Zhu Yihai and his group hurried to the head of Chaoyangmen City. Sure enough, they saw that the enemy troops outside the city had no intention of siege, but instead dug trenches and acted like a perseverance.

"Zhao Bidder Cunning!" Zhu Yihai slapped the city wall and said with a hatred, "That guy made this gesture when he learned that the food in the city was burned!"

Yan Yingyuan whispered: "Now there is insufficient food in the city, and there is no way out to defend Nanjing. Only hope is that the Zhou army can send troops, so there is a glimmer of hope!"

Zhu Yihai looked annoyed, "I have sent several entourages to Guanzhong, but Wu Sangui has never moved!"

At the beginning, Zhu Yihai decided to make a coup. In addition to his own dissatisfaction, unwilling to see the Zhu family's stolen territory and being stolen by Zhao Ming, there was another very important reason, which was the instigation and support of the Zhou Kingdom.

At that time, Zhu Yihai's forces were expelled from the court by Zhao Ming, and some of their confidant generals and ministers were even driven to the distant Dongzhou by Zhao Ming.

Refusing to accept the situation from Ningbo to Dongzhou, just going back and forth, took a year, which completely lost contact with Zhu Yihai, Ruan Jin, Zhang Huangyan and others.

Zhu Yihai wanted no one, no money, and no money. The abdicated emperor was not even as good as an ordinary vassal king, had no strength at all, and had no confidence to fight against Zhao Ming.

It was because Zhou State paid money and helped him contact the past deployment, and promised that Zhou State would support him in restoration, so that Zhu Yihai would have the confidence to resist Zhao Ming and launch a coup.

However, since the beginning of the Nanjing coup, Zhu Yihai asked for help several times, but Zhou State did not respond.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yihai couldn't help but feel annoyed and felt that he was being used as a gun by Wu Sangui.

It would be fine if Zhao Ming bullied him, but Wu Sangui actually used him if he had something.

This made Zhu Yihai feel ashamed and angry. He didn't expect that he would fall into this place, but he seemed to have no extra choice.

That night, Zhu Yihai sent his confidant to fall from the city wall and leave the city. With the protection of the night, he went to Zhou State for help.

The circumference of Nanjing City is more than 30 miles long. Zhao Ming can only monitor the gates of Nanjing, but cannot monitor each section of the city wall. The envoy carefully avoided the military camp and left Nanjing and headed west.

Guanzhong, King of Zhou, Chang'an City.

Shortly after Zhao Ming recovered Beijing, Wu Sangui completed the Western Expedition and returned to Guanzhong.

In the end, the Zhou army was one step late and failed to catch up with the Ming and Qing war, and lost the best opportunity to suppress Zhao Ming.

At this time, on the east of Chang'an City and the south bank of the Wei River, more than 100,000 Zhou troops were stationed in the wilderness, with neat military tents one after another, endlessly stretching for more than ten miles.

In the south of Chang'an, among the continuous Qinling Mountains, the mountain roads and valleys, there are endless grain transport caravans that can't be seen at a glance.

Tens of thousands of civilians pushed wheelbarrows and walked on the rugged and steep mountain roads, transporting the grain from Bashu to Guanzhong area.

At this time, it was already August. When Zhao Ming's army was approaching Nanjing, Wu Sangui, who had just returned to Guanzhong, had a short rest and decided to intervene in the civil war of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, Wu Sangui knew that a person like Zhao Ming's ambition would definitely be to unify the world, so how could he allow him to dominate the country?

If it were in the past, if the Zhou army had Zhao Ming's current strength, Wu Sangui would not have let Zhao Ming go.

Hundreds of years ago, Song Taizu had already said, "How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?" This sentence has already revealed the mentality of rulers of all dynasties.

Compared with the current strength, although the Zhou Kingdom actually hopes to be more separatist like the Western Xia, Zhao Ming certainly does not allow it.

Since you stretch your head and shrink your head, it is better to take advantage of Zhao Ming's trouble and stab Zhao Ming with one knife.

In fact, Zhu Yihai misunderstood Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui hurried back from the Western Regions to help him and fight against Zhao Ming. The reason why he has not sent troops is limited by Zhou's own strength.

