The Jiangbei troops of the Southern Ming Dynasty were completely annihilated, and the last town of the three towns in Jiangbei, the last hope of Emperor Hongguang, the Gaojie Department of Shouzhou, also surrendered!

Even Mao Jue didn't expect that he would be able to bear the grace left by Yuan Chonghuan!

Although Gao Jie's troops have more than 100,000 troops, the main force is the rest of the Qin army, plus Chen Yongfu, the Henan general soldier who should have surrendered to Li Zicheng in history, and thousands of Yu soldiers, almost all of them are Yuan Chonghuan's subordinates, and only this part of the troops has combat effectiveness, and the rest are mostly temporary Zhuang Ding to make up the numbers.

When Mao Jue went south, Liu Zhiai, the former confidant general of Yuan Chonghuan who escaped death, immediately took out Yuan Chonghuan's last life and wanted to pull the team to defect to Mao Jue, but as soon as the words came out, not only the more than 2,000 people in his team, but also Yuan Chonghuan's cronies Zhang Poyu, Tongguan General He Yong, and Henan General Chen Yongfu also hit it off, and the old Qin army plus some newly recruited soldiers was more than 40,000 yuan, and they didn't say hello and left with the team in the morning.

At this time, Gao Jie was still thinking about which side to fall to in Xinxiang, Henan, and he didn't pay attention to his efforts, his troops were less than 40,000, and the main force was almost empty, and even the Yulin soldiers under his command followed a lot.

After learning of Yuan Chonghuan's order, Mao Jue defected to him as soon as he came, and this Gao Jie had no choice, but he still wanted to pull the team back first, and let him talk about the surrender conditions, and then go, but Liu criticized this salt worker for being a tendon, and bluntly said that Yuan Inspector's order, even if he went, he would do it as a big soldier, and he didn't have to delay!

Yuan Chonghuan's personal charm can be regarded as a unique landscape in the late Ming Dynasty, under his righteousness, the eunuchs and eunuchs in the Liaodong Prison Army dare to come to the front line in person, like Zhao Shujiao's slippery soldiers can fight to the death and not retreat, heroic battlefield, even if he is dead, this old Qin army is still imprinted with his shadow, seeing Liu Zhiwai does not let go, the rest of the old Qin soldiers in Tongguan, Yulin and other places who are in the army are also holding their necks to carry out the superintendent's will, even if Chen Yongfu did not object!

After all, Yuan Chonghuan fought to the last moment and bought him time to escape, and he Chen Yongfu also owed Yuan Chonghuan a life!

As a result, Gao Jie, who had no choice but to collect the remaining subordinates, set off from Xinxiang, Henan with 110,000 people, inquired all the way to the south, and finally arrived in Yangzhou to vote.

Since then, the three towns of Jiangbei, which Nanming relied on to rely on important defense power, invested heavily in Jiangbei, were completely destroyed.

"Meet the Regent!"

Anyway, there is no way out, it is better to strive for a frank and lenient attitude, leading the army to lay down their arms and wait for the reception, Gao Jie is a guard without a guard, shirtless with Liu Zhiwai and other more than a dozen generals to come down to express sincerity.

"When the minister was under the command of Lord Yuan, he had already admired the demeanor of the regent for a long time, and he couldn't wait to report it as soon as possible, and today he finally got the opportunity, and the minister immediately came to surrender non-stop, and finally had to see the regent Tianyan, the lord is above, please accept the minister's next worship!"

What is a drama spirit? This Gao Jie is like this, a man in his forties cried like a child of more than 200 pounds, crying and fluttering and kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

It's a pity, no matter how much he flutters, Mao Jue's heart is like a mirror, Yuan Chonghuan brought out the pro-army team with nails from the Dongjiang River, what kind of character is loyal or treacherous among the generals under his command, Mao Jue knows it clearly, his face twitched, in front of the generals, he forced a fake smile that can no longer be faked, and pulled Gao Jie up with both hands with a smile.

