Just as these civil servants in the national pavilion of Li Ding talked about state affairs, the general under the command of King Shang Kexi of Pingnan, from Yunlong, had already left Guangzhou to Xinhui for defense, and Shang Kexi was even preparing to send another right-wing general Wu Jinzhong to help to ensure the safety of Xinhui.

Historically, the two ogres, Yunlong and Wu Jinzhong, cooperated with the Xinhui defenders to seize the food in the warehouse for reinforcements. They sent soldiers to plunder the people in the city and then feed on the Xinhui people.

The culprits of the two tragedies are getting closer and closer to Xinhui, and the time is getting closer and closer to June 29, when the battle of Xinhui officially broke out, but Li Dingguo is still ill.

At the same time, the main force of the Ming army in the Southwest, after a year of rest, the Qin King Sun Kewang, who was already scared in the battle at the forks of the road, also decided to appoint Liu Wenxiu as the ultimate move and lead the Ming army in the Southwest to attack Huguang again, in order to take Wuhan in one fell swoop and go downstream. According to the grand strategy of the third game of the Luping Three Bureau, the Ming army in the army stationed by Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan, who are now stationed on Chongming Island.

On the southwest battlefield, the two Southwest Ming troops that went their separate ways were ready to go, preparing for their last major counterattack in history. However, their opponent was replaced by Fan Wencheng, who had the reputation of Kong Ming as a worldly person, while his original opponent Hong Chengchou made his final efforts on the southeast battlefield.

On the second day of the fifth month of the eighth year of Yongli, on the 2nd day of the eighth year of Yongli, Zhaojiawei, on the shore of Poyang Lake in Nanchang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, was located between Nanchang Prefecture City and Poyang Lake. During the Ming Dynasty, a river station and a patrol department were established here, which was one of the places where the army had to pass through.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties began to compete for Jiangxi, defense, attack, and anyway, suppression have been filled with the words of continuous wars. Especially the Qing army suppressed Jin Shengheng, Wang Deren carried out a tragic massacre in Nanchang. More than 200,000 people were slaughtered by Tan Tai, the general of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing army accompanied by him, known in history as the Nanchang Massacre. Although Zhao Jiawei was thirty or forty miles away from Nanchang, he did not avoid the Qing army's butcher knife.

The population has dropped sharply and the land has become increasingly barren. The place where the Ming court once collected fishing taxes was unsustainable. Gradually, even this big town began to become desolate.

The Nanchang Massacre occurred in the first month of the third year of Yongli. Five years later, in the eighth year of Yongli, Hong Chengchou, the Southeast governor, and Cai Shiyingcai, began to attract the people on a large scale, divide the land and farm in order to collect military supplies and share the financial pressure in Jiangnan.

Half a year passed, hiding in the mountains and forests, the people in the lakes began to return gradually, leaving their braids, accepting the order of the military farming of the Jiangxi Governor's Office, and working hard for survival and the welfare of their descendants.

The abandoned land was reclaimed and the population began to be restored. Most of the people at the bottom praised Cai Shiying's good governance, but they were also worried about the harvest. However, some discerning people could see that after five years, such a strong military farming and land reclamation was more due to the military threat of the Ming army in Zhejiang, which forced them to make full preparations to share the financial pressure in Jiangnan by restoring people's livelihood.

The green seedlings in the fields are the hope of farmers and the political achievements of Governor Cai Shiying. However, Hong Chengchou, the military manager in charge of the four Southeast provinces, had already arrived at Guangxin Prefecture City.

Today's Guangxin Mansion City is no longer the same as before. The city has been further strengthened this year. In addition, the bastion north of the city and the Xinjiang in the west of the city are as solid as a god. However, this can only be used as a defense. Hong Chengchou experienced the war outside the Chongzhen Pass and knew that the army that was extremely rescued outside would not have to defend the city inside. No matter how strong the defense here was, there was no strong army on the side. The Ming army could achieve their military goals by starvation as long as it carried out a siege.

The head of the city, Hong Chengchou, had already gathered among the generals transferred by this time, and his Nanchang shogunate also arrived at the same time.

As a strategy, Hong Chengchou sat upright on it, and the two large inner guards assigned to him by Shunzhi were on the left and right. The seats below followed the principle of civility, left and right martial arts, and the officials of the Nanchang shogunate headed by Huang Zhilin, the governor of Jiangxi, and on the right were the generals of Jingbiao Wu Town, Jiangxi Tibiao and Jiujiang Town.

After a few simple greetings, Hong Chengchou said straight to the point: "You have heard about Ning Shao, have you heard about Ning Shao?"

