After the Zhejiang Governor Tong Guoqi 800 miles reported that the Zheng army might invade the Yangtze River, Shunzhi and the Inner Ministers were frightened and immediately ordered the Qing army in Zhejiang and Jiangsu to concentrate on garrisoning and strengthen the defense of coastal prefectures and prefectures. Another order was issued to Henan, Jiangxi, Shanxi and Shandong provinces to draw troops and horses, and the command of Prince An Yuele, to reinforce Jiangning in batches. At the same time, urged various ministries to prepare for personal expeditions and follow the expeditions quickly, and the imperial dynasty was scheduled to be invaded by the Zheng army. Because the Zheng army might invade the Yangtze River, Shunzhi would not dare to delay the personal expeditions for a moment, otherwise if Nanjing was lost, the situation would be out of control. Even if he personally expeditions, he might not be able to retake Nanjing.

When the Qing court launched a large-scale dispatch of troops, the Zheng army collected food and money in Wenzhou area, and then moved the boat north to enter the Yangtze River and capture Nanjing. On the occasion of Wenzhou heading to Zhoushan, the prince of Yanping issued an edict: "The officers and soldiers are on an expedition, and they are not without any internal gaze; they will naturally enjoy following them. The vassal commander led the master to the north to attack the Chou Gu, and the Central Plains were to build a great cause. Considering that the generals and soldiers of each Xun Town had the idea of ​​making a family during Yongzhen, they had already been in charge of the army, and the household officials dispatched the boats to carry their families; each ordered the officers and soldiers to take them to take them according to the ships, temporarily stayed in the Linmen, and waited for the order to follow them."

After the order was issued, Yanping specially appointed Chen Hui, the Bo Zhongjing of Xuanyi, Chen Ze, to lead the Navy in the town to protect the ships of the female family and follow the army. After this order, the officers and soldiers from the Zheng army were all happy and encouraged, but the seasick wives and ladies were miserable.

The subordinates had dissuaded Yanping to improperly send the woman to join the army, but Yanping said that this time, he was very sure to enter the Yangtze River and capture Nanjing. First, the main force of the Qing army led by Doni was blocked by the Taiping Army in Yunnan and Guizhou, and could not get out in a short period of time. The Qing army stationed in Nanjing was very weak. According to information provided by people from the Fuming Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan, the Eight Banners of Manzhou stationed in Nanjing were only a small team led by Angbang Zhangjingticacamu, with less than 1,000 people. Most of the remaining soldiers were green camps. Although there were many people, they could not resist the Zheng army at all. We were strong and the enemy was weak. As soon as Nanjing came, the Zheng army would go to Yongzhen Jiangnan. How could the woman accompanying the army to damage morale?

He ordered his family to march with his family. On the one hand, Yanping was full of confidence in seizing Nanjing and had never considered the danger of failure. On the other hand, he learned from the lessons of the past. When Yanping led his army outside, the Qing army in Fujian took advantage of the situation and repeatedly, causing the family members who stayed in Jinxia to be killed and injured, seriously affecting the morale of the army. When the Zheng army fought outside in the future, the soldiers from all over the country were worried that Jinxia would be attacked by the Qing army again. Last year, when the Zheng army marched north in large numbers, the army was mostly worried. After a year of rest and preparation, and Guangdong supported the Tang King's Supervisory Kingdom, Yanping had an urgent need to seize Nanjing to worship Xiaoling and occupy the great righteousness, so he did not have any worries in the army, so he ordered his family to follow the army. After seizing Nanjing in this way, he would not have to send people back to pick up the family.

After Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan's coalition went north, they first arrived in Dinghai, Zhejiang in May. After two days of fierce fighting, they wiped out the Qing army guarding the place, captured the Dinghai Artillery City, and burned more than 100 Qingshui Division ships. After seizing Dinghai, the Zheng army created the illusion of attacking Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang, and attracted Jiangsu and Zhejiang Qing army to help, and on the other hand, they divided their troops to attack the coast of Fujian to confuse the Qing army in Fujian.

