The main force of the Hongguang Imperial Court, most of the civil and military officials surrendered to the Qing army in Yingtianfu, and the civil and military ministers in Congshan Pass were all hot-blooded, and they were all fierce courtiers who swore to fight to the end with the Qing army.

I heard that the Qing army envoy again, most of the officials asked to be killed, among which Jin Sheng played Emperor Hongguang and beheaded the Qing army envoy, in order to show the attitude of fighting with the Qing army to the end, Wu Yingji and others also agreed with Jin Sheng.

Emperor Hongguang looked at Ma Shiying, who led the remnants of Ying Tianfu to Congshan Pass half a month ago, and once again became Emperor Hongguang's trusted courtier, and his status was also above Jin Sheng, Wu Yingji and others, second only to Huang Degong.

The attitude of everyone towards him is also very contradictory, he covers the sky with one hand when he responds to Tianfu, and when the Qing army presses the border, he still fights for power and profit, resulting in the defense of various places being useless, but after Yingtianfu was broken by the Qing army, most of the ministers of civil and military affairs of the court became dog slaves.

Ma Shiying did not surrender, but led his troops to continue the battle with the Qing army, because the disparity in strength was too great, the army organized by Ma Shiying was defeated by the Qing army, and he was also forced to hide in the mountains with the remnants.

Until Huang De's power army repelled the Qing army at Congshan Pass, he gathered some stragglers and led more than 1,000 troops to Congshan Pass to regain the trust of Emperor Hongguang, at this time Emperor Hongguang hoped that Ma Shiying would give him advice.

This time Ma Shiying was rarely silent, he thought that the Qing army came to Congshan Pass, definitely not to negotiate peace, there were other conspiracies, he asked Emperor Hongguang to meet the Qing army envoy, he listened in the crowd, to see what kind of medicine the Qing army was selling in the gourd?

Emperor Hongguang saw that he did not express his position, so he asked the eunuch Xuanqing army envoy to come in, and the Qing army envoy was none other than Hong Chengchou, and everyone was stunned.

Hong Chengchou was dressed up in a full house at this time, which made the monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang court very uncomfortable, but Hong Chengchou respected and knelt down with Emperor Hongguang.

"Chen Hong Chengchou greets Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, Hong Chengchou really gave Emperor Hongguang the gift of a monarch and a minister, Emperor Hongguang's face turned red, he stood up suddenly, and scolded: "Hong Chengchou, you are a vertical son." ”

The minister of civil and military affairs in the court also scolded Hong Chengchou, and some people said that Hong Chengchou had died outside the pass, and this person must be Jiannu looking for someone to pretend, please Your Majesty immediately behead this person.

Hong Chengchou was said to be embarrassed, but he still endured the shame and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is here for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Jin Sheng scolded him angrily, how could he have the face to say that he came for Daming.

Hong Chengchou hurriedly said to Jin Sheng: "The regent can't bear to be in chaos in the world and the people are displaced, so he is willing to form a brotherly country with the imperial court." ”

Wu Yingji scolded him, who wants to be brothers with you, get out of the gate, maybe you can still be brothers.

After Hong Chengchou was ridiculed, he was also thick-skinned, with a weird smile on his face, and threw another bombshell.

"I, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, support Your Majesty to inherit the Ming Dynasty."

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was shocked, this has always been a forbidden language that the monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang court can not say publicly, there is the Chongzhen court that came back to life in the north, and the newly established court of the Tang King of Longwu in the south, the monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang court are very embarrassed to be a mountain king in Congshan Pass.

Everyone didn't know how to return to the camp Hong Chengchou, at this time, Huang Degong walked in from outside the door, he organized the army in Qimen County, heard that a Qing court envoy came to Congshan Pass, and immediately returned to the court with his own soldiers.

As soon as I entered the door, I heard Hong Chengchou talking nonsense, and scolded: "Presumptuous, that's our Ming Guozuo, what qualifications do you have to wait for Jiannu to talk nonsense?" ”

Huang Degong represents the military strength of the Hongguang Imperial Court, and his arrival made Emperor Hongguang also feel inspired, and also said: "Hong Chengchou, what you said is good, can you support us, and you can also support the two imperial courts of Chongzhen and Longwu behind your back?" ”

Hong Chengchou is really blushing at this time, how can the monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang Court change so quickly, they still looked like they were sick and dead before, why are they so aggressive now, and they have become a little discerning.

"Your Majesty, the minister represents the Qing Dynasty, but the minister is also a Chinese people, as long as Your Majesty agrees to an armistice, cedes the land in Jiangbei, and attacks the Qing army from Shanguan today, you can destroy the puppet Longwu Dynasty for Your Majesty tomorrow."

The court was silent again, the monarchs and ministers of the Hongguang court looked at the Longwu court is all kinds of unpleasant, and the establishment of the Longwu court was to give them eye medicine, at this time Hong Chengchou put forward this condition, which really made everyone a little moved.

Hong Chengchou saw that none of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty spoke, and once tempted Hongguang Junchen.

"If you don't believe it, the regent can raise the ashes of the Shanxi court for you."

