December 30 of the twelfth year of Kangxi, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Located in the Yamen of the Qing Army's Jiangdong Battalion Management Minister in Dantu Town, Dantu County, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, there is a voice of greeting the New Year. In the entire hall of the Chinese army, there are generals of the two departments of the Green Battalion of the Eight Banners of the Qing Army wearing gowns and wearing various colors of crowned official hats. Because they are all warriors with soldiers, it should not be official business for them to be called to the Jiangdong battalion to manage the Yamen today, but to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, so naturally they are more open, one voice has competed another, and they talk and laugh loudly and martically.

These officers with troops basically came from two ways, one of them followed Prince An Yue Le, the "gambling dog" Ezha and the governor of Huguang Cai Yurong, who lost all the territory of Huguang, from Jingzhou to Zhenjiang. Although these people have just experienced a round of thousands of miles, their morale looks quite high - because most of them ran from Jingzhou with their families and fine soft, and Yue Le also arranged their families to Yangzhou, which is across the river from Zhenjiang. Yangzhou is located in Jiangbei, and it is the station of Jiangbei Daying, which is much safer than Zhenjiang, which is located in the south of the Yangtze River.

In case something goes wrong, it's much easier to run from Yangzhou back to Beijing and from Zhenjiang

Therefore, the Qing troops stationed in Zhenjiang from Jingzhou are also the same as the Eight Banners soldiers in Shaanxi and Gansu, all of them take turns to return to Yangzhou on vacation to reunite with their families.

The other part of the Qing troops who were transferred to Zhenjiang from Wuhu on the ships of Shi Lang's sailors or fled to Zhenjiang from Nanjing with Echu, the morale was not very good. Most of their families are trapped in Nanjing, and the families of the flag soldiers are gone! Some of the Green Battalion soldiers were also lost - at the time of the Jiangning Incident, some of the families of the Green Battalion soldiers also felt that the city was safe, so they fled in a daze, and as a result, the city was also burned when it was breached.

But after all, today is the day of the New Year, whether the morale is good or not, today must put aside the sorrow for the time being, and come to a drunk tomorrow.

In addition, the rumors about "dividing the river and ruling the country" were also spread in the Jiangdong camp during this time. Now that everyone is gathered together, this matter has become the focus of discussion.

Some people are in favor of "dividing the river and ruling the country", and it seems that it is okay to let the third prince of Zhu be a "Zhu Gou", so that they can concentrate superior forces to fight Wu Sangui first.

While others are resolutely opposed, Jiangnan is the money box and rice bag of the Qing Dynasty. Although after "dividing the river and governing", it is still possible to let "Zhu Gou" pay the New Year's coin, but the New Year's currency must not directly rule the south of the Yangtze River!

At present, the four major battalions of Jiangbei, Jiangdong, Jiangxi, and Jiangnan alone have to take 1 million taels of silver every month from the two political envoys in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to use it for military expenses!

If the river is drawn and ruled, how much can "Zhu Gou" give in a year? How can it be enough to feed this big camp, that big camp?

When it comes to tangible interests, the voices of this group of soldiers are of course getting louder and louder.

Mingzhu, the governor of Caoyun, and Ma Hu, the governor of Jiangsu, also sat aside, they did not join the discussion, but just frowned and thought about their hearts, one of them was responsible for negotiating with the third prince of Zhu, and the other was responsible for raising salaries for the two camps in Jiangdong and Jiangbei. It's normal to be in a bad mood!

Especially that pearl, in Nanjing City, he also watched Zhu Guozhi being Ling Chi

At this time, the sound of boots came from behind the screen. Mingzhu and Ma Hu glanced at each other, they both stood up from their chairs, and Ma Hu also said sharply: "Stand on duty, be careful of losing your honor in front of the army!" ”

As soon as those banner generals buzzed, they returned to their positions one after another, and you bumped into me and I touched him, and they were disturbed for a while.

