March 19, 1644, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, was an earth-shattering day for the Central Plains! On this day, Emperor Dashun: Li Zicheng led the hundred civil and military officials of Dashun and the surrendered Ming army into the Forbidden City, marking the complete fall of the Gyeonggi region of the Son of Heaven.

At this moment, the four princes who were taken out of the Forbidden City by the eunuchs, when they came to the Xi'an Gate of the Imperial City, the Ming crown prince: Zhu Cihong, suddenly stopped and turned to look at the direction of the Forbidden City!

Seeing this, the eunuchs hurriedly persuaded and said, "Ouch! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, hurry up! It's too late. ”

On the side, the third prince of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Dingai: Zhu Cijiong, the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Yongmourning: Zhu Cijiong, and the fifth prince of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Ling: Zhu Cihuan, a little scared! also persuaded together, "Big brother, let's go quickly!" It wouldn't be good if you were caught by a rogue. ”

At this time, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps near the palace gate, in the face of this situation, how could it be possible for only a few little eunuchs to send the crown prince and the three princes to safety? So the eunuchs fled separately in a hurry, after all, who would be willing to escort a prince and prince of the former dynasty at this time?

However, although the Ming crown prince and the princes, who are still clever, have never been out of the palace, they still have some survival skills outside the palace, and they hide in the guard room next to the palace gate like usual to escape the catastrophe.

They waited until the footsteps were gone, and then they slowly walked out! Looking at the chaotic and war-torn world outside, the crown prince of Ming decided to run to his grandfather (Guozhang) Ming Jia Dingbo, who knew the road: Zhou Kui, a person in the mansion quietly walked through the streets and alleys to avoid the pursuers and came to the Zhou mansion.

On the way, Wang Jiazhu, who was patrolling the city, accidentally found that four children dressed in relatively gorgeous Confucian costumes were hiding in Tibet, which made him interested and sent people to pursue.

The crown prince of Ming was quite clever in leg strength and intelligence, he turned around and ran away as soon as he slipped away, leaving only the three princes to run slowly, causing them to be separated for a while! Among them, Prince Dingai, the third prince of the Ming Dynasty, ran to hide in the Qingfu Hall of Xiyuan.

The fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty, Prince Yong Mourning, ran to the former eunuch of ceremonies and eunuch Bingbi: Cao Huachun, who was hiding in the mansion, but the whereabouts of Prince Mourning Ling, the fifth prince of the Ming Dynasty, were unknown?

At the same time, in Shandong, Chengxuan, the political secretary of the Qin Wang Ming army began to assemble, but the Ming Shandong general soldier: Liu Zeqing, who was alone in Linqing Prefecture, Dongchang Prefecture, was cowardly and selfish and uncertain, and he did not want to go to the king of Qin, so he lied that he fell from his horse and injured his leg.

In fact, he himself was not injured, but sat in the barracks day and night singing and dancing, and also colluded with the soldiers and horses under the rebel general Liu Chao to rob Linqing Prefecture together, the only difference is that the general army of Ming Shandong did not betray the imperial court (maybe it is reluctant to rely on the imperial court to eat and drink!). ）。

At noon, the Ming Bing Section gave the right to the matter: Han Ruyu, who came to the barracks with forty taels of silver and medical expenses from the treasury of the Shandong Metropolitan Division, and the accompanying Ming officials gave the matter: Ma Jiazhi, who originally planned to go to the army together to let Liu Zongbing go north to Qinwang, but halfway through, the Ming official Kezuo received a letter from the Shandong Chengxuan Political Division.

After he opened the letter and read it, he hurriedly bowed and said goodbye: "Brother Han, Ma Mou will not go to Linqingzhou if he still has something!" ”

Ming Bingke, who was well aware of the righteousness, didn't say anything in the matter, but replied with a reasonable voice, "Brother Ma, you can go!" The matter of going to Linqingzhou will be handed over to Han. ”

So the Ming Officials Branch left to the matter turned south from the official road of Jinan Mansion to Yanzhou Mansion, so from the Ming Soldier Section to the right of the matter to one person came to Linqing Prefecture outside the Ming army camp, the banners are lined up, and the defense is scattered outside the barracks, and the overall look is undoubtedly with the Zuojia army!

made the Ming soldiers who came with military salaries feel that this Liu Zongbing seems to be a little unreliable? In addition, he had impeached General Liu for suppressing thieves before, so this time the Ming Bing Branch was even more worried about the Liu family army in the barracks.

