Yuanzhou Prefecture is located in the west of Jiangxi, southwest of Ruizhou Prefecture, west of Linjiang Prefecture, and north of Ji'an Prefecture.

Her geographical location in Jiangxi seems to be not special, but to the west of this prefecture is Huguang, and it is Changsha, the ruling center in the southern part of Huguang. Even from Pingxiang County, west of Yuanzhou Prefecture, down the river, you can quickly enter the Xiangjiang River, and then go down the road. It is the only official in the Qing Dynasty who can be slightly better than Hong Chengchou in the local area. It is known as the "Rebirth of Kongming", and the governor of Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places. The governor and military affairs are both responsible for food and wages, the young security guard and the prince's prince's guarantee, and the minister of political affairs, Fan Wencheng, the Changsha shogunate!

Entering the southern part of Huguang through Yuanzhou, there is no need to pass through the mountains in western Jiangxi, and it also has the convenience of water conservancy. It is precisely because of this that the Qing Dynasty stationed up to 2,000 Green Camp soldiers in this prefecture, led by a deputy general. This is an image that no other prefectures in Jiangxi except Nanchang, Jiujiang and Nangan.

This is a strategic location, but the main force of the Qing army in Jiangxi was gone, including Hong Chengchou, Jiangxi governor Cai Shiying, Jiangxi governor Liu Guangbi, Jiujiang general Yang Jie, and a group of Southeast economic admirals who were either dead or captured. When the Ming army was at the city, since Yuanzhou Deputy General Kang Risheng, Jiangxi governor Zhao Jinmei, and Yuanzhou governor Wu Nandai, all civil and military officials and military officials under Yuanzhou were tied up and surrendered, and they did not dare to resist the Ming army's troops. Even Fan Wencheng first learned that Yuanzhou fell into the hands of the Ming army, and then he received the news of Hong Chengchou's death.

In the study of the southwest Zhengliya in Changsha City, Fan Wencheng sat opposite the general of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in front of the map, looking at each other speechlessly.

This general of the Eight Banners of Manchuria is Chen Tai. Like Tan Tai, his surname is not Tan, but Shu Mulu. Chen Tai is not Chen, and his surname is Niu Hulu. It is the surname Huanhuan, the anti-Qing heroine who ended my Qing Dynasty, who was the Cuckold Emperor, used when she lurked in the harem.

Chen Tai was the grandson of Nurhaci's five ministers, Niu Hulu, Eyidu, and the third generation of the Eight Banners officials who were well-known. Huang Taiji made many military achievements in the era of Huang Taiji, and after entering the pass, he also fought against Li Zicheng and followed Kong Youde to Huguang. From the first year of Yongli to the beginning of the third year of Yongli, the Lujianguo Group made a big fuss in Fujian and almost completely turned the province over. Among the reinforcements sent by the Qing Dynasty, the green camp was mainly Tian Xiong and Zhang Guoxun's group of Zhejiang Green Camps, and the Eight Banners Army was led by Chen Tai as General Jingnan at that time.

After the battle at the fork-road intersection, the situation in the southwest of the war gradually slowed down. The defeated Ming army in the southwest suffered heavy losses. When they returned to Yunnan and Guizhou to lick their wounds, Huguang could only try their best to maintain a defensive. The Qing army that defeated was actually not easy, and it suffered many losses. After waiting for a while, it was clear that the Ming army in the southwest was not powerless, and the main force returned to Beijing. Chen Tai also replaced General Kou of Ningnanjing, who was appointed by Dorobetunqi, and was responsible for commanding the Eight Banners Army in Huguang.

In today's southwest battlefield, the Qing Dynasty was naturally dominated by Fan Wencheng and Chen Tai. When Hong Chengchou died, the Ming army recovered Yuanzhou without bloodshed. The two seemed to have been struck by lightning at that time, and they didn't make a fuss for a long time.

In the study room here, there were only two local civil and military officials. After sitting opposite each other for a long time, Chen Tai couldn't hold it in.

