Zhu Yihai listened to Li Yuanyin's report, and his heart suddenly hung up.He originally just hoped that Zhao Ming could contain Azig, but he didn't expect Zhao Ming to be so concerned about annihilating Azig, and went alone to intercept Azig, which made the ambush of the Qing army.Judging from Li Yuanyin's statement, it is now found in Gaoyou that there are corpses of soldiers from Donghai Town everywhere, which shows that Zhao Ming failed to cut off Azig's retreat and suffered a heavy defeat.Zhang Huangyan reminded Zhu Yihai that Zhao Ming's situation might be more dangerous, but he didn't expect it to come true so soon.Now that I think about it, I originally said that I would encircle and annihilate Azig in three ways, but first he sent troops in advance, causing 100,000 Qing troops in Jiangnan to withdraw to Jiangbei, so that the enemy army faced by Donghai Town changed from 200,000 to 300,000, and at the same time, the soldiers of the Longwu Imperial Court, who should have copied Yangzhou from the west, did not outflank Yangzhou as planned, but hundreds of thousands of troops came to Nanjing to compete with him for Nanjing.This is tantamount to letting Zhao Ming outflank the back road of 300,000 Qing troops with 30,000 people without knowing it, which is almost equivalent to looking for death, and Donghai Town was pitted by him and Zhu Yujian.Zhao Ming is the most capable general under Zhu Yihai, and he is also an important support for the Zhejiang system to compete with the Longwu court.If the Zhejiang Department loses Donghai Town and Zhao Ming, its strength will be reduced by more than fifty percent.For a while, Zhu Yihai's hands trembled a little, and his eyes became gloomy."
This is a disaster.Bo'an was ambushed, Donghai Town's vitality was greatly injured, and the lonely king had just recovered Nanjing, and before he had time to worship Xiaoling, the emperor led the Chu and Jiangxi people more than 200,000 troops to approach Nanjing. ”Zhu Yihai repented.Emperor Longwu personally led the army to the city of Nanjing, and it was impossible for Zhu Yihai not to let Longwu enter the city, so that his achievements in recovering Nanjing would be greatly discounted, and he would be divided by the Longwu court, and Nanjing would have to be ceded to Longwu, and the Zhejiang army would be busy in vain.Although Zhu Yihai has gained the reputation of entering Nanjing first, the loss of Zhao Ming, a general, and the achievement of recovering Nanjing will be discounted, which can be said to be more than worth the loss.Li Yuanyin said anxiously: "Your Highness, Zhao Guogong is the general of our dynasty, if there is a mistake, the morale of our army will definitely be greatly damaged."
Moreover, if Zhao Guogong loses, Donghai Town will inevitably be dissatisfied with His Highness, which is not good for His Highness!
The minister implored His Highness to immediately send troops to reinforce Donghai Town and rescue Zhao Guogong. ”If Zhao Ming is wrong, the impact and loss caused will never be like this, Zhu Yihai became anxious in his heart."
Lone also wants to rescue Bo'an, but Bo'an doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, so how can Lone rescue?"
Zhu Yihai was in the main hall, pacing back and forth, looking anxious, and suddenly asked Zhang Huangyan and Zhang Mingzhen: "What do you have in mind?"
”Zhang Mingzhen said: "Just said what Yuan Bo said, Wang Yi sent scouts to find Zhao Bo'an in the middle of Gaoyou, and saw the battlefield of dozens of miles of corpses, but he did not find the main force of the Qing army, and the Qing army still blocked Wang Yi's northward advance, which means that Azig has not completely eaten Zhao Bo'an, otherwise the Qing army would have gone south long ago, swept Taizhou and Rugao, and drove Donghai Town back to the south bank." ”Zhu Yihai listened to his analysis and calmed down a little, but then said: "Now there are 300,000 Qing troops in Jiangbei, and Donghai Town has suffered a fiasco. ”"Can't!"
