"The day after tomorrow, you should be able to go to Wuchang and see the Admiral." When talking to Zhu Shenglang, Hao Shaoqi seemed quite excited, he had been like this since he led the troops here, but he didn't notice it at all.

Compared with the officers under him, Hao Shaoqi obviously took on more pressure. His reputation is not very good. Because he was Li Zicheng's general before, he was regarded by the literati as one of the sinners who caused trouble in the world. Dashun collapsed, Li Zicheng died, and Hao Shaoqi was also shaken at that time, intending to surrender to the Manchus. But he refused to be a pawn for the Manchu Qing Dynasty, attacked those old generals who refused to surrender, and finally returned to the Ming army under the persuasion of Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun and continued to resist the Qing army.

Because of this shake, Hao Shaoqi's reputation has become even worse. Li Chengdong and Jin Shengheng changed drastically in the south of the Yangtze River anyway, which was once quite beneficial to the Southern Ming Dynasty, but the old Ming army and the Qianchuang camp fought endlessly, and were broken by the Qing army. In this infighting, Hao Shaoqi also played a very bad role.

Chen Youlong, the general who surrendered to the Qing army at that time, conquered Baoqing and attacked Changsha in a hurry, and had the momentum of sweeping away the Qing army in Hunan.

But when Chen Youlong surrendered to the Qing army, he once killed the whole family of He Tengjiao, the governor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and dedicated it to the Manchu Qing Dynasty as a vote. Now seeing that Chen Youlong's meritorious service is imminent, He Tengjiao has a deep blood feud with him, how can he see him succeed, He Tengjiao instructed Zhao'an's camp to attack Chen Youlong. Although the generals who broke into the camp were nominally He Tengjiao's subordinates, they still had a considerable nature, and Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Liu Tichun, and Yuan Zongdi all refused to carry out this order; Li Guo not only refused to launch infighting, but also told the generals that now that the Qing court is powerful, and there are only a few ruined provinces left in the Southern Ming Dynasty (at that time, Xiying had not yet joined the Southern Ming), it is definitely not a good time for infighting, and if Chen Youlong can quickly break through Changsha, the Huguang Ming army can enter Jiangxi to support Jin Shengheng and Li Chengdong with logistics guarantees, and counterattack Zhejiang and Jiangnan.

He Tengjiao finally pleaded to Hao Shaoqi. At the beginning, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty were hostile to breaking into the camp, and it was He Tengjiao who begged for food and grass for them, and set a relaxed recruitment condition, and in the end, He Tengjiao burst into tears. Hao Shaoqi remembered He Tengjiao's kindness in receiving military salaries, and sympathized with the murder of his whole family, so he led his troops and horses to attack Chen Youlong. Chen Youlong, who was attacking Changsha, had already made contact with Li Guo and others, and agreed to counterattack Jiangxi and Jiangnan together after capturing Changsha, so he was not wary of Hao Shaoqi at all, and thought that he was here to reinforce him. After being attacked by Hao Shaoqi, Chen Youlong's whole army was defeated and fled alone, the siege of Changsha was lifted, and the Qing army was able to go out of the city to collect grain and grass, and concentrate all the surrounding forces in Changsha City.

After hearing the news, Li Guo, who was reorganizing the army and preparing to reinforce Jiangxi, denounced Hao Shaoqi's move to corrupt the overall situation, and in order to ensure grain and grass and a back road, the army turned around and re-surrounded Changsha. Li Guo knew that the time was urgent, day and night outside the city to supervise the siege, in the camp at any cost, the Qing army in Changsha could not support it again, the guard general Xu Yong personally went to the city to supervise the battle in order to boost morale, and was also seriously injured by the invasion army. Seeing that the city of Changsha was about to be broken, and this credit still belonged to Li Guo, who had a gap with him, He Tengjiao once again forced the army to withdraw from the siege, and immediately went to Jiangxi to support Jin Shengheng, who was beginning to fall into a disadvantage, and at the same time mobilized the Ming army to put on a posture of fire and peace.

