"Lao Tzu knows that this group of dog thieves is unreliable!"

This crusade document issued in the name of Shi Kefa, or the fig leaf for the surrender of the Qing army in various parts of Jiangbei, also appeared in front of Li Shouhan.

Just after defeating hundreds of thousands of people under Zuo Mengeng's department in the first battle of Jiujiang, everyone has not gradually recovered from the joy of victory, and in the city of Nanjing, Li Huabao, who is in charge of left-behind affairs, sent someone to send an urgent military information document on Li Shouhan's desk.

This stab in the back is absolutely vicious and vicious. A knife stabbed Li Shouhan to the vital point! He originally planned to go north to monitor the four towns of Jiangbei with a division of soldiers and horses, and after he eliminated Zuo Liangyu's army, he would rectify the various departments in Jiangbei, so that they would be elite soldiers with strong combat effectiveness, at least a passable army.

However, this window of time was kicked to death by Duoduo.

"Jiangbei is all finished?" He struggled to control his slightly trembling fingers, but fortunately, the candles in the room were flickering, and it was difficult for people to see his small movements in the shadows.

"Back to the lord's words, except for Huang Degong, who is stationed in Wuhu and Taiping, there has been no change in the department of Lord Huang, and the rest of the departments have already surrendered to the enemy! At present, hundreds of thousands of rebel thieves are detaining boats in various parts of Jiangbei and frantically crossing the river to the south. ”

"Who is the commander of the Qing army? Dordor? ”

"My lord, the Qing army went south to serve as a pseudo-rebel general, the commander of Prince Duoduo of Heshuo Yu, and there are also ministers of the Prime Minister Hong Chengchou, a college student. Also," the messenger who came to report hesitated slightly, "Duoduo's thousand-mile leap this time, not to take the castle, to concentrate on the strategy of Jinling, it is said that the Dugu Hanjiang of the Qing Dynasty was dedicated to him. This person is now Duoduo's first to go south, and is listed in the so-called Jueluo, and his official position is Pseudo-Gushan Ezhen. He and Hong Chengchou became a broken flag for Duoduo to surrender and rebel on the way south! ”

With the horse bones that Dugu Hanjiang spent a lot of money to buy for the generals of the Ming army, and the demon banner of Inspector Hong, which has been tempered and added by several generations of emperors of the two countries, what kind of righteousness are there among the officials of the Ming Dynasty in various places? For a while, the demonic anger between Jianghuai was soaring, oh, no, it should be the scene of the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty reappearing! Anyway, those are all said in the books for others to hear, anyway, we have already descended to Li Zicheng's Great Shun once, and anyway, our Holy Ancestor Confucian Sage Family's Yansheng Mansion has already been submitted to the Qing Dynasty. It shows that the Qing Dynasty is the destiny of respecting Confucius and Confucianism, and there is such a court that is not guaranteed, when will we wait? It's a big deal, let's let the disciples and grandchildren wash us clean in a few years, and splash the dirty water on our bodies on the old Zhu family. Who let Zhu Di make the Jingjing Change, and who let him kill Fang Xiaoru's ten clans? It was he who killed all the seeds of reading in the world, and it was he who broke the bones of the readers. (Actually, it's just a variety of reasons before the bitch sells to a prostitute and pulls her thighs open to reveal the black mass.) To paraphrase the infamous words of Frederick II: "If you like someone else's stuff, take it, the defense lawyer will always find it." It can be used on the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty: "If you want to sell yourself, then just sell it." There is always a reason to sell. This is an encouragement to many people in modern times. ）

Ignoring the anger in his heart, as well as the strong feeling of being deceived, betrayed, and teased from the depths of his body as if the magma of a volcanic eruption was rushing, Li Shouhan stabilized his emotions and various physical discomforts, and his eyes were already blackened and dizzy for a while. Probably because of the emotional excitement, the ups and downs are too large, which causes the blood circulation to be too fast, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain.

"What is the situation in the city of Nanjing? Li Huabao ordered you to come, but he didn't say what he was going to do? In a hurry, Li Shouhan didn't care about calling his second son Li Huabao's official title, originally, he should have called Li Huabao's official position, Nanjing Liu, or the deputy garrison of the Garrison Mansion, but at this time, he couldn't care about it, but called him by his name.

