On the 17th day of July in the ninth year of Chongzhen, the 40,000 troops under the command of Zheng Xunrui passed through Cangzhou and Qingxian in Hejian Prefecture and entered Shuntian Mansion.

In fact, when entering Hejian Mansion, Zheng Xunrui felt the panic in the atmosphere, countless people were preparing to flee, some gentry and wealthy families even took gold and silver and went in the direction of Shandong, trying to avoid the Houjin Tartars, who knows if the Houjin Tartars will attack Hejian Mansion, if they really wait until the Houjin Tartars come, then nothing can be saved.

It was in this atmosphere that the 40,000 army entered the Shuntian Mansion.

The people along the way, the impression of the army is not very good, they have long heard that the army of Gyeonggi does not dare to fight with the Houjin Tartars at all, often when the Houjin Tartars are still on the road, the garrison army just flees from the wind, does not care about the life or death of the common people, the rich and powerful gentry, can escape with the help of money, and the ordinary people suffer.

There were also people in Gyeonggi who fled to Hejian Province, including the people of Baoding Province, who were reluctant to talk about what had happened to them.

The first stop when entering Suncheonfu is Daecheng County.

Zheng Xunrui got the information, after the Houjin Tartars were rampant in Gyeonggi and captured Yanqing and Changping, Abatai led the Houjin Tartars to attack in the direction of Zhuozhou, Liangxiang, and Azig led the Houjin Tartars to attack in the direction of Pinggu and Miyun in Shunyi, in just half a month, Houjin Tartars have captured the Liangxiang Zhuozhou Daxiong Wen'an Gu'an, which belongs to Shuntianfu, and Anzhou, Anzhou, Suxiong County, Dingxing, which belongs to Baoding Prefecture, when attacking Anzhou, Lu Shanji, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, and Xue Yi'e of Zhizhou, all died, Now Abatai is leading the Houjin Tartars in the direction of Baodi.

As for talking about Azig. It has already captured Shunyi, Pinggu, Huairou, Miyun and other places, and the troops are stationed here, waiting for Abatai.

Before entering Daxiong County, Zheng Xunrui had a cold feeling.

There are no people in sight on the official road, and there are almost no people for thousands of miles. The villages and towns along the official road are almost all rubble, and some black stains are very obvious on the broken walls, which are dried blood, and the corpses that no one has collected are exposed in the wilderness. Attract the birds in the sky to peck at it.

Once when he was the prefect of Yan'an Mansion, Zheng Xunrui also felt this way, but at that time, most of the people in Yan'an Mansion joined the team of Liukou, and there was no one to be seen.

But this time it felt completely different. Although it has been two days since Houjin Tartar left, the smell of blood is still very strong, which makes people feel particularly uncomfortable, and they can't help but hate Houjin Tartar's cruelty.

When the black city wall, the bare city gate, and the corpse hanging from the city wall appeared in front of him, Zheng Xunrui's face changed, and a word came to his mind, slaughter the city.

Although it is said that in historical allusions, there are descriptions of the slaughter of the city. But when he really saw it, Zheng Xunrui couldn't help but tremble in his body, what kind of brutality does this need. was able to do such a hurtful thing, and innocent people became the biggest victims, not to mention the destruction of their families, but also to be abducted and slaughtered.

Gyeonggi Prefecture is prosperous because of its special status, after all, it is very close to the capital. The care and location advantages it receives are incomparable to other places, and the population is concentrated. There are many shops, and the people are rich. This is what everyone says about Gyeonggi County.

But the county town of Daxiong in front of you makes people shudder.

The army of 40,000 people, without a single sound, although they said that they had fought against the rogues many times, they had never seen such a tragic situation, and the shock to many soldiers along the way was very great, and after seeing the city, they were shocked beyond description.

Zheng Xunrui rode slowly into the county seat.

In the huge city, it was very quiet, and there was no sound to be heard, and there was no sound of chickens and dogs barking.

Walking forward slowly, a tragic scene appeared in front of me.

Houses have been burned, smoke is still rising in some places, all you can see are dilapidated walls and burnt black roofs, the corpses on the street, most of them are mutilated, the bodies of some women are exposed to the ground, their clothes are stripped naked, and even their bellies have been cut, most of these dead people have their eyes open, and the expressions of fear and despair still remain on their faces, and they are not blind to death.

The county government has been burned to ashes, and only the bare walls remain.

It has become a ghost town.

The Houjin Tartars not only robbed money, but also robbed the population, what Houjin lacked was the population, and it was also the lack of Han people who could farm, so every time they entered the customs, they had to hijack a large number of Han people to Liaodong.

Zheng Xunrui's feelings were slowly changing, just seeing these miserable scenes, his body trembled, his face turned pale, but slowly, his expression began to become cold, and there was no expression on his face.

