Not many people agree with Dorgon's crazy idea, but Zhang Tianlu felt that if Dorgon went south again, he would definitely hit Jinhua thieves hard, and their brothers would take the opportunity to rise in the sky.

He was the "rebel army" mentioned by Dorgon and Duoduo and Haoge, but the actual situation was that when the Qing army in Jiangnan collapsed and the Qing army in Jiangbei ran all the way, the brothers Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu were very lucky to occupy the Haizhou and Ganyu land of Huaian Prefecture, and promptly took the banner of the Ming Dynasty in Yue in order to avoid becoming the first target of the Ming Dynasty attack.

But this does not mean that Zhang Tianlu. Zhang Tianfu is optimistic about the development of the Yue Ming army. They changed their flags only because of the situation. They even took advantage of the opportunity that the Yue Ming army could not reach to start recruiting troops to expand their strength and even controlled half of Muyang County, trying to take advantage of the confrontation between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Although the Chengtian Dynasty was temporarily unable to deal with vassal states like Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu, Zhang Boyi of Xuzhou and Wang Zhiren, who had just taken office as Huai'an Governor, did not allow Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers to continue making trouble. However, such actions made Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers feel that Chengtian Dynasty was destroying them at all costs.

Zhang Tianlu said sarcastically: "In total, only one of our brothers' three battalions is given to one thousand five hundred people. When we followed Shi Kefa, we had three thousand people, and now there are five or six thousand soldiers. Is Wang Zhiren planning to starve his brothers to death?"

Zhang Tianfu also felt that Zhang Tianlu was right: "I think Liu Yongxi is trying his best to destroy us. I have already inquired that Zhang Boyi has three brigades, each brigade has five brigades, and Wang Zhiren has two brigades. Although it is only the fourth brigade, his two brigades have ten brigades, including his two brigades, and Wang Puxiang from Linhuai is even the six brigades. However, our brothers only provide the three brigades. If they really want to adapt according to the Jinhua thief's wishes, I'm afraid that after Zhang Boyi is finished, Wang Zhiren will attack at the same time!"

In Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu's eyes, soldiers and horses are important capital for their lives. Their brothers finally expanded their troops to 6,000 and captured the land of Haizhou. Now, not only will they have to fight back to their original state, but the Ming Dynasty only gave the third battalion a thousand 1,500 troops, which was half less than their troops when they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

Not to mention that Wang Zhiren asked them to give up Haizhou territory, they would definitely not do it, but instead hoped to take over the entire Huaian Prefecture in the next step.

Zhang Tianlu also said very clearly: "Although we can follow the banner of the Heavenly Kingdom, our military and horse territory cannot be controlled by others. Not only can we not disarmament according to the Jinhua thief, but we must seize every opportunity to expand our troops. If we have ten thousand troops in our hands, both the Qing and the Ming dynasties must try our best to win us over!"

Now between the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Zhang brothers can be said to be an important existence. Although they only have five or six thousand people in their hands, the Haizhou they occupied happened to be on the border between Shandong and Jiangsu provinces. The relationship between the Zhang brothers was naturally particularly important, so Zhang Tianlu always felt that he was a real big man.

Zhang Tianfu was a little worried: "We only have five or six thousand troops now, and the Jinhua thieves have tried their best to guard us. If we have ten thousand people, I'm afraid that Wang Zhiren, Zhang Boyi, Wang Puxiang and Zhang Huangyan will first think about how to deal with us, then we will be the first to be affected!"

Although Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianlu brothers have a high opinion of themselves, and they can be said to have all the advantages of time and place, Zhang Tianfu became a little worried when he thought of fighting against the entire Chengtian Dynasty. However, Zhang Tianlu said confidently: "Now there are countless heroes and heroes in the same situation as us in Jianghuai, and they are all thinking about how to deal with the Jinhua thieves. The key to victory and defeat is actually very simple..."

Zhang Tianfu immediately asked, "What do you say?"

Zhang Tianlu said confidently: "As long as the Qing Dynasty fights across the country, we brothers, not to mention tens of thousands of people, even 20,000 troops have a way! And I happen to know how to make the Qing Dynasty fight across the country!"

For Zhang Boyi, although he has taken over a mess now, there are several small warlords like Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu between Jianghuai, not to mention tens of thousands of soldiers and scattered soldiers, Zhang Boyi believes that this is both a challenge and an opportunity, just like he is alone in Huzhou, otherwise how could he be more than Wang Zhiren to be responsible for the war in Jiangbei?

But Wang Zhiren was complacent because he was given the position of governor of Huai'an: "Pengcheng Bo, now our enemies are not just Jianlu, Zhang Tianlu, Ma Huabao, Li Yuchun and others are all confidants. Since Your Majesty asked Pengcheng Bo to take charge of Jiangbei military affairs, Pengcheng Bo naturally has to have a charter for these people!"

"Pengcheng" is the former name of Xuzhou. Just from the title of "Pengcheng Bo", we can know that Liu Yongxi had high hopes for Zhang Boyi to stay in Xuzhou. However, there is naturally a certain reason why Wang Zhiren is so proud.

