April 24th.

It's sunny and mist.

Li Zhi'an's army and Zuo Ruo's army marched out of the camp towards the Qing barbarian camp east of Jiujiang City. Zhai Zhe supervised the central army and surrendered troops to support him.

After a year, the Ming army in Jiangnan was finally about to meet the Qing army again on the battlefield.

A year ago, Ningshao Town's soldiers and horses were incomplete in armor.

A year later, the gunners, armored soldiers and bird gunners in the Ming army were well equipped.

This is the first time Zhai Zhe fought with the Qing emperors when he was in an advantage. The pleasure in it is hard to describe in words. Jiujiang is surrounded by the river, with a flat terrain, and many small rivers penetrate through it, so the artillery has a lot of room to exert.

The Ming army shelled the Qing soldiers garrisoning in front of him across the river, and then built a floating bridge to cross the river. The journey was unstoppable and reached outside the east gate of Jiujiang.

Luke Dehun led the Qing troops to garrison on the south side of Jiujiang, and he was in a difficult situation. In addition to the troops stationed in Jingzhou and Xiangyang, Huguang had only 50,000 mobile troops, and he brought 40,000 Jiujiang. Over the past month, he and Jin Shenghuan had been traveling back and forth, and had delivered more than a dozen letters, with only one purpose, to make Jin Shenghuan give up Jiangxi, retreat back to Huguang, and shrink his troops to defend Jingxiang.

Jin Shenghuan had nearly 40,000 troops. If he could get such strong support and defend Huguang, he would have some confidence, but Jin Shenghuan did not reply for a long time.

The Qing court's loss to Jiangnan had a great influence on its reputation, and the general trend of the world changed from the Qing court to the rise of heroes.

Jin Shenghuan wanted to surrender to the Southern Ming last year, but he was reluctant to get a reply from Emperor Longwu. After the Ming army gathered in southern Jiangxi to attack the north, he continued to shrink his defense line and handed over all the Ji'an and other places he captured last year to Zheng Zhilong.

Last year, he asked the Qing court for the position of admiral of Jiangxi, but the Qing court only ordered him to be the general of Jiangxi. He asked the Ming Dynasty for the position of admiral of Jiangxi, and the Ming army sent two groups of troops to conquer the army.

The Qing court is willing to agree to him in everything now, but now this promise is worthless. Retreating to Huguang will only become cannon fodder. In troubled times, not everyone can have the opportunity to achieve hegemony. His first choice is to surrender to Nanming, but he must guarantee his rights.

The real war has not yet broken out.

Zhai Zhe rode his horse around the city of Jiujiang and ordered: "Collection of iron cannons and bombard the Qing soldiers."

He could see at a glance that Jin Shenghuan and the Qing soldiers were not on the same mind. Even if they wanted to attack Jiujiang City, they had to clear out foreign aids from the city first.

Li Zhian led his army to pass through the side of the north gate of Jiujiang City, and the gunners assisted the civilians to push the cannon forward.

More than ten miles away from the Qing army's position, the Qing army's position opposite was roaring a few times.

"Boom boom boom" Several iron balls fell from the air like big birds with broken wings.

Lukedehn also had artillery, so he could not allow the Ming army to build artillery positions safely. The Ming army's iron cannon was pushed to the front of the formation and was immediately bombarded.

Zhai Zhe watched for a moment, forcibly building a close-to-build artillery position, the civilians suffered too much loss, and set up too far to achieve good attack results. They ordered the gunner to retreat and set up the position after dark. He had already deeply realized that the status of iron cannons in the war is constantly improving. Perhaps in a few years, firearms will become the most important attack weapon in the army.

Jiujiang is more than one hundred miles away from Nanchang.

Nearly 200,000 Ming troops from the two routes gathered in northern Jiangxi.

Nanchang Prefecture.

This is the prefecture of Jiangxi and the most solid city in Jiangxi, followed by Jiujiang.

In the governor's yamen, a sturdy man was busy accepting urgent reports from all over the country, which was the most nervous and entangled Jin Shenghuan at the moment.

