After crossing over, he has no taboos among the zombies.

Cao Wenzhao did not just leave, but was discovered after walking for a day and a night.

Another trick to confuse the enemy!

Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao left behind 5,000 men as a decoy to bluff the enemy, and secretly led 20,000 men southward at night without stopping.

The capital is only two hundred miles away from Bazhou.

By the time Li Chuang received the military intelligence, Cao's uncle and nephew had already arrived at the outskirts of Bazhou.

Even if a carrier pigeon was sent, it would be too late.

The main generals of the Shun army in Bazhou, Hao Yaoqi and Gao Yigong, were no mediocre people. When Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao arrived in the capital, they made defenses to the north.

However, time is short, and these defensive actions are more of a warning nature.

When Cao's uncle and nephew arrived in Bazhou, it was dawn.

The Shun army camp had not yet fully awakened in the biting cold wind, and most of the soldiers were still asleep.

Twenty thousand cavalrymen, almost chasing after the scouts' horses, rushed into the Shun army camp like a whirlwind.

Wow, the horses are trampling on the camps.

The Shun army suddenly fell into chaos.

Hao Yaoqi and Gao Yigong were horrified when they saw this, and hurriedly led their 40,000 night guard troops to provide emergency support.

It has to be said that they were able to pin Shen Lian down in Bazhou and make him unable to move, so they can be considered as good generals.

He commanded an army of 200,000 and arranged for 40,000 of them to remain fully armored and on duty every day, fearing that something might happen in the middle of the night.

But the uncle and nephew of the Cao family are so fast.

What does it mean that speed is of the essence in war? This is what it means that speed is of the essence in war.

Hao Yaoqi and Gao Yigong led their troops to resist while withdrawing their forces in an attempt to stabilize their position.

But at this time, Shen Lian suddenly rushed out of the city with 30,000 people.

Like a sharp sword, it pierced into the back of the Dashun army.

Good guy~

Even the God of War would not be able to withstand this scene.

Leaving aside the military formation, let’s talk about the masters of external strength.

On Shen Lian's side, there are Tu Baishou, Wei Wu, and Cao's uncle and nephew, making a total of five people.

Hao Yaoqi and Gao Yigong.

Five against two!

Thus, in just half an hour, the 200,000-strong army was defeated, with corpses piled up like mountains and blood flowing like rivers.

Gao Yigong was killed and Hao Yaoqi was seriously injured and escaped.

The 200,000-strong army was no match for the hooves; 40,000 were killed, 60,000 were captured, and the rest were scattered.

This was a decisive victory that could turn the tide of the war.

And its impact was felt within just three days.

With Bazhou as the center, the Shun troops in Hejian Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture and Daming Prefecture fled in panic, and the entire three prefectures were recovered.

More than half of the prefectures east of the Taihang Mountains were liberated.

Li Zicheng's army of 200,000 was trapped under the fortified city of the capital, with no way out.

Facing them was the difficult-to-conquer capital city. In half a month, Dou Laoliu built the capital city like an iron barrel and recruited 130,000 young and strong people to defend the city.

The number of troops defending the city was more than half of his.

To the south were Shen Lian's 40,000 troops and Cao's uncle and nephew's 20,000 cavalry. Although their forces were small, they had as many as five masters of external strength.

He also separated himself from the southern expeditionary army led by Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu and Liu Fangliang.

To the east, there are 150,000 troops who defected with Liu Biao and are entrenched in the area south of Tianjin. Now they can't tell friend from foe.

In general, it can be summed up in four words: the situation is about to collapse.

Dali, stood up again.

……

At the same time, the capital was not peaceful either.

Dou Laoliu has occupied the capital for more than a month, and the situation has gradually stabilized.

Hundreds of thousands of young and strong men climbed the city walls to defend it, and craftsmen throughout the city worked day and night to make defensive equipment.

When the 50,000 rebel troops were driven out of the city, a large amount of confiscated and looted materials were directly discarded, and all of these became Dou Laoliu's capital for defending the city.

If you need people, you have people; if you need food, you have food.

Once the situation stabilized, one thing was put on the agenda.

A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a family cannot be without a master for a day.

Now that the capital has been recovered and stabilized, the matter of establishing a "new king" can no longer be delayed.

The most common question asked by messengers sent to the capital from all over the country was the matter of establishing a monarch.

The surviving officials and gentry in the city all stood up for the royal family they favored or had interests tied to them.

After Chongzheng hanged himself, the prince disappeared.

Since the princes from other vassal states have no possibility of coming to Beijing at the moment, they can only choose from the royal family in Beijing.

The most popular candidates were Prince Hui Zhu Miao and Prince Shu Zhu Zhen.

One was the cousin of Emperor Chongzheng, and the other was the uncle of Emperor Chongzheng.

They are closely related and of similar age.

As for his moral character, in the eyes of the officials and gentry who took sides, he was the future holy leader of the revival of Dali.

The officials and gentry started arguing, but the arguments became more and more intense and turned into quarrels.

The two sides were arguing with each other, and the atmosphere was chaotic.

But the key figure Dou Laoliu never made any statement and just watched the two factions spit at each other.

On this day, officials and gentry from both factions once again blocked Dou Laoliu's temporary general's residence, gathering more than two hundred people. They wanted to force Dou Laoliu to express his support for who should be the emperor.

Dou Laoliu felt secretly bitter in his heart. Although it sounded glorious to establish a king without authorization, it was actually extremely risky.

If you do the right thing, your achievements will be so great that they will shock the ruler.

If it is wrong, then there is no point in discussing it.

So he would avoid this kind of thing if he could.

But in today's situation, if he hides again, he will offend both sides.

Whoever succeeds to the throne will suffer in the future.

I wanted to ask Feiyuwei, that is, Wei Yuanji, but this guy was so slippery and even more cowardly than me.

After asking twice, Wei Yuanji simply never showed up again.

Just when Dou Laoliu was about to ask the little rooster to choose whoever he pointed at.

A hundred steps away.

Qin He nodded at Hou Xiaoliu and the girl behind him and said, "Go, it's your turn to take up your post."