Nanzhili, Xuzhou, Pei County.

The dilapidated Peixian County Government has raised the banner of the Counselor's Confidential Government Affairs Nanjing Military Department Shangshu at this time.

The small county town has also become a military city where soldiers and generals gather, and there are large groups of officers and soldiers wearing mandarin duck jackets and holding various blades, disembarking from the canal wharf outside Peixian County, and then the whole team drove into Pei County.

Horse-drawn carts and mule carts loaded with heavy grain and grass also rumbled across the official road and entered the county seat of Peixian, which is located in the northernmost part of Nanzhili.

The entire county seat of Peixian County has obviously become the stronghold of this Qinwang army from Nanjing.

With a black face full of righteousness, he is in his forties this year, and the medium-sized Ming Counselor Confidential Government Affairs Nanjing Military Department Shangshu Shi Kefa, dressed in a python robe, is standing on a high ground near the Jingou Pass in the south of Peixian County, with his hands behind his back, looking out to the east. He was accompanied by a military attache in his twenties, his adopted son Stilwell. From time to time, there were rumors of cavalry running from the direction of Peixian County, loudly reporting the arrival of troops and camping. Stilwell carried a brush and a notebook with him, recorded them on the spot, and showed them to Shi Kefa after writing down a few.

Shi Kefa just swept his eyes without showing much interest, and then turned his gaze to the north.

At this moment, a horse galloped on the official road to the east. Shi Kefa's own soldiers stood by the roadside and stopped Tangma. Seeing this, Stilwell immediately went down the high ground, ran to the side of the blocked pond horse, showed the token, and then took a stack of papers, turned around and went up to the high ground again.

"Daddy, it's all Di Bao."

"Bring it to me and take a look," Shi Kefa hurriedly took the copy of the stack of newspapers, and looked at them one by one on the high ground, read a few pages, and suddenly let out: "Huh? ”

"Daddy," Stilwell asked, "what's wrong?" ”

"Good news again!"

"Good news? What's so strange about that? These days are full of good news! ”

"But this good news is wrong!" Shi Kefa shook his head, "What did you say to defeat the Mantars and behead level 3000!" It's too good to blow, you can see it......"

Stilwell took a newspaper handed by Shi Kefa, looked at it, frowned, and said in a low voice: "Why did you fight with the Mantars...... Didn't you say yesterday that you were negotiating peace? ”

"I knew it was hard to make a draw!" Shi Kefa shook his head, "How could a man of Tartars be willing to withdraw from the customs after getting some New Year's coins?" If you want to negotiate peace, ceding Yanyun is the minimum, maybe you have to take the north of the Yellow River! ”

"How can you cut so much land...... "Stilwell shook his head, "Daddy, what now?" ”

"What else can I do?" Shi Kefa sighed and said, "A rogue can't handle it anymore, and now there's another full tartar...... I really don't know how the prince of Fujun raised the army! ”

"Daddy......" Stilwell looked at his father-in-law's gloomy face and said in a low voice, "Several cabinet officials support the prince!" Hou Gelao also supports the prince! ”

Hou Ge is Hou Sui, he is the Donglin boss, and Shi Kefa is also the Donglin boss!

"Hou Ruogu is also in prison and confused!" Shi Kefa said, "I don't want the name of righteousness......"

If the conversation between Shi Kefa and his son Shi Dewei was heard by Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in Dengzhou, he would definitely burst into tears with excitement - Daming finally had loyal ministers!

And this loyal minister also has a Qinwang righteous army in his hands, which is not too small in number!

Shi Kefa had already finished reading the Di Bao and was about to go down from the high ground for a walk, and by the way, he was thinking about how to help Ming Jun and rectify the huge problem of discipline. I saw more than a dozen horsemen galloping from the direction of Peixian County, and the first to ride was a large military attache wearing an arrow suit.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty still had four main forces on the battlefield in the Central Plains, which was the predecessor of the four towns in Jiangbei in history. They were Gao Jie, the general soldier stationed in Xuzhou, Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, who was stationed in Huai'an, Huang Degong, the general soldier of Luzhou, who was stationed in the Yongcheng area of Henan, and Liu Liangzuo, the general soldier of Jiangbei who was stationed in the Zhengyang area of Henan.

