When Kangxi was determined to clear out the debts owed by the Ministry of Revenue again, the Henan war officially broke out after two months of stalemate.

Zhu Jiancai never expected that Longkodo's main attack direction was not Wang Zhiqing in Nanyang, but was directly aimed at him.

The Qing army left Ruzhou and went south halfway. Longkodo first set up troops in the Nanzhao, Ye County and Fangcheng line to prevent Wang Zhiqing from rescuing Zhu Jiancai. As for the main force, he rushed towards Runan where Zhu Jiancai was at lightning speed.

Longkodo's attack made Zhu Jiancai off guard. He originally thought that with Wang Zhiqing in Nanyang, the Qing army would definitely attack Wang Zhiqing first, but who would have thought that Longkodo would do the opposite, first far and then near. Just when Zhu Jiancai felt at ease, Longkodo's army was approaching Runan and was shocked.

When the troops were at the city, Zhu Jiancai hurriedly mobilized a large army to meet the enemy, and the two sides launched a big battle in Xiping. Zhu Jiancai's troops were defeated in one battle, and their troops retreated to Suiping in a panic. Then Suiping failed to defend it, and retreated to Runan again in one breath.

Both battles were defeated, and Zhu Jiancai was immediately panicked. If Runan retreats, only Xinyang can retreat. Once Runan is lost, Xinyang will become an isolated city. By then, Zhu Jiancai will lose all the territory of Henan, and there is only one way he can take, that is, go south to Hubei.

But now the Qing army in Hubei is eyeing it. Although Gao Jin's troops march towards Jiangxia, Longkodo has mobilized Hubei's troops to block Gao Jin's footsteps in the south of Han. At the same time, the Qing army from Jiangxi to Hubei has arrived in Yunmeng and Dawu areas. Once Zhu Jian entered Hubei, the Qing army attacked from north to south, and he had no place to run.

"What should I do, what should I do..." Zhu Jiancai was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and he no longer had the calmness he used to be on his usual occasions.

There were several messengers sent to Nanyang, but Wang Zhiqing was helpless. Nanyang was in a good terrain, and it was difficult to attack Nanyang from north to south. After all, Nanyang's innate barrier was there. But similarly, while guarding the important road, it was not so easy for Wang Zhiqing to attack Nanyang to rescue Zhu Jiancai.

At present, Zhu Jiancai has only one way, which is to defend Runan to the death, hoping that Wang Zhiqing would rescue him. As long as the two armies united, they could block the Qing army's offensive to ensure safety.

But can Wang Zhiqing do it? Zhu Jiancai was not sure. You must know that Wang Zhiqing used to treat the other party as a shield and suffered heavy losses. But now it is time to rely on the other party to save his life. Can Wang Zhiqing really save himself?

But after thinking about it, it was only this road that Zhu Jiancai gritted his teeth and decided to defend Runan. As his old nest, Runan was run by Zhu Jiancai like an iron barrel over the past year, and he also had an elite 20,000 troops, which was his capital to save his life.

Instead of losing the city and facing the Mongolian cavalry of the Qing army in the field, it is better to rely on the strong Runan City to fight for a glimmer of hope. This time, Zhu Jiancai, who has always been slid, has taken the initiative to stand firm in Runan and waited for the arrival of the Qing army.

At this moment, in Nanyang, Wang Zhiqing sent a reinforcement army after receiving Zhu Jiancai's request for help, but he retreated after fighting with the Qing army set up by Longkodo. The battle between the two sides was not fierce, in fact, such a battle was just a contact battle.

Wang Zhiqing had a debate on whether to rescue Zhu Jiancai's troops, especially when reinforcements left Nanyang and directly encountered the Qing army that had been stationed long ago, the internal voices of opposing Zhu Jiancai's rescue were getting louder and louder.

At first, Zhu Jiancai dug a pit for Wang Zhiqing before, causing the Bailian Sect army to fight a fierce battle with the Qing army as soon as it entered Henan. This battle caused the Bailian Sect to suffer heavy losses. The Bailian Sect was already extremely dissatisfied with Zhu Jiancai.

Secondly, the situation in Sichuan is not very good. The Qing army in Shaanxi and Gansu has now completely cut off the major transportation routes between western and eastern Sichuan and began to surround Chengdu.

Third, the main attack of the Qing army was Runan rather than Nanyang, and the White Lotus Sect did not send reinforcements, but because the Qing army had already set up defenses in important places, it was not easy to open up the rescue road.

In short, most people think that rescuing Zhu Jian is a thankless thing, not to mention that the current situation is no longer conducive to the White Lotus Sect. Once you spend a lot of effort to fight the Qing army and suffer losses, the White Lotus Sect will not be able to protect even Nanyang if it is not done well.

However, unexpectedly, Wang Zhiqing, who had always been indecisive, decided to save Zhu Jiancai this time. In fact, when he learned that the Qing army began to siege Chengdu, Wang Zhiqing had already regretted it.

Madam Lin told him before that the best way was to go to Sichuan at that time. One was to go back to Sichuan directly, use the power of Sichuan to reorganize the army, and then repel the Qing army in Shaanxi and Gansu to wait for an opportunity. The other was to find a way to go south to Hubei, join forces with Gao Jin's troops, and jump out of the quagmire of Henan.

