In the first year of Hongguang, on the eighth day of August, just when the Manchu court in the north and the Hongguang court of the Ming Dynasty in Shaanxi Province were directly in the past, for the ownership of the land of Henan, and the time when the war was about to begin, a major event also happened in the south.

In the four towns of Jiangbei, Xingping Bo Gaojie, Dongping Bo Liu Zeqing, Guangchang Bo Liu Liangzuo, Jingnan Hou Huang Degong and others support, Fu Wang Zhu Youxiang inherited the Ming Dynasty Zhengsu, eliminated the pseudo-rebel traitors as the name, in Nanjing Taiji Hall enthroned the emperor, is the Yongli Emperor, at the same time to Nanjing Ministry of Shangshu Ma Shiying as the first auxiliary minister of the cabinet, Ruan Dacheng, He Tengjiao, Lu Daqi and other cabinet ministers. Among them, in addition to Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, He Tengjiao is really the governor of Huguang, although most of the land of Huguang is controlled in the hands of the warlord Zuo Liangyu, but He Tengjiao still has tens of thousands of troops, sitting in Baoqing Mansion, and Lu Daqi is after getting Zheng Tianzhu's warning, he left Nanjing City in advance, led the troops south to Zhejiang, and the two Guangxi generation, because Lu Daqi has more than 200,000 troops left by Shi Kefa, therefore, firmly controls the entire Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Fujian because of the existence of the Zheng family, so as to be independent.

In addition, in order to prove their legitimacy, the Yongli court also announced to the world, saying that the Hongguang Emperor of Shaanxi was not the crown prince of the first emperor Chongzhen Emperor at all, but a puppet deliberately held out by the traitor Shi Lei and others.

"Hahaha, hahahaha, I ascended the throne today, all of them are the credit of your Aiqing, you can rest assured, I have given you a lot of things for Aiqing, I will definitely not forget, and I hope that in the future, you Aiqing can do more for me and do my best for me. I will reward you abundantly in the future. Sitting on the tall dragon chair in the Nanjing Taiji Hall, Zhu Youxiang, who was like a mountain, wore an oversized dragon robe, stretched out his fingers as thick as a carrot, and said loudly.

Hearing Zhu Youxiang's words, everyone sitting below had smiles on their faces. Especially Huang Degong and the other four people, it was even more proud, to be honest, in the process of this coup, they really didn't play much of a role, originally they thought that they would have a tragic fight with Lu Daqi, but they didn't expect that Lu Daqi was like a mouse, after getting the news. just retreated so quietly, this kind of change, so that they haven't come back to their senses yet, but the facts are the facts, at least in front of Zhu Youxiang, they are still a little proud, after all, Zhu Youxiang can be on the throne of the emperor, without their support, it is simply impossible.

Meantime. Thinking that no one would be able to threaten them in the future, the long-suppressed fear in the hearts of the four of them. It's finally completely dissipated, how can you not be happy.

Just when these monarchs and ministers in Nanjing City were complimenting each other and drinking happily, in Jingzhou City, in the mansion of Zuo Liangyu's marshal, there were bursts of roars.

"Bastard thing. A group of bastards, Lao Tzu is here to fight with you to the death for your life, you are good, this kind of big thing actually dares to leave Lao Tzu alone, and in the end, he only gave a marquis and sent away. Do you really think that Lao Tzu is called Huazi for food, since you are unkind, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unjust. The shouting was accompanied by bursts of violent coughing.

The only person who can shout here and vent his anger unscrupulously is the commander of the Zuojia Army, who has hundreds of thousands of troops and controls the vast half of the lake, Zuo Liangyu. To say that this Zuo Liangyu is also a talent, to use a bad sentence, that is, the civil war insider, the foreign war layman, from the Chongzhen period, he was transferred from Liaodong to the Central Plains to exterminate the peasant army, all foreign wars are not able to win once, of course, this is under the same conditions, if the difference in strength between the two sides is too large, he can still win.

And it is such a person, from the beginning of Chongzhen's five years, to the last years of Chongzhen, his soldiers from less than 1,000 people actually swelled rapidly to more than 400,000 people, at that time, the Ming Dynasty, can be regarded as a wide range of generals, but the actual situation is, with the improvement of strength, he has become more and more arrogant, and later is more self-respecting, even the order of Emperor Chongzhen is also disobedient, in addition to his inability to lead the troops, the soldiers under his command are corrupted, wreaking havoc in the place, where the Zuojia army passes through the place, it can be described as hell on earth.

