doctor has checked the pulse through the curtain, and he didn't say anything wrong, right?" Since it's okay, just follow the steps. Diaphragm

Lone only went to Guazhou this time, did not enter Yangzhou City, and would not enter the encirclement of the Qing army, not for a day. There is also our own sailor and Zheng Xiandi's sailor escort, foolproof. My Ming navy, after all, is still invincible in the world.

This is also a good beginning and a good end, no more than a month, will be back, and so on in March, to ensure that a day away from the door, just sit in the south of Zhili, even if you want to move around, it will not be a military matter, and take the lady with you, until the lady's stomach moves, can you? ”

Zhu Yuchan flattened her mouth: "Why don't you go out after March?" ”

Zhu Shuren explained earnestly: "The imperial doctors don't know everything, and they don't persuade people to drink less." Lonely but well-read, and also read a lot of scientific truths from a book of the current Hongmaoyi man named Descartes.

It is said that men and women should abstain from alcohol before they are ready to conceive children, at least for three months, and at most for half a year. It is also necessary to ban a popular thing among the Hongmaoyi people called Zangbagu, which is similar to our snuff. Oiliness should also be reduced, a reasonable diet of meat and vegetables, moderate exercise every day, not overwork or too lazy...... In short, it is good for the children.

You too, these few months, eat the spinach first, we can't expect to gamble on luck, as soon as you come up, you need a smart and healthy person. ”

The quotation in Zhu Shuren's words, of course, was casual nonsense, which made Descartes take the blame. Diaphragm

The reason why I think of Descartes is just because the other party happens to be a person of this era,

When the Zheng family did business with Dutch Hongyi before, they had also heard that this Hongyi scientist was quite well-known among the high-level people in the Netherlands, and even heard of it before Zheng Chenggong met Zhu Shuren.

Such examples are very credible, and others cannot verify them.

Zhu Yuchan really likes this set very much, after all, the ancients did not have much research on this aspect, even if it was a imperial doctor, considering the arrogance and lasciviousness of the emperor's relatives and relatives, who would dare to persuade the emperor to drink less.

Besides, the emperor never thinks about when he wants a son, he comes on the spot, he can estrus at any time, and he can be tricked, if he is really as well prepared as modern people, the emperor will have to stop drinking for the rest of his life.

This also led to the fact that in ancient times, it was simply impossible to accurately and scientifically control the quality of the eldest son.

As soon as Zhu Yuchan heard that drinking alcohol would have a bad effect, she said worriedly: "How long do you have to quit first?" "Ahh

Zhu Shuren: "Don't worry, if you are hurt by the wine, I am afraid that you will have to quit for more than half a year." But Gu has never been a heavy drinker, but before the New Year, he frequently celebrated and socialized, and drank a little more for a few days. From today, you will be able to stop drinking alcohol in a month or two at most. ”

Zhu Yuchan listened, but she could accept this time, thought about it for a while, and added unwillingly:

"There are some things that the concubine and the maid don't understand originally, and they don't want to understand. But in such an autumn of national calamity, everything is important to the world, that is, the love of children is long, and my father and emperor persuaded me to look at it.

In fact, the concubine knows that her husband has been following ...... Sister Ziling, I have some deep friendships, and my father also said privately a few days ago that we will be stationed in the capital this year, and in the upstream places, we need to be able to be loyal and important. It is inevitable that the governor of Sichuan and Wuchang's secret brother will be reused.

If the concubine can give birth to a son for her husband, be healthy and strong, and complete the succession, the father will authorize the husband to accept another concubine as a prince. But before that, we must not mess with our concubines. ”

Of course, Zhu Yuchan didn't want to tell her words, which woman is willing to share her husband with others.

But this is a political need, it can only be said that the heavenly family is ruthless, in order to win people's hearts and stabilize the situation, even a cowardly monarch like Zhu Changshu has to sell his daughter's personal happiness a little, in exchange for the consolidation of the country and the efforts of others to work harder for him. Diaphragm

Now Zhu Shuren has prestige and military power, and everything is in full swing, compared to him needing the emperor's endorsement, in fact, the emperor needs his loyalty more.

And in Zhu Changshu's view, being able to get the daughters and sisters of the important ministers of Sichuan and Huguang to Nanzhili and let Zhu Shuren control them can be regarded as strengthening a layer of insurance. Compared with this level of income, it is really not a problem for a son-in-law to play with a few more women.

When Zhu Shuren heard this, his heart was also moved, of course he still remembered Fang Ziling, but he always felt that the timing was not good, he had been repeatedly pressed by the Qing army and thieves to follow the flow, and he didn't have time to free up his hands to deploy at his own pace, so he kept dragging it out.

