After the meeting of the 36th battalion, the peasant armies marched to the northwest under the command of Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang.

After receiving the report of the thieves marching to the northwest, Chen Qiyu took the map, looked at it carefully for a long time, and said to his subordinates: "The thieves have a master who sees that entering Sichuan is a dead end, and this time they are only going north to kill the headquarters and a horse gun, but it is ridiculous that they believe that the road of Pingli, Xing'an, and Xunyang is rugged and difficult, and it is inconvenient to pursue and suppress, so they have a wishful thinking, but they forget that the mountains and valleys are the easiest to ambush. There is a carriage gorge in Xing'an County, which is forty miles long and has cliffs on all sides, which is a suitable place for ambush. Chuan Yu gave him a state affair, ordered him to be false and wronged, lured Gao Yingxiang and others into it, and killed them! ”

After receiving Chen Qiyu's military order, Shaanxi Governor Lian Guoshi immediately secretly ordered the Ming army under his command to open his mouth, only waiting for Gao Yingxiang to lead a group of thieves to arrive

Shenyang, congratulating the new Khan on his succession to the throne, Tong Yang's illness, according to Lang Zhong, the condition is very serious, I am afraid that it will be a matter of the past few days.

Tong has made great contributions to Jin, and he is the forehead of the West House, and he is the aunt and grandfather of the new Khan Haoge, and he is here to congratulate himself on his illness after succeeding to the throne, so he must go to visit Haoge.

In addition to the city wall of Shenyang City still exists, all the buildings in the city were burned down by the Ming army, at this time it is being rebuilt, and there is no suitable residence, Tong Yangxing and his party temporarily live outside the city of the Eight Banners Camp.

Haoge entered the tent to visit, Tong Yang was already dying, and when he saw the new Khan queen, he wanted to struggle up and salute, but Haoge hurriedly stopped him.

"King Khan, when the old minister and the old Khan met, just eighteen years old, the old Khan made a generous statement, which aroused my enthusiasm, and since then I have followed the old Khan to embark on the grand cause of unifying the Jurchens and founding Dajin. Lao Khan and Xian Khan are worthy of being the heroes of my daughter-in-law, and they have really achieved great things, which is the most gratifying thing in Lao Chen's life. People are inherently dead, and the life of the old minister is dead without regrets. ”

He looked at the top of the tent, and his face flashed with a very satisfied and happy glow: "The old minister is leaving, and before leaving, I want to say a few words to the king of Khan." The first is about the matter of Zilharang's envoy, I am afraid that this matter will not be successful, and the king of Khan still has to be prepared for war by the Ming people, and cannot have the illusion of peace talks. ”

"Father Khan has already planned before his death, so that the Ming thing is just smoke, just wait for the Korean soldiers, horses, money and food to arrive, Ben Khan will personally lead the army to the mouth to enter the customs, this time will definitely break the Ming people's capital division!" Hauge said hatefully.

"Yes, very good." Tong Yangxing put his mind at ease, when he heard that Zilharang made peace, he was really angry. It doesn't matter if Shenyang was burned by the Ming army, it doesn't matter if the women and children of the Eight Banners were killed, the important thing is that Dajin can't vent his breath!

"The old minister heard that the Khan King is going to ascend the throne and become emperor? Do you want to change my country's name? ”

"There is a legend that the jade seal of the country is in my Dajin, how can I not ascend the throne and call the emperor, this is the will of God, and when my father Khan was alive, I also thought that our Dajin could really fight against the Ming Dynasty, and my decision to ascend the throne and be the emperor was also the fulfillment of my father Khan's last wish. As for the matter of changing the name of the country, it was suggested by Mr. Fan Wencheng, who said that our Dajin country name is not good, it is easy to make the Ming people hostile, and it is not good for the future to enter the Central Plains. ”

"Whether it is called the emperor or the country name is changed, this Dajin is not liked by the southerners after all, it has been changed for the better, and it has been changed." Tong Yangxing nodded again and again, "But I don't know what the new country name is?" ”

"The Ming Dynasty is hot, so my new country name is to extinguish the fire with water, which is called the Qing Dynasty."

"Great Qing Dynasty," Tong Yang muttered to himself, and his withered eyes flashed with essence.

