Cai Yurong was left by Ao Bai to resist for only two days, and the whole army was annihilated, Cai Yurong was defeated and captured in Changhua, and was tortured to death by the Ming army.

Ao Bai didn't expect Cai Yurong to be defeated so quickly, the road of the Qing army's retreat was not easy to take, the Zhejiang army scouts, the Fujian army scouts, the Qiongzhou army did not collect at night, the mountain soldiers, and the agents of the Heaven and Earth Society harassed along the way, delaying the time for Ao Bai's withdrawal. After defeating Cai Yurong, the Ming army used cavalry to follow and pursue along the avenue, and the mountain soldiers pursued from the two wings of the mountains and forests in parallel, chasing all the way over, killing and capturing many lone Qing soldiers.

Ao Bai is not an idle person, and when he saw the Ming army biting his tail, he knew that Cai Yurong had been wiped out. If the Ming army is allowed to follow and pursue in parallel, the Qing army will be defeated all the way to the past, and it can only be even more defeated, and it would be good if one-third of the more than 100,000 troops could flee back to Guichi. So Ao Bai reluctantly organized the defeated army, leaving a part of the army to break off and form a formation against the Ming army.

Liu Guoxuan led the main force of the Ming army to arrive, and soon defeated the Qing army that was left by Aobai, and the Ming army continued to pursue the main force of Aobai, all the way over, and the corpses of the Qing army were all over the field.

After all, Ao Bai was a veteran of the battlefield, and he kept throwing out some green battalion soldiers who had planned to give up, staying to block the Ming army, slowing down the pace of the Ming army's pursuit.

In order to alleviate the pressure in western Zhejiang and Huizhou, Qing generals such as Chen Shikai and Mou Dayin of the Qing army in Jinhua south of the Qiantang River gathered the green camp in Jinhua, Wenzhou and other places, and gathered more than 30,000 Qing troops to attack Hangzhou. However, Zhang Huangyan guarded Hangzhou, and the Ming army took the Qiantang River as the line of defense, and the Qing army from southern Zhejiang could not even cross the Qiantang River.

The Green Camp Qing army that surrendered to the Ming army in Changshu, Jiashan, Songjiang, Huzhou and other places learned the news of the defeat of Aobai, and these guys at both ends of the first rat took the opportunity to send troops to expand their territory.

Although the Qing army of the green battalion that surrendered to the Ming army was not strong in combat, they could fight a good battle, and the cities in Suzhou, Changzhou and other places were strong, and it was not easy to attack, but the news of the defeat of Aobai came. Qing court officials in Suzhou, Changzhou and other places were panicked, and there were not many troops left in these places, even in large cities like Suzhou and Changzhou, there were only five or six hundred green battalions, and in some county towns, there were only one or two hundred green battalions, and there were even no green battalions stationed. As a result, the inner line of the Heaven and Earth Society in the city took the opportunity to start an incident, and the Ming army that came out of the direction of Changshu should cooperate with the outside, and these green battalion Qing troops who surrendered to the Ming army took advantage of the situation to seize more than a dozen cities such as Suzhou, Changzhou, Taicang, Pingjiang, and Xinyang, and opened up territory for themselves.

For those unstable elements who just surrendered not long ago, Wang Xinyu has no way to reorganize them for the time being and plant his own sand for their army. Since they went to attack the city and seize the land, let them go, and the territory they fought down also belonged to the territory of the Ming army, so they helped Wang Xinyu open up new territory.

The Qing army in Jiangning still did not dare to act rashly, and Ma Guozhu, Ma Leji and others, who were left behind in Jiangning, did not dare to lead troops to attack Suzhou and other places occupied by the Ming army, because the line from Zhenjiang to Yangzhou was very important, Zheng Chenggong took the initiative to abandon Yangzhou that he had conquered not long ago and withdrew his troops from Jiangnan in order to deal with Aobai. So that the Qing court's Cao Yun line was restored to unimpeded. Fearing that the lost and recovered Caoyun line would be cut off again, a large number of Qing troops gathered in Zhenjiang to protect the river surface of Zhenjiang.

