Li Zicheng Shanhaiguan was injured in the first battle, and fled all the way back to the capital, before he sat firmly, and then Jin's army and Wu Sangui's coalition army chased after him, and in desperation, he had to pack up and retreat all the way to his hometown of Shaanxi with the residual strength, and only when he got there could he feel a trace of safety.

But God was destined not to let him return to his hometown, but since the news of the defeat in Shanhaiguan came, the previous Ming army commanders who surrendered to Cheng instantly erected their own banners and joined the side of the Ming court again.

Seeing that the retreat is blocked, it is impossible to forcibly withdraw to Shaanxi, and the current strength under his command is limited, once a tough battle occurs, he will be completely in a desperate situation, thinking about it, Li Zicheng still decided to make a big detour, from Henan to the south, into the land of the two lakes, his idea is very simple, as long as he can gain a firm foothold in the two lakes, the south retreat can send troops to Liangguang, and the east can take Fujian and Zhejiang.

Although this idea is good, but at the same time, there is also a fatal weakness in the land of the two lakes, after all, it is in the land of four wars, once the surrounding Ming army is encircled, he will also fall into a desperate situation, but at the moment this kind of problem does not exist, he even feels that this is the heaven will not die him, the small court in the south has infighting, the two sides are at war, and there are some ideas in addition to the other general soldiers, resulting in the complexity of various forces in the south, and it is difficult to twist into a rope to fight him.

Therefore, Li Zicheng can be sure that as long as he enters Hubei, once he gains a firm foothold, he will be able to defeat all the forces in the south, and as for Shen Youlong of Liangguang, in his opinion, it is nothing more than that, and it is not enough for a guy who relied on firearms to win by luck to have any experience in commanding troops.

The arrogant Li Zicheng did not reflect on himself at this time because of the defeat in Shanhaiguan, and then he had a thousand dreams of unifying the south and then defeating Wu Sangui again.

This made some of his strategists who really saw the situation sighing, the land of Hubei had been scraped by Zhang Xianzhong in the early stage, it can be said that there is nothing worth fishing, after all, the strategists were born as scholars, and some people saw it very clearly, and Jin's sudden entry into the customs after the biggest problem was solved at the moment. That's the key.

Houjin is a foreign race, the so-called non-my race will have a different heart, but the ancestors left, there was a Meng Yuan ruling the Central Plains tyranny vividly, once let Houjin gain a firm foothold will be troublesome.

The southern factions fought with each other, while the Houjin major beylors and banner owners who entered the customs in the north were united to deal with the remnants of the Ming Dynasty forces and peasant rebels, which was in stark contrast to the southern factions.

If the various factions in the south cannot guarantee that they will unanimously face the enemy, the final outcome will be that the Houjin will be defeated and unify the country, so some learned people have expressed their own opinions, so that all parties can put aside their prejudices and unite against the enemy.

Although Chongzhen died, the south was still in the hands of most Ming officials. Zhu Ming's royal family is still there, as long as everyone unanimously confronts the foreign country and expells him from Shanhaiguan, it is not too late to discuss who will inherit the unification.

The idea of a person of insight is good, but what he thinks is too simple, the parties have already started a war for the right to inherit the orthodoxy, how can they put aside their prejudices and sit down to continue the negotiations, especially the King of Lu and the King of Tang, it is impossible for them to sit down and continue to negotiate.

The war between the two sides has escalated, resulting in thousands of casualties. With the newly victorious Zheng Zhilong, how could he sit down and negotiate at this time, as long as the other party was defeated and unified in the south, he would be the first assistant of the Ming cabinet. It is not a problem to become one person above ten thousand people.

Now you ask him to give up his preconceptions, it is absolutely impossible and will never give up. I even thought about it, not to mention that the Australians didn't seem to pay much attention to the situation in Daming, but they just knew that they were increasing their troops in Hong Kong. It is very likely that he is helping Shen Youlong and King Gui's forces, as long as he doesn't go to fight Liangguang, he will be fine.

Zheng Zhilong is like a mirror in his heart, as long as he doesn't touch Liangguang, he can definitely live well, he has also observed these days, that Australians are not very interested in the entire Ming Dynasty, and the possibility of sending troops is too small, according to Sen'er's letter, Australia is located in the south of the South Seas, which is sparsely populated, not smaller than the Ming Dynasty at all, and I am afraid that there is not much interest in returning to the Central Plains to restore the homeland.

Australians are absolutely not interested in the whole Daming, but it is difficult to say about the two Guangzhou, after all, the industry between here and Australia is too deep, close to Hong Kong, and the main problem is that the Australian goods are transported to the forefront of the Ming market, this place is very important to Australians.

The main reason why Zheng Zhilong was able to make this judgment was that Australia's military actions in Southeast Asia in recent months could be said to be too big, and even he felt that the Dutch could not bear it, but the Dutch actually endured it like this.

However, the situation in Southeast Asia is a bit complicated, Zheng Zhilong doesn't know, the British have intervened, and this matter is not so easy to deal with, now the Dutch are not facing an Australia, but the squeeze of Spain and the British forces, in which the power of Australia is the most powerful, even if the Dutch are strong in this region, but the Australians are still a little worse, let's just say that the weapons are not comparable to them.

Lao Zheng can see it clearly, that's why King Lu will open the knife, of course, Li Zicheng also clearly knows that the remnants of the Ming forces in the south are attacking each other, so he retreated like the south in a roundabout way, but history is always strikingly similar, Lao Li will be killed by the villagers This is estimated to be very likely to happen, in addition, Zhang Xianzhong is still shrinking in Shu to watch the changes, once all parties fight to the death, when both sides are defeated, it is very likely that this guy will suddenly send troops.

He didn't dare to attack the two Guangzhi, and he still dared to attack Li Zicheng and other forces, not to mention that Li Zicheng also brought a large number of treasures from the capital, which were used to recruit soldiers.

At this time, the news of Li Zicheng's southward movement was no secret, and some people were happy and some worried about his southward journey, the happy people were attracted to the treasures he carried, and the worried people were lamenting that their troops were not his opponents.

Although Li Zicheng has been hit hard in Shanhaiguan and has fought many battles in Henan and other places, the number of people is less than 100,000, but these tens of thousands of people are real combat troops, and they are his elite, unlike in the past, more than 200,000 out of hundreds of thousands of people were indiscriminately used to scare the other party, so the combat effectiveness of this unit is still very considerable. (To be continued.) )