"I should be able to go to Wuchang the day after tomorrow and see the admiral." When talking to Zhu Shenglu, Hao Yaoqi seemed quite excited. He had been like this since he led his troops to come, but he had not noticed it at all.

Compared with his officers, Hao Yaoqi obviously took more pressure. His reputation was not very good. Because he was Li Zicheng's general before, he was regarded by literati as one of the sinners who ruined the world. Dashun collapsed and Li Zicheng died. Hao Yaoqi was also shaken at that time, intending to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. However, he refused to be a front pawn for the Qing Dynasty and attacked those old generals who refused to surrender. After all, he returned to the Ming army's banner under the persuasion of Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun and continued to resist the Qing army.

Because of this shake, Hao Yaoqi's reputation became worse. Li Chengdong and Jin Shengheng, the situation in Jiangnan afterwards changed drastically, was once quite beneficial to the Southern Ming Dynasty, but the old Ming army and the former camp fought endlessly and were defeated by the Qing army. In this internal strife, Hao Yaoqi also played a very bad role.

At that time, Chen Youlong, the general who surrendered to the Qing army, conquered Baoqing and attacked Changsha, which was very likely to wipe out the Qing army in Hunan.

However, when Chen Youlong surrendered to the Qing army, he killed all the family of He Tengjiao, the commander of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and dedicated it to the Qing Dynasty as a letter of surrender. Now seeing that Chen Youlong is about to make contributions, He Tengjiao has a deep blood feud with him, and how could he see him succeed? He Tengjiao ordered the camp to attack Chen Youlong. Although the generals of the camp were nominally He Tengjiao's subordinates, they were still quite proud. Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Liu Tichun, and Yuan Zongdi all refused to execute this order. Li Guo not only refused to launch an internal strife, but also told the generals of the camp that the Qing court is now in great power, and there are only a few ruined areas left in the Southern Ming Dynasty (the Xiying had not joined the Nanming at that time), which is definitely not a good time for internal strife. If Chen Youlong could quickly break through Changsha, the Ming army in Huguang could enter Jiangxi to support Jin Shengheng, Li Chengdong, counterattack Zhejiang and Jiangnan.

He Tengjiao finally asked Hao Yaoqi. At that time, the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty were all hostile to the camp, and it was He Tengjiao who asked them for food and grass and set loose recruitment conditions. In the end, He Tengjiao burst into tears. Hao Yaoqi remembered He Tengjiao's kindness to receive military salaries, and sympathized with his whole family's murder, so he led his troops to sneak attack Chen Youlong. Chen Youlong, who was attacking Changsha, had already contacted Li Guo and others, and agreed to counterattack Jiangxi and Jiangnan together after capturing Changsha, so he was not wary of Hao Yaoqi and thought he was here to reinforce him. After being attacked by Hao Yaoqi, Chen Youlong's entire army was defeated and fled alone. The siege of Changsha was then lifted. The Qing army was able to go out of the city to collect food and grass, and concentrate all the surrounding troops in Changsha.

After hearing the news, Li Guo, who was rectifying the army and horses to reinforce Jiangxi, denounced Hao Yaoqi's move to ruin the overall situation. In order to ensure food and grass and retreat, the army turned around and surrounded Changsha again. Li Guo knew that time was urgent, and urged the attack outside the city day and night. Under the strong attack at the camp at all costs, the Qing army in Changsha could no longer support it. In order to boost morale, the guard Xu Yong personally went to the city to supervise the battle, and was seriously injured by the army. Seeing that Changsha City was about to break out, this contribution belonged to Li Guo, who had a gap with him, He Tengjiao once again ordered the army to withdraw the siege and immediately went to Jiangxi to support Jin Shengheng, who had begun to fall into a disadvantage. At the same time, he mobilized the Ming army to act as a fire.

