The cold wind howled unhindered in the fields, and the sky was gray, presenting a chaotic atmosphere. It is as if the sun has become poor, stingy in reining in light and heat.

At a time when everything is depressed and should be a rare human track, the road from Beijing to the north is noisy. Endless vehicles of all sizes, littered with household things, creaking on frost-covered hard ground, pillows, rags, toilets, brooms, rakes and other miscellaneous items thrown on the side of the road can be seen everywhere; The chickens are crowing in their cages, the cows and sheep are walking in a bunch, and the dogs that can't find their owners are barking......

Since the resolution of returning to Liaodong was passed in the court, the road to the north has become lively, even if I miss this prosperous place in my heart, even if I don't want to return to the bitter cold place, but the skin does not exist, Mao will be attached, and the Manchurians from the princes and nobles, to ordinary clothes, have no choice but to pack up their things and embark on the road back to the north.

At first, the evacuation was not in a hurry, and in the eyes of many Manchus, the shape was not in a particularly critical time, and maybe they could leave after the New Year in Beijing. And the Manchu who left first greedily wanted to take everything that fell into hand. The fluke mentality, coupled with the fact that there were too many things to carry and the preparation time was too long, led to the slowness of the retreat.

This kind of retreat is different from the army's invasion and plunder, and the men and women, the old and the young, drag on and delay, and it is much slower than fleeing.

The Qing court made the decision to retreat, but they did not want to be as miserable as fleeing, and they also worked hard to plan, hoping to make an orderly transfer, looting as many supplies and people as possible and returning to Liaodong. But it is very difficult to achieve this goal.

The pressure on the Ming army group did not relax in the slightest, which made it difficult to mobilize the troops of the Hejian defensive line. As a precaution, the Qing court had to send most of the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade of the Beijing Division, one of which was stationed in Tongzhou. double insurance as an inter-river line of defense; The first part is stationed in Jimen, Zunhua, Shanhaiguan and other places to ensure the passage of the north.

In this way, except for the Qing army that had previously reinforced Shengjing, there were very few troops that the Qing court could mobilize. In desperation, he had to order all the princes and nobles to draw out all the family minions again, and put together more than 3,000 miscellaneous troops. Large-scale operations for the delivery of supplies began.

As it approached the middle of winter, the Qing court also had a fluke mentality, believing that the Ming army might be less likely to launch an attack because of the relationship between climate and water and soil. In this case, it may not be clear what variables will occur over time.

In the final analysis, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still unwilling to abandon the Guannai and retreat to the Guanwai, and although the initial calm decision was successful, it could not change the reluctance and greed in the bottom of their hearts. from the princely nobility. to ordinary coating, it's all like this.

Therefore, the sudden change in the shape of shì caught the Qing court off guard. The defense line between the rivers collapsed, and nearly 200,000 Manchu, Mongolian, and Han troops suffered countless casualties.

The lucky Manchurians were as frightened and panicked as the end of the world, and they could no longer calmly pack up their belongings. They were all hastily packed up and flocked out of the city. This wave of running together. The Qing court could no longer contain it, and any intention of orderly organization was sabotaged by panicked people. Some officers and soldiers left their posts without permission, led their families and belongings, and fled north in panic.

The vanguard of the escape was the Mongolian Eight Banners, who were no longer willing to fight for the Manchurians, and the prophecy of the heavens made them frightened. Run north with the proceeds of the plunder, flee north. The rout brought by them spread and spread, and many defeated soldiers did not take shelter and rebuild, but continued to flee with a sigh of relief.

There was chaos in the capital, and news was flying all over the sky. After a while, it was said that Tianjin had fallen. The Ming army was advancing along the river towards the Beijing Division; After a while, it was said that Tongzhou was fighting fiercely, and the Ming army could not fight it for the time being. I don't know whether the news is true or not, and the atmosphere of panic continues to intensify, which can be described as a number of surprises overnight.

If all kinds of news are just heard, the continuous bloody cases in the capital make the Manchurians feel that the crisis is around them, and those banner slaves have become hidden enemies, no longer obedient lambs.

According to survivors, the murder of Lang Tingshu, a prisoner with a yellow flag, and his relatives were carried out by a group of thugs wrapped in black cloth and red scarves around their necks, led by Huang Ji, a member of the Lang family, nicknamed Huang Tailor.

When Eksun, the commander of the Nine Gates, was passing by the Drum Tower with more than a dozen of his own soldiers, he was suddenly sniped by "thieves", who hid in the storefront on the side of the street, first fired a volley of muskets, then threw bombs, and then rushed out with a sharp blade to slash and kill. Oxun was shot twice and was killed on the spot, and most of his own soldiers were killed or wounded, and only two escaped desperately. Although the "thieves" were damaged, they fled together.

Hong Chengchou's mansion burst into flames, fireworks rose, and there was a big chaos, and his mother was frightened and screamed.

When Dorobelle Shangshan's family drove out of the city, they were suddenly attacked by a pre-planted mine ten miles outside the city, killing many relatives and relatives, and even killing his wife.

Thirty miles outside the city, Gushan Beizi Kuoerkun's family was ambushed, muskets, bombs, and then hundreds of "thieves" in armor swarmed up, except for a few family minions, their family members were all killed, and their goods were looted.

Dutong Huashan fled in panic with his family, but on the way he was attacked and plundered by a Mongolian rout, led by Beizi Wenchun and Taiji Gelertu of the Bahrain Department.

