"What! Longkodo hasn't gone north yet?" Zhending, which is the Zhengding County of Shijiazhuang in later generations, asked a coldly person.

More than a month ago, the Thirteenth Prince sent someone to contact Longkodo who had retreated to Xiangyang, and also brought his handwritten letter.

During the battle of Hubei, the Qing army took the initiative to retreat. The Ming army took advantage of the situation to occupy most of Hubei. Now they are heading south to enter Hunan. There are many Qing army surrendering in Hunan. It seems that the entire Hunan is destined to be lost.

As the main force of the Qing army in the Central Plains, Longkodo's retreat was still strong because of his timely retreat. In addition to sending troops to firmly defend Xiangyang, the other main forces have continued to cross the river and return to Henan to ensure the stability of the Central Plains under this circumstance.

"Return to the prince, Lord Long said that there will be no gains in the Central Plains, and his troops cannot be transferred. In addition... he..."

"What else?" The Thirteenth Prince shouted sternly.

"In addition, Lord Long asked the servant to give the prince a message. He said that the prince was just the minister sent to Zhili by the emperor and had no right to command other troops, and the court did not have the will. If the prince had any ideas, he could report it directly to the court. The Ministry of War and the Lords of the Shangshuo reported the emperor..." The person who reported the news said this in fear, and the Thirteenth Prince was furious when he heard it.

"This bastard!" With a sound, the Thirteenth Prince grabbed the teacup at his hand and threw it over. The man knelt down and didn't even dare to hide. The teacup hit his head and smashed it to pieces.

I saw a blood mark mixed with tea flowing down his forehead, and the man just kept kowtowing to the Thirteenth Prince for mercy.

The thirteenth prince was so angry that he wanted to slash the head of the man in front of him, but reason calmed him down. This man was just a messenger, and he was sent out by himself. It would be useless to cut him down, let alone now it is time to use people.

"Come here!" The Thirteenth Prince shouted with anger, then pointed to the person in front of him and said, "Help him down and give him another thirty taels of silver to heal his wounds."

"I thank the prince for his kindness, and I thank the prince for his kindness..."

After escaping from death, the man kept kowtowing and thanking him, but the Thirteenth Prince would listen to this. When he waved his hand, someone would naturally help him away.

After the person left, the Thirteenth Prince kept spinning in the room, and the aura in his heart still couldn't come out. This time, he drew out his sword and slashed at a chair in front of him, cutting the chair to pieces and then stopped. At this time, the anger in his heart dissipated a lot.

In fact, although the Thirteenth Prince is not as elegant as the third prince and the ninth prince, nor as gloomy as the fourth prince, nor as gentle as the eighth prince, but not as reckless as the tenth prince. Among these princes of Kangxi, although the Thirteenth Prince and the Fourteenth Prince are not the same mother, they are very similar in appearance and temper. However, compared with the Fourteenth Prince, the older Thirteenth Prince is more chivalrous.

In the past, the Thirteenth Prince would never be like this today, but now it is different from the past. Since he came to Zhili, it was still smooth at the beginning. However, as the Ming army raided Tianjin Wei and then attacked Beijing City at a very fast speed, then the world was stunned. The Ming army took Beijing City in just a few days and forced the Qing court to flee westward, the Thirteenth Prince's temper gradually became worse.

The Ming army's actions were too fast. When the Ming army had already started attacking Beijing City, the Thirteenth Prince in Xingtai had not had time to rectify his troops. When he had just completed the assembly of troops and prepared to go north to serve the king, the news of the loss of Beijing City came, which was shocked by the Thirteenth Prince's glaring.

The powerful attack power of the Ming army made the Qing army very scared. At that time, Beijing City was already under the control of the Ming army. With the power of the Thirteenth Prince, it was impossible to counterattack Beijing City at all. Later, the Thirteenth Prince received an order to rectify the troops of various units of Zhili, first to stabilize the various parts of Zhili to prevent the situation from deteriorating, and then slowly to attack it.

After receiving this decree, the Thirteenth Prince didn't think much about it, and the request for this decree was not wrong. The Qing army suffered consecutive defeats in Tianjin Wei and Beijing City, losing tens of thousands of elite troops, and even Taining Town in Baoding suffered heavy losses.

But not long after, the news came one after another. The Thirteenth Prince knew what was wrong. When he learned that Kangxi was actually under house arrest by the Eighth Prince and the Eighth Prince directly supervised the country as the prince, the Thirteenth Prince was furious and scolded the Eighth Prince for fear of death. It was better to imprison his father with his son and be pigs and dogs. If he could defend Beijing City, the walls of Beijing City were high and thick, and the troops in the city were added, just wait patiently for the arrival of the royal army from all over the country. How could this Beijing City be thrown so quickly?

