After listening to Jiang Guozhu's analysis, Liang Huafeng's face was more worried, but there was still a trace of luck: "Even if Governor Zhang and Dong Weiguo's report on Deng Mingjun's morale and morale is not true, the number of people can't do too much fake, right?" Several Di newspapers said that Deng Ming brought more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to approach Wuchang this time, and after attacking Wuchang for a long time, half of the soldiers and horses returned to Jiangling, and only more than 10,000 people went to Jiangxi. ”

"What about 10,000 people?" Jiang Guozhu glared at Liang Huafeng, there are many sources of information about the size of Deng Ming's army, and it is not as easy to falsify as "Jiujiang Pass", even if the governor of Huguang has already had a private transaction with Deng Ming, it is likely that he will not falsify this kind of information that is easy to be exposed. Moreover, Wuchang and Hanyang are still in the hands of Zhang Changgeng in the final analysis, whether he relied on his strength to defend it, or obediently paid the silver to redeem it, he only had the reason to exaggerate Deng Ming's strength, and he did not have the motive to conceal the soldiers and horses for Deng Ming, unless he planned to defect, and Jiang Guozhu did not see any signs of Zhang Changgeng's unwise behavior.

Therefore, Liang Huafeng was right, Jiang Guozhu estimated that Deng Ming also brought more than 10,000 headquarters, and most of the soldiers and horses who turned back in Wuchang were as Zhang Changgeng said in the recital, Yu Dongbing under the banner of Li Laiheng. Of course, Jiang Guozhu thinks that these 10,000 people are by no means the Yudong jīng Rui claimed by Zhang Changgeng, but the auxiliary soldiers lent by Li Laiheng to Deng Ming, and it is because they are dispensable, so Deng Ming sent them back after giving up the idea of attacking Wu and Han, saving him from continuing to stay in his camp to eat food, and the reason why Zhang Changgeng said that in the song is completely to put gold on his face, which further shows that Wuchang is very concerned about the impression of běijīng, and Zhang Changgeng definitely has no intention of going anyway - I have to say, When the object of analysis is his colleagues in the officialdom, Jiang Guozhu's mind is like an electronic computer, and his calculations are fast and accurate, which can be called exhaustive.

"Even if there are 10,000 people, is it possible that Admiral Liang still wants to fight him?" Jiang Guozhu asked coldly, the crux of the problem is not that the enemy only has 10,000 soldiers at all, but that the commander of this army is Deng Ming.

If other generals brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, Liang Huafeng and Jiang Guozhu would wonder why such a small number of soldiers and horses could beat the Jiangxi political envoy to lose their armor, but since Deng Ming was personally in command, they didn't have this question. Eighteen cavalry burned Kunming, half of Hubei in half a month, after entering the territory of Liangjiang, Deng Ming led thousands of soldiers to fight two battles, Lang Tingzuo, the governor of Liangjiang, was captured, and nearly 40,000 Qing court Jiangnan troops deployed outside Dasheng Pass and Nanjing were almost completely annihilated. If this army is Deng Ming's jīng Rui, it is still a group of Zhejiang rabble, not long ago there was a new defeat, and the local troops in Chizhou and other places can catch them everywhere, but within a few days of meeting Deng Ming, they are invincible. Later, it was this group of volunteers who were not even Deng Ming's subordinates, and Li Laiheng's Yudong soldiers joined forces, and after a night battle, the Liangjiang Qing court boat division, including Su Songshui's division, was wiped out, and not a single boat or person escaped.

Regardless of whether Deng Ming used a strategy or not, no one could please him in front of him anyway, and later, when Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, reported to the imperial court, although he was spitting and covering up, a clear-eyed person could see that he must have suffered a big loss, and even the nonsense of Deng Ming's fraud of twenty miles popped out - although Jiang Guozhu could not find out how many troops the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi had lost through a few simple reports, but he felt that if it were not for the Sichuan and Shaanxi Green Battalion was almost completely wiped out by Deng Ming, Li Guoying did not have the need to tell such a big lie. In case Li Guoying didn't lie, then Deng Ming was even more terrifying.

"Of course, the last general does not plan to fight Deng Ming, Deng Ming is far away, and the advantage is to fight quickly; And our army has a solid foundation and is conducive to longevity. Liang Huafeng also didn't want to fight with Deng Ming, when he felt that Deng Ming's lack of troops was a key: "Not long ago, Deng Ming was recruiting troops in Jiangxi, and the last general felt strange at that time, what is the use of this hastily gathered rabble?" Jīng Rui, who will only drag down Deng Ming, now it seems that there may be no shortage of armor in his hands, but the armorless soldiers are quite limited, so he needs to coerce Jiangxi Qingzhuang to enlist in the army. ”

"So what?"

"This shows that Deng Ming may not have the ability to occupy the prefecture and county, and he only has 10,000 jīng rui under his command, so how can he control a large area of territory separately?" Liang Huafeng immediately offered his plan to Jiang Guozhu: "We may be able to clear the wilderness." ”

"From afar, Admiral Liang thinks that Deng Ming will not capture the capital city and the state city, and this point of the Admiral and this official really coincide." After hearing this, Jiang Guozhu did not show the slightest hint of surprise on his face, and he didn't even take a second to weigh the pros and cons before agreeing: "Of course we have to stick to Jiangning and a few prefectures, but Qingye, then there is no need." ”

The reason why he didn't take the time to think about Liang Huafeng's mention was because Jiang Guozhu had been thinking about it since he became suspicious of the two good news: if the worst happens, if Zhang Changgeng and Dong Weiguo collude with Deng Ming because of their own calculations, then how should he deal with himself. After much thought, Jiang Guozhu believes that the best strategy is to "stick the wall but not the wilderness".

"Solid walls but not wild?" After hearing Jiang Guozhu's strategy at first glance, Liang Huafeng was taken aback: "If you don't go out of the field and let Deng Ming plunder, then his strength will only get stronger and stronger, is it a good strategy to retreat from the enemy?" ”

"Admiral Liang only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other, he thinks shallowly, shallowly!" Jiang Guozhu asked with a smile: "In the opinion of Admiral Liang, what will Dong Weiguo say to Deng Ming?" ”

Liang Huafeng thought for a while, and asked tentatively: "In order to relieve his own calamity, Secretary Dong Bu must try his best to persuade Deng Ming to attack us, right?" ”

"Not bad," Jiang Guozhu nodded with a smile: "There is no doubt about this, so what will he say?" ”

Governor Jiangning's question made Liang Huafeng tilt his head and ponder for a long time, but in the end he still couldn't sort out a clear idea: "The last general doesn't know, please ask the governor to make it clear." ”

"What Admiral Liang said just now is right, Dong Weiguo definitely wants to instigate Deng Ming to beat us, he has two reasons!" Jiang Guozhu raised his left hand and raised his middle finger and index finger straight to Liang Huafeng at the same time, he pointed at his left index finger with his other hand and said: "First, it is a plan to blame Jiangdong, Dong Weiguo wants Deng Ming to come to Jiangning to set fire in order to extinguish the fire in Jiujiang, but why is he so afraid that Deng Ming will not be able to light this fire, so that he wants to report to Jiangning, Anqing, Yangzhou, Huizhou and Suzhou, is Deng Ming the father of this grandson?" Why did he try so hard? ”

Breaking off one finger, Jiang Guozhu pointed to the other and said, "These are two reasons!" He Dong Weiguo lost Jiujiang, he is a veritable big fool, now everyone knows it, and the court also sees it very clearly. So this grandson wants to drag others into the water, hoping that others will also be unlucky, and it is better to be unlucky than him, so that the court and the world can see: Okay, it turns out that Jiang Guozhu is more stupid than Dong Weiguo, and Jiang Guozhu's subordinates are all stupid, Dong Weiguo is not only not stupid, but compared with the officials in Jiangnan, he is still very capable. This guy - how poisonous his intentions are! ”

Now that he knows Dong Weiguo's intentions, Jiang Guozhu can also guess the reasons he used to persuade Deng Ming: "There are only two methods, one is to cause Deng Ming's greed, and tell him that there is a big windfall somewhere in Jiangnan, although I don't know what it is, but this is easy to do, it is possible to guess it by watching Deng Ming's actions, and even if you can't guess it, you can send a secret envoy to ask." The other is to make Deng Ming feel threatened, and what can make Deng Ming worry? I guess it can only be a sailor, Deng Ming is not a rogue, the Yangtze River shipping is his lifeline, if I were Dong Weiguo, I would say that Jiangning is rebuilding the Susong Sailor Division, exaggerating the scale of the sailor, but at the same time saying that the writing ship has not been built yet, since Deng Ming feels that it is impossible not to fight, and he will think that it will not take much effort to fight now. ”

"But, we don't have a sailor at all." Liang Huafeng shouted, as the former Admiral of Su Song's Water Division, he had always wanted to rebuild the Water Division after the Battle of Nanjing, but Nanjing did not have this strength at all.

After acting as the Governor of Liangjiang, the most important thing for Chiang Guozhu was to restore the Qing court's rule in Jiangnan on the verge of collapse, which undoubtedly required priority to rebuild the army; Later, they had to take on the logistics of Dasu's army, and there were still no resources that could be used to rebuild the water division; Later, although Dasu left Jiangsu, this year's Cao Yun is about to begin, assisting the Governor of Cao Yun to dredge the canal and build ships to ensure transportation...... These things exhausted all of Jiang Guozhu's strength, and if there was anything wrong with guiding the movement in order to rebuild the water division, Jiang Guozhu knew that Běijīng would kill him.

