Today's two more make up for yesterday's arrears, and one more is at 6 o'clock in the afternoon~

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In the first battle of Runing Fucheng, Zhao Ying annihilated more than 20,000 Shun troops with very small losses. Coupled with the results of Guo Ruke's army in Nanyang Mansion and Ruzhou, the generals of the Shun army, Yang Yanchang, Gao Yigong, Ren Guangrong, Wang Wenyao, Xie Yinglong, Shen Wandeng, etc., were killed or fled or surrendered, and were wiped out, and the power of the Shun army in Henan was also wiped out.

Hou Dagui's reputation for this battle resounded in Chu Yu, and the child did not dare to cry at night when he heard his name. The day after the end of the battle, Hou Dagui and Huang Degong continued to mobilize the army and split into two separate armies to act alone. A group of 2,000 people from Huang Degongbiao attacked Tianxiong in the south and attacked Liu Hongqi Zhuzhai who was still holding on to Guangwen Lujing and the former camp in Tongbai Mountain, and a group of 3,000 people from Chen Weifu's Changhong front battalion went north to Kaifeng, Guide and other prefectures to recover the land occupied by the Shun army south of the Yellow River.

The main force of the Henan Shun army was wiped out, and it was inevitable that Liu Hongqi would be unable to support the enemy alone by relying only on Liu Hongqi's nest in the belly of Tongbai Mountain. Liu Hongqi was not a descendant of the Shun army, and there was no need to do everything for the Shun army, so Hou Dagui sent an envoy to Tongbai Mountain Zhuzhai to recruit and surrender at the same time as Tian Xiong entered the army. If it goes well, it is expected that Guang Wenlu, Tian Xiong, and Liu Hongqi will go north at that time, first join up with Chen Weifu's troops, stabilize the situation in eastern Henan with a force of about 10,000 people, and then wait for an opportunity to move. At present, the main forces of nearly 20,000 troops of Hou Dagui and Huang Degong are driving west to western Henan, where 15,000 troops of Guo Ruke and Li Jiyu are attacking Tongguan. Tongguan is the choke point connecting Shaanxi and Henan provinces, and is defended by the mighty general Gao Yigong and the commander Ma Shitai of the Shun army.

Unexpectedly, after two days of military marching, they entered Ruzhou, and the news that Guo Ruke had captured Tongguan came out, more precisely, it was Guo Ruke and Xu Hui's two armies who jointly captured Tongguan.

Soon after Zhao Dangshi led his army out of Sichuan and stationed in Hanzhong Prefecture, Xu Hui's army moved to the territory of Yunyang Prefecture, both to maintain the connection between Hanzhong Province and Huguang, and to prevent the highly mobile Shun army from threatening the hinterland of Hanzhong Province and Huguang through the gap in Yunyang Province. Although Xu Huijun's responsibility is to defend the country, it is by no means a stupid chess game that does not change power. As one of the best in the combat effectiveness of the entire army of Zhao Ying, Zhao Dangshi's expectation for Xu Hui is to cooperate with the Henan armies to forge ahead in addition to defense.

Guo Ruke initially heard that Hou Dagui asked him to cooperate with Li Jiyu to win Tongguan, but after being reminded by Hou Dagui, he remembered Xu Hui who was close to the left, and his worries dissipated.

Xu Hui did not live up to Guo Ruke's expectations. In late March, Xu Hui took Xu Qizuo's Changhong Right Battalion as the vanguard, marched out of Yunyang and advanced into Shangnan County, Shaanxi, and suddenly attacked. Qin Jinxiao, an officer in the right battalion of Changhong, took the lead in the soldiers, and took the Shizhou Guard with a hundred soldiers to climb the edge, and the cliff on the edge of the road attacked the county seat and won it in one fell swoop. Xu Hui then led the army to advance, gathered the whole army in Shangnan County, and rushed along both sides of the Danshui River, connecting Shanyang County, Shangzhou, and Luonan County, and stationed in the southern part of Huayin County behind Tongguan.

