On April 17, Li Zicheng led the army to march in person, and when he was leaving, the army searched the whole city, except for Qiu Yu, a scholar of Dongge University, and Fang Yuegong, a scholar of Wenyuange University, who allowed him to hang himself, and in early April, when the emperor was funeral, Li Guozhen, a scholar of Xiangcheng, was hanged in front of the tomb. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

All the remaining noble ministers, the six cabinet ministers, the great eunuchs, the high-ranking officials of the Jinyi Guard, the vassal kings brought into Beijing, and the large and small Beijing officials, were all chained and escorted to Liu Zongmin's mansion with horsemen.

Feeling that a great calamity was coming, the officers howled and cried, their bodies trembled like chaff, and many of them collapsed and did not move, and the horsemen unceremoniously let their horses step down, and dozens of them were trampled to death on the spot.

A dense crowd of officials and nobles were driven there, including Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Dingguo, Guo Peimin, Marquis of Wuding, Chen Yanzuo, Marquis of Taining, Gu Zhaoji, Marquis of Zhenyuan, Song Yude, Marquis of Xining, Xue Lian, Marquis of Yangwu, Xu Xideng, Marquis of Yongkang, Xu Zhi'an, Xu Zhi'an, Tan Hongye, Bo of Xinning, and Sun Tingxun, Bo of Yingcheng......

More than 100 nobles, as well as their children and nephews.

Cabinet minister, university scholar Chen Yan was arrested shortly after his release.

The great eunuch Wang Xiangyao was also, on the day he opened the Xuanwu Gate to surrender, but he didn't expect it to be the beginning of a series of nightmares.

and Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was also dead-faced, he deeply regretted that he should not have opened the door and surrendered at that time.

There are also large and small Beijing officials, after the thieves entered Beijing, they hired only more than 100 people, and the remaining nearly 2,000 people were rich and hopeless. Now not only have their belongings been lost, but it seems that their lives are even more difficult to protect, and they are crying loudly and terrified.

When Chen Yan, Zhang Jinyan and others were escorted into Liu Zongmin's mansion, they were already crying and howling fiercely, and the soldiers in Liu Zongmin's mansion had already slashed and killed the vassal kings and nobles who had been escorted in earlier.

Their swords and spears slashed and stabbed at the pile, and blood was all over the ground, and the heads were rolling, as if they had entered the slaughterhouse, and the soldiers were slaughtering pigs and sheep.

These vassal kings and nobles are all people with great energy, and if they stomp their feet casually, the capital and the place will also be shaken, and they are looking forward to surrendering, but they did not expect this result. How difficult it was for their ancestors to win the title, but at this time, they were like being killed by a bunch of chickens and pigs.

"Don't kill me......"

An Xiangbo Zhang Guangcan cried and begged, he crawled on the ground, two armor soldiers laughed wildly and chased after him, the big knives in their hands slashed and stabbed, Zhang Guangcan howled miserably, slowly motionless on the ground, and a large amount of blood gushed out from the bluestone slab under his body.

There were also Anbo Chen Changheng and Peng Chengbo Zhang Guangzu screaming hoarsely, seven or eight spears stabbed at the two of them, the two of them rolled, crawled, covered with blood all over the ground, and finally their howls were slowly low, and finally there was no movement, only the body twitched from time to time.

Zhang Jinyan's body trembled like chaff, and he saw piles of corpses in the compound, Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Dingguo, Guo Peimin, Marquis of Wuding, Chen Yanzuo, Marquis of Taining, Gu Zhaoji, Marquis of Zhenyuan, and others rushed together, their eyes wide open, and their eyes were full of fear and remorse.

There are also the corpses of the great eunuchs Wang Xiangyao, Li Fengxiang, Gao Shiming, Chu Xianxian, Fang Zhenghua, Zhang Guoyuan and others gathered into a large pile, they also opened their eyes widely, many people excreted and urinated, converging with the blood on the ground, and the scene was indescribably terrifying.

Listening to the terrible screams again, it was Zhang Guoji, the Marquis of Taikang, who cried out: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty, Weichen should scatter his family wealth and not let the thieves enter Beijing." ”

Zhang Guoji is the father of Empress Yi'an, during the Apocalypse, on February 22, he entered 10,000 taels of silver, and entered the marquis, at this time he deeply regretted that the silver was too little, so that the thieves entered Beijing.

