In Ji'an, the main force of the Qing army's green camp in Jiangxi was gone, and the gate of Nanchang was opened, and the Qing Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chaolin had no troops to resist the Taiping Army.

Tang Sanshui, the governor of the Qing Dynasty who was guarding Jishui County, heard that Ji'an was slaughtered, fled without fighting and led his troops to retreat to Linjiang Prefecture. The next day, the Taiping Army was at the city, and the magistrate of Ji'an, He Jie, led the gentry and civilians in the city to present Huang Ce Ding Bo, saying "Welcome the Daming Heavenly Soldiers". He knelt on the road and opened the city to surrender.

On the third day of August, the Taiping Army marched northward, Linjiang Prefecture governed Xingan, Xinyu, and the Qing army stationed in the three counties of Xiajiang surrendered when they heard the news, and no official or soldier dared to rely on the city to resist guarding.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, the fifteenth town of the Taiping Army captured Qingjiang County where Linjiang Prefecture City was located, and chased and killed the Qing Guangdong Admiral Tang Sanshui and Fengcheng. They also captured the Qing Linjiang Prefecture Prefect Huang Xuanchao, the seal chief Xu Xuezeng and others. After reporting to the commander, the 15th town general Qi Hao ordered Huang Xuanchao, Xu Xuezeng and others to kill them all to serve as a warning to others.

After capturing Lin'an Prefecture, Zhou Shixiang led his troops to continue to attack Ruizhou, and sent town general Jiang He and others to attack Yuanzhou Prefecture, defeated more than 3,000 troops of the Qing general Zhang Xiankui, and occupied Yuanzhou. Yuanzhou Prefecture governed four counties, Yichun, and Pingxiang. After all, all officials abandoned their heads and changed their clothes. Some officials were unable to wear clothes when they were looking for Ming Dynasty, so they spent a lot of money to buy them from Taoists or from actors. All kinds of Ming Dynasty clothes were not distinguished by birds and beasts, and they were full of farces.

Linjiang and Yuanzhou officials who were unwilling to surrender were arrested and killed. Liu Tongchun, the chief seal officer of the Qingjiang River, was captured in Yuanzhou. When he heard that this person was captured, Zhou Shixia ordered the people to be removed to Linjiang.

Liu Tongchun was in Jin and Wang left his wife, children and family members when he returned to the Ming Dynasty and came out of the city. Qiao disguised himself as a monk Xingye and fled to Nanjing to invite reinforcements. Later, he provided Jiangxi maps to Tan Tai, the general of the Qing army who went south, and made great contributions to the Qing army's attack on Nanchang and its nearby prefectures and counties. If it weren't for this person, Jin Shengheng, Wang Deren would not have been defeated so quickly, and more than 200,000 people in Nanchang City would not have been slaughtered.

Zhou Shi was blindly interrogating Liu Tongchun, but Liu Tongchun cursed. Zhou Shi Xiang was furious and ordered the man to cut off his tongue, and nailed his fingers to make him feel pain. After a night of torture, the blind Li tied up Liu Tongchun on the streets of Nancheng and summoned the people to watch and executed Liu Tongchun with a beheading. Later, Linjiang quickly reported to Yuanzhou and ordered more than 300 people from the Liu family in Yuanzhou Liu family, and all of them were beheaded to make the traitor not leave the descendants.

The main force of the Taiping Army on the West Road was progressing smoothly, and Zhu Qinglai's troops in Xiner Town on the East Road also advanced rapidly. When he heard that Ji'an had fallen, the admiral Liu Guangbi died. Liu Shiyuan, the garrison commander of Linchuan, Fuzhou, led his troops to surrender, and then asked himself to attack Fuzhou City. The Qing army held on for two days and fled without support. Fuzhou then sent a letter to the Fengjun General's Office. Zhu Qinglai killed all the officials and gentry in the city. Liu Shiyuan's troops guarded Fuzhou, and Zhu Qinglai led his troops to attack Raozhou eastward. Tang Yongzhong, the garrison commander of Raozhou, occupied the city anyway, at this point, all the four prefectures east of Jiangxi fell into the hands of the Taiping Army. The news reached Nanchang. Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chaolin wrote to the Qing court in a heartache, saying that the Jiangxi incident had no solid cities, only Nanchang and two lonely cities in Jiujiang. The gains and losses of Ganzhou Province were only between day and night!

On August 14th, the Taiping Army Xinyi Town attacked Ruizhou. When the Ruizhou Right Alliance Deputy General Zheng Qiren was fighting outside the city, he secretly communicated with the Taiping Army to sell its troops back to the camp, resulting in the Qing Ruizhou General Jiang Renxin being killed. Zheng Qiren kidnapped the Qing Ruizhou Prefect Wang Jian and others to open the city and surrender.

