Six or seven hundred miles from the retreat of Baoding City, all the way to fight and kill, the frightened escape almost did not stop, in addition to the physical consumption and spiritual destruction, as soon as the heart of the mouth mentioned the throat fell to the ground, almost everyone could not hold it, and there was a limp everywhere.

In addition, the losses are also extremely heavy, there are only more than 50,000 people left and a few coolie husbands left, and those soldiers and cannon fodder are almost all disabled, and even hurt the root of the main force, which is also the most painful thing for Li Zicheng, of course, it is easy to get rid of those burdens.

The other thing that made him feel pain was the looted baggage from three out of ten, which was a big deal, all of them were bitten away by Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing, and they really hated itchy, but they were helpless.

Looking at the tired soldiers in the city, Li Zichang exhaled a long breath, and glanced sideways at Niu Jinxing next to him, this thing smiled reluctantly, with bitterness and happiness for the rest of his life.

Throw off the chasing soldiers, go to Jiaolong into the sea, and slowly consolidate the hegemony of the imperial map, this Eastern Crusade is still very successful on the whole, the strategic momentum is so big and even once hit the capital, the momentum is unparalleled for a while, and the imperial court is afraid that it will not have the energy and ability to crusade against him in a year or two, which can be regarded as achieving the purpose of the plan and consolidating the territory.

As for the damage of the troops, fortunately, a lot of cannon fodder was collected along the way, and there were more than 60,000 troops during the Eastern Expedition, and there were about 50,000 at this time, although the pain was still acceptable.

In addition, he also robbed so many gold, silver, treasures, grain and grass, which can be said to be full of pots, which is the biggest harvest.

"Rest for half a day, go west as fast as possible tomorrow morning, and wait until the Yellow River is crossed, so there will be no trouble" Li Zicheng didn't dare to be careless, and was talking to Niu Jinxing when he caught a glimpse of Li Guo frowning and hurriedly walking: "Father, I visited Malai to report, and I found officers and soldiers on the north side of the Shahe River, and there were thousands of people who were cavalry."

Li Zicheng suddenly frowned and glanced at Niu Jinxing, both of them had solemn faces, the distance between the Shahe River and Yongnian was only a few dozen miles, and the officers and soldiers were biting so tightly that they really wanted to chase them to the bank of the Yellow River.

However, he also had doubts in his heart, Gao Jie intercepted in Ren County, and Liu Zeqing in the rear obviously felt that the officers and soldiers were not strong when he was attacking, and the total number of people participating in the battle was only more than 30,000 far inferior to the righteous army, where did the little eunuch's brigade go? If he had rushed up at that time, he might not have rushed over, where did he go?

"Thousands of cavalry are just the vanguard of officers and soldiers, there is still a main force behind, but we are not afraid of this vanguard, forgive it and dare not take the initiative to provoke the tiger's whiskers, when its main force arrives, we are far away, the lord does not need to worry" Niu Jinxing said lightly, Li Zicheng nodded slightly, there is no obstacle in front, and these wild dogs in the back are just wanting to disgust and disgust themselves.

But Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing don't think so, no matter whether there are obstacles in front of them or not, they don't just bark, they must take a few bites, it's all real money!

The so-called people gather by like, and things are grouped, although Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing disdain each other's character, they also have similar smells, such as killing Li Zicheng to plunder and grab silver.

Previously, the two of them intercepted and chased, and after several fights, they were tired, and the thieves broke through, Gao Jie ordered Liu Cheng to lead thousands of cavalry to keep an eye on him, and he and Liu Zeqing signed an agreement and rested for a day before the soldiers and horses immediately went south to chase.

When Li Zicheng was resting in Yongnian City, he had also arrived in Nanhe County, and the distance between the two was only a hundred miles away from Shahe County, and it was only a day and night rapid march to reach.

"Mr. Liu, in your opinion, your family will catch up or find a place to wait for the thief" Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing rode side by side, talking and laughing.

Liu Zeqing smiled: "Do you think he will sell us cheaply, is it you?" ”

Gao Jie shook his head and was very frank: "No."

Liu Zeqing laughed: "I won't either."

"So where do you think he'll wait?" Gao Jie asked again.

