"Took their handbooks!"

Hong Chengchou, who was sitting on the horse, although he was now a scholar of the Qing Dynasty and a civil official of the Xuanfu envoy, but he was also the foundation of the Ming Governor, and the majesty of the killing decision was no less than that of Bolo and other Manchurian nobles under Duoduo, and immediately gave an order, and more than a dozen Goshha around him immediately jumped down from the horse, and rushed into the group of Ming officials who knelt at the gate of the city to welcome the Qing army into the city.

These Goshha, who were born in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, were all stout and burly, and in this group of civil and military nobles and eunuchs, they rushed back and forth rudely, and they smashed the originally neatly arranged team into a mess.

"Master, there are too many of these things, what should I do?" A Goshha was holding a large handful of red silk as the cover of an official's notebook, ten fingers as thick as a carrot, and he was almost unable to hold it. He asked his superior, the head of Hong Chengchou's Goshha, a Manchurian officer of the Eight Banners with the title of Niu Lu Zhangjing.

Jia Lazhangjing looked at these tasteless things with some disgust, and pointed to the bottom of the city wall with his nose, "Oh! Heap them all there! ”

More than a dozen Goshkha, suddenly like Feng Lunyin, took two legs that had been riding horses all the year round, and piled up the handbooks in their hands under the city wall.

Gradually, under the city wall, more than a dozen piles of handbooks piled up in the rain curtain. The red silk is extraordinarily exquisite, and the handbook with a small color of fly's head inside is particularly distinct in the rain curtain. Gradually, as the rain washed away, the rain that flowed from the pile of handbooks gradually turned red.

The stool was as red as blood.

Zhao Zhilong, Qian Qianyi and others looked at this scene, and their minds were like the rain curtain in front of them, foggy, and everything was unknown.

"Don't worry about this, let's wait until the general's entrance ceremony is over!"

According to the arrangement of the demoted officials, the city is even more full of flowers and lively. Fireworks are set off and incense mist fills the air. Firecrackers, fires, and cannons rang out like gruel in a boiling pot. One after another Caiza archway on both sides are full of people in the city who came to greet them, according to the arrangement of Ying Tianfu, there is an incense case every ten steps or so, in addition to the incense case to worship the Qing Emperor dragon card, the incense burner fruit plate dim sum offering, the people who greet the incense burner next to the incense case should hold the incense burner in their hands, even if there is no incense burner, you must hold a handful of incense in your hand.

"Those who do not set up incense cases and do not burn incense to greet them will be dealt with as traitors! Watch your heads, watch the heads of your whole family! ”

As a result, under such a threat, the main roads in the city are crowded with people on both sides. When the guard of honor arrived, the people fell to their knees under the shouts of the local guards, messengers, and soldiers, which is called "bowing and bowing, showing reverence".

On rainy days, horses' hooves hit the bluestone slabs and burnt ash paved roads in Nanjing, and the shoes were rarely slippery. Even if the riders around Duoduo were all elites selected from Manchuria and the Mongolian Eight Banners who grew up on horseback, when they encountered such a situation, they had to hold on to the reins of the horse, control the horse's marching speed, and move slowly, lest the horse stumble and ruin the dignity of the prince in such a nodular. In this way, it will be bitter for the civil and military nobles and eunuchs who surrendered in Nanjing.

According to the regulations drawn up by the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and after Hong Chengchou's purpose, this unprecedented guard of honor for the general to enter the city should accept the surrender of Nanjing's civil and military forces before arriving at the imperial city. However, the slippery road and the slow pace of the march completely disrupted the prepared deployment. It wasn't until midnight that I finally walked in front of the noon gate.

At a glance, on the heavenly street where the palace was waiting for the court, there were two or three thousand people kneeling all over the place, almost all the officials in Nanjing City, but anyone who had an official with a sesame mung bean was here. Not far away, there were even more kneeling people in Jiangnan Shilin led by Hou Fangyu. Although they have meritorious reputation, they are not officials after all. However, it is rare to want to show up in front of the general, and in the future, it is good to have a conversation to pave a step for your own success.

As soon as he saw Duoduo's weaving golden dragon silk appeared in sight from afar under the escort of the Chinese army, the former Daming Rite Department attendant shouted: "The mighty general has arrived!" Hundreds of officials kneel to pick up! The students kneel and pick up! According to the etiquette system of the Ming court, his voice was passed on to two, two, four, and eight, all the way. The people on the streets, whether you are a prince or a eunuch, a scholar or an old boy who has studied hard for decades, all lifted the hem of their robes and robes, took a half step forward and knelt on the ground. Looking at the thousands of people in front of him, who represented the center of the Ming Dynasty and Jiangnan Shilin, he was half a cut short in front of him, but Duoduo was still sitting upright on his horse, and he didn't make any drama performances such as turning over and dismounting, and giving hands to each other, he just held the reins in his hand and watched this intoxicating scene motionlessly.