Dasu, the Minister of Interior of the Qing Dynasty, was confused by the Zheng army's actions and ordered the coast to shrink. The Guangdong Taiping Army in the south also launched an attack on Fujian again. Although the offensive was not large, it restrained the Qing army in southern Fujian, making Dasu even more frightened. He thought that the Zheng army and the Taiping Army were going to join forces to plan for Fujian, so he had to constantly ask for help from Jiangning and Zhejiang, and at the same time sent an urgent report to Beijing.

Tong Guoqi, the governor of Zhejiang in Qing Dynasty, judged that the Zheng army's large-scale northward movement was not just to capture the coastal areas of Zhejiang, but to invade Jiangning City, but to the Yangtze River, he sent 800 miles to Beijing to intensify the city. At the same time, he sent people to Jiangning to inform him, asking the Governor Lang Tsang of the Liangjiang River to quickly deploy the Yangtze River defense line to avoid the Zheng army entering the river easily.

On June 19, after more than a month of tactical confusion, Zheng Chenggong finally led 160,000 troops, more than 3,000 ships of all sizes and sizes, and headed north from Dinghai in three directions. The Central Admiral Gan Hui led the front army. Zheng Chenggong personally led the troops to the center. The General Chen Wenda, behind the palace, set sail towards the Yangtze River Estuary.

When the Zheng army entered the Yangtze River this time, the size of the ships was huge. The navy was dozens of times more than the Ming warships in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Qing army's navy was far inferior. The Qingshui Division, the coastal Qingshui Division, saw the Zheng army's warships, fled from afar and did not dare to go forward to fight. Ma Fengzhi, the admiral of Wusong of the Qing Dynasty, even held troops to watch and did not surrender.

However, the Zheng army went north with such momentum, but a scumbag appeared in the army. Before entering the Yangtze River, the Zheng army's former army, Ma Long surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Zhapu, Zhejiang. Five ships followed Ma Long surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, including two water croakers, two double-sailed boats, one underwater boat, and more than 140 soldiers and family men and women. However, the equipment they carried were thirteen red-clothed cannons, forty-five copper hundred-sized cannons, three-eyed guns, ten bird guns, and four gunpowders.

The twelve barrels weighed a total of 1,889 kilograms, 1,663 red-clothed iron bullets, 1,82 kilograms of iron bullets, 8,899 kilograms of iron pieces, 105 kilograms of iron pieces, 5,190 kilograms of iron helmets, 42 tops of iron armor, 26 body of iron armor, nine pairs of iron cover hands, nine pairs of iron skirts, fourteen pairs of iron cover nests, and cotton helmets, armor, knives, arrows, spears, rattan cards, etc.

Although these five ships only have more than 100 people, the number of offensive artillery and self-defense iron armor is quite amazing. This also shows the powerful strength of the Zheng army. After Ma Long surrendered to the Qing army, he quickly informed the Qing army of the Zheng army of plans to enter the Yangtze River to seize Nanjing. Zhejiang Governor Tong Guoqi was even more shocked after hearing this. However, from time to time, the Zheng army has entered the estuary of the Yangtze River. Whether Jiangning City can be saved depends on whether the governor of Liangjiang Lang Tingzuo paid attention to his warning.

Xipu, Luyuan, Changshu, Jiangsu Province, Qian Qianyi, a great literary tycoon, came to visit Qian Qianyi, a talented man from Jiangnan, and Mao Xiang and his wife Dong Xiaowan.

When he saw his mentor, Mao Xiang sincerely bowed: "Mr. Zong Bo, the student greets you!"

"Bijiang gets up quickly, gets up quickly!"

Seeing the students visiting, Qian Qianyi, who was over 70 years old, was very happy. He stepped forward and helped Mao Xiang up, took his hand and entered the house. His wife Liu Rushi also came up and pulled Dong Xiaowan, the sister of the Qinhuai River in the past. Seeing Xiaowan losing so much weight, her eyes turned red in an instant. Dong Xiaowan had not seen Liu Rushi for many years, and her women's family was prone to love, and her eyes were also hazy.