Seeing another big internal strife was about to break out, Li Guo had to withdraw the siege, and the Qing army was able to go out of the city to collect food and grass and gather troops. After several months, He Tengjiao attacked Changsha again. At this time, the Qing army in Shanxi, who had just captured Datong, headed south at full speed to Huguang to rescue Changsha, defeated He Tengjiao's troops and cut off Li Guo's food route. After Li Guo hurriedly retreated, the isolated Jin Shengheng also declared failure.

Originally, tens of thousands of elite Qing army were dragged to Shanxi, and the situation in Jiangnan was very good. It was just because of the continuous internal strife of the Ming army, and the orders were changed every day, wasting nearly a year. He Tengjiao delayed state affairs due to personal grudges, but he was later killed by the Qing army. Wang Fuzhi, Meng Zifa and others accused the camp of being a disaster, especially Hao Yaoqi, who believed that Hao Yaoqi fire and Chen Youlong were the cause of the corruption in the overall situation in the southeast. If Chen Youlong quickly took Changsha, the subsequent chain reaction would not have happened at all.

The three kings had internal conflicts, and Sun Kewang surrendered to the enemy. As long as he was not blind, he knew that the cause of anti-Qing was already in danger. At that time, Hao Yaoqi was also in a very low mood. He once sighed to Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun, saying that he would regret it every time he recalled the Battle of Changsha. If he had taken concerted action with Li Guo and other battalion generals, the situation might have reversed and would never have fallen to this point today.

However, Liu Tichun said that today's incident is definitely not the fault of Hao Yaoqi alone. The Battle of Changsha is indeed an internal strife with serious consequences, but is there still few internal strife in the Southern Ming Dynasty? Could it be that all internal strife was done by Hao Yaoqi alone? Yuan Zongdi told Hao Yaoqi that everyone in the world can surrender, but the old generals in the camp cannot surrender. Literary people say that the soldiers in the camp are sinners who are in trouble the world, and they are unwilling to admit that the camp is just a pitiful person who is bullied and unable to survive. If the generals in the camp surrender to the Qing Dynasty, they must be even more scapegoats for those who are in trouble the world. Now those people are promoted and made money in the Qing court. If they surrender to them, how can they be worthy of the martyrs in the camp who have fought side by side since the early years of Chongzhen?

The subsequent development of the situation was not too far beyond Hao Yaoqi's expectations. Every time an internal strife occurred in the Southern Ming Dynasty, it would lead to serious defeats on the battlefield. The scale of the internal strife of the three kings was unprecedented. The princes each mobilized more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight each other, and almost everyone in the central government participated. It would be strange if there was no major defeat on the battlefield. However, Liu Tichun and Yuan Zongdi seemed to have already seen it, do their best to do their best and leave their will. The literati could call us the culprit, but we died in battle and you surrendered. Hao Yaoqi also had this mentality, working hard, looking forward to a miracle that did not expect much.

And this miracle did happen. Deng Ming fell from the sky and the Kunming fire stabilized the situation again. Although the Nanming energy was severely damaged, it did not immediately die, and the King of Jin could still hold on.

The subsequent series of victories in Hubei and the battle of Nanjing cooperated with Zheng Chenggong made Hao Yaoqi convinced that the Qing Dynasty might be able to win, but the enemy still had to pay a huge price. There would be a hard battle later, and Hao Yaoqi might be able to fight the Qing army on the battlefield for ten years. After the failure of the Chongqing Battle, Hao Yaoqi once thought sadly that the next few years might be his last time.

The battle at Gaoyou Lake made Hao Yaoqi's most pessimistic and desperate people recover their hope for victory. Although the territory has not yet recovered, people's hearts have recovered overnight before the internal strife of the Three Kings; the military situation is similar. Now, just like before the internal strife of the Three Kings, the Qing army is in a state of tight military strength and needs to rest and rest. There is a need to defend on many fronts.

"Admiral Deng's name is a pseudonym, right?" Zhu Shenglu was also quite excited. After the battle at Gaoyou Lake, his world also underwent earth-shaking changes. No matter how well Hao Yaoqi protected him in the mountain village, if Nanming collapsed, then Gaodong would definitely not be able to survive alone. After the internal strife of the three kings, Zhu Shenglu's mentality was basically to be scattered and wait for death.

