Li Zhaoji nodded slightly and said: "I have known Lord Shen for two years and have experienced grievances and grievances, but I also know that Lord Shen has been unfavorable to me before, all out of public intentions, and this time he has suffered, I will definitely do my best." ”

Zhao Wenji said earnestly: "Zhaoji, the old man knows that he said this at this time, you may not believe it, but the old man still wants to say it." In fact, Dong Weng admires you very much, if you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and dedicated to the public, he will be promoted and treated with sincerity.

Even if you don't have this, Dong Weng admires your ability, even if he plotted with Lin Cha and the Zheng family to harm you, he didn't have the idea of wanting your life. ”

Li Zhaoji laughed and said: "It doesn't matter if you want my life or not, among the literati of the Ming Dynasty, Lord Shen is one of the people who can make me admire." Anyway, I'm still alive and well, so don't bring up the old story again. I will protect Lord Shen. ”

Zhao Wenji originally begged Li Zhaoji, but he just asked him to give it a try, after all, he didn't know what the relationship between Li Zhaoji and Wu Sangui had reached, and he knew Shen Youlong's upright temperament, and he didn't think that Li Zhaoji could save Shen Youlong's life, but he never thought that Li Zhaoji would agree with his mouth.

"I'm so sure." Zhao Wenji asked.

Li Zhaoji nodded and said: "That's natural, after Mr. goes back, don't think about it, just wait for Lord Shen to make a comeback." ”

Zhao Wenji frowned, he is thousands of miles away, and he often sees through it, and others may not see through it, so he can often gain insight into opportunities, but now that this role is attributed to Li Zhaoji, Zhao Wenji is very uncomfortable, he really can't understand, where does Shen Youlong have a chance to make a comeback?

And Li Zhaoji is naturally sure, he just can't say it to Zhao Wenji at this critical time, this certainty is actually on Shen Youlong himself, Shen Youlong is on a hunger strike because he wholeheartedly supports King Fu, but King Fu is dead, and Li Zhaoji only needs to tell Shen Youlong that King Fu is not dead, that is.

Five days later, Xia Guoxiang came to visit the Dongfang, and when he saw Li Zhaoji, he was full of enthusiasm and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, good news, great news." ”

"What's the good news?" Li Zhaoji asked lightly.

"When His Royal Highness King Lu was still on the way, there was good news from the south, Shi Kefa and Qian Qianyi have won the support of Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity of Bo, he is the governor of the Caojiang River, and the Yangtze River Sailor is in his hands, with his support, our great cause is in sight." Xia Guoxiang said.

Li Zhaoji thought about it, this is indeed good news, but it is not any major news, it can only be said to be good for King Lu.

No one knows what the reaction of the Huaibei military town will be after King Lu takes charge of the country, and those powerful generals may make a rebellion, but with Liu Kongzhao's Yangtze River water division, the chaos in the Huaibei towns will not be able to make trouble in Nanjing. Of course, this is really good news for the Wu family father and son who aspire to be Cao Mengde's second, the Yangtze River sailor is in hand, and the threat of Huaibei towns is much reduced, so there is no need to spend too much effort to win over these military towns, and it will lay the foundation for the Wu family to dominate in Jiangnan.

Li Zhaoji has never been interested in Xia Guoxiang, and said with a smile: "Lord Xia, are you here to tell me this good news?" ”

"There is also good news, Shen Youlong is willing to eat. Ever since the man you sent had spoken to him, his attitude had softened considerably, first shouting in the room, and then willing to eat, and wanting to see Pinciber.

Pincipher didn't want to talk to him too much, so he didn't see him. Xia Guoxiang said.

Li Zhaoji nodded slightly, as he guessed, as long as Shen Youlong knew that King Fu was still alive, he would not go on a hunger strike again, on the contrary, he would choose to lie down and taste his courage.