When Ruizhou was lost, there was no city or pool south of Nanchang to stop the Taiping Army. There was no military force in Nanchang. Governor Zhang Chaolin took the strict order that the officials in the border areas were not allowed to abandon the land. They could not defend, possess, and retreat. They really lived like years, and their faces were as good as earth and hatred. Officials of all sizes came to ask for advice. Zhang Chaolin had no plans. As long as the left governor Tong Fengcai and other officials sent people out of the city to call on the gentry and people in the four townspeople into the city to coordinate the defense, they also ordered the right governor to go to Jiujiang to summon Jiujiang General Yang Yuan to guard the provincial capital. Yang Yuan saw the order but refused to rescue the provincial capital on the grounds that Jiujiang had few soldiers.

Jiangxi Censor Li Zhicui secretly asked Zhang Chaolin to return to the Ming Dynasty anyway. Zhang Chaolin was furious and ordered General Chen Sheng to capture and kill Li Zhicui. However, Chen Sheng did not obey the order and ordered his subordinates to treat Li Zhicui well. His subordinates were puzzled. Chen Sheng said: "Mr. Li's plan is only to protect us. Now Nanchang will be lost. Why do you have to commit suicide in vain? It is better to make a good relationship to seek a future."

On August 21, the Taiping Army finally arrived at the city of Nanchang. Zhang Chaolin ordered General Chen Sheng and others to conscript the young and strong men to defend themselves. However, Chen Sheng conspired with Li Zhicui to capture Zhang Chaolin and open the south gate to welcome the Taiping Army into the city.

After Zhou Shixiang entered the city, he ordered the pseudo-officials such as Zhang Chaolin and Tong Fengcai to interrogate them why they did not surrender.

Zhang Chaolin didn't say a word, but Tong Fengcai shouted: "There is a difference between the flag and the Han Dynasty, how can there be a reason for the flagsmen to surrender to the dogs of the Han Dynasty in the world!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Shixiang said nothing, and ordered the Han army flag officials such as Zhang Chaolin and Tong Fengcai to dismember the body. Later, the order was issued to the Han officials in Jiangxi Province who came to surrender anyway, and they were all given the original position to listen. If the flag officials were killed, the official position would be promoted to one level; if the official position was promoted to one level, the official position would be promoted to two levels.

On the 23rd, Zhou Shi ordered Li Zhicui to go to Jiujiang with his token, claiming that more than 100,000 troops and horses arrived in the Ming Dynasty, and that he could only be avoided from being massacred by the city. Chen Yuan, the general of the Qing Jiujiang River, was frightened and looked like earth, and he fled. On the way, he met Tang Sanshui, the governor of Guangdong of Qing, who was fleeing in a hurry. The two of them thought carefully that if they escaped like this, the Qing court would be punished in the future. So under the leadership of Tang Sanshui, Chen Yuan gritted his teeth and went to Ruichang City west of Jiujiang. On the one hand, he reported the crisis in Jiangxi Province to the Qing court, and on the other hand, he sent personnel to Anqing for help.

In Jiujiang City, after Chen Yuan escaped, other officials and some gentlemen also scattered. In a flash, no official or official maintained the important town of Jiujiang, and fell into a state of "anarchy" in the future.

Upon hearing the situation in Jiujiang, Zhou Shi laughed and lost his voice. Two days later, the scholars and civilians of Jiujiang launched several representatives to Nanchang to invite the Daming Tian soldiers to take over Jiujiang City. Ge Yi was ordered to lead troops to take over Jiujiang, and then occupied Hukou, Pengze and other places. At this point, except for a few places in Jiangxi, the rest of the prefectures and counties were owned by the Taiping Army.

Li Zhicui joined the new master and wanted to seek new achievements. He then made the best plan for Zhou Shixiang, saying: "In the previous period, the pseudo-governor Lang Tingzuo sent envoys to ask for troops to rescue Jiangning. Now the army should take advantage of the situation and go downstream under the banner of Qing soldiers. He threatened that Jiangning would open the door to accept the reinforcements in Jiangning, and his generals and officials could be captured. Then he changed the flag, spread the lunar calendar, paid tribute to the tombs, and sent a letter to Shandong, and the Central Plains would respond when they heard the wind. The north, south, west, and mountains, and Shaanxi, who could have the Qing Dynasty?"

Zhou Shixiang attached great importance to this suggestion. While deploying to march into Jiangnan, he also ordered the Hunan Field Army to command Zhao Sihai to launch troops to attack Changsha. Later, the Hunan Legion joined forces with the Northern Expedition Army to seize Jiangnan to deal with the Shunzhi army coming from Beijing. Just as Zhou Shixiang was preparing to advance eastward based on Li Zhicui's plan, a huge change was made under Nanjing.
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