After all, before the troops moved, food and grass came first, and the Zhou State's family background was far less powerful than Zhao Ming.

There are a lot of things, this time, the Bashu summer harvest was good, and Wu Sangui was really unable to send troops.

Although the Zhou State has been established for four years, Guanzhong, Bashu, and Hedong Taiping, and then collected Hetao, defeated the western Mo, forcing Yerkang to surrender, and its strength has been unprecedentedly developed. Compared with the Ming Dynasty's internal friction, the Zhou State's national strength has increased rapidly, even so, the Zhou State knows that the strength of Zhou State and Zhao Ming is far apart.

This is mainly a place controlled by Zhao Ming. It is much more prosperous than the Zhou State, with convenient transportation and convenient concentration of strength. Although the Zhou State has a wide territory, it is divided by mountains, and it is difficult to raise military rations and military funds for the expedition for a while.

This year, the Zhou Kingdom had a great harvest of Sichuan and Sichuan, and the grain harvest was achieved, but the Guanzhong, Western Regions and Hetao were somewhat insufficient.

If it were the Ming Dynasty, the problems of transportation and material dispatch could be easily solved by shipping, but the Zhou State had to cross mountains and cross ridges and transport them with both legs. Most of the harvest was wasted on the way.

At this time, on the edge of the Wei River, the Zhou army built granaries one by one, and the grain transported from Bashu were stored here.

In the warehouse lined up, Wu Sangui and Zhou Guo walked together.

Wu Sangui asked: "How much food has been transported from Shu?"

Sun Kewang said: "There are already 300,000 stones of grain entering the warehouse, which is enough for the army to go on the expedition!"

Wu Sangui nodded with satisfaction, "In such a short time, he has been transporting so much food, and it is hard for the right minister to work hard."

Sun Kewang shook his head, "Thank you for your hard work. In order to transport grain, many people have fallen on the plank road in the middle of Shu and the Qinling Mountains!"

When Wu Sangui heard the words, his expression became solemn, "When I say this, the Lone King is under great pressure!"

"Now that Zhu Ming and Zhao Ming are flirting with internal friction, and the army gathers in Jiangnan. Zhao Ming has gained a new land of Hebei and Shandong, so he should take a defensive position against our Great Zhou. This time the king will only have a question of how many he has won, and there will not be too much pressure!" Hong Chengchou said with a smile.

Zhu Yihai, Nanjing and Zhao Ming, Yangzhou, both said that he was the orthodox Ming of the Ming Dynasty. In order to facilitate distinction, the Zhou State called Zhu Yihai of Nanjing as Zhu Ming, while the territory and forces controlled by Zhao Ming were called Zhao Ming.

Wu Sangui nodded slightly, "Yes, I didn't catch up with the Ming and Qing battles, so I can no longer miss the opportunity for internal strife in the Ming Dynasty. We must take advantage of Zhao Ming and have no energy to attack our Great Zhou to strengthen the strength of Great Zhou."

Hong Chengchou said: "There will be a war between the Great Zhou and the Ming Dynasty sooner or later. Once Zhao Ming quells the civil strife in Nanjing, his next step will definitely be to destroy our Great Zhou. There is still some gap in strength between our Zhou and the Ming Dynasty, and we will be ready for war from now on!"

Wu Sangui felt anxious when he heard the words and said in a deep voice: "I am not waiting for time! Did the Liangshun King in Luoyang reply? "

Hong Chengchou shook his head, "There is no reply yet. Compared to the minister who defected to my Great Zhou and became the king, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, naturally, wanted to be the king in his heart!"

Sun Kewang couldn't help but sneer, "The Qing Dynasty has been destroyed, what else do they think of?"

Wu Sangui swelled his cheeks and said in a deep voice: "It seems that these two old guys cannot adjust their mentality for a while. Gu cannot let them delay. If they don't force them, they will not make a decision easily!"

After saying that, Wu Sangui became serious and ordered in a stern voice, "I will order the army to prepare for the expedition, and I will first annex Henan!"
Chapter completed!