Azig didn't think that this inexplicable defeat was entirely his responsibility, and even if he was responsible, it was only a secondary reason for the failure, and Wu Sangui gave a reason that Azig could accept: "The reason why the soldiers suddenly mutinied was largely because the Jinhua thieves named Zuo Mengeng as the Marquis of Ningnan and asked him to incorporate Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo's old department. ”

Although Azig didn't know what happened in Caozhou that caused Zuo Mengeng to "incorporate Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo's old department", and he didn't know how Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo were now alive and dead, he could only say viciously: "Jinhua thieves are so vicious, they actually make this kind of desperate plan at this time!" ”

Although Zuo Mengeng has been throwing himself into the Yue Ming army for several months, although the Yue Ming court admits that Zuo Liangyu is the Marquis of Ningnan of the Hongguang Dynasty, and also admits that Zuo Mengeng is the son of Zuo Liangyu, it does not admit that Zuo Mengeng inherited the title of Marquis of Ningnan because of the importance of famous weapons, and after betraying Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, the Chengtian Court and Liu Yongxi finally decided to reward Zuo Mengeng, and this news can naturally make these green battalion soldiers and new annexes crazy.

Since the Great Qing Kingdom is already a broken ship that may sink at any time, withdrawing the Yellow River will not solve any problems, but will make the Ming Dynasty stronger, and everyone knows very well that the uprising in Henan and the uprising in Hebei are completely two treatments, so after Zuo Mengeng's news came, countless battalion leaders made the wisest decision.

Now there is no need for the Yue Ming army to catch up, the main force of the Qing army is already in a state of fragmentation, and even half of the Eight Banners Niulu has fallen in, and Azig doesn't know whether to stop the rebels first and rescue all the Eight Banners Niulu who have fallen in, or whether he should lead the army across the river without hesitation.

Originally, the worst situation that Azig expected was just that he was attacked by the pursuing Yue Ming army, but he didn't expect to encounter such a big mess before he reached the bank of the Yellow River, so he could only scold the Jinhua thief and Liu Yongxi for being extremely vicious, and Wu Sangui hurriedly persuaded: "King Ying, let's quickly retreat north, if we don't retreat, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave!" ”

Azig made up his mind: "We can't withdraw, we must fight, we don't dare to fight when we encounter Jinhua thieves, and now we still want to condone these rebellious ministers and thieves?" I'm afraid that no one will dare to bully me in the future! This battle must be fought! ”

He was really stimulated, and if it was a Han general like Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, he would definitely think about it, and the reason why these Han soldiers and generals would rise was that Azig didn't even dare to fight a battle and knew to retreat, and he wanted to let these Han soldiers and generals know how powerful he was King Azig.

Azig had already jumped on his horse: "This time, I want the world to know how powerful I am Azig!" ”

And Liu Yongxi didn't know that his reward for Zuo Mengeng would cause so many chain reactions, and now he only cares about whether he can catch Azig's main force: "The opportunity is rare, let Hauge go for the time being, but even if Azig has escaped the Yellow River, he must not hesitate to catch up, this time Azig will not want to run!" ”

Although the Qing State still has many cattle and camp heads in the north, in Liu Yongxi's eyes, it is not enough for the remnants of Haoge to be defeated, and the only person who can really be called a confidant is the Azig Division, which has the most complete system and strength.

In the Qing Dynasty, only the Azig army did not suffer heavy losses or blows from the Yue Ming army, and the performance was the most arrogant and even dared to play conspiracy with the Yue Ming army, unlike Haoge and others who lost their armor and ran all the way when they heard about the Northern Expedition of the Yue Ming army, but as long as they broke or severely damaged the Azig army, the Qing Dynasty was a dead dog.

And the generals around Liu Yongxi all felt that Emperor Chengtian was wise and powerful, and only Peng Chengbo Zhang Boyi put forward a little disagreement: "This time, Your Majesty and Fengtian Niangniang both led the army to fight in person, and they must not let go of Azig, but since Haoge is a frightened bird, he can't let it go easily, please Your Majesty give me a chance to cross the river first!" ”

Since Zhang Boyi volunteered, Liu Yongxi was naturally as good as a stream: "No problem, Haoge will be handed over to Peng Chengbo to deal with, Peng Chengbo can't use too much force to completely destroy Haoge, there are not many rice buckets like Haoge in the building!" ”

No matter from what point of view, Haoge is one of the best generals in the Qing Dynasty, even after several heavy losses in the Yue Ming Army, he can still reorganize the troops and sit in Shandong, which has fully demonstrated his ability, but now he and Duoduo have been beaten out of the psychological shadow by the Yue Ming Army, so the priority of the Yue Ming Army is always to run, so the Yue Ming Army can always have three more points of courage and confidence when fighting with Hao Ge.