Now it seems that I have to work harder on my wife's belly, which is a triple win, which is not only the foundation of the country, but also refreshing, and both public and private.

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After pacifying the back house, Zhu Shuren finally embarked on a journey to cross the river to Yangzhou to supervise the teacher.

This battle will not be too fierce, it can be regarded as a beginning and an end, and the last layer of gold in this round of Jianghuai offensive and defensive battles will be plated. Diaphragm

Zhu Shuren set off on the sixteenth day of the first month, and arrived at Guazhou Dushui Village on the 17th. There are also Huang Degong, Cao Bianjiao and Li Fuming in Jiangbei, who respectively guarded Liuhe County, Yizheng County, Yangzhou City and Haimen.

Other unimportant county towns have become no man's land anyway, so they can be given up for the time being, and then consider resuming production when this wave of Qing troops is forced to retreat-

Now it is only the middle of the first month, and spring plowing generally begins in the second month of the Jiangnan lunar calendar, and the agricultural time can be delayed for about half a month at most. As long as the enemy retreats and the people return by the end of February, farming can resume.

Of course, this year, the Southern Ming Dynasty only dared to arrange for the resumption of production on the easily manageable land around the main transportation routes, and by the way, supply military rations nearby. As for other areas that are relatively remote and have no danger to defend, and are not convenient for military cantonment management, they can only be abandoned for one year, and the right should be fallow.

If the Huaihe defense line can be completely restored this year, it will be good to consider resuming production in the whole of Huainan next year.

Because the Ming army has always controlled the water transportation nodes of the Yangtze River and the Hangou Canal, as soon as Zhu Shuren arrived, Huang Degong's generals in Yangzhou City, plus Cao Bianjiao's generals from Taixing, took boats to Guazhoudu to report the latest situation.

The Qing army on the opposite side had no way to deal with the Ming army that entered and exited the city by water, and could only watch the Ming army's sailors come and go freely, which was also aggrieved. Diaphragm

Huang Degong himself wanted to stay in Hefei and lacked skills, so the defense of Yangzhou City was handed over to a deputy newly assigned to him by the imperial court, named Huang Fei.

This Huang Fei's original surname was Tu, and he later changed his surname to Huang with his maternal uncle, but he is not related to Huang Degong - Huang Fei's uncle is Huang Long, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town who died in Chongzhen's sixth year, that is, the one who replaced Mao Wenlong after Mao Wenlong's death.

In the year following the Wuqiao Mutiny, Huang Long fought and died in Lushun with Kong Youde, Shang Kexi and other traitors who had newly surrendered to the enemy. After Huang Long's death, because he had no son, his nephew changed his surname back to his maiden name, which was regarded as a succession to his uncle to avoid his uncle's extinction.

Huang Fei did not have much intersection with Zhu Shuren's forces before, Chongzhen had been stationed near Denglai in the last years, and the imperial court sent him to "aid the Northeast Navy Division", nominally stationed on the Shandong Peninsula, and the sea route should harass Liaodong Jiannu behind the enemy,

But in fact, because of the lack of strength, Huang Fei did not make much achievements in those years. Because of the butterfly effect of Zhu Shuren, Chongzhen's work of transporting food and salary to Wu Sangui before his death was mainly done by Zhu Shuren, and the two battles of Tashan Xingshan Breakthrough and Rescue were also operated by Zhu Shuren's forces.

After Chongzhen's death, Huang Fei also took part of the "Liaoshui Division" to the south, with a total of 40,000 soldiers and civilians, which included women and children, so it is estimated that 10,000 soldiers could not make up it. Shi Kefa needed someone to help defend the river defense at that time, so he was transferred to Huang Degong's command.

After all, Huang Degong had already been crowned a general at that time, and he was promoted by Zhu Shuren's butterfly effect to a relatively high position, and he could command other general soldiers. Since then, Huang Fei has not performed brilliantly, and has always been regarded as acting in accordance with military orders. It wasn't until now that Huang Degong needed to divide his troops that he got a chance to take charge on his own. Diaphragm

And Cao Bianjiao's side, because he also had to divide troops to guard several places along the river, relying on the Yangtze River waterway behind him to coordinate with each other, Taixing of course could only leave one general here, so Cao Bianjiao chose an old subordinate named Liu Zhaoji.

This Liu Zhaoji's qualifications are actually not shallow, as early as four years ago, when Cao Bianjiao and Hong Chengchou participated in the bloody battle of Songshan, Liu Zhaoji already had the rank of general soldier, but he was unfavorable in the battle of Songshan, and Hong Chengchou exercised the right to reward and punish before he was besieged, and demoted Liu Zhaoji.

