The knight threw Niu Jinxing off the horse, Niu Jinxing really fell with a full eye of Venus, and finally raised his head, but found that he was already in the camp of the Qing army, surrounded by Manchu Eight Banners with armor, staring at him with unkind faces, and a middle-aged man in his thirties wearing a dragon-patterned red robe sitting in the center had some curiosity in his eyes.

In fact, he did not dismount, but said something to the middle-aged man in a loud voice, and his words were very respectful, and then he turned his horse and retreated.

At this time, an iron-armored general next to the middle-aged man came out of the crowd, walked up to Niu Jinxing, squatted down, and looked carefully, but he didn't expect that what he said was actually Chinese.

"Lord Wang, looking at this person's dress, it doesn't look like an ordinary person, do you want your subordinates to torture you!"

The middle-aged man known as the prince had not yet answered, but Niu Jinxing seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and immediately opened his throat and cried, "Don't torture, don't torture, the villain is the prime minister of the Dashun Dynasty, Niu Jinxing is also, generals, princes, the villain is willing to serve the Qing Dynasty, know everything, say everything!" ”

"You, you're Bull Venus?" The ironclad general obviously didn't believe that it would be the head of the civil officials of the Dashun Dynasty in front of him, so he looked at Niu Jinxing with puzzled eyes, and replied to the prince, who was obviously also interested, stood up and walked closer.

"You said you were a bull Venus, what are your credentials?" The prince's Chinese is also considered to be a correct tone.

Niu Jinxing was dumbfounded, he was Niu Jinxing, where else did he have any credentials, he had been in the Dashun Dynasty all along, he had been brushing his face to spend his life, and he never thought that he still needed anything to prove that he was himself.

Niu Jinxing subconsciously touched his whole body, and in the hurry that he came out last night, he naturally had no time to take care of the introductions and other things, and searched all over his body. I only found the two secret decrees stamped with the seal of the Son of Heaven of Yongchang.

"King Pingxi!" The prince's words almost made Niu Jinxing fall headlong, but he never expected that the ironclad general who was holding the secret decree in front of him and carefully examined it was Wu Sangui, who made the Dashun army defeat in Shanhaiguan.

"Do you think this edict is true?" The prince asked.

Wu Sangui carefully distinguished for a moment, and nodded affirmatively, "It should be true." This guy has these two secret intentions on him, and he is definitely not an ordinary person! ”

Niu Jinxing almost cried, "The villain is really Niu Jinxing, I can prove that I am me, this is an edict issued by the Son of Yongchang himself, there will be no fake!" ”

One sentence amused both Azig and Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui raised his eyebrows, "Lord Wang, according to this secret decree, Li Zicheng has already killed Li Yan." deliberately issued a secret decree, so that Niu Jinxing and Liu Zongmin would take the opportunity to get rid of Li Yan! ”

Azig couldn't turn around, and after thinking for a long time, he could only sigh, "The affairs of your Han people, this king is really difficult to understand. is obviously the pillar of the country, why do you want to kill it quickly, isn't it, isn't this self-destruction of the Great Wall? Far from it. said that the previous Yuan Chonghuan, the first emperor and the regent all respected him. But it's the ...... Emperor Chongzhen, alas! The same is true for Li Yan in front of him, what other talent can there be in the thief army, there is only such a treasure left, but he is still ......, isn't this looking for his own death! ”

A sigh of emotion. But it made Wu Sangui and Niu Jinxing have a tacit understanding at the same time.

Azig also quickly realized that it was inappropriate for him to say this, so he hurriedly covered up the past with a haha, and kicked Niu Venus with his foot, "Haha, speaking of which, you can be regarded as a meritorious hero." This king is helpless to take that Li Yan, I can't imagine that you monarchs and ministers have solved this big trouble for this king! ”

"Lord Wang!" Niu Jinxing cautiously opened his mouth, "The villain fell short, but Li Yan colluded with Zhu Ping'an, the remnant of the former Ming Dynasty in Shandong, and was rescued by the fine work he sent!" ”

Azig shrugged his nose and showed a noncommittal smile, "At least now there are no talents under Liu Zongmin, and there is absolutely no obstacle for this king's soldiers to enter Xi'an Mansion!" ”

"The prince is wise!" Niu Jinxing prostrate on the ground, "Liu Zongmin is just a reckless man, although there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command, but they are a rabble, villains are not talented, I am willing to report the military situation of the Shun army in Luochuan and other places, military deployment and other military information one by one, and help the prince pacify Shaanxi in one fell swoop!" ”

Azig laughed, "You slave, but you are quick to see the opportunity, and this king is lucky to meet you." In this way, this king will take you into the account, be a clothed minion, and wait until Shaanxi is pacified, and you will be rewarded for your meritorious deeds! ”

"Thank you, master!" Niu Venus slammed his head on the ground, and his ass almost fell to the sky.

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Because of Niu Jinxing's defection to the enemy, the defense line of the Dashun army on the first line of Luochuan soon collapsed, the general Yuan Zongdi was killed in battle, and Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, and Li Guo led the remnants to retreat to Xi'an. The Qing army's Shuotuo Department took the opportunity to attack westward, and the original Ming Dynasty generals surrendered one after another, Lintao Mansion, Pingliang Mansion, and Gongchang Mansion fell one after another, and Azig also took Qingyang Mansion and Yan'an Mansion.

