Bagong Mountain in the north of Shouzhou is a famous historical and cultural mountain, where the mountains are steep, the peaks and peaks are stacked, and the scenery is beautiful!

The cemetery of Liu An, the king of Huainan, is here, and it also witnesses the birth of tofu and "Huainanzi"!

It was rumored that Liu An, the king of Huainan, had buried gold here with Bagong, and there was a cemetery of Lian Po, a famous general of the Warring States Period, at the southwest foot of Bagong Mountain.

But at this moment, Chongzhen is not in the mood to look at these beautiful scenery.

Although Cao Wenzhao desperately dragged Zuo Liangyu's army, the cavalry of Liaodong quickly blocked their passage to Shouzhou south with the speed of their war horses.

After a hard battle, Yang Sichang, Cao Bianjiao and others finally gathered more than 3,000 remnants of soldiers and retreated to Baiju Mountain, the main peak of Bagong Mountain.

Although the difficult terrain temporarily stopped the enemy army, they did not carry much dry food with them, and most of them were left on horses.

Even if they eat only one meal a day, they will be out of food after five days!

Fortunately, there are many springs and streams in the mountain, and the water source is not cut off.

Collect some wild herbs and leaves to hold on for a little longer.

Yang Sichang said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the minister has sent multiple envoys to break through and ask for help." Now that we have reached the territory of Fengyang, the reinforcements from Luzhou can arrive in two days at most, and the troops from Yangzhou and Nanjing will arrive within ten days. ”

Although there is still a small road in Bagong Mountain that leads to other places, the Liaodong Army has many cavalry, even if Chongzhen can stand out, he will soon be caught up by the enemy's cavalry, and he does not dare to take this risk.

At this time, he can only be trapped on the mountain, waiting for reinforcements.

Zuo Liangyu originally went south from Fengyang to attack Shouzhou, but he didn't expect to collide with Chongzhen's men and horses.

From the mouth of the captive, it was learned that Chongzhen and the others were in the team.

This is really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

However, there were only more than 10,000 people around him, and the fierce battle with Cao Wenzhao also lost more than 2,000 people.

In order to prevent Chongzhen and others from entering Shouzhou, Zuo Liangyu sent Li Guoying to lead 2,000 people to occupy Shouzhou first, and he personally led 6,000 people to block the passage down the mountain.

If Chongzhen is captured, this is a great achievement, even if it is a knight, it is not impossible.

So he mobilized the surrounding troops to come to Shouzhou, and at the same time reported to Li Xianzhong.

Li Xianzhong had received the news that Chongzhen had broken through from Kaifeng before, so he urgently ordered Zuo Liangyu and Mao Wenlong to go south.

Although he was unwilling to kill Chongzhen himself, he couldn't let the tiger return to the mountain at this moment.

This Chongzhen is really fateful, and he actually survived in desperate situations again and again, allowing him to run all the way from Taiyuan to Shouzhou.

But this time he hit his hand, and he definitely can't let him run again!

In addition to the original 20,000 people under Zuo Liangyu, he ordered Zhang Zhiji to lead 20,000 cavalry south to Shouzhou.

Zhang Zhiji said quite puzzled: "According to Zuo Liangyu's report, he has already defeated Cao Wenzhao's main force, and Chongzhen only has three thousand people around him at most. ”

"Zuo Liangyu's 20,000 people are enough to deal with it, why do you have to lead 20,000 horses to the end?"

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "Chongzhen's life is hard, this king is afraid that he will let him run away again!" ”

Zhang Zhiji naturally didn't believe this, he knew that Li Xianzhong didn't want Chongzhen to fall into his hands.

If he really wants to kill Chongzhen, Chongzhen will not have a chance to run out of the capital division at all.

He guessed that Li Xianzhong must have wanted Zuo Liangyu to kill Chongzhen by himself and avoid splashing this dirty water on himself.

But if you want to clear up the relationship, then why does the prince let himself wade into this troubled water?

Looking at Zhang Zhiji, who looked puzzled, Li Xianzhong didn't joke with him.