"The general's loyalty, it is really a sense of heaven and earth, so that the king is grateful, come here, bring the python robe and jade belt! Give it to General Gao!"

A large box of equipment was pushed in front of Gao Jie, holding his hand in front of the generals, Mao Jue also looked like he was in his heart.

"Your Majesty, his old man has heard of General Gao's name for a long time in Beijing! Before this king's expedition, he repeatedly reminded the king that if he met General Gao, he must surrender and lead him into the Beijing Division, and the emperor would personally summon him! What an honor! This king wants to congratulate General Gao, congratulations to General Gao! The title of Ronghua is at your fingertips, and this king has to ask the general to say a lot of good things in front of His Majesty!"

"Thank you, Lord Regent, thank you Emperor for your great kindness!"

For a while, Gao Jie's old face like a leather ball was moved to tears! Can you not be moved to cry? Clear-eyed people know that the northern world is Mao Jue's words, this time he went south to break the Southern Ming, and when he went back, it was estimated that Zen had changed those dramas to change the dynasty, the prince of Jingshi, and now the enlightened emperor is a puppet, and he summoned the honor of having a fart?

This is Mao Jue looking for an opportunity to pick himself up, and then kick out of the army, to an idle pension, yesterday was still a high-ranking emperor, today he is about to become a subordinate who looks at people's faces, Gao Jie was moved by the "inner cow full of face", several times pulled Mao Jue's sleeves and wanted to talk was he retreated, and finally had to take the "honor", wearing a python robe, and the glory out of the tent.

After this inconsequential idler left, Mao Jue's smile showed a little sincerity, and he stretched out his hand to pull up Liu Zhenai, Zhang Poyu, He Yong, Chen Yongfu and others who were kneeling behind him cordially.

"Hurry up, generals! The brave names of several generals have long been heard, like General Liu, a lone army resisted the thieves for seven days, the battle of Luoyang of Yuan Inspector's division, the general's great merit, and General Chen, the battle of Kaifeng, you are an indispensable hero! Nine thousand Yu soldiers dare to argue with millions of thieves, this king admires! ”

Laughing, Mao Jue nodded over one by one, how could he not have thought that Mao Jue knew his little credit clearly, this feeling of respect suddenly made Liu Jiaoai and others have a lot of good feelings, and hurriedly knelt on the ground one after another, shaking his head and being modest.

"The Lord Regent praises it! The end will be a little meager, why worry about it? ”

"How can you say that! Heroes come out of troubled times, you are heroes, this king has the help of all heroes, it is like a tiger with wings! Come here, set up a banquet, set up wine, and this king will entertain all the strong men!"

In the flattery of the old Qin army generals, one by one the trains moved over, and the gorgeous big tables were set in, of course, there were no such fine dishes as salt merchants in the army, but there were still big fish and big meat, and Mao Jue's warm hospitality made the hearts of several Yuan Chonghuan's old generals hot, and this heart-to-heart began to exchange for the loyalty of several people.

The main generals were eating, and the Qin army and the Yu soldiers were not left out in the cold, and in the camp, several carts pulled high were also sent to the camp of the old Qin soldiers in the beating of gongs and drums, shouting that in the gift of the regent, one person gave out a cigarette and a dozen cans.

Not to mention, the veterans of Liaodong are tired of eating canned food, but these canned food after the high temperature vacuum is simply a delicacy for the men who have been suffering at the border for a long time.

Although it depends on how much the military salary and silver are given in the future, relying on this little thing, Mao Jue has deceived more than 30,000 men who are willing to shed blood for themselves.

At the same time, he once again stabbed Jiangnan Shiren's heart.

On the city wall of Yangzhou, looking at the flags floating with the river breeze and the empty ghost array, Shi Kefa's heart was floating like the March catkins on the river, but just when he sighed, it was a big flag, and more than a dozen Liaozhen soldiers were fiercely inserted in front of the city gate.

Looking at the high-lettered flag, Shi Kefa's eyes straightened.