"Of course we didn't, I had this idea after Deng Ming left last year, but I gave up immediately." Jiang Guozhu once summoned a large number of shipbuilding veterans from Anhui and Jiangsu to Nanjing, and asked them to work together to come up with a cheapest way to rebuild the Su Song Water Division. But Dong Weiguo won't be so honest, he will definitely want Deng Ming to add fuel and vinegar to say something, maybe he will also take out the incident where I called the shipwrights last year, so that Deng Ming thinks that we are rebuilding a strong sailor, anyway, Deng Ming's visit to Jiangnan to make trouble is exactly what he wants. ”

Liang Huafeng sighed, of course he knew the twists and turns best, no matter how earnestly he hoped to rebuild Su Songshui, Jiang Guozhu really couldn't afford this huge project. Later, Jiang Guozhu also reminded Liang Huafeng that he was now the governor of Jiangnan instead of the commander of Su Songshui, and everything must be seen from the height of the green camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and he could not hold on to the original little commander of Su Songshui.

Under Jiang Guozhu's teachings, Liang Huafeng finally gave up the idea of giving priority to the restoration of the water division, and his subordinates, first or later, were no longer in a hurry to rebuild the Su Song water division like Liang Huafeng - they followed the rising tide and became the chief soldiers and deputy generals in various places, and they needed money to build up their forces and rebuild the army, and they could not give away the funds to others because of their old feelings for the water division.

After counting the roundworms in Dong Weiguo's stomach one by one, Jiang Guozhu quoted a story told to him by Deng Mingtong's envoy: "Two men went into the woods to hunt and encountered a fierce tiger, one of them immediately put down his bow and arrows and fastened his shoes as fast as he could, and the other was puzzled and asked him, 'What is the use of you tying your feet?' You can't outrun a tiger. The other replied......"

"You don't need to outrun the tiger, you just need to outrun you." Liang Huafeng muttered a word, and at the same time showed a complex and indescribable expression on his face.

"How do you know?" Jiang Guozhu was surprised, and the question blurted out, and as soon as the words came out, he suddenly realized: "It turns out that Deng Ming also told this story to your envoy." ”

Liang Huafeng was silent, obviously acquiescing.

"Deng Ming's story is very good, he was the tiger at that time, and the four of us were divided into two groups to race, and in the end, Governor Lang and Governor Guan unfortunately fell behind and were eaten by the tiger." When talking about Lang Tingzuoguan's allegiance to the two who were killed by their own hands, Jiang Guozhu's tone did not show the hatred for the enemy, nor did he reveal the slightest sense of complacency as a victor.

"Ugh." Like Jiang Guozhu, Liang Huafeng has long had no hatred for Guan Xiaozhong or Lang Tingzuo, and in private he often recalled the story told by Deng Ming, and felt that the analogy was really accurate, and the shape and mood at that time were no different from the hunter who tied his shoes. When he heard Jiang Guozhu tell this story coldly, Liang Huafeng was also full of emotion, and his face showed a kind of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

In order to strengthen his persuasiveness, Jiang Guozhu also gave an example in front of him: "King Pingxi is the best proof of this story, King Pingxi is the fastest every time, so everyone else is eaten by tigers, but he is crowned king." ”

Li Guoying once used Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou as examples to illustrate that today Jiang Guozhu coincides with the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi: "Another example is the Kunming fire, when facing Deng Laohu, did the King of Pingxi step forward to fight the tiger?" No, as in Jinzhou, the king of Pingxi ran again, and once again ran slightly faster than Hong Jing, Deng Laohu failed to burn the king of Pingxi but burned Hong Jingluo, the king of Pingxi still won, and the vassal state is still in hand; And Hong Jingluo, who couldn't outrun the king of Pingxi, had to sacrifice himself again to feed the tiger, and ended up with the destruction of the whole clan. ”

Liang Huafeng nodded again and again when he heard this, and the bloody example was in front of him, and he couldn't help but be unconvinced. The life experience of Pingxi Wang Jīngcai fully shows that if you want to become famous, you don't necessarily have to fight tigers, as long as you run faster than your companions, you can become a winner in life.

"Now Deng Ming is still the tiger, Governor Zhang, Zhang Chao, Dong Weiguo and we are racing, Governor Zhang is basically fine if he runs the fastest, Dong Weiguo is at the end, and he wants to drag others back. And indeed, as Deng Mingshi said, we don't need to run faster than tigers, as long as it's not the slowest one. As you said in Admiral Liang, Deng Ming's troops are insufficient and he can't occupy the city at all, so he didn't take Wuchang and Hanyang, and he won't stay in Jiujiang, I dare to say that it won't take long for the Zhang Dynasty to recover Jiujiang, and most of it was Dong Weiguo himself who led the troops to recover. Deng Ming doesn't even want Wuchang and Hanyang, how can he want Jiujiang? Although we don't know where Deng Ming will come, we can be sure that he will not have the intention of occupying a certain place for a long time. If Deng Ming attacked a certain place, such as Anqing, it must have been that he felt threatened, or wanted to reserve a way to retreat, or he was short of food and grass and wanted to ransack our warehouse. Jiang Guozhu analyzed it, and then put forward a countermeasure against xìng: "So we have a strong wall but not a clear field, if Deng Ming does not attack the city, let him collect supplies, Deng Ming will not leave the city for a day, we will not leave the city for a day, see that the road back is worry-free, food and grass are not worried, why is he bothering to attack our city?" We are not racing against tigers, our real enemies are Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo, and we must not be held back by them. Dong Weiguo lost his division and humiliated the country, was defeated and captured, and the Zhang Dynasty used non-human people, even if they recovered Jiujiang, they could not change this qiē; And as long as we don't let the city fall and don't be captured alive by Deng Mingsheng, then we will run as fast as the governor of Huguang, and it is Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo who fall in the end, and they are the last to be caught by the tiger. ”

Hearing this, Liang Huafeng couldn't help but be amazed by Jiang Guozhu's whimsy, when he didn't know that more jīng color was actually still to come.

"Originally, I could have allowed Dong Weiguo to reap the consequences, that is, I immediately raised the banner of aiding Jiangxi, and in the name of acting the governor of Liangjiang, I ordered an army to go to Nanchang by land. In the eyes of the imperial court, I am a responsible official, and at worst, it can be said that I am in a hurry to grab credit. As for only sending the Lu division into Jiangxi, I can also explain it very well, let's just say that Zhang Chao said last year that he would not pay taxes and silver, and I had to give up Su Song's water division in order to ensure the smooth flow of the canal. And Deng Ming did not have a large number of strong men without armor, and if I wanted to come to Jiangning, I could only take the waterway, and when the time came, I had to give up some villages and towns, and make every effort to stick to the major cities, it was because Dong Weiguo said that Deng Mingshui was not good, and said that he was already at the end of the strong crossbow, so I sent a large number of land divisions into Jiangxi. At that time, no matter what kind of chaos Deng Ming made here, even if he slaughtered the governor of Caoyun, it would be Zhang Chao and Dong Weiguo's fault, who made them not only not pay taxes and silver, but also lie about the military situation? Even if Zhang Chao knew that the people I sent were all strong men, and reported it to the imperial court, the court would not believe it - I sent an army to grab merit, would anyone send a rabble to fight for merit? The court will only think that he wants to shirk responsibility, not only to deceive me first, but also to frame me later. When talking about this seamless countermeasure, Jiang Guozhu's face was full of excitement and regret. The excitement was because Jiang Guozhu liked this plan so much that he fantasized more than once about the day when it came to fruition, and if he personally led this rabble into Jiangxi, it would be a fatal blow, not only to perfectly shirk the responsibility of Guangyiqiē, but also to angrily report the true situation in Jiangxi to the imperial court as an eyewitness.

Jiang Guozhu never thought of immediately exposing and reporting the collusion between Zhang Chao and Deng Ming, which is not only difficult to explain, but also causes bad associations in the imperial court, after all, Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng also have an unclean past. And this matter will also involve Zhang Changgeng, the governor of Huguang, the governor of Jiangxi is already an opponent that cannot be underestimated, and the governor of Huguang is too powerful an enemy, and now Jiang Guozhu is only acting as the governor of Liangjiang, and he can't afford to provoke such a powerful figure.

Moreover, Jiang Guozhu also looked forward to the day when he could become the official governor of Liangjiang, and at that time he needed to maintain a good relationship with Zhang Changgeng, and such a favorable alliance as the governor of Huguang would not only greatly benefit his career, but also help him withstand the storm from Yudong - as long as Wuchang was still in Zhang Changgeng's hands one day, he would not need to face all the pressure of Deng Ming.

Unless facing Deng Ming's tiger, there is no competition between the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Huguang, and there is no benefit in fighting with Zhang Changgeng - even if Zhang Changgeng is overthrown, the court will not let Jiang Guozhu concurrently serve as the governor of Huguang; And in order to better avoid the tiger, Jiang Guozhu also needs Zhang Changgeng as a companion, and he has to pull him if necessary, otherwise if his companions are eaten by the tiger, then he will have to race against the tiger next time. Previously, Jiang Guozhu had asked Liang Huafeng to look at the problem from the perspective of the governor of Jiangnan, and of course he himself had to look at the overall situation from the perspective of the governor of Liangjiang, and Jiang Guozhu's political enemies were only competitors in Liangjiang.

"At that time, Zhang Chao's expression must be very interesting, and I can witness it with my own eyes, and what about Dong Weiguo, who is full of bad water, will also regret it, and he doesn't want to think about it, why is he playing tricks with me? If I can't play him, how can I be the acting governor of Liangjiang, and he is just a small political envoy? Jiang Guozhu laughed mercilessly at Dong Weiguo in his heart, feeling that the other party was simply a big axe in front of Lu Ban, and regretted that he couldn't really realize this plan, because there was still a nasty obstacle here.