Now, when Beijing is lost, the morale of the Qing court has plummeted. Not only are the several prefectures and counties around Beijing surrendering, but even the Qing army in Gubeikou surrendered to the Ming army. In particular, Dong Xiangwei, who had been named the admiral of Zhili, surrendered to the Ming army, which made the Thirteenth Prince even more angry.

What's more, the Fourth Prince was forced to hunt together, which made the Thirteenth Prince even more heartbroken. The Thirteenth Prince has always been a hard-core confidant of the Fourth Prince, and the two brothers almost didn't distinguish between each other. For the sake of the Fourth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince could even go through fire and water.

Now the Fourth Prince is actually under house arrest by the Eighth Prince, just like Kangxi, and is taken to Xi'an together. How could the Thirteenth Prince resist this? At the same time, the so-called imperial edict of the Qing court, in the eyes of the Tenth Prince, was simply the eighth Prince. He has always looked down on him, and in addition, the incident between Kangxi and the Fourth Prince happened, how could the Thirteenth Prince obediently abide by the imperial court's will?

In his opinion, the so-called court is actually a puppet in the hands of the Eighth Prince. Whether as a prince or a prince who is a minister of courage, the Thirteenth Prince cannot walk the same path with these traitors. After calming down, the Thirteenth Prince felt that there was only one way now, that is, to find a way to regain Beijing first, completely eliminate the power of the Ming army from the north, and then welcome back Kangxi, or take a step back to get the Fourth Prince back. In this way, the Qing Dynasty has a real backbone and the Qing Dynasty will not die in the hands of those traitors.

But how easy is it to fight back to Beijing? The Thirteenth Prince tried his best to train 50,000 soldiers, and two green camps with only more than 20,000 people, with a total force of more than 70,000. These people may be sure of the ordinary Thirteenth Prince of the Ming army, but the Thirteenth Prince did not dare to act rashly against the new Ming army in Beijing.

Although he had not experienced the battle between Tianjin Wei and Beijing City, he had seen the miserable appearance of Taining Town who fled back. Moreover, the officers of various departments of Taining Town also described to him the strength of the new weapons and tactics of the Ming army to him. The Thirteenth Prince was a sensible person. Once the two were compared, it was clear that it was impossible to achieve this goal with his own strength alone.

I don’t have the ability to do this in one movie, but if I can join forces with several movies, it might be possible to succeed. However, the closest thing to me is the Fourteenth Prince in Shandong. Although the 13th Prince is similar in character and appearance, they never deal with each other.

Not to mention that the Fourteenth Prince is the Eighth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince is the Fourth Prince. In addition, the Fourteenth Prince is as arrogant as him and refuses to be inferior. Joining forces with him, let alone that the Thirteenth Prince himself is unwilling, I am afraid that the Fourteenth Prince will definitely refuse.

It is precisely because of this that the Thirteenth Prince took his mind to Longkodo. Longkodo was a general promoted by Kangxi and his uncle. Whether in public or private, Kangxi has lost his power. As a general in command, state affairs should be the priority. If his Thirteenth Prince wants to counterattack Beijing, Longkodo should strongly support and send troops to help him.

You should know that Longkodo's total of more than 100,000 troops now, and thousands of elite cavalry. Since he has given up Hubei, it is most appropriate to mobilize troops north to join forces with him to fight back. Moreover, for this matter, the Thirteenth Prince also wrote a letter to Longkodo. In the letter, he was sincere and spoke thousands of words, explaining his strength to Longkodo, and he will win over and make great profits. He also asked him to join forces with him to regain Beijing City with his own efforts, and then sweep across the north, and take Kangxi back to the capital in the name of Qing dynasty and establish immortal achievements.

Originally, the Thirteenth Prince thought that Longkodo would definitely support him after seeing this letter, but who would have thought that Longkodo not only kept his troops, but also said those words.

The few words that people brought back were clearly that Longkodo satirized the Thirteenth Prince for overestimating his abilities and dared to question the imperial court's will. He also mocked the Thirteenth Prince to go to the court to ask for imperial edicts. As long as the court agreed, he would definitely abide by it.

These words were clearly mocking the Thirteenth Prince, and even reached out to slap the Thirteenth Prince on the smiling face when he leaned over. How could the Thirteenth Prince, who has always regarded himself, bear this anger? In his mind, Longkodo, the so-called uncle, was simply a complete villain! He was a bastard who should be cut into pieces.

"Longkodo! Good, you Longkodo! You bastard! I don't believe it anymore. Without you, I won't be able to do it? Humph, after that, I will definitely want you to be nice!" The Thirteenth Prince gritted his teeth and cursed, secretly swearing that one day he would make Longkodo regret it.

But these harsh words are unfortunately unrepresenting the facts. Without strong support, the Thirteenth Prince would not foolishly lead his troops to attack Beijing City with his own strength. At present, he can only find ways to accumulate strength and wait for the change in the world situation.
Chapter completed!