The vanguard of the Shun army that crossed Xinzhou soon arrived at the city of Daizhou, and the defender Zhou Yuji abandoned the city to break through and fled to Ningwusu, which was behind the direction of the Shun army's attack.

"Is Zhou Yuji still under the banner of Zhu Ming?" Li Zicheng asked.

"Yes, he still refuses to surrender."

Zhou Yuji had avoided the edge of the Shun army and made way to the road to Jingshi, which was common in the previous dynasties, but it was very new in the Ming Dynasty. Because except for Zhou Yuji, the other Ming troops in Shanxi didn't even dodge the edge, and directly accepted Li Zicheng's appointment to become a Dashun officer and soldier.

In the world of Huangshi, in order to prove that Chongzhen was not perverse to the point of losing the morale of the army and the people, the Manchu literati praised Zhou Yuji, the only Ming general who only gave way to the avenue but did not completely surrender, so as to cover up Chongzhen, who committed many injustices and killed himself. For example, the flood burst, several mountains rose spontaneously to protect Zhou Yuji's tomb, or Ningwu, who only held out for one day, caused hundreds of thousands of casualties to Li Zicheng. As a military general who abandoned the city and fled, it was very good to get such praise - after all, in the world of Yellowstone, when the Shun army attacked the Ming army, this was the only little resistance to repay Chongzhen.

If it is really strong, Li Zicheng can ignore these wait-and-see generals as he did during the change of the previous dynasty. Now that the emperor is still in Beijing, the other party is avoiding the main attack route of the Shun army, so when the Beijing division is broken and the emperor is captured, the will to resist of these generals will naturally cease to exist, and Huang Chao also took the initiative to call on the generals of the Tang Army to avoid his edge. However, in the current situation, Li Zicheng could not tolerate that there was an army behind him that was still under the banner of the Ming army, and Dashun, who only had tens of thousands of descendants, could not leave a reliable surveillance force in the rear, Li Zicheng must sweep away all the Ming troops who refused to surrender, otherwise once the main force left, it would be equivalent to returning the retreat to the Ming army: "Turn around, let's go back and fight Ningwu." ”

When the Shun army turned around to take Ningwu, Xu Ping bid farewell to Li Zicheng and led a small group of guards to continue eastward.

"Master, it's a sign of hospitality to be sent here, please go back." After separating from the Shun army, only Qingzhi, who had no military power, accompanied him for another while, Xu Ping didn't want Qingzhi to accompany him on an adventure, so he wanted to ask Qingzhi to return to the Shun military camp: "If there is a fate, I can still meet the master." ”

"If it's fate...... Qingzhi smiled: "The poor road is an idle cloud and wild crane, and I will travel the world again in the future." The general will be in a high position in the future, and I am afraid that there will be no time to go back to the people. ”

Unexpectedly, Qingzhi was going to leave the Shun army, Xu Ping was a little surprised, after so many years, he felt that Qingzhi should be able to stand on the side of the upper echelons of the Dashun Dynasty.

When Poor Dao first saw the general, the general was uncontrollable, and his eyebrows were full of anger, and later Poor Dao learned that the general was originally a subordinate of Huanghou and was appointed by King Shun. Poor Dao thought, I'm afraid there is another evil star in the world, and I don't know how many people will suffer because of the cannibal tiger of the general. ”

Xu Ping did not speak, but bowed deeply again and thanked Qingzhi.

"Being able to reunite with the general in Xuzhou is the fate of the poor road. If King Shun is the true dragon son of heaven, then the poor Dao has seen all the stars and gods in the sky in the past few years, and the poor Dao cultivates day and night, so that one day he can soar and rank in the immortal class, and now he is familiar with all the star monarchs, so he should go back and cultivate well. Qingzhi has a very simple idea of "self-helper, heaven helps", he is worried that if his kung fu is not enough, even acquaintances in the heavenly realm will not be able to help him: "Even Huang Hou, the martial arts star monarch, didn't the general also take the poor Dao to see it, and he was familiar with his face?" ”

Hearing this, Xu Ping also laughed: "In this way, I will have a reunion with the master one day." ”

"Yes, Poor Dao wants to meet in the heavenly realm, not in this mortal world. The Ming Court's destiny is extinct, and the broken military star will not go down to earth again in three hundred years, there is a poor way, and it can talk to the general about the experience of this life, and it can also relieve boredom, right? ”

"Exactly," Xu Ping bowed again: "Master, the last general has left." ”

"Go, General Xu, no matter how successful or unsuccessful the general is on this trip, the broken army star will fall into a deep sleep again. If the general still has a comeback, it will be as Dashun's martial arts star, not Daming's broken army. ”

……

Although the Shun army has not yet arrived in Datong Mansion, the local Ming army here has learned that Jiang Jian surrendered to Li Zicheng with 40,000 troops.

