Gu Shihan was silent for a moment and said with a serious expression: "We must leave as soon as possible, but we also find a good reason. We cannot completely break up with Haoge, otherwise all the efforts we put in before will be in vain."

Baturhun nodded, thought for a moment, walked up to lower his voice and said, "Khan, why not make up a reason? For example, the remnants of the Zangpakhan and the remnants of the Chahar tribe cooperated to hide in the land, and our army needed to return immediately."

Gu Shihan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "This is a good reason. OK, I'll go find Haoge later. Didn't I just come to send a message today? Let him go with me so that it is credible."

Baturhun quickly shook his head and said, "Khan, this is not possible. This matter must be executed first and then reported. According to the Han people, it is called killing first and then reporting."

Looking at Baturhun who was standing next to him, Haoge's face turned a little distorted due to his rage. If Jirgalang hadn't shook his head gently at him, he would have really wanted to order the Mongol to behead him directly.

Jirgalang stepped forward and helped Batuurhun up and said in a warm voice: "Thank you for your hard work in Batutaiji, let's go down and rest first!"

Baturhun folded his hands together and bent over and bowed, "Thank you, General, but no need, I will go after my Khan. The five thousand Mongolian warriors led by Etu Ulu will stay here and completely obey the orders of King Haoge. When the Khan quells the Tibetan rebellion, he will immediately rush back here to help the king pacify the world."

Haoge knew that no matter how angry he was, it would be useless, so he waved his hand and asked him to leave. When the person walked away, he said hatefully: "It's not long since he left Xi'an City. The old fox has been running westward and ran faster than a rabbit. It must have been planned. Uncle Wang, he is still away now. He wants me to send a cavalry and kill him."

Jirhalang looked at Haoge and shook his head helplessly. "Before, Gushikhan helped us seize Shaanxi and destroyed him, what would the Han people who had just surrendered to the Qing Dynasty think of us? Haoge, those who accomplish great things must not act voluntarily."

Haoge's face looked ugly, "Did you just sit and watch Gu Shihan leave like this? Without his 30,000 light cavalry, what can we use to capture Nanyang?"

Jirhalang said: "He left Otu Ulu and Five Thousand Light Cavalry, but he didn't want to break up with us. Since that's the case, we don't have to force him too much. Just leave if we leave! As for the plan to attack Nanyang, we can't change. Give Haoge Five Thousand Essence Cavalry and let him go with this Otu Ulu! Although the 10,000 cavalry is a little less, it should be able to restrain some of the rebels from going south."

Haoge sighed, "It seems that this is the only way."

The two talked about the recent situation for a while, and Haoge said with a little complaint: "Dorgon is incompetent. He can't even deal with Zhou Xian for so long. He also has to give up the land in Liaodong and gather the soldiers together."

Jiergalang was very calm and refuted Haoge: "I don't think Lao Shisi is wrong with this matter. When we all came to the Central Plains, the troops left in Liaodong were insufficient. In order to avoid being defeated by Zhou Xian, we should do that. Haoge, now Fulin is the emperor of my Qing Dynasty, and you should collect your thoughts. For the wealth of my bannermen in the next hundred years, we must fully support Lao Shisi to seize the world, but we cannot let him steal the throne."

Haoge waved his hand, "Uncle Wang, how can I not know this? If you keep your heart in your stomach, I have long no longer wanted to be the bird emperor. Now I just can't stand Dorgon taking over the power and putting Fulin under the embarrassment of this emperor."

Jierhalang sighed, "Now we are far away in Shaanxi. We can't control the situation in the capital, but we still have the final say here. Haoge, we lack troops and rely more on the Han people in Shaanxi. Shaanxi has been suffering from droughts in recent years, but the Ming court basically has no rescue. Instead, it has added a lot of heavy taxes, causing many people to starve to death or be forced to be thieves. They have long regarded the Ming court as their enemies. As long as we give them some benefits, they can use it for us. It's time to make up their minds, kill some wealthy families, divide their food and fields to those Han generals, and let them serve us."

Haoge thought for a while and patted his thigh, "Okay, listen to you Uncle Wang. This time he attacked Henan, I will reward them with these things. Tell them that as long as they work for us with all their heart, I will not lose any rewards they should have."

In early June, Li Zicheng led a large army south to Huguang and defeated the Ming army outside Jingzhou, Gao Jie, He Tengjiao and others led the main force to retreat back to Changsha.

Then Li Zicheng divided his troops into three groups.

Li Guo went west and drove Qin Liangyu's white-rod soldiers back to Sichuan and entered eastern Sichuan with the momentum.

Liu Tichun went south, captured Chenzhou and Wuling, and obtained a large area of ​​land in western Huguang. He pushed his troops to Yiyang and threatened Changsha directly from the west.

The third route was eastward, and it was also the main force of the rebel army. Li Zicheng personally led it and advanced by water and land. In Yueyang, the rebel army defeated the generals of Zuo Liangyu and the generals of Jin Shenghuan and Ma Jinzhong, and the troops were heading straight to Wuchang.

Zuo Liangyu was frightened and wanted to abandon the city and flee. However, Zhu Cilang was given strict orders and promised to send reinforcements within one month before he decided to stick to it.

Not long after, Tan Zhencai, Yang Yufan led 10,000 elite troops to head north on a boat to reinforce Wuchang. Yuan Shu in Jiangxi also sent thousands of soldiers to head west.

This allowed Wuchang's morale to be barely stabilized.

The rebel army attacked fiercely, and both sides suffered great losses, but Wuchang City remained unmoved.

Basically at the same time, news of the Qing army's elite cavalry appearing around Nanyang reached Wuchang. Li Zicheng had no choice but to order Liu Fangliang to return to the rescue, change his strategy, and prepare to siege Wuchang for a long time.

And he sent troops southwards and continued to attack Gao Jie.

Wu Sangui, who was recuperating in Sichuan, saw the Ming army's defeat, and he also felt contemptuous. He sent troops south to attack Bazhou, and developed his power to southern and eastern Sichuan.

Veteran Qin Liangyu was seriously ill and handed over the power of the Baigang Bianjian to Cao Bianjiao, and ordered his nephew Qin Yiming to assist. Based on the Baigang Bianjiao, Cao Bianjiao connected Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan and others to jointly resist Wu Sangui.

At this time, Mu Tianbo, Duke of Mu of Yunnan, was worried that the Sichuan chaos would spread to Yunnan, so he accepted the dispatch of Nanming and sent general Li Dazhi to the Yunchuan border for reinforcements.

However, Li Dazhi was greedy and plundered all the way, which attracted the anger of heaven and others. Wuding chieftain Wu Bikui raised an army to rebel and broke into several cities in a row. Although he used the power of local officials and chieftains to quell the rebellion and killed Wu Bikui, this rebellion also made the chieftains see the weakness of the local officers and soldiers.

The hero of the Wubikui rebellion was suppressed, and Wang Nongtusi Shadingzhou rebelled again and attacked the Duke of Qian. Although Mu Tianbo escaped, Duke Mu's wealth for hundreds of years was looted by Shadingzhou.
Chapter completed!