Xiao had no choice but to order Beizhen Fusi to send another group of spies, but the time was the same, it still ended without a problem, in the face of this situation, Li Xiao only sat in Wuchang and was in a hurry, but on the side of Xingshan, there was a great movement.

On the thirteen pings of Maolu Mountain in Xingshan County, here are surrounded by mountains only in the middle of the mountain, but the remnants have opened up a huge village, the village is planted with various grains, and the authentic village has built a red brick and blue tile ancestral hall, the ancestral hall not only enshrines the statue of Li Zicheng of the Dashun Army, but also the place of the meeting of the leaders of the thirty armies.

The composition of the thirteenth army is very complicated, but the main body is still dominated by the loyal battalion of the Dashun army, when Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others led the Dashun army from the south of northern Shaanxi to the west of the Dashun army in the Jingzhou lawn area and the governor of the Southern Ming Dynasty to reach a joint anti-Qing agreement by the commander of the Ming Dynasty Emperor Wu ~ to give the name of the loyal battalion, in December of the fourth year of the Yongli calendar, the main force of the loyal battalion began to go north from Nanning, the main reason is that there is a gap between them and the former leader of the Great Western Army, Sun Kewang, when Sun Kewang asked the Yongli court to add the title of King of Qin, the loyal battalion generals expressed dissatisfaction, Gao Yigong, Dang Shousu once personally came forward to reprimand Sun Kewang's envoy, to the effect that the status of the original Dashun Army and the original Daxi Army was similar, and the remaining generals of the Dashun Army were only crowned dukes after the Ming Dynasty, but Sun Kewang insisted that the court crown him as the king of one word, which was unfair, and even said the threatening language of 'two soldiers and horses, knowing each other, whip, enough to be equivalent'. As far as the situation at that time was concerned, the remaining forces of the Dashun Army were far less powerful than the rest of the Great Western Army, and unlike Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, and others, who had such a rear base in Yunnan Province, the actions of Gao Yigong and others were praised by the opponents of the Qin faction among the Yongli courtiers, and to a certain extent, they also became the military backing for these people to refuse to seal Qin. However, after all, the original Great Western Army joined forces with the Ming Dynasty to resist the Qing Dynasty, and Sun Kewang was able to become the king with his strength, and the relationship between the two sides had deepened the rift before Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were alive because of the battle for the battle for the Sichuan soldiers and the Qin. When Sun Kewang sent troops to Guizhou and Sichuan, when the Qing army invaded Guangxi, Gao Yigong and other loyal battalion soldiers could not defeat the southern king of Qing Ding, Kong Youde, and did not want to be attached to Sun Kewang, and the remaining road was to lead the troops north to Kuidong, and get closer to Liu Tichun, Yuan Zongdi, Hao Shaoqi and other old departments of the Dashun army.

In order to safely escort the families of the soldiers and their baggage to Kuidong, Gao Yigong, Li Laiheng and others had to wade through small roads and mountains and rivers through areas inhabited by ethnic minorities where the ruling power of the Ming and Qing dynasties was weak. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, when the loyal battalion passed through Baojing in western Hunan, it was attacked by the local Tusi Peng Chaozhu, who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Gao Yigong was unfortunately poisoned and died of an arrow. Under the leadership of Li Laiheng and others, the loyal battalion finally broke through many dangers and obstacles, arrived at Kuidong, and converged with the rest of the Dashun army in Hubei since then with great momentum.

In addition to the loyal battalion, there are also a small number of Ming troops and the Youyong of the Great Western Army in the Thirteenth Army, although the composition is complicated, it has persisted in resisting the Qing Dynasty for so many years in the Thirteen Pings, and the estrangement between them has also been eliminated.

Li Laiheng of the plaque of loyalty sat at the top, and the other leaders sat on both sides When Yang Qilong walked in, some of the leaders on both sides had half-closed eyes and indifferent expressions of hostility, and they were sulking angrily, and everyone did not give him much of a good face for this Qin criminal wanted by the new dynasty.

Li Laiheng laughed dryly, and got up to beckon Yang Qilong: "Brother Yang, please sit down and talk." ”

Yang Qilong glanced at the participants with careless eyes, knowing that the attitude of the thirteen armies towards him was not uniform, so he deliberately pretended to be okay and found a place to sit down, and then arched his hand towards Li Laiheng: "General Li, the congregation below has gathered in the two towns of Hankou and Hanyang, just waiting for the general's decision." ”

When he was stationed in Hankou, Yang Qilong secretly ordered the people of each Xiangtang to sneak into the two towns of Hankou and Hanyang in the north of the Yangtze River, and bought off the thousands of presidents of several green camps in Hankou.

Li Laiheng set his eyes on his leader: "What do you brothers think?" Let's cooperate with Yang friends, hit Maolu Mountain to raid the two towns of Hankou and Hanyang, echo with the incense of Yang friends in the city, and take Hubei in one fell swoop. ”

Finally, a leader on the left stepped forward: "General." The court enshrined you as the Duke of Linguo. High hopes are placed on you. You don't want to retribution. Why did you take in the imperial court? Brothers are hell-bent on following you. It's because you're raising the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. Now you're doing something like this. I, Wang Guangxing, will never agree.