Liu Zeqing thought for a moment: "When the thieves went east, they crossed the Yellow River from Puban (now Yongji) and then came all the way east along the north bank of the Yellow River, first occupied Huaiqing and Weihui...... Then turn around and go north, then he will naturally follow the old road when he goes back, Huama Liu crosses the river in Kaifeng, Huaiqing Mansion to the west, and Weihui Mansion to the north...... I guess he'll be waiting at Wei Hui Mansion."

Gao Jie was stunned at first and wanted to ask him why, but then he reacted and said, "It's me and I'll go to Weihui Mansion and wait."

Liu Zeqing laughed: "But it's not, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, who won't go."

"After Guangping Mansion, go south to Zhangde Mansion (Anyang), and then go west to Wei Hui, Lord Liu, we have to hold on tightly, don't stare at others all the way and cheapen others in the end." Gao Jie sneered, and Liu Zeqing nodded slightly: "Everyone eats according to their ability."

Liu Liangzuo was full of ambition, Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing sharpened their knives, Li Zicheng was still conceited slowly, how the four of them wrenched their wrists, and who would die for a while, and it was only clear when the Yellow River came.

Chang Yu was drinking tea under the flowers and trees in the courtyard of the yamen, basking in the sun, listening to Li Muxian boasting about his experience in the rivers and lakes, and Dolgon grazing horses and grass outside the Qing army camp outside the city, sometimes looking at the white clouds in the sky, and sometimes looking at the towering and tall Ming Imperial Capital in the distance.

If you break this city, you can get the Ming Dynasty, Dolgon is an ambitious man, every time he thinks about it, his blood boils and he can't help himself, he doesn't care when he really doesn't do anything, and once he decides to do something, he plunges into it and does it with all his might.

I thought it would be enough to besiege the city and humiliate the Ming Court, but after being provoked by Chang Yu, I thought about breaking the city to vent my hatred, the more I wanted to be excited, and I had the urge not to stop if I didn't break the city.

Hey, if you go directly to the customs when you send troops a month ago, and you have artillery and other baggage, you may be able to break the city in one fell swoop at this time...... It's hateful that he actually fell in love with the dog eunuch's way, and now he is embarrassed.

"Lord, look at the city," a subordinate pointed to the city wall of the Ming Emperor's capital: "The spies just reported that it seems that hundreds of civil and military officials of the Ming Court appeared to inspect it." Dolgon raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked over, and saw a group of people in the city coming from the south on the west city wall.

Dolgon laughed loudly: "It's better, look, look, look at the demeanor of my Qing cavalry, and if you're afraid, surrender quickly, hahaha......"

"Lord Wang, do you think this Ming Emperor will really surrender?" Someone under his command asked, and Dolgon gave him a blank look: "How can the emperor surrender so easily, unless the city is broken" and sneered: "Even if you don't surrender, when this king attacks the city, it is possible to negotiate peace."

"Lord Wang, don't forget that there are still tens of thousands of Ming troops dozens of miles to the south, and they may not take the opportunity to send troops when we attack the city," someone listened to the words, and Dolgon snorted: "This king will not forget, but I'm afraid that they don't have the courage, tens of thousands of horses are coming early, don't you know what it means to linger like this?" ”

Everyone is big and small, he naturally knows that the Qing army entered the customs several times, and at first there were people who dared to come over to say hello, and then several times they were all escorted from afar, and they did not dare to step further, often hiding hundreds of miles away, or even running with their backs.

"Although the dog eunuch is cunning, he is surrounded in the city by this king, and he can't come up with other tricks even if he has a thousand changes" Dolgon has already seen that if the Ming army has a little eunuch in charge, it can still make a splash, and if he is not there, the army is tired and afraid of war, so the situation is like this, the little eunuch has no soldiers available in the city, and the Ming army outside the city is leaderless and afraid to come.

"This king can't wait" Dolgon looked at the sky and laughed, Chang Yu in the city couldn't help but sneez, sprayed Li Muxian's face with tea, and reached out to touch his face: "Uh...... Factory Supervisor, where did you just go? ”

"Speaking of telling fortunes to other people's eldest girls, people insist on making a promise, you just go to the Qinglou to prostitute for nothing, why do you say it so fresh and refined" Chang Yu looked disdainful: "This little money is saved, there is no taste."

Li Muxian shook his hand: "It's not a ticket, it's an exchange, an exchange, my Taoist has a double cultivation method, do you want to learn the ......?"

"Get out!"

The Dongchang Yamen earthquake shook the mountain, and Li Muxian fled in embarrassment.

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