Taking advantage of the opportunity of encirclement and suppression of Dalanshan, he mobilized a large army to encircle one or two battalions of Chen Wen. This was a strategy set by Hong Chengchou, in order to weaken Chen Wen's strength in preparation for this year's war. For this reason, he not only gave strict orders to Dasu, Tian Xiong and other military generals, but also sent a large brigade of cavalry to attack the Yushan line to share the pressure.

However, the end of the war half a month ago was beyond everyone's expectations. Chen Wen defeated the Qing army again with a disadvantaged force. Even the Eight Banners Army led by Dasu was no match for it. Not only did it fail to achieve its strategic goals, it also lost Zhejiang's limited mobile troops. Even the two prefectures, Ningbo and Shaoxing, were lost, so that Hong Chengchou's old whispers have been heard in the officialdom of the Southeast.

Once Hong Chengchou mentioned it, everyone was stunned and silent. It was not until a moment later that Zhang Yong, the leader, comforted him a little. However, Hong Chengchou just shook his head and continued to say the following words.

"Dasu's defeat was indeed beyond my expectations. However, now that he has captured the two prefectures of Ningshao, Chen Wen's army must have many Chen soldiers, Qiantang River and Ningshao. As one goes up and down, its hinterland is empty. Even if the troops are moved here in a hurry, it is impossible to compare with the officers and soldiers. Therefore, I decided to launch an attack at the same time, Yongfeng and Yushan will launch a decisive battle."

Yongfeng County is now in the hands of the Jiuxianshan Rebel Army. Hong Chengchou's spies have rewarded that although the Yang brothers have strengthened the city defense, due to their insufficient military capabilities, the city defense is not strong. However, Yongfeng is located in the south of Yushan and the east of Guangxin Prefecture City. The three are in a triangle area. If the army attacks Yushan, its troops will harass and threaten the food supply, which will not be beautiful after all.

All generals can understand this principle, and the Jiuxianshan Rebel Army is not strong and its combat power is very weak. It is simply because the military pressure brought by the Ming army in Zhejiang is too great, otherwise it would not be possible to survive here.

The plan was decided before, and the leading several senior generals were very clear. Hong Chengchou swept over one by one, Zhang Yong, the admiral of Biaozhong Town, Hu Maozhen, the admiral of Biaozuo Town, Li Benshen, the admiral of Biaoqian Town, Bai Guangen, the admiral of Biaohou Town, Liu Fangming, the admiral of Jiujiang, and the general of Guangxin Prefecture Bu Shilong, all of these generals showed a look of confidence.

This is normal, because their tactics are different, and they have competed with the long spear formation and the mandarin duck formation copied to the Ming army in Zhejiang on the school ground. The repeated victories have also restored their morale.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou nodded and passed his in-laws. Huang Zhilin, who was in charge of the pre-funded food and salary of Jiangxi Army, asked his staff below:

"Hao Zongfu, the magistrate of Poyang."

"The official is here."

"The food and fodder that you brought back from Jiangnan last month has been sent to Guangxin's treasury?"

"If you say anything to Master Jinglei, you will be sent to you."

"Zhang Daocheng, the governor of Raozhou Prefecture."

"The official is here."

"Can a new batch of grain ships built by you last month be in place?"

"If you go back to Master Jinglei, the construction has been completed and you can set off at any time."

"Wu Hongdao, the magistrate of Xing'an."

"The official is here."

"So far, can military supplies acquired from Jiangxi Province be sent to Guangxin Mansion City?"

"If you return to Master Jinglei, you have all arrived."

"Guangxin Prefect Huang Zhongtong."

"The official is here."

“…”

After asking several relevant civil servants in a row, all the money and food required for the army to go to the expedition were in place. Hong Chengchou had already known these things, and even he would correct them in his mind every day as the data increased or decreased. In public, he asked them one by one, in order to make the generals under his command completely calm down.

Before the three armies moved, food and grass were first taken. The tent was full of the old military affairs generals, so I naturally understood this. At this time, I could hear that Hong Chengchou's Nanchang shogunate was as clear as his family, and he felt much more at ease in his heart.

"The money and food have been fully prepared, and the subsequent money and food will be shipped. According to the plan, troops will be sent tomorrow. If the generals have nothing to ask, go down and prepare."

"The last generals and others follow the orders of the boss of the strategy."

The generals and his staff retreated, and soon only Hong Chengchou and Huang Zhilin were left.

"Heng Jiu, I'm not worried about Yongfeng. Yang Wen is just a self-defense thief. Even if he doesn't care about him, he may not dare to jump out. But Chen Wen is in full swing now, and Yushan County is in charge of his generals. If he fails to succeed, Jiangxi will be in danger at that time."

