Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 328

Hearing that Chen Tai was very active, Ma Guozhu could only nod helplessly in response. He knew why Chen Tai was so active. Although Chen Tai, the governor of water transport, was in charge of water transport in eight provinces, his focus was on Huaiyang, especially in Huai'an. He was still in charge of the salt, and even the governor of the river and the governor of Huaiyang, but now that Huaiyang was in the hands of the Ming army, he could only be forced to stay in Jiangning.

Up to now, even Caobiao [-] has not been recovered, because Yan Wogong and the others must first come to Caojiang Admiral, Jingbiao, Governor Biaoying, etc. He stays in Jiangning every day, the entire canal is blocked, half a grain of autumn grain There is no way to start the shipment, so there is no rush.

He wished to defeat the Ming army immediately, and then he would return to his own territory in Huai'an.

Mr. Yan said happily, "All of you share the same hatred against the enemy and go to the national calamity together. This battle will be under the unified command of Admiral Chen. The battalions of the governors will be stationed in the Eight Banners, and they will all gather in Zhenjiang to fight the Ming Dynasty!"

"Decisive battle!" Everyone encouraged themselves.

The majestic and invincible Qing army now has to use this method to encourage themselves before the war.

End of the meeting.

When Mr. Yan returned to his study, he immediately began to write secret letters, including the plans and deployment of the Qing army, and even Chen Jin's river defense fortifications, all of which were written in detail in agreed cipher text, and finally made into special wax pills.

Call the confidants.

The nephew skillfully swallowed this special wax pill directly into his stomach, and when he saw Lu Jianguo, he just had to drink some oil and pull it out.

"Safe travels."

"Don't worry, there will never be any leaks."

"I have seen Jian Guo, and please be on my behalf. Jian Guo's Northern Expedition is really gratifying," said Yan Wogong in a low voice. Great opportunity."

"Also, you must be careful of Chen Jin's defense against the river. You have to be wary of those dragons rolling in the river, the floating wooden city, Jiangxin, and Jiang'an fort. Crack it, as long as Chen Jinjiang's defense is broken, the Yangtze River can still come and go freely."

"There are heavy troops gathered in Zhenjiang, beware of underestimating the enemy, Jiangning is empty, you can come and take it." Yan Wogong repeatedly confessed.

Yangzhou.

The Ming army has already begun to prepare to cross the river.

At this time, the canals in Huaibei and the Yellow River began to freeze, and even the canals in Huainan were almost frozen. Zhu Yihai couldn't stay in Jiangbei. For safety reasons, he didn't stay in Huai'an, Xuzhou, and he didn't even plan to stay in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou can act as a Jiangbei defense point for Nanjing, but it cannot stand alone.

He also didn't intend to just go back to Chongming or Zhoushan.

After fighting with the Tartars for so long, Zhu Yihai's strength is getting stronger now, and he has a better understanding of the details of the Tartars. The entry of the Tartars is indeed full of chance.

Although they were able to beat the Ming army at the Guanwai in Chongzhen, they only had an advantage in one corner, and in terms of their size, there was still a big gap between them and the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty during the Chongzhen period was indeed corrupted due to internal and external troubles, but now the Ming Dynasty with Zhu Yihai holding the flag is still very weak, but under the weakness, it already has a soldier that can fight.

The Qing army can really fight only 20 Banners, and Zhu Yihai's Ten Towns Imperial Battalion, although it is not yet as tough as 20 Banners, but in the corner battle situation, it is already very strong.

After the Second Northern Expedition, the imperial battalion was still ten towns, but it had expanded again. For example, Jinwu Town now has [-] cavalry, an increase of six battalions.

And the infantry of the warriors, brave guards, and standard bearers also expanded to [-] soldiers each.

Not only has the number been expanded, but the equipment has also received a lot of supplements, some were rushed to the rear, and some were seized from the front.

Shenji Town also received a batch of new gunpowder bullets.

The victory of the second Northern Expedition also injected stronger confidence into these imperial camps. It turns out that the Tartars are also so vulnerable, and the green camps are not worth mentioning.

The elite of the Eight Banners also dare not even go out of the city in front of them.

In today's imperial camp, there is almost no psychological fear of the Eight Banners.

This is played out by victories.

With this kind of victory, the Qing court took the initiative to propose a peace, but Zhu Yihai was not in a hurry.

Although he also needs time to relax and recover, but now the tartar is more anxious, and he still has the energy, so let's take a few more chips first.

Taking advantage of the prestige of the great victory in the North, of course, we must take advantage of the situation and sweep the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River again.

The Tartars and Green Camp in Huguang and the Tartars and Green Camp in Shandong were all cut off. Now the Jiangnan Qing army was alone, and Zhu Yihai became the one who had the upper hand in terms of morale and strength.

The advantage is not big, but it is an advantage after all.

"Have all the four fleets arrived?"

"All have gathered by the Yangzhou River, Your Highness, are we going to attack Nanjing this time?" Zhu Chenggong just came from the Yangtze River, where countless warships, gunboats, troop carriers, four major naval divisions have gathered, and the Imperial Battalion Mazhu Town, this strength is amazing.

"Sweep all of Chen Jin's river defenses first. This Yangtze River is the Yangtze River of our navy, not a place where Tartars can run wild."

