Speaking of which, Tong Guoqi was very well-behaved along the way. He strictly followed Chen Kai's instructions and neither fought with the Ming army nor slaughtered the people. His face was full of harmlessness, which made people feel that this guy was just a

The illusion of a little white rabbit wearing a Manchu official uniform.

However, such an honest Bajiao gradually began to be forgotten after entering the boundaries of Guangxin Prefecture. On the one hand, the food that had been "captured" before was exhausted. The army had no food and had to rely on looting to survive; on the other hand, it was also

Returning to the area controlled by the Qing court, his courage returned to his body bit by bit.

Of course, it was impossible to fight the Ming army, but he could still bully the people. But now, living in the military camp in Guixi County, he had a roof over his head, plenty of food to eat, and he no longer had to continue to worry about Chen.

Kai was frightened, and his mind gradually became more alive. More importantly, he wanted to live, and he did not want to become a victim of this Ming and Qing war!

After several revisions and careful consideration, Tong Guoqi finally wrote the letter one by one and sent his confidants to send it out as quickly as possible.

Guixi County in Guangxin Prefecture is four hundred miles away from the capital of Quzhou. It will undoubtedly take a lot of time to walk. Fortunately, we have returned to the area controlled by the Qing court. With the official position of governor, even if we lose a province

As long as the governor is clean, the inn can still be used as usual.

Confidants and family members traveled day and night, and Tong Guoqi's letter was quickly delivered to Jidu's case. This Heshuo Prince Zheng was born in the sixth year of Chongzhen. In terms of seniority, he can be regarded as a member of the Aixinjueluo family from Nurhaci's generation.

The third generation clan. But in fact, the third generation military commanders of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, such as Boluo, Nikan, Mandahai and others, had already died in battle and died. According to the time of his debut, he was only

Can be included in the ranks of the fourth generation of military commanders.

Nowadays, it is the period when the third generation has passed away one after another and the fourth generation is gradually rising. Relying on the legacy of his father, Prince Lao Zheng Jierhalang, Jidu has won the favor of Shunzhi and other nobles in the court, and he has taken the throne.

At the forefront of Zhejiang.

At first, Jidu's mission was to recapture Fujian. To this end, the Qing government assigned him a heavy military group, as well as a group of troops including Beilebalchuhun, Beiziwu Dahai, Gushan Ezhenga Dahun, and Ashangge.

A large number of capable generals are assisting. However, the Zheng Group has entered a period of strength. As Fujian is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it has no military advantage at all. At this time, Zheng Chenggong, who regained Fujian, did not

Instead of continuing to expand, they tried their best to restore people's livelihood. They were completely on the defensive. At the same time, they used their sea control to harass Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This all made it difficult for Jidu to achieve the goals set by the Qing court.

For this reason, Jidu was criticized in the court. However, as Sun Kewang surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing court's strategic focus shifted to the southwest, and his mission also changed from offense to strategic defense. The Qing court did not want to lead to a sudden change of commanders.

Only when the front line wavered did he tolerate the gradual decline of coastal counties in Zhejiang again and again without changing his position as the head coach.

Now, the pressure on Jidu in the court has been greatly reduced. At a glance, the attacks on Hong Chengchou have easily exceeded the period when he was most criticized. Among them, there are many Manchu nobles who discriminate against Han people, old ministers of Liaodong and Northern officials.

The party regards him as a member of the Southern Party, but the most important thing is that Hong Chengchou works on the front line like him.

In this officialdom, if you do something, you will easily be criticized by those who do nothing, because if the latter neither do anything nor criticize others, how will their sense of existence be reflected!

After discovering the root cause of this phenomenon, Jidu couldn't help but begin to sympathize with Hong Chengchou. However, sympathy was sympathy, and he would never say a good word for Hong Chengchou in the court, and he would even be more likely to follow a group of people and add insult to injury.

Of course, the pity for Hong Chengchou was only a recent one. Jidu knew very well that the Qing government's strategy was to first deal with the Ming army in the southwest, and then after annihilating the main force of the Ming army, mobilize the Eight Banners heavy military group to deal with the Ming army in the southeast. According to the current situation

With the development of the war situation, such good days are numbered, and he will soon become the next Hong Chengchou.

In the residence of General Dingyuan in the capital of Quzhou, Jidu looked at Tong Guoqi's letter with a deep frown. Speaking of which, from the time he led his army southward, Zheng Chenggong began to encroach on Zhejiang, first Zhoushan, then Taizhou, and then Wenzhou.