"What do you mean, General? Fang didn't get off the horse at the city gate, but there are some reasons that can be explained, and now when he arrives here, he still doesn't get off the horse, but why? Zhao Zhilong, Qian Qianyi, Wang Duo and others were puzzled in their hearts, and they didn't know what kind of calculation the new master in front of them was thinking about the conqueror who appeared in front of them with a full set of victorious attitudes?

"Leave him alone! Anyway, today is to sing this play with him! If he wants to sing about Chengdu, we are Zhang Song who presented the map, and if he wants to sing Zhaojun out of the plug, we are Mao Yanshou who paints a picture of beauty! If you want to make a big trick, if you want a peach, we will give a peach, and if you want a goldfish, we will jump into the tank! ”

After making up their minds, the leaders of several surrendering officials immediately made up their minds, and just followed the command of the salute officer, prostrated themselves on the ground, bowed three times and bowed nine times, danced and worshipped in the dust, and shouted long live from the mountain. The nearly 10,000 civil and military officials and noble eunuchs present, as well as the Ming officers and soldiers who surrendered in Nanjing, also shouted like a tsunami: "Long live the Qing Dynasty, long live, long live!" ”

In the midst of this cheer, Duoduo finally nodded with satisfaction, and under the quiet signal of Hong Chengchou, he rode his horse to the bottom of the imperial city and ascended the tower under the escort of more than 100 Baya soldiers.

Duoduo wore a helmet made of iron and steel craftsmen on his head, and wore a wide white cloak on his body, under which was an armor inlaid with a white flag Manchurian style, and a thick belt tied around his waist, on which a small fire sickle and flint knife for eating meat, a meat cooking box, a brass wine bottle inlaid with precious stones, a cigarette purse, a snuff bottle purse and a variety of purses were always Manchurian.

Surrounded by Hong Chengchou, Bo Luo, Dugu Hanjiang and Li Chengdong and other civil and military relatives and generals, Duoduo held his sword in his hand and slowly climbed the tower of the imperial city with square steps, commonly known as the Five Phoenix Tower.

Today, at this time, the tide in the center of Duoduo's heart is surging, and the excitement in his heart is no less than that of the hundreds of officials and sergeants in the square, and even less than the hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjing on the streets.

Looking at the neat military appearance below, the high morale, and listening to the deafening cheers, his heart was full of pride and confidence. He gently raised his hand and greeted the three armies. Downstairs, there was immediately silence, except for the rain falling from the sky, making a slight ticking sound on people's robes and armor.

"General Ben, by the will of the emperor and the regent, went south. It's not for the sake of the land! It is to uphold the edict issued by me when I entered the customs of the Qing Dynasty, and I came to avenge the great revenge of the monarch's father! Wait and see! ”

As he spoke, Duoduo ordered people to take a few documents, and the people who knelt down under the city tower could not see clearly, so they could only look up and wait for Duoduo's instructions below.

"This king recently received an urgent military report from the Qing army and horses on the West Road and the Middle Road! There is good news for both armies! The West Road entered Sichuan to crusade against the West Thief Zhang Xianzhong's My Qing Dynasty Ao Worship Department, first the West Thief Zhang Xianzhong's subordinate generals guarded Liu Jinzhong, who guarded the Chaotian Pass in the north of Sichuan, dedicated the Chaotian Pass, and opened the door for my Qing soldiers and horses to enter Sichuan. Later, our army fought with 1.5 million horses and horses in Shunqing Xichong Phoenix Mountain in Shunqing. ”

After Liu Jinzhong surrendered, he answered all the questions that the Qing army was eager to know about Zhang Xianzhong's slaughter of the people in Sichuan and the situation in Sichuan. Asked again: Where is Zhang Xianzhong today? He replied: Today in Jinshanpu, Xichong County, Shunqing. Again: How many days does it take to get there? Liu Jinzhong replied again: 1,400 miles, if you gallop for five days and nights, you can get there. So, the commander of the Qing army asked Liu Jinzhong to act as a guide to guide the army, and Liu Jinzhong was not worried and prostrated himself to promise. And said, "The army of saving the people from fire and water should be quick rather than slow, and pray that you can come to Shu for a day as early as possible, and save more lives and souls." This is also in line with the meaning of the Qing army. So, at dawn the next day, Prince Su ordered the troops to set off and enter Chaotian and Lizhou, where he saw a desolate scene and ordered the troops to stand by outside the city. Liu Jinzhong and Wu Zhimao were required to cross the river from Wazitan at the fastest speed and drive directly to Xichong Jinshanpu.