Among them, Gao Jie, the commander of the reinforcement army, is the strongest, with nearly 30,000 horses. Its backbone is the elite of the original Liukou, and after taking refuge in the Ming Dynasty, he followed Hong Chengchou, He Renlong, and Sun Chuanting to fight with the Liukou for nearly ten years. Gao Jie himself was also promoted to the commander-in-chief of the reinforcement army after Sun Chuanting's death in battle and Bai Guangen's defection to the enemy, and commanded the remnants of Sun Chuanting to rescue Shanxi.

However, Gao Jie did not dare to fight hard with Li Zicheng, who was in the middle of the day, but led his troops all the way to Xuzhou, from Shanxi to Xuzhou in the south of Zhili, and met Shi Kefa, who led his troops north to King Qin.

In the original history, Shi Kefa, who was the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, also tried to organize the army to go north to King Qin. But before King Qin's army set off, the bad news of the fall of Beijing and the martyrdom of Chongzhen came, so there was no king to be Qin.

But now that Beijing is gone, the king is still there, so he has to go "diligently"!

So on the first day of the fifth month, Shi Kefa led the army of King Qin, which had been put together with great difficulty, to the north, and the good news spread frequently after crossing the Yangtze River. It was not Shi Kefa who won the battle, but the wise and martial prince Zhu Cihong used his troops like a god and was invincible! First of all, he was defeated in Tianjin, and then came the good news of the victory at Shanhaiguan and the great victory of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

And then it's even worse! The officers and soldiers who had been beaten by Li Zicheng before were all trembling, and they counterattacked on all fronts north of the Huai River, and the good news flew to Shi Kefa like snowflakes, which made Shi Butang very happy.

While waiting for Shi Kefa's main force of King Qin's army, he ordered Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen, Li Benshen and other generals to attack in the direction of Shandong, and had already won a lot of territory.

"Da Sima," before the person got off the horse, Gao Jie happily bowed his hand to Shi Kefa, "Good news, Yanzhou Capital City and Qufu County have been recovered!" ”

"Oh, really?" Shi Kefa also smiled, and then he frowned slightly, "Qufu is the hometown of Confucius, so you can't be disturbed!" ”

"Don't worry, Da Sima, the lower officials know the measure." Gao Jie got off his horse, walked up to Shi Kefa, and bowed respectfully.

In the original history, Gao Jie in May of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen had already cocked his tail to the sky, where would he respect Shi Kefa so much?

But now the situation is different, not only Chongzhen is still there, but there is also a prince of Fujun who can fight well, and the prince also has a new army in his hand, which seems to be quite capable of fighting, so Gao Jie does not dare to fly in front of Shi Kefa.

"As long as Qufu doesn't commit any crimes." Shi Kefa nodded, stepped forward to help Gao Jie, and then took his hand and walked in the direction of Peixian County.

"Da Sima," Gao Jie is also a master who is good at observing words and feelings, and he has already seen Shi Kefa's black face full of worry, so he also frowned, "Are you still worried about the matter of the crown prince's army?" ”

The officials in Nanjing now also know that the crown prince Zhu Cihong went out of the palace to raise the army when he was surrounded by rogues in Beijing, and then seized great power and set up Emperor Chongzhen.

This matter seems to be nothing to the officials and nobles who ran out of Beijing - the crown prince was ordered by Emperor Taizu Gao to take over power in danger and turn the tide, which is really a blessing for the Ming Dynasty!

Now we are waiting for the imperial court to implement internal meditation after arriving in the capital, so that the wise and martial prince His Royal Highness can take over as emperor in advance.

But in the eyes of the ministers and nobles in Nanjing, what the prince did was tantamount to chaos! This is a prelude to usurping the throne!

Although Zhu Cihong is the justifiable Ming Dynasty, as long as Emperor Chongzhen is still alive, he is a son, and Chongzhen is the monarch's father. Now that the sons and daughters are emptying the monarch's father, then they will be chaotic ministers and thieves......

So staying in Nanjing, there are many people clamoring for the prince to return to Chongzhen!

Gao Jie's ears and eyes are very well-informed, of course, he also knows the public opinion of Nanjing, and he also wants to profit from it - whether it is to support the prince or support Chongzhen, there is always a benefit!

So after meeting with Shi Kefa, he was like touching Shi Kefa's hole cards whenever he had the opportunity.

"See for yourself!" Shi Kefa took out the newspaper that reported the victory of Dagukou, "Let's start a war with the Mantars!" ”