Xia Guoxiang stared at Li Zhaoji's face carefully, trying to see the change in his expression, but Li Zhaoji looked like everything was expected by me, Xia Guoxiang had no choice but to take the initiative to ask: "Mr. Li, Ping Xibo wants to ask, what did you say to Shen Youlong, and what are Shen Youlong's plans?" ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "You let Ping Xibo go to see Shen Youlong, Shen Youlong may reprimand Ping Xibo at first, but as long as Ping Xibo gives him a step, Shen Youlong will immediately serve the new dynasty." But you also have to carefully tell Ping Xibo, Shen Youlong can use it, but you can't believe it, he is learning from King Goujian, lying on his salary and tasting guts. ”

When Xia Guoxiang heard this, he immediately became vigilant and asked, "Then what did Mr. Li say to him?" ”

Li Zhaoji said to Xia Guoxiang: "Actually, it's just two words, King Gui!" ”

"King Gui?" Xia Guoxiang frowned, obviously it was a relatively unfamiliar word to him.

Li Zhaoji said indifferently: "King Gui is the seventh son of Shenzong, in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, he was in Hengzhou, in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong captured Hengzhou, and King Gui went to Wuzhou, Guangxi for refuge. ”

Xia Guoxiang understood at once, because in terms of speaking, even if King Fu died, in terms of bloodline, the throne would not be King Lu's turn, but should be taken over by this King Gui, because King Gui is the bloodline of Shenzong, and King Lu is only a lineage of Shenzong's younger brother.

What's more, King Gui is in Guangxi, and Shen Youlong was already the governor of Liangguang before the governor Qin Wangshi. As long as Shen Youlong escapes, he can return to Liangguang and support King Gui to ascend the throne.

"Thank you Mr. Li for your advice, I'll go back and report to Ping Xibo." Xia Guoxiang said.

Li Zhaoji nodded: "Remember, after I go back, I will inform Ping Xibo that Shen Youlong is available and not credible, and the most suitable position for him is the Governor of Jiliao." ”

Xia Guoxiang hurriedly returned to Ningyuan City and told Wu Sangui everything he heard from Li Zhaoji, and Wu Sangui said: "This Li Zhaoji, quietly, has caused me so much trouble. ”

"What Uncle said is that this guy is really bold. I don't think it's better to wait until the matter in the south is settled, and let's find an opportunity to get rid of him. As long as he is dead, the group of people under him will be leaderless, so why don't you take care of it? Xia Guoxiang whispered.

Wu Sangui glared at him and said, "What you stupid head can think of, he, Li Zhaoji, can't guess?" Look at him, since he handed over King Lu, even once he set foot in Guanning? I might as well tell you that he doesn't even stay much in Juehua Island, and he lives in seclusion every day, and it is said that he has to change ships every two or three days, and even the generals under his command don't know which ship he is staying on. ”

Xia Guoxiang lowered his head, and hated Li Zhaoji even more in his heart, originally by Wu Sangui's side, he belonged to the smartest ones, but after Li Zhaoji came, Ping Xibo had disliked him for being stupid more than once.

Wu Sangui sat on the chair and carefully considered Li Zhaoji's method, he said: "This time, 10,000 elites will be drawn south, and more will be transferred in the future, our Liaoxi is indeed empty." If the thousands of Cantonese troops can be used, it will be a strong reinforcement. ”

Xia Guoxiang said: "But Chen Ping has already taken the Guangdong army, I have inquired in many ways, General Yu and General Hu have not moved since they went to Juehua Island that day, as if the world has evaporated." If you ask everyone in the Cantonese army again, it is rumored that you killed them and wanted to annex the Cantonese army, and now the Cantonese army is leaning towards Chen Ping.

And Chen Ping, this guy is a smiling tiger, on the surface he is obedient to you, but in fact he is not pulling out a dime, and you transfer him 2,000 guns to go ashore to assist in defense, but he refuses. How to use the Guangdong army, it can't be used at all. ”

Wu Sangui shook his head helplessly, and said in his heart that Xia Guoxiang's guy is getting more and more stupid. Li Zhaoji had already told him the way, but he still reacted.

