Hangzhou.

"Are you sure...ah, are you sure you see Zhang Cunren, not someone with the same name?" Yue Le looked at the Ningbo general who was released in front of him in disbelief and asked again.

"Yes, when Zhang Cunren was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he was the chief officer. He had seen him twice. Although he is old now, he can still see clearly." said Ningbo Governor General.

"So, Suzhou is lost?" Yue Le said.

Ningbo general said: "It must have been lost. The slave has seen the Ming flag hanging on Suzhou City."

Yue Le fled back to Hangzhou from Yangzhou and quickly took control of the Hangzhou camp. Lang Tsang established a camp in Suzhou, but was surrounded by the army sent by Emperor Ming. Yue Le knew that Suzhou could not be defended, so he sent Hangzhou General Gali to the General Ningbo and Shaoxing General four green camp soldiers to resolve the problem. Yue Le sent all local green camps in Zhejiang, and found that these people dared not rebel for the safety of their family. However, they were ambushed near Suzhou. All the Eight Banners soldiers such as Gali were killed. However, the green camp was released back to persuade other green camp generals in Zhejiang. The Ningbo general was drawn by Yue Le, who was here to report the news.

"How could Zhang Cunren surrender?" Yue Le asked Ningbo general to take it out, and he talked to himself in disbelief, and then became furious: "How could Zhang Cunren surrender!"

In fact, when he learned that Yongli had entered Nanjing, the one who Yue Le wanted to contact most was not the Emperor Shunzhi of Qingzhou, but Zhang Cunren, who believed that he had built a camp in Yizhou. The reason was very simple. Even if the Shu soldiers and Chu soldiers helped each other, Yongli had only more than 20,000 elite soldiers and a group of mobs under his command, and his military strength was not enough. He had more than 100,000 people under his command. However, because Yongli appeared in Nanjing and had a great destruction in Jiangnan, he was not sure that the Qing Dynasty could still win because he was unwilling to help Yue Le.

Yue Le's plan was to contact Zhang Cunren and let him go south, so that Zhang Cunren's 40,000 people would be sent to cooperate with him to wipe out the new regime of Nanjing. Zhang Cunren's southward journey could not only bring troops, but also bring general trend. Yue Le could tell the Green Camp generals in a dignified manner: "See that the Qing Dynasty is prosperous, the emperor will deal with the Eastern Band in Qingzhou, and he will still have the remaining strength to send troops south to quell the rebellion."

Now, Zhang Cunren has rebelled, and there are 80,000 soldiers and horses in one turn. Even if everyone in the Green Camp listens to Yue Le, he can quell the Jiangnan Rebellion, and the Southeast War Zone of the United States can sweep across Liangzhe and even follow the Jiangnan.

What's even more terrifying is that Zhang Cunren contacted the Green Camp generals on the front line to disclose the failure of the Qing Dynasty on the battlefield in Shandong. The main force of the Eight Banners was trapped in the Qing Dynasty. The Qingzhou camp did not support this winter. The emperor's illness was declining and there was not much time. These situations were spread by people in the East. Now Zhang Cunren, who came out of Qingzhou, said that it became a fact.

"Go and call Prince Ping." Yue Le ordered.

Soon a young man walked into Yue Le's room. It was Luo Keduo, the prince of Ping County. Yue Tuo, the grandfather of Ping County, was the eldest son of Prince Li Daishan and an important minister valued by Huang Taiji. When it comes to this, he would call Yue Le Grandpa. Of course, this grandpa is not as close as Mandahai, the seventh grandpa.

Because of Mandahai's surrender, Luo Keduo was implicated, his military power was stripped, and he was punished in Hangzhou. At this time, he was called by Yue Le. He looked quite frightened and knelt on the ground: "Prince An, grandson did nothing, nothing."

Yue Le felt disgust on his face. Luo Keduo's great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all heroic. Why did he give birth to such a fool? Luo Keduo should be called Yue Tuo. (Yue Tuo translated it as... stupid).

"To be honest, can Mandahai contact you?" Yue Le asked, scaring Luo Keduo so much that he was shocked.

Luo Keduo stammered and did not dare to speak. Yue Le could only use deception and said, "If you don't tell the truth, I can't protect you."

"I have written two letters, but I have never replied." Luo Keduo had to say honestly.

"Take the letter."

Luo Keduo had no choice but to get it. After Yue Leche looked at it, he found that Mandahai wrote about sincere feelings and simply talked about his life after surrender, so that Luo Keduo could act carefully and turn against him at critical moments, and end up with a good ending.

"It seems that Mandahai has indeed received the rumored reward." Yue Le said with a sigh.

After hearing this, Luo Keduo raised his head carefully, saw Yue Le looking thoughtful, and asked, "Prince An, don't you want to surrender to Dongfan?"