And Zhang Boyi also laughed: "Your Majesty, rest assured, Zhang is by no means a generation of Meng Lang, this time crossing the river must be stopped, and strive to have a front and back attack with Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Yongxi nodded and explained: "Let Empress Fengtian speed up as well, since Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo are dead, then I have five hundred battalions of armored soldiers, and I will naturally wipe out all the prisoners!" ”

In fact, there is no need for Liu Yongxi to mobilize, whether it is Li Dingguo or Gao Yigong, Li Guo, Liu Wenxiu, Liu Tichun, and now the Ming army has fallen into a carnival because of Zuo Mengeng's reward, everyone feels that although this is not the last chance, there are not many opportunities left for everyone.

It's just that there are still differences between the various Yue Ming armies in terms of action, and the generals of the Xiying led by Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and Ai Nengqi can be said to have sung all the way and refused to let go of any opportunity, but the loyal battalion generals like Gao Yigong, Li Guo, and Liu Tichun have suffered too many big losses at the hands of the Qing army, and their actions are much more cautious.

But an unexpected piece of news accelerated the actions of the Loyal Battalion: "What? Jianyu actually has civil strife, is this a rumor? If it weren't for civil strife, let's rush up and grab the credit! ”

Everyone present felt that the luck of Emperor Chengtian Liu Yongxi was incredible, originally they thought that this Northern Expedition would be extremely difficult, but first Prince Su Haoge completely fled, and then Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo killed themselves, and now Azig's department is even more mired in civil strife.

However, Gao Yigong understood what was happening in the Qing army for the first time: "The defeat of Azig may have to start from his retreat from Jiangnan to Wuchang!" ”

The reason why Azig's army retreated from Jiangnan to Wuchang was because the Loyal Battalion captured Jingzhou at that time, and Azig insisted on returning to Jingzhou for fear of a fire in the backyard, but Azig did not launch a large-scale offensive against the Loyal Battalion in Jingzhou after returning to Jingzhou, on the contrary, Azig soon abandoned Wuchang and retreated to Henan.

In the next few months, whether it was Liu Yongxi's westward expedition or Zhang Xianzhong's departure from Sichuan, Azig always sat still and watched Liu Yongxi integrate most of the resources of the south and then suddenly launched the Northern Expedition, and although Azig also sent troops to fight with the Ming State, he heard that after Haoge retreated across the Yellow River, Azig turned all the way again.

has such a brilliant transfer record, not to mention that Azig is just a prince, he is the emperor of the Great Qing Kingdom, and the soldiers under him will completely lose confidence in him, but the loyal battalion generals including Gao Yigong are full of courage: "Take advantage of his illness to kill him, kill him quickly!" ”

And the good news soon came from the front: "Now the Green Battalion, the New Attached Army and even the Eight Banners Army are all rebelling!" ”

Strictly speaking, only a part of the Eight Banners Han Army and the Mongol soldiers of the Outer Domains participated in the rebellion, and Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi's subordinates also participated in it, but this incident dealt a fatal blow to the morale of the Qing army.

The arrival of Li Dingguo, Gao Yigong, and Li Guozhu's armies quickly made a fundamental reversal of the situation, although the battle was still very fierce, and the Ming army encountered such fierce resistance for the first time since the Northern Expedition, and suffered hundreds of casualties in an instant.

But the biggest problem is that the resistance of the Qing army is meaningless, since Azig can't even suppress the rebellious battalion head and Niulu, now the elite of the Ming army rushing over dozens of battalions from the south and east at the same time, the Qing army rushed to the front of the dozen battalions and Niulu were almost the first to be wrapped dumplings, even if they escaped by luck, they were lost.

Now the Qing army is already in chaos, although the people who are still following Azig are the elite of the Qing army in the real sense, but their hatred for Azig is not inferior or even better than those officers and soldiers who have raised things and lowered their minds.

They all feel that Azig has to bear the greatest responsibility for coming to this point, if Azig gritted his teeth and continued to attack Tianmen Mountain, maybe the Jinhua thieves would have already returned to their lair in embarrassment, how could they get to this point today, and soon someone came out with inside information: "The king of England refused to retreat across the Yellow River after listening to the arrangements of Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, these Han people!" ”

Although everyone hated Azig again and again, the decision they hated the most now was that Azig suddenly had a brain in the water and wanted to stop and fight to the death with the Vietnamese Ming army.

Although Azig said "fight to the death", everyone felt that they were seeking their own death, and now there are at least sixty or seventy battalions of rebels participating in the rebellion, and it has taken a lot of effort to solve these rebels, not to mention the main force of the hundreds of thousands of Yue Ming troops who have swarmed in, so someone immediately ascended to the top and shouted: "I think that the Great Qing Kingdom has come to this point today, and it is all the bad things of Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, these Han people!" ”

"And they are deliberately bad things, deliberately leading Prince Ying to death, if we don't kill these Han people today, our Great Qing Kingdom will have no way to live!"

"Actually, I think there must be some big conspiracy behind the sudden uprising of these Han soldiers and Han soldiers!"

"Yes, if we don't make a decision now, I'm afraid we will die without a place to bury!"

Although Azig was always on guard against Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi, he also relied more and more on these Han generals as the war continued to lose, and now these Manchurian nobles have reached a consensus: "These Han generals must have colluded with the Jinhua thieves, and now they must be eliminated!" ”