Before dawn, the Qing officials in Zhenjiang City were woken up by the soldiers.

At about four o'clock in the morning, the head of the General of the Southern Expedition was brightly lit, and more than a dozen Manchu and Han generals and officials rushed to the festival.

At this moment, everyone had an unknown premonition in their hearts. They guessed that something big should have happened and whispered in the side hall.

Liu Liangzuo asked, "The prince summoned us to come. What big thing happened?"

"Isn't Zhao Zamao doing something again?" Someone asked in confusion.

Everyone talked, and the general Han Dai looked at Li Benshen and said, "General Li, I heard that it was Ma Guanghui who ran back from Zhejiang. You are on duty tonight, do you know what's going on?"

"What are Ma Guanghui running back from Zhejiang?" After hearing Han Dai's words, the Qing generals around him were immediately furious.

Seeing everyone turning their eyes to him, Li Benshen shook his head, "At the fourth update, Ma Junmen arrived at Zhenjiang South Gate, and I was the one who hung him up to the city. However, he only said that the military situation was urgent and did not explain what happened, so he went directly to the headquarters. I didn't know what happened!"

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and everyone was speculating about what happened in Zhejiang, and it wasn't that the war was not going well.

The governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Zhang Cunren, had 50,000 troops, and Hangzhou was operated by the Qing army for more than five years. It can be said that the army is good and the food is enough. What can happen?

Just as everyone was confused, a guard shouted loudly: "The prince is here!"

The many Qing generals and officials in the hall quickly swayed their horse's hooves and slapped them twice, and knelt on one knee: "Welcome Prince Xun and General Nan to the End."

Mandahai walked into the lobby quickly, and there was someone following behind him. It was Ma Guanghui, who was filled with old fists by Mandahai.

Mandahai walked to the handsome seat and sat down, looking a little worried. He waved his hand without laziness, "All up!"

"Thank you, Prince!" Many Qing generals stood up, and someone quietly looked up at Mandahai. Seeing that he looked bad and had a heavy expression, he was secretly surprised when he saw Ma Guanghui who was beaten like a pig's head. Could it be that the war in Zhejiang was really unfavorable?

Just as everyone was thinking about it, Mandahai gritted his teeth and said, "I called you here because I received Ma Guanghui's report. Just a few days ago, on the evening of the fifteenth, Zhu Yihai captured Hangzhou!"

"How is this possible? Could it be that Zhang Cunren did not obey the prince's orders and went to fight by himself?" Han Dai exclaimed.

Many Qing army generals were also shocked, and their first reaction was that they did not believe that Hangzhou would be occupied by the Ming army.

After all, a 50,000-man city is not so easy to fall if it is not siege for a few months with 200,000 or 300,000 people. This is possible unless Zhang Cunren is confused, abandons the city, and goes out to fight the Ming army in a formation.

In the Chu-Han dispute, Peng Yue raided Xiang Yu's rear. Xiang Yu was furious and prepared to go to wipe out himself, leaving Grand Marshal Cao Ju to guard Chenggao, and warned him not to fight. He only had to defend for fifteen days, and the army would definitely defeat Peng Yue and return to the rescue.

But unexpectedly, after Xiang Yu left, Liu Bang's army came to challenge him. Cao Ju was furious and refused to listen to Xiang Yu's orders and led troops to cross the Sishui River. Liu Bang's army took the opportunity to launch an attack and defeated Cao Jiu's army, causing Xiang Yu to fall into a dilemma.

The current situation is somewhat similar to the battle in Chenggao. What everyone can think of is Zhang Cunren going to fight and was defeated by the Ming army. Otherwise, how could he conquer Hangzhou with Zhu Yihai's three melons and two dates?

"It's not Zhang Cunren going to fight!" Mandahai shook his head. He was really in a bad mood and explained to everyone. So he looked at Ma Guanghui angrily and said angrily: "Let me tell everyone what's going on!"

Ma Guanghui was touching his swollen cheeks. Wen Yu hurriedly explained, flooding the Ming army's city, and then conquering Hangzhou on a raft and ship, and said it again.

