Azig had already thought about this problem, and he sighed and said: "I just received a letter from King Yu, saying that the Jinhua thieves are dispatching troops in Liyang and are ready to invade Nanjing at any time, so let's hurry over to join the army." ”

Since the Yue Ming army was preparing to attack and recover Nanjing, then Azig should not expect Duoduo and Haoge to copy Xing Shengping's back road, but when he thought that Duoduo and Haoge were so useless, Azig was particularly angry.

But Wu Sangui added fuel to the fire next to him: "King Ying, the Jinhua thief is dispatching troops in Liyang, but it is not necessarily aimed at Nanjing and King Yu." ”

Liu Yongxi's Yue Ming army stationed tens of thousands of troops in Liyang, but if Liu Yongxi was not targeting the Qing army in Nanjing, it was naturally preparing to advance eastward against Azig.

If tens of thousands of Jinhua thieves really came out of Azig's flank, the situation would naturally be unimaginable, so Azig's face immediately became ugly.

As the saying goes, blessings and disasters are not one-way, and when Azig was still hesitating, a fast horse came from Huguang and a thunderbolt from Huguang: "The thief Queen Gao, a tiger, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tichun are besieging Jingzhou, waiting for the British king to return to help as soon as possible." ”

Although he had expected this incident for a long time, Azig still asked with illusions: "What banner are the thieves besieging Jingzhou this time?" Is it under the banner of Dashun? ”

The envoy sent by Wuchang directly broke the last illusion of Azig and the Qing army generals: "The thieves are carrying the banner of the Ming State this time, and support the Empress Dowager Gao as the first lady of Zhenyi. ”

Hearing this news, Azig couldn't help but sigh: "Inform the soldiers to prepare to return to the division, I will personally break the queen, King Yu and King Su are so uncompetitive, I have to save more vitality for the Qing Kingdom." ”

Now he even had some sympathy for Dodor and Hauge.

Jingzhou.

The remnants of the Dashun Army on the East Road poured out of the nest, and the Ninth Battalion besieged Jingzhou in vain.

However, although the attack on Jingzhou encountered many twists and turns, the remnants of the Dashun army received the help of many gentry and heroes, and finally it took only three days to capture Jingzhou City and annihilate more than 2,000 Qing troops.

Since the fall of Xi'an, hundreds of thousands of remnants of the Dashun army suddenly have a real place to stay, but the Dashun army, which has experienced countless defeats, immediately thought of Tian Jianxiu, the commander of the Dashun Dynasty.

Although Tian Jianxiu now has only a few thousand remnants of the army, he is generous and treats the soldiers and the people as leniently as possible, so he can issue the order of "keep this Su alive Qin people", and he is the most suitable person to appease the officials and people of Jingzhou.

But Tian Jianxiu knew that he only had a few thousand remnants under his command, and he couldn't suppress arrogant generals like Li Guo, Gao Yigong and Liu Tichun, so he said without hesitation:

"The army can enter Jingzhou, or the credit of playing the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and now we must invite the governor of the five provinces of the military queen mother and the first product of Zhenyi's wife, Princess Yue Gao, to sit in Jingzhou and take charge of the overall situation."

The title of "Governor of the Five Provinces, Military Affairs Empress Dowager and Yipin Zhenyi Lady Yue Princess Gao" can be said to be nondescript to the extreme, but for the remnants of the Dashun Army, not a word is missing.

Although there were many accidents in this march into Jingzhou, the attitude of neutrality and even cooperation adopted by the gentry and Haoqiang, who regarded the remnants of the Dashun army as mortal enemies in the past, was the biggest reason for the successful capture of Jingzhou.

There were only more than 2,000 Qing troops in Jingzhou City, and even if the Qing troops on the periphery were included, there were less than 4,000 people, but the last time Li Guo and Gao Yi besieged Jingzhou, there were only more than 1,000 Qing troops in the city.

Regardless of the gentry, Haoqiang or Shengdou Xiaomin, all regard the Dashun army as a tiger, and the remnants of the Dashun army are enemies everywhere, although there are only 4,000 Qing troops in Jingzhou City last time, but there are tens of thousands of strong men who take the initiative to go to the city to help defend it.

Since this march into Jingzhou was branded as the "Governor of the Five Provinces, the Empress Dowager of Military Affairs and the First Lady of Zhenyi, Princess Gao", although the advance of the Dashun Army was not as overwhelming as a bamboo, most of the gentry and Haoqiang at least maintained a wait-and-see and even neutral rather than hostile attitude.

But after taking Jingzhou, the generals of the Dashun Army didn't know what to do next, so they recommended Tian Jianxiu to preside over the situation, and Tian Jianxiu was not confused about this kind of major right and wrong, and still insisted on inviting the Empress Dowager Gao out.

The generals of the Dashun Army present all felt that this matter was indeed feasible and agreed with it, and Li Guo, a tiger, couldn't help but frown when he heard Tian Jianxiu say this.

The reason why he pushed the Empress Dowager Gao to come out to govern was naturally to use the Empress Dowager Gao to beat the banner of Dashun, and it was he Li Guo who really presided over the overall situation.

But now the situation is completely out of control, although it is the Empress Dowager Gao who is in charge of the overall situation, but everyone is supporting the Empress Dowager Gao, and he has become inconspicuous.

