After the battle of Xiangcheng, Henan's Datong army and the Qing army were exhausted, no longer fighting with each other, and constantly showing favor to each other, Yun Rong proposed to exchange prisoners, Azig agreed, Cherge came to the Xiangcheng camp to worship the Erji Lama, Yun Rong not only warmly welcomed, but also repaid Li sent the army lama to do things for the Qing army's fallen soldiers - the two restarted the peace negotiation, the battle must not be able to fight, after cleaning up the battlefield, Azig led the army to withdraw to Kaifeng, and the war in Henan was basically over.

The Datong army then launched the whole army, Ma Guangyuan announced the order of the Metropolitan Governor's Office: the battle of Xiangcheng did not meet expectations, all the generals were at fault, the main and deputy town commanders, the main and deputy co-commanders were demoted to one level to stay in their original positions, of which Ma Guangyuan's poor command was demoted to three levels to the middle grade of the governor, Qin Hu disobeyed the order and demoted three levels to the deputy general's lower ......grade, and the disadvantage of our army's war was related to the weak combat strength and insufficient soldiers, and the non-strict reorganization of the army was not enough to deal with the future, this order, rebuild Bushi Town, Ma Xianglin and Lu Guangzu were the main and deputy towns; Rebuild Buyi Town, He Zhen and Yao Xun are the main and deputy town commanders; Jianbu 12 towns, Hu Dawei and Wang Guangen are the main and deputy town commanders; Jianbu Thirteen Towns, Cao Bianjiao and Luo Dayong are the main and deputy towns; Jianbu 14 towns, Tian Jianxiu, Jin Shengheng as the main and deputy town commanders, all the new army, Chu army, Shun army units and western Henan volunteer army to join the reorganization.

Not only were the generals who participated in the war punished, but the various ministries also exchanged officers and soldiers, and at the same time, some generals were transferred from the old units to serve in the army, and the original subordinate relations between the various ministries were almost disrupted. It doesn't matter if the old generals of the Datong Army sit in their positions, they have to be held accountable if they don't fight well, no one cares if you are really at fault, unless you die, for example, He Jinlong will not be punished, and because of the glorious surrender of Jia Shixun to the fourth class Baturu, this is the tradition of the old Fengzhou Army, and everyone has long been used to it; The Chu army and the Sichuan army have their own small circles, and they used to take care of each other and could mess with each other, but now they have been dismantled with a punishment, and they must feel uncomfortable, but the battle is too stinky to complain, so they can only honestly obey military orders; What is more tangled is the general of the Shun army, who has become a regular army from death to death, and everyone still has official positions, which is of course a good thing, but everything is hanging before the amnesty, Yun Rong patted his chest and assured that the amnesty order must have been issued, and it is on the way.

A few days later, the amnesty decree of the Datong House really arrived, and the new political envoy of Henan, Gu Keli, announced: The pseudo-shun officers and soldiers are bandits, and the crimes are serious and the country and the people are harmed, but the conscience is still there, the good and evil are also known, and the sacrifice is in times of crisis. And there is no evil deed, no guilt, you can choose to be appointed to the official offices at all levels - from now on, you can be a serious person, this is the death of more than half of the brothers in exchange, the generals of the Shun army went to a heart disease, hugged each other and cried with joy, but forgot Li Zicheng and Niu Jinxing, these two people are not among the amnesty.

"I don't accept it, Datong is unfair, they are not only innocent but can also be officials, why should I be charged? I'm willing to work for the Commonwealth, too. Niu Jinxing immediately jumped up and pointed at Song Qijiao, Yu Shangyou and other civil officials and shouted.

"Mr. Niu, you and Li Zicheng's goal is too big, Beijing and Nanjing are staring, there are many people in the Senate and the House of Representatives who want to punish you, and the president can't give an amnesty, but don't worry, the president said that as long as you change your identity, you can go anywhere, and you can take more money, I will say hello to the local magistrate, no one will embarrass you." Yun Rong said with a smile.

"Lord Yun, you might as well send me to Datong, aren't you afraid of letting the tiger go back to the mountain?" Li Zicheng had already expected this result, and said with a sneer.

"It doesn't matter, if you rebel again, you will be arrested again, and the Federal Grand Law Department can't sentence a few death sentences a year, and the gallows is idle." Yun Rong still replied with a smile.

