"The capital of the Yixing Dynasty is in Yingtian Prefecture. The eldest princess actually wants to enthrone Wu Zheng as the King of Wu. Why don't you object to such a ridiculous thing?" Qian Sule hissed.

"Why should I object?" Huang Daozhou said without hesitation, "The prince has no intention of coveting the throne, why should I object? The eldest princess ascends the throne, which is beneficial to the prince, why should I object? The prince is the beneficiary of the beneficiary...?"

Speaking of this, Huang Daozhou suddenly smiled bitterly, "Tao Fu, Daozhou is just a person recommended by the prince, saying it is an assistant, but who in the cabinet really convinced me? Is it useful to oppose it?"

Qian Sule looked at Huang Daozhou and sighed, "Huang Youxuan, Huang Youxuan, today, how can you have the character of Mr. Shizhai back then?"

Huang Daozhou smiled and said, "Mr. Wozi, who is known as the upright, can send people to secretly persuade the Tartars to harm the prince. Mr. Zhiting (Qian Sule's name) who is unable to destroy the family Zhu also abandoned Zhu and voted for the prince. Why can't I, Huang Daozhou, learn to be vain and imprison him... Isn't the Grand Tutor too domineering?"

Qian Sule was criticized by Huang Daozhou, and snorted angrily and left in his sleeves.

Huang Daozhou stepped forward a few steps forward and held Qian Sule's sleeve tightly, "The Grand Tutor cannot leave. Once you leave, how can I suppress hundreds of important officials alone? What kind of chaos really happens? How can the Grand Tutor explain to the prince?"

"The emperor's life and death are not clear. The company's princess has ascended the throne. The King of Wu has been enthroned by a different surname. What other chaos can be brought about?" Qian Sule shouted.

But no matter how much I scolded, my body turned back.

Qian Sule knew that Huang Daozhou's last sentence was reasonable. Hundreds of officials in the court were unable to leave the palace because of the strict orders given by Wu Zheng. The resentment in their hearts was already strong. Huang Daozhou was really unable to control the scene. If there was another bigger farce, it would be really hard to explain to Wu Zheng.

At this time, a Lihaigu soldier hurriedly ran from the direction of Chengtian Gate.

Seeing that Huang Daozhou and Qian Sule were both here, they reported: "Report to Fu, Taifu, the Qing court sent someone to inform our dynasty, and his mission was stationed in Yizhen. If our dynasty agrees, they can cross the river at any time."

Huang Daozhou and Qian Sule changed their expressions. They looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

"Send someone to report to the prince quickly." Huang Daozhou shouted.

The Lihaiwei soldier bowed and turned around and ran away.

Huang Daozhou let go of the hand holding Qian Sule's sleeve and said proudly: "I think that the Taifu is afraid that he can't leave even if he wants to."

Qian Sule glared at Huang Daozhou and took the lead. Huang Daozhou chased after him. The two of them whispered and walked towards Fengtian Hall.

....

When Wu Zheng passed Yifeng Gate, he received urgent reports from three messengers, one good, one bad, two neutral, and four major news.

The good news is that the Emperor Chaoxian and his subordinates have successfully entered the Jiangpu waters and are waiting for Wu Zheng's orders.

The bad news is that Jiangbei urgently reported that a large number of Qing troops went south, with unknown numbers. They had already captured Baoying and Huaishu Town. Jiang Quanyi's troops suffered heavy losses and had already asked Chi Erhan and Lu's territory for help. At this time, they were retreating south.

The neutral news is that the eldest princess has succeeded to the throne and the ceremony will be held in three days. The Qing government mission is already on the edge of the Yangtze River. As long as the Yixing Dynasty agrees, it will immediately cross the river to conduct armistice negotiations.

Wu Zheng was almost dizzy by these four chaotic and even contradictory information.

The dynasty's navy entered the Jiangpu waters, giving Wu Zheng the confidence to fight Nikan.

But the Qing army suddenly appeared in Jiangbei and had already moved south, which made Wu Zheng frightened. The three troops of Jiangbei combined only had just over 20,000 troops. As long as one unit collapsed, all previous efforts would be wasted.

The problem is that it was at this time that the Qing court suddenly sent a delegation for the armistice negotiations.

What exactly did the Qing court want to do?

What was Dorgon's idea?

Being able to defeat Jiang Quanyi quickly and force Jiang Quanyi to retreat southward, the Qing army's certain strength was far better than Jiang Quanyi's troops.

Otherwise, with Jiang Quanyi's nature, if he could not defeat the enemy's temper, he would have to bite his body into pieces. He would never have fled here in just one day.

So, did the Qing court want to fight to the decisive battle?

This doesn't make sense.

Although Nikan's troops still occupy the Great Victory Pass, the 120,000 army has lost nearly 70,000 to 80% today.

Even if the remaining Eight Banners elites were the ones, it would be difficult to stop the joint attack of Lihaiwei, Jingwei and Jianyangwei. Because of the arrival of the navy, it could quickly block the supply of Nikan from Jiangpu's direction.

For a battle with nearly 100,000 people on both sides, victory or defeat is almost a foregone conclusion, and it is nothing more than a matter of time and cost.

But why did the Qing court send a large army south while sending an envoy?

Wu Zheng finally made a judgment that the Qing court was bluffing. To be precise, Dorgon wanted to promote peace through war.

Use the victory of Jiangbei battlefield to make up for Nikanbe's defeat, so as to strive for more benefits at the negotiating table.

After figuring this out, Wu Zheng also issued three orders.

A person was sent to the court to rumor that the Qing government would agree to cross the river to negotiate, but the time for the agreement was set tomorrow, which means that the gap was left for a day.

He sent someone to send an order to Fang Guoan, Jiangyin, and ordered his troops to cross the river northward, go to Taizhou to meet with Jiang Quanyi, and included Chi Erhan, Lu territory, and Jiang Quanyi's three troops under Fang Guoan's unified command.

Finally, the dynasty was ordered to immediately block the Jiangpu waters, where all ships were banned from sailing.

Looking at Wang Yilin beside him, Wu Zheng said: "Are you still willing to fight a war?"

Wang Yilin shook his head, "My battle in this life has been fought in Longtan once. If you don't want me to follow me, I can go back to the city."

Wu Zheng was speechless for a moment and was stunned for a while and said, "I don't have enough troops in my hands to form an encirclement against the Qing army in Dasheng. Wang Chaoxian only came one naval division. It's not difficult to control the waters, but it's too difficult to block the river for dozens of miles. After Nikan was hit by Lihaiwei, the most likely thing was to retreat to Jiangpu, which might escape the naval division... So, I want to ask you for help."

"I have the reputation of a count and have no soldiers in my hands. What can I help you?"

"Although the navy under Uncle Ling has suffered heavy casualties, after retreating, there are no less than 3,000 people who survived. They have been resting for a long time. I think it is possible to move. You are the nephew of the Duke and were once the deputy commander. It should not be difficult for them to command them. You lead your troops from the west of Dinghuai Gate and then head north to cooperate with Lihaiwei to attack Dasheng Pass... You can also bring more than a thousand imperial guards and hundreds of Lihaiweis in the city, so that you can gather 5,000 people."

"You look down on me, just a group of defeated soldiers. It's hard to achieve anything. You won't have to miss your business."

Wu Zheng was a little annoyed, "What do you want? Yes, I really didn't rescue me, but I was also leading my troops to fight with the Qing army at that time. I didn't know that the Duke was in trouble and refused to save him... If you have any complaints, you can do it openly, and there is no need to be so half-dead."
Chapter completed!