"Hui Lord," since the person who came was able to be sent by Li Huabao to Li Shouhan to pass on confidential military information, he was naturally also an old man in Nanzhong, and he belonged to the kind of hardcore henchmen. "The meaning of the second young marshal, he is gathering troops, building fortifications at several points outside Nanjing, carrying ammunition, and preparing to hold on. But..... As an old man, he also followed Li Shouhan's topic, no longer calling Li Huabao's official position, but calling him the nickname of the old people in the Nanyue Army - Second Young Marshal. to show closeness.

"But what?" Li Huamei on the side couldn't hold back her inner emotions anymore, and she pressed her sword and rose. "Say it! Slurring, suffocating, suffocating! ”

"The second young marshal went to see the first assistant horse scholar as a left-behind and deputy garrison in Nanjing, and asked to see Emperor Hongguang, intending to suggest to them that they should avoid the arrogance of slaves and thieves for the time being, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Emperor Chongzhen in Beijing."

"Well, it's kind of insightful. Prepare for the worst in everything. If you can't beat it, you can't hold it, so let the city go. lest they be served in a pot. Li Huamei nodded in agreement with her younger brother's arrangement.

"Where is he going to let the emperor retreat?" Li Shouhan said in a low voice.

"Out of Nanjing City, our sailors still have a few boats in the Yangtze River outside Nanjing, although they can't hold the river defense and block the slaves from crossing the river, but it is still very safe to retreat from the waterway with the emperor to Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture. Moreover, the area is full of ports and rivers, lakes and rivers, which is the most suitable for our soldiers and horses. No matter how many soldiers there are in the thieves, let's defend a bridge with a sentry and a few cannons, and we can make it impossible for tens of thousands of people to cross! What an iron cavalry is invincible, his cavalry has encountered rivers and lakes, and what else to brag about! ”

"That's a good idea!" The generals of the Nanyue Army present expressed their approval of Li Huabao's tactical concept. Many of them had fought with the Eight Banners and knew the operational characteristics of this army. Otherwise, both sides would not have used trenches to counter the other's offensive in a field situation. Now in the river and lake water network area south of the Yangtze River, the Eight Banners of the core strength of the Qing army have lost the advantage of strong iron cavalry, and the large number of rebel soldiers and horses, facing the Nanyue army that relies on the rivers and lakes to defend the bridge, facing the volley of guns and artillery that are as dense as hail and showers, those rebel soldiers and horses are also difficult to display the specialty of cannon fodder.

However, the second young marshal met with the first assistant horse scholar, and also entered the palace to ask to see the Hongguang Emperor, and told them about the arrangement. However, they all talked about him left and right. It's just that the kind words of Wen Yan encouraged the second young marshal to guard the city without thinking about anything else. All military affairs will be decided after the lord returns! ”

"Kill the fart!" Li Peiting couldn't help sneering on the side, but his heart blossomed. "Now the emperor has the emperor's small abacus, and the first assistant has the first assistant's little ninety-nine. They can listen to Huabao's idea and let the city go, that's weird! ”

"Uncle, they all have their own little abacus? What little abacus? Li Huamei didn't know if it was true or not, and in front of Li Shouhan and the generals, she made peace with Li Peiting, singing and harmonizing.

"My lord, my lord, the generals. Maybe it's my Li Peiting's villain's heart to be the belly of the emperor and the first assistant. However, in my selfish speculation, the reason why they deal with the second son like this is nothing more than this. ”

"The emperor is worried that once he leaves Nanjing, he may become the second Emperor of Han Xian, or even if the Heavenly Dao is good, he will become another little Ming king." Li Peiting's words were not loud, but every word was like a dragon cannon, and every word bombarded the cornerstone of the temple in the hearts of the people present. People began to follow his words and think, "Wow! His old Zhu family's country was also won in a bloody battle, and it was not the so-called destiny of heaven. Poyang Lake and Quarry Rock, wasn't that battle like a mountain of bones and a river of blood? Why is he the emperor of the Han people? Can't someone else do it? ”

"For so many years, we have been loyal to the Daming court, and to the first emperor Chongzhen, who is the king of Wanliqin, grain and salary, with the body of the eldest lady golden branches and jade leaves, and still shouting and charging in Tashan, try to ask, which of the Chinese martial arts family can do better than us?" For today's Hongguang, he has the merit of supporting it, raising money and food in the south of the Yangtze River to resist the Tartar soldiers and horses going south, but this can't be exchanged for trust! The official of his old Zhu family, don't do it! ”

In the depths of people's hearts, the long-accumulated resentment and resentment were catalyzed by Li Peiting's words. Ideological consciousness began to change dramatically.

