Lord of Ming Dynasty

Just when Zhang Qiang was troubled by these things, there was another problem in the east. Hong Chengchou surrendered to the state of Lu, and made Zhu Yihai the emperor of Ming Dynasty. The orthodox imperial family of the Ming Dynasty regarded themselves as themselves.

Now his appeal is stronger than that of Yongli Daming. Some rebels in Hubei Province and even Shandong Province have pledged their allegiance to him. Although people still call his kingdom Lu State, in fact people feel that they have With Hong Chengchou's hundreds of thousands of troops, Suzhou Prefecture, Anhui Prefecture, less than half of Shandong Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture, and other places, King Lu is very likely to recover the clan and become the real emperor of Yanjing.

The battle to besiege Oboi has actually started long ago, but Xiao Fei doesn't seem to be in a hurry to eat Oboi in one bite, he always sends three hundred people to attack, of course they are dragoons, they run outside the town to shoot a few shots, and then retreat quickly Come back, wait for the enemy to chase out in a panic, and then shoot a few more shots, the enemy will be fooled once or twice, chase a few miles, and then be ambushed outside. The cavalry made dumplings and ate them all at once. The enemy has thousands of cavalry.

After two or three times, the enemy stopped suffering, and instead of attacking the pass defended by Wang Yuqun's No.19 Field Brigade, the whole army retreated to the town, began to build fortifications, and prepared to hold on.

Obai, who was once famous and brave to fight against the Qing Dynasty, became a dead fish and was besieged in a small town, silently waiting for the arrival of death.

Seeing Oboi's reaction, at first Xiao Fei wanted to eliminate Oboi in one fell swoop, but as soon as his heart moved, he began to harass and besiege him, wanting to attract more Qing troops and surround them for help. This is what Zhang Qiang taught them when he trained them. Give them tactics.

But Xiao Fei was soon disappointed.

It has been a few days, not only did the Qing army from Hubei Province rush forward here to rescue Oboi, but the Qing army from Hubei Prefecture withdrew completely, and even the Qing troops in the distance retreated one after another. He received According to the news, Tong Dawei led the cavalry brigade and the No.20 Third Field Brigade who followed them to take down many counties without bloodshed.

There were not many Qing troops, and the government offices along the way hung their seals and resigned one after another. The doors were all open, and many county towns were beating gongs and drums to welcome Wang Shi.

This made Xiao Fei sit on wax.

He hurriedly contacted Zhang Qiang, who was working hard on the construction in Huguang, and Zhang Qiang sent personnel to contact the Ministry of Military Intelligence. Milin hurriedly ordered an investigation. Ten days later, when the news came, Xiao Fei smiled wryly. The Qing army actually retreated, and all of them retreated into Anhui The half of the territory in the state, or withdrew into Henan Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture, and some entered Shandong Prefecture, and the Qing army seemed to be shrinking its forces.

The difficulty thrown to them at present is that they do not have so many troops to seize a large amount of territory in Hubei Province, and it has been seized by some Ming rebels, anyway, and He Tengjiao in Hubei Province. Of course, Li Guo's Loyalty Camp and Dashun Army are indispensable.

Knowing this situation, Zhang Qiang ordered Xiao Fei to immediately dismantle the cavalry and move in all directions to count as many counties as possible. At the same time, he ordered the No. 20 Fourth Field Brigade stationed in Jiujiang Mansion to send people across the river to reinforce and take over Wuhan Mansion. The No.20 Third Field Brigade's left-behind troops set up a line of defense to prevent the Qing army from raiding.

Xiao Fei ordered Brother Zhu to take the cavalry brigade and two cavalry brigades who had just replenished the cavalry to march quickly to reinforce Yichang Mansion where Tong Dawei was stationed, to help Tong Dawei stabilize the situation, and to prevent He Tengjiao from Yongli Daming from attacking the Huaxia Army. With two field brigades and Wang Yuqun's field brigade continuing to surround Oboi, Zhang Qiang has not yet given instructions on how to deal with Oboi.

But at present, the main conflict is not their battle with the Qing army Obai, but how to deal with the relationship with Yongli Daming in Hubei Province and Li Guo's loyalty camp in Dashun.

There is also the relationship between Chen Youzheng and the anti-rebel army and the rebel army.

Xiao Fei had to admire Hong Chengchou as an opponent. He handed over a difficult problem to the Huaxia Army instead of confronting the Huaxia Army head-on.

If he wants to complete the mission Zhang Qiang entrusted to him, he has to deal with this problem. Otherwise, if he encounters the Yongli Daming, the Zhongzhengying, and the anyway army, if they don't recognize them or are unwilling to surrender them, how to deal with them?

