What Jiergalang is not referring to, but Liu Cheng.

When he arrived in Nanjing last year, Liu Cheng was arranged to live here by Ma Guozhu. Logically speaking, the Qing court should pay attention to the rare rebel generals of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. However, his official position was too low when he surrendered, and he was just a small training officer. Even his official position was only a guerrilla general, and his inside information could be accessed. As Hu Quancai and others' responsibility for defeat in Guangxin Mansion was alleviated, he was gradually forgotten.

When Zheng Chenggong rushed to Nanjing for thousands of miles, Liu Cheng was remembered by Ma Guozhu, but it made people look at him even more nervous. After all, this was a rebel general. Since he could betray Chen Wen and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, who knew whether he would choose to betray the Qing Dynasty and surrender to Zheng Chenggong in this crisis?

"Little man Liu Cheng, pay homage to the prince."

Liu Cheng fell to the ground, but Jirgalang did not let him get up. Instead, he sneered at him: "Your old master, you have been very glorious in the past two years."

As soon as this said, Liu Cheng was sweating all over his body. He swallowed his saliva and said to Jiergalang: "The villain now only knows to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty. He has no relationship with the Zhejiang bandits at all. I hope the prince will observe clearly."

Liu Cheng was so confident that he kowtowed and even more touching the ground. Jirgalang had no intention of doubting him at first. It was just to scare and scare to squeeze out more useful things. It was indeed the top priority now.

"Loyalty is not something that is said, it is something that is done."

"The villain understands that the villain must know everything."

When Wei arrived, Jirgalang asked Liu Cheng to stand up and reply: "Then tell me, don't miss anything about the Zhejiang bandits you know!"

"In the eyes of villains, the ones held by Zhejiang bandits are nothing more than their infantry formation!"

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Jirgalang arrived in Nanjing, but no one saw him. He first had a secret conversation with Ma Guozhu for a moment, and then he attracted the surrendered general Liu Cheng. As for the heroes of the battle in Nanjing, Angbang Zhangjing Titicacamu, Jiangnan Han soldiers, Guan Qizhong, Gushan Ezhen, and Su Song Admiral Zhang Tianlu and others, they all stared in the doorman.

These four major positions have both low official positions, and can be said to be important in Nanjing city defense. However, after the arrival of Jiergalang's Eight Banners Army, their role immediately shrank. There is no other way, the troops are all.

There were one or two hundred left of the four left-wing banners in Jiangnan, Jiangning, among which were also counted as bow craftsmen; the Han army flag in Jiangnan was almost wiped out in the battle of Zhenjiang, and Guan Yizhong's army could be ordered directly was probably not as many as a guerrilla general; Liu Liangzuo's Eight Banners of Han army were the heroes of that battle, but there were only five or six hundred people, and they lost a lot of money in the troops behind Zheng Chenggong's palace; the remaining Zhang Tianlu had already rushed back to Suzhou Prefecture to assist in defense, and there were only a group of personal soldiers who were with him.

In short, compared to the more than 10,000 troops brought by Jirgalang, their usefulness has decreased a lot, and fear is inevitable.

However, when people compare themselves with each other, there will always be a superiority. Zhang Tianlu is a hero and has not won a battle this year. He is not panicked and is worried about only the rewards and the subsequent wars. However, the other three have their own problems. Jirgalang's attitude when he saw them will determine their victory and death!

The four of them entered the headquarters of Jirgalang in the morning and waited until the sun set. At lunch, Jirgalang's personal soldiers asked their servants to send them a copy. Liu Liangzuo, who was the thickest and most worried, handed over a large ticket. In the end, Jujirgalang was still chatting with Liu Cheng and had nothing left. He gave him any money. He didn't want it anymore, as if he could tell the words if he didn't give them money, but he wouldn't say anything else even if he gave them.

The sun sets and the personal soldiers come again, telling them to stay in the headquarters tonight. Jirgalang and Liu Cheng have not had a good chat yet, but it may not be necessary when the chat is finished, so they are asked to live in the headquarters and wait for summons at any time.

Four people with each thought moved into the headquarters, with only a few personal soldiers around him, but after a whole night passed, Jirgalang never summoned them. Instead, Liu Cheng had already left the headquarters when they moved in and returned to the residence arranged for him by Ma Guozhu.

The next morning, Liu Cheng went to the headquarters. However, this time, what he was waiting in the gatehouse became him, because Jirgalang was still meeting the four Qing army commanders who were coldly treated yesterday.

"Admiral Zhang is a hero who repels the pirates this time. The emperor has issued an order to send the portrait of Admiral Zhang to the front of the emperor for the imperial examination."

