Just when Dorgon was organizing a large army south in Beijing, He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, who was far away in Changsha Prefecture in Huguang, breathed a sigh of relief because the Qing army, who had been chasing him for more than half a year, retreated.

Last year, the Qing army occupied Jiangxi under the leadership of Tan Tai, the general of the Southern Expedition, and in March of the first year of Shenwu, the Qing army took Wuchang from Jiujiang along the river. This world-class city lasted for less than three days under the protection of Huguang Governor He Tengjiao and General Wang Jincai. After the Qing Dynasty occupied Wuchang, it used this as a base to start capturing the surrounding prefectures and counties.

He Tengjiao led the 200,000 Dashun Army who surrendered to him to fight and retreat, and entered the important town of Huguang and Changsha in June.

Tan Tai led 100,000 Manchu and Han Eight Banners to Changsha in June, saying that he had reached it. In fact, the few prefectures north of Changsha did not last long, and Tan Tai's army was basically unobstructed.

He Tengjiao had no choice. He saw that there were many troops under his command. Li Zicheng's general Li Jin brought more than 200,000 people, and Wang Jincai had more than 100,000 people. But He Tengjiao knew very well that his number was large, and most of them were newly recruited farmers. If you want to say that Li Zicheng's old subordinates were pretty good, but they had been beaten into frightened birds by the Qing Dynasty. It would be good to see that the Qing Dynasty's flag did not run away.

Tan Tai arrived in Changsha and began to attack the city. He Tengjiao relied on the large number of people and was not bad at the first few days, but the troops began to show unstable tendencies on the third day. He Tengjiao used various methods and finally managed to suppress it.

It was when He Tengjiao could not hold on. On July 20th, He Tengjiao was woken up by General Wang Jincai early in the morning.

"Governor General, go out and have a look. The Qing army has retreated!"

He Tengjiao was stunned. He had been lying on the city tower for half a month with his clothes. After hearing Wang Jin say this, he quickly got up and went out to see the details.

The situation outside the city was indeed as Wang Jincai said. The continuous barracks outside the city were missing overnight. Seeing that the Qing army was more than ten miles away in the distance, it seemed that they had retreated. At this time, many soldiers on the city wall saw the Qing army retreating and cheered.

He Tengjiao also sighed. He could hold on for at most two days. Unexpectedly, the Qing army withdrew when the city was broken. God really helped me. However, He Tengjiao was afraid that this was the Qing army's trick, so he quickly ordered Wang Jincai to send a scout to follow the Qing army behind to see what they were going to do.

At this time, news of the Qing army's withdrawal reached the city, and Hunan Governor Yin Duxi and other civil officials ran up to the city tower.

Yin Duxi saw He Tengjiao here and quickly came up and asked: "Governor General, have the Qing army retreated?"

He Tengjiao looked back and saw that Yin Duxi had come and said, "Zhongjian, it seems that he has retreated, but I don't know if it was the Qing army's trick!"

Regardless of whether it was a trick or not, it would be a good thing for the Qing army to retreat. He Tengjiao quickly ordered Wang Jincai and other generals to strengthen the city defense, and the governor Yin Duxi and others to prepare for the city defense supplies to prepare for the Qing army to return again.

However, the next day, the scout came to news that the Qing army had already crossed the Boluo River and rushed towards Yueyang.

After receiving the news, He Tengjiao was very puzzled. What was the Qing army doing? Is there something happening in the north? It would be impossible for the entire army to retreat when Changsha was about to be destroyed.

Governor Yin Duxi was also puzzled and said, "Governor General, is there any chaos behind the Qing Dynasty that they need to solve?"

"I don't know that General Wang has sent scouts, and news should be heard in a few days."

Yin Duxi thought for a while and asked, "Sir, do you see if you can Guangdong..."

He heard Yin Du Xi say this, He Tengjiao slowly shook his head. He knew that the King of Chu in Guangdong had an army in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, but Ganzhou was separated from Changsha by many mountains and could not come at all. What's more, the King of Chu and His Majesty the Emperor were not in harmony. I heard that there was a conflict in Guangxi last year, so it was unlikely that the army would be sent to help him.

What's more, He Tengjiao was the governor of Huguang and spent many years in Wuchang. He still had heard of the hooligan King Zhu Hongsan. This guy is young and ruthless, and he is definitely a capricious villain. It would be good if he didn't come up to take advantage of him if he didn't come up to take advantage of him. How could he send troops to help him?

"Zhongyan, don't guess, the news will be transmitted in a few days."

He Tengjiao was right, and after ten days, the news came indeed. Tan Tai led the Qing army to retreat to Wuchang in one breath and gave up a large area of ​​land. The news of the Qing Dynasty retreating troops also spread to Changsha. It turned out that it was the Emperor Shenwu who raised the army and surrendered to Guangdong by Jin Shenghuan, Jiangxi and Li Chengdong from Fujian.

This news made He Tengjiao stunned for a long time before he realized it. Unexpectedly, the weakest Guangdong Shenwu court, who had been the weakest before, became a major force that was comparable to His Majesty Yongli in one fell swoop. Even if Jin Shenghuan and Li Chengdong didn't have many troops, they should still have more than 200,000. He Tengjiao came from Donglin and knew that Donglin's boss Qian Qianyi was in Guangdong. Jin Shenghuan had been unaware of the Donglin party members before. This time, it should be Qian Qianyi's credit.