Shaanxi is where the foundation of the Shun army lies, and Xu Hui's lone move to go deep can be called bold, which greatly surprised the Shaanxi Shun army. Da Shunze Hou Tian, who was sitting in Xi'an, was shocked when he heard the news. However, at that time, Longyou Sun Chuanting marched northward, and Zhao Dangshi of Hanzhong Prefecture continued to send soldiers and horses to cruise the southern end of the Qinling Mountains, each with its own threat, Tian Jianxiu did not dare to move, so he could only send the mighty general Xin Sizhong to divide his troops to the east to intercept Xu Hui. As soon as Xin Sizhong arrived in Weinan County, Huayin County had been captured by Xu Hui, and the passage between Tongguanwei and Guanzhong was completely cut off. Xin Sizhong hurried to Huayin County to organize the siege of the city day and night, but Xu Hui had already spread artillery and birds all over the city defense, Xin Sizhong attacked twice, and even the city wall was not touched but suffered heavy losses, so he had no choice but to retreat to Huazhou to watch. At the same time, Guo Ruke, who learned that Xu Hui's army had successfully interspersed, immediately led his army to storm Tongguan.

Gao Yigong was indeed brave, with 5,000 men under his command to hold Tongguan, and successively repelled several fierce attacks by Guo Ruke and Li Jiyu's two armies three times his own strength, and dragged the battle into April. Gao Yigong gave up going to Henan Mansion, which had relatively sufficient money and food, and chose to retreat to Tongguan, largely to get the support of the Shun army in Guanzhong. But the Shun army in Guanzhong was restrained by Sun Chuanting and Zhao Dangshi, and was cut off by Xu Hui, and for a time the whip of Tongguan was out of reach. Gao Yigong's grain in Tongguan was gradually running out, and the casualties were increasing day by day. After discussing with Ma Shitai, Gao Yigong felt that this was not a solution, so he decided to give up Tongguan, secretly led his troops to escape at night, and flew north overnight, crossing the Yellow River from Zhao in the south of Chaoyi County and retreating to Puzhou, Shanxi.

After Guo Rukejun noticed it, he immediately took Tongguan and joined Xu Huijun to garrison Tongguan. Waiting for the arrival of Hou Dagui and Huang Degong's two armies, Zhao Ying will have 40,000 people gathered at the junction of Shaanxi and Henan. If you count Zhao Dangshi's army in Hanzhong and Sun Chuanting's army in Longyou, the 30,000 Shun army in Guanzhong is about to be surrounded by more than 90,000 Ming legions.

The overall situation of Henan has been decided, and Shaanxi is also developing in a direction favorable to Zhao Ying. At the beginning of April, Zhao Dangshi temporarily entrusted the military affairs of Hanzhong to Han Gon, and returned to Huguang Fanhe City with 200 horsemen and relatives. Although the war in Shaanxi is important, there is an even more important thing waiting for him at present.

I haven't returned to Fanhe City for a long time, the scenery inside and outside the city is changing with each passing day, and many buildings have risen from the ground, and the people of chariots and horses are more dense than in the past. Whenever I see this bustling scene, a sense of pride will arise in Zhao Dangshi's heart. The world has been in turmoil for a long time, and the description of the strange traffic chickens and dogs in the book is like a fairy town, which is desirable but seems to be unattainable. Zhao Dangshi is a pragmatic person, but he does not lack the romance of idealism, and he wants to turn the hopes in his mind into reality. Fan Hecheng is the epitome of Huguang, and Huguang will be the epitome of the whole world, which is an idea that often haunts Zhao Dangshi's mind, and it is also the source of motivation for his unremitting struggle.

Entering the main hall of the Three Military Mansions, a solemn atmosphere came to his face. Zhao Dangshi Pingmu went, and important officials of the central government of Zhao Ying, such as Dazhi Zhengchang Zeyu, Dadian Liu Xiaohong, Internal Affairs Envoy He Kewei, Foreign Affairs Envoy Fu Xunyu, Huguang Commander Yamen Commander Shuiqiu Tan, and Inspector Yang Shaoting were among them.

Each person has a cup of tea in their hands and sits down opposite each other.

Chang Zeyu, as the head of all the officials, stood up first and congratulated: "Congratulations to the lord for his great results on the front line!" As soon as he spoke, the rest of the officials also congratulated him.