Liu Jinzhong is well aware of the defense of the Great Western Army and the defense deployment of northern Sichuan. Therefore, his surrender to the Qing Dynasty not only told the Qing army about the situation in Sichuan and Zhang Xianzhong's military deployment. In particular, Zhang Xianzhong's specific location in Jinshanpu, Xichong County, after getting the latest and most reliable information, the Qing army generals Aobai, Gushan Ezhen Zhun Tower, etc., led the elite as the vanguard, and a large number of Manchurian Eight Banners and Mongolian Eight Banners troops followed, and all kinds of generals who were contained along the way went with them. In order to gain time and avoid detours, he asked Liu Jinzhong to act as a guide, and chose to cross the Jialing River from Wazitan and sneak attack Zhang Xianzhong's old camp in Xichong from the small road. A day and night journey of 300 miles, passing through Boryeong without stopping, on the 26th, arrived in the south.

In the early morning of the 27th, the cold wind was bitter, the wind blew on the face, and the ground was foggy, and they could not see each other. Under the guidance of Liu Jinzhong, Haoge and his entourage took it by surprise and secretly came to the station of Zhang Xianzhong's old camp at the foot of Phoenix Mountain. The scouts of the Great Western Army found out that there was a situation, but because of the thick fog, they could not see it very clearly, and truthfully reported to Zhang Xianzhong, saying that there were people with horse armor under the mountain, and the fog was so thick that they could not figure out the number of people and horses. Zhang Xianzhong was not mentally prepared, and after hearing this, he said angrily: "My old Zhang Tongtian soldiers are here, who dares to come and brush his beard!" Why don't you talk in vain and confuse our army's heart. He didn't believe that this would happen at his command post, so he ordered the informant to take it down. After a while, someone hurried to report it, saying the same thing as the previous one. He seemed to be aware of it, and immediately ordered the release of the soldiers who had come first to report it, and said nonchalantly: "My eight kings are powerful and famous all over the world, and whoever dares to come, I will destroy him." At the moment, he thought it was impossible. However, it didn't take long for the scouts to enter the camp three times to report that the five horsemen had arrived at the high mountain opposite the camp and were close to the headquarters. At this time, he was greatly shocked, did not ask in detail, and did not make any preparations for combat prevention, so he put on the robe of the flying dragon python, brought three arrows, hurriedly mounted his horse and left the camp, accompanied by eight guards and one eunuch, went to a small post to observe the situation. The hills on both sides are separated by a small ravine called Sun Creek.

At the same time, Ao Bai and his general Liu Jinzhong were already standing opposite the small river ditch in Sun Creek, staring at every move on the position of the Great Western Army on the opposite side, patiently waiting for the situation to appear. Standing beside Ao Bai was the Qing army's shooter Yalambu, a Mongolian. The minutes ticked by. The fog gradually subsided, but it was still hazy, and the houses, roads, and pedestrians on the ground were still faintly visible.

After a while, Zhang Xianzhong rode to the post, looked around, and observed the movement. As soon as he appeared, Liu Jinzhong on the opposite side whispered: "The one who wears the python, the eight kings Zhang Xianzhong." As soon as the words fell, with a whoosh, an arrow flew out, hitting Zhang Xianzhong's left chest, penetrating his heart, and suddenly fell to the ground, the blood flowed more than once, and the accompanying generals of the Western Army, Ma Yuanli, Admiral Wang Shangli, and Commander Dou Minwang saw Zhang Xianzhong hit the arrow, and quickly stepped forward to support him, Zhang Xianzhong's blood flowed endlessly, and after a while, he died in pain.

Zhang Xianzhong was killed, causing great confusion to the Great Western Army. By the time Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Wenxiu and others stationed in Tongchuan, Taihe, and Nanchong near the left heard the news, the Great Western Army had already shown its decline under the frantic attack of the Qing army. In the flanks and rear, there were rampant attacks by Zeng Ying and other local armed forces of the Ming army. In desperation, the army was defeated and retreated.

"My Qing soldiers and horses have arrived at the city of Chengdu! Soon we will be able to regain this land of abundance! ”

It's not that Hong Chengchou boasted, the current Daxi soldiers and horses, under the leadership of Zhang Kewang, Zhang Dingguo and others, are recuperating in the Qijiang and Hechuan areas, collecting the remnants of the collapse. For a while, I couldn't take care of the Chengdu Plain.

