Until Jiang Xuan came to the city, he shouted loudly with the Ming army in the city: "Everyone, I am Jiang Xuan, the chief soldier of Liaozhou, and please open the door and let me wait to enter the city to rest." ”

Wang Mu saw Jiang Xuan at this time, and then looked at the Ming army behind him, there were only more than a thousand people, he and Mi Shengguang said: "Ling Dudu led a large army to fight in Henan, at this time Jiang Xuan suddenly withdrew, I thought there must be fraud, you take people to the inner city, and the others go with me, if Jiang Xuan is in trouble, you quickly withdraw from the north gate and leave some seeds for our Yuci City." ”

"Lord Wang, if you want to go, you will go, I, Mi Shengguang, am a businessman, how can I know how to govern the country, you go, I will meet Jiang Xuan for a while, if he dares to make trouble, I will fight for this life, and I will also cover you and Your Majesty to withdraw."

Mi Shengguang and Wang Mu became more and more in tune, Wang Mu saw that his eyes were firm, and he couldn't say anything, at this moment, Jiang Xuan couldn't wait, and shouted under the city: "Open the door quickly, Governor Ling and Governor Jiang are defending against the Qing army in Bailu Mountain, and I will go back to the city to recruit troops and go to support Bailu Mountain." ”

Wang Mu and Mi Shengguang nodded, Mi Shengguang came to the city gate with hundreds of young men and quietly opened the city gate, Jiang Xuan looked at the open city gate, and a general behind nodded, Gao Jie immediately rode out, and the two of them walked into the city unhurriedly with more than a dozen personal soldiers.

After entering the city, Mi Shengguang saw Jiang Xuan and asked with a stammer: "General Jiang, the battle on the front line is tight, won't you come back and make a mess?" ”

"Let's find a place where no one talks, by the way, let me introduce, this is Gao Jie's chief soldier."

Mi Shengguang didn't know Gao Jie, but Wang Mu had heard of Gao Jie, so he hurriedly rushed up with a group of young people, and fixed his eyes to see that it was really Gao Jie, he looked at Gao Jie and Jiang Xuan with some uncertainty, Jiang Xuan said to him: "Lord Wang, there are many people here, it is inconvenient to speak, please go to your mansion." ”

This dispelled Wang Mu's hostility, and the group came to Wang Mu's mansion, Wang Mu let the family and servants go out, and there were only Wang Mu, Mi Shengguang, Gao Jie, Jiang Xuan in the whole courtyard, Jiang Xuan and Wang Mu said that the Ming army was defeated in Henan, and only Bailu Mountain was in the hands of the Ming army, and Bailu Mountain was heavily besieged by the Qing army.

"General Jiang, haven't you captured most of Henan?"

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"Yes, but they were all taken away by the Qing army's counteroffensive, and I and Mr. Gao's army also disappeared, so I withdrew to recruit soldiers and horses, how many young people are still in the city, this time I have to take them to the front line, and fight to the death with Jiannu."

Wang Mu's face was displeased, all the young and strong people in the city were taken away, Yuci City was really an undefended city, Jiang Xuan didn't care about him, and said: "I still have to go to Taiyuan City, do all the soldiers and horses in the city, if necessary, the troops stationed in Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass will also be withdrawn." ”

The front-line war has reached such a point, and it is necessary to give up the defense in the north of Taiyuan Mansion to support the Henan battlefield, Wang Mu also knows which is more important, and Jiang Xuan and Gao Jie said: "There are more than 4,000 young and strong people in Yuci City, and there are thousands of young and strong people in Fenzhou City, but most of them are not soldiers, take them all away, don't you let them go to death?" ”

Gao Jie was a little dissatisfied with Wang Mu.

"Don't you take them to support, wait until our army is annihilated in Bailu Mountain, and Jiannu rushes into Shanxi, and beheads one by one?"

"The two of you are soldiers, and we can't control you as civil officials, but if you want to go to Bailu, the next official will also go."