But he suddenly thought of something, and said: "Since you want to invite the Empress Dowager Gao to come out and take charge of the overall situation, why don't you listen to the Empress Dowager's opinion?" ”

The reason why she repeatedly supported the Empress Dowager Gao to come out to govern was that she knew that the Empress Dowager had always been weak and even to the point of cowardice, and she did not take responsibility at a critical time, let alone turn the tide at a critical time.

Therefore, he felt that Empress Dowager Gao had a chance without saying a few words, and the generals of the Dashun Army present turned their eyes to Empress Dowager Gao, and Gao Yigong said with great concern: "Niangniang, can you say a few words casually?" ”

He was really worried that Empress Dowager Gao wouldn't dare to say anything or even turn around and leave, which was also a problem that many people were worried about.

And although Empress Dowager Gao's face became snow-white, she still sat on the dragon chair: "Then I'll just say a few words, how to go next for our hundreds of thousands of horses, in fact, King Yue's edict has been very clear, and this is also what the emperor wants to do the most, he said more than once before his death that he could fight the world immediately, but he couldn't rule the world immediately." ”

The first emperor in her mouth is none other than the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng, and the Dashun Dynasty did have a process of conversion from a peasant rebel army to a feudal regime, but the defeat of a piece of stone completely disrupted the process.

Now whether it is Zhu Jinxing, Song Xiance and other literati who once belonged to the Dashun Army, or those civilian officials who once surrendered to the Dashun Army, they have broken away from the Dashun Army, and only these generals have persisted until now, and this is also the biggest weakness of the Dashun Army.

There are no civilian officials in charge of governance in the army, and there are not even enough literati, and although this Dashun army claims to be 300,000, it is just a group of thieves with no roots.

Therefore, as soon as the Empress Dowager Gao's words came out, the audience deeply agreed, and Tian Jianxiu asked very urgently: "Queen Mother, what does His Majesty King Yue's edict say?" ”

Although Empress Dowager Gao has not seen Liu Yongxi yet, she can't wait to marry now, after all, she is less than thirty years old this year, as long as she marries the princess of Yue, she can even go further, so she has always taken Liu Yongxi's canonization edict with her, and now is the best place to show this canonization edict.

The generals of the Dashun Army here were also very curious, although they had seen this edict and even regarded it as a treasure, they had never read it very well.

And the Empress Dowager Gao not only carried this edict with her, but also memorized this edict backwards for the sake of getting married, and immediately took out the edict and pointed out the corresponding contents.

Liu Yongxi considered it quite thoroughly, not only set up the Queen's Mansion, but also set up provincial governors, governors, political envoys, Taoist ministers and prefects under the Queen's Mansion, forming an unusually large bureaucracy.

Although the Dashun army now only occupies a mansion in Jingzhou, the Empress Dowager Gao is "the empress dowager of the military affairs of the five provinces and the lady of Yipin Zhenyi, the princess Gao", and Liu Yongxi gave the authorization to report after the fact, so the Empress Dowager Gao decided to use the names of these governors, governors, political envoys, Taoist platforms, and prefects.

The more Empress Dowager Gao spoke, the more excited she became, and the more these generals of the Great Shun Dynasty listened, the more supportive they became, although they are all thieves now, who wants to be a thief for the rest of their lives, and even let their children and grandchildren become thieves.

The generals of the Dashun Dynasty even added many key details, for example, Liu Yongxi's edict said that the Queen's Mansion, the so-called general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch, and the official name should be the Empress Dowager's Mansion.

Even if it is not the Empress Dowager's Mansion, it should be the Queen's Mansion, and these generals of the Dashun Dynasty should also have a suitable name, at least they are also political envoys or Taoist platforms.

Now the banner of the Ming Dynasty has been played, and the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty must be organized, even if the palace examination cannot be carried out, the township examination, the government examination and the children's examination must be carried out, and the same must be exceptional.

Knowing that these are all things that the Great Shun Dynasty has already done once, now it is just repeating it again under the banner of the Great Ming Dynasty.

But facts have proved that under the banner of the Great Shun Dynasty and under the banner of the Ming Dynasty are not the same thing at all.

When the Empress Dowager Gao, in the name of "the military affairs of the five provinces, the empress dowager and the lady of Yipin Zhenyi, the princess of Yue Gao", announced that she would set up officials to govern and open the imperial examination to make an exception, the entire Jingzhou became boiling.

Just as Li Zicheng entered Beijing, there are now countless officials, gentlemen, and scholars who have come to join him, and some even have a big fight because they are worried that they will be late.

Although it cannot be regarded as consolidating the territory of Jingzhou, with the support of these officials, gentry and scholars, the situation is naturally completely different.

The current Jingzhou Mansion soon became the territory of the Yue Ming Dynasty, and there were many scholars there to make plans, hoping that the Empress Dowager's Mansion could really be the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces.

Completely opposite to Jingzhou Mansion, the gentry and scholars of Yingtian Mansion and Changzhou Mansion are all thinking about a way out.

Although the Great Qing Kingdom still controlled most of Yingtianfu and Changzhou Prefecture, everyone believed that the Great Qing Kingdom would not rule for too long, and even the two princes, Duoduo and Haoge, had similar ideas.

Now Duoduo, Hauge, and Hong Chengchou are pinning their hopes entirely on Azig.