The rebels almost swept away his forces in Yicheng, he hated the betrayal of his comrades, and even more hated Jiang Jiu for helping Zhang Luofu.

Jiang Rang said: "The governor of my family will no longer serve this ruthless monarch, and he will soon change his flag and become the northwest wang of the Hongguang Imperial Court. ”

Ling Jingyang sarcastically mocked him: "Jiang Rang, how many slaves are you surnamed in the Jiang family?" ”

Jiang Rang's face was not red, and Ling Jingyang said that good birds choose trees to perch, and Ling Jingyang sneered: "That can't be without discipline." ”

"Governor Lingdu, the governor of my family asked me to send grain and grass, if Governor Lingdu wants to find a way for your brothers to live, why don't you and I join forces to go south, break through Yicheng, and escort Zhu Youzhen to Yingtianfu, is this good?"

Isn't this the killing of kings?

Ling Jingyang stood up, just wanted to speak, but suddenly closed his mouth and walked around, Jiang Rang didn't speak, let Ling Jingyang walk around, he was waiting for Ling Jingyang to make a choice, with Zhu Youzhen's actions, Ling Jingyang would most likely choose to be loyal to the Hongguang Imperial Court.

Whether it is the Chongzhen Imperial Court or the Hongguang Imperial Court, it is the Zhu family dynasty, Ling Jingyang suddenly turned around, and Jiang Rang said: "General Jiang, does the Jiang family have any moves to become the new emperor?" ”

This is whether there is a replacement heart in the Fan Wen Jiang Hao family, Jiang Rang was asked by Ting Jingyang's words, and Ling Jingyang said again: "If you always follow others, one day you will be slaughtered like cattle and sheep by the superiors." ”

Thinkers

Jiang Rang's face was red and white for a while, this is a big rebellion, but think about it, the Jiang family has betrayed several times, and it has long been a great rebellion, and they continue to defect to the new forces, and in the end, they still rely on people to snort, and when they meet a suspicious monarch in their hearts, they will die even worse.

Ling Jingyang said this on purpose, he wanted to wake up the Jiang family and let the Jiang family have no second heart, so as to divert the contradiction and attention.

"General Jiang, Li Zicheng can set up the Dashun Imperial Court, but can't your Jiang family?"

Jiang Rang is also an old fox, he has recovered at this time, and Ling Jingyang pretended to be confused, and said that Jiang Liang is willing to form a military alliance with Ling Jingyang, whether it is Jiang Hao or Ling Jingyang, as long as it is attacked by other forces, the other side will raise troops to help.

This alliance is not good for Ling Jingyang, because whether it is Zhu Youzhen or the Qing army, they will not attack Jiang Jiu, a powerful local snake, for the time being, and it is a better choice to attack Ling Jingyang, a land with only one county.

Ling Jingyang categorically rejected Jiang Ran.

"Our army is short of soldiers and horses, and Governor Jiang has received it with good intentions."

Jiang Ran touched his nose, but he was not angry, and said to Ling Jingyang: "Ling Du Governor is unwilling, I am not reluctant, I will give this grain and grass to the Du Du, and in the future, I will build a slave to attack my Taiyuan Mansion, and I also ask Ling Du Governor to help the governor of my family." ”

"Don't worry, Jiannu is our enemy, Jiannu dares to attack Taiyuan Mansion, I will lead the troops to cut off Jiannu's back road."

Ling Jingyang also gave Jiang Rang a signal, that is, his determination to resist the Qing army has not changed, and after Jiang Ran got this signal, he asked Ling Jingyang to open the city gate and let his troops enter the city to rest.

"Lingdu Governor, thousands of soldiers and horses of our army have come from hundreds of miles away, and today they have defeated the rebels, and they are tired, please make it convenient for Lingdu Governor to let our army enter the city to rest for one night, and our army will rush back to Taiyuan Mansion after Tina is cool tomorrow."

Ling Jingyang is not a fool, let Jiang let 5,000 soldiers and horses enter the city, and before dawn tomorrow, this Fenxi City will change its surname to Jiang tonight.

