Chapter 524 The Manchu Crisis
Qian Qianyi's words shocked Zhao Ming.
Dorgon fell to his death, and this news surprised him a little.
Although Door got out of his way in history, he died from hunting and falling to death, but his trajectory has changed a long time ago. Unexpectedly, Door got out of this way.
This matter seems to be a coincidence. Could it be that there is something inevitable?
Zhao Ming regarded Doergun as one of his main opponents. Now that the outcome of the Ming and Qing dynasties has not yet been decided, his opponent suddenly died, which makes Zhao Ming a little uncomfortable.
He always felt that Doer should die in his hands, and even needed to kill this thief with his own hands to relieve his hatred, but he didn't want Doer to disappear like this.
Over the years, Zhao Ming has become accustomed to going against Doer. Now the Qing Dynasty wants to substitute the players in the midfield and replace him with a strange opponent, which makes Zhao Ming a little uncomfortable and can't figure out the details of the Qing Dynasty.
The cause of Doer's death in history is somewhat doubtful, maybe it was death from the internal struggle of the Qing Dynasty. Now when Zhao Ming heard this news, he was also suspicious and couldn't help asking: "What's going on? Is Doer's death an accident or an internal struggle of the Qing Dynasty?"
After the Korqin Mongolian cavalry captured Shenyang, Zhao Ming led more than 100,000 coalition forces to withdraw from the Liaohe Plain due to insufficient food and supplies, and part of the army retreated to North Korea and the other part retreated to the Liaodong Peninsula.
At this time, the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to attack North Korea and Liaodong rashly, and Zhao Ming consumed huge supplies and had no strength to continue fighting. Therefore, after leaving Xie Qian, Yu Guowang and other generals, Zhao Ming led Tang Tong and other surrendered generals to cross the sea from Korea to Jiangdong.
Therefore, Zhao Ming was not clear about Doer's death and had no news.
Huang Zongxi immediately said: "Prime Minister, I think this is not an accident, but a struggle within Jiannu!"
Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows and said, "How can I see it?"
Huang Zongxi said in a deep voice: "Because Luke Dehun of Jiangxi suddenly withdrew his troops north!"
Zhao Ming was a little confused, and Qian Qianyi immediately explained: "Lekdehun is the grandson of Daishan and a member of the two red flags. He suddenly withdrew his troops north. Not long after, news came from the north that Doer fell off his horse and died. This Luekdehun obviously got the news in advance, so he withdrew his troops north to fight for power in advance. Therefore, this must be an internal conflict between the Qing Dynasty."
Zhao Ming nodded slightly and asked, "Is the imperial court's victory in Chu and Ganzhou related to the withdrawal of Luke Dehun's troops?"
"Prime Minister wise!" Huang Zongxi said: "After Luke Dehun went north from Nanchang, he handed over Jiangxi defense to the Qing Dynasty's Jiangxi Admiral Jin Shenghuan. However, Jin Shenghuan only resisted a little and surrendered to the King of Tang and Zheng Chenggong, who was at the city of Nanchang."
Jin Shenghuan turned out to be Zuo Liangyu's general. He surrendered to the Qing Dynasty with Zuo Menggeng. After that, he worked hard for the Qing Dynasty and conquered most of Jiangxi with his own strength.
When Zhao Ming heard that Jin Shenghuan had been, he knew that Man Qing’s layout in Chu Gan was probably completely destroyed.
In history, Jin Shenghuan was in Nanchang anyway, causing great trouble to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing army mobilized elite troops and besieged for more than half a year before pacifying Jin Shenghuan.
Now, the power of the Ming Dynasty is far stronger than in history. When Jin Shenghuan suddenly surrendered, the Qing Dynasty's defense in Jiangxi was completely destroyed.
