When everyone used silence to express their apology to Deng Ming's speech, he fell into deep thought again. After a while, Deng Ming raised his head and said to Ren Tang: "Is there anything else to add to Brother Ren?"

It was Ren Tang's turn to start thinking hard. After a moment, he looked up and said loudly: "Admiral, I think the proclamation might as well be changed to: I have four victories, and the enemy has four defeats! The so-called military value is more important than energy, but not many. Besides, four victories, four defeats are also catchy."

"Okay." Deng Ming immediately agreed: "What is the fourth victory?"

"This... well, we are trying to rebellion with righteousness... Evil has never defeated righteousness since ancient times," Ren Tang said hesitantly, while sweeping his eyes on the faces of several people around him, seemingly without any confidence: "This is the so-called victory over the four." By the end, Ren Tang's tone was so low that it was almost inaudible.

"No," everyone was no longer silent. Zhou Kaihuang spoke out and said, "This is too mysterious. If it is really evil and cannot defeat justice, the corpses of the Tartars will be destroyed in Jianzhou, so we still need us? Will the soldiers believe this after saying this? Or are we implying that other rebels are even more evil than the Tartars, or the captive court is extremely righteous, so they have been given most of the world?" Regardless of whether Ren Tang's words brought other Ming troops, Zhou Kaihuang felt that they had accusations of breaking the camp, so he immediately objected.

"Then I don't know," Ren Tang immediately admitted his mistake: "Or why I'll add to the enemy's defeat first."

Although Mu Tan did not think that there was anything wrong with Ren Tang's fourth victory, since Zhou Kaihuang opposed it so clearly, and he couldn't say what else he could win. Seeing that there was no objection, Ren Tang began to talk about the enemy's shortcomings, and his voice became louder: "Our army soldiers come from all over the world, and the Tartars must think that we are a mob. The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and this is the defeat of the enemy."

"Yes, yes." Although it was still far-fetched, there was still a voice of congratulation around.

"Secondly, the enemy is arrogant and tired, and does not pay attention to training and exercises. How can we be our opponent? This is the second defeat of the enemy." Ren Tang turned over the second defeat of the second defeat of the second.

"Didn't this admiral just say it?" Zhou Kaihuang shouted.

"The admiral is talking about why we win, and on the other hand, of course, why the enemy is defeated." Ren Tang defended fluently.

After thinking about it, everyone recognized this point: "What about defeating the three?"

"What the Admiral just said is wrong. The heroes from all sides admire us for victory three, but the opponent's desertion day is not our victory three, but the enemy's defeat three." Ren Tang disassembled Deng Ming's reason and used it again.

"Okay," Mu Tan thought this was good, and it was obviously more efficient to use both sides of the front and back. After saying that the opponent's defeat was fourth, then Zhaomao's defeat was reversed and used his own victory: "Where is the defeat of the Tartars?"

"Brother Mu, do you have any supplements?" Ren Tang asked back, feeling in his heart that Guo Jia was indeed not easy to play. It was so difficult to even make up four wins and four defeats. While asking Mu Tan, Ren Tang was still muttering in his heart: "Only four wins and four defeats, can it be embarrassing in front of Jiangnan scholars, right?"

"This..." Mu Tan thought for a long time, and kicked the ball to Zhou Kaihuang helplessly: "Does Brother Zhou have any supplements?"

Zhou Kaihuang frowned and thought for a while, and finally looked up and spoke instead of asking Deng Ming to add.

"Admiral," Zhou Kaihuang said with great enthusiasm: "I think the proclamation might as well be changed to: I have three victories, and the captains have three defeats! As for what it is, the admiral and Brother Ren have finished talking about it just now."

...

After learning that the Ming army was approaching Anqing, the Qing army here became a quarrel, and Zhu Guozhi, who was strongly committed to the war, argued endlessly with the envoy sent by Jiang Guozhu.

"If the envoy was given the grace of the emperor and guarded the emperor, how could he escape after hearing the news?" If the envoy had come a few days ago, even if Zhu Guozhi had been dissatisfied with him, he would have to obey the order and return to Nanjing. However, less than two days after the envoy came, Deng Ming had already entered the territory of Anqing Prefecture and issued a nonsense and unknown manifesto.