Li Zicheng stood up and glanced at the generals of the Shun army, everyone lowered their heads and did not say anything, Li Guo wanted to say a few words, but opened his mouth and closed it again - who is to blame, you killed Luo Rucai for an imperial dream, forced Ma Shouying to death, trampled the righteousness of your brothers under your feet, and threw your wife in Xiangyang in order to give birth to children and ignore it, it is all your fault that the Dashun army has come to this day, the hearts of the brothers are cold, no one is willing to go with you anymore, the prince and the loser Kou, it is good enough to have this ending.

Li Zicheng sighed and left silently, Niu Jinxing was still nagging: "I have a reputation for raising people, and I have a lot of experience in governing one side, if I am appointed by the president, I will be able to help him achieve great things......

"Datong doesn't need people like you, get out, we don't have time to listen to your nonsense, if you don't get out, Lao Tzu will immediately send you to the Criminal Division." Ma Guangyuan shouted impatiently, Niu Jinxing's face changed in fright, and he ran away in dismay.

There was silence in the big tent, Yun Rong got up and waved his fist and said: "Datong is making peace with the Qing court, no matter what the result is, it is an expedient measure, our army is determined to eliminate the traitor party of the Ming State and the bandit party of the Qing State unchanged, I hope that all brothers will seize the time to train and prepare for war, and the period of meritorious service is not far away." ”

"Willing to serve the Federation!" The generals shouted in unison.

According to the order of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, Buyi Town and Buer Town were transferred north to defend Datong, and other towns also replenished their troops and equipment, and marched to the front line of Weihui, Xingyang, Xuchang, Yuncheng, and Runing with full personnel. The enemy's activities were frequent, but Azig turned a deaf ear in Kaifeng, and instead transferred a large number of Qing troops eastward to Guide, including reinforcements who had just arrived from Gyeonggi and Zhili, and seemed to let the Datong army do whatever it wanted.

A few days later, the two armies clashed, and the Datong army was attacked by the Qing army in the grain platform of Linying, and then there was an ambush in Changge, and the personnel were released uninjured because of the timely and honorable surrender, but 20,000 stone grain, ten thousand catties of camp guns, thousands of guns and a large number of ordnance were robbed.

Ma Guangyuan was angry, and immediately ordered Wang Guangen, the deputy commander of the twelve towns, to lead two infantry troops to attack Taikang, and the Qing army stationed did not resist and fled in a hurry, at this time, Zheng Daqian appeared with a large group of Titang, according to the official documents and letters thrown by the Qing army, drew up a blacklist, and arrested the registered officials and local gentry of the Qing army everywhere, these guys insisted on claiming that they responded to the Nanjing court to assist the Qing army to suppress the Kou, which is not a rebellion to save the country, but unfortunately Zheng Daqian did not listen to this set of crooked reasoning, and gave them a traitor hat and sent a gallows, also confiscated property and land - the Qing State hated the Han gentry in its bones, and Datong wanted to fight the restoration forces in order to prevent future troubles, and these poor worms were caught in the middle and were destined to end sadly.

In April, Duoduo went to Suizhou to swear to seek Ming, and 50,000 Qing troops entered Nanzhili through Yingzhou, aiming directly at Sizhou and Yangzhou, and their opponents were Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and the million-dollar Ming army of the dead ghost Gao Jie. Almost at the same time, the Henan Datong army rode the 5th town Li Dingguo, the 10th town Ma Xianglin, the 12th town Hu Dawei, and the 14th town Tian Jianxiu 40,000 cavalry troops went south to Jiangxi-Datong and Daqing to form a flanking attack on the Nanjing court.

In Jining, the military flags on the canal side were unfurled, the war drums were rumbling, and the Eight Banners who were about to go south to Xuzhou were ready to go, and the left-wing sub-division Zhun Ta strode to the front of President Abatai and saluted: "Lord, the minions are ready to be ready, please give the order to pull out." ”

"Young man, I really envy you, it's a pity that this king can't go out to fight when he's old, this military merit will be given to you, fight hard, and be a hero like you Ama Huerhan." Abatai said with a wave from his seat.

"Zhun Tower, your opponent is Liu Zeqing, a fugitive general is not enough to worry about, Ao Bai shot the giant Kou Sun Kewang in Sichuan, and became a famous general in my Datong army, you also have to work harder, this is for you." Wang Fang, the commander of Datong Federation in Shandong, smiled and stuffed a clairvoyant to Zhun Tower - during the period of Haoge's main army in Shandong, the two major forces of Datong and Qing quickly entered the honeymoon period, not only did business contacts frequently, but also joined forces to exterminate the Manjiadong people in Jining.

"Thank you, Uncle Wang, please bring a message to Aobai, the brothers miss him." Junta excitedly took the clairvoyant into his arms.

