Azig even found that since he caught Zhu Cihong in his hands, even those opposing forces in the army have been reined in.

So looking at Zhu Cihong is more pleasing to the eye.

For this reason, he rewarded Wang Deren, who captured Zhu Cihong, three times in succession.

Wang Deren is a guerrilla general under Wang Tizhong's bid, when Wang Tizhong led the naval army to fight fiercely with the Ming army, he led a naval army to fight in the area of Shijiu Lake, and Zhu Cihong and others were found in the reeds on the other side of the lucky lake, and they were arrested.

Therefore, Azig promoted this Wang Deren one after another, from guerrilla to general, and from general to deputy general (that is, deputy commander-in-chief), if it were not for Wang Tizhong to be a deputy general, Azig did not hesitate to directly promote Wang Deren to the general army.

But Wang Tizhong was defeated and lost, and he couldn't be promoted to the chief soldier anyway, so Wang Deren was a deputy general, and it was basically over, but other rewards were a lot, rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, thirty good horses, and ten beautiful women.

"Emperor Ming, this king is quite troubled today, Yang Chao, the general soldier of the country, refuses to surrender to the ancients, but instead raises rebels to attack this king, what do you mean?"

Zhu Cihong's eyes were complicated, and when he heard that Yang Chao had returned, it meant that Yang Chao was not like others said, he died in Huai'an, but won the battle again, and returned to Nanjing, but he became a prisoner.

But the matter has come to this, Zhu Cihong can only pretend to cooperate.

"Yang Chao doesn't know how to advance or retreat, how dare he raise troops to block the Qing Heavenly Soldiers, he really doesn't know what to do! The guilty man was willing to rebuke him in an edict. ”

Zhu Cihong calls himself a criminal minister, and he also knows that his only use now is to do things for the Qing army, what can he do, he can only thank the letter in the name of the emperor, just like the emperor of the Song Dynasty, he is familiar with the history books of the emperors of all dynasties, and he has been instilled in the civil official lectures since he was a child.

Azig was very satisfied with Zhu Cihong's attitude, but he was also embarrassed that the Ming had a fierce general like Yang Chao, but their emperor ended up like this. He really couldn't figure it out.

The monarch and the minister can't get along, this is the big disadvantage of the Ming Kingdom, he couldn't help but think of Li Chengliang, and he didn't have a deep understanding of Qi Jiguang Duoduo. However, the Manchu magnates had a deep memory of Li Chengliang, a Ming general who was a contemporary of Qi Jiguang and stationed in Liaodong.

Li Chengliang was so majestic in Liaodong back then, the Manchurian tribes he fought bowed down to his ears, and even Nurhachi's grandfather and father died at the hands of Li Chengliang, but Nurhachi did not dare to say a word. It's just that his legs cried bitterly in front of Li Chengliang's general military mansion and pretended to be pitiful.

In the end, Li Chengliang also felt that Nurhachi was pitiful, so he accepted him as his godson, and supported Nurhachi in the future, which led to today's Manchu Qing, but Li Chengliang, when he was old, was not miserable and returned to his hometown.

As for Qi Jiguang, who is even more famous and even more majestic than Li Chengliang, because he was implicated by Zhang Juzheng, he even almost asked for a crime.

Yang Chao is so brave. Under his escort, the Ming Emperor would rather give up the fortified city than dare to fight with the Qing army, such a Ming Dynasty will not die!

Thinking of this, Azig couldn't help but feel some sympathy for that Yang Chaolai, even if he killed his younger brother Duoduo, but as a military general, it is not uncommon for him to die on the battlefield, and heroes should die on the battlefield, not on a woman's kang.

So he doesn't hate that Yang Chao anymore, even if Yang Chao is willing to submit. He also wants to be like Dolgon's admonition and make Yang Chao a prince.

Thinking of this, Azig suddenly said to Zhu Cihong: "Although Yang Chao does not try his best to stop my heavenly soldiers, my emperor cherishes his talents, so I ask the emperor of Ming to write a letter." Let that Yang Chao return to my Qing Dynasty. ”

Zhu Cihong resigned, and hurriedly agreed.

Big win.

Yang Chao personally sat in the Dasheng Pass, this time he did not go out in person, and the growth of his subordinate generals allowed Yang Chao to sit in the rear with confidence.

"Song Kun? How did you get back. ”

The land and water army marched at the same time, and the distance should be calculated to reach the Taiping Mansion, and it may even have confronted the Qing army. At this time, Song Kun returned to the Great Victory Pass.

"My lord, there is a letter!"

Song Kun rode back suddenly, his mouth was dry, and he said in a hoarse voice.

"Letter? Many men's letters, what's the trouble? ”

Many men are the commanders on this expedition, but he sent a general like Song Kun to send a letter back in person, obviously it can't be a trivial matter, Yang Chao didn't dare to be careless, he immediately took the letter and asked casually.

But when he opened the letter, Yang Chao immediately understood.

This is Zhu Cihong's letter, in which he did not dare to call himself the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but only called himself the unfilial son of the late Xiaolie Emperor Chongzhen, and hoped that Yang Chao would take care of the old feelings, recognize the general trend, and return to the Manchu Dynasty.

Yang Chao couldn't help but be furious and tore up the letter stamped with Zhu Cihong's jade seal.

He was not annoyed that Zhu Cihong persuaded him to surrender, Yang Chao never had hope for the emperor's personal character, he helped Zhu Cihong to ascend the throne, the purpose was just to stabilize the situation in Jiangnan, it should be said that it was generally successful, Jiangnan was quickly stabilized, and no big changes occurred, it should be said that Zhu Cihong's indisputable status as the crown prince played a certain role.