In fact, the Ming army did not have more strength to cut off the Caoyun line, and Wang Xinyu's next plan was to temporarily return to Xiamen and Dongfan. Deal with the affairs of Zheng Jing and Zheng Xian's civil strife.

Wang Xinyu is temporarily unable to attack Zhenjiang and Jiangning and other places, and at present, Wang Xinyu already has 110,000 troops on hand, but among the 110,000 horses, 15,000 Qiongzhou troops and 20,000 Zheng Jiajun have the ability to attack fortifications. These 35,000 elites were to be transferred back to Xiamen to deal with the civil strife of Zheng Jing and Zheng Xi. The rest of the Ming army, 20,000 Zhejiang troops to fight an assault battle, is okay. If you attack the city head-on, the strength is still not enough. As for the more than 50,000 newly incorporated into the Ming army, the Qing army of the newly surrendered green battalion, then they don't think about it, they can only defend the city, and use those people to attack fortified cities such as Jiangning, they can only be sent to death in vain. Moreover, these newly surrendered green battalion generals are also unstable in their leadership spirits, and using them as cannon fodder will produce resistance.

At the same time, Wang Xinyu also had to prepare for the naval battle of Qiongzhou to annihilate the main forces of Shang Zhixin, Wu Liuqi and Hong Chengchou. There is an inside line lurking in the Pingnan Palace, and Hong Chengchou plans to take advantage of the opportunity of the Qiongzhou army to attack Jiangnan to attack Qiongzhou and break Wang Xinyu's lair in one fell swoop.

And according to the inside report, Hong Chengchou is likely to personally lead the troops!

"Since Hong Chengchou, the old thief, is coming, it's the best! It would be best to wipe out Hong Chengchou in Qiongzhou and slaughter this old dog! This is a great revenge for the people of Jiangnan! Wang Xinyu was very excited when he heard the news.

Wang Yuyou proposed: "Actually, there is not much time left for us! To deal with Hong Chengchou and Wu Liuqi, the Min army was transferred to Qiongzhou. General Wang, your own Qiongzhou army, go to Xiamen and Dongfan to quell the rebellion! Jiangnan will be left to the Zhejiang army and the newly surrendered green battalion. ”

"Mr. Wang has a point! If the Fujian army is transferred to Xiamen and Dongfan to quell the rebellion, and let them attack their former comrades, I am afraid that the army's morale will be unstable, and it will suffer from it when the time comes, or the Qiongzhou army will go to quell the rebellion, and the Fujian army will be transferred to deal with Hong Chengchou's old dog! In addition, the rice harvested in the autumn has already been harvested, and our military rations are sufficient. As long as we build a city in Jiangnan, Master Zhang will be able to defend Jiangnan. Wang Xinyu nodded in agreement with Wang Yuyou's opinion.

The counterinsurgency in Xiamen is imminent, Zheng Chenggong's health is getting worse and worse, if he learns the news that Zheng Jing disobeyed orders and refused to commit suicide a few days later, I am afraid that Zheng Chenggong will be angry to death on the spot.

However, it is not possible to withdraw the army immediately, the Ming army is still pursuing Aobai, and it is necessary to take advantage of the victory to pursue, annihilate the Qing army as much as possible, and wait for Aobai to drive to Guichi, Wang Xinyu can free up his hands to go to Xiamen and Dongfan to quell the rebellion. But Wang Xinyu was worried that if he went one step late, whether Zheng Jing won or Zheng Xi won, Dongfan would be lost, and he would lose a territory, and the artillery factory and the factory of new weapons would fall into the hands of those who had bad intentions towards him, which would be very unfavorable to himself. Only by resolving the issue of internal strife as soon as possible can we let go of our hands to deal with the Qing army.

At this time, we must first secure the interior, which is the correct strategic thinking. One thing is certain, the Qing court is definitely not willing to lose half of Jiangnan, since there has been a counterattack by Chen Shikai and Mu Dayin, then next, the Qing army in Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, and Hubei will continue to attack Jiangnan like madmen, and the war in Jiangnan will not subside in a short time. Take 10,000 steps back and say that if the Qing army suffers heavy losses, the Qing court will temporarily cease fighting. Their bottom line is definitely not to give up Jiangning, Zhenjiang and Yangzhou.