Gao Jie admired Wang Mu in his heart, but said verbally: "Lord Wang has the courage, then don't grind your tongue here, and quickly recruit troops to support the front line." ”

Jiang Xuan also hurried to Taiyuan City, took the defenders of Taiyuan Mansion to the front line, and everyone acted separately, on the one hand, they recruited young and strong, on the other hand, they opened the granary and armory, and armed young and strong, Gao Jie was in Yuci City, and he had 2,000 soldiers a day, most of whom were croppers who had not touched swords and guns.

Gao Jie is also an expert, and he scattered all the hundreds of veterans in his hands into the recruits, not only mastering this army, but also improving his combat effectiveness, Wang Mu also gave him thirty days of food and grass, which made Gao Jie very surprised, and did not order the troops to plunder.

On the other hand, Jiang Xuan returned to Taiyuan City, regardless of the opposition of the defenders in the city, and forcibly ordered the troops in the city to go to Bailu Mountain with him, and also asked people to go to Ningwu Pass, so that Gao Ding, who was stationed here, also led his troops to support Bailu Mountain.

After doing this, Jiang Xuan pulled Zhuang Ding in the city again, and pulled more than 6,000 people in three days, many Zhuang Ding refused to go, and his nose and face were swollen after being beaten, Jiang Xuan didn't care about these, and returned to Yuci City with thousands of troops, and waited here

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Gao Jie, Wang Mu converged.

Mi Shengguang mobilized the four major families, as well as Fan Honghuo and other businessmen, to raise grain and grass for the Ming army, and the merchants also knew that if they were beaten in by the Qing army, everything they worked hard to manage would be snatched away by the Qing army, many people were reluctant, but they still raised a lot of materials for the Ming army, and Mi Shengguang took the merchants in the city to Henan together.

Wang Mu also asked the family to escort Bai Lushui and Wen Yuanyang to the barracks. Before Ling Jingyang went to Henan, he selected 20 people from his own soldiers to protect Bai Lushui, and 20 soldiers from the Iron Fist Legion to protect Wen Mandarin Duck.

The two women were escorted by the soldiers to the barracks, Wang Mu told the two women that the army was going to Henan to support the governor of Lingdu, Bai Lushui and Wen Yuanyang were eager to fly to Ling Jingyang, and immediately agreed to retreat, Wang Mu did not forget Wang Chengen and Zhu San in the city, he personally came to the palace, and invited the two to the barracks.

At the same time, Gao Ding, who was stationed at Ningwu Pass, also gathered troops from Ningwu Pass and Yanmen Pass and marched towards Bailu Mountain.

The reinforcements of the Ming army continued to reinforce Bailu Mountain, to decide the victory or defeat in Bailu Mountain, and in Shaanxi, the Dashun army also reached the moment of life and death, in the face of the attack of the Qing army of Aobai and Azig, Li Zicheng used all his skills, and never could break the deadlock, but was wiped out by the Qing army A lot of vital forces, Li Zicheng had no choice but to abandon Shaanxi, and decided to retreat the whole army to the Huguang area.

Many ministers of the Dashun Dynasty did not agree to go to the Huguang area, but Li Zicheng had already made up his mind to go, and insisted on going south despite the minister's opposition.

Li Guo asked Li Zicheng to hold on for a period of time, at least until the Henan battlefield was decided, but Li Zicheng couldn't wait, and hurriedly led the main force to get rid of the attack of the two Qing armies of Azig and Aobai.

The emperor insisted on retreating, no one persuaded to help, Li Guo and Gao Yigong decided to stay to block the Qing army, which made Li Zicheng very moved, after being moved, he ordered hundreds of thousands of soldiers and families of the Dashun army to pack their luggage and immediately retreat to Huguang.

Before retreating, Li Zicheng divided his army into two troops, namely the Eastern Route Army and the Western Route Army, and he personally led the Eastern Route Army, which was composed of the main force, to retreat to Huguang.

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