However, the maladministration of the Ming Dynasty has reached the point where only the stability of the surface can not be maintained, the Qing army to the kind of stability that floats on the surface collapsed in an instant, the military generals of Wenchen heard the wind and surrendered, the building was about to collapse in an instant, even the emperor only cared about fleeing in a hurry, which made Yang Chao learn from experience and know that if he did not make changes, the decaying old car of the Ming Dynasty, even if he barely had a shelf, could not withstand the gentle push of others, and it would fall apart immediately.

This is a later story, Yang Chao was angry at this time, it happened to be Zhu Cihong was captured itself, he did everything possible to find Zhu Cihong, but he didn't want Zhu Cihong to have been captured by the Qing court, and it was likely that he was captured after the water battle, and at that time he was also looking for Zhu Cihong, Yang Chao's search horses all arrived in Hangzhou, but who would have thought that Zhu Cihong would run around and get into the sphere of influence of the Qing army.

Although the last time Zhu Cihong was pushed to power, the method of stabilizing the situation in Jiangnan failed, but Yang Chao still has a chance, this time he repelled Azig and eliminated Duoduo, the situation will be better, and he uses power to promote some changes, and there should still be a chance to reverse the situation, but who knows that at this time Zhu Cihong was captured by the Qing army, what will Jiangnan look like, it's really hard to say.

In the letter sent by Song Kun, in addition to Zhu Cihong's letter, there were also many men's instructions, because Zhu Cihong was in the hands of the Qing army, so he had some traps and didn't know whether to attack the city.

"Troops, soldiers! Hurry up and march quickly, you must not let the emperor be taken to Beijing by the Tartars! ”

Yang Chao immediately gave an order to Song Kun, but it was just a password, this kind of thing must not be left in words, and if it is passed out, it will leave a handle for people, because entering the army at this time, no matter what, it is regardless of the emperor's personal safety.

And Yang Chao actually really had this idea in his heart, if he couldn't rescue Zhu Cihong, then it would be better to let him die in the army than to make a big political fuss for the Qing army.

Zhu Cihong is dead, although it is troublesome to support the new monarch, but if Zhu Cihong is alive, but in the hands of the Qing army, it will be even more troublesome.

Song Kun took Yang Chao's password and rode quickly to the front line.

Many men immediately organized attacks after receiving military orders.

At this time, the Ming army was stationed outside the city of Dangtu, when the city of Tu is the capital of the Taiping Mansion, the Guxi River outside the city leads directly to Danyang Lake Shijiu Lake, and can directly enter Taihu Lake through the waterway.

Many men 60,000 troops, surrounded by three missing one, west is the Yangtze River, there are large ships led by Jiang Fan to block the river and the estuary, many men in the north lead 40,000 troops, and in the east is Lu Mo also led 20,000 troops, in addition to horsemen, artillery support.

As soon as Yang Chao's military order arrived, Jiang Fan's sea ships took the lead in firing, and hundreds of red-coated cannons bombarded Dangtu City.

Artillery outside the city also began to fire heavily.

One day and night, the northwest wall of Dangtu, which was jointly bombarded by gunboats and artillery on the road, collapsed, and many men immediately organized an attack.

With artillery and phalanxes to open the way, step by step, approaching the city of Dangtu.

Azig was very depressed, he thought that the Ming army would not surrender, but he really didn't expect to attack him so ruthlessly and decisively.

Yu Qian's story The Mongols and Manchus are very clear, knowing that it is impossible to make Ming Dynasty officials surrender if they hold a Ming emperor, especially a character like Yang Chao, it is impossible to be arrested because the emperor was arrested.

But Azig didn't expect that the Ming army would accelerate the siege of the city, didn't this force him to kill Zhu Cihong.

Thinking of this, Azig couldn't help but smile, Yang Chao, Yang Chao, I didn't expect you to still have a heart of disobedience, Azig understood Yang Chao's attack as Yang Chao didn't care about the emperor at all, and even hated to get rid of Zhu Cihong with the help of the Qing army.

Azig couldn't have imagined that Yang Chao had never been loyal, at least he had no loyalty to a creature like the emperor, and his loyalty was only to the nation, the country, and history, not to the individual.

"Withdraw!"

Seeing that the Ming army's offensive was so fierce, although until now, Azig still has the advantage of strength, but he is not willing to fight hard, the result of hard fighting is too difficult to say, he now has Zhu Cihong in his hand, he has won and not lost, there is no need to take risks, he is not Yang Chao, now he is desperate, as a big player with hole cards and can afford to lose, Azig really has no need to accompany Yang Chao to gamble on his life.

Under the orders of Azig, when the city was broken, the army of the Eight Banners took the lead in withdrawing from Dangtu City.

Many men easily attacked the city, almost without resistance, and after killing a large number of surrendered soldiers, they occupied Dangtu.

The first priority was not to check Dangtu's treasury and other things, but to send troops to look for Zhu Cihong in the city, but of course they found nothing.

Many men also knew that it was unlikely to be found, so they immediately sent instructions to Yang Chao to ask if they would continue the pursuit.

Yang Chao ordered the troops to march.

Many men attacked Wuhu, but the Qing army still did not resist, so they captured Wuhu again, but still did not find Zhu Cihong.

At this time, Yang Chao ordered him to stop attacking. (To be continued.) )