"Xiandou, you said something."

Fan Wencheng was an extremely important civil servant in the early Qing Dynasty. Many of the rules and systems of the early Qing Dynasty were all taken by him. Unlike Hong Chengchou, who was in history who recruited Jiangnan for the Qing Dynasty, made great contributions to the southwest, but after his death, he had only obtained a third-class light chariot commander. Fan Wencheng had already surrendered to the Qing Dynasty as early as Nurhaci, and was a traitor for decades. As a first-class viscount in the sixth year of Yongli, he was naturally far superior to Hong Chengchou as an old minister in Liaodong.

The two of them looked at each other speechlessly. Fan Wencheng was a civil servant and had been nourishing his spirit for many years. Unexpectedly, Chen Tai did not play according to common sense and kicked the ball over. Not receiving it would be detrimental to the local civil and military unity.

"Now, there is no other way, so I have to strengthen my defense. If the enemy does not move, I will not move."

After waiting for a long time, Chen Tai's mouth couldn't help but twitch, but he didn't say anything about this unmoving initiative.

Nowadays, the Qing army in Huguang Province is mainly divided into three systems. The Eight Banners Army, with the General of the Nanjing Counterattack of Ningnanjing, Gushan Ezhen Chen Tai as the leader of Gushan Ezhen Lan Bai, the Zhenghong Counterattack of Gushan Ezhen Ji Xiha, Bayala Bi, Jing Suksaha and other generals as auxiliary, as the backbone of the Qing army on the southwest battlefield; the Southwest Economic Budget, the three towns were 15,000 troops led by the Green Camp generals such as Nanyikui, and directly accepted the leadership of Fan Wencheng; the local Green Camp soldiers in Huguang were stationed in various prefectures and counties and areas, and were controlled by the former two and the governor of Huguang Zu Zeyuan.

The Qing army had only so many soldiers in Huguang, but the military pressure it had to bear was not smaller than that in the southeast, and even greater.

"Huguang is vast, with rivers and lakes, and mountains and rivers, and has always been a place of victory. Now, the enemy has been in chaos for many years and has been using the most military force. Everyone knows that the rebels Sun Kewang and others resist in Hunan, but they do not know that Hao Yaoqi, Yao Huang, and a tiger are damaging in Hubei. They also have the support of the local bandits, and Miao bandits are threatening to follow, gathering and rushing to fight against each other, which is the key point of Huguang's belly."

As Hong Chengchou's memorial in history said, in the southern part of Huguang, the main force of the Ming army in the southwest, the Daxi Army of the Qin vassal system, occupied Yunnan and Guizhou, and occupied a small part of Chenzhou, Jingzhou and Baoqing in Huguang; in the northern part of Huguang, Li Laiheng, Hao Yaoqi, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun, He Zhen and other troops, Yaohuang Shisanjia, Wanxian Santan and other troops occupied Kuidong area, and was controlled by the Grand Secretary Wen'an.

This is just the larger Ming army in Huguang, such as the Yao people, Miao people, red-headed thieves and gentry who resisted the Qing Dynasty, the remnants of the Ming army who had been destroyed in recent years, the common people who built villages and protected themselves, etc., which were spread throughout Huguang province, especially in the southern part of Huguang. The Qing army could only guard various prefectures and counties. If the small-scale Qing army left the city and walked away, they would not be able to come back.

In addition, Fan Wencheng and Chen Tai are no longer as good as Zu Zeyuan, who is still in Wuchang. They are the Qing officials in charge of the five southwestern provinces. In addition to Huguang and Yunnan and Guizhou, which are all under the hands of the Ming army, most of Guangdong is under the hands of the Qing army, and Shang Kexi is in charge. However, Li Dingguo's army has entered Guangdong, and Guangdong's anti-Qing rebels responded one after another. It is said that the Chaozhou General Hao Jiushang has not been very restless recently. With a sound from Guangxi, the Qing army nominally collected Guilin, but in fact, the four counties of Lingui, Quanzhou, Xing'an, and Lingchuan, which are affiliated with Guo, and other prefectures and prefectures are under the hands of the Ming army.

