I was anxious to hold Frost, and the Forbidden Army outside the house was rounding up the assassin.

After a long time, the imperial doctor finally rushed over, and I scolded angrily: "He Imperial Doctor, did the imperial court raise you to eat dry rice for nothing, it took so long to come!" ”

He knelt on the ground in fright and said, "The minister deserves to die, please atone for the emperor!" ”

I was so angry that I didn't know what to say, so I stood by Shuang'er's bedside and watched the imperial doctor treat her.

After the imperial doctor was done, I asked, "How is the queen now?" ”

The imperial doctor trembled and said: "The queen has suffered a heavy blow to her abdomen, and Weichen has saved her life, but the dragon in her belly is ......"

Speaking of this, the imperial doctor couldn't go on.

Although the fetus in the womb could not be saved, Shuang'er was not worried about her life, and I was finally relieved.

In the middle of the night, Frost woke up and asked me if the baby had survived.

I stroked her cheek and said, "Ai Concubine, I only hope that you will be safe, and we can regenerate the dragon in the future!" ”

After hearing this, Shuang'er was like rain, and said in a choked voice: "Your Majesty, the concubine is sorry for you!" ”

Oops, where is Frost sorry for me! If it weren't for me, how could she have been so badly injured?

I hugged her and said, "Big wife, you didn't feel sorry for me, don't cry!" ”

After a long time, Shuang'er asked me in a low voice, "Your Majesty, has the assassin been caught?" ”

She didn't say that I had forgotten about it, so I called the Forbidden Army, who told me that the Assassin had fled.

Hearing this, Lao Tzu gritted his teeth angrily.

If the assassin is an ordinary Jianghu person, I am still worried about stealing the scriptures, because the Jianghu people are greedy for the martial arts secrets in the scriptures. But if it was stolen by Li Zicheng or the Manchus, the consequences would be unimaginable, because they wanted those battle formations.

Thinking of this, I said to the forbidden army: "No matter what method you use, you must find out for me what the origin of this assassin is, if you can't find out, you will take your head to see me!" ”

After that, I told the forbidden army to get out.

……

Although one of the scripture books was stolen and Shuang'er was injured, I did not mess up because of this, but continued to study the formations and martial arts classics in the scriptures while accompanying Shuang'er.

After studying for almost ten days, I basically figured out the use of "Tiangang Earth Evil Array", and then took Sun Kewang to Nanjing, ready to defeat Wu Sangui and Liu Zongmin in one fell swoop.

After coming to Nanjing, I personally led a large army to forcibly cross the Yangtze River with lightning speed, and then occupied the Pukou military stronghold on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

The reason why I want to occupy Pukou is because I want to finish my work in one battle and use "Tiangang Earth Evil Array" to kill all of Wu Sangui's army.

If you want to arrange "Heaven and Earth", you must have a large area of open space.

The mountains outside Nanjing are steep, and it is impossible to set up formations, and only Pukou has this geographical advantage.

After the army occupied Pukou, Wu Sangui and Liu Zongmin were not timid because of this, but lined up in Pukou and confronted the Ming army.

I divided the army into seven groups according to the formation method of "Tiangang and Earth Evil Array", and then planted them in the shape of the Big Dipper on seven military strongholds.

These seven military strongholds are staggered, attacking and retreating, and they look invulnerable.

After the formation was completed, I personally patted the horse in front of the formation, and shouted with Wu Sangui, hoping that he would take the initiative to attack, and then I would turn against the guest.

But what I didn't expect was that Wu Sangui changed his arrogant posture in the past, he stubbornly held down his men, no matter how I called the battle, he was just not sure to fight.

In this way, the Ming army could only stalemate with it.

Seeing that Wu Sangui was reluctant to move his troops, my subordinates were anxious and asked me one after another, wanting to take the initiative to attack.

To be honest, I don't want to be so deadlocked with Wu Sangui, but when Zhu Yuanzhang wrote "Tiangang Earth Evil Array", he specifically mentioned it, saying that the biggest advantage of "Tiangang Earth Evil Array" is not to take the initiative, but to turn passive into active, so that the enemy who comes to attack will be trapped and killed in the formation.

It is precisely because of this that I have been slow to let my men attack rashly.