"In the middle road, the brother of the general, the general Jingyuan, the prince of Heshuoying, Azige, led the king of Pingxi, Wu Sangui, the king of Zhishun, Shang Kexi, and other Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han troops of more than 30,000, entered Shaanxi from Shanxi, and pursued Li Zicheng's Dashun army to Huguang. A few days ago, I received an emergency report on the military situation, and there were great victories one after another! Chase the thief to Wuchang first, and surround Wuchang City for several turns. Liu Zongmin, the puppet Marquis, and Tian Jianxiu, the puppet Marquis, led 5,000 troops to battle and were defeated by our army. Li Chuang had no choice but to flee and go down the east of the river! A few days ago, in the battle of Fuchikou, our army entered the old camp of the thieves and captured the thieves' winged minions, thieves, and the head of the puppet rebel civilian military generals, Liu Zongmin, the Marquis of Ru. The puppet military master Song Xiance, the two uncles of the thief, the puppet Zhao Hou and the puppet Xiangnan Hou, and the dependents of a large number of thieves, officials and thieves, were also captured by our Qing soldiers and horses. ”

"The thief Liu Zongmin and the two uncles of the thief, because of their deep sins, have been ordered by General Jingyuan to correct the law immediately! The great revenge of your father can be regarded as revenge! In this battle, in addition to killing the thief chief Liu Zongmin, there is a big gain! Tens of thousands of ships prepared by the thieves to go east to Nanjing were also captured by our army! Nanjing and Jiangnan can be guaranteed! ”

Although Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng's two uncles were killed at that time, Song Xiance, a military advisor who was captured at the same time, relied on a set of divination tricks that he trusted Li Zicheng to re-use his housekeeping skills to join the Manchurian aristocracy. Around this time, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing thought that the general trend had gone, and together with his son Niu Yan (Yin of Xiangyang Mansion of the Dashun regime), he broke away from the Dashun army and surrendered to the Qing side. Niu Yan was appointed as the prefect of Huangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, and later, he was promoted to Huguang Grain Storage Road; Because Niu Jinxing had a very high status in the Dashun regime and had a very bad reputation among the Ming Dynasty gentry, it was inconvenient for the Qing court to arrange his position, and he died in the Niu Yan official office. (The surrender of Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, and his son has been debated and discussed in history, but the theory that they surrendered is considered the mainstream.) Song Xiance's surrender can be referred to the ninth volume of Kangxi's fourth year's "Renewal of Shang Zhi", the surrender of Niu Jinxing's father and son, and the tenth volume of "Neixiang County Chronicles" in the thirty-second year of Kangxi, military affairs. Confirmation can be found. ）

chased and killed Zuo Liangyu's army all the way, forcing them to go east, and the possibility of going east to the south of the Yangtze River was knocked out like this? This sudden good news made the surrender faction kneeling in front of the Wufeng Tower a little dizzy and dumbfounded. From now on, we don't have to worry about Li Zicheng? Just be our official under the banner of the Qing Dynasty, enjoy our various privileges, and be loyal to the master of the Qing Dynasty?

"Not bad! Since his departure from Shaanxi, General Jingyuan has successively engaged in eight battles in Dengzhou, Henan, Chengtian (now Zhongxiang, Hubei Province), De'an (now Anlu), Wuchang, Fuchikou (Yangxin County, Hubei Province), Sangjiakou, and Jiujiang, Jiangxi. At the same time, the soldiers and horses of the generals have returned from Henan to Germany (now Shangqiu) and Sizhou, Anhui Province to the south of the Yangtze River, and his original calculation has been unable to be realized. He had to change the direction of his escape and prepare to cross the northwestern part of Jiangxi and turn into the remote ground. Exactly! Defeated again and again, the elite thieves were lost, the good horses and equipment were seriously scattered, the morale was low, and the flight was getting heavier! If there are no ships, how can they go to the south of the Yangtze River to plunder and slaughter? At present, most of the remaining bandits have gone to the south of Huguang! ”

Hong Chengchou is a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and he has climbed to the top of the pyramid in the Ming officialdom, and he knows how to grasp the mentality of these demotion officials. After a few words, everyone smiled. Oh, yes! Zhang Xianzhong is dead, Li Zicheng is also poor, Li Shouhan doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, seeing that the world is the Qing Dynasty, we are the first to gain popularity, and we can be regarded as the founding officials of the new dynasty!

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