Ningyuan City, the two armies competed, the cannon sound was like thunder, the killing of the heaven and earth changed color, the black clouds rolled, one side of the attack was fierce, the artillery, the stone thrower poured down like a torrential rain, the siege soldiers were like flying locusts all over the world, the far artillery defending the city was close to the bow, the rolling stone and the wood did not leak, and it was quite equal for a time, and it was difficult to distinguish between the superior and the inferior.

In the Forbidden City, thousands of miles away, the candles in the Qianqing Palace were swaying, Emperor Chongzhen rubbed his temples and watched the Dragon Case Shouning Palace play and fold, next to a cup of tea, the fragrance of tea was lingering.

Although he was diligent in his work, he had fallen asleep in the past, or had begun to get up, but since last night, his eyelids have been beating so hard that he has even had an inexplicable panic, which has made him unable to sleep for a long time.

The day before yesterday, Ningyuan's great victory, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the whole country celebrated, which can be described as a rare joy for many years, but it was accompanied by bad news one after another.

His henchmen's troubles, Li Zicheng is now more and more out of control, after the defeat of Taiyuan, he led the remnants of the army to the east road to find Liu Fangliang round.

Liu Fangliang in the East Road to kill, can be said to be unstoppable, in a short period of time to lay a large territory, occupy countless cities, first under Huaiqing Mansion, Ming deputy general Chen De (Chen Yongfu's son) to patrol the imperial history Su Jing to resist arrest and surrender to the thief army, Liu Fangliang set up a new defense in Huaiqing Mansion, Fu Yin and county orders, etc., and then waved the army north without spending a soldier to occupy Lu'an Mansion, appointed Sun Mingyi as the Lu'an defense envoy and let him be responsible for the pursuit of salary" is the county royal family and the village doctor, non-criminal torture, large gold and silver, tens of millions of dollars, called donations. Down to the Chengtian Commissioner, none of them were spared. or has already died, and recovering its descendants and plundering them as a whole, it is the same with the example of the famous eunuchs. …… And the distribution of thieves in each county is more than "Fortunately, King Shen was taken away by the little eunuch at that time, otherwise the thief army would be cheapened in vain."

After Liu Fangliang left the general Pingnanbo Liu Zhong to guard Changzhi, he led his troops east to Zhangde Mansion, and at the same time divided his troops into the Daimyo Mansion to capture the counties under the prefecture, at this time Li Zicheng had fled from Taiyuan to round.

After leaving the general Liu Rukui to defend the Zhangde Mansion, the thief army passed through Cizhou (now Cixian County, Hebei Province) and entered the Jifu area. The Ming Dynasty magistrates of Guangping Mansion (now Handan District, governed by Yongnian County) fled, and "there was no owner in the city". Zhang Ruxing, the former general soldier of Tongzhou who lived in Guangping Mansion, sent his heart to Cizhou to pay money to the thief army.

The Dashun army entered Quang Binh Mansion and "welcomed thirty miles in the suburbs of Ruxing". After a short rest, the thief army marched north. "Please go forward and offer the strategy of Beijing and Tong. Fang Liang Xu Zhi. Before the team started, Liu Fangliang appointed Zhai Fengqi as the defense envoy, leaving Guo Duwei and Chang Zhang's brigade to lead 500 soldiers to guard Guangping.

At the same time, Chang Yu, the commander of Dongchang, was ordered to go out to snipe the enemy, and Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Ming court's military department, was ordered to go south to suppress bandits.

The thief army continued to go north to collect Xingtai, Hejian and other places, and along the way they all looked at the wind and returned to Baoding, the important town of Qipu.

Yesterday, Jinyi Wei quickly reported that "Kou is so big, three hundred miles, the feather flag is ironclad, and it is dazzling." The dust rises, and the day is twilight; The horses neighed, and the sea boiled and the mountains were destroyed. It shows the prosperity of the army.

The court was shocked.

Historically, when the thief army attacked Baoping was March 21, the capital had been broken two days ago, but because of the wings of the little eunuch in Shandong, the historical trajectory was slightly changed.

