And Wen Tiren frowned slightly when he heard Zhang Zhifa's words, Zhang Zhifa's method was very good, but I was afraid that some people would not want to let Zhu Youzhen go south.

In the past two hundred years, because the imperial power is in the north, Jiangnan has long been a faction of its own, different from the nobles of the Jingshi side in order to avoid suspicion, do not marry with the major families, the nobles of Nanjing City and the wealthy families marry each other, and monopolize land and commerce.

has already formed an unbreakable net in the south of the Yangtze River, and now Zhu Youzhen wants to go south, how can those people be willing, you must know that as soon as Zhu Youzhen goes south, he will definitely take all the civil and military ministers and wealthy families with him.

And these people go to Jiangnan, for the development of the family, they will definitely seize power and compete for land, and Zhu Youzhen will also reuse these people in order to stabilize his position, what will those people in Jiangnan do when the time comes, will they obediently give up their status and wealth?

Therefore, those people will definitely do everything possible to obstruct the southward migration, if Zhu Youzhen has to move south, once those people are pressed, what will happen, then no one can predict.

"Wen Aiqing, what do you think of this?"

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth and asked, he thought this proposal was quite good, as long as he moved the capital to Nanzhili, he didn't need to spend a lot of taxes on the border passes, he could train an elite army again, and wouldn't it be easy to quell the rebellion at that time.

"Your Majesty, the matter of moving the capital is very high, and you should discuss it with hundreds of officials in the court."

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's question, Wen Tiren hurriedly replied, he didn't want to carry this black cauldron, once he said yes, then those people in Jiangnan would definitely hate him to the bone, and even those noble and wealthy families in the capital would not be grateful to him.

After all, once the capital is moved, then in addition to the gold, silver and jewelry that can be taken away, everything else has to be abandoned, it can be said that more than 200 accumulated family business will be lost in one day, so as long as it is not in a desperate situation, not to mention that those people in Jiangnan are unwilling to move the capital, and even the people in the capital are not willing to move the capital to Jiangnan.

Hearing Wen Tiren's words, Zhu Youzhen's brows suddenly furrowed, and his dissatisfaction with Wen Tiren in his heart was a little more, although Wen Tiren was also obedient, but he was too slippery, and he didn't come forward as soon as there was a big thing.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen had the idea of replacing Wen Tiren in his heart, so his eyes began to wander on Zhang Zhifa, Kong Zhenyun, Huang Shijun and others, trying to find a suitable candidate, and finally his eyes fell on Zhang Zhifa.

"Then let's discuss it in court."

After thinking for a while, Zhu Youzhen waved his hand.

………

On the other side, in the middle of Texas.

"Your Majesty, more than 10,000 beheaded and more than 60,000 captured in this battle, and the other routs cannot be collected for the time being."

Tang Xiangjin arched his hand and said, the treatment of the soldiers of Daqi is excellent, and all the food and salary are distributed by the people of the food and salary department arranged by Su Hao, and there are very few cases of deduction, so most of the Ming troops who can't run away choose to surrender to Daqi on the spot.

"Order the governor's office of the five armies, and let them send people over there to register all the surrendered troops, and then disrupt and distribute them to each army."

Su Hao opened his mouth and said, whether it is dealing with the surrender of troops or the recruitment of new soldiers, Tang Xiangjin and the generals who went out on the expedition cannot interfere, they can only be ordered by him personally, and then the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies will send someone to carry it out.

This is to prevent the generals from having too much power, and these powers are not necessary for the generals, as long as the entire army can be mobilized to fight, and everything else is not necessary.

"Has the ship from the Dongchang Mansion City arrived?"

After a pause, Su Hao looked at Guo Hong on the side, his personal expedition this time was not only for these Ming troops outside Dezhou City, but mainly for Jiangnan.

"Back to Your Majesty, two thousand ships of all sizes have been mobilized from the city of Dongchang, and more than a thousand ships have also been mobilized from Jining Prefecture."

Guo Hong replied.

"That's good."

Su Hao nodded, the biggest advantage of occupying Shandong is the canal, whether it is going north or south, the canal can play a huge role, and the logistics supply alone can save a lot of manpower and consumption.

"Liao Qing, now

How about the *** over there in Nanzhili?"

After a pause, Su Hao looked at Liao Qing on the side, he had already prepared to attack Nanzhili, so naturally he would not send someone to figure out the deployment of troops and horses in Jiangnan.

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the report of the spies of the Black Ice Platform, there are now 40,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Fengyang, the central capital, 60,000 soldiers and horses in Nanjing City, and the remaining 50,000 soldiers and horses in Huai'an Mansion."

Liao Qing replied.

"Is that so?"

