"Inform the emperor, Weichen just received an urgent report, Prince Su's department was attacked by the main force of the Ning Navy at night, and it has been defeated on all fronts, and the army of more than 60,000 people has lost nearly half, thanks to General Wu Sangui Wu to stabilize the situation, the remnants of the army successfully retreated to the camp to defend the danger, and the main force of the Ning Navy is sweeping the Zhuzhou County of Yongping Mansion with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai, Jizhou, Tongzhou, and lost one after another!"

Huang Taiji's face changed even more, his hands trembled slightly, and he muttered, "Ning Haijun...... Is it finally here? ”

Wen Tiren and the other Hanchens even changed their faces greatly, they knew how badly they had pitted Ning Haijun, if Ning Haijun came to Beijing, none of them would survive!

Chen Xinjia was the first to shout: "This is impossible!" The Ning Navy has only a few men, and more than one-third of its troops have been blocked out of Shanhaiguan, where do they still have troops? No way, it's absolutely impossible! ”

Wang Yingxiong also said cautiously: "That's right, could it be that Prince Su made a mistake, it was only bandits and bandits who attacked them, not Ning Haijun?" ”

Azig was furious: "Lord Wang, what do you mean? Are you saying that our Eight Banners elite can't even beat bandits and bandits!? ”

Wang Yingxiong's scalp was numb, and then he remembered that he was already a courtier of the Qing Dynasty...... Everything is good in the Qing Dynasty, but there is only one thing that is not good, that is, it is extremely military merit, very martial, and the status of military generals is very high, which can be described as a world of difference from the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't it precisely because the strength of the Ming Dynasty's military generals is getting stronger and stronger, the right to speak is getting higher and higher, and the transcendent status of the literati is difficult to guarantee, that they treason and collaborate with the enemy and defect to the Qing court?

Wang Yingxiong hurriedly explained: "King Wuyingjun, don't misunderstand, this official doesn't mean this, this official means ......"

Huang Taiji waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't say it again!" ”

Huang Taiji stood up, stepped down with his hands behind his back, paced back and forth in the main hall, his brows tightened, and said: "This matter is not trivial, and it cannot be taken lightly!" King Pingnan! ”

Zu Dashou flicked his sleeves and strode out: "The slave is here!" ”

Huang Taiji said: "You immediately send troops to the defense line of Gong Sanhe!" This is the gateway of the Beijing Division, and there is no room for error! ”

Zu Dashou looked solemn and said, "The slave understands!" ”

Huang Taiji shouted again: "King Wuyingjun!" ”

Azig stepped forward: "The minion is here!" ”

Huang Taiji said: "This matter must be blocked, the defense around Gyeonggi must be strengthened, and at the same time, more spies will be sent to keep an eye on the market, and those who find that there are rumors who do not need to be tried, and they will all be executed!" ”

Azig looked stunned: "Anyone? ”

Tai Chi said word by word: "As long as it is a rumor-monger, there is no mercy for killing, and no one can be an exception!" ”

Zilharang clenched his fists heavily, got up and retreated, and arranged to go.

Huang Taiji gave a few orders in a row, he was used to seeing strong winds and waves, and he didn't care about the victory or defeat of the Battle of the Three Rivers, almost without thinking, and the countermeasures were at his fingertips, and this calmness was really admirable.

It's just that his heart is not as calm as it seems on the surface, and his worries are getting heavier and heavier: if the situation is true, and Ning Haijun really swept Beijing, then there is only one possibility, that is, Cheng Shijie has been hiding his strength.

You must know that the Ning Navy has maintained forty or fifty thousand elite troops outside the pass, and has been pursuing the remnants of the Qing army, if these tens of thousands of Ning Navy go south, it means that they have defeated the Qing army in Mo Nan, which means that there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Eight Banners......

Huang Taiji shivered and didn't dare to think about it anymore!

Under the dispatch of Huang Taiji, a large number of Qing troops moved in the direction of Sanhe, and the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became tense.

In the evening, the garrison sent an envoy to report: "A large number of routs were found, all of them retreated from the direction of Tianjin, and according to them, they encountered the main force of the Ning navy." ”

After receiving the report, Huang Taiji's hand, who was drinking the medicine, trembled, and he almost spilled the big bowl of soup and medicine in his hand!