He Chuzhou, and even began to harass Longyou County in the east of Quzhou some time ago, seemed to have the intention of cutting off his supply line.

Since leading his army southward and increasing his troops to this day, Jidu has held more than 7,000 Eight Manchu Banners, more than 4,000 Eight Mongolian Banners and 13,000 Eight Han Army Banners. In addition, there are more than 30,000 Eight Banners from the northern provinces.

The Green Camp soldiers, as well as the local Green Camp in Zhejiang, are huge in size. But compared to the more than 100,000 soldiers of the Fujian Ming Army, they still pale in comparison. The battle line can be maintained to this day only because he and the other two troops from Hangzhou and Ningshao

The Eight Banners Army provided support, but the Ming army was difficult to deploy from the frontal battlefield.

This balance has always been maintained. Zheng Chenggong is trying his best to break it, and he is trying his best to bridge it. The two sides are fighting for each other on the land of eastern Zhejiang. There is not a single large-scale battle, but small-scale confrontations occur almost every day.

At this stage, the situation can still be maintained, but with the bad news that Xincheng County was captured by Chen Kai a few days ago, an ominous premonition began to expand in his heart.

Jidu clearly remembered that the last time Chen Kai took action was to seize Southern Gansu, and his method was exactly the same as this time. If you put it this way, it was naturally Ji'an's heavy military group that was unlucky this time. But the problem was that Jidu

I don't believe that Chen Kai's appetite will be limited to this - during the Ming army's major counterattack in the eighth year of Yongli, Chen Kai and Zheng Chenggong expanded their territory from four prefectures to one and a half provinces; now they have two complete

Province, plus several provinces from Zhejiang and Jiangxi, they will definitely not stop after killing the Qing army in Ji'an. The difference is just whether they attack him or Hong Chengchou, that's all.

In the past few days, Jidu has lost count of how many times he has scolded Tong Guoqi and Yang Minggao, two losers. He is the prince and the master, so naturally he no longer bothers to scold these slaves secretly. He can be said to have repeated the scolding in different ways.

Use. However, I got Tong Guoqi's report today. After finally suppressing the urge to tear it into pieces, I really looked at it carefully, but fell into deep thought for a long time.

"...This time, I was able to scare off the bandits by taking advantage of my master's great reputation. I begged my master to forgive the generals' crime of false use, and I am willing to accept any punishment from my master... I secretly thought that the bandits were preparing to use the Fujian Tibiao flag for a sneak attack."

Guangxin Prefecture. When encountering an ambush, the bandit leader mistakenly thought it was the Eight Banners Army, but arrogantly tried to imitate the old trick of breaking into Sun Chuanting, luring our troops to abandon the ambush point, and pursue the whole army... The slave was able to lead the two thousand Fujian Green Camp and achieved great success.

The elites came back by chance. It is a blessing from heaven. Relying on the master's reputation, I dare not take credit..."

Tong Guoqi described in detail what he had experienced these days in his report, from the discovery of the Ming army, to Yang Minggao's death in battle, to the Ming army's capture of Xincheng County, and he did not mince words about the past failure. He then tried to rescue the Qing prisoners and took them with him

The escape of the prisoners northward, especially the final ambush, is full of details. In addition to the description, there is also an analysis of the details based on military tactics and experience. It can be said that this is the most detailed report of the Qing government on the Battle of Xincheng.

Moreover, in these reports and analyses, Tong Guoqi attributed all the miracle of his ability to escape with two thousand Qing troops to Jidu and his Eight Banners Army, insisting that it was Jidu and the famous generals of the Eight Banners Army and the Ming Army.

They were scared off and even forced the Ming army to "match wits and courage" with them.

Jidu has been flattering Shangguan, from the crown prince to the prince of Heshuo. He has seen him too much over the years, and it is difficult for ordinary flattery to touch his excitement.

However, since he led the army to the south, from the earliest high hopes to the later criticism from the court, for this arrogant young man who is only twenty-five years old and has never experienced any setbacks in his life,

It can be said that it was not a blow. The frustration always existed during this period, so he felt sympathy for Hong Chengchou, who helped him take away part of the pressure. It is precisely because of this that Tong Guoqi's report was like a rain of rain, which made him feel sad.

He went from being dismissive at the beginning, to hesitant later, to now quite agreeing with it, because this person's views greatly satisfied Jidu's vanity, and he also believed that Tong Guoqi wanted to express his gratitude to the Qing court.

