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Zhu Qing not only beheaded Liu Zongmin but also overthrew the remnants of Wen Tiren, and the fall of Liang Zhen, the secretary of the ministry, was undoubtedly the heaviest blow to Wen Tiren and his henchmen, and the Wen Tiren group had no strength to raise its head from then on. While striking at Liang Zhen, the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info also had a deterrent effect on the government and the opposition, and completely curbed the party disputes and eunuch forces of Wenchen and eunuchs for a long period of time.

At the same time, the Liu Zongmin incident and the Zu Dashou incident reorganized the army and revitalized its prestige at the lowest cost. It laid a good foundation for the ensuing war of resistance against the Qing Dynasty.

Liu Zongmin was beheaded, which was undoubtedly a bigger blow to Li Zicheng. Since Zhao'an, Li Zicheng Ming repaired the plank road to secretly Chen Cang, trying to gain both rights, but did not expect that under Zhu Qing's planning, the army first lost Zhang Xianzhong, a fierce general, and then Zhang Xianzhong's department was absorbed by Zhu Qing, and then half of Liu Zongmin's troops were absorbed by Zhu Qing, Huzi lost a hand, Lu Chong and others switched to Jinyiwei, and now Liu Zongmin was killed by Zhu Qing. When Li Zicheng reacted, he found out that all this Zhu Qing did was to cut off his right-hand man, and it was all to disintegrate his million-strong army!

"Misstep!" Li Zicheng looked up to the sky and roared, but no matter how dissatisfied and wronged he was at the moment, he could only swallow it in his heart. He is no longer as popular in the court as before, and Chongzhen no longer tolerates everywhere, if it weren't for Li Zicheng still holding hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, Chongzhen might not even be able to bird him. Li Zicheng, who has now become isolated, suddenly has a feeling of being under the fence. He could only wait with Zhu Qing, waiting for fate to arrange again.

As everyone knows, Zhu Qing's waiting is purposeful, while Li Zicheng's waiting is helpless.

The next morning, Zhu Qing finally waited for his Jinyi Guard Pioneer Battalion, and Li Zicheng's army was still on the way, and he still had to wait.

Originally, Zhu Qing had to wait for the arrival of the army before setting off, but something changed, and Zhu Qing had to lead the pioneer battalion to set off early! They are going to rush to Shanhaiguan!

This time, the Pioneer Battalion's mission is mainly to oversee the battle!

After learning of Wu Sangui's conspiracy, whether it was war or peace, there was room for redemption if he could meet him before he led his troops into the customs, especially when Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui joined forces, which could more effectively curb the deterioration of the situation.

Although Zu Dashou's 50,000 army is called the pioneer, it is obvious that Zu Dashou's road is very slow. On the one hand, Zu Dashou was demoted by Chongzhen's decree, and he was already unhappy in his heart, how could he still work for Chongzhen non-stop? On the other hand, the battle ahead is tight, and after Wu Sangui retreats, it is difficult for the 100,000 defenders of Ningyuan to withstand the millions of iron cavalry of the Qing army, and Zu Dashou doesn't want to rush to be cannon fodder in a daze. Therefore, the pioneer army of his way was to take a step and rest, and it took a day to drive to Shanhaiguan.

Fortunately, the spies reported that Zu Dashou's pioneer army suddenly sped up their foot strength last night, and they must be able to rush to Shanhaiguan before noon the next day! In normal times, this may be an exciting news, because Zu Dashou is finally going out of the customs to meet the enemy, but at this moment, Zhu Qing is worried, because the purpose of Zu Dashou to speed up the march is not to go out of the customs to meet the enemy, but to hear that Wu Sangui has returned to Shanhaiguan, he is going to Shanhaiguan to join Wu Sangui, and he has other plans!

"Pioneer battalion, full speed ahead, be sure to rush to Shanhaiguan before noon!" Zhu Qing gave an order, and the pioneer battalion of the three thousand brocade guards set off like a charge!

In addition to his usual equipment, Zhu Qing brought two more things on his body this time, one was Chen Yuanyuan's palace guarding paper, and the other was Liu Zongmin's head!