"Governor Jiang, our army is willing to provide your army with food, grass and fire, and please don't be surprised by General Jiang."

Jiang Ran saw that Ling Jingyang saw through his conspiracy, so he made a haha, and Ling Jingyang smiled without smiling, the two had dinner in the city, and the next day Jiang Ran left with the troops, Jiang Ran's troops left Fenxi County, and met with Lin Erle who came to attack Fenxi County on the way.

Lin Er was happy to see Jiang Rang leading thousands of soldiers and horses to appear in Pingyang Mansion, he was shocked, and immediately asked people to go back and want Zhang Luofu to report, he led the troops to follow Jiang Rang, and sent Jiang Rang's troops out of the country.

There are not many soldiers and horses in the Lin Erle Division, there are more than 4,000 people, most of them are still new soldiers, and the combat effectiveness cannot be compared with Jiang Rang's troops, and Jiang Xuan's cavalry troops and the Central Army are not loyal enough because they have just been surrendered, Zhang Luofu did not dare to order this part of the troops and horses to leave the station, but continued to divide and disintegrate this part of the army, and digest and absorb it as soon as possible.

Jiang Rang looked at Lin Erle's group of recruits, and suddenly felt a sense of urgency, and ordered to attack Lin Erle, which frightened Lin Erle, his subordinates were a group of armed people, where could they beat Jiang Rang's troops.

He turned his horse's head, threw down the troops and ran, but Jiang Rang ordered the pursuit, since you Zhu Youzhen is unrighteous and takes Jiang Xuan as a hostage of the imperial court, he also wants to pick up a layer of skin from Zhu Youzhen.

Lin Erle retreated desperately, but he was still surrounded by the soldiers and horses of Taiyuan Mansion, and his subordinates were scattered, and he saw that there was no hope of breaking through, so in order to survive, he had to order surrender.

He was taken back to Taiyuan Mansion by Jiang Rang, Jiang Hao saw that Jiang Rang ate some of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, he was not angry but happy, praised Jiang Rang for being good, and gave him a bad breath.

Chongzhen's ministers in Yicheng thought that Lin Erle would support the troops attacking Fenxi County, and at least Ling Jingyang could be blocked in Fenxi County, but a day later, he received that Lin Erle's troops were defeated by the soldiers and horses of Taiyuan Mansion, and the Lien people were also taken captive.

Zhu Youzhen was furious, and scolded Jiang Jiu for being a husband in the early court, and some of the ministers who were promoted by Chongzhen were bad-hearted, and asked His Majesty to quickly behead Jiang Xuan, Niu Guangtian and others to avenge Lin Erle's defeat.

This suggestion was made by a newly promoted official in the household department, who was also a middle-level official in the Ming Dynasty, and after returning to the imperial court, he was eager to work hard for Emperor Chongzhen, and he thought that His Majesty would reward him.

But Zhu Youzhen waved his hand left and right, and immediately a guard stepped forward and pushed this person out to behead the public.

The squire's bloody head was still carried by the guards in the main hall, Zhu You checked his cold condition and said to the courtiers: "Love, this person is deceiving the public, messing with me, should I die?" ”

The courtiers below were so frightened that they were all low, Zhu Youzhen was not afraid of learning, and Ling Jingyang fought in the south and the north, and he had seen too many deaths, he and Zhang Luofu said: "Zhang Luofu, send Jiang Xuan to Taiyuan Mansion and bring General Lin back." ”

Although Jiang Xuan is a squire of the military department, his office is located in an official residence near the palace, and he is not qualified to enter the imperial court at all.

Zhang Luofu respectfully accepted Zhu Youzhen's order, and Zhu Youzhen said: "I understand Ling Jingyang, this person is by no means a ruthless person, he can't jump up in Fenxi County, don't attack Ling Jingyang for the time being." ”

He was more concerned about the transfer of Henan Mansion, Huaiqing Mansion, and Qinzhou Mansion a few days ago, and whether the guards of these three places had replied again?

