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Yu Xiaotian has been operating in Fujian for more than ten years, and his power has long been entrenched. When the imperial army entered Fujian to attack him, he was waiting for work and fought at home, while the official army entering Fujian was regarded as a different place, fighting away from home. Fujian also had a large number of troops.

The terrain of mountains, hills and rivers is very complex and is not suitable for large-scale military use. It is quite difficult to uproot Yu Xiaotian from Fujian.

Moreover, the soldiers and horses under Yu Xiaotian are not ordinary bandits. In name, the soldiers and horses under his command can be regarded as genuine officers and soldiers, with perfect organization. It is said that the Yu family's army is quite fierce. No matter who they fight against over the years, they have never attacked anyone.

Suffering a huge defeat, it is said that Yu's army was equipped with a large number of firearms and was good at using firearms to defeat the enemy. Hong Chengchou was quite worried about this.

At this time, Hong Chengchou also regarded Yu Xiaotian as the biggest hidden danger of the Ming Dynasty. He believed that Yu Xiaotian must have a disobedient heart and that he should be eliminated as soon as possible.

So when he heard that Yu Xiaotian was brazenly marching north to attack Tianjin Guard, his first reaction was that he was going to rebel and take advantage of the chaos to seize the capital and plot to rebel and usurp the country.

But when he heard that Yu Xiaotian had garrisoned Tianjin Guards and no longer approached the capital, but stopped the army of slaves who had retreated to build a *top*point* novel outside the pass, and announced that he would fight to the death with them, Hong Chengchou was really a little confused.

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Since Yu Xiaotian is a rebellious traitor, there is no reason for him to do this! If he and Jian Nu have a fight to the death, no matter how powerful his soldiers and horses are, he can really defeat Jian Nu's army and kill the enemy by then.

Losing one thousand to oneself and losing eight hundred, he will completely lose his fighting power. When the time comes, he will lead his troops and hang alone in the Tianjin Guard. The remaining troops that have lost their fighting power will become the imperial family's flesh and blood, and can be slaughtered by the imperial court at will.

Moreover, he did not have much military strength. He had an army of 100,000 slaves, but he only had 30,000 or 40,000 troops. There was no reason why he could defeat such an arrogant army of slaves. The possibility of victory could be said to be slim.

Also, Yu Xiaotian went north to express his grievances for Lu Xiangsheng, who was unjustly killed in Julu. He criticized Yang Sichang, Gao Qiqian, Chen Xinjia, Liu Yuliang and others as the main culprits who caused Lu Xiangsheng's unjust death.

In this regard, Hong Chengchou developed a strong impression of Xiaotian, because Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng had a cooperative relationship, and their personal relationship was quite good.

A few years ago, the imperial court ordered Lu Xiangsheng to serve as the governor of the five provinces, and he cooperated with him to suppress the refugee army. Lu Xiangsheng became a civil servant, but he was a wizard. He was good at controlling troops, was extremely strict with his subordinates, had a strong personality, and was very good at fighting.

He was also brave and brave, which earned him the admiration of Hong Chengchou.

Later, Lu Xiangsheng was transferred to Xuanda University as the Governor of Xuanda University. Although he no longer cooperated with Hong Chengchou, the two still exchanged private messages and discussed some methods on how to suppress the refugee militia. Lu Xiangsheng proposed many good methods, and Hong Chengchou felt that he had benefited a lot.

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This time he heard that Lu Xiangsheng died in the battle with Julu. After hearing this, Hong Chengchou was very sad and angry at the same time, because he had heard something about it. The imperial court wanted to negotiate peace, but Yang Sichang got a glimpse of the holy will, advocated for peace, and secretly restricted it.

Lu Xiangsheng’s power.

He knew Lu Xiangsheng's character very well. Lu Xiangsheng was captured this time and served as the governor of the army. He would definitely take the lead in the battle. Therefore, he and Yang Sichang were incompatible in this matter. Yang Sichang, as the powerful chief minister

, will definitely give Lu Xiangsheng a stumbling block, but I didn’t expect that Yang Sichang and the others would be so ruthless this time that they would force Lu Xiangsheng to death.

Hong Chengchou was very angry about this, but there was nothing he could do about it. Now that he heard Yu Xiaotian cry out for Lu Xiangsheng and angrily accuse Yang Sichang and others of being shameless, Hong Chengchou felt quite relieved. He thought that although Yu Xiaotian, Qiu Ba, behaved perversely,

However, he was still quite bloody, dared to speak out for justice, and even dared to directly scold Yang Sichang and other court officials.

So after Hong Chengchou crossed the Yellow River, he stopped temporarily when he arrived at Weihui Mansion. First, he waited to see the direction of the wind to see what would happen to Yu Xiaotian next, and also to wait for the troops and horses led by Sun Chuanting to follow.

But this time, something happened, and the next series of news confused Hong Chengchou. First, Yu Xiaotian led an army to defeat the 100,000-strong Jiannu army, and beheaded the Jiannu chief Dorgon. Then the court

They sent troops to try to take the opportunity to kill Yu Xiaotian, but they were beaten to pieces by Yu Xiaotian. Even Wu Xiang was beheaded on the spot by Yu Xiaotian's men.

Immediately, Yu Xiaotian Nu'er announced that he would enter the capital and lead the troops to attack the capital. This time, Hong Chengchou was frightened. He never expected that Yu Xiaotian's soldiers and horses were so fierce, and that the army of slave builders was not theirs.

The opponent, after killing the Jiannu army, he actually still had the energy to deal with the two elite troops of the imperial court, and then he still had the energy to launch an attack on the capital.

Now he did not dare to neglect, and quickly urged Sun Chuanting to lead the follow-up Shaanxi soldiers to catch up, and then gathered his troops and rushed to the capital Qin Wang.