This expedition is a bit sudden, but it is imperative, now except for Jinyiwei, there is no army that can take on this task, and no one has just reconciled the contradictions between Wu Sangui and the imperial court, not to mention that this reconciliation has no material accessories, it all depends on courage and strategy.

is very different from Zu Dashou's pioneer army, Zhu Qing's pioneer battalion did not slack off in the slightest, Zhu Qing rode on the wind chasing horse all the way, took the lead, and chased after him day after day! And the march of three thousand iron horsemen is naturally much faster than that of fifty thousand troops.

So when Zu Dashou's army came out of the customs, Zhu Qing's vanguard battalion had already chased most of the way. Although there are only 3,000 people in the pioneer battalion, although the sparrows are small and complete, there are 1,000 firecrackers in these 3,000 cavalry, 1,000 archers and 1,000 white-edged soldiers. Therefore, these 3,000 iron cavalry is an elite army that can fight, and Ningyuan's 100,000 troops can withstand the siege of the Qing army's million iron cavalry, also because most of the troops in Ningyuan City are such troops!

"Report! General Zu has arrived! Wu Sangui, who was reviewing the preparations of the troops at Shanhaiguan and was heading south, suddenly received a report from the guards of the city gate.

Wu Sangui was shocked, "What did you say?" General Zu is here?! ”

"Report to the King of Loyalty and Filial Piety, it is true, General Zu led an army of 50,000 to surrender to the pass, and specially ordered my subordinates to come and report."

"Quick, follow this king to pick up General Zu!" Hearing that the brother-in-law was coming, Wu Sangui didn't dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly led a group of deputy generals out of the customs to greet him!

"Oops! Brother-in-law, nephew can look forward to your old man's home! Get in! Seeing Zu Dashou and his army, Wu Sangui greeted him warmly, and as he spoke, he had already glanced at the 50,000 army behind Zu Dashou, and when he saw the appearance of the army, Wu Sangui relaxed his vigilance slightly.

Zu Dashou turned over and dismounted, and also walked over with a smile.

"Oh my great nephew! I haven't seen you for many days, and you want your brother-in-law to die! Zu Dashou said with a smile.

"Hey, it's a pleasure to see each other, why does my uncle say unlucky things? The nephew is looking forward to the arrival of his uncle day and night. Wu Sangui responded.

"Yes, yes, don't say discouragement! Today, let's talk about big things! Zu Dashou hurriedly changed his words.

"That's right. Uncle, my nephew heard that the emperor has cured your sin, but why is your army of 50,000? Wu Sangui said tentatively.

As soon as he said this, Zu Dashou was angry in his heart, and he said unhappily, "Hmph! Isn't it that the war in Ningyuan has forced the imperial court, and the emperor asked General Ben to lead troops to support? said that it was to atone for the sin, who didn't know that this was to let General Ben go to be cannon fodder! He asked us to rush to Ningyuan before dark, we don't want to eat this nest, you can settle down for these 50,000 soldiers! ”

When Wu Sangui heard this, he was not far from what he guessed, so he smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "It must be a villain again, brother-in-law, don't worry, nephew will settle the army for you, and after a day and a night's journey, it must be that people are sleepy and tired, you and my nephew and uncle will go to the tent and have a good meal." With that, he asked the deputy general to introduce Zu Dashou's 50,000 troops into the customs to settle down, so that Shanhaiguan could not have less than 300,000 troops at the moment.

Zu Dashou and his lieutenant followed Wu Sangui to the Shanhaiguan Inn to drink.

During the banquet, Wu Sangui deliberately mentioned the matter of the Qing Jun's side, and it was obvious that Zu Dashou, who was on the march, only now knew the news of the Qing Jun's side. First I was shocked, and then I thought about it again.

To say that he is angry with the court is certain, but to make him openly rebel against the court, it is obvious that he is not ready to be a traitor.

"It's really the other way around, right?" Zu Dashou asked worriedly.

"Today's Ming is not the Ming that we were proud of yesterday, it has rotted to the bones, it is difficult to return, Dolgon's million iron horsemen are showing their edge, and they are bound to enter the Central Plains, even if I Wu Sangui is loyal, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist, under the nest, it is difficult to have eggs, and it is probably a matter of time before I clear it! Besides, he Chongzhen disregarded my Wu Sangui's feelings and face, and even if he broke into a private house and took away my beloved concubine, this is not a common hatred! The more Wu Sangui spoke, the more indignant he became, so he drank a few more glasses of wine.

