The rain in the south of the Yangtze River always comes as soon as it is said, like threading a needle, shrouding the entire city of Nanjing in a rain and fog.

The lively city of Nanjing in the past has been classified into a quiet season when it should have been a strong love affair.

Raindrops fell from the towers, and drops of blood fell at the same time.

The blood came from the heads of Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Mengeng.

When the remnants of the army were coming to an end, Jingnan Hou Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian had also arrived in Nanjing.

At the same time, it was natural that there were Zuo Liangyu's head and Zuo Mengeng and other high-ranking civil and military officials of the Left Army who were escorted to Beijing together.

Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Youzhen did not have the leisure to question why Zuo Mengeng and others should be rebellious, after all, the main enemy of the war has changed now, for these losers, Zhu Youzhen just immediately gave an order, Zuo Mengeng and others were directly beheaded, and their heads, including Zuo Liangyu's head, were hung outside the city gate to warn the world.

Coincidentally, Li Banghua, Zhou Yuji, Li Mingrui, Liu Fangliang, He Xin, Lu Zhenfei, Liu Kongzhao and other officials of the Generalissimo Palace system who were ordered to enter Beijing to participate in the military affairs happened to enter this city one after another in the past few days.

In this life, Zuo Liangyu's father and son did not die well, and Zuo Mengeng did not descend to the Qing Dynasty and get a title to be a rich idler, but at this moment, he turned into blood and fell into the clothes of the bigwigs in the Ming military circles, so that they deeply realized the fate of going against the court.

Liu Fangliang hurried back to Nanjing from Huguang with a drunken spirit, and he also brought with him the specific situation of blocking Yinxi's recruitment of the Chuang army and the specific views of the Chuang army on the annexation to the imperial court and the Qing army.

These days, Liu Fangliang naturally did not simply use the identity of the deputy envoy to reminisce with the former brothers of the Chuang Army, and if he did not use this to understand the combat characteristics of Jiannu, he was not worthy of his current position.

However, when he came to the city of Nanjing and saw the heads of Zuo Liangyu and others, he couldn't help but smile faintly, as Liu Fangliang, who had followed Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu all his life, did not expect that he would now become an official and military general of the imperial court, and Zuo Liangyu, the general of the official army who surrounded and suppressed him in the past, became a national thief and was hung in the city.

Drive!

Liu Fangliang waved his horsewhip and rushed into the city under the gaze of Zhang Tongchang, the guard of the city gate, and went straight to the palace.

accompanied by Chen Zilong, but at this time, Chen Zilong no longer entered the city of Nanjing as a beautiful son, but in armor and appeared as Liu Fangliang's personal guard.

Zhang Tongchang glanced at this Chen Zilong, although he is Zhang Juzheng's great-grandson, he can already attract attention, but now he and Chen Zilong can only accompany the commander to participate in the central military and politics, and he can only guard the city gate with a gun, and watch the supreme commanders of the armies in red robes and brocade clothes enter the city.

"Zuo Liangyu is dead, the Marquis of Jingnan and Yuan Zhitai have also entered Beijing, and there are all kinds of bigwigs from all sides, it seems that the imperial court is really going to free up its hands to deal with the northern Jiannu!"

Liu Zongzhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who had just completed Li Zicheng's funeral, couldn't help but say to He Tengjiao, a scholar of Dongge University who had just returned to Beijing.

He Tengjiao looked at the Qianqing Palace, which was still lit with lights, with interest: "It would be nice if I were younger, although I can't enter the back court to discuss military politics, I can also go to the front door to guard the royal gate." ”

When He Tengjiao's exclamation began, Zhu Youzhen also took advantage of the rain to enter the location of the Generalissimo's Mansion at this time, at this time he had just returned from inspecting the ordnance station, and he was a little tired like the military civil and military officials present.

I can only use hot tea to drive away tiredness, and gain some spirit from the solemn faces of the officials present.

"Liu Fangliang, let's talk about the situation in Huguang first, the matter of appeasement, I know a lot from the plugging Yin Xi Shu handed over by Jinyiwei, you focus on the views of the Qing army within the army."

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, he sat down with Shi Kefa's support, and now he is naturally accustomed to this posture of sitting upright and listening to the government, without the slightest feeling of discomfort, and his bearing is naturally more calm than before.

Although Liu Fangliang is not a Confucian who has studied poetry and books, after getting along with a group of gentry for a long time, he is also a little more literary than before.

No one did not listen carefully to Liu Fangliang's narration, and at this moment, everyone knew that the Qing army in Liu Fangliang's mouth would be the main enemy they faced in the future.

However, in addition to Zhou Yuji and others, many officials, especially the civilian officials of the Guards system, were young officials who were promoted and reused by Zhu Youzhen after moving south, and naturally knew little about the Qing army.

And even Zhou Yuji had no way to learn about the latest progress of the Qing army.

"That's roughly the case, the Qing army, with the help of Han 0 traitors like Shang Kexi and Wu Sangui, wants to fight in the field, and attack the city, not only is the iron cavalry invincible, but the firearms are also very good, although many of the brothers in the extermination army are not afraid of death, but the flesh and blood can't stop such an army."

After Liu Fangliang said, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but nodded: "The strength of the Qing army, I have to admit it, but he also has a weakness, that is, he is too proud and light, and he dares to go south with tens of thousands of troops. ”

Zhu Youzhen walked in front of Huang Degong, the Marquis of Jingnan, and Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiangxi, Huang Degong was tall and straight, and Yuan Jixian was thin and short, but they were a little nervous at the moment, and they couldn't help but bend down in front of Zhu Youzhen.

"The battle of encircling and annihilating Zuo Liangyu, the two Aiqing have made great contributions, and the title of the Duke of the Kingdom and the three orphans are naturally deserved, but I don't just hope that you will just stop there, the Duke of the Ming Dynasty is either the founding father or the auxiliary minister of Jingnan, all of whom have made great achievements in the Ming Dynasty, and the two Aiqing should be clear about the gap between their current title and the heroes of the previous dynasty, since they want to be promoted to the Duke of the Kingdom and awarded the three orphans, they should stand out in the next war against the Qing army, and if they can create a great achievement in saving China, It is not impossible for me to be the king and the third duke! ”

Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian couldn't help but feel all kinds of feelings in their hearts when they heard this, both the excitement of the upcoming official title and the expectation of the upcoming war.

"Huguang, has never been a place to base, although there is the city of Jingxiang, but Chu is too flat, especially Wuchang and other prefectures, the extermination army may continue to retreat to Yueyang, Changsha, and when the time comes, the Qing army will face Jiangxi, which is where the two Aiqing are stationed, I hope that the two Aiqing can not enter the right side of the river by half an inch, just like holding Zuo Liangyu can not enter the right side of the river, not allowing a Qing army to enter the right side of the river."

Zhu Youzhen patted Yuan Jixian and Huang Degong on the shoulder, not that he deliberately did so, but indeed as he said, the 123rd Army of the Guards Army can only control the defense of the Fengyang area, the Huaiyang area and the Gyeonggi region, while the defense of Huguang and Jiangxi can only rely on the men and horses of the exterminating army and Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian, especially the Jiangxi where Huang Degong and Yuan Jixian are located. ”