On the fourth day of November, Zunhua fell, and Governor Wang Yuanya entered the office and committed suicide by setting fire to the office. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 On the evening of the fourth day of the first month, Huang Taiji led the four banners of the right wing of Manchuria to Zunhua and the four banners of the left wing of the Azig department to join the Mongolian army, and heard that Yuan Chonghuan was stationed in Jizhen, because he was defeated by Yuan Chonghuan many times, he did not dare to compete with it, and led the army to Shunyi and Sanhe to bypass Tongzhou, and went straight to BJ Zunhua to fall, and reported to the Ming court, the Beijing division was shaken, and the court was in chaos.

BJ Forbidden City, Huangji Palace, the beginning of the court.

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch with a pen, stood respectfully beside him. The ministers below bowed their heads and knelt down, and a sense of royal majesty was faintly emanated, giving people a sense of not being angry and arrogant.

I saw that Chongzhen was eighteen years old, but he was not yet twenty, but he already had gray hair, listening to the urgent report of the border soldiers at the bottom of the stairs, Chongzhen knew that it would not be a good result, because since he ascended the throne, the side affairs have gradually deteriorated, and now there is a report that the people in Shanxi are unstable, but even if he knows that there will be no good results, Chongzhen still listens quietly, but he keeps clenching his hands to betray his emotions.

"Eight hundred miles of urgent report, on the first day of the new year, the slave thief emperor Taiji broke the big Ankou, the guard Liu Ce fled, on the fourth day of the first month, Azig fell into Zunhua, and the governor Wang Yuanya was killed, and now the army of slaves and thieves has been combined with Zunhua, and will go to the Santun camp, the Santun camp is in an emergency, and the general soldier Zhu Guoyan asks for reinforcements!" The appearance of the border soldiers is very nervous, and the side matter has risen again, and it has actually fallen into Zunhua.

This 800-mile emergency was actually reported by Zhu Guoyan, the chief soldier of the Santun Battalion west of Zunhua, but it was still too late, and it was reported to the Beijing Division on the seventh day of the first month.

Suddenly, the government and the opposition were shocked and shouted. Looking at the panicked ministers, Chongzhen gradually frowned, in June, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong, the general soldier of Phi Dao, and it was only five months before the army of slaves and thieves approached the Jingshi, is there anything related to this.

"Your Majesty, please kill Yuan Chonghuan!" Speaker Cai Zhongzheng shouted suddenly, except for Li Biao, the first assistant of the cabinet, who did not express his position at all, and then all the ministers knelt, and the opinions of the courtiers were surprisingly unanimous, and a sentence surrounded the hall for a long time, "Ministers, please kill Yuan Chonghuan!" ’

Chongzhen frowned tightly and asked rhetorically: "If Yuan Chonghuan is killed, then who will resist the slave thieves approaching Jingshi?" The ministers were suddenly dumbfounded, and suddenly Li Banghua, the imperial historian, came out and said: "Sun Chengzong can be used again!" There was a lot of discussion in the court.

"That's right, Sun Chengzong will definitely be able to resist Houjin."

"The emperor will definitely be able to defeat the thieves for me!"

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and Sun Chengzong was Chongzhen's teacher, also known as the emperor's teacher. Sun Chengzong has made countless meritorious contributions, and his reputation is full of government and opposition, but he was persecuted by the eunuchs during the Apocalypse and returned to his hometown, and he is a real veteran of the Three Dynasties. That's what everyone thinks.

Chongzhen suddenly remembered when he heard this, and then issued an edict: "Order Sun Chengzong to enter Beijing immediately." On the evening of the same day, Chongzhen summoned Sun Chengzong on the platform, and the two talked for a long time, and issued an edict on the second day, "Order Sun Chengzong to serve as the original official as the young master and the prince and the prince, the secretary of the ministry, the scholar of the Zhongji Temple University and the secretary of the military department, and be stationed in Tongzhou to control the eastern enemy." ”

Unexpectedly, on the seventh day of the first month, an urgent report came from the front again, 'Later Jin Chu attacked Santun Camp with thunder on the seventh day, and broke the city within an hour, massacring the army and civilians, and the deputy chief soldier Zhu Lai also absconded, and the chief soldier Zhu Guoyan announced the names of the fleeing generals on the street, and then hanged himself with his wife Zhang. ’

The Beijing division was in chaos, and Chongzhen immediately ordered Sun Chengzong to rush to Tongzhou, and issued an order to "strictly order Yuan Chonghuan's army not to cross Jizhou one step." "At noon, Chengzong led the twenty-seven horses out of Dongbianmen and rushed to Tongzhou.

But by this time it was too late, and when the order was received, Yuan Chonghuan's troops had already arrived in Hexi and were stationed there. Hexiwu is between TJ and BJ, about 120 miles from BJ.

On the seventh day of the first month of November, Sun Chengzong led 27 horses out of Dongbianmen to Tongzhou, passing through more than 50 miles of Feijiazhuang in the suburbs of BJ.

