On April 20, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the battle of a stone began, and what Wu Sangui never dreamed of was that the Dashun army attacked the army of a stone, which was divided into two roads, one was commanded by Liu Zongmin, and the other was commanded by Li Zicheng himself, because Liu Zongmin killed more than 30 people from Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui's family in a fit of anger, and Li Zicheng also knew that Wu Sangui would not surrender if he swore to death, so the Dashun army must take Shanhaiguan, otherwise there will be a huge threat to the capital.

After a whole day of fighting, the sergeants under Wu Sangui's command suffered heavy casualties and could no longer be maintained.

In the most difficult time, Wu Sangui even thought of returning to the Eight Banners Army, and let the Eight Banners Army enter Shanhaiguan to fight the Dashun Army, after all, his enemy Liu Zongmin was in the Dashun Army, but he finally resisted this thought, because of Zheng Xunrui's letter, after dark, Wu Sangui made a decision to withdraw from the battle and let the Dashun Army occupy Shanhaiguan.

Wu Sangui is Wu Sangui, when he evacuated Shanhaiguan, he secretly sent someone to tell the Eight Banners Army, at this time, he thought of revenge, since he couldn't defeat Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, then let the Eight Banners Army come.

History began to turn at this time.

From the time Wu Sangui led less than 50,000 soldiers under his command to evacuate Shanhaiguan, history completely changed the original trajectory.

Zheng Jiajun, who was stationed in Dezhou, Shandong, finally set off for the capital on April 15.

This time, Zheng Xunrui's requirements are very clear, that is, the army should march towards the capital at the fastest speed, and there is no delay along the way.

Texas is 700 miles away from the capital. The 120,000 troops of the Zheng family army have all arrived, and it will take seven days at the earliest.

Zheng Xunrui did not have so much time, he ordered the Zheng army to be divided into two parts, the front army of 20,000 people, all composed of the Zheng army scout battalion and the cavalry battalion, must arrive in the capital before April 20. The 100,000-strong Chinese army must arrive in the capital by April 22.

This is a death order given by Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui personally commanded the front army.

Zheng Xunrui's decision was a risky decision, he considered that before Li Zicheng evacuated the capital, the Zheng family army arrived in the capital and gave Li Zicheng a fatal blow, the capital must be occupied by the Zheng family army, and the Eight Banners Army could not be occupied, otherwise the Zheng family army would attack the capital and the capital would suffer heavy losses, and the capital could not be ravaged. There must be no problem with the Forbidden City.

During the march, Zheng Xunrui received information that Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin personally led the Dashun army to the direction of Shanhaiguan to conquer, and those who stayed in the capital were Gu Junen and Li Guo and others.

The 800,000 troops under the command of Li Zicheng were not completely stationed in the capital, most of them were stationed near the capital, and Baoding, Zhending and other places were stationed with the Dashun army, and this time Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin led an army of 400,000 to conquer Shanhaiguan. It can be seen that he has also made enough strength to take Shanhaiguan.

Information sent by the secret line of the capital. In the capital where Gu Junen is stationed, there are only more than 50,000 sergeants of the Dashun Army under his command who can be quickly mobilized, and the rest of the sergeants need a certain amount of time to rush to the capital.

With 20,000 Zheng family soldiers against 50,000 soldiers of the Dashun army, Zheng Xunrui was not particularly worried about such a battle. He was mainly worried that if Li Zicheng was defeated by the Eight Banners Army, when the army retreated, the total number of troops would be quite large, and the Dashun Army stationed near the capital would also come to help. Zheng Jiajun will be under tremendous pressure.

The period of stress was two days, 20 to 22.

Zheng Xunrui has to take a risk, he has no way, it is wise to advance steadily, but the ferocity of the Eight Banners Army is famous, once the capital is occupied by them, and finally have to evacuate, then they will not leave a complete capital, that is, the Eight Banners Army cannot enter the capital.

This is Zheng Xunrui's bottom line, and he can't break through, so the soldiers of the Zheng family army must take risks.

The most elite scout battalion and cavalry battalion were to complete the combat mission, and the Dashun army stationed in the capital must not be given any respite.

When the marching order was given, the blood precipitated on Zheng Xunrui's body burst out.

When he got on the horse, Zheng Xunrui didn't say anything, but the momentum that burst out of his body made everyone dare not look directly.

Zheng Xunrui personally led the former army, this is something that everyone opposes, Zheng Xunrui at this time, his identity has changed gorgeously, in the eyes of everyone, Zheng Xunrui is no longer His Royal Highness the King of Xiang, nor is he the prince and prince, Wenyuan Pavilion scholar, not the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu, but the emperor who has not yet ascended the throne, and the emperor who is about to govern the world.

It's just that Zheng Xunrui was unwilling to ascend the throne at this time and insisted on taking the capital.

Then, when the capital was taken, it was when Zheng Xunrui ascended the throne and became the emperor.