According to historical records, the thieves marched to the banner, and the Ming Dynasty's "civil and military officials who defended the land all looked at the wind and fled, or the gentlemen fought for the head of chaos, dragged their clothes upside down, and walked in fear, and recited righteousness to welcome Allah." ”

The people in Baoding City were unwilling to hold on to the Zhu Ming Dynasty and asked to open the door and pay the money. At this time, Li Jiantai, a scholar of Ming University who "acted on behalf of the emperor and personally conquered", fled into Baoding, and he also thought that "it was difficult to support", so it was better to surrender as soon as possible. However, the governor of the government, Shao Zongxuan, and the new prefect, He Fu, together with the local squire Zhang Luojun and others, resolutely advocated defending the city. They scolded "the people for ignorance" and did not understand the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, and "sent people to worship the money in their foreheads to show the righteousness of the lord", and drove the army and the people to go to the city to refuse. The Dashun army shouted loudly under the city, telling them that the Beijing division had conquered it on March 19, and advised them not to become obsessed and seek a desperate end for themselves. Zhang Luojun, Shao Zongxuan and others were stubborn and turned a deaf ear. Liu Fangliang saw that the persuasion was ineffective, and ordered an all-out siege of the city.

To this day, Li Jiantai has been assassinated, stationed in Baoding is the military department of Shangshu Shi Kefa, the same siege of Baoding is not Liu Fangliang's strong force, is the main force of the thief army, by Li Zicheng personally in charge.

Baoding is the southern gate of Gyeonggi, don't lose it!

Chongzhen and the ministers discussed for half a night, and finally there was no good plan, and they could only hope that Shi Kefa could defeat the thief army, at this time the army went south, the grain and grass were ready, and the salary and silver were in place, and the pro-soldier Tengxiang Siwei went out of Beijing with Shi Kefa to suppress the bandits, and there was Shandong General Liu Liangzuo from Jinan to send troops north to attack, Huang Degong drew troops to the north in the Central Plains, and Zhou Yuji led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses such as Jin Wuwei from Taiyuan to intercept in the west.

Although the military situation in the south is urgent, Emperor Chongzhen's psychology is somewhat comforted, after all, he has scraped together more than 100,000 horses, copied from all sides, and supervised the battle by the great loyal minister Shi Kefa, so it should not be too big a basket.

But the lonely army outside the gate, the lonely city.

Chang Yu established a special communication channel, the intelligence outside the customs came from morning to night, and a great victory the day before yesterday certainly made the government and the opposition excited, but the subsequent intelligence, the main force of the Qing army came to the city!

The vast Qing army of more than 100,000 made Emperor Chongzhen feel a chill from the soles of his feet to the ice to his heart, and the sins caused by the Qing army's entry into the customs several times were shocking, leaving him with an extremely terrifying shadow, and he smelled the trembling from his bones.

Can Chang Yu stop it, if he can't stop it, what can he do, at that time, there were thieves in the south approaching the capital, and there were Tartars in the north.

As soon as he thought of this, Emperor Chongzhen's bones were cold, can the prince's dream be changed......

The sky was slightly bright, Li Yan in the city of Zhonghou got up early in the morning, practiced two sets of boxing in the city, a little panting, but refreshed, Xiao Biesheng newlywed couple was not less moisturized at night.

Emperor Chongzhen of the capital is worried, the artillery fire of Ningyuan City is full of sky, these have nothing to do with him, the middle and rear places are quiet, the air is fresh, the mountains and forests are looming in the distance, and the Liuzhou River is like a white dragon......

Looking at this great river and mountain, Li Yan couldn't help but sigh, it's so good!

In the past, he was not rightly said by the thief, insulted his ancestors, spurned by the world, lived stealthily everywhere, and was in fear all day long, but now he has turned into an official family and worked hard, dignified, although he has been running for thousands of miles, suffering from the bitter cold, going out of the customs to fight, and being dangerous, but now he really feels very good.

It's really good, in one day, three joys are coming!

In the first battle after Yixi surrendered, nearly 1,000 cavalry of the Qing army were killed, and the second Xi husband and wife joined the division.

As for the third joy, it was a bit unexpected.

However, he said that he returned to the city with a great victory in a battle with the Qing army yesterday, and in the evening, the thieves in the mountains came to surrender, about 400 people.

There are thieves in the mountains outside the pass, as many as cattle hair, almost all of them have been gathered by the rout army in previous years, and it has become a big disaster, Chang Yu had ordered Li Yan to enter the mountains to clear and suppress, as the thief Kou ancestor level Li Yan returned to the Zhonghou Institute, he wanted to go into the mountains to sweep, but at this time he heard that the main force of the Qing army had arrived in Ningyuan, so he did not dare to act rashly, but sent people into the mountains and those thieves to communicate the news, show their identities, and inform the other party that this is the time of the national crisis, and you will be regarded as contributing to the country if you take the opportunity to make trouble, and you will be despised by others.

Of course, if you still have the heart to serve the country, welcome back, work together to kill the thief, there is food and money in the city, and you should be rewarded for your merits!

Unexpectedly, the thieves in the mountains came to join the gang happily, and they were really persuaded so easily?

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