Huang Zongxi continued: "Lekdehun withdrew, Jin Shenghuan surrendered, Jiangxi was restored by the court. Shang Kexi, who was in the Huangzhou area of Jiujiang, saw that something was wrong, retreated to the north of the Yangtze River. King Tang and Zheng Chenggong used Jin Shenghuan as their vanguard, went up the river, went down to Jiujiang, took Huangzhou, and met with the imperial army at the city of Wuchang. Now the court's 200,000 to 300,000 troops besieged Wuchang and attacked desperately. Kong Youde was trapped in the city, and it was impossible to break through. The imperial court's recovery of Chu and Gan was a foregone conclusion. This time, the imperial court was able to quickly open up the situation in Chu and Gan because of the chain reaction caused by the return of Lukedehun to the north."
When Zhao Ming heard him say this, he understood the whole story.
The Qing Dynasty spoke out infighting, and the Doer Gross faction secretly mobilized troops to return north to counter the two white flags in Beijing. Luke Dehun withdrew the troops, which triggered the Jin Shenghuan anyway, which made the Longwu court suddenly open up the situation in Chu and Gan.
Zhao Ming said: "In Wuchang City, Kong Youde's troops were at most 40,000. Now they are besieged by Huguang and Jiangxi, and the only reinforcements are still standing in love with the river and fleeing north. So sooner or later, Wuchang will be taken down by the court. At that time, the emperor and the court will surely be powerful!"
"The Prime Minister is right! When the prince saw the court's general going to Wuchang, he was worried that after the court would restore Chu and Gan, he immediately took the lead and sought Jinling. Therefore, he wanted to seize the merit of restoring Nandu before the court sent troops!" Qian Qianyi said in a deep voice.
Huang Zongxi said: "Your Majesty appointed His Highness King of Lu as the national crown prince. One reason was that His Majesty was controlled by Zheng Zhilong and his status was unstable. The overall situation of resisting the Qing Dynasty was difficult, so he appointed His Highness King of Lu as the national crown prince in order to unite the Tang and Lu factions and fight against the Qing army together. Now, Your Majesty has got rid of Zheng Zhilong, and the court has gained a foothold in Huguang. His Majesty is becoming more prestige. In addition, the emperor's eldest son was born, and the court has a voice to abolish the national crown prince and establish a new crown prince. This made the crown prince a little uneasy, so he wanted to take advantage of the internal struggle of the Qing Dynasty, and the court was still besieging Wuchang to restore Nanjing in advance. In this way, the state crown prince has the merit of restoring the Nandu, and the status is unshakable."
After hearing the two of them, Zhao Ming basically understood the current situation.
Zhao Ming thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "After our Zhejiang Group recovered Zhejiang, the troops have been resting for more than two years. It is indeed a rare opportunity for the crown prince to recover Nanjing at this time."
Although Zhao Ming has been fighting in the past two years, most of the main forces of the Zhejiang Group, including Donghai Town, are actually raising their strength.
Now that the Qing Dynasty is in conflict, Door falls off his horse and dies, the Qing court will inevitably reshuffle, and its energy is restrained in the reallocation of power, and there is no time to take care of the south. This is indeed an excellent opportunity for the Ming army to launch a large-scale counterattack.
Now that the imperial court is besieging Wuchang, if the Zhejiang faction takes this opportunity to recover Nanjing and annihilate the main force of the Qing Dynasty in Chu, Jiangxi and Jiangnan, the Qing Dynasty will be not far from collapse.
Therefore, although Zhao Ming had just retreated from the battlefield outside the pass, as long as Zhu Yihai wanted to take this opportunity to launch the battle to liberation of Jinling, Zhao Ming would definitely support it.
Zhao Ming looked at the two and asked, "During the time when I was not in Jiangdong, the training of the Shence Army and the reserve of the vassal states, can we fight a big battle?"
Qian Qianyi obviously supported the Zhejiang Army to launch the battle to recover Jinling. "Prime Minister Don't worry, the new army has been trained for two years, and it is enough to use it. The guns and cannons cast by Huaxing Company are enough to launch a war!"
Zhao Ming nodded and said seriously: "Since that's the case, then I will go to Hangzhou and discuss with the crown prince, and take advantage of the civil strife of the Qing Dynasty to kill them! Humph, Doer is gone to death. I want to see how the Qing Dynasty resolves the current crisis!"
Chapter completed!