Ao Bai led an elite army of 170,000 and crossed the Yangtze River. At that time, the Manchu government had only 550,000 soldiers in the whole country, of which 100,000 were on Li Guoying's side, which was exterminating the Kuidong Righteous Army, and 100,000 were in Yunnan, Guangdong, Fujian and other places, and the remaining mobile troops were only 350,000.

In the Yamen of Chizhou Mansion, Ao Bai sat on the Taishi chair in the center of the upper hall, Yue Le, Jie Shu, Ban Bushan, Mu Lima and other Manchu Beile Beizi generals stood on both sides, Zhang Chaoxuan, Zu Zeqing, Liang Huafeng, Liu Zhaolin, Li Zhifang and Zhu Guozhi and other local officials in the south of the Yangtze River stood below, and the Chizhou prefect stood on the outermost.

"Zhu Guozhi, Zhu Baidi!" Ao Bai sneered.

"The minions are here!" Zhu Guozhi hurriedly stepped forward and knelt in front of Aobai.

"I have a shameless gou slave like you in the Qing Dynasty, it's good! It's really good! I heard that Zhu Baidi can even sell your parents for money, but is there such a thing? Ao Bai said coldly.

Zhu Guozhi trembled like a sieve: "Master, the slave is wronged!" ”

Ao Bai threw a large stack of documents and documents in Zhu Guozhi's face: "The three major cases in Jiangnan!" Bah! It's not because you're blaming the Jiangnan clan for the sake of making money! Are you trying to force all the Jiangnan gentry? Are you going to drive all the Jiangnan Shi clans who support us to the side of Haikou to be satisfied? ”

"Taishi, the slave is loyal to the court! What's more, there were indeed people among those nobles who fornicated with the pirates. Zhu Guozhi kowtowed again and again.

Ao Bai snorted coldly: "If it weren't for your loyalty to the imperial court, your dog's head would have been lost today!" Today, the old man will temporarily bypass your capital crime, punish you for one year, and demote you to five levels! ”

Zhu Guozhi knelt on the ground and bowed again and again: "Thank you, minion, for the grace of the master not to kill!" ”

In real history, after the three major cases in Jiangnan, Ao Bai was indeed furious. demoted Zhu Guozhi by five levels. Later, after the fall of Aobai, because Kangxi needed Zhu Guozhi, a loyal dog, to monitor Wu Sangui, Zhu Guozhi was reactivated. When Ao Bai was in power, he was very unaccustomed to this shameless thing that asked for money.

In good conscience, Ao Bai was smeared by all kinds of Manchu pigtail plays, but in fact, Ao Bai was loyal to the Manchu government. And Ao Bai can't get used to those corrupt officials who are too excessive. On the contrary, it is a certain Ming Jun who is known as the founder of the prosperous era, and is known as the first emperor of the ages, but reuses corrupt officials such as Zhu Guozhi and Gan Wenkun, as long as they are loyal to Mazi and Xiaozhuang, even the most greedy and evil people can be reused.

However, Ao Bai often roared at the court, and even snatched Kangxi's imperial pen to write holy decrees, as long as Kangxi didn't want to be Emperor Han Xian, he would definitely bring down Ao Bai.

After dealing with Zhu Guozhi. Only then did Ao Bai avoid irrelevant people, leaving only important figures such as Yue Le, Jie Shu, Bambulshan, Mu Lima, Zhang Chaoxuan, Zu Zeqing and Liang Huafeng.

"Everyone, what do you say, how should we exterminate the pirates who invaded Jiangnan?" Ao Bai asked.

Yue Le stepped forward and said: "Taishi, Xiao Wang thinks that the thieves' forces are gathered in Changshu and Chongming Island, and we should rely on the advantage of having more soldiers and more generals to find the thieves for a decisive battle!" Annihilate the thieves in one fell swoop! ”

Ao Bai shook his head and said, "The prince is wrong! You remember one thing. Don't do what the enemy wants you to do! Now the thieves, with the advantage of strong ships and guns, hope that our army will fight them in a decisive battle by the river! They can use the heavy artillery on the river to bombard our troops! They can't beat it. You can retreat to the river at any time! And we have no advantage on the water! It can only be consumed by thieves in vain, and in the end, it will be a loss of soldiers! ”

Bambur arched his hand and said: "Enxiang, although the thieves have huge ships, our army also has a lot of cannons, if you set up cannons, you will fight against the thieves' giant ships." Our army will not suffer. ”

Ao Bai sneered: "You are still a descendant of Aixin Jueluo, I was able to win the world in the Qing Dynasty back then, it was completely my Chongde (Huang Taiji) Emperor who could grasp the battlefield intelligence in time and know the military operations of the barbarians well!" I didn't expect you to jump to conclusions because you didn't even know what your opponent was? The shoe is on the other foot. The old man's spies and eyeliners have long been aware of the news, and now the thieves' giant ships have fierce firepower and extremely long cannon range, even if it is Wuchang and Jiangning Forts, they are not opponents! If our army arrives at the riverside and bombards the thief giant ship with artillery, will it not be self-defeating? ”

