When the ministers saw that His Royal Highness Prince Fu didn't even pay attention to the ceremony of supervising the country, how could this person care about the government when he ascended the throne in the future? It can't help but chill the hearts of some loyal people! But it makes the Donglin Party feel that it is profitable?

After all, His Royal Highness Prince Fu is known for being playful and ignoring politics, and since he was the prince, he has been in Henan Province to announce the political department, and everyone in Luoyang County, Henan Prefecture.

Now there is no one in front of the hundred officials, but His Royal Highness Prince Fu is a candidate for succession, so no one dares to say anything and has to be temporarily tolerated.

Subsequently, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Nan Zhili invited His Royal Highness Prince Mingfu to bathe and fast in the Linggu Temple on the southeast slope of the Golden Gate, but Prince Mingfu was a little indignant and dissatisfied, and refused to go to the temple as a vassal king!

At this time, the Duke of Ming Wei: Xu Hongji, stood up and persuaded him, "His Royal Highness Prince Fu has been receiving the dusty ministers all the way to Nanjing City, Yingtianfu, and he is here to preside over the overall situation and inherit the unification of the first emperor, and this is a matter of honoring the ancestors!" Presumably, Prince Lao Fugong and His Majesty Emperor Taizu Hongwu Gao will be very happy if they have knowledge, why don't His Royal Highness take this opportunity to enter the Linggu Temple and tell them, first, they can cultivate their self-cultivation, and secondly, they can also promote virtue, isn't it wonderful? ”

After listening to the words of the Duke of Ming Wei, Prince Mingfu felt that there was some truth, so he reluctantly agreed to go to Linggu Temple.

At this moment, the Sichuan Chengxuan Zhengsi area in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River has also been lit Xingyuan Liaohuo, stationed in Kuizhou Mansion Daxi Wang looked at the declining water potential of Wanxian County, and felt that it was time to let the army cross the river, so he asked Daxi Pingnan General: Ai Nengqi, led the former army to cross the river to Zhongzhou, Chongqing Prefecture.

Tens of thousands of Daxi troops wearing armor and gray cloth began to lay siege to Chungju City after landing on the shore on the ships, and the Ming troops defending the city immediately entered the combat state when they saw the attack of the thieves, lit the five general cannons on the city tower, and bombarded the charging thieves and invaders.

Among them, the Ming Zhongzhou garrison: Huang Yisheng, hit a thief general with a self-generated firebolt, so that he fell off his horse and was blown up, so the Daxi Advance Brigade who charged: Zhang Zai, was killed by the Ming artillery, and the Zhongzhou Ming army gunners on the city tower were demoralized and announced that they would resist to the death.

This move angered the king of Onishi, causing him to order a blockade of the moat, cut off the water source in the city, and constantly fired cannons at the four guns, suppressing the few Ming artillerymen on the tower, and in a while, he entered the city and captured Zhongzhou to slaughter the Ming army defending the city.

After the news spread, the Ming Fuzhou general: Zeng Ying, immediately sent a letter to the governor of Sichuan: Chen Shiqi, and approved himself to lead 3,000 people to resist.

But the governor of Sichuan in Ming, who received the letter, did not agree to this matter! Instead, he handed over the troops of the whole Sichuan to the general soldiers of the Ming and Han Dynasties: Zhao Guangyuan, this person is a protector and does not care about the overall situation!

Prince Mingruizhuang, who happened to be in Chongqing Mansion: Zhu Changhao, sent someone to contact the Ming Qiang Han general soldier to pray for the protection of himself with troops, and the Ming Qiang Han general soldier who wanted to monopolize the overall situation in the troubled times was naturally very happy, and he agreed immediately without thinking about it.

Because at this moment, the thieves had already broken through Zhongzhou and were preparing to go south to plague the rest of the counties, so the Ming Fuzhou generals: Zeng Ying, Ming Sichuan Chengxuan Zheng Si Chuandong Zuo participated in politics: Liu Liangchang, and the two of them respectively let the Ming Qiang and Han generals control the wharf ships and merchants in the area of the Linjiang Patrol Division and the Shaziguan Patrol Division, so as to prevent the thieves and the army from pretending to be merchants from going south, and asked the Ming Qiang Han General to send more men and artillery to the dock.

But because the general army of Ming Qiang and Han wanted to transfer troops to protect His Royal Highness Prince Ruizhuang, they were delayed one by one! As a result, the thief army directly dispatched to collect nearby ships, and also found the Ming Qiang Han General Escort Army preparing to go south in Dianjiang County.