The worst fears have finally happened.

Beijing, Forbidden City.

The weather was gloomy, Huang Taiji's face was even more gloomy, and his somewhat emaciated face was filled with a black gas, which was the prelude to the coming storm.

Under His Majesty Dan, hundreds of civil and military officials knelt all over the ground, silent like cicadas, especially the group of civil ministers led by Wen Tiren and Wang Yingxiong, one by one, like toads that have been beaten by thunder, no matter how big their eyes are, how big their mouths are, even if they see their wives and sons rolling the sheets, they may not be so surprised.

Don't blame them, who would have thought that when the Ming Northern Expedition army of more than 300,000 people and horses were annihilated, the capital was lost, and the Qing army's iron cavalry swept through Gyeonggi, Baoding, and Zhendingfu, the Ming army still had such a strong combat effectiveness, and under the command of Cheng Shijie, it launched an overwhelming attack on a thousand-mile front, defeating the Qing army and retreating?

The most troublesome thing for Huang Taiji is that the Dashun Army, which controls most of Shandong, Henan, and Nanzhili, officially accepted the reorganization of the Ning Navy, and was awarded the 13th to 18th Brigades of the Ning Navy by Cheng Shijie, a total of six brigades.

And along the Daimyo's Mansion all the way north, in Zhending Mansion and the Qing army to fight, this let the Ming court headache of the rogue, broke out a very strong combat effectiveness, they actually took more than 8,000 hoplites in one breath, after paying the price of more than 4,000 wounded, withstood the charge of more than 30,000 Manchu iron cavalry, while the Qing army was exhausted, launched a counteroffensive on the whole line.

The Qing army was defeated in its retreat, and the army on the southwest road lost more than half of its strength and was forced to retreat.

The Zhending Mansion, which has just been occupied, has not had time to sit on the hot ass.

This means that their strategic attempt to respond to Dorgon's army has completely failed.

Bad news flew like snowflakes, and every such bad news was like a powerful slap in the face, drawing the eyes of everyone present.

Everyone thought it was incredulous, how was this possible?

Before they easily captured Beijing, in one fell swoop planted the battle flag in the north of Zhili, invincible, the Ming army all looked forward to the wind and surrendered, officials and gentry from all over the country are competing to vote, the trend of dominating the world is very obvious, how can the shape of the situation change suddenly in a blink of an eye, and become so thorough?

The Ming army obviously has such a strong combat effectiveness, why not fight them in the Beijing-Tianjin area, but let them attack after half of the country has been captured?

Could it be that they have been being played by the Ming army all the time?

The more difficult the time, the more you have to grit your teeth and not give an inch, because a little step back may be regarded as overwhelming by potential opponents, and they will rush up and tear you to pieces!

Now when the Ming army is on a large-scale counteroffensive, it will occupy the three provinces of Shandong without saying a word, and then it is Hejian Mansion, which is tantamount to telling the world that the Qing army is no longer good, and the Qing army is far from being the opponent of the Ning Navy.

In case the Ming army from all walks of life responded in groups and gathered under the banner of Cheng Shijie, the Qing army would not be drowned alive by them?

Hell, hell!

The Manchu ministers all knew that the Ning Navy had strong combat effectiveness, but they were very indignant at the fact that the six brigades of the newly reorganized Dashun Army had taken Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion by more than 100,000 people.

In the midst of a quarrel, Huang Taiji finally spoke: "Shut up!" The most important thing now is to come up with countermeasures to deal with the Ming army's large-scale counteroffensive, not to attack and accuse! ”

The ministers had no choice but to shut up.

Huang Taiji looked at Ji'er Harang and asked, "Now the situation is critical, Prince Zheng, what are your countermeasures?" ”

Jierharang's eyebrows were twisted, and he arched his hand to Huang Taiji, and said: "Your Majesty, the Ming army is fierce, especially the Ning Navy, which is like Mount Tai pressing the top, and it is unstoppable, and the minions can't think of any way for a while. ”

Huang Taiji said angrily: "The Ming army is unstoppable, our army is a local chicken and a dog, let them knead it!" ”

Zilharang shuddered, quickly knelt down, and said in a loud voice: "The slave doesn't dare, the slave doesn't dare!" ”

Huang Taiji set his eyes on Fan Wencheng, his most trusted advisor: "Master Fan, the situation is critical, what is your best plan?" ”

Fan Wencheng is also full of mush. He is naturally an expert in conspiracy and trickery, but this kind of hard-fought battle of hundreds of thousands of troops is not his forte, the Ming army is extremely ferocious, the offensive is like mercury, the invincible Qing army has encountered a surprisingly tough opponent, even the generals such as Jilharang and Sakhalian are helpless, what idea can he have?

