Shopkeeper Lu inquired about the residence of the clan leader, and when he arrived, he learned that the father of this big jade had passed away, and it was her brother Ulantai who was in charge at this time.

After seeing Ulantai, he sent a letter, Ulantai since his sister went to the Central Plains with Dolgon, he was also very concerned, this kind of war, there have always been few women to follow, my sister insisted on going, once something happened, how to explain to Huang Taiji? When he was in a hurry, he heard that Dolgon had led his army back to the grassland, but somehow he did not reveal anything to himself. [No pop-ups. 】

When he was wondering, the shopkeeper Lu brought someone to arrive, and when Wulantai heard that the messenger of the sister had arrived, he hurriedly invited him in to meet, and the shopkeeper Lu presented a letter from Da Yuer.

After reading the letter, Ulantai was so frightened that his soul was not possessed.

He had already guessed that the sister would inevitably be captured by the official army, and asked him not to make a noise, because he was afraid that Huang Taiji would be angry and abolish the title of Fang Fujin, and at that time, the sister would really be worthless. Looking at what the letter said, the sister did not suffer in Guanzhong, and the meaning of the letter was to protect her own clan, which seemed to have nothing to do with this matter.

Ulantai knew that his strength was far inferior to that of the Houjin Kingdom, and if Huang Taiji was angry with him, the entire Horqin tribe would have to be killed, so he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut as he said in the letter, and he didn't know anything.

He warmly entertained the shopkeeper Lu and others, and gave them good horses, gold and silver, and kept them for two days, the shopkeeper Lu and others were in a hurry to return to Guanzhong to resume their lives, and refused to live more, so Wulantai did not stay, and sent them on the third day to go back to Guanzhong.

Waiting for a group of twelve people to return to Xi'an, the shopkeeper Lu received the reward, happily, went home, the Qin King's personal soldiers came to see the King of Qin to hand over the order, as soon as they entered the hall of the house, they saw all the Qin army generals, the ministers were in the hall, one by one solemn faces, discussing something.

When King Qin saw him coming back, he asked a few words, and the soldier spoke one by one, and King Qin saw that nothing had changed, so he waved his hand and let the soldier go back to rest.

At this time, he could no longer pay attention to the reaction of the Mongols, because more important matters in the Central Plains made the situation in Guanzhong suddenly tense.

Qin ** had just received a six-hundred-mile urgent flight report from Tongguan, and at this time Shehuai had already returned to Tongguan, and he found a very important news and immediately reported to King Qin.

This news is about Li Zicheng, of course, not good news.

Hong Chengchou has been encircling and suppressing Li Zicheng in the Central Plains, and this time, he finally bit Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng's troops had another spy, nicknamed the Great Heavenly King, who felt that Li Zicheng's men and horses would soon be destroyed, and there was no future if they continued to fight, so they turned against the water and confessed an important piece of information.

Li Zicheng wants to take people and horses to the junction of Henan and Huguang, and meet Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Ru.

So Hong Chengchou made a quick decision, led all the men and horses, galloped five hundred miles in the starry night, and rushed to Dengzhou south of Nanyang first, where he laid heavy troops and waited for Li Zicheng to come to die.

Within two days, Li Zicheng arrived in Dengzhou with all the men and horses, more than 3,000 people.

Here, Li Zicheng suffered the most major setback since the uprising.

His 3,000 men and horses plunged into the ambush circle of the official army, and Hong Chengchou personally supervised the battle, so as to capture Li Zicheng alive in this battle. He had about 30,000 men under his command, ten times the size of the peasant army, so at the beginning of the battle, it showed a one-sided momentum.

The officers and soldiers waited for work, and they had an absolute advantage in numbers, so Li Zicheng's men and horses couldn't resist and began to collapse, Li Zicheng was almost captured, and the general He Song gave his horse to him, which saved his life, but He Song was chopped into meat by the officials and soldiers with knives.

After this battle, Li Zicheng's men and horses were almost completely annihilated, and he himself fled with eighteen horsemen, and even his wife was lost in the battle, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.

Outsiders don't know who these eighteen horsemen are, and the book explains, including Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Li Shuangxi, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Dang Shousu, Hao Shaoqi, Li Jin, Zhang Nai, etc., Li Zicheng and his senior generals, did not lose much. Red lady, Xiaoqing and Yizhimei are with Mrs. Gao, and their whereabouts are unknown.

Hong Chengchou did not find Li Zicheng's body on the battlefield, not even the corpses of those generals, so he knew that these people had fled, so he ordered to pursue them on all sides and be sure to get rid of them.

Li Zicheng took his eighteen cavalry subordinates and fled into Funiu Mountain.

When the king of Qin got the news, he immediately felt that the matter was very important, so he invited all the generals and ministers to discuss countermeasures, he knew that Li Zicheng's men and horses were all wiped out, and Hong Chengchou was free in Henan.

Everyone was secretly surprised when they heard King Qin's words. Li Zicheng has always been the most capable of fighting in the peasant army. Even his men and horses have been destroyed, and it seems that the situation in the Central Plains is close to stability, and the court's breath is about to ease.

