There was no metal thumping, only the dull sound of flesh falling to the ground. Hao Shaoqi's war horse was empty. On the ground, Abbe's forehead fell heavily to the ground, and his war horse sat firmly on Hao Shaoqi, and he pointed the tip of his knife at Abbe's face.

"Surrender!" Hao Shaoqi shouted. Just as he was drinking, a sharp arrow came straight to Hao Shaoqi's front door.

"Poof!", Hao Shaoqi was hit by an arrow.

Abbe is dead. A Zhenglan Banner Dutong died like this, in the hands of a reckless general who had been abandoned by Li Zicheng for many years.

Hao Shaoqi was also hit by an arrow, but it was only an arrow wound, he pulled out a sharp arrow, put the arrow on the bowstring, aimed at the leader who was thirty paces away from him, and returned him with an arrow. The arrow was accurate and ruthless, and half of the arrow was inserted into the door of the leader's face.

"Kill!" Hao Shaoqi was only injured in his arm, which did not prevent him from picking up this bargain. Zhenglan Banner was killed, and a staff leader was killed, what a good opportunity. Hao Shaoqi's killing was not only for his three thousand elites, but for all his generals.

The victory or defeat on the battlefield is often determined by the instantaneous opportunity, and the generals who are good at leading the troops will grasp this fleeting opportunity. No matter how elite the generals are, when the main general is killed, it is impossible to be calm in front of a strong enemy. Before there is a replacement, or when the replacements are not really in control, this is a great opportunity for the opponent.

Hao Shaoqi grasped it, and he commanded the army to rush and kill. Soon the blue flag wavered, and then the blue flag became a rout. The Zhenglan Flag is really unlucky, it has been lowered from the upper three flags to the lower five flags, and now there is another catastrophe. Zhenglan Banner has been defeated, and more than 6,000 corpses indicate that this banner has to start anew, and it will not be possible to be called an elite division in the next year or two.

Hao Shaoqi pursued the victory, and when it was no longer possible for the Mongol soldiers who were fighting with them to organize an effective attack, he led his whole army to the east of Beijing, where the artillery was roaring. Duoduo, who was besieging the city, had already received the news of the rout of the entire army of the Zhenglan Banner, and he had a hunch that today's siege would not go well.

"Hold off enemy reinforcements!" he shouted to a Mongol capital.

The Mongols had 20,000 troops, and with a wave of his scimitar, he went south to block the enemy. But taking advantage of the victory, it is not easy to provoke a vigorous division. The Mongol capital recklessly rushed towards Hao's banner troops, and as soon as the two armies came into contact, the Mongol soldiers were dumbfounded. They encountered a rare formidable enemy. At first they were at a stalemate, but as more and more people fell under their horses, the brave men were now timid.

On the timid side of the battlefield, the end is terrible. The Mongols began to retreat, then trampled on each other, and then collapsed.

Li Laiheng was bombarded by the Hongyi cannon, and it was very accurate, he was in the bull's-eye, and the Manchu artillery made a ten ring. Lee Rae-hyung is dead, so is what Dolgon thought.

Li Laiheng's cavalry fell one by one, dead, wounded, frightened, and tripped over. Dolgon's forces were also scattered. Dolgon had asked them to accompany Li Laiheng to the funeral, and he had a lot of blood, and his people were killed and wounded more than a thousand people.

If you don't fight, you won't fight. Li Laiheng couldn't let him hit the second shot, so he sounded the gong and withdrew his troops. Dolgon couldn't fight anymore, and if he fought again, it would be over, so he blew the trumpet and went back to the city. This battle should have been won by Li Laiheng, but it was a miserable victory. The price he paid was nearly 2,000 dead and more than 3,000 wounded, a total of 5,000 casualties, no small loss.

Dolgon was defeated and returned to Shunyi City, and his casualties exceeded 10,000, and he was defeated. The only thing he expected now was that he hoped that Duoduo would capture the city of Beijing, and he certainly had reason to expect Duoduo to capture the city. Dodor had so many cannons, and Dorgon gave Dorgon a large number of cannons. He also sent the Zhenglan Banner to stop Li Yan's reinforcements, and he dragged the most powerful Li Laiheng here, so it shouldn't be a problem for Duoduo to fight a Li Yan.

However, what Dolgon was waiting for was not the news that the city of Beijing had been captured, but that the Zhenglan Banner had been destroyed, and Duoduo had been severely damaged, and he was caught between the troops of Hao Shaoqi and Li Yan, and was now retreating.

"Alas, I really met a nemesis, three battles and three defeats. Alas, I'm going to have to skin you rabbit alive one day!" said Dolgon, angrily to himself.

Anger to anger, troubles to troubles, the Manchu Qing Dynasty could not stop the pace of conquering the Central Plains because of Li Laiheng alone.

"Come on! Go and invite Azig, Duoduo, Hong Chengchou, and Fan Wencheng. ”

When Dolgon encounters a big event, he always likes to discuss it in a small area first, and then hold a meeting with Prince Baylor and others, which is just a formality. Soon these people arrived. Azig was a little later, and after a few battles with Li Guo in Shanxi, he did not achieve the expected goal, and returned to Beijing a few days ago.

Dolgon said bluntly in front of these people, there was no need to pretend, except for his own brother who was a confidant minister.

"This Li Laiheng is really difficult, he claims to be 60,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact, it is 30,000 or 40,000 people, dragging more than 200,000 of us here, this is not good. Let him delay for a few more months, Nanming's regime will also be stabilized, and the foundation of Dashun will be deepened, but I am afraid that the Daxi regime in Sichuan will also be consolidated. If we continue like this, although we are separated, we are all Han Chinese, and we will come together to fight us, but I am afraid that it will be very troublesome. So please come and counsel about what's next?" said Dolgon.

