Zu Dashou, like Wu Xiang, also kept an eye on the war in Beijing, and they did not expect that the city of Beijing would fall so quickly, and the army outside the pass did not even receive the will of King Qin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Emperor Chongzhen simply hanged himself neatly, which made them, the generals of the Ming army, at a loss for a while.

Zu Dashou is different from Wu Xiang, he is still very loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Even so, he didn't know what to do now.

Zu Dashou arrived in Wu Xiangying, and the two met without saying much polite words and directly talked about the topic.

When Zu Dashou heard that Li Zicheng wrote a letter to recruit Wu Xiang to surrender, he resolutely opposed Wu Xiang's surrender to Li Zicheng.

"Although the thieves are powerful now, they are just a group of rabble, wandering around without foundation, don't look at their momentum now, they will be finished in a few days." Zu Dashou said.

"So what do we do? Now there are Houjin people in the north and Li Zicheng's men and horses in the south, and we are caught in the middle and angry. "Wu Xiang has long been afraid of the Houjin people, and he has always been afraid of the Houjin.

"Then the Houjin people are not afraid, now the Houjin is facing off against Zhang Chu's security army, maybe that Zhang Chu will beat the Houjin people away as soon as he is ruthless." Zu Dashou is quite confident in Zhang Chu.

"That Zhang Chu is so powerful? By the way, Zhang Chu is also an anti-thief, and it is said that he has a good relationship with Li Zicheng, will he join forces with the thief to attack us. Wu Xiang knew a little about Zhang Chu and knew how powerful the security army was, so he was even more worried that the security army would point the finger at their Guan Ning army.

"It's unlikely. This Zhang Chu doesn't know why he seems to have a bitter hatred with the Houjin people, chasing the Houjin people to fight hard, so that he can give up the attack on the Houjin people and march into the Guannei, I don't think he can do it. "Zu Dashou always has a feeling that Zhang Chu wants to fight hard with Huang Taiji.

"That's good, we have been operating in the Shanhaiguan area for so many years, since we are not afraid of the Houjin people sneaking up from behind, we can fight with Li Zicheng with all our might, and there is no problem in holding Shanhaiguan, but what should we do after this battle." Wu Xiang began to worry about his future.

"The Ming Dynasty still has a large number of troops and a lot of treasures in Jiangnan. It's a pity that the whereabouts of the crown prince are unknown. Otherwise, we can support the crown prince, and then call on the army of the world to destroy Li Zicheng. At that time, the national honor of the Ming Dynasty can still be continued. Zu Dashou couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the missing prince.

"Do you say that if we support the crown prince, the officials and troops in other places will obey us?" Wu Xiang's eyes lit up.

"Of course, the crown prince is the official crown prince, and now that His Majesty the emperor has died, it should naturally be inherited by the crown prince, and the courtiers of the world should support the crown prince to revitalize the Ming Dynasty. It's a pity that the prince doesn't know where he is now. At this time, Zu Dashou was constantly cursing the ministers who prevented the prince from going south to prison in the first place.

"I have good news, the prince has fled to my camp, and the two of us have joined hands to support the prince and command the world." Wu Xiang said excitedly.

"The prince found it, that's great. I would like to do my best for the prince. Zu Dashou stood up happily and was about to pull Wu Xiang to see the prince.

"The prince is young now, and he may not be assertive in case of trouble, if those ministers come to point fingers and bewitch the prince, not only is there no hope for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, but you and I may lose our lives because of this." Wu Xiang grabbed Zu Dashou and said.

Zu Dashou understood what Wu Xiang meant, sat back in his seat, and calmed down before saying, "What do you say should be done?" “

"I think you and my brothers should firmly control the situation, and now the two of us should be in charge of the country, and all affairs should be decided by you and me, and the prince will return to the crown prince when he is an adult. What do you think? “

"Then everything is up to my brother, and I am willing to assist my brother wholeheartedly." Zu Dashou just figured out the current situation, Wu Xiang has more soldiers and horses than Zu Dashou, and there is also the prince in hand, this mountain does not tolerate two tigers, if Zu Dashou does not express his position, the cooperation between the two will not be successful. Moreover, the relationship between the two is not ordinary, and Zu Dashou is also willing to live under Wu Xiang.

It is said that the relationship between the two is indeed very complicated, and Zu Dashou married Wu Xiang's sister. Wu Xiang married Zu Dashou's younger sister. Wu Xiang is Zu Dashou's brother-in-law, and similarly, Zu Dashou is Wu Xiang's brother-in-law. If you talk about it from Wu Sangui's side, Zu Dashou is Wu Sangui's uncle and part-time uncle. Through in-laws, the two have been closely linked.

"That's great, that's it. Together, you and I will be able to break new ground. Wu Xiang saw that Zu Dashou knew each other very well, and he was in a good mood.

In the past few days, Wu Xiang has ordered the eunuch found by Wu Sangui to secretly watch the child who claimed to be the prince, and the eunuch confirmed that the person who came was indeed the prince Zhu Cihong.

Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou have decided to go to see the prince Zhu Cihong, the prince is only seven years old this year, plus his parents are dead, from the high-ranking prince to a fugitive who is hunted down all over the world, naturally he has no idea, everything can only obey the arrangements of Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang.

Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou immediately supported the crown prince to ascend the throne at Shanhaiguan, and then raised the banner to avenge Emperor Chongzhen.

After the news of the crown prince Zhu Cihong's accession to the throne in Shanhaiguan spread, the world was in chaos, which disrupted the wishful thinking of many people at once, and those forces who wanted to support the vassal king on the throne by the death of Chongzhen were poured cold water. This made them very unwilling, so various rumors spread that the prince in Wu Xiang's hands was a fake prince.

However, there are also some courtiers who are really loyal to the Ming Dynasty and those who are ready to speculate have come to Shanhaiguan to assist the prince in reviving the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, Li Zicheng was already very unhappy that Wu Xiang did not surrender immediately after receiving his holy order, but now Wu Xiang has made a prince to fight against him, which makes Li Zicheng even more angry.

He didn't even have a precious and comfortable life in the Forbidden City, and personally ordered 200,000 horses to march to Shanhaiguan, he wanted to destroy the Guanning army and remove the last opponent in the north who could threaten him.

However, Li Zicheng's team, which had already tasted wealth in Beijing, did not want to leave Beijing and go to the battlefield again.

At this time, Wu Xiang had used the name of the prince to collect the Ming troops inside and outside Shanhaiguan under his command, and according to the judgment that the main force of Houjin was completely contained by Zhang Chu, he decisively transferred most of the Guanning army to Shanhaiguan for defense, and the two sides formed a confrontation in front of Shanhaiguan.

Eventually, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides on a piece of stone outside Shanhaiguan. The Guan Ning army fought extremely bravely with the determination to avenge Emperor Chongzhen, and Li Zicheng's soldiers saw that the day was not far off when they had taken the Beijing division and enjoyed the glory and wealth, and no one wanted to die in battle at this time, so the whole army had no fighting spirit. Li Zicheng was defeated by Wu Xiang in the battle of a stone, and Li Zicheng fled back to Beijing with the remnants, and Wu Xiang and Zu Dashou led troops to chase after him. Determined to eliminate Li Zicheng and restore the glory of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng fled back to Beijing, where he still had hundreds of thousands of troops left, and it would not be a problem to rely on the strong walls of Beijing to prevent the attack of the Guanning army, and there was a chance to turn defeat into victory.

But when Li Zicheng fled back to Beijing, the scene in the city surprised him. (To be continued.) )