Li Dingguo, a peasant child from a civilian background, was in Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army at the age of ten, and his extraordinary appearance and intelligence were loved by Zhang Xianzhong and adopted as his adopted son.

Seventeen-year-old Zhang Xianzhong showed his talent in the battle array, led 20,000 rebel troops, emerged in Henan at that time, and made great achievements, until Zhang Xianzhong's death, he set himself up as king in the south incognito.

At this moment, Li Dingguo is only twenty-four years old, but he has already shown his extraordinary intelligence and courage to the fullest. He could have risen among the many forces in the south, and with his ability, he would definitely not lose to Zhang Xianzhong at his peak.

However, Li Dingguo did not blindly expand, he got a very important truth from Zhang Xianzhong's past. In order to grow their power, in addition to the necessary talents, they must also have a righteous goal and slogan.

Only by standing on the side of morality and shouting loud slogans can we slowly rise in this troubled world. At this time, Chongzhen sent him kindness, which was naturally what Li Dingguo needed, although Chongzhen was already down, no matter how he said that he was still the justifiable Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

As long as he is next to the big tree of Chongzhen, and then holds high the banner of recovering the Ming Dynasty, he can stand at the tuyere and take advantage of the trend. Hold high the banner of light, and sweep the Quartet with his strength, without worrying that he will end up like Zhang Xianzhong.

Li Dingguo defected to Chongzhen, and he had only one condition, that is, to marry Chongzhen's only remaining daughter to him. With the identity of a concubine, Li Dingguo will not have to worry about Chongzhen or the imperial court abandoning him in the future. In the future battle, you can hold high the banner of the court and stand on the side of light.

Unexpectedly, Chongzhen simply agreed to Li Dingguo's request and married his only daughter to him. And Li Dingguo did not disappoint Chongzhen, in return, after he prepared 50,000 soldiers and horses, he immediately launched a lightning offensive against Nanjing, and captured several cities in three days.

And he grasped the time very well, just a few days before Mao Wenlong was preparing for the founding ceremony. Such sudden bad news immediately alarmed Mao Wenlong and others, and Chen Qiyu was even more angry.

Nanjing has always been his guard, as Nanjing's guard, but now such a situation has occurred at this juncture, and he cannot escape the blame. I hate these guys who suddenly came out of nowhere!

"Chief soldier, please allow the last general to go back immediately to rehabilitate this gang of thieves, and make sure that they will not return." Chen Qiyu was the first to stand up and ask Mao Wenlong for his life.

Mao Wenlong did not rush to respond to Chen Qiyu, the incident in Nanjing happened so suddenly, and it was lost several cities in three days. This is extremely rare in the Dongjiang Army, and it can be seen indirectly that this gang of thieves who suddenly appeared is by no means an ordinary person.

After thinking deeply, Mao Wenlong set his eyes on Hong Chengchou's body: "Does the military advisor think there is something strange in this? ”

Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "This group of people chose to raid Nanjing before the founding ceremony. With such a coincidence, it is not difficult to see that they must have come for this matter. And if there is anyone in this world who most does not want to see the founding of the country, except for the Fu King who has disappeared without a trace, only the emperor who has been silent for a long time remains. ”

Mao Wenlong frowned: "The meaning of the military advisor is that this group of guys who suddenly appeared was entrusted by one of these two people?" ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly: "It's not one person, even if the two merge together, it's not impossible." It's just that the lower officials are still a little confused, just relying on the Fu King or the emperor, shouldn't they have this ability? ”

Seeing Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou guessing here, Chen Qiyu, who was anxious, finally couldn't sit still. Immediately interrupted the two of them to Mao Wenlong and said: "Chief soldier, instead of us guessing here, it is better to let the last general go to the end." ”

This is very polite, but it also shows that Chen Qiyu is very confident in himself. In his opinion, no matter who is making trouble, he only needs to go over once, and he will definitely be able to quell this unprovoked war.

Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou glanced at each other, and the latter nodded at Mao Wenlong, indicating that he agreed with Chen Qiyu's opinion. Since Hong Chengchou had nothing to say, Mao Wenlong had nothing to guess, so even if he agreed to Chen Qiyu's request, he ordered him to set off for Nanjing immediately.

was convinced that no one could shake the Dongjiang Army, so although Mao Wenlong was confused, he didn't really take it to heart. So, after Chen Qiyu set off, Mao Wenlong and Hong Chengchou continued to arrange the founding ceremony, and did not worry too much about the accident that happened in Nanjing.

Chen Qiyu was annoyed, so he took a hot air balloon directly to Nanjing, in order to get there as quickly as possible. And his henchmen led 2,000 guards to hurry day and night.

It only took three days for Chen Qiyu to arrive in Nanjing, and the generals who stayed in Nanjing came to meet him one after another. Chen Qiyu didn't even have time to drink, so he immediately asked about Nanjing and the gang of thieves.

Chen Qiyu's lieutenant did not dare to slack off, and immediately explained the situation to him. It turned out that the thieves who didn't know their origin first appeared in Huizhou, and then it took only one day to capture the entire Huizhou. Then this group of people used Huizhou as a stronghold and quickly spread to Ningguo Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion, attacking the city all the way and no one could stop it.

When Chen Qiyu heard this, he was immediately furious: "Bastard, are you just watching them fight like this?" As for our soldiers and horses, why don't we transfer them immediately? ”

The adjutant general's dark face was full of embarrassment: "The general doesn't know anything, we don't have many garrisons in Nanjing. However, the 50,000 troops previously stationed in Yingtianfu could not be transferred, and their task was to garrison the coast and ensure that Nanjing was not harassed by the Japanese invaders. Moreover, there is a fierce general among the enemy army, and no one can stop its edge, and four thousand generals in our army have been killed by him one after another. ”

Chen Qiyu was stunned, and he didn't react for a long time, and the deputy general's words just now made him unable to accept it for a while. His subordinates are all fierce generals in a thousand, and he still knows how strong his combat power is. But the generals with such ability were easily killed by the enemy generals, which shows that this group of enemy troops is by no means an unknown person as Mao Wenlong guessed before?

Thinking of this, Chen Qiyu also began to be vigilant, put away his contempt thoughts, and took these enemy troops seriously: "Have you ever checked where the enemy generals are sacred?" ”

The adjutant general nodded and shook his head: "The last general has already sent someone to investigate, but unfortunately there is no return, and so far there are sixteen brothers whose lives and deaths are unknown!" ”

Chen Qiyu frowned, and after thinking for a while, he slapped the table and shouted: "Gather 30,000 troops immediately, I will go to the meeting in person." ”

"Yes, General!" The generals agreed.