In the original history, it was precisely because Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Jiajun's reputation was too bad, so when the Hongguang regime was established, he was not wooed, but the four towns of Jiangbei, and later Ma Shiying and others rejected the behavior of the Donglin Party, so that he was eager to prepare to raise troops to crusade against the Hongguang court, but unfortunately, he died of illness on the way to the army, and then his hundreds of thousands of troops surrendered to the Manchu court under the leadership of his son Zuo Mengeng, which is why the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to quickly capture Jiangnan in history.

And in this life, because of the appearance of Shi Lei, the blessed king Zhu Youxiang did not successfully ascend the throne, Zuo Liangyu, who was supposed to die of illness in March, actually lived to August, but unfortunately, even if history has changed, but the powerful inertia is not so easy to change, since the beginning of the year, Zuo Liangyu began to get sick, and in severe cases, he will cough up blood.

Seeing Zuo Liangyu's face full of excitement and coughing, Zuo Mengeng on the side couldn't help but say, "Dad, they didn't tell us if they didn't tell us, it's not a good thing anyway, a group of rabble still learn to be emperors, sooner or later it will be a tragic death, we have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, isn't it good to be the emperor here, why bother to participate in their." ”

Hearing his son's words, Zuo Liangyu reluctantly took a sip of ginseng soup, suppressed the anger in his chest, and then looked at Zuo Mengeng and said with a sigh, "Hey, what do you know, isn't Dad doing this for the future of you and our Zuo family, I'm terminally ill now, I won't live long, you are still young, and you haven't gone through any experience, if I don't do it, how can those arrogant generals obey your command, if that's the case, those who hate our Zuo family to the core, will find an opportunity, others don't say, The He Tengjiao in the south is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but if we can have the opportunity to control the entire court in our hands, then it will be completely different, when the time comes, with the entire court as the backing, you will at least occupy the commanding heights in the righteousness, just like Cao Cao, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, at that time, even if there are people who are dissatisfied with us, there will not be many who dare to resist us. "I have to say that although Zuo Liangyu is not good at fighting, he is also the top figure of this era when it comes to being an official.

Hearing Zuo Liangyu's words, Zuo Mengeng understood a little, and then, he asked, "Dad, if that's the case, then what should we do now, even if we are angry now, it's useless, the wood is already in the boat, we can only wait, looking for opportunities." ”

"Haha, no, I already said just now, since they are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust, now in the land south of the Yangtze River, our Zuojia Army seems to be huge, but it has already fallen into a quagmire, and there are forces hostile to us on all sides, so if we want to change the situation now, there is only one way, that is, to break the current deadlock, only in this way can our Zuojia Army get a glimmer of life." Zuo Liangyu said.

"Dad, I don't know what kind of life it is." Zuo Mengeng asked.

When Zuo Liangyu heard Zuo Mengeng's question, he didn't answer him immediately, but looked around, and then whispered, "Manchu." ”

"What, Manchu, Dad, if we take refuge in the Manchus, it will be a betrayal of our ancestors, you know, you also fought with the Manchus back then, and they killed our whole family, if it wasn't for the fast running of our father and son back then, maybe the bones would have rotted now." Hearing Zuo Liangyu's words, Zuo Mengeng was shocked.

"Bastard, what do you know, this time and that time, since the original thing has passed, there is no point in talking about it, we are still guaranteeing it now, you know, what is the situation of our Zuo family army, you should know, saying that it is Mingchen is actually no different from secession, therefore, whether it is the Yongli Court in the east, He Tengjiao in the south or the Hongguang Court in the north, it will be our enemy in the future, if it continues like this, sooner or later, one day, we will become a thorn in their side, if at that time, We're afraid we're dead.

Therefore, if we want to change all this, we can only look for external forces, and now it seems that only the Manchu court can help us defeat this situation, I believe that as long as we are willing to take refuge in the Manchu court, they will definitely reuse us, you don't see, even Wu Sangui has been crowned a king of Pingxi, if we take refuge in the past, at least we should have a treatment with Wu Sangui, even if we lose our military power in the future, our Zuo family can always be rich. ”

"This, is this feasible, you know, now the Manchu Qing is far away from us, even if we want to take refuge in the past, there is no way, if we dare to change our course directly, I am afraid that these forces around us will attack us en masse!" Zuo Mengeng said.

"Hahahaha, rest assured, my father has already thought of it, if it is usual, we have no way, even if we want to take refuge in the Manchu Qing, we can only act in secret, but now it is different, you should know that now the Manchu Qing and the Hongguang court in Shaanxi are competing for the land of Henan, if we send troops north at this time, and attack the Ming army in Shaanxi with the Manchu army, what will happen, the Ming army in Shaanxi will definitely be defeated and returned, and with this feat, I believe that the Manchu Qing will also look at us differently." Zuo Liangyu said with a smile.

The headache continues, and the writing is a little messy, forgive me! (To be continued.) )