Chapter 171 Spring breeze is proud of horseshoe disease
In the morning, Zhu Yihai opened his eyes and found that it was already very late.
"Your Highness, why don't you take a nap?"
Little Huang Ji was lying on her side with her hair disheveled, her head supported on one jade arm, and she was looking at him all the time. Zhu Yihai looked at that face, feeling a little regretful in his heart. He was a little too indulgent last night.
If this little Huang Ji really wanted to harm him, she would have died a hundred times over if she slept too hard after her indulgence last night.
But the current situation seems to indicate that Xiao Huang Ji has actually withstood the test and does not mean any harm to him?
"I didn't expect it was so late."
Xiao Huangji said considerately, "Your Highness has been working hard on military aircraft since the Northern Expedition. His whole body has been tense. It is a rare moment to relax, so he sleeps so deeply. I guess Your Highness has not slept so comfortably for a long time, right?"
Zhu Yihai pinched her face and said, "Indeed."
The whole room was filled with the refreshing fragrance. Zhu Yihai restrained himself and got up quickly.
Xiao Huang Ji also got up, wiped Zhu Yihai's body and changed clothes.
After Zhu Yihai had finished cleaning up, he looked at Xiao Huang Ji who exuded a lazy smell, stretched out his hand to hug her, then kissed her and turned to leave.
Little Huang Ji stood there in a daze, with red clouds flying on her face.
After a long time, she turned back to the bed and pulled out the white silk ribbon from under the quilt. A bright red plum blossom bloomed on it. Looking at the red flower, she was lost in thought again.
The supervisor saw her laying the square white silk last night and also saw the flower, but he didn't seem to pay much attention to it.
Putting away the white silk, Xiao Huang Ji stroked her belly, hoping that some seeds would take root and sprout.
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Zhu Yihai walked out of the house and found that it was already half noon.
Yang Boxing was waiting for him on the corridor in the courtyard, "Your Highness."
Zhu Yihai nodded, and Yang Boxing followed behind and said softly, "His Royal Highness stayed at Xiao Huang Ji's house last night. I felt it was a bit sudden."
Zhu Yihai smiled as he walked, "Didn't you, General Yu Lin, arrange for two maids to stay in the house all night last night?"
"I'm thinking of His Highness's safety. After all, Su Lupp is not reliable yet. I think His Highness should go to Tokyo and ask some chamberlains and palace servants to be sent there to serve a few nobles."
It seems that he was also worried about Huang Ji harming Zhu Yihai last night, so he asked the eunuchs and maids to come over there, saying they were serving the nobles, but in fact they were just to prevent a situation like last night from happening again.
"You can arrange this yourself." Zhu Yihai didn't object. He actually felt a little regretful that morning.
There was already a small town on Xishan Island, with many fishermen and some shops and workshops. Huang Fei led his army before and built some temporary houses, etc., but they were hastily dismantled without demolishing them.
After Zhu Yihai came, he also used this as his base camp. Nowadays, many kinds of money, food and materials moved from Suzhou and other cities are transferred here. Field hospitals, sanatoriums, weapons and armor making workshops, repair shops, etc. have even been built here.
When we came to the front hall, Xu Shiqi and many other military aircraft and privy councilors arrived. Seeing him, Chen Qianfu came up and reported with a smile, "Suzhou City was 'attacked and recaptured' by Tu Guobao last night, and Yan My Gong, Li Yuchun and others also defeated me one after another. Soldiers and horses stationed in Wujiang, Zhenyi and other towns."
"Where is Bolo?" Zhu Yihai asked.
"Without taking any reward at night, Bolo has arrived in Jiading."
Chen Qianfu, who was in charge of intelligence, told Zhu Yihai that from the intelligence analysis, Boluo seemed to be planning to take a trip to Baoshan, Shanghai, to cooperate with Wu Shengzhao and Li Chengdong to capture Chongming and capture King Yiyang back to Beijing.
"Over at Chongming, has King Yiyang not replied yet?"
After Zhu Yihai went north, he sent envoys to Chongming more than once to remind them that the Qing army was going to attack them this time. He also hoped that King Yiyang could unite to resist the captives at this time, so that he could retreat from the vassal and return to his throne, and come to join them.
