Li Chengdong was a peasant army at the beginning, and later descended to the Ming Dynasty and then to the Qing Dynasty, and after becoming a Qing army, Li Chengdong led his troops to attack Jiading, because his younger brother was ambushed by the righteous army, and he slaughtered more than 10,000 villagers in a rage. Then there was the successive Jiading Three Massacres, which eliminated the two emperors! At that time, he was really a first-class eagle dog in the Qing court.

Later, it was only because the Qing court treated Jin Shenghuan like Jin Shenghuan and rewarded him unfairly, and saw that his concubines were forced to kill themselves, so he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty again. It's really unclear, and all my life is mistaken because of wealth.

Before Zilharang attacked Zhaoqing, let's take a look at Hengzhou, because Hengzhou is the throat of Chenzhou and Shaozhou in the direction of Guangdong of the Ming army, as well as Yongzhou and Quanzhou in the direction of Guangxi, so Nikan has too much interest in occupying this place.

Hengzhou is the throat of Huguang from north to south to Guangdong and Guangxi, if Hengzhou is in hand, Nikan can naturally fight the Guangxi defenders of the Ming army with Jierharang's fists, and can firmly protect Jierharang's flank, so that he can rest assured and bold to intersperse the depth of the Ming army from a long distance.

Therefore, whether Nikan's men and horses are preparing a feint or cooperating with Zilharang to invade Guangxi, Hengzhou is his ambition.

Since coming to Hengzhou, Nikan's artillery has bombarded the city for thirteen days in succession. The Ming army's Hengzhou garrison generals Hao Yongzhong and Li Jin, because their troops were too weak, did not know that Jierharang had divided his troops to the east. The second general thought that he was invincible, and when the Qing army was about to start attacking the city, he quietly retreated to Baoqing and Chenzhou that night.

Hao Yongzhong went to Baoqing on the order of Tianlang, originally Hao Yongzhong received this order from Tianlang, and his heart was somewhat apprehensive, between the Dashun Army and the Great Western Army, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, they are not as close as brothers, if water and fire are incompatible to describe, maybe it is more appropriate, both of them have almost had each other's lives.

As a fierce general in the Dashun army, Hao Yongzhong was on a par with Li Dingguo, but he was not afraid of anyone, but the emperor ordered him to move troops to Baoqing, but there was no further instruction, and Li Dingguo left Changsha in violation of the order, causing He Tengjiaocheng to be ruined and martyred, and the emperor would definitely deal with him.

At this time, he got the emperor's order to come to Baoqing to meet Li Dingguo, and Hao Yongzhong couldn't help but suspect that this was the emperor's intention to let them fight against each other and drive the tiger and devour the wolf.

originally thought that he was quite trusted by the emperor, but would he really dig a pit for him and calculate him?

"No matter what the emperor means, you have to go to Baoqing to have a look!"

This is Hao Yongzhong's idea, so he generously brought people and horses, only after coming to Baoqing, only to know that Tianlang himself had just arrived in Baoqing first, and it is said that the emperor was only one person, and a horse walked into the gate of Li Dingguo's army.

Hao Yongzhong calls himself a hero and worships heroes, and he was also very surprised by Tianlang's bold approach, so he asked someone to make a detailed preparation.

In the end, I only heard that the emperor rode into the gate alone, Li Dingguo greeted him very respectfully, and said how he was squeezed out by He Tengjiao in Changsha, and left in a bad mood as soon as his mind was hot.

Hao Yongzhong couldn't help but sneer, obviously Li Dingguo had transferred the experience of Hao Yongzhong when he drove to Liuzhou to face Qu Shiyun and others, and compiled it into him and He Tengjiao.

It is said that the emperor was very angry at that time, and pointed at Li Dingguo's nose with a horsewhip and scolded for a long time, but later heard that the emperor asked Li Dingguo if he wanted a chance to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes, Li Dingguo nodded, and the two withdrew from everyone and went to the handsome tent to talk secretly.

After listening to the narration of the ear report, Hao Yongzhong frowned deeply, and smiled faintly, he still underestimated the emperor's endurance and desire to win at all costs, and for Li Dingguo, even if the emperor whipped him a few times, it was not too much to even change generals in battle, thunder and rain and dew, it was all Jun's grace.

Could this be the purpose of the emperor to recruit himself, the emperor seems to be desperate and wants to win another battle.

Then Hao Yongzhong also swaggered into Li Dingguo's military camp, Tianlang also held a banquet here to entertain him, Li Dingguo's smile when he accompanied him was a little apologetic, maybe he also felt guilty about why Tengjiao's death in battle.

After three rounds of drinking, Deng Kai walked in in a hurry with a piece of information, and only had time to nod to Hao Yongzhong, and handed over the information to Tianlang.

Tianlang was already slightly drunk, but when he took the letterhead, there was no drunkenness on his face, he read the letter coldly, and after a long time, a smile seemed to flash on the corner of his mouth, and he ordered Deng Kai to sit down and drink together.

Deng Kai still looked very anxious, he glanced at the tent, and withdrew all the idle people, leaving only Li Dingguo and Hao Yongzhong, who heard this information at the level he thought was enough, before bowing down to Tianlang on one knee and saying:

"It's Weichen's dereliction of duty, he didn't restrain his subordinates, let this happen early, and ask Long Live Lord to punish him."

Tianlang smiled faintly and said, "What to blame, they are just bait, if it is me, I will definitely do the same!" ”

When he saw Li Dingguo and Hao Yongzhong's puzzled looks, he smiled and handed him the information, and the two couldn't help but be shocked after reading it.

This information was sent from Zhaoqing, and on the day the information was sent,

A group of ministers who were brought to Zhaoqing by Tianlang spontaneously gathered early in the morning to the place where the emperor was believed to have lived after coming to Zhaoqing, and were stopped by the guards.

After arguing for a long time, the ministers were very bold and broke through the barrier of the guards and broke in, saying that they must see the emperor today.

The result was of course disappointing, after all, Tianlang had not lived in Zhaoqing for even a day, and some people among the ministers thought that the emperor had suffered a mutiny among the soldiers and was hidden by the guards.

However, later the smart people in it poured out the mystery and said that this was obviously an empty plan staged by the emperor himself.

So the ministers all gathered at the gate of the city with their treasures and their families to escape, because they found that in the past two days, people who had fled from the direction of Guangzhou wanted to take refuge in the city, but the soldiers defending the city refused to open the city gate.

They are all people with a very keen sense of smell, and they first guessed the fact that Guangzhou had fallen, and then came to another conclusion, the next target of the Qing army must be Zhaoqing, but the emperor seemed to sit firmly in the Chinese military tent and never showed up.

It is understandable that the guards will not let the exiles into the city, for fear that there will be spies of the Qing army mixed in, but why does the emperor not show up? That's the most suspicious.