Li Yan stood up: "King, Li Zicheng is not dead, this is for sure, if he dies, Hong Chengchou will inevitably pass on the first Beijing division to report the victory, and the court will definitely celebrate with the crown, and the world will know that there is no news at the moment, so Li Zicheng is still alive, but he doesn't know where he fled." ”

Zhang Yi also said: "As long as Li Zicheng does not die, he will definitely make a comeback." This man is naturally rebellious and will not give up. ”

King Qin nodded: "The only way to do this is to find Li Zicheng and help him, and if necessary, we can help him." Let him continue to drag the officers and troops in the Central Plains. ”

Zhang Yi said: "The king's words are extremely true. As long as the Central Plains is in turmoil, the officers and troops will not have the energy to attack Guanzhong, so the situation in the Central Plains is very important to us. ”

Li Yan said: "King, let me go, I will definitely find Li Zicheng and help him recruit people again." ”

King Qin looked at Bai Qi: "General, how is the matter in Meixian?" Bai Qi stood up: "King, Wang Bao has taken back the three counties, and the people in the county have also come back one after another, everything is normal." King Qin nodded: "Very good, let him strictly guard against the officials and troops in Gansu and other places, send more scouts, and always investigate, without a trace of carelessness." ”

The white starting point leads the way.

King Qin said: "The most important thing at the moment is to look at Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's 100,000 horses." If they can defeat Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou will inevitably be transferred to help suppress him, and Li Zicheng's troops will be able to recover. But if Zhang Luo and the others are also defeated, what our Qin army will face is all the elite men and horses of the official army. ”

Wang Jian said: "In that case, it will be too disadvantageous. King, we must find Li Zicheng in the shortest possible time and let him regroup. King Qin said: "At this time, there should be no pressure on the north of my Qin army, Houjin Tartar has just retreated, and the trilateral region still needs to strengthen its defense, and there is no extra strength to fight Guanzhong." There is a king leopard in the west to guard Meixian, and it will be fine. The mountains and mountains in the south are steep, and the army cannot march, and the only danger is only Tongguan. Spread the decree, early tomorrow morning, all the kings will go to Tongguan with this king. The princess was left in the city to guard, and Mr. Zhang Yi was in charge of government affairs. ”

Zhang Yi was stunned: "King, you all go to Tongguan?" King Qin nodded: "Bring another 5,000 men and horses." Zhang Yi said: "Why do you want to go to Tongguan?" King Qin said: "Li Zicheng's men and horses have been destroyed, and even if he himself escapes, there will not be many people around him." It must be very difficult to find him. Therefore, it is necessary to send many people and horses to investigate in many ways. In addition, the choke point between Shaanxi and the Central Plains is Tongguan, and I want to sit there as your follow-up, and Tongguan is the base for us to advance. ”

Li Yan said: "The king is still in Xi'an, Tongguan side, just send a general." ”

King Qin shook his hand: "No, Tongguan to Xi'an, there are still hundreds of miles away, and it is not very convenient for news to come and go." At this time, the military situation is like fire, and if you can save a while, you can save a while. Don't persuade you, I have made up my mind. ”

When the people heard this, they had no choice but to do as they were told. Start preparing now. King Qin went to the back house and talked to Ji Mengdie, and Ji Mengdie also felt uneasy: "King, Tongguan is a dangerous place, you have to be more careful over there." 5,000 men and horses are a little less, so bring 10,000. ”

King Qin said: "No, bring more people and horses, and you also need to bring more food, and it is inconvenient to transport it on the road." Five thousand centaurs, plus the original three thousand, were enough. He paused, and said: "You must always be on guard in the city, these important ministers are not there, and you must discuss everything with Mr. Zhang Yi." ”

Ji Mengdie nodded in agreement, and went down to prepare things for King Qin's trip.

That night, after everything was ready, the king of Qin took 5,000 men and horses, with Li Kang as the vanguard, and marched towards Tongguan. The group quietly went out of the east gate.

The 5,000 men and horses, all cavalry, arrived at Tongguan within two days. Shehuai had already received the news, went out of the customs to greet them, and took everyone into the customs.

The king of Qin settled down and immediately ordered Li Yanbai Qi and others to send the Qin army out of the pass to the Central Plains to find out the news of Li Zicheng, and if possible, it was best to bring him to Tongguan.

So the Qin army sent more than a dozen teams, each of about twenty or thirty people, carrying letters from the King of Qin and Li Yan, to find Li Zicheng.

In addition to these horses, the king of Qin also sent a fine work to inquire about the news of Yang Sichang, and the king of Qin knew that Fan Ju and Yang Sichang had colluded in one place, and were in Huguang and Sichuan and other places, encircling and suppressing Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, and he was eager to know the results of the battle.

At this time, it was already November of the eighth year of Chongzhen, and Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai were in Wuxi County, Sichuan. They've just laid it down here, and they're celebrating. Yang Sichang arrived. The report was immediately reported to the big tent, and a notice was also carried with it.

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