"The hatred of taking his wife can't be endured, but now that Wen Xiang has fallen, and Jinyi Wei is in power, I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed for a while, when the Qing army enters the customs, you and I are not people inside and out, we are attacked before and after, and I am afraid that there is no place to bury me!" Zu Dashou is still undecided.

The two nephews and uncles will give you and me a sentence, and you will eat a cup and I will eat the feast one by one. The obedient lieutenant general also got drunk. The matter of the school field ordering troops to go out was completely forgotten by Wu Sangui.

Before I knew it, it was almost noon, and at this time, an iron horse suddenly appeared outside the gate!

"Who?" The defender of the city exclaimed.

"I am the special supervisor of the imperial court, and the Jinyi guard is also commanding the Qinglong! Quickly open the gate, and my pioneer battalion will go out to meet the enemy! Zhu Qing shouted and showed the token.

The guards at the city gate did not dare to be careless, and hurried to report to Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou, who were already a little drunk, suddenly woke up a lot when they heard that it was Qinglong!

"General, that person did say that he was the supervisor of the imperial court, and the Jinyi Guard commanded Qinglong, and behind him was an iron horseman, although there were three or five thousand people, but there was a bit of military might, Qinglong said that it was a pioneer battalion!" The guard proclaimed.

"My Shanhaiguan army of hundreds of thousands, what is his vanguard battalion of 35,000 people afraid of? Take this king to see what is going on! Wu Sangui hung up the big knife and went out of the city to greet him, and Zu Dashou also relied on a little wine to pick up the knife.

When Wu Sangui went out, it was really Zhu Qing, the thousands of iron horsemen behind him were elite at a glance, and the knights in the front row each held a fire gun in their hands and a big knife on their backs, as if they were fully armed!

"Jinyi Weidu commanded the Qinglong to see the King of Loyalty and Filial Piety!" Zhu Qing took the lead in dismounting and walked over to greet Wu Sangui, and after that, he looked at Zu Dashou beside Wu Sangui, smiled slightly, and arched his hand, "General Zu is also here, just right." ”

Wu Sangui thought that Zhu Qing was sent by the imperial court and would put a few scores, but he didn't expect to ask for a salute first, which made Wu Sangui a little surprised, so he had to force a smile and said, "General Qinglong has worked hard all the way, where is the general going?" ”

"Your place!" Zhu Qing smiled faintly.

When Wu Sangui heard this, he glanced at Zu Dashou beside him. Zu Dashou asked rashly, "I heard that you are here to supervise the army?" ”

"Exactly. Last night, two people who didn't know who they were, entered the customs from Shanhaiguan, their movements were suspicious, and they were arrested by Jinyiwei, and it is said that some things were found. Later, Lord Liang suddenly resigned overnight for some reason. The emperor was worried that someone would provoke the generals of the court and make an obstruction from it, so he sent Zhu Qing to supervise the army, which was an order to supervise the army, and asked the king of loyalty and filial piety to check it. Zhu Qing said, and the token was revealed.

When Wu Sangui heard that Lord Liang had an accident, he was shocked, and his face turned white instantly, you must know that what Jinyiwei found was evidence of his fornication with Lord Liang! But Wu Sangui saw that Zhu Qing hadn't made it clear yet, so he also pretended to be confused and asked, "The imperial court thinks there is a problem with my Shanhaiguan?" ”

Zhu Qing smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "The imperial court naturally believes in King Zhongxiao, but it is just worried that King Zhongxiao is busy with the war in Ningyuan and has no time to take care of Shanhaiguan. I was worried about the impact he would have on King Chunghyo, so I came to take a look. ”

Even Wen Tiren, who was secretly active, was discovered by Jinyiwei, and Wu Sangui knew that all the conspiracies had been exposed, but why didn't Zhu Qing expose him?!

The matter has come to this point, but it is just a matter of piercing a layer of paper, Wu Sangui's heart is crossed, and he asked, "Didn't the imperial court hear that this king wants to clear the king's side?" I have withdrawn from Ningyuan. ”

Who knew that Zhu Qing was not surprised, and said leisurely, "Of course I know, the traitors of the court are in charge, and it is long time ago to clear up." No, just cleared Wen Tiren and Liang Zhen, cleared the criminal department and cleared the officials, and now the Chaogang is much better. ”

"But there's one person who hasn't cleared it yet!" Wu Sangui said coldly.

