March 14 of the 17th year of Chongzhen.

The soldiers of the Dashun army have arrived in front of Juyong Pass, less than thirty miles away!

As expected by the Ming Dynasty and the Shun Army, Jinzhong is empty, and the Dashun Army has been smooth all the way since the New Year, and it is simply overwhelming!

In February, Li Zicheng attacked Taiyuan, the king of Jin refused to leave the army to work hard, the army in the city had no will to fight, the city was broken on the sixth day of the first month, the governor committed suicide, Zhao Jianji and many others were killed, and the king of Jin was captured.

On February 16, Li Zicheng set off again, this time the target was Zhibo Yanjing, on the way, he issued the "Yongchang Edict" concocted by Niu Jinxing and others to scold the imperial court, but also called Chongzhen to review the degree, recognize the situation early, surrender without losing the royal title.

On 21 February, Li Zicheng encountered fierce resistance in Ningwu, and the chief military officer Zhou Yuji refused to surrender to the death, and led his troops to fight a bloody battle, which made the Chuang army extremely depressed, and Li Zicheng was even worried that he would encounter similar resistance in Datong and Juyong Pass and had the idea of retreating...... But just when Li Zicheng hesitated, the general of Datong Jiang Pai sent a messenger to the front of the army to ask for surrender, so the army continued to move forward, arrived in Datong on the first day of the first month of March, Jiang Pai surrendered, Li Zicheng exterminated the acting king, exterminated his whole clan, and the governor Wei Jingai committed suicide. On the sixth day of the first month, the Shun army arrived at Xuanfu, and it was also the general military officer Wang Chengyun, who had already agreed to welcome the thirty-mile surrender, and the governor Zhu Zhifeng hanged himself after scolding the officials for being shameless.

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The overall situation is like this, and the strong army presses the border, Tang Tong, the chief military officer of Juyong Pass, and Du Xun, the eunuch of the supervising army, are not panicked at all, anyway, the idea is decided, and when Li Chuang's soldiers arrive, they will also learn from Wang Chengyun's house, and the suburbs will welcome thirty miles.

In these years, if you cling to Da Ming again, you will be an incorrigible idiot!

From the early hours of the morning, Tang Tong was waiting for news near the east gate, and he couldn't stay at the magnificent chief military officer Yamen, and the sentinel urged him to release it all night, and the sentry detective kept asking in the direction where the army came, as long as he saw where the banner of the former army was, everyone would pack up and go out of the city to surrender together!

Just as he was waiting, a beautiful officer in front of the Chinese military tent came up at a trot and asked, "Uncle, Ambassador Du is here." ”

Jizhen general soldier Tang Tong was awarded the earl ten days ago, the Ming Dynasty because of the civil power of the family, the suppression of imperial power, but also the pressure of the soldiers Qiu Ba can not move, from Jiajing to Shenzong Wanli and then to Chongzhen years, the real conferral of the military minister is only the Liaodong chief military officer Li Chengliang who has made great contributions to Liaodong, Qi Jiguang and other famous anti-Japanese generals have served for a lifetime, and must be named a marquis during the Chengzu and Renxuan years, but in the early years of Jiajing and Wanli, that is, a few inheritances were added.

The military officer has suffered a loss, and it can be regarded as a long time!

Now the situation is different, the emperor is no longer afraid of the power of the military attaché, in fact, the discipline of Chongzhen has long been out of line in the world, and the military attache has long been disobedient to orders.

Ning Nanbo Zuo Liangyu and Ping Dongbo Liu Zeqing, who were knighted on the same day, are representatives of military discipline and lawlessness.

Wu Sangui, who was named Pingxibo, because his father was in Beijing, also made some moves after the court ordered him to enter the king of Jingqin, but Wu Sangui used the excuse that it was difficult for the military and civilians to move around Ningyuan, and so far, he is still slowly delaying time outside the pass!

The left and right are just looking at the wind and the changing ending of the Beijing Division!

Tang Tong and Guan Ningbing are not much better than each other, the battle of Songshan, that is, he and Wu Sangui together, the two brothers ran for more than a thousand miles, in addition to the cronies and family members around them, the ordnance department lost a fine light, and later cleaned up the remnants of the army and waited for the court to deal with it, and if the court order was to arrest and ask, then he and Wu Sangui would not mind running again...... Of course, it's self-evident where to run.

Today, the imperial court no longer extorted the name, and finally gave him the title of Earl of Dingxi, although Tang Tong had decided to surrender, but the whole army also changed the title.

"Oh, is Ambassador Du here?"

Tang Tong was wearing a unicorn mending suit, with a black veil on his head, his hand pressed on the jade belt around his waist, and the corners of his mouth were just a smile with indistinct meaning...... After thinking about it, he just waved his hand and said, "Please ask him to come up." ”

If it was before, when he heard that Du Xun was coming, Tang Tong would definitely be in the lower city, and then bowed down from afar to greet him, greeted him with a smile, and asked for his guilt to greet him...... Today is a different look, the military attache of the Chinese army first marched, and then hurriedly went down to the city.

After a while, Du Xun, the eunuch of Shangshanjian and the ambassador of Juyongguan, strode up, and at this time, he was sent to the last barrier like Juyongguan to be the eunuch of the town, and the emperor's trust in him was also evident. At this time, his face was pale, he glanced at Tang Tong, and said, "What's the matter, hasn't the Shunjun forward arrived yet?" ”

"Not yet." Tang Tong smiled slightly and said, "If there is any news, Benjue will inform the ambassador as soon as possible." ”

The matter of surrender was discussed by the two of them and all the generals, so now it is openly mentioned in the castle, and there is no way to avoid it.