Fan Wencheng said stubbornly: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, the Ming army seems to be fierce, but in fact, it is also full of crises inside, once these crises break out, the army they have finally assembled is afraid that it will be torn apart overnight and wiped out!" ”

Huang Taiji became interested: "Oh? Can Aiqing elaborate on that? ”

Fan Wencheng sorted out his thoughts: "Your Majesty, according to Weichen's opinion, the Ming army is not to worry, our army only needs one move, they will kill each other, and they will be defeated without defeat......"

"Oh?"

Huang Taiji became excited: "What is Fan Qing's plan?" ”

"Chongzhen Xiao'er should still be alive!"

Fan Wencheng smiled faintly: "If he saw that Cheng Shijie had hundreds of thousands of troops, wouldn't he ......?"

Huang Taiji suddenly realized.

Emperor Chongzhen was the best strategic partner of the Qing Dynasty, and he had a knife that specialized in killing loyal ministers.

……

Sanshen Mountain, hot spring valley.

Thanks to the Qing army's eagerness to move south, and also thanks to the stimulation of tenfold interests, although the Liaodong caravan lost eighty or ninety percent, it still sent the most valuable materials to the hot spring valley.

A large number of cotton clothes, medicines, as well as grain, canned food and other materials were sent to the hands of the remnants of Emperor Chongzhen, and although the Northern Expeditionary Army in the Hot Spring Valley suffered heavy losses in the cold weather, there were still nearly 30,000 remnants.

After more than ten days of replenishment, they slowly recovered some morale.

Originally, he and Lu Xiangsheng could sit down and chat calmly, but Emperor Chongzhen was a person who could only share weal and woe, but not wealth and prosperity.

Now there are Cheng Shijie's men and horses around him, although these horses are not the elite troops of the Ning Navy, but they give Emperor Chongzhen confidence, he has confidence, Emperor Chongzhen was originally very suspicious, after this heavy blow, it became even heavier, and he didn't feel anything when he was desperately struggling to survive, but now that he is safe, he completely broke out, he completely forgot Lu Xiangsheng's loyalty when he covered his desperate breakthrough, and only remembered Lu Xiangsheng's arrogance to him and the rudeness of the generals to him!

Being mean and unkind, and extremely suspicious, is probably the common problem of most emperors. They suspect which minister, not because the other party has such a motive, but whether the other party has the ability to challenge the majesty of the imperial power, which is a capital crime in itself, and Lu Xiangsheng is now guilty of this capital crime.

Of course, now is not the time to turn his face with Lu Xiangsheng, because Emperor Chongzhen's confidence is really not enough.

"Your name is Gao Jie?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is Gao Jie!"

"What position do you hold in Liaodong?"

"Weichen is the commander of the Ning Navy Guards, and the commander of the guards of the Grand Prince Cheng!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded slightly, although this Gao Jie's position is not high, he can become the commander of Cheng Shijie's eldest son's guard, that should be the person Cheng Shijie trusts more.

……

The flames of war are raging in Beizhili, and the suffering empire wails in the whirlpool of death, which is the bell of an old empire's funeral and the cry of a new empire before its birth.

The current situation is that with the occupation of Beijing by the Qing army, and the Dashun army and the Buning navy isolating the north and south, the Jiangnan region has become a mess, and a terrible power vacuum has appeared in the south of the Yangtze River.

When the Donglin Party, who was unwilling to be tied up, learned that Cheng Shijie was fighting with the Qing army and had no time to separate, Empress Zhou of the Ming Dynasty led a Zen concession in Jinzhou that seemed ridiculous to them, abolished the crown prince, and supported Cheng Shijie as the regent of the Ming Dynasty.