The generals were shocked, and Mulima asked, "Big brother, how should we deal with it?" ”

Ao Bai said: "Now the thieves are hoping to lure us to the river, and their main force is deliberately assembled in Changshu, just to use the power of the sailor to severely damage our army!" The enemy wants us to fight a decisive battle by the river, so do we have to be honest and do what they want? Wouldn't that be their fool? ”

"So!" Ao Bai walked to the map, gestured to the map and said, "We just don't fight Changshu!" Ladies and gentlemen, look here, this is Hangzhou, here is Jiaxing, across the Qiantang River, is Shanyin Huiji and other places. These are all places in the south of the Yangtze River where grain is abundant, and now they are all in the hands of thieves! The thieves do not have these grain-producing areas, they can only loot grain from the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong, and the grain they produce is far from meeting the needs of their tens of thousands of troops! Now they are concentrating their forces on attacking Jiangnan, just to seize the grain-producing areas in Jiangnan and solve the problem of feeding their army. ”

Yue Le asked: "What does the adult mean that we don't fight Changshu and don't look for the main force of thieves for a decisive battle, but bypass the banks of the Yangtze River and directly attack Jiaxing, Hangzhou and other places?" ”

"Yes!" Ao Bai nodded and said, "That's what the old man meant!" We avoid the giant ships on the thief river, and with the advantage of our troops, we will fight a decisive battle in the inland city! Break through the cities occupied by the thieves one by one, and then clear the wilderness and cut off their source of food from Jiangnan! We will consume it with the thieves! They came from afar, and after we recovered Jiangnan, we would supply them on the spot, so that if the time drags on for a long time, the thieves will definitely not be able to consume us! Remember, we are sending troops with the strength of the whole country, and after recovering Jiangnan, we will not only have the products of Jiangnan, but also the supplies of Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan and other places! The thieves rely on the overseas projectile land, and they want to fight against our whole country, and if time drags on, they will definitely be defeated! ”

Liang Huafeng said: "My lord, but the thieves have the power of the sailor, and the Jiangnan River network is crisscrossed, and their warships can come and go freely." And what our army is best at is archery on horseback, and in front of the river, our army is incapacitated. These rivers. It's a way for thieves, but it's an obstacle for us! ”

Ao Bai sneered: "You all only know dead brains? We can recruit a large number of people, set up a large number of underwater piles in the rivers, and lay down boulders to create reefs to block the passage of thieves and boats. As long as the passage of thieves' boats is stopped, we can build a large number of bridges over the river. Guarantee the passage of large armies. After avoiding the fire of the thieves, we will be able to seize Hangzhou and other cities, build forts by the river, block the river, and fight the thieves for a long time. As long as the time drags on for a long time, take it to Li Guoying's side to exterminate the Sichuan thieves, and then go down the river, the thieves will not be able to resist, and they will inevitably flee in the wilderness! ”

Yue Le seemed to understand something: "Taishi is really high-minded!" Thieves enter the river. On the one hand, it is to cut off our north-south transportation line, and on the other hand, it is also to respond to the Sichuan thieves! As long as we drag it out, the Sichuan bandits will be destroyed, and the Haikou bandits in the south of the Yangtze River will be lonely and unable to speak, and they will inevitably withdraw their troops! ”

"Yes!" Ao Bai nodded, "This is one of the purposes for them to enter the river!" As long as we exterminate the Sichuan bandits, the pirates entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River will be alone! We can use the materials on both sides of the Yangtze River to provide a steady stream of grain and grass. With the population we control, we can put in a steady stream of troops. And thieves can't afford to consume it! They can only win quickly against us in the land of projectiles, and they can't afford to drag it out after a long time, but we can afford it! ”

Aobai's strategic and tactical vision is not simple, after all, he is a veteran of a hundred battles, and he can see it at a glance. Whether it is Zhang Huangyan or Zheng Chenggong entering the river, the purpose is to respond to the thirteen families in Kuidong.

At this time, Fujian's Li Shutai 600 li urgent messenger also arrived.

After Ao Bai opened the letter, he was overjoyed: "As long as we drag it on, the thieves will inevitably have infighting!" Although there are three thieves in the river. But the Zheng family is not in harmony, and Zheng Rebel Jukou is not in good health and can't afford to drag it out! As long as Zheng Wei dies, the Zheng family will inevitably have civil strife! When the time comes, we can take advantage of the situation! In addition, Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, Guangdong, is ready to send troops, plus the army of Kong Sizhen of Dingnan Wangfu, led by Hong Jingluo, will definitely be able to break the nest of Haikou in Qiongzhou! ”

"Eun Xiang, what did Li Sotai's minion say in his letter?" Bambulshan leaned into Aobai's ear and whispered.