Liu Zongmin had been standing on the steps and laughing wildly, and at this time he laughed and said: "Donkey Qiuzi, there is finally someone who understands, it's too late, go with your emperor." ”

With a wave of his hand, more than 100 armor soldiers poured out, slashing and killing Zhang Guoji and others, hacking them to the ground one by one, and then they carried bloody big knives and smiling towards Zhang Jinyan and others.

Chen Yan screamed, he turned around and wanted to escape, but he was forced to the ground, and then two soldiers stabbed him again and again, the scholar screamed miserably, and his limbs writhed desperately. His cry was terrible, like a slain pig, and at last the cabinet minister was soaked in blood, and his eyes were wide open and his expression was terrified.

Zhang Jinyan screamed hoarsely, he could no longer suppress the fear and remorse in his heart, and cried loudly: "Repent, I regret it, this official should not have surrendered, this official should have fought with the thief to the end." ”

Liu Zongmin laughed wildly: "It's late, it's late, you stupid donkeys, all die, hahaha......"

Five or six soldiers surrounded Zhang Jinyan and slashed at him, and the secretary of the military department screamed bitterly, and the blood beads on his body continued to spill with the swing of the big knife.

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Liu Zongmin killed all the vassal kings, cabinet ministers, six high-ranking officials, as well as the great eunuchs and Jinyi guards, and then it was the turn of those Beijing officials. Because there were so many of them, they were all in front of the house, chained to both sides of the road.

Liu Zongmin took the trumpet and drum as an order, and each drum was taken and killed at will, and the three drums were released, and five or six hundred officials were killed in one breath. But when I heard the crying and howling, the heads of people on both sides of the road rolled, and the people vomited in the bloody atmosphere.

Li Zicheng was silent, Niu Jinxing looked at it with a pale face, only to feel sick to his stomach, Li Yan sighed, and followed Li Zicheng and others to the north.

When they came to Desheng Gate, they saw that the dry and hard road was full of cars and horses, and the flow of people was endless, especially the vehicles carrying water.

Niu Jinxing, Tian Jianxiu and others were in charge of logistics, because there was a shortage of water within 30 miles north of Desheng Gate, so they transported water from the inner city to the West Sea and Houhai, and then laid water supply points on the stone tablet shop five miles outside Desheng Gate, and another 15 miles of double lines.

Then walk ten miles to Qinghedian, where there is a Qinghe River, and there are also some wells in the south and north towns.

However, after the army arrived there, most of them had to move to Kunming Lake and Wengshan Bo.

They stood on the Dewai Pass and saw that the mess was all men and horses going north, all of them were not in order, and many soldiers were carrying large bags of things. Then they pushed the baggage, carried grain and grass, pushed the artillery, the banners were confused, the battalion was not clear, and there were scolding voices everywhere.

Although they converged into a mighty northward trend, Li Zicheng's mind was always a little uncertain, and he whispered to Niu Jinxing beside him: "The lonely king suddenly has doubts in his heart, the army has been happy for a long time, the western army is large, and the people in the city are undecided, in case of defeat, how to be good?" ”

Niu Jinxing looked at the northbound centaurs in front of him, and what he saw in front of him was indeed too far from the strict and elite army before entering Beijing, and he also had a bad feeling in his heart.

Hearing Li Zicheng say this, he forced a smile and said: "I have a large army and sharp guns, why should the king make such discouraged words?" ”

However, he looked left and right, gritted his teeth and whispered: "If there is a case, we will retreat to Huguang, Henan, thousands of miles away, and Wang Dou will not be able to chase him." However, Ouchi's gold and silver have been exhausted, and the imperial palace is magnificent, so why would you abandon others? In the middle of the time, it was burned to make the story of Xianyang, that is, the future generations will talk about our generation, and they will also be the heroes of Chu overlord! ”

Li Zicheng nodded, under the send-off of Niu Jinxing and other officials, he carried his horse north, and then walked dozens of steps, and he couldn't help but look back, the Deshengmen Arrow Tower not far away was so magnificent.

Like him, many people can't help but look back, what awaits them after leaving Jingshi?

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On 15 April, Dolgon's army reached the Three Rivers.

On the 11th, Yang Guozhu, who had retreated to Qian'an City, refused to surrender, and Dolgon ordered an attack, and the two sides fought fiercely, from the time to noon, Dolgon used the Qing Hongyi cannon that had returned, especially the four-wheel grinding disc heavy artillery.

Although the surrendered Ming gunners did not show their artillery, but the Ming army suddenly retreated to the city, holding on to the city of Qian'an, judging from the confession of the captured Ming soldiers, Dolgon guessed that Yang Guozhu may have been injured, and the injury was not shallow, and the Ming army had no leader, so they had to retreat to the city.