Xiao Yi has rested in Feijiazhuang for a night, this night thanks to the care of Fei Youjin and his wife and Fei E's sister-in-law, Xiao Yi just woke up today, and he was so anxious, I don't know what happened to Huangyang and the others. Just thinking about it, suddenly a girl with a beautiful face came in, and Fei E said in surprise: "You're awake!" Daddy, mother! Come, this man is awake! ”

Shi walked into the house and said with a smile: "Young man, you are awake, your uncle has gone to collect medicine." Xiao Yi wanted to get up and thank his aunt, but he was sore all over his body when he moved, Shi and Fei E hurriedly dissuaded him, but Xiao Yi was unmoved, if the eldest husband couldn't even bear such pain, how could he talk about going to the battlefield to kill the Tartars! Gritted his teeth and got up, he bent down and made a big salute. , Shi Shi was amazed, this young man was so tenacious by nature.

"My life was saved by you, if Xiao also achieves something in the future, he will definitely repay him!" Xiao Yi said gratefully, his eyes full of perseverance.

Fei E looked at Xiao Yi who was struggling to get up, and was stunned, and suddenly reacted to her own gaffe. Fortunately, no one paid attention, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Xiao Yi, but at this time, his expression was a little more reserved. Shi said: "Young man, you don't have to be like this, take a good rest." ”

Xiao Yi got up and said: "Xiao Yi knows that the eldest mother and sister-in-law are willing to stay with me, and Xiao Yi is not exhausted, but Xiao Yi has important things to do and is inconvenient to stay for a long time." As soon as Fei E heard that Xiao Yi was leaving, she immediately said anxiously: "Xiao Yi, your body hasn't recovered yet, so it's better to stay here for a few more days before leaving." ”

Xiao Yi was anxious at this time, and wanted to immediately make peace with Huang Yang and a few people, so that he would go to join the army. Shaking his head, Xiao Yi immediately said goodbye to the eldest lady, endured the pain and turned over on the horse, seeing that his two horses were also raised well, and his good impression of the family suddenly increased a few points.

Fei E immediately ran out of the door and leaned against the door to watch Xiao Yi leave, wanting to stop, but the female reserve made her dare not step forward. How could the Shi family not know his daughter's thoughts, sighed and said: "Ezi, don't think about it, this person is an official army at a glance, it is better to find a good family to marry with the official army, you don't know the daughter of the old Wang family, the day before they just got married, the next day the official died in the border pass, young but widowed." Alas. ”

Fei E nodded, but she still couldn't take her eyes off Xiao Yi's back, not knowing what she was thinking.

Xiao Yi turned over and got on his horse, but saw a few horses resting not far away, could it be an official army? I was so anxious just now that I forgot to ask what place this was, Xiao Yi rode forward, and saw that these more than 30 people were all strong men, all wearing brand-new Ming standard mandarin duck battle jackets, and a pair of fine chain mail inside. It is different from the Ming officials and soldiers elsewhere at first sight. Among them, there was an old man dressed in Han family clothes, half of his hair was gray, but he had a dignified face.

Xiao Yi stepped forward and asked, "Old man, do you know where this is?" ”

The old man didn't answer at a glance, but asked lightly, "Where did you get this knife and horse from?" Xiao Yi looked at the old man, who seemed to have no malicious intent, and replied respectfully: "This is what I seized from a tartar." The old man looked interested and said, "Then where did you see the Tartar, and did you kill the Tartar yourself?" ”

Xiao Yixin asked why this old guy had so many questions, but still replied: "My seven brothers and I encountered four Tartars outside the gate to disturb the village and slaughter the people, so we killed these Tartars at night and killed them all. It's just that there is less respect in the words, and more perfunctory.

I saw a strong man behind the old man and said with a little surprise: "Oh? Seven people killed four Tartars? Then he said, "Do you know that lying is a capital offense?" The words gradually became harsh.

Xiao Yi turned around and took out a pair of white armor, threw it on the ground, and said: "This is the armor on the white armor of the Houjin White Armor Soldier, my brother and I have been separated for a long time, I just want to ask for directions, I don't know, I don't know, what are you doing with these irrelevant words?" After saying that, he turned around and left, and the man who attracted him was dissatisfied and was about to stop.

Sun Chengzong stopped the man, his eyes turned, and he said: "Little brother stay, this is Feijiazhuang fifty miles away from the capital, can you go to Tongzhou?" Walk with us? ”

Xiao Yi waved his hand and said, "No, I still have to look for my brothers, so don't leave it at that." Then without hesitation, he galloped in the direction he had originally run, wanting to find Huang Yang and a few people. Sun Chengzong picked up the white armor behind him, looked at Sun Chengzong and said, "This is the outer armor of the Baya Labing soldiers, why don't we stop this person?" Or a spy? In his words, he obviously didn't believe that Xiao Yi had killed this Baya soldier.

Sun Chengzong watched Xiao Yi leave, thought about it, stopped the entourage's attempt to stop, and said: "Let him go, I don't think this person will be a spy, go to Tongzhou immediately, don't be mistaken again." ”

Everyone behind him obeyed the order, got on the horse and galloped through the state.