"Oh? Who is the King of Loyalty and Filial Piety referring to? Zhu Qing asked deliberately.

"Lewd thief Liu Zongmin!" Relying on a little bit of alcohol, Wu Sangui shouted angrily.

Zhu Qing shook his head and shook his finger again, "Definitely!" As he spoke, he glanced at the guards outside the town, and the guards outside the town took out a package and handed it to Wu Sangui.

"This is a gift from Zhu Qing to King Zhongxiao." Zhu Qing pointed to the package and said.

Wu Sangui took the package suspiciously, opened it and looked at it, his face was shocked, and the soldiers around him were already frightened and disgusted.

"How? Can Zhu Qing's gift satisfy the appetite of King Zhongxiao? Zhu Qing sneered.

Staring at Liu Zongmin's head, Wu Sangui was shocked and angry!

"Whoopy thief, you also have today!" Wu Sangui stared at Liu Zongmin's head and scolded fiercely!

"Zhu Qing, the person who wants to clear the King of Loyalty, has helped you clear it, and the King of Loyalty and Filial Piety treats guests like this? We're in a day's trip. Zhu Qing said to Wu Sangui.

Zhu Qing not only exposed Wu Sangui's conspiracy in person, but also helped him take the head of the enemy, if Wu Sangui continues to entangle, I am afraid that he will really be a bit of a villain.

"Someone! Set up a banquet and catch the wind for the pioneer camp! Wu Sangui ordered.

Zhu Qing smiled with satisfaction and led the pioneer battalion into Shanhaiguan.

Originally, Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou had a few drinks earlier, and when they received Zhu Qing at this time, how could they not have a few cups of stomach? After three rounds of drinking, I was a little confused.

At this moment, Wu Sangui was about to go to Xiaoxi, and Zhu Qing suddenly left the table.

When Wu Sangui was about to turn over, Zhu Qing stopped in front of him.

"Inside." Wu Sangui thought that Zhu Qing also wanted to relieve himself, so he pointed to the inner room.

Who knew that Zhu Qing didn't go in, he pulled Wu Sangui to the corner.

"What do you want to do?" Wu Sangui exclaimed.

"Shhhh

"...... this?" Wu Sangui wondered.

"Open it and take a look." Zhu Qing gestured.

As soon as Wu Sangui opened it, a fragrant fragrance came to his nose, and when he looked at it again, Wu Sangui was shocked.

"This is Miss Chen's palace paper, in fact, Liu Zongmin did not succeed, Miss Chen guarded herself like a jade for the sake of loyalty and filial piety." Zhu Qing pointed to the mark of Shougong Sand on the rice paper and said.

After Wu Sangui heard this, he was overjoyed and almost cried, "I didn't expect Yuanyuan to be in danger and still think about this king, it is really enough to have a confidant in life!" Wu Sangui covered his face with rice paper and cried wantonly.

"Shh......h King Zhongxiao is not afraid of other people's jokes? Zhu Qing prompted.

"The eldest husband doesn't know what to do, what is he afraid of?" Wu Sangui is also a temperamental, Zhu Qing smiled, he didn't expect Wu Sangui to have such a real side.

"Even so, don't stain this palace paper, this is Miss Chen's loyalty to the King of Loyalty and Filial Piety!" Zhu Qing responded.

"Yes, yes, you have to remind me that this king should take good care of this palace paper!" Wu Sangui replied and hurriedly packed up the rice paper.

The two of them muttered in the corner again, not knowing what to say. When he returned to the banquet, Wu Sangui suddenly said to Zu Dashou, "Uncle, after eating this wine, you can take the troops to Ningyuan with General Qinglong." ”

After Zu Dashou heard this, he was taken aback, and the wine also woke up for half a minute, and he stared at Wu Sangui with his eyes.

"General Zu, the pioneer you are responsible for, who will go if you don't go?" Zhu Qing smiled, and poured wine into Zu Dashou's cup again.

Zu Dashou didn't dare to drink it, and asked Wu Sangui softly, "Why is this?" ”

Wu Sangui attached himself to Zu Dashou's ear and said softly, "The time has not yet come." ”

Zhu Qing was drinking and eating food by himself, ignoring the conversation between the two nephews and uncles over there.