Of course, Jiang Guozhu would not confess his analysis and plans to Zhu Guozhi. In Zhu Guozhi's view, this was clearly a great opportunity to make achievements. Deng Ming suffered repeated setbacks, and it was obvious that the opportunity to defeat him had already appeared. Jiang Guozhu urged Zhu Guozhi to return to Nanjing at this time made him more convinced of his own views. If Jiang Guozhu did not want to stop him from making contributions, why should he order him to leave the army at this critical moment?

Zhu Guozhi had long known that his career was full of crisis. If he did not rise up and move on with Jiang Guozhu's arrangement, he would definitely leave the Liangjiang officialdom in the end. Of course, Zhu Guozhi would not be willing to accept such an order, but he had never found an opportunity before. The situation in front of him is obviously a god-given opportunity, giving Zhu Guozhi the opportunity to launch a Jedi counterattack.

Deng Ming was undoubtedly one of the number one enemy of the Qing Dynasty. The reward on his head was already equal to Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong. Even if he disobeyed Jiang Guozhu's order, he would have no worries as long as he could defeat Deng Ming, not to mention that Jiang Guozhu was not the legitimate Governor of Liangjiang.

"As long as I can capture and kill Deng Ming, I will probably be the governor of the two Jiangs. I can also impeach Jiang Guozhu, who is afraid of the enemy!" When arguing with the envoy sent by Nanjing, Zhu Guozhi was roaring loudly in his heart. In fact, he had a killer weapon that he thought of after repeated thoughts, specifically used to deal with Deng Ming.

Seeing that he could not convince Zhu Guozhi to obey, the envoy from Nanjing said in embarrassment: "If it were the governor, he would definitely not obey the order."

"I will never run away when I see you!" Zhu Guozhi said firmly.

"Then the humble official had to return to Jiangning to report to the governor." The envoy said helplessly.

"Go quickly." Zhu Guozhi sneered, and felt secretly proud in his heart: "I knew it would be like this. What can you do to me, a little messenger?"

"It's just that the governor has some orders for the generals to receive orders and rush to their respective defense areas." The envoy told Zhu Guozhi that the defenders of Anqing must be dispersed. Jiang Guozhu had assigned tasks to the Qing army here. After leaving Anqing, they did not have to return to Nanjing, but went directly to the city that needed them to defend.

"It's outrageous!" Zhu Guozhi heard that Jiang Guozhu was going to transfer most of Anqing's garrison, and immediately jumped up in anger and roared at the envoy: "The thief has arrived in Anqing Mansion, how can he escape when he sees the thief without attacking him!"

"The thieves are coming in full force, and there is no naval army of our army on the Yangtze River. The governor must ensure the safety of Jiangning and Suzhou, and protect the canal transportation from being harassed by the thieves." Although the envoy who came did not have a high official position, he was the Biao camp officer of Jiang Guozhu. He was not afraid of the furious Zhu Guozhi, who said in a humble and arrogant manner: "If the governor disagrees with the governor's arrangement, he dares to ask the adult to write a letter. The humble official is willing to bring it back to Jiangning for the adults."

"No, no! If the governor transferred the troops away, how should I kill the thief?" The ten thousand Qing troops gathered in Anqing were the capital for Zhu Guozhi to make meritorious contributions. He must not let Jiang Guozhu transfer him away: "No one can leave Anqing."

"The governor's envoy clearly understands that these soldiers are officers and soldiers of the court. The governor needs them to protect the territory and the people, rather than Meng Lang attacking." The envoy made Zhu Guozhi hit a nail without being soft or hard, and then he gave up: "The governor's envoy's envoy's meaning is to bring his humble post back to Jiangning and report it to the governor's envoy."

After Jiang Guozhu's envoy left, he immediately began to go to the camps of various generals to convey the orders of the governor of Jiangning. Most of the Qing generals in Anqing were not Zhu Guozhi's confidants. After seeing the orders covered with the seal of the Governor of Liangjiang, he immediately expressed that he would follow the orders.

Since the envoy left the Anqing Prefectural Office, Zhu Guozhi sent people to follow him, and the envoy cared about it all, and went to various camps openly to convey orders, turning a blind eye to the tail sent by Zhu Guozhi.