Li Zhaoji's method is to let Wu Sangui release Shen Youlong, and then after King Lu ascends the throne or supervises the country, he will make Shen Youlong a governor of Jiliao, so that Shen Youlong will try to regain control of the Cantonese army, then Chen Ping and Shen Youlong may fight among themselves, and Wu Sangui will have a way to take advantage of the situation, even if there is no opportunity to take advantage of the situation, the Guangdong army can also be used.

Kannai.

In the past twenty days, various forces on the Ming side have fought for power, but in Guannai, there was a boring but necessary battle between the Manchus and Dashun.

The two sides are like two heavyweight wrestlers, but they are blindfolded, and they are maneuvering around the wrestling ring at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, both trying to find out each other's strength and position, but also to protect themselves from the other's secrets.

Dolgon poured out the country, wanting to end the battle as soon as possible, and finished his work in one battle, and the Dashun side was not the Ming Dynasty, even in the face of the Qing army with a strong army in the world, he dared to fight, especially Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses were replaced, and after the first wave of reinforcements arrived, he tried to take the initiative again.

Therefore, the scouts and cavalry teams of both sides fought each other at the foot of Yan Mountain, leaving one corpse after another in the wheat fields, in the valleys, and in the depths of the woods, and the blood dotted the land that had been revived in the summer.

Around 15 May, this war of attrition finally ended, and Li Zicheng made a big plan and sent Liu Zongmin to lead the main force north to meet Dolgon in the south.

There are many reasons why the Shun army took the initiative to attack, one of which was that in the complex and brutal cavalry attrition war, the Shun army gradually fell into disadvantage. The Qing army did not lack war horses, and there were foreign vassals Mongolia and Mongolian Eight Banners who were good at riding and shooting, so they had an advantage.

Second, the Shun army detected signs of Dorgon's southward movement and Dordor's westward advance.

It was clear that Dolgon was under too much logistical pressure, and received conclusive news that reinforcements were coming from the Shaanxi-Gansu army, and that Dolgon wanted to join forces and force them to fight a decisive battle before the Shun reinforcements arrived. And Li Zicheng also believes that if the Qing army is combined, no matter how difficult it is to defeat, he also wants to seize the last chance.

On the fifteenth day of May in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the sky was dark, the warm wind blew from the sea, and the moist air rushed deep into the grassland, but it also brought dark clouds to cover the sky.

It was already close to noon, but the sky was already dark, and in the Shunyi area, the sound of trumpets and drums came and went, and gray streams flowed out of the camp, and thousands of soldiers formed a dense marching formation according to the standard camps, and continued to advance north along the agreed route.

And more than ten miles away in the distance, Dolgon is dressed in fine armor, standing in the woods on the left bank of the Chaobai River, behind which are looming mountains, this place is flat, most suitable for cavalry charges, from Niulanshan Fort to Yanggezhuang, dozens of miles of land, the terrain is complicated.

Among them, Yanggezhuang is the most important, this is the largest village on this battlefield, with flat terrain, but itself is located on a high platform, which is both a village and a commanding height, so it is extremely important.

Dolgon observed Yanggezhuang, and suddenly orange and red flowers bloomed inside, as if some kind of explosive was exploding. Immediately afterwards, Dolgon received a report from the scout, saying that the vanguard led by He Luohui with more than 700 people failed to seize Yanggezhuang, and was repulsed by the Shun army that arrived early in the second half of the night.

"Go and call Aobai." Dorgon commanded his men.

After a while, Ao Bai came to Dolgon, who was bound by ropes and accompanied by several generals with two yellow flags.

In the battle of Modaoyu, Ao Bai lost his soldiers, but Dolgon did not kill him, but ordered someone to capture him, and was brought at this time, and the generals of the two yellow flags were worried that Dolgon would be in trouble before the battle.

Ao Bai knelt on the ground, Dolgon held his knife, looked at him for a while, and then looked at the two yellow flag generals around him, and then picked up Ao Bai's face with a knife: "Ao Bai, you have lost hundreds of taels of yellow flag bannermen in Modaoyu, are you guilty?"

You are the Baturu appointed by the first emperor, not only can you not break the formation, but the soldiers and horses you led are still in ruins, can you be guilty? ”

"The minister is guilty!"

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