However, because of Wang Zhiqing's hesitation, he did not make any decision, which resulted in wasting the two months. Now, it is too late to turn back to Sichuan. With the current situation in Sichuan, it is only a matter of time for the Qing army in Shaanxi and Gansu to capture Chengdu. Once Chengdu is lost, Sichuan's base camp will be completely lost. At that time, the Qing army turns east and Wang Zhiqing will have no way to advance and no way to retreat.

In this case, Wang Zhiqing had to make plans early. Moreover, compared to Zhu Jiancai, Wang Zhiqing still had some bottom line. He knew very well the reason why his lips were lost and his teeth were cold. Once Zhu Jiancai's troops were destroyed, the next thing would be his end of Wang Zhiqing.

It is precisely because of this reason that Wang Zhiqing made up his mind that Zhu Jian must rescue him! In this regard, Wang Zhiqing resisted the opposition and personally led his troops to attack Fangcheng to open the road of rescue. The Qing army stationed in the garrison also knew that Wang Zhiqing's troops must not be allowed to come out of Fangcheng. The two armies fought fiercely in the Fangcheng area...

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"Boss! Boss!"

At Sancha River east of Wangjiang, Huangdian rushed into the camp and shouted.

"Look at what you look like? Don't forget that you are an official army now! Also, why are you calling for the boss? Where did the boss come from in the military camp?" Hearing the shouting, Zhu Yigui turned around with an unhappy expression and scolded Huang Dian.

After being scolded, Huang Dian was not annoyed. He smiled and hurriedly changed his words to call Zhu Yigui a general.

"Sit down and talk." Zhu Yigui waved his hand, and Huang Dian sat down beside him. Huang Dian was Zhu Yigui's old brother. He followed Zhu Yigui in the Fujian Uprising. Later, after the uprising was successful, he defected to the Ming army and was awarded the position of garrison for his merits.

The position of the Ming Dynasty was actually awarded the fifth rank of official position. In other words, Huang Dian transformed from a gangster who followed Zhu Yigui to a fifth rank of official position. If he was placed in modern times, he would basically be equivalent to a regular regiment-level cadre, and this position would not be low.

There were several old brothers who were in Fujian with Zhu Yigui. Since Zhu Yigui entered Beijing, these people were disbanded and transferred to various troops after being awarded official positions, which was considered a revenge. Huang Dian was lucky. After Huang Chaoyun took over Dong Dashan to guard Anqing, he directly transferred troops from Zhejiang to change defenses. Huang Dian happened to be serving in this army, so he was directly sent to Zhu Yigui's subordinates.

Of course, it was a pleasure to meet the old brothers, not to mention that Huang Dian was one of the people Zhu Yigui trusted the most. With such a reliable younger brother under his command, Zhu Yigui would take care of him. As for Huang Dian, he was also quite successful. Every time Zhu Yigui assigned him the task, he did everything. This kid sometimes said the wrong things, for example, he often forgot the rules in the army and called Zhu Yigui the boss.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Yigui asked slowly after waiting for Huang Dian to sit down.

"The boss is the boss, no wonder he can be a general, I am just a garrison..." Looking at the calm Zhu Yigui, Huang Dian said in his heart.

Since we are talking about serious matters, we must be serious matters. Huang Dian first called out to the general and then said, "Brothers, I just discovered that the Qing dogs on the other side of Jiujiang are moving."

"Abnormal movement? How to use an abnormal movement method?" Zhu Yigui and Yang Mei asked back.

"It seems that the Qing army in Jiangxi transferred a lot of green camp troops a few times ago. As for where they went, they didn't find out, and it seemed to be heading northwest."

"Is this a matter?" Hearing this answer, Zhu Yigui became interested and asked what was going on.

Huang Dian quickly explained the situation he had found out. Now the Green Camp in Jiujiang Town in Jiujiang has not moved for the time being, but the two green camps originally stationed north of Jiujiang didn't know where they went some time ago, just as Huang Dian said, it seemed to have gone to the northwest direction. As for whether to be a normal mobilization or the Qing army had other plans, this is unknown for the time being.

"Where is the Qing army in Wangjiang?"

"This is still the same." Huang Dian replied.

Zhu Yigui frowned and thought for a while, and explained to Huang Dian intently. Huang Dian nodded repeatedly, then left happily.

A few days later, after Huang Dian reconfirmed and obtained news from the Jinyiwei, it was true that the Qing army in Jiangxi showed signs of a large number of mobilizations, but there was no change in Jiujiang except for the transfer of two green camps. It should be because of the reason for the Ming army in Anqing.

After learning about this situation, Zhu Yigui judged that the Qing army's abnormal movement might have caused a change in the war situation in the Central Plains, otherwise the Qing army would not have been mobilized like this.

Since that's the case, this gave the Ming army a chance. Zhu Yigui decided to fight Wangjiang and see Jiujiang's reaction. If Jiujiang reacts fiercely, then the Ming army can continue to implement the previous strategy, but if Jiujiang does not move, it can prove Zhu Yigui's guess.
Chapter completed!