Yang Chengying's seemingly "appeasement of the adopted daughter" is also an expedient measure that is forced to be helpless.

And it is mainly concentrated in Henan.

The reason for this is simple.

Due to the flooding of Kaifeng during the three openings, the entire Henan region, especially the Yellow River Basin, became the Yellow Flood Area.

The whole area is a mess, not to mention the army's heavy artillery, and heavier supplies can't be pulled in.

Yang Chengying could only temporarily stabilize the situation in Henan, and after eliminating the Hongguang regime, the Dashun regime and the Daxi regime, he would make great efforts to govern Henan.

Fortunately, Gao Di also knew what was wrong, and under his persuasion, Li Jiyu and Liu Zhong took the initiative to carry out the work of selecting soldiers, and at the same time cooperated with the supervision army sent by Yang Chengying to make a register of soldiers.

After stabilizing the situation in Henan, Yang Chengying's eyes turned to the battlefield in Jiangbei.

Wu Sangui, who was on the front line, knew that His Royal Highness wanted to see him the most, so he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, arranged the deployment of Jiangbei, and arrived in Xuzhou almost non-stop before Yang Chengying sent a signal army.

For Wu Sangui, in order to meet His Royal Highness, it was worth the hard work all the way.

The process of the war with the Hongguang regime in Jiangbei was reported by Wu Sangui in one sentence:

"Li Chengdong had a confrontation with our army, and then retreated south with Li Benshen, according to the results of the frontline investigation, they should be in Xuyi."

"Xuyi?" Yang Chengying hurriedly went to the map to check, Xuyi was only 420 miles away from Xuzhou, and only 150 miles away from Wuhe, where Wu Sangui was located.

However, there is a Huai River in the middle.

This problem is not big, because Yue Zhen has already taken Huai'an Mansion, and he can make a detour to Xuyi.

"The idea of preserving the strength of the rest of Gao Jie's army should not stop at Xuyi, but should retreat south to the south of the Yangtze River."

Yang Chengying was a little puzzled.

Wu Sangui said: "I heard that the superintendent Shi Kefa braved the pouring rain and went north overnight to prevent these general soldiers from escaping south."

"Oh? Scofa!" Yang Chengying remembered that Nanming did have a character like a pasteur.

Shi Kefa is a disciple of Zuo Guangdou, and it stands to reason that he is a member of the Donglin Party. But since the Donglin Party generation has died, the rest are indiscriminate people.

Moreover, Shi Kefa has no intention of party struggle, and he has no ability to participate in party struggle.

However, this did not prevent Ma Shiying from using the party to fight for him.

"Then let's not rush into the army, first, rest on the spot, and wait for the grain and grass to be heavy; The second is to make preparations to attack Henan at any time, and put some psychological pressure on Gao Di and Li Jiyu, who are clearing up Henan."

Yang Chengying immediately came up with a new plan.

The plan was simple, let Azig continue to pursue Li Zicheng, forcing Li Zicheng to retreat eastward.

Li Zicheng's retreat to the east will squeeze You Shilu's space, causing You Shilu to also go east.

The Hongguang regime could not take care of each other, so Yang Chengying could take advantage of the situation to seize Yangzhou Mansion and then cross the river to the south.

Prudence is Yang Chengying's consistent style.

Wu Sangui felt a little slow: "Your Highness, we have tens of thousands of troops, and we have the Grand Canal as a material transportation channel, why are we slow."

"If the frontal attack is too strong, it will cause them to neglect the west side in order to guard against us, and we will not make wedding clothes for others." Yang Chengying said, "I'll wait for them to fight each other before making a move, and I'll get twice the result with half the effort."

"Your Highness is still thoughtful."

Wu Sangui had long discovered that figuring out His Highness's thoughts could not follow the ideas of ordinary people.

If it is according to the thinking of ordinary people, you can guess it: the army swept the south of the Yangtze River, like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves-cool!

But! As a mature politician, the idea is completely different: war is a continuation of politics, and killing should be a means rather than an end. Shortly after the war letter was issued, the officials of the Hongguang regime had to be given some time to recognize the enemy and the enemy, and finally chose to take sides.

This is extremely important for the governance of Jiangnan after the pacification of Jiangnan.

Yang Chengying mainly aimed at big landlords and big bureaucrats, not small and medium-sized landlords.

Especially the small landlords, it sounds like the words are not good,

In fact, in that era when agriculture was not yet developed, small landlords were only synonymous with more land.

Because they have no fame, they are also the objects of oppression, and many daughters of small landlords have to work in the fields.

For example, Nurhachi's grandfather, Jue Chang'an, had three coats at home, but he still couldn't eat enough.

The two were chatting, and Zu Zepei suddenly ran in: "Your Highness, I just got the news that there is a big incident in the south!"

"What's the matter?"

"It is said that the crown prince Zhu Cihong fled to Nanjing!"

"What?" Yang Chengying and Wu Sangui spoke in unison.

Previously, Yang Chengying sent people to search carefully, but he really didn't find it.

The reason why you are willing to look for Zhu Cihong is actually very simple. According to the order of inheritance, even if Yang Chengying wants to be the emperor, someone should stand up and hand over the jade seal to him.

And the person who stood up, Zhu Cihong is undoubtedly the most suitable.

It's a pity that Zhu Cihong's whereabouts have been unknown.

In the Forbidden City of Nanjing, there was also chaos.

"Did you hear that? Lu Jiude has already recognized it, thinking that it is the crown prince."

"Lu Jiude has been commanding troops abroad for many years, how could he recognize His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who is already nine years old."

"You're not right. Lu Jiude is an internal prisoner, how could he not know him! Is it only the foreign minister who knows?"

"You can't say that, the emperor who taught the prince among the foreign ministers knows him."

"Who? Wang Duo can be in the north, and he has done the work of compiling books."

"He's not the only one."

"Hey! Who brought the prince to Nanjing?"

"Honglu Temple Shaoqing Gao Mengji!"

"Lyrant is dizzy! Profit is dizzy!"

The ministers talked a lot, and they all thought that Gao Mengjili was dizzy and wanted to be a big official.

This is wronged Gao Mengji.

In fact, he just brought the "prince" to Nanjing and settled in his own house.

I don't know that this "prince" swaggers through the market every day, and when he meets people, he says that he is Zhu Cihong.

Gao Mengji was frightened, so he hurriedly reported to the imperial court.

Emperor Hongguang got the music and was in a hurry.

He hurriedly sent Liu Zhengzong and Li Jinglian, who had served as lecturers in the East Palace, to identify them, and they all said that they were fake.

He also ordered the old East Palace to accompany the eunuch Qiu Zhizhong to identify it, but Qiu Zhizhong didn't know him.

Hongguang was relieved, and immediately arranged for the three legal divisions to hear it together.

Trial result: This "prince" is a fake, and his real name is Wang Zhiming. Because Gao Mengji's slave Mu Hu was greedy for money, after meeting Wang Zhiming, he asked him to pretend to be the prince and go to Nanjing to deceive.

Originally, this matter ended here, and it can be regarded as an explanation.

Emperor Hongguang imprisoned both Wang Zhiming and Gao Mengji.

In order to bring down Ma Shiying, who was doing evil, he sent someone to the prison to teach Wang Zhiming how to speak to save his life.

Wang Zhiming got the dial, and immediately made a 180-degree turn.

From then on, no matter who asked, Wang Zhiming only had one sentence:

"I am the true prince, Wang Zhiming's name was chosen to avoid pursuit, I don't believe you pronounce the three words Wang Zhiming upside down."

Wang Zhiming read it upside down, it is Ming, Zhi, Wang!