Yue Le laughed and asked coldly: "Ping Prince, do you think it is better to surrender to the Eastern Band or to surrender to the Ming court?"

Although Luo Keduo was removed from military power, he has always been counseling on military affairs and knew the form of Jiangnan. He said: "It's better to go east. I heard that Alkin, Gali and others were killed. The Manchus and Mongols in Jiangnan were also hunted down. If we surrender to the Ming court, we may not have a way out. However, if we surrender, we will not kill them."

"Do you think the Ming court killed us all because of hatred?" Yue Le asked.

Luo Keduo shook his head: "It must not be. Who are the officials and generals under the Ming court now? The Shu soldiers, Chu soldiers and Zhang Cunren were all under the command of the Qing army. What hatred do you have with us? The officials have also been officials of the Qing Dynasty. At most, they think it is easy to be an official in the Eight Banners, and there is a lot of jealousy when they serve in the army, but why do they also eat imperial grain?

I think they were killed for the people of Dongfan. As long as they kill the Eight Banners soldiers, they can hang the anti-Qing banner, force Dongfan to be their allies, and admit that they occupied Jiangnan."

"This way, you can't surrender to the Ming court." Yue Le said lightly. Needless to say, the Eastern Banners have killed more royal families from the Regent to Beizi, and the southwestern vassal states have also had the achievements of two famous kings. This is a minister who was just accused of the Nanjing court, but he has never killed Aisin Gioro. He guessed that he would be sacrificed to the flag if he surrendered.

"Luo Keduo, I want you to secretly go to Sijiao Mountain to meet the commander of the Dongfan Navy and discuss the surrender." Yue Le said.

Luo Keduo: "Ah? Now? Prince An, you still have more than 100,000 elite troops in Liangzhe, and Shang Shanbeile and others are still on the front line."

"It's too late. Zhang Cunren has arrived. The illusion we compiled with lies may break at any time. At that time, more than 100,000 elite green camps will use us as stepping stones. As for Shang Shanbeile and the others, once they retreat, we can't leave." Yue Le made a quick decision.

Sijiao Mountain, headquarters.

"General, there is news about Jiangnan!" The intelligence liaison officer of the Jiangnan squadron suddenly broke into the office and excitedly reported to Zhao Sandao and the officers who were discussing the military.

Zhao Sandao laughed: "Very good, there is finally news. Let's come in. Is it ours or the security bureau's people?"

On the day after the chaos in the provincial examination, Le Kesheng ordered people to send news to the nearest Jiangnan squadron, telling him that Jiangnan might undergo a major change. At this time, Zhao Sandao also received news of a mutiny in Huai'an. Although he didn't know what was going on, he began to prepare. On the one hand, he reported to the base camp and the Southeast War Zone Command, he requested support, and while assembling the fleet and armed soldiers, he prepared to deal with it.

The intelligence liaison officer looked at the group of officers, but did not say it publicly, but ran to Zhao Sandao and said with his ears: "Sir, the person who came is the Prince of the Qing Dynasty, and said he was ordered by Prince An Yue Le to surrender."

Even if Zhao Sandao has seen the world, he still can't believe it. Prince An Yue Le is the highest military and political officer in Jiangnan in the Qing Dynasty. Why has he turned upside down after receiving the news for more than ten days? Prince An, who has commanded more than 100,000 troops, turned into a betrayal dog?

Zhao Sandao felt that it was not that simple, so he said to his officers: "Okay, let's just do it for now. You go out first. Remember, all officers and soldiers will cancel their leave, and sailors will also conduct assault training. In addition, recruit paddlers and ships. All civilian ships passing through this place must be temporarily detained, go!"

Everyone dispersed, and Zhao Sandao invited the envoy in. It was Luo Keduo, the prince of Ping of the Qing Dynasty. Luo Keduo bent down to salute, and then handed Yue Le's handwritten letter. Seeing that Yue Le's words were sincere and he really wanted to surrender, Zhao Sandao put away the letter and asked, "What happened in Jiangnan? Tell me, don't miss any details."

Luo Keduo didn't know that Zhao Sandao didn't know anything. He thought that the other party knew nothing. After all, this place was outside the sea and the sea was banned along the coast, so it was really inconvenient to travel.

There was no concealment. Luo Keduo just used the fake mutiny in Huai'an to lure Yue Le, the scholars in the Jiangnan Provincial Examination to cause trouble, Qian, Hong and Wu families supported Emperor Ming to take over Nanjing, Jiangnan had changed their flags and flags, and Zhang Cunren rebelled and went south to become the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, plotting against Liangzhe and more than 100,000 elite green camps, all told.

After listening, Zhao Sandao immediately believed that Yue Le's surrender was indeed true. If Jiangnan was gone, Yue Le would have no place for money and food. Zhang Cunren brought news of the failure of the Qing Dynasty, and the still effective banner of Zhu Ming in Nanjing was enough to make a choice for more than 100,000 troops on the front line of Fujian and Zhejiang.