This obstacle is the right political envoy Zhu Guozhi, this person was originally a tribute student of the Ming Dynasty, the Qing army went south and defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and spared no effort in assisting the Qing army to suppress the Han resistance, so all the way to the official fortune of prosperity, the green clouds. When Lang Tingzuo served as the governor of Jiangxi, Zhu Guozhi was one of his confidant officials, and because of his achievements in protecting armor, searching for anti-Qing fighters, and brutally exploiting the people, he raised the flag and became a member of the Eight Banners, and he was a quasi-own person in the eyes of the Manchu rulers.

In Deng Ming's original world, Zheng Chenggong's great victory in Zhenjiang led Jiang Guozhu to be dismissed by the Qing court after he retired from the army, and it was Zhu Guozhi who took over the post of governor of Jiangning. After getting this important position, Zhu Guozhi immediately began to implement a new policy in Jiangnan, severely suppressing dissatisfaction with the Qing court, even the accusation of corrupt officials, will be regarded by Zhu Guozhi as a sign of danger, rising to the height of attempting to betray the imperial court, Shunzhi eighteen years of the Wailing Temple case, Zhu Guozhi shielded the corrupt county order, ruthlessly slaughtered the whistleblower, the process is basically the rehearsal and rehearsal of the later larger-scale literary prison.

In Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Yunnan, Zhu Guozhi was determined to engage in accumulation for the Qing court, and did not hesitate to brutally suppress suspected anti-Qing remarks and thoughts, brazenly accepted bribes, and unscrupulously withheld military salaries. But Zhu Guozhi was favored by the Manchu rulers, and expressed great appreciation for his bloody suppression of the Han people, whether it was regents such as Sony and Aobai, or Xuan Ye after the pro-government, they were all favored by Zhu Guozhi. After Wu Sangui raised his army, he put Zhu Guozhi to death, and the soldiers of the Zhou army, who hated him to the bones, divided his body and ate it, and the bones remained.

In recognition of his loyalty to the Qing court, the Qing court wrote a biography for him, repeatedly publicizing his deeds to the whole world, and rose to the level of a model of loyalty. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the praise of Zhu Guozhi's great love cāo did not stop but continued, and in the "Qing Historical Manuscripts" compiled by some Han Chinese, Zhu Guozhi also appeared as a sage; In the TV series "Emperor Kangxi", Zhu Guozhi was upright and clean-sleeved, when Wu Sangui raised the army, he used a long plot of Zhu Guozhi and his wife to show his noble feelings for the country, and at the last moment of his life, Zhu Guozhi solemnly refused Wu Sangui's persuasion to surrender, denounced his reactionary behavior of splitting the motherland, and shouted the slogan of equality between the Manchu and Han Dynasty to the officers and soldiers of Zhou, and passed away generously and with a smile.

In this world, after receiving the secret decree issued by the imperial court to investigate the responsibility for the defeat of Zhenjiang, dismiss Jiang Guozhu from his post and confiscate his family, and manage his loyalty and assign him as a slave, he also immediately transferred Zhu Guozhi from Jiangxi and prepared to promote him to the imperial court as the governor of Jiangning. But the development trajectory of this world is different, Zhu Guozhi has not yet arrived in Nanjing, the battle situation has changed again, Deng Mingsheng captured Lang Tingzuo, and completely annihilated the Qing army under the city of Nanjing, both land and water, and Zhu Guozhi also had to stay in Chizhou Mansion because of the isolation of transportation.

When Deng Ming withdrew his troops and Zhu Guozhi was able to get back on the road, Nanjing was already upside down, Lang Tingzuo was killed for treason, and Jiang Guozhu, who turned the tide, acted as the governor of Jiangning, and formed an alliance with the new governor of Jiangnan, Liang Huafeng, - Dong Weiguo, who was far away in Jiangxi, decided that there must be a gap between the two, and at first Zhu Guozhi also thought so, thinking that the previous contradictions between Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng could not be eased and resolved, but after several tests, he was surprised to find that for some unknown reasons, The alliance between Liang Huafeng and Jiang Guozhu is extremely strong and can be described as unbreakable.

Of course, Jiang Guozhu would not have any good feelings about this henchman who came to replace his position and Lang Tingzuo, and he knew that Zhu Guozhi was also his competitor, although he was not as threatening as Zhang Chao, but he was also on the list of candidates for the governor of Liangjiang in the imperial court; And Zhu Guozhi not only coveted the position of governor of Liangjiang, but also knew that if Jiang Guozhu was proud, then his career would become gloomy, and if he could not ascend to the governor's throne, then Zhu Guozhi would rather help Zhang Chao win than see Jiang Guozhu call for wind and rain in Liangjiang.

Although Jiang Guozhu regarded Zhu Guozhi as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, he could not do anything to him, because he knew that the balance of the imperial court at this time was used by Zhu Guozhi to urge him to work hard to serve Běijīng, and at the same time to monitor him. Because he knew that Zhu Guozhi would not be on his side in the battle for governors, and Jiang Guozhu would not reveal any secrets to him, especially those who were intrigued with Zhang Chao, if he sued Zhu Guozhi, it would be no different from suing Zhang Chao.

Jiang Guozhu was unwilling to let Zhu Guozhi stay in Jiangning, a critical place, and it happened that the prefect of Anqing had lost the city and was captured by Deng Ming, so Jiang Guozhu asked Zhu Guozhi to go to Anqing as a political envoy to see the prefect's affairs. After the Cao Yun began, Jiang Guozhu once wanted to transfer Zhu Guozhi to assist the Cao Yun Governor - this assistance work has always been thankless, and it is the Cao Yun Governor who has made achievements, and if there is anything missing, he will become the scapegoat of the Cao Yun Governor Yamen.

But after thinking about it again, Jiang Guozhu didn't dare. What if Zhu Guozhi has made any achievements? Or Zhu Guozhi used the money obtained from corruption to bribe the governor of Caoyun and climbed into a relationship, wouldn't this increase Zhu Guozhi's bargaining chip for the post of governor of Liangjiang? Besides, even if Zhu Guozhi has no way to create a chance for himself, what should he do if he breaks the jar and destroys it, and contributes to Zhang Chao in disguise? Jiang Guozhu didn't dare to say that such a thing would not happen, but felt that it might be very big - if Zhu Guozhi succeeded in dragging Jiang Guozhu off the horse with Cao Yun, Zhang Chao would definitely be willing to repay him after getting his will, and finally Jiang Guozhu had to send one of his henchmen to assist the governor of Cao Yun, and told him to let this henchman do things well and not give Jiang Guozhu's political enemies any chance. It doesn't matter, anyway, after becoming the governor of Liangjiang, there are many opportunities to clean up Zhu Guozhi, and there is no need to rush for a while.

After Deng Ming invaded Jiangxi, the forces of Jiangsu and Anhui gathered in Anqing, and the power in Zhu Guozhi's hands suddenly swelled sharply. However, Jiang Guozhu had not taken it to heart before, and the remnants of Lang Tingzuo who were sent to Anqing in the early stage were all the remnants of Lang Tingzuo, and if Deng Ming's army suddenly arrived, it would be used as cannon fodder to consume the sharp spirit of the Ming army.

The troops that arrived one after another were not the soldiers and horses that Zhu Guozhi could control, and although these green battalions could not be called Jiang Guozhu's descendants, they would only obey the orders of the governor of Liangjiang. According to Jiang Guozhu's original schedule, the next person sent to Anqing would be to make the Liangjiang Green Battalion, which was commanded by Liang Huafeng, a reliable ally, and when Liang Huafeng arrived in Anqing, it would be no problem to suppress Zhu Guozhi, and no credit would be given to him.

It's just that now the plan has changed, Deng Ming is powerful, and in the absence of a naval division at all, it is impossible to block him outside the Liangjiang River, and hoarding heavy troops in Anqing is tantamount to abandoning the mainland. In the absence of the Yangtze River control power, if you want to secure the important cities, it is inevitable to disperse the key cities, and Liang Huafeng cannot rush to Anqing.

"If there is no Zhu Guozhi this time, I can carry out my plan and push Zhang Chao into a desperate situation." Jiang Guozhu was struggling to find the best countermeasures, and felt that things had become a little troublesome, with Zhu Guozhi's time bomb, of course Jiang Guozhu did not dare to leave Jiangning to go to Jiangxi, and if Zhu Guozhi was put outside, he might see the flaws, and then report to the imperial court regardless of the situation - if Jiang Guozhu wins, Zhu Guozhi's future will become very bad, and now that Zhu Guozhi is close to nothing, Jiang Guozhu must guard against him jumping over the wall in a hurry: "Forget it, now I'd rather put him in Jiangning City, Don't let him mess with me out there. ”

If Zhu Guozhi was transferred back to Jiangning, although it would cause some trouble when Jiang Guozhu tried to get a tacit understanding with Deng Ming, he felt that as long as he was careful, he could make up for it, and he could also be replaced by his ally Liang Huafeng, who was leading the troops outside.

Soon Jiang Guozhu made up his mind, he still sat in Nanjing, let Liang Huafeng go to Yangzhou to protect Cao Yun from being disturbed, and at the same time sent some soldiers and horses to assist local troops to ensure Anqing, Suzhou and other capital cities, if Deng Ming wandered back and forth on the Yangtze River, then he had to be up to him, as long as these key cities were kept, no major defeats, and Cao Yun was not cut off, then Jiang Guozhu would run steadily ahead of Zhang Chao, and Zhang Changgeng was on par.

