Nanjing, the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, fell, the Wei army entered Nanjing, and the news that the army swept through the south of the Yangtze River came out, and the world was shaken.

The Ming Dynasty lost two capitals in a row, and the line was about to die, the Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the Guanguan was still breathing, the Western Army was difficult to support alone, and the general trend of the world Wei accounted for seven points, and the overall situation had been decided.

At this time, the news came to Huguang, which immediately made the people of the Mingxi coalition army panic, and the news that the Wei army would go up the river and outflank Huguang spread to all parts of the country like wings.

Originally, the Mingxi coalition army fought quite well in the Huguang battlefield, and the coalition army had launched the Jingzhou Campaign, and the army surrounded the Wei general Zhao Zhuzi in Jingzhou, preparing to pull out the city, and then marched into Xiangyang with the Wuchang Ming army to drive the Wei army out of Huguang.

However, the news of the fall of Nanjing immediately changed the situation, and after Sun Kewang got the exact news, without any hesitation, the army hastily withdrew to the south bank of the Yangtze River and retreated to the southwest nest.

As soon as the Western Army retreated, the emotions of fear, despair, loss, and sadness immediately spread among Hu Guangming's army.

Nanjing fell, the Ming Emperor did not know the life and death, the Wei army was about to counterattack Huguang, the Ming army was shaken, many local generals saw the opportunity to act, the Western army withdrew, they immediately took the men and horses to slip away.

Wu Yi, the commander of the Japanese army, was the central forbidden army, Zhu Cihong's henchman, who held the camp and did not retreat, was attacked by the Wei army, seeing that the camp was about to be broken, and the Jingzhou campaign fell short.

The Western Army retreated, the Battle of Jingzhou failed, the Wei army took advantage of the situation to cross the Yangtze River, recovered Changde and other places, the west of Wuchang fell into the hands of the Wei army, and the Jiangnan area east of Wuchang was also occupied by the Wei army.

In this way, Wuchang will be attacked on three sides, and if the Wei army comes against the river and cuts off the connection between Wuchang and the south, then Wuchang will become an isolated city.

In view of this, and Zhu Cihong's life and death were unknown, the Wuchang Ming army immediately chose to break through to the south.

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In the north of Changsha City, more than 200 miles away, there is a crowd of people in the wilderness, the front is thin, the further back, the denser the crowd, like the tide of the sea.

Tens of thousands of Ming soldiers and soldiers, bowing their heads and hanging their hands, dragged their weapons, and walked briskly south, and from time to time some people quietly dropped their weapons, broke away from the team, and got into the woods and weeds beside the road.

On the side of the road, Wang Yan stood on his horse, looking back from time to time, looking at the retreating Ming army.

At this time, Huang Degong came over with a horse and said with a calm face: "Wang Fujun, thousands of people have escaped. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that without the Wei army chasing after it, 100,000 horses will be scattered! ”

Wang Yan frowned, "Most of these soldiers and horses are recruited from Wuchang, Huangzhou, and Jiangxi, and we want to retreat south, and they don't want to follow, so they flee one after another." At present, the only way to do this is to severely punish the deserters, and when they retreat to Changsha and stabilize their positions, the situation will improve. ”

Huang Degong's face was gloomy, and he scolded Sun Kewang a few words before pulling out his horse and leaving, urging the army to retreat to Changsha.

At this time, the army marched more than ten miles, and a group of cavalry suddenly galloped up from behind, causing a commotion, and the cavalry caught up with Wang Yan, flew off his horse, and hurriedly reported: "Fu Jun, there is a confidential report for the lowly position." ”

Wang Yan grabbed the reins of the horse, frowned, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"There is a team of people coming from behind, claiming to be Your Majesty, who doesn't know his position, and is in a hurry to report to the army!" Thousands of households are busy.

"What?" Wang Yan's spirits perked up, and his face was overjoyed, "Quickly inform the Duke of Jingguo and take me over." ”

After a while, more than 100 cavalry galloped north, and from a distance, they saw that not far away, the Ming army was surrounded by a group, and Wang Yan and Huang Degong hurriedly tightened the reins.

