For the sudden envoy of the Chu army, Ma Jinzhong reciprocated with a cautious attitude.

He didn't directly drive the messenger out, in fact, he had been thinking about the pros and cons of continuing to stay in Sun Kewang's camp during this time.

On the Southern Ming court, the Chu domain is strong and the Qin domain is weak, there is no doubt about it, don't look at Sun Kewang was so rampant before, but he actually didn't have much military strength, he was able to control the Yongli court, and the Qing army fought back and forth, it was completely impossible to rely on his own lineage alone, if it wasn't for Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo to push him as the leader of the alliance and obey him, how could he get to today's height?

At present, Li Dingguo and him parted ways, and even turned against him, Liu Wenxiu was disobedient and independent, Sun Kewang, the so-called Guiyang court, was directly weakened by three points, and continued to follow Sun Kewang not only has no future, but is also very likely to put his life into it - it is with this in mind that Ma Jinzhong's heart is ready to move, wanting to betray Sun Kewang, but he is not determined to put it into action.

The arrival of the envoy of the Chu army just became this opportunity.

The envoy's name is Gu Zhen, the head of the military department, is one of the staff officers left by Su Yan to Su Dingyuan, he is ambitious, and he is bent on climbing upwards and becoming rich, so when Su Dingyuan wanted to send a messenger to persuade Ma Jinzhong, he recommended himself and took the initiative to ask Ying to take over this task and rode into the enemy camp alone.

After explaining his intention to Ma Jinzhong and reporting to his family, Gu Zhen first introduced the situation in the country to Ma Jinzhong, and he told the other party that although the Chu army was fighting to maintain the orthodoxy of the imperial court, it also did not forget the original intention of expelling the Tatars and restoring China.

He said to Ma Jinzhong in an impassioned tone: "Master Hou, the Manchu Qing Dynasty ravaged my Chinese children, and the people in the north are still ravaged by the Tartars.

My Royal Highness the King of Chu had no choice but to fight, but he was kind and virtuous, and did not want more Han sons and daughters to die at the hands of his compatriots, so the lower officials appeared here, if the Hou Ye can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, the King of Chu will definitely treat the general well......"

Gu Zhen's words really made Ma Jinzhong a little moved, and he didn't want to spend his efforts in the civil war in the court, otherwise how could he unite Ma Weixing and Ma Bao to deliberately slack off, if he could fight under the command of the King of Chu, then why should he vote?

Thinking of this, he asked rhetorically: "If Ben Hou is willing to fight before the war, His Royal Highness the King of Chu can let Ben Hou and his sons go to the north to fight ***?" ”

"This is natural, His Highness is worried about his inability to support the north, if the Hou Ye takes the initiative to ask for help, what reason does His Highness have to refuse?" Gu Zhen asked rhetorically.

"Okay." Ma Jinzhong smashed his fist and said, "Ben Hou will believe your words, Ben Hou will vote!" ”

When the words fell, he paused and said: "That Xingshan Bo and An Dingbo also have the will to take refuge in the King of Chu, Ben Hou is sure to move them, if Ben Hou succeeds in saying that they will be moved together anyway, the King of Chu will ......."

Before he finished speaking, Gu Zhen immediately understood and understood what he meant, he showed a smile that he understood, and arched his hand: "Hou Ye has merit anyway, His Royal Highness the King of Chu has clear rewards and punishments, please rest assured." ”

Ma Jinzhong also smiled and nodded, and then ordered someone to invite Ma Weixing and Ma Bao to his army, saying that there was something important to discuss in detail.

Ma Weixing and Ma Bao were also worried about the cut off of the retreat at this time, and they were entangled in whether they wanted to directly attack Zhang Sheng in order to survive, Ma Jinzhong's invitation was understood by them as Ma Jinzhong had an idea, and hurriedly rushed to Ma Jinzhong's army with his own soldiers.

After the two arrived together, Ma Jinzhong signaled Gu Zhen to retreat to the side to eavesdrop, and he took the initiative to greet him after the two arrived, and said: "You are finally here, that Zhang Sheng is extremely hateful, dare to cut off our retreat, is it tolerable or unbearable!" ”

"Kwai Woo, do you have an idea?" Ma Weixing asked.

"Indeed." Ma Jinzhong nodded, he looked at the two of them, his eyes were like torches, word by word, and said, "I am ready to defect to the Chu army." ”

"What?"

Ma Weixing and Ma Bao both looked surprised and shouted.

"I have made up my mind, Sun Kewang killed the courtiers, plotted to kill His Majesty and the prince, the crime is unforgivable, and we will continue to serve Sun Kewang (this chapter is not finished!) )

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Helping to abuse, Weixing, Sanbao, if you can trust me, then join me in the Chu army! ”

"This ......" Ma Weixing seemed a little hesitant, his hesitation was not because he was unwilling to vote for Chu, but because he was worried about his wife and children who were still behind, he was worried that once he voted for Chu, Sun Kewang would do something to his family.

After hesitating, Ma Weixing, in order to prevent Ma Jinzhong from misunderstanding himself, he directly said his worries, his voice fell, and Gu Zhen, who had been listening on the sidelines, walked out and said to them: "The two generals don't need to worry, as long as the generals are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, our army will naturally rescue the general's family." ”

"Who is this?" Ma Weixing and Ma Bao looked at Gu Zhen who suddenly came out suspiciously and vigilantly, and asked Ma Jinzhong, who immediately introduced Gu Zhen's identity to the two, and after learning that the other party was the envoy of the Chu army, Ma Weixing and Ma Bao's vigilance was lowered, and Ma Weixing saluted Gu Zhen, and Ma Bao hurriedly followed when he saw it.