Li Guo saw that another great internal strife was about to break out, so he had to withdraw the siege, and the Qing army was able to go out of the city again to collect grain and grass and gather troops. After a few months of delay, He Tengjiao attacked Changsha again, at this time the Qing army in Shanxi, which had just conquered Datong, went south at full speed and rushed to Huguang to relieve the siege of Changsha, defeating He Tengjiao's troops and cutting off Li Guo's grain route. After Li Guo hurriedly retreated, the isolated Jin Shengheng also declared defeat.

Originally, tens of thousands of elites of the Qing army were dragged in Shanxi, and Jiangnan was very good, but because of the continuous internal strife of the Ming army and the change of the imperial order, nearly a year was wasted. He Tengjiao was naturally the culprit for delaying state affairs because of personal enmity, but he was later killed by the Qing army, and Wang Fuzhi, Meng Spontaneous and others accused the camp of being a scourge, especially Hao Shaoqi, who believed that Hao Shaoqi and Chen Youlong were the cause of the overall situation in the southeast, and if Chen Youlong quickly took Changsha, the chain reaction would not occur at all.

The three kings were infighting, and Sun Kewang was expected to surrender to the enemy, as long as he was not blind, he knew that the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty was already in jeopardy. At that time, Hao Shaoqi's mood was also very low, and he once sighed to Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun, saying that he would regret it every time he recalled the battle of Changsha, and if he had taken concerted action with Li Guo and other generals who broke into the camp, the situation might have been reversed, and it would never have fallen to the point where it is today.

However, Liu Tichun said that today's incident was by no means Hao Shaoqi's fault, and the battle of Changsha was indeed an internal strife with strict consequences, but was there still less infighting in Nanming? Could it be that all the infighting was done by Hao Shaoqi alone? And Yuan Zongdi said to Hao Shaoqi that everyone in the world can surrender, but the old generals who break into the camp can't surrender. The literati all said that the soldiers who broke into the camp were sinners who caused chaos in the world, but they refused to admit that the camp was just a poor person who was bullied and couldn't live. If the generals surrendered to the Manchus, then they would be the scapegoats for those who really caused trouble in the world - now those people are all promoted and made a fortune in the Qing court, and if they surrender to them, how can they be worthy of the martyrs who fought side by side since the early years of Chongzhen?

The development of the shape in the back was not too unexpected by Hao Shaoqi, and every time there was an infighting in Nanming, it would lead to the defeat of Yan on the battlefield. The scale of the infighting among the three kings was unprecedented, the princes each mobilized hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to fight each other, and almost everyone in the central war participated in it, which would be strange if there was no major rout on the battlefield. However, Liu Tichun and Yuan Zongdi seem to have seen it, doing their best and obeying the destiny of heaven, the literati can scold us as the culprit, but we died in battle and you surrendered. Hao Shaoqi also has this mentality, fighting hard, looking forward to a miracle that does not have much hope.

And this miracle did happen, Deng Ming fell from the sky, and the Kunming fire made the battle situation stabilize again. Although Nan Ming's vitality was greatly damaged, he did not lose his breath immediately, and King Jin was still able to support it hard.

The ensuing series of victories in Hubei, as well as the Battle of Nanjing, in cooperation with Zheng Chenggong, convinced Hao Shaoqi that the Manchus might be victorious, but the enemy would still have to pay a huge price. There will be hard battles ahead, and Hao Shaoqi may be able to fight the Qing army on the battlefield for ten years - after the defeat in the Battle of Chongqing, Hao Shaoqi once sadly thought that the next few years might be his last days.

The battle of Gaoyou Lake made the most pessimistic and desperate people under Hao Shaoqi's men also restore their hope for victory, although the territory is still far from recovering, but overnight the hearts of the people have been restored to the three kings before the infighting; The military form is similar, and now, as before the infighting of the Three Kings, the Qing army has fallen into a state of tight forces, needs to recuperate, and has the need to defend on many fronts.

"Admiral Deng's name is a pseudonym, right?" Zhu Shenglang was also quite excited, after the first war of Gaoyou Lake, his world also underwent earth-shaking changes. No matter how well it is protected by Hao Shaoqi in the cottage, if Nanming collapses, then Yudong will definitely not be able to survive alone, and Zhu Shenglang's mentality after the infighting of the three kings is basically to eat and wait for death.

