If Zhu Yihai wants to recover Nanjing, he must rely on Zhao Ming's Donghai Town.If there was no Zhao Ming's troops and horses to contain the Qing army, it would be difficult for the Zhejiang system to recover Nanjing before the Longwu court went east.Therefore, Zhu Yihai did not express his intention to take Nanjing first, and strongly expressed it to Zhao Ming, worried that Zhao Ming would conflict with his ideas because he wanted to annihilate the 300,000 Qing army, so he did not cooperate and did not support his plan to recover Nanjing in advance.Although the goal of Zhao Ming and Zhu Yihai is to recover Nanjing, Zhao Ming wants to annihilate the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan and lay the foundation for the rapid destruction of the Manchu Dynasty, while Zhu Yihai wants to take Nanjing first, so as not to be captured by the Longwu court, as for how many Qing troops to annihilate, it is a secondary matter.There is still an essential difference between these two situations, and among the towns in Zhejiang, Zhao Ming's status is relatively special, Donghai Town is strong, and Zhu Yihai cannot control and control Zhao Ming like other towns.For a strong feudal domain like Donghai Town, Zhu Yihai could only discuss with Zhao Ming, but could not give a direct order.On December 25, after a few days of discussion in Hangzhou, Zhao Ming first returned to Suzhou to prepare to transfer the army.Zhao Ming wanted to leave, and Zhu Yihai personally sent him off."
Your Highness, please go back!
Jiangbei Azig, Your Highness doesn't have to worry, if you act according to the plan, this time the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to annihilate the main force of the Qing army!
”In the northern suburbs of Hangzhou, Zhao Ming led the horse and said to Zhu Yihai beside him.Zhu Yihai stopped, hesitated, and said softly: "Bo'an, the Qing army in Jiangbei has a lot of troops, you can't be careless!"
”Zhao Ming glanced at Zhu Yihai and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness doesn't have to worry, now the Qing army in Jiangnan is being attacked on three sides, the minister is in the east, His Royal Highness is in the south, and the court is in the west, and the Qing army is already in the pocket, and the chance of winning is very great."
This battle was initiated by His Highness, and His Highness's army is close to Nanjing, and no one can erase His Highness's achievements!
”Zhao Ming's meaning, he outflanked from the east, and the imperial court sent a soldier and horse to outflank from the west, sealing Azig's retreat, and Zhu Yihai attacked from the south to recover Nanjing.If the plan is successfully implemented, Zhu Yihai will not only recover Nanjing, but also organize the encirclement and annihilation of the main force of the Qing army in Jiangnan, and will be able to obtain the prestige he wants, as well as an unshakable position, while Zhao Ming will achieve the goal of completely annihilating the main force of the Qing army.Zhu Yihai showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and then said with a straight face, "Since Bo'an is sure, then Gu won't say much." ”Zhao Ming immediately hugged his fists, turned over on his horse, said goodbye to Zhu Yihai, and ran to Suzhou, while Zhu Yihai returned to Hangzhou, convened his generals, and arranged to send troops.Taixing, Rugao and Nantong counties are located in the southeast of Yangzhou, a corner of the ocean stretched out from the mainland.This is the eastern gateway of Yangzhou, and Su Song often faces across the river, can advance or retreat, convenient for supply.If Zhao Ming wants to gain a foothold in Jiangbei, the most suitable place is here.After all, there were 200,000 Qing troops in Jiangbei, and if they did not choose a suitable place, establish a solid front, and land the Ming army in Jiangbei, it would be easy for the Qing army to drive down the Yangtze River and the sea.In 1653, just after the New Year, Zhao Ming sent people to Wuchang to contact the court of Yinxi and Longwu, and asked Yinxi to send troops eastward to attack Luzhou and Fengyang to outflank Azig, and on the other hand, he dispatched troops and sent generals, allocated grain and grass equipment, and then led Wang Chaoxian, Ruan Mei, Li