Seeing this, Zhu Youlan saluted Prince Mingfu with Liu Ruilin, Yao Qiuyue, Captain Jinyi Wei, Mingning Shanwei Commander and others, and reported "His Royal Highness Prince Fu, we have been pursued all the way to here, and the top priority at the moment should be to prepare how to defend against Liukou, otherwise...!" But Prince Mingfu was a little displeased when he heard this, and he turned away and thought to himself; It's the Rogue Army again! Haven't you enjoyed the Lone King last time? How dare they send it to the door this time?

However, when Wu Junzhen and Ma Wei saw His Royal Highness Prince Mingfu's impassive appearance, they asked the prefect of Ming Huaiqing to help persuade him, "His Royal Highness Prince Fu, although the Liukou are just some stragglers, they are good at sneak attacks and wheel warfare, and at the moment, the strength of the Huaiqing Mansion and the Fuwang Mansion Honor and Guard Division is completely insufficient to resist the Liukou!" ”

Prince Mingfu saw that everyone was invited, so he slowly turned around and asked, "What should I do if Yi'er and the others see it?" The prefect of Ming Huaiqing, who didn't want to spend his treasury military salary, suggested: "His Royal Highness Prince Fu, don't hide it, there is another vassal king in the fief of Huaiqing Mansion who is also here?" If the three armies were rewarded with the gold and silver in his mansion, Xia Guan thought that he should be able to temporarily resist the Liukou and attack? ”

At this moment, Ma Wei had already guessed who it was? Only Prince Mingfu and Wu Junzhen don't know much about them, and the prefect of Ming Huaiqing doesn't sell Guanzi, he said directly: "His Royal Highness Prince Zheng's fief is in Hanoi County, the capital of Huaiqing Mansion, I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Zheng's mansion has a thousand taels of gold and 800,000 taels of silver, and the lower officials implore His Royal Highness Prince Fu to write a letter to borrow 300,000 taels of silver from His Royal Highness Prince Zheng as a military salary." ”

Prince Mingfu was naturally happy to hear this, both to be famous and profitable, so he agreed on the spot, and hurriedly instructed his subordinates to bring pen, ink, paper, inkstone and write an IOU, after the writing was completed, the prefect of Minghuaiqing put away the IOU with a smile and put it in his sleeve and bowed to His Royal Highness Prince Mingfu and left, after seeing the prefect leave, Prince Mingfu continued to pull Wu Junzhen with joy to celebrate.

At noon, the general of the left battalion of Dashun: Liu Fangliang, who went south, met the general of the right battalion of Dashun: Li Yan, the general of Dashun right Guoyi: Ren Weirong, and a female bandit leader who looked very beautiful in the area of Liushuzhuang in Zezhou?

So the general of the Dashun Left Battalion dismounted and came over to greet him, "Brother Li, Brother Ren, I can't imagine that the two of you are sweeping the Ming army here?" Sitting under the big tree resting, the general of the right battalion of Dashun took a sip of water and stood up and asked, "You also came here to grab military merits?" ”

I saw that the general of the left battalion of Dashun shook his head and said, "I am here to march south by the will of Your Majesty, by the way, Your Majesty is about to go north and need troops, so you two should quickly go north to catch up with the big army!" If you hurry up, you should be able to catch up in less than three days? "General Dashun Right Guoyi, who has long wanted to withdraw his troops, saw this opportunity and kept persuading the general of Dashun Right Battalion to go back with him, and even the Red Lady thought it was time to withdraw north to rest the team.

Under the persuasion of the two of them, the general of the right battalion of Dashun led the army to the north quickly along the official road, and the general of the left battalion of Dashun continued to lead 60,000 troops to drive through the Zezhou area, and took the official road of Taihang Mountain to enter the territory of Huaiqing Mansion, the official secretary of the Chengxuan Political Department of Henan.

At the same time, Ming Huaiqing, who came to the door of Prince Zheng's mansion, ordered someone to slowly get off the sedan chair, he lifted the curtain and walked out, smiling and saying, "Brothers, you have worked hard, this official wants to enter the mansion to meet His Royal Highness Prince Zheng, and please summon for this official!" After saying that, he handed each of them a penny of silver and told them to report it, and the guards who got the silver immediately said kindly, "Lord Prefect, wait a moment, and the little one will go in and report." ”

At this time, the inner hall of Prince Zheng's mansion was very lively, and there were continuous laughter, and a subordinate wearing a net scarf held an arrow to Prince Zheng Jing of Ming, who was sitting in the inner hall in regular clothes: Zhu Yiduo, knelt down and handed over the arrow.

