He Zhen led the army to retreat, but Hong Chengchou let people catch up with this Ming army team, and surrendered to He Zhen and other Ming troops, He Zhen did not surrender to the Qing army, and let the Qing army envoy hang on a tree, and after a whipping, he retreated to Longmen Pass with his troops.

After the Qing army envoy was lowered from the tree by the Qing army behind, the messenger came to Hong Chengchou and asked Hong Chengchou to vent his anger for him, but Hong Chengchou brushed his beard and withdrew to Kaifeng Mansion with his troops.

After returning to Kaifeng, Hong Chengchou immediately played to Dolgon, asking Dolgon to transfer back to Huguang to attack the Chongzhen court and the Dashun army.

At this time, Dolgon also gathered his ministers in the imperial court, and discussed with the ministers and minions whether to continue to go south, or go north to destroy the Chongzhen court and the Dashun army?

Many ministers thought that the Dashun Army and the Chongzhen Imperial Court were just a group of people who were struggling to survive, and they did not need to be transferred back to the Huguang Army, and they should order the Huguang Army and the Jiangnan Army to go south to eliminate the Hongguang Imperial Court.

Dolgon is also a little undecided, this Dashun army has already warmed up with the Chongzhen court, and at the same time attacking the Dashun army and the Chongzhen court, can it win?

After destroying the Chongzhen court, it will cause the Ming people and civilians to revolt all over the world, and the Qing army cannot waste its troops even if it is three heads and six arms.

At this moment, the Hauge Legion went south to send back the latest information from the front.

In Zheng Zhilong, Fujian, Huang Daozhou supported Tang King Zhu Yujian to ascend the throne in Fuzhou and claim the throne, and changed the Yuan Longwu, as soon as the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar, and in one day, the three emperors stood side by side.

Whether it is Emperor Chongzhen or Emperor Hongguang, they are all very dissatisfied with this Tang king, the world is undecided, the Qing army is raging in the Central Plains, and the internal competition within the Zhu Ming royal family is more fierce than before.

After Dolgon saw the news, his heart was happy, the Ming people had three emperors, and at this time, the Chongzhen court was annihilated, and the soldiers of the world would not concentrate their anger on the Qing army, nor would they defect to another emperor, but dispersed to Hongguang and Emperor Longwu.

"Passing on the will of the king, the Duoduo Department returned to Henan, went north to Shanxi, and ordered Jierharang and Boluo to lead the troops to Yan'an Mansion."

Dolgon demanded that Duoduo and Zilharang end the war in Shanxi and Shaanxi by the end of this year, and completely annihilate the Dashun army and the Chongzhen court.

The butcher's knife of the Qing army was raised again, and Zhu Youzhen fell ill again in Yicheng, this time he was angry with the Tang King, he had a very opinion on this Tang Wang, many years ago, he privately recruited troops to go north to the Qin Wang, and he disbanded the troops, and then put him under house arrest, this time he jumped out again, and Zhu Youzhen was almost angry.

He lay on the hospital bed, summoned the ministers, and asked the ministers if they had a solution?

Li Jiantai, Wang Chengen, Wu Dading, Zhang Luofu and others all looked at each other, they didn't understand, didn't King Tang stand up at this time, didn't he add chaos to Daming?

Zhu Youzhen said weakly: "King Tang established a puppet dynasty in Fujian, and King Fu has not perished in Nanzhili, is there still a son of heaven in their eyes?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry."

"Don't be angry and break the dragon body"

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A group of ministers persuaded Zhu Youzhen not to be angry, Zhu Youzhen gasped for breath, he closed his eyes, and suddenly his eyes widened.

"The King of Tang is in Fujian, the King of Fu is in Nanzhili, and the three emperors of the world stand side by side, can't this Jiannu attack my Shanxi with all his might?"

Only then did the ministers react that the Qing army would take the lead in attacking the Chongzhen court and destroying the Chongzhen court, and the corporal in the world would not react violently, after all

There are Tang Kings and Fu Kings to continue the Ming Dynasty.

