When Hong Chengchou sent a report to Jingshi in an expedited manner of 800 li, more than 800 Ding led by Wang Pu had already entered Jiulian City, and not far ahead was the Yalu River, and after the Yalu River was the border of Korea.

[Jiulian City is Zhenjiang, Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town of the Ming Empire, once fought a bloody battle with Jiannu here, and this battle was also Mao Wenlong's famous battle, but later Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, and Jiannu also moved from the barren Changbai Mountains to the fertile Liaohe Plain, and this Jiulian City was abandoned, and now it has become a ruin like Liaoyang.

A few more words about North Korea.

In 1392, Yi Sung-gye abolished the last generation of Goryeo kings and established the Joseon Dynasty, also known as the Yi Dynasty, the total population of the Joseon Dynasty in its heyday had reached more than one million, but after the invasion of the Joseon Dynasty and the two massacres of the Qing soldiers, the vitality of Korea was greatly damaged, and the total population dropped sharply from one million to less than 300,000, and the population of the capital Hanyang was sharply reduced from 100,000 to less than 30,000. 】

Wang Pu pointed to the dilapidated city outline in front of him with a horsewhip, and asked Zhen Youcai behind him: "Youcai, where is the front?" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "General, the front is Jiulian City, the river south of the city is the Yalu River, after the Yalu River into the border of the Korean Kingdom, before the rise of Jiannu, this Jiulian City is the market town of border trade between my Ming Dynasty and North Korea, and the villain has also come here to enter the Korean ginseng." ”

Wang Pu saw that it was getting late, so he instructed Scarface beside him: "Scarface, pass the order, camp in this Jiulian City tonight, and cross the river early tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes."

Scarface said yes and took the order.

Wang Pu turned over and dismounted, moved his legs, which were a little numb from riding for a long time, and turned back to Zhen Youcai and said, "Youcai, if we drive into the border of the Korean Kingdom like this, will we be troubled by the Koreans?" After all, North Korea has been scared by Jiannu, and now it is a subject country of Jiannu. ”

Zhen Youcai said: "The villain is also thinking about this problem along the way, and the villain feels that he should be careful." ”

Wang Pu asked, "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

Zhen Youcai said: "Pretend to be a slave." ”

"Pretending to be a slave?" Wang Pudao nodded, "Well, this is a good idea, and the costumes and armor are all ready-made, in order to dress up when necessary, and confuse Jiannu, the more than 100 sets of Zhenghongqi armor and more than 1,000 sets of Jiannu horse coats captured in Changyong Fort have not been thrown away." ”

Zhen Youcai said: "For the sake of prudence, the villain feels that he should shave his hair in the style of a Jiannu. ”

"That's not a problem either." Wang Pu said, "It's a big deal, after getting on the boat, the brothers will shave off the top of their heads, and they will all become bald." ”

[Note: The Manchu hairstyle was not like what everyone saw in the Qing court drama at the beginning, shaving half of the head, dragging a big braid behind the head, and at first only allowed to keep a small hair as big as money, and form a small braid, which is called the beautiful name: money rat tail. 】

Zhen Youcai's eyes rolled, and then he said: "General, there is an additional benefit to letting the brothers pretend to be Jiannu. ”

Wang Pu said: "Oh, tell me about it? ”

Zhen Youcai said: "Let the brothers pretend to be Jiannu, you can burn, kill and loot unscrupulously in North Korea, and the Koreans will put this account on Jiannu's head, the general and the brothers can be happy and get benefits, and they can let Jiannu carry the black pot when they are finished, why not do it?" ”

"Good you are talented, your brain is good." Wang Pu said with a smile, "That's it, Xiao Qi, come here." ”

Wang Xiaoqi ran to Wang Pu and asked, "General, are you looking for a villain?" ”

Wang Pu said: "The order is that all the brothers shave their hair, shave their hairstyles in the style of Jiannu, and then select more than 100 people to change into the armor of the Jiannu Red Banner Cavalry, and the rest of the brothers will all change into the robes of Jiannu." ”

"Ah, shaved into a Kennu hairstyle?" Wang Xiaoqi frowned and said, "General, as the saying goes, parents who have a body and skin can't shave it casually, and it has been shaved into Jiannu's hairstyle, in case after returning to the Ming Dynasty, others slander that we have surrendered Jiannu, wouldn't it be impossible to wash it by jumping into the Yellow River?" ”

"Less wordy." Wang Pu said impatiently, "You go and tell the brothers that as long as they are willing to shave their heads, they can do whatever they want after entering North Korea, I don't believe that there are still rabbits in this group who refuse to shave their heads." ”

"What's the matter?" Wang Xiaoqi's eyes lit up, "That North Korean woman ......"

"Yes." Wang Pu said, "It's okay to be happy, but you can't march with a woman." ”

"Okay, okay, that's fine." Wang Xiaoqiyin said with a smile, "The villain is going to give the order, hehe." ”

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Besides, Duoduo, the prince of Yu in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, led five thousand iron cavalry to march day and night, and only after arriving at Lianyun Island did he know that the Ming army had not come here at all, and Duoduo thought that it was impossible for Prince Zheng to lie to him, since the Ming army did not come to Lianyun Island, it must have changed the direction of the march halfway and went in another direction.