He asked people to take out a picture of the ascension of chickens and dogs, and then said: "Bagong Mountain is a good place, and it is said that it was the place where Liu An, the king of Huainan, ascended to immortality. ”

"The allusion of a man who attained the Tao and the ascension of the chicken dog to heaven comes from here."

"You bring this painting to Zuo Liangyu and tell him what this king just said."

Liu An, the king of Huainan, was suspected of rebellion at the beginning, and his last life returned to the west.

Li Xianzhong's meaning is very clear, that is, he wants Chongzhen to "ascend to heaven" in Bagong Mountain!

Zuo Liangyu is a big boss, it seems that he still has to dial him well.

Zhang Zhiji took over this "Chicken Dog Ascension Diagram" and said: "Don't worry, the prince will definitely bring your words!" ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Chongzhen will not sit still, Nanzhili will definitely send reinforcements, this king asked you to bring 20,000 people to destroy the reinforcements, Bagong Mountain, you don't go to join!" ”

Zhang Zhiji said loudly: "The last general is ordered!" ”

At this time, the city of Nanjing can be described as a meeting of storms and clouds.

After Ming Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing, for various reasons, he still retained Nanjing's status as the capital and retained a set of central institutions.

Nanjing, like the Beijing Division, has six departments, the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, the General Administration Division, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian and other institutions, and the rank of officials is also the same as that of the Beijing Division.

The prefecture where Beijing is located is Shuntianfu, and the prefecture where Nanjing is located is Yingtianfu, collectively known as Erjingfu.

However, Nanjing's institutions have fewer staff, and their jurisdiction is limited to Nanzhili.

The "two Beijing system" implemented by the Ming Dynasty actually prevented the emergence of the current situation, if the Beijing division was lost, then the Ming Emperor could immediately use Nanjing as the national capital.

All state institutions can be put into use immediately, and Daming can use the manpower and material resources of Jiangnan to quickly make a comeback!

Nanjing, which has been the backup capital for more than 200 years, is finally coming in handy.

This also made those political frustrations who stayed in Nanjing feel that their opportunity had come.

In particular, those Donglin Party members who had lost power in Beijing and the newly rising Fushe wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to seize power.

Of course, the most important thing at this time is military power.

Whoever holds the power of the military has the right to speak.

There was no commander in the Nanzhili area, so the power to transfer troops in Nanzhili was actually under the direct jurisdiction of the Nanjing Military Department, and the power to command the troops was respectively under the responsibility of the Nanjing military generals and the Nanjing garrison eunuchs.

Feng Quan, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, Cui Wensheng, the garrison eunuch, and Xu Hongji, the Duke of Wei, held the military power in Nanjing.

Feng Quan can be said to be proud of the spring breeze now, coupled with the support of the garrison eunuch Cui Wensheng behind him, and he has entered the cabinet twice, he still has a lot of right to speak.

But he also suffered a loss, that is, he was a northerner and could not get the support of the local Jiangnan gentry.

The Donglin Party in Jiangnan also formed an alliance with the Fushe.

Although Zhang Pu, the leader of the Restoration Society, was also admitted to the Jinshi, due to Wen Tiren's suppression, the career of the members of the Restoration Society was not very smooth.

Although the Restoration Society has a lot of influence among the people, it is difficult to grasp the right to speak in the court.

Under the impetus of the Fushe and the Donglin Party, Qian Qianyi, the Donglin boss, came out of the mountain and served as the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.

The Donglin Party understands the importance of military power.

They not only had Shi Kefa, the right attendant of the Nanjing Military Department, but also won over Zhu Dadian, the governor of Fengyang and the governor of Caoyun.

Zhu Dadian also has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and he is a force that cannot be underestimated.

However, now that the Liaodong Army is moving south, Zhu Dadian did not dare to resist at all, and he lost Huai'an and Fengyang in just a few days.

With more than 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals, he fled to Yangzhou.

Zhu Dadian's defeat also put the Donglin Party at a disadvantage in the game with Feng Quan.