For a long time in the future, Jiangnan will continue to be in turmoil, Qiongzhou and Dongfan are Wang Xinyu's two stable rear, and it is necessary to solve the internal enemy as soon as possible, so that he can worry about the Qing army in Jiangnan to consume.

Seeing Wang Xinyu's embarrassment, Wang Yuyou proposed: "General Wang, we can transfer the sailors to Xiamen and Dongfan first. It is certain that Zheng Jing is in danger, and he will deal with Zheng Zheng, and at this time, he will definitely eliminate dissidents. Our sailor went to Xiamen and brought over some people who refused to obey Zheng Jing. Plunged into the Jiangnan battlefield. And General Wang's own Qiongzhou army went to Dongfan Island again, taking advantage of the opportunity of Zheng Zheng's army to exhaust and Dongfan Island was empty, to seize Dongfan in one fell swoop, and then turn back and go to Xiamen, when Zheng Jing and Zheng Zheng were defeated, we could take advantage of the situation to wipe them out. ”

"Good! Then this will transfer all the main sailors to Xiamen! However, one thing that is not at ease is that if Hong Chengchou, the old dog, takes advantage of the opportunity that our sailors are in Xiamen to land on Qiongzhou Island, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with. We are only left on Qiongzhou Island, with only a few old and weak soldiers, women and children. Wang Xinyu said.

"What's so bad about that?" Wang Yuyou smiled very calmly. "I have also seen the general's city in Qiongzhou, if the Tartars want to attack Qiongzhou, I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack the city, right? And each city has enough food in stock, if Hong Chengchou wants to besiege it. If you don't besiege the defenders for half a year, you won't be able to kill the defenders. And we don't need half a year here, at most three months to solve the matter of Zheng Jing and Zheng's attack on the civil strife, and when our sailor arrives in Qiongzhou, we will destroy the Tartar sailor. Hong Chengchou, the old dog, was trapped on Qiongzhou Island in turn! At that time, the general will gather his forces and will definitely annihilate Hong Chengchou in one fell swoop! ”

Wang Xinyu adopted Wang Yuyou's proposal, and the elite of the navy was exhausted. All rushed to Xiamen and Dongfan waters. At the same time, Wang Xinyu also asked the clipper to go to Qiongzhou to report the news, reminding Qiongzhou to pay attention to Hong Chengchou's sneak attack, and transferred Qiongzhou's navy away, preparing to make every effort to contain the internal strife between Zheng Jing and Zheng Zheng.

On Kinmen Island, a sand boat flying the flag of Zheng Jiajun docked on the pier, and Vance and more than a dozen of Zheng Jing's personal soldiers got off the ship and landed on Kinmen Island.

When he arrived at the door of Zheng Tai's mansion, Vance handed a famous thorn to the guards at the door: "I am a military advisor under the command of the prince of Yanping, and the little prince repaired a letter to order the students to come to see the marquis!" ”

Zheng Tai's personal soldiers saw that this Vance was dressed in the same Confucian costume and had a dignified appearance, and then looked at the several soldiers who followed behind, all of them were well-armored, tall, and energetic, and they were obviously pro-soldiers, so they arched their hands and said: "Mr. Wan, please later, the little one will go to report." ”

After a while, Zheng Tai's guard captain Wang Zihao walked out and made a gesture of please: "Mr. Wan, please come with me!" Master Zheng waited in the lobby. ”

This Wang Zihao is Wang Xinyu's younger brother, after following Zheng Tai, because of his meritorious service, and Zheng Tai knew that he was Wang Xinyu's younger brother, he had a heart, and saw that he was loyal to him, so he promoted him from a personal soldier to the captain of the guard.

Vance met with Zheng Tai and handed over a letter written by Zheng Jing himself.

"The prince is unwell? The prince is going to Hangzhou to succeed to the throne? Kinmen and Xiamen are all handed over to Ben to take care of? Zheng Tai, who has never had much scheming, was overjoyed when he saw the letter.