Ma Shiying suddenly rushed out of the crowd, pointed at Hong Chengchou, and scolded with a flushed face.

"Flood thief, you are ridiculous and shameless."

After Hong Chengchou saw that he came to know Ma Shiying, his heart was all kinds of unpleasant, and he sneered.

"Master Ma, my Qing warriors have broken through Ying Tianfu, where are you?"

Ma Shiying also looked down on Hong Chengchou and said disdainfully: "Where am I, how can you, a national thief, know?" ”

Hong Chengchou ignored Ma Shiying and continued to say to Emperor Hongguang: "Your Majesty, the Haoge Legion is in Yingtianfu, Your Majesty continues to be the enemy of my Qing Dynasty, and my Qing Dynasty has no choice but to support King Lu and Fujian Longwu Dynasty." ”

Every word and every word of his hit Emperor Hongguang's heart, and the ministers of the court immediately chattered, in order to be able to make a choice, Emperor Hongguang ordered to retreat from the dynasty, and he wanted to discuss with Huang Degong, Ma Shiying, and Jin Sheng, how to respond to Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou saw that Emperor Hongguang ordered to retreat from the dynasty, so he waited in a small house on one side, Emperor Hongguang and Jin Sheng, Huang Degong, and Ma Shiying were staring at each other, and they were also afraid that the Qing army would support King Lu and the Tang King of Fujian.

Ma Shiying said cautiously: "Your Majesty, we must not be a country of brothers with Jiannu, this is a country of brothers with the Manchurians, and everyone in the world will abandon us." ”

Jin Sheng and Huang Degong deeply thought that if they became brothers with Jiannu, they would be spurned by the people of the world, and those forces that supported the Hongguang court would also abandon them, but Emperor Hongguang said: "What if they support King Lu and King Tang?" ”

Huang Degong touched his chin and said to him: "Your Majesty, it's really not good, let's go to Liangguang and throw this place to King Lu and King Tang, I don't believe that the two of them can look at it?" ”

Jin Sheng didn't speak, he was unwilling to leave Huizhou Mansion, Ma Shiying made the right choice this time, he and Emperor Hongguang and Huang Degong expressed their opinions.

"Your Majesty, General Huang, the Chongzhen Imperial Court in Shanxi is still there, we still stick to Congshan Pass, don't withdraw, the land snakes of Liangguang may not necessarily support us."

As a general, Huang Degong knew that without the support of King Lu and the Zheng army of Fujian, their tens of thousands of horses would not be able to hold on to Congshan Pass for a long time, and they would be captured by the Qing army.

He also proposed that the imperial court go west to Jiangxi, and then enter Huguang from Jiangxi to Sichuan, but this was denied by Emperor Hongguang, he thought that Sichuan was too far, and Huguang still had the Qing army stationed, it was better to wait and see at Congshan Pass, maybe the Qing army would fight with the army of King Lu, as well as the Fujian army, at that time, wouldn't you be able to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?

Everyone disagreed, but there was one thing in common, that is, they refused to be with the Qing army, Huang Degong, Ma Shiying, and Jin Sheng each had their own opinions, but in the end they still followed the advice of Emperor Hongguang, continued to garrison Congshan Pass, and beheaded Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou was still taking a leisurely walk in the room, he thought that Emperor Hongguang would follow his advice and become a brotherly country with the Manchu Qing, even if the Hongguang court did not agree, it would not matter.

The regent not only let him come to Jiangnan alone, but also sent other envoys to Zhejiang and Fujian, respectively, with the king of Lu and the king of Tang to send the message that the regent intended to negotiate peace, and he believed that the two kings of the Ming domain would always take the bait.

Suddenly, the door was rudely kicked open, and a group of heavily armed soldiers came in and dragged him out of the house, shouting: "The two armies will not fight each other, and they will not be killed." ”

Thinkers

Emperor Hongguang came to him and asked, "Are you here to make an envoy?" ”

"Yes, I'm an envoy from the Qing Dynasty."

"Didn't you just tell me that you are a minister, you are my minister, I let you die, you have to die, come on, cut down."

Hong Chengchou saw that his life was in danger, and shouted sharply: "You dare to kill me, the Haoge army will besiege Congshan Pass, and the regent will also send envoys to King Lu and King Tang, do you think they will still reinforce you?" ”

Emperor Hongguang suddenly paused, his face changed back and forth, and finally waved his hand, asked the soldiers to beat Hong Chengchou, and then asked Hong Chengchou to roll back, Huang Degong wanted to shoot Hong Chengchou several times, but was stopped by Emperor Hongguang.

"Your Majesty, if you don't kill this thief, the minister can't hold this breath in his heart."

Emperor Hongguang was kind-hearted, and said to Huang Degong: "Killing him alone is better than the whole mountain army and civilians being slaughtered by Jiannu, right?" ”

Hong Chengchou fled in the wilderness

After coming to the bottom of the mountain, there were a hundred Qing cavalry waiting for him, and after seeing him come back, the Qing army general saw the wound on his face and said with concern: "Dudu, they beat you?" ”

"Small injury, don't get in the way, let's go back quickly, it's too late, these people are going to be killed."

