Zhao Ming returned to Guangzhou and immediately summoned many staff members to discuss.

In the hall, Zhao Ming explained the situation, the strategists and the soldiers were talking about it.

Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Li Chengdong surrendered to the Longwu court, and Ajige attacked Jiangbei, and the Jianwu court could no longer support it. If the situation was allowed to develop, at least several months or as many as half a year, Jianwu would inevitably be destroyed. Furthermore, now Wu Sangui replaced the Western Qing Dynasty and ruled Sichuan, Guanlong and Hedong, and he must be ready to move!"

If the situation changes too quickly today, even Zhao Ming can't see through and understand clearly.

Everyone couldn't help but nodded, and Zhang Jiayu said, "If Jianwu is destroyed, it will be extremely unfavorable to Your Highness. I agree and return to the army immediately!"

If Zhu Yihai collapsed, Zhu Youjian would definitely be very powerful, and Zhao Ming's cards would not be able to play out.

Therefore, Zhao Ming has decided to return to Jiangnan as soon as possible.

In fact, Zhao Ming had long anticipated this situation, so he used the silver bullet attack to quickly recruit Guangxi and establish a buffer area with the Western Army.

Zhao Ming then said: "Minzhou and Guangdong have new support, and people's hearts have not yet surrendered. After returning to Jiangdong, the military and political affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi will be controlled by the government's congressional government and the military and military magistrate Chen Zilong."

Chen Zilong came out to salute, "I will receive the order!"

Zhao Ming instructed: "After Qu Shiqi was taken into custody, he still governed Guangxi, but Gu thought Qu Shiqi was unable to pacify Guangxi and resist the Western Army. Therefore, after Gu returned to Jiangdong, Chen Qing could use Qu Shiqi's prestige in Guangxi to mobilize wolf soldiers, and then ordered Li Ben to go deep into Gui, assist Qu Shiqi in destroying Chen Bangfu, Nanning and Zhu Yuye in Liuzhou, and monitor and defend the Yunnan-Guizhou Western Army!"

Today, Guilin and Wuzhou in the northeast are controlled by Qu Shishi, while Nanning is in the hands of Chen Bangfu, while Zhu Yue and Jiao Lian who collapsed into Guangxi are entrenched in Liuzhou. The situation is very complicated.

Chen Zilong nodded and said, "With General Li Benshen's help, I will pacify Guangxi as soon as possible!"

Zhao Ming nodded when he heard the word, and then said, "Since that's the case, the Lone King will entrust Guangdong and Guangxi to you and work hard to return to Jiangdong today!"

Zhao Ming was decisive and immediately issued a military order after giving instructions.

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1657 was said to be a year when the world was changing, like a white cloud and a gloomy dog.

In the north, the once extremely powerful Western Qing regime collapsed and the Zhou regime replaced it and rose in the northwest.

In the south, the Jianwu court went from force of Wuchang to retreating to Nanzhi, and the situation changed rapidly, which was elusive.

At present, the world is divided into pieces and heroes are rising together. No one can judge who will end the troubled times and unify the world.

In December, Zhao Ming left behind 30,000 elite troops to guard Guangzhou, and led a 70,000 army, plus a large number of surrendered officials and generals from Guangdong and Guangxi, and returned to Jiangdong in a mighty manner.

In order to control Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhao Ming left only a few former officials and generals such as Qu Shixiang, and led a large number of surrendered officials and generals back to Jiangdong to prevent these people from colluding with Zhu Yue after the main force of the Han army withdrew.

Only the few are left without distinguishing people, and it is impossible to threaten the remaining Han army. At the same time, the Han army has a helper so that it will not underestimate the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi, so as to facilitate the Han army to control and govern Guangdong and Guangxi.

Zhao Ming's army was in a mighty way. In mid-December, he arrived in Fuzhou and summoned his confidant Wang Yi and ordered him to continue to guard Fujian.

Zhao Ming then held a banquet and summoned the surrendered generals from Fujian. Then he stewed them all away from Fuzhou and took more than 30,000 Zheng's surrendered troops out of Fujian.

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Jiangnan.

The fifth day of the first lunar month in 1658.

Under Li Chengdong's lobbying, the commander of Anqing's garrison Wu Zhaosheng, Zhan Shixun, and Gao Yongyi opened the city to surrender.