"Zhun Tower, it's not too early, it's time for you to go." Tan Tai, the right-wing commander, said gloomily, this guy is Dolgon's sworn friend, and he was transferred to Shandong to spy on Haoge and then Abatai, which is very annoying.

"Bastard, how can you speak in front of the prince." Wang Fang immediately shouted angrily, so frightened that Tan Tai shrank his neck and didn't dare to say anything.

Wang Fang is ruthless and skillful, once quietly gave Tan Tai a few pairs of young men and women, Tan Tai was greedy to accept as a house slave, soon after the yellow flag of Duolong reported to Haoge that Tan Tai took in his family fugitive slaves, Tan Tai was angry and found Wang Fang to confront him, but Wang Fang said that he had no dealings with him, and flatly denied that he had sent the population, and now the matter was big - the Qing country entered the customs, and the Han people who had been plundered from Zhili and Shandong fled back to their hometowns one after another, and the people in the Eight Banners lost Aha and were distressed to death, and they were clamoring to return to their hometown in Liaodong and the "Supervision and Arrest Regulations", which stipulates that the first two escapes of fugitives will be handed over to the deceased lord with a hundred lashes, and the third escape will be handed over to the government for death, and the harbor and shelter of fugitives and slaves will be hanged, have no family property, and their dependents will be exiled as slaves. Tan Tai was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and knelt down to beg Haoge for mercy, Haoge said very simply, you go and beg Wang Fang yourself, if he spares you, I will spare you, fortunately, Wang Fang didn't want to make a big fuss, just told him to be nosy in the future, and the matter was settled, but he was afraid when he saw Wang Fang from then on, and the effect of monitoring Haoge and Abatai was greatly reduced.

"It's time to go, Tan Tai, you go and send off the soldiers." Abatai said, Tan Tai didn't dare to say a word, and walked after Junta's ass.

"This Dolgon's vicious dog!" Abatai saw the army walking away, and scolded Wang Fang in unison, and then the two looked at each other and smiled, Abatai coughed a few times and whispered to Wang Fang, "The day the Qing army conquered Nanjing was the time when you and my armies went to war, I am not wrong." ”

"Old Taishan, I have to ask your son-in-law, he said that if the war starts, the war will start," Wang Fang beat Abatai's back and replied with a smile, "Don't worry about so many things, the most important thing is to take care of your body, Yilan Hatun built a small building for you in Baoketu, and Xiao Erlu also talked to you every day, and there will be a good life in the future." ”

"Xiao Wang, you are getting better at talking." Abatai laughed.

The Ming and Qing armies were still on the way, and the Jiangxi Datong army started in advance, and seized Anqing under the banner of "restoring Zhengshuo and destroying Ma Ruan" - the Nanjing courtiers took the blame for themselves, and they had the opportunity to take Jiangxi back, but because of their arrogance, they made mistakes again and again, and finally attracted the blow of Datong.

In order to prevent another disaster in the coming year, the Wuchang Governor's Office decided to vigorously build water conservancy, and millions of officials and people responded to the call to join forces to strengthen the embankment, dredge the river, and build a reservoir. The amount of work is too large, and he has been doing it since the beginning of autumn, not only spending money like flowing water, but also people are exhausted, and the prefect of Hanyang, Hui Deng, has been sick and worked hard, and unfortunately died on the Yangtze River embankment. The Wuchang Governor's Mansion was suffering from the status quo and had the intention to give up Jiangxi like giving up Hunan, Li Huai sent someone to Yuan Jixian to send a message that as long as the local councils in Jiangxi did not object, the imperial court could come back at any time, and Wuchang would never interfere. Yuan Jixian waited for an opportunity to turn the tables in Jiujiang and excitedly sent a letter to Nanjing-the local councils in Jiangxi were mainly controlled by the local gentry and registered officials, and if they could send competent people to lobby and promise tax exemptions, the day when the imperial court would recover Jiangxi could be waited.

The Nanjing court did not think so, since ancient times, it is natural to pay the imperial grain and national tax, the court is still anxious to wait for the money, it is impossible to pay tax exemption, why deign to bargain with a group of ordinary people, this is Datong is soft, just send officials directly into Jiangxi, there are still people among the courtiers who have ideas, Yang Tinglin, who is in charge of Jiangxi's government affairs, is a party of Qingliu, and Cao Bianjiao, the commander of the army, is an old general of the imperial court, and it is easy to pull these two people over to Jiangxi. So, the Nanjing courtiers were whimsical and sent the officials who were driven out of Jiangxi back to Jiangxi, and at the same time sent people to secretly carry out activities Yang Tinglin and Cao Bianjiao, and the result was humiliating - Yang Tinglin heard that the Nanjing court sent people to find him, and he hid and ignored him, but Cao Bianjiao was willing to meet, and directly shouted the price of one million taels a year, pay the money first and then do things, which is obviously slanderous, as for the group of officials who entered Jiangxi, they were driven out again before they could gain a foothold in the locality.