The reason for everyone's opposition is valid, and the reason explained by Zheng Xunrui is also clear, this battle is very important, he must personally conquer, since God has entrusted him with such a heavy burden, then God will bless Zheng Jiajun to achieve a complete victory.

Zheng Jinhong, Yang He, Hong Xinyu, Wang Xiaoer and others followed Zheng Xunrui on the expedition.

Hong Xintao is the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army.

From Texas, the former army could not take ships, and the Grand Canal in the territory of Beizhili was dilapidated and had not been repaired for many years, and the speed of taking ships was far less than the speed of the army marching on land.

The route of the march is also very clear, that is, follow the Grand Canal, first to Cangzhou, then to Tianjin, from Tianjin into Shuntianfu, through Wuqing, Yingzhou and Tongzhou, into the capital.

The task of the front army is very heavy, it is necessary to remove all obstacles along the road, to ensure the smooth march of the Chinese army, Cangzhou and Tianjin are stationed a small number of Dashun troops, but most of these garrisons are surrendered imperial troops, and after entering Shuntianfu, Yingzhou and Tongzhou are the places where the Dashun army is directly stationed.

The front army can't give the Dashun army that alarmed the capital, and must kill the capital with lightning speed, that is to say, when the Dashun army along the way is exterminated, it can't let these Dashun troops report to the capital.

This is also the reason why Zheng Xunrui ordered all the most elite scout battalions of the Zheng family army to join the front army.

Only the scout battalion is best able to prevent the leakage of news.

After Li Zicheng occupied the capital, the defense of Beizhili weakened, perhaps Li Zicheng's strength suddenly grew, and he collected nearly 30 million taels of silver in the capital alone, with so much silver, what else is there to worry about, but Zheng Xunrui knew that after Li Zicheng entered the palace, he was a little carried away, and he knew that he was enjoying it, and he was negligent in managing the following things, which would lead to this situation.

The most obvious example is that the Zheng family's army gathered in Dezhou, Shandong, and the Dashun army did not know the news and did not strengthen the defense of Hejian Province at all, you must know that the 120,000 troops of the Zheng family army were stationed in Dezhou for several days.

Li Zicheng's negligence, Zheng Xunrui couldn't ask for it, and at the same time, he also felt Li Zicheng's fatal flaw, entered the capital, thinking that everything was fine, he could enjoy it, and the world was invincible.

The 20,000-strong front army advanced rapidly.

Two hundred and forty miles from Texas to Cangzhou, the front army arrived in less than a day.

The attack on Cangzhou began in the evening.

The Dashun army stationed in Cangzhou surrendered with little resistance.

There were only 2,000 people stationed in Cangzhou, except for a dozen or so officers of the Dashun army, the rest were the army of the previous imperial court.

This situation made Zheng Xunrui angry, no wonder Li Zicheng was able to take the capital so quickly, and it turned out that the imperial army along the way had long lost the courage to resist.

More than a dozen officers of the Dashun Army, as well as several major officers, were mercilessly killed, and the rest of the sergeants were incorporated into the front army, but their lives were not good, and they had to move forward more rapidly with the front army.

Of course, with these sergeants, Zheng Xunrui also considered, at a critical moment, these sergeants can confuse the sergeants defending the city, and follow the Zheng family soldiers behind them to seize the opportunity and launch a surprise attack, so that they can achieve the greatest victory with the least loss.

The sergeants of the Tianjin guard, who were also surrendered officers, numbered the same two thousand.

The former army took Tianjin effortlessly.

Today's Tianjin, far from Tianjin hundreds of years later, is still an inconspicuous place, the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, so that Tianjin has no direction of development, but is the station of the guard.

After taking Tianjin, the former army was about to enter Shuntianfu.

Starting from Dezhou, only two days before and after, the former army took Cangzhou and Tianjin, such a smooth battle, many people did not expect that the morale of many generals was extraordinarily high, but at this time, Zheng Xunrui reminded everyone that they must not be negligent, and after entering Shuntianfu, the vicious battle will really begin.

The two places of Yingzhou and Tongzhou are the biggest test of the former army.

As long as these two places can be successfully captured, the Zheng family army can successfully take the capital and defeat the Dashun army stationed in the capital.

On this night, Zheng Jiajun temporarily rested in Tianjin, and the general Wang Xiaoer ordered scouts to enter the Shuntian Mansion to investigate, and at the same time he personally interrogated the officers of the Dashun Army captured in Tianjin, trying to get more information.

This night, Zheng Xunrui was very calm, as if the daytime fight did not exist, no one bothered him, everyone knew that Zheng Xunrui was thinking about how to fight when he entered Shuntian Mansion, how to fight at the fastest speed.

The Zheng army must occupy the capital as quickly as possible, while holding the capital and waiting for the arrival of the Chinese army.

In the whole process of the operation, there can be no negligence, otherwise all the previous deployments will be in vain, although the Zheng family army will eventually win, but what kind of price will be paid, no one knows. (To be continued.) )