The pro-conquest emperor was killed on his own territory, and the young lord ascended the throne, and the people were panicked, and many people believed that the Qing court would not be able to launch a large-scale attack for a long time to come. Since the enemy was unable to attack, the Ming army had a chance to regain the lost territory. Nanming was once again given the opportunity to launch a strategic offensive, no matter how small the pace, as long as he could move forward, there was hope. Zhu Shenglang also came out of his hiding place, and discussed the general situation of the world with Hao Shaoqi many times, and even expressed a lot of opinions on which direction the Ming army should launch a strategic counteroffensive. The last time Zhu Shenglang had this kind of interest was when Li Dingguo killed Nikan.

No matter which clan Deng Ming is, as long as it is the Zhu family who sits on the throne, then Zhu Shenglang is the royal family. From this point of view, whether it is the Son of Yongli or the Admiral of the Yangtze River who will sit on the throne in the future, Zhu Shenglang does not care very much, anyway, no one can turn to be him, the king of Dong'an County.

For the sake of his royal status, Zhu Shenglang must emphasize that "Deng Ming" is a pseudonym. When he first heard about this person, Zhu Shenglang was still very suspicious, but after Deng Ming killed Hu Quancai and captured Lang Tingzuo alive, his suspicion gradually decreased; And after the victory of Gaoyou Lake, if anyone dares to say that "Deng Ming" is not a pseudonym in front of Zhu Shenglang, don't blame the king of Dong'an County for slapping him.

Another example is the killing of Hu Quancai, although Deng Mingfa said that he killed him, and Hao Shaoqi also told Zhu Shenglang the truth of the matter in private, but now Hao Shaoqi has never mentioned it, and when he talks about the battle of Zhongxiang, he is full of Deng Commander's heroism, and he went deep into the enemy camp to assassinate the enemy chief; And Zhu Shenglang is willing to think that Hao Shaoqi's original statement is just a joke, as for this joke that is not ridiculous at all, the king of Dong'an County is determined to hide it deep in his heart, bring it into the coffin, and never mention it to anyone again for the rest of his life.

"A pseudonym, of course." Although he knew that Zhu Shenglang was knowingly asking, Hao Shaoqi still replied without hesitation: "The admiral is the third prince!" ”

Hao Shaoqi vaguely remembered that there seemed to be rumors circulating among his henchmen and generals, probably saying that Deng Ming was not necessarily the third prince, but a clan that Yuan Zongdi didn't know where to find it. However, this ridiculous rumor Hao Shaoqi thought that he had never taken it seriously, and Deng Ming must be the orphan of Emperor Lie. Although Chongzhen was forced to death by breaking into the camp, his son understood the righteousness, understood the hardships of the soldiers who broke into the camp, put aside the grievances, and prepared to personally lead the camp to achieve the final victory and complete the great cause of Zhongxing - is there a better story that can be passed on to future generations?

"Hmm." Zhu Shenglang nodded, he didn't refute Hao Shaoqi's words, but deep down in his heart he still felt a little suspicious.

If he is the prince of Emperor Lie, he will definitely go to Jiangnan after the Jiashen Change, since he has arrived in Jiangnan, how can he not join the Zhoushan army? He also traveled thousands of miles from Jiangnan to Sichuan. If the prince has any prejudices against Zhang Huangyan or is greedy for life and afraid of death, he can barely explain it, but Admiral Deng is heroic and martial, and the relationship with Zhang Huangyan is also good, so it can be seen that this statement is not worth refuting.

It is very likely that the clan that appeared in Sichuan was the queen of Shu, but Zhu Shenglang heard that the Shu Wang's family was killed cleanly by Xiying. Not far from Sichuan, in addition to the King of Shu and the King of Chu, it is said that the family of the King of Chu was also killed, but Zhu Shenglang, who was a side branch of the King of Chu, was emotionally unwilling to believe it: "If Admiral Deng is the King of Chu, then I can almost be promoted to a prince after Zhongxing, right?" Well, it's quite possible. Besides, the age of Emperor Lie's orphan seems to be a bit wrong, and the old King Chu has so many grandsons, it seems that there are people of the same age. ”