Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 959 Broken Knife
The flames of war are raging in Zhili in the north and south, and the suffering empire is wailing in the whirlpool of death. This is the bell at the funeral of an old empire, and it is also the cry before the birth of a new empire.

The current situation is: the Jiangnan area is already in chaos. Since the Ming army did not follow up and occupy it in time after the Qing army withdrew, a terrible power vacuum appeared in Jiangnan, and all the ghosts and snakes jumped out of the area.The Donglin Party, not willing to stand still, learned that Yang Menglong had led a seemingly ridiculous abdication to abolish the crown prince and support the Tang king as the new king, and immediately felt like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw. , Zhu Yihai, king of Lu who fled to Hangzhou to escape the war, ascended the throne in Nanjing and proclaimed himself emperor.Their reason was: Zhu Yujian was not from the Yan lineage, so he was not qualified to be on the throne at all. This is Yang Menglong usurping the Ming Dynasty!Of course, these honest gentlemen can't tolerate this kind of thing happening, and they will fight this big devil king to the end no matter what!
After a hasty enthronement ceremony that looked like a joke, King Lu Zhu Yihai officially became the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.Well, Zhu Yihai from Nanjing, Huang Taiji from Beijing, Zhu Yujian who supervised the battle at the front line of the Northern Expedition, and Chongzhen who was trapped in Dalian and could not return, four emperors appeared in China at once, just enough to play a table of mahjong.After ascending to the throne, the small court in Nanjing naturally spread a lot of money, recruited surrenders and rebels, and made a wish by appointing officials. Suddenly, more than 20 troops were raised to guard several famous cities, trying to defend according to the Yangtze River, and confront Yang Menglong. in the end!The wishful thinking of the Donglin Party is to take advantage of the fierce battle between Yang Menglong and the Qing army to cook the raw rice first, and then sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.If the Qing army rose up and defeated Yang Menglong, they would naturally push out Zhu Yihai as a scapegoat and continue to submit to the Qing court; Pushing it on him, coupled with the advocacy of scholars all over the world, Yang Menglong should be sloppy and let them go, right?

It's a good idea, but unfortunately it's unrealistic.You know, there weren't many other people in the Ming Dynasty, but there were a frightening number of vassal kings, and there were also a frightening number of careerists.After learning that Zhu Yihai had ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, some people immediately quit.As soon as Zhu Yihai ascended the throne, a vassal king was established in Yangzhou with the name of Hongguang, and he claimed: The one in Nanjing is a fake, and this one of mine is the real thing!Everyone had the same idea, to push a shield out to block their arrows.It would be best for the Qing court to win this war. If the Ming army wins, Yang Menglong will be suspected of threatening the emperor to subjugate the princes. Faced with these Ming vassal kings, he should be cautious at all costs, right?Of course it is best to have such a shield in your own hands. Why can you have it in Nanjing but not Yangzhou?
As soon as Yangzhou made such a move, Shaoxing immediately stopped working. Without saying a word, he summoned a large number of people to pull out the poor beggar from the feudal prince's palace and make him the emperor!
Well, now there are six emperors...

Don't worry, there's more to come!

There has always been a group of water bandits in Taihu Lake, numbering in the thousands. They appear and disappear on the waterways of Taihu Lake. The Ming army's many encirclement and suppression campaigns failed to harm a single hair on them.After learning that those losers who couldn't carry their shoulders and hands actually supported two emperors in one breath, the gang of water bandits became angry on the spot: Damn it, why don't we support such a wise and powerful person like our boss? Set up a group of vassal kings who can do nothing but eat and fuck women?Do your eyes grow on your butt?This gang of water bandits never stop doing anything, and in the midst of this thousand-mile lake, they supported their boss to ascend the throne and proclaim himself the emperor. The name of the country... I haven’t decided on the name of the country yet, but it’s pretty cool anyway!
The Nanjing Little Court did not expect everyone to be so disrespectful, it was really furious, and it was ready to fight against these rebellious officials and thieves.But before they sent out their troops, there was another bad news: a group of bandits from the forest in Tianmu Mountain also supported their leader to proclaim themselves emperor!

Now it's all right, on land and water, in the city and in the countryside, there are all fucking varieties.

The small court in Nanjing watched more and more emperors popping up from the small south of the Yangtze River in a daze, and was a bit at a loss.It is said that there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country. Now the emperors who have emerged in Nanjing are enough to organize two football teams, and a few cheerleaders by the way!What's more terrible is that the number of emperors is still increasing, and even the 20-odd army they managed to pull up is not stable anymore. Those army leaders are looking at Zhu Yihai with ill intentions. The emperor doesn't seem to be a big deal Well, why does your Zhu family deserve it, but our Zhao family, Li family, and Yang family and Qi family can't?It doesn't make sense!What's more terrible is that at this critical juncture, the civil servants of the small Nanjing court still did not change their contempt and arrogance towards the military generals, and offended several generals who could fight. Simply quit, if you can be emperors, so can I!
The Donglin Party continued their traditional style of accomplishing nothing and leaving nothing behind, using astonishing efficiency to make the situation in the Jiangnan region extremely corrupt.Insightful people looked at this scene like a doomsday carnival and were filled with fear. With this approach, even if the Qing army won, let alone the Qing army, Jiangnan would not be able to escape a bloody disaster. Jiangnan Jingentry Group Their unruly behavior has exceeded the limit that any one party can tolerate to dominate the world!

Unless the Jiangnan Jinshen Group can unify the world by itself!