Prince Ming Zhengjing, who took the arrow, aimed at the wooden barrel in front of him and threw it over, thinking that it was going into the barrel, but who knew that it fell out, and he could see that Prince Zheng's son: Zhu Changyi, laughed and said, "Hehe! The father can't hit again, he should be punished, he should be punished! Prince Ming Zhengjing, who looked helpless, sighed, "Okay, good, the lonely king punishes himself with a glass of wine." ”

As soon as I finished drinking, I saw the guard coming from the stone fence by the pond and reported, "His Royal Highness Prince Zheng, there is a Huaiqing prefect outside the door asking to see you, as if there is something important to discuss with you?" Prince Ming Zhengjing, who put down the wine glass, hurriedly announced him in.

The prefect of Ming Huaiqing, who entered King Zheng's mansion, immediately saluted His Royal Highness Prince Zheng and said, "Your Highness, see His Royal Highness Prince Zheng, His Royal Highness Qiqi came to deliver a letter this time, and I also invite His Royal Highness Prince Zheng to take a look." Looking at the letter in the hands of the prefect of Ming Huaiqing, Prince Ming Zhengjing did not hesitate to take it and open it to watch.

I saw that it said (IOU; Prince Da Mingfu, residence; Huaiqing Mansion, due to the frequent news of the approaching rogues in recent months, so he borrowed 300,000 taels of silver from his grandfather to supplement the military salary, recruit troops and buy horses to resist the rogues, and settle the money; February 10, 17th year of Chongzhen) After reading the letter, Prince Zheng Jing of Ming laughed a few times, sat down and ate a grape, and said, "The news of the approaching Liukou has already been heard by King Lone, but this is the boundary of Henan Chengxuan's political division, not Shanxi's Chengxuan's political division, and Liukou will not come here for a while!" Moreover, the Honor and Guard Division of King Zheng's Mansion of the Lone King is also an elite division, and it is more than enough to protect the safety of the Lone King and the Prince's Mansion, as for the matter of borrowing military salaries? It seems that Prince Fu's grandson is richer than the grandfather of King Gu, right? ”

Looking at the stingy Prince Zheng Jing of Ming, the prefect of Ming Huaiqing still planned to make the last concession, that is, as long as 100,000 taels of silver were used to recruit troops and buy horses, specifically to protect Prince Zheng's Mansion and Prince Fu's Mansion in Hanoi County, despite this, Prince Ming Zhengjing was still hesitant!

Suddenly, the guards ran over again and reported, "Report, His Royal Highness Prince Zheng is in a bad situation!" His Royal Highness the King of Luling County is waiting outside the mansion with his fugitive family, saying that there are rogues who have invaded Jiyuan County, Huaiqing Prefecture? As soon as the prefect of Ming Huaiqing and Prince Ming Zhengjing who were present heard the news, they were dumbfounded like five thunderbolts.

Prince Ming Zhengjing couldn't believe this, and hurriedly asked, "Is this true?" The guard nodded, pointed behind him and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Luling County is outside the mansion, if His Royal Highness the Prince doesn't believe it, can you go out and have a look?" ”

This made Prince Zheng Jing of the Ming Dynasty even more frightened, he slowly raised his trembling finger and pointed at the head of the Ming Zheng Palace, Shi Si, the left chief of the Shi Division: Su Changzhao, and ordered: "Quickly give the Gu Wang to pass the Zheng Wangfu Zhengyi Guard, quickly mobilize troops and horses to protect the Gu King's retreat." As soon as the words fell, the prefect of Ming Huaiqing was a little anxious, he thought in his heart, his family had not yet dealt with it, and if he was menacing, wouldn't he be killed? Instead of doing this, why don't you betray His Royal Highness Prince Zheng and arrest him, and join the Liukou, maybe he can be promoted and make a fortune?

With a smile on his face, he said calmly, "His Royal Highness Prince Zheng, the lower officials are here to prepare a carriage for you and drive a horse, right?" Prince Zheng Jing of Ming and the prince of the world were very happy, so he asked him to prepare horses with his subordinates, and Prince Zheng Jing of Ming, who was greedy for money, ordered the ambassador of the palace of King Zheng of Ming Dynasty: Lu Zichun, to pack all the gold, silver and jewelry that could be taken away from the treasury of the palace, and prepared to lead the princess of Ming Zhengjing: Su Yiting, and the concubines to leave, but the army of the rogue had already begun to enter the city.

Huang Jingman, who was rushing here, led 3,000 people to run quickly with a spear on his waist, a saber on his waist, and a three-eyed gun on his chest.