Zhongming, Wang Yi, Li Changxiang, Tang Tong, Li Benshen, Yu Yin, Han Zhaoxuan and other generals to lead 50,000 people of Shence Army to land from Nantong, Taixing and other places and set foot on the land of Jiangbei.Jiangbei and Su Songchang face each other across the river, but the economy is far behind Su Songchang, and it is located in a wide hilly area, with less arable land, and the land near the sea is mostly saline-alkali land that cannot be planted, and it is relatively barren.In the past, salt could be dried here, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty forbade the sea and migrated to the coastal people, which caused the people here to lose an important livelihood.In recent years, the Manchu Qing Dynasty lost most of the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the Huguang granary was also occupied by the Ming army, and the grain of the Chengdu Plain could not be transported, which made the Manchu Qing's finances extremely tight.In order to maintain the operation of the Manchu court, the Manchus could only levy additional taxes, and more than 200,000 Qing troops were stationed in Jiangbei, and the supply pressure was extremely great, so the Manchus could only increase the looting of the prefectures and counties in Jiangbei.This made the people of Jiangbei bear a huge burden, and the proportion of taxes was as high as more than 50%, and they also had to face the robbery and riots of the Qing army in Jiangbei, which was really miserable.In contrast, Su Songchang under the rule of Donghai Town on the other side was economically prosperous and had abundant materials, and many Jiangbei surnames fled to Su Songchang's workshop to work.Now, as soon as the Ming army of Donghai Town set foot on the north bank, he was elected as the commander of Zhao in the East China Sea, raised 200,000 troops, and recovered Jiangbei.In the first month, before the end of the year, Nantong, Taixing, Rugao, Rudong, Taixian and other places looked at the wind and fell, and the Qing army's strength shrank to Yangzhou, and Jiangbei was followed by a great earthquake.Yangzhou, nine years ago, Duoduo led the army south, coveting the wealth of Yangzhou, under the pretext of Yangzhou military and civilian resistance, slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Yangzhou people.Nowadays, there are still no people in Yangzhou City, and almost all of them live in the Qing army, as well as the dependents of the Qing army, just like a military city.At this time, in the mansion of Prince Ying of Yangzhou City, Azige, who was sitting here, stood in front of the map with his hands in his hands, and snorted coldly, "Zhao Zamao has such a big appetite!"
”Fan Wencheng, the governor of Jiangnan on the side, said with a calm face: "Zhao Zamao's soldiers entered the Yangtze River and pointed directly at Zhenjiang, indicating that the Zhejiang Department did not attack Nanjing, and Zhao Zamao did not attack Zhenjiang, but crossed the river to the north, and the picture is the prince, and the hundreds of thousands of troops under the prince!"
This guy's appetite is indeed huge, it's simply rampant!
”If the Ming army only blocked the Yangtze River, the target would be Nanjing, and if the Ming army did not attack Nanjing and landed in Jiangbei, the plot would be big.Azig turned around, his face was a little indignant, and he suddenly scolded, "This king doesn't believe it, this Zhao Zamao can reach the sky, I want to see how he eats this king!"
”Having said that, Zhao Zamao was fierce, and the Qing army really didn't dare to despise him.Fan Wencheng said gloomily: "Lord Wang, now that Zhao Zamao is moving, Zhu Yihai and the puppet Ming court will definitely follow suit."
Looking at Zhao Zamao's actions now, the pseudo-Ming plan is very big, with the intention of annihilating the prince, how is the prince going to deal with it?
”Azig was silent for a moment, and then said in a cold voice: "It depends on whether the imperial court's strategy can work and attract the attention of the puppet Ming court and Zhu Yihai to Nanjing.If the imperial court's strategy succeeds, Zhao Zamao will be alone in the depths, and this king has an army of 200,000 to lure Zhao Zamao to attack, maybe he can teach him a lesson, and even kill this thief. ”()