When the Manchu generals heard that the Governor supported him, they all smiled. However, Yima Degong and other new generals of the army had different opinions. They were about to speak, but Hong Chengchou said first: "I have made up my mind, don't say anything anymore. Today is the 18th day, and it will be out of the city two days later, that is, the 20th day! Let's go down and prepare!"

The new generals of the affiliated army had a low status, but now seeing that Hong Chengchou had decided that no one would be embarrassed, they all bowed down to prepare.

After the generals left, Zhou Boda asked, "Sir, why don't you refuse the city and guard it, and have to give up the city wall and go out of the city to fight in the field?"

Hong Chengchou sighed and said, "Master Zhou, do you think I don't know the benefits of refusing to defend the city? But the navy of the King of Chu of the pseudo-Ming is too powerful. You have heard of the battle at the estuary of the Yangtze River three years ago. Our five hundred ships were sunk by five ships, and the other party was unscathed. In the Jiangyin War, the Ming Navy was also docked and shot close to the fire. Our side lost Prince Kong and Nikanbeile. Another thing I found that the military newspaper sent back from Anqing was wrong. No matter how powerful the Ming army was, it could not destroy Prince Yu's 120,000 elites. You must know

There are 30,000 taels of white flag elites here! So I suspect that the combat effectiveness of the Ming army on the road is far less magical than the Anqing defender. It is too irritating. There is also a detailed work in Hangzhou a few days ago that the King of Chu's army had more than 50,000 people, and the number was similar to ours. Even if they were all firearms, they were not our opponents. Therefore, I decided to avoid their strengths and go deep into the inland to avoid the navy's artillery, destroy the army first, and catch the king of Chu, and then the navy would be able to deal with it. After all, no matter how powerful they are, they cannot drive the ship ashore!"

Hong Chengchou's method is the way to deal with Zheng Chenggong in the future. The coastal walls are strong and cleared. No matter how powerful your navy is, you can't go ashore. The army can't beat the Qing army even if it goes ashore. In the end, Zheng Chenggong was forced to find trouble with the Dutch.

Hong Chengchou was able to see this clearly and was considered an elite figure of this era, but he was destined to fail because although Zhu Hongsan's navy was very strong, it did not have a generation difference with the times. Except for some technical weapons, his overall strength was not much stronger. However, the army was different. Zhu Hongsan's army had already formed a full firearm, and its weapons and equipment had reached the level of the French army in the Napoleon era. Not to mention the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, even the rich people in Europe have not completely equipped the army with muskets. In addition to training, equipment, supplies, logistics, etc., Zhu Hongsan's army can be said to have completely surpassed the Qing army by one next generation.

Zhu Hongsan led his team to leave Zhejiang Province on October 15 and officially entered Nanzhili. It has now been renamed Jiangsu Province. After entering Jiangsu, Zhu Hongsan was afraid of being unfamiliar with the place and encountered ambush, so he ordered the troops to slow down their pace and march for 30 miles a day. He just walked and stopped and finally arrived in Lishui County on October 25.

I was confused when I saw Zhu Hongsan, Lishui County. It was less than 70 miles away from Nanjing. If I marched urgently, I would only arrive in one day. Why haven’t I met the Qing Dynasty’s people?

Zhu Hongsan called Wang Xian and asked, "Do you Jinyiwei have any military information?"

"Your Majesty, there are spies from our army thirty miles around. They have no military information reports. There is also no news from the Jinyiwei detectives from the surrounding counties that have not passed by the enemy!"

Zhu Hongsan was also confused when he heard Wang Xian say this: "Is the information sent from Nanjing a few days ago accurate?"

"It's very accurate. In order to spread the information, Jin Qianhu from Nanjing sent out ten people from all directions to the city, and six more died. Only then did the news that the Qing army left the city on the 20th!"

Zhu Hongsan has no doubt about the ability of the Jinyiwei. The information a few days ago said that Hong Chengchou led the gathered 60,000 to 70,000 people out of the nest and came out from the south gate, and was unknown where they were going. It has been five days now, where can a large team of 50,000 or 60,000 people go?

Just then, Li Chengen leaned over and whispered: "Emperor, Dongchang secretly reported!"

Zhu Hongsan is happy, is there any news from the East Factory?

"Old Li, tell me, have you found the whereabouts of the Qing army?"

"It disappointed the emperor, not the news of the Qing army, but the news of Jiangxi."

Jiangxi? Didn’t the news of Jiangxi victory come from the Jinyiwei a few days ago, saying that Ma Kun did a good job and eliminated 120,000 people below Duoduo in one breath, and chopped off Duoduo and Tan Tai’s heads. Is there any other incident?

Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and asked Wang Xian to retreat, leaving only Li Chengen beside him.

"Old Li, tell me! What's the matter?"

"The emperor, it's the prince's business. There is news from the East Factory that someone may frame the prince! The first company where the prince was originally appointed as a guard by Lord Zhang Jiayu, but for some reason it was replaced by the second company. The third regiment, which is mostly recruits, was sent to the front line to resist the Eight Banners of Manchuria. At the same time, most of the arms of the third regiment were ineffective due to moisture!"

When Zhu Hongsan heard this, he quickly asked, "Where is the prince? How about the prince?"