The news that the Shun army went down to Ningwu one day came. Zhou Yuji's experience made those hesitant Shanxi generals feel like they have been whipped, and immediately said that they will surrender without reservation, and they will never be at both ends of the rat and have the mind of waiting to see success or failure.

The Ming generals Xu Ping met along the way invariably tried to persuade him not to go to Jingshi, although they saw that it was impossible for Xu Ping to change his opinion because of their persuasion. The generals considered this to be their right moment, a necessary entertainment, and to show their concern and loyalty to those who might become important ministers of Dashun in the future.

When he left Lingqiu, Xu Ping couldn't take the gifts given by the generals along the way, and the personal guards each brought a few large bags and small bags. Xu Ping rushed to the gate of Guangchang and reported to the city under the banner of the Ming Dynasty: "I am Xu Ping, the messenger of Dashun, and I want to go to Beijing to ask to see Emperor Ming." ”

Soon after the defenders on the tower of the city gate reported Xu Ping's words to the city, the closed gate of Guangchang suddenly opened, and a group of cavalry rushed out of the city surrounded by a military general wearing a red robe.

Hurrying to Xu Ping, the military general rolled the saddle and dismounted, kowtowing vigorously to Xu Ping's mount: "The last general...... Knock on the General. ”

"Don't rush to surrender just yet." Xu Ping saw a lot of this kind of thing along the way, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him: "My lord Shun Wang has not yet arrived, and the general is a little restless." I am now a messenger, I want to go to Beijing, the general will help me arrange the official document defense first, and then be a Ming minister for two days, and it will not be too late to descend when King Shun arrives......"

"Obey orders, obey orders......" When Xu Ping spoke, Guangchang Shou Jiang kowtowed vigorously. But no matter what Xu Ping said, he insisted on surrendering, and he did so immediately.

After reluctantly accepting Guangchang's surrender, the guards gave an order, and the soldiers on the city tower cheered and replaced Guangchang with a black flag, followed by the gentry of Guangchang, behind them were more people, and the crackling firecrackers sounded louder than the guns on the battlefield.

After another painstaking persuasion by the magistrates and guards of Guangchang, Xu Ping rejected their kindness and insisted on continuing to Jingshi. Xu Ping couldn't help but say, and stuffed all the gifts that the civil and military forces forced on him along the way to the Guangchang magistrate, and asked him to keep them first.

The magistrate who could not refuse accepted Xu Ping's things in tears, and the next day he sent Xu Ping out of the city gate for ten miles with the same tearful Guangchang guard, and then returned melancholy.

"Hurry up and get all the flags back." After returning to Guangchang, the guard immediately lowered the black flag of Dashun, Xu Ping's life and death are uncertain, in case he really has three long and two short, then no one remembers Guangchang's loyal service to the scene of surrender? So when King Shun's vanguard came, Guangchang had to surrender again.

At this time, the magistrate also reconvened the gentry: "Everyone is doing well, but there are still fly in the ointment, fortunately we still have one more chance, this time must be better than the last time." ”

Pointing to a gentleman in the front row, the magistrate shouted, "You are laughing too silly, too fake, laugh from the heart!" The magistrate made a gesture of holding his hands in his heart and asked, "From the heart!" Do you understand? When King Shun arrives, you'll kill everyone if you still smirk like this! ”

……

Leaving the Shanxi border, Xu Ping entered Zhili from Baoding Mansion, until Xu Ping entered no man's land on the way to Bauhinia Pass, although he and several guards were dressed in black, but the sentry posts of the Ming army along the way did not pretend to be seen, but the people came up to ask: "Are you the soldiers of Dashun?" Are you really Dashun's soldiers? ”

After reporting his name to Zijing Pass, Xu Ping was relieved to see that it was the army of Zhili, and although the guards also went out to meet him, he did not mention the matter of surrender, and Xu Ping was also careful not to force him on this issue.

The guards of Bauhinia Pass repeatedly confessed to Xu Ping, and now he is still in a hostile state with Dashun, so although he is a messenger, he still can't ask Xu Ping to enter the pass for the night, in order to express his deep apologies, the guard of Bauhinia Pass personally stood outside the tent where Xu Ping lived overnight. The next day, the Bauhinia Pass guard will send a team of carefully selected elite cavalry to escort the Dashun envoys to the Beijing Division with gongs and drums.

Without waiting for Xu Ping to arrive in Yizhou, the three magistrates of Dingxing, Laishui, and Yizhou appeared in front together, and the three adults knelt on the side of the road, and after seeing Xu Ping, they did not wait for him to ask, so they shouted together: "The lower officials knock to see the general." ”

"No, it's Naoli here." Xu Ping saw that the magistrate was about to surrender again, and sighed in his heart, and said helplessly: "The three of them will inevitably surrender too early. ”

As soon as these words came out, Xu Ping immediately saw a burst of horror on the face of the magistrate of Yizhou, and he kowtowed again and again: "The general forgives the sin, but the lower official heard that the identity of the general this time is the envoy of Dashun, and I don't know that the general will recruit the lower officials." ”

"I didn't want to recruit a few adults," Xu Ping suddenly became energetic when he heard this, and hurriedly replied: "Won't the three adults descend?" ”

After hearing this question, the faces of the other two magistrates also changed, they glanced at each other, and it was still Yizhou's appearance: "Shun Wang Shun Tian should respond to the people, and there is no way to cut down the people, and the people will be relieved of the ......."