Most of the civil and military ministers in the west are 1,000 middle- and low-level officials, and they are still lacking in ability.

No one responded to Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen's eyes narrowed, and he said to a minister standing at the front: "Ximen Shilang, you go to Qinzhou." ”

This person is the new right attendant of the household department of the Chongzhen Imperial Court, Ximen Zhu, after Yicheng was entrenched in your in-laws, Ximen Zhu was captured by the rebels, he was ready to die in the world, but later he was entrenched and sent to Jiang Xuan's military camp, in Jiang Xuan's military camp, Mi Shengguang told him that he must live, only by living can he take revenge, and he can wait until the return of Lingdudu.

Ximen Zhu followed Ling Jingyang, Ling Jingyang gave him a very good image, Ling Jingyang brought him a lot of new breath, he thought that Ling Jingyang was there, and Daming still had hope of living.

It happened that the Qing army chose to retreat, and the Ming had the opportunity to turn defeat into victory, could make friends with the Dashun army, and was able to organize the army's northern expedition.

But Zhang Luofu launched a mutiny, almost broke out into a civil war, and Ling Jingyang was forced to retreat to Fenxi County, which greatly damaged the military strength of the Chongzhen court.

Ximen Zhu hated that he was incapable, if he had the ability, he would have to stop Zhang Luofu, Mi Shengguang said that Ximen Zhu wanted to have greater ability, he had to climb up.

In order to divide and disintegrate Ling Jingyang's forces and do a good job of superficial work, Zhu Youzhen ordered Zhang Luofu to recruit Ling Jingyang's subordinates, Zhang Luofu also hoped that Ling Jingyang's subordinates could survive, he came to the captives, bent down to persuade Ling Jingyang's captured subordinates.

For the sake of the belief in his heart, Ximen Zhu was forced to endure the white eyes of his companions, and Zhang Luofu expressed his willingness to serve the imperial court.

Zhang Luofu was overjoyed, he knew Zhu Youzhen's character, if these people didn't surrender, they would be killed.

Ximen Zhu surrendered, which made Zhu Youzhen overjoyed and saved the lives of Wang Bao and others.

In order to attract more people to work, he appointed Ximen Zhu as the head of the household.

This time, he wanted to take a look at Ximen Zhu's ability, let Ximen Zhu go to Qinzhou, and bring He Zhen, the guard of Qinzhou, to Yicheng, and Ximen Zhu agreed to this task.

Zhu Youzhen was very pleased that Ximen Zhu had taken over the important task, and in his opinion, he must unify all forces as soon as possible.

In Zhu Youzhen's view, the Qing Army, the Dashun Army, and even the Great Western Army are all brothers and sisters, but Hong, who is of the same clan and clan as him

The light court is a big trouble, and it is a pseudo-court that must be eliminated.

Mei Shifeng asked to take troops to Zezhou to garrison to prevent Hongguang soldiers and horses from raiding Shanxi, and Zhu You checked it.

These days, Zhu Youzhen is in power, and more forces have come to take refuge, and Wang Chengen also reported to him the progress of contact with the Dashun army and the Qing army.

He also got top-secret information, Dolgon has ordered the envoy and the Hongguang court, this is something that Zhu Youzhen can't tolerate, he can't wait to unite the Qing army to eat the Hongguang court, but Dolgon doesn't care about him or looks down on him as a court.

Zhu Youzhen felt that he was insulted, and he even had the idea of joining forces with the Dashun army to attack the Hongguang Imperial Court.

It's just that he didn't know that the Dashun army was going to eat them, so he said to Zhang Luofu: "You go and contact the Dashun army, I can make him the king of Shaanxi and share the country with him." ”

Zhang Luofu's status in the imperial court is like Ling Jingyang not long ago, but he doesn't have the courage of Ling Jingyang, although he agrees with the alliance with the Dashun Army, but he thinks that at this time it is more necessary to stabilize the interior, especially in Pingyang Mansion and the remnants of Ling Jingyang, and to the north is Jiang Jingyang's forces.