Unlike Shanxi people who do officials to make money, Jiangxi people make money to be officials, and they are in awe of the imperial court, and they are still a little afraid after the trouble, the court officials are back, and the people dare not be disobedient, but the imperial court edict is unbearable - the imperial court ordered the dissolution of the parliament, and in the future, the gentry must obey the official government, and those who do not obey will be handed over to the official strictly, and at the same time, taxes will be increased in disguise, "where the private land, the cooked land is two cents per mu, the cooked land is five cents per mu, and the mountain pond is one cent per mu." The gentry were unwilling to lose the power they had received, and the common people were even more reluctant to live a hard life.

Gao He, the premier of the Civic Party, happened to Wuchang to develop the organization, heard that something happened in Jiangxi, and excitedly jumped to Nanchang, calling on the Civic Party in Jiangxi to take immediate action to expel the imperial court forces, and then a "sue Jiangxi to prevent rape and eliminate chaos" spread all over the world - this is Gao He is afraid that the world will not be chaotic masterpieces, the text said "Freedom, equality, benevolence is the common sense of people, the world is the public, the republic of the people is also the avenue, the widow of the Emperor Ming Lie Ding Wang inherited the unification of the epiphany of heaven, abdicated the emperor and returned to the people, this Yao Shun move also, now there is Nanjing jumping beam clownThe "Datong Constitutional Law" has said that "no representative does not pay taxes, no public officials are awarded, and no parliamentary resolution is not appropriated", and there is also "in order to protect the homeland and resist tyranny, citizens have the right to hold weapons and organize militias". The great traitor does not remove the unrest of the world, the great traitor Ma Ruan's generation, the Hongguang Dynasty Fu King usurped and rebelled, and today's plan is to expel the puppet dynasty and defend the republic. ”

The Civic Party relied on hearsay to carry out a large number of activities, splashing dirty water and saying that Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng were dictatorial and disorderly, framing Zhongliang, and Emperor Hongguang was greedy and lustful, ignoring national politics, and his identity was doubtful, and some people had accused him of being a fake king in Nanjing, and the crown prince fled to Nanjing and was also imprisoned by him - the people of Jiangxi understood that the Nanjing court was a puppet dynasty, and there were traitors in the court, no wonder it was so unreasonable, and then beating officials and burning the official mansion naturally happened, and the Civic Party fanned the flames and succeeded in taking the opportunity to vigorously develop the organization, In one fell swoop, it surpassed the Liberal Party to become the largest party in Jiangxi.

Datong Dingwang succeeded to the throne, abdicated, Hunan gained and lost, Jiangxi was driven out as a puppet dynasty, Nanjing was in an uproar, and he made a faint move under the anger and corruption, and ordered Zhejiang and Fujian to enter Jiangxi, but the officials and troops were really not angry, Fang Guoan went to Jiangxi to wander around and came back, Zheng Zhilong was really beaten, and was beaten and fled in embarrassment. The imperial court's move to send troops to nothing, and Zheng Zhilong's excessive killing and plundering aroused the anger of the people and gods, Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan state councils have asked to crusade against the Nanjing puppet dynasty, Li Huai could not resist the surging public opinion, and had to order the dispatch of troops.

The old marshal Du Wenhuan was also in Nanchang to be angry, the Nanjing court was too shameless, suffered a loss and sent people to Kunshan to copy his hometown, fortunately the Du family in Nanjing has many eyes and ears, heard the wind and fled to Chongming Island with dozens of families, he could not swallow this evil breath, received the order of the governor's palace and quickly rushed to Jiujiang, ordering Jiujiang garrison Daniel Zhang and water army co-commander Lin Feiyu to march east along the Yangtze River.

The Datong Army was menacing, and the merchants and gangs controlled by the Liberal Party and the Civic Party secretly cooperated in various places along the river, and they were invincible all the way, successively taking Dongliu, Jiande, and Anqing, and the troops were directed at the Taiping Mansion. The Nanjing court was shocked, and urgently dispatched Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo to intercept it, and Huang Degong forced the Datong army back in a small battle in Wuhu and Digang, and then camped on the spot and echoed with Liu Liangzuo's troops in Jiangbei to block the waterway of the Yangtze River.