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"Your Highness, please believe me, I did not collude with Qin Mu, really?"
"What is this? Wu Sangui, see for yourself!"
Wu Sangui took the letter that Azig had thrown over him and read it at a glance. Cold sweat broke out on his head when he saw half of it, and he felt a chill on his back.
"Your Majesty, listen to me. This is Qin Mu's deception. He can't stand it any longer, so he resorts to this means of alienation so that he can escape death and benefit."
"Wu Sangui, you surrendered Li Zicheng first, and then surrendered to me, the Qing Dynasty. Is it strange that someone like you would quarrel with Qin Mu again? The facts are all there, and you still want to quibble!"
"Your Majesty, listen to me..."
Just as Wu Sangui was arguing hurriedly, someone outside the camp suddenly shouted in Manchu: "It's not good, it's not good, Guan Ning's army has rebelled, Guan Ning's army has rebelled."
Azige's bodyguard couldn't help but draw his sword and attack Wu Sangui and Feng Peng. Azige also shouted: "Tie him up! Tong Dai..."
Aji didn't expect Guan Ningjun to react so quickly. He called Tong Dai, but he didn't know what order to give.
On the side of Guan Ning's army, there were also people outside shouting: "The Tatars are going to kill Guan Ning's army, the Tatars are coming, no, no, no, the Tatars are coming." These people shouted back. They rushed towards the Guan Ning Army camp. They were wearing the uniforms of the Guan Ning Army. They couldn't see anything out of the ordinary in the night. The words they shouted were so shocking that the police sentry outside Guan Ning did not stop these people.
Hearing the constant shouting, the generals Guo Yunlong and Hu Shouliang were shocked. They only thought that the people they sent to inquire about the information had found out some information from the Tatars, so that they ran back in panic and shouted.
"Quick, beat the drum, get ready to fight!"
Once this order is issued, things will become irreversible. Because both sides are already suspicious, as long as one side makes a slightly larger reaction. This will inevitably lead to stronger counterattacks from the other party.
Originally Azig wanted to take Wu Sangui and Feng Peng to control Guan Ning's army, but at this time the Qin army massacred across the east bank, shouting at the same time that the brothers of Guan Ning's army were attacking the Tatars together, and it seemed that they were with Guan Ning's army. It was extremely affectionate, and as if in response, the rumble of war drums came from Guan Ningjun's side.
Guo Yunlong and Hu Shouliang ordered the drums to be beaten. They originally wanted to gather the army and retreat until the situation became clear before making plans;
As a result, as soon as the war drums sounded, there were seven or eight fierce explosions in the camp, and balls of fire shot into the sky. The ignited tent was burning, the injured Guan Ningjun screamed, and some people kept shouting:
"The Tatars are coming!"
"The Tatars are coming!"
Shadows were scurrying about in the night fire, and the camp suddenly became chaotic...
This night eventually turned into a big melee between the three armies. Of course, the Qin army mainly played the role of bluffing, fanning the flames, and adding fuel to the fire.
Qin Jun called Guan Ningjun's brother, not to mention how affectionate he was, but secretly handed over the knife without hesitation. Well, it was dark. The scene was in chaos, and I couldn't see my brother clearly, so accidental injuries were inevitable!
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After Zhu Yousong ascended the throne, King Zhu Changzi of Lu took refuge in Hangzhou.
The city of Nanjing was destroyed. Zhu Yousong was captured, and Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Zhu Dadian, Yuan Hongxun, He Lun, and Zhang Bingzhen, the joint governor of Zhejiang, who fled to Hangzhou, wanted to support Zhu Changxi.
Zhu Changzi was reluctant, and now even Nanjing was captured by the Qing army. Whoever comes forward at this time will become the primary target of the Qing army. Zhu Changzi knows this very well.
June Xinyou. When King Zhu Yujian of the Tang Dynasty came to Hangzhou, he also tried his best to persuade King Zhu Changzi of Lu to ask him to supervise the country, but he refused to listen. He also asked Chen Fanglue to go to court, but he refused. Zhu Yujian cried out in tears.
It can be said that Zhu Yujian's life was full of disasters. When he was still young, his grandfather, Emperor Duan of the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Shuoji, doted on his concubine and was bewitched by her. He did not like Zhu Yujian's father, the heir apparent, Zhu Qiqi, and imprisoned Zhu Qiqi and his son together in the In the service department, Zhu Yujian lived in prison with his father for 15 years.
Later, Zhu Qiji was poisoned to death in the second year of Chongzhen. Zhu Shuoji kept his story secret, but after Chen Qiyu, the guardian of the imperial court, petitioned Chongzhen, Zhu Yujian was made the grandson of the Tang Dynasty by the Ming court and was no longer imprisoned.
In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Yujian succeeded to the throne of Tang Dynasty. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Qing troops entered the fortress and approached Beijing. Zhu Yujian went to Shu to ask King Qin, but he refused. However, seeing that the capital was in danger, he personally led an army of thousands to go north from Nanyang to King Qin. According to the ancestral system, he The vassal king was not allowed to leave the fiefdom without getting the decree. In November of winter, the lower level held a meeting and deposed Zhu Yujian as a commoner and imprisoned him under the high wall of Fengyang for nearly 8 years.
It was not until the city of Beijing was destroyed and Hongguang ascended the throne that Zhu Yujian regained his freedom. He was imprisoned twice in his life, and was tortured by the eunuchs during his confinement in Fengyang. Now he is only thirty-nine years old, and he has already had long hair.
