When Ma Guozhu heard Chen Tai yelling very actively, he could only nod helplessly. He knew why Chen Tai was so active. Although Chen Tai, the governor of water transportation, was in charge of water transportation in eight provinces, his focus was on Huaiyang, especially in Huai'an.
He was also in charge of salt, and even served as the governor of the rivers and the governor of Huaiyang. Unfortunately, Huaiyang was now in the hands of the Ming army, so he was forced to stay in Jiangning.
Up to now, they have not even been able to recover even the 3,500 canal bid, because Mr. Yan and the others must first deal with Admiral Jiang, Jing Biao, Governor Biaoying, etc. He stays in Jiangning every day, and the canal is blocked in its entirety, leaving half a grain of autumn grain.
There is no way to start the luck, so why not rush.
He wished he could defeat the Ming army immediately and then return to his own territory in Huai'an.
Yan Wogong said happily, "All the princes share the same hatred of the enemy and fight against the national calamity. This battle will be handed over to Admiral Chen for unified command. Each governor will supervise the Biao Camp and garrison the Eight Banners. They will all gather in Zhenjiang for a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty!"
The invincible Qing army now had to use this method to encourage themselves before the war.
End of the meeting.
Yan Wogong returned to his study and immediately began to write a secret letter. He wrote down the Qing army's plan and deployment, and even Chen Jin's Jiang defense fortifications in detail in agreed cipher text, and finally made them into special wax pills.
Call your close relatives.
The clan nephew skillfully swallowed the special wax pill directly into his belly. After seeing Lu Jianguo, he only had to drink some oil and pull it out.
"Safe travels."
"Don't worry, the secret will never be leaked."
"I have met Jian Guo, and I would like to send you my regards. Jian Guo's Northern Expedition is really very satisfying," Yan Wogong whispered, "All the Qing troops in the south of the Yangtze River have gathered in Zhenjiang. At this time, Jiangning is empty. If His Highness intends to capture Jiangning, now is the time.
Good opportunity.”
"Also, you must be careful of Chen Jin's river defense, those dragons rolling across the river, the floating wooden city and the center of the river, and the forts on the banks of the river. These are very powerful, but as long as the supervisor follows the method I said, he can
As long as the Chen Jinjiang defense is broken, the Yangtze River can still come and go freely."
"There are heavy troops gathered in Zhenjiang, be careful not to underestimate the enemy. Jiangning is empty, you can come and take it." Yan Wogong confessed again and again.
Yangzhou.
The Ming army had begun preparations to cross the river.
At this time, the canals in Huaibei and the Yellow River began to freeze, and even the canals in Huainan were almost frozen. Zhu Yihai could not stay in Jiangbei. For safety reasons, he did not stay in Xuzhou, Huai'an, or even planned to stay in Yangzhou.
Yangzhou can serve as Nanjing's defense point north of the Yangtze River, but it cannot stand alone.
He had no intention of returning to Chongming or Zhoushan just like this.
After fighting the Tatars for so long, Zhu Yihai is now getting stronger and has a more thorough understanding of the Tatars' background. The entry of the Tatars is indeed full of chance.
Although they were able to defeat the Ming army outside Guan during Chongzhen, they only had an advantage in one corner. In terms of size, there was still a big gap between them and the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty during Chongzhen's time was indeed in a state of decay due to internal and external troubles. But now, with Zhu Yihai raising his flag, although the Ming Dynasty is still very weak, it already has a fighting force despite its weakness.
The Qing army can only really fight the 200,000 and 8 Banners. Although Zhu Yihai's ten-town imperial camp cannot yet compete with the 200,000 and 8 Banners, it is already very strong in the corner battles.
After the Second Northern Expedition, the imperial camp was still composed of ten towns, but many troops had been expanded again. For example, Jinwu Town now has 8,000 cavalry, adding six battalions.
The three infantry armies of the Warriors, Brave Guards, and Flag Bearers were also expanded to 8,000 soldiers each.
Not only has the number increased, but the equipment has also received a lot of supplements, some of which were rushed from the rear and some were taken from the front.
Shenji Town also received a batch of new artillery guns and gunpowder projectiles.
The victory of the Second Northern Expedition also injected stronger self-confidence into these imperial camps. It turned out that the Tatars were also vulnerable, and the green camps were not worth mentioning.
The elite Eight Banners also dared not leave the city in front of them.
Today's imperial camp has almost no psychological fear of the Eight Banners.
This is achieved one victory after another.
With this victory, the Qing court initiated peace, but Zhu Yihai was not in a hurry.
Although he also needs to relax and take time to recover, Tatar is more anxious now, and he still has some energy left, so he should first get a few more chips of his own.
Taking advantage of the great victory in the north, we must of course take advantage of the situation to sweep another wave of Qing troops from the south of the Yangtze River. If there are any dates, we must attack three poles first.
The Tatars in Huguang, the Green Camp and the Tatars in Shandong were all isolated from the Green Camp. Now the Qing army in Jiangnan became a lone army, and Zhu Yihai became the one with the upper hand in terms of morale and strength.
The advantage is not big, but it is an advantage after all.
"Are all four fleets here?"
"Everyone has gathered at the Yangzhou River. Your Highness, are we going to attack Nanjing this time?" Zhu Chenggong had just arrived from the Yangtze River. Countless warships, gunboats and troop transports had gathered there. The four major naval divisions had gathered together, plus the Imperial Infantry.
Ma Zhuzhen’s strength is amazing.
"First sweep away Chen Jin's Jiang defense. This Yangtze River is our navy's Yangtze River, and it is not a place where Tatars can run wild."
