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Chapter 109 The final twists and turns

Li Xiangjun said solemnly: "This time, my husband specially handed over the Dingwu and Brave Martial Brigades to Uncle Wang, hoping that Uncle Wang can use this army and horse well. As long as there is no problem with this army, my husband can rest assured this time."

The troops left by Wang Deren were adapted into the "Zhongwu Brigade" and temporarily led by Mrs. Xing, while the old subordinates of Jin Shenghuan were adapted into Dingwu, and the two brave brigades were transferred to Wang Sunfan.

Wang Sunfan knew that Jin Shenghuan's old subordinates were originally scattered soldiers and yelling brave men, but training these chaotic people was originally his strength. After all, he could even settle the eunuchs of the inner palace when he was in the prefect of Jining: "Please rest assured that Dingwu and brave warriors have been handed over to me, and they will ensure that they can be used by the country and there will be no major problems!"

With the historical basis of Dingwu and the brave brigade, there will definitely be no small problems, but Wang Sunfan promised that there will be no major problems. Li Xiangjun felt relieved when he heard this: "My husband will definitely have a good sleep when he hears this news."

Since Liu Yongxi can have a good sleep, it is naturally bad news for the Qing Dynasty. Ajige is now scolding Jin Shenghuan, and Wang Deren is useless: "Nanchang City is a strong city after all, Jin Shenghuan. How could Wang Deren give Nanchang City and the entire Jiangxi to Jinhua thieves without a battle? The rice bucket is a bunch of rice buckets!"

Ajige had never been so angry. He had originally expected the Ming army of Yue and Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren to fight in Nanchang City. In the end, both sides were injured. However, no one expected that Liu Yongxi would only stay under the city for one or two days and then the situation would change drastically, which completely failed.

Although Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren's troops were not considered elite troops, the Yue Ming army recruited Jin Shenghuan, and Wang Deren's troops were shocked. It turned out that Ajige wanted to wait for the Yue Ming army to attack when it marched westward, but now he completely gave up this idea and placed all his hopes on Zhang Xianzhong.

But Wu Sangui reminded Ajige: "Since Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren are not the opponent of Jinhua thieves, we cannot send too much hope to the thieves in the West. They are just thieves after all."

Ajige sighed and said, "Although the Great Western thieves are just thieves, Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons are still very good. I heard that they defeated the thieves in Jingzhou near Yiling!"

For Ajige, this is the only good news in recent months. Although I don’t know how much the series of battles between the Jingzhou thieves and the Jinhua thieves were losing in Yiling, both sides lost at least a few thousand people, and the Jingzhou thieves were obviously at a disadvantage.

Under this situation, a battle of corpses would inevitably break out between Jinhua thieves and Daxi thieves. This is exactly the ending that Ajige hopes most: "When the Jingzhou thieves, Jinhua thieves, Daxi thieves and Hunan thieves fight to the point of exhaustion, it will be a god-given opportunity for our army to enter Huguang again."

But Wu Sangui is obviously calmer than Ajige: "If we are preparing to enter Huguang again, then our army of more than 100,000 cannot be dispersed. But now the Regent wants to mobilize troops to fight south, what should we do?"

Now Ajige can be said to be the most powerful field corps in the Qing Dynasty. When Ajige crossed the Yellow River to defeat Li Guo, who defeated northern Shaanxi, there were 80,000 people when Gao Yigong Group was in the first place. After a series of huge victories, a large number of remnants of Zuo Liangyu and Li Zicheng were captured. At its peak, the total force was no less than 200,000 to 300,000.

Although he suffered a series of setbacks in the past few months, Azige still has more than 100,000 field troops, which is all his capital for him to return to Huguang.

However, after the two field corpses of Duoduo and Haoge suffered a devastating blow in Jiangnan, the Qing Dynasty faced a huge military crisis, and it encountered military crisis everywhere.

In the past, the Eight Banners Army played the role of firefighting team, but this time the main force who rushed to Haizhou became Zuo Menggeng, Dong Yuan and Geng Jimao's Han army. In order to draw out more than 10,000 mobile troops, all the princes and Beile can be said to have tried every possible way.

In the eyes of the court, Ajige, who had more than 100,000 field troops, became a piece of fat in the eyes of the court. Although nearly 10,000 elite troops had been transferred in advance, the court now issued a new order, requiring Ajige to transfer another 30,000 troops to participate in the southern expedition, and also appointed several of the most elite field troops of Ajige.

Ajige was also very aggrieved by the orders of the Regent Dorgon: "Doduo and Haoge were beaten by Jinhua thieves in Jiangnan, but they were still the prince of our Qing Dynasty. This time, the two defeated generals continued to take on the great responsibility!"

Ajige became more and more angry as he spoke: "And I finally saved more than 100,000 elite troops for the Qing Dynasty, but now I have become a sucker. Who would have wanted to transfer troops from me? The Southern Expedition is obviously a bottomless pit, but the court just wanted to use the elite troops I saved with all my efforts to fill this hole. Anyway, there is no such thing!"