Ao Bai replied softly: "Zheng Cheng's son is in communication with his mother, and Zheng Cheng is not in good health, once his son's affairs are revealed, Zheng Cheng will inevitably have internal strife!" If we drag Zheng Shun to death, the Jiangnan thieves will definitely be in chaos without a fight! ”

Bambur said kindly: "That Suke Saha was overbearing, and he killed Zheng Zhilong's family without authorization, which gave us one less bargaining chip." ”

"Sukh Saha's sin is unforgivable! When the old man returns to the court, he must punish the old thief! However, he killed Zheng Zhilong's family, which is inevitably a bad thing from the current point of view, Zheng Cheng is not in good health, and he must be greatly stimulated when he learns about it. In addition, once his son's ugly affair is revealed, this Zheng Shun will not have a few days to live! Ao Baidao.

Bambulshan asked softly, "In that case, will we still fight Hangzhou?" As long as we stick to Jiangning and drag it out until Zheng Wei dies, the thieves will inevitably defeat themselves without a fight and evacuate Jiangnan. ”

Ao Bai sneered: "Fight, why don't you fight Hangzhou?" If we don't recapture Hangzhou, Zhejiang will be cut in half by the Qiantang River, and we will lose control in Jiangnan. At that time, even if Zheng Yi was dragged to death, but after the construction of Hangzhou Jiancheng was completed, those Jiangnan scholars would also help Zhang Yi defend Hangzhou, while Qiongzhou Wang Wei and Zheng Cong would deal with internal affairs and turn back to deal with Zheng Jing. When they finish fighting Zheng Jing and come back to deal with us, aren't we at a disadvantage? Only by taking down Hangzhou and leaving them with no place to stand, so that Zheng Cheng would be dragged to death, Zhang Wei and Wang Wei would have to withdraw their troops and concentrate on dealing with Zheng Jing! ”

Hundreds of miles away, in the camp of Changshu, Zheng Chenggong's army won a great victory in Yangzhou, and then crossed the Yangtze River and returned to the south of the Yangtze River. Yangzhou's salt merchants, grain merchants, Caoyun leaders and other compradors who defected to the Qing court and Yangzhou officials were basically killed by Zheng Jiajun, who returned to Jiangnan with a large amount of gold and silver treasures.

Some of the local people in Yangzhou followed Zheng Jiajun to Jiangnan, and some people were afraid of the Qing court and refused to leave with Zheng Jiajun to go to Jiangnan, so they stayed in Yangzhou. Since Zheng Chenggong took the initiative to abandon Yangzhou, the Qing army returned to Yangzhou, and it would not embarrass those ordinary people, because the Qing army could "recover" Yangzhou without bloodshed, without resistance, and now that the Qing court has won most of the world, Aobai will not kill too much.

In fact, Ao Bai is really not the kind of person who likes to kill innocents indiscriminately, this person is very smart, and knows that in order to maintain the stability of the world, he needs the support of the Han people. Those who really slaughtered were some bloodthirsty Qing royal Beyers, who were ordered by Dorgon and Duoduo to slaughter the city everywhere. And the most people killed in the massacre were those traitor troops who had just surrendered to the Qing army and needed to "show loyalty".

It was precisely because Wu Sangui did not slaughter the city that Dolgon and Shunzhi were dissatisfied with Wu Sangui, believing that Wu Sangui did not know how to show the prestige of the Qing army to the Han people.

Later, the massacre of the city after the rebellion of the three feudatories was done by Zhao Liangdong and Wang Jinbao, who were "loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty".

Zheng Chenggong was unwell. After returning to Yangzhou, he has been lying in bed to rest. However, he was not completely asleep, and his mind was always thinking about how to deal with the Aobai army.

"Report!" A messenger entered.

Wang Xinyu stopped the messenger: "Prince Yanping is unwell, just tell General Ben if there is anything." ”

The messenger handed over a secret report: "Our spies have come to report that the Aobai army has not come down the river to find us in Changshu, but intends to march to the southeast. It seems that their target is Hangzhou! ”

"General Ben knows! Go ahead, I'll tell the prince! Wang Xinyu said.

The news that the Aobai army avoided the Yangtze River and attacked Hangzhou directly. Wang Xinyu is very headache. The advantage of the Ming army was on the water, and if the Qing army attacked Changshu, it would fall within the range of the Ming warships' guns on the river. However, the Qing army attacked Hangzhou and avoided the main force of the Ming army, which was to attract the Ming army to leave the river and enter the inland to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army?