When the Ming soldiers saw the cavalry coming, they hurriedly dodged a passage, and Wang Yan blurted out, "Where is Your Majesty?" ”

When the soldiers heard this, one of them said, "It's just ahead." ”

When Wang Yan heard this, he didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately ran forward with a whip, shouting as he ran, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" ”

He galloped dozens of steps, and Chen Zilong and others, who were embarrassed in the distance, stood up from the ground and waved his hand: "Shiheng, Your Majesty is here." ”

Wang Yan, Huang Degong and others hurriedly turned over and dismounted, their eyes saw Chen Zilong, and then finally saw Zhu Cihong sitting on the ground, hurriedly ran over with three steps and two steps, plopped and knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, "The minister greeted His Majesty, the minister thought ~"

Zhu Cihong remembered what happened to him, the queen and the prince did not bring it, tears came out of their eyes, and several monarchs and ministers hugged their heads and cried.

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Zhu Cihong did not die and was not captured by the Wei army, which undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Ming army.

The arrival of the Ming Emperor made the demoralized Ming army gather around the emperor again, and tens of thousands of horses and horses trekked for three days and finally arrived in Changsha City.

Everyone originally planned to rest in Changsha City and stabilize their positions, but when they were more than ten miles away from the city, they saw thick smoke billowing from the city, and everyone was shocked to think that the Wei army had occupied Changsha City.

Huang Degong hurriedly sent people to investigate, and after a while, he led people to meet him, only to learn that it was not the Wei army that occupied Changsha, but when the Western army retreated, Changsha was looted and a large number of people retreated south.

As soon as Zhu Cihong entered the lobby, he heard Wu Yi, Chen Youlong and others scolding Sun Kewang for dying, and suddenly withdrew his troops, causing the situation in Huguang to collapse, and Jingzhou fought a really bad battle.

Du Yinxi coughed, and the hall was immediately quiet, Wang Yan walked in with Zhu Cihong in his arms, and everyone stood up and saluted, "Wait for your majesty!" ”

Zhu Cihong looked the generals in the hall up and down, everyone lowered their heads, Wu Yi was ashamed to salute, "Your Majesty, the ministers have the trust of Your Majesty~"

Zhu Cihong shook his head, "I don't blame you for this, the fault lies with me, and the fault lies with Sun Kewang's treachery." Now that Nanjing has been lost and Huguang is in danger, I would like to hear your opinions? ”

Chen Youlong said: "The western army has withdrawn, we only have more than 100,000 people left, and it is too late to recruit temporarily. ”

Huang Degong also shook his head, "The soldiers and horses are second, Jiangnan is lost, the ordnance and materials cannot be replenished, the food and salary cannot be paid, it is difficult for the soldiers to use their lives, and it is impossible to fight." ”

Zhu Cihong's face turned pale and asked Wang Yan: "Qing family, what do you think?" ”

Wang Yan said: "Sun Kewang has sacked Changsha, and I am afraid that all parts of southern Hunan will also be looted." In this way, Huguang can no longer hold on, so it is better to exchange Changsha and Xiangnan Prefecture for time, and the army will retreat to Lingnan. ”

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In the mansion of Zheng Zhilong in Fujing City, hundreds of armor soldiers were heavily guarded.

In the study in the backyard of the mansion, Zheng Zhilong's face was solemn, looking at a letter, Qian Qianyi sat indifferently on the side, holding a teacup and tasting tea.

Zheng Zhilong didn't expect the Great Wei Emperor to send someone to surrender him so soon, his face was cloudy for a while, he was a pirate businessman, and he paid more attention to practical interests, and now the Southern Ming Dynasty was about to capsize, and he did think about going ashore, but he didn't know what kind of price he should offer.

"Brother Yiguan!" Qian Qianyi put down the teacup and said seriously: "Now the situation, you must also know that the general trend of the world has returned to Wei. As long as the first official brother submits to the Great Wei, the Great Wei Emperor is willing to crown the first official brother as the Duke of Fujian, what else is there to hesitate about the first official brother? ”

Zheng Zhilong's face was tangled, to be honest, he was very tempted, but he had no connections in Wei State, and he didn't know whether Wei State's words counted, in case Great Wei regretted it after the fall, wouldn't it be a pit for himself.

While Zheng Zhilong and Qian Qianyi were discussing, in the military camp outside Fuzhou, Gan Hui hurriedly lifted the curtain and entered the tent, came to Zheng Sen's side, bowed his head and whispered.

When Zheng Sen heard this, his eyebrows raised, and his face immediately sank······

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