Only in the north is up to the Huguang side, and there are few Qing soldiers. Because the Qing army attacked Emperor Yongli, the Ming army in Huguang was sent south to Gui in large quantities, and Huguang's troops were very empty.

As soon as Li Chengdong's army arrived, it was normal to occupy a large number of Huguang's territory.

Moreover, the Ming army in Huguang was also ready to abandon Huguang, after all, Guangxi was lost, and Shu was the Qing army, and if they stayed in Huguang any longer, they would lose contact with the Yongli regime that retreated into Yunnan. Do you think that everyone can resist stubbornly like Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan, Shi Kefa, Huang Degong, etc.!

The people of Guangzhou are all afraid, and they are all afraid that they will die. Shang Kexi immediately asked people to make a list of people, saying that as long as they returned to the Qing Dynasty, they would not be guilty of the past, and the mistakes they had made would be tolerated.

The people of Guangzhou did not suffer death, and they could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. However, there are people who understand and can see the reason: "If it weren't for the brilliant results achieved by Marquis Zhang in the north, it would be impossible for us to be safe!" The Manchus did not massacre us, it was nothing more than a move to win the hearts and minds of the people! ”

When the city of Guangzhou was broken, what to do was to let Shang Kexi, Geng Jimao and others quickly send troops to support the Qing army, so that the Qing army could complete the goal of quickly breaking through Baise and eliminating the Yongli regime, and to join forces with the Qing army in Shu.

Due to the increase in the strength of the Qing army, then Huguang's troops can only go south, Li Chengdong's surrender to Nanming is also out of a moment of righteous indignation, since he has come to Huguang, then he will not stupidly send troops to help, he wants to occupy Huguang, so as to expand his power.

Li Chengdong and some of Da Shunjun are familiar. How to say. He was also Gao Jie's subordinate general. With Gao Jie's uprising to conquer the south and the north, he can do it if he wants to gain a foothold in Huguang.

It seems that Dorgon's purpose is already clear! He wants to leave Li Chengdong as a stinky rat and let him do bad things and play a good move in advance.

Zhang Biwu has broken Taiyuan, he will divide his troops to continue to expand the power of the force, to include the whole of Shanxi into the scope of his power, Zhang Biwu thought of Mongolia, if the northwest of the mountain. If the Datong area is to be included, it will have to immigrate to Datong and repair the Great Wall.

In this way, it is difficult to do, originally the people of Datong were slaughtered by the Manchus, and there was no one alive, and it was very difficult to immigrate there. It's a time of war, and I can't afford to spend so much money on these things.

Zhang Biwu is still paying attention to the news of the Yongli regime, although the Yongli regime has Li Dingguo, a new force, but there are still many Qing troops. Li Dingguo can't stand alone, and he is still losing and retreating! Seeing that even the territory of Guixi can't be saved. At that time, the connection with Huguang will be cut off.

He Tengjiao and the others received the order and gave up the land of Huguang and went to the land of Baise in western Guizhou to escort them. Now Wu Sangui also led the army to come, Wu Sangui had been holding the banner of "revenge for the monarch's father" before, so the Manchus had suspicions, the Manchus did not really want to avenge your Chongzhen, but to replace it, so Wu Sangui was transferred into Jinzhou to defend.

Later, Shu was tight, Zhang Biwu was in the heart of the Central Plains, and the Manchu Qing had to reuse Wu Sangui again. Let Wu Sangui and Haoge go out together, Wu Sangui can be said to have contributed very much in this period of battle! He has repeatedly stated that he is loyal to the new dynasty, so although the lord's grace is great, after all, he is already the old master!

He quickly pacified the northwest, and also contributed a lot when breaking Chongqing, Hanzhong, and Shudi. He is very cruel to the Zhu Ming royal family, and there is no mercy for killing! And he slaughtered the city at every turn, which was very cruel.

Only in this way can he guarantee that he can have military power! And in the continuous battle, his strength can be greatly enhanced! Wu Sangui is a hero in troubled times.

Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has suffered great danger again, to open up all the passages, it is necessary to eliminate the Yongli regime, it is when you Wu Sangui contribute, you Wu Sangui does not contribute, how can you do it?

Wu Sangui's army was defeated by Sun Kewang in a row, Sun Kewang was almost cornered, and he was about to develop to Yunnan.

Li Dingguo only stayed in the area of western Guangxi, and he joined up with He Tengjiao and others to slow down the pace of the Qing army's advance. At the same time, we also have to beware of the surprise attack of Wu Sangui's army in Shudi.