Duoduo did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent scouts to investigate, and finally heard that there was a Ming army in the direction of Jiulian City, and when Duoduo, who learned the news, was about to lead the army to pursue, Dolgon sent a secret letter from the fast horse, which said that there would be a big change in Shengjing, so that Duoduo would rush back to Shengjing.

[Here it is necessary to introduce the relationship between Azig, Dolgon and Duoduo, Azig is the twelfth son of Nurhachi, Dolgon is the fourteenth son of Nurhachi, and Duoduo is the fifteenth son of Nurhachi, all three were born to the concubine Abahai, Dolgon is the owner of the white flag, and Azig and Duoduo are the owners of the white flag. 】

Dorgon asked Duoduo to lead five thousand white flag iron horsemen back to Shengjing, the purpose was simple, to prepare for the upcoming battle for the throne.

Dolgon's biggest opponent is Prince Su Hauge, Hauge is the eldest son of Huang Taiji, the two banners of Zhenghuang and Huangji are loyal to him, Haoge himself is the banner owner of the Zhenglan Banner, and his power is very strong, at this critical moment, Duoduo and his five thousand iron cavalry can't of course stay away from Shengjing.

Without any hesitation, Duoduo decided to give up the pursuit of the Ming army, and now the most important thing was to lead the army back to Beijing to help the fourteenth brother Dorgon seize the throne.

Duoduo's thoughts are the same as those of Zilharang and others, although these people shout that they want to save Huang Taiji at all costs, in fact, everyone understands that it is impossible to save Huang Taiji, saying some beautiful words is just for show, and they have actually begun to calculate in their hearts, which camp should they stand in the upcoming battle for the throne?

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Purple City, Qianqing Palace.

Genius Ma Ma Liang, hundreds of officials lined up in a long line under the guidance of the chamberlain slowly entered the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, as usual, Emperor Chongzhen had already sat on the dragon chair early, there were sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen was the most diligent one, even more diligent than the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang.

Some historians even say that Emperor Chongzhen has never been absent from the morning dynasty since he ascended the throne to the hanging of the coal mountain, and the average daily sleep time is less than two hours, which is not very credible, but Emperor Chongzhen is a rare diligent emperor in the feudal history of China for more than 2,000 years, but it is undoubted.

Hundreds of officials knelt three times and knocked nine times, and after three shouts of long live, they each retreated to their own positions, and then they bowed their heads one by one and stopped talking, the Ming Dynasty was unfavorable, the north was rampant, the Central Plains thieves were rampant, Huguang, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi provinces had a major drought for several consecutive years, and the red land was thousands of miles, and the locusts were plagued, and many state capitals had begun to eat people.

The country is in a difficult situation, and there is a great tendency to be powerless to return to the sky, so in this extraordinary period, you can pretend to be dumb without speaking.

Emperor Chongzhen's brows gradually furrowed, and the performance of the officials made him very dissatisfied, eating the monarch and being loyal to the monarch, now the world is in trouble, but these officials are pretending to be deaf and dumb one by one, what's the matter?

Emperor Chongzhen's gaze fell on Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, and asked, "Chen Aiqing, have you ever sent reinforcements to Songshan to relieve the siege?" ”

Chen Xinjia hurriedly came out and said: "Long live Qizuo, the minister has arranged for three reinforcements to go out of the pass to relieve the siege of Songshan. ”

"Hmm." Emperor Chongzhen nodded, his embarrassed face softened slightly, and then asked, "When will the three-way army arrive in Songshan?" How many troops are there? ”

Chen Xinjia was embarrassed: "This ......"

Emperor Chongzhen asked, "What, Chen Aiqing is in the way?" ”

Chen Xinjia was helpless, so he had to say: "Long live, the three-way reinforcements have a total of more than 9,000 troops. ”

"What! Only more than 9,000 people? Emperor Chongzhen said angrily, "With only this little army, how can we solve the siege of Songshan?" ”

Chen Xinjia replied with a sad face: "Long live, the armies of the towns of Jingying, Jizhou, Xuanfu, Miyun, and Datong have all been exhausted, and there is really no more reinforcements to be transferred." ”

"I don't care about that." Emperor Chongzhen was furious and said, "If you can't send reinforcements, you are incompetent, if Songshan and Jinzhou are lost, I will ask you!" ”

Chen Xinjia was so frightened that he knocked his head on the ground, and he didn't dare to say a word more.

"Newspaper, Songshantang newspaper ......"

At this time, a little eunuch hurriedly walked into the main hall with his hands held high in the pond newspaper.

The ministers of the two classes looked blank, and they received Tang reports from Songshan almost every day these days, which was nothing more than saying how critical the situation in Songshan and Jinzhou was, urging the imperial court to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

The little eunuch went straight to the bottom of the jade steps, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch who was standing under the steps, hurriedly took the Tang newspaper and submitted it to Emperor Chongzhen's imperial case, Emperor Chongzhen opened the Tang newspaper and read it expressionlessly, and after reading a few lines, Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly changed greatly, and the whole person stood up from the dragon chair, and the hands holding the Tang newspaper began to tremble slightly.

The ministers who were lowering their heads and peeking at the movement suddenly began to drum in their hearts, thinking that Songshan and Hong Chengchou seemed to be finished, otherwise Banzai would not be angry like this.

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