After considering it comprehensively, Zhu Cihong still felt that the situation in Huguang was more complicated and severe.

If the problem of factions is not solved, Huguang will be a barrel of explosives at any time.

What Zhu Cihong had to do was to make the imperial court have absolute authority in Huguang. On behalf of the imperial court and the Son of Heaven, the governor and the important ministers must have the power to say the same, and this requires the support of the army.

After thinking about it, Zhu Cihong still felt that Huang Degong should be sent to Huguang.

This person has no problem with his loyalty to the imperial court, and he has the ability and prestige to suppress the generals, and it is also a constraint on Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong.

As for the 50,000 Shence troops who remained in Nanjing, Zhu Cihong was ready to use them as mobile troops, and they would be transferred to various places at any time to put out fires in response to the situation.

On the Shandong side, Zhu Cihong can't allocate more manpower for the time being.

However, he planned to issue a holy decree to Zhang Kentang, the governor of Denglai, ordering him to maintain communication with Gao Jie, Qin Gongming and other commanders at any time. If the eastern captives go south, they must lead troops to rescue as soon as possible.

Due to historical reasons, the entire Shandong Peninsula was artificially divided into two towns, Shandong Town and Denglai Town, by the imperial court.

In this case, there is usually a rift.

Zhu Cihong issued this holy decree to tell Zhang Kentang that resisting capture is no trivial matter, and all forces that can be united must be united. If Zhang Kentang prevaricates and does not go to rescue Shandong Town, Zhu Cihong will definitely not be spared.

Counting the strength of Denglai Town, Shandong's army has nearly 150,000, barely meeting Gao Jie's requirements.

The reason why Zhu Cihong did not send the 50,000 Shence army in his hands was because he considered that there might be more than one hole to fill in in the future, and only by having soldiers in his hands could he better put out the fire, otherwise he could only sigh at the fire and even die in the fire.

As for how this battle will be fought, we have to wait and see.

All Zhu Cihong can do now is to take precautions.

I only hope that Plug Yinxi will not disappoint him and recruit the rest of the Shun army as soon as possible.

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After learning of Li Zicheng's death, Liu Fangliang, Liu Tichun, Zuo Guangxian, Yuan Zongdi and others were grief-stricken.

After several rounds, they finally joined Tian Jianxiu and Gao Guiying.

The first question before them is where to go.

Although the Qing army has withdrawn and will not threaten the safety of everyone in a short time, the Shun army is no longer the Shun army of the past, and the soldiers have suffered serious losses after dozens of defeats. The house leak happened to rain overnight, and Li Zicheng died violently, and the entire Shun army was leaderless, and everyone was at a loss.

At this time, everyone turned their attention to Gao Guiying.

After all, she is Li Zicheng's wife and the queen of the Dashun Dynasty. There's nothing wrong with listening to her.

Gao Guiying is indeed a person who does great things, and endures the grief of losing her husband and gathers the generals to discuss the way out.

In troubled times, having soldiers in your hands is the king, and although this Shun army has suffered serious losses, it still has tens of thousands of horses.

With this army, there is capital to negotiate with all parties.

Of course, in Gao Guiying's opinion, there are not many options for the Shun army, either to take refuge in the Ming court, or to go to Sichuan to find Zhang Xianzhong, hoping that he will accept the rest of the Shun army in his old feelings.

No matter what kind of Shunjun it is, it will be under the fence. There's no way around it. But as long as Dashun still has a little foundation, Gao Guiying will not choose to look at other people's faces.

As for the clearance, it is absolutely not.

The reason why Shunjun has fallen to this point, and the reason why Gao Guiying has experienced the pain of losing her husband are all because of Tartar.

If anyone dares to propose surrender in front of Gao Guiying, she will definitely order someone to tie him up and behead him immediately.

"Yufeng, tell me, where should we go now?"

Huguang is now the territory of the Ming court, and if it continues to stay, it will inevitably have friction with the Ming army.

"Queen, I think it's better to go to Changsha."

Tian Jianxiu pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice.

"Changsha?"

Gao Guiying felt a little surprised: "Why is it there?" ”

"Queen, Huguang is the granary of the world, the Tartars will fight sooner or later, Jingzhou and Xiangyang Mansion in the north face Henan, if we stay and fight with the Tartars sooner or later, it is better to hand over the difficulties to the Ming army. The Ming army basically did not have any garrison troops in Changsha, so we could go to Changsha to recuperate and recuperate, and second, to expand some soldiers and horses. ”

Gao Guiying hesitated: "Will such words cause Ming Ting's disgust?" ”

"Now we can't care about this, if we just come down like this, we will definitely not get a good end. But if you go to Changsha and sit down and talk, you will take the initiative a lot. ”

The most important thing in negotiations is not to put yourself in a situation where you have no choice.

That would be very passive.

However, the rest of the Shun army was in such an embarrassing situation.

Tian Jianxiu means that the Ming can be lowered, but it has to be considered in the long run. Wait until the soldiers of the Shun army are replenished and their vitality is restored, and then they will negotiate with the Ming court.

"Well, I understand what you said."

Gao Guiying sighed and said, "It would be nice if Yigong and Gong'er were here." ”

When Azig stormed northern Shaanxi, Gao Yigong and Li Guo led their troops to garrison in Yulin.

Later, Li Zicheng made the decision to abandon Shaanxi and led an army to Henan to Huguang.

In this army, there is no Li Guo and Gao Yigong in northern Shaanxi.

However, later Gao Guiying got the news that Li Guo and Gao Yigong also led their troops to evacuate and entered Sichuan through Hanzhong.

The situation in Sichuan today is also very complicated, the Ming army, the Western army, and the local Tusi.

Li Guo and Gao Yigong entered Sichuan so rashly, and they were in a very dangerous situation.

In Gao Guiying's view, the best choice for Li Guo and Gao Yigong is to leave Sichuan, the land of right and wrong, as soon as possible. Even if it is down the river to Huguang, it is better than being sandwiched between the Ming army, the Western army, and the Tusi soldiers.

"Queen, we can't wait for them, they will come to Huguang a long time ago."

Liu Tichun's words brought Gao Guiying back to reality.

Yes, if they could come to Huguang, they would have come a long time ago.

The most important thing now is to preserve this little incense of the Shun army.

"Okay, let's go to Changsha!"

Gao Guiying finally made up her mind.

"However, I have three chapters of the law with you, after we go to Changsha, we can no longer burn, kill and loot as before, otherwise I am afraid that we will not be able to negotiate with the Ming Court about annexation in the future."

This is what Gao Guiying is most worried about.

After all, Shunjun was born in a rogue, and it was okay when he had a territory, but after recovering his mobile identity, he was afraid that he would expose those shortcomings again.

Today is different from the past, in the past, with Li Zicheng, no matter how difficult it is, the banner can be erected again. But now that Li Zicheng is gone, Shunjun must clamp his tail and be a man.

"Queen, don't worry, the brothers know it."

Yuan Zongdi, who had been silent, finally spoke.

He suffered heavy losses in the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, and there were only more than 2,000 people left under his command, even if he wanted to loot as much as before.

"Let's not rob the county, it's okay to eat black!"

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