…… After getting the first half of the ransom money sent by Dong Weiguo, Deng Ming immediately returned Jiujiang to him, and this batch of goods was as high as 300,000 taels of silver in Jiangxi, and the remaining 300,000 Deng Ming said that he could give it when he returned to Jiujiang. And Dong Weiguo, on behalf of Zhang Chao, hinted that if Deng Ming won a big victory, Jiangxi could also provide an additional batch of goods.

"How do you feel like they're thugs?" On the way to Anqing, Ren Tang suddenly came up with such a sentence.

"Well, it is really not good to feel that the officers and soldiers who died in battle on the battlefield benefited not only our country, but also the enemies of the country." Deng Ming sighed lightly: "Maybe we can only comfort ourselves, just as the enemy is willing to bear a part of the compensation for our fallen soldiers." ”

"Isn't the Admiral going to issue a letter this time?" Ren Tang asked angrily again.

"What kind of article is being published?" Deng Ming has always disliked the release of the text, the first reason is that his writing ability in classical Chinese is very poor, and there are few staff members around him who are good at it, and secondly, Deng Ming also feels that this kind of writing has no practical significance, and ordinary people can't understand it; After all these years of devastation, the gentry's fear of the Manchu Qing has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, if the Ming army does not show enough strength to expel the Qing army, the gentry will not dare to surrender at all: "Besides, after the text is issued, what if there are really scholars who lead their clansmen to join the army?" You also know that we won't stay in Jiangnan for long at all. ”

"The issuance of the proclamation is not only a call, but also to let the people of the world understand the ambition of the Admiral to expel the Tartars and recover the two capitals. Last time Deng Ming came to Jiangnan, he only brought a small number of people and horses, and infiltrated the territory of Liangjiang under false pretenses, of course, it was impossible for a text to happen, and Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan had jointly issued a document, even if Deng Ming didn't send it, it would not be a big problem: "I heard that the Admiral sent a letter when he crusaded against Huguang last time, Jiangnan is full of humanities, why didn't he give it to Jiangnan Shiren without a word?" ”

"The last time I posted an article in Huguang, it was just to brag about the 570,000 army I commanded." Deng Ming laughed when he heard it, that letter was not a political declaration in the strict sense, because it did not clearly mention the purpose of sending troops, and there was no guarantee for the treatment of officers and soldiers anyway, in essence, Deng Ming wanted to be familiar with Huguang Jingentry, so that they had an impression of themselves: "It seems that there is no gentleman who came to report the news because of my inscription, and Hu Quancai's expropriation in Wuchang is definitely more important than my inscription." ”

"But after all, it's a text for Huguang's father," Ren Tang still refused to give up, and stubbornly persuaded: "The admiral came to Jiangnan for the second time, but he still cherished ink like gold and left not a word to Jiangnan. Only roaming bandits commit crimes, lest others know their identities and whereabouts. ”

"In essence, I am here to commit crimes, kidnapping tickets, monopolizing business, and smashing competitors' fields." Deng Ming said in his heart, but of course he wouldn't say it clearly, he pondered it carefully, and felt that what Ren Tang said did make sense.

"There is no better way to show the people of the world that we are determined to share the Tartars than for me to go to běijīng and throw a spear or an arrow at the city gate with my own hands." When several other confidant officers were summoned to discuss the matter, Deng Ming first explained to them the political significance of the move.

After some deliberation, Deng Ming agreed with Ren Tang's statement that as his strength continued to expand, he really needed to show the people of the world that he was not in the same position as the court. If he could enter the city of Běijīng and throw a spear at the gate of Běijīng in person, following Hannibal's example, Deng Ming was sure that it would be a perfect political statement, but the Manchu Qing in the Gyeonggi area was heavily armed, and Deng Ming felt that it was too risky to go there, and it was even more worth the loss to throw a spear alone; And if you go to Guangdong and Fujian to throw spears, it is difficult to tell whether it is not compatible with the Imperial Court or the monk Kexi and Geng Jimao vow not to stand together, and the three feudal departments are not at all easier to deal with than the Manchu army in Gyeonggi, not to mention that the geography is complex, the location is remote, and the information transmission is not smooth, in short, the investment and income are even more disproportionate, compared to Ren Tang's method is indeed the most feasible.

Soon everyone agreed to the construction of the text, and as for Deng Ming's proposal, he did not talk about the purpose of the expedition and did not ask the scholars to take refuge in the text, and Ren Tang did not object.

"I have ten victories, and thieves have ten defeats!" This is a topic from Ren Tang, and Deng Ming thinks that this topic is very good, which is enough to show the people of the world his determination to never die with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he can also publicize his own strengths and point out the prospect of the enemy's inevitable defeat. Besides, the theory of ten wins and ten defeats is famous, and it is in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, although many people are illiterate, they may have heard of Guo Jia's famous words because they like to comment on books.

Zhou Kaihuang is a good example, and he immediately agreed: "This topic is good and auspicious. He thinks that the reason for auspiciousness is that Cao Cāo won in the end, and Yuan Shao really lost.

But there were also opposing voices, and Mu Tan muttered: "The Admiral is not Cao Cāo." ”

"Who said the Admiral was Cao Cāo? Don't make assumptions. Ren Tang loudly defended this topic, as the builder of this topic, he was very satisfied with this topic, ten wins and ten defeats are Guo Jia's famous works, although he did not succeed in persuading Deng Ming to agree to him staying to defend Jingzhou last time, but it is not bad to play Guo Jia without Zhuge . Jiangnan scholars are like clouds, if this article is very popular, everyone knows that he Ren Tang came up with this topic, wouldn't it be admired by heroes and admired, and it will connect him Ren Tang and Guo Jia - although the content is different, they are all far-sighted ten wins and ten defeats.

After suppressing the germ of objections, Ren Tang turned his head to look at Deng Ming again: "Please continue to speak." Although Ren Tang thought of borrowing this topic, he couldn't make the content immediately.

"Manchu is the great enemy of my Han family, and we have a deep enmity in the sea of blood, and everyone has the same hatred for the enemy, and we will definitely be able to break the enemy in one fell swoop, this is a victory."

"The Admiral said it right!"

"The Admiral said it right!"

Seeing that everyone was eating a set, Deng Ming was more energetic: "The soldiers of our army are practicing hard work and have a harmonious relationship, hmm...... Before sending out the troops, they were all well fed and drunk, far from being comparable to the soldiers who were coerced by Manchuria. ”

"The Admiral is right."

Although there is no evidence to say that the enemy is a hungry army that lacks cāo training, Deng Ming has now found two victories, and after pondering for a long time, he found one: "Our army is famous, heroes are admired, the four sides come to vote, the military strength is prosperous, and the Tartars are notorious, and everyone in the world despises them, and the fugitives are even one rì, and this victory is three." ”

Although there is no evidence for this one, and it takes a long time to work, it is always right to say that the other party is bad.

When everyone was silent to express their acquiescence to Deng Ming's speech, he fell into deep thought again, and after half a ring, Deng Ming raised his head and said to Ren Tang: "Brother Ren, is there anything else to add?" ”

It was Ren Tang's turn to start thinking hard, and after a while, he raised his head and said loudly: "Admiral, I think the proclamation might as well be changed to: I have four victories, and the enemy has four defeats!" The so-called soldier is not expensive, and the four victories and four defeats are also catchy. ”

"Okay." Deng Ming immediately agreed: "What is the fourth victory?" ”

"This ...... Well, we're going to be rebellious...... Since ancient times, evil has not prevailed over good," Ren Tang said while stammering, while sweeping his gaze on the faces of several people around him, showing that he did not have the slightest confidence: "This so-called victory is also four." By the end of the day, Ren Tang's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible.

"It's not proper," everyone was really no longer silent, Zhou Kaihuang opened his mouth and objected: "This is too mysterious, if it is really too evil to defeat the good, the bones of the Tartars have long been rotten in Jianzhou, and we are still needed?" Will the soldiers believe this? Or are we implying that the other rebels are worse than the Tartars, or that the captives are getting the most of the world? Regardless of whether Ren Tang's words also brought the other Ming troops on board, anyway, Zhou Kaihuang felt that there was an accusation of breaking into the camp, so he immediately spoke out against it.

"Then I don't know," Ren Tang immediately admitted his mistake: "Or I'll add that the enemy has lost first." ”

Although Mu Tan didn't think there was anything bad about Ren Tang's fourth victory, since Zhou Kaihuang was so clearly opposed, and he couldn't say what else he won. Seeing that there was no opposition, Ren Tang began to talk about the enemy's shortcomings, and his voice became louder: "The soldiers of our army come from all over the world, and the Tartars must feel that we are a rabble, and the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and this enemy will be defeated." ”

"That's right, that's right." Although it was still far-fetched, there was still a chorus of approval around him.

"Second, the enemy will be arrogant and tired, and he does not pay attention to training in peacetime, how can he be the opponent of our army, and the defeat of this enemy is also two." Ren Tang turned over what Deng Ming had just said about Benfang Shenger, and turned it into the defeat of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Didn't this Admiral just say that?" Zhou Kaihuang shouted.

"The Admiral is talking about why we win, and the reverse is of course why the enemy is defeated." Ren Tang argued fluently.

Everyone thought about it and recognized this: "What about the defeat of the three?" ”

"What the Admiral just said is not right, the admiration of the heroes of the Quartet is our victory, but the desertion of the other party is not even our victory, but the enemy's defeat." Ren Tang took Deng Ming's reason apart and used it again.