"How can this be a good thing? I'm a vulgar person who really can't get to the emperor's eyes." Hearing this news, Zhang Tianlu was so excited that he couldn't help himself, just like a young man who had no experience in the world, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

In Jiergalang's eyes, Zhang Tianlu's performance was very satisfied. His respect for the imperial power showed that the Qing Dynasty was still the object of his loyalty in this person. Moreover, he had repelled Zheng Chenggong before, and before that, he had slaughtered the rebels of the Qing army in Jiangnan. With Chen Wen's character, it was a dead end to the hands of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It seemed that he was a trustworthy green camp general.

"I remember, you have a younger brother who is now a general in Shaanxi?"

“That’s right.”

"Yes." Jirgalang nodded, and then dropped a deep water bomb: "Brothers are both loyal ministers and good generals. Not bad, not bad. I am willing to submit a memorial to the emperor for you and promise your royal family to be your wife."

This deep-water bomb suddenly confused Zhang Tianlu. He and his younger brother Zhang Tianfu, the general of the Han Qiang in Shaanxi, were both Han army bannermen who carried into the Han army's yellow flag when Prince Yu Duoduo went south. They were his own people of the Eight Banners and the slaves of the Qing emperor. They were already different from those Han people who even called themselves "subjects" when they met the emperor.

However, the Han Army Banner is still Manchuria and the third-class Eight Banners below Mongolia. Although there are many Han Army Banners and their political power in the early Qing Dynasty, their status is much different than the other two. Now Jiergalang has proposed to allow a royal family to give his son a wife and be able to marry the royal family. Even if it is just a concubine of the Red Bandian family, it can greatly enhance their family's status among the Eight Banners.

If it were the original history, such good things would not have fallen on people like him. But at this moment, the situation of the Qing Dynasty was no longer as good as before. Although this candy was very sweet, if even the Qing Dynasty was over, these would be a huge crime.

Jirgalang said this was a reward for his merits, or to win over him as a good general, but it was better to say that he would further tie his brothers to the Qing chariot. He would prosper and lose both.

Zhang Tianlu opened his mouth wide and looked in disbelief, but Jirgalang still realized that the general was not completely confused by this great news, but instead carefully calculated the pros and cons.

With a frown, Jirhalang coughed heavily. Zhang Tianlu knew that Jirhalang was already impatient and hurriedly fell to the ground and agreed to the marriage, with a look of gratitude on his face.

For him, there is no one or two, and only "one" and "one". He and his younger brother Zhang Tianfu are both Han army bannermen, and they are also Han army bannermen with the yellow flags of the Han army. They have no way out. Now, the only one who is most likely to pose a threat to the Qing Dynasty's rule on Jiangnan is Chen Wen, and Chen Wen is a character who never rubs sand in his eyes. With their identities, there is only a dead end. Since that is the case, it is better to fight to the death, and there is always a chance.

After chatting for a while, Jiergalang asked Zhang Tianlu to leave. When he was about to stop, he mentioned to him that the court had already discussed the matter of the rank of the emperor. The envoy of the Imperial Examination was on the way and completely calmed down Zhang Tianlu's heart, so that he could bring his personal soldiers back to Suzhou to continue to take charge.

Zhang Tianlu left the headquarters with great enthusiasm. In Jiergalang's plan, he was the backbone of Suzhou, resisting the offensive launched by the Ming army from Songjiang Prefecture and the large army of Jiergalang cooperated to send troops to Songjiang Prefecture to restrain the Ming army's flank commander.

However, Zhang Tianlu didn't know that this conversation made Jirgalang feel unprecedented shame, but it was a shame that he had to bear.

After yesterday's conversation with Ma Guozhu and Liu Cheng, Jiergalang realized that the trend that the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang has now brought about a small chance of winning in Jiangnan. But if they gave up Jiangnan, the north would have been destroyed by natural disasters, bandits, soldiers, and corrupt officials. Without the wealth here, the Qing Dynasty would not last long in the pass. But if they really had no Han people, even if they fled back to the old forest in Liaodong, they would have no way to survive.

For the sake of the present plan, Zhang Tianlu is the most important one, because this general also managed tens of thousands of Green Camp soldiers in Susong area. Even if he only talked about his troops, there were 3,000 people, and he had never suffered a great defeat. He was a veteran soldier of all ages.

In the eighth year of Shunzhi, the Qing court issued an edict: "Register the Han officials and people will marry each other." But normally, the bannermen can marry Han girls, and the bannermen women generally do not marry outside.

However, since such an edict was given, it could be said to be a policy loophole. Jiergalang didn't care about the fate of a banner woman, even Jueluo, who was with the red belt, still felt that his unhappiness could not be dissipated by marrying a royal woman to the son of a slave of the Han army flag.