Before he stood up for the class according to the grade, he saw Prince An Yue Le turning out from behind the screen with a straight face and Ezha and Cai Yurong. The generals below hurriedly saluted one by one, and shouted together: "Say hello to the prince, and greet the prince for the New Year!" ”

The generals under the command of the An Qin Dynasty smiled faintly, glanced at the past one by one, did not return the salute, and slowly arched their hands in the air: "Sacred decree!" This king has been appointed as the governor of Liangjiang, and the minister of military affairs of Liangjiang, Zhejiang, and Fujian has been supervised. The naval divisions and land divisions in Liangjiang, Zhejiang, and Fujian are dispatched with full authority and act cheaply. The generals should be the holy heart, should be afraid of military discipline, be cautious in their orders, be diligent in their work, and be brave in battle! ”

The generals below were stunned for a moment, and then they found out that something was wrong.

If we have to "divide the river and rule", how can there still be "the military ministers of Liangjiang, Zhejiang, and Fujian"?

Could it be that the imperial court was fooling the third prince of Zhu in Nanjing under the guise of "dividing the river and ruling the country", and after he relaxed his vigilance, he would give him a ruthless one?

If this is the case, it will have to be concealed too strictly, and it will definitely be able to catch the third prince of Zhu off guard!

As soon as they thought of this, the generals below immediately came to their senses, and they all raised a breath of anger from their small stomachs, and then shouted: "Huh! ”

This roar shook the lobby of the Chinese army.

Seeing that the morale of the people below had risen, Yue Le showed a satisfied smile on his face - everyone can have this morale, which means that the big guy is not satisfied with the third prince Zhu's stealing of Jiangning, and he is not afraid of Geng Jingzhong, a traitor.

If the opponent is replaced by Wu Sangui, I'm afraid there won't be so much momentum.

"Well done!" Yue Le picked up the thumb brother and praised it, and then waved his hand again, "Get up!" ”

Seeing that all the generals below stood up and returned to everyone, Yue Le said again: "Everyone must have guessed why the emperor gave this king such power!" That's right! The emperor never thought of crossing the river with the third prince of Zhu to rule! It's just that the previous troop deployment was too late, and there was no certainty of extinguishing it in one fell swoop, so he first used the strategy of appeasement to paralyze the rebels in Jiangning.

And now, our troops have been dispatched, and the traitors in Jiangning have also been deceived by us. It is reported that these days, the third prince of Zhu and Geng Jingzhong were busy transferring troops west to occupy Chizhou, Taiping, Huizhou and other places, in case Li Zicheng went east after King Kang evacuated Jiujiang; On the one hand, in Zhang Luo, what kind of restoration conference was held, and the remnants of the previous dynasty and the envoys of the traitors from all over the country were invited everywhere, preparing to hold a conference in Jiangning after the New Year, announcing the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, which is really ridiculous! ”

Yue Le said that it was a confident general, and the generals who had just retired were also eager. Let them fight Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng, they may be reluctant, but to fight the third prince of Zhu who is entrenched in Jiangning, they are everyone grinding their fists!

Beat Zhu San, that is revenge with revenge, and those without revenge can also get rich!

Although Jiangning Mancheng was slaughtered by Geng Jingzhong, and he was also doing things according to the old rules of the Qing Dynasty of "sticking to the slaughter", the big guy hated the third prince Zhu the most.

Moreover, Jiangning, where Zhu San is entrenched, is a rich place second only to Suzhou in the Jiangnan generation. If this can be washed once, not everyone can save enough flowers for a lifetime?

Even if Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng get Jiangnan in the future, they will really have to divide the river and govern it. With this windfall, he will not be poor after returning to Beijing!

Yue Le's face also sank, "Husband and soldier, treacherous!" Even if the enemy is not very strong, we have to use enough tricks, and we have to use the knife to kill the two chickens, the third prince of Zhu and Geng Jingzhong!

Now that our trickery has been completed, the next step is to choose a surprise time to send troops. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this time for the Chinese New Year? ”

High!

It's so high!

First use "drawing the river and governing" to paralyze the third prince Zhu and Geng Jingzhong, and then suddenly send troops during the New Year!

What's even more is that such a big plan has been secretly preparing for so many days, and even most of these high-ranking officers who came to Yamen, the management minister of the Jiangdong Battalion, to wait for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner today, did not know that there was such a thing!

To achieve this step of secrecy, unless the third prince Zhu and Geng Jingzhong in Nanjing City can pinch and calculate, they must not have imagined that the Qing Heavenly Soldiers would choose such a time to sneak attack.