"It's okay," Mu Tan thinks this is not bad, it is obviously more efficient to use both sides of the front and back, so that after saying the opponent's defeat of the fourth, then use his own victory four according to the cat and the tiger: "What about the Tartar's defeat four?" ”

"Brother Mu, do you have anything to add?" Ren Tang asked rhetorically, feeling in his heart that Guo Jia was really not good at playing, and it was so difficult to even make up four wins and four defeats, and while asking Mu Tan rhetorically, Ren Tang was still muttering in his heart: "There are only four wins and four defeats, shouldn't you lose face in front of Jiangnan Shiren?" ”

"This ......" Mu Tan pondered for a long time, and reluctantly kicked the ball to Zhou Kaihuang: "Brother Zhou, do you have anything to add?" ”

Zhou Kaihuang frowned and thought for a while, and finally raised his head to speak instead of asking Deng Ming to add.

"Admiral," Zhou Kaihuang said angrily, "I think the proclamation might as well be changed to: I have three victories, and I have three defeats!" As for what it is, the Admiral and Brother Ren have also finished talking just now. ”

…… After learning the news that the Ming army was coming directly to Anqing, the Qing army here quarreled, and Zhu Guozhi, who was trying his best to fight, and the envoy sent by Jiang Guozhu argued.

"The slave has received the emperor's grace to shepherd one side for the Son of Heaven, how can he flee when he hears the wind?" If the envoy had come a few days earlier, Zhu Guozhi would have to obediently obey the order and return to Nanjing, even if he had more dissatisfaction, but within two days of the envoy's arrival, Deng Ming had already entered the territory of Anqing Mansion and sent a letter that he didn't understand and didn't know what to do.

Of course, Jiang Guozhu would not admit his analysis and plan to Zhu Guozhi, and in Zhu Guozhi's view, this was clearly a good time to make a contribution, Deng Ming had been repeatedly frustrated, and it was obvious that the opportunity to defeat him had appeared. Jiang Guozhu urged Zhu Guozhi to return to Nanjing at this time, which made him even more convinced of his own opinion, if Jiang Guozhu did not want to prevent him from making meritorious service, why did he order him to leave the army at this juncture?

Zhu Guozhi has long known that his career is full of crises, if he does not rise up to resist and go on according to Jiang Guozhu's arrangement, then he will definitely leave the Liangjiang officialdom in the end. Of course, Zhu Guozhi would not be willing to accept such an order, but he had never found a chance before, and the situation that appeared in front of him now was obviously a godsend, giving Zhu Guozhi a chance to launch a Jedi counterattack.

Deng Ming is undoubtedly one of the number one enemies of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the reward on his head has been equal to that of Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong, even if he disobeys Jiang Guozhu's orders, as long as he can defeat Deng Ming, there is nothing to worry about, not to mention that Jiang Guozhu is not the rightful governor of Liangjiang.

"As long as I can capture and kill Deng Ming, then most of the governors of these two rivers will be sitting on me, and I can also impeach Jiang Guozhu who is afraid of the enemy like a tiger!" When arguing with the envoy sent by Nanjing, Zhu Guozhi roared loudly in his heart, in fact, he also had a killer weapon that he came up with after careful thinking and was specially used to deal with Deng Ming.

Shut down

Seeing that he could not persuade Zhu Guozhi to obey his orders, the envoy of Nanjing said in embarrassment: "If it is a political envoy, you will definitely refuse to obey the order." ”

"This official will never run away from the wind!" Zhu Guozhi said categorically.

"Then I have no choice but to return to Jiangning to report to the governor." The messenger said helplessly.

"Let's go." Zhu Guozhi sneered, and was secretly proud in his heart: "I knew that it would be like this, what can you do to me as a little messenger?" ”

"It's just that the governor still has some warrants for the generals, asking them to take orders to rush to their respective defense areas." The envoy told Zhu Guozhi that the defenders of Anqing must be dispersed, and that Jiang Guozhu had already assigned tasks to the Qing troops here, and that they did not have to return to Nanjing after leaving Anqing, and went directly to the city that they needed to defend.

"How can it be!" When Zhu Guozhi heard that Jiang Guozhu was actually going to transfer most of the garrison in Anqing, he immediately jumped up in anger and shouted at the messenger: "The thief has already arrived in the territory of Anqing Mansion, how can he flee from the wind and not attack the thief!" ”

"The thieves are menacing, and there is no sailor of our army on the Yangtze River, the governor must ensure the safety of Jiangning and Suzhou, and also protect Caoyun from the thieves." Although the envoy who came did not have a high official position, he was an officer of Jiang Guozhu's standard battalion, and he was not afraid of Zhu Guozhi, who was thunderous at all, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "If the political envoy does not agree with the arrangement of the governor, he dares to ask the lord to repair a letter, and he is willing to bring it back to Jiangning for the lord." ”

"No, no! If the governor transfers the soldiers and horses, how should the official kill the thief? The armor of the 10,000 Qing troops gathered in Anqing was the capital of Zhu Guozhi's meritorious service, and he absolutely could not let Jiang Guozhu transfer him away: "None of them can leave Anqing." ”

"Your Excellency, these soldiers and horses are officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and the governor needs them to protect the territory and the people, not Meng Lang to attack." The envoy let Zhu Guozhi touch a nail without being soft or hard, and then he retired: "The meaning of the political envoy will be brought back to Jiangning by his humble duty and reported to the governor that he knows." ”

After Jiang Guozhu's envoy left, he immediately began to go to the camps of various generals to convey the orders of the governor of Jiangning, and most of the Qing generals in Anqing were not Zhu Guozhi's cronies, and after seeing the order stamped with the seal of the governor of Liangjiang, they did not hesitate, and immediately said that they would follow the order.

Since the envoy left from the Yamen of the Anqing Prefect, Zhu Guozhi sent people to follow, and the envoy also cared about it, and went to various camps to convey orders openly, turning a blind eye to the tail sent by Zhu Guozhi.

"Okay, you Jiang Guozhu, you are really too deceitful! It's just a matter of robbing me of my credit, and actually humiliating me like this! After learning what the envoy had done, Zhu Guozhi was even more furious, gritting his teeth and saying: "You have treated me like this before you become the governor, will there be a way for me to live after you become a governor?" ”

After turning around in the yamen for a few times, Zhu Guozhi sent servants to call a few familiar generals, and these people soon rushed to the prefect's yamen, they were all close to Lang Tingzuo before. After Jiang Guozhu suppressed Lang Tingzuo's rebellion, he and Liang Huafeng jointly presided over the screening of the Liangjiang army, although these generals did not have evidence of collaborating with the enemy, but Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng also used this as an excuse to suppress them.

Now these people still have tens of thousands of troops under their command, and there are about 2,000 armor.

After seeing these depressed generals, Zhu Guozhi didn't talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "You have all heard that Jiang Guozhu wants to transfer the army back, and he will never give us the slightest chance to make meritorious contributions." ”

These generals also heard about this, but they didn't have much hope for meritorious service, after hearing Zhu Guozhi's words, several generals first showed some grief and indignation, but soon became desperate, helplessly said: "What can we do?" ”

"Yes!" Zhu Guozhi roared: "Of course we have a way!" ”

"What's the solution?" After hearing Zhu Guozhi's words, these generals all showed hopeful expressions on their faces: "Is there really a way for the political envoy to make us make meritorious contributions?" ”

"Of course there is a way, but it depends on whether you are willing to share my heart with me."

Zhu Guozhi immediately told everyone the method he had just come up with, and after hearing it, these generals turned pale, and one of them muttered in a low voice: "This is like a rebellion." ”

"It's not the same, this is a rebellion, if we are defeated," Zhu Guozhi sneered: "But if we win, then the person who sits in the position of the governor of Liangjiang will be me, not only are you not a rebellion but a great hero of the imperial court, and your portrait will also be sent to the inner hall for the emperor to see." ”

When a general heard this, his face already had a little leap on his face, but the others still didn't have confidence: "Can we beat Deng Ming?" ”

As soon as this question came out, Jiang Zuo, who seemed a little excited just now, was suddenly deflated and hung his head again.

"Of course we can fight, and you don't want to think about it, Jiang Guozhu wants to condemn you for not one or two rì, even if you want to be a turtle with a shrunken head, do you think that the surname Jiang will not pull out your head?" Zhu Guozhi sarcastically said that these generals also had a fierce atmosphere, and under Zhu Guozhi's continuous sarcasm, this anger was gradually stimulated.

Moreover, Deng Ming was frustrated in Hanyang, suffered repeated defeats in Jiujiang, and recently even Jiujiang was recaptured by Dong Buzheng. He can't even beat the boat, how dare he go back to Wuchang, isn't this the end of the road? For such a lost dog, how can you not beat it? Zhu Guozhi shouted with hatred: "You don't know the reward on Deng Ming's head, this kind of white merit, the wealth of the children and grandchildren, but Jiang Guozhu wants to snatch it from your mouth, can you actually bear it?" ”

Hearing this, finally a general Zuo couldn't help jumping up, and shouted to Zhu Guozhi: "Your Excellency, I will hand over these 180 catties to you at the end, and you can do what your lord says." ”

"Good man!" Zhu Guozhi gave a thumbs up and exclaimed.

"Even if Deng Ming is a lost dog, he still can't be taken lightly." Another general Zuo said in a low voice, although the reward was very tempting, even if they gambled with Zhu Guozhi, Deng Ming's prestige still put great pressure on them.

