Ever since Yongli Zhu Youlang was not an emperor that Zhou Shixiang was willing to support, because this emperor was so disappointing that he wanted to support Zhu Yue, the King of the Last Tang Dynasty.

When Yongli ran from Zhaoqing to Guangxi, the King of Tang insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty in Taishan. He never thought of surrendering or running. After taking Xiangshan, Zhou Shixiang sent Xu Yingyuan to Taishan to pay homage to the King of Tang. After Xu Yingyuan came back, he told him that Taishan had a severe drought and the military and civilians had no food to eat. As the prince, the King of Tang endured hunger like the military and civilians, and his eyes were deeply engulfed. Even so, the King of Tang insisted, and never thought of escaping like Yongli, nor did he give up resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Zhou Shixiang issued a call to serve the king, and the King of Tang persuaded General Wang Xing of Hu Ben to respond to Zhou Shixiang's support. Zhou Shixiang invited the King of Tang to Guangzhou, but the King of Tang was unwilling to go. He asked Xu Yingyuan to bring a sentence to Zhou Shixiang, saying that he only wanted to stay in Taishan and the soldiers and civilians of Wencun to fight against the Qing Dynasty until the end. Apart from this, he had no extravagance.

At that moment, Zhou Shixiang was determined to support the Tang King to resist the Qing Dynasty. He knew that the Tang King would not disappoint him because he believed that even without his existence, both brothers died for the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining younger brothers could still die for the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, the King of Tang was a man of integrity. Even if a man of integrity was no longer capable, he would not be afraid of death. He abandoned the military and civilians who followed him when they encountered problems, just like Yongli.

Not afraid of death would be enough for Zhou Shixiang to lead the Taiping Army soldiers to support the King of Tang.

Entrust Tang, Entrust Guangxi, Entrust Shandong

Zhou Shixiang never considered what kind of chaos would bring to the current Ming Dynasty, because the current Ming Dynasty was completely in chaos;

He would not consider how Yongli, who had abandoned his country and fled to Myanmar, would view the King of Tang to replace him, because Yongli was no longer important. From the moment he abandoned his country and fled, Yongli was no longer qualified to become the common ruler of the Han army and civilians of the Ming Dynasty.

He would not consider the so-called human heart, because human hearts are already desperate.

The Ming Dynasty needed a new emperor, an emperor who could lead the Ming army and civilians who were still fighting against the Qing Dynasty, and an emperor who could give hope to the world.

This person, Zhou Shixiang, was chosen by King Tang!

Zhou Shixiang's will is the will of the Taiping Army, the will of the military and civilians of Guangdong and Guangxi, so the Taiping Army will support King Tang.

In the case of the Tang Dynasty, Zhou Shixiang had a natural ally, that is, the Prince of Yanping of Jinxia.

The friendship between the prince and the ministers of Yanping County and Emperor Longwu is well known throughout the world, and his indifference to the Yongli court is also well known in the world. Therefore, Zhou Shi believed that once King Tang was supported, Prince Yanping County would be the most determined faction to support Tang except himself.

The will of the Prince of Yanping is also the will of the tens of thousands of Ming troops in Jinxia!

The Thirteen Kuidong families were the third support force chosen by Zhou Shixiang for the Tang King. There was no reason, just because the remaining troops of the Dashun Army in Kuidong were the brothers of the Tang King, and Emperor Longwu had contacted and recruited and pacified him. It was because Yongli had never valued the Kuidong soldiers and was unfair to them. It was because Emperor Chongzhen was Yongli's cousin, and Yongli had always been hostile to the Kuidong soldiers. The reason was enough, and more importantly, Zhou Shixiang was going to rescue the Kuidong soldiers.

The Taiping Army, the Jinxia Zheng Army, and the Kuidong Army are the three major Ming army groups on the mainland, except for the troops of King Li Dingguo of Jin.

The Taiping Army has strong field combat capabilities, the Jinxia Zheng Army has the most powerful naval power of this era, and the Kuidong has tens of thousands of veterans and rich battle formation experience.