However, it is not a way to drag on like this, because all the grain and grass of the Ming army are stored in the city of Nanjing, and if the stalemate lasts, there will be problems with the supply of grain and grass.

In such a difficult form, I can only send Li Dingguo to attack Wu Sangui's army from the right flank, hoping that such an attack can lead the snake out of the hole.

However, what I didn't expect was that as soon as Li Dingguo's army rushed to Wu Sangui's battle, tens of thousands of "fireballs" smashed towards Li Dingguo's army.

This fireball is different from the fire copper used by the Ming army, after it falls to the ground, it does not explode and injure people, but fills with puffs of smoke, which is a bit similar to the gas bombs used in modern warfare.

After the smoke filled the air, the soldiers of the Ming army could not see where the enemy was at all, and they were in chaos in an instant.

At this moment, Wu Sangui shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the arrows like raindrops shot towards the Ming army, and the soldiers of the Ming army fell to the ground one after another, and they immediately became a mess, neither advancing nor retreating.

Seeing this, I immediately asked Xia Wanchun to light the beacon fire in front of the formation, and then shouted at Li Dingguo: "General Li, withdraw the troops to the beacon tower!" ”

After Li Dingguo heard this, he rushed to the beacon tower with his soldiers, but Wu Sangui's army did not take advantage of the chaos to pursue.

Although Li Dingguo withdrew without danger, more than 2,000 Ming troops were still killed or wounded.

After this battle, Wu Sangui still did not move. In the end, I really had no choice, so I sent Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Zhao, each with a team of men, to encircle the east and west sides of Wu Sangui's camp.

However, the army rushed to the front of the battle, and before he had time to show his sword, Wu Sangui used his previous tricks again, making the Ming army quite passive, and finally had to retreat to the camp.

After these two battles, the morale of the Ming army was greatly damaged, and if they could not find a way to deal with it, it would be in vain to continue the attack.

In such a situation, I gathered my important generals and discussed how to deal with it.

All the soldiers made suggestions and suggestions, but the proposed plans were rejected by me one by one, because it was not feasible at all.

In the end, Sun Kewang thought for a long time and said to me: "Your Majesty, could it be that Wu Sangui has already obtained the method of cracking the "Tiangang Earth Evil Array", so he developed a fireball to block the Ming army!" ”

After Sun Kewang said this, I woke up suddenly, and I remembered the "Xuanhua Sutra" that was stolen the day before yesterday, and that scripture happened to record the method of cracking the "Tiangang Earth Evil Array".

But I thought about it, and I felt that it was wrong, because I had seen the cracking method of "Tiangang Earth Evil Array" before, and there was no mention of fireballs in it.

Thinking of this, I can't help but feel a little worried.

And the reason why I am worried is because so far, together with the stolen scriptures, there are still four copies of the Xuanhua Sutra that are still scattered among the people and have not been found so far.

Therefore, I extremely suspect that Wu Sangui may have obtained one of the "Xuanhua Sutras", adopted a certain formation recorded in that scripture, and then made a fireball.

Thinking of this, I flipped through the four scriptures in my hand to see if there was any way to crack the "Fireball Array".

However, it's very fucked, in those four scriptures, there is no mention of the "fireball array", let alone the method of cracking it.

In view of this, Zheng Chenggong told me that he might as well use several other formations to deal with Wu Sangui.

When Zheng Chenggong said this, it made me pause, and I did have three formations in my hands.

So I opened the scriptures again and looked at them, but when I saw them, my heart was half cold.

Why is it cold?

It's because no matter whether it is "Eight Gates Golden Lock Array" or "Tiger Standing Dragon Array", it is only suitable for small-scale combat.

And now in this battle, the number of participants on both sides combined, more than 200,000, this kind of large-scale battle, the only thing that can be used is "Tiangang Earth Evil Array", but it is a pity that Wu Sangui does not move, "Tiangang Earth Evil Array" will not come in handy.

Looking at the scorching battle, I became worried in my heart, because if it continued like this, the morale of the Ming army would inevitably be hit, and at the same time, the backup supply might not be available.

In such a situation, the only thing that can be done is to withdraw the troops back to Nanjing, but just withdraw the troops like this, Lao Tzu is really unwilling.

……

Just when I was helpless, Wang Chengen suddenly rushed to Nanjing and handed me a letter of state from the Manchu Qing Dynasty.