And Nanjing is actually very close to the Jiangdong camp in Zhenjiang Dantu Town!

It is only fifty miles from Jiangdong Daying to Xiashu Town at the "junction of the Ming and Qing Dynasties", and it is only eighty-five miles from Jiangdong Daying to Qixia Mountain, where Yue Le is preparing to set up camp. And more than forty miles west from Qixia Mountain, it is Nanjing City!

And this time, the opponent is not Wu Sangui, but the third prince of Zhu and Geng Jingzhong. Not that strong!

Yue Le looked at these generals under his command with blazing eyes, and saw greed, hatred, and a force to tear apart the third prince Zhu and Geng Jingzhong, and empty the entire Nanjing City from their faces!

That's what he wants!

Yue Le nodded, and then hugged his fist at the people below: "Everyone, this king can't stand everyone, there is no preparation for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner tonight, only preparations to send troops to attack the general order of the east of Nanjing. The dispatch time of each battalion, the marching route, the baggage, rations, and artillery that need to be carried have all been written in the military order, and they will be sent directly to everyone later, and the big guy can follow the order.

As for the brothers who are not in the team, there is no need to find them back, just as many as you want! ”

After saying this, he nodded at the captain of Goshha beside him, only to hear the man shout: "Take it all in!" ”

Someone outside the lobby immediately answered: "Whew! ”

Then I saw more than a dozen palace guards walking in with trays, half of which contained envelopes in them, and the names of the generals were written on the envelopes, and inside were military orders.

And the other half of the tray is piled with hot meat buns - there is no Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the buns are enough!

Yue Le watched the generals below take the envelopes with their names written on them from the tray, and then picked up the meat buns and gnawed them down, then nodded with a smile: "Okay, eat more buns!" As for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, when Nanjing is defeated, the king will drink bitterly with the princes. ”

He raised his voice again: "Finally, this king dictates another order. Break the city of Nanjing, don't seal the knife for ten days! ”

Don't seal the knife for ten days!

In other words, you can burn, kill and loot in Nanjing City for ten days!

Yue Le's face turned hideous, and his voice trembled a little: "Tell the brothers below to get rich, that's it!" Don't seal the knife for ten days! Even if he robs the city of Nanjing, this king will not be guilty!

This king only needs the third prince of Zhu, as long as Nanjing City! ”

I don't know who took the lead in shouting: "Go to Nanjing and capture Zhu Laosan alive!"

Then more people cheered together: "Go to Nanjing and capture Zhu Laosan alive!" ”

The same festival, a different atmosphere.

In Nanjing, this is the most lively time of the year, and even the degree of excitement is more than many years in the past, since the fall of the Hongguang Dynasty of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Nanjing has become Jiangning, and is no longer the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, this city where you can see the buildings left over from the Ming Dynasty full of sorrow everywhere, began to decay at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is no longer the southeast metropolis where humanities gather, and there is no Donglin Party who dares to excite words and point out the country, and there is only the majesty of the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers, which seems to be inoffensive!

And with the gradual departure of the remnants of that generation of Ming, who have personally experienced the great tomorrow, who are still nostalgic for their homeland, and who still dream of one day the Han family can come back to the world, this city, which is likely to be the world's largest metropolis, seems to be gradually getting used to its new identity and new master.

Just when a long and dull era was coming, the twelfth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty suddenly became the forty-sixth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty!

In the forty-sixth year of Chongzhen, the people of Nanjing City suddenly realized that the Ming Dynasty had not gone far, and now Emperor Chongzhen had ascended the throne, and only forty-six years had passed, and it was less than 30 years since Chongzhen was martyred.

Even, the banner of the Ming Dynasty has not been completely lowered. For the past ten years, it has been fluttering unyieldingly on the seashore and several deserted islands in the north and south.

And Emperor Chongzhen's son, Prince Zhu, and the righteous men of the Heaven and Earth Society are fighting all the time for the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

And the efforts of all these people made the name of Emperor Chongzhen appear again in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Da Ming is back!

And it also issued a call to the heroes and Confucians of the world, inviting everyone to gather in Jinling to discuss the country's wisdom together, to see how to restore the great tomorrow, how to establish a new Ming that is different from the previous Ming Dynasty, a world for the public, a people for the king, a world for the lord and a new Ming for the guest!