It is conceivable that when these three heavy troops were linked by the Tang King, when the scattered sand situation where they were both independent and fought independently, they would rewrite the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty's resistance to the Qing Dynasty.

Anti-Qing was never Zhou Shixiang's career alone.

Anti-Qing was never a career of the Taiping Army.

Zhou Shixiang needed allies and needed to win people's hearts, so he had to support the King of Tang.

Yongli, who was still wandering on the border thousands of miles away, would not have thought that a young man had abandoned him in the north thousands of miles away.

The order to go north to Hunan and block the Hunan-Guizhou border and rescue the thirteen Kuidong families was implemented by various towns.

On the sixth day of the October 10th, under the guidance of the military flag, the second town of the Taiping Army, the sixth town, the ninth town, the cavalry brigade, the cannon town, and more than 30,000 officials and more than 7,000 soldiers drove out of Guilin and headed towards Jingzhou, Hunan.

Sichuan, the Thirteen Kuidong families once again led their troops to Chongqing under the contact of Pang Yinglong, eunuch of Sili, Bingbi.

Wen Anzhi, the governor's cabinet, personally directed the battle to attack Chongqing despite his age. Under Wen Anzhi's command, the Ming army attacked Chaotianmen, Linjiangmen, and Nanjimen. More than 20,000 soldiers desperately attacked Chongqing City in order to save the stake in Yunnan.

The crazy attack of the Ming army made the Qing army in the city feel frightened. Cheng Tingjun, the general of the Qing Dynasty, and Wang Mingde, the general of the Jianchang, fought stubbornly. On October 14th, the Hou Tan of Renshou led the 4,000 troops of his troops and more than 3,000 troops of Yuan Jinxiao, who were from the thirteen families, rushed to the city to reinforce.

When he found that the Ming army had another new force arrived, Gao Mingchan, the governor of the Qing Sichuan in Chongqing, lost confidence in defending Chongqing. He used the excuse of asking Li Guoying, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, to break through from the junction of Yuan Zongdi and Tan Wen's troops of the Ming army. Before leaving, he did not forget to leave an order to Cheng Tingjun and Wang Mingde, and ordered them to stand firm and wait for reinforcements.

After receiving the news that Gao Mingzhan had abandoned the city and fled, they both cursed Gao Mingzhan for fear of death. But apart from cursing, they had no choice. Now they wanted to abandon the city and escape like Gao Mingzhan, because the new Ming army completely blocked the gap and surrounded Chongqing.

During the day, he finally repelled the Ming army's attack. Wang Mingde found Cheng Tingjun and said to him: "I'm afraid this city cannot be defended. The Ming army has more troops than last time. The governor said he was going to Baoning to bring reinforcements, but in less than a month, reinforcements could not come at all. The situation is very critical now. So, you and I might as well lead the elite troops to break through at night, so there will always be a glimmer of life."

"The Ming army has more troops than you and me several times. We have no way to break through. We can only stand firm and wait for assistance at the moment."

Cheng Tingjun rejected Wang Mingde's proposal to break through. Wang Mingde was helpless. If Cheng Tingjun's troops were not allowed to break through the Ming army's defense line alone.

Outside the city, the Ming army, Renshou Hou Tan, went to his command to replace the troops of the Fu Hou Tan Wen, who had suffered heavy casualties, and Tan Hong, the Marquis of Xinjin, also led his command to come and defend.

In the night, looking at the dense Ming army camp tents outside the city, Wang Mingde suddenly surrendered. He had seven or eight thousand people under his command, and another Chongqing city. If he joined the Ming army, he could save his life. But this idea was immediately denied by him, because the Ming emperors were probably captured and killed by the Qing soldiers. This would be too irrational to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, which was doomed to perish. He simply gritted his teeth and gambled and continued to hold on. Maybe he could really defend the reinforcements. However, he didn't know that a shocking change was taking place in the Ming army camp outside the city.

Today is the seventh anniversary of the Han Dynasty's reign. Many people forget or ignore it, but some people always remember it.

I remember that year, I was 26 years old, just in my youth; now I am 33 years old, and I am in my thirties.

Seven years, what grows is the years, what cannot be forgotten is the memories, and perhaps there is still
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