"Are you going to come down or not?" Xu Ping was confused.

Although the prefect had explained that he wanted to act in unison, after hearing this, the magistrate of Yizhou felt that this level had to be passed after all, and he was heartbroken: "If the general wants to do what the officials do, the officials will do it." ”

At this time, Laishui roared out: "The lower official has surrendered!" ”

"Don't surrender yet!" Xu Ping hurriedly said: "I need to pass the defense paperwork, so I can go to the Beijing Division, and the three adults will help me prepare it." ”

"Obey orders, obey orders," the three of them responded again and again, but finally added: "The prefect dares to ask the general to move to Baoding, and the prefect knows that the general is walking straight down, and he wants to come immediately, but he is afraid that he will not be able to catch up, so he will let the junior officials meet him here." ”

"But that's the way to go to Jingshi, isn't it?" Xu Ping raised his whip and pointed to the avenue winding to the northeast: "Isn't Baoding Mansion in the south?" ”

"The general is discerning, and the lower officials are full of admiration and admiration," the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty praised loudly, because he did not surrender, so the identity problem made this official still need to pay attention to the words: "The general sent an envoy to the state this time, and the prefect was worried that the lower officials did not know and lost their manners, and besides, it was most appropriate for the prefect to open the customs defense of the Beijing Division." ”

……

The gong and drummer at the front beat the guy in his hand to the earth-shattering, and at the same time tore his throat and ordered the pedestrians to disperse as soon as possible to get out of the way; The expressionless officials were all clothes racks selected by the magistrates, and they held high the signs of "quiet" and "avoidance", and walked in front of Xu Ping's horse with firm steps; On both sides and behind them, there are Bauhinia Pass Elite riders, who are watching the pedestrians on both sides of the road, watching everyone's every move, searching the trees and grass for any suspicious figures; The three magistrates followed Xu Ping on foot, with a nervous and uneasy face, as if they were ready to pounce on Xu Ping at any time, blocking the attacking dark arrows and flying knives for him, and they left all the local official affairs to accompany Xu Ping to Baoding Mansion - this is the majesty and pomp that Xu Ping has never enjoyed on the Dashun territory.

Finally arrived in Baoding.

An official dressed in a red Ming Dynasty official robe, with wings and a black veil on his head, also knelt down beside the avenue leading to Baoding City, and after seeing this official, whether it was the cavalry of Bauhinia Pass or the depression in Zhili, they all gave way to Xu Ping with interest.

"Your envoy is here in person, and the lower officials are not welcomed, and I hope that your envoy will forgive your sins." The prefect of Baoding kowtowed nine times in front of Xu Ping's horse, and then stood up calmly, bowed down and led the way for Xu Ping: "The lower official has prepared a post house for your envoy, and there is also a coarse tea and light meal, please move the envoy to follow the lower official." ”

Among the countless dishes piled up in front of him at the dinner party, Xu Ping could see that there were no more than two of the approximate ingredients, and even these two dishes were not at all the taste of pork and chicken that he knew when he ate them.

"Your envoy," the prefect of Baoding had already prepared for Xu Ping, and in front of the full house of civil and military officials and gentlemen sitting with him, he took out two things in a big way: "This is a little bit of the lower official's heart, and please accept it with a smile." ”

It is said that there is a thousand-year-old ginseng in a box, is it Xu Ping doesn't know, he hasn't even seen fifty years of ginseng, but this ***-shaped ginseng has caused a lot of amazements as soon as it appeared, and it is said to be the night pearl of the South China Sea, this is the first time Xu Ping has seen this kind of thing in the real world that he has only heard of in the book Journey to the West.

……

When he returned to his official residence in the evening, the prefect and his wife talked about today's situation and said with a smile: "The general is really a vulgar martial artist, and the future will be easy to hear." ”

"Didn't the master prepare four orchids?" Mrs. Baoding prefect asked, for these four women with white and black complexions, gold or silver hair, blue or green eyes, the Baoding prefect really made a lot of money, and I don't know how much savings were thrown in. However, in troubled times, Mrs. also felt that she couldn't just worry about money: "After spending so much effort to clean up, why can't the master be reluctant?" ”

"What do you mean reluctant?" The prefect smiled and said: "If the general is here to accept the surrender, I am afraid that he will not accept it, but he is an envoy this time, and he is going to Beijing, the emperor of Zhu Ming...... Alas, the brain is not good. The prefect sighed heavily.

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