In the depths of Fushan, it has been connected to the Cishan boundary, which is at the junction of Wu'an and Cizhou. After the Dashun army occupied Shanxi, Li Zicheng sent the general Liu Hongqi as the chief military officer of Henan, the governor of Henan military affairs, and deliberately exterminated the remnants of the Ming army in various places.

Liu Fangliang led the army of the South Road to sweep through the whole of Henan, controlling the whole province, and then set up defense envoys, government officials and county commanders at all levels in Henan, and he himself led his troops and horses to hurry to Beijing to meet Li Zicheng.

Subsequently, however, there were frequent rebellions in various parts of Henan, especially in eastern Henan, which was largely attributed to the policy of recovering stolen goods and helping the Shun army. The former Ming officials and local wealthy families who were originally hopeful for Dashun became the first targets of the Shun army, so these enraged local powerful factions rose up to resist.

Soon after Liu Fangliang left, Sang Kaidi, the former prefect of Defu, and Guo Congkuan, the deputy general of Henan, summoned the local wealthy clans to gather the remnants of the Ming Dynasty and raise the anti-flag. Due to the loss of communication with the Beijing Division, Sang Kaidi and others sent the captured Dashun officers to Nanjing, and begged Nanjing to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

Therefore, the current situation in Henan is that Dashun and Daming have their own side, Liu Hongqi, Liu Rukui and others of the Dashun army control the area of Wuyang, Xiping, Suiping, and Linying, and the Ming army general Xu Dingguo occupies the first line of Suizhou, and the rest are the wealthy clans and former Ming officials in various places who occupy one side and do their own thing, all wanting to get a piece of the pie in this troubled world.

Because of this, Sun Chuanting's remnants of the army were able to settle down safely in Henan. However, due to the fact that after the Battle of Tongguan, the imperial court never had a clear attitude towards Sun Chuanting, which also made Sun Chuanting himself worried, so he did not dare to show his traces for a while.

This time, Hu Dawei infiltrated Gyeonggi to find out the news, so as to obtain more information in order to prepare for the next step.

But Hu Dawei took Cao Wushu and Zhu Yujiao back to the Fushan camp. But it brought back the bad news that made Sun Chuanting feel sad to death, it turned out that more than 20 days ago, Emperor Chongzhen had been martyred in Beijing.

Zhu Yujiao's arrival made Sun Chuanting even more confirmed this.

Sun Chuanting in front of him is no longer the appearance of swearing to go out of Beijing back then. Dressed in a shabby battle jacket with disheveled hair. The face is yellow and thin, the eye sockets are deep, and the original black and white hair is now full of white hair. Cao Wuxian and Zhu Yujiao also had a relationship with him back then, but now they almost didn't recognize it.

Sun Chuanting received the news from Hu Dawei's people in advance, and he was already waiting outside the camp gate with all the generals under his command. Yang Wenyue, who had previously commanded the soldiers and horses of Hebei and Xuanda, was also wounded in the Battle of Tongguan and died of his wounds shortly after arriving in Henan. Now the remaining more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in Hebei are also under the command of Sun Chuanting.

It can be said that now all the soldiers and horses under Sun Chuanting's command are the generals and soldiers who are most loyal to the Ming family. They retreated all the way from Shanxi to Henan, suffering from hunger and cold along the way. The casualties are not counted, but they have persisted until now and are still unwilling to surrender to the Dashun army, which shows their loyalty.

As soon as he saw Zhu Yujiao's figure, Sun Chuanting immediately cried out, "First Emperor! He knelt down first, and all the generals behind him also knelt down, and for a while, there was a cry in the valley.

finally stopped the grief. Sun Chuanting let Zhu Yujiao and Cao Wushu into the Fushan camp. This camp was built on the mountain and was originally a village. There is a path leading to Cishan in the back mountain, and there is a cliff in front, and there is only one path to enter the village, which is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. Sun Chuanting's troops arrived here, relying on the frequent raids to plunder small groups of Dashun troops, and they have been maintained here for a period of time.

Sun Chuanting asked about the news of Zhu Yujiao's Jingshi again. Only then did Zhu Yujiao tell in detail about the before and after of the fall of Jingshi. Hearing the scene of Emperor Chongzhen's martyrdom, Sun Chuanting cried again and blamed himself. But later, after hearing that Zhu Ping'an led his troops into Beijing, escorted the prince out of Beijing, and went straight to Shandong, the whole person suddenly became bright. Hit the knots applauded.

In this matter, Sun Chuanting admired Zhu Ping'an very much, and even felt a little ashamed in his heart. Governors from all over the country, only Zhu Ping'an's Shandong soldiers and horses galloped to aid the Beijing Division, that is, like himself, the governor of the five provinces, also cowered at the most critical moment, the so-called courtiers were loyal, and they did not fulfill their due responsibilities at all.

Zhu Yujiao invited Sun Chuanting to go to Nanjing with him, and Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, and what he wanted to do in the future was nothing more than to pacify the Quartet and consolidate the rule of the Great Shun Dynasty. This situation in Henan is destined not to last too long, and for the sake of safety, he still leads the army to retreat to the south of the Yangtze River.

Sun Chuanting was the governor of the five provinces appointed by the imperial court and Emperor Chongzhen, and although he was defeated at Tongguan, the imperial court did not issue an order to abolish his position as governor, let alone express an attitude. Therefore, in a sense, Sun Chuanting is still the governor, the supreme general of all soldiers and horses in Henan, Shanxi, Zhili, and Shandong, there is no doubt about this.