Perhaps he is the one who is most distressed to see the country's defeat among the Zhu family's descendants, and he is also the one who is most determined to work hard.
At this time, Zheng Hongkui, the commander-in-chief of Zhenjiang, and Su Guansheng, a doctor in the household department, also fled to Hangzhou. Zheng Hongkui was the fourth brother of the famous Zheng Zhilong. Seeing that Zhu Yujian had no children, he had other ideas, and together with Su Guansheng, he persuaded the king of Tang to go to Fujian. Today's Fujian can be said to belong to the Zheng family. Zhu Yujian wanted to rely on the Zheng family to fight against the Qing Dynasty, so he agreed.
It is said that Zhu Changzi, the king of Lu, who stayed in Hangzhou, was moved by Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Zhu Dadian, Yuan Hongxun and others. They showed their affection and reason. They pulled out the Queen Mother Zou (Zhu Yousong's direct mother) and ordered Zhu Changzi to supervise the country. Although Zhu Changzi was reluctant, he could only catch the duck and put it on the shelf.
As soon as Zhu Changzi declared himself the supervisor of the country, he immediately sent official Chen Hongfan to seek peace with the Qing army. Will the Manchus and Qing Dynasties negotiate peace with you at this time? Isn't this a joke
The Qing general Boluo pretended that there was no peace talks at all and continued to attack Hangzhou with his troops. The defense line organized by Governor Zhang Bingzhen and others was broken by Boluo with one attack;
Ma Shiying, Ruan Dacheng, Zhu Dadian and others suddenly dispersed. Zhang Bingzhen persuaded Zhu Changzi to surrender. Zhu Changzi followed his good advice and surrendered to the Qing army simply after being in charge of the country for a few days.
Zhu Yujian, escorted by Zheng Hongkui, Su Guansheng and others, was rushing to Fuzhou. On the way, he heard that King Lu had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, so he immediately proclaimed the supervisory state in Jianning, Fujian.
Coincidentally, after Hangzhou was captured by the Qing army, Qian Sule, Zhang Huangyan and others set up troops in eastern Zhejiang. Zheng Zunqian, Zhang Guowei and others welcomed Lu King Zhu Yihai to Shaoxing and proclaimed themselves as supervisors on the same day.
Now the problem arises. Zhu Yihai and Zhu Yujian became supervisors on the same day.
Zhu Yujian was the ninth grandson of Taizu, and Zhu Yihai was the tenth grandson of Taizu.
As for his closeness to Emperor Chongzhen, they are all beyond reach, so no one can tell anyone.
In terms of time, the two men were declared supervisors of the country on the same day, in no particular order.
As a result, neither side was willing to accept the other. Let's not talk about whether to resist the Qing Dynasty or not. To fight against foreign aggression, we must first settle the internal affairs. The two sides actually started a war of words, accusing each other and asking each other, and they were very busy.
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Qin Mu was also very busy. After a big melee between the three parties that night, Azig led the remaining 17,000 Tatars to go east, preparing to go east to join Duduo. Liu Fangliang, Tian Jianxiu, and Liu Meng combined 100,000 troops to fight with Azige at Liujiayuan. Azige was defeated and retreated north to Macheng.
Guo Yunlong and Hu Shouliang took the remaining troops of 20,000 Guan Ning troops and fled north first. When they were preparing to cross the west bank and raise water to the north, Li Jiu blocked the troops on the west bank and sent people to persuade him to surrender. Guo Yunlong refused to surrender and retreated to Tiemengang.
Qin Mu's 20,000 men fought in bloody battles and suffered serious losses. The generals were very exhausted and could no longer pursue them.
But as soon as he was out of trouble, he immediately ordered Liu Fangliang's 20,000 cavalry to advance towards Macheng. The infantry of Liu Meng, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi and others also had to go north to encircle Azige and encircle Azige step by step.
On the west bank, Han Xiu and Ning Yuan finally arrived. The two armies came all the way. Although they were very tired, Qin Mu ordered them to go north and set up defenses on the west bank of Jushui, in order to block Azige in the narrow east bank of Jushui. zone.
Azige Shucao was defeated miserably, weapons and food supplies were insufficient, 17,000 people were starving, and morale had dropped to a low point. At this time, Wu Sangui had to temporarily believe Wu Sangui and asked his deputy Feng Peng to rush to Tiemengang to gather Guan Ning's army.
On the way to Tiemengang, Feng Peng was kidnapped by Liu Fangliang. Due to old hatred, Liu Fangliang refused to listen to the dissuasion of his minister Zhao Han and killed Feng Peng immediately.
When Qin Mu learned about this, he was very angry, because Feng Peng was an excellent chess piece, and it would be perfect to use him to recruit 20,000 Guan Ningjun to surrender. Liu Fangliang killed one person, and once Guan Ningjun knew about it, he would not be able to surrender. I wish to surrender.
But considering the current war situation, Qin Mu temporarily suppressed his anger and pretended not to know anything.
Just when the final encirclement of Azige was about to be formed, Yan Gaofei suddenly came to report: "Sir, the Qing general Leke Dehun has broken through Wuyang Pass and is leading four thousand cavalry to gallop south."
"What?" Qin Mu couldn't help being shocked!
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ps: Spending Qingming Festival without flowers and wine will make you feel like a wild monk. Yesterday, the neighbor asked for a new fire, and Xiaochuang was given a reading lamp.
Today is the Tomb-Sweeping Festival again, so I have to sweep away the twilight!
.(To be continued...)
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