From inside the city to outside the city, some of the secret spies of the Ministry of State Security were creating chaos, some were the bold Han people who were waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on the Manchus, some were dissatisfied with their masters and took the opportunity to assassinate them, and there were also the Mongol tribes who saw that the defeat of the Manchus was imminent and took advantage of the fire to rob.

"The king is dead, Chongzhen can do it, and I can do it." Kang Xiaosan lost his temper again, and refused to move out of the city.

Ao Bai's face was pale, and he snorted coldly and disdainfully; Suppressed Pilon was frightened, and secretly glanced at Aobai, hoping that he would use strong methods, and he and his family would leave here as soon as the emperor drove away; Sukh Saha's face was full of sorrow, and he persuaded bitterly.

"Your Majesty, my Qing Dynasty is Manchurian and Mongolian, and I don't have the worry of destroying the country in the past. Nanming is like the Song Dynasty, although it is prosperous at this time, the sages said that the prosperity will decline, and the destruction is just around the corner. Therefore, as long as the emperor is here, I will be in the Qing Dynasty, as long as the righteousness is there, the Taoism is there, lie down and taste the gall, endure humiliation and dormant, and there will be a time to rise again! Sukh Saha burst into tears.

"Self-deception." Kang Xiaosan continued to be angry, "The enemy has not yet arrived in the city, and you and the others have lost their hearts and have no fighting spirit. If I start driving now, the capital will be in chaos, and it will be out of control. ”

"It's been out of control for a long time." Ao Bai said coldly: "At this time, step up and go north, if you can hold Shanhaiguan, how can the enemy stay under the city for a long time in the cold season?" Our army took the opportunity to gather troops to sweep southern Liaoning and drive away the Ming army, so that it could compete with the puppet Ming according to the land of eastern Liaoning, and it was also a strategy to retreat. If the relocation is delayed and the soldiers are all lost in the north, then Shanhaiguan is not guaranteed, southern Liaoning is not protected, and eastern Liaodong is also in danger, where is there a place for me to stand on the people? ”

"Long live, I am full of less than a million people, and it is really the Han people who can't work together to sweep the world, and it's quite a fluke. Now that the Han people are rising, with a hundred enemies and one enemy, how can I resist it? Ji Bilong immediately said: "The Mongolian army and the Han army are all inclined to be inflammatory, and now they are unwilling to die for me, so what can I do?" During the time of Taizu and Taizong, I was full of martial courage when I was in the bitter cold land, and most of them have died in this blessed place in the Central Plains. If you return to Liaodong, learn from the pain, and lie down to taste the gall, you will have hope of rising. ”

"As a king who dies in battle, I will never ......" Kang Xiaosan was interrupted by a rumbling explosion before he finished speaking.

Everyone in the hall was taken aback, and Kang Xiaosan rushed out of the hall and stood under the Danqi to watch.

In the direction of the Reclining Buddha Temple, the thick smoke rolled up the fire, illuminating the city of Beijing in the winter night, and suddenly the drum tower was ignited again, and the explosion sounded like thunder, and the city of Beijing was alarmed. The big drums of the Shun Mansion, the Yamen of the Military Department, the Shanpu Battalion, and the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion sounded loudly, and the horns sounded one after another. The sound of horses' hooves striking the hard frozen ground and stone pavements of the royal street outside the palace, and the frightened cries, screams and curses of women and children plunged the capital into a terrifying and unsettling chaos.

"I ......"

There was a bang on the ground nearby, and the candle oil depot in the palace was also on fire. All of a sudden, Ouchi was in turmoil. The palace was full of human figures, ghosts crying wolves, eunuchs and palace maids yelling and running around. Many lights and candles suddenly went out at once, and there was chaos in Ouchi in the darkness.

"It's not good, there are people in the palace who are making trouble." Ao Bai reacted quickly, and hurriedly stood in front of the glazed wall of the Heart Cultivation Palace, in case someone plotted from behind.

Ah, a scream was close at hand, and I don't know who was assassinated in the dark, and the figures in the hall shook and became a mess. Ah, another scream, and I could tell it was Sukh Saha.

"Palm the lamp, quickly palm the lamp." Ao Bai shouted loudly, and suddenly there was a flash of light, and a black thing with a spark rolled on the ground, and then exploded, followed by a wolf crying and howling.

"Eunuch, it's the eunuch who is making trouble." Ao Bai was shocked and leaned against the shadow wall, but by the flash of light, he saw the perpetrator in the dark, and he couldn't help but sink in his heart, this is really the end of the dynasty, and even the palace people have rebelled.

The hanging flower door of the Heart Cultivation Palace was smashed open with a "bang", and dozens of eunuchs rushed in. They were carrying torches and swords, some shouted "Kill the Tartars, kill the false emperor", and some shouted "Catch the thief", but they viciously attacked Kang Xiaosan and the Manchu and Han ministers......

Qing history: In the second year of Kangxi, the Ming army was coming, and the Beijing division heard the changes, and there was Yang Qilong, who called his apprentice "Zhongxing officers and soldiers", and the split cloth was wrapped in white, and the body was clothed in red, plotting to cause chaos. More than 20 people, including his disciples Zhou Zhi and Chen Yi, colluded with the people of the Great Inner Palace to respond internally and suddenly made trouble. The auxiliary minister Ao Gong led the palace guards to kill more than ten people, and they fled directly.

…………… (To be continued......)