Perhaps it was because he should not die. In the end, he and more than a dozen rebel soldiers were rescued by the Julu defenders. But at that time he was covered in wounds and unconscious.

After Zhou Xian received the news, he personally brought several medical officers to treat him.

There, Zhou Xian restrained the bodies of the rebel soldiers, including Li Nian, and sent Luo Hu, Li Shuangxi and the living rebel soldiers back to Henan.

But Zhou Xianyi never let go of Li Yan. Even when Li Yan's injuries were slightly better, he forced him back to Jinan.

Li Zicheng was furious and wanted to send troops to teach Zhou Xian a lesson, but was eventually persuaded by his subordinates.

This was the only time that the two armies almost broke out in a conflict.

Dorgon was able to seize the opportunity when Li Zicheng evacuated and defeated the rebel army, which was beyond the expectations of many people. Among them were Zhou Xian and Wu Sangui.

This great victory shocked the Qing Dynasty's generals and gentry in the north, and those who had doubts before chose to surrender. The Qing Dynasty restored the north to stability at a speed beyond imagination.

In order to win over the Han people in the north to serve him, Dorgon rewarded Jiang Guan, who had made the most efforts in defeating the rebel army, and appointed him as the King of the Southern Expedition. His generals, Wang Fuchen and others, also had their own titles.

Jiang Yunxiang was the general of Datong, and his subordinates were only about 10,000 people. He was not enough to be a king in terms of strength or achievements. Dorgon's move obviously meant to buy horse bones with a thousand gold coins, and it was also for Wu Sangui to show him, so that he understood that the Qing Dynasty did not have to rely on him.

Sure enough, Wu Sangui saw that the general situation was already on the Qing Dynasty, and was frightened by Dorgon again, and the idea of ​​self-reliance that had existed before disappeared instantly.

He began to actively respond to Dorgon and sent troops south. He experienced several fierce battles with Li Guo near Nanpi. However, because Zhou Xian sent troops to support him, he also provided some flintlock rifles.

Wu Sangui was neither willing to invest in his elite cavalry nor wanted to completely break up with Zhou Xian. In the end, the war was left unresolved, and the two sides could only confront each other repeatedly near Nanpi.

There was a war, but both sides suffered little losses.

Dorgon didn't want to force him too much, so he let Wu Sangui surrender to Zhou Xian. He sent a message to Wu Sangui to reassure him and provided him with some food and salary.

Wu Sangui was in a stalemate with Zhou Xian in the east. In Luoyang, Haoge was unable to break through the defense line of the rebel army, but instead there was a crisis of food and grass.

Dorgon didn't want Wu Sangui, a force like him who could threaten the security of the capital and was not completely loyal to the Qing Dynasty, was in the capital area.

Under Hong Chengchou's persuasion, Dorgon ordered Wu Sangui to lead his 40,000 Guanning cavalry to go west to Shaanxi to reinforce Haoge.

Wu Sangui did not dare to disobey, so he could only lead his troops to the west.

Dorgon therefore took over Shanhaiguan and Hejian Prefecture, and transferred Bai Guangen's troops to the north bank of the Zhang River to confront Yan Yingyuan. He asked Tang Tong to continue to stay in Tianjin, but sent a general and some flag soldiers to come.

It is said to be assistance, but it is actually surveillance.

Seeing that the troops in the east were reduced, Zhou Xian took the opportunity to send troops to beat Tang Tong up and moved all the people south of Cangzhou to Nanpi and Shandong.

Tang Tong also moved the people north of Cangzhou to the north to prevent them from escaping to Shandong.

Finally, with Cangzhou as the center, a buffer zone of hundreds of miles was formed, and no one interfered with anyone.

After Dorgon waited for the north to stabilize, he welcomed Emperor Shunzhi to the capital in the first month. He sacrificed his sacrifice to heaven and earth, comforted his ancestors, and announced the beginning of a new era to the people of the world.

That day, it snowed heavily and the north was completely white.

