As soon as Li Yan moved here, Li Zicheng naturally didn't dare to stay there, and immediately began to march towards Jiujiang. Zuo Liangyu just died, even if Zuo Mengeng took over, the morale of the troops fell a lot. They were not Li Zicheng's opponents, and they didn't dare to slack off at this time.

But Zuo Liangyu's funeral hasn't been done yet, and he can't carry the coffin with the army. So Zuo Mengeng discussed with the generals, left the rest of the country alone, concentrated the troops of the rear team near Jiujiang, and used Jiujiang as a base for them to defend to the death. After that, they sent troops to continue their eastward offensive to gain more room for their maneuvers.

Although the troops led by Chen Yongfu were only more than 7,000 horses, Liu Zongmin was only 10,000 after the break, so he naturally did not dare to fight hard. In fact, the Chuang army is now very afraid of Li Yan's troops, even if it is Wuchang City, which is strong, they did not dare to defend it, but withdrew by themselves before Li Yan's troops arrived, and just set fire to it when they retreated.

Li Zicheng's department's fear and avoidance of war allowed Li Yan to gain a big advantage and gain the initiative on the battlefield. At the same time, the transit of Zuo Liangyu and Li Zicheng, as well as the robbery and harassment of the people along the way, made the people here, whether rich or poor, sincerely welcome the arrival of Li Yan's troops. This made Chen Yongfu on the front line a lot easier, he just had to deal with Li Zicheng's war, and the local affairs, those officials and gentry and wealthy families would take care of it themselves, and they would wait for Li Yan to send someone to receive it.

Zuo Mengeng continued to attack in the direction of Nanjing, which made the Nanming Junchen, who was a little relieved, nervous again. In the Wuying Hall in Nanjing, a royal meeting is going on that as noisy as the market.

"Your Majesty, Zuo Liangyu is still a courtier of the Ming Dynasty after all, even if he is now under the banner of the Qing monarch, he is still under the command of His Majesty. As long as you communicate clearly with Zuo Liangyu and eliminate misunderstandings, the upstream difficulties will be solved immediately. Yu Shi Qiao Ke hired a statement: "But the land north of the river can't be lost." Without the arch guard of Jiangbei, how can Nanjing survive alone? But Li Yan's wolf ambition, if he is allowed to occupy the land of Jiangbei, his fierce flames will definitely be blazing, even if he contacts the Qing court, I am afraid it will be difficult to check and balance. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Shiying immediately scolded: "What nonsense! Zuo Liangyu was recruited by your Donglin! You're all in this together! Zuo Liangyu entered Nanjing City, and you can all continue to be high-ranking officials, but our monarchs and ministers will inevitably die! If you want to die, you will die together! I'd rather die in the hands of Li Yan than in the hands of you! ”

It's not a matter of not wanting Sven, even the face is not wanted. However, it is also understandable that if Zuo Liangyu is really allowed to enter Nanjing City, then he, Ruan Dacheng and others will almost definitely die. So at this time, I don't talk about any demeanor, it's still important to live.

"Ridiculous!" The scholar Wang Duo reprimanded dissatisfiedly: "Above the main hall, in front of Your Majesty, how can you be so vulgar!" ”

Ma Shiying was unmoved, and continued to scold: "Vulgarity is better than shameless!" They took advantage of Jiangbei's origin to drag the hands and feet of the imperial court, so that Zuo Liangyu could drive straight in. Don't you think! I have already ordered that Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing will cross the river to the south in a few days, garrison Wuhu and Taiping, and swear to block the eastward advance of the left and the east! ”

"Bloody mouth!"

"Desire to add sin! Zuo Liangyu is on the side of Qingjun! Not against Your Majesty! ”

Several ministers refuted it and vigorously denied that Zuo Liangyu was a rebel. No matter what they think in their hearts, Zhu Yousong is now the emperor after all, and the education they have received in loyalty and patriotism, as well as the public opinion in the world, make them dare not bear the reputation of forcing the emperor to abdicate.

Zhu Yousong was very helpless at this time, and now three forces are coming to Nanjing at the same time, Li Yan in Jiangbei, Zuo Liangyu and Li Zicheng in Jiangnan. Zuo Liangyu and Li Yan are here, he must be on the throne, and his life may be in danger, but he may not really die. But Li Zicheng is here, then he has to die. By the way, there is also Zhang Xianzhong in the direction of Jiangxi, who is also a thief who wants his life.

So he doesn't want to offend the Donglin Party to death now, if he can stabilize Zuo Liangyu, or even let Zuo Liangyu go back and fight Li Zicheng to the death, then he will not only have no worries about his life, but also keep the throne.

So he finally spoke up: "Okay, don't make any noise. After the ministers below were quiet, he continued: "Then everyone, can you persuade Zuo Liangyu to change his mind? As long as he repents and continues to serve the court, I will not be guilty of the past. If he has any requests, he can just put them forward, and I will definitely solve them at my discretion, and I will be more generous to him in terms of food. ”

At this time, the Donglin Party did not dare to speak. One is that Zuo Liangyu really didn't contact them, and they may not be able to speak. The relationship between them and Zuo Liangyu is just a tacit mutual use relationship. Again, just now he swore that Ma Shiying was talking nonsense, and at this time, he couldn't respond to this.

Zhu Yousong also knew this truth, so he said weakly: "That's good, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing will first transfer one town to cross the river, leaving the other town in Jiangbei." After that, depending on the situation, Jiangbei was in danger, so troops were transferred to rescue Jiangbei. If the upstream is in danger, go to reinforce the upstream. ”

Before the ministers agreed, Ruan Dacheng hurriedly left the shift, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the transfer order to the two generals Gao and Liu has been issued, and I am afraid that it will not be able to be chased back." ”

Zhu Yousong and the other ministers sighed silently in their hearts. How arrogant and domineering the soldiers of the four towns are, they all know in their hearts that this military department is in writing, and this order is in line with the wishes of Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing, then the imperial court really has nothing to do. Moreover, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing's willingness to retreat south is still very strong, Liu Zeqing has a half-built palatial mansion in Huai'an, and it looks like he is going to stay in Huai'an. However, as soon as Li Yan's troops went south, Liu Zeqing did not hesitate at all, and directly left without a fight and retreated south.

Zhu Yousong finally understood at this time that Jiangbei would definitely not be able to hold it, and as for whether Nanjing could hold it, there was no confidence. And the Qing State's containment of Li Yan does not seem to have much effect now.

Although they reached an agreement with the Qing court, the grain, tea, silk cotton, copper ore, gold and silver and other goods transported to the Qing State were all transferred from Zheng Zhilong this time. But Zheng Zhilong's meaning is also very clear, if it is transported once, it is to serve the court, and if it is shipped again in the future, it will be business. And the sailors of the imperial court had no way to deal with Zheng Zhilong's huge fleet, so they could only find a way to increase taxes and prepare the things for the Qing State and the freight for Zheng Zhilong, otherwise the alliance with the Qing court might be ruined again.

"It's time to get ready for the road back." Zhu Yousong thought silently in his heart at this time. Ever since he escaped from Luoyang, he had been very sensitive to danger, and he would never allow himself to fall into the encirclement of the enemy again, and that kind of despair, he never wanted to try again.

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