Feng Quan appointed Shi Kefa, the right attendant of the military department, as the governor of Yanghuai, and led the Ming troops in Jiangbei to resist the southward movement of the Liaodong army.

It seems to have given Shi Kefa a lot of military power, but in fact, he was put on the front line of resisting the Liaodong Army, and kicked him out of the core power circle of Nanjing.

If Li Xianzhong hadn't come up with the "Hongguang New Deal", then Li Xianzhong and Cui Wensheng would have easily asked Jiangnan to directly declare allegiance to the Hongguang Imperial Court.

But now the gentry in the north were either killed or forced to compromise with Li Xianzhong, donate silver and land, and support "the gentry pay for grain in one".

This was difficult for the southern gentry to accept.

So they still have illusions about Emperor Chongzhen.

When the news of Chongzhen's request for help reached Nanjing, the Donglin Party led by Qian Qianyi and Hou Sui strongly demanded to go north to Shouzhou and rescue His Majesty.

Although there are also some rational voices, such as Ma Shiying, the head of the household department, who believes that Li Xianzhong's army has approached Yangzhou, sending troops and horses north at this time will make the already precarious Yangzhou area more dangerous.

The so-called "defending the river must defend the Huai", once the Yanghuai area is lost, it will be difficult for them to hold the Yangtze River.

After all, the Liaodong Army was different from the traditional northern army, in addition to having a strong cavalry, they also had a powerful Liaodong naval division.

Not only was it easy for the Liaodong Army to break through the Yangtze River, but they could also use the Yangtze River to quickly send troops to various places along the river.

However, rescuing Chongzhen was politically correct, and Ma Shiying was soft-spoken, so his suggestion naturally did not cause much turmoil.

Under the generous presentation of the Donglin party, Feng Quan also had to make compromises.

After all, if you don't save Your Majesty, this hat is too big for anyone to afford.

Feng Quan finally transferred 30,000 horses from Nanjing, Suzhou, Changzhou and other places, and appointed Shi Kefa, the right attendant of the military department, to command the army, and the former military department Shangshu Hou Sui as the supervisor of the army, and went to Shouzhou to rescue His Majesty!

However, Feng Quan was not stupid, he took this opportunity to send all the troops around Nanjing who did not obey his orders to Jiangbei.

Now that Li Xianzhong personally led an army of 100,000 to the south, this group of fools still fantasized about welcoming Chongzhen back, so as to take the opportunity to take the position.

As long as Shi Kefa sends this wave of heads, when the warships of the Liaodong Navy Division sail into the Yangtze River, there will be only one way left for Nanjing City to surrender.

The Donglin Party attaches great importance to this dispatch, and once Shi Kefa succeeds in welcoming Chongzhen back to Nanjing, they will surely rise again!

Therefore, Donglin boss Qian Qianyi personally went to Yangzhou to see off this army and boost morale!

The wealthy merchants in Yangzhou also sponsored silver money and grain, and the city of Yangzhou was full of people who were sending off, so the morale of this team was still very high.

After all, the future of the Donglin Party and the interests of the entire Jiangnan gentry all depend on them, if Li Xianzhong crosses the Yangtze River, then they can only obediently pay taxes and be slaughtered!

There are 500 miles from Yangzhou to Luzhou, and Shi Kefa and others traveled day and night, and it took only 6 days to arrive at the capital of Luzhou.

After investigation, Zuo Liangyu's department is still surrounding Bagong Mountain.

At least it shows that His Majesty is still safe for the time being, which also makes Shi Kefa and Hou Sui breathe a sigh of relief!

Although Shi Kefa has no actual combat experience, he is not stupid, and he is still very aware of the gap between these men and horses under his command and the Liaodong Army!

He said: "Hou Shangshu, the hundreds of thousands of troops in the north will either surrender or be defeated, can our 30,000 people really rescue Your Majesty?" ”

Hou Sui had directly fought with the Liaodong Army, so he naturally knew that the 30,000 men were just a rabble, and it was impossible to win Li Xianzhong's Liaodong Iron Cavalry.