In comparison, in the southeast, a small group of anti-Qing rebels have been almost cleaned up in recent years. Recently, the more fierce ones are Chen Wen from Zhejiang, Zheng Chenggong from Fujian, and smaller ones include Zhang Mingzhen from Chongming, Qian Yingkui from Su Song, and Zhang San from Taihu. As for the smaller ones, although they cannot count, the threat to local green camps is not as good as Huguang.

"The spies in Guizhou have received a reward. The thief Sun Kewang appointed Liu Wenxiu as the ultimate move at the beginning of the year. Although the direction of the attack is still unclear, after careful consideration, it is nothing more than Sichuan and Huguang, especially here, which is more likely."

After hearing this, Chen Tai nodded and agreed to Fan Wencheng's rhetoric. Since taking office, Hong Chengchou has vigorously eliminated the rebel army in Jiangxi, Fan Wencheng and Chen Tai have also tried their best to clean up the small rebel army around him. However, in Huguang, the province of Ming and Qing dynasties, the people's livelihood has been extremely ruined. Many local gentry were anti-Qing, and they also participated by tribal armed forces such as Miao Yao, which was very laborious to clear them.

In history, Hong Chengchou was vigorously trying to win over the gentry in Huguang while cleaning up. It was a lot of tricks and took several years to barely stabilize the situation. Fan Wencheng and Chen Tai had no local administrative experience, and they still believed in the invincible style of the Eight Banners. The word "Suppression" has been used to this day, but the anti-Qing rebel army is like weeds and can never be cut.

The two of them knew these things well, so naturally there was no need to put them in their mouths. If they insisted on saying them, they would only lose their face, which was really a very human being. Now, Chen Wen's thread is inserted into the edge of this mess. No matter how you look, the Qing Dynasty's rule in Huguang is about to be strangled to death.

"On Chen Wen's side, if the enemy is killed by a thousand times, I will die by eight hundred times. Hong Chengchou lost tens of thousands of officials, so he has to replace more than ten thousand Ming troops. In addition, he has expanded his territory from the eight eastern Zhejiang prefectures, and his troops must be short of strength. Thinking about this, he should be more than enough to defend but not enough to attack. Besides, we will not have any threats yet."

If the Qing army in the southwest advances eastward, the best route is Yuanzhou Prefecture. However, Yuanzhou Prefecture is also a well-known city. The wall bricks used in the Hongwu Dynasty were fired from white clay, which are very solid and solid. Nanjing, which was built at the same time, was the most famous city in the world. Among them, such as Jubaomen, Chaoyangmen, Xuanwumen, etc., used Yuanzhou tribute bricks, which were the same as those used in Yuanzhou Prefecture.

It would be fine if this city was captured, but it would not be captured. If Liu Wenxiu advances eastward, he releases the tiger from the Great Western Army of Yunnan and Guizhou, or if Li Dingguo smells the smell and goes north, it is not a joke.

"This matter is no longer the matter of the five provinces we are responsible for. The war situation in the southeast is unfavorable and now it has threatened us. What should we do? We still need to follow the decision of the court!"

"Just that's right, whether to fight or defend, or to listen to the court."

The Fan Wencheng rubbed his beard while Zhizhu was holding. The plan to kill three soldiers in two peaches gradually took shape in his mind. However, as a slave and bureaucrat, he still had to listen to his master.

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It was too late for Fan Wencheng to get the news, but the news of Hong Chengchou's defeat in Yushan was quickly sent to the Qing court in Beijing along the Poyang Lake, the Yangtze River and the canal. However, the news of Guangxin Prefecture's capture of the Ming army was delayed for many days due to the collapse of the administrative system. It was not until Liu Fangming, who "don't rely on Pan'er" and Zhang Daocheng, the "coward" and others took a boat downstream. Ma Guozhu confirmed the news and sent it to Beijing quickly.

