At that time, after Li Zicheng died in Gongshan, whether it was the Dashun Army on the East Road, the Dashun Army on the West Road, or Bai Wang's subordinates, they all completely lost their fighting spirit, and they all wanted to be appeased, not only had a "joint venture" with He Tengjiao, but even begged Azig for comfort.

It's just that the national integrity of the thieves is always stronger than that of the official army, and after making it clear that the shaving order was irretrievable, the Dashun army re-engaged in the anti-Qing struggle.

And now that Zhang Xianzhong is dead and Wanzhou is lost, the Great Western Army must be in a desperate situation, not only can it not become the opponent of the Yue Ming Army, but it will be used by the Chengtian Dynasty, so Azig can't help complaining: "If you knew this, you should have made a big southern expedition as soon as possible, maybe you can get some cheap!" ”

The implication of his words was to accuse Wu Sangui, who was trying his best to dissuade the dispatch of troops, but Wu Sangui said unceremoniously: "King Ying, I think it's fortunate that we didn't make a big southern expedition at that time, otherwise we would have suffered a big loss!" ”

Tong Yanghe, the governor of Huguang, also agreed with Wu Sangui's opinion: "That's right, who would not have thought that Zhang Xianzhong and the Great West Thieves would be so vulnerable, if we had a large-scale southern expedition at that time, I am afraid we would be in big trouble!" ”

Azig understood why Wu Sangui and Tong Yanghe would oppose their opinions.

At that time, the idea was that the Great Western Army and the Yue Ming Army were both defeated, but no one expected that the Great Western Army was so vulnerable, Zhang Xianzhong was shot and killed by the nameless soldiers of the Loyal Battalion in just half a day, and after Zhang Xianzhong was killed, the Great Western Army was completely insignificant, and it also hid a greater crisis: "Do you mean that there is a possibility that the two thieves will merge?" ”

Wu Sangui said very clearly: "It's not that there is a possibility of confluence, but how many thieves converge, after all, Chuangying and Xiying are both from northern Shaanxi." ”

In the past, the reason why the camp and the west camp fought separately and independently was that the strength of the two sides was so strong that they could not tolerate cooperation, but now the camp has lost Li Zicheng, and the west camp has lost Zhang Xianzhong, so naturally there is a basis for cooperation: "Even if only half of the Western army throws itself to the Jingzhou thieves, we will be in big trouble!" ”

Azig's previous plan for the southern expedition can be said to have fully considered all possibilities, and even took into account the many possibilities after the merger of Jingzhou thieves and the Yue Ming army, but no one expected that there would be a situation where Hao Shaoqi would run out and there would be a situation where the loyal battalion, the loyal town, and the loyal brigade would join the Dashun army in Jingzhou, so that the Yue Ming army suddenly had a powerful mobile corps.

If the Yue Ming Army and the Great Western Army merge smoothly, then the Yue Ming Army will have at least one or two more elite field corps, and the Yue Ming Army in Huguang will have an absolute superiority in strength.

That Azig must be asking for hardship when he goes south, even if he can retreat with the whole division, it will inevitably be a loss of troops, so Azig can only hate Zhang Xianzhong: "Speaking of which, it's all to blame Zhang Xianzhong's guy for being too vulnerable, I originally thought that he would be able to make a big scene in person, but as soon as he appeared, he was killed by Jingzhou thieves, and he said that the eight kings are really wasteful!" ”

The generals of the Qing army were overjoyed when they heard Azig say this: "That's right, Zhang Xianzhong is indeed a waste of fame!" ”

"Zhang Xianzhong's success is just like this, much inferior to Li Zicheng, fortunately, the British king Yingming did not make a big southern expedition!"

"Yes, Zhang Xianzhong and the Great West Thief are all in vain!"

"Prince Ying is extremely wise!"

"Zhang Xianzhong and the Great West Thieves are completely vulnerable, but fortunately we didn't make a big southern expedition!"

Although now, as long as the Qing army is determined to march south, it can more or less fish out some soldiers of the Great Western Army from the hands of the Vietnamese Ming army and the loyal battalion, but the Qing army generals present are unwilling to do such a thing.

After all, after the merging of the remnants of the Yue Ming army and the Dashun army, the Qing army was already frightened, and coupled with the tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Daxi troops who were about to merge with them, this southern expedition was bound to be more auspicious, and the prospects were worse than last year's Duoduo and Haoge's southern expedition.

Everyone knows the outcome of Duoduo and Hauge's southern expedition, at that time, just a Yue Ming army was so difficult to deal with, not to mention that now there is a merge between the Dashun army and the Daxi army, so everyone feels that there is no need to kill themselves.

At this moment, there was a lot of joy in the Yue Ming military camp, and everyone felt that Liu Yongxi was indeed wise and martial.

If when he first arrived in Jingzhou, many generals of the Dashun Army still thought that Emperor Liu Yongxi of Chengtian might have been lucky to have gone to the shit luck of the rise of the army to have today's achievements, but the current situation changes make everyone feel that Liu Yongxi's title of "Emperor Chengtian" is by no means in vain.

After all, although Li Zicheng has been going downhill since Shanhaiguan, he has persisted for more than a year from the defeat of a stone to the defeat of Jiugong Mountain, and the scene of Chengtian Emperor Liu Yongxi solving Zhang Xianzhong is too amazing.

Emperor Zhang Xianzhong of Daxi originally had the hope of winning the overlord of Sichuan and Huguang provinces, but after half a day, he was directly cut into a pile of meat sauce, and the Daxi army did not even snatch his body back, otherwise he could play the trick of keeping it secret and not mourning.

