Seeing that Jiang Liang's territory was getting bigger and bigger, Ling Jingyang was not far behind, so he ordered Zhang Luofu to capture Fenzhou in the southwest of Taiyuan Prefecture, and transferred Dong Daqi and Lin Erle to Fenzhou, and the two cooperated with Zhang Luofu to rectify the soldiers and horses here and train new soldiers.

In order to avoid conflict with Jiang Xuan, Ling Jingyang assigned him to the central and northern prefectures and counties of Taiyuan Prefecture, all of which were given up to Jiang Huang, Jiang Huang was not polite, he had more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, most of whom were veterans with rich military experience.

Under Li Zicheng's secret order, the Dashun army did not go south to attack Taiyuan Mansion, nor did it go east to Xuanfu Town, but consolidated its internal strength in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Huguang regions, and integrated the Ming army that surrendered to the Dashun army.

Although there are still some high-ranking generals who asked Li Zicheng to send troops to destroy the small court of Taiyuan Mansion, Li Zicheng learned the lesson of attacking the capital this time, and specially issued a holy decree.

Li Zicheng finally began to wake up, his vision became broader, and he regained the support of some local forces.

At the turn of the summer and autumn of 1644, the land of China burned by the flames of war was dramatically kept calm for two months, and there was an endless stream of people from all over the Chongzhen Emperor, many people saw the Chongzhen Emperor, and after confirming that it was him, they were moved to a mess, and some people saw him and quietly went back to report to the master behind that His Majesty Taiyuan Mansion was Chongzhen himself.

In this way, the blockbuster news of Chongzhen's reinstatement is like a boulder smashed into a pond, splashing water, so that everyone has to be cautious to go farther, even if it is the Qing army after entering the customs, it does not have the strength to attack and destroy the Taiyuan Chongzhen court, and the entire land of China is the enemy.

In September of that year, he finally had the strength to resist and take the lead in making a move, this force was not Dolgon, nor Li Zicheng, but Zuo Liangyu in the Huguang area, Zuo Liangyu did not recognize the small court of Yingtianfu Hongguang at the beginning, if it were not for the Dashun army and the Qing army, he would have raised troops to the east to conquer the Qingjun side, and bombarded all the people in Yingtianfu, he did not admit the addition of the Hongguang Dynasty, which also led to the four towns of Jiangbei not only to defend against the Dashun army, the Qing army, but also to resist the Zuo Liangyu army that went down the river at any time.

Zuo Liangyu as early as a month ago, selected elite soldiers to infiltrate Taiyuan Mansion, and was killed by the Qing army along the way, only three people arrived in Shanxi after a lot of hardships, and they were not chased and killed in Shanxi, and came to Taiyuan Mansion smoothly.

The three of them got news from all parties here, Emperor Chongzhen was in Yuci City, and after repeated confirmation, it was determined that Emperor Chongzhen was truly undoubted, so he returned to the Huguang area from Shanxi.

Coming back from Shanxi, passing through the Dashun military area, the Dashun army turned a blind eye, and when passing by the Qing army station, two more people were killed, leaving only one person, returned to Wuchang Mansion, and Zuo Liangyu reported to Emperor Chongzhen in Yuci City, Taiyuan Prefecture, is indeed a true son of heaven.

After getting the exact information, Zuo Liangyu no longer hesitated, selected 50,000 elite soldiers, and his son Zuo Mengeng went north to Henan, opening up the passage from Huguang to Henan and Shanxi.

On the day of departure, Zuo Liangyu secretly told him that the army would attack north and stop when it reached Runing Mansion in Henan.

Zuo Mengeng didn't understand his father's intentions very well, and Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but scold his son for having no brains.

"Asking you to go to Runing Mansion in Henan Province is to make a show, do you really think that we have such strong strength and can really open up the passage of the three provinces?"

"Then we will fight to Runing Mansion and garrison troops in Runing Mansion?"

Zuo Liangyu's eyes reflected the desire for power, and his son said fiercely: "Withdraw and go to Runing Mansion to show the people of the world, I, Zuo Liangyu, am by no means a death and do not save the ministers, but the governor of Huguang, who has the world in mind and spans the three provinces of King Qin, also let the small court of Ying Tianfu take a look, and if he wants to get the support of Lao Tzu, he will withdraw the four towns of Jiangbei, issue military salaries to our army, and open the city gate to welcome our army into Ying Tianfu." ”

Only then did Zuo Mengeng understand that his father did not really go to King Qin, but took advantage of this opportunity to blackmail the small court of Hongguang and make a name for himself.

"Father, but the Son of Heaven in Taiyuan Mansion is indeed His Majesty Chongzhen?"

Speaking of Chongzhen, Zuo Liangyu was full of disdain, and told his son that if it weren't for the blind command of Emperor Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty's rule in Jiangbei would not be hiccup.

When Sun Chuanting died, everyone understood that the Ming Dynasty had collapsed, and there were not many people willing to die for Emperor Chongzhen.

Since then, Zuo Liangyu has violated Chongzhen's order, and in the face of the holy decree, he did not listen to the announcement, Li Zicheng attacked the capital, he sat idly by, and refused to send troops to the capital to rescue His Majesty in the capital on the grounds that he wanted to fight with the Bai Wangbu of the Dashun army.