"The two generals don't need to worry." After Gu Zhen returned the salute, he continued: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu has already sent soldiers and horses to infiltrate the rear of the puppet dynasty, presumably the generals have heard of the report of the attack on the grain transportation line, that is what our army did, after the two generals are anyway, the wives and children at home will be taken out and properly settled." ”

When Gu Zhen's words fell, the Ma Weixing brothers glanced at each other and exchanged glances, and then Ma Weixing bowed deeply and said, "Our brothers are willing to return to the King of Chu anyway." ”

……

After Nanming Sanma decided to do it anyway, they all thought that it was not good to be empty-handed anyway, and after some discussion, they jointly decided to dedicate Zhang Sheng's department to Su Yan as a letter of nomination.

So, Na Ma Jin Zhong ordered people to go to Zhang Sheng's army, saying that Sanma decided to start a decisive battle with the Chu army, and asked Zhang Sheng to send troops to assist, that Zhang Sheng was not willing to send troops, he just promised that he would send troops to fight, but he did not move in the station, and wanted to sit back and watch Sanma be defeated by the Chu army.

But what he didn't expect was that the three horses saw that Zhang Sheng actually pigeoned them, and the original idea of wanting to act could only be invalidated, and immediately announced that anyway, he removed the battle flag of the Qin army and replaced it with the flag of the Chu army, and attacked Zhang Sheng as a striker.

After Zhang Sheng's fiasco, the Chu army took advantage of the situation to occupy Xiangxiang County, Su Dingyuan did not let Sanma continue to participate in the Western Expedition according to the agreement, while reporting to Nanjing, while letting Sanma stay in Changsha, waiting for news from Nanjing - Su Dingyuan's trust made Sanma couldn't help but be moved, they had just surrendered not long before they dared to let them retreat to the rear station, as if they were not worried that they were surrendering.

The news of the rebellion of the three horses of the Southern Ming Dynasty spread quickly, and Sun Kewang, who was leading the army to crusade against Li Dingguo, was furious when he heard the news, and ordered Guiyang to stay behind and arrest all the family members of the three horses, but when the Guiyang guards received the news and led the troops to arrest them, the mansion of the three horses had already been empty, and their families had disappeared at some point.

The rebellion of the three horses also brought a heavy blow to the newly appointed governor of Hunan, Sun Zhengqi, who had not yet fully familiarized himself with the military affairs of Hunan, and encountered such a major event, so he immediately became in a hurry, but fortunately, Wang Shangli assisted him on the side, and he was able to calm down.

The experienced Wang Shangli knew that the situation in Hunan would fall into the abyss after the rebellion of the three horses, and it was almost impossible to hold the province - to be precise, if they could give up most of the state capitals and counties, retreat to Xiangxi, and rely on the terrain of Xiangxi to fend off the Chu army, but how could the arrogant Sun Zhengqi agree to retreat, at this time, after the initial chaos, he was determined to redeem the defeat in Hunan and drive the Chu army out.

As for Sun Zhengqi's ambition, many military and political officials, including Wang Shangli, thought it was wishful thinking, but they did not advise that young people must experience the beating of society before they can mature.

In the middle of August, the situation in Hunan became more and more erosive, the Chu army on the south road cooperated with Wang Xinglianke, the general army of Guangdong, Chenzhou and Hengzhou, swept through southern Hunan, and the prefectures and counties in southern Hunan fell in the wind, and the Chu army on the north road captured Yiyang County, and the soldiers pointed directly at Changde, and the defenders of Changde were cowardly before fighting, and directly abandoned the city and fled, so the Chu army successfully occupied Changde.

The offensive of the Chu army in the middle was also smooth, and the firepower of this army led by Su Dingyuan himself was the fiercest, coupled with the assistance of the brave and warlike Ningxia soldiers under Liu Fangming, they were transferred by Sun Zhengqi to arrive (this chapter is not finished!). )

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The resisting Qin army was all defeated, and the Qin army was almost crushed, which surprised the fledgling Sun Zhengqi, and also tasted the taste of being beaten by society for the first time.

Hunan offensive smoothly, Guangxi war also gradually burned to the periphery of Guilin, the governor of Guangxi and Guangzhou, Guo Zhiqi, after breaking through Wuzhou, continued to go north, and Li Mingzhong's troops converged directly at Guilin Mansion, along the way the Qing army had no fighting spirit, Xunzhou, Pingle, Liuzhou all took the initiative to surrender, the Qing army in Guangxi is very clear, the Qing Dynasty has exhausted the number of Qing gas, there is no need to continue to hold on.

Kong Youde saw that the Chu army was pressing, and his heart was full of panic, so he had to order to shrink his forces and stick to Guilin, but Guilin, to be precise, the capital cities in Guangxi are not fortified and high-walled, and they are easy to attack and difficult to defend.

After the Chu army besieged Guilin, cut down the surrounding trees, built a large number of siege equipment, and launched a strong attack on August 18, and finally at noon on August 22, the Chu army broke through the Wusheng Gate and rushed in, the Qing army could not resist and was defeated.

After Kong Youde learned the news of the fall of Wushengmen, he was stunned and lamented: "It's over! ”

Then committed suicide in the palace, before his death ordered his entourage to burn the apse where he lived and the treasures he had plundered, and after the Chu army killed, he only saw the fierce Dingnan Palace.

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