But Empress Dowager Zhou was completely wrong. Li Guodong would not let Prince Zhu Cilang die accidentally, fall off a horse, fall into the water and other accidents, but would control Zhu Cilang through Wu Sangui, and let King Pingxi lead the prince to march westward. This kind of thing naturally has a way to deal with it, which will not only prevent the prince from coming back, but also do not have to bear the bad reputation of killing the prince.

Li Guodong immediately agreed: "Don't worry, Empress Dowager Qing, I will definitely guarantee the prince's safety!"

It is to ensure the safety of the prince, not to guarantee the prince’s return. This is different. I can only guarantee that the prince will live, but whether he can come back is another matter.

Zhang Yan smiled and said, "Sister, Duke Chu has promised that the prince will definitely be safe. Please put your heart back. You go back to the bedroom first, and you have to say a few words to Duke Chu."

Empress Dowager Zhou retreated with tactfulness, and the palace maids and eunuchs around him also retreated.

Zhang Yan widened her eyes and looked at Li Guodong: "Duke of Chu, when you pacify the world, why do you mean us?"

Li Guodong asked back, "The Empress Dowager thinks Li is Cao Cao Sima and others?"

Zhang Yan laughed: "Aren't you such a person?"

"Empress Dowager, I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty. How could I do such a thing?" Li Guodong said with a smile.

"Duke Chu, you probably don't believe in yourself, right?" Zhang Yan smiled and took Li Guodong's hand. "Duke Chu, do you think you won't do this, will your subordinates agree? What if you put on a yellow robe in the future, do you think about how to treat us after you have sex? Princess, I'm not worried, and I know that you are in love. But, I'm an old lady, how have you decided to arrange it? Don't say that you have no ambitions anymore, I just want you to tell the truth."

Li Guodong sighed: "Empress Dowager, if there was a day, I would not treat you badly. Li will arrange a good place for you to enjoy your old age and live your life well."

"With this sentence from Duke of Chu, I feel relieved," Zhang Yan smiled slightly, pulled Li Guodong down, and leaned his head on Li Guodong's shoulder. "In fact, when the thief entered Beijing, I thought about dying for his country, but I was saved by the Jinyiwei. Those who died once were even more afraid of death. I really couldn't bear to leave this great life."

Zhang Yan recalled that when she was young, she came from an ordinary family. When she was seven years old, she worked hard, sweeping the courtyard, washing clothes and cooking, and everything was done. When she was fifteen, she was elected to the palace, entered the palace in February, and became the queen in April. She lived in the Forbidden City in Beijing for 23 years, and fought with Gu Yinyue and other concubines, but in the end she failed to leave a son and a half of her daughter for Tianqi. Later, the thief attacked the capital and wanted to commit suicide and was rescued. She had been in Nanjing for another six years.

Speaking of which, Zhang Yan is also a poor woman. She was widowed at the age of 21. It has been twenty-three years since then. The once young and beautiful queen of beauty has become a milf.

Other women are old and have a lot of children and grandchildren, enjoying family happiness. But Zhang Yan is destined to be an old lady in the future.

After the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, the Ming Dynasty was almost gone. From now on, Zhang Yan will no longer be the noble queen mother, but an ordinary old lady. Although Li Guodong would not treat her badly, she could only go through her life alone.

Thinking of many things, Zhang Yan finally figured it out. She stood up resolutely and decisively: "Duke Chu, send troops! Recover the capital as soon as possible and return to victory!"

Li Guodong said goodbye to Zhang Yan and walked out of Kunning Palace.

He was about to leave the palace, but was stopped by someone.

"Duke of Chu, are you going to send troops again?" A woman in a palace dress stopped Li Guodong.

He looked closely and saw who was not Princess Kunxing who was stopping him? So he saluted and said, "See Your Highness the Princess!"

Princess Kunxing was blessed with a blessing and said indifferently: "Duke of Chu, I heard what you and Empress Zhang said just now. My mother returned to the palace and told Yu'er about this. My brother was only worried about my brother, and I hope that the Duke of Chu could agree to a request from me. As long as the Duke of Chu was willing to agree, my mother was willing to marry the Duke of Chu, even if she was a fair wife."