General Gao Yigong, the general of Longwu, led a large army to rush in and attacked Anqing City.

Anqing garrison Wu Zhaosheng led his troops to fight bloody battles, and he was unable to break out several times. His generals Li Kui, Lu Jiong, Huang Guojian and others died in battle. Wu Zhaosheng had to lead the remaining troops and retreat to the general's mansion.

Emperor Longwu was in a good mood when he saw the city breaking down. In addition, he admired Wu Zhaosheng for fighting to the death and refused to surrender, so he allowed Li Chengdong to enter the city and summoned Wu Zhaosheng.

Now, as the war progresses smoothly, Emperor Longwu is in a good mood and he is fully confident. As long as Wu Zhaosheng surrenders, he will definitely use it if he doesn't investigate the previous mistakes.

After Li Chengdong entered the city, he came to the commander's mansion and showed up to speak out, persuading Wu Zhaosheng to surrender. However, Wu Zhaosheng stood on the wall and shot directly with a musket, not talking to Li Chengdong at all.

While commanding his subordinates to resist the battle, Wu Zhaosheng cursed Zhu Youjian.

At that time, in order to establish his son as the crown prince, Zhu Youjian launched the Nanjing Incident and abolished Zhu Yihai's position as the crown prince. Wu Zhaosheng's tens of thousands of soldiers were killed. Zhu Youjian was killed.

They were all elite soldiers who followed him to fight south and north. As a general of Zhejiang, he was locked and imprisoned and suffered all the tortures. Most of his confidants were killed by He Tengjiao.

Wu Zhaosheng scolded Zhu Youjian, and for his own selfishness, he abolished Zhu Yihai's position as crown prince and killed many Zhejiang civil and military officials.

He claimed that today's chaos was caused by Zhu Youjian, and he would never surrender.

Zhu Youjian was indeed in the wrong to abolish the position of Zhu Yihai's crown prince.

When the Qing army invaded Jiangnan, it was entirely up to Zhu Yihai to hold on in eastern Zhejiang that it gradually reversed the trend.

Later, the Zhejiang Army fought in the northern expedition and seized Nanjing. Zhu Yihai also gave up the opportunity to become emperor, gave up Nanjing, welcomed Zhu Youjian to return to the capital, and maintained the unification within the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, the two sides had an agreement that Zhu Youjian would be the king and Zhu Yihai would be the crown prince. After Zhu Youjian collapsed, Zhu Youjian would inherit the throne. However, Zhu Youjian tore up his promise and not only deposed Zhu Yihai, but also wanted to put it to death. If Zhao Ming had not raised an army, Zhu Yihai, Wu Zhaosheng and others would have been killed by him.

When Zhu Youjian heard what Wu Zhaosheng said, he felt like he was stepped on his tail and was furious, causing the army to attack immediately and seize Wu Zhaosheng and cut him into pieces.

Li Chengdong and others immediately rushed to attack. Wu Zhaosheng, who was guarding the General's Mansion, all his personal guards were killed in battle. Wu Zhaosheng suffered several injuries and was forced into the hall. He sat in the position of commander covered in blood, but he still cursed.

Grand Secretary Du Yinxi considered that if Wu Zhaosheng was captured alive, he would continue to scold Zhu Youjian and make the world know what happened that year.

In the final analysis, the civil strife of the Ming Dynasty was because Zhu Youjian wanted to establish the eldest son of the emperor and deposed Zhu Yihai.

This matter was indeed a loss to the Longwu court. If it caused a lot of controversy, it would inevitably damage Longwu's reputation. Du Yinxi immediately instructed the general Gao Yigong to kill Wu Zhaosheng with muskets.

In the end, Wu Zhaosheng was full of reluctance and was shot to death in the hall of the Shuai Mansion by gunfire.

Wu Zhaosheng died immediately, and Longwu's army completely controlled Anqing. Once Anqing was lost, there were no more strong cities in the upper reaches of Nanjing.

Once Anqing was lost, Nanjing lost its barrier, and Longwu army could already directly attack the city of Nanjing. It was only a matter of time before the Jianwu court was destroyed.

At present, in order to intimidate Nanjing and force the Nanjing defenders to surrender, Longwu ordered the three tribes of Wu Zhaosheng to lead an army of 300,000 to rush to Nanjing in a mighty manner.
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