These days, countless Yimas have died on the official roads to the north. There are a bit of a big noise in Jiangxi and Zhejiang. Ma Guozhu and Xiao Qiyuan will send them to Beijing as fast as possible, and cry for help. Even the same is true for Angbang Zhangjing Hahamu, the Four Left-wing Banners of Jiangning, and the Pingnan General Dasu, who is stationed in the Eight Banners in Hangzhou.

Local officials were crying, but the Qing court had not yet made a decision to deal with Dasu's army. This is not a reason for the inefficiency of the feudal bureaucratic system. The Eight Banners were originally slaves of the emperor, but things went one after another, and it was too fast. Dasu was defeated in Siming Lake in late April, and Yushan started fighting in May. By the end of May, Guangxin Mansion was also lost. Now it is only the end of June. The power that Chen Wen exposed this year really blinded the big figures in the Qing court, which was so shocked that they had to watch it and had no time to do things.

"Hong Chengchou lost his troops and humiliated the country, and he should be executed by his family!"

Ning Wan, a Grand Secretary who has gradually gained power in recent years, has been using the Zhejiang case to crack down on the Southern Party and has become increasingly powerful, and the Qing dynasties present also knew that Hong Chengchou's mother had passed away the previous year. His two younger brothers, one died young and the other is still in Fujian. It seems that they have a bad relationship with Hong Chengchou. Even Hong Chengchou's son Hong Shiming's family is waiting for the provincial examination in Fujian now. The sky is high and the road is far away, so it is not easy.

Before Hong Chengchou's death, he was already the only remaining senior official among the southern civil officials in the Qing Dynasty. Although his political enemies were dead and worth celebrating, Chen Wen, who was only a guerrilla general who was in charge of about 500 troops when he first appeared in the sight of the Qing court, became bigger. The smallest half of the ground in the four southeastern provinces was about to be replaced by the Ming Dynasty. The remaining parts, Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangxi, Hangzhou, Jiaxi, and Jiangnan, were also under threat. The sky of the Qing Dynasty in the southeast was about to collapse.

"I am following the proposal that Hong Chengchou is incompetent and corrupts national affairs, and needs to be severely punished, otherwise he will not be cautious about being the governor of the world."

In the fight against the Southern Party, the old Liaodong ministers and the Northern Party were in unison. Now the best political enemy has been killed by the Ming army outside the field. If this guy is stepped into the mud, the Qing court will be "full of all the officials".

However, when Feng Quan said this, Liu Zhengzong below planned to continue firing, but Shunzhi swept down the things on the imperial case and shouted angrily to them: "I asked you to come here to discuss how to wipe out the Zhejiang bandits, not to ask you to attack each other here!"

In the past, when I heard Hong Chengchou talk about the tomorrow of the Tianqi Dynasty, Donglin and the eunuch party attacking each other in the court, I couldn't continue many of the official affairs of the court. He could not understand it at the beginning, but today, he had the illusion of empathy.

"Slaves deserve to die for sin."

"I deserve to die for all my crimes."

A group of Han officials who were still firing just now fell to the ground and kept kowtowing, but Shunzhi seemed to have a breath in his heart and could not dissipate for a long time, which made him feel a little difficult to breathe.

"Get out, get out of here!"

The Han officials in the hall retreated in a hurry, and the rest were relatives of the Eight Banners of Manchus and senior officials of Shunzhi.

"The Han people just like to be arrogant in their nests."

Compared to the last time he came to this hall, Jirgalang's voice seemed a little indifferent. He was sick, which was known to everyone in the court, and Shunzhi naturally knew it. However, Chen Wen had now captured Nanchang and Jiujiang. Even if the news of Yuanzhou had not been delivered, it was enough for them to care about this anymore.

"Uncle Wang..."