On a street in the city, I happened to meet the general of the Dashun Left Battalion who led the soldiers into the city: Liu Fangliang, he looked at the Ming army in front of him and laughed, "Hehehe! Presumably you are the Honor Guard Division of King Zheng's Mansion, right? Just 3,000 people dare to come to the rescue, it's not a small courage? In the face of the ridicule of the rogue, the honor guard of the Ming Zheng Wangfu clenched his saber and quickly pulled it out, shouting: "The honor guard attack!" ”

I saw that the honor guard of King Zheng's Mansion in front of him quickly rushed over with a spear to assassinate the Liukou, while the honor guard of King Zheng Mansion in the back picked up the three-eyed gun hanging on his chest to load the bullet and suppress the fire, which caused the gun to explode because it was too hasty! There were six Zheng Wangfu honor guards who were seriously injured and died due to the explosion! After the rest of the Zheng Wangfu honor guards finished loading, they raised their guns and shot at the sword-wielding rogues (bang, bang, bang), although some of the rogues were holding shields, they were also shot in the feet and head and died, the general of the Dashun Zuo Battalion was not interested in this honor guard, he left some soldiers here to resist himself and personally led the rest of the Shun army to continue to run towards Zheng Wangfu.

The prefect of Ming Huaiqing, who had prepared the carriage, hurriedly ran to help Prince Zheng Jing of the Ming Dynasty get into the carriage, and then went to pull Prince Zheng Jing of the Ming Dynasty together, and the king of Ming Luling County next to him: Zhu Zaiyan, also got into a carriage and was just about to drive off, when the Liukou army arrived and rushed over to surround the people and carriages in front of the palace of King Zheng, and the general of the Dashun Zuo Battalion who came over on horseback looked at the officials wearing scarlet robes and official uniforms on the carriage, and the pattern was embroidered with (Yun Yan) regular clothes, and asked, "You are the prefect, right?" ”

Seeing the Liukou general's question, the prefect of Ming Huaiqing jumped out of the carriage and knelt on the ground and saluted: "The general has good eyesight, the lower official is the local Huaiqing prefect, and he originally wanted to send the two vassal kings on the carriage into the Dashun military camp to welcome the Shun army into the city, but he didn't expect the general to come first?" ”

This made Prince Ming Zhengjing in the carriage very angry when he heard this, and he scolded: "Phew! The damned prefect dared to sacrifice the Lone King to the Liukou? You don't have to die well! The prince of Ming Zhengjing in the frame was even more angry, he opened the curtain and walked out, recaptured the saber of a rogue soldier, quickly cut down two rogue soldiers, and killed the surrendered Ming Huaiqing prefect, but was assassinated by the rogue soldier from behind with a spear!

However, this scene happened to be seen by Prince Ming Zhengjing, who had just left the house, and she scolded and shouted, "No! Don't kill me! ”

Immediately, he covered his mouth and knelt on the ground and cried loudly, Prince Ming Zhengjing, who felt that something was wrong, hurriedly opened the curtain and saw His Royal Highness the Prince of the World falling to the ground, blood flowing! He also said angrily, "Damn rogue, the Lone King is fighting with you!" ”

But he was stabbed to death in the carriage by the Liukou spearmen on the spot, and it was clear that the princess Zhengjing didn't want to live anymore, she hit her head on the pillar and died, and the king of Ming Luling wanted to get off the carriage and surrender when he saw this, but he was also shot by the Liukou archers! Frightened, the prefect of Ming Huaiqing lay on the ground and didn't dare to move, and the general of the Dashun Left Battalion still had some conscience and ordered: "This King Zheng still has some backbone, so he can be buried alive!" After saying that, the Liukou soldiers stepped forward and slashed the prefect to death with a knife, and the general of the Dashun Zuo Battalion turned around and said, "It's also a scourge for such traitors to stay, so let's bury the vassal king!" "The rest of the clan was also slaughtered by the rogues to bury the vassal king.

Then the soldiers of the Shun army went to Hanoi County to kill, and His Royal Highness Prince Minh Phuc, who was still drinking in the hall of King Fu's Mansion, did not realize that the danger was coming, not only that, but he also raised his glass to Wu Junzhen, Ma Wei, Zhu Youlan and others and said, "I am very happy to meet King Gu and you again today, come and have a drink, dry!" After saying that, he drank it all.

And Wu Junzhen motioned to Zhu Youlan with his eyes and said to Prince Mingfu: "Uncle Fuwang, niece has one thing I don't know whether to talk about or not?" Prince Mingfu saw that Zhu Youlan's niece was very beautiful, so he asked, "What's the matter?" But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”