Zhao Dangshi said: "In order to start a war with the Shun army, I have been planning for a long time, and the situation has long been insightful, and now this battle situation is just a matter of course." Instead, he asked directly, "Fu Wang Shang'an?" "Although Zhu Yousong, the king of Dechang, is the son of the king of Fu, the northern capital was lost, the news was cut off, and the imperial court did not issue an edict to let Zhu Yousong succeed to the throne. But nominally, Zhu Yousong is already the new King of Fu, and Zhao Dangshi directly calls him King Fu in front of his own people.

Shuiqiu raised his sleeves and said in a straight voice: "My lord, the prince is in good health, and everything is going well." The shape of the warehouse, the placement of personnel, and the dietary formula in the palace of the Fu Domain of Fan Hecheng are strictly controlled according to the standards of the imperial court vassal king. In addition, every first day of the new year, Fan Hecheng will be led by the great governor to the palace to ask for peace. Everything is in line with etiquette and never exceeds the rules, so far I have not heard any complaints from the prince, but often listen to the prince chanting and hoping to see the lord. ”

Zhao Dangshi said with a smile: "This is the case, I want to go to the palace to meet the prince." He continued, "Beijing was captured by the Shun army, and the emperor, the crown prince, and the two princes were not able to escape. According to the legal system, King Fu should inherit the throne. ”

He Kewei said: "At first, the lord didn't mean to be a temporary regent? ”

Zhao Dangshi shook his head and said, "That's a statement to outsiders." If there really is a crown prince or prince in the north who escapes, whether it is the prison country or the new emperor, will they all have to abdicate? It's the same result. Rather than temporarily regent as a prison country, it is better to directly inherit the throne. Then he asked, "How is the succession arranged?" "The soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, Zhao Dangshi never does things in a hurry until the end of the day, and the matter of supporting Zhu Yousong has been entrusted to Chang Zeyu and others as early as a month ago. Therefore, when Chang Zeyu and others saw Zhao Dangshi this time, they did not come to listen to him in a daze, but came with results.

"My lord, the multiplication and ritual objects used to ascend the throne, the ceremonial equipment, etc., have all been taken care of. The subordinates will assume the presiding position of the ascending instrument, assisted by Mr. Liu, He, Fu and other gentlemen. The time is the 15th auspicious day of this month, and the location is in Van River City. Chang Zeyu responded, "Fan Hecheng Wenwu all participated in the ceremony, and the Xiangyang Xiang King, the Rui Fan Rui King, the Wuchang Chu King, the Jingzhou Hui King and other royal relatives will be present to witness. Of course, there is no reason why these vassal kings of Huguang should not come, and King Rui, the old father-in-law of Zhao Dangshi, was just recently escorted from Sichuan to Huguang by Zhao Ying's soldiers, and temporarily lived in Xiangwang's Mansion. He Kewei is currently building a new palace for the future residence of the Rui Domain.

Zhao Dangshi thought for a while with a deep face: "These are all trivial matters, insignificant, what is the attitude of the rest of the feudal towns?" ”

Fu Xunyu replied: "As far as the current subordinate towns that secretly pass through Qi are concerned, Jing Nanbo, General Ping, Fujian Town, Sichuan Town, Sichuan Fu, Yunfu, etc., have all clearly expressed their support for King Fu to succeed to the throne. "Huang Degong, Zuo Mengeng, and Fang Guoan are their own people, Zheng Zhilong is a partner, Long Wenguang and Wang Yongzuo are Zhao Ying's puppets, and it is okay to support King Fu or Zhao Ying.

"Zheng Gong of Fujian Town is also on our side?"

Fu Xunyu said solemnly: "My subordinates met with Zheng Hongkui, the fourth brother of Zheng Zhilong, and Zheng Hongkui later wrote a letter saying that he was willing to serve King Fu. That being said, with the shrewdness of the Zheng family, I am afraid that the wait-and-see is greater than the certainty. ”

Zhao Dangshi touched his chin and said, "You say so, it seems that the Zheng family has other choices?" Anyone else is doing the same thing as us? ”

Fu Xunyu nodded and said, "I don't rule out this possibility." Although Zheng Hongkui did not say it explicitly, it was vaguely revealed between the lines that there was a force in Nanjing that had influenced him. However, he will give us some clues about this matter, and he will favor us more. ”