Historically, because Cao Bianjiao died in Liaodong, Liu Zhaoji was dispatched by the imperial court after going south, and finally defended Yangzhou with Shi Kefa and died in battle. So regardless of its combat effectiveness, the will to fight and loyalty are still guaranteed.

Now because of the butterfly effect of Zhu Shuren, Cao Bianjiao was rescued from Liaodong alive, and when Cao Bianjiao's department came to Nanjing Qinwang, then the deputies and subordinates he had partnered with when he was in Liaodong would naturally be reallocated to him.

Zhu Shuren and Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji, these general soldiers, did not have a deep friendship before, and it was impossible for him to bring over every general soldier under him, these people were originally from the Ming army in the south of the country, not the Huguang Ming army, and it was only after Zhu Shuren went to the east that he transferred their subordinate relationship.

Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji also didn't know much about the newly crowned king, and they were a little nervous and restrained when they directly obeyed him for the first time, but Zhu Shuren took the lead in asking them kindly, trying to dispel their concerns:

"Huang Junmen and Liu Junmen are also old generals for many years, and they are all remembered by the imperial court. Lonely is still young, you don't have to be restrained. Diaphragm

Let's talk about the Jiannu reinforcements, can they make bold moves in the near future? Did you spread the news of Dordor dead? How did Jiannu react? ”

Huang Fei saw that the prince was approachable, and also reported truthfully: "At present, the Qing army reinforcements, divided into land and water, each arrived at the city of Yangzhou, for five or six days and one or two days respectively, and they have not yet started the assault.

The land route from the north of the city, the west of the city besieged the city, the lack of the south, the commander of the army at the beginning of the cavalry sent by Azig are all Mandahai, recently with the Shandong Qing army south, the various departments are not subordinate to each other, and may be more commander-in-chief. I heard that it is possible to use Fengyang Nikan as the commander to command all kinds of land reinforcements.

The Qing army by waterway went down from Gaoyou Lake through the Hangou Canal and blocked it along the east of the city, but it could not get close to the mouth of the Yangtze River, nor could it prevent our warships from going out of the East Water Gate. This guy is like a dog skin plaster, he came very early, at the beginning he felt that the troops were not good, and he was defeated by our army, so he recaptured Gaoyou Lake, and this time there were more reinforcements by land, so he was brave and went south again.

As for the news of Dord's death, the last general and others also followed the general's orders and spread it by shouting at the besieging enemy, and the enemy army seemed to be slightly shaken for a while, but still refused to believe it, as if they thought that this was a ruse by our army, and it was to shake the morale of its army.

Or maybe Dolgon's orders were too harsh for them to give up - the last general thought, could he consider displaying Dordor's body to intimidate the enemy and demoralize them? ”

Zhu Shuren was quite surprised by this result, he always felt that the death of Duoduo should be a good unified understanding, Yan

After all, they have been dead for half a month, and the Qing army fled for several days after the collapse of the Battle of Jiangyin, and then someone must have tried to wait for the limelight to pass and cross the river into pieces. Counting the days, the first batch of people who stole across the river should have arrived in Jiangbei on the third and fourth days of the new year, and now that another ten days have passed, can they still bring back the news of Duoduo's death?

Or do some people want to remain incognito or hide it because they are afraid of military punishment?

Thinking of this, Zhu Shuren couldn't help but say to himself: "Is it possible...... It is those defeated generals who escaped by chance, who have pretended to be wrong, and talked about their deeds,

took advantage of the convenience of having no proof of death, and said that he was 'before Duoduo's death, on the orders of Duoduo, to break through to Jiangbei to send a letter for help', which caused the Qing army reinforcements to still refuse to retreat like chicken blood?

After all, if they were not there when Duoduo died, and they were ordered to risk their lives to deliver the letter, they would not have been guilty of trapping the commander, and the Tartar military law was very strict, and the subordinates would have to be beheaded directly.

However, if there are too many people who escape, this kind of rhetoric will definitely be a gang, and it is only possible to escape with a scattered minority, and once there are more and more scattered escapees from other roads with different statements, it will still be revealed in the end...... This is to avoid sin and survive, take one step at a time. ”

After listening to Zhu Shuren's analysis, Huang Fei and Liu Zhaoji also thought it was true, and only thought of this possibility. Diaphragm

Zhu Shuren stroked his beard and nodded slightly: "In this case, there is no need to stick to the corpse of Duoduo, although it has not been well preserved these days, and it is a little rotten, but fortunately, the climate in the winter is cold and rotten slowly, and it can still be sent as a prisoner to return it to Jiannu, just to shake the heart of the Jiannu army, and act again." ”

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ps: I'm very sorry for being late...... These two days were completely disrupted......