The war that occurred in Henan reached the capital, and then the capital sent it to Denglai through postmen. By the time Zhou Xian received the war report on Zeng Hualong about the war in Henan, more than a month had passed.

After reading it, Zhou Xian sighed in his heart and said nothing for a long time.

In the original time and space, although the official army was still defeated in Zhuxian Town, the peasant army at that time joined forces with the troops including Li Zicheng, Zhang Zizhong and Luo Rucai. The total number was as high as 400,000, while the official army at that time was only 150,000.

Now Luo Rucai and Zhang Xianzhong have died one after another. Only Li Zicheng, the peasant army, was confronted by the government army. On the one hand, he sent troops to stay in Nanyang, Luoyang and other places, and on the other hand, he had to beware of Kaifeng City's defenders leaving the city to attack, and the troops who were only 200,000 were invested in the battle between Zhuxian Town and the government army.

However, the official army Li Zicheng had to face not only had more than ten main troops of Zuo Liangyu, but also had nearly 50,000 people left by Lu Xiangsheng to a tiger, with a total force of up to 180,000. Under normal circumstances, the peasant army would maintain at least twice the advantage in combat with officials to be sure to win.

However, in this battle of Zhuxian Town, Li Zicheng's troops were only less than 20,000 more than the official army.

Although the government forces had many conflicts with each other and the upper-level generals were not in coordination, resulting in some loss of combat power. However, Li Zicheng was able to completely defeat the 180,000 official troops with a few more troops than the government troops, which only shows that the combat power of the peasant army is no longer the same as before.

Li Zicheng's plan to recruit troops and train troops based on Wanluo, thus sending troops to plunder the entire Central Plains has achieved good results.

Once the thief stops roaming, they can no longer be called a thief, but a huge force that can overwhelm the sky and the earth. On the other hand, the scene of Zuo Liangyu's soldiers burning, killing and looting everywhere after the collapse, the official army seems to be even more called a thief.

Zhou Xian didn't like the late Ming Dynasty, an era of rotten to the end.

But he hated the Qing Dynasty even more. In addition to being a foreign race, there was another most important reason. In order to maintain his rule, the upper emperors spent all day trying to fool the people. Because they had few people, they were so scared that they could only hide in the narrow area of ​​Beijing City to kill and destroy Chinese culture to improve their rule.

After entering the pass, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were really weasels, and each generation was worse than the other. The false Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era brought to this country only that most people could not starve to death. The Qing Dynasty ruled China for more than 200 years, and Chinese culture was destroyed, but technology did not advance but retreated.

Zhou Xian can only describe it in his heart with the word "tragic".

The two hundred years of blind arrogance in the Qing Dynasty were the two hundred years of vigorous development in the West. The powerful ships and artillery profits broke their final fantasy, and cede land and compensation became the norm. The Opium War started and the Anti-Japanese War formed a shame for more than a hundred years. This was inseparable from the incompetent rule of the Qing Dynasty.

After Zhou Xian traveled through time, the first thing he thought about was how to defeat the Qing court. In short, they could not be the masters of the land of China. The importance of Emperor Chongzhen and his interactions with Prince Zhu Cilang and Princess Kunxing Zhu Mai made him tend to support the Ming court.

But after some hard work, Zhou Xian's status improved and he did achieve some achievements. However, the Qing court was not destroyed, and the strength of the peasant army increased instead of decreasing compared to the original time and space, and it was very likely to capture the world in one fell swoop.

Zhou Xian couldn't help but start to wonder, is there any possibility of saving the Ming Dynasty? He didn't feel much disgusted with the peasant army in his heart. When the government could not even guarantee the minimum standard for their survival, rebellion was their last choice.

Li Zicheng's series of performances before entering Beijing were enough to be a master. Perhaps in the original time and space, his army would be quickly corrupted after entering Beijing City, and then be defeated by Wu Sangui and Dorgon. But now he has the experience of governing Luoyang and Nanyang, will such a situation still be allowed to happen again?

A butterfly's wings may cause a storm in the distance. With Zhou Xian's intervention, this era will become increasingly difficult to predict in the future. Who is the master of the ups and downs in the vast world?

Zhou Xian sighed for a while and couldn't help but think to himself. If the situation worsens so much, what should he do?

There are strong enemies outside, and disasters inside. If the Ming court is in the end, it will inevitably be defeated. If he wants to conquer the Qing Dynasty and rely on Li Zicheng's army, what should he choose? Should he be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and resist it to the end; or should he raise and lower the flag, surrender to Li Zicheng for the sake of the continuation of Chinese culture and help him defeat the Qing Dynasty.

Zhou Xian had thought that he would seek independence when things were impossible. But he was full of emotions for the Ming Dynasty. With Emperor Chongzhen still alive, he would not do that without any possibility.

Moreover, although Denglai has an extremely important geographical location, it has a sparse population and a shortage of food. It is difficult to achieve self-sufficiency by relying heavily on external supply. Another important point is that Zhou Xian believes that he lacks people who are planning a country like Li Yan. He may be a prince of the whole place, but in the face of the general trend, he cannot escape the fate of being crushed and destroyed.

Another point is that Zhou Xian felt that being an emperor was boring. He was worried about keeping his throne, and he worked hard for his dynasty and spent his energy on his descendants. Their lifelong pursuit was both pitiful and sad.

Zhou Xianchen sat down for a long time and couldn't get an accurate answer. But his eyes kept flashing with Zhu Cilang's kindness and his weak and beautiful figure. He first shook his head gently, then smiled bitterly, and sighed: "Do your best in everything! You have to protect the conscience of some people."

At this time, Gao Yi's noise sounded outside the door, "Xiao Shuzi, are you in the military gate?"

"Inside the house, you go by yourself!" Xia Shu echoed.

Gao Yi stretched out his head inside the door and laughed, "Military Gate, you are not asleep yet!"

Zhou Xian glanced at the outside, and the sun was still hanging high in the sky.

Gao Yi also realized that he was a little idiot when he asked, so he touched his head awkwardly. He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Zhou Xian: "Military Gate, this is an urgent letter sent by Deputy General Lin from Fuzhou. General Huang asked me to hand it over to you." Huang Fei had been promoted to the Assistant Governor, but many people in the army still called him General Huang.

Zhou Xian opened it and asked, "Where are the people who sent the letter? How could it fall into the hands of you who are stationed in the North Gate?" Outside the North Gate, people with common sense generally do not choose to enter the city from there.

"I was hit by several arrows and died as soon as I finished speaking. I guessed that I wanted the letter to be delivered as soon as possible, so I didn't choose the water route. I was discovered by the Qing army and chased him all the way. He chose the North Gate in a panic way."
Chapter completed!