A picture suddenly appeared in Ling Jingyang's mind, on the border between Henan and Huguang, a Ming army equipped with modern weapons was lurking, as long as the relationship between the Chongzhen court and the governor of the five armies broke down, this army would ruthlessly kill Huguang and wipe out the Hongguang court in one fell swoop.

So who will be the one who ignited the Chongzhen Imperial Court to attack the Hongguang Imperial Court?

Ling Jingyang and Shi Tie thought of Ximen Zhu at the same time, as long as Ximen Zhu returned to Henan and brought the news that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies refused to submit to the Chongzhen Imperial Court, the Chongzhen army would go south and push the Hongguang Imperial Court in one go.

But Ling Jingyang still has illusions about Zhu Youzhen, Zhu Youzhen has been ravaged by the Dashun Army, the Great Western Army, as well as the Qing Army and the Fusang Army, and has matured a lot, and at present, he should concentrate superior forces to eliminate the Qing army outside the Guan.

"That group of people in Jiangbei will not be so mediocre to this point, although the strength of the Qing army has been seriously hit, but the main force is still there, if it were you, would you attack the Qing army, or go south to Huguang?"

Shi Tie cut the nail and said: "The last general will go south to Huguang. ”

His attitude made Ling Jingyang call out surprise, and Shi Tie continued: "If there is no unity in the pass, it will only die faster. ”

Shi Tie was not wrong, the three Ming Emperors in the Guannei, the Dashun Army, the Daxi Army, and the King of Lu and other forces, did not have a unified regime, and they rashly sent troops outside the Guan, which was to make a wedding dress for other forces.

"The last general is willing to lead the army to the north of Jiangxi to resist the attack of Chongzhen's soldiers and horses."

Ling Jingyang thought that Shi Tie's injury was not enough to support him to go to Jiangxi.

"Let the last general lead the army, the last general can't stop the governor from going to Fujian at Congshan Pass, and ask the governor to give the last general a chance."

At this point, Ling Jingyang couldn't say anything, and looked at Shi Tie's injury again, it was not very serious, but he still had to recuperate for a few days.

Shi Tie said that it would take a few days to go to the north of Jiangxi from here, so he would lie in the car and go to Jiangxi, and after arriving, his injuries also recovered.

Ling Jingyang finally agreed to Shi Tie's request, and ordered Shi Tie to lead 8,000 soldiers and horses to garrison in northern Jiangxi.

At this time, there was only Xu Sheng in the pass, who was a trustworthy general, and Zhang Shun's life and death were uncertain.

Xu Sheng was going to go to Fujian with him again, and Ling Jingyang was very dissatisfied when he thought of this, and there were only these people under his command. Maybe when Gao Ding and He Zhen capture Ying Tianfu and mobilize a group of soldiers and horses to garrison Congshan Pass, Ying Tianfu will take a lot of time to break through Nanjing City even if it has Wei Lan and Mei Shaozuo as the internal response.

He suddenly remembered Zhang Huangyan, and he hurriedly called Fang Xiaoyan, and asked Fang Xiaoyan to contact Zhang Huangyan in person, and transferred Zhang Huangyan's department to guard Congshan Pass.

Zhang Huangyan led his troops to garrison Yangzhou, three days ago he received military information from the scouts, Congshan Pass direction to kill a Biao army, along the way the military and civilians have joined this team, Zhang Huangyan heard the news, mobilized troops and horses to resist this army to continue north.

Just last night, Fang Xiaoyan entered Yangzhou City and sent him Ling Jingyang's order, Ling Jingyang is the governor of the five armies, and his order represents the military, Zhang Huangyan opened the letter and was surprised after reading it. He Fang Xiaoyan said: "The governor ordered my troops and horses to go to Congshan Pass? ”

"Yes, the governor intends to restore Yingtianfu, and invite King Lu to return to his fiefdom and enjoy the glory and wealth for generations."

Zhang Huangyan is a masterpiece of this era, how could he not understand the meaning of Ling Jingyang, he is a general carried by King Lu, at this time he went to Congshan Pass, didn't he sell King Lu?

"Mr. Zhang, the governor of my family has a message for me to bring to you."

