In the Battle of Baling, the Ming army wiped out all the elite Qing army.

What is even more commendable is that Duke Lin Guo Li Laiheng led the Ming army's navy to destroy the Qing army's naval camp in Dongting Lake.

In this battle, except for Zhou Peigong fleeing with a little confidant, the result was perfect for the Ming army.

Zhu Youlang's goals have been achieved. Not only did he win the Wuchang portal, but he also perfectly realized the tactic of coffin bombing.

In the future, the coffin bombing city can be used as a regular tactic and can be used at all times.

What the Ming army now has to do is to go north along the river and attack Wuchang directly.

From Baling to Wuchang, there are some small passes along the route. Zhu Youlang felt that there would be no problem with the current combat power of the Ming army.

It's just that the weather is getting colder.

Zhu Youlang originally wanted to win Wuchang before the beginning of winter. But now it seems that it is difficult.

Anyway, Wuchang is the center of the entire Huguang, and the Qing army must have accumulated a lot of troops here.

Zhu Youlang is ready for a fierce battle.

After a short rest in Baling, Zhu Youlang prepared to set off for Wuchang.

"Your Majesty, I have received an urgent report that the Prince of Yanping has revived Nanjing!"

"What?"

Zhu Youlang was so surprised that he was extremely surprised when he heard this news.

Did Zheng Chenggong liberation of Nanjing?

Although he ordered Zheng Chenggong to cooperate with the Ming army in the Eastern Expedition, he never thought that Zheng Chenggong could conquer Nanjing in one fell swoop.

It can only be said that the Qing army took it lightly. After defending it once, he believed that Zheng Chenggong would not attack again in a short time.

It was precisely because of the Qing army's mentality that Zheng Chenggong was able to easily take over Nanjing.

In fact, the significance of restoring Nanjing is more political, and the Ming army can make more public opinion.

As for how much development can be achieved with this as a base, it depends on Zheng Chenggong's ability.

No matter what, this is a great joy. As a great hero in restoring Nanjing, Zhu Youlang must be rewarded.

After thinking about it, the only one he could take was the title.

In fact, the title of the Southern Ming Dynasty began in the Yongli Dynasty. Before that, the title of the Duke of the State was still very precious.

But since Yongli has overestimated the title, Dukes have traveled everywhere, and the count is not as good as dogs.

Even the king's lord is in a mess.

The original generals of the Daxi Army alone were granted many county princes, including King Yizi, King Sun Kewang, King Jin, Li Dingguo, and King Shu Liu Wenxiu.

So much so that Zheng Chenggong, who was named Prince of Yanping, narrowed them.

This time, Zheng Chenggong can only be named Prince Yizi.

"This is really God helping me. I will issue an order to grant Yanping County Prince a title of King Zhong, and it will be hereditary!

Zheng Chenggong's move completely revitalized a pool of stagnant water in Jiangnan.

This even made Zhu Youlang have the idea of ​​joining the East and West to take over Nanzhili.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Zhu Youlang can successfully win Wuchang.

You can't eat a fat man in one bite, and you still need to proceed step by step.

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Guizhou, Guiyang Prefecture.

Shortly after Oboi led his troops to leave, Hong Chengchou "invited" Wu Sangui back.

In fact, Hong Chengchou did not expect Wu Sangui to come back.

After all, he was so dirty when he left.

Anyone with a little shameless face will not come back, but Wu Sangui is shameless and actually comes back!

Hong Chengchou could only use his plan and set up a banquet to welcome Wu Sangui.

"Haha, General Pingxi can return to Guiyang without any grudges, I am very comforted."

Hong Chengchou personally poured a glass of wine for Wu Sangui and handed it to him.

"Before, General Pingxi and I had a little unhappy relationship because of Lord Ao. But now everything has passed. Lord Ao led his troops north to reinforce Huguang. General Pingxi can stay in Guiyang peacefully."

Wu Sangui sneered in his heart, and he thought to himself, who didn't know that you, the old dog, was hindering from it, and he pretended to be innocent here. I really want to vomit!

The reason why he returned to Guiyang was certainly not because he thought about his old love with Hong Chengchou, but wanted to knock Hong Chengchou hard.

He already knew the news that the Ming army was expeditioning to Huguang in the east. It is not difficult to see from Oboi's hurrying north that the Ming army was coming out this time.

Wu Sangui smelled the opportunity.

If he attacks Yunnan at this time, wouldn’t it be like taking a picture from a bag?

Can he not beat Li Dingguo, and can he still beat Mu Tianbo?

During these days in Anlong, Wu Sangui has been raising his energy and waiting for the opportunity.

He watched coldly just to find a suitable opportunity to take action.

When Emperor Shunzhi agreed to reward Yunnan as a fief to Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui would be willing to send troops.

Who would have thought that there would be so many changes along the way that Yunnan would not be able to take it down for a while?

But Wu Sangui has always been drooling in Yunnan. Now there is such a good opportunity, how could he let it go?

"Jiang Luan said this badly. This time, I came here not to stay in Guiyang Prefecture for a long time, but to attack Yunnan."

Wu Sangui thought it would be meaningless to hide it, it would be better to go straight to the point.

"Attack Yunnan?"

Hong Chengchou was a little surprised.

Wu Sangui is going to attack Yunnan? The last time he lost so badly, did he forget so quickly?

It's really healing and forgetting to hurt.

"General Pingxi isn't he kidding?"

"Jingluo Hong, how could I be kidding? At this moment, the Ming thieves came out in full swing, and the rear must be very empty. If I lead my troops to attack, I should be able to take Yunnan without bloodshed."

Wu Sangui is very smart. He estimated that the entire Yunnan now has a maximum of 20,000 to 30,000 troops.

And his elite troops were 60,000 to 70,000, and the Ming army could be crushed to death by just relying on the number of people.

By then, he would take Yunnan and not only have a good face in the Qing court, but he would also be able to obtain the fiefdom with justification.

Wu Sangui had already thought about it. Once he took the fief, he would listen to the seal and not listen to the command. He stayed honestly in Yunnan and went anywhere.

He did not care about the war between the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"In this case, General Pingxi has to prepare a little too much. Before the army moves, food and grass will go first. Can General Pingxi prepare the food and grass?"

Facing Hong Chengchou's questioning, Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Don't you have to bother Hong Jinglei? Who doesn't know that Guiyang is the grain storage place in the entire Guizhou. I came here this time to ask Hong Jinglei for some grain and grass."

Hong Chengchou thought to himself that Wu Sangui's face is really thicker than the city wall. He said this kind of thing and his face is not blushing or beating.

If you say that Guiyang Prefecture does store a lot of food, they were all transported from Huguang that year.

However, after years of war, the reserved grain was consumed quickly. Oboi went north and took away another batch. Now there is not much left in Guiyang Prefecture.

Don’t say that Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui are not very good at dealing with each other.

Even if Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui have a good personal relationship, he has to think carefully about whether to provide military rations to Wu Sangui.

Under the current circumstances, Hong Chengchou said that he would not provide Wu Sangui with food.

"That's probably going to disappoint General Pingxi. Now there is no food reserve in the city."

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Chapter completed!