Although Liu Yongxi asked Pengcheng Bo Zhang Boyi to take charge of Jiangbei's military affairs, his actual position was only the admiral of Jiangbei, while Wang Zhiren was the actual governor of Huai'an. Moreover, Liu Yongxi personally named him the Marquis of Wuning, and Zhang Boyi was only the Bo of Pengcheng, so Wang Zhiren was above Zhang Boyi regardless of his official position.

In this way, if there is any mishandling of Jiangbei military affairs, it is naturally Jiangbei Admiral Zhang Boyi, who will take the greatest responsibility. If the handling is done properly, it is Wang Zhiren, the governor of Huai'an, who enjoys his achievements, so he will be so active.

Zhang Boyi also understood Liu Yongxi's painstaking efforts: "Wu Ning Hou, you are too polite. Zhang Tianlu, Ma Huabao, and Li Yuchun were originally lackeys in Jianlu, and recruiting them was just a temporary solution. As long as you have the opportunity, you must destroy them, unless they are willing to listen to our dispatch, but will they listen to our dispatch?"

Although Wang Zhiren also had a brief history of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he would immediately shave his head and behaved immediately, anyway, it was completely different from Zhang Tianlu, Ma Huabao, Li Yuchun and others. These rebel generals were extremely vicious to deal with their former comrades after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, and they would slaughter villages, towns, and cities at all for the rebels. Therefore, in Zhang Boyi's eyes, these warlords between the Jianghuai River were hopeless.

Wang Zhiren also felt that what Zhang Boyi said was very much: "Yes, such a traitor should be killed happily, but the strongest one now is Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu brothers. As long as the Zhang brothers are solved, it is not a big problem. Should we concentrate our troops to solve the Zhang brothers first!"

Haizhou and Ganyu County under their jurisdiction both belong to Huai'an Prefecture, not to mention that the Zhang brothers also controlled half of Muyang County. Although Wang Zhiren was nominally Wuning Hou and the governor of Huai'an, he could only control most of Huai'an Prefecture, so he naturally hated the Zhang brothers who were lawless.

However, although he had elite troops from the 11th battalion and several county soldiers under his command, the biggest resistance to attacking Haizhou was still the Qing army that had been watching the Dandan in the north. Now Zhang Boyi's view is different from Wang Zhiren: "Although Haizhou has a great relationship, if we build prisoners and go south with all our might, our two armies may not be able to solve Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu. Persimmons should still be soft!"

After Zhang Boyi said this, Wang Zhiren understood: "What does Peng Chengbo mean to try Li Yuchun?"

Li Yuchun was the general of Sizhou in the Hongguang Dynasty. When the Qing soldiers headed south, he not only surrendered the Qing army but also worked very hard in dealing with the Southern Ming army. However, when the Qing army in Jiangnan collapsed and the Qing army in Jiangbei fled all the way, he immediately led his troops to flee back to Sizhou's nest and announced the change of flags.

At that time, Zhang Boyi and Wang Zhiren's first task was to take Xuzhou, so since Li Yuchun decided to change the flag, he allowed Li Yuchun to continue to occupy Sizhou. It was only after taking Xuzhou that he found that Li Yuchun had a big chance of losing his position in Sizhou.

Although Li Yuchun had only three or four thousand soldiers, he had already posed a huge threat to the rear of the Ming army after occupying Sizhou City. What's more important is that Li Yuchun, Zhang Tianlu, and Ma Huabao all communicated with each other, and did not take Zhang Boyi, the Jiangbei Admiral and Wang Zhiren, the Huai'an Governor seriously.

Now Zhang Boyi decided to slaughter the chicken: "Yes, try Li Yuchun first. At that time, we can launch four armies at the same time. Even if Li Yuchun has the ability to do it, he will not be able to handle it!"

Sizhou was far behind the Ming army, but in some situation, it was already surrounded by the Ming army. The north was Zhang Boyi's army, Wang Puxiang in the west, Wang Zhiren in the east, and Zhang Huangyan's army in the Yangzhou.

Although the four armies seemed a bit too hard to deal with Li Yuchun, Zhang Boyi said very clearly: "There are countless desperate people between the Jianghuai River, so we must use the thunder to let these desperate people know what a dead end is!"

Although Wang Zhiren had some different views, Sizhou City's own self-confidence poses a great threat to Huai'an Prefecture, and more importantly, it would take a lot of risks to attack Haizhou, but it was almost certain to take down Sizhou City. Therefore, he only asked one question: "When we deal with Sizhou, what should we do if Zhang Tianlu and Ma Huabao have any abnormal movements?"

Zhang Boyi immediately laughed: "The reason why I have such good intentions in the small Sizhou City is to lure the snake out of the cave!"

When Wang Zhiren heard Zhang Boyi specifically say "leading the snake out of the hole", he knew that he must still have a killer weapon.

For Liu Yongxi, this Western Expedition was very different from the past. Every time he personally expeditioned, he concentrated the efforts of the whole country. However, in order to be foolproof, he left a large army near Jiangbei and Nanjing just in case, resulting in the total number of troops he personally expeditioned was only 30,000.

But these 30,000 people are almost all the troops that Yue Ming can move, so Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "Empress, stay in Nanjing City, the sky falls and the promising husband is holding on. No matter how the situation develops, don't abandon the city and leave!"
Chapter completed!