On the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, Madang became a fortress and the Ming Dynasty supervised the royal palace.
It is said to be a building, but it is actually a dozen brick buildings with red bricks and blue tiles. The exterior walls have not been painted. Although the inside is painted with white plaster, there is no good decoration, and there are not even a few decent furniture.
But in this difficult and simple environment, Zhu Heji lived in a very pleasant environment... As long as he watched Da Bo Ling's "chest injury" improve day by day, no scars were left, and the softness remained the same. , and the size has not shrunk, so I am very happy.
So the days after coming down from the Xiangkou battlefield were very happy for him. Moreover, the news coming back from the Anqing battlefield is good. Under the command of Zhuge Military Advisor, the siege of Anqing is proceeding step by step.
As of the ninth day of June, the Ming army that had invaded Anhui had captured six counties including Dongliu, Jiande, Wangjiang, Susong, Taihu, and Qimen.
In the north of the Yangtze River, the army under the personal command of Military Advisor Zhuge was still advancing along the Wanshui Fortress after capturing Shipai Town on the edge of the Wanshui River, and was about to approach Jixian Pass!
In a certain place in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhao Hongkui, who used his troops calmly, also set up camp step by step along the Yangtze River and advanced to the vicinity of Anqing Nancheng.
On the river between Xiangkou Town and Huayang Town, there are now pontoons and iron chains locking the river, and artillery has been set up on the shore.
In addition, the local political power of the Ming Dynasty in six counties including Dongliu, Jiande, Wangjiang, Susong, Taihu, and Qimen was also established in a very short period of time.
The leaders of the regiment training in these six counties turned out to be in the Qing camp and knew better. Before the soldiers came to the door, they kidnapped the county officials and some laggard new Eighth Banners officers and soldiers and surrendered.
It seems that people in Jiangnan still support the Ming Dynasty...
Since everything went well, Zhu Heji was happy to be happy with Da Bo Ling. However, this happy life did not last long. An unexpected "bad news" came on the early morning of the tenth day of June. Zhuge Sanhe, who was rushing back from Jiangbei, was brought to Madang Bastion.
At that time, Zhu Heji and Da Boling had just performed some morning exercises in the training room of Xingyuan. They were sweating profusely when they came out. They were going to take a morning bath first and then enjoy a delicious morning tea. As a result, he met Zhuge Sanhe at the door of the practice room, swinging a goose feather fan.
Da Bo Ling saw Zhuge Sanhe's anxious look, so she smiled and asked, "Sanhezi, what happened? Why are you, Zhuge's military advisor, so confused?"
"Jianguo, Mrs. Ling, see for yourselves!"
As Zhuge Sanhe spoke, he handed over a Di Bao—a Di Bao from the Qing Dynasty!
Zhu Heji gave Da Boling a wink, and Da Boling immediately took the Di newspaper and became the "little secretary." After reading it at a glance, her original smile changed: "Ah Pao, the Di newspaper said that you He was shot to death by Wang Fuchen with a shotgun in Xiangkou Town!"
"What?" Zhu Heji was stunned for a moment, and then became angry, "Okay, it turns out it's Wang Fuchen... He deserves death!
Kang Mazi should also die, the trick of cheating death was used on me! The Gu family turned around and led their troops to attack Anqing Mansion! "
Hitting Zhu Dajian's favorite concubine in the chest with a musket, isn't this an offence that deserves death?
In addition, Kang Mazi is not on the right path.
It's enough to just fake your own death, so why drag Zhu Heji along?
However, the expressions on Da Bo Ling's and Zhuge Sanhe's faces indicated that something worse was going to happen.
Zhu Heji was also a little nervous, "What else happened?"
"Ah Pao," Da Bo Ling said, "the newspaper also said that Kang Mazi wanted Zu Zepu to be the governor of Jiangnan, Hong Shiming to be the governor of Jiangnan, and Zu Yonglie to be the admiral of Jiangnan... He also wanted to make Nanjing's The banner camp was moved to Yangzhou and the Jiangbei Banner Camp was established.
In addition...Kangxi also announced that he would win against the master! I will leave Qingliuguan on July 15th and return to Beijing around the Mid-Autumn Festival. "
"What?" Zhu Heji heard this series of news and felt that Kang Mazi was holding back some big move.
He thought for a while and said to Military Advisor Zhuge: "Commander, you have worked hard all the way. Haven't you had breakfast yet? Let's have morning tea together later and chat while eating. Gujia will let Fengmingshan and Zuo Chunqiu come together. Come here, they all came here from the Qing camp and know the situation there."
Although Zhuge Sanhe claims to have the true biography of Zhuge, he is from Jianghu after all and does not know much about the situation of the Qing court and Wu Ying.
So after Yang Qilong left, Zhu Heji brought Zuo Chunqiu, who had switched jobs from Geng Jingzhong, and Fengmingshan, who had a grudge against him in the early years, into the Military Advisor's Mansion. Now these two people were also in the Madang Fortress, so they were quickly invited by Zhu Heji's attendants to have morning tea at the Jianguo Palace.