"This official devoted himself to studying Deng Ming's tactics, and found that he imitated the former Ming Chengzu everywhere, hmph, even heroes like Ming Chengzu also had times of great defeats......" On the issue of studying Deng Ming's tactics, Zhu Guozhi really took great pains, and repeatedly read all the newspapers and recitals about Deng Ming, and he really found a flaw: "Have you noticed that Deng Ming often lures the enemy alone when he is at the end of the road...... Sheng Yong once counted it once, and we can also use it once. ”

That night, Zhu Guozhi once found Jiang Guozhu's envoy and sincerely apologized to the other party, saying that he had changed his mind and was willing to obey the transfer order of the governor of Jiangning.

"The political envoy is loyal to the country, and the governor will be overjoyed to learn about it." Seeing that Zhu Guozhi admitted defeat and relented, of course the envoy would not continue to press, and hurriedly complimented him politely.

The next day, after all the generals arrived, Jiang Guozhu's envoy saluted Zhu Guozhi, and only waited for the other party to nod before stepping forward to read the order.

Zhu Guozhi really nodded, the envoy no longer hesitated, stepped forward, walked to Zhu Guozhi's side, and recited the first order aloud, this letter was of course for Zhu Guozhi, and after Zhu Guozhi accepted the order, it was not too late for the envoy to read out the others - anyway, most people know it, this is just a scene work.

After the order was read out, Zhu Guozhi did not make a gesture of compliance as the envoy expected, but shook his head and said: "The thieves have entered Kou Anqing Mansion, how can this official abandon the city and abandon the army?" ”

The envoy was stunned at first, and then a wave of anger rose from his lower abdomen, and he finally understood at this time that Zhu Guozhi was deliberately going to play against Jiang Guozhu in front of the public, but the envoy was not afraid of this, after all, it was the beginning of the founding of the Qing army, and Jiang Guozhu had the big seal of the governor of Liangjiang in his hand, so his authority was not something that a political envoy could contend with.

"The political envoy's words are also bad, Deng Ming is menacing, threatening Cao Yun......" The envoy was about to refute.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhu Guozhi's face changed, and he shouted loudly: "You want to grow the enemy's morale and destroy your own prestige, Deng Ming is obviously cornered, it is a good opportunity to capture it in one fell swoop and sacrifice the prisoners, do you want the official and the generals present to return to the mountain?" ”

"This is the ...... of the governor" Hearing that Zhu Guozhi faintly meant to provoke Jiang Guozhu and the generals of Anqing, the envoy also showed anger on his face and retorted loudly.

"Shut up! This official has repeatedly asked you to return to Jiangning, report the true situation here to the governor, and tell the governor that the thief Deng is already a party member, and the official and all the generals present are all gearing up to capture the thief Deng to solve the worries of the Son of Heaven, but you are pushing back and refusing to tell you anything, what are the disadvantages? ”

"If it's the ...... of the governor to the governor"

"Come on, take this guy down for me."

With Zhu Guozhi's order, several soldiers immediately responded at the same time, and rushed towards the standard camp guard, grabbed him violently, and pressed him to his knees.

"You bewitched the army's heart and persuaded Shangguan to flee without a fight, and there is still peace to talk about until now?" Without waiting for the standard camp guard to answer, Zhu Guozhi hurriedly shouted: "Push it out, cut it!" ”

By the time Zhu Guozhi's personal soldiers presented the plate with bloody heads, most of the generals in the hall had already changed, and they might not be able to stop knowing what was going on today.

"Governor Jiang is far away in Jiangning, and he doesn't know that Deng Thief has been defeated repeatedly, so he has panicked and broken into Anqing to die. Therefore, the official said bitterly, and asked this guy to hurry back to Jiangning and report the truth here to Governor Jiang, so as not to delay the wealth of the generals. Saying that, Zhu Guozhi pointed at the human head, and said loudly: "I hate this guy but he is a dog, just because he is too lazy to run a way, he insists on kicking the great achievements of his brothers into the water, how can this official tolerate him?" ”

Looking around at the generals in the hall, Zhu Guozhi said slowly: "Although the generals are outside and the military orders are not accepted, this official thinks that it is better to let Governor Jiang understand the military spirit and morale here in Anqing, so this official plans to send back a letter of invitation to Jiang Ning, I don't know who of the generals present is willing to join hands with this official?" ”

"The last general is willing!" As soon as Zhu Guozhi's words fell, a general who had colluded with him stepped forward and shouted loudly.

Several generals who colluded with Zhu Guozhi came up to show their loyalty, and at this time, the other generals heard the sound of armor colliding in the courtyard, and a large number of heavily armed Qing soldiers poured into the courtyard.

Zhu Guozhi's words just now have made many generals tempted, recently one after another, there are constantly reports of Deng Ming finding frustration, since even the green battalion in Jiangxi can make Deng Ming suffer late, these Jiangnan generals feel that Deng Ming may really be angry. After seeing the soldiers appear in the courtyard behind them, the generals who were still hesitating no longer hesitated, and expressed their willingness to Zhu Guozhi to jointly ask for battle.

"Good!" Zhu Guozhi laughed loudly, asked people to take out the war petition that had been prepared a long time ago, lifted the pen and dipped it in thick ink, and signed his name below, and the others also signed their names one after another, under the name of the leading political envoy.

"The military heart is like this, why worry about Deng's reputation?" Zhu Guozhi knew that he could not give the generals a chance and time to regret at this time, and immediately announced that the whole army would leave the city and camp by the river, ready to meet Deng Ming.

In Zhu Guozhi's mind, since Deng Ming was unable to deal with the sailors in Jiangxi, even if he had ships, most of them would be small boats - more small boats meant that the column was very long, the communication was unchanged and easy to intercept; Moreover, under the repeated disturbance of the Jiangxi Green Battalion, most of the Ming troops had to abandon their ships and land, so it would be easier.

Even if Deng Ming could not be captured alive, this was the first time to take the initiative to attack, and the significance of the victory was enough for the imperial court not to pursue Zhu Guozhi's crimes, after all, without his disobedience, there would have been no such attack.

…… When Deng Ming found the Qing army camped out of the city, he once thought that this was Jīng Rui from Jiangnan, and he would be followed by the rebuilt Su Song Water Division.

However, Deng Ming searched for a long time and did not find any trace of Su Songshui, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "If Su Songshuishi is not here, how can they stop us with the army alone?" This will certainly not be the main force of the Jiangnan Green Battalion. There is no reason why the main force does not cooperate closely with the sailors. ”

Although the Qing army on the opposite side had more than 20,000 and close to 30,000, it was a huge number of banners, and it seemed that Jiang Guozhu's governor standard battalion and Liang Huafeng's personal guards were not among them.

"A political envoy, although there are about 10,000 armor, but many of them are local troops, and they know from the banner that they are not a strong army, how dare they confront our army?" The more he learned about the military situation, the more doubts Deng Ming had in his heart, although there was no Jiangnan jīng Rui in these Qing troops, but Deng Ming knew that 10,000 armor was not a small number for Nanjing, and the number of unarmored soldiers was as high as 30,000: "What is Jiang Guozhu thinking?" If he has lost so many troops, what soldiers and horses will he use to defend me? Could it be that he had so much faith in the newly built sailor? ”

In Deng Ming's view, the Qing army undoubtedly made a mistake of Yan Zòng, if this enemy army had Jīng Rui as the core, coupled with the cooperation of the water division, it would still be able to pose a big threat to Deng Ming, but now that the Qing army is disjointed, Jīng Rui is even more nowhere to be found, obviously giving the Ming army a chance to hit this Qing army hard.

Since the opportunity was given, it was necessary to seize it, lest the Qing army generals wake up and make up for this mistake, Deng Ming immediately ordered the whole army to land ashore and set up camp opposite the Qing army, preparing for a decisive battle with the Qing army.

After conducting many reconnaissance of the Qing army, Deng Ming was very sure that the other party was far inferior to his own in terms of training and equipment, and the average level would not be much stronger than Dong Weiguo's troops in Jiujiang. Like all commanders who felt that victory was in their hands, Deng Ming's immediate thought was how to reduce casualties.

"I'm going to lure the enemy with my body." Since following the army to attack Huguang last year, Deng Ming has never done anything to lure the enemy, and he does not plan to continue to do it, but this time he suddenly had such a thought, and it was fierce and unstoppable.

This plan was rightly opposed by his subordinates, although they heard Deng Ming say that Zhu Di used this trick over and over again, but without exception, it was when Zhu Di was at a disadvantage. And now the Qing army on the opposite side of the Ming army is comparable to the Ming army, and the weapons and equipment are far inferior, and there is no naval division to cooperate, and the training intensity may not be comparable with the Ming army.

"It's because anyone in command can win, so there is no need for me to command this battle." Deng Ming pointed out that he often abdicated his duty to command the whole army, such as the one in the battle with Li Guoying, when the army did not have much opposition.

"At that time, it was also because the enemy army was very strong, so the Admiral must use special tactics, and we will not oppose it, but now is it really necessary?" Ren Tang questioned loudly.

"It is necessary, because it can reduce the casualties of our army." I don't know why, Ren Tang's doubts that day always lingered in Deng Ming's heart, and he asked himself again and again, if he accepted Jiangxi's honorarium, what should the Ming soldiers who died in battle be? Could it really be that the thugs of Jiangxi are not successful? However, it was clear that disturbing the surroundings of Nanjing was in line with the strategic intentions of the Ming army, and since the war was not launched for the wishes of the governor of Jiangxi, and the other party was willing to pay for it, why couldn't it be accepted?

Regardless of whether he couldn't figure it out or figure out this problem, Deng Ming still paid tribute to the use of tactics to lure the enemy in order to minimize the casualties of his subordinates, and he divided the command of the troops to three majors, with Zhou Kaihuang in charge of the Chinese army, and Ren Tang and Mu Tan each in charge of one wing.

