Fortunately, although Li Guangdi had an arrogant temperament, he was not willing to confront the Governor of Liangjiang.
The governor of Liangjiang is basically the upper limit of the feudal officials. Once he returns to the capital and becomes a core minister of the imperial court, if he offends such a person, is he not seeking death?
Although Li Guangdi stopped speaking loudly, he did not stop discussing the Taiping Army.
"Dunfu, what do you think of this Taiping Army?"
Zhang Ying looked at her friend in surprise: "Why, Jin'an, are you excited?"
Li Guangdi did not answer this question, but instead urged his friend: "Tell me first, what do you think of the Taiping Army?"
As an aspiring young man, it is necessary to pay attention to current affairs.
Zhang Ying's background was not ordinary, she was from Tongcheng.
This place was a place that produced talents during the Qing and Ming dynasties, and it had a great influence in the literary world.
The Zhang family in Tongcheng was a local tycoon, so Zhang Ying naturally had wider channels for obtaining information and knew more.
Even the Taiping Army, Zhang Ying also knew a lot about it.
Zhang Ying took a sip of the fine wine in the glass, smacked it and said, "Let me tell you, the ambition of this Taiping Army is not small."
Li Guangdi became interested and turned slightly to one side: "Oh, why did you say that?"
Zhang Yin smiled: "Jin'an, I don't believe you can't tell. After defeating Han Shiqi, the Taiping Army must have wanted to sweep the entire Jiangsu, expand its momentum, and then expand its army crazily.
Prepare for war to meet the imperial court’s Qing army.”
"But, it just didn't happen. After the Taiping Army defeated Han Shiqi, they just took over the entire Changzhou Prefecture, and there was no movement after that. Do you dare to say that it was because the leader of the Taiping Army, Zhu Yang, was short-sighted and willing to be a guard dog?"
"Well, isn't it?"
"Jin'an, don't tease me. It is said that this Zhu Yang is the queen of Shanyin King of the Ming Dynasty. I won't say whether it is true or not, but his behavior is quite similar to that of the Hongwu Emperor."
"Gather grain widely, build walls high, and slowly become king?"
Zhang Ying nodded: "That's right!"
Li Guangdi laughed out loud: "Dunfu, my opinion is just the opposite. I think Zhu Yang is too stingy, not bold enough, and not far-sighted enough."
"Oh, why did you say that?"
Li Guangdi took a big gulp of wine, and the wine spilled onto his clothes, but he didn't realize it.
"If I were Zhu Yang, after defeating Han Shiqi, I would seize all the prefectures south of Jiangsu Province, then expand my troops to prepare for war. Before the imperial army arrives, I would gather heavy troops to capture Jinling, and then hoist the banner of restoring the Ming Dynasty and shock the world.
, by that time, China may be in war again, and it’s really hard to say how much energy the imperial court will have to put down the rebellion of the Taiping Army.”
"At the very least, Wu Sangui from Yunnan, Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, and Zheng from Taiwan will definitely take action."
I have to say that although Li Guangdi's remarks are a bit outrageous and unreasonable, this kind of strategic vision that looks at the whole country is still acceptable.
Zhang Ying laughed and said, "It's a pity that Zhu Yang didn't ask Brother Jin'an to be his military advisor. Maybe Brother Jin'an could have a good story with Zhu Yang that will last forever."
Li Guangdi smiled to himself: "How can I, a high-ranking official in the imperial court, stoop to serve as a thief!"
It has to be said that Shunzhi's efforts over the years have been very effective in wooing the Han gentry class.
These literati have already begun to talk about the imperial court, completely forgetting the whip on their heads and the holy injunction that parents should not harm their body, skin, and hands.
Yes, after all, I, the Holy Duke Yan of Qufu, have been practicing surrender for generations, so there is nothing left to say about propriety, justice and shame.
But at this time, the two of them did not know that Zhu Yang, who they said was not generous enough, had already entered the territory of Jiangning Mansion.
Moreover, among the 5,000 elite soldiers Zhu Yang led, apart from the 1,000 personal guards, the remaining 4,000 were also selected from the best.
Because of several major defeats of the Qing army, about 100,000 Qing soldiers were killed one after another.
This means that the current Taiping Army has no shortage of horses and weapons.
Each of these five thousand people rode horses, wore armor, carried bows and arrows on their backs, and held spears, and rushed all the way to Jinling.
Yes, what Zhu Yang wanted in his raid on Jinling this time was a quick word.
Zhu Yang naturally attaches great importance to Jinling, and Jin Yiwei often sends people here.
Naturally, we know a lot about the situation in Jinling.
Zhu Yang naturally received the information that there were tens of thousands of troops in Jinling.
If you attack forcefully, you will not only lose your troops, but it will also take a long time unless you directly use magical powers.
But in that case, the consequences and impact would be beyond Zhu Yang's control.
So, this time, Zhu Yang wanted to defraud Jinling.
It's just a time difference.
The news of Mulima's defeat should not have spread yet. You must know that after Zhu Yang killed Mulima, he led his men to attack without stopping.
Zhu Yang felt that he was at least 50% sure that he could defraud Jinling.
Five percent is already quite big, right?
There is no absolute certainty on the battlefield. Sometimes you can take a gamble if you get 30% or 40%.
Along the way, Zhu Yang activated the Golden Light Divine Curse, which increased his speed to extreme speed.
It is about three hundred miles from Wujin to Jinling.
Zhu Yang took five thousand cavalry and arrived in just one day.
At this time, Zhu Yang and the five thousand cavalry were all wearing Qing army uniforms, with extremely ugly braids hanging on the back of their heads.
These braids were naturally cut from the heads of surrendered Qing troops.
The first thing all Qing troops did when they surrendered was to cut off their braids.
Those who refuse to be cut will be cut off.
In those days, there were people who kept their heads but not their hair, and people who had their hair but not their heads.
Now Zhu Yang just keeps his hair but not braids, and keeps his braids but not his hair.
Back then, Dorgon dared to do the first grade of junior high school, and Zhu Yang dared to do the fifteenth grade.
Zhu Yang was disgusted by the ugly thing called braids.
Arriving near Jinling, Zhu Yang looked at the sky and waved his hand to stop everyone: "Rest for half an hour to replenish your physical strength and build up your horsepower."
In addition to resting, the reason why we stopped was because it was not very dark at this time, which was not very beneficial to the city.
Half an hour later, it got dark.
Zhu Yang let the army sneak to a few miles outside Jinling City, and then he led a few people to the gate of Jinling City.
The leader was not Zhu Yang, but Song Huchen.
Why did you call him over?
Because I have rich experience.
He was the one who defrauded Jiangyin before. If he wasn't allowed to do it, whoever else would do it would be allowed to do it.
The most important thing is that this guy has a popular face, and his smile is very friendly. If you don't let him do it, let anyone do it.
The chosen son of Zhaocheng, Song Huchen!
As soon as a few people arrived at the gate of Jinling City, the guards on the city immediately became nervous.
Who wouldn't be nervous if a few cavalrymen suddenly appeared in the middle of the night?