Such a new Ming Dynasty can of course attract those "old people" who are hidden in various places, but still have the world in their hearts, and those who are gearing up and full of enthusiasm to gather in Jinling. Come and find their dreams and opportunities!

And Wang Zhongxiao, who single-handedly contributed to this earth-shattering change, also ushered in Huang Zongxi, Qu Dajun, Chen Gongyin and other votes of "Heaven and Earth Society Confucianism" and the signboard of the general helm of the Heaven and Earth Society in his Mochou Lake Palace-there is no need to play any more "Reform Society" signboards.

You can openly announce to the big guys that the Heaven and Earth Society is the new society, and the new society is the Heaven and Earth Society, and the Neo-Confucianism with the core idea of "The World is Justice" is the guiding ideology of the Heaven and Earth Society!

The Heaven and Earth Society is to establish an ideal country according to the principle of "The World is Just".

Today, in the Mochou Hunan Royal Mansion, they had a lively Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, and they drank and talked together, except for those soldiers and generals who came to Nanjing with Wang Zhongxiao, they were these big confucians who were full of wealth and a lot of great truths, but their execution ability was not good.

This Confucianism is equipped with a cannon, and the truth will work!

In the hall of the palace, the stove is burning at this time, it is warm, dozens of large tables are set up, all kinds of small dishes from the north and south are full, and the cooks who came from Guangdong with Huang Zongxi and others, and the cooks hired by Wang Zhongxiao in Jinling, are all full of spirits, and have taken out the ability to take care of the house.

In the military camp of the Mochou Lake Royal Mansion and the martial arts school opened with the camp, there is enough wine and meat today-of course, the officers and soldiers on duty are still not allowed to drink!

Vigilance can not be let go at any time, especially in a city of Nanjing with the East Palace, the West Palace, the South Palace, the North Palace, the Zhongwang Mansion, and the Yiwang Mansion. There is a lack of a king and Nanjing is changed to Tianjing!

In this city of Nanjing, if Wang Zhongxiao takes it lightly, it will really be a waste of reading history books.

However, his strength as the successor of the Southern King in Nanjing City is still a little weak, and in addition to the two thousand old brothers who have been driven from Guangdong one after another, he is probably the two thousand "Huaiyong" who have just been recruited into the camp - Wang Zhongxiao is also "Li Zhongtang" now! Of course, Li Zhongtang wants to use Huaiyong.

And these two thousand Huaiyong were recruited from Jiangbei by Liu Jinzhong, and the enthusiasm of the Jiangbei Huai people to join the army is much higher than that of the people of Yingtianfu! Wang Zhongxiao's military salary standard for the regimental training army (the Guangdong New Army is also this standard, but they have granted Tian 45 days of "no service" every year), the attraction to them is not small, not only Jiangpu and Liuhe's Ding Zhuang enthusiastically recruited, even the neighboring Chuzhou, Hezhou, Fengyang, Ding Zhuang, all quietly came to the Ming Dynasty as a soldier - think back then, many Huaixi men who went to Nanjing to serve as soldiers for the emperor surnamed Zhu who started a rebellion, but they all played a legend.

The wealth effect is there, who is not impressed?

Wang Zhongxiao looked at the dozens of tables in the hall, and his mind was also spinning quickly. The next meeting of the restoration of vision must be held well!

We have to open a new dynasty and a new atmosphere!

Not only can we not go down the old path, but we also have to take a new path!

But how do you go about this new path?

Now the new Ming Dynasty has the signs of warlord secession. Oh, it's not the sprouts, it's the warlord secession! Maybe there will be a civil war, and the level of chaos is about the same as that of the Red Turban Army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty!

That's not going to work!

Hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, and then I saw Wang Zhongxiao's personal battalion commander Wang Quanfei walking in, looking a little nervous, as if something big had happened.

Wang Zhongxiao frowned deeply, and didn't ask a question, just waited for Wang Quan to come to his ear and reported in a low voice: "Jie Shuai, the beacon tower has been lit!" ”

"What?" Wang Zhongxiao was stunned, "Where is the beacon?" Is it upstream or Jiangbei? ”

"Neither, it seems to be east!" Wang Quan said.

"East?" Wang Zhongxiao frowned, "It's the Jiangdong camp!" ”

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