"Uncle, the emperor kid has this idea, let's leave him alone. Then, what kind of calculation is Ma Shiying, a scholar of Shoufu University and the governor of Fengyang? Li Huamei also stood up and asked. Li Peiting found the signs very happily from her address to Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong. The eyebrows furrowed and he continued to speak.

"Shoufu Ma University, my Nanyue Army doesn't need to talk about the past of friendship with this person, watching and helping each other. You just need to remember one thing, this generation, there is only interests in the eyes, only power. He cooperated with our Nanyue Army, which was nothing more than that he was isolated and helpless in the DPRK, and that our Nanyue Army was rich and powerful, and that the Lord was benevolent, righteous and generous, so he came to cooperate with our army as foreign aid. ”

"If, as the second prince arranged, the imperial court would withdraw from Nanjing for the time being, whether it was to Songjiang Mansion or to Guangzhou after a short stay in Shanghai County. He, Ma Shiying, will not have a large group of soldiers and horses to accompany him, so he has no confidence to speak in the court. The difficulty of not having a gun in your hand is well known to everyone these years. If he didn't have the soldiers and horses directly under the governor of Fengyang, and he didn't have the elite of the first brigade sent by the lord to go north to meet the down-and-out prince and grandson, this first auxiliary scholar in Nanjing City, maybe what his surname would be! ”

"Therefore, the evacuation of Nanjing, in his Ma Shiying's opinion, is okay. However, His Majesty must have accompanying escort soldiers and horses, and these soldiers and horses must be under the control of Tama Shiying, or rather, Tama Shiying's soldiers and horses must go with him. Can't go to Guangzhou, he is a bare-bones general. By then, will anyone listen to him? ”

"One is a faint monarch who is full of imperial tricks, and the other is a powerful minister who is bent on power!" In the crowd, someone scolded angrily.

If this is a change from the past, with the discipline in the Southern Guangdong Army, some people dare to speak so presumptuous during deliberations, I am afraid that the lightest punishment will be to pull out and beat the 20 military sticks. However, today, Li Shouhan's face was cloudy, but he did not deal with the person who spoke.

"The emperor and Lord Shoufu, let's not talk about him, Ben Shuai will persuade them to evacuate Nanjing when he turns around. What is the situation in the city, and what is the performance of the civil and military nobles? ”

The visitor was stunned for a moment, and then answered Li Shouhan's question with his head lowered and his voice lowered.

"My lord, the situation in the city is not good now. Every day, Li Ma Shoufu convened the court to discuss the proceedings, and there were very few people who came. People like Zhao Zhilong, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang and others openly gathered in the mansion, and the seats were full of friends to discuss how they should welcome the Tartars to the south! ”

The first-ranking officials of the imperial court actually met in the mansion to discuss how to welcome the enemy's army south? This is really a ridiculous joke in the world, a situation that has never been seen in Chinese civilization in 5,000 years! On the Internet, it is said that there is no China after Yashan, and many people compare the two unrelated regimes of the Song and Qing dynasties, and then boast of the great achievements of my Ming Dynasty with the Son of Heaven guarding the country and the death of the king. But why don't they say that when the Jiashen National Revolution and the Yiyou National Disaster suffered the catastrophe of the Ming Dynasty, the officials were demoted like a cloud, and the generals were demoted? In contrast, during the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the civil and military officials who died and died in Beijing City, a book of "Gengzi Jingshi Ai Shirts" that recorded their names, official titles, and resumes can be dozens of times thicker than the list of martyrs of the two national disasters of the Ming Dynasty! is also the emperor's father-in-law, Lao Tzu, as the only Qing Dynasty banner champion, scholar, and the son of the Minister of Military Aircraft Sai Shang'a, the son-in-law of Prince Zheng Duanhua, and Chongqi of the Eight Banners Mongolian Zhenglan Banner Arut clan, is much more disciplined than Chongzhen's father-in-law, Zhou Kui. Well, it seems that Chongqi is the father-in-law of the Tongzhi Emperor is not comprehensive enough, and he also has a younger sister who is also married to the Tongzhi Emperor, the younger sister is the imperial concubine of Gongsu, and the daughter is the Empress Xiao Zheyi, that is, the queen of the main palace who was brought in from the Great Qing Gate in countless literary and artistic works with the harem of the late Qing Dynasty as the background. After her, the bloodline of the heirs of the Qing court was broken, and as a last resort, they adopted the method of succession.