"Slave Titicamu, Guan Yisheng, Liu Liangzuo pays homage to the prince."

Two Angbang Zhangjing fell to the ground, but Jirgalang sneered coldly: "Citakamu, Guan Qiyi, you two dog slaves are very good at fighting."

"Slaves deserve to die for sin."

Seeing that Jirgalang was like this, the two of them hurriedly bowed to the ground and kowtowed inadequately, but what they received was Jirgalang's stern scolding.

"You two trash deserve to die!"

After saying that, Jirgalang waved his hand, and the big and round personal soldiers beside him pulled the two of them out of the hall, pressed them to the ground, and whipped them with a whip.

The four left-wing banners in Jiangnan and Jiangning and the Han army flags stationed in Jiangnan were almost wiped out. It would not be an exaggeration to take such a serious crime out of being beheaded.

In history, Guan Yizhong and Jiang Guozhu, the then governor of Jiangning, drove away Zheng Chenggong, but he was still a slave to Xinzheku, and a prince sent to this banner as a slave. He had both family property and property, and only Angbang Zhangjing, who was stationed in the Eight Banners, was exempted from liability. Now Chen Wen is under great pressure, and these two guys Jiergalang had to let them continue to commit crimes and make meritorious contributions, but the loss of the army cannot be done like this, and this beating is inevitable.

The whip in the yard was whipped on the two of them. Liu Liangzuo was lying on the ground, but the ground above his head and palm had been wet with sweat. There was even sweat on his head ticking down his bare scalp, as if the one being whipped was not Titicacum and Guan Qizhen, but his Gushan Ezhen.

"You stand up and reply first."

Hearing this, Liu Liangzuo was so amnesty that he wanted to stand up tremblingly, but his legs were already weak. Finally, he leaned on his hands and feet to stand up, and he lowered his head and waited for Jirgalang's question.

"If there is any falsehood in the whole process of Prince An's battle, it will definitely be severely punished."

"The slave must report it truthfully."

The whipping outside continued, and Liu Liangzuo didn't even bother to wipe it, so he began to report to Jirgalang according to the words he had made up before.

The truth is still very high, but when the army was defeated, he insisted on watching Yue Le withdraw from the battlefield first by a group of personal soldiers, and then he led his troops to escape. However, the Ming army's cavalry was waiting for his leisure. When the army was defeated, he could not meet with Yue Le again, so he fled to Hangzhou alone. As a result, when he arrived in Hangzhou, he got the news that Yue Le had been killed from the defeated soldiers.

After confirming it over and over again, Liu Liangzuo recalled what Yue Le said to him before the war - "If you cannot win, you should rush to Nanjing as soon as possible and try to rescue Nanjing." The implication is very simple. Nanjing can only be liberated and the army can only go south to fight with the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang again. Liu Liangzuo naturally explained this truth in detail to Jiergalang, which was also recognized by Jiergalang.

After the detailed explanation was completed, Jiergalang also had a certain understanding of the tactics used by the Ming army in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the Battle of Qiaosi Town and Yue Le's response. In conjunction with Liu Cheng's previous interpretation, he already had a relatively comprehensive image in his mind.

After being defeated, Liu Liangzuo's thought of fleeing to Nanjing and making meritorious contributions, which was indeed a warlord from the four towns of Jiangbei. However, Jirgalang's tolerance for this talent was far less than Liu Liangzuo imagined.

"Come on, take this guy off."

The big-shouldered and round-waisted personal soldiers took Liu Liangzuo and tied up the two of them in a few seconds. Before Liu Liangzuo could react, he was stuffed into his mouth by a piece of rag.

"I lost my master, a prince Heshuo, and I actually want to make meritorious service to atone for my sins. Do you think the lives of the Aisin Gioro family's royal family are as worthless as yours?"

Jirhalang is the son of Nurhaci's younger brother Shurhaci. He was fed in Nurhaci's palace since he was a child. He was living under others, so he was not as strong as his brothers and cousins ​​in tyranny, but his cautiousness was even considered weak by his brothers and cousins.

Character determines destiny. It is precisely because of this that Jirgalang was able to sit on the throne of the banner master and support Shunzhi to the throne under Dorgon's great power, ensuring the status of Huang Taiji and his group. Now, it is easy to separate Liu Liangzuo and the eight banners of the Han army yesterday, and completed the rectification of the troops overnight, in order to prevent any accidents caused by Liu Liangzuo's imprisonment.

"Please take this guy to the capital."

An order was issued to an Eight Banners officer, and news came from the yard that Titicacum and Guan Qizhong had been fainted.
Chapter completed!