Anhui Governor Jiang He received the news that Zhongzhen Camp went north and then quickly sent it to Jinxia thousands of miles away. Nine days had passed.

This means that when Zhou Shi received the emergency delivery, the "big bandits" led by Zhongzhen Camp had already set off.

He couldn't stop this.

The battle meeting across the sea ended in a hurry, and the northward journey of Zhongzhen Camp immediately broke the plan of Zhou Shixiang to block Manzhou in the north. Beijing forced Zhou Shixiang to give up the plan of crossing the sea and abandon the plan of going north originally formulated by the military headquarters. He must make a decision immediately, otherwise the situation in the north will change drastically.

The most direct impact on the Zhongzhen Camp going north was the battle situation in Henan. The Qing army in Henan would definitely give up the confrontation with the Wu army in Zheng because the Zhongzhen Camp went north with all its might, and retreated across the board to retreat back to the north of the Yellow River, and strictly prevented and blocked the tens of thousands of "big bandits" in Zhongzhen Camp.

Compared with the last heavy army group of the Qing army in Oboi, Zhou Shixiang did not think that Zhongzhen Camp could defeat the Qing army. This had nothing directly to do with the amount of troops. The information of the Military Information Department was clearly placed on Zhou Shixiang's desk. The old foundation of Zhongzhen Camp, that is, the elite troops who could fight would never exceed 30,000. The rest were young and strong men and captured green camp prisoners after leaving Kuidong. These people lacked equipment and money and food, and were completely used by those old generals and local gangs as cannon fodder. It is okay to fight with the flag and shout at the same time. If you really meet the Eight Banners of Manzhou, who are red-eyed to defend Beijing, may not have the effect of being crowded, and will be at risk of collapse at any time.

On the other hand, once the Qing army contracted back to the north of the Yellow River, Wu Sangui's Guanning army would definitely not miss this great opportunity. They would definitely drive straight in and break the Yellow River defense line. If Obai could fight, it would definitely not be possible to win two major battles that determined the fate of the Qing Dynasty at the same time.

He can't separate himself and does not have the strength.

No matter whether the Zhongzhen Camp is winning or losing, it is definitely Wu Sangui who will benefit in the end. As long as Oboi loses, Wu Sangui doesn't need to be at the city, and the Qing Dynasty will pack up all the wealth in the capital. All the goods in the capital will be withdrawn from Shanhaiguan.

In the eyes of others, this is a grand act of expelling the Tartars and restoring China, but in the eyes of Zhou Shixiang, it is a poisonous prescription that has left all the disasters for the ages.

To cut the weeds, you need to remove the roots. If the roots are not removed, they will always grow into poisonous weeds in the future.

"How could Li Laiheng and the others have such great courage to go north? Do they think they can really win Beijing? "

Zhou Shixiang was sulking, and now he could only sulk. After all, Zhongzhen Camp was not his Taiping Army, and Shun King Li Laiheng was not his control. Zhongzhen Camp itself was going north, what could he do? Could it be that he would reprimand Li Laiheng in the name of Emperor Dingwu?

The Zhongzhen Camp went north and was not in line with Zhou Shixiang's wishes, but in the eyes of the people of the world, they were the vanguards of the fight against the Tartars. Since the Battle of Jiangbei last year, the Taiping Army did not take advantage of the victory to fight the Qing army and restore the old capital. Instead, they sent troops to capture Guizhou occupied by Wu Sangui, which indirectly led to the death of the Taishang Emperor Yongdi. This matter was not discussed in the court on the surface, but there were very whispers below. The reason why there was no wave of impeachment of Zhou Shi's embrace and troops was not advanced was that his sword was hard enough and his hands were long enough. Some of the "backbone" were either stripped of his official uniform and sent to the jail, or he was taken to the sea boat sent to Annan. The rest saw it. Who would dare to perform the trick of "scam trick" since the mid-Ming Dynasty?

But although Zhou Shi had absolute control over the court and the local government, he took advantage of major cases such as Qing Kuo and Tonglu to attack gentry and old officials, and took advantage of the opportunity of Zheng Sen and his son to rebel, but he still had not integrated the other anti-Qing forces. The King of Jin, who was far away from the border, would not talk about him, and the power of Shun, which was close to him, was beyond the control of Zhou Shi.

Zhou Shixiang, who has always been in the anti-Qing banner and supported the Tang King and gained justice, gave the impression that he killed the Tartars and was a great hero like Yue Wumu. Therefore, he could temporarily reach a ceasefire agreement with the Qing court, but could not stop others from fighting the Qing army. In that case, it would have a great impact on his image and prestige.

Now Zhou Shixiang's mood is like a mute eating yellow lotus, and he can't explain his suffering. He can't figure out how Zhongzhen Camp, which has no ability to attack, would choose to go north. You must know that their advantage lies in field maneuvers, or in terms of circumventing, and attacking is simply their weakness. Not to mention the capital city, the big cities in Henan, such as Kaifeng, Nanyang, Luoyang and other cities, are enough to make them sigh.

Yes, when Li Zicheng was there, the rebel army broke through many big cities, but it was not a time when it was a great struggle and had to work hard. Which place did not become a white land after the rebel army was stationed for a period of time! It was not a land of the rebel army itself, but the inner circle of the city opened the door and led to the loss!

Are Li Laiheng and the others looking for death?

Looking for death is not the way to seek death. Can Oboi let them reach Beijing? Beijing? Beijing? Beijing's powerful people will become their inner supporters? Can Wu Sangui let the Beijing, which is within his reach, fly from his hands to the Zhongzhen Camp?

Zhou Shixiang dared to assert that from the moment they made the decision, they were destined to be a way to go without a return.

"Master, Shunwang and others have no choice. They think that they are just begging for life."

Xu Yingyuan, who had just been in charge of transporting a batch of money and grain from Zhejiang to Siming, saw the original intention of the Zhongzhen Camp to go north. They just wanted to survive.

Zhou Shixiang was silent, and Xu Yingyuan was telling the truth. In order to limit the harm caused by the Zhongzhen Camp and the local gangs, he did not fully support Li Laiheng, resulting in the frequent out of food for more than 100,000 troops in Zhongzhen Camp. An army did not even have basic food and grass guarantees. The soldiers were panicked, and those who were officials were also panicked. Perhaps, Zhongzhen Camp was desperate to go north and was really hungry.

"King Shun and others have no food and grass to go north." Dong Changqing, the officer of the army, coughed lightly.

Xu Yingyuan glanced at Dong Changqing and shook his head slightly: "When the army broke into the Central Plains, there was no food or grass."

It would be fine if Xu Yingyuan didn't say this, but Zhou Shixiang was even more worried when he said this. The fact is obvious that Zhongzhen Camp wanted to go north to try his luck because it had no food. If they wanted to persevere to the north, they had to make sure that there was enough food to support them. So where did the food come from? The answer is obvious. Apart from plundering all the way, Zhou Shixiang could not imagine a second possibility.

Thinking that another thousand-mile-long no man's land might appear, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but shudder.

He must take it.

"Send the order to change the cross-sea battle to the north, target Liaodong! Transfer three towns of the Land Division, the East China Sea Navy, and the Yangtze River Navy. The general will go to the expedition in person."

This order made Dong Changqing hesitate: "Master, the food and grass have not been prepared yet, and Jinxia has not been reorganized. He has rushed north. Isn't it a bit anxious?"
Chapter completed!