At this time, Wang Qiaonian woke up suddenly, it seemed that the Qin army was desperate to attack the **, and the only target was the capital. [No pop-ups. 】

As a governor, he naturally knows some inside information, at this time in the capital, there are only less than 20,000 old and weak soldiers, and the elite people and horses except for Sun Chuanting have been taken to Liaodong by Hong Chengchou.

Thinking of this, Wang Qiaonian was so anxious that he immediately sent a table to the court and asked the military department to immediately strengthen the defense of the capital. At the same time, he mobilized all the men and horses in Shanxi and ordered them to desperately go east and pursue the Qin army.

At this time, Bai Qi had already led the Qin army to cross Heng Mountain and go straight to Taihang Mountain, if he crossed Taihang Mountain again, he would have to reach the capital.

Bai Qi has been communicating with Wang Jian with the news, and at this time he learned that Huang Taiji did not break his promise, and according to the agreement between the two parties, he sent war horses, bows and crossbows and gold. At this point, only the last batch remained. Bai Qi sent a large number of scouts to find out the news of the Shanxi official army.

In the past few days, he has received military information from various places, and learned that Wang Qiaonian has mobilized all the officers and troops in Shanxi and rushed to the Hengshan area.

Compared with this, Bai Qi wants to know more about the news in the capital.

In order to exert more pressure on the capital, after Bai Qi crossed the Heng Mountain, he still kept going, rushing towards the Taihang Mountain, attacking the city and breaking the village along the way, and the soldiers were very sharp, not only that, Bai Qi sent people to draw all the roads, military towns, terrain and landforms along the line, so as to be used in the future when attacking again.

Bai Qi's action shook Shanxi and Zhili.

The court had already gotten Wang Qiaonian's letter, and after Chongzhen read it, he took the case and scolded Wang Qiaonian for being incompetent, at this time, how could the Qin army break in from the north. But Chongzhen knew that the source of troops in Shanxi was insufficient, and most of the elite soldiers and good generals were taken to Liaodong by Hong Chengchou, and last month, in order to prevent Li Zicheng from joining forces with the Qin army, most of the men and horses had been transferred to the south of Shanxi and deployed along the line of the Yellow River.

It's not that the officials and the army are incompetent, it's that the Qin army is too cunning.

They actually entered the grassland under the pretext of crusading against the Qing army, and then suddenly killed the horse pistol, this trick even the most shrewd people could not have imagined.

At present, the Qin army is rushing towards the capital all the way, do you really want to capture the capital in one go? Chongzhen was very puzzled in his heart, he thought that the Qin army did not have this ability, even if Bai Qi led an army of 100,000, it would be impossible to cross the entire territory of Shanxi and attack Zhili, and the Qin army could not have 100,000 horses.

So what is Bai Qi going to do all the way to the capital? It doesn't look like a joke, and if you want to say that it's a joke, you really don't believe even the dead.

Chongzhen brought Liu Lian, the secretary of the military department, and asked him about the defense of the capital, Liu Lian was sweating profusely: "Back to Your Majesty, there are only more than 14,000 soldiers in the capital, and they are not elites, all elites are sent to Liaodong, Shandong and Sun Chuanting." ”

Chongzhen frowned: "That is to say, in each direction, there can only be more than three thousand soldiers. Too little, according to Wang Qiao's annual report, Bai Qi led at least 50,000 horses. ”

Liu Liandao: "The only way to do this is to let all over the country transfer troops into the king of Jingqin." ”

Chongzhen said: "In the surrounding counties, where are there more than 100 people? ”

Liu Liandao: "Exactly, in the surrounding counties, there are only one or two thousand people at most to defend the city, and they can't draw out their troops, so they have to transfer Sun Chuanting's men and horses." ”

Chongzhen shook his head: "Sun Chuanting wants to guard against Li Zicheng, at this time, the number of thieves has greatly expanded, and Sun Chuanting has only tens of thousands of people, and there are no extra troops." ”

He thought for a while: "Pass the decree and let Hong Chengchou draw out 20,000 horses and return to the capital." Block the white rise. ”

Liu Lian was taken aback: "Your Majesty, Hong Chengchou has won the victory in Liaodong Banner, will there be any intention of restricting him by transferring his men and horses at this time?" Chongzhen sneered: "Hong Chengchou has 1340,000 horses, and there are 40,000 or 50,000 in the Qing army, which is several times the number of people. If he Hong Chengchou has an army of 100,000 and can't win against 50,000 people, how can he be called a famous general? ”

Hearing this, Liu Lian didn't dare to say anything more. I went down and preached the message.

This will go out of Beijing in the starry night, go straight to Liaodong, Beijing is more than a thousand miles away from Jinzhou, fast horses day and night, four days later to Hong Chengchou's camp.

Hong Chengchou has won several battles in the past few days, and he is very proud in his heart. He secretly thought in his heart that the previous commanders, except for Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan, were all waste, and every time the Ming army was more than the Qing army, they just couldn't win.

He also knew that at this time, his subordinates, the soldiers were brave, Zu Dashou held Jinzhou City, the Qing army did not dare to attack, Cao Bianjiao, Zu Kuan, Wu Sangui led the Guanning Iron Cavalry, experienced a hundred battles, and each war first, even killed the Qing army's Eight Banners and retreated.

If this continues, it won't take a few months for him to solve the crisis in Jinzhou, and the class teacher will return to Beijing.