Frightened, Yongli fled into Yunnan with a large group of people, and urged Zhang Biwu and the Dashun army again and again that they should immediately send troops south in order to protect him.

The envoys sent to Zhang Biwu and Li Guo were endless. Zhang Biwu has just gotten the land of Shanxi, does he really want to obey the order to go south? If he goes south, his territory will not be protected!

Not only that, but the army that quickly moves south is dangerous! He received news again that Li Chengdong, who fled north from Guangzhou to Huguang, had gained a firm foothold and had seized more territory in Huguang!

Zhang Biwu could think of Dolgon's intention of not destroying Li Chengdong and letting Li Chengdong reach Huguang! In today's situation, he originally wanted to take advantage of the victory to enter Beijing, and wanted to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, but a letter of urgent edict was sent, all of which were urging him! He has always served the name of the Ming Dynasty, if he doesn't obey now, then he will not be a loyal minister, and it will cause great harm to his reputation!

Even Li Guo, who had just surrendered to the Yongli regime, urgently summoned Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi to return, and he wanted to personally lead an elite army to the south in order to solve Yongli's urgent needs.

Under these circumstances, if Zhang Biwu does not send troops again, it will be an unjustifiable thing in any respect. Zhang Biwu was thinking about it, what should he do?

Lu Xiangsheng looked at him, and his mouth moved. Zhang Biwu knew that he had something to say, so he said, "Nine Elders, if you have anything to say, just say it!" I'm listening! ”

Lu Xiangsheng analyzed everything that was possible:

If Zhang Biwu goes south, Li Chengdong has already established a position in Huguang, and Li Chengdong will not dare to oppose Zhang Biwu for the time being, he will let Zhang Biwu's army go south to Guangxi.

For this reason, Zhang Biwu's back road may be cut off! Because Li Chengdong is an unstable factor, he can say that if he surrenders to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he will betray the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if he says that he betrayed, he did not have a loyal heart. Single-mindedly only for the sake of himself. Think about it. The back road is in his hands. The Manchu Qing Dynasty once again tempted heavy profits, and he was not to blame for the past, and Li Chengdong saw that the situation was no longer conducive to resisting the Qing Dynasty, how could he not betray it?

When Zhang Biwu's retreat is broken, then his army will not be able to come back, and the newly occupied Shanxi is unstable and may be lost at any time. Once Shanxi is lost, Henan is also in danger. The base areas in the north will be completely uprooted!

Even if it is to keep Henan. However, Shanxi, which Zhang Biwu had occupied after a hard battle, was lost, and everything he did was lost.

It is Li Chengdong's position that is very important, and Zhang Biwu has to eat him first, which will show that Zhang Biwu has a heart of disobedience, not dedicated to the country, and is in a national crisis. When Yongli's life and death are in danger, he still attacks Li Chengdong, which will greatly damage Zhang Biwu's reputation.

Another point is very clear, when Zhang Biwu swallows Li Chengdong, then Yongli will also have no strong support. He lost Guixi, and maybe even Yunnan will be lost. The Yongli regime will also disappear from Chinese mainland!

You must know that now the Zhu Ming Dynasty only has the most powerful Emperor Yongli left! If you want to protect the Ming Dynasty, you can only be Emperor Baoyongli!

If Zhang Biwu hadn't sent troops, even if he had entered Beijing eastward, he would not have been able to shake Beijing, and even the fig leaf of the Ming Dynasty would have been removed.

In the past, Zhang Biwu showed Chongzhen's blood edict, and Dolgon saw the move, and used Princess Kunxing to explain that it could still disturb some people. If no more troops are sent to save Emperor Yongli, then all the names of Zhang Biwu will be untenable!

To sum up, no matter whether Zhang Biwu sends troops or not, his situation is not good, and it is extremely difficult.

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After Zhang Biwu listened to Lu Xiangsheng's analysis, he sighed, what he was worried about was what Lu Xiangsheng said.

So, Zhang Biwu asked: "Ninth Elder, can you teach me, what should I do?" Lu Xiangsheng looked at him and asked, "Master Hou, which do you think is the most beneficial?" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Biwu didn't understand, why did Lu Xiangsheng ask such a question, he thought about it, and replied: "There is only one, that is, under the guise of rescuing Emperor Yongli, he will fight with Li Chengdong!" At the same time, denounce the sins that Li Chengdong once committed in Jiading and other places! Destroy him! Annexation of the land of the lake! I can connect my potential force range to Huguang, even if I can't get the entire Huguang, I can get a little territory! But ......"