What's more, it was only expedient for General Zhu to escort the imperial brother out of Beijing and go to Shandong, and then he would immediately go to Nanjing to inherit the throne. The new dynasty was established, and it was in need of a national cadre like Sun Zhijun to assist, once the imperial brother learned the news of Sun Zhijun, he would be overjoyed, and he would think that he would be reused. Why did Sun Zhijun stay in this mountain range? ”

Zhu Yujiao's words made Sun Chuanting very moved. To be honest, why didn't he want to go to Nanjing to prove his ability again? The reputation of a Ming Zhongxing celebrity is too great for him.

But the filth above the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting is also clear, he lost his teacher and humiliated the country, although the court has not yet stated its attitude, but there will be people in Nanjing who will make a big fuss. The crown prince Zhu Cihong, he has only met, and the two sides are far from being able to talk about the harmony between the monarch and the minister, and they hate to see each other late. Sun Chuanting was afraid that if he arrived in Nanjing and became the target of public criticism, it would probably not be easy to leave. I'm afraid that I will end up with Yuan Chonghuan.

Cao Wuxian, who was on the side, suddenly said: "Sun Zhijun doesn't need to worry. The crown prince is in charge of Nanjing, and my marshal, Lu Shaobao, Lu Fujun, and even Huang Bingbei and Chen will follow Xinjun to Nanjing, and several of them are ......! ”

Cao Wuxian's words woke up Sun Chuanting. Yes, the crown prince Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhu Ping'an, Lu Zhenfei, Huang Gongfu, Chen Zizhuang and these people will rush to Nanjing to take office.

What's more, among the prince's auxiliary ministers, Yang Tinglin will also support himself, and others such as Fang Yuegong and others will definitely not stand idly by.

In this way, Sun Chuanting strengthened his confidence in going to Nanjing to support the crown prince Zhu Cihong. The next step is to determine the route of the march. There is still a long distance from northern Henan to southern Zhili. During this period, it blocked the territory occupied by many Dashun troops, and it took a lot of twists and turns to reach Nanzhili smoothly.

But fortunately, now there is smoke everywhere in Henan, which has given Sun Chuanting a lot of opportunities.

The key point is that many officials in Henan are still interested in the Ming Dynasty, and it would be a pity not to take advantage of such a good situation.

After thinking about it, Sun Chuanting decided to lead his troops to the south, so he temporarily appointed He Renlong's old department Gao Jie to maintain the situation in Henan. Gao Jie was already in a hostile state with He Renlong in the process of Sun Chuanting's killing of He Renlong, but he was not worried that he would throw himself into the arms of the Shun army. In order to envelop his people, Zhu Yujiao appointed him as the acting chief soldier of Henan in the name of the eldest princess, and temporarily took charge of Henan's military affairs. This also made Gao Jie grateful, and led a group of Shaanxi troops to stay in Fushan.

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Half a month after the fall of Beijing, Jinling in Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty was still a rumor, and officials and people who fled from Jiangbei flocked into Nanjing. However, there was never a single news about the current specific situation of the Jingshi, which caused chaos in the Nanjing court.

During the Yongle period, after the capital was moved to Beijing, Nanjing has been preserved as the capital of the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other central institutions consistent with the Beijing Division. Although the yamen in Nanjing are all fictitious, their status is not lower than that of the yamen at all levels in Beijing. Today, there are no more than three people in Nanjing City, the Nanjing Counselor Shangshu Shi Kefa of the Aircraft Maintenance Department, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the Nanjing Town Garrison, and Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei.

In June, after receiving the edict of "ordering the king of the world's soldiers" from the Beijing Division, Nanjing cut off a message exchange with the Beijing Division. This also caused chaos in the Nanjing court. Ma Shiying, the governor of Luzhou and Fengyang, led the generals Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong to command 20,000 troops to the north, but because there was no news, they hesitated after arriving in Jiangbei.

In desperation, Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, could only lead the issuance of King Qin's order, calling on all parts of Jiangnan to donate money and wages, and organizing King Qin's soldiers and horses to gallop to aid the Beijing Division. But at this time, the Jingshi fell, and the news that Emperor Chongzhen was martyred in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace reached Nanjing.

However, at the same time as Nanjing was mourning, as more and more officials and people went south, more news also entered Jiangnan at this time.

The most frightened thing for the ministers in Nanjing was that Zhu Ping'an, the general soldier of Shandong, led his troops to aid the Beijing Division, and Emperor Chongzhen originally intended to be supervised by the crown prince in Nanjing, but the Shun army surrounded the whole city of Beijing with lightning speed, and some of the officials who forgot their ancestors betrayed, and the nine gates of the Beijing Division fell into the hands of thieves one after another. The crown prince Zhu Cihong, Yongwang Zhu Cizhi, as well as King Ding, King Lingwang and others, all lost their whereabouts in the war, and even Shandong did not have news of Zhu Ping'an, who had joined the Beijing Division.

In other words, according to today's news, none of the descendants of Emperor Chongzhen escaped. This also means that there is no suitable successor to the throne of the Ming Dynasty for a while.

This is the problem that really worries the courtiers in Nanjing. (To be continued......) R1292