The military defeat of the Chongzhen Dynasty was completely insufficient to resist the attack of the Qing army, and Zhu Youzhen ordered the troops in Henan to withdraw to Shanxi quickly, and asked Wang Chengen to go to the Dashun army, asking Li Zicheng to send troops to garrison Shanxi.

Some ministers suggested that Zhu Youzhen could make Jiang Hao go north to Datong Mansion to contain the Qing army's strength, but Zhu Youzhen didn't dare to stimulate Jiang Huang, in case this person went crazy one day and surrendered to the Qing army, wouldn't Pingyang Mansion be exposed to the Qing army's artillery?

Li Jiantai asked to go to the Great Western Army again, and asked the Great Western Army to support Shanxi, Zhu Youzhen thought about it, the Great Western Army had just gained a foothold in Yunyang Mansion, and let them send troops to Henan at this time, would the Great Western Army surrender to the Qing Army in a rage?

Zhu Youzhen rejected Li Jiantai's suggestion, and ordered Zhang Luofu to train soldiers and horses in Yicheng, and the young and middle-aged people were suitable for being soldiers, and they were all incorporated into the army to resist the Qing army's attack.

Some ministers asked Zhu Youzhen to distribute all the grain and grass to the army, so as to avoid the soldiers not having enough to eat and surrendering to the Qing army, which made Zhu Youzhen hesitate, he was able to control the army, that is, silver and grain and grass.

In these days, grain and grass are more important than silver, and if all the grain and grass are given to the armies, will they still listen to him?

Zhu Youzhen's character defects once again gained the upper hand, and decisively rejected the minister's correct suggestion, only giving half of the grain and grass to the armies, and putting the rest of the grain and grass in Yicheng, and at the same time ordering Mei Shifeng's troops to withdraw to Yicheng to garrison.

After doing this, Zhu Youzhen began to attack Ling Jingyang and He Zhen, these two small warlords did not listen to the announcement, this time the Qing army came to attack, and these two troops had to go up,

Ling Jingyang has long been at odds with his face, this thorn must be removed, Zhu Youzhen issued a holy decree, ordering Ling Jingyang to go north to Datong Mansion and cooperate with the Dashun army to fight.

He Zhen went from the Ming army to the Dashun army, the Dashun army to the Qing army, the Qing army to the Ming army, and got rid of the three family slaves, but he finally returned to the imperial court, and Zhu Youzhen decided to transfer his troops into the court and build a Yicheng defense line with Mei Shifeng's department.

The holy decree was soon sent to Ling Jingyang and He Zhen, and after Ling Jingyang and Hezhen withdrew from Henan, they have been accumulating strength in the base camp.

There are more than 30,000 soldiers and civilians in the jurisdiction of Ling Jingyang, and Ling Jingyang used the grain and grass given by Zhu Youzhen, as well as the materials seized in Henan, to expand the army among the people.

The whole army has expanded from more than 3,000 people to more than 6,000 people, with more than 900 people in Li Rufeng's department, 1,500 people in Zhang Shun's left wing, 1,500 people in Shi Tie's department, 1,000 people in Lao Mantou's right wing department, and more than 1,000 people in Ling Jingyang's direct army.

The whole army doubled in numbers, but the combat effectiveness did not keep up, and the whole army developed into the form of Liaodong generals, and each army only had the main general and a small number of personal soldiers with combat effectiveness, and the rest were a group of armed peasants.

Ling Jingyang wanted to change this situation, but Zhu was sent by the holy decree of the procuratorate, ordering him to go north to cooperate with the Dashun army to attack the Qing army, and Ling Jingyang immediately set off for Qinzhou to discuss with He Zhen.

However, he received information from the Special Bureau that He Zhen led more than 60,000 soldiers and civilians south to Pingyang Mansion yesterday, and Wu Dading's troops were stationed in Fenzhou.

After getting this news, Ling Jingyang was a little confused, He Zhen and his alliance were actually broken, because of the lag of Ling Jingyang's news, he didn't know that Tang Wang was the emperor in Fujian.

Fang Xiaoyan still inquired in Yicheng and immediately rushed back to report this information to him.