"What does Yue Le want to do and how can we cooperate?" Zhao Sandao asked.

Luo Keduo said: "Prince An wants to imitate the seventh uncle of the villain Mandahai. Anyway, he has changed his flag and joined the United States camp. Now the Ming court is in charge of Jiangnan and has fought several battles with us. Whenever he encounters Manchus and Mongols, he will be killed and will not be given a way out. Prince An and the villain do not want to see thousands of people of the same clan and nearly ten thousand Mongolians being slaughtered. Please do not ask anyway."

"Then what treatment do you want?" Zhao Sandao asked.

In fact, Zhao Sandao could not make any decision on such a thing, but he could judge whether the head of state could agree. Luo Keduo was trembling. It turned out that he was running around and dehydrated. Zhao Sandao handed him his teacup. Luo Keduo drank it and said, "Prince An didn't say anything... Oh, what else can you ask at this time? It's good to be alive. Luo Mingren must be dead. The villain heard that Mandahai was rewarded for offering Liaodong. Anyway, we can at least save our lives."

"Indeed, except for those who cannot be forgiven on the list of traitors and war criminals, the Qing army, whether it is Manchuria, Mongolia, Han army or Green Camp, no matter whether it is Manchu, Mongolia, Han army or Green Camp, no matter whether it is title or title, they will not be killed as long as they surrender. The same is true for gentry and officials. But you and Yue Le cannot not know that you are people on the list of war criminals. Only by atoneing your sins with merits can you protect your life." Zhao Sandao asked.

"We are willing to lead 6,000 banners and 10,000 foreign vassals Mongolia anyway, it is a great achievement. Can we save our lives?" Luo Keduo asked.

Zhao Sandao nodded: "You can barely protect your lives, but you don't want to be rewarded with grace and slaves like Mandahai? In addition, there are the soldiers under your command. They don't want to return to their freedom and reunite with their families. Do you just want to save your lives, exil thousands of miles away, and be slaves forever?"

"Sir, aren't we anyway? Since we are just one army anyway, how can we still be exiled?" Luo Keduo was puzzled.

Zhao Sandao smiled and hugged his chest and leaned back: "Yes, you can do it anyway, but I can't accept it either. If I only accept surrender but not accept it anyway, what will you do?"

Luo Keduo had nothing to say. He was dead in the Ming court, but surrendering could save his life!

"Mr. Xie's advice, how can we be like Mandahai?" asked Luo Keduo.

Zhao Sandao pointed to the map on the table, pulled out the knife and inserted it on the piece of Zhejiang: "Simple, help me seize a province in Zhejiang, and I and the Southeast War Zone Command will recommend it to the head of state."

Luo Keduo nodded, thinking that wealth and honor were in danger, and there was no way at this time, so he immediately said, "Okay, I will report to Prince An immediately when I go back."

"No, you send someone back first and inform us about this. In a day, you will go to Hangzhou with me." Zhao Sandao knew that time was very tight and it was already too late.

Luo Keduo was taken down to rest, while Zhao Sandao took the intelligence liaison officer to his office, opened a safe box with the key he carried with him, took out two pages of official documents, and the liaison officer saw that these two pages of official documents were military orders, one issued by the Southeast War Zone and the other was a seal of the commander. You only need to fill in the blanks to issue it. However, the military orders are for Yanping, which cannot be changed.

These two pages of official documents were handed over by the base camp to Zhao Sandao to control the Yanping vassal of Zhoushan. It was because when an emergency occurred, the base camp had no time to react. Zhao Sandao filled out the order himself. The contents of the two copies were different, but the meaning was the same. Zhao Sandao wrote one with his left hand and one with his right hand, and his handwriting was also different. The general idea was to let Yanping vassal strictly guard the defense zone and not fight, and those who violated the military law were engaged.

"You go to Zhoushan many times, and you will send the order on my behalf. Remember, first hand over the Southeast War Zone Command to Zheng Chenggong. If he refuses to obey, or the army still has abnormal movements, the next day, hand over the command to him, which is a new arrival." Zhao Sandao ordered.

The liaison officer asked: "Just relying on these two pieces of paper, he can control Zheng Chenggong. He has 30,000 soldiers and hundreds of ships! Now Jiangnan has changed its banners. Even if Zheng Chenggong and Qian Qianyi have broken off their relationship with their master and disciple, the emperor is real."

Zhao Sandao smiled: "It is impossible to rely on two pieces of paper alone, but it can make him hinder and delay. All we need is time. Even if he reacts and listens to Nanjing's orders to send troops, he should consider it. If he leads the troops away, will the United Nations send troops to his nest?"
Chapter completed!