"Okay, Jiang Guozhu, you're really bullying me too much! It's fine to force me to steal my credit, but you're even humiliating me like this!" After learning about the envoy's actions, Zhu Guozhi was even more angry and gritted his teeth and said, "You have not become the governor yet, so will you treat me like this. Will you still have a way out when you become the governor?"

After turning around in the yamen for a few circles, Zhu Guozhi sent servants to call a few familiar generals. These people soon rushed to the prefect's office. They were all close friends to Lang Tingzuo before. After Jiang Guozhu suppressed Lang Tingzuo's rebellion, he joined forces with Liang Huafeng to preside over the identification of the Liangjiang army. Although these generals did not have any evidence of collusion with the enemy (of course there would be no), Jiang Guozhu and Liang Huafeng also used this as an excuse to suppress them almost. Like Zhu Guozhi, these generals and subordinates were resentful to Jiang Ning and cursed Jiang Guozhu every day without any good death.

Now these people still have tens of thousands of troops under their command, and they are about two thousand armored.

After seeing these depressed and unsuccessful generals, Zhu Guozhi didn't talk nonsense and said bluntly: "You have heard of it. Jiang Guozhu wants to transfer the army back and will never give us a slight chance to make meritorious contributions."

These generals also heard about this, but they did not have much hope for meritorious service. After hearing Zhu Guozhi's words, the generals first showed some sadness and anger, but soon became desperate again and said helplessly: "What can we do?"

"Yes!" Zhu Guozhi yelled: "Of course we have a way!"

"What method?" After hearing Zhu Guozhi's words, the generals showed hopeful expressions on their faces: "The governor really has a way to make us a contribution?"

"Of course there is a way, but it depends on whether you are willing to be on the same side as me."

Zhu Guozhi immediately told everyone what he had just come up with. After he understood, the generals and Zu Renren's face turned pale and muttered in a low voice: "This is like a rebellion."

"It's not like this, it's rebellion. If we are defeated," Zhu Guozhi sneered: "But if we win, then the person who sits in the position of Governor of Liangjiang will be me. Not only are you not rebellion but also a great hero of the court, but your portraits will also be sent to the Great Inner for the Emperor to see."

When a Jiang Zuo heard this, his face was already a little eager to try, but the others still had no confidence: "Can we beat Deng Ming?"

As soon as the question arose, the Jiang Zuo, who seemed a little moved just now, suddenly became angry and hung his head down again.

"Of course we can fight, and you don't think about it. It's not a day or two that Jiang Guozhu has been guilty of you. Even if you want to be a turtle, do you think that Jiang will not pull your head out?" Zhu Guozhi said sarcastically. These generals and Zuo were originally full of fierce aura. With Zhu Guozhi's continuous sarcasm, this anger was gradually aroused.

"And Deng Ming was frustrated in Hanyang and suffered consecutive defeats in Jiujiang. Recently, even Jiujiang was taken back by General Dong. He couldn't even beat the canal boats, so how could he dare to return to Wuchang? Isn't this a dead end? How could you not beat such a stray dog?" Zhu Guozhi shouted in disgust: "You don't know the rewards on Deng Ming. Jiang Guozhu wants to snatch away the wealth of his descendants from you, can you bear it?"

Hearing this, a general finally couldn't help but jump up and shouted to Zhu Guozhi: "Mr. Governor, I'll hand you over these 180 kilograms. You can do whatever you say."

"Good man!" Zhu Guozhi exclaimed with a thumbs up.

"Even if Deng Ming is a stray dog, he should not be underestimated." Another general whispered. Although the reward was very tempting, even if he took the initiative to gamble with Zhu Guozhi, Deng Ming's reputation still put great pressure on them.

"I devoted myself to studying Deng Ming's tactics and found that he followed the examples of the former Ming Chengzu. Humph, even heroes like Ming Chengzu also suffered great defeats..." Zhu Guozhi did take great pains to study Deng Ming's tactics and read all the reports and memorials about Deng Ming, but he found a flaw: "Have you noticed that when Deng Ming was at the end of his journey, he often lured the enemy alone... Sheng Yong once used the tricks, and we can also use them once."

