nanming man

Chapter 837 Indirect Influence

In the Wei army camp, Gao Yihuan, Li Dingguo and others discussed how to gather and annihilate the main force of the Qing army in the pass and avoid the problem of fighting on two fronts.

At this time, Li Laiheng came in with a tent, and said: "Your Majesty, the city has replied."

Gao Yihuan frowned, "Bring it here!"

He took the arrow handed over by Li Laiheng, untied the note on it, glanced at it, and immediately frowned.

"My lord, what did Azig say?" Li Dingguo asked.

Gao Yihuan snorted coldly, "Hmph, he said he had to think about it, did he treat the lonely king as Zhu Cihong? He thought the lonely king was so easy to deceive."

"What does your Majesty mean?" Li Dingguo asked.

Gao Yihuan pondered for a moment, "When the cannons arrived, Guisun didn't give any reply, and directly bombarded the city. In addition, all the new troops were dispatched to besieged and attacked. They were all ready to see blood, so that they could take on big responsibilities in the future."

Li Dingguo nodded, turned his head to consult behind him and said: "Record the king's order and execute it according to the order."

At this time Gao Yihuan walked back to the sand table and said in a deep voice, "Where did you just talk about?"

"Your Majesty said that Huguang is building ships, and there is also the matter of increasing Xiangyang's troops."

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Jiangnan, Yangzhou, and Zhu Cihong have been staying here for several months, but they still have no intention of returning to Nanjing. Instead, Yangzhou is set as a trip, which means that the Northern Expedition is not over yet, and I have not yet failed.

In the past few months, the Nanjing imperial court suffered heavy losses, and their savings were wiped out. Fortunately, the land in the south of the Yangtze River is rich, and as long as there is time, it can recover. However, there is a loss that cannot be recovered. It was Zhu Cihong's old minister, Gao Mingheng, who returned to Yangzhou to take responsibility for the big defeat, and died of illness in Yangzhou soon after.

This made Zhu Cihong heartbroken. It was Gao Mingheng's welcome that allowed him to come to Nanjing to ascend the throne and inherit Guozuo.

Now that Gao Mingheng died of illness, Zhu Cihong's arm was undoubtedly broken, which made Zhu Cihong very sad. He cried a lot, and named Gao Mingheng the Marquis of Guangling, bestowed the posthumous title of Wenzhong, and was buried in the northern suburbs of Yangzhou.

Gao Mingheng's death from illness and the failure of the Northern Expedition put the main combat faction in the Nanjing court at a disadvantage. Huaian, let him supervise Jiangbei, reduce Ruan Dacheng's strength, and at the same time facilitate secret communication with Manqing.

In order to divert the attention of the main combat faction, Zhu Cihong issued a secret decree to Guangdong and Guangxi, asking Qu Shisi, Yang Wenyue and others to recover the counties controlled by the Western Army, ignite the war in the southwest, and turn the attention of the Nanjing court to the southwest.

This move really worked. The main combat faction also knew that the Qing army was not easy to fight, but the western thieves were easy to fight.

Back then, Li Zicheng was so powerful that the officers and soldiers couldn't beat Li Zicheng, and the court was in a hurry, so they all chased Zhang Xianzhong to fight.

The imperial court ordered to suppress the rogues, and Zhang Xianzhong was also a rogue. In this way, the officers and soldiers could communicate with each other and report their achievements. Those who beat Zhang Xianzhong said it was easy to fight.

Now that the Qing army can't do it, and the Western Wei Dynasty doesn't dare to mess with it, it's better to fight the Western Thieves to boost morale and temper the team.

Furthermore, summing up the experience of the Chongzhen Dynasty, one must first secure the interior when fighting against the outside world. Taking advantage of the fighting between the Western Wei Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty just solved the western thieves and eliminated the hidden dangers in the southwest direction of the Ming Dynasty.

The Nanjing court quickly reached a consensus and decided to destroy the Western Thieves first, but to Zhu Cihong's shame, the people who went to destroy Sun Kewang also lost.

The Ming army was defeated again, and it was defeated by Sun Kewang, which drove Zhu Cihong almost mad, and he began to suspect that the Ming army would be shameless.

In the Yangzhou Palace, in the Imperial Study Room, Zhu Cihong's eyes were red, and he was furious, "Say, you can explain to me, didn't you fight well a few days ago, and you are about to enter Yunnan, why did you suddenly turn the page?"

In the study room, several ministers lowered their heads and lowered their hands, and no one spoke for a while. Finally, Wang Yan said: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect this situation. According to reports from Guangdong and Guangxi, it was because the Western Army used war elephants and outflanked them. , the army in front was unprepared, its strength was small, and it was not an elite imperial army, so it was defeated."

After Sun Kewang learned that the Ming Dynasty was going to attack him, he did not rush north to fight. Instead, he first controlled the area around Shenglong and let Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu resist step by step, leading Yang Wenyue's army to Yunnan, and then he Going north from Shenglong, they defeated Qu Shixu with elephants near Zhennan Pass, outflanked the Ming army's flanks, defeated Yang Wenyue, and took advantage of the momentum to capture Taiping, Lianzhou, Leizhou, Gaozhou, Nanning and other places.

Zhu Cihong paced back and forth in the study, "I don't want to listen to this, I just want to know how you plan to defeat Sun Bandit, regain lost ground, and save face!"

If the Ming army couldn't even beat Sun Kewang, it would really hurt his self-esteem and make Zhu Cihong a little bit broken.

"Your Majesty, the failure last time was due to unpreparedness, underestimating the strength of the western bandits, and the lack of sophisticated firearms to restrain the war elephants. The Ministry of War is preparing to defeat the imperial army, and it will definitely defeat the sun bandits!" Wang Yan said hastily.

Zhu Cilang pondered for a while when he heard the words, then suddenly calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "How about holding the sun and taking a rest for the festival? Can we fight again?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, we have rested for nearly five months and have added some new recruits. There should be no problem in defeating the bandits."

Zhu Cilang was silent for a while, "Let Fengjie Town go, this time we can't miss it again. In addition, let Zheng Zhilong also send some troops."

"I obey!" Wang Yan bowed immediately.

At this time, the servant outside the study suddenly reported that Shi Kefa came to see him.

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, "Let Mr. Shi Ge come in!"

Shi Kefa walked into the study room, glanced at a group of young officials, with some dissatisfaction on his face, he walked up to Zhu Cihong, bowed first, and then presented a memorial, saying: "Your Majesty, the memorial of Gao Jingzhong of the Western Wei Dynasty stated that Wei Jun was in Xinkou defeated Dorgon and recovered the entire territory of Hedong, and I would like to ask His Majesty for his merits, and hope that His Majesty can make him King of Wei, guard the north for the Ming Dynasty, drive out the Tartars for His Majesty, and return to the old capital."

"What? Dorgon has lost!" Zhu Ci stood up abruptly, and then realized that his tone was wrong, so he hurriedly changed his words and said through gritted teeth, "Where is Gao Jingzhong taking back Hedong?"

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The Mongolian grasslands, the banks of the Selenge River, and the pastures of the Tuxietu Khan tribe are now covered with military tents of the Jungar tribe in western Mongolia.

At this time, in the military tent, Baturhui, the leader of the Zhungeer tribe, gathered together with several Mongolian nobles, and while eating roasted whole lamb, he said with a smile: "The strength of the Qing Dynasty is weak, and Mobei and Monan have become There is a mess, we Zhungeer must take the responsibility of revitalizing Mongolia, unify Mongolia, and end Manchuria's enslavement of Mongolia!"

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