Zhang Biwu sighed, all he said was that Xiangyang was still under the control of the Dashun army, if he occupied the Huguang place south of Xiangyang, it would not mean much to him, he had to go through the Xiangyang place, he could not annex Xiangyang!

Seeming like this, the Dashun army would indeed think that Zhang Biwu would have the possibility of annexing Xiangyang! Be more wary of Zhang Biwu!

It's wonderful that Dolgon let Li Chengdong go! He thought of it so much, and it wasn't for the two traitors Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng who gave him advice.

It seems that letting go of Li Chengdong is a stinky and stupid move, but in fact, it puts Zhang Biwu in a difficult place!

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Can you bear the infamy?" Zhang Biwu looked at Lu Xiangsheng, he seemed to understand, and said: "I can bear the infamy!" If you want to scold, just scold! ”

"Ahh I understand! Xuan Jianhao understood what Lu Xiangsheng meant, Lu Xiangsheng just smiled at him, of course Xuan Jianhao wouldn't say it, let Lu Xiangsheng say it himself.

Lu Xiangsheng told Zhang Biwu his clever plan:

Master Hou, you should resolutely go south under the banner of saving Emperor Yongli, and at the same time, you should also send a message to Li Chengdong and ask him to bring all the people and horses with you to go south to save Emperor Yongli.

Seems to be like this, Li Chengdong, a warlord, of course he will not pay for his old capital, so he won't do it! So, doesn't Hou Ye have a reason to attack him?

That is to say, he did not listen to the emperor's orders, and did not move, and he could not report to the emperor first to defend Guangzhou, putting the monarch's father in a dangerous situation! Then there were three massacres such as Jiading, and they helped the Manchu Qing Dynasty. And when he was in Guangzhou, he colluded with the Manchus, otherwise he would have been able to escape from the place where he was trapped, and he would not have been able to do it without collusion with the Manchus. In this way, how can the unfaithful and unrighteous not crusade?

But there is one point, people all over the world will say that Zhang Biwu said and did differently, if he really devoted himself to the country, he would not meet Li Chengdong in arms. No matter what, it is inevitable to eliminate Li Chengdong!

At that time, it is necessary to pay tribute to Jiading and other slaughtered people, and tell them that their souls can rest in peace! The murderer has already been punished.

After defeating Li Chengdong, he gave all the land of Huguang to the Dashun army and let them get this place. After all, Emperor Yongli has arrived in Yunnan, and it is unrealistic to want him to go to Huguang.

If Li Chengdong is eliminated, he will have to pretend to go south to attack Guangxi, although it will not play much role in rescuing Emperor Yongli.

At that time, I am afraid that there is only one way to retreat. Return to the local conservative Huguang and Shanxi.

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Lu Xiangsheng's opinion was finished, he looked at Zhang Biwu, can Zhang Biwu withstand the scolding?

Xuan Jianhao persuaded on the side: "Lord, the ninth elder is right! Who fights for the world can't consolidate his own territory! If you have a solid base area, you will be able to develop a lot outward! It's how much ...... being scolded by others."

Zhang Biwu understood and said, "It's good! Needless to say! I know it! Scold it! I'd rather be scolded by 10,000 people than not have someone who scolds me! I've decided! I take the advice of the Nine Elders! This time, I'm going to use 40,000 horses! Although I know that the newly conquered Shanxi province needs a lot of people to protect it, I have to do a good job if I want to make a show! 40,000 people attack! ”

Zhang Biwu's order, 40,000 people were ready, and he took 40,000 people to the south quickly. He won't delay, or it will be said that it is not.

Before the grain and grass were ready, he had already gone south, so that the people along the way could see that Zhang Biwu had tried his best to rescue Emperor Yongli! If you commit a taboo, you don't hesitate to save Emperor Yongli! This news has to be spread everywhere, so that Zhang Biwu's reputation will not be damaged too much.

Of course, he asked Li Chengdong to pull all the men out and send troops with him, how could Li Chengdong do it? He refused! said that Huguang was the top priority, and he was willing to help Hou Ye to guard Huguang to wait for Hou Ye's return.

Zhang Biwu knew that this was a preference, and at the same time, he also learned that Li Chengdong was actively preparing for the war! He wants to prepare to fight Zhang Biwu!

Zhang Biwu knew that he had to be fast, quickly destroy Li Chengdong's men and horses, and kill Li Chengdong!

The vanguard army was led by Huang Qi, Wu Xun and Xiong Zongheng, and their troops pointed at Chengtianfu occupied by Li Chengdong's army at a very fast speed, and they wanted to break through Chengtian first, as a way to show respect for the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued......)