Duoduo felt that everything was under control, so he waited for Liu Yongxi to jump into the pit, but Prince Su Haoge said in a strange manner: "King Yu, you are looking too highly at this Liu thief, with today's situation, the best choice is not in Liyang, but to the west, the Ming army in the direction of Taiping Mansion has a maximum of ten battalions, and we are advancing with the king of England, even ten Xing Shengping can't parry!"

Although Haoge's words were mean, but in a sense it is true, Xing Shengping organized the defense line with the east and west Liangshan as the central axis, but this was originally the last line of defense on the periphery of Nanjing, and the distance from Nanjing was only two hundred miles, and Nanjing was now in the hands of the Qing army, and the best choice was that the Qing army near Nanjing joined forces with the British king Azig to form an east-west parallel trend.

Although Xing Shengping also organized a defensive line downstream, his main force was deployed in the defense line centered on Xiliang Mountain, and the rear guard could only be handed over to the righteous army and the righteous division to be responsible, although there were also ten battalion heads, and half of the battalion heads had the old foundation of the Yue Ming army, but for Haoge, dealing with these Ming troops was naturally devastating.

It's just that Duoduo is working against Haoge in this matter: "Has King Su forgotten the lessons of the Battle of Hangzhou? Forget how Hangzhou was lost, I dare to guarantee that as soon as we send troops, the Jinhua thieves will go straight to Nanjing, and now this Nanjing city is full of Jinhua thieves!"

Although Empress Zhang, Princess Kunxing and the small court of Yue Ming have all moved to Hangzhou, Duoduo is still called "Jinhua thief" according to the custom, and there is indeed the possibility he said, Hong Chengchou said: "The key to pacifying Jiangnan is still in the Jinhua thief, the Jinhua thief is always a henchman, and the deal of exchanging Jiangning Mansion for Xing Shengping is a little uneconomical!"

He knew very well that if the main force of the Qing army entered the Taiping Mansion in the west, Duoduo and Haoge would definitely lead the troops to recruit in person, and the responsibility of staying in Nanjing City must be entrusted to him, a Han man, and since Hong Chengchou had a history of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, he was naturally greedy for life and afraid of death, and he was always worried that Liu Yongxi, who was looking at the tiger, might enter Nanjing City at any time, so he was more inclined to Duoduo's plan: "And will the British king remember this favor?" ”

When it comes to King Azig, even King Yu Duoduo is sighing, not to mention Prince Su Hauge, this British King Azig has never been in sight, even the regent Dolgon is difficult to mobilize him, although King Yu Duoduo is his half-brother, but Azig has never taken Duoduo seriously, let alone Prince Su Hauge, a political frustrated.

They sent troops to the Taiping Mansion to meet Azig mostly thankless, Azig must have thought that they were here to fight the autumn wind, but Haoge was still a little uneasy: "Wouldn't it be a great hatred if Xing Shengping blocked the British king with natural danger?" ”

Hong Chengchou is a veteran of officialdom, and he knows how to solve problems and how to please the Manchurian nobles: "I didn't say that I didn't send troops to the Taiping Mansion, just send a partial division to contain it, if the King of Yu and the King of Su both conquered the Taiping Mansion in person, others will think that the King of Yu and the King of Su together are not as good as a British king!"

Duoduo felt that this was the best of both worlds: "Azig has an army of more than 100,000 people, Xing Shengping can't stop him, and it is foolproof for us to send a partial division to copy behind the back, the main energy is to solve Liu Xiaothief, the pseudo-Yue King Liu Yongxi is the soul of the Jinhua thief, there are many Jinhua thieves like Xing Shengping, and there are Zhu Dadian, Zhang Guowei, Wang Zhiren, and Fang Guoan to solve Xing Shengping, but there is only one Liu Yongxi, as long as Liu Yongxi Jiangnan is solved, it is naturally not difficult to pacify!"

Although Duoduo's statement is a bit exaggerated, Hong Chengchou and Hauge are very interested.

And in Jingzhou, thousands of miles away, internal contradictions in the Dashun army broke out again.

Although except for Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai who stayed in Hunan to continue to serve He Tengjiao, the Dashun armies on the east and west roads were assembled near Jingzhou, which could not solve the problems of "how long can the Dashun banner be fought" and "how to fight the Dashun flag".

"A tiger, don't think that we don't know your plan, you are actually planning for yourself under the banner of supporting the Empress Dowager Gao, I will say the ugly words in front, and I also support the Empress Dowager Gao, but now it is self-defeating to play the banner of Dashun!"

"Li Guo, why do we have a joint venture with He Tengjiao in Hunan is because the banner of the Dashun Dynasty is not easy to use!"

"Yes, the banner of the Great Shun Dynasty is destined to be killed by the Ming and Qing dynasties at the same time, and it is not a pity for me Tian Jianxiu to die, but hundreds of thousands of soldiers and dependents cannot accompany me Tian Jianxiu to bury!"

Tian Jianxiu is a very prestigious figure in the Dashun army, and he has always been generous, although in the back of the palace in Xi'an, because "the Qin people are hungry, leave this rice to live the people", and refuse to burn the food in the city, the Qing army that was supplied quickly caught up and finally made a big mistake, but his prestige in the army is still undiminished, and everyone thinks he is very humane.