Qian Qianyi was extremely enthusiastic. Although he was named Mao Xiang's teacher, his wife became sworn sisters with Mao Xiang's wife, so he did not hold the ceremony. After a greeting with Mao Xiang and his wife, the atmosphere immediately became relaxed and comfortable. During the conversation, it was naturally necessary to mention the recent wars.

"That Zhou Shi was really Wu Mu's life, and it was even more impressive than the King of Jin back then!" Qian Qianyi was quite excited.

Mao Xiang also sighed: "Yes! In just four years, first, Hahamu, Shang Kexi, Li Rutai, Wu Liuqi, etc., then Jidu, this year, Roto and Chang Guoan. In four years, the Tartars were reimbursed a Prince of Manzhou, two Han vassal kings, one governor, two governors, five Gushan Ezhen, six governors, two admirals, tens of thousands of soldiers, countless such brave people in the Han green camp, but they were scholars. The students were really impressed. This person was really a hero given to me by God to restore the Han family!"

"Pijiang doesn't know anything. Since he learned about the war in Guangdong and Guangxi, his whole body has been different from before. I used to see him sighing, but now I'm very long-winded, and I'm talking nonstop all day long, just like those battles were commanded by him." Liu Rushi covered his mouth and smiled.

"No wonder Pijiang became like this now. It turned out that he had learned from his teacher." Dong Xiaowan also smiled.

"What do you know? Since Jiashen, my Han family has been completely mourned. You don't know what the homeland is that it is not there and tradition is interrupted. Over the years, I really regretted the past, and I used alcohol to relieve my sorrows, and I couldn't get rid of my sorrows."

Qian Qianyi suddenly became guilty. Mao Xiang and Liu Rushi hurriedly comforted him, saying that the past has passed and today's situation still has the opportunity to recover. Why should I blame myself?

Qian Qianyi wiped his tears: "Fortunately, fortunately, there was Li Dingguo first and Zhou Shixiang later. They were all heroes of my Han family."

Seeing this, Mao Xiang hurriedly said this and said, "Students said that the battle in Guangxi was commanded by Yu Shizhong, a general under Zhou Shixiang. This man was from Yuyao, Zhejiang and a descendant of the Qi family army. When Lu King Zhu Changqing confronted the Qing army in Qiantang River, this man wrote a bloody letter to ask for battle, but was beaten by Zhu Changqing in public by Zhu Changqing. After Zhu Changqing surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Yu Shizhong was unwilling to accept it and led hundreds of troops to fight with the Qing army. Finally, he brought dozens of men to Fujian to invest in Longwu. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years ago, he didn't expect that this man would become a general of the Taiping Army today and even won such a big victory!"

After hearing this, Qian Qianyi sighed: "After saying this, if God does not destroy my Ming Dynasty, my Han family, it's a pity that these heroes were no longer appreciated by them. Otherwise, why would the Tartars occupy the territory of my Ming Dynasty?"

"At present, the main force of the Qing army cannot come out in the southwest. Although the emperor abandoned the country, Zhou Shixiang and Zhongzhenying jointly supported the Tang Wang Jianguo." Speaking of this, Mao Xiang suddenly stopped, but thought that the teacher had always supported Yongli, but now Guangdong and Guangxi support the Tang Wang Jianguo. I wonder if the teacher has any objections to Guangdong.

How could Qian Qianyi not see what the students were worried about? He shook his head and said, "After so many years, you and me should see clearly. Is what I have done for the past few years really for the restoration of the Ming Dynasty? No! After Longwu, I always did not do anything to restore the Ming Dynasty, but to restore the clothes and clothes of the Han family!" He grabbed the rat-tail of the money behind his head and said in great disgust: "I am in my seventies, do you really have to take such a bad thing to meet my ancestors!" (To be continued.)
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