But there has been no reply, like a stone sinking into the sea.
Huang Fei committed suicide after defeat, Wu Zhikui is now "defeated and surrendered to the captives", and even Huang Binqing has switched his side to Zhu Yihai. It can be said that King Yiyang of Chongming is gone.
He doesn't have the slightest strength to compete with Zhu Yihai for the position of supervising the country. Zhu Yihai can offer him such a good condition, forgetting the past, just asking him to abdicate and return to the feudal clan and come to court. Such conditions, he has not yet agreed.
"What should we do next?" Xu Shiqi asked.
This trip to the north can be said to have achieved results beyond expectations. Especially after the capture of Suzhou, it was very inspiring. Even if we gave up on our own initiative, the money, food and supplies we gained were quite impressive.
Not only do the tens of thousands of people in the Northern Expeditionary Army now have a very rich family, enough to provide military pay and food for a long time, but even their equipment has been greatly improved.
"Continue heading north." Zhu Yihai looked at the map and pointed to Changzhou Road.
"Your Highness, it is no longer safe to go further north. Bolo has already followed us, and Duduo is still in Nanjing. If we go further north, when we enter Chang Town, we will take the initiative to enter Duduo and Bolo.
The encirclement is already very small. The multi-banner elites, especially their cavalry, are very mobile. If we are not careful, we may be attacked by their main force, and the consequences are unimaginable."
Since the Northern Expedition, they have fought many victorious battles, but in fact they have never fought any truly tough battles. Basically, they have attacked more and attacked less, and they have not really conquered the tough battles.
Whether it was the annihilation of five hundred Tatars in Zhujiazhuang or the capture of Suzhou City, they were all tricks.
But now Bolo and Duduo are here. If they are not careful, they are overtaken by their elite Eight Banners. With their current strength, they will definitely not be able to resist.
Regardless of the fact that the Northern Expeditionary Army organized eight towns, with tens of thousands of soldiers and more than 50,000 combat auxiliaries, even if it was 100,000, it would be impossible to defeat the main force of the Qing army now.
"I think it's still early and there's still room for movement. Let's go north along the canal and sweep Changzhou. On one side is Taihu Lake and on the other side is the Yangtze River. We have naval forces, so we don't have to worry too much about being surrounded. As long as we don't hesitate to fight, we can finish the sweep.
Just leave, and the Tatars can only look at the water and sigh."
Zhu Yihai is getting bolder and bolder now.
Of course, he is not completely arrogant. There are many troops in the Northern Expedition, and there are many broken troops and civilians who are willing to follow them. If they take them with them, they may end up like Huang Fei and others, and they will never be able to escape the pursuit of the Qing army.
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Therefore, his plan was to take two steps: select some elites to raid Changzhou, further weaken the surrender forces in Jiangnan, and also support the volunteer soldiers who raised the flag. On the other hand, the opportunity was rare, so he must fight as many traitors as possible to collect money and food.
The other one also wanted to take over Chongming's King Yiyang and others.
There are still a lot of troops there. If we can conquer them, we can successfully acquire Chongming and Jingjiang, two large islands at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and use them as a base to fight against the Japanese in the south of the Yangtze River.
Some of the remaining troops were sent to Huzhou, Guangde and other places to take advantage of the opportunity to raid, and some began to be relocated to Taihu and other mountainous areas and lake islands to prepare for a long-term war of resistance and establish anti-capitalist base areas.
Now, on the whole, although the Qing army occupied the south of the Yangtze River, they actually did not have enough power to sink into villages and towns, let alone mountainous areas and lakes.
"I suggest that we leave these matters to the two generals. Your Highness can return to Haining via Taihu Lake and then return to Shaoxing by sea." Xu Shiqi suggested.
This time the Northern Expedition has been very successful.
Zhu Yihai had no reason to stay. Some of the eight towns in the Northern Expedition were left behind, and some had to be evacuated to the south. Of course, Zhu Yihai, the supervisor of the country, should return to Tokyo and take charge of Shaoxing.
