Wu Sangui swore an oath in Luoyang, and then led the army to the east.At this time, Zhu Yihai's envoy who escaped from Nanjing, Zheng Zunqian, turned around and came to Henan, just in time to meet Wu Sangui's army.Zheng Zunqian died nine times in his life, walked to Henan, and saw Wu Sangui's essay on begging for thieves, and was overjoyed, looking for it all the way, and threw himself into Wu Sangui's army.However, when he marched with the Zhou army, he found that the situation seemed to be wrong.In Wu Sangui's article, he claimed that he would do his best to rush to Nanjing and rescue Zhu Yihai, but the route of the Zhou army's march was not to the southeast, but to the east.This made Zheng Zunqian immediately realize that Wu Sangui's target might be Xuzhou, not Nanjing, and the text was just a bluff.On this night, Wu Sangui's army was stationed in the green gauze tent in Kaifeng Prefecture.In the tent, Wu Sangui was discussing with Hong Chengchou how to seize Xuzhou and annex the north.This time, the Zhou State will dispatch nearly 300,000 troops, one route to Wu Sangui's personal commander, about 200,000 people, directly to Xuzhou, the Ming Dynasty's territory will be cut off, and Hedong Jiang Xiang will lead an army of 100,000 to go out of Taihang Eight Paths to collect the land of Hebei.If the plan can be realized, then the Zhou State will unify the north, which is enough to achieve the division of the north and the south with Zhao Ming.In this way, the world will enter another era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties."
Haha~" Wu Sangui laughed and said: "Prime Minister's article, not only is it written reasonably, allowing the Lone King to occupy the righteousness, but also bluffing, making Zhao Zamao mistakenly think that the Lone King will go straight to Nanjing." ”Hong Chengchou was also very satisfied with his text, thinking of the shame of being defeated by Zhao Ming several times, Hong Chengchou felt happy in his heart."
Now the Ming army is estimated to think that we will go to Xuzhou, pass Xiangcheng, enter Fengyang Mansion, seize Yingzhou, Shouxian, Hefei, and force Nanjing.No, the king's army entered Kaifeng Mansion with a hundred miles of green yarn tents, and pounced eastward towards Shangqiu and Xuzhou. ”Hong Chengchou smiled.Wu Sangui bowed his head, "This is all the credit of the prime minister!"
”Hong Chengchou said in a deep voice: "King, although the Ming army is now confused by us and goes to Shouzhou to set up defenses, but in the city of Nanjing, grain and grass are burned, which is really unexpected." ”Wu Sangui's face sank and nodded, "I originally wanted to rely on Zhu Yihai to delay for a while, but I didn't want Zhao Zamao to make arrangements a long time ago, so I actually burned the grain and grass in the city."
In this way, Zhu Yihai may not be able to hold on for long, and King Gu must capture Xuzhou as soon as possible and seize the north. ”The two were talking, but suddenly there was a commotion outside the tent."
The tent of the Chinese army commander, no trespassing!""
This official wants to see King Zhou!
Let this official see King Zhou!
”Wu Sangui couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and Hong Chengchou said in a low voice: "It should be Zhu Yihai's messenger." ”"Let the guards send him away!"
Wu Sangui unhappily ordered the armor in the tent."
Wait!"
Hong Chengchou said: "It doesn't hurt for the king to see it, after all, now under the banner of rescuing Nanjing, it is enough to appease him a little." ”Wu Sangui exhaled, waved his hand and said, "Let him in." ”After a short time, the curtain of the tent was raised, Zheng Zunqian walked into the tent, saluted Wu Sangui, and gave Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchou tears in his eyes, describing the critical situation in Nanjing."
His Royal Highness King Zhou, please send troops to Nanjing immediately, eradicate Zhao Ming, and support Sheji!"
Zheng Zunqian said eagerly."
Zheng Shilang, isn't the army already ready to attack Zhao Ming?"
Hong Chengchou said.Zheng Zunqian is also a soldier who knows the army, and he is not so easy to fool, "The direction of the army's march is wrong, and Nanjing, when it is directly inserted into Shouzhou, cross the Huai River!"