Just when Wang Xinyu was thinking hard, someone came to report: "Xiamen Zheng Jing sent someone to report!" The concubine of the prince gave birth to a son, and I hope the prince will reward him! ”

It's time to come. Always coming! Wang Xinyu's heart sank, so he said to the man: "Okay." Go back, I'll report this matter to the prince! ”

Wang Xinyu knew very well that once Zheng Jing's matter was revealed, Zheng Chenggong would inevitably order someone to kill Zheng Jing. In fact, Wang Xinyu also hopes that Zheng Jing will die, so that he can support Zheng Cong and actually control Taiwan. But will Zheng Jing die? On the contrary, it was not until this incident that Zheng Chenggong was angry to death.

Zheng Chenggong can't die at this time. If Zheng Chenggong dies at this critical moment, then all the efforts made by Wang Xinyu in this world will be in vain. The new weapons developed by Wang Xinyu enabled Zheng Chenggong to speed up the recovery of Taiwan, and in addition to the fact that he had dealt with the problem of Luzon Island, Zheng Chenggong did not need to send troops to attack Luzon Island. So there was time to free up your hands for the Northern Expedition. But if Zheng Chenggong dies at this critical moment, the effects caused by those butterfly effects will be pulled back to the original path by history! Most of the previous efforts were in vain.

What Wang Xinyu needs now is to fight a quick battle, defeat the main force of Aobai, and strive to annihilate the Aobai army, which accounted for half of the mobile force of the Qing court.

If the Aobai army was annihilated, the Qing court would have completely lost control of Jiangnan. If Zheng Chenggong can drag on until the annihilation of the Aobai army before leaving the world, Jiangnan is already half in his hands. At that time, Wang Xinyu could send a force into Jiangxi, seize the mountainous area from Jinggangshan to southern Jiangnan, and establish a base area. At the same time, he and Zheng Cong fought against Zheng Jing again, supported Zheng Cong to become the king of Yanping, and he had two armies of county kings.

If Zheng Chenggong can support until he defeats Aobai, returns to Xiamen, and Zheng Chenggong personally executes Zheng Jing, that is the most ideal ending. In that case, after Zheng Cong came up, he would definitely obey his words. However, this seems unlikely, with Zheng Chenggong's physical condition, it will not be able to support that time at all.

What to do?

If Zheng Chenggong knew about Zheng Jing's ugly deeds, I am afraid that he would be furious and immediately ordered Zheng Tai and others to execute Zheng Jing. But Zheng Tai and they will definitely disobey, and there will be infighting among the Zheng family's army!

If there is infighting in the Zheng family's army, Ao Bai will take the opportunity to send troops, and Jiangnan will be lost again!

No way! It is necessary to wait until the main force of Aobai is defeated before Zheng Chenggong's matter can be known to Zheng Chenggong! At that time, even if Zheng Chenggong himself can't support himself to return to Xiamen to execute Zheng Jing with his own hands, he can first support Zheng Cong to the throne according to Zheng Chenggong's order, and then confront Zheng Jing.

As long as Zheng Cong becomes the king of Yanping, Taiwan will be controlled by himself. And at that time, it doesn't matter if Zheng Jing dies or not, just in Jinxia and Xiamen, Zheng Jing can't afford to make too many waves. As for Zheng Tai, Chen Python and others, they will definitely not accept Zheng Jing and will come to Zheng Cong.

Thinking of this, Wang Xinyu called his own soldier Li Rui: "You are now arranging manpower everywhere, and you found that there are messengers sent by Lord Tang, intercept them all!" Don't let Lord Tang's letter be delivered to the King of Yanping! ”

Li Rui then arranged it and sent his own soldiers to intercept it.

On the sea outside the mouth of the Yangtze River, a fast boat with the flag of Zheng Jiajun sailed up.

"Stop the boat!" A battleship of the Qiongzhou army with several small boats went up to meet it.

Zheng Jiajun's fast boat stopped, and a Ming army officer on board said, "We were sent by Lord Tang in Xiamen!" If you want to report to the king of Yanping! ”

Li Rui stepped forward and said, "If there is anything, you can report it to General Ben!" King Yanping is not in good health, don't disturb his old man! ”

The person replied: "This matter is very important, and the lowly position must meet the king of Yanping in person!" ”

Li Rui pretended to ponder for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Take it!" ”

"You guys! Are you going to rebel? The man was shocked.

Dozens of Qiongzhou soldiers stepped forward and took down the messenger and the ship of the Zheng family.

Soon after, the letter was delivered to Wang Xinyu.

Wang Xinyu opened the letter and saw that it was indeed Tang Xianyue's letter exposing Zheng Jing and his mother Chen's sitong! After reading the letter, Wang Xinyu broke out in a cold sweat: If King Yanping knew about this, then can we still wait for the decisive battle with Aobai? (To be continued.) )

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