Zhang Huangyan said with a calm face, "However, if the imperial court can send troops to attack Jiangbei together, it is possible to successfully rescue Zhao Guogong and even defeat Azig in Jiangbei." ”Zhu Yihai was a little annoyed and said: "Jin Shenghuan should have gone north from Anqing, went straight to the front line of Sizhou, cooperated with Bo'an, and cut off the retreat of the Qing army, but he went down the river to the east and arrived in the western suburbs of Nanjing.Now that the emperor has led more than 200,000 people, from Wuchang Jianling, and also rushed straight to Nanjing, it means that the imperial court only wants to fight for Nanjing, will they change direction and rescue Bo'an?
”Zhao Ming was trapped, and Zhu Yihai had a huge responsibility, but in his heart, he thought that Longwu's responsibility was greater.If the Longwu Imperial Court went to outflank Yangzhou as agreed, Azig would be attacked on both sides and his troops would be pinned, and Zhao Ming would be unlikely to be surrounded by Azig.Moreover, Jin Shenghuan changed the direction of the army and went straight to Nanjing, which was still in the hands of the Qing army at that time, and there was still something to say.Now, Zhu Yihai has recovered Nanjing, and the army of the Longwu Dynasty did not go to Jiangbei to fight Azig, but went to Nanjing with great momentum, which was clearly to snatch Nanjing from him, so how could Zhu Yihai not be angry?
Zhang Huangyan heard Zhu Yihai's words and was dissatisfied with the Longwu Imperial Court, but at the moment, if he did not unite with the Longwu Imperial Court, it would be absolutely difficult to turn defeat into victory and rescue Zhao Ming.At that moment, Zhang Huangyan said solemnly: "Your Highness, now that hundreds of thousands of people in the imperial court are entering Nanjing, Your Highness can't stop the emperor from entering the city.In this case, it is better to simply give up Nanjing in exchange for a good reputation, and let the imperial court send troops to Jiangbei together. ”Zhu Yihai was unhappy in his heart, and he groaned for a while, calming the resentment in his heart.Zhang Huangyan's reasoning, Zhu Yihai still understands that it is already this fact now, and being angry with the Longwu Imperial Court and not allowing Longwu to enter Nanjing will only damage his own reputation, and at the same time delay the rescue of Zhao Ming."
Alright!
The Qing family said, how should the lone king act?
”Zhu Yihai yielded.Zhang Huang said: "First, His Royal Highness withdrew from the palace and sealed the treasury, and second, His Royal Highness immediately went to Dasheng Pass to welcome the emperor into the city, and claimed to be the Ming Dynasty, so he took Nanjing first and asked the emperor to worship the filial piety tomb."
Third, it shows that Azig is entrenched in Jiangbei and threatens Nanjing, so please send troops to the imperial court immediately, cross the river with the Zhejiang army, attack the Qing army in Jiangbei, and reinforce Donghai Town!
”Zhang Mingzhen said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks this strategy is feasible.If the imperial court wants Nanjing, let's give it to them, and the world can see that His Royal Highness has the overall situation in mind and does not compete with the imperial court, and will definitely praise His Royal Highness's good name!
”Zhu Yihai's eyes flashed, indeed, Longwu led hundreds of thousands of people to Nanjing, and his momentum was aggressive, and if he acted according to Zhang Huang's words, took the initiative to give up Nanjing, and invited Longwu to worship Xiaoling, he would make the Longwu court unable to find fault with him.In addition, he proposed to march into Jiangbei, attack the Qing army, and lead the army with Longwu to compete for Wuchang, which can also show the selflessness of the duke, but Longwu only cares about fighting for power and profit, which seems stingy.If this is done, the upright officials in the court will definitely be quite satisfied with him, the crown prince, and recognize him as the heir of the Ming Dynasty.Zhu Yihai walked back and forth a few steps back and forth in the main hall, then suddenly stopped, raised his arms and waved his fists: "Okay, according to the words of the Qing family, immediately prepare the horse, and go out of the city to meet the emperor." ”()