Duoduo also stationed in Tongguan Liu Fangliang, Bai Wang fierce battles several times, Tongguan defense line crumbling, in this case, Bai Wang and others urgently sparse, point out that the Ming and Qing armies have become the north and south of the situation, if you stick to Shaanxi, sooner or later will be surrounded by the Qing army, for today's plan, only continue to go south, Henan is in the place of four wars, the Shun army, the Ming army is staggered, and only the Huguang area is safe.

Li Zicheng was so sad that he retreated from Beijing to Hebei, and then from Hebei to Shanxi, and from Shanxi to Shaanxi.

On 27 May, Li Zicheng left Xi'an gloomily, abandoned his old nest in Beijing for many years, and slowly retreated to the south with his cronies, a group of relatives, and countless gold and silver goods.

Bai Wang, Liu Fangliang and He Jin's subordinates successively reconciled with him, and the number of relatives and relatives of the army also reached more than 100,000 people, so it was such a large army, under the cover of Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo and the defenders of Tongguan behind the palace, slowly retreated in the direction of Huguang.

The Qing army occupied Shaanxi, quickly pacified the remnants of the Shun army in various places, the size of the soldiers and horses quickly swelled to more than 300,000 people, and the Shun army and the former Ming soldiers accounted for more than 100,000 people.

It can be said that the fall of Shaanxi and Shanxi made the strength of the Manchus grow rapidly, and the Qing army recruited local officials of the former Ming and Dashun on a large scale, appointed them as local officials at all levels, recruited displaced people, stabilized the local situation, and restored production as much as possible, so as to ensure the next military action of the Qing army.

At this time, the Shandong side had already begun a fierce battle with the Qing troops stationed in Gyeonggi and Hebei. As early as after the Qing army entered Shanxi, Zhu Ping'an, who had been named King Rui, returned to Shandong.

The Longwu court temporarily no longer set up a prince, which was an expedient measure that Zhu Yujian had to do, which also made the court temporarily restore to a relative balance.

Zheng Zhilong, the Marquis of Pingyu, was appointed as the commander of the Jiangnan military affairs, it can be said that such an official position has never been seen since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yujian has high hopes for the Zheng family, looking forward to relying on the strong strength of the Zheng family to achieve the unification of the north and the south, and restore the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Zhilong served as the supreme commander of the Northern Expedition, and he commanded all the departments in the south of the Yangtze River to swear in the Northern Expedition, which was the plan, and even Zhu Ping'an, although he was currently in charge of the military affairs in Jiangbei, was also subject to Zheng Zhilong's dispatch in terms of official position and division of power.

The Qing army attacked Shanxi, and the area around Gyeonggi and Hebei was bound to be empty, which was a godsend, so Zhu Ping'an had appointed Lu Xiangsheng as the supervisor and led the army to advance northward while being sparse on the one hand. However, Dolgon was also prepared for this situation, and the Manchu Eight Banners elite deployed the area around the Beijing River, and the two sides fought fiercely, but it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

At this time, Shanxi fell rapidly in less than two months, and the main force of the Qing army returned to the Gyeonggi area, and the pressure on Shandong suddenly increased.

Zhu Ping'an was also very pleased to get the news that Li Yan was attached and agreed to enter Henan, and it can be said that Li Yan's talent can be recruited under his command, which can be said to have strengthened the Shandong army.

A long time ago, after the first encounter in Zhenping City, Zhu Ping'an began to operate Li Yan's affairs. I have to say that the structure of the Dashun army, including the command center, is in a very loose state, which also gives Zhu Ping'an Shun a lot of opportunities to send personnel to infiltrate the creation of the center.

Shen Ce is just one of them, he is the candidate recommended by Shen Ke at the beginning, graduated from the first phase of the martial arts hall, and Zhang Jizu They are classmates, but they were appreciated by Yin Shigang, and they were dug up by the Military Intelligence Department before they finished their coursework, and they belonged to Henan Qianhu Institute. He hid by Li Yan's side and gave Zhu Ping'an a complete report of his personal thoughts and feelings.

As for Gu Junen, it was an unexpected joy. Although Gu Junen is old, this person is very good at protecting himself. As early as after proposing the strategy of basing himself in Shanxi and forging ahead into the world, he realized that Li Zicheng was a little jealous of his talent, so he deliberately withdrew from the center of the court around Li Zicheng under the pretext of wind and illness. In addition, Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin and others rejected the Shiren Group, forcing Gu Junen to protect himself.

Zhang Huangyan, a staff officer of the Military Aircraft Department next to Zhu Ping'an, had an intersection with Gu Junen, and because of Zhang Huangyan's relationship, Zhu Ping'an could come into contact with a character like Gu Junen, and he also pulled him over as a spare pawn.

As for Li Chihu, that is, Li Laiheng, he is the elite of the Wutang boys' class, and Zhou Chang is the same period, Li Chihu is the oldest in the boys' class, by chance, Zhu Ping'an discovered the relationship between him and Li Guo, and then it was confirmed that he was the most outstanding anti-Qing hero in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty after Li Dingguo.

When Shen Ce was in an emergency with the Qianhu in Henan, Yin Shigang was able to use this dark line that was ambushed in the command center of the Dashun Army after obtaining Zhu Ping'an's approval. Nowadays, Dashun is already in the waning mountains, and there is no need for all the buried insiders to hide. (To be continued......)