There were already soldiers in the barracks here who ran to inform the Ming Shandong General Soldiers in the camp tent, and reported, "Lord Qiqi General Soldier, the right of the military department is in the matter: Han Ruyu, when he came to our military camp, he also brought a box of things with him?" ”

After learning of this, the general soldiers of Ming Shandong were a little puzzled? He thought to himself; Okay, you're Han Ruyu! After being impeached, I still dare to come to me to see that I don't pick your skin?

Thinking of this, the general soldiers of Ming Shandong did not hesitate to give an order: "Someone is coming! I will go out with Ben to have a look, and bring my cronies and brothers to surround Han Ruyu for me. ”

Then walked out of the camp outside the Ming Shandong General Army, and saw the Ming Soldier Section right to the middle of the military tent and the accompanying guards, they took the box and stepped forward, and the Ming Soldier Branch Right sent a message to the matter: "The edict issued by the imperial court is probably not known to General Soldier Liu, I heard that General Soldier Liu fell off his horse and was injured after receiving the order!" Therefore, they all commanded the envoys, and specially ordered the official to bring 40 taels of silver to reward General Liu. ”

Looking at the white flowers and silver in front of him, the general soldiers of Ming Shandong accepted it on the spot, and said, "All the commanders have made the mind of the adult, and Liu has accepted it!" It's just a grievance between you and me, let's find out today! After speaking, he quickly waved his hand and asked the soldiers on the left and right to step forward and hack the Ming soldiers to the right to give the matter.

Seeing this, the accompanying guards turned around and ran, but they were shot and killed by the Liu family's military arms team, which caused a big stir in Dongchang Mansion, if there was no turmoil, I am afraid that Liu Zeqing's head would not be able to be saved!

On the other side, when they had just set off to pass through Surabaya County and enter Jinan Mansion, the Qinwang Ming troops of the front team ran to report to Shi Kefa, the secretary of the Ming Southern Zhili Military Department of the squadron, "Lord Qiyu Shangshu, there is a group of Ming troops in front of them with the 28-star host marshal flag (Fangxin Rabbit) coming this way. ”

The Shangshu of the Ming Nan Zhili Military Department, who was riding a horse, hurriedly leaned down and asked, "Can you see how many people and horses are on the other side?" What does the tooth flag correspond to? ”

I saw a group of Ming soldiers wearing black iron chain mail and blue cloth armor coming in a neat row, and the generals wearing waist-length armor and red flags next to the tooth flag came over and said to the Qin Wang and Ming soldiers in front, "You are ordered to go north to the army of Qin Wang?" ”

The soldiers nodded, and they all pointed to the commander behind them and introduced: "Our Nanzhili Military Department is here, I don't know who you are?" ”

I saw that before the general rode up to the battle, he dismounted and saluted to the Shangshu of the Ming Nanzhili Military Department, "Shandong is in command of the affairs, and I will meet the Lord Shangshu of the Nanzhili Military Department!" The last general was ordered by the commander of the capital to encircle and suppress the rebel general Liu Chao's army, I wonder if Lord Shangshu can see it? ”

Just as he wanted to get rid of them, Shangshu of the Ming Southern Zhili Military Department decided to lead this army to encircle and suppress the rebels, after all, it is always a big deal not to get rid of them!

It just so happened that the governor of Ming Fengyang, Ma Shiying, who stayed in the north of Si Fengyang Mansion from the south of Zhili, led the left squire of the Ming Army: practicing state affairs, the right squire of the Ming Army: Ding Kuichu, the chief soldier of the Ming Guide: Zhang Xing, and other generals led the division to march into the city guard in Zou County, Yanzhou Prefecture, and smashed the rebels' lair in one fell swoop.

When Ma Wei, who was accompanying the soldiers in the rear of the march, learned that the army was not going north but south? He immediately pulled Wu Junzhen to go to the Shangshu of the Ming Southern Zhili Military Department to ask for an explanation, and strive to let him go north to King Qin as soon as possible, after all, only Ma Wei now knows that if he goes late, the Jingshi will fall!