Hong Chengchou rarely gave advice before entering the customs, he had feelings for the Ming Dynasty, but now it is different, Chongzhen is dead, and he no longer has to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

"The minister thinks," Hong Chengchou knew that what Dolgon wanted to hear most was what he said: "From Shanxi to Shaanxi, Li Guo is very well fortified along the Yellow River, and only if there is one more army to attack Tongguan, Shaanxi will naturally be under our control." ”

When Dorgon heard this, he had an idea. He wanted Li Laiheng to stick to Beijing, that is, for the stability of Xi'an. Now they don't fight Beijing, let Beijing become an isolated city, and their main force is concentrated on attacking Shaanxi, so that Li Zicheng can't be the emperor in Xi'an with peace of mind, he will definitely ask Li Laiheng to save him, this is a good idea.

Thinking of this, he said to Azig and Duoduo: "The two of you are limited to capture Xi'an within half a month." Azig marched from Shanxi to attack Li Guo's troops, and Duoduo marched from Hebei to Henan and captured Tongguan ......"

Dolgon's mind was running fast, and in a few moments, the whole battle plan was formed. He just thought about it and said that there was basically no need for major changes. Even Azig, who has always been conceited, had to admire this younger brother.

The final decision was that Dorgon continued to contain Li Laiheng in Beijing, and Azig and Duoduo attacked Shaanxi at the same time.

In Beijing, Li Laiheng, Li Yan and Hao Shaoqi are together. They knew that this battle was a thrilling victory, and they were lucky to be together.

Li Yan said: "I'm worried now. Both roads are difficult before us, and one of Dolgon's attacks to the west will leave us with nothing to do in the lonely city of Peking. There is no logistical support to advance, and there is no way back. The second Ludolgon's main force is haunting us, and I think Beijing can only defend it for half a year. The key is that the emperor must organize the eastern crusade in time, so that we can have a way out. ”

Li Laiheng was also depressed, he was worried that Li Zicheng would no longer consider the matter of the Eastern Crusade, so that their stay in Beijing would be meaningless. What is Li Zicheng doing at this time? If Li Laiheng knew what Li Zicheng was doing now, he would definitely be so angry that he would vomit blood.

Xi'an has now been changed to Chang'an. Since Li Zicheng and his generals were mostly from Shaanxi, the idea of building the capital of Xi'an was easily understood.

These days, Li Zicheng did not actively prepare for the Eastern Crusade as Li Laiheng thought, nor did he place officials in Henan and Hubei, but was doing two things. The first thing he did was to send Wu Ruyi and Li You to the west to conquer the Great Western Empire, that is, to conquer Zhang Xianzhong to the west. The reason is that one country cannot have two masters, and if there is Dashun, there can be no Daxi. Most of the generals and civil officials actively agreed to this proposal, only Tian Jianxiu and Song Xiance had different ideas, but they did not dare to offend the public, and only raised the concerns of Tixizheng.

Of course, there is another reason why the two of them did not resolutely oppose it, they think that the main reason why Li Zicheng released the words of the Western Expedition and sent Li You and Wu Ruyi to lead 100,000 troops into Bashu is a political need, and he must show that Emperor Dashun is orthodox and a true dragon son who represents the will of heaven. Second, he was worried that Zhang Xianzhong would go out of Qishan to crusade against him Li Zicheng like Liu Bei back then, so he made active defensive measures to attack and defend.

This strategy is a very fatal move for Li Zicheng, he is already not strong enough, and now he is fortified on all sides, which is equivalent to being defenseless everywhere, how can he still have the energy to deal with Zhang Xianzhong?

Both of these things are inseparable from Li Zi's own thoughts. After Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhaiguan, his ambitions were frustrated, although he did not show it, but deep down in his heart he wanted to be in a corner of peace, occupy the land of Sanqin, and be a local emperor. He fled all the way from Beijing to Xi'an, and he was terrified, and he repeatedly implored Li Zicheng to step up his defense and consolidate heavy troops in Tongguan and other places, so that his heart settled down a little.

Indeed, Li Zicheng now spends his main energy on defense. Li Guo deployed heavy troops along the Yellow River to prevent the Qing troops from crossing the river. Ma Shiyao's tens of thousands of troops guarded Tongguan to prevent Qing troops from entering Xi'an from Henan. Wu Ruyi and Li You prevented Zhang Xianzhong from advancing eastward in the west. Only to the south, Li Zicheng still controls Xiangyang and attempts to ally with Zuo Liangyu.

Li Zicheng sent two envoys to contact Zuo Liangyu, hoping that Zuo Liangyu would support Dashun, and Li Zicheng promised him to be crowned the king of the domain. However, Zuo Liangyu prevaricated, he neither explicitly rejected Li Zicheng's alliance, nor did he give up his support for Emperor Hongguang, he stationed troops in Hankou, choked the throat leading to Nanjing and Jiangnan, and waited for the changes.

Li Zicheng received Li Laiheng's battle report and knew that they had defeated several attacks by Dolgon. He was very happy and said that with Li Laiheng guarding Beijing, the Qing soldiers would not be able to march west and south. Tian Jianxiu saw that Li Zicheng was so happy, and wanted to remind him of the crisis that Li Laiheng was facing, and even more wanted to remind him that the Qing army was likely to leave Li Laiheng and go west directly.