Zheng Tai really has no scheming, he is purely a political idiot, otherwise he would not have been easily deceived by Zheng Jing to be killed in Xiamen in real history. In real history, Zheng Tai also received Zheng Chenggong's secret order to kill Zheng Jing, but he refused to carry it out. When Zheng Jing sent troops to attack Dongfan, Zheng Tai said on the one hand that he stood on Zheng Jing's side and supported Zheng Jing, but he also exchanged letters with Zheng Jing's confidant Huang Zhao, and was caught by Zheng Jing.

But Zheng Mingjun expressed his doubts and whispered in Zheng Tai's ear: "Big brother, that Zheng Jing has wolf ambitions, and he can't get used to you for a long time." The younger brother thinks that Zheng Jing will definitely not be so kind, and will hand over Xiamen to you! What's more, without the prince's edict, it is very doubtful whether this matter is true or false! ”

Zheng Tai said disappreciably: "After all, I am Zheng Jing's uncle, what can he do with me?" Since he is going to Hangzhou to succeed to the throne, who will take care of Xiamen? Let my uncle go, it's better than letting Zheng Zheng go, okay? My nephew's biggest headache is Zheng Xi, not me! This is a good opportunity for us, Xiamen is much better than this Kinmen, the island is rich in grain reserves, and there are a lot of pigs and sheep! A few of our brothers can move to Xiamen Island, and when we go there, we can eat fragrant and drink spicy food, which is much better than staying on this broken island and nibbling sweet potatoes every day! ”

Kinmen Island is indeed very poor, even Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, gnaws sweet potatoes there every day, Zheng Tai's own life is a little better, but it is not much better, so when he heard that he was going to take over Xiamen, he was only happy, and he never thought that Zheng Jing would be unfavorable to him.

Zheng Mingjun persuaded him again: "Big brother, although you are his uncle, this struggle for power and profit is the most ruthless, will a person like Zheng Jing consider family affection?" ”

"Little brother, don't say it again! Anyway, I won't change my mind about what I've decided! Jung Tae didn't listen to his brother's advice at all.

Zheng Mingjun saw that he didn't listen to his persuasion, so he had to call Wang Zihao over and secretly explain to him: "General Wang, this time Zheng Jing asked Hou Ye to go to Xiamen, I'm afraid it was uneasy and kind!" General Wang, you act when you see the opportunity, if Zheng Jing is not good for Hou Ye, you must leave your life and come back to report the news! If he dares to do so, we will immediately send a clipper to report to the king!" ”

Zheng Tai took Wang Zihao and others to Xiamen Island by boat. After getting off the boat, go straight to the palace of Yanping County.

"Uncle Cousin!" Zheng Jing personally walked out of the mansion to greet him.

Walking into the palace of Yanping County, Zheng Jing asked people to set up a banquet and feast Zheng Tai. Wang Zihao and Zheng Tai's personal soldiers were arranged in the large courtyard outside, and a wine banquet was also held outside, and Zheng Jing's personal soldiers beckoned Wang Zihao and them to drink.

"Brethren, drink less! This matter is very strange, and General Zheng is only worried that the prince will be unfavorable to the Hou Ye. Wang Zihao secretly reminded the soldiers.

On the wine table in the lobby, Zheng Jing raised his wine glass and saluted Zheng Tai: "Uncle Cousin, my father is not in good health, and my little nephew is about to go to Hangzhou to inherit his father's throne. The island has plenty of food and strong defenses, so don't let the Tartars attack Xiamen Island! ”

"Little prince, rest assured! With me Zheng Tai here, Tartar will never want to set foot on Xiamen Island! Jung Tae laughed.

After three glasses of wine, Zheng Tai only felt a little dizzy.

"What's going on today? I drink a lot of alcohol on weekdays, why do I get dizzy after three glasses of wine today? Zheng Tai felt that his head was so dizzy that he couldn't open his eyes.

Zheng Jing suddenly stood up and arched his hand to Zheng Taiyi: "Uncle Cousin, I'm sorry!" With that, he threw the cup on the ground. (To be continued.) )