Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 445
Yang Chao was a bit surprised when he received the news that Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong had invaded Zhejiang. The imperial court and the Zheng family were actively wooing these two people, so why did they suddenly attack Zhejiang and cross Yushan to attack Hengzhou Mansion.

Yang Chao did not panic, but immediately made arrangements.

"Give Lu Mo an order to divide up [-] troops and go south from Huizhou to Hengzhou. If you can fight, you can fight. If you can't fight, just hold on!"

Lu Mo led troops to garrison Huizhou, guarding against the 4 Banners in Nanchang. Now the [-] Banners in Nanchang are the most effective troops in the south of the Yangtze River. Although there are still some green battalion soldiers transferred from Hubei, the number is [-] People, Yang Chao didn't care much.

However, only one day after Yang Chao's order was issued, news of the fall of Hengzhou came, and the King Jin's second army divided Yanzhou and Jinhua Mansion.

To the northwest of Yanzhou is Huizhou, and to the north is Hangzhou.

The Ming army in the west of Zhejiang is under the governor's command, and their record in the past is extremely poor. How can you imagine that the Hengzhou government can't stop it even for a day? People, if Yanzhou falls, the Kings of Jin and the Kings will have to push towards Hangzhou. By then, the Qing army will be able to form a situation where Huizhou is sandwiched between east, west and south.

"Many men listened to the order, ordering you to lead [-] troops, and then you can go south to Hangzhou. First defend Hangzhou, and the camera will attack with Lu Mo to take back Hengzhou."

Not to mention that the fall of Hangzhou will cause instability in Huizhou. Yang Chao would not dare to take the risk of letting the Qing army occupy the city of Hangzhou alone. The Qing army may not be able to withstand the attraction of a prosperous city like Hangzhou. , the loss would be too heavy.

If many men arrive in Hangzhou and Yanzhou and Jinhua have not fallen, then he will enter Jinhua together. At this time, he and Lu Mo will attack the Qing army on both sides.

After making the order, Yang Chao thought that his handling was safe. After thinking about it, he still didn't let Jiangbei's army come back. They all feel inappropriate.

At this time, although the Qing army had many troops in Jiangxi, Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong had been in Ganzhou in the south, and there were only 4 Banners in the north and a green battalion from Hubei. The generals of the soldiers are unknown. After the Twenty Thousand and Eight Banners left under the leadership of Tan Tai and He Luohui, they filled the vacancy.

Exchanging [-] Green Battalions for [-] Banners would have weakened Jiangxi's military strength. Coupled with the situation in Jiangbei, Yang Chao still focused on Jiangbei.

And Yang Chao deployed many soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, three general soldiers, Xie Fei and Lu Mo, plus Hu Quan's artillery unit, and recruits guarding Nanjing, with a total force of 15. , are enough.

"Fujian Express: Chuzhou has fallen, Wenzhou has fallen!"

Many men just went south, and the next day Yang Chao received news that Chuzhou and Wenzhou had fallen one after another, which meant that the entire southern half of Zhejiang had fallen, and with the addition of Hengzhou, Yanzhou and Jinhua, half of Zhejiang's ten prefectures had been lost. .

Yang Chao couldn't help but feel that the situation was a bit serious at this time. While annoyed that the Zhejiang soldiers were weak, he suddenly felt that there were still too few mobile troops around him.

Several messages were received within three days. Judging from the current road conditions, it might be a simultaneous attack by the Qing army.

"Hong Chengchou!"

Yang Chaocai would be an idiot if he still couldn't guess that this was Hong Chengchou's handwriting.

"Could it be that Hong Chengchou has arrived in Jiangxi?"

The Jiangxi Ming army moved at the same time. If no one was in the center to command, they could not launch such a large offensive at the same time.

If Hong Chengchou is in Jiangxi, then this attack is the main direction of attack, and Yang Chao should mobilize the Jiangbei team to come back to defend.

But if Hong Chengchou was not in Jiangxi, but in Henan and Shandong, would the Qing army's offensive in Jiangxi be a feint.

If the Qing army wanted to use Jiangxi's feint attack to mobilize Yang Chao, forcing Yang Chao to withdraw Jiangbei's army, and then they suddenly launched a general attack, attacking from north to south, how should they respond?

There is no doubt that the main force of the Qing army is in Shandong, because where there are [-] Banner soldiers, there must be the direction of the main force, and although Jiangxi has a large number of troops, there are only [-] Banners. How can you pay attention to it.

Moreover, there is also the intention of the imperial court and the Zheng family to recruit and surrender. Yang Chao has always been negligent towards Jiangxi. He did not expect that the Qing army in Jiangxi would suddenly attack and march towards Zhejiang.

For a while, Yang Chao was indeed very passive.

Three days is not enough time for many men to reach Hangzhou, and Lu Mo has probably just been deployed.

"Fujian!"

Yang Chao was suddenly startled, the target of the Qing army was not Zhejiang, but Fujian!

The Qing army planned to enter Fujian directly, and then wipe out Zhu Cihuan's small court, and even went directly to Zhu Cihuan.

The last time Zhu Cilang fled from the city and was finally captured, it had a huge impact on all parts of the south of the Yangtze River. It can be said that the entire Jiangxi fell because of this. The Qing army took Jiangxi without any effort. If they attack this time Entering Fujian and arresting Zhu Cihuan, the political shock was too great. If not, Guangdong would fall directly, and then Hunan. By then, only the Jiangnan region would be left in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although Yang Chao was able to defend Jiangnan because of his strong military force and strong economy in Jiangnan, he has to admit that Hunan and other places have shared a lot of pressure on him. With Hunan, the tens of thousands of Qing troops in Hubei did not dare to take it easy Leave, if Hunan is also lost, Sichuan is already dilapidated, Yunnan and Guizhou are remote places that cannot be counted on, and it is reported that they have been occupied by the rest of the Great Western Army under Zhang Xianzhong. It is conceivable that once only Jiangnan is left, the Qing army will definitely be When the whole army attacked Jiangnan, Yang Chao would not only face Hauge, Azig, and Duoduo, but he might be attacked by the three kings together.

