Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 469 Peace Talk
"Too bad. I was scammed by the old man Hong Chengchou!"

After receiving Hunan's request for help, Yang Chao knew that he had been fooled. Hong Chengchou sent suspicious soldiers in Jiujiang, but he divided his troops to Hunan.

In other words, there are not many elites in Jiujiang City at this time, just the Jiangxi Green Camp temporarily recruited.

This batch of Jiangxi soldiers was recruited when Hong Chengchou occupied Jiangxi, but he gave up the whole Jiangxi afterwards. These soldiers must have no military spirit. Does Hong Chengchou have such an elite repression like King Sanshun? Being able to keep going has shown that Hong Chengchou is capable.

"Hit? No hit!"

Xie Fei sent a letter asking if he should take the opportunity to attack the city, but Yang Chao continued to stand still.

Jiujiang was originally an isolated city. The purpose of Hong Chengchou to keep it was just to serve as the frontier of the Huguang Qing army's eastward advance and a barrier against his own westward advance. It has a strategic position in Hong Chengchou's hands, but it is not so important in Yang Chao's hands. .

The top priority is to keep Hunan.

The civil servant He Tengjiao made Yang Chao very uncomfortable before, because after Yang Chao sent many men to recover Jiangxi, he actually deployed troops on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, as if to guard against Yang Chao.

This time the Qing army suddenly went south, starting from Yuezhou, and was invincible all the way. His weak soldiers couldn't stop him at all. Only then did he think of asking Jiangxi for help.

Because of this, Yang Chao discovered that Hong Chengchou had sent troops to Hunan. It was said that this was a good time to attack Jiujiang, but Jiujiang was not the only one who could repay so much energy wasted before.

Zhao Kang has already reported that the journey went smoothly. The Zhenglan Banner of Zhending Mansion really puts defense first, and basically does not stop him. They will only send troops to rescue him when he attacks the noble manor of the Eight Banners. At other times, the two sides maintain a tacit understanding.

However, Zhao Kang did not dare to put safety on such a tacit understanding, and still launched a line, using the slave owner's manor as his base, to maintain a transportation channel connected to Shandong, so that the back road would not be cut off.

In this way, they pushed forward step by step until they reached the Hutuo River, along the Hutuo River to Wuguan Lake, from the south bank of Wuguan Lake to the east, to Wen'an, and then marched north to Bazhou, where they were facing each other across the river with 3000 elite troops from the two white banners. Three days later, retreat!

When advancing, we advanced layer by layer, and it took a month to reach Bazhou, but when we retreated, we traveled hundreds of miles a day, and retreated to Linqing in three days!
"This man likes to take risks! If he hadn't been strong in soldiers and horses, he would have died by my hands long ago!"

After Dorgon got the news of Yang Chao's retreat, he immediately sighed, and then began to secretly hate the South Four Banners.

Originally, the four flags were placed in the south to let Yang Chao's army consume them, but who would have thought that they would not stop them and let Yang Chao's cavalry rush into Shuntian Mansion. This time, Yang Chao's army was obviously just a test. If they really attack Beijing for the first time, the Southern Four Banners may be unreliable.

But this is not the time to punish them. The Four Banners are forced to unite and fight against themselves, and no one will be in a good place. Dorgon can only swallow this breath.

"This is a plan to divide!"

After receiving the Tang Bao from Beijing, saying that the cavalry of the Yang Chao Department of the Ming Army had rushed to Bazhou and retreated immediately without engaging in battle, Hong Chengchou knew it clearly.

"If he comes to attack me, I will live; if he does not attack me, I will die!"

Hong Chengchou sighed and took a sip of wine. After arriving in Jiujiang, he suddenly didn't want to drink tea and started drinking wine.

Nanjing.

"Hong Chengchou sent troops to attack? Crazy, will I fight you at this time?"

"Order Xie Fei and Lu Mo to surrender to the Qing army in Jiujiang, even if there are prisoners, they will be released immediately."

The 10 people Hong Chengchou recruited were all from Jiangxi, and they had been trained for several months. After surrendering, they could be used with a little training, so Yang Chao was reluctant to kill them.

"Order many men to defend Changsha for He Tengjiao. Hunan must not be surrendered to the Qing army!"

Yang Chao's plan was good and his reaction was quick, but he couldn't bear to make his teammates mess up.

Many men have only [-] soldiers, and it is the limit to distribute [-] to Hunan. Therefore, Yang Chao's plan is to let him lead troops into Changsha. [-] soldiers can defend Changsha, but attacking is impossible. In Changsha, the Qing army never thought about going south.

But the idea was very good, and the response was quick. As soon as I received news from many men, I issued an order, and within five days of expedited eight hundred miles, I gave back. Captured by the Qing army, he faced Le Kedehun's [-] fresh troops defending the city, and King Sanshun had already gone south.

He Tengjiao abandoned the city almost without resistance, and he had already gone to Guangxi.