"The King of Khan can do whatever he wants, and all of us in the Eight Banners support the King of Khan. However, after the Ming army broke through Shenyang, there were many people in the Han army banner who rebelled, and now there are many people under its banner who have two hearts. ”

Hauge said: "You don't have to be soft on these people, you must kill them, and you must not indulge." ”

"With the grace of the first Khan, most of the soldiers of the Han army would not betray the Khan. However, in the army, sometimes the commander is often unable to control it, such as mutiny, so the old minister thinks that some generals should be transferred from the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners to the Han Army Banner, and then some people from the Han Army Banner will be transferred to the Manchurian and Mongolian Eight Banners, so that if there is any accident, it can also be dealt with in time. ”

Seeing that Tong Yangxing was talking hard, Haoge persuaded: "E, it is important for you to recuperate with peace of mind first, and these things will be talked about when the illness is cured." ”

"No, King Khan, the old minister's days are numbered, you have to listen to the old minister, you must mix the sand into it, just in case." Tong Yangxing insisted, as if Haoge would not be able to die if he did not agree.

Haoge held Tong's skinny hand, full of gratitude to the old forehead: "Forehead, don't worry, Ben Khan will do it." ”

"That's good, that's good." Tong Yangxing continued, "The minister has a sentence that has been held in his heart for a long time, and he has always wanted to say it but did not say it, and today can be regarded as a dying farewell." ”

Haoge was relieved: "E, what are you talking about, you are still strong, this disease can be cured, it will definitely be cured." ”

Tong Yangxing shook his head: "Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, the minister is seventy and five, and among the founding ministers, the minister is the longest-lived." It is a miracle that Lao Chen can survive to this day. The ministers regretted that they could not witness the Khan King leading his troops into Beijing and ascending to the Jinluan Palace. ”

"Ben Khan also hopes to get more assistance from the forehead, don't worry, when I turn around, Ben Khan will order Lang Zhong, the best man in Dajin Country, to come, and he will definitely take care of your illness."

"It's useless, it's useless. The old minister knew that his longevity was over, and if he wanted to assist, he had to go to another world to assist the first khan. King Khan, it is not easy for the Dajin Kingdom to have today, from the thirteen sets of armor of the old Khan to today, how many great heroes have spilled their blood on the battlefield, and some of them can't even find the corpses in the capital. As Khan said, we are now starting a business on the one hand, and keeping a business on the other. It's hard to start a business, it's even more difficult to keep a business, King Khan, you must carry forward the great cause of the two generations of Great Khans, so that our Jurchens can once again become the masters of the Central Plains, Shenyang's defeat is just a small setback, King Khan must not really think that the Ming people are powerful" Tong Yangxing said with a smaller and smaller voice, and he couldn't go on anymore.

Seeing this, Hao Ge knew that he couldn't let Tong Nourish his energy anymore, and hurriedly said: "E, you can recuperate well, and I will come to see you when I come back." You can rest assured, I love the Xinjue Luo clan and will never live up to the high hopes of the Tong clan. ”

Tong's old tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes: "Go, go, King Khan has his own big things to do, how can I delay here with my old man, King Khan go quickly"

That night, Tong died of illness

The sky was dark, the sky was full of stars, and Gao Yingxiang, who marched to the northwest, ordered Li Zi to become the forward, and after Zhang Xianzhong broke off, he brought his own scorpion block, Zhang Miao's hand was in the center, and he led a large group of men and horses to break into the camp.

The officers and soldiers bluffed for a while, and Lian Guoshi personally led the men and horses to chase after them for several miles, seeing them burrow into the deep mountains, they fired a few horns and cannons, turned back to the camp, and ordered someone to fly to report Chen Qiyu.

Chen Qiyu urgently ordered Lian Guoshi to lead elite soldiers to work day and night, rushed to the valley mouth north of the carriage gorge to ambush, and led his deputy generals Liu Qian, guerrilla He Renlong, Yang Hualin, and Liu Guozhen to follow, and transferred Lu Xiangsheng as a backup.

Gao Yingxiang and others drilled into the deep mountains and dense forests, listened to the shouts behind them gradually fade away, reined in the white horse, and looked at the surrounding mountains and said: "These mountains are worth tens of thousands of officers and soldiers!" ”

Scorpion said with a smile: "As long as we go to the mountains and go around in circles with the officers and soldiers, no matter how many people and horses there are, they will also die of a fat and thin disease." They spend all day drinking, where can they endure such suffering? It's not like we are all from poor people, and our feet have already been sharpened as hard as iron. ”

"It's not just that the feet are hardened, it's that our fate is cheap and bold, and we can't do anything, not like Chen Qiyu, a second-grade court official, splashing the sky's rich, how can we throw it away casually? What are we afraid of? At home, you are waiting for death, and if you come out to rebel, you are also dead, but you die a heroic death like this, and you die with a sound! ”

Gao Yingxiang pinned the silk reins, turned over and got off the white horse, carried the horse whip, and pointed to the rugged and difficult mountain road: "He Chen Qiyu doesn't have to take such a mountain road, he has eight sedan chairs to carry, front and back, worry-free food and clothing, no need to work as hard as us, it is naturally not easy for him to take risks." ”

The scorpion block also dismounted, and Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "He is a corrupt Confucian, where can he be so angry!" All day long, what we say is all lies, how can we be so happy and comfortable! ”

The two of them slowly moved forward with the procession, the mountain road twisted and turned, looking back, tens of thousands of troops pulling horses, carrying grain and grass baggage, wriggling in the mountains, like a winding dragon, hidden or visible, intermittent and timely, the march was extremely difficult.