So he and Zuo Mengeng expressed an attitude, that is, they don't have to care about Emperor Chongzhen, even if Emperor Chongzhen has millions of soldiers in Taiyuan Mansion, he will be tossed quickly, and it is best to avoid it.

Under his instruction, Zuo Mengeng pretended to be a fake, held an expedition ceremony in Jiangxia City, Wuchang Prefecture, 50,000 soldiers shouted to go north to King Qin, and tens of thousands of logistics baggage troops followed the soldiers to the north, along the way, the people applauded one after another, and more righteous soldiers enthusiastically invested in Zuo Menggeng's army to strengthen the strength of the left army.

For a time, Zuo Liangyu's reputation spread all over the north and south of the river, and Zuo Mengeng advanced from Wuchang Mansion to Huangzhou Mansion, stagnating here, but he never thought that there was a Qing army green battalion soldier who happened to go north from this place to Henan to garrison.

The two armies met unexpectedly in the field, and without much probing, a fierce battle broke out between the two armies.

The left army is strong and strong, the Qing army is only more than 4,000 people, most of them are still green battalion soldiers, Zuo Mengeng ordered the whole army to cover up and kill, eliminate this small Qing army, continue to win the support of the people of the world for his father, and get the support of more local forces.

He thought that the strength of this Qing army was not enough, and with the strength of his 50,000 army, he could easily destroy the Qing army, but when he really fought, he found that the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command was low to the point of bad, and the forward army and the Qing army were engaged in a battle, and they were about to collapse at the first touch.

The forward was defeated, the left wing troops were defeated without a fight, and the right wing troops bravely rushed forward, but they were counterattacked by the Qing army, like being cut into butter by a hot knife, and scattered to both sides.

Zuo Mengeng almost couldn't believe it, how could these troops be embarrassed to call them elite soldiers, they were completely a group of armed people, and they were defeated by the Qing army after the battle, only Zuo Mengeng's Chinese army still had some veterans, but after the front army, the left and right wing troops were scattered, the Chinese army was rushed by the Qing army, and a large number of recruits were frightened to run back.

Zuo Mengeng was also frightened, why is this Qing army so fierce, and the generals also have people who can fight well, but in the chaos of the army, they were rushed to pieces, Zuo Mengeng was like a wild dog, and retreated in a hurry with the troops, retreating to 20 kilometers away in one breath, almost losing half of the army, and the baggage and other materials were snatched away by the Qing army.

The 50,000-strong army was defeated by the Qing army in the first battle, and more than 10,000 people were left to retreat with him.

Zuo Liangyu was furious, and when Zuo Mengeng withdrew to Wuchang Mansion, he ordered Zuo Mengeng to be thrown into the courtyard for reflection, but the other soldiers were paid a month's military salary to appease the army and gather the hearts of the army.

The Huguang army hastily dispatched troops and was immediately defeated, although Zuo Liangyu was laughed at, but it also made the Dashun army and the small court of Yingtianfu have a different view.

Li Zicheng still believed that the biggest enemy of the Dashun army was the Qing army, and the voice of the high-level opposition to joining forces with the Ming army gradually disappeared, and the small court also saw that the Qing army was strong.

Among them, the governor of Huguang, Du Yinxi, was the leader, and he believed that the biggest enemy at present was also the Qing army, and he could have a limited time with the Dashun army and the Daxi army to join forces to drive the Qing army out.

But his strength is too small, the mainstream of the court is still with the Qing army to attack the Dashun army, revenge for Emperor Chongzhen, plug Yinxi for this to write to Nanjing City, ask the army to the north, open up the passage to Shanxi, welcome Emperor Chongzhen to Shuntianfu.

This letter made the ministers of the court tremble, if Chongzhen really came to Yingtianfu, what would become of them, they vigorously denied that Emperor Chongzhen in Taiyuan Mansion was himself, and even more traitors released words, Emperor Chongzhen of Taiyuan Mansion was just a villager with a similar face to His Majesty found from the countryside by Jiang Xuan, not His Majesty himself, His Majesty had already died in the capital, and was still killed by Li Zicheng himself.

The rumors spread in the south of the Yangtze River, which actually made some hot-blooded young people and people with lofty ideals stop their pace of going north and move closer to Nanjing City to serve the Hongguang court.

All parties are patient, they all want to be the praying mantis catching cicadas, the yellow finch behind the yellow farrow, after the defeat of Zuo Liangyu's army, Zuo Liangyu put his mind on intrigue with the small court, and the small court also ordered the four towns of Jiangbei and Zuo Liangyu to go toe-for-tat, and the two sides did not have any changes because Emperor Chongzhen was still in Taiyuan Mansion.

After the Qing army watched for a while, Dolgon ordered Ao Bai to be the governor of Henan, and Wu Sangui was stationed in Henan, Ye Chen was the governor of Shandong, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Kong Youde was stationed in Henan, Azig was stationed in Beizhili, and Duoduo led the troops to the south to contact the small court of Yingtianfu.

Duoduo led the army to attack the area south of the Yangtze River and plunder the population and resources of Jiangnan, but suddenly received a holy decree from Dolgon, ordering him to temporarily stop attacking Jiangnan, expand his troops on the spot, and conspire with the small court of Yingtianfu, and the two armies joined forces to eliminate the Dashun army and the puppet Chongzhen Emperor.