That night, Zhu Guozhi called Jiang Guozhu's envoy once and sincerely apologized to the other party, saying that he had changed his mind and was willing to obey the orders of governor Jiangning's transfer. Tomorrow, he would summon all the generals of Anqing to the yamen and ask the envoy to read the orders Jiang Guozhu had given to everyone in public.

"The governor is loyal to the country, and the governor will be very happy to learn it." Seeing that Zhu Guozhi gave in and gave in, the envoy certainly would not continue to press on, and quickly complimented politely.

The next day, after all the generals arrived, Jiang Guozhu's envoy bowed to Zhu Guozhi, and just waited for the other party to nod and walked forward to read the order.

Zhu Guozhi nodded indeed. The envoy no longer hesitated. He stepped forward, walked to Zhu Guozhi's side, and recited the first order loudly. Of course, this letter was for Zhu Guozhi. After Zhu Guozhi accepted the order, the envoy would read out the other ones--most people knew it, it was just a scene work.

After the order was read out, Zhu Guozhi did not act as the envoy expected to obey the order, but shook his head and said, "The thieves have already invaded Anqing Mansion, how can I abandon the city and the army?"

The envoy was stunned at first, and then anger rose from his lower abdomen. At this moment, he finally realized that Zhu Guozhi was deliberately trying to play against Jiang Guozhu in the crowd of people in the hall. However, the envoy was not afraid of this. After all, it was the beginning of the founding of the Qing army. Jiang Guozhu had the seal of the Governor of the Two Rivers in his hand, so his authority was not something that a governor could compete with.

"The governor's words are wrong. Deng Ming is coming in a fierce manner and threatens the grain transportation..." The envoy was about to refute as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhu Guozhi's expression changed and he shouted loudly: "You guy don't want to increase the ambition of the enemy and destroy your own prestige. Deng Ming is clearly desperate. He is the opportunity to capture him and offer him a good opportunity to capture him. Do you want me and the generals present to return to the mountain?"

"This is the governor..." Hearing that Zhu Guozhi had a vague intention of provoking Jiang Guozhu and Anqing generals, the messenger also showed an angry look on his face and retorted loudly.

"Stop it! I have repeatedly asked you to return to Jiangning to report the real situation here to the governor, and tell the governor that Deng Zhe is already scattered. I and the generals present are ready to capture Deng Zhe to relieve the worries of the Holy Emperor. But you are so arrogant and do not refuse to tell me anything. Could it be that there is any evil? "

"If it is the governor who is the governor who is..."

"Come on, take this guy down for me."

With Zhu Guozhi's order, several soldiers immediately rushed towards the guard of the Biaoying camp, grabbed him hard, and knelt on the ground.

"You bewitched the morale of the army and persuaded Shangguan to flee without fighting. Now there is still something to talk about?" Before the Biaoying Guardian replied, Zhu Guozhi hurriedly shouted: "Pull it out and beheaded!"

When Zhu Guozhi's personal soldiers presented the plate with bloody heads, most of the generals in the hall had changed their fear and knew that today's affairs would not be possible.

"Governor Jiang is far away in Jiangning. He didn't know that Deng's thieves were defeated repeatedly. He was already panicked and broke into Anqing to die. I and the generals had already set up a net of heaven and earth here, just waiting for Deng Ming to come to him. Therefore, I was very sincere and asked this guy to hurry back to Jiangning and report the true feelings here to Governor Jiang, so as not to delay the wealth of the generals." As he said that, Zhu Guozhi pointed at the head and said loudly: "It's a pity that this guy is dependent on his power, and just because he is too lazy to go for a longer trip, he insists on kicking the great achievements he has obtained from his brothers into the water. How can I tolerate him?"

Looking around the generals in the hall, Zhu Guozhi said slowly: "Although the general is away and the military orders are not accepted, I think it is better to let Governor Jiang understand the morale of Anqing here. Therefore, I plan to send a letter of request to Jiangning. I wonder who is willing to join forces with me?"

"I am willing!" As soon as Zhu Guozhi finished speaking, a general who had colluded with him took a step forward and shouted loudly.

Several generals who colluded with Zhu Guozhi came forward to show their loyalty. At this time, the other generals heard the sound of armor colliding from the yard, and a large number of fully armed Qing soldiers rushed into the yard.