He Tengjiao thought of Qian Qianyi writing a letter to him a year ago, asking him to lead the army to surrender to Emperor Shenwu. At that time, he declined on the grounds that the blood of Shenwu was remote. Unexpectedly, Qian Qianyi made such a big noise now.

Yin Duxi, who was beside him, looked at He Tengjiao and pondered: "Sir, now that the Qing army has retreated to Wuchang, should we send troops to occupy the lost territory again?"

He Tengjiao knew what Yin Duxi had planned. Although the Yongli court lived in Guangxi in a side area, the struggle in the court was not inferior to the Shenwu court in Guangdong. It was Yin Duxi who strongly supported the acceptance of Li Zicheng's remaining troops, which gave Emperor Yongli a large number of officers and soldiers with practical experience. Yin Duxi was also promoted to the governor of Hunan. This made Lu Daqi, Qu Shixi, and He Tengjiao, who were born in the Middle East of the court, very unhappy. Now he heard Yin Duxi say that Li Zicheng's people still wanted to accept the lost land. How could this be possible?

"Mr. Yin, what you said makes sense. I will send Zhou Daqi to recover the lost territory!" Zhou Daqi was He Tengjiao's old subordinate, and he was considered a confidant. It would be better to let him go than to expand the strength of Li Zicheng's remaining subordinates.

At the same time, He Tengjiao did not dare to delay and quickly reported the news to the Emperor Yongli who was still in Guilin with a fast horse. Of course, the retreating soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were also said to have been defeated by his generals, leaving countless dead bodies and fleeing in a panic.

Emperor Yongli's current situation is far better than in history. In history, he should have been to Yunnan. Guangxi was occupied by Li Chengdong, and Huguang was even occupied by Kong Youde. Now because Emperor Shenwu was led by Guangdong, this side is still stable. Yongli just needs to pay attention to the Huguang battlefield in the north.

Now good news comes from Huguang. He Tengjiao defeated the Qing army in Changsha. He defeated Tan Tai, who lost his armor and poured out thousands of miles. He ran to Wuchang to rely on the Yangtze River natural barrier to defend. Huguang's territory was recovered. How could it not make Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang excited? In fact, Zhu Youlang is similar to Emperor Hongguang Zhu Yousong, and neither of them are talented. If these two men became emperors in a peaceful era, Zhu Yousong would be the second Longqing. Because Zhu Youlang is stronger than him, he is just the second Zhu Youling.

Now that he heard that his safety was guaranteed, Zhu Youlang was overjoyed and said to his turf team: "Mr. Ding, what do you think about this?"

Zhu Youlang's chief minister was Ding Kuichu, and his members included Lv Daqi, Qu Shizi, He Tengjiao, etc. However, Ding Kuichu was not the Donglin Party. He was very unhappy when he saw the Donglin Party member He Tengjiao made contributions. Now he heard the emperor ask him and quickly come out to answer.

"Your Majesty, the military situation on the front line is unknown. Governor He was beaten by the Qing army within half a year and lost several houses. Now he suddenly said that he had defeated the Qing army. I really can't believe it!"

Lu Daqi and Qu Shisi are both Donglin Party members, and Qu Shisi is even a student of Qian Qianyi. Now, hearing Ding Kuichu's contribution to slandering his own people, how can this be done? Come forward and why Tengjiao tells the difference.

"Your Majesty, there is indeed a military newspaper in front of you. It has been confirmed that what Governor He said is the truth. The lost several palaces half a year ago should be Lord He who lured the enemy into the deep!"

When Ding Kuichu heard Qu Shisi say this, he sneered: "What a lure of the enemy into the depths. It's even more called lure of the enemy into the depths after losing a thousand miles of land. How could it be better not to lure the enemy into Guilin!"

Lu Daqi heard what Ding Kuichu said was shameless. This was to turn He Tengjiao's credit into guilt. How could this work?

Lv Daqi stood up and said, "Mr. Ding, no matter what, Lord He defeated the Qing army, it is true that the Qing army retreated to Wuchang!"

This is true. Ding Kuichu was speechless by Lu Daqi. Zhu Youlang above said that it was not a solution. If Ding Kuichu said that, who would still work in the future, so He Tengjiao must be rewarded.

"Sir, I should reward Huguang as much as I win this time!"

Seeing that things could not be stopped, Ding Kuichu quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Henan Governor Yin Duxi also praised the achievements of painting, is it a reward?"

In fact, Ding Kuichu and Yin Duxi have an average relationship, but their enemies are all Donglin Party, and the enemy is a friend. In order to make things difficult for He Tengjiao, Ding Kuichu introduced Yin Duxi and the Donglin Party to fight against Taiwan.

If you have any credit, you will be rewarded. Zhu Youlang quickly nodded and agreed.

Seeing that Ding Kuichu had the upper hand, Lu Daqi stood up and said, "Your Majesty, now the rest of Li Zicheng has made contributions under the leadership of He Tengjiao. Can the Ministry of Li Ding, the Ministry of State of Yunnan and Guizhou be subdued?"

Sun Kewang's messenger stayed in Guilin for almost half a year, but he never reached a consensus with the court, mainly because he was stuck on the reward for Sun Kewang. Sun Kewang hoped to be the king, but how could Emperor Yongli agree to such conditions? Even in history, Yongli was chased by Li Chengdong and he didn't agree to Sun Kewang, so it was even more impossible to agree to this time.
Chapter completed!