"Reported that Ming Pinglu General Zhai Zhe has set up a formation outside Jiujiang City to confront Luke Dehunbeile."

Jin Shenghuan actually felt relieved, "What should come is finally here."

He has been waiting for General Zhai Zhe, the Pinglu General.

The recapture of Jiangnan made Zhai Zhe famous. Although he was also named king by Emperor Longwu, he could not be compared with Zhai Zhe in the eyes of military generals leading troops from all over the country.

When Jin Shenghuan was considering how to establish contact with Zhai Zhe, the guards outside came in and reported: "Sir, I will report to you, the envoy, who is asking for a meeting?"

"Why is it coming again?" Jin Shenghuan was absent-minded and instructed: "Just say that I am busy with military affairs, and I have no time to see him today."

Special Envoy He was He Yanzhi, a disciple sent by Hong Chengchou to Nanchang. It has been half a month since he arrived in Nanchang. Jin Shenghuan has been delaying with him, just to see what price Zhai Zhe can offer him, so he decided on his next plan.

Datong General Jiang Xiang, a month later, Wang Yongqiang, the ginseng general of Yan'an, Shaanxi, also raised an army to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and had swept half of Shaanxi. Even if Hong Chengchou's tongue was brilliant, Jin Shenghuan had to consider the actual situation.

The guard received the order and soon returned to report: "Enter He has been waiting at the door and said that he would meet the adults no matter what."

Jin Shenghuan thought for a moment and said, "Let him come in."

A moment later, a thin scholar in his fifties walked in, with two goatee beards and looking around with his eyes.

He walked to Jin Shenghuan before he made a correct gesture and said, "Mr. Jin, you must have known that the troops of Zhai Zhe, the thief of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan, have already arrived at the city of Jiujiang. Master Beile and Governor Hong are waiting for your reply. Jiangxi cannot be defended anymore. As long as you defend Jingxiang, Governor Hong has promised you that the Governor of Jiangxi and even the Admiral of Huguang will not be a problem."

Hong Chengchou did not have that much power. He was just the governor of Huguang who had just taken office and was also monitored by Luke Dehun. The Jurchens have always been stingy with the Han people, and only Wu Sangui was appointed as a marquis and was ordered to guard Sichuan. The promise was just a promise.

Jin Shenghuan thought about it carefully and said, "Three days later, three days later, I will lead my army to Jiujiang."

He was worried that the Qing army would withdraw and become a lonely man and could not negotiate with Zhai Zhe. Zhai Zhe had never come to him and he had to come to him on his own initiative. He now has several choices, either to withdraw back to Jiangbei or to Guiming anyway. He could not contact Emperor Longwu directly, but he could ask for surrender from three people. He Tengjiao, Zhai Zhe and Zheng Zhilong were all commanders who were in charge of the same side, but the one he wanted to rely on most was Zhai Zhe.

After He Tengjiao was defeated in the last battle, he was very embarrassed. Zheng Zhilong was rude and rude to the court, and started with the sea trade. Good birds chose trees to live in, and they had to rely on the strongest person.

"Okay, three days later, when the general's good news, Mr. Beile will lead his army to retreat to Huguang." He Yan said earnestly and reminded: "The recovery of Jiangnan in the Southern Ming Dynasty was just a flash in the pan. Lord Jin used to be an official in the Ming court, so he knew the seriousness of the party struggle. Zhang Mingzhen from Zhejiang East followed Zhai Zhe. After recovering Jiangnan, he could not escape death because of his independence."

The idiots can be heard, but it is not the case when returning to Huguang. Compared to being destined to be suspicious of the people, Jin Shenghuan still wanted to have all the attempts on the Ming side. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, the Ming generals included Zhang Tianlu and Yang Shouzhuang, and they all lived well under Zhai Zhe. However, his strength was different and the rights he wanted were different.

Zheng Zhilong was in charge of the army under Nanchang City and was not in a hurry to attack the city. The Ming army had recovered southern Gansu. Zhai Zhe was promoted to general, which made him very unhappy because he also got the position of governor of Fujian and Guangdong that he wanted. He led his army to Nanjing last year, and although he was crowned as king, he had not received any benefits.
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