"Good!" Du Xun had already deeply felt the contempt of the other party, and in terms of the eunuch's subtle thoughts, what he hated the most was this kind of behavior in front of him. However, there are soldiers in the people, and under this Xiongguan pass, the swords and guns are bright, and the military flags are displayed everywhere, so it is not a majestic and mighty soldier...... Such a general soldier, he used to be a town guard eunuch who didn't pay any attention to it, but now at this time, he can only hold back his anger.

He said in a sharp voice, and said, "There is one more thing, I'm afraid the general hasn't taken care of it yet, right?" ”

Du Xun was still side by side with him at this time, Tang Tong was already uncomfortable in his heart, and when he saw the other party's look of looking for trouble, he was even more angry.

For a while, there was a murderous aura on his face, but after thinking about it, the power of the eunuchs was intertwined, and although the new dynasty had not yet reused the signs of this generation, it was better to be careful in everything.

Besides, the other party really reminded himself!

At that moment, he reluctantly smiled at Du Xun, but after turning his head, his face was iron-blue!

"Someone!" Tang Tong shouted: "Come on!" ”

"Please ask the uncle."

"Isn't there a small group of cavalry in the Guannei?" Tang Tong's face was murderous, and his right hand also slashed heavily in the air, and shouted: "Send people to surround them immediately, don't call them away." If you resist, you will kill them all! ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away."

Tang Tong's military attache in the Chinese army is his nephew, he has always been very thoughtful, and he has already made up his mind at the moment, and immediately transferred hundreds of elite cavalry to surround the building where the cavalry lived in the East Palace, and killed it without saying a word, saving the trouble, but just when this person was about to turn around and go down to the city, there was a sudden exclamation around him.

"What's going on?"

Tang Tong has been shouting at the head of the city, everyone is looking down together, but they see a team of cavalry has suddenly rode out under the city, and the soldiers and horses stationed near the city gate want to step forward to block it, the leader of this team of cavalry has waved his knife again and again, and has killed several of the closest, and the rest of the horsemen are also a knife, but the city sees the sword light waving below, and the soldiers and horses of Jizhen guarding the city gate keep screaming, but in the blink of an eye, the city gate is in chaos, and the cries and begs for mercy come and go, and after a while, The slightest resistance was crushed by the cavalry who rushed out, and more than 100 horsemen rushed out, the silver chain mail on their bodies exuded dazzling brilliance, and when the horse galloped, it was like a winding giant snake.

"Tang Tong, you are a dog, you know that you have made up your mind to rebel and surrender...... See you next time, we will definitely take your head! ”

Not far from the city, a short and stout man was riding on a horse, with a long knife in his hand dripping with blood, although this person was wearing chain mail, he did not wear a cherry helmet or a hat, but a felt hat, and a rough and fierce face was clearly visible in the laughter.

"Phew, I'll slaughter you now!"

Tang Tong was furious, and had already recognized it as Wang Yuan, the military attache of the Beijing camp, who fled first with the general soldiers, and this group of military attaches came to close the door, not honestly treating the crime, but wanted to bite them, and as a result, he almost lost his surname.

There is a deep grudge against this matter, but he doesn't have to take this group of low-grade military attaches to heart as a chief military officer...... I never thought that this person was also among the inner cavalry sent by the East Palace, if he had noticed it, he would have sent someone to end up with this black guy!

It's too late to regret it now, this group of knights of the East Palace has excellent riding skills, although the city head has already beaten gongs and drums, the archers are aiming and shooting arrows, and the fire guns are also ping-pong, but Wang Yuan and the others have already galloped wildly, separated by dozens of steps, and they can't hurt them at all.

"Hmph, the chief officer is really easy to arrange...... This time, it made people take a good break from their spirits! ”

Tang Tong was angry in his heart, but Du Xun was sneering at him in a weird way, he was furious for a while, he couldn't show any mercy, took two steps forward, grabbed Du Xun's collar, and waved his old fist to hit him.

"You just have to do it," Du Xun didn't panic at all, smiled slightly, and said: "Our family has already had a plan to enter the city, just waiting to face the new emperor, you beat our family with a blue nose and swollen face, but see how our family responds in front of the new emperor?" ”

"Phew!" Tang Tong didn't know if what Du Xun said was true or not, he himself actually had a lot of calculations and room for regression, and he was not very afraid that Du Xun would not get along with him, so he spat at the moment and scolded: "Yin Tiny Villain, when you have the opportunity, I will definitely slaughter you!" ”

As he spoke, he strode down to the city, and when he was in a hurry, the nail leaves on his body were also shaking...... He was angry and cut his face, and he was anxious to find a place to get back, and secondly, this group of Donggong cavalry happened to move in the direction where the intruding army came...... He, the chief soldier of Jizhen, is covered with mouths and can't speak clearly!

At the moment, he didn't care about competing with Du Xunding, so he hurriedly went down to the city, lit up all the more than 500 cavalry members in the city, and went straight to the place where the cavalry disappeared in the East Palace, and chased down!

"Scold me for being a villain?" Du Xun's eyes were also full of madness, looking at the place where Tang Tong disappeared, he gritted his teeth and said: "Let's see that your grandfather Du gave up his life to set up a great fortune, when the time comes, you must ask your surname Tang to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy!" ”