Ling Jingyang realized that the Tang Dynasty was the emperor, and the Qing army would attack the Chongzhen court in Shanxi unscrupulously, and he had to find a backer before the Qing army attacked

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At this time, the Chongzhen court announced that He Zhen led troops into the court, ordered him to go north to resist the enemy, and actually gave up his part of the soldiers and horses.

Chongzhen Imperial Court can't be counted on, Ling Jingyang looked at Jiang Xuan, Jiang Huang is a villain who swayed from side to side, today suddenly Daqing, tomorrow suddenly Daming, the day after tomorrow it is possible to go to war with Dashun Jun, this person is not worthy of being trusted.

It seems that the only way to return to the command of the Dashun army once again is to listen to Jingyang's subordinates and want to hear their opinions.

Most of his subordinates thought that they should return to the Dashun army, even Wang Mu thought that the imperial court was not worthy of trust, and they should hold on to the big tree of the Dashun army.

Ling Jingyang had to be cheeky and asked Wang Mu to visit the generals of the Dashun Army in Yan'an Mansion as an envoy, but Zhou Yuan raised objections, and he said to everyone: "Everyone, whether we go to the Dashun Army, or Jiang Hao and other forces, we will inevitably become cannon fodder. ”

Li Rufeng couldn't get used to such talented literati the most, and scolded: "You are such a person, you don't want to be cannon fodder, you still want to be gold powder?" ”

After being ridiculed by Li Rufeng, Zhou Yuan was not angry, but continued to express his suggestions.

"Everyone, the Ming Dynasty, the Great Shun, and the Qing army will all fight in Shanxi, we will be pestled in Qinzhou, whoever dares to attack our army, who will break a tooth here, break a tooth, and wait to be eaten by other forces?

Zhou Yuan's reverse thinking is very strong, and he also enlightened everyone that the Qing army would not give up attacking Yicheng stupidly, and he would not go to Fenzhou with everyone.

Wang Mu squinted his eyes and asked him, how could he be so sure that the Qing army would not destroy the Ming army near Yicheng before attacking Yicheng?

"The commander of the Qing army is not a fool, after the Qing army attacked, no matter who the Qing army attacked, our army watched from the wall, giving the Qing army a false impression that our army had no intention of supporting the imperial court, what do you think the Qing army top brass will think of us?"

Zhang Shun stood up and angrily scolded Zhou Yuan.

"Aren't you a traitor who surrendered to Jiannu?"

Shi Tie couldn't get used to Zhou Yuan's remarks, and stood up and scolded him for being spineless, but Zhou Yuan continued: "Everyone, we have 6,000 soldiers and horses, most of them are still recruits, how can we order people to confront the Qing army head-on, that is, to send wine and meat to the Qing army, it is better to lie dormant and give the Qing army a thunderous blow at the critical moment." ”

Li Rufeng laughed at him shamefully, the Qing army has hit Yicheng, what's the use of your thunderous blow?

Zhou Yuan was a little painful, but he still said to Li Rufeng: "Li Dudu, if the Qing army wants to attack Yicheng, it must capture Taiyuan Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion is Jiang Jiu's territory, whether Jiang Jiu surrenders or not, the Qing army will spend a lot of effort, and after the Qing army breaks through Tiantaiyuan Mansion, I think the Dashun army should have entered Shanxi to support the imperial court." ”

Ling Jingyang, who had not spoken and listened to the opinions of his subordinates, suddenly spoke: "What if the Qing Dynasty is transferred back to Huguang and goes north from Henan?" ”

In just two sentences, everyone became dumb, thinking that the Qing army would attack from Datong Mansion, but if the Qing army was transferred back to the Huguang army, could it directly attack Pingyang Mansion soon?

Everyone fell silent for a while, and Ling Jingyang finally decided to let Wang Mu go to Yan'an Mansion and discuss his return with the Dashun army.

Wang Mu asked Ling Jingyang if he had any requirements, after returning to the Dashun Army, would he want the Dashun Army to award him a higher rank than General Zuo Weiwu?

Ling Jingyang smiled, as long as there are soldiers and food, everything else is a floating cloud.