Zhu Guozhi's words just now have moved many generals. Recently, one after another, Deng Ming has found frustrations. Since even the green camps in Jiangxi can make Deng Ming suffer late, these Jiangnan soldiers think that Deng Ming may be really in a hurry. After seeing soldiers appearing in the yard behind, the generals who were still hesitating no longer hesitated and expressed that they were willing to Zhu Guozhi jointly request the battle.

"Okay!" Zhu Guozhi laughed loudly, and asked someone to take out the letter of request for battle that had been prepared long ago. He picked up the pen and dipped it in thick ink. He signed his name below, and others one after another, signing his name under the leading governor Daming.

"The morale of the army is like this, why worry about not losing Deng's name?" Zhu Guozhi knew very well that he could not give the generals and the assistants the opportunity and time to repent, so he immediately announced that the entire army would leave the city and go to the riverside to camp, and prepare to face Deng Ming.

Zhu Guozhi thought that since Deng Ming was unable to deal with the navy in Jiangxi, even if he had a boat, it would definitely be mostly small boats. The number of boats means that the column was long, the communication was unchanged and easy to intercept. Moreover, under the repeated harassment of the Jiangxi Green Camp, most of the Ming troops had to abandon the boat and land, which was even easier.

Even if Deng Ming cannot be captured alive, this is the first time he took the initiative to attack. The significance of victory is enough to prevent the court from prosecuting Zhu Guozhi. After all, without his disobedience, there would be no such attack.

...

When Deng Ming discovered the Qing army who had left the city to camp, he once thought that this was the elite of Jiangnan and that the rebuilt Susong Navy would follow him.

However, Deng Ming searched for a long time but couldn't find the Susong Navy, and he couldn't help but wonder: "If Susong Navy was not here, how could they stop us with the army alone? This is definitely not the main force of the Jiangnan Green Camp. The main force does not have the principle of not cooperating closely with the navy."

Although the Qing army opposite was more than 20,000, nearly 30,000, there were many banners. It seemed that Jiang Guozhu's governor Biaoying and Liang Huafeng's personal guards were not among them.

"A governor, although there are about 10,000 armored soldiers, many of them are local troops. From the banner, they can tell that it is not a strong army. How dare they fight with our army?" The more military information they learned, the more confused Deng Ming was. Although there were no elite numbers of Jiangnan among the Qing army, Deng Ming knew that 10,000 armored soldiers were not a small number for Nanjing, and the number of unarmed soldiers was as high as 30,000: "What is Jiang Guozhu thinking? If he lost so many troops, then what kind of troops would he use to defend me? Is he so confident in the newly built navy?"

In Deng Ming's view, the Qing army undoubtedly made serious mistakes. If this enemy army had elite troops as the core and the cooperation of the navy, it could still pose a significant threat to Deng Ming. However, now the Qing army is disconnected from land and land, and the elite troops are missing, which obviously gives the Ming army the opportunity to severely damage this Qing army.

Since he was given the opportunity, he had to seize it so that the Qing generals would not wake up and make up for this mistake. Deng Ming immediately ordered the entire army to land, set up camps opposite the Qing army, and prepare to fight the Qing army as soon as possible.

After conducting many reconnaissances of the Qing army, Deng Ming was very convinced that the other party's equipment from the training track was far inferior to his own, and the average level was not much stronger than Dong Weiguo's troops in Jiujiang. Like all the commanders who felt confident in winning, Deng Ming immediately thought of how to reduce casualties.

"I plan to seduce the enemy with my own heart." Since following the army to attack Huguang last year, Deng Ming has never done anything to seduce the enemy, and he does not intend to continue. However, this time, this time he suddenly had such an idea, and it was fierce and unstoppable.

This plan was naturally opposed by his subordinates. Although they heard Deng Ming say that Zhu Di used this trick repeatedly, it was always when Zhu Di was at a disadvantage without exception. Now the Qing army soldiers opposite the Ming army were as good as the Ming army, and their weapons and equipment were far inferior. Without the cooperation of the navy, the training intensity would probably not be comparable to that of the Ming army. They really couldn't see the necessity of Deng Ming taking risks and giving up his responsibilities as a commander.
To be continued...