After seeing this scene, as if a drowning person had grabbed a life-saving straw, the Donglin Party supported Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, who fled to Hangzhou to escape the war, and ascended the throne in Nanjing as emperor.

Their reason is that Cheng Shijie is not a descendant of the Ming Zhu family, and he is not qualified to become a Ming supervisor at all, this is Cheng Shijie usurping the Ming Dynasty!

Of course, these righteous men and gentlemen can't tolerate this kind of thing happening, and they will fight this big demon king to the end if they say anything! After a hasty and funny enthronement ceremony, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, officially became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yihai in Nanjing, Huang Taiji in Beijing, Cheng Shijie who supervised the battle on the front line of the Northern Expedition, plus Chongzhen, who was trapped in Sanshen Mountain and couldn't come back, four emperors appeared in the world at once, just enough to rub a table of mahjong.

After ascending the throne, the small court in Nanjing naturally sprinkled a lot of silver, recruited rebels, and made a wish to play with the fateful feudal officials, and for a while they actually raised more than 200,000 troops, guarding several famous cities, trying to defend according to the Yangtze River, and confronting Cheng Shijie to the end!

The wishful thinking of the Donglin Party was to take advantage of the fierce battle between Cheng Shijie and the Qing army, first cook the raw rice into rice, and then sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight.

If the Qing army rose up and defeated Cheng Shijie, they would naturally push Zhu Yihai, the unlucky man, out as a substitute for the dead ghost and continue to submit to the Qing court;

If Cheng Shijie pushes back on the Qing army, they still push Zhu Yihai, the unlucky man, out as a substitute for the dead ghost, and put all the charges on him, coupled with the advocacy of the world's soldiers, Cheng Shijie should always be sloppy and let them go, right?

The idea is well played, but unfortunately unrealistic. You must know that there are not many other things in the Ming Dynasty, there are many vassal kings, and there are also many careerists.

After learning that Zhu Yihai ascended the throne and became emperor, some people immediately quit.

As soon as Zhu Yihai ascended the throne, Yangzhou supported a vassal king, the country name Hongguang, and claimed: The one in Nanjing is a fake, and I am the real one!

Everyone's ghost idea is similar, push a shield to come out and block the arrow for them. This war is best won by the Qing court, if the Ming army wins, Cheng Shijie is suspected of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes first, in the face of this bunch of Ming vassal kings, what do you say you have to be a little sloppy?

Of course, such a shield is best in your own hands, why do you have it in Nanjing, but I can't have it in Yangzhou?

As soon as Yangzhou made such a move, Shaoxing immediately quit, not to mention summoning a large number of people to pull out the poor sparse clan in the vassal king's mansion and worship and knock three times and nine knocks, and support him as the emperor!

Well, there are six emperors at once......

Don't worry, there's more to come!

There has always been a stream of water bandits in Taihu Lake, with thousands of people, who are haunted by the waterways of Taihu Lake, and the Ming army has not been able to hurt a single hair of their hair many times in encirclement and suppression.

After learning that the gang of wastes who couldn't pick their shoulders and couldn't lift their hands actually supported the two emperors in one go, these bandits became angry on the spot: Fuck, let someone as wise and martial as our boss not support it, and support that group of vassal kings who can't do anything but eat and dry women? Do you have eyes on your buttocks? These gang of water bandits did not stop doing anything, and they supported their boss to ascend the throne and claim the emperor in this thousand miles of lake, and the country name was ...... I haven't thought about the country name yet.

The small court in Nanjing didn't expect everyone to be so faceless, it was really angry, and they wanted to crusade against these rebellious ministers and thieves. But before they could send out their troops, bad news came: a green forest and grass in Tianmu Mountain also supported their leader and became the emperor!

Just when there was chaos in various places, when the Dolgon Department of the right wing of the Qing army of the Shaanxi and Shanxi armies was fighting to the death, Li Zicheng entered the pass from the Meridian Valley and occupied Chang'an.

It's okay now, and it's all over the place for a while.

Such a chaotic situation also made Liaodong a little excited, did they also come to one step in place and directly support Cheng Shijie as the emperor?

It's just a pity, because this move will anger Cheng Shijie, and no one dares to take advantage of the fire. (End of chapter)