As the so-called defeat is like a mountain, by this time, whether it is Li Zicheng or Liu Zongmin, they are actually unable to control the situation, and all they can do is to take the lead in escaping. Fortunately, both Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin are old experts who escaped. Just two or three years ago, they were often chased by the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers, but their ability to escape far exceeded the ability to fight. In addition, although the strange Ming army encountered today fought fiercely, they were quite slack when chasing them, they were more just to disperse the crowd, and they did not chase far, but they chased three or five miles hastily, and then they all turned back. Therefore, when Li Zicheng gathered up the defeated troops and counted the numbers, he found that the losses were not as large as he estimated at the beginning. Now there are almost 15,000 people around him, and his descendant generals, except for Li Guo, are basically still there.

Originally, in Li Zicheng's view, after such a big defeat, the enemy had thousands of cavalry in his hands, chasing and killing all the way, and there must be very few people who could run out. But I don't want these Ming troops to chase after them so perfunctory.

"Hahahaha......" Looking at the defeated soldiers with frustrated faces, Li Zicheng suddenly laughed. The surrounding Shun officers and soldiers couldn't help but look at their emperor in surprise when they heard Li Zicheng's laughter.

"I don't know what the emperor is laughing at?" Liu Zongmin also guessed Li Zicheng's mind to some extent, so he hurriedly asked.

"I laugh at those Ming soldiers, it's still useless!" Li Zicheng replied with a smile, "Lao Liu, you see, today we were careless, and we were taken cold by this gang of Ming soldiers and suffered a big loss. If we are the Ming army, how should we fight after you say that we have the upper hand on the battlefield? ”

Liu Zongmin already knew what Li Zicheng meant, so he replied loudly: "Naturally, it is chasing and killing all the way." They have no shortage of cavalry, so we will not have time to gather our brothers after such a pursuit all the way, and then when we return to Beijing, I am afraid that we may not be able to leave one or two thousand people. Your Majesty, why didn't you say the Ming army was chasing us? ”

"Hahahaha......" Li Zicheng laughed again, laughing until he almost couldn't straighten up right before he barely suppressed his laughter, "Because they're too smart!" They think too much! ”

"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you're saying." Liu Zongmin said.

"Because they are too selfish!" Li Zicheng said loudly, "Because now the officers of the pseudo-Ming have all become feudal towns!" Lao Tzu is still there, they can ask the puppet Ming court for money, grain and land, if Lao Tzu is not there, these things, who do they want to go? So we fought them, and they won, but they didn't want to chase us. Therefore, although the pseudo-Ming still has such a soldier who can fight, but they themselves have ghosts in each other's hearts, even if they can gain the upper hand for a while, what use can they have? I've never heard of a family calculating with each other and finally being able to get things done! Therefore, I dare to conclude that this Ming army will not last long! ”

Liu Zongmin naturally knew that what Li Zicheng said might not be reliable, but he still showed a smile of sudden realization and said: "What the emperor said is that this old Zhu family's hypocrisy likes to tear down the stage for his own people. Your Majesty, they are rabbit tails, they can't grow! ”

The surrounding generals also showed such expressions of sudden realization, and then talked and laughed easily.

Although it was expected that the "Ming army" would not be able to achieve great things, Li Zicheng and others did not dare to stay to collect the defeated troops, and they only took a short break and retreated towards Beijing at a much faster speed than when they came.

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But there is one thing, Li Zicheng is really not wrong. That is, I Daming does have the habit of demolishing the stage for my own people. Just when Li Zicheng retreated to Beijing, in Nanjing, Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, with the support of a group of ministers headed by Huang Daozhou and Qian Qianyi, announced that he would be in charge of the country as a prince. And sent a letter to all military towns, ordering them to obey the dispatch of Nanjing, work together to exterminate the thieves, recover the Beijing division, and avenge the emperor of Chongzhen.

Of course, this is the case, but Nanjing actually does not have the troops in its hands to immediately counterattack Beijing, and at this time, Nanjing is also busy arranging official positions, where can there be a gap to do this? However, they still sent documents to Gao Jie, who was closest to Beijing, and Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan, asking them to act cheaply and wait for an opportunity to restore the Jingshi. Of course, these documents are still on the way, and they have not yet arrived.

But that doesn't mean Zheng Sen doesn't know the news. The Zheng family has a business in Nanjing, so they naturally know such news. So through the carrier pigeon, soon, Zheng Zhilong, who was still in Fujian, and Zheng Sen, who is now in the north, got the news.

When he got the news, Zheng Sen was discussing his next move with Wu Sangui at the Shanhai Pass.

"General Wu Bing, Nanjing already supports King Lu and supervises the country." Zheng Sen said to Wu Sangui very calmly.

"It's a mess!" Wu Sangui said coldly, "King Lu is a collateral lineage, and he is estranged from the blood of the Son of Heaven. Now that His Royal Highness King Fu is still here, where will it be the turn to get King Lu? "Now it is obviously impossible for the Nanjing side to continue to pay him military salaries, and King Fu is in Jinghai, and now Li Zicheng has been defeated, although because Zheng Sen commanded such a great battle for the first time, after the victory, out of caution, there was no large-scale pursuit (of course, this is Zheng Sen's statement). An old fritter like Wu Sangui can see at a glance that there is a taste of self-respect in it. But after Li Zicheng suffered such a defeat, coupled with the food crisis, he would definitely withdraw from the Beijing Division. Then King Fu can easily get the credit for recovering the Jingshi. With the identity of King Fu, coupled with the great merit of recovering the Jingshi, the King Lu launched by Nanjing cannot be compared with him in any case. More importantly, if he supports King Lu, what will he get? Even if King Lu ascended to the throne in the end, the credit for supporting it was not his. On the contrary, if he supports King Fu, once King Fu ascends to the throne, but with the merit of supporting, he is a great hero of the Ming Dynasty, and he will be able to get more benefits. Even if King Fu loses the struggle for the throne in the end, Nanjing, as a feudal town with a large army, may not be able to do anything to him. Therefore, it is natural for Wu Sangui to make such a choice.

"Not bad." Zheng Sen nodded and said, "As King Lu, how can you have the qualifications to supervise the country?" I'm afraid the tutor is a little confused. ”

"Why don't we ask King Fu to supervise the country now, and then we don't know about the affairs of Nanjing, and then send a document to Nanjing in the name of His Royal Highness King Fu, saying that His Royal Highness King Fu is now in charge of the country and has just won a great victory, and the Beijing master is just around the corner, so they can listen to the order and cooperate." What do you think? Wu Sangui said.