But at this time, it was Zuo Liangyu who besieged Chongzhen, and with his teacher-student friendship with Zuo Liangyu, there might be a possibility to convince him.

So he sent someone to send a letter to Zuo Liangyu.

Zuo Liangyu had already received the "Chicken Dog Ascension Map" brought by Zhang Zhiji and knew what Li Xianzhong meant.

Although he is a rough man, he also knows that the murderers of kings in history will not end well, which makes him have some doubts.

It just so happened that Hou Sui's letter arrived, and Hou Xun's letter not only contained the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, but also many practical promises.

As long as Zuo Liangyu rescues His Majesty anyway, not only will he be named the Marquis of Ningnan, but the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan will take out 1 million taels as a reward for him.

To be honest, Zuo Liangyu was a little moved!

At this time, Li Guoying said: "Congratulations to General Soldier Zuo, Hou Shangshu has sent us a shocking wealth!" ”

Zuo Liangyu said: "Although this money is easy to come by, it won't last long!" ”

"Even if we rescue Your Majesty, sooner or later this world will belong to the Hongguang Imperial Court, and the King of Liaodong County will not let us go, we have a life to earn and a life to spend!"

"What's more, these are just promises from Hou Sui and the Donglin Party, can you really get it and say it!"

Li Guoying said: "General Zuo misunderstood, the last general did not let you betray the king of Liaodong County. ”

"We just need to pretend to promise Hou Sui to eat their troops. When the time comes, this letter of persuasion will be handed over to the king of Liaodong County, is Zuo Zongbing still worried about his future? ”

Li Guoying's suggestion is good, but Zuo Liangyu is still hesitating at this time, after all, Hou Sui has a great favor to himself, and he is a little ungrateful to cheat him like this.

But in the end, it was his own utilitarianism that prevailed!

After seeing Zuo Liangyu promise to do it anyway, Hou Sui and Shi Kefa hurriedly led the army north.

After all, it is a knighthood with 1 million taels of silver.

It is difficult for ordinary people to refuse these temptations of fame and fortune.

Of course, they can ask Zuo Liangyu to send Chongzhen over, but in this way, their rescue work will basically be in vain!

In the end, Hou Sui still chose to venture north!

However, as they passed through the vicinity of Wabang Lake, they were ambushed by Zhang Zhiji's army.

10,000 foot soldiers stood in front of them, and 10,000 Liaodong cavalry fought out from both wings.

Shi Kefa and Hou Xun's 30,000 people were originally a rabble from all over the world, but when they saw a large number of Liaodong cavalry slaughtering out, they quickly collapsed!

But how can the two-legged infantry outrun the cavalry behind them?

Soon they became the prey of the Liaodong cavalry.

In the end, 30,000 horses, 7,000 killed in battle, and 20,000 surrendered.

Seeing that he was betrayed by Zuo Liangyu, Hou Sui knew that he had failed the emperor's grace, so he drew a sword and killed himself in the chaos.

Shi Kefa only gathered 3,000 remnants of the army and fled back to Luzhou.

At the same time as Zhang Zhiji defeated the reinforcements at Wabang Lake.

Zuo Liangyu also launched the final encirclement and suppression of Chongzhen.

The 3,000 of them had been without food for eight or nine days, and they had long since lost their strength.

Zuo Liangyu's men and horses quickly attacked the mountain, and Chongzhen at this time was also separated from Yang Sichang and others!

There is only Wang Chengen left by his side!

Then they came to a tree with a crooked neck.

Wang Chengen held a war knife in front of Chongzhen's chest.

This scene seems familiar, it is exactly the same as in Chongzhen's dream!

Zuo Liangyu didn't want to bear the notoriety of killing a king, so his men and horses did not step forward at this time.

After Wang Chengen's tragic death, Zuo Liangyu's Yulin battalion shouted: "Respectfully ask Your Majesty to ascend to heaven!" ”

In the end, Chongzhen untied his belt and hung himself on this crooked neck tree!

On October 28 of the first year of Hongguang, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen hanged himself on a crooked-necked tree in Bagong Mountain at the age of 20!

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