After a great battle with the Manchu army and the Guanning army, the peasant rebel army was finally defeated, this defeat can be said to change the future history to a certain extent, laying the foundation for the Manchu Qing to unify the country, to why the army of King Chuang, which once had millions of people, was defeated so quickly, there is a saying in history that it was because the army encountered the plague, so it was finally defeated by the Manchus. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is very likely, of course, the most important thing is that the military discipline of the peasant army is sloppy, and there are basically no troops that can really fight, and there are only tens of thousands of people who can fight, and once these people are exhausted, the battle situation is basically already settled for them.

They can't hold the capital, so they can only retreat, because the establishment of the Hongguang regime in the south can be said to have given Li Zicheng a certain blow to a certain extent, and some people who originally took refuge in him have now turned to Nanming, although nominally the Nanming court represents what kind of south, but in fact, many people know how big the contradictions between them are, everyone knows.

Not to mention the fact that the two largest separatist forces in Liangguang and Fujian did not take a stand, this was the biggest blow to the Hongguang regime.

Originally, according to the direction of history, Li Zicheng should have retreated to Xi'an, and then retreated all the way, and finally died in Jiugong Mountain in Hubei, but I don't know why he chose to go south directly this time.

Although the peasant army after the defeat was greatly reduced, there were still more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, and the north was basically in chaos, and the north could be said to be the hardest hit area, and if you continue to hold here, you will directly face the Manchu army.

Retreating to the south is different, although the Hongguang court in the south did not fight very well, but at least when the time comes, they can stand up together against the Manchus, and the south is an important grain base, and it is in their own interests to have food here.

It is precisely because of this situation that Li Zicheng made a decision that was different from history, which completely made the Southern Ming Emperor Hongguang completely panicked.

Chongzhen died at the hands of these peasant armies, although there is no direct relationship between them, but the indirect reason is this.

The ministers of the court all panicked, what if this came, the battle of this peasant army is still very strong, they can say that they absolutely believe this, otherwise they will not enter the capital.

Regardless of whether they came or not, the first thing that the Nanjing officials thought of was to mobilize troops to defend the city of Nanjing, and they must not let the enemy break through the city, otherwise everything would be over.

The army was transferred to Nanjing, on the one hand, it required all localities to hand over grain, after all, so many people had to eat.

Shen Youlong did not object to this request, after all, these requirements were excessive, so he directly transported some grain to the imperial court.

As Li Zicheng's army got closer and closer, the entire southern army could be said to be tense, very angry and nervous, and they were all afraid of Li Zicheng, who would come at any time.

In fact, Li Zicheng is not the most frightening, and the Manchu Qing who followed them can be said to be the most frightening.

The Manchu Eight Banners Army and the Guanning Army chased Li Zicheng's ass along the way, and there were several skirmishes between the two sides.

The battle situation can be said to be something that can be imagined, an army that is in a hurry to flee and an army that is in a hurry to attack, there is no war balance between the two sides at all, so in the end, Li Zicheng was defeated.

Lao Li's more than 100,000 or 200,000 people can basically be said to have fought not much, and there have been a lot of escapes along the way, many people have fled one after another when they see that the situation is not right, the original version is a loose alliance, many of them are not bandits or thieves or the like, at the beginning, following Li Zicheng was to see that it was strong, and wanted to take advantage of the back, but now it is different and there is a danger to life, it is better to do their own thing.

Out of such considerations, these people fled one after another, which made Li Zicheng's army very badly reduced, and I have to say that this will inevitably lead to the possibility of the Dashun army dying in name.

Li Zicheng also felt the importance of this problem, so he quickly convened his subordinates to discuss how to solve the current problem, after all, for them, the current problem is indeed very difficult, and they must solve the current problem before they can negotiate with the Southern Ming court.

With the change of the situation, Lao Li has no idea about being the emperor, he just wants to be able to preserve his strength, at least so many years of hard work have not been in vain, and he came to the south in the hope of negotiating with the Hongguang Imperial Court, and talking to them about Chongzhen's set once, hoping that they can agree.

In the current form, the Manchu army is pressurized, and it is necessary to face these enemies together, and if they cannot face these enemies together, it is very likely that they will fall into the destruction of the country.

Li Zicheng wants to negotiate with the imperial court, which is a bit difficult, after all, the banner played by the Hongguang imperial court is to help Emperor Chongzhen take revenge, and now you actually want to cooperate with the former enemy, then they will definitely be opposed by internal officials.

Therefore, it is not so easy for the Hongguang court to negotiate with Li Zicheng, it must be possible with the consent of internal officials, and once they dare to surrender or something, he believes that Fujian and Liangguang will definitely make moves.

These people are waiting for him to make a mistake, and if you make a mistake, it will be difficult to turn the situation around, after all, it is not that easy.

So if nothing else, Li Zicheng's abacus is a little wrong.

But he was right about the decision to go south, after all, his army was still more than enough to fight against the army in the south, and those who could stay were basically his elite troops, and the war depended on these people, and those who left were just following behind to play soy sauce, and they left when they left.

On the one hand, Li Zicheng launched the training of the army, on the other hand, he also began to send people to negotiate with the Southern Ming court, hoping to get their canonization and obtain a formal fief, so that at least he would not be attacked on both sides, and now this situation can be said to make him suffer from both sides, and basically to solve this problem, it is necessary to reach an agreement with one side.

The Manchu side will never let go of himself, and it is no one else who pursues him, it is Wu Sangui, he killed Wu Sangui's family, how could he let him go easily, so he pinned his hopes on the Hongguang regime of Nanming, hoping that the two sides could successfully negotiate and solve the pressure on one side, so that he could have a counterattack war with the Manchus without scruples.

Naturally, he would send people to Nanjing to tell them his ideas, hoping to get their support. (To be continued.) )