"Jianguo, this Zu Zepu is the brother of Zu Zeqing, the son of Zu Dashou, and the cousin of Wu Sangui. He has a very good relationship with Wu Sangui. When he was the governor of Fujian in his early years, he helped Wu Sangui to connect with the Geng family.
This Zu Yonglie was the son of Zu Dashou's adopted son, Zu Kefa. Zu Kefa died early, more than 20 years ago. After Zu Yonglie took over the official position, he struggled in the officialdom. Wu Sangui took good care of him, and he had an excellent relationship with Wu Yingxiong.
Hong Shiming is the son of Hong Chengchou. I have been working as a dog for Qingyao for so many years, but he is not welcome. I have been a Jinshi for many years, but I have not found anything good. I did not expect that I will now be the governor of Jiangnan... But this lack is unusual! "
The one who was speaking was Zuo Chunqiu. He was indeed a "Beijing expert" and knew the situation of Zu Zepu, Zu Yonglie and Hong Shiming very well.
"Why is it unusual?" Zhu Heji asked.
Feng Mingshan took the question and said: "The supervisor does not know something. This Hong Shiming was a Jinshi in the 12th year of Shunzhi. He has been an official for almost 20 years, and he was awarded the title of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple... This shows that he It's impossible to get promoted on Qingyao's side. If he could, he would have been promoted a long time ago.
He has suddenly reached the high position of governor of Jiangnan. This arrangement must be related to Wu Sangui! "
There is of course a reason why Hong Shiming's official career was so poor, and the reason is probably related to his father, Hong Chengchou... To be honest, if he had not been Hong Chengchou's son, he would not have been the only Jinshi in the twelfth year of Shunzhi. A young minister from Taichang Temple!
Taichang Temple is just a cold yamen in charge of rituals, music and sacrifices, and there is also a Taichang Temple Minister!
Hong Shiming has been serving as a young minister for a long time. Isn't he already "cool"?
Why did a "liangguan" suddenly become the governor of Jiangnan? How could there be no inside story?
And the inside story that allowed Hong Shiming to rise to prominence must be related to Wu Sangui... because Hong Shiming now only has one Wu Sangui to rely on.
"Kang Mazi asked Wu Sangui's people to be the governors, governors and admirals of Jiangnan," Zhu Heji said, stroking his beard and considering, "Did he cede Jiangnan to Wu Sangui?"
Zhuge Sanhe said: "Supervise the country, this should be Feng Ting's plan to offer his party to Zhao... Don't you know Wu Sangui will do this now?"
This question was actually asked to Zuo Chunqiu.
Zuo Chunqiu thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's hard to say what Wu Sangui will do, but one thing I'm sure of is that Wu Sangui won't make a decision soon... The three armies are in harm's way, so he hesitates the most, which probably means that he ! Supervisor, let’s start quickly and seize Jiangnan!”
Zhu Heji looked at Zhuge Sanhe again.
"Jian Guo," Zhuge Sanhe said, "Anqing can't get up fast...and we can't ask for speed. Anqing is not only blocking us, but also blocking Wu Sangui. If Wu Sangui has a hesitant temper, So as long as Anqing is still in the hands of the Qing court, he may delay it. And Kang Mazi may not be really willing to give up Jiangnan, otherwise he would not delay leaving until July 15th.
I dare to say that as long as Anqing is not captured by me, Kang Mazi will not be able to cross the Huaihe River. And if Kang Mazi doesn't leave... Wu Sangui will continue to hesitate and wait and see!
And we have more than one road to Jiangnan and even to Tianjin and Beijing! "
"What does the military counselor mean by saying that we continue to implement the original strategy of attracting the Qingyao army to Anqing and then taking the south of the Yangtze River by sea?"
"Exactly!" Zhuge Sanhe said, "At the same time, along the Yangtze River, we must delay as much as possible. If we delay for one more day, we can be more sure. Even if Wu Sangui comes back from the alliance, our chances of winning the war on the two fronts are still high. Bigger.”
"Can it be delayed for a long time?" Zhu Heji was a little unsure.
"Yes!" Zuo Chunqiu gave an affirmative answer at this time, "I have a trick to pretend to be alive, which can confuse Wu Sangui and Xuan Ye and prevent them from reaching an agreement for the time being."
"Fake death?" Zhu Heji asked, "Who cheated death?"
"Jian Guo cheated his death!" Zuo Chunqiu said with a smile, "Xuan Ye is already helping you cheat your death, so you don't have to cheat anymore."
"Then I have to thank him?" Zhu Heji said with a smile, "Who is pretending?"
"It's you too!" Zuo Chunqiu said, "You have to pretend to be alive!"
"But I'm really alive!" Zhu Heji frowned.
Zuo Chunqiu said: "Only the truth and lies can deceive an old fox like Wu Sangui!"