When Li Chengen saw Zhu Hongsan getting angry, he quickly knelt down and said, "Emperor Taizu blesses the emperor, the emperor is Hongfu, the prince is lucky and the heavenly prince, have you forgotten to ask me to arrange guards beside the prince? At the critical moment, these guards played a big role, they could save the prince with their lives!"

Hearing that his son was fine, Zhu Hongsan let go of his heart, patted Li Chengen on the shoulder and said, "Old Li, you are doing a good job. I will reward those people well! I will pass on the order to sacrifice my life for the country, and those who have no descendants will inherit a title from their relatives in the neighborhood. Those who are alive will be promoted to three levels and receive a silver reward of 1,000 taels of silver!"

After Zhu Hongsan said that, he asked, "Old Li, the news of the Jinyiwei arrived a few days ago. Why is the news of your East Factory so backward?"

Li Chengen was waiting for this opportunity. In fact, the news from the East Factory was with the Jinyiwei in one day, but Li Chengen wanted to seize the favorable opportunity to report it, because the Dongchang now has too little power and is completely incomparable to the Jinyiwei. Under Qian Lide's management for many years, the Jinyiwei became a huge intelligence organization with tens of thousands of people. However, the Dongchang was not well-received in the early years and was fouled by the nine thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian. In order to buy scholars, Zhu Hongsan deliberately suppressed the development of the Dongchang after he came to power.

Today, Li Chengen finally found such an opportunity but still didn't hold it firmly. Li Chengen knelt on both knees and cried: "Emperor, you don't know the hardships of our Dongchang. Our Dongchang is suppressed by the Jinyiwei everywhere. This time the matter of the Prince of Jiangxi is too important. The old slave dare not use the Jinyiwei channel. The messenger could only travel a long distance and personally delivered the news of the prince to the old slave!"

Listening to Li Chengen's crying, Zhu Hongsan also found that the suppression of Dongchang in the past few years had been a bit too far.

"Old Li, get up. I promise you that after occupying Nanjing, I will give you an order. In the future, Dongchang can set up an anti-garrison office at the prefecture and above to capture all those who are illegal and disorderly!"

When Li Chengen heard the emperor say this, Lao Huai was very relieved. Now the East Factory finally has the same rights as the Jinyiwei, and he can also buy and sell it in the name of the government in the future. Thinking of this, Li Chengen couldn't help crying!

"So...thank you for your kindness!"

Seeing Li Chengen crying like a ghost, Zhu Hongsan thought he really wanted to do his best for himself. He knew that Li Chengen was watching Qian Lide use the special channels of the Jinyiwei to sell weapons, grain, salt and sugar to various provinces in the north, making a lot of oil. The guys from the East Factory looked at him and went to Li Chengen to cry poorly, asking the factory to find a way.

Zhu Hongsan didn't care about Li Chengen crying with joy, but he was furious. There was no need to think about the matter of Prince Zhu Hai. It must be the old guy Tong Yangjia who was making trouble behind the scenes. Zhu Hongsan thought that these stinky old ninths were just to stab the knife behind the scenes. Unexpectedly, the method was so vicious. Even the crown prince, the crown prince, dared to take action. Did he not take it seriously as the emperor?

The matter is true, Zhu Hongsan is right. In history, these stinky old men did not take the emperor seriously. The three major cases of the Ming Dynasty, the Red Pill case, were all aimed at the unlucky emperor Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo, and the Red Pill case made Zhu Changluo die even more unclear. Zhu Hongsan felt cold sweat on his back when he thought of this. If he didn't attack these stinky old men, would he have planned to make me think about it next time?

Thinking of Zhu Hongsan's tears, Li Chengen said, "Old Li, don't cry, please find a confidant subordinate, lead the East Factory's good man, and immediately go to Nanchang, Jiangxi to investigate the whole matter in detail! Do you know?"

"The emperor, Luo Qifeng, the Dongchang chief of the thousand households, is good at handling cases and can be entrusted with important tasks!"

"Okay! I will give you a secret decree later. No matter who obstructs the investigator from killing him or her, he will be killed without mercy!"

When Li Chengen heard what Zhu Hongsan said, his eyes lit up. This was a good opportunity to eliminate dissidents!

After Li Chengen went down, Zhu Hongsan looked at Tong Yangjia, Qian Qianyi and Jiang Yueguang who were chatting not far away. Jiang Yueguang came with the messenger of the Jinyiwei. Now he was talking about the thrilling battle of Nanchang with Tong Yangjia and Qian Qianyi.

Zhu Hongsan walked up and asked, "What are the three gentlemen talking about?"

The three of them looked back and saw that it was the emperor and bowed to him.

Jiang Yueguang laughed and said, "I didn't say anything. I am telling the war in Nanchang for the two adults!"

"Oh? I'll listen too. I heard that our new army was almost broken through. I heard that many people were injured! Does Lord Jiang know?"

Jiang Yueguang's face darkened and said heavingly: "Yes, I heard from Lord Zhang of Zhang that most of the new army's third regiment were recruits, but the Qing cavalry broke through the defense line and suffered more than a thousand casualties. However, thanks to Lord Zhang and Commander Ma's command, he finally wiped out Duoduo's 120,000 troops!"
Chapter completed!