At a time when reform and transformation were in full swing on Beijing's side, Liaodong was also not calm.

In the first half of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng went east to conquer the Shanhaiguan, and in order to fulfill his long-cherished wish to enter the Central Plains, Dolgon invited himself to be a general, mobilized almost all the troops that could be mobilized within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and fought for the country.

However, the situation changed abruptly, Jiangnan was unified, Wang Zheng led the Northern Expedition of the Qi army, one step ahead of Dolgon, and took advantage of the contradiction between Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng to nominally incorporate the Guanning army with a high price.

In the subsequent Battle of Shanhaiguan, the Dashun Army and the Guanning Army fought fiercely for a day and night, and Abatai led two Blue Banner Iron Cavalry to rush in one fell swoop, defeating the exhausted Guanning Army in one fell swoop.

But no one expected that the praying mantis catching cicadas, the yellow finch was behind, and a group of land and water soldiers and horses with a scale of tens of thousands in the Qi army had not attacked in the back.

The battle of Shanhaiguan was frustrated, so that Dolgon fell into a dilemma, but at this time, there was news that a group of elite troops of the Qi army landed in Liaodong and went straight to Shengjing.

But Shengjing is thousands of miles away from the pass, even if the Eight Banners cavalry rushes back non-stop, it will take half a month at the earliest, and Dolgon is worried, not knowing if he can catch up.

This army is the regular army of the Qi army left in Denglai, which is regarded as the descendant of Wang Zheng's family, almost all of them are from salt and water thieves, and they are quite familiar with the methods of water and land warfare.

These soldiers and horses are enough to fight with the Eight Banners Infantry in close combat, and after coming to the empty hinterland of Liaodong, they are simply unstoppable, and they have successively conquered the three forts of Chang'an, Changsheng and Changyong, and all the way to Shengjing.

It was a dark and windy night, and in the village about ten miles outside Shengjing City, a group of Han people wearing crimson full-body armor were talking with knives and guns, and there were many cavalry armed with big knives on the outskirts of the village to search for the remnants.

According to the laws of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Han Chinese were not allowed to possess weapons without a reason, and the lightest punishment after being discovered was to become a slave helper on the estate, working for their masters for the rest of their lives.

But this group of Han Chinese not only carried knives and guns, they were also fully armed, and their feet were covered with pigtailed Manchurian corpses, only a small number of them were bannermen in armor, and the rest were basically the old, weak, sick and disabled who remained in the rear.

The tall man standing in the middle who was torturing the Manchurian bannermen was Niu Pingliang, this guy had been following Wang Zheng from the very beginning, and at first other subordinates had defected to him, and he had stayed in Penglai for many years.

Some time ago, when Wang Zheng was crowned King of Qi in Nanjing, he naturally did not forget his old subordinates, although Niu Pingliang did not make any great achievements, but he still had the title of Wujie Captain.

This time, it was Lu Jingrong, the main general of the soldiers and horses of Qingzhou Mansion, with a total of 30,000 infantry troops and 2,000 horsemen.

Considering that Xing Yidao and others had already led their troops to attack Yungui, and generals were needed to garrison everywhere, they let Niu Pingliang, who was in charge of the Salt Department of Laizhou Prefecture, and Gao Shan, the battalion officer of Wendeng Battalion, serve as deputy generals to follow the expedition.

"Adjutant General Niu, what nonsense are you talking about with this Tartar, just cut it off!"

At this time, a Qian always felt impatient, so he shouted.

Niu Pingliang looked at the three fingers on the ground, and he didn't expect this tartar's mouth to be so hard, and he knew in his heart that even if he cut off his remaining seven fingers, he shouldn't be able to say it.

Just as he was hesitating, Gao Shan rode back on a tall horse and ran back very excitedly:

"Brother Niu, look what I found!"

The Qi generals who were gathering in the courtyard turned their heads to look over, and they all shouted in surprise, it turned out that Gao Shan was holding the standard armor of the Eight Banners of the Han Army.

Although the city of Shengjing is empty, the city is high and deep, and according to some Han people in Liaodong, there are even a small number of cannons placed at the head of the city.

After full listening in advance, Lu Jingrong had already learned that there were only about two thousand Zhenghongqi infantry armors left in Shengjing City at present, and there should be about three hundred vests.

This news was said by many Han people who were driven out of Shengjing City, and one or two should still be suspected, but everyone said so, and most of them should be true.