Some people say that auspicious snow indicates a good harvest, but disasters for the whole world seem to have completely begun this year.

Basically, at the same time when Emperor Shunzhi entered the capital, He Tengjiao, Gao Jie and others drove Bai Wang out of Jingzhou after several months of hard fighting and forced him to retreat to Xiangyang.

Li Zicheng, with Liu Tichun as the main general, led tens of thousands of elite troops to the south. By March, the rebel army won, regained Jingzhou, and expelled Gao Jie to Hunan.

The Longwu Army and the Chuangjun reached a cooperation agreement to seek a joint attack on the Southern Ming Dynasty. After the agreement was made to win, Wuchang would be used as the boundary. The Longwu Army would obtain the downstream area and the Chuangjun would obtain the upstream area.

So, from Jingzhou to Nanjing, there were beacons everywhere on the Yangtze River.

Gao Qi is lobbying everywhere in Nanjing.

However, due to the sudden change in the situation, it was very difficult for the Nanming side to deal with the Longwu Army and the Rebellion Army. He proposed to recover Yangzhou and no one responded to the establishment of protecting Nanjing.

On the contrary, the news of his secret understanding of the Manhuo was revealed and his status plummeted. Later, he was involved in the internal struggles of the Southern Ming Dynasty and was trapped in prison. Half a year later, he vomited blood and died.

In addition to causing chaos at the Laizhou Artillery Factory, the people he stayed in Shandong caused more than a dozen craftsmen to die, but then they were uprooted by Zhou Xian. Since then, Zhou Xian also sent a team of thousands of people to protect the artillery factory, and arranged special guards for important people.

Haoge lacked food and grass, and his attack on Luoyang was frustrated.

When Wu Sangui arrived, he suggested that Haoge capture Sichuan and use the food and grass of the country of Tianfu to raise the soldiers of Shaanxi.

Haoge felt that the road to Sichuan was difficult to pass and it was impossible to succeed easily. But he was indeed short of food, so he intended to let Wu Sangui lead his troops to take the chestnuts for himself.

But what Haoge didn't know was that the King of Shu was greedy and refused to give up. Cao Bianjiao's troops, who were on the front line, have been short of wages for several months, and the food and grass are about to be sold out.

With the attack of Wu Sangui's Guanning Iron Cavalry, Cao Bianjiao's troops were defeated. Within one month, Wu Sangui's tens of thousands of troops rushed to the city of Chengdu.

There was a strife in the city, and soldiers opened the city gate to welcome Wu Sangui into the city.

Zhu Zhishu, the King of Shu, and his descendants were all captured, and the treasures accumulated in the Sichuan Mansion were obtained by Wu Sangui. He surrendered to all directions under the banner of the King of Shu, and his soldiers were free from bloodshed.

Qin Liangyu and Cao Bianjiao who retreated to eastern Sichuan could only choose to avoid the edge of the situation.

The sudden change of the situation was extremely unfavorable to Nanming, but the Sichuan area was far away and could not affect Nanjing for a while. The one who responded the most to Wu Sangui's occupation of Sichuan area was Haoge.

When he heard that Wu Sangui's advance was unstoppable, he quickly sent troops to Sichuan. But in Jiange, he was blocked by the army sent by Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui sent someone to tell Haoge that the Sichuan troops were weak and no more troops were needed to send reinforcements, so that Haoge would concentrate on attacking Luoyang.

Haoge was so angry that he sent someone to question Wu Sangui. He also ordered his general Oboi to lead his troops to go and prepare to attack Sichuan directly.

But what Haoge did not expect was that Wu Sangui then sent someone to transport a large amount of food and grass to him, and expressed that he was still loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

The threat here is obvious. Now he is still loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but what he will do in the future depends on how Haoge does.

Haoge was hesitant and didn't know what to do. Dorgon wrote to him, telling him not to attack Wu Sangui. On the contrary, Dorgon also sent important officials into Sichuan and allowed him to lead his troops to attack the southwest.
Chapter completed!