Although there are still 100,000 soldiers, the combat strength of the troops is better than the loyal battalion in front of them, but everyone knows that not only the banner of the Great Western Dynasty cannot be beaten, but even the banner of the Western Camp may not be able to be beaten.

And the reason why the loyal battalion achieved such a brilliant victory is entirely because of the credit of the Chengtian Emperor Liu Yongxi's strategy, everyone can't understand what is going on, Liu Yongxi is obviously only twenty years old this year, and he has been active in Jiangnan before, how can he know Zhang Xianzhong's habits so well and make every judgment correctly.

But since everyone can't guess it, Liu Yongxi naturally has a more mythical color, everyone thinks that Tang Wang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and even the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing State are all pioneers for the country, and Emperor Chengtian is the real person of destiny, and even Empress Gao has become extremely enthusiastic.

And Gao Yigong is now playing around with the sister-brother relationship between him and Empress Gao, anyway, as long as Emperor Chengtian is on the stage, he will not have to worry about the glory and wealth of Gao Yigong's life, and Liu Yongxi has really mastered the army of the loyal battalion in the shortest possible time.

And now he is receiving two meritorious men in the camp: "If my Eastern Expedition can be completed in the end, it will be the credit of General Xu and General Bai!" ”

General Xu is the Xu Zhen who stabbed Zhang Xianzhong to death with one shot, before stabbing Zhang Xianzhong to death, Xu Zhen was almost a nobody, and he didn't even have a piece of leather armor on his body, and after stabbing Zhang Xianzhong to death, Xu Zhen was already famous, and he directly became the commander of the team leading 100 people, and the silver reward and beauty were already in hand.

But Liu Yongxi felt that the reward was not enough, and explained to Queen Gao as soon as they met: "General Xu is really a rare talent, and it is too aggrieved to be a team officer now, first as a deputy battalion officer, if there is a vacancy in the battalion officer, he will be the first to consider him!" ”

Xu Zhen is naturally very grateful, he is very satisfied with his recent life experience, which also makes General Bai around him full of hope for the future.

This Bai general is none other than Bai Wenxuan, the general of the Western Camp who surrendered to the Yue Ming Army under the banner of "cooperating with the loyal battalion", but although Bai Wenxuan nominally said that he was not ready to join the Chengtian Dynasty, he heard that the Chengtian Emperor Liu Yongxi was going to receive the news that he was going to meet him, so he did not hesitate to go to the camp to meet Liu Yongxi and salute him.

And Liu Yongxi also said with a smile: "General Bai, have you also heard of the specific conditions I gave to Sun Kewang and the other three generals?" ”

Although Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi kept the specific conditions of the Chengtian Dynasty secret, Bai Wenxuan, as a general second only to the four generals, still got the news for the first time: "I heard that Your Majesty is ready to let them lead 10,000 elite soldiers?" ”

Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "General Bai is also treated like this, I don't know if General Bai is satisfied!" ”

Bai Wenxuan was naturally overjoyed when he heard Liu Yongxi say this: "Thank you Your Majesty for your appreciation, Wenxuan will definitely serve the imperial court!" ”

If the four generals, including Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi, were still hesitant about the conditions proposed by Liu Yongxi and Chengtianchao, then Bai Wenxuan was extremely satisfied.

After all, the four generals all have 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses in their hands, and Liu Yongxi's conditions are equivalent to halving or even cutting most of the soldiers and horses in their hands, and although Bai Wen selected more than 10,000 soldiers and horses when he left Sichuan, he has experienced escape, injuries and combat injuries after leaving Sichuan, and now there are less than 10,000.

This means that Bai Wenxuan not only does not need to lay off troops, but can also recruit troops, so he is satisfied and even volunteers: "Your Majesty, there is still a mess in Sichuan, and Wenxuan is willing to conquer Bashu for Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Yongxi shook his head and said: "I have my own arrangements in Sichuan, and I am going to use Yang Zhan as the governor of Sichuan to pass through Bashu, what does Wen Xuan think?" ”

Liu Yongxi was not ready to let the Great Western Army re-enter Sichuan, largely because Zhang Xianzhong and Wang Zhaoling's major killings in Sichuan had completely ruined the reputation of the Great Western Army in Sichuan.

Although Zhang Xianzhong's defeat was advanced by nearly a year, and Liu Yongxi saved at least hundreds of thousands of people under the butcher's knife, it is still half the effort to let the Great Western Army enter Sichuan, and it will definitely be fully resisted by the Sichuan people, and the Great Western Army will also need a large amount of money and food to support its return to Sichuan.

Among the generals of the Bashu Ming Army, Yang Zhan can be said to be the only one who is both capable and enterprising, and has a compassionate heart, and Yang Zhan's death is also an extremely lamentable tragedy in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Although Liu Yongxi can now let the Great Western Army return to Sichuan, or he can choose the more prestigious Jinshi Xianggong to be the governor of Sichuan, Yang Zhan, the Wujinshi, is the most suitable candidate.

And Bai Wenxuan was also taken aback when he heard Liu Yongxi's arrangement: "Your Majesty is really wise and martial, among the generals of the Ming Kingdom in Sichuan, Yang Zhan is the most wise and brave, and he knows how to clean up people's hearts and pity the people, our Daxi Dynasty has been defeated by Yang Zhan the most times, but unfortunately he is a martial artist and there is no one in the court, but Your Majesty has a good eye for people, and the situation is naturally different!" ”