His report will only be written like this, which can also prove his presence in the southeastern battlefield from the side.

"Rumi Gun, what do you two think?"

After Beilebarchuhun and Beiziwu Dahai died of illness last year, Gadahun and Ashangge, the two Gushan Ezhens, have become the most valued military generals in Jidu. Both of them have survived hundreds of battles.

The commander-in-chief, especially the former, has served under the Manchu Qing Dynasty since the Nurhaci era. It can even be said that these two are the real military commanders of this army.

At this moment, the political commissar of Aisin Gioro passed the letter to the two captains and deputy regimental commanders. The two got together and read it carefully. Jidu did not ask for their opinions on the content about the defeat and escape.

I am more interested in Tong Guoqi's personal speculation about the weapons used by the Ming army in defeating Fujian Tibiao.

Seeing this, Gadahun already knew something in his mind, and then cast a look at Ashangge, who had a brain full of muscles: "Returning to the master, I feel that Tong Guoqi's guess is probably right.

.According to what I know, Zheng Zhilong used this thing to frustrate the Ming court back then. It seems that it is better than a blunderbuss. As for that servant Tong Guoqi, he should also have some real skills."

"Well, this slave thinks so too."

"Well, I agree with what you two want." Jidu nodded with satisfaction, and then set the tone: "Governor Tong Guoqi and Admiral Yang Minggao lost Xincheng County, and they cannot be punished. But after all, they cannot fight hard.

The enemy, and Yang Minggao has already died for his country, and Tong Guoqi is indeed a talented person. I think that the court is in urgent need of people, so for the time being, let him live as a dog to serve his crime and perform meritorious service."

Next, Jidu sent the staff to write a memorial for him, and then Gadahun and Ashangge also signed it, expressing their attitude as front-line generals. This matter was considered to be over for the time being, and they discussed it for a while.

Military affairs, the two of them resigned together.

"Why should we speak for that trash?"

Ashangge didn't know much about Gadahun's execution, but the latter did have some brains, identity, qualifications, and status compared to him, a purely muscular general. So when Gadahun winked,

Although he felt aggrieved, he still chose the same approach.

"Didn't you realize that the master has decided to let that loser go?"

"Just because of the master's decision?"

Hearing this, Ashangge felt quite unfair. After all, if Prince Lao Zheng was in charge of the army, he would not even fart. Even if Jierharang asked him to eat shit, he would not hesitate.

To do it. But this little Prince Zheng had no experience in leading troops in the early years. He became the commander-in-chief of the army solely because of his status. Although the master is the master and the slave is the slave, and there is no reason for a slave to criticize the master, but still

This made him feel somewhat dissatisfied with Gadahun's blind obedience.

This is irresponsible to the army!

However, at this time, Gadahun shook his head helplessly. This Eight Banners veteran obviously thought more deeply than his junior: "It's not just because of the master. It is a reality that Xincheng County falls into the hands of thieves. We absolutely cannot

Allow Chen Ni to invade Guangxin Mansion, and then release the Fujian bandits from there."

This is indeed a real problem. There are a series of passes between Jianning Prefecture in Fujian and Guangxin Prefecture in Jiangxi, such as Tongmuguan, Fujian-Jiangxi Fenshui Pass, Jiaoling Pass, Cenyang Pass, and Gukou Pass. These passes were swept by the Ming army.

During the process of Fujian, all the Ming armies gained it, even earlier than Xianxia Pass. In order to prevent the Ming army from invading Jiangxi, the Qing government built a large number of forts in front of these passes, relying on several times the number of troops.

The horse finally blocked the Ming army's path.

If Chen Kai is really allowed to invade Guangxin Mansion, they believe that he will try to release the Ming army from Jianning Mansion just like he did in Ruijin and Xincheng. By then, Zheng Chenggong will have difficulty deploying an army of hundreds of thousands.

It can be completely launched and a strategic encirclement of their Manchu-heavy Qing army group can be achieved from the west and south. This is very dangerous!

"But that loser has lost his trust twice in a row."

"But he still has two thousand Fujian Green Camps in his hands."

“Dog-like Fujian Green Camp?”

"Yes, don't forget that Chen Kai has forced Hong Chengchou out of Southwest Meridian. In the next few months, that barbarian named Chen will definitely go crazy and launch an offensive. The goal is nothing more than
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