With He Tengjiao's run, the Qing army almost captured the entire Hunan. The only army with resistance was Li Zicheng's remaining troops, who were stationed in the mountainous area on the border between Sichuan and Hubei under Duyinxi's banner. When the Qing army blocked the Jingzhou area, this army came out Not coming.

Meanwhile, in Beijing, the situation for Dorgon was also difficult.

From time to time, he thought of the time when he first entered the customs. At that time, the Qing court was united as one. When Li Zicheng captured Beijing, he knew that a great opportunity had come, and it was also the last chance. It is not so easy to enter the customs and loot.

So Dorgon gave an order that all males of the Eight Banners who were over ten years old and 61 under the age of [-] were conscripted. He just put together a force of more than [-] troops, and they rushed to Daming on horseback.

But now, the Southern Four Banners are facing Yin and Yang, and the Ming army entered the country but did not fight with it. They were able to send the Ming army to Shuntian Mansion. People are lost.

Dorgon didn't dare to persecute it too much. If the South Four Banners were forced to the Ming army, it would be a big joke, so he could only endure the crime of colluding with the enemy in the South Four Banners.

When everyone was in the bitter cold outside the customs, they were able to unite as one, put the overall situation first, and when there was an opportunity, all the people could be soldiers. Being aggressive and concentrating on internal fighting made Dorgon very helpless. He didn't know that class differentiation started when there were surplus means of production.

But Dorgon knew that what caused all this was because he was too partial to the two white flags when allocating the land.

But if you want him to take back the land in the hands of Liangbaiqi, not to mention that the soldiers of Liangbaiqi will not agree, even he, Dorgon, will not agree. Why, these are Dorgon's direct descendants. Can be regent?Back then, you, Huang Taiji, tried your best to gain strength for yourself. From the beginning, you had one banner, and when you died, you had three banners. It is known as the top three banners.

Why is it that when Huang Taiji seized power, everyone could bear it, but when it was in Dorgon's hands, everyone resisted and resisted.

The Eight Banners are no longer available.Especially the Southern Four Banners are unreliable. Dorgon can't guarantee whether they will put the entire Ming army under the city of Beijing during the next Ming army's northern expedition, but there is no need to dispatch more troops. The main force of the Eight Banners can be In Zhili, it is not a lack of troops, but a lack of fighting spirit.

Moreover, he has no way to transfer the troops of the Southern Four Banners here. At this time, these four banners are actually extremely sensitive. They are all worried that Dorgon will settle accounts with them, so they hold the army very tightly and unite with Jierhalang. , Using the defense of the Ming army as an excuse, even if you call them, they will not move.

Naturally, Dorgon would not do this kind of slap in the face. Anyway, if he didn't mobilize these people, it would make people feel that he was firmly in control of the court at this time. If he did not mobilize, it would expose himself now A situation that cannot be suppressed.

Dorgon needs to reverse this situation, he needs strength and more time.

He had to make a difficult decision.

"Peace talks? Are you kidding me!"

Yang Chao received information from Shandong in Nanjing, and the Qing army sent envoys to negotiate with him.

Think it over and weigh the pros and cons.

"Okay, let's talk!"

Yang Chao knew that this was Dorgon's delaying strategy, but he didn't need time. He needed two or three years to govern, so that Yang Chao could gather all his political and military capabilities. Up to now, he was just trying to maintain it. Too many numbness is still not eradicated.

Yang Chao didn't think that time would be on the side of the Eight Banners. They were changing their tactics. The backwardness of manpower and economy could not be reversed.

"My lord, I'm afraid this move will attract criticism again!"

Huang Fengfu didn't agree with it. He always advocated guarding the south of the Yangtze River firmly and allowing the Qing army to attack other resistance forces. He neither negotiated with the Qing army nor fought with the Qing army. Grain, slow to become king".

The purpose of Huangfeng Mansion is very simple, that is to let the Qing army destroy the imperial court, and then Yang Chao will stand up to clean up the old mountains and rivers, ascend the throne as emperor, and complete his hegemony.

But times have changed, and Yang Chao no longer wants to play this game of fighting for hegemony that has lasted for thousands of years. The 30-year war in the West is coming to an end, and they have begun to negotiate to resolve state-to-state relations. Yang Chao feels that It is too behind the times to still play this kind of political game where the winner is king and the loser is bandit.

Moreover, Yang Chao has always been looking forward to the feat of the two parties being able to put aside previous suspicions and cooperate to fight against the enemy in future generations. When foreign enemies invade, all Chinese should put aside their past suspicions and fight against the enemy together, and it will not be too late to decide the outcome.

Prior to this, even a person like Zhu Yuanzhang first fought with Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and others in the south to eliminate the internal enemies before starting the Northern Expedition. If these three people can unite, it is estimated that Yuan The great cause will be ten years earlier.

What Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't do, Yang Chao decided to create it by him, and set up a banner for China, a banner of civilization.

"What are you afraid of? The governor has encountered few criticisms. Once you start the negotiation, you can get rid of paralysis."

Seeing that Yang Chao wouldn't move, Huang Fengfu could only accept it, not to mention that he really needed time.

(End of this chapter)