Now Tian Jianxiu's words can be said to be the bottom of the hearts of many generals of the Dashun Army, although hundreds of thousands of remnants of the Dashun Army and their dependents are concentrated near Jingzhou, but the banner of the Dashun Army can no longer be beaten, not long ago, a tiger Li Guoqin led Li You, Gao Yigong, Ma Chongxi, Zhang Neng, Yang Yanchang and other nine battalions to besiege Jingzhou, but after half a month of fighting, nothing was found.

It's just that Li Guo, who is known as "a tiger", still hasn't given up, he feels that he can't give up the banner of Dashun, but this is also the reason why he has become the target of public criticism.

He is Li Zicheng's nephew, but everyone does not think that he is qualified to inherit Li Zicheng's banner and the throne of the Great Shun Dynasty, so Li Guo also used many workarounds, he first invited Li Zicheng's widow Empress Dowager Gao out, but everyone saw at a glance that behind the Empress Dowager Gao was still a tiger Li Guo, so everyone supported the Empress Dowager Gao but no one took Empress Dowager Gao's order seriously.

Li Guo felt that the reason for this situation was that Empress Dowager Gao was a woman, and she had to be a Dashun emperor to continue to fight the banner of Dashun, so he pushed out one of Li Zicheng's younger brothers and prepared to support him as the emperor of Dashun.

But he was completely wrong, everyone is still full of respect for the Empress Dowager Gao, although the Empress Dowager Gao is only a woman and is too cowardly and has no responsibility, but he is Li Zicheng's queen after all, and he has done many good things for the Dashun Dynasty and the generals present, so everyone will be full of respect for her.

But who would take Li Zicheng's younger brother seriously, he has neither military merits nor strength, and now he actually wants to be the emperor of Dashun above everyone, so everyone is against it, and even loyal and honest people like Tian Jianxiu bluntly said that "the banner of Dashun can no longer be beaten."

But Li Guo still refused to give up, he said loudly: "It is said that the banner of the Great Shun Dynasty cannot be beaten, so what banner can be played?" Under the banner of Mingguo, General Quan, you are not already cooperating with He Tengjiao in the south, why do you want to come to Jingzhou again? ”

In July this year, the Dashun Army of the East Road, including Tian Jianxiu, Liu Tifang, and Yuan Zongdi, reached a joint venture agreement with He Tengjiao in Hunan.

But He Tengjiao did not want to rely on this Dashun army to recover Huguang, but used all means to divide and squeeze out the Dashun army.

On the one hand, he recruited the stronger Hao Shaoqi and Wang Jincai as cronies, and on the other hand, he squeezed out Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Tichun and other major generals of the Dashun army, and neither arranged a garrison nor provided food and wages.

Therefore, as soon as this matter was mentioned, Tian Jianxiu and the others became silent, and Li Guo continued: "The Ming army and my Dashun have a grudge against the country, and they always try their best to deal with us, how can we let us play their banner, but under the banner of the Qing country, General Quan, you have also contacted Wuchang, and everyone knows what the result is!"

If there is a hatred of destroying the country between Dashun and Daming, and there is also an enmity between Daqing and Dashun, the will of these thieves is much stronger than that of those gentlemen.

In August this year, Tian Jianxiu and Liu Tichun sent people to Wuchang to contact the Qing army in desperation, but they still insisted on the basic principle of never shaving their hair, which finally led to a complete breakdown of negotiations.

Therefore, whether it is the Dashun Army on the East Road or the Dashun Army on the West Road, they now think that no matter whether the banner of Dashun can be fought or not, but no matter how difficult and difficult it is, they must not shave their hair, but this is also the biggest reason why Li Shou feels that the banner of Dashun can still be beaten: "The Ming State and the Qing State can't tolerate us chaotic ministers and thieves, what can we do except fight the banner of Dashun State?" ”

He felt that this reason would definitely persuade these generals of the Great Shun Kingdom present to fight the banner of the Great Shun Kingdom, and whether it was the elder brother or the Empress Dowager Bingzheng could be said slowly, but at this time, although the venue was silent, Li Guo felt that everyone's reaction seemed to be a little wrong.

Mianhou Yuan Zongdi, who had not spoken much, said: "A tiger, what you said is right, but our choice is not limited to these two? ”

Li Guo felt incredible: "How is it possible? Is there any other choice than the Qing and Ming kingdoms? ”

It's just that Li Guo quickly thought of something and couldn't help frowning: "Are you talking about the queen of the prison country and the princess of the prison country in Zhejiang?" How can you not inform me to make the decision to contact Zhejiang, and it is not feasible at all, it is just two women!"

The generals of the Dashun Army present had not yet spoken, and the Empress Dowager Gao, who had been silent and had always looked timid, suddenly spoke: "General, the mourning family is also a woman!"

Li Guo is eager to slap himself in the face now, he obviously wants to push the Empress Dowager Gao up, but he is quick to talk nonsense: "Queen Mother, for the ministers to know that they are wrong, but the banner of Dashun must continue to fight, and Fujian and Zhejiang are both Ming courts, how can they be with us, they want to use us under the banner of Zhao'an!"