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Gao Jie's surrender is no less than smashing a huge bomb on the Yingtian court, Emperor Hongguang's fat face is as sad as a wrinkled bun, and there are a bunch of ministers underneath, but this time it is silent, even if Jiang Yueguang, Gao Hongtu, and Wang Duo are so proclaimed righteous people are speechless, only a sigh remains.

The most active here is none other than Ruan Dacheng, the secretary of the military department who has just fluctuated, and in front of the Manchu civil and military forces, he once again jumped in front of people with his fists in his hands.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation has become clear, and it is already the general trend of the destiny to return to the capital of the enlightened emperor! The three towns in Jiangbei died, and the imperial court had no soldiers to fight in Jiangnan! There is only one Zuo Liangyu left, who still listens to the tune and doesn't listen to the announcement, and Liu Liangzuo is even beaten into a thief! If you don't surrender to the regent as soon as possible, do you have to let Sanwu stain blood? ”

"Nonsense!"

The big sleeves flicked down fiercely, and Wang Duo, who was already in his sixties and getting older and more stubborn, finally had some words, pointing at Ruan Dacheng's nose and scolding.

"Liaomao, thieves! Vainly set up a concubine, with monstrous ambitions, in a vain attempt to get involved in the country! You, a eunuch, dare to wave the flag and shout for it, Your Majesty, please behead the Qin Hui and others who are messing with the hearts of our courts!"

"Wow! Since you have a plan to resist Liao, you can behead me Ruan, but where is the historian, you have memorized this Manchu Dynasty civil and military today! If there is a person who worships in the north and south in the future, the old man will have to see what kind of face he has and his long history!"

Ruan Dacheng is a talented man who writes operas, but he has written a lot and has also entered the play, coupled with the frustration of officialdom, he tilted his head and opened his arms with fearless arrogance, but no one dared to answer his words.

Everyone has a family and a young family, who dares to guarantee that they will never surrender?

Seeing that Qian Qianyi was dumb today, Wang Duo was also helpless, so he had to shake his sleeves helplessly.

"Everyone, don't forget the news from the Jingshi, Mao went against the grain and borrowed the land to settle the accounts for the reason of scraping the gentry's ancestral land, and looted the gentry and the people's wealth and silk, and the people's grievances under his rule were boiling, just like Dong Zhuo was alive, everyone, do you want to give the Ming Dynasty to this kind of person?"

The court has become silent again, and now only Mao Jue's officials and gentry are struggling to support the ministers of the Southern Dynasty. These two items directly touch the core interests of the big landowners in Jiangnan!

However, how long it will take to compromise between the wealth of the land and the lives of the whole clan, the ministers themselves probably don't know.

The silent court discussion was held again until noon, dragging his tired body home, and Liu Ru once again asked urgently while helping him loosen his clothes.

"Master, how is the affairs of the court?"

"It's still the same, women's family, don't ask!"

This time, Qian Qianyi was not as impassioned as a few days ago, but waved his hand tiredly, blocking Liu Ruyi's words, and after taking off his official uniform, he didn't have the heart to go to dinner again, just heated a pot of tea, and sat in the living room and drank without a sip.

Just when his eyes were so stuffy that his eyes were straight, outside the door, a little guy surnamed Qian suddenly trotted in, and muttered hurriedly when he was lying on Qian Qianyi.

"Dong Weng, Ruan Dabeard has sent someone to Luofu in Hangzhou! In addition, Chen Mingxia, Wu Weiye, and Liu Zhengzong also sent people to Hangzhou in the name of visiting relatives, and there were people in Xia Mansion and Li Mansion who went north by boat, and their purpose was unknown!"

"Wang Duo, this old puppet is ......"

Full of disbelief, he jumped out half a sentence, but was swallowed back again, Qian Qianyi stroked the gray beard on his face like an old fairy, and turned his back hand like an ant on a hot pot for more than ten minutes, gritting his teeth fiercely, Qian Qianyi also shouted hurriedly.

"Send someone to bring Qian Zeng's kid to the old man!"

(End of chapter)