The emperors scrambled to come out, attacking each other, the fire in the south of the Yangtze River was chaotic, and Qi Hu was also horrified.At this time, he had already commanded the army to arrive in Haizhou, and started a fierce confrontation with Abate. He was likely to drive the Qing army into the sea to feed the fish. Now that the south of the Yangtze River is in chaos, he couldn't help hesitating: whether to eliminate Abate first and then go back to clean up For those non-personnel guys in Jiangnan, should they stabilize the situation in Jiangnan first, and then look for fighters?Although Jiangnan must be cleaned up and the Donglin Party must be uprooted, but now Jiangnan is his war zone, and it is in such a mess that it is not easy to deal with...

Just as he was hesitating, Zhu Yujian's order arrived: ignore the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, concentrate on solving Abatai's troops, and then march north to assist Wu Sheng in capturing Jinan, and then advance to Cangzhou to participate in the final decisive battle against the Qing army!
In other words, Emperor Longwu decided to bloodbath the Jiangnan Jinshen Group.He is not Chongzhen. He has lived in the deep palace for a long time and is ignorant of world affairs. He has been traveling all over the world these years. He knows exactly what the Jiangnan Jinshen Group is. , What he wants to leave to future generations is a peaceful and prosperous world, not a leaky boat, so the Jinshen Group and the Fanwang Group must be eradicated, and the death of the Jiangnan Jinshen Group undoubtedly gave him the best excuse.Just make a scene, make a scene, and wait for Lao Tzu to free up his hands before I come to deal with you!I don't believe that without the Qing army, you bastards can still turn the world upside down!

With Emperor Longwu's order, Qi Hu calmed down and devoted himself to gnawing on the hard bone of Haizhou.Facts have proved that Zhu Yujian's decision is correct. Abatai is a difficult character to deal with. After occupying Haizhou and seizing a large amount of food and materials, he quickly stabilized his foothold, established a solid line of defense outside Haizhou City, and established an artillery position relying on the mountains , The cavalry of the Qing army went out in all directions, constantly launching counterattacks against the Ming army.Qi Hu's troops are mainly composed of the Jinmen Army and the Yingxia Army of the Zheng Group, plus more than 1 Zhejiang Army and [-] Huaiyi Rebel Army. There are many troops, but their combat effectiveness is not very strong. It's a mess, a big defeat and a loss.Qi Hu was also very helpless about this, what should I say?The difference in combat power is really too big.But his advantage is too great. The Qing army can only make him a small setback every time he counterattacks, and there is no way to defeat him. Therefore, after each failure, he immediately rectifies the army. Among them, fifteen officers who escaped first and fifty deserters were selected and their heads were chopped off. If they escape next time, those beheaded will be doubled!Such a harsh order frightened the Ming army, and now that the Ming army is victorious, they do have a spirit, so everyone is still willing to obey Qi Hu's order. Abate discovered in despair that although the Ming army repeatedly He was easily repulsed by him, but he was not chaotic, and he was not discouraged. The more he fought, the stronger he became!What's even more frightening is that the Huai Rebel Army is still coming in a steady stream, which also means that the Ming army is fighting more and more, and his troops are fighting less and less!Qi Hu can lose ten times, twenty times, he has such capital, and the Qing army only needs to lose once and it will be completely finished!
After repelling the Ming army again, Abate found Pu Luo and said to him: "You immediately organize a group of cronies to search for sea ships as much as possible, and quickly!"

Pu Luo was covered in blood from the killing, and he was in a state of excitement. Hearing this, he was stunned and asked, "Ama, why? Aren't we winning consecutive battles? Why are you looking for sea boats?"

Abatai said with a wry smile: "A streak of victories? Look at the morale of the troops!"

Pu Luo turned his head and looked around, only to find that even though they had won again, most of the soldiers were silent and did not have the slightest joy of winning. On the contrary, the familiar faces were full of fatigue and anxiety confused.He felt suffocated, Manchurian warriors shouldn't be like this!Manchurian warriors should always be full of fighting spirit and morale like a rainbow. They never ask how many enemies there are, only where they are. Even if there are only 30 or [-] people, they dare to attack thousands of Ming troops and scare them away!But now, he clearly saw frustration on their faces!The young general was stunned and exclaimed: "How could this be? How could this be? We keep winning, we keep winning! Why is the morale of the troops getting lower and lower instead?"

Abatai sighed: "Because everyone knows that the Ming army has ten times more troops and supplies than us, and has the belief that we must win. We... can't win! Now our opponent is Yang Menglong, isn't it? Yuan Chonghuan, let alone Yang Hao, we can’t win! Listen to me, boy, hurry up and collect ships. I’m desperately fighting for Haizhou. The idea is that Haizhou can go to sea! As long as we can find enough ships and avoid We have the hope of returning to Liaodong if we pass the navy of Ming Dynasty! Go!"

Pu Luo almost gritted his teeth: "Ama, are you trying to lead us to escape in front of the enemy? It shouldn't be like this! Manchu warriors never run away in front of the enemy!"

Abatai said: "Facing an enemy that we can't defeat at all, it is not shameful to run away. Pu Luo, we have no ability to defeat Qi Hu, let alone break through Qi Hu's siege and then defeat Denglai's new army and kill back. Beijing, never! The sea route is our only hope, hurry up and prepare!"

Pu Luo was stunned for a long time, then suddenly let out a roar, drew his knife and slashed at a big rock, and let out a low growl: "Yang Menglong!!!"

With a bang, stone chips and sparks splashed all over the place, and the knife made of refined steel snapped in two.

(End of this chapter)