Hearing Liao Qing's words, Su Hao's fingers lightly tapped the handrail, to be honest, he didn't care much about the guards in Nanzhili, these guards didn't have any fighting spirit at all, it was okay to drive away the homeless, and in the face of the bloody battlefield, these people were useless at all.

After thinking for a while, Su Hao said, "Tang Xiangjin, you lead Pan Ping and the six of them to continue to sit in Dezhou City, and the others will go with me to conquer Nanzhili."

Jiangnan is the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, once the news of his attack on Jiangnan spreads, the Ming Dynasty may be desperate and send all the soldiers and horses of the North Zhili to attack Shandong, so someone must be in charge of Dezhou City.

"Obey!"

Hearing this, Tang Xiangjin hurriedly replied.

…

Soon, a large number of soldiers and horses traveled south by boat and gathered in Yixian.

………

When the soldiers and horses of Daqi approached Nanzhili, the entire Jiangnan instantly became a rumor, and some wealthy families from Xuzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou fled to Nanjing.

Nanjing City.

Garrison the yamen of the central government's office.

Nanjing as the capital of stay, there are naturally not a few soldiers and horses, and the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to the north, thousands of miles away from the south of the Zhili, the whip is beyond the reach, naturally can not be personally controlled everywhere, so the establishment of the Nanjing garrison, the coordination of the garrison, the garrison eunuch and the counselor four official positions, the formation of the Nanjing garrison department to control the entire military affairs of the south Zhili.

Among them, the Nanjing garrison and the coordinated garrison were all served by the nobles in Nanjing, the garrison eunuch was personally sent by the emperor to supervise the military affairs of Nanzhili, and the counselor has always been the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.

Because the garrison eunuch is the emperor's confidant, the entire Nanjing garrison hall is dominated by the garrison eunuchs, and the garrison Zhongguan's yamen is the palace of the garrison eunuchs.

On the main seat, the garrison eunuch Wang Jia's face was full of sadness, and Chen Guangyu, the marquis of Ningyang, the Nanjing garrison below, also had a sad face.

"Princess-in-law, now that the puppet Qi rebels have approached Xuzhou, what should we do?"

Chen Guangyu said worriedly, although the governor of Caoyun was in charge of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses along the river, the power of the governor of Caoyun could only be used in affairs related to Caoyun, and nominally all the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili were in charge of the Nanjing Garrison Department.

Now that Daqi is going south, this kind of thing does not belong to the governor of Caoyun, and can only be responsible for their Nanjing Garrison Department.

"Fan Shangshu, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Wang Jia looked at Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the military department, although he was a garrison eunuch, but he really didn't understand military affairs, he was an old minister when Zhu Youzhen was in the palace, and he was far less favored than Wang Chengen, and later Zhu Youzhen sent him to Nanjing to sit down.

"Princess-in-law, the lower officials think that they should guard the Huai'an Mansion City and the central capital Fengyang, and use the Huai'an Mansion City and the Central Capital as the left and right horns, so that the puppet Qi rebels will have to think twice before attacking Nanjing."

Hearing Wang Jia's question, Fan Jingwen thought for a moment before speaking.

"Isn't that a division of troops?"

Wang Jia frowned and said, "Why don't you guard Nanjing City?"

Although he doesn't understand military affairs, he also knows that the more soldiers there are, the better, and it is best to defend Nanjing City, as long as Nanjing City is not lost, other places will be lost, with the tall walls of Nanjing City, it will definitely not fall in a few years, and then only need the support of the Beijing Division, then there will be no problem.

"Princess, if this all falls into the hands of the puppet Qi rebels, I'm afraid my head will fall to the ground."

Hearing this, Fan Jingwen smiled bitterly and said, he didn't want to divide the troops either, but Fengyang, the central capital, was where the ancestral grave of her husband Zhu's family was located, and last time Fengyang was broken and so many officials died, and most of the officials at that time were personally led by him to arrest them

, he didn't want to follow Yang Yipeng's back path.

"Then keep these two places."

Hearing Fan Jingwen's words, Wang Jia could only nod, after all, he didn't want to die, if Fengyang lost it again this time, he would be finished.

………

At this time, the Qi army that was resting in Yixian County had already finished resting, and then the army marched into Xuzhou.

In the face of hundreds of thousands of elite Qi troops, how could the township warriors temporarily recruited by some counties and towns be able to stop it, and in just a few days, the entire Xuzhou completely fell into the hands of Daqi.

After taking Xuzhou, Su Hao did not continue to gather all the troops together, but divided the troops into three routes, one led by Guo Hong, leading 30,000 troops into Huai'an Mansion, one led by Ganyang, leading 30,000 troops into Fengyang Mansion, and finally he himself led 40,000 soldiers and horses down the river and entered Huai'an Mansion.