Chen Jin took advantage of the opportunity of his main force to move north to secretly build these river defense fortifications on the Yangtze River. Zhu Yihai had already known about it through Yan Wogong, but he had no time to pay attention to it. Now, this time, it will definitely be destroyed.
Chen Qianfu came in.
"Your Highness, relatives are coming from my hometown."
Zhu Yihai immediately understood the secret message. This was another message from Mr. Yan. He nodded, and then went to meet his relatives in his hometown alone.
After reading Yan Wogong's secret letter, Zhu Yihai couldn't help but feel refreshed.
Unexpectedly, the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River is now so unbearable. The 12th Battalion of Chen Jin's Navy has 12,000 men, but from Zhenjiang to Anqing, there are only four battalions and 4,000 people in Jiangning.
Eight Banners, two thousand and five.
The governor of Jiangning issued a bid of two thousand.
This is the entire force in Jiangning now, 14,500 people.
It turned out that other green camps had been reorganized and eliminated.
Fourteen thousand and five thousand, but they were all real amounts. But there were many new soldiers. Many of the veterans of the Green Camp were dismissed by Yan Wogong on the grounds that these soldiers were too cowardly to fight and were slippery. During this period, the Green Camp rebellion was suppressed.
, and consumed a lot of Jiangning's soldiers.
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The most elite ones are the 2,508-banner garrison troops in Bashan.
There are also some troops and horses around Jiangning, stationed in Changzhou, Suzhou, Taiping, Hezhou, Anqing and other places, and they will not participate in this battle of Zhenjiang.
The truth about the Qing army in Jiangning has been completely revealed to Zhu Yihai by Yan Wogong, including the river defense fortifications in Zhenjiang.
Lord Yan has been carrying out a major rectification in Jiangnan for several months. The green camps in Jiangnan are now basically either rebelling and defecting, or they have been demobilized and merged. It used to be that Jiangnan had a large number of green camps, but now they are basically gone, and the ones that are also gone are still there.
There are their weapons, armors, etc.
This greatly weakened the strength of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River. After all, although these soldiers were timid, they were still more effective in following behind to fight with the wind, waving flags and shouting, and even being pushed out as cannon fodder when necessary.
But now they have been wiped out by Yan Wo Gong in the name of rectification. On the surface, this is still his credit. After all, in Yan Wo Gong's report, there are too many problems with the green camps in various places. It is said that there are five thousand soldiers, but in fact there are only
Two or three thousand, some even have neither soldiers nor bandits. They cannot fight, but they harass the place the most.
But in fact, after the original Ming army, Shunying and other surrendered green camps were destroyed, many weak areas or even vacuum areas appeared in the defense of a place as big as Jiangnan.
Yan Wogong's new army does indeed look obedient and neat on the outside, but there are too many new soldiers and a lack of experienced officers, even weapons, armor, and experience.
Such soldiers are even more handsome. They are real soldiers in name, with real wages and pay. They obey orders and have good military discipline. However, they cannot fight and their numbers are still small.
But Dorgon, who was far away in Beijing, didn't know the tricky details here, and he never expected that the Jiangnan Five Provinces Strategy, which he personally admired very much, would actually be a high-level spy.
Yan Wogong's various suggestions seem to be no problem, and are even better than when Hong Chengchou first appeased Jiangnan. Drastic reforms are a positive policy. However, the current chaos in Jiangnan and such ulterior reforms are just a constant process.
Cut down the base of the Qing army's wall.
But there are examples of success for Yan Wogong, including the excellent performance of several prefectures such as Western Zhejiang, which are simply outstanding. Songjiang, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, and now Huzhou, the four prefectures are stable and peaceful, and Li Yuchun and Zheng Jiwu are super capable.
, Zhu Guofan Yan Jizu Pan Yinglou and others managed it even more effectively.
With the chaotic town of Susongning on one side, Huguang and Jiangxi on the other, and the unique western Zhejiang and other places on the other, Dorgon was naturally convinced of Yan Wogong's successful strategy.
Governor-General Ma Guozhu, Admiral Chen Jin, Melezhang Jingbashan and others have no countermeasures in the face of the current chaos in Jiangnan, so they can only trust Yan Jinglue. After all, Yan Jinglue has the strong support of the regent.
But who would have thought that Yan Jinglue was the important driving force behind Jiangnan's corruption. It was he who first quietly changed the color of Jiaxing, and then secretly changed the status of Songjiang.
Then he beheaded all the civil and military generals of the Zhejiang Qing Dynasty, including Zhang Cunren, Xiao Qiyuan, and finally forced Wu Shengzhao, Li Chengdong, and others to surrender, and also brought down Tu Guobao, the governor stationed in Suzhou.
In the end, Jiangnan Green Camp was destroyed.
Not to mention completely reporting Jiangnan’s details to Lu Jianguo.
Who could have imagined it.
Just like when the four generals from Kangkaraba Mountain went south, they originally had 10,000 elite Eight Banners in their hands. If used properly, they could even reverse the decline of Jiangnan. But Yan Wogong, an undercover agent, revealed all their deployment and route to Ming Ming.
The army even deliberately burned the army rations, allowing Kangkara to be ambushed, so that Bashan and others could not reinforce in time. How could someone win if they tried so hard to hold back the enemy?
The generals of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River now have great admiration for Jiuwang and Lu Jianguo. They feel that this man is a clever soldier and unpredictable. However, they don't know that Zhu Yihai is not a master of calculations. He is just right in everything, but he has secretly mastered their control.