After noon, I buried the pot and made rice, filled my stomach, and then marched. It was getting late, and after walking for half a day, I turned back to the same place. Gao Yingxiang was about to send someone to the front to ask questions, but Li Zicheng rushed over with two personal soldiers and said: "King Yuchuang, this mountain peak and ridge are connected, the path is tortuous, we are lost." ”

"Lost?" The scorpion block and Zhang Miaoshou, who came up, glanced at each other, and said in surprise: "No wonder I just saw that the place where the pot was buried and cooked was a little familiar, it turned out to be tossed for a long time, but it turned back again, how is this good?" ”

Zhang Miaoshou glared and said, "Zicheng, didn't you encounter a ghost hitting the wall?" How can you turn back, don't you remember the road you walked? ”

Gao Yingxiang waved his hand and said: "The people who encounter ghosts hitting the wall are all people who walk alone late at night, where are there tens of thousands of troops who have hit the wall for ghosts?" Although he comforted everyone, but his heart involuntarily sank down, seeing the dusk and sunset, if tens of thousands of troops circled in the same place, it was difficult to block, once the chasing soldiers came up, flanked from all sides, the situation was bound to be extremely critical, seeing Zhang Miao's face was a little panicked, he turned his head and asked: "Zicheng, what is going on?" ”

Li Zicheng scratched his head and scolded fiercely before replying: "I found that the path was wrong, so I ordered someone to mark the road, but I still turned back to the original road." There are a lot of trails in this mountain, and there are forks in the road everywhere, so I really can't figure out which way to get out? ”

Gao Yingxiang was worried that Zhang Miaoshou's ghost hit the wall and spread out, which would be unfavorable to the army, so he immediately decided: "Go find a guide!" ”

"There is no one around here, and it is harder to find a guide than to fight a tiger......

Li Zicheng was quite embarrassed, and when he saw Gao Yingxiang's face, he had to change his words and say: "It's not difficult for me to spread a few more brothers." ”

turned around and wanted to leave, but saw Li Guo escorting a big man over, shouting: "Caught a spy of an official army, caught a spy of an official army!" ”

Li Zicheng looked at the big man, in his early thirties, a shabby coarse cloth short coat, trousers with high knee-length trousers, a pair of bast shoes, a burly physique, copper-colored skin, and seemed to have suffered from sleeping in the open for many years.

sneered at the moment and asked, "Seeing that you are also a man from a poor background, how can you be willing to be an eagle dog for the court and kill your own brother?" ”

The big man hugged and said: "Uncle, I was a woodcutter here, chopping wood and going home, suddenly saw these people and horses, I was so frightened that I hid behind the rocks, I didn't want to be frightened, the axe fell to the ground, cut on the rocks, and let this young master hear it, and led people to rush up, tied up the villain, and insisted that the villain was a spy." ”

Li Zicheng looked at him and said, "There are no people in a radius of several miles here, and the mountain roads are rugged and difficult to walk, where will anyone live here?" ”

Dahan didn't panic at all, and replied: "Uncle must be passing through the local area for the first time, and he sees the rocks and peaks here full of strange rocks, and he can't see people. This is not surprising, the legend here is the hometown of Nuwa Niangniang, when Nuwa Niangniang practiced colorful stones to make up for the sky, the remaining stones were dropped here, the mountain road is inconvenient to walk, but there are often some hunters and woodcutters out of the house. Walking only fifteen miles ahead, it is the county seat of Xing'an, the city is full of shops, and the business is prosperous, which is a prosperous place. ”

"Oh, the county seat of Xing'an ahead?" Li Zicheng stepped forward to untie the rope for him, and inadvertently took the clothes on the big man's body, and there were a few brown and red round scars on his back, flashing with a faint cold light, he looked carefully for a moment, and suddenly asked: "You are a woodcutter chopping wood, how did you get an arrow wound on your body?" ”

When Li Guo and the others heard the sound, they each surrounded the big Han with swords, and the scorpion block and Zhang Miaoshou also shouted: "Say it quickly!" If there is half a lie, it must be a spy of the officials and soldiers, and it will never be forgiven! ”

Gao Yingxiang strode forward and separated the crowd: "Are you hiding in the mountains to avoid any enemies?" ”