Seeing such a small number of Ming troops wearing blue cloth armor and red and white chain mail, Wang Dingguo, the former military governor of Onishi under the command of King Onishi, laughed and hid the ambush soldiers on the side of the official road outside the county seat, set up three consecutive crossbow arrows and three-eyed guns, and lurked in front of the Daxi hussar battalion to raid at any time.

As for the Onishi sword players and the Onishi spear team preparing for the charge, the Ming Qiang Han generals who had just crossed the suspension bridge and walked on the official road on horseback also played a majestic way to the generals behind them, "All give Ben the general to speed up and keep up with the pace!" I am about to escort His Royal Highness Prince Rui, and when the time comes, I will have everything I want, and I will follow Ben to eat and drink spicy food, so as not to see the face of the governor. ”

Several generals next to him also said in unison: "I heard that the Central Plains is in turmoil, and Kou has entered Beijing?" I don't know if it's true or not? If it is true, then we can support His Royal Highness Prince Lirui to ascend the throne as His Majesty the current Ming Emperor, and we will become the founding heroes! Isn't it beautiful? ”

After hearing this, everyone raised their heads and laughed, not realizing the danger at all, and the unaware Ming soldiers behind them walked into the ambush circle step by step, but they didn't know that what was waiting for them was death!

The former military governor of Daxi held a crutch gun in his hand, personally charged the medicine, adjusted the mouth of the gun, and pulled the trigger (bang) in front of the Ming army's formation to kill the Ming Dazhu general next to the Ming Qiang Han general soldier: Wei Ding Town, so frightened that the Ming Qiang Han general soldier held his helmet with his hand and shouted, "The whole army is on alert." ”

As soon as the words fell, the artillery battalions of the Great Western Army were ready to wave the command flag and fire the artillery, (knock, knock, knock~) A row of solid bullets fell from the sky and exploded in the Ming army formation, and the soldiers carrying the commander (Tiankui Star Flag) and the tooth flag were killed on the spot.

Before the general soldiers of the Ming Qiang Han who had just drawn their sabers had given an order, they saw the army of thieves killed in all directions, and the ambushed Onishi firecrackers and Onishi crossbow arrows began to cooperate in shooting, and the Onishi sword players and the Onishi spearmen in the grass were also ready to go, and their morale was high and they were listening to the sound of guns.

In the face of such a form, the Ming army hurriedly organized themselves and stood on the spot, shooting at the thieves and soldiers, and the artillerymen did not have time to arrange the battle before they were scattered by the Onishi hussar battalion and slaughtered with knives!

Only the Ming saber player pulled out the Yanling knife to fight the enemy, in order to prevent being surrounded by the thief army? The first thing that the Ming Qiang Han army thought of was to find a weak spot to rush out, rather than fighting with the thief army! After all, the current task is to escort His Royal Highness Prince Rui, so the general army of the Ming Qiang Han did not immediately think of transferring the surrounding troops to jointly fight back against the thieves, but thought of retreating to preserve their strength.

Therefore, the thief army also bluffed and waved the flag and shouted, and the Onishi Iron Cavalry pursued the fleeing Ming army wave after wave, making the Ming Qiang and Han generals completely defeated by the Onishi Army and left Shunqing Mansion.

The soldiers who escaped at all reported to the Ming Fuzhou general stationed nearby: Zeng Ying, he was shocked when he reported the situation! Thought; Why didn't the governor let me lead the troops to fight against the thieves and defend Chongqing Mansion!

But it was useless to regret it now, and the top priority was to make up for his mistakes as soon as possible, so he wrote a letter again asking for orders to send troops.

However, the governor of Sichuan still did not agree, but seeing that he was a loyal person, he had to let the general of Ming Fuzhou lead his subordinates to try to defend the territory.

After replying to the letter, the Ming Fuzhou staff general immediately took out all his family wealth to buy cattle and sheep sacrificial wine, and selected elite soldiers and strong generals; Ming Dwarf Jiang Qianzong: Li Ding, Ming Southern Zhou Camp General Banner: Yu Chong, Ming Lengshui Battalion Chief: Hu Mingfeng, and others are brave and good at fighting, and they are all willing to serve the imperial court to defend the land and fight to the death.

This was boosting the morale and determination of the Ming Fuzhou generals, and he personally supervised the sailors to go upstream, go to the dock where the thieves anchored and burn hundreds of thieves' ships with underwater dragon king cannons, flying crows, and fire dragons, and also confronted the Onishi archers who came out of the dock head-on.

