Aspiration

Chapter 196 Preparing to Unite with Zuo Liangyu
When Dorgon got the information, Li Laiheng's strategic goal turned to the south, which was undoubtedly a shocking joy for him.

Originally, Dorgon, who had come to a dead end, had no other way to save Manqing's fate. He had few options, except for using violence to unify internal differences, and there was almost no second choice.Externally, it would be even more troublesome. The advantage they had originally had turned to Li Laiheng's army. Invincibility no longer refers to the Qing soldiers, but to Li Laiheng.If Li Laiheng continued to attack at this time, he, Dorgon, could only be tired of dealing with external military pressure and had to deal with strong internal resistance. He led the army out of the customs at this time, and his future must be uncertain, or the future is uncertain. wonderful.

It's all right now, once the external pressure is relieved, the internal forces that are about to move have to be restrained.

He now has precious time to tidy up the interior.

However, why did Li Laiheng adjust his marching strategy at this critical moment?
Both Hong Chengchou and Fan Wencheng were called to analyze the military situation.

"It stands to reason that it is more realistic for them to conquer Beijing in one go, and then turn around to clean up the situation in the south. However, it makes sense for them to clean up the south first. The Nanming regime in the south is now expanding its armaments in the name of resisting the Qing Dynasty. In fact, they are only preparing local armed forces. It's just a separatist regime. Li Laiheng will take care of the south first, hey, in what name is he recovering the situation in the south?" Fan Wencheng suddenly seemed to have a realization, "Could it be that they have a very far-reaching plan that won't work?"

"Let us Manchus die without a place to bury them," Dorgon exclaimed.

Hong Chengchou's mind was overwhelmed, and he suddenly trembled all over, because he seemed to see a vast scene, which was grand and bloody.

Dorgon looked at Hong Chengchou, and he asked in surprise, "What do you think?"

Hong Chengchou was awakened by Dorgon's words.He quickly calmed down.If he doesn't say it, some words must be kept in his heart and must not be said.

In fact, Hong Chengchou was surprised to find that Li Laiheng was so unpredictable. He not only wanted to drive the Manchus out of the customs, but also wanted to fully recover the Ming Dynasty, and even improved on the basis of the heyday of the Ming Dynasty. One floor possible.He marveled at Li Laiheng's brilliance, he hardly believed that anyone could think so carefully.

If Beijing is not attacked, the ruling and opposition parties across the country have a common goal to drive the Manchus out.However, the truly capable people did not chase away the Manchus, but let the Manchu emperors serve as targets for them, so that they could quietly recover the various forces and quietly integrate their forces. A sudden attack to the north, at that time, will there be room for Manchuria to survive?
This is Hong Chengchou's analysis of Li Laiheng's strategy.

This cannot be said.As a Han, I have this desire in my bones to restore the world to the Han people, but the real reason is that I can't say this in front of the Manchus, and if I say this, it will be a catastrophe.

"Bewitching words to confuse people with sinister intentions."

This kind of crime is unbearable, so Hong Chengchou did not dare to speak his mind, he said: "Maybe Li Laiheng's troops went south because they were worried about being attacked from both sides."

He just said so much.

Dorgon understood how smart and far-sighted he was.The two ministers have said so much, he understands their inner thoughts, he does not blame them, he understands their difficulties.In fact, this is exactly what makes Dorgon smart. He is much smarter than Emperor Chongzhen, and he is smart because he can understand the inner pain of his subjects.

Knowing Li Laiheng's goal, Dorgon had no countermeasures.He had no choice but to help Li Laiheng guard the house obediently, and he could leave when Li Laiheng needed him to leave one day.

Dorgon never had pain.

Two wars are not easy to fight.He has no power to fight back against Li Laiheng, and it is also very difficult for Dorgon to deal with various forces within the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Dorgon knew that this was Li Laiheng's strategy, but he had no choice but to obediently wait in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

This is the purpose of Lu Qin coming to the suburbs of Beijing to meet Li Laiheng.

Now, Li Yan and Li Laiheng turned sides, Li Yan defended north, and Li Laiheng attacked south.The first target of his attack was Li Zicheng's old enemy Zuo Liangyu.In other words, the first person to recover is Zuo Liangyu.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu was sitting in Wuchang, located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, occupying strategically important places, and his subordinates were relatively powerful. The Hongguang regime named him Ningnanhou.At the beginning, when Emperor Hongguang Zhu Yousong Dengji issued the edict to Wuchang, Zuo Liangyu was reluctant to admit it at first, but after the persuasion of Huguang Governor He Tengjiao, Xunyan Huang Shu and others, he agreed to read it and expressed his support.Since Emperor Hongguang was mainly supported by Ma Shiying and Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing, Zuo Liangyu did not participate in the establishment, so he was not considered a hero in making a decision.The imperial court's trust in Ma Shiying and the four towns' pride aroused Zuo Liangyu's disgust.Therefore, Zuo Liangyu is the most promising candidate to be recovered by Li Laiheng, or to be united.

Lao Jiu went out in person this time, and he arrived in Wuchang.

The first person Lao Jiu met was none other than Miss Zuo's grandpa, a shrewd and kind old man.

He invited the old man to drink at a restaurant in Linjiang Wujia Old Street.Since we met in the past, it can be regarded as meeting old friends.

They first talked about Li Zicheng, and the old man lamented that Li Zicheng was beaten to death by the soldiers in Jiugong Mountain.He said, heroes, heroes also have their day of distress.This old man knew Li Zicheng very well, and he also knew that he had defeated Zuo Liangyu once.When Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng back then, Miss Zuo was still at Zuo Liangyu's home. In the battle of Zhuxian Town, Zuo Liangyu was defeated and tens of thousands of troops were captured by Li Zicheng. After that, Zuo Liangyu basically never fought against Li Zicheng, especially After Miss Zuo was captured by Li Zicheng, they never fought.Later Li Zicheng defeated Beijing and returned Zuo Liangyu's adopted daughter to him when he retreated to Xiangyang in exchange for a union with Zuo, but Zuo Liangyu refused.Although the old man was taken into Li Zicheng's army together with Miss Zuo, he still admires Li Zicheng after a long period of observation.He asked Lao Jiu if Li Zicheng was really killed by the town soldiers.Lao Jiu said that he didn't know either.After talking about Li Zicheng for a while, the topic gradually turned to Li Laiheng.

"Since ancient times, heroes have been born in youth. Today, Li Laiheng can be regarded as the first hero." The old man praised.

"Of course, General Li sent me here, first to say hello to Miss Zuo, and second, to hope that General Zuo will cooperate to fight against the Qing soldiers together." Lao Jiu came here for this matter.

(End of this chapter)