Because he didn't know much about the time of the Ming Dynasty, when he set off, he specially asked the soldiers on the march and asked, "This brother, dare to ask where are we going?" Isn't it King Kitakami? Why do you feel like you're taking the official road to the south? ”

The soldiers on the march glanced at him and replied, "This is the order of Lord Shangshu of the Nanzhili Military Department, why do you want to disobey the military order?" ”

Ma Wei shook his head and sighed, "That's not it! I would also like to ask how many days of the month is today? The soldiers smiled and replied, "You don't even know this?" Fight and be stupid! Today is the 19th day of March in the 17th year of Chongzhen. ”

As soon as he heard this, he was instantly stunned like a thunderbolt on a sunny day! Almost didn't fall down, but was fortunately supported by Wu Junzhen, and seeing his trance-like appearance, he asked, "Brother Ma, what's wrong with you, you?" ”

I saw Ma Wei stretch out his hand and said, "Quick, take me to see Lord Shangshu of the Nanzhili Military Department!" ”

At this moment, Liu Chao, the rebel general in the base camp, gathered all the soldiers and horses of the headquarters of the Shandong Chengxuan Political Division, 100,000 soldiers and horses (including the bandits who joined), and united with the 50,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Dongchang Mansion under the command of the general of the Dashun Left Battalion, ready to fight back again and beat the Ming army hard.

In order to successfully implement the plan, the rebels and the rogue army deliberately burned and looted in the vicinity of Ren Chengwei, and released cruel words to the people: "All the places ruled by the Ming court will be killed!" ”

The implication of these words is that there is no place for the Ming army within a radius of 100 miles.

After the words spread, the Qin Wang Ming army soon received the news, and after the herald reported the situation to the Shangshu of the Ming Southern Zhili Military Department, after summing up the experience of the last defeat, he finally came to a conclusion that the rebels deliberately wanted to lead them into an ambush circle? Therefore, this time, the Shangshu of the Ming Southern Zhili Military Department decided to do the opposite and take the approach of directly smashing the Yellow Dragon to eliminate the rebels in one fell swoop.

But I don't know where their base camp is. Therefore, the secretary of the military department of Ming Nan Zhili was in the army, and he was ready to select people to go to the enemy camp as undercover agents to find out the news.

happened to meet Ma Wei and Wu Junzhen who came to the Chinese army, he had already heard that these two had fought against the Donglu and the Liukou and were quite prestigious? Therefore, he planned to let them go, after all, the backers behind them were His Royal Highness the Lord of Tai'an County and His Royal Highness Prince Fu, so sending them there was also a means to eliminate the threat to themselves.

However, Ma Wei just wanted to open his mouth to persuade Master Shi Shangshu to give up entanglement with the rebels, but after thinking about it, he didn't have any official position now, and his backer was not obvious, if he said it, I am afraid that not only would he not be listened to, but he would be convicted of false accusation! I didn't say anything more!

Wu Junzhen, who didn't know it, thought that Ma Wei came to see Lord Shi Shangshu to take the lead in the expedition? I didn't think much about asking more.

Seeing the two of them coming over, Ming Nan Zhili Military Department Shangshu didn't say a word, and went directly to the topic: "Bendu, now a task is going to be handed over to the two of you, I don't know if you two are willing?" ”

The righteous and awe-inspiring Wu Junzhen patted his chest happily and agreed, while Ma Wei hesitated for a moment before nodding, seeing that they had no opinion, Ming Nan Zhili Military Department Shangshu continued: "This governor needs you two to sneak into the rebels and find out where their lair is?" Tell us how many soldiers you need. ”

Wu Junzhen, who didn't think much about it, answered: "Only ten people are needed!" ”

Hearing Wu Junzhen, who boasted about Haikou, the generals laughed and said, "Mo Feier and the others are the reincarnation of the Daluo Immortals?" Or do you want to learn from Emperor Gao of Han Taizu? Ten people dare to go to the enemy camp? ”

Wu Junzhen, who was ridiculed, did not get angry, but replied, "There are not many people, but the essence!" Marshal Yue, the founding prince of Wuchang County, once tried to lead 18 people to exterminate tens of thousands of bandits in Centipede Mountain, how can I do it? ”