Jinghai County is located by the canal sixty miles south of Tianjin. Barracks were built on both sides of the canal, and countless flags were waved in the wind. An army of 10,000 cut off the canal and blocked the road south of Tianjin.

In the county seat, Liu Fangliang, the general of the Great Shun System, stood at the battlement of the city and looked north.

"It's been so long, why hasn't the Dog Emperor come yet?" Liu Fangliang was very puzzled. From Tianjin to the south, Jinghai is a necessary place, so he led the army from Baoding, the purpose is to cut off the escape road of the Ming army.

"Report!" A horse galloped along the canal from the north, and the knight jumped off the horse and hurried up to the top of the city.

"Report, general, General Zhang Nai, sent someone to report, the Ming army fled by sea and land, and a thousand cavalry broke through General Zhang Nai's interception and came south! General Zhang Nai led his troops to chase the Ming army fleet, and asked me to report to the general to intercept the cavalry of the Ming army fleeing south. The sentinel puffed.

"Broke through Zhang Nai's interception? Zhang Nai, what is he eating, he has 3,000 cavalry! Liu Fangliang was suddenly angry.

"According to the people sent by General Zhang Nai, Zhang Nai's troops crossed the river and attacked them, and they encountered a surprise attack by the Ming army, so they were escaped by the Ming army." Sentry Path.

"Hehe, he led his troops to pursue the Ming fleet, and his cavalry couldn't swim?" Liu Fangliang suddenly sneered, "Since the Ming cavalry fled south, what about the people, why haven't I seen the Ming cavalry?" ”

Listening to Liu Fangliang's angry scolding, the sentry scout hung his head and didn't say a word.

"No one could have imagined that the Ming army would escape by sea." The adjutant general on the side shook his head and said, "But we should have encountered the Ming cavalry that fled south, could it be that they were hiding?" ”

"Send an order to send additional sentry agents to investigate in the east-west direction, and at the same time order all prefectures and counties to pay attention to prevent the Ming army from escaping from the territory." Liu Fangliang ordered with a cold face.

"What about our more than 10,000 people? Have you been waiting here? The adjutant asked.

"What else, just wait." Liu Fangliang sighed, I thought that the Ming army was fleeing south, who knew that it was only a cavalry of a thousand people, and the mobility of the cavalry was much more flexible than that of the infantry, if they did not escape along the official road next to the canal, this north was an endless plain, and it would be difficult to catch up with it if they fled in any direction!

Liu Fangliang took the army to stay in Jinghai for three days, sent countless sentinels, but never found the news of the cavalry, during which Zhang Nai brought people to converge, Liu Fangliang was shocked to find that Zhang Nai's 3,000 cavalry had lost nearly 1,000 people.

On the fifth day, the Wen'an County government sent someone to report that an army had passed through the territory a few days earlier and was heading south. That army did not raise a flag and did not know what kind of army it was, Liu Fangliang interrogated in detail, and when he heard that it was a pure cavalry unit, he knew that this Ming cavalry did not know when it crossed the canal, avoided the interception of the Shun army more than a hundred miles to the west, and then went south.

Liu Fangliang stopped Zhang Nai's idea of leading his troops to pursue, so long had passed, it would be difficult to chase again, so he could only hope that the local government would find the traces of this Ming cavalry and intercept them. can be the combat effectiveness and mobility of this Ming army, Liu Fangliang knows that it is difficult.

On the sixth day, an envoy from the Dashun court came from Beijing, brought Li Zicheng's holy decree, and ordered the two to lead the troops back to Beijing as soon as possible. When they asked the envoy, the two learned that Wu Sangui, the general of Shanhaiguan, had rebelled on the way to Beijing, led his troops to fight back at Shanhaiguan, and defeated Bai Guangen, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan sent by Dashun. Li Zicheng was furious and wanted to lead his troops to Shanhaiguan to defeat Wu Sangui, and ordered the two to meet in Beijing as soon as possible.

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In Wuyi County, Qian Fenglin, the county commander, sat in the second hall and drank tea, and a maid stood behind him, and a pair of slender jade hands were gently pinching his shoulders.

Qian Fenglin was born in Chongzhen's eleventh year as a fellow jinshi, and he has been a county magistrate for six years, so he had the opportunity to be promoted to the next level, but who knew that the Dashun army broke Beijing. Qian Fenglin was a person who knew the times, and after hearing that Beijing had fallen, he immediately sent someone to the Dashun Imperial Court to deliver the surrender table, so he was able to continue to serve as the commander of Wuyi County.

A few days ago, the army of the Shun army continued to pass through Wuyi County to the south, and the envoys sent by the Dashun court to recover all parts of Hebei and Shandong at that time also came to Wuyi County and announced the policy of the Dashun court to Qian Fenglin, asking him to recover the stolen goods and help the salary, confiscate the wealth of the rich gentry and distribute the fields to the common people.

This order made Qian Fenglin very hesitant, he was an official in Wuyi County for a few years, he cooperated very happily with the local gentry, the relationship has been good, and he also got a large amount of silver from the hands of the gentry and wealthy merchants every year, which made him a little unable to do it.

Of course, there is another reason why he can't do it, that is, he has no army in his hands at all, and he has no chance of winning against the gentry. Alas, it is said that I am asked to recover the stolen goods and help me, and I will not send the army to help me, relying on these rice buckets and servants, and the domestic servants of the gentry are almost like sending them to death.

Just when Qian Fenglin was excited by the wealth of the gentry but couldn't do it, suddenly an army came to the county seat. It was a chaotic year, and the gates were closed most of the time.

"Who are you?" Qian Fenglin hurriedly came to the city, looked at the army under the city in surprise, and did not receive the news that the army of the imperial court had crossed the border.

There were as many as 1,000 troops under the city, all of whom were cavalry, neatly dressed and lined up, and the word "Shun" on the banner was waving in the wind. It is worthy of being the mighty teacher of Dashun.

"We are the subordinates of General Liu Fangliang, and we were ordered to be stationed in Wuyi County to recover stolen goods and help pay salaries." The officer at the head was young and spoke very softly.

It's a troop coming! Qian Fenglin was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly ordered the city gate to be opened.

"Master, be careful of deception." The head of the official team reminded gently.

"What kind of deception will there be, the whole of Hebei is occupied by Dashun, where is there still the army of the Ming army. Besides, this army under the city is so mighty, how can it be the Ming army? Qian Fenglin said impatiently, it is not that he has never seen any virtues of Ming soldiers.

Under Qian Fenglin's order, the city gate slowly opened, and the troops outside the city drove into the city one after another.

"May I ask the general's surname?" Qian Fenglin went down from the city tower, greeted him, bent over with a smiling face, and asked the general led by him. Dashun is not as good as Daming, there is no nobility and martial arts, and Qian Fenglin at this moment has already put down the figure of a jinshi.

"In Xia Chen Yue, the Pingnan Bo of the Emperor Dashun Imperial Seal, the official worships the Liaodong Festival." The young general on the opposite side said with a smile, his demeanor was so gentle and polite.

"Ahh Qian Fenglin was taken aback, and he couldn't stop retreating in panic, and finally, he sat on the ground.