"I will take a hundred and thirteen walls and raise my banner to attract the attention of the enemy, whether they are coming to pursue me or turn around to guard against me, I will give you a better chance. And if they don't move, it's no different from me being in charge of the Chinese army. Deng Ming clearly explained the plan at the officers' meeting, and then announced the dismissal of the meeting and let everyone prepare.

The reconnaissance work of the Qing army was very poor, and it was suppressed by the Ming army to death, and the camp was not very good, as for the cooperation between the various armies, it seemed to be a little rusty, so the Ming army was full of confidence in victory.

On the contrary, Zhu Guozhi's side seemed a little bad, after feeling the pressure of the Ming army's horse exploration, many officers began to wonder if Deng Ming was really as weak as the intelligence said, and could be eliminated by them. The next day, the Qing army had not yet explored the number and composition of the Ming army, and they did not know anything about the strength of the Ming army's naval division.

Therefore, although the enemy situation has not yet been detected, Zhu Guozhi is also eager to have a decisive battle with Deng Ming. The situation is not going well, the enemy does not look as weak as expected, but the others may still have a chance to be forgiven when they turn back, and Zhu Guozhi, as the host of this mutiny, will definitely bear most of Jiang Guozhu's anger, and if he can't get results, the imperial court will never be on his side.

"As long as you defeat Deng Ming and capture him, you can sit in the chair of the governor of Liangjiang." After learning that there were generals who did not say goodbye, Zhu Guozhi immediately sent a war letter to the Ming army, at that time Deng Ming was thinking about how to induce the Qing army to come out and fight head-on, but he was worried that the Qing army would not be willing to fight in the case of unknown enemy conditions, and Deng Ming was really surprised and happy to see Zhu Guozhi's war book, and couldn't wait to agree.

"Deng Ming must lure the enemy with his body." Zhu Guozhi stared at the formation of the Ming army on the opposite side, all his deployments were carried out according to this premise, using Sheng Yong's old technique of defeating Zhu Di's battle, if he saw Deng Ming's dignified formation, it is estimated that several generals under Zhu Guozhi would also collapse - now it is not so much that they are convinced that Deng Ming's forces are lonely and desperate, but that this is their last psychological support. According to Zhu Guozhi's theory, Deng Ming must have a weak army, and he will definitely try to lure the enemy with his body at this time.

After looking at the Ming army on the opposite side lined up in formation, and saw the flags like the sea on the opposite side, and the strict queue, the hearts of Zhu Guozhi and several of his accomplices became colder and colder, although they had an ominous premonition when the sentry was completely suppressed, but after seeing the military appearance on the opposite side with their own eyes, they still felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured on their heads, which made them feel chilling in this summer.

"Look!" Suddenly, a general beside Zhu Guozhi made a sound of surprise, he pointed to the banner of the Ming army on the opposite side, the Chinese army, the left and right wings were all Deng Ming's generals in charge, and he himself stayed on the flank of the military formation with a lone team of cavalry.

"He really wants to do it again!" The Qing army generals cheered one after another, whether they were Zhu Guozhi's hardcore accomplices or not, they were all completely desperate for a while.

"Hehe, this official has long known that most of the thieves' tents are empty." Zhu Guozhi also regained his original look, pointed to the Ming army formation opposite, and confidently judged the surrounding generals: "That is, there is a row of Deng thieves' dead friends in front, and the ones sent in the back are all Ding Zhuang who he coerced, they can't even beat the Jiangxi Green Battalion, how can there be tens of thousands of soldiers?" One in ten is none. ”

…… Looking at the Anqing Qing army facing the battle in front of him, and looking at the dense enemy soldiers on the opposite side, Deng Ming smiled at Zhou Kaihuang and Ren Tang beside him: "This Zhu Guozhi is really incompetent, he will fight without doing a good job of reconnaissance, and he actually took the initiative to ask me to fight a decisive battle, and now seeing the strength of our army, even if he knows that he can't fight, he can only hold on to the end." ”

"Admiral, is it necessary for you to risk your life against such a guy?" Ren Tang still opposes Deng Ming's plan, and it is clear that there is still time to revise it.

"We are indeed bound to win, but if it is easier to win, why sacrifice the lives of the soldiers, is my life a life, and theirs is not?" Deng Ming remained unmoved.

Looking up at the sky, Deng Ming saw that the hour had come, so he ordered them to return to their posts and command the Ming army to fight, and Deng Ming personally took a hundred people to attract the attention of the enemy army, "I will go to attack the left flank of the Qing army, and when I see the enemy army in chaos, you will go forward together to cover up and kill, so as not to let the enemy escape." ”

"Yes, Admiral." Ren Tang and Zhou Kaihuang agreed in unison, especially Zhou Kaihuang agreed even louder, this is a common tactic used by Deng Ming, and he is very familiar with it.

The three walls held their banners high, and Deng Ming once again dismounted under this banner, and led the knights of the three walls to rush out of the Ming army's array first, jogging in the direction of the Qing army's flank. Almost at the same moment when Deng Ming left the military formation, the earth-shaking cheers of the soldiers resounded behind him. The last time he fought fiercely with Li Guoying, the soldiers also saw Deng Ming taking the lead and fighting side by side with the officers and soldiers, rather than staying outside the battlefield. And every time at this time, Deng Ming would make a big fanfare, and the Qing army could clearly see his banner. Whether it is Li Guoying's army or any other Qing army, every time they see Deng Ming's banner, they will pay special attention to it. Although Deng Ming always led a cavalry guard of dozens or even a dozen people, the Qing army would guard against him carefully, or tremble and retreat in front of his banner. In this way, Deng Ming only used a small cavalry to pull the entire large array of the Qing army, and like Zhu Di, he could gain an additional advantage for the Ming army.

This time was no exception, after seeing Deng Ming's banner, the Qing army's large array began to constantly adjust its direction, especially the left flank of the enemy army pointed by Deng Ming, and it was frequently mobilized to keep the front of the array facing Deng Ming.

Seeing that the enemy army was constantly changing formations for himself and the small group of cavalry around him, Deng Ming smiled, and his heart was full of pride.

"Whenever this happens, I have the feeling that I am standing on a stage, and the eyes of the audience are just me, and I am not only attracting the attention of tens of thousands of subordinates behind me, but also the focus of attention of the enemy army. No one on this battlefield has caused more intimidation to the enemy than I, and there is no more striking target than I am. I don't know if Zhu Di also had this feeling when he was galloping on the battlefield back then, I think he must have it, this unique feeling really makes people look down on all beings on the clouds, like a god. After one battle after another, Deng Ming felt that the battlefield brought him not only tension, but began to enjoy this moment: "Whether it is the enemy's commander or the enemy's officers and soldiers, they are all looking at me with fear, right?" Trembling waiting for me to launch a deadly assault...... Perhaps, some of them are fantasizing, fantasizing about cutting off my head and asking for merit and reward from the Qing court, but unfortunately no one can do so. In order to kill my merits and honor, soldiers will act on their own initiative, and commanders will make wrong decisions, and they will always look at me like this, even ignoring the ...... of the battlefield that needs their attention".

One hundred cavalry with three walls followed Deng Ming closely, and the enemy army on the opposite side was black and oppressive like a wall in front of Deng Ming's eyes. Deng Ming did not choose to attack head-on, but led the knights to pass not far in front of the Qing army, and the distance was close enough for Deng Ming to clearly see the fear in the eyes of the enemy soldiers.

Behind Deng Ming, the soldiers of the Qing army continued to change formations in a chaotic manner, adjusting the direction they were facing. Deng Ming continued to lead the guards to run, pulling the Qing army's increasingly scattered formation, while looking for the enemy's flaws. He knew that no matter how experienced the opposing generals were, it was absolutely impossible for him to be more flexible than the huge army formation of tens of thousands of soldiers.

As time passed, Deng Ming saw that the Qing archers were hindered by their own infantry, and the sword and shield soldiers and pikemen pushed each other, and saw that cracks began to appear in the Qing army's formation. Deng Ming continued to wait patiently, watching the enemy's flaws grow bigger and bigger, until he was convinced that the Qing army would not have time to make up for it in front of him.

When Deng Ming finally charged, the guards on the left and right got closer and closer to him, and finally there was almost no gap between each other's mounts, and the knees of the guards on both sides of Deng Ming were almost touching the belly of his horse. All of them carried the spears in their right arms, or put their swords on their knees, and pointed straight forward with the spears. When rushing in front of the enemy line, Deng Ming and the guards of the three walls suddenly shouted. With this thunder, the entire platoon of cavalry rushed into the position of the Qing army almost simultaneously.

After rushing into the enemy formation, Deng Ming brandished his horse sword with both hands, slashing left and right. The enemy soldiers in front of them were shoulder to shoulder, and their formations were undulating like the surface of a windswept lake. The churning surface of the lake was split by Deng Ming with the horse sword in his hand, and he used the weapon in his hand with all his concentration, and he moved forward bravely in the black and oppressive sea of people, without stopping...... The layers of waves were separated by the Ming knights, and finally, the front suddenly opened up, and the Ming army had rushed through the last row of the enemy formation.

Fall in, come out of the formation.

Deng Ming gasped for breath, beads of sweat on his mount's back, and Deng Ming told it to slow down while looking back.

A hundred guards were still following Deng Ming's side, and the fiery red robes on their bodies looked like flames burning on the ice and snow at first glance. Farther behind them, the enemy army formation that had just been broken through by the Ming army was slowly closing in, and the Qing army, which was originally facing the west, was now making a 180-degree turn and facing Deng Ming to re-array.