Zhang Huangyan frowned, and motioned for Fang Xiaoyan to continue.

"The general trend of the world, the division of a long time must be combined for a long time, King Lu has the intention to kill the enemy, at this time the fierce enemy has retreated, King Lu can also retreat."

Zhang Huangyan understood the meaning of this and said, "I'll go to Congshan Pass, and listen to the governor to go to Yingtianfu?" ”

"No, the governor led the army south to Fujian."

Going to Fujian at this time, isn't it just to start a war, Zhang Huangyan was a little disappointed, and Fang Xiaoyan told him that Ling Jingyang led the army to Fujian to persuade Zheng Chenggong, and the monarchs and ministers of the Longwu Dynasty respected the Son of Heaven as orthodox.

Is the Son of Heaven orthodox?

This sentence has been hovering in Zhang Huangyan's mind for a long time, and he has also meditated day and night for who is orthodox, and sometimes he can't get in.

Listening to Fang Xiaoyan's words today, he suddenly opened his mouth, and admired Ling Jingyang's generosity very much, Chongzhen Dynasty backstabbed Ling Jingyang several times, and Ling Jingyang was able to take care of the overall situation, and endured great nausea without going to war.

He no longer hesitated, and Fang Xiaoyan said that he would lead the army to Congshan Pass tomorrow to garrison the base camp for the governor of Lingdu.

Fang Xiaoyan completed the task and led the soldiers of the Special Bureau to Fujian to escort Ling Jingyang, Zhang Huangyan led the army to leave the defense area the next day, and the whole army went to Congshan Pass, at the same time, He Zhen and Gao Ding went straight to Yingtianfu.

Ying Tianfu is the center of South Zhili, but also a symbol of the Jiangnan court, Emperor Hongguang in Huguang, Emperor Chongzhen in North Zhili, the two did not break out conflict, King Lu in Ying Tianfu said unhappily, he has two major departments to guard his safety, whether it is Chongzhen, or Hongguang, can walk on both sides.

Ten days ago, his subordinates reported to him that the Hongguang army was coming to Yingtianfu, and he was not afraid at all, so Zhang Huangyan rejected the enemy, and transferred the commander of Weilan Yingtianfu to garrison Nanjing City.

After the military order was issued, King Lu asked his henchmen to rush to Beizhili, asking Emperor Chongzhen to preside over justice, the fifth day after the henchmen left Yingtianfu, urgent information came from the front, Zhang Huangyan led his troops to Huizhou Mansion, Yingtianfu The door was wide open, He Zhen, Gao Ding's two troops and horses drove straight in, and the garrison troops along the way surrendered.

At this time, King Lu panicked, and hurriedly ordered martial law in Nanjing City, after the order was issued, the entire Nanjing City did not change in the slightest, King Lu thought that martial law was not issued, and personally took his soldiers to the military camp.

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As soon as he entered the barracks, he was surrounded by a group of soldiers, and then dared to go to the barracks warehouse.

Wei Lan and Mei Shaozuo looked at all this coldly, they had already received a secret order from the Special Bureau to welcome Gao Ding, and He Zhen's two troops and horses were stationed in Nanjing City.

The two immediately set to action, there were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city of Nanjing, and most of the soldiers were temporarily recruited to resist the attack of the Fusang people, and after the Fusang people were eliminated, the army was not disbanded and continued to garrison the city of Nanjing.

Wei Lan controlled more than half of the army in Nanjing, and under his wave of operation, the army loyal to King Lu was either transferred outside the city or forcibly disarmed, and the martial law order came from King Lu's mansion, which was also ignored by him, until King Lu came to the barracks with his own soldiers, and just took this opportunity to order his subordinates to put King Lu under house arrest.

Mei Shaozuo asked Wei Lan: "Commander, do you want to go outside the city to greet General He and General Gao?" ”

Wei Lan left the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies for a long time, and he hadn't seen He Zhen and Gao Ding and other comrades for a long time, so he led seven thousand soldiers and horses out of the city to greet him.

Twenty miles outside the city of Nanjing, a flat land, He Zhen, Gao Ding led the army to camp here, into the Ying Tianfu, the army is like entering the realm of no one, the swing stragglers are brave, and they are killed under the city of Nanjing in one go.