At this time, Su Hao's benefits of treating the wealthy families in Shandong over the years also began to appear, and most of the wealthy families in the county town did not have the idea of assisting in defending the city at all, and even took the initiative to let the clansmen in the county government leave, resulting in the Qi army taking the county seats easily with almost no effort.

………

Capital.

In the cabinet, Zhang Zhifa, Kong Zhenyun, and Huang Shijun were worried, and the puppet Qi rebels had already captured most of Huai'an Mansion and Fengyang Mansion.

"Zhang Shoufu, now that Nan Zhili's side is in danger, what should we do?"

Huang Shijun said with a bitter face, Wen Tiren was unwilling to move the capital for Zhu Youzhen, so he was kicked back to his hometown by Zhu Youzhen to retire, Zhang Zhifa was promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet, and now the relocation of the capital has not yet been settled, but Nan Zhili is about to lose.

"When will Huguang's reinforcements arrive in Nanzhili?"

Zhang Zhifa had a low voice, these days, Zhu Youzhen has been urging him to move the capital, but he has no choice, the ministers of the DPRK and China are all against it, and now the puppet Qi rebels are besieging Nanzhili, this matter is even more unlikely to succeed.

"I guess it'll be another three or four months."

Huang Shijun said with a wry smile, the guards and horses on Huguang's side were originally used to guard against the Tusi in the Sichuan-Guizhou region, and there were not many soldiers and horses near Nanzhili, and now they suddenly wanted to mobilize these soldiers and horses to Nanzhili, how could it be so simple.

"Let's go see Your Majesty."

After being silent for a while, Zhang Zhi sighed, this move to the capital is estimated to be hopeless, and I don't know how Zhu Youzhen will get angry.

………

On the other side, outside the city of Huai'an Mansion, a large army gathered, waving flags.

On the city wall, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Caoyun, looked solemn, and beside him was Yu Zhixian, the prefect of Huai'an, and many commanders of the guards.

"Governor, this pseudo-Qi rebel army is attacking fiercely, if it goes on like this, I'm afraid the city won't be able to hold it for long."

Yu Zhixian had a bitter face, he finally spent a lot of money to get through the relationship between the ministers and the book, and before he could recover the capital, the puppet Qi rebels would arrive, and if the city was lost, his silver would be lost.

"If you can't keep it, keep it!"

Zhu Dadian said coldly: "We have the emperor's grace and have the responsibility of defending the land."

"The Governor's lesson is that the lower officials will live and die together!"

Yu Zhixian cut the railway, but his heart was extremely greasy, if he could keep it, he would naturally be willing to keep it, but in this situation, how could he keep it.

The puppet Qi rebels have more than 100 Hongyi cannons, shelling the city wall day and night, and those guards in the city have no longer dared to go up to the city wall, how can this city be defended?

Outside the city, the Qi army camp.

"What's going on in Nanjing City now?"

Looking at Huai'an Mansion City, Su Hao opened his mouth and asked, although Huai'an Mansion City has not been taken yet, he doesn't care much about Huai'an Mansion City, because if he wants to take Huai'an Mansion City, he can do it at any time.

This time he went south, he brought more than 160 Hongyi cannons, some of which were captured from the Ming army, and the rest were brought out by him from the capital of Jinan.

The defenders in the city of Huai'an Mansion are all guards, after more than ten days of shelling, there are not many guards who dare to go up the city wall, at this time, there is not much difficulty in attacking the city.

Now he wants to

It is to take Nanjing City, only by taking Nanjing City can it be regarded as really taking Jiangnan, and if Jiangnan is taken, Daqi can be regarded as having the foundation to compete for the world, after all, Shandong is too small, and if you want to dominate the world, it is still a little worse.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are 60,000 Ming troops in Nanjing City, and the officials of Nanjing City are still recruiting Xiang Yong."

Hearing Su Hao's words, Liao Qing replied.

"I asked you to arrange it in detail, how did it go?"

Hearing this, Su Hao then asked, the city wall of Nanjing City is not comparable to Huai'an Mansion, if you want to forcibly take Nanjing City, the casualties are definitely not small, so if you can rely on the fine work to take Nanjing City, then you can reduce a lot of casualties.

"The minister has sent a lot of spies to infiltrate Nanjing City disguised as merchants, but the defense of Nanjing City is still very tight, and it is difficult for our people to get close to the city gate."

Liao Qing said in a deep voice, although he has sent a lot of spies to infiltrate Nanjing City, but it is not so easy to take the city, and now the Ming Dynasty has already shown signs of sunset under the blows of Daqi and many Shaanxi rebels.

But the hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty has not been completely shaken, those nobles in Nanjing City will not surrender so easily, and there is definitely a bitter battle on the side of Nanjing City.

(End of chapter)