Seeing that Shunzhi's eyes were on him, Prince Zheng Jiergalang stood up and replied with a sigh: "Emperor, with the view of a servant, only the Eight Banners' powerhouses can move south to wipe out the Zhejiang bandits!"

The Qing Dynasty no longer had heavy army groups in the four southeastern provinces. If you want to encircle and suppress the enemy, you must have troops. This is normal. However, as soon as this was said, Oboi took the lead in standing up.

"Prince, when the Southeast Administration received news from the rebels Huang Zongxi and others gathered in Dalanshan in Hangzhou, he mentioned the strategy of sending troops to encircle and suppress the army. Later, as Dasu failed to win, the court also transferred 8,000 Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, added Duoloan County Prince as the prince, and went south as the commander-in-chief and commander, and was now on the way."

The Duluan Prince mentioned by Oboi, now Prince An is called Yue Le, and is the son of Abatai, the prince of Raoyu. He had previously entered Sichuan with Haoge and killed Zhang Xianzhong. Two years ago, he also went north as the head coach to attack Tushetu Khan and Chechen Khan of Khalkha Mongol in the north of the desert, forcing them to pay tribute. He is already the most trustworthy prince in terms of ability in the embarrassing period when the Eight Banners are not in line with the green and yellow relatives.

According to Johnson Choi of the Jesuit, before Shunzhi died, the prince wanted to pass the throne to Yue Le because he was young, but was later dissuaded by him. Whether this was true is unknown, but when the Three Feudal Rebellion began to sweep half of the Jiangnan area, Kangxi still invited the noble king. Yue Le did not disappoint his expectations and adopted a more reasonable strategy to capture Jiangxi, cut off the connection between Wu Sangui and Geng Jingzhong, and quickly calmed the Three Feudal Rebellion. He was a famous general among the noble relatives in the early Qing Dynasty.

"That boy Yue Le, haha, you haven't had Zhili yet."

After hearing this, not only Oboi, but also Sony was embarrassed. After many years of entering the pass, the Eight Banners of Manchuria had already been immersed in this vain and wealthy delusion, leaving behind a nest of peace and life in the south, and many Eight Banners soldiers had begun to avoid it. Sony was very clear about this mentality, and the mixed relatives network among the Eight Banners also made many relatives, including him, and the senior officials who had high-ranking officials began to ambiguous about the suggestions of dispatching the Eight Banners Army as the main force to encircle and suppress.

Hong Chengchou's memorial was very early. Dasu had already received the memorial before he sent troops. However, under the denial of Ning Wan and the opposition, the indifference of the senior officials, the negation of the Manchu relatives and nobles, the senior officials, they did not make a decision in time. It was not until the news of Dasu's defeat was delivered.

However, if it is confirmed, it does not mean that the troops will be sent immediately. Now it is not that the Great Western Army has bombed the Duke of Xushun Shen Yongzhong. The wounds of the battle at the forks have not been licked, and the opposition inside the Eight Banners was also quite loud. Finally, they slowly selected a small number of the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the Eight Banners of 6,000, and then set to go south when winter began. However, before long, news of Hong Chengchou's defeat in Yushan came, and the preparations for the dispatch were forced to accelerate suddenly. However, with the normal march, and Hong Chengchou had already cleaned the warehouses in Jiangnan before, military supplies needed to be drawn and transported from the north. Yue Le's army was invaded from Zhili, which was really hard to say.

"When Yue Le arrived in Hangzhou after the autumn, the Zhejiang bandits would also gain a foothold in Jiangxi. At that time, it would be difficult to win by relying on the Eight Banners Army and the few remaining soldiers and defeated soldiers in Hangzhou he brought."

As the Zhejiang Ming army using the Mandarin Duck Formation grew stronger and stronger, the memory of the bloody battle in Hunhe became deeper and deeper. Compared with the ignorant relatives in the court, he was the most afraid of despising the Qing prince of Zhejiang Ming army. However, due to the embarrassing identity of being the regent, he did not dare to say anything more. However, in the current situation, he no longer cared about these things.
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