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The earliest was Xunyang Shou. The Qing army was defeated. Retreat to Shizhouwei. He was taken in by Zhu Rongfan, the son of the Ming Chu Domain. There were 20,000 men and horses. Finally, it rendezvoused with the Loyal Battalion, which had come from the north. Join the Thirteen Families Army in Maolu Mountain. He is an important leader of the thirteen armies. Wang Guangxing's words hit the heart of many leaders. I couldn't help but nod in agreement. Most of these are old generals of the Dashun army. is not necessarily dead set on Daming. However, the current situation in the region is full of people in the south and in the north. Under the leadership of the New First Emperor, the Ming Dynasty has recovered half of the world. And the army is strong. Although the Ming army said that it was in the Yangtze River

It is Maolu Mountain that faces them across the river. In another year or two, you will be able to learn from the teacher. Good. But suddenly a Yang Qilong appeared. Naturally, no one wanted to follow them to dry the land.

"Wang Guangxing. Since you are an old general of the Ming Dynasty, can you know the identity of my land? Yang Qilong sneered: "Yongli is just a branch of King Gui. In a hurry, he was proclaimed emperor by others. How to count the blood of the ancestors and descendants on the earth? I am the blood of Emperor Chongzhen. A genuine prince. You are a general. You should listen to me. ”

Wang Guangxing looked at each other coldly: "I only know that there is a new emperor in the Ming Dynasty." I don't know when the third prince of Zhu came out. You said you were the third prince of Zhu. What are the certificates? Even if you are really the bloodline of the first emperor of Chongzhen. Now he is only a vassal king at most. The new emperor is Zhengshuo. This is fair to all people in the world. No matter how hard you argue, it won't help. ”

Third Prince Zhu's cheeks were blushing when he was said, this is what hit his heart, after all, how famous the third prince Zhu is, but after all, the guy in the new beginning has already been embraced as the emperor, he sneered: "In this case, you took refuge in General Li, who excavated the tomb of the Fengyang Emperor, do you really think that little boy in Yongli will contain you?" At that time, the cunning rabbit will die, and the lackeys will cook, do you still want to have a good future in the south? Let's tell you the truth, it's also for your livelihood here, Yongli Xiao'er is in the south, are so many of us still living in a corner? There are 100,000 congregations below, and General Li and the leaders have 200,000 soldiers, so why not take Hubei, rejuvenate the king's division, ask for Mankou, and lay down a piece of the world by yourself, why send people under the fence? ”

Most of the people here are the old generals of the Dashun Army, the anti-Qing Dynasty is for the justice of the world, but the restoration of the Ming Dynasty has little responsibility with them, the thirteenth army and civilians are more than 300,000, and there are almost 200,000 people who can afford to hold weapons, if you add this surname Yang to do internal response, it is naturally not a problem to lay down Hubei north of the Yangtze River, as long as you have a foundation, and then drive the troops north, you can enter Shaanxi along the Baihe, Shaanxi is the hometown of the Dashun Army, with these territories, You don't have to be subservient.

One more important is the problem of Shaanxi Admiral Wang Fuchen, Wang Fuchen was also a general of the Dashun Army in his early years, and followed his brother-in-law Liu to participate in the Dashun Army in his early years. Among some of the leaders here, there are also some who have dealt with Wang Fuchen, the current situation is very clear, the fall of the Manchu Qing is only a matter of time, it is not impossible to say that it is impossible to surrender Wang Fuchen, easily take Hubei, Shaanxi, and then continue the eastward crusade, maybe it can really be able to lay down half of the world.

"Hmph, rhetoric." Wang Guangxing was a veteran of the Ming Dynasty, so he was a staunch Restoration faction, and he stared at Yang Qilong viciously and spat at it.

"Okay, Brother Wang, Brother Yang, don't fight." Li Laiheng, who had not spoken, made a final decision: "In this case, if this is the case, Brother Wang will continue to sit on Maolu Mountain with his headquarters, and I will work with Brother Yang to take down these two cities together with Brother Yang in the two towns of Hankou and Hanyang, and then we will make calculations." ”

Li Laiheng is purely with the mud, but this mud is at a certain level, the brothers in the mountains have been together for so long, naturally they can't bear to turn against each other, so they simply divide the troops into two ways, those who are willing to go out will go out, and those who are not willing to go together will stay here, which can be regarded as holding the foundation for the Thirteenth Army, even if the siege is unfavorable, Li Laiheng can still retreat.

Yang Qilong originally killed, but when he saw that Li Laiheng had made a final decision, he ignored Wang Guangxing: "That is the case, this time you must agree on a charter to go out of the mountain, General Li, it is a matter of confidentiality, can you ask some brothers who do not go out of the mountain to avoid it for the time being." ”

Li Laiheng glanced at the leaders in embarrassment, Yang Qi made it clear that he didn't trust some of the leaders who stayed behind, and made it clear that the important people were ugly, but now Li Laiheng felt that the cooperation with Yang Qilong was more successful, and when he was in trouble, Wang Guangxing stood up angrily: "General Li, I respect you as a good man, but this surnamed Yang is better to hook up with him less, since General Li can't trust his brother, he is going out." After speaking, he didn't look back, and despite the persuasion of the leaders around him, he walked out of the ancestral hall.

Immediately after another leader walked out, many people had a look of embarrassment on their faces, thinking that this Yang Qilong was indeed a boastful person, and he couldn't believe it, but he had a trace of expectation in his heart to return to his hometown in Hubei, so he could only sit here.

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From now on, the main plot is still in the anti-Qing side, and the attention will turn to the country, as for Li Laiheng, don't worry, he is also an anti-Qing man, and the situation will be reversed.