Li Zicheng was careless about the enemy, and Zhou Shixian didn't dare to do this. After the convoy broke through, he immediately gave the order to start a rapid march, and the convoy moved rapidly with the "creaking" of the wheels.

All the way to the south, all along the way are dilapidated and withered scenes, the entire North Zhili Gyeonggi area, under the Manchu Qing Dynasty, natural disasters, epidemics under the blows of the turns, basically has ten rooms and nine empty, even the occasional convoy passes by the village is mostly uninhabited, close to the water source, there may be a few families.

After all, the Yongding River has dried up. In the original history, the drought situation in the entire north did not begin to improve until around the time of the Jiashen Change.

But at this time, the Ming court was already terminally ill and crumbling, Li Zicheng established the Dashun Dynasty in Shaanxi, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty also fought hard, intending to enter the customs and compete for the world.

It can only be said that the Manchu Qing Dynasty hit the great luck, the natural disasters that plagued the Ming Dynasty, the plague, after it picked Li Zicheng's peaches, all improved, the "Xiaoice River" ended quickly, the temperature rose everywhere, the rainfall increased, and the epidemic disappeared directly.

In the seventeenth century, the level of productivity was not enough to withstand natural disasters, this is obvious.

Although it shows the demise of the imperial court and the crisis of people's survival caused by natural disasters, the financial crisis of the imperial court is only two important reasons.

But without these, whether it is the popular uprising or the financial situation of the Ming court, it will be greatly improved, and the army's deduction of empty salaries will still be very serious, but the soldiers will not become "called Huazi", or in other words, they will not all become "called Huazi", and the border army will not be so weak.

If so, did the Manchus still have a chance to enter the Central Plains?

Zhou Shixian looked at everything in front of him, and couldn't help but think of these questions in his heart.

When he came to this world, he wanted to change history and change the destiny of the nation. Shenzhou can't sink for another 300 years!

Back in front of him, on the way south, every other hour, Zhou Shixian would order the convoy to stop and rest for two quarters of an hour, and replenish beans and water for the horses in a hurry.

After a night and a day, the escort finally arrived at the foot of Yongqing City before dark, and there were no accidents on the way.

Zhou Shixian also left Tangma scouts all the way to ensure that he was aware of the latest situation of the pursuers in the rear. However, to his surprise, the Shun army did not send troops and horses to pursue.

Then, under the reception of the city and the personal appearance of the famous old man Li Banghua, the county commander of Yongqing City immediately opened the city gate to greet the "Lord Qincha" who was holding the sword of Shang Fang.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhou Shixian naturally would not make a big show at such a time and directly play the banner of "Emperor Chongzhen".

Otherwise, even the people who didn't have any crooked thoughts, or the people who originally had more than one thing and one less thing, pretended to be obedient, and directly let this heavily armed Qincha convoy go and sent them away, would also be ready to move.

The current Beizhili, but Li Zicheng's world, there is no force that can compete with the Great Shun Army, and what attitude these county officials in various places have towards the Shun Dynasty is something that Zhou Shixian needs to be wary of.

After the convoy entered the city, Zhou Shixian immediately arranged for men and horses to take over the Yongqing County Ya, and sent Xue Lao Er to lead the troops to the city wall to guard, while Zhang Hong continued to lead the sentry cavalry and reconnoiter the military situation.

Wang Chaodong followed Zhou Shixian and was responsible for leading and escorting the Jinyi Guard, while Zhu Maozhen went to deal with Zhou Shixian's grain, grass and military supplies that he had hidden in the city early in the morning.

Emperor Chongzhen, Empress Zhou, and the two princesses had already changed into the clothes of ordinary people at this time, and those who didn't know might think that they were Li Banghua's daughter-in-law.

This is the first time that Emperor Chongzhen has left the capital in more than ten years, and everything he saw along the way can be described as shocking, and it has also set off a monstrous wave in his heart.

However, that's all, and now he can't protect himself, let alone what he can do. It's just that he and a few old ministers who accompanied him sighed there.

After confirming that the Shun army did not pursue the soldiers, Zhou Shixian's hanging heart finally let go, and then ordered the escort team to rest in the city for the night, intending to continue the operation in the early morning of the next day.

It's just that in the second half of the night, Zhou Shixian suddenly received a military report from the sentinel sent back by Zhang Hong to report the news - there was a force of nearly 1,000 soldiers and horses approaching Yongqing County.

Not only that, but before Zhou Shixian gathered his team and prepared to evacuate overnight, about twenty miles around Yongqing County, five more troops and horses were found, ranging from one hundred to three hundred.

However, Zhang Hong made a new discovery, those soldiers and horses did not seem to be regular Shun troops, but for the time being, it is not clear which side of the soldiers and horses are not, and there is no flag.

But no matter which side of the soldiers and horses it is, it doesn't seem to matter anymore, there are unidentified troops in all directions, and it is impossible for Zhou Shixian to venture out of the city directly.

After all, he only has more than 300 soldiers and horses, and once he is dragged in the field, the consequences are unimaginable. Moreover, in the case of unclear enemy situation, Zhou Shixian could not lose his proportion. Once he led his troops out of the city, there was no room for maneuver, only a battle.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhou Shixian is fully sure that these soldiers and horses have nothing to do with the Shun army.

After all, the Shun army did not send chasing soldiers at all, and even if there were pursuers, it was impossible to be so fast, let alone come from all directions.

And in the Beizhili region, there can be an army of this size, and it comes from all directions, and it doesn't know where it belongs, there is only one possibility-the Beijing camp taken away by Li Jiantai.

On the 26th day of the first month, in the face of the overwhelming situation of the Shun army, Chongzhen was sick and rushed to the hospital, and sent the newly sealed military secretary Li Jiantai to the west, taking away more than 10,000 soldiers and horses.

It was at this time that Tang Ruowang was asked by Li Jiantai to leave from Chongzhen.

And these more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are the last elite of the Beijing camp in the capital after the plague, and they are also the only soldiers and horses who can still fight. The remaining 30,000 or 40,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people can have three or five hundred elites, which is good.

It's just that the final result is not satisfactory, Li Jiantai's leadership level is really indescribable, such a good army of soldiers and horses was wasted by him, and even collapsed into a chaotic army.

Zhou Shixian naturally had other thoughts, especially Zhang Hong and the others were born in Beijing, and Xue Lao Er was very well-connected, if he could recruit some of the reliable officers and soldiers to escort him, the probability of successfully arriving in Nanjing would be greater.

Otherwise, with only these more than 300 soldiers and horses, once they encounter a strong enemy, I am afraid it will be difficult to have any room for maneuver.

Of course, if these soldiers and horses have already had different intentions, or if they don't know what to do, Zhou Shixian will also find a way to make them dare not act rashly.

In the final analysis, this is just a few defeated troops, and if you want to fight, Zhou Shixian can still fight.