Wu Sangui couldn't help but feel happy when he heard Ajige say this: "What the King of England said is very true. The southern expedition is a bottomless pit. King Yu and King Su fill in hundreds of thousands of troops. In the end, it is said that only a few thousand people follow King Yu and King Su cross the north. Even if the court invests another 200,000 or even 300,000 people in, it will fill in the bottomless pit."

Ajige also had a deep sense of the same feeling. It was really Dodo. Haoge's failure in the southern expedition left a deep impression on him. He even felt that transferring more than 100,000 people to the southern expedition battlefield would not solve the problem.

Destroying the Hongguang Dynasty can be said to be the biggest mistake Dorgon made. At that time, the Hongguang Dynasty only sought a situation of governance across the river, but all the princes, including Ajige, thought that if the Hongguang Dynasty solved the Hongguang Dynasty, they could completely destroy the Can Ming and unify the world.

But no one expected that destroying the Hongguang Dynasty would lead to the Chengtian Dynasty, which was a hundred times or even a thousand times more terrifying than the Hongguang Dynasty. Although Dorgon's southern expedition claimed to take over Xuzhou, Huaian, Fengyang and even take Nanjing again, Ajige had lost all his confidence in this southern expedition.

Wu Sangui also had no confidence in the Nanzheng and was unwilling to be transferred to the Nanzheng battlefield as cannon fodder, so he immediately agreed with Ajige: "What the British King said is very true. Since the Nanzheng had lost troops last year, it was impossible to end, so there was no need to fill this bottomless pit this year!"

But Ajig sighed: "But the Regent is my brother after all, and we are still from the same mother. Although it is impossible to draw 30,000 elite soldiers, 10,000 soldiers can always be done!"

For Ajige, ten thousand people are already the limit of brotherhood in his country, and he has now finished his righteousness.

Wu Sangui also breathed a sigh of relief. Since Ajige only talked about 10,000 soldiers and horses, he obviously only planned to send 10,000 shrimp soldiers and crabs to deal with Dorgon. Wu Sangui is the most elite soldiers and horses under Ajige, and he has escaped.

For the Zhongzhen Camp in Jingzhou, now is the most dangerous moment. Zhang Xianzhong's Western Army continued to fight from the Three Gorges to the Yiling battlefield. The number of troops reached Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tichun, the veterans of the Zhongzhen Camp were all desperate.

However, the Dashun Army has been defeated repeatedly this year, and the Yongchang Dynasty that entered Beijing has fallen again to the thief who has no foothold. These veterans of the Loyal Camp were extremely impressed by this.

Now the situation in the world has completely changed, and they can't even wander around like before. Fortunately, Empress Gao made the wisest choice at the critical moment, and finally took over the hard-won territory of Jingzhou Prefecture with the full support of the Chengtian Dynasty.

Now Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tichun all attach great importance to the only land in Zhongzhen Camp.

They knew very well that although the Chengtian Dynasty recognized the status of "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" and the Zhongzhen Camp, they could not even keep the territory of Jingzhou Prefecture, which was absolutely worthless in the eyes of Emperor Chengtian, and their original marquis and earls were meaningless.

Therefore, although they lost more and won less on the battlefield, they gritted their teeth and mobilized troops from all aspects to fight the Daxi Army near Yiling. Now they finally got clear news: "Nanchang has been taken down. As long as Jianlu does not want to seek death, we will meet with His Majesty just around the corner!"

Although there is still a long distance from Nanchang to Jingzhou, after the uprising of Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren in Nanchang, no force on both sides of the Yangtze River could be found to block the advance of the Ming Dynasty. They were just some mobs.

In fact, the scout of the Ming army of Yue had already rushed straight into Zhongzhen Camp for the first time. Although this horse team only had a dozen horses, it still made the veterans of Zhongzhen Camp ecstatic.

What they have to do now is not to defeat the Daxi Army, but to drag on it until Emperor Chengtian and his army come to support. With the joining of this new force, the situation will be completely different.

Now Tian Jianxiu said very clearly: "As long as we persist for another three or five days, the army of Emperor Chengtian can come to support it. The situation will be completely different. Now the initiative is on our side."

However, Empress Gao had already received a letter from Liu Yongxi: "Houze Houze is a little too optimistic. His Majesty told me in the letter that Nanchang Xinding, he would stay in Nanchang for a little more than three or five days to carry out the aftermath, so General Xing Shengping led the front army to rush for assistance, but please rest assured that Your Majesty's army is already on the way!"

Although Liu Yongxi's army may have arrived a few days later than expected, the generals of the Zhongzhen Camp present were optimistic.

Although they had never met Emperor Chengtian Liu Yongxi, they knew that Liu Yongxi had always spoken out. Since Liu Yongxi said he would fully support Zhongzhen Camp, as long as Zhongzhen Camp could defend Jingzhou Prefecture, then everyone would be a real founding hero.
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