After Hong Chengchou was defeated, he did not dare to stay near Changsha for a long time, so he led the remaining soldiers to Jiangxi.

Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chaolin led his troops to greet him outside Nanchang City.

Speaking of which, Zhang Chaolin was a member of the Zhenglan Banner of the Han army and the son of Zhang Shiyan, the third-class light chariot commander, and he was also considered an old Banner.

In the second year of Tianqi, Zhang Shiyan won the Later Jin Dynasty and has been serving since then.

As for Zhang Chaolin himself, he made great contributions in suppressing Jin Shenghuan after taking office as the governor of Jiangxi, and was always valued by Shunzhi.

In terms of qualifications, Zhang Chaolin is not inferior to Hong Chengchou, but in terms of official positions, he may be a little worse.

But Hong Chengchou is now a defeated general, so he naturally dare not be too arrogant.

He exchanged greetings with Zhang Chaolin for a few words and then went into the city to settle down.

Hong Chengchou never expected the battle in Changsha to be like this.

The Qing army had already gathered more than 100,000 troops, and twice as much as the Ming army lost, but it was so ugly that he really couldn't understand.

This is really a ghost!

Of course, Oboi's sudden death in battle was also a big factor. For a moment, the morale of the army was disintegrated and the soldiers had no intention of fighting again. Even if Hong Chengchou had the ability to reach the sky, it would be useless.

Since Oboi was dead, Hong Chengchou naturally had to put the pot on him.

After all, dead people will not speak for themselves.

Hong Chengchou thought about his words and immediately wrote a memorial, and ordered people to send it to the capital and submit it to Emperor Shunzhi for his imperial reading.

The current situation cannot be said to be too bad for the Qing Dynasty, but it cannot be considered well.

When Changsha was lost, the entire Huguang was in the hands of the Ming army.

This is the world's granary.

Everyone knows that it is known that it is a king who has accumulated high grain and built high walls.

To explode the troops, you must have enough food reserves to raise the army.

Before the Ming army, the total strength of the Qing army was only a fraction of the Qing army. The Qing army had a million green camp soldiers across the country, while the Ming army had only more than 100,000 troops.

The gap is huge.

However, the Qing army threw Huguang away, and the situation changed drastically.

Hong Chengchou estimated that it would not take long for the Ming army to explode to 200,000 or even 300,000.

With Zheng Chenggong, who was stirring up the turmoil in Nanjing, the Ming army may even reach half of the Qing army's strength in the next few years.

The Ming army suddenly turned from a mantis that was chariot with a mantis armed on his arm and turned into a beast, and could wrestle the arm of the Qing army.

Hong Chengchou could only sigh at this.

It’s not that he has done his best without his efforts, but in fact, Hong Chengchou has been carefully planning.

Each step was carried out according to his established plan, but it seemed that something was wrong, which led to huge deviations in the entire action and plan.

Hong Chengchou thought about it carefully and it seemed that it started when Wu Sangui led his troops to attack Kunming.

Since then, the Qing army has been defeated repeatedly, first lost Chongqing, and then Huguang was captured...

As the governor of the five provinces, Hong Chengchou now has not much territory in his hands, which is indeed a bit unworthy of his name.

But this is not what Hong Chengchou is concerned about.

In his opinion, the most terrifying thing was that the Ming army had developed confidence.

Now there is still Jiangxi between Huguang and Nanjing, which makes Yongli and Zheng Chenggong unable to take into account both the beginning and the end.

If they are allowed to meet successfully, the consequences will be terrifying.

Therefore, after leaving Changsha, Hong Chengchou did not return to Guizhou, nor went to Guangdong and Guangxi, but chose to go directly to Jiangxi.

It is because he knew that Jiangxi was very important to the current Qing army and would never be misunderstood.

As long as Jiangxi is in the hands of the Qing army, the Ming army will feel very uncomfortable like a thorn on its back.

On the contrary, the one who felt uncomfortable was replaced by the Qing army.

The Qing army's advantage is no longer as great as in previous years. It can lose but not lose so completely.

Zhang Chaolin has heard of Hong Chengchou before, but the two have no friendship.

I heard that Zhang Chaolin was a ruthless man. When Jin Shenghuan rebelled, some generals chose to surrender again when they saw that the situation was not good.

Zhang Chaolin accepted it, but turned his back on his face and refused to recognize others.

He ordered all of these surrendered soldiers to be killed and buried alive, which shocked Jiangxi for a while.

Since then, Zhang Chaolin has become a ruthless person.

After writing the memorial, Hong Chengchou planned to meet Zhang Chaolin for a while.

After all, he will spend the next period of time together day and night like Zhang Chaolin.

If you look up and see each other, you should have better relationships.

Although Zhang Chaolin was a ruthless person, his face was still a typical Confucian official.

Pretty and handsome, with a twig of small beards neatly tidy.

If it weren't for the ugly little braid, Zhang Chaolin would have really confused many people.

"Ah, isn't Hong Jinglei resting? Why did you come to the Governor's Office?"

Zhang Chaolin was reading the official documents, and when he saw Hong Chengchou coming, he quickly got up to greet him.

"Haha, I can't sleep, so I want to come and have a walk. Didn't I disturb Governor Zhang from doing business?"

"Haha, why is it? Hong Jingluo please sit down quickly."

Zhang Chaolin's face was filled with smiles, making people unable to see any emotion.

Hong Chengchou sat down with his robe and sighed, "The thief is fierce, and some of the court are going to be busy."

"I haven't had time to ask what's going on in Huguang, and why was it suddenly defeated?"

"It's a long story."

Hong Chengchou shook his head: "Anyway, it's because he underestimated the enemy."

Hu Quancai is a man who is very fond of merit and is stubborn.

Hong Chengchou is very clear about this.

If Yiling and Xiangyang were not lost so early, this would definitely not be the case in Huguang now.

Hu Quancai has to take the blame.

"According to Hong Jingli's opinion, can Jiangxi defend this?"

Hong Chengchou was shocked when he heard this.

Zhang Chaolin really dares to say this.

"Of course, it can be kept."

Hong Chengchou looked confident.

"So what do you think about Zheng Zhehong? He has been stealing Nanjing for more than half a year, and now he has taken Hangzhou again, so he should not be underestimated."

"Zheng Thief is indeed a little troublesome."

Hong Chengchou frowned and said, "The main reason is that even if he beat him away, he would be able to make a comeback after hiding on the sea for a while."

"good."

Zhang Chaolin nodded in agreement: "So there must be a powerful navy."

"Hasn't General Shi Lang done it again?"

"Shi Lang is not a general.

Zhang Chaolin said loudly: "There is a person who considers it all."

Hong Chengchou still agrees with this.

This person should be Langzez.

But the effect is not ideal.

Could it be that he can't suppress Shi Lang?

If so, it will be a little troublesome.

After all, Shi Lang is a pirate and is unscrupulous by nature.

It is easy to have conflicts between civil officials and military generals, which was already in the Ming Dynasty.

The contradiction between the Qing Dynasty's entry into power continued.

"After thinking about it, I think Hong Jinglei is the most suitable."

Hong Chengchou did not expect that Zhang Chaolin's words were attracted to him.

"I'm also having no clones."

He smiled helplessly and said, "Is there no other person to choose?"

What does Zhang Chaolin mean? Drive him away?

"Haha, Zhengluo Hong, don't care, I'll just say it casually."

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