"They seem to have developed some skills," one of the guards laughed loudly beside him, "and they didn't even run." ”

When Deng Ming turned around, the guards also turned their horses' heads and lined up in a horizontal row on his left and right.

"Admiral," one of the guards waited for a moment, wondering why he hadn't heard Deng Ming's order all along, and asked aloud, "Attack?" ”

"Wait a minute." Deng Ming waved his hand and did not give the order to attack again. Now the left flank of the Qing soldiers is facing Deng Ming's main force, which is very good, and will give Zhou Kaihuang a chance to charge. However, now the Chinese army of the Qing army is still facing the south, although Deng Ming has rushed to the back of Zhu Guozhi, but the political envoy still did not turn his head, and still defended in the direction of Deng Ming's main force, as if nothing had happened behind him.

Zhu Guozhi's actions made Deng Ming feel confused for a while, and every time he led his own army to charge and kill the enemy in the past, he could always fully mobilize the enemy commander. However, today's situation is indeed a bit strange, Zhu Guozhi seems to have completely ignored Deng Ming, turned his back towards him in a big way, and it seems that he has no desire to attack Deng Ming at all, and has not sent any cavalry to intercept the three wall guards under the command of Deng Ming.

"Didn't he see my banner and know where I was? Or is Zhu Guozhi already at a loss for what to do? "Deng Ming took such a small number of people to show off his might in front of Zhu Guozhi's army, it is said that few generals can watch it, and they will not swallow this breath, let alone kill Deng Ming's exploits.

"Come with me." Deng Ming shouted softly, and ran first, and he did not go to the enemy's already battered left flank formation, although the soldiers there were scrambling to reorganize their formation. Deng Ming judged that this Qing army had already suffered a heavy blow, and there was a lot of loss in morale, organization, and body. If Deng Ming rushes back and forth twice, the left wing may begin to disintegrate. But it wasn't the quickest and most decisive blow. And Deng Ming thought he had found an opportunity to end the fight immediately.

"There will be no more sacrifices." Deng Ming whispered to himself.

Zhu Guozhi's Chinese army was getting closer and closer to Deng Ming, and before he knew it, he began to accelerate again. When Deng Ming had already rushed to the front of Zhu Guozhi's banner, the Qing army's Chinese army began to turn around in a panic to meet the battle.

"Isn't it too slow?" Deng Ming unceremoniously cut down the Qing soldiers who were the first to stand in his way.

The Qing soldiers who hurriedly turned around to meet the battle did not have time to line up to meet the battle, and far before they stood shoulder to shoulder, Deng Ming rushed to Zhu Guozhi's general banner with his cavalry. Their resistance could hardly be called resistance, even compared to their left-wing companions just now. Deng Ming easily burst into the formation, and there were no more enemies in front of them who were still resisting, and they discarded their weapons and ran to both sides. These shrimp soldiers and crabs didn't pay attention to Deng Ming, that is, the enemy's general banner and the commander of the Qing army hiding under it.

The Chinese army of the Qing army collapsed in a blink of an eye, and the knights of the Ming army who galloped their horses were like entering a no-man's land, and they were killed under the banner in a blink of an eye. And Deng Ming was surprised to find that there was no strong resistance or fierce counterattack until this time, and no one rushed up to stop him desperately, in order to protect the safety of the commander, or even to buy their commanders a little time to dodge. When he saw Deng Ming rushing over, the last Qing soldiers gathered under the banner of the general shouted, and scattered to avoid the courage of a fight.

While the guards scattered the guards of the banner, the Ming army saw a guy in gold and silver armor standing up from the flag, and he lifted his robe, strode away with the others.

At this time, several guards of the three walls had already rushed past Deng Ming and went straight to Zhu Guozhi.

"Hugh is going to hurt his life." Deng Ming shouted, he didn't know Zhu Guozhi's bad deeds in his original world, and for all the high-ranking officials of the Qing court, Deng Ming was in the attitude of using it as much as possible.

"Admiral, rest assured." The guards of the three walls laughed and replied, they were all well aware of Deng Ming's policies, and the resistance they encountered today was so weak, and their murderous intent was far from being aroused. The three-wall guard who rushed to the front had already chased Zhu Guozhi behind, and he swung the saber in his hand vigorously, and slammed the back of the knife on the helmet of the enemy commander instead of the blade, knocking him to the ground violently.

Before the horse could come to a complete stop, the other knights who followed the first guard rolled their saddles and dismounted, and at the same time threw themselves at the fallen commander of the enemy, crushing him to the ground.

"Today's battle is over." Deng Ming's heart was relaxed for a while, and he let out a long breath of air, although the black pressure in front of him was the back of the fleeing enemy soldiers, but Deng Ming knew that they were no longer a threat, and he completely lost interest in these defeated soldiers.

Do the math, at this time, Zhou Kaihuang should also launch a pursuit, the Qing army has lost its commander, and the Chinese army is in chaos, Deng Ming feels that they have no other way to go except surrender.

Rushing past Zhu Guozhi, and then the war horse turned back, Deng Ming stopped in front of the captive, and several guards pulled up the Qing army commander on the ground, crossed his arms and put it in front of Deng Ming's horse.

"Zhu Guozhi? Envoy of Jubu. Deng Ming screamed, and at this time one of the guards had already taken off his helmet, and at the same time forced Zhu Guozhi to look up at Deng Ming.

After seeing the other party's face, Deng Ming couldn't help but be a little confused, the captive did not faint, on the contrary, he was very conscious, because of fear, his face was distorted and deformed. Deng Ming looked at it carefully, yes, the captive's whole body was trembling violently, and large, large beads of sweat poured out of his forehead. He looked like he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word because his teeth were shaking violently.

"As a political envoy, Zhu Guozhi shouldn't be pus-filled to this point, right?" Deng Ming couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, from this captive, he couldn't see any bearing as a general, not at all - no matter how bad Zhu Guozhi was, after all, he had been a high-ranking official for several years, and now he was a marshal commanding tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it was impossible not to have a little style and momentum.

Just when Deng Ming was in doubt, continuous war drums and horns suddenly sounded around him. This voice interrupted Deng Ming's train of thought, he raised his head and looked into the distance, some of the Qing soldiers who fled had not run too far, and some of them continued to stay away and did not stop, but behind these fleeing Qing troops, you could see the Qing troops who were already standing in formation. Deng Ming slowly looked around, and now the Qing army had formed a big circle, and he was in the middle of this circle.

"You're not Zhu Guozhi?" Deng Ming understood and asked the captive, but his answer to Deng Ming was still a series of teeth fighting.

"Well, it seems that I was prepared." The flag of the Qing army just now had already been cut down by Deng Ming to the ground. Generally speaking, the fall of the flag to the ground is to declare defeat to the whole army, so when the flag fell to the ground, Deng Ming and the guards of the three walls completely relaxed, no longer carefully observing the movements of the surrounding Qing army, but focused all their attention on the prisoner. Now, Deng Ming saw a new flag raised, and he was still dancing and giving orders. The Qing army in front of him was slowly adjusting its formation according to the instructions of this new general flag. Obviously, all the generals had received orders in advance - only when all the Qing generals and colonels knew the commander's clear arrangements would they be so calm, and there was no large-scale rout, but unanimously obeyed the command of this new general banner.

The guards let go of the captive's arms, and he collapsed to the ground. The few dismounted guards who had been grabbing him immediately flew on their horses, and all the knights of the three walls once again hugged Deng Ming, quietly waiting for his order.

"Zhu Guozhi used the flag as bait, deliberately dispersed the Chinese army and let me into the battle, arranged the old, weak, sick and disabled here, and hid Jīng Rui around. When I was careless, I closed the siege in one fell swoop - yes, who would have thought that Zhu Guozhi would deliberately let the enemy kill his own Chinese army, and would also use a flag as bait? Haha, it seems that Zhu Guozhi has read a lot of reports about me. Although surrounded by him, Deng Ming remained calm.

The drums on the opposite side turned loud from muffled to loud. When the drums were low just now, the Qing army had been adjusting its position with broken steps, and it was in a defensive posture. Now the drums are getting louder. The Qing army, which surrounded Deng Ming in the center from all sides, also began to move forward slowly with the sound of the drum, and then a neat shout came from all around:

"Descend early!"

"Descend early!"

"Descend early!"

"It's really funny." Deng Ming smiled, as if he was watching some interesting drama.

"Descend early!"

"Descend early!"

"Sure enough, no one wants to die, they all surround me, but don't they have the courage to come up and fight?" Deng Ming heard the overwhelming persuasion to surrender, and finally couldn't help laughing, and the Qing army couldn't help but stop the work of persuasion after seeing his actions, and looked at Deng Ming together.

"Zhu Guozhi, Zhu Guozhi." Deng Ming's laughter paused, pointed to the direction of the new general flag, and laughed and shouted: "This is probably Sheng Yong's old skill, which once embarrassed Chengzu, but have you ever thought that Sheng Yong and Ping'an used 100,000 troops to fight with 18,000 Yan troops, and Sheng Yong used 20,000 soldiers to concentrate on surrounding Chengzu's 500 personal guards, and the rest were blocking the Yan army, and in the end it still didn't succeed." And now that you are equal in strength with me, haha, you dare to use this trick on me? You can't stop me from breaking through, and you're messing up, you're really confused. ”

Before Deng Ming's words fell, the killing shouts of the Ming army on the periphery were already clearly audible.

A moment later, the lineup of the Qing army had been swept away, 30,000 Qing troops scattered and fled, and Zhu Guozhi and a large number of Jiangnan generals were captured alive by the Ming army.