It seems that the decision he made was correct, and it would be strange if he could endure the slaughter of the common people and the wanton burning and looting of the Golden Tartars in Gyeonggi, where they passed for thousands of miles.

Zheng Xunrui felt ashamed of some of his original thoughts, seeing innocent people being slaughtered, as a court official, being indifferent was tantamount to a beast.

"My lord, someone was found alive here."

Wang Xiaoer came with a few people to report, as scouts, their first task after entering the city was to find out the situation around them.

Five people with dull faces and unkempt hair appeared in front of Zheng Xunrui.

Before Zheng Xunrui could speak, one of them suddenly laughed, jumping while laughing, twisting his body, pointing at Zheng Xunrui, but soon, the person began to kneel on the ground and cry bitterly, and his whole body was trembling.

Zheng Xunrui's face was like water, he knew that this person had been scared crazy.

The man was quickly pushed aside by the sergeant.

Zheng Xunrui forced himself to calm down and spoke to the other four, he made his tone as soft as possible.

"Are you all from Daxiong County?"

The eyes of the four people were a little dull, after Zheng Xunrui spoke, they were very dazed, and there was no reaction for a while, Zheng Xunrui knew very well that this was the inevitable reaction after suffering a huge stimulus, it can be seen that there was an extremely tragic massacre in Daxiong County, so that these people who barely survived could hardly speak.

Wang Xiaoer handed a few people rice balls and water, and the four of them moved very quickly, taking the rice balls and gobbling them up.

Zheng Xunrui quietly watched a few people gobble up, did not speak, and waited until a few people finished eating the rice balls in their hands and drank a few sips of water before speaking again.

"Daxiong County has suffered such a tragic scene, it seems that you have witnessed it with your own eyes, a good city has become such a state, and the Houjin Tartar is not a person."

Zheng Xunrui said these words, without thinking about a few people answering, in fact, he has nothing to ask, the facts are in front of him, after the Houjin Tatars captured Daxiong County, the inhumane slaughter is already a living fact.

What makes Zheng Xunrui feel strange is that the Houjin Tartars are very powerful in field combat, and their cavalry is strong in combat, but the siege battle is the weakness of the Houjin Tartars, why in just half a month, the Houjin Tartars can capture so many cities, if the Gyeonggi army resists a little, it will not end like this.

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, the four of them looked at him blankly, and no one spoke.

Zheng Xunrui sighed and waved his hand, Wang Xiaoer took people away, these people were already frightened, it was impossible to say anything at this time, and there was no need to ask.

Soon, Wang Xiaoer came to report again.

"My lord, my subordinates have surveyed around the county, and the entire county has been completely destroyed, there are no complete houses, there are very few survivors, and the scouts are still searching."

Zheng Xunrui didn't speak, Liukou has been leaving Daxiong County for two days, the next target is Baodi County, at this time, if the Zheng family army follows behind, I am afraid that after arriving in Baodi County, what they see is also the scene of Daxiong County, but Houjin Tartar wants to loot in the county, and they want to hijack the population and rob the treasure, so that their marching speed will not be very fast, if Zheng Jiajun is ready, it is possible to ambush Houjin Tartar.

The most important thing is that since the Houjin Tatars entered the customs, they have hardly encountered any decent battles, and almost all of the troops in Gyeonggi have fled, and there are few frontal battles, and half a month has passed.

This is a good opportunity for Zheng Jiajun.

But Zheng Xunrui will not rush to battle, he needs to know detailed information, such as how many Houjin Tartars led by Abatai, how to march, how to fight, how to deploy, etc., only after mastering these situations, Zheng Xunrui can arrange specific tactics well.

If you want to understand these situations, it is not a difficult thing, Wang Xiaoer will lead the scouts to investigate, and at the same time, Zhang Fengyi and Gao Qiqian should also have information sent.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Xunrui spoke to Wang Xiaoer.

"Wang Xiaoer, lead the scouts to reconnoiter in the direction of Baodi County, you have to remember that this reconnaissance is different from the previous one, and the Houjin Tartars also have scouts, they are much stronger than the rogues, if you are a little careless and expose your whereabouts, then there is a huge danger, so you must pay attention, on the one hand, you must detect the detailed situation, and on the other hand, you must ensure your own safety."

Wang Xiaoer nodded, turned around and left.

Looking at the devastated Daxiong County, Zheng Xunrui has nothing to emphasize, the sky has slowly darkened, the army must have set up camp outside Daxiong County, he has already issued an order, the soldiers will collect the corpses in the county, he believes that these bloody scenes will definitely be able to arouse the anger of the Zheng family soldiers. (To be continued)

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