Taking advantage of the opportunity of his main force going northward, Chen Jin secretly set up these river fortifications on the Yangtze River. Zhu Yihai knew about it through Yan Wogong, but he didn't have time to pay attention to it for a while. This time, it must be destroyed now.

Chen Qianfu came in.

"Your Highness, relatives have come from my hometown."

Zhu Yihai immediately understood the code word, this is another message from Mr. Yan.He nodded, and then went to see this relative in his hometown alone.

After reading Yan Wogong's secret letter, Zhu Yihai couldn't help but feel refreshed.

I didn't expect the Jiangnan Qing army to be so unbearable now. The 2000th Battalion of Chen Jinshui Division has [-] people, but it has been defending from Zhenjiang to Anqing, and Jiangning has only [-] battalions, and a total of [-] people are stationed in the Eight Banners. Two thousand five.

The governor of Jiangning bid two thousand.

This is the entire force here in Jiangning now, 500 people.

It turns out that the other green camps have been reorganized and abolished.

Fourteen thousand and five, but they are all actual amounts.It's just that there are a lot of new recruits. Many veterans of the green battalion were dismissed by Mr. Yan because these soldiers were afraid of fighting and slippery.

As a result, there are now more than 1 soldiers, a large number of recruits, a shortage of experienced officers, and a low armor rate. There are even fewer bird guns and artillery.

The most elite were the garrison troops of the [-] Banners in Bashan.

There are also some soldiers and horses around Jiangning, stationed in Changzhou, Suzhou, Taiping, Hezhou, Anqing and other places, and will not participate in the battle of Zhenjiang.

Yan Wogong has completely disclosed to Zhu Yihai the truth about the Qing army in Jiangning, including the Jiang defense fortifications in the Zhenjiang area.

Ye Yan, my father, has carried out a major rectification in Jiangnan for several months. The green camps in Jiangnan are basically either rebelling against the Ming, or they are dismissed and merged. It turns out that there are a large number of green camps in Jiangnan, but now they are basically gone. There are their weapons armor etc.

This greatly weakened the strength of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, although these soldiers are timid, it is more effective to follow behind to fight the wind, wave the flag and shout, and even push them out as cannon fodder when necessary.

But now they have been wiped out by Mr. Yan in the name of rectification. On the surface, this is his credit. After all, in Mr. Yan’s report, there are too many problems with the green camps in various places. Two or three thousand, and even some soldiers are not soldiers or bandits, and they are not good at fighting, but they harass the place the most.

But in fact, when the original Ming army, Shunying and other descending army green camps were wiped out, many weak areas or even vacuum areas appeared in the defense of such a large place in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yan Wogong's new army looks really obedient and neat on the outside, but there are too many recruits, lack of experienced officers, even lack of weapons and armor, let alone inexperienced.

Such soldiers are even more ostentatious. On the surface, they are real soldiers with real wages and real wages. They obey orders and have good military discipline, but they cannot fight, and their numbers are still small.

But Dorgon, who was far away in Beijing, didn't know the tricky details here, and he didn't expect that the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, which he personally admired and admired very much, would be a senior spy.

Yan Wogong's various suggestions seem to be no problem, even compared with Hong Chengchou's drastic reforms when he appeased Jiangnan, it is a positive policy, but now the chaos in Jiangnan, such reforms with ulterior motives, are just continuous Cut down the base of the Qing army's wall.

But Yan Wogong has a successful example, which is the excellent performance of several prefectures such as West Zhejiang, which are simply outstanding. Songjiang, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, and now Huzhou, the four prefectures are stable and peaceful, Li Yuchun and Zheng Jiwu are super able to fight , Zhu Guofan Yan Jizu Pan Yinglou and others are even more well-governed.

On one side is the chaotic town of Susongning, on the other side is Huguang and Jiangxi, and on the other side is the unique western Zhejiang and other places. Naturally, Dorgon deeply believes in Yan Wogong's successful strategy.

Governor Ma Guozhu, Admiral Chen Jin, Mei Lezhang Jingbashan and others have no countermeasures in the face of the current chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, so they can only trust Yan Jinglue. After all, Yan Jinglue has the strong support of the Regent.

But who would have thought that this Yan Jinglue was the important behind-the-scenes driver of Jiangnan's corruption. He first quietly changed Jiaxing's color, and then secretly changed Songjiang's banner.

Then he beheaded Zhang Cunren, Xiao Qiyuan and other civil and military generals of the Qing Dynasty in Zhejiang. In the end, he forced Wu Shengzhao, Li Chengdong and others to surrender, and also dragged Tu Guobao, the governor stationed in Suzhou, into the water.

In the end, the Jiangnan Green Camp was destroyed.

Not to mention reporting all the details of Jiangnan to Lu Jianguo.

Who would have thought of it.

Just like when the four generals of the Kangkaraba Mountains went south, they originally held [-] elite Eight Banners in their hands. If they were used properly, they could even reverse the decline in the south of the Yangtze River. The army, even deliberately burned the army rations, so that Kangkala was ambushed, so that Bashan and others could not reinforce in time. How can someone win if they are so desperately holding back their legs.

The generals of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River now admire the Nine Kings and Lu Jianguo. They feel that this man is clever in using troops and unpredictable, but they don't know that Zhu Yihai is not good at pinching and counting. It's just a plan.

(End of this chapter)