Of course, during the explanation, Ma Guanghui properly handled himself, emphasizing that he fought to the death, and finally saw the general trend, he broke through the siege and traveled thousands of miles to send a poster to Manda.

After hearing this, everyone was in an uproar. The generals looked at each other and all looked extremely shocked.

The Ming army captured Hangzhou, and the entire Qing army was destroyed, and it did not cause any losses to the Ming army. If more than 100,000 Ming troops took advantage of the situation and rushed into the south of the Yangtze River, wouldn’t the southeast half of the wall change?

If the Ming army attacked Hangzhou and captured the city, the Ming army would have suffered heavy casualties and would definitely be unable to invade Jiangnan again.

Now the Ming army uses water instead of soldiers, and without paying much, they conquered Hangzhou. Will they take the opportunity to attack Jiangnan and fight to Jiangning?

"Prince, if this is true, there will be a crisis in Jiangnan!" Han Dai shouted.

Mandahai said annoyedly: "I don't know that Jiangnan is in danger! Is this king recruiting you so early to listen to you scare me?"

Han Dai hurriedly lowered his head, and everyone in the hall exclaimed silently immediately. For a moment, the needle could be heard.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became silent. Mandahai's cheeks were suffocating. Seeing that no one spoke again, he was angry and could not fight. He could only say, "I summon you to wait for me because I want to hear what countermeasures do you have to help me and the Qing Dynasty overcome difficulties."

In the lobby, the generals were silent for a moment before the conversation gradually appeared.

The news of the fall of Hangzhou was too shocked. Everyone was confused just now, and it was blank like lightning strikes. Now they are gradually coming back to their senses.

Han Dai was Manchu, and everyone present was the most anxious, Mandahai was the one who could rank second, and Ma Guanghui could rank third.

Han Dai said: "Prince, for the sake of the present, the first is to quickly deploy defenses and prevent the thieves from taking advantage of the situation to attack Jiangnan. The second is to quickly generalize the situation and report to the court to make a decision."

Ma Guanghui said: "Prince, after the slave escaped from Hangzhou, the thief pursued the troops and soldiers kept chasing each other. Now his vanguard should have arrived in Huzhou!"

Mandahai quickly stood up, walked to the map beside him, stared at it for a moment, and then said with a gloomy face: "Huzhou is located in the north of Hangzhou, the gateway to central Zhejiang and the important road from Zhejiang to Jiangning. If Zhu Yihai takes Huzhou, then Zhao Zamao will definitely take Wujin, so Su Song will be over, and Jiangning will have no peace again!"

After saying that, Mandahai's face was gloomy and he paced back and forth in the lobby without seeing the following.

The generals of the Qing Dynasty saw that his face was as deep as water, but they couldn't guess what he was thinking. Only Han Dai stepped forward and plucked up his courage and said, "Prince, Zhejiang is in danger and Jiangnan is in danger. Such a big thing is unsustainable."

Hangzhou was trapped, Zhejiang was occupied by the Ming army, and 50,000 Qing soldiers were wiped out by the Ming army.

The news reached Beijing, and Mandahai could imagine that Dorgon's anger was also known that he would inevitably be punished.

Mandahai originally thought to rely on his own troops to solve the current crisis, turn the situation around, and report to the Qing court after defeating the Ming army. However, now Mandahai has only 130,000 troops, and the Ming army should have increased to about 150,000 troops.

Mandahai looked at the map and knew that he could not solve the current problem, which made him very painful.

Previously, he was defeated by Zhao Zamao in Shandong and was idle in the capital for a while. This time Dorgon gave him a chance to guard Jiangnan again. He knew what the consequences would be if this beating was reported.

At this time, Mandahai listened to Han Dai's words and his mind was broken. His face was gloomy and gloomy. After a long silence, he could only nod in pain, "Li Benshen, your troops will immediately enter Wujin. Han will lead troops to reinforce Huzhou on your behalf. Then, I will ask someone to report to the capital quickly and ask the court to send troops to help!"
Chapter completed!