”Wu Sangui was a little unhappy and said: "Zhao thief has a heavy army stationed in Xuzhou, how dare the lone king not uproot the enemy in Xuzhou?"
”Zheng Zunqian said: "Behind the high wall of Xuzhou City, to be captured, Nanjing is finished." ”Saying that, Zheng Zunqian knelt down directly, kowtowed, and said: "Please also ask His Royal Highness King Zhou, for the sake of the previous emperors of the Ming Dynasty, to rescue Nanjing as soon as possible, if you hesitate any longer, it will be too late." ”Hong Chengchou asked Wu Sangui to help Zheng Zunqian up, and said comfortingly: "Zheng Shilang's proposal, the king will consider it, you go down to rest first." ”Zheng Zunqian said unwillingly: "His Royal Highness King Zhou, when Emperor Yizong named His Royal Highness as his uncle, he hoped that His Royal Highness could save Beijing, and now the Emperor Taishang also pinned his hopes on His Highness, His Highness can't see death and not save it!"
”Wu Sangui's face collapsed instantly, "Come on, send Zheng Shilang down to rest!"
”When the sergeant in the tent heard the order, he immediately stepped forward, set up Zheng Zunqian, and dragged him out of the tent.Wu Sangui's good mood was destroyed by Zheng Zunqian, when Emperor Chongzhen named him an earl, expecting him to send troops to rescue Beijing, but he did not save him, surrendered to Li Zicheng, and later took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.This is a piece of black history for Wu Sangui, and no one around dares to mention it.Now that Zheng Zunqian mentioned it, Wu Sangui's face suddenly darkened.When Hong Chengchou saw this, he immediately said: "Zheng Zunqian wanted to go to Nanjing, but he didn't know that Zhao Ming burned Nanjing's grain, but he didn't fight around the city, most of them with the intention of besieging the city and sending reinforcements.If the army rushes into it without a head or a brain, it may fall into the hands of Zhao Zamao.His Royal Highness was able to see through this and chose to attack Xuzhou and sweep the north, which is really great wisdom. ”Wu Sangui listened to Hong Chengchou's sycophancy, and his face was better.The next day, early in the morning, the Zhou army packed up its tents early and continued its march eastward.In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng for the last time, and it was always difficult to break through Kaifeng City.At this time, the Kaifeng defenders had also reached the end of the road, and the defenders in the city had no choice but to decide to flood Li Zicheng, but they didn't want to be noticed by Li Zicheng, but they dug the Yellow River first, and the water irrigated Kaifeng City.This time, the army dug up the Yellow River, which turned hundreds of miles of Kaifeng into a Ze country, and millions of people were killed and injured.Now many years have passed, and the eastern part of Henan is still sparsely populated, wild beasts are rampant, and there are no people for hundreds of miles.The Zhou army set out from Luoyang, with a partial division, and rushed to Shouzhou with great fanfare, confusing the Ming army, but the main force hid in the wilderness of eastern Henan and quickly advanced in the direction of Xuzhou.At this time, at the junction of Kaifeng Mansion and Shangqiu, in a dense forest, several Ming army scouts watched a mighty team in the woods, passing on the road overgrown with weeds.On the banner of the team, the word "Zhou" is written, and a large scroll as high as several zhang in the distance declares the identity of this army, which is the Zhou army that killed Xuzhou."
It's Wu Sangui's Daxu!"
The scout whispered.The head scout's face was gloomy, "Wu Sangui is here in Kaifeng, this should be the main force of the Zhou army, they are here in Xuzhou!"
”The Ming army scouts observed in the woods for a while, and when they saw that the ranks were stretching and the soldiers were innumerable, they couldn't help but be secretly frightened."
Let's go!
It must be reported to the general immediately and let Xuzhou prepare!
”The leader of the scouts said, leaning back.After a short time, several scouts quietly left the woods, turned on their horses, and galloped away in the direction of Shangqiu.At noon, the gate of Shangqiu City was opened, and the three thousand Ming troops in the city suddenly rushed out of the city, and under the leadership of the generals, they looked at Xuzhou and went ()