"Your Highness Princess, I have agreed to Empress Zhou and absolutely guarantee the safety of Your Highness the Crown Prince." Li Guodong said.

Princess Kunxing shook her head: "My mother went back and thought about it, and she felt that Duke Chu might not let the emperor return. So I hope Duke Chu can let the emperor return to the capital safely."

Li Guodong thought to himself: This Empress Zhou looks honest and honest, but is actually very scheming. That's right. If she was a silly woman, how could she become the queen? She even fought with Concubine Tian back then. If she was really a stupid woman, she would probably have been killed long ago. In order to get her son back to be the emperor, she would marry her daughter out and be a fair wife!

"Your Highness Princess, I will try my best to get Your Highness back. However, Your Highness Prince is currently in the hands of Wu Sangui, and I cannot guarantee that Wu Sangui will definitely let Your Highness come back." Li Guodong still didn't want to let the Prince come back in his heart. After all, the prince is not as easy to control as the two sons of Concubine Tian.

Princess Kunxing was stunned for a moment and left a sentence, "Duke Chu, don't you care about me at all?" After that, she turned around and ran away with her face covering her face.

After the decree of the two empress dowagers was issued, the cabinet quickly approved the criticism of the reign, and the matter of sending troops to the Northern Expedition was settled.

The Huai Army began to mobilize urgently. At present, Li Guodong has more than one million troops in the Huai Army. Among them, there are 120,000 people responsible for keeping the pseudo-Yongli Emperor on the border of Yunnan and Guizhou, 60,000 new troops trained in Guangdong, 100,000 Huai Army stationed in Wuchang, 100,000 Huai Army stationed in Lianghuai, 30,000 Shubude's Outer Xing'anling Army stationed in Jiangnan, 110,000 auxiliary soldiers and engineers from all over the country; there are 200,000 Zhongzhen Camp, 200,000 Daxi Army, 400,000 old-fashioned troops from various places, and the Ming army from all over the country added up, and the total strength reached nearly two million.

In addition, Wu Sangui's army of more than 100,000 and Jiang Xiang's 50,000 troops were all potential forces.

The first thing Li Guodong wanted to launch was to launch a decisive battle with Hong Chengchou's Qing army in Xiangyang. This battle would be mainly to eliminate Hong Chengchou's main Qing army. At present, the total strength of the Qing army in the pass reached more than one million, but most of these were auxiliary soldiers. There were not many Qing troops who could really use to stop the Ming army's northern expedition, mainly Hong Chengchou's 200,000 army.

In fact, Li Guodong could truly mobilize the troops of the Northern Expedition, mainly the 100,000 troops stationed in Wuchang and the 50,000 new troops that Guangzhou had just completed the training. He dispatched 50,000 elite Huai troops from the two Huaihe Rivers and Jiangnan, and then dispatched 200,000 auxiliary troops from all over the country to help. The total force of the Northern Expedition was about 400,000 troops.

Looking at Hong Chengchou again, half of the 200,000 troops in his hands were auxiliary soldiers, and the real combat soldiers were only 100,000. However, Hong Chengchou also trained more than 300,000 troops in Xiangyang and Henan. Once he entered the wartime state, Hong Chengchou could still urgently concentrate an army of more than 100,000 people from the Central Plains at any time.

Although Dorgon was dead, Hong Chengchou, a hard-core traitor, was still loyal to the Qing Dynasty. He also knew that he would not be able to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Battle of Xiangyang is destined to be a fierce battle!

The 50,000 new troops in Guangdong have begun to go upstream along the Xiang River and are about to arrive in Wuchang; while Li Guodong led the 50,000 Huai troops drawn from the Lianghuai River and Jiangnan to go upstream along the Yangtze River and heading straight towards Wuchang.

Beijing, in the Forbidden City.

"What are the seven major sins? I'm so angry!" Fulin overturned the dragon throne in anger.

A few days ago, Dorgon's tomb had just been "archaeologically" by Emperor Shunzhi. All the burial objects were dug up by him. Dorgon's body was dug out, paraded, whipped the corpse, exposed to the sun, and then crushed the bones and ashes.

"What are you unfaithful and unfilial, and killing your father? Dorgon is not my father at all!" Fulin yelled, "What's the point of adding a crime to you? What kind of dog do you think Dorgon is!"
Chapter completed!