But even so, this Qi army, which went deep behind enemy lines, was not equipped with siege equipment, and Lu Jingrong, as the chief general of the three armies, clearly understood that the most taboo and panicked command at the moment was the most taboo.

Attacking is the next step, but it is also necessary to act after being fully prepared, and changing into the clothes and armor of the Eight Banners Han Army to confuse the real is obviously the most effective method at the moment.

"This tartar is useless!"

Niu Pingliang was relieved at this time, and shouted, that is, he suddenly drew a knife and hacked to death the Manchurian bannerman who couldn't hold his mouth, poor Jiannu, and suffered three times before he died.

At present, the place where the Qi army arrived is called Baitapu, which was originally the Baitabao set up by the Ming court in Liaodong, and later the two brothers Shi Mingju and Shi Mingxiong, who were stationed here, surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and were assigned to the Yellow Banner of the Han Army, which belonged to Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun.

Having said that, Shi Mingju and Shi Mingxiong have always had a grudge against Geng Zhongming, and when Kong Youde had not died in Songshan a few years ago, they felt that Geng Zhongming was cowardly, and there must be no good future with him, so they secretly contacted Kong Youde.

The internal system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was different from that of the Central Plains, and the most important military exploits of the Qi army were followed by acres of land, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was similar, with a leading future, followed by cattle, sheep and Zhuangtian.

These former Ming generals who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty were different, it was very difficult for them to gain a future, and even if they made great contributions to obtain a future, they often had to be captured by the Manchurian bannermen, so they could only retreat to the next best thing and choose people who were better to hide.

Shi Mingju and Shi Mingxiong did not have many household registrations under the command of the two brothers, but it was very tempting for Kong Youde at that time, plus Geng Zhongming was only Kong Youde's subordinate at that time, so Kong Youde didn't feel anything wrong, and directly sent someone to contact the two of them secretly.

But this matter was later learned by Geng Zhongming, and Geng Zhongming's method of handling it was a bit extreme, and he directly sent it to Huang Taiji, saying that Kong Youde contacted the Han army without authorization and formed a gang.

At that time, Kong Youde supervised the construction of Wuzhen Chaoha Running Camp, and Huang Taiji did not directly punish Kong Youde, but only symbolically punished him with a thousand taels of gold, but Shi Mingju was killed as a scapegoat.

Later, the Manchu Qing Dynasty ordered Shi Mingxiong to continue to stay in Baitapu, responsible for taking care of the nearby banner manor, Shi Mingxiong hated Geng Zhongming because of this matter, and was taken by the authority of Huang Taiji and Dolgon and others, so he has been honestly a slave of the banner man.

Today, Kong Youde and Huang Taiji are dead, and when he heard that there was a Qi king named Wang Zheng in the Central Plains to unify Jiangnan, Shi Mingxiong was shocked and a little wavering in his heart.

When he saw the Qi army in front of him, Shi Mingxiong couldn't believe it.

Their horsemen crisscrossed Liaodong, and even some of the Manchurian bannermen who stayed in the manor were killed as if they were chopping melons and vegetables, and their infantry were fully armed, and the order was forbidden, which was very different from the green battalion of the Han army under their command.

Lu Jingrong, who was in the manor house, was about to kill this traitorous traitor, but after hearing a word, he immediately put down the knife, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

"General, the minion is willing to defect to the King of Qi!"

"The slave is familiar with the generals of the Han army guarding the door, and he is willing to deceive the gate of Shengjing City, and only ask His Royal Highness the King of Qi to be able to spare the past and forgive the slave for the death penalty!"

However, Lu Jingrong still had that sneer on his face, and he said:

"How are you going to deceive the city gate of Shengjing, that generation of good old thieves is not a fool, how can they continue to use Han people to guard the gate at this juncture?"

"The general doesn't know, there are only more than 2,000 Tartars left behind in the Xiasheng Capital City, and the rest are our Han army brothers, and many people are familiar with the minions, and it is easy to deceive and open the city gate!"

Saying that, Shi Mingxiong was afraid that the general of the Qi army in front of him would not believe it, so he hurriedly added:

"The Tartars are short of manpower, and they need to be helped by the minions of our Han army everywhere, so there must be their own brothers guarding the door, and the minions will guarantee with their lives!"

"If it doesn't work, the general can kill or chop it!"