Not long ago, he annexed Jiang Xuan's soldiers and horses, which is a stinky flag, although he got thousands of soldiers and horses, he was a stranger to Jiang Xuan, and sending Jiang Xuan back to Taiyuan Mansion at this time was a slap in the face.

He did not refute Zhu Youzhen in the court, and after retiring from the court, he specially visited His Majesty, and His Majesty requested that the current internal stability should be stabilized, and Gao Jie in Ruzhou and He Zhen in Qinzhou could be wooed, and at the same time Wang Tiedao of Henan Mansion and Lao Steamed Bun of Huaiqing Mansion would have more benefits, as long as they obtained the support of these four soldiers and horses, they could ensure that the imperial court ruled in Shanxi.

Zhu Youzhen listened to Zhang Luofu's advice, and suddenly said, "Zhang Luofu, why are you more and more similar to Ling Jingyang?" ”

These words frightened Zhang Luofu to kneel on the ground, not daring to look at Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen wanted this effect, he wanted to make the generals of Wenchen afraid of him, this court is his court.

"Your Majesty, I, Zhang Luofu, am the governor of the five armies of the Ming Dynasty, and I am also the governor of Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked me to go east and not west."

"That's good, you let your right-hand men go to Shaanxi and discuss with Li Zicheng, just say that the Qing army is strong, and if they don't unite, they will be broken by the Qing army one by one, Li Zicheng can be crisscrossing for many years, and he won't fail to see that the Qing army is the strongest enemy?"

Zhang Luofu knelt on the ground and continued: "Your Majesty, I will let people go to Shaanxi tonight. ”

"Well, our enemy is Jiannu, and it is the puppet dynasty in Jiangnan, I hope you can understand."

Zhu Youzhen said that he wanted to instill that the Hongguang Imperial Court was the enemy of life and death, and in his impression, the Hongguang Imperial Court and the Hongguang Emperor were just a group of young people, how could they be on an equal footing with him, the Son of Heaven?

He asked Zhang Luofu to go back to prepare for Shaanxi now, he returned to the dormitory, and suddenly remembered that everything Ling Jingyang had done was so familiar, but he raided Ling Jingyang, and he felt a little guilty.

But he is an emperor's family, he can't have a child's mentality, let alone feelings, suddenly he thought of Wen Yuanyang and Bai Lushui, these two women are Ling Jingyang's favorites, if he can capture these two women, will Ling Jingyang be angry and turn his crown into a red face?

If you can tie up these two women, lure Ling Jingyang to Yicheng, and then slaughter Ling Jingyang, this may be very despicable and shameless, but as long as you kill Ling Jingyang, the entire Pingyang Mansion will be his world, and he can also get some soldiers and horses.

He ordered his troops to annihilate the remnants of Ling Jingyang in Yicheng, with a reward of 100 taels of silver for men and 200 taels of silver for women.

After receiving the holy decree, the reserve army had 5,000 soldiers and horses in Yicheng, and frantically looked for women in Yicheng and nearby areas, Wang Chengen thought that Zhu Youzhen was thinking about women, and said to him: "Your Majesty, the queen was martyred in the capital, and the whereabouts of the prince are unknown, and it is time for Your Majesty to continue." ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed at him shamefully: "Wang Chengen, I don't want women now, but Ling Jingyang must be thinking about women, you go and tie up his two women, I want to use and two women to lead Ling Jingyang to Yicheng." ”

Wang Chengen stopped talking, he felt sorry for Ling Jingyang, His Majesty used such despicable means to kill Ling Jingyang, he and Zhu Youzhen offered advice and advice, they could introduce the Dashun army to Pingyang Mansion and use the Dashun army to eliminate Ling Jingyang.

He said to Wang Chengen: "Why do you think that the Dashun army will attack Ling Jingyang? ”

"Your Majesty, Ling Jingyang used to be in the Dashun Army, from a small soldier to a general, but in the end he supported His Majesty, this is a traitor in the Dashun Army, and there are many people in the Dashun Army who want to kill him."