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou couldn't help but sigh.

"Oumei, you know, I originally planned to fight with Chen Wen after the autumn. However, Dasu and others did not listen to the restraint and rashly fought with Chen Wen in the Siming Mountains. The Eight Banners of Manchuria suffered a lot of losses. The sound of impeachment in the court was already overwhelming. Even the emperor was quite unhappy. If he didn't take action now, he would probably not have the chance to get rid of this huge trouble for the court."

The Tongzhe case initiated by the old Liaodong ministers and the Northern Party has become increasingly serious in the past two years. Since Chen Mingxia and Chen Zhilin, officials from southern countries have been hit hard and have almost been wiped out at the top. The defeat of the Southern Party in political struggle has made Hong Chengchou, a person who was originally hostile to the old Liaodong ministers and the Northern Party, now has become the only remaining figure of the Southern Party in the Qing Dynasty, and naturally he is even more thorny in his side and thorn in his flesh.

This is how party struggles were. Back then, the Donglin Party could defeat Qi Party, Chu Party and others into treacherous parties, sweep them all out of the court, realizing the grand occasion of "all righteous people are full of courts". The eunuch Party could naturally launch rounds of party struggles to completely defeat the Donglin Party.

The current party struggles between the north and the south are just the same in nature as those in the late Ming Dynasty, so that the generals under Hong Chengchou were unconsciously cautious in their words and actions. Just as the scene just now, behind Dasu was Oboi, who was a confidant of Shunzhi. The Southern Party where Hong Chengchou is located is now in the West Mountains, so they will naturally be ordered to fight, and they must use their brains more when speaking, otherwise it is unlikely to say how they die.

During this period, Fan Wencheng was appointed as the Southwest General, and Fan Wencheng intercepted Hu Hong Chengchou to transfer the capable ministers and generals to the Southeast. Now, military generals such as Nan Yikui, Sun Sike, Liu Yingzhi, Wang Yongzuo, Zhou Shizhong, Xu Teng, Jiang Yingtai and other staff were snatched away by Fan Wencheng one after another. He also changed the 20,000 northern green camp he originally applied for to two towns and 10,000 people, and sent another 10,000 people to Fan Wencheng. Among these, Ning Wanwo, Feng Quan and others made trouble in the court.

Of course, the losses of the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners in the southwest are greater than those in the southeast are indisputable, but in Hong Chengchou's view, the Ming army suffered a lot in the battle at the fork in the southwest battlefield, and Sun and Li's internal strife, as long as the means are sophisticated, they can still be barely able to hold on. On the southeast side, the balance has begun to reverse, and Chen Wen's strength is getting stronger and stronger. Once the Qing army's heavy siege on both sides fails, the outbreak of power is likely to cause the situation to deteriorate rapidly.

Southeast wealth, coupled with Chen Wen's new thinking on tactics, made Hong Chengchou always conceive a way to win after the failure of the planning last year.

Now, the solution has been found. The army has also conducted corresponding training in the past few months. Although the results are not enough to satisfy the Jesuit monk, Hong Chengchou still sees hope. Because he still has an absolute advantage in military strength, Chen Jin's result of the reform of the Mandarin Duck Formation with the Supervisor Camp also proves that appropriate improvements can naturally shorten the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides, and the absolute advantage in military strength can make the result change possible.

Hong Chengchou had mentioned these ideas to Huang Zhilin, and he could naturally understand them. Over the past year, Hong Chengchou formed the Nanchang Shogunate and Jingbiao Five Towns, in order to wipe out the Ming army in Zhejiang in one fell swoop.

"I have confidence in you, Hengjiu."

Hong Chengchou started to encircle and suppress the bandits in the Chongzhen Dynasty. In terms of military capabilities, it can be said that there are few civil officials in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties who can match him. Huang Zhilin's confidence was not a delusion. In history, Hong Chengchou stabilized the ruling order in Jiangnan at the beginning of entering the pass, and then made many measures in the southwest, and persisted until the internal strife of the three kings. Sun Kewang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. It can be said that Hong Chengchou made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty, which was able to completely suppress the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Now, Hong Chengchou is fighting against Chen Wen on the Southeast battlefield. Although he failed in the first battle, he once forced Chen Wen to danger in that battle, but in the end he only slightly overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. Even so, the Ming army failed to achieve a breakthrough in Jiangxi, which was due to his two-hand preparations.

Now, the chips in his hand not only have the bastion of Guangxin Mansion, but also the Spanish phalanx that runs rampant in Thailand, and have an absolute advantage in military strength. Not only Huang Zhilin, but even Hong Chengchou is full of confidence.
Chapter completed!