When Chongqi invaded Beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance, he did not reject his grandson's glorious feat, but adopted a very humble way to escape from reality - suicide and martyrdom. You said that you, a Mongolian Tatar-born nobleman of the Eight Banners, read a few books of our Han people, and learned this? Why don't you study hard with Donglin, who is "concerned about family affairs, state affairs, and everything in the world", and take advantage of your status as the emperor's father-in-law, happily plant a few foreign flags at the gate of the mansion, and cooperate with the Eight-Nation Coalition Army to maintain order in Beijing. Perhaps, Marshal Wadsey will be able to prop you up as emperor! Those who committed suicide and martyrdom with him were more famous than Guozi Priest Wine King Yirong and others. In comparison, the number of officials who were martyred in the two times of the Jiashen National Revolution and the Yiyou National Revolution was less than 100. It seems that it is not even a fraction of the Gengzi national disaster.

"Bastard thing!" Mo Yu jumped to his feet and scolded. "Don't they know that we just need to hold the Yangtze River and the Huai River and cut off the Cao Yun. Will the Tartars be in chaos because of the lack of food?! ”

In fact, the DPRK and China are not unaware of this. In May of the first year of Hongguang, Jin Zhijun, the right attendant of the military department, said: "All the grain food in the northwest is given to the southeast, and since the chaos, the south has not reached the Beijing division, so that the price of rice in the north is rising." In addition, some people said: "If you can't go south of the Yangtze River, then the transportation will be blocked, how will it become the world?" At that time, the north suffered disasters year after year, and the production in the north had long been beyond its means, and the Manchu Qing had to take the grain-producing land in the south, otherwise there was no need for the Southern Ming or Shun army to attack, and the Qing court itself would be in chaos.

"Uncle Mo Yu, you don't understand. This group of dogs saw this and knew that their bones could be sold for a good price, so they were relieved to sell them boldly! Li Huamei pursed her lips and said with a sneer.

"We fought bloody battles one after another, regardless of life and death, and did not avoid arrows and stones. In addition, countless officials have been working hard to build roads, rivers, and canals in the south of the Yangtze River, in southern Jiangnan, in Liangguang, in Fujian, and in Biyuan, and in Zhangliang fields, to organize and train soldiers, to build water conservancy, and to straighten out finance and taxation. Now, the treasury is full, the roads are smooth, and it is easy to make a little improvement, and the country has the hope of revival, but they use it as a bargaining chip for betraying the country and selling themselves for glory? ”

A hoarse voice rang out in the chamber, loud and dull. However, the people present were silent, and none of them dared to speak anymore. Because, the owner of the voice is the commander of the Nanyue Army, Li Shouhan.

"Father!"

In the eyes of the sailors and the old people of the Nanyue Army, the scarlet-winged tiger who dared to act and crisscross the sea back then was not soaked in the bones and consumed her minions in the soft and red rich land, she was just restrained by the etiquette system in the court. Now, this white-fronted insect has jumped out of the cage again.

Li Huamei did not call Li Shouhan his title or official position, but it was very general, but she absolutely arrogantly called Li Shouhan "Father!" This is undoubtedly a strong signal and hint to the people present. Li Peiting, who was so happy that he tore off a few beards in his hands, didn't feel pain.

"It is my father who has led me to wait for more than ten years without sleep, for the hard work of the Ming court in Jiangnan and Fujian in Liangguang, so that this group of dog thieves can now exchange it for glory and wealth, and ask for a few chips in other people's mouths!"

"Li Huamei, you are presumptuous! Come! Pull her out for me! Pull it out! Li Shouhan, who was stabbed in the heart, was furious, and he slapped the table with his hand vigorously, slapping the table loudly, but no one came to carry out his military orders.

"My lord, the situation in the city of Nanjing is not only that. Nowadays, rumors are rife in the city, and it is impossible to catch them. Under the instructions of Li Peiting, Mo Yu and others, the envoy threw out another important message.