"Order Xie Fei to divide [-] troops and rush to help Hangzhou from the direction of Ningguo Mansion! Let Xie Fei's army not delay, and find the enemy as soon as they arrive in Yangzhou. Order Lu Mo to cooperate with Xie Fei to annihilate the enemies of Yanzhou as quickly as possible. If the enemy withdraws Go after the poor bandits fiercely. Order many men to start from Hangzhou and go south to Shaoxing and Jinhua, advance south as fast as possible, don't worry about casualties!"

Letting Xie Fei and Lu Mo split up [-] troops should be able to eliminate them, at least to repel Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong, and let the main force of many men go directly south, sweeping past all the way, and advancing towards Fujian.

"I can only do this."

Yang Chao sighed in his heart, it is useless to keep the emperor, but it is of great use to the Qing court.But Yang Chao couldn't save him, he could only hope to contain some of the Qing army, and even force the Qing army to fight him in order to return to the army.

Yang Chao's guess was correct. After the urgent report from Fujian, Lu Mo sent news from Huizhou, saying that he found out that the [-] Banners in Nanchang were rushing southward day and night. Obviously, this was the Qing army that invaded Chuzhou and Wenzhou. It's just that Jin Shenghuan and Wang Tizhong absolutely don't have the force to deploy all over Zhejiang at once.

Guitanpu in Quanzhou, this is Hong Chengchou's hometown. Hong Chengchou saw his home decorated with lanterns and festoons covered with happy characters. Hong Chengchou thought he was welcoming him from a distance, but when he arrived at the door, he found that the door was closed. After knocking on the door for a long time, a servant Walking out, Hong Chengchou saw his old mother wearing a bright red wedding dress sitting in the lobby from the door, and then the servants immediately made the door official to prevent Hong Chengchou from entering.

The moment he saw his old mother just now, he was extremely excited, his eyes were burning hot, but seeing his old mother in a wedding dress, Hong Chengchou was a little confused, what is going on, the old mother is getting married?I have been widowed for half my life, and I still want to get married when I am eighty.

After being turned away, Hong Chengchou seemed to realize something. Looking back, he saw a temple behind him that he had never seen before, and it said Shuangzhong Temple.

Hong Chengchou entered the temple by mistake, and saw Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun of the Tang Dynasty worshiping in the temple.These two were officials of the Tang Dynasty. They were officials in Suiyang. An Lushan rebelled and attacked Suiyang.

Hong Chengchou was a senior official of the Ming Dynasty, higher than Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun. He was also captured, but he surrendered.

Hong Chengchou saw Xu Yuan's two fingers pointing at the gate of the Hong family's ancestral house, and suddenly felt a sense of sadness in his heart, and couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"master!"

The old Baoyi beside him hurriedly supported Hong Chengchou, and asked with concern, "Master, what's wrong with you?"

Hong Chengchou shook his head with a wry smile.

Lao Baoyi saw Hong Chengchou looking at Xu Yuan's portrait, and at this moment he found Xu Yuan's finger pointing at the gate of Hong's house, and he suddenly understood.

"These unscrupulous people are deceiving people too much! The slaves have this ruined temple demolished."

Lao Baoyi knew that Hong Chengchou had a bad reputation in Ming Dynasty because of his surrender, but this unruly man in Fujian built a temple and made the statue point the finger at the Hong family, which is obviously bullying.

"That's all! Let's go back."

Hong Chengchou said weakly, he felt sad, the Hong family didn't want him anymore, so what was he, Hong Chengchou suddenly felt like a lonely ghost.

Outside the temple, there are more than a dozen men in plain clothes with knives, all of them with naked eyes and powerful eyes. Although they are not tall, they are short and sharp.

There is no Qing army in Fujian yet, Hong Chengchou was able to go deep into the Quanzhou government, naturally he got Zheng Zhilong's permission and sent people to protect him, otherwise it would be impossible for Hong Chengchou to come to Quanzhou.

Not long after, Hong Chengchou rode a donkey, and the old servant led the horse back to Nan'an County under the protection of a dozen masters.

Hong Chengchou is from Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, and Zheng Zhilong is also from Nan'an County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. One is from a famous family and the other is from a poor public, but they all lead to the same goal. Through their own efforts, they first became the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty, but surrendered. After leaving the Qing court, a man who became the richest man in the Ming Dynasty was also planning to surrender to the Qing court.

"Master Hou, can Yang Chao's army be mobilized?"

As soon as Hong Chengchou returned to the Mansion of Nan'an Hou, Zheng Zhilong, the Marquis of Nan'an, came to see him. Although Hong Chengchou had just been hit, he could not change his original intention. You can't make more mistakes.

"Master Hong is a fortune teller!"

Zheng Zhilong quickly complimented that Yang Chao had already sent [-] of the most elite troops to the south, which was indeed expected by Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou was not surprised by this, but was full of confidence in his strategy.

"How many people did he send?"

"fifty thousand!"

Hong Chengchou couldn't help sighing: "He is quite cautious, but it's too late."

Zheng Zhilong was puzzled and said, "What does Master Hong mean?"

Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "It's time for Lord Hou to make a decision. If it's too late, it's too late. King Sanshun has already attacked Nanjing!"

(End of this chapter)