The military power, operational power and allocation power of the Qing Dynasty all declared that the Eight Banners soldiers were still the most powerful army of this era.

Hong Chengchou also proved with his own abilities that he really has the talent of a great commander.

But two unexpected things made Hong Chengchou's plan a little flawed.

One is that the two Chu Huer of the Khalkha tribe in Mongolia suddenly invaded the border and invaded Shanxi, and Datong was in danger. Jiang Qi asked to lead his troops back, but was rejected by Dorgon.

On the contrary, Dorgon sent an e-mail to the Shuotu, and general Ye Chen, who led thousands of Eight Banners troops to Datong.

In this way, Jiang Yan lost the foundation of his long-term management.

Dorgon probably thought that doing this was a bit unauthorized, and in order to win over Jiang Chen better, Dorgon rewarded the Taiyuan City to Jiang Chen.

Compared with Datong, Taiyuan City is larger and richer.

Dorgon did this because Datong was closer to the capital and controlled the northern passage where the Qing Dynasty fled back to the pass, which must be controlled by the bannermen.

How could Dorgon let the Han general take control of such a key place?

Although the location of Taiyuan City is also very important, it is even more important than Datong to the capital. The most important thing is that Jiang Guan has no foundation here.

Dorgon gave Taiyuan City to Jiang Guan in order to push Jiang Guan to the front line and used his troops to fight against the three prefectures on the north bank of the Yellow River and the Zhou Xian army in the Daming Prefecture.

Jiang Yan suffered a loss, but had no choice but to accept it. But it would be impossible to say that he had no resentment towards Dorgon in his heart.

This tear a small gap between Jiang Yan and the Qing Dynasty, and it became bigger and bigger later.

The second one is Zhang Jiayu.

He was originally hiding in the Taihang Mountains and secretly expanded his strength under the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

He conquered all the bandits in the Taihang Mountains, and built more than ten camps of all sizes. The people inside, young and old, had a total of more than 300,000, but they had 40,000 to 50,000 to 50,000 to fight against the young and strong.

However, due to incomplete military equipment, insufficient food and grass, and insufficient training, except for Zhang Jiayu's direct subordinates, the remaining combat power is not worth mentioning at all.

People in the various villages were usually scattered in various places, and when facing the encirclement and suppression of the Qing army, they worked together to fight against the enemy.

Before, Jiang Yan sent troops to encircle and suppress the enemy several times, but every time Zhang Jiayu pursued the strategy of fighting as much as he could, and running away if he couldn't. As a result, Jiang Yan consumed countless food, but could never be wiped out.

Moreover, because Zhang Jiayu never fought head-on with Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan seriously underestimated Zhang Jiayu's strength.

This time, Jiang Guan mobilized the main force of Shanxi army to siege Daming Prefecture, but Zhang Jiayu directly led his troops out of Taihang Mountain and conquered cities and territory in various parts of Shanxi.

Whenever he arrived at a place, Zhang Jiayu would find the Shanxi merchants who defected to the Qing Dynasty, destroy their clans, and disperse their property to help the people. For a time, all parts of Shanxi responded and gradually became a climate.

The northern region suffered wars and famines for years, and the Qing Dynasty's military pay and supplies were basically raised by these Shanxi merchants. Killing Shanxi merchants was equivalent to touching the Qing Dynasty's money bags.

Under the cry of the Shanxi merchants in Beijing, Dorgon had to ask Jiang Yan to withdraw some of his troops and ask Shuose to draw some elite cavalry to help suppress the Shanxi rebellion.

But Dorgon's actions gave Li Yan a chance to breathe, and he took this period of time to quickly consolidate the Linqing front.

Compared with the constant changes in the war in the north, even greater shocking changes occurred in the south.

The King of Rebellion Li Zicheng is dead.

Suddenly it was unbelievable.

In order to change the situation where Wuchang was always besieged by the rebel army, Du Yinxi secretly asked the Left Army general Jin Shenghuan to secretly contact the rebel army and take a counter-attack plan.

Since Zuo Liangyu's death, Zuo Menggeng was unable to fully control the generals of the Left Army because of his prestige and insufficient ability. Many Left Army generals led their troops and fought against each other.

If it weren't for the rebel army outside, I'm afraid that the Wuchang City would have caused internal strife long ago.

After Du Yinxi arrived in Wuchang, he supervised the generals as the governor of Huguang, but he could only barely stabilize the situation and did not dare to move the domineering Left Army generals.

Some of these left army generals defected to Du Yinxi, supported the Ming Dynasty, some were personally loyal to Zuo Menggeng, and many secret investment letters and Li Zicheng secretly contacted him.

Jin Shenghuan secretly defected to Du Yinxi, but under his order, he secretly contacted the rebel army.

Li Zicheng did not fully trust these people, but he refused everyone. He promised to grant them high-ranking officials in the future and let them work for the rebel army.

There are quite a few generals, but because Du Yinxi took advantage of the left army's generals to restrain each other, he did not give Li Zicheng the chance to seize Wuchang City.

But in the next two or three months, Jin Shenghuan provided a large amount of information related to the Ming army to the trespassing army. Through other channels, Li Zicheng was sure that these information were true and gradually let go of his guards.

During this period, Jin Shenghuan revealed to Li Zicheng that he could open the south city gate and welcome the rebels into the city.

If it were normal, Li Zicheng might be a little more cautious, but the trespassing army was in great difficulty everywhere at this moment. He was eager to take over Wuchang and consolidate his east side.

Li Zicheng gathered all the cavalry in his hands and quietly returned to the city of Wuchang while the night was falling. He wanted to lead his troops directly into the city, but under Liu Fangliang's persuasion, he finally chose to compromise.

Liu Fangliang led his troops into the city, and he led his troops outside. But in order to ensure victory, Li Zicheng handed over most of the troops in his hands to Liu Fangliang.

At midnight, the city gate suddenly opened wide.

Liu Fangliang acted cautiously and did not immediately increase his troops when he saw the front troops entering the city.

This caution finally saved him.

Fire broke out on all sides, arrows were weaving, stones, and wood rolled down. None of the three thousand rebels who entered the city survived.

Countless Ming troops came out from the other three gates and cooperated to return to Wuchang in secret. The Wanji tribe, who had been ambushing outside the city, launched a fierce attack on the rebel army.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Liu Fangliang sent someone to report the situation to Li Zicheng, and then fought and retreated.

The fierce battle overnight was not enough to stop until dawn. However, because Liu Fangliang evacuated in time and was all cavalry, the losses of the rebel army were not large.

After Liu Fangliang had integrated his soldiers, he would be with Zhang Nai, but suddenly he found that Li Zicheng was missing. He was shocked, but he did not dare to speak out. He asked his deputy general Wu Ruyi to lead his troops back to Hankou first, and he personally led a team of cavalry and Zhang Nai to search for Wuchang.

When they found Li Zicheng, they found him lying in a valley. He was hit by several arrows and had been dead for a long time, his black horse pressed against him.

Lying beside him was his dozens of personal guards, all of whom were also hit by arrows. They should have been attacked by a Ming army far exceeding them here.

They were all shot arrows and had few other injuries. The Ming army did not give them a chance to fight in close combat.
Chapter completed!