At this time, the holy decree came down to the army, and after Hong Chengchou received the decree, he couldn't help frowning secretly.

Naturally, he couldn't imagine that this was a secret alliance between the Manchu Emperor Taiji and the Qin army, but he felt that the Qin army took advantage of this time to suddenly attack the capital, which was very sudden and unexpected.

According to his original idea, after he left, the Qin army would have a move in the pass, and it was likely that the troops would leave Tongguan, cross the Yellow River, and enter Shanxi from the south, which was obvious. He never expected that the Qin army would actually kill a horse gun from the grassland and attack Shanxi from the north.

At this time, the men and horses in Shanxi must have been deployed on the front line of the Yellow River, and the north was empty, Bai Qi saw this vacancy and suddenly killed him, as for him to attack the capital, it was greatly unexpected by Hong Chengchou.

For the strength of the Qin army, Hong Chengchou is very clear, since he guarded the three sides, he has sent people to Guanzhong many times to inquire about the news, the Qin army occupied Hanzhong, and the troops went out of Sichuan, he knows everything, and for the strength of the Qin army, he has a rough estimate, at most 100,000 horses. In addition to defending Tongguan, Jingbian, Xi'an, Meixian and Hanzhong, no more than 40,000 people can be mobilized.

With this little bit of people, you want to go all the way to Beijing? It's just a joke.

But the holy purpose is this, you can't resist the decree, that is to kill the head, you don't protect the emperor's capital, what is the difference between that and rebellion.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou acted immediately, he found Wu Sangui, and said to him: "General Wu, I just received the emperor's holy decree, Bai Qi led tens of thousands of Qin troops into Shanxi, all the way to the capital, at this time the defense of the capital is very weak, so the saint asked me to transfer troops to protect the Beijing division. I want to hand over this important task to you, the general. ”

When Wu Sangui heard this, he was very excited.

This is a great opportunity for promotion. You know, it's the emperor who goes to protect yourself. Although the Qin army is murderous, but the road is far away, even if it is attacked under the capital, it is already the end of the strong crossbow, and he leads the army to kill it, it must be a big victory, and then the emperor is overjoyed, and he will inevitably be crowned with an official position.

Therefore, Wu Sangui was very happy and got up to thank Hong Chengchou for his attention.

Hong Chengchou smiled slightly: "Don't thank me, the general will lead the people of the headquarters to get up as soon as possible, you must rush to the capital before Bai Qi, in case of delay, the capital is threatened, no one can protect you." ”

Wu Sangui naturally knew how Yuan Chonghuan was cut by a thousand knives, so he surrendered his hands and went to order troops.

He had more than 25,000 men under his command, all of whom he had trained single-handedly, and he fought very hard, so he immediately led these men and left the official camp and came to Shanhaiguan.

The reason why Hong Chengchou wanted to hand over this important task to Wu Sangui was also because he had his own ideas, and it was not entirely for Wu Sangui.

This Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou are relatives, and Zu Dashou is Chongzhen's favorite person, so for Wu Sangui, Chongzhen is also blue-eyed. Let him defend the capital, whether it is Chongzhen or Zu Dashou, he will be happy. His move has won favor in several aspects.

On the other hand, Wu Sangui is not Hong Chengchou's confidant, and God knows whether he is loyal to himself or not.

In the past, Fu Zonglong and others lost the battle, a big reason was because his generals were not loyal to him, he was unwilling to fight the battlefield, in order to preserve his strength, he fled before fighting, and his own battle with the Qing army was still behind.

At this time, his people are much larger than the Qing army, whether Wu Sangui is needed or not, it doesn't matter, his Zu Kuan, Cao Bianjiao, are all generals who have followed him for many years, and they are very loyal to themselves, although Zu Kuan is Zu Dashou's family, but for many years, he has been reporting for him and asking for promotion, which is also the grace of knowledge. Zu Kuan also expressed his gratitude to Hong Chengchou more than once.

With these two people under his hands, they can resist the Qing army.

Hong Chengchou was really scheming, and he sent Wu Sangui back to Beijing, which not only satisfied several aspects, but also made his people more united and ordered unification.

However, after all, man is not as good as heaven.

Hong Chengchou's decision, how much impact it has on the future situation in the world, of course, is not obvious at this time, it is like a breeze on the sea, people are imperceptible, but it will not be long before it will become an earth-shattering hurricane, sweeping the entire northern sky.

As soon as Wu Sangui left with his men and horses, the Qing army immediately knew.

Huang Taiji heard that Chongzhen finally issued an order to transfer Hong Chengchou's men, and Hong Chengchou sent Wu Sangui away, so that he could leave Liaodong with more than 20,000 people, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Wu Sangui is a famous general with both wisdom and bravery, and Huang Taiji has long been deeply jealous of him, and when he heard that he left the battlefield in Liaodong, it was really like rain falling from the sky.

Without hesitation, he immediately sent more than 10,000 cavalry to Dolgon, so that he could fight Hong Chengchou again.

At the same time, Huang Taiji was also very generous, ordering the envoys in Jingbian to send the last batch of war horse gold to the Qin army, and expressed his gratitude.

When Wang Jian received these things, flew a pigeon to pass the book, and reported it to Bai Qi, Bai Qi had already arrived at the western foot of Taihang Mountain and was resting his people.