After a while, Emperor Hongguang regretted it, and Huang Dequan led thousands of troops to come, but he didn't see any trace of Hong Chengchou, so he had to go back in annoyance.

At the same time, the envoys of the Qing court also ran into a wall one after another with the king of Lu and the king of Tang, and the three major feudal kings of the Ming Dynasty seemed to have discussed and wanted to fight the Qing army to the end.

Dolgon never imagined that he looked down on the small court in Jiangnan to become so kind, he ordered Haoge to abandon Yingtianfu, led the army to withdraw to Shandong, and Duoduo flanked Zheng Chenggong and Li Huajing.

and reactivated Azig, and mobilized the Qing army outside the pass to enter the pass, so that Azig attacked Shanxi and wiped the Chongzhen court off the map.

After Dolgon retreated and the Haoge army was unwilling to give up Jiangnan, King Lu, King Tang, and Emperor Hongguang filled the vacancy of the Qing army's local rights.

The Ming army in Jiangnan was infighting again, which made Dolgon not expect that his unintentional move would actually cause the Ming army to infighting, and he could also do his best to attack the Chongzhen court and eliminate the Ming army in Shandong.

Zheng Chenggong, who fought with the Qing army in Shandong, felt very difficult, and in the face of the garrison of the Qing army in Shandong, the Zheng army, which was good at water warfare, was able to suppress the Qing army, but it lacked the ability to attack fortifications and was never able to break through the military towns and cities garrisoned by the Qing army.

After Duoduo led the army back to help, Zheng Chenggong was defeated by the Qing army one after another in the land battle, but fortunately, most of the righteous army led by Li Huajing were former Ming army soldiers and barely withstood Duoduo's attack.

Zheng Chenggong was struggling in Shandong, and several times he wanted to retreat, but Li Huajing persuaded him to continue fighting, perhaps the Qing army would be the first to hold back. The two thought that there would be reinforcements in Jiangnan, but in the end, it was the Hauge army that went north to Shandong.

Haoge's army went north to Shandong, Zheng Chenggong withdrew from the land route to Fujian was cut off by the Qing army, he had to retreat from the sea as soon as possible, Li Huajing once again asked him not to retreat, the righteous army in Shandong was surging, and he was fully capable of fighting with the Qing army, Zheng Chenggong did not want to withdraw, but his father Zheng Zhilong repeatedly ordered him to withdraw, and there were more than ten warships that sent him a letter alone.

Zheng Zhilong didn't tell him why he wanted to withdraw in the letter, but Zheng Chenggong understood his father's intentions, it must be that the Hongguang and Lu Wang's soldiers and horses attacked Fujian, and his father's troops in Fujian were not enough to defend, so he asked him to withdraw as soon as possible.

He and Li Huajing apologized, and took the troops to board a ship from Shandong along the coastline to Fujian, as soon as he left, Li Huajing was attacked by the Qing army in Shandong, almost swept by the Qing army, Li Huajing was attacked by the Qing army, and retreated to Yuyuan.

The local people of Yuyuan rose up, supported the king of loyalty and righteousness as emperor in Caozhou, and confronted the Qing army in Shandong, the Qing army was not able to occupy the whole of Shandong, but the strength of the Ming army in Shandong was not as good as before, and Dolgon could transfer more troops and horses to attack the Chongzhen court.

This time he took Azig as the main commander and Haoge as the deputy commander, leading 200,000 soldiers and horses to attack Shanxi, and Dolgon specially told Azig and Haoge before the war that the goal of this battle was to annihilate the Chongzhen court and try to avoid war with the Dashun army.

Azig and Haoge strictly implemented the Dolgon strategy, and after the army recuperated in Shandong for half a month, Azig led Haoge, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, Aobai and other soldiers to attack more than 200,000 troops from Zhending Mansion and Shunde Mansion into Shanxi.

The Qing army this time to destroy the Chongzhen court, Emperor Chongzhen in order to set the Qing army to attack, this time fully delegated power, so that Jiang Xuan, Wu Dading, Mei Shifeng, He Zhen and other generals to resist the Qing army's attack, and at the same time let Wang Chengen go to the Dashun army for help.

Wang Chengen a eunuch, riding a horse to Yan'an Mansion, Li Zicheng also learned the news of the Qing army's attack on Shanxi, he convened the ministers, to discuss whether to support the Chongzhen court, a year ago, the Dashun army Manchu Dynasty civil and military and Ming is the enemy of life and death.

But at this time, the Dashun army had a feeling of dying and cold, and Li Zicheng was also inclined to reinforce the Chongzhen court, but the Qing court envoy also came to Yan'an Mansion to show him that the Qing Dynasty had no intention of going to war with Dashun, and asked the Dashun army not to participate in the war between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

As long as the Dashun army watched from the wall, Dolgon was willing to give the Dashun army 50,000 stone grain and grass, as well as 1 million taels of silver as a gift, and ceded Henan Mansion to the Dashun army, and the Qing army ceded Henan Mansion to the Dashun army, because he wanted the Dashun army to give the Daxi army eye medicine.