The emperor who personally fought was killed on his own territory, and the young lord ascended the throne, and people were panicked. Many people believed that the Qing court would not be able to launch a large-scale attack for a long time in the future. Since the enemy was unable to attack, the Ming army had the opportunity to recover the lost territory. The Nanming once again had the opportunity to launch a strategic offensive. No matter how small the pace was, as long as it could move forward, there was hope. Zhu Shenglu also emerged from his hiding place, and repeatedly discussed the general trend of the world with Hao Yaoqi, and even expressed many opinions on which direction the Ming army should launch a strategic counterattack. The last time Zhu Shenglu had this interest was when Li Dingguo shot Nikan.

No matter which royal family Deng Ming is, as long as the Zhu family is sitting on the throne, Zhu Shenglu is the royal family. From this point of view, Zhu Shenglu doesn't care much about whether the Emperor Yongli or the Admiral of the Yangtze River will sit on the throne in the future. Anyway, no one will be the turn of him, the Prince of Dong'an.

For his own royal status, Zhu Shenglu must emphasize that "Deng Ming" is a pseudonym. When he first heard about this person, Zhu Shenglu 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, whoever dared to say "Deng Ming" in front of Zhu Shenglu, shouldn't blame the Prince of Dong'an for slapping it up?

For example, the killing of Hu Quancai. Although Deng Ming issued a manifesto saying that he killed him and Hao Yaoqi privately told Zhu Shenglu that the truth of the matter was, Hao Yaoqi had never mentioned it now. When talking about the battle of Zhongxiang, he was full of heroes of Admiral Deng, who went deep into the enemy camp to assassinate the enemy chief; while Zhu Shenglu was willing to think that Hao Yaoqi's initial statement was just a joke. As for this not ridiculous joke, the prince of Dong'an was determined to hide it deep in his heart, bring it into the coffin, and never mention it to others in his life.

"Of course it's a pseudonym." Although he knew that Zhu Shenglu had asked knowingly, Hao Yaoqi still answered without hesitation: "The Admiral is the third prince!"

Hao Yaoqi vaguely remembered that there seemed to be rumors circulating among his confidant generals, probably saying that Deng Ming may not be the third prince, but a royal family that Yuan Zongdi found from somewhere. However, this ridiculous rumor Hao Yaoqi believed that he had never taken it seriously, and Deng Ming must be the orphan of Emperor Lie. Although he forced Chongzhen to death, his son understood the righteousness and understood the difficulties of the soldiers in the camp, threw away his grudges and was ready to lead the camp to achieve the final victory and accomplish the great cause of Zhongxing - is there any good story that could be passed down more than this?

"Yeah." Zhu Shenglang nodded. He did not refute Hao Yaoqi's words, but he still felt a little suspicious in his heart.

If it were the prince of Emperor Lie, he would definitely go to Jiangnan after the Jiashen Incident. Since he arrived in Jiangnan, how could he not join the Zhoushan army? He also traveled thousands of miles from Jiangnan to Sichuan. If the prince had any prejudices against Zhang Huangyan or was afraid of death, he could still explain it, but the relationship between Admiral Deng Yingwu and Zhang Huangyan was also good, which shows that this statement is not worth refuting.

The royal family that appeared in Sichuan was likely to be the King of Shu, but Zhu Shenglu heard that the King of Shu was killed by Xiying. In addition to the King of Shu, there were also the King of Chu, not far from Sichuan. It is said that the King of Chu was also killed completely, but Zhu Shenglu, who was the branch of the King of Chu, was unwilling to believe it emotionally: "If Admiral Deng was the King of Chu, then I would almost be promoted to prince after the Zhongxing, right? Well, it is very likely. Besides, the age of the orphanage of Emperor Lie seems to be a little unfavorable, and the old King of Chu has so many grandchildren, it seems that they are about the same age."
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