Dolgon also relieved himself, although the Jizhen army did not surrender, it was unable to leave the city, so it would not pose a threat to his Qing army.

He was worried about the movement between the thieves and Wang Dou, so after the Jizhen army did not come out, he left some men and horses to watch, so he ordered the army to continue to rush and run in the direction of Jingshi.

He is not worried about whether the Jizhen army in Qian'an City will pose a threat to his back road, since the year of Chongzhen, the Qing State has entered the customs several times, each time it has penetrated thousands of miles, and reached as far as Shandong, how many heavy soldiers are behind it?

So as long as the Jingbian army is not behind him, Dolgon will not care, and the Jizhen army will not care.

There are 400 miles of road from Qian'an to Jingshi, passing through Fengrun, Yutian, Jizhou, Sanhe, Tongzhou and other cities, Dolgon ordered to rush with all his strength, and at the same time sentry cavalry out in all directions, paying special attention to the movement of Jingshi and Xuanfu Town.

Along the way, he also waved the banner of "avenging Erjun's father", and there were examples of Wu Sangui and others in front, they also knew the sharpness of the Tartars, so when the army passed through Fengrun, the generals of the original Ming army who surrendered to Dashun over there surrendered to the Qing State without any psychological burden.

Dorgon told them to take a halt, leaving a few hundred bannermen in the city, and then continued on their way.

However, when passing through Yutian and Jizhou, the defenders of the original Ming army who surrendered to Dashun were unwilling to surrender, and Dolgon did not want to pay attention to it, leaving some soldiers and horses to monitor and continue to hurry.

Anyway, although these soldiers did not surrender, they were unable to leave the city, and they did not pose a threat to their army.

However, he was very careful to let the sentinels all over the four fields intercept possible messenger information, and not let them send the message to the capital division, lest the thieves in the capital know about this army and turn their attention to himself.

So far, although Dolgon's army has come all the way from Shanhaiguan, because of the strict battlefield shelter and messenger interception, Li Zicheng and others in the capital have been confused, not knowing that a strong army is approaching in the direction of Beijing.

On the afternoon of April 15, Dolgon's army reached Sanhe, and the defending generals were still the former Ming generals, who, like the example of Fengrun, surrendered to the Qing without any psychological burden.

At this time, they were about 100 miles away from the Beijing Division, and they walked for four days from Qian'an to Sanhe 300 miles, and it was the overall marching speed, and even the large and small artillery they carried kept up. It's excellent, but it's not top-notch.

The peak state of the Chinese classical army was in the early Song Dynasty, when the Battle of the Gaoliang River Zhao Guangyi led the Song army from Zhenzhou on June 13, arrived in the south of Youzhou on June 23, marched for 10 days, about 100 miles a day, and then immediately entered the siege and lasted for 13 days.

You must know that they are fully armored when they march, especially the armor of the Song army is notoriously heavy.

However, the Jingbian Army also recorded that the state of forced march could reach 200 li per day and 300 li of cavalry.

Dolgon, who had arrived at the Three Rivers, sent more sentry horsemen, and paid special attention to the news of Wang Dou on the other side of Xuanfu Town.

On the 16th, he got the good news that the Jingbian Army had sent troops to seize Changping with You Shiwei and others as the vanguard, and the follow-up main army continued to come out of Juyong Pass.

There was also movement on the side of the Jingshi he was concerned about, some of the thieves stationed at Deshengmen had already gone north, and they were stationed in Qinghedian and other areas, and the thieves in the city were also ready to move, and it was very likely that they would go north and start a big battle with the Jingbian army in a certain area between Anji Bridge and Qinghe.

At this time, there were two choices in front of Dolgon, one was to go to Tongzhou, take advantage of the possibility of thieves falling north, and the city was empty, which was a good time to capture the capital division.

This is also what Wu Sangui and others want to see.

Will this be the case with Randorgon?

Compared with the thief, Wang Dou is his most important enemy, if he sends troops to capture the Beijing Division, the thief will definitely return to the division, and the two sides will fight, wouldn't it be cheaper for Wang Dou? Who is the real sandpiper and clam competing for the fisherman?

So, his other choice must be......

Dolgon's gaze fell on Shunyi on the map, and he glanced at Wu Sangui, who was full of anticipation beside him, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

On 17 April, Dolgon confirmed that the thieves were heading north, and he ordered his entire army to rush to Shunyi.

When the information was passed on to the front of the case that night, Wang Dou excitedly said: "Okay, everyone is here." (To be continued.) )