At present, although the Huaxia Army has a little friction with the Yongli Daming, the overall relationship is still in a state of indifference, and Zhang Qiang is not willing to take the initiative to uncover this cover. There are occasional frictions with the Nanming Army, and there have been a few small battles, but overall The two countries are still allies. To be precise, the Nanming Kingdom is a vassal state of the Huaxia Army, but it is also the legal successor of the Ming Dynasty, and it is orthodox. Those rebels and anyways might still recognize him, and Longwu might still recognize him. Admittedly, if you beat these people, maybe the relationship with Nanming Kingdom will decline.

The Huaxia Army is not afraid of the Nanming Kingdom, and the Nanming Kingdom can't defeat the Huaxia Army, but at this moment, it is still necessary to be more cautious when handling things that should not be messed with. It is Zhang Qiang's principle of doing things.

It dragged on for half a month like this, no matter how slow the response of the intelligence personnel of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, and no matter how slow the transmission of information was on the road, Zhang Qiang also got the report from the Ministry of Military Intelligence, and almost got the information that Hong Chengchou and Feng Quan had received about the changes in the Qing army .

Seeing such information, Zhang Qiang was also taken aback. What the hell, Daming has become the Warring States Period. Is it really divided into multiple entity countries?

Looking at this situation, Hauge didn't know when he had the courage to summon up the courage to take back the position of emperor that belonged to him. A few years ago, if it wasn't for Dorgon, Hauge would have been legal The orthodox legal person who is most likely to succeed Huang Taiji as emperor is the eldest son. According to the traditions in China, the most legitimate and undisputed option is for the eldest son to succeed the emperor.

It's a pity that Dorgon, the uncle of the emperor, and Jierhalang and others used their strength to deprive him of his legal right of inheritance.

Such a situation is what Zhang Qiang would like to see, and the internal strife in the Qing Dynasty is also what the emperors of the Ming Dynasty and anti-Qing patriots would like to see, but it poses a problem for the Huaxia Army's next move.

Should we continue to go north and take down the Manchus, or let the Manchus continue to kill each other, and then attack after the overall situation is settled?

There is also how to get along with Nanming, Daming, these forces in the future, the situation has changed, the civil strife in the Qing Dynasty, and now the Nanming Kingdom has been left behind by the Huaxia Army, and there are no enemies left and right behind him. I'm about to turn against the Huaxia Army, even if I don't attack the Huaxia Army, I will secretly make troubles.

This change of situation was beyond Zhang Qiang's expectations. If Dorgon survived, the Qing Dynasty would still be a whole. He could hold down Emperor Shunzhi, but Shunzhi could not hold all the Qing troops scattered throughout the land of Ming Dynasty together. Continue to attack Yongli Daming, continue to attack Nanming, he does not have that strength and prestige.

God, Zhang Qiang also felt a headache.

Next, Yongli Daming may turn against him, because to be honest, the nature of the Huaxia Army is the same as that of Li Zicheng. The rebels want to compete with others for the world.

The Yongli Ming Dynasty still had contact with the Qing Army, but the Nanming Kingdom had no enemies. If they knew this fact, their Huaxia Army would be in danger.

Maybe they can't beat the Huaxia Army, but the relationship between the Huaxia Army and Nanming Kingdom is hard to say.

Zhang Qiang immediately rearranged the arrangements and ordered the Ministry of Military Intelligence to focus on monitoring the movements of the Southern Ming Kingdom, and at the same time monitor the descendants of the Huaxia Army, such as Liu Liangzuo and others, as well as civil servants, Qian Bingdeng and others.

At the same time, Liu Liangzuo was dispatched back to the center and given idle jobs, such as helping Lin Chengcheng manage the punishment camp, he went to manage the prisoner camp, the prisoner camp near Jinhua, the prisoner camp was in charge of patrolling the prisoner camp.

Transferred Gu Yuesheng to Guangzhou Mansion to cooperate with Xuanyuan Longfei, Ruan Jin and others to monitor Nanming Kingdom.

A few days later, Zhang Qiang came to Xiao Fei's big tent with his personal guards. After a secret discussion, the two met with Oboi in the center of the battlefield. Hubei Prefecture, returned to the capital of the Qing army via Henan Prefecture, and Shunzhi received reinforcements from an army.

Balanced the strength of Shunzhi and Haoge.

Originally, Oboi was Shunzhi's enemy, but compared to Shunzhi's relationship with Dorgon and Hauge, Oboi was still loyal to the original Qing Dynasty.

With Oboi, the number one powerful general in the Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi immediately showed off his might.

After all, there are quite a few troops assembled in the capital. With the 30 troops and the Qing troops who are still loyal to the capital, Shunzhi's strength has increased a lot, and the total strength has reached 60.

Overtaking Hauge's army in one fell swoop, Hauge stopped in Hebei Mansion, stopped marching, and started to retreat instead. While retreating, he gathered his troops until he retreated to a big city like Baoding before he stopped.

Half a month later, Haoge announced the establishment of the Dajin Kingdom in Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Prefecture. His territory included most of Shanxi Prefecture, most of Shaanxi-Gansu Prefecture, part of the grassland, and part of Henan Prefecture. The total force reached 80. The number of troops under direct leadership and control reached 40, and 40 troops were stationed in various places.

Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty is still called his country by the Qing Dynasty. He owns the three eastern provinces of the Longxing Land of the Qing Dynasty, most of Shandong Prefecture, most of Hebei Prefecture, half of Henan Prefecture, the grassland, Horqin Mongolia, Khalkha Mongolia, Farther away in Monan Mongolia, the territory is still very large.

Sandwiched between them was Chahar Mongol, but a few days later, Chahar Mongol defected to Hauge, and the strength of Dajin Kingdom also expanded on the grassland.

The situation is getting more and more complicated.

Zhang Qiang really didn't know how to solve such a problem, which was a bit beyond his ability as a migrant worker and time traveler.

Chapter 4 Seventy New Personnel Adjustments

Seeing that Zhang Qiang was in a dilemma, Milin said cautiously: "Governor, maybe we can provide some weapons to Obai. You have talked with him, and we also understand the situation of the Qing army. They are only four new troops, and the weapons and equipment used before It was Hong Chengchou who asked Feng Quan to build a new factory in Huai'an Prefecture, now that Hong Chengchou has transferred to Lu State, the equipment of these new troops has been cut off, I think limited support will not affect the overall situation."

Wei Wuji said: "Then what kind of weapons will support them? Do you want to support them with our Jinkai 1 matchlock gun?"

Milin smiled and said: "Of course not. It would be right to give Aobai the weapons of the new army that captured Hong Chengchou and the others. Of course, we can't support them for free. If we sell them, we can get some income, right? Anyway, we can use the captured weapons It will never be equipped for our troops, not even the militia,"

Gu Yuesheng and Mi Chun sat across from each other, and Gu Yuesheng raised an objection first, "No way, they are also enemies of our Ming Han people, how can we sell weapons to them? Isn't this helping the evildoers?" ? If you want to fight, let them fight on their own, we will not interfere, and when they can't fight, we will send out the army to clean them up."

Mi Chun has been an official for some years. Compared with Gu Yuesheng who became an official later, he fell to the ground and said calmly: "It's not that Master Gu doesn't know the style of our Huaxia Army. If you can stir up other people's internal fighting, try to make others If we fight among ourselves, we will reap the benefits of the fisherman.

The Metropolitan Governor has always had such a temper. We, the Metropolitan Governor's confidantes, must support the Metropolitan Governor. Yue Sheng, you need to learn more about this, you still have the pedantic spirit of a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, which is not good.

Especially in our Huaxia Army, the interests of the Huaxia Army must be the most important thing in doing things. On the premise of not hindering the interests of our Huaxia Army, we must think more about how to let the Huaxia Army obtain the greatest benefits at the smallest cost. As for Da Ming, Don't think too much about the identity and loyalty disputes among the Han people. "

Zhang Qiang was sitting at the top, holding a teacup and drinking tea. Seeing Mi Chun talking to Gu Yuesheng in the tone of an old man educating the underachievers, he wanted to laugh, but in the end he held back. The group of confidants around him had completely After growing up, the first batch of people who followed me like Mi Chun, who have gone through various positions, have been able to stand alone, and I am very happy.

So I listened to him quietly without stopping him. Anyway, the subordinates will eventually grow up, and some struggles with each other are inevitable. Without competition, this group will have no vitality. A little competition can make the Huaxia Army healthier previously developed.

Gu Yuesheng didn't refute Mi Chun's words for a while. Compared with Mi Chun, he was more inclined to speak with the thinking and words of these scholars. He changed a lot in the Huaxia Army, but he still couldn't get rid of the original scholarly spirit. In his own yamen, if someone spoke to him like this, he had already taught him a lesson, but here, there were more people watching, all of whom were high-level officials of the Huaxia Army. Those who don't know it, they can use the kind of vulgar language of low-level military generals, so that he can't say a word for a long time, so he endured it.

Zhu Dadian is an old fox, sitting there, drinking tea with squinted eyes, looking at the layers of glazed eaves outside, as if there are flowers there.

Milin smiled and continued: "Master Mi is right. We provide weapons. It seems that we have suffered a loss, but weapons can be remade. It is difficult to train the elites we have trained. They can chop with big knives. A few people will die, but if there are our improved cannons and muskets, then one death will be a large area. The harder they fight, the smaller our losses will be. At that time, what we have to deal with is one of the Qing troops with not many troops. , or two Qing armies that are both defeated, that would be easier to deal with, I think our current focus is Hong Chengchou's new Qing army with more than a dozen towns."

Mi Chun continued: "Yes, when the Lu State suddenly accepted Hong Chengchou's army and was overjoyed, they also thought about using this new army to overwhelm us, we will give them a slap in the face and wait for them After realizing it, we have almost weakened them, and at that time, whether it is a fight or a fight, they will not be too powerful."