He Tengjiao's ambition is a joke to Zuo Liangyu. In his opinion, the combat power of the thieves is above the officers and soldiers, and Li Zicheng is not the enemy of everyone in the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the Qing army has defeated the Chuang army, Li Zicheng has gone to the west, and I heard that the troops have already gone out of Yumen, it seems that this life is to become a self-defeater, and there will be no chance to return to the Central Plains.

As soon as this person left, the Qing army also breathed a sigh of relief, and the army that was resting in Xi'an began to dispatch to the Central Plains.

The strength of the Qing army will become stronger and stronger with time, and although the Ming army won the battle in the Shandong battlefield and the Henan battlefield, in Zuo Liangyu's view, there must be something wrong with this, or the court exaggerated it and used it to frighten people, or the Qing army did not put the main force there at all, because it was exploited.

As soon as he thought of the 100,000 Eight Banner Soldiers in front of him, his face was bitter, and there was no need to mention any ambition.

"Father, we can't hesitate any longer!"

Seeing Zuo Liangyu lying sick on the couch and not speaking, and his eyes were also cloudy, Zuo Mengeng jumped high and shouted: "Now the imperial court is forcing my father to return to the south, and my son, a thief general, cannot be appointed." Daming can't tolerate our Zuo family, and the Qing Dynasty sent people to incur it, what are we hesitating about? ”

"Exactly." Huang Shu on the side also said: "The general doesn't have to have the prejudice of Huayi. When the Zhou Dynasty was Xiyi, Qin was also Yidi, and the Central Plains countries looked down on it, what was the result? Daqin eventually became the lord of the world and became Huaxia. Although the Qing Dynasty was originally the East Emperor Yidi, once he became the lord of the world, no one said this. Moreover, if you have the opinion of a monarch and a minister, it is not necessary. It is the minister who guards the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and the uncle is a military minister, so he doesn't have to keep any courtiers at all, as for the students, they are just six-grade ministers, so it doesn't matter if they are lowered, they are not disloyal. ”

What Huang Shu said is indeed the core part of the Confucian creed, and every sentence is reasonable.

But Zuo Liangyu is indeed old and very sick. He wasn't going to toss anymore.

Rolling his eyelids and looking at Zuo Mengeng and Huang Shu in front of him, Zuo Liangyu sneered and ordered: "The army is ready to get on the boat and go straight to Jiujiang." Please come aboard the Governor and come with me. When you arrived in Jiujiang, you were stationed, and the old man went to Nanjing to face the saint and ask for sin. Thinking of my life, the emperor won't really do anything to me, boy, don't dream, in Daming, you have a hereditary Ning Nanbo, in the Qing Dynasty, you can be higher than Ning Nanbo? ”

"Who says you can't?" Zuo Mengeng twisted his neck and said: "Wu Sangui's house, there are less than 30,000 soldiers, and as soon as the Qing Dynasty falls, he will be crowned king." Our Zuo family, in terms of prestige and strength, which one is worse than the Wu family? We can also tear the earth and seal the king! Besides, Daming, the earl, my son is afraid that he will not be able to be a few years old. ”

"Yes, what the thief general said is very true." Huang Shu also looked bitter, and also persuaded bitterly: "It seems that there are still many places in Daming, but what is the situation in Henan?" Cannibalism, uncle! Shandong is not much better, Yunnan and Guizhou have never been self-sufficient, Huguang is now going to fight, there is only one Jiangnan and two Guangzhou, Fujian and Zhejiang, these are the people's soft and cowardly useless places, the northern army arrives, must be looking at the wind and falling. Calculate the luck of time, this world, it must be the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Old man is tired, you go down first!"

Although Zuo Liangyu is old, his mind is still clear. He also knows the situation in Jiangnan and Fujian and Zhejiang. After the reform of the battalion system and donations, the gentry were tied to the war of the imperial court, and the return of fire consumption to the public is to return the local miscellaneous expenses to the center, and the financial resources of the center will of course be significantly different.

"Children don't know anything...... Or is it much safer to return to the Ming Dynasty, and if it really can't hold on to it at that time, wouldn't it be more stable? I don't know what to do...... I still have to be in charge of this rudder. ”

drove away the two flies, Zuo Liangyu fell asleep in a drowsy mood, he didn't expect that his son and Huang Shu actually had the idea of fighting to the death.

"Major General, if you keep interrupting, you will suffer from it." When I arrived at the second gate of Zuofu, the armor outside had already been revealed.

Since receiving the seal of General Ping Thief, because of Zuo Liangyu's old illness, most of the military power has fallen into the hands of Zuo Mengeng, and Zuo Liangyu is only influencing the entire army with the prestige of Ning Nanbo and the old name.

At this time, Zuo Mengeng has transferred the army loyal to himself, and transferred several pro-army generals from his father, and now as long as he rushes in, kills Zuo Liangyu's pro-army, and then orders the whole army to surrender to the Qing army, and as soon as the Qing army strikes out, it will be a big deal.

"But ......"

"The young general is afraid of affecting the relationship between father and son?" Huang Shu smiled brightly, and only said: "Let the uncle be confused, the Zuo family is not lucky, that is unfilial piety." Today, the young general led his uncle to defect to the new dynasty and became rich and noble, this is the great filial piety, and the world will not say anything. ”

"Alright, that's it!"

