In Huai'an City, not long after Liu Zeqing got up, a guard came to report that it was a letter sent by Lu Jiude.

Liu Zeqing was shocked, it turned out that Lu Jiude was still alive, and he thought that he had burned to death in the mansion in Huai'an. That day, after Liu Zeqing led his troops to repel the bandits under Luo Rucai, he was looking for Lu Jiude's corpse everywhere, but there were hundreds of corpses that were scorched by the fire, and he didn't know which one was, so he had to find a random one with a fatter shape and bury it hastily.

Liu Zeqing originally went to test Lu Jiude's attitude towards the vassal kings of all walks of life, and it was best to draw in the army that supported King Lu, so that success would be more guaranteed, but he didn't expect that it happened to coincide with Lu Jiude's mansion being ransacked by bandits, and Lu Jiude himself was burned to death by bandits. A dignified Fengyang garrison eunuch, died in the hands of thieves, Liu Ze cleared a trace of sadness, and ordered to find treasures and belongings from the ashes, he knew that Lu Jiude was a dignified Fengyang garrison, and his property was countless, and his place of work was originally in Fengyang Mansion, but there were his mansions all over Jianghuai.

Liu Zeqing opened Lu Jiude's letter, and after reading it, he immediately sat down in his chair and couldn't get up for a long time.

His cronie Shen Mingyi said: "Mr. Liu, what's wrong?" ”

After a while, Liu Zeqing came back to his senses from the major blow and said: "Our plan has come to naught, now Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo and Gao Jie are on the side of King Fu, Lu Jiude, the old immortal, not only did not burn to death, but he went to engage in tandem in the past few days, bringing the three warlords together, and now I am writing to me to support King Fu as well." ”

Shen Mingyi was shocked and said, "How can this be, what about King Lu, how can we explain to Nanjing!" ”

Liu Zeqing let out a long sigh and said: "People are not as good as heaven, I never dreamed that it would be such an ending today, these three people hold military power, although the Nanjing bigwigs are high and powerful, they are all civilian officials, once these three people stand on the side of King Fu, then they can only be the commander of the light pole." ”

Shen Mingyi said: "Does Mr. Ma know? ”

Liu Zeming said: "Mr. Ma went to Pukou to discuss with Mr. Shi about the establishment of a vassal king, what is the use of negotiating, I don't know what Mr. Ma and Mr. Shi will react to after knowing the situation." ”

Shen Mingyi said: "Mr. Ma doesn't know, the three of them are also bold. ”

Liu Zeqing let out a long sigh and said: "No poison, no husband, abandon King Lu, support King Fu, and immediately write a letter to Lu Jiude, saying that I, Liu Zeqing, fully support His Royal Highness King Fu." ”

……

Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, was riding in a carriage from Pukou to Huai'an, and he had reached an agreement with Shi Kefa to welcome King Lu into Nanjing.

Ma Shiying closed his eyes, thinking that he would soon become a hero of the decision, and his career was bright, as the governor of Fengyang, he had Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo and Liu Zeming under his command, a total of 300,000 troops, as long as he gave an order, the army could escort King Lu Hao to Nanjing.

Thinking of this, Ma Shiying couldn't help but get excited, and said to the coachman who was driving the carriage: "The car is faster." ”

……

After the Battle of Shanhaiguan, the army that conquered the Central Plains under the command of Dolgon entered the pass one after another, including the elite of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the elite of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and the men and horses of the Eight Banners of the Han Army. The Manchu and Mongolian kings, Beile, Beizi, Gong, and Gushan Ezhen almost all came to participate in this war. On the Han side, there were Kong Youde, the king of Gongshun, Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, and Shang Kexi, the king of Zhishun, who had surrendered, and now Wu Sangui's Guan Ning soldiers have been added, with a total of more than 200,000 people, making it the most powerful army in the Wanli years.

Wu Sangui led his army all the way south, and at this time he had arrived in Tongzhou, which was already quite close to Beijing, and he knew that Li Zicheng had set up a defense in Beijing, so he temporarily camped in Tongzhou.

Wu Sangui was looking at the military map when Yang Shen came in and said, "Master Jun, there is something important to report." ”

Wu Sangui didn't raise his head and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Yang Shen said: "A eunuch took Prince Chongzhen to see you in the army. ”

"What!" Wu Sangui suddenly raised his head and said in surprise.

Yang Shen said: "Now it's outside the line, see it or not?" ”

Wu Sangui was dazed for a while, and suddenly a trace of evil thoughts surged from his heart, now he has not really won Dolgon's trust, if he dedicates the prince to him, he will also show loyalty to Dolgon, but then he thought, is this what people do, his Wu family is favored by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Emperor Chongzhen treats himself well, how to do this, in this way, he will not let the world scold him to death.

"Do you know why Li Zicheng didn't kill the prince?"

Yang Shen said: "It is said that when Li Zicheng was about to withdraw, not only did he not kill the prince, but also King Yong and King Ding, and one person gave twenty taels of silver. ”

When Wu Sangui heard this, he sighed, and after a moment, he said: "I don't see, let them each escape, go as far as possible, it's best not to let anyone know, whoever knows will be killed, and you will be responsible for this matter." ”

Soon after Li Zicheng withdrew from Beijing, those Ming officials were like fish sinking in water, all came out, and they all regarded themselves as gentry to maintain order in the city, and heard that Wu Sangui was about to enter Beijing with the prince, and the city of Beijing was almost boiling, just like those who missed the Ming Dynasty, they ran to tell each other, since Li Zicheng entered Beijing, they have not suffered less, and the family's property was tortured and plundered by Li Zicheng, and he was also greatly insulted, and even paraded in the streets.

At this time, I heard that Wu Sangui and the prince were going to come to Beijing soon, just like a long drought and a rainy day. But there are also people who heard that Wu Sangui had joined the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but they believed that Wu Sangui was only borrowing Manchurian soldiers to restore the Ming Dynasty, and they quickly relieved their previous suspicions.

The whole city was jubilant, and the shadow of Li Zicheng's entry into Beijing was almost swept away.

……

In the Huai'an Governor's Mansion, Ma Shiying's face was almost green, and he sat on the chair and was speechless for a long time.

Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, Liu Zeqing and Lu Jiude were all on the side.

After a while, Huang Degong said: "Now that this is the case, although the raw rice has not yet been cooked, it is almost ready, my old Huang has promised to support King Fu, and once the husband is out, it is difficult for the horse to chase." ”

Ma Shiying happily came to Huai'an, ready to give an order to the four towns, immediately let them send troops to Huai'an to escort King Lu south, but I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived in Huai'an, these four were all in Huai'an, Ma Shiying felt a little wrong, and summoned the four people, I didn't think that these four people had promised Lu Jiude to support King Fu, Ma Shiying was like a thunderbolt from the sky.

He knew that this was Lu Jiude secretly engaging in a series, it seemed that Zhu Yousong was unstoppable after the unification, with the generals and commanders as the backing, and the eunuchs beside Yizan, the only shortcoming was the lack of a minister.

For a long time, Ma Shiying said calmly: "Although Ma is not talented, I am willing to help His Royal Highness King Fu." ”

After all, Ma Shiying has been in the sea for a long time, and with his keen political sense, he knows that if he opposes it at this time, he will become the commander of the light pole, and these four people will be bad if they don't listen to their own words, and this is not an opportunity for him, King Lifu.

When everyone heard that, instead of blaming them, Ma Shiying strongly supported them, which was much to everyone's surprise, Liu Liangzuo said: "Mr. Ma, the little one made a little money yesterday, if you want to give you two boxes." ”

When Ma Shiying heard the money, she immediately smiled.