The general flag of the Zhou camp in the south of the Ming Dynasty, who was responsible for commanding the boats on the water, made people wave the flag and turn the hull of the ship, and ordered the gunners to ignite and open fire, and bombed the thief army on the shore.

The Ming army was naturally fearless and continued to approach the shore with the fire and archery teams to shoot in turn, this battle repelled hundreds of thieves guarding the river, and beheaded a total of 1,000 people The elated squad returned to Fuzhou, but the king of Daxi took the opportunity to occupy the gourd dam in Zhongzhou, cut off the road for the Ming army ships to go north, and also sent troops to attack Changshou County, but was the Ming Changshou general army: Wang Zimei, Ming Changshou general: Wang Qianxing, set up an ambush with minefields all over the city.

As soon as the front team of the Great Western Army arrived, they stepped on the thunder one after another and were bombed, so frightened that the King of Onishi in the rear did not have the courage to continue the attack! I had to temporarily withdraw my troops and go back to hold Chungju.

In order to prevent the bandit army from moving south and guarding the main road of the Yangtze River, the governor of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty also issued a special order to order the Ming Sichuan Cheng to announce that the political secretary of Sichuan Dongzuo should participate in the politics: Liu Liangchang, stick to the defense line along the Yangtze River and prohibit any suspicious ships from going south.

At this moment, the general soldier of the Ningyuan Guard in the northern Wu army camp was anxiously patrolling among the soldiers of each battalion, and almost everyone asked, "Have you seen the commander of the Qiantun guard in Guangning and the Qianhu in Guangning?" ”

However, the soldiers shook their heads and said that they had not seen it, as if he had realized something. In addition to the general Ming Ning Yuanwei beside him, he analyzed, "Lord Commander, will your eldest brother and second brother be killed when the Eastern Tatars attack?" Or was he captured by the rogues and retreated into the gate? ”

As soon as he said this, the general soldiers of the Mingning Yuanwei immediately rode out of the camp on their horses, and the accompanying generals also rushed to the direction of Shanhaiwei.

This matter was soon detected by the Manchu soldiers, and the soldiers of the white flag urgently reported the situation to the regent of the Manchu emperor's father, he learned that Wu Sangui hurriedly led his troops to Shanhaiwei, and thought that he had sent two banner armies to attack Shanhaiwei before he didn't know if he had beaten down, if Wu Sangui was now restored to the Ming Dynasty and opposed the Qing Dynasty, then the Manchu and Shuo Zheng princes would definitely be attacked before and after, and there were a large number of Ming troops and Shun troops in the pass, not necessarily the two banner armies could take advantage of? After realizing this, the Manchu emperor's father, the regent, immediately ordered troops to Shanhaiwei.

Here, under the city wall of Shanhaiwei, where the high walls and forts are gathered, the Manchu Qing Zhenglan Banner and the Blue Banner are still braving artillery fire to charge again and again, but they still have not been able to get close to the drawbridge, at most they only enter the shooting range of the Ming army and are killed.

A long war was very bad for the Manchu soldiers! Prince Zheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, who was sitting on the slope of the jungle watching the battle, was very worried, and when he heard the soldiers report on the battle situation, he moved the intention of retreating, but unexpectedly, the Manchu herald soldiers with blue flags in the rear team also ran over and reported, "Jurchen language: report!" Prince Qi Zheng has a large number of Ming troops approaching the rear of our department, do you want to block it? ”

This made the already frightened Prince Zheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Shuo Zheng think; A Shanhaiwei is already giving me a headache! There is still a Ming army coming behind this? No matter how much, let's take a detour to southern Mongolia and withdraw troops to recuperate!

Immediately after that, the entire group of elite armored and well-trained Guanning Iron Cavalry appeared eight hundred meters outside the Shanhai Acropolis, and as soon as the forward Iron Cavalry stopped, the general soldier of the Ming Ning Yuanwei had already come to the front of the army and glanced at this Daming City Pass, he thought to himself; I don't know what is happening to Mr. Gao now? Are you planning to fight against the general? Or will you let Ben go for a while?

With this question, he asked the soldiers to shoot an arrow at the top of the city tower, and shot an arrow at the top of the flag, which happened to be inserted on the flagpole of the Shunzi flag, and the soldiers in the city hurriedly took off the arrow and sent it to the guard command post.