The news of the victory of Shanhaiguan soon spread to Shenyang, that is, Shengjing at that time, the city was full of lights, eight doors and drums, and the grand celebration alarmed the surrounding suburbs, and many farmers ran to the city to see the excitement.

Although everyone in the court was excited, the court did not hold an official celebration, and they were waiting for the victory of the regent Dorgon.

In the afternoon, the good news was quickly sent to the prince of Heshuo Zheng, who was staying behind to preside over the Shengjing court, and as soon as Zilharang got the good news, he immediately reported the news to the imperial court, and asked the court to hold a grand celebration in the evening.

I am afraid that the happiest should be the mother of the emperor Fulin, Empress Xiaozhuang, after she learned the news, she immediately went to Qingning Palace to congratulate the major concubines, and then returned to her palace to burn incense and kowtow in front of the Buddha statue.

Empress Xiaozhuang hugged the young Fulin by her side and said excitedly: "Your uncle has defeated the thieves, and soon, you will be the emperor of the whole of China, and you will be sitting in the palace in Beijing." ”

Xiao Linfu said: "Beijing is not good, I don't want to go to Beijing, I want to be in Shengjing." ”

Empress Xiaozhuang said: "Child, the palace in Beijing is bigger than here, there is splendor, and then the entire Central Plains Jiangnan is ours, I heard that Jiangnan has a world of flowers and flowers, and the beauty is like a cloud, and it is many times richer than us here." ”

Queen Xiaozhuang has lived in northern Liaoning for a long time, and has never been to the Central Plains Jiangnan, but she often hears people say that there is a lot of wealth and prosperity.

Xiao Fulin said: "That's all from my uncle, let him take care of it." ”

Xiao Fulin only knew that he and his people were going to a very distant place, and he didn't know if there were any fun crickets and all kinds of fun entertainment.

Xiaofu Wanglin's inadvertent words aroused the most fragile nerves in Empress Xiaozhuang's heart, yes, the regent Dolgon coordinated everything in the country, if he conquered the whole of China in the future, would he still faithfully assist his son, thinking of this, the previous excitement was gone, and an indescribable upset surged into his heart.

Soon after Li Zicheng retreated, Dolgon sent Azig, the king of Yingjun, and Duoduo, the prince of Yu, each with 5,000 cavalry to chase after him, and Dolgon's intention was very obvious, so that Li Zicheng did not have time to carry out a large-scale looting of the city of Beijing before withdrawing from Beijing, so that he could get a relatively complete imperial city.

The weather in the Youyan area has been bright and dark in the past few days, and suddenly the sky is dark, the wind is strong, and the sky is clear and clear.

Li Zicheng's army galloped all the way, and after two days and nights of rapid marching, on the morning of the third day, the towering city tower of Beijing appeared in his eyes.

Li Zicheng ordered most of his men and horses to be stationed outside the city to resist the Manchu cavalry, and some of them entered the city from Dongzhi and Chaoyang Second Gate.

According to Song Xiance's divination, Li Zicheng led a part of his soldiers and horses to bypass the two gates of Dongzhi and Anding, and entered from the Desheng Gate.

Prime Minister Niu Jinxing had already received a notice, and led Li Yan and other civil and military officials to kneel at the door from Deshengmen to greet him.

Li Zicheng is still dressed before leaving Beijing, and he still has a yellow umbrella in front of him, but his face is dark and dusty.

"Greetings to Your Majesty...... Return! ”

Niu Venus instinctively wanted to say triumph, but the words changed to return.

Li Zicheng waved his hand and motioned for everyone to get up.

The drums were endless, Li Zicheng ordered Niu Jinxing to ask the drummer to stop and not play again, Niu Xingjin immediately signaled the band to stop, and Li Zicheng rode in without saying anything.

For Li Zicheng, the most striking contrast is that after the attack on Beijing on 19 March, the people welcomed the city, and the sound of firecrackers and firecrackers was incessant, and the sound of joy was thunderous.

Concubine Dou had long heard that Li Zicheng was coming today, he bathed all over his body last night under the service of the palace maid, and today he used Long Xiangda to smoke all the clothes, bed sheets, and bedding.

She has been in the deep palace since she was a child, and she knows how to please men, and soon Li Zicheng fell in love with her, she knew that she could live the life of an imperial concubine from now on, and his parents had also become relatives of the emperor, and she would also live a prosperous and wealthy life.

Since Li Zicheng left the palace to go on the expedition, she burned incense every day and prayed to the gods to bless Li Zicheng safe and sound, and now that she is back safe, her heart is half relieved, and she also heard the news of Li Zicheng's defeat in the mountains and seas, in her opinion, is it not defeated, and life has to go on in the future, she is just a palace maid who has been living in the deep palace for many years, and she knows that this battle is related to the national fortune of Dashun.

Hearing the paging of the holy drive back to the palace, she hurriedly led the palace maids to kneel outside the palace and wait for the waiter to greet her, and when the guards escorted Li Zicheng to the Xinhua Gate, she finally saw the man she had been worried about for half a month.

She didn't know if Li Zicheng saw her or not, but she kept staring at Li Zicheng until she disappeared from her sight.

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On an avenue in Jianghuai, Zhou Hao led a hundred light horsemen to speed forward at the fastest speed. It was already afternoon, the sun was setting, the gently rolling hills were obscuring the view from time to time, and from time to time a village or two, a river or two appeared.

Zhou Hao was holding a handwritten letter at this time, which was written by Lu Jiude himself, of course, hoping that he would support King Fu. For Zhou Hao, this is not only related to the fate of King Fu, but also related to his own fate, he must go to Fengyang Mansion tomorrow and hand over the letter to Huang Degong.

Since Fengyang Mansion was close to Huai'an Mansion, the road was not far away, so Lu Jiude gave him this task, and sent one of his cronies to send the letter to Liu Liangzuo, the general soldier of Luzhou.

This hundred light cavalry is Gao Jie's subordinates, Gao Jie temporarily appointed Zhou Hao as the general of the hundred, and unified the cavalry of the hundred guards to go to Fengyang Mansion, so as not to encounter bandits on the way, and there was a mistake in the letter, at this time Gao Jie and King Fu, Lu Jiude and Zhou Hao became grasshoppers tied to a thread, and he had to do his best to help King Fu.

After galloping fast for a long time, Zhou Hao ordered the army to slow down in order to preserve the horse's physical strength.

Almost every few mountains, the top of the mountain is a mountain fort, Zhou Hao knew that this is a mountain fort built by peasants or bandits, mainly to defend against the looting of soldiers and bandits, once the battle is fought, the peasants will gather in the mountain fort, and the bunker is put on the rolling stone log grain. Looking at the fields, a gust of wind blows, and the wheat waves are undulating, which makes people feel refreshed.

Zhou Hao was enjoying the evening time, and on a large avenue on the opposite side of the gentle hill, a team came, and it seemed that there were about 300 people, and they were walking very quickly.

Zhou Hao knew that in this era, soldiers and bandits were rampant everywhere, and various organized corps occupied one side, and when the two sides met, it was a life-and-death struggle, and the villages and towns they passed were looted. If it was really a bandit, it would be unlucky, Zhou Hao couldn't help but get nervous.