Zuo Mengeng wants to be crowned king, and wants to become a little prince or prince from a young general or a young uncle, he can't wake up from this dream, even if he betrays his father, he has to go on this road.

At this time, he was murderous, and when he waved his hand to order, he asked Huang Shu again: "What should He Tengjiao do?" ”

"And his army, kill that Bai Wang, and someone can send it to the Qing army camp, and the Qing court will do it. However, according to the student's opinion, this person would rather die than fall to his reputation. ”

"Then who cares about him? What about the Donglin scholar surnamed Huang? Did you kill it too? ”

This man seems to be loyal, but in fact he is paranoid. It seems to be asking for the lives of the people, but in fact, it is dedicated to his own name. I don't think he will surrender easily, but he won't refuse to surrender either, and it's right to send it to the Qing camp anyway. After all, he is a student of Liu Zongzhou and the son of Huang Zunsu, and his reputation is still not small. ”

"Okay, everything depends on Mr., after the big thing is completed, Mr. will definitely have a big reward."

The two scum laughed, and Zuo Mengeng waved his right hand. Under his orders, hundreds of armor soldiers rushed into the palace, but they waved swords and guns at their own people. After the head rolls, he will enter the inner hall.

Zuo Liangyu was here, but these murderous soldiers didn't dare to offend, until Zuo Mengeng and others arrived.

"Father, at this juncture for the survival of the army, please forgive my son for being unfilial."

Zuo Mengeng deliberately put on a stomach armor and looked majestic, but he always looked a little unconfident in his father's eyes.

Behind him, there were Huang Shu and a civil official, and a large number of military generals kneeling behind.

In this way, Zuo Liangyu knew that the Qing Dynasty was driven by the general trend. He saw that the Ming and Qing dynasties had not yet decided who would win the world, but he didn't understand that with the current military system of the Ming Dynasty, these generals could only receive a fixed amount of money, and they couldn't fish and meat in the township, and they couldn't eat empty quotas.

Although the price has changed very high, who wants to eat only one bite of dead food?

Besides, as soon as the battalion system was changed, the good days of the past few years have come back again, there are civil officials pressing on the top, as well as supervising the imperial history, and what is the clean government court...... Who is tired of serving these mothers-in-law?

There are so many reasons, plus after all, the Qing army has been undefeated for decades and has an undefeated prestige here, and the army is approaching, so there is no need to think much about how to choose.

"I'm confused......"

A few tears appeared in the corners of Zuo Liangyu's eyes, and he had mixed feelings in his heart, and he didn't know what to say for a while. Seeing him like this, Zuo Mengeng let out a long breath, and his heart also fell back into his stomach.

"Pass me the order!"

Facing the generals, Zuo Mengeng was majestic and said loudly: "The army changes banners, cut hair and keep braids, the gentry and officials in the city, all shave their hair and keep braids, and arrest He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, to show our loyalty to the new dynasty!" ”

"Long live the Qing Dynasty, long live, long live!"

In the whole city of Wuchang, hundreds of thousands of people shouted in unison, the gentry and soldiers in the city were very frightened, and every house was closed, but the left army could not fight, but it was a good hand to climb over the wall and cross the house, even if the people hid in the house, they were still inevitably robbed, annihilated, and killed.

All kinds of tragedies began to be staged under the collective movement of the left army to lose their hair and keep braids.

The Huguang Governor's Mansion was also surrounded by water, and the chaos was together, and many qualified gentry in the city hid in the Governor's Mansion, thinking that the Governor was a member of the imperial court, and the left army could have a little fear, who knew that the Left Army suddenly became a pigtail army, at this time, he shaved his scalp with fun, climbed over the wall and crossed the household, seeing that there were more and more chaotic soldiers in the Governor's Palace, and the sound of the horse was like thunder, there were already people shouting outside, persuading him to surrender, persuading He Tengjiao to recognize the situation, see the overall situation, and immediately surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

"Alas, I have nothing to do with the affairs of the country, how can I be with myself again, how can I see my ancestors as a slave? I will die, and you will do it. ”

After leaving a sentence, He Tengjiao just returned to the second hall, sighed for a few hours, and finally died before dawn.

His death also announced the complete collapse of the situation in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

In early April, Ye Chen led his troops into Wuchang and incorporated 200,000 left troops. 200,000 left troops are not unusual, but the number of people is good, and Ye Chen reported to Yanjing that the number is 500,000.

This is the largest number of Ming troops since the Great Qing Dynasty Taizu, Ye Chen is not stupid, and naturally he reported it with great fanfare.

In this way, the left army and the Qing army will go downstream together, Jiujiang and Anqing will not be able to defend, and the line along the river, Huguang and Jiangxi will all fall into the hands of the enemy.

200,000 left troops went first, the river was a banner covering the sky, Zuo Mengeng and Huang Shu and others played the vanguard, and the Qing army they didn't even have the courage to move, they were ordered to go down the Yangtze River, but they were full of interest, and the action was very fast and fast.

In a few days, he went down to Jiujiang, although Jiujiang had several battalions of city defense battalion troops, but there were no famous generals who had gone to guard it, and the army was short, and the determination to guard was not enough, Yuan Jixian's facts were limited, and he died in the city, but Jiujiang also fell quickly.

In this way, the upstream is in danger!

The emergency military newspapers were naturally sent to the Nanjing Forbidden Middle School one after another.

(To be continued)