Zhao Dangshi said: "Who else is the power in Nanjing? The Donglin Party is just that. However, the Donglin Party has no real power, which can make the Zheng family hesitate a little, and it will inevitably be mixed into the powerful faction. Nanjing's powerful faction, only Shi Kefa can come to the stage. Shi Kefa is the protégé of Donglin Confucianism Zuo Guangdou, and it is reasonable for him to stand with the Donglin Party. ”

Fu Xunyu sighed: "The lord is aware of everything, and I can't wait for the dust." Then he asked, "Shi Kefa doesn't know that there are still people in the Fu Domain and the Rui Domain, who can he set up if he wants to support the new monarch?" ”

Zhao Dangshi muttered: "The Shun army swept the north, the kings ran south, according to the secret service department, King Lu, King Zhou, King Heng and others all lived in Huai'an Mansion, which is close to Nanjing. Shi Kefa and the Donglin Party will definitely be selected from it. ”

Chang Zeyu stroked his beard and said: "As soon as King Fu comes out, in terms of the legal system, these princes are incomparable." ”

Zhao Dangshi smiled slightly and said, "Even if they learn that King Fu is here, I'm afraid they may not be able to establish King Fu." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"There are three cases from the Wanli Dynasty to the Tianqi Dynasty, how did Mr. Chang forget?"

When Chang Zeyu heard this, he suddenly woke up and said: "I see, it's not the lord's reminder, but I forgot about this stubble." ”

The three cases, namely the Attack Case, the Red Pill Case, and the Palace Removal Case, are all unsolved cases.

Emperor Wanli wanted to violate the ancestral system and make him the crown prince because he loved Zhu Changxun, the third son of the emperor, but was strongly opposed by the ministers of the Donglin Party as the main force in the court, causing a "dispute over the national capital". In the end, Emperor Wanli gave up and established his eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince. But then a madman broke into the East Palace and beat the prince Zhu Changluo, denouncing him as unworthy of being a king. After being arrested, the madman confessed that he was actually acting at the behest of Zhu Changxun's mother, Zheng Guifei, but Zheng Guifei flatly denied it, insisting that there were false people who deliberately planted the falsehood. Emperor Wanli didn't want to dig deeper, so he couldn't do it. This is the case of the assault.

After the death of Emperor Wanli, Zhu Changluo succeeded to the throne as Emperor Taichang. Emperor Taichang's health was extremely poor, and he became terminally ill after nearly five months on the throne, and there were Taoist priests who offered red pills, saying that it was an elixir for prolonging life, but Emperor Taichang died the next day after taking the medicine. The government and the opposition were sensational, and they all suspected that someone had poisoned Emperor Taichang to death, and a lot of evidence faintly pointed to the mastermind Zheng Guifei, and the minister took advantage of this time to involve many party disputes and personal feuds, and there were many people who sat together. It wasn't until the Emperor of the Apocalypse came to power that the cabinet minister Han Yi came forward to mediate the matter, and in the end, he also settled with the mud. This is the Red Pill case.

During the reign of Emperor Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian was quite powerful and wanted to bully the emperor's youth and control the government. Therefore, he colluded with Emperor Taichang's favorite concubine Li Xuanzhi, and even teamed up with Concubine Zheng Guifei to detain Emperor Tianqi in the Qianqing Palace and let it be used for his own use. After a series of battles, Li Xuanzhi was forced to move to the Luan Palace in Renshou Palace and left the Emperor of the Apocalypse. This is the case of the removal of the palace.

These three cases are all related to Zheng Guifei without exception, and Zheng Guifei is the biological mother of the later Fu King Zhu Changxun. The Donglin Party first single-handedly prevented Lao Fu Wang from becoming the emperor, and then he was the enemy of Zheng Guifei everywhere, and the open and secret battles continued, if Zhu Yousong ascended the throne and announced personal vendettas, the life of the Donglin Party would not be easy. Politics is very realistic, involving the interests of the party, and the Donglin party members are very likely to do their best to prevent Zhu Yousong from ascending the throne, which is by no means Zhao Dangshi's speculation.

Chang Zeyu was a little worried at this time: "If you really say that, even if we set up a Fu King, maybe ......."

Zhao Dangshi looked resolute and said, "It's okay, let's go ours, see the move." Instantly remembered a person and asked Fu Xunyu, "By the way, what attitude does He Tengjiao have?" ”