But as soon as he arrived at Shunde Mansion and before entering Zhending Mansion, he learned that Yu Xiaotian actually led troops to capture the capital and took control of it. Hong Chengchou almost fainted.

He couldn't figure out why Xiaotian's troops were so good at fighting and fought so many beautiful battles one after another. He knew the defense of the capital. As the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the capital had strong walls and complete defense facilities, and there were many officers and soldiers stationed there.

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The number of officers and soldiers gathered in the capital area was not more than 80,000, but Yu Xiaotian's troops were insufficient. It stands to reason that even if his men were ten thousand enemies, they might not be able to capture the capital so easily, but he

But it happened anyway.

Now that the capital has been defeated, it doesn't make much sense for Hong Chengchou to continue leading troops to the capital. If Yu Xiaotian deliberately conspired to rebel this time, then the emperor would have either been killed or captured by him.

Next, the Ming Dynasty no longer had an emperor and became a mess. As the governor of the three sides, he should consider what to do next.

So Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting stopped in Shunde Mansion and began to discuss what to do next, whether to continue to go north to fight against the thieves, or to return to Shaanxi and stick to it. If Yu Xiaotian proclaimed himself emperor, should they surrender to Xiaotian, or should they surrender to Xiaotian?

How about establishing a new leader and restoring the Ming Dynasty?

As a result, the troops of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were dragged around the Shunde Mansion, and there was no movement for a long time.

Later, Hong Chengchou heard the latest news from the capital. When Yu Xiaotian entered the capital this time, he did not attack the palace and kill the emperor. He only took control of the capital and arrested a group of officials in the capital. On the whole, he should

He followed his slogan of clearing the throne and did not harm the current emperor.

But everyone knows that even if Yu Xiaotian does not have the idea of ​​usurping the country and establishing his own country this time, he may have the intention of coercing the emperor to control the princes. If he succeeds next, Yu Xiaotian will definitely have power over the government and the opposition.

Hong Chengchou did not agree to this. As a civil servant, how could he be driven by a general like Yu Xiaotian? Even if Yang Sichang, Chen Xinjia, Liu Yuliang and others deserved to die, Yu Xiaotian should not have dealt with them. This is standard.

Such a treasonous act, allowing such a warrior to take control of the country, how should they, the civil servants, deal with themselves?

So after Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting discussed it, they believed that since Yu Xiaotian did not intend to usurp the country and establish himself, then the emperor should not be in danger, but was placed under house arrest in the palace by Yu Thief. If they want to change this status quo, they must continue

March into the army and rush to the capital to defeat the rebels, rescue the Holy One again, and return power to the Holy One. Then the Ming Dynasty will still be the Great Ming Dynasty before.

After agreeing on this matter, Hong Chengchou immediately led his troops northward again, rushed to the capital, and ordered that the 10,000 Shanxi officers and soldiers who had entered the capital from Shanxi and were temporarily stationed in Baoding Prefecture also returned to Baoding Prefecture.

He took command and asked Baoding Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture and other prefectures to provide food and fodder support for the army. He wanted to go to Beijing to quell the chaos.

As a result, Hong Chengchou gathered more than 50,000 officers and soldiers, with his Hong soldiers as the main force, and rushed towards the capital.

After Yu Xiaotian persuaded Chongzhen to hand over the power of Yinshou to no avail, he was very angry. He also learned that Hong Chengchou had arrived at Baoding Mansion and would soon enter Shuntian Mansion. He knew that the troops led by Hong Chengchou were probably the most powerful at present.

The soldiers and horses in the north pose the greatest threat to him.

If you want to completely cut off Chongzhen's illusions, then you can only knock out Hong Chengchou, the last force in the north of the Ming Dynasty besides Guan Ning's army, so that Chongzhen no longer has any power to count on. Then Chongzhen may be obedient. According to

What he meant was to hand over his power and become a virtual king.

So he immediately ordered Yu Zhenshan on the Tianjin Guard side to hand over the defense of the Tianjin Guard area to his subordinates, while Yu Zhenshan led five new battalions and a new artillery battalion to rush to the capital.

The original main force of Yu's army in the capital was detached from the 2nd, 4th, 7th and 3rd brigades, plus an independent artillery battalion, and handed them over to Commander Meng Fei, who ordered Meng Fei to lead the troops and rush to Liangxiang to set up defenses in the Fangshan area.

, if Hong Chengchou's troops don't come, let it go. If anyone dares to come, Meng Fei will be ordered to beat him to death.

This time Yu Xiaotian was angry. The consequences of his anger were very serious and had to be borne by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting.

At the end of April, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting finally led 50,000 troops and entered Shuntian Mansion. Immediately, the forwards of both sides began to engage in contact battles.

The Hong soldiers under Hong Chengchou have followed Hong Chengchou in the north and south over the years. There are indeed some guys who can fight among them. Moreover, these guys are all veterans and have great combat experience. In addition to being brave and brave, they are also quite cunning.

Although they were only forwards, these generals under Hong Chengchou were still quite fierce. After encountering a small group of Yu Jiajun scouts, the two sides immediately started fighting.

I will not describe the process in detail. On the open terrain, with the firepower of Yu's army, Hong Chengchou's Hong soldiers, no matter how capable and powerful they are, are still completely old-fashioned troops. Facing Yu's advanced firearms.

The family army, they simply cannot adapt to this brand new tactic.

Therefore, the vanguard under Hong Chengchou suffered a huge defeat in the contact battle and fled back to Hong Chengchou's main force with heavy casualties. At this time, Hong Chengchou had already learned that there were rebels blocking their way to Beijing, so he also led his troops in the Fangshan area.

It was temporarily settled.