For the cavalry, the distance of thirty miles may not take more than two hours to catch up.

Chongzhen didn't have time to hesitate any longer, he had to urgently order all the cavalry to go north with him.

In the end, he took 8,000 cavalry and went straight to Juyong Pass.

At this time, there were tens of thousands of soldiers left, who not only had to transport a large amount of baggage, but also many gentry in Beijing followed them to the south.

The roads were full of oxen carts and donkey carts, and although each of them tried to drive the cattle, it was only ten miles to die in an hour.

Yuan Chonghuan also had to make a choice at this time.

After he was abandoned by Chongzhen, he could only abandon these gentry and baggage.

To be honest, if you abandon a lot of property, everyone will feel distressed.

But the lesser of two evils, he had to abandon these things at the moment.

The remaining soldiers were ordered to advance lightly and march towards Bauhinia Pass.

While ordering the team of Bauhinia Pass to go out to meet him, he kept urging the army.

Soon they distanced themselves from the ranks of the gentry.

Chongzhen and the others were in such a hurry that they even left the carriage of the Queen Mother Zhang Yan in the crowd.

This is also intentional by Duoduo, Zhang Yan, the queen mother, basically did not play a big role, he has received an order from the Intelligence Department to bring Zhang Yan back to punish the crime!

So when Chongzhen and Yuan Chongchang left, Duoduo did not take the initiative to go with them.

Of course, Zhang Yan in the carriage didn't know anything about this, there was a drug in the aromatherapy on the carriage, and she was sleeping quietly in the carriage at the moment.

At this time, a eunuch said: "Qi Yu is in charge of affairs, the wife and the two sons of the king of Liaodong County are under the command of Jinyiwei to make Luo Yangxing and Wang Chengen's Dongchang jointly take care of it. ”

"Your Majesty always takes them with you for the first time, and the little ones have used a lot of silver, but they can't be rescued."

Duoduo didn't know that they were stand-ins, and the Intelligence Department still issued a death order to rescue them, but at this time he had no choice but to escort Zhang Yan back to the Intelligence Department to resume his life.

The only thing left is to see Dorgon.

More than an hour later, the 20,000 cavalry led by Hong Chengchou caught up with them.

The gentry hurriedly took out a large amount of gold and silver and begged Hong Chengchou to let them go.

Li Xianzhong had already given an order, not to kill these people, just drive them to the territory of the White Lotus Sect in the south.

That Hong Chengchou is also happy to be a good person.

After receiving hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from these gentry, Hong Chengchou said: "If the governor wants to continue to pursue Chongzhen, you should go directly to Baoding!" ”

When those gentry heard that Hong Chengchou let them go, they were moved to tears!

Although Chongzhen and Yuan Chonghuan both abandoned them.

However, they only dared to send fire to Yuan Chonghuan's head.

After all, His Majesty still left Yuan Chonghuan to protect them, and Yuan Chonghuan was the one who directly abandoned them.

So soon they told Hong Chengchou about Yuan Chonghuan's escape to Bauhinia Pass.

At this time, Duoduo appeared in front of Hong Chengchou, and he quickly showed his token.

Hong Chengchou knew that he was a member of the Intelligence Department.

Duoduo said: "Governor Hong, you have been fooled, Chongzhen was originally in this team, but Yang Sichang caught up with him an hour and a half ago. Now he has led the cavalry directly to Juyong Pass, and he has gone south, preparing to take advantage of Xuanda and go down from the southwest of the mountain. ”

"However, the more than 10,000 infantry led by Yuan Chonghuan have just accelerated away, and you should still be able to catch up. Yuan Chonghuan's 50,000 horses met them in the area of Bauhinia Pass, so you have to hurry up! ”

Originally, Hong Chengchou was confident that he could catch Chongzhen, but he didn't expect Yang Sichang to be so cunning.

Chongzhen has been gone for an hour and a half, so he naturally can't catch up.

And once you enter the Xuanda area, it is very difficult to attack.

In desperation, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to retreat, catch up with Yuan Chonghuan's remnants, and capture them back to Li Xianzhong.

After all, his next main task is to lead the Yulin battalion to capture the surrounding Zhili and completely ensure the safety of the surrounding Jingshi.

As for the strategy of Shanxi Tongxuanda, Li Xianzhong has already handed it over to others.

He had no choice but to escort these silver taels back to Beijing with Zhang Yan and report Chongzhen's movements to Li Xianzhong.

After that, Hong Chengchou headed towards Bauhinia Pass.

However, his 20,000 horses were still a little thin, and at the same time he ordered the 20,000 Liaodong Army in Zhuozhou to march to Yizhou to contain the enemy forces there.

After all, Fangshan is 100 miles away from Bauhinia Pass, and Yuan Chonghuan's men are all two-legged, even if they can run again, they can't outrun Hong Chengchou's cavalry.

Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan left an ambush on the front line of Dafang Mountain, 5 miles west of Fangshan.

When the cavalry of the Yulin battalion passed through Dafang Mountain, there were ambushes in all directions, and the valleys on both sides were full of the sound of fire.

There were also some rocks rolling down from the mountain.

After all, it was a hasty ambush, and the Ming army could not block the mountain road.

After all, Hong Chengchou had been on the battlefield for a long time, and he quickly saw that the enemy army was only hastily setting up an ambush, and the reloading speed of the fire gun was very slow, so it could not form an effective continuous attack at all.

So he ordered the main cavalry to pass directly through the enemy's ambush zone, leaving 5,000 men to continue to encircle and suppress the remnants of the enemy.

Finally, they caught up with Yuan Chonghuan's men near the Juma River.

At this time, Yuan Chonghuan and other 7,000 guards had just crossed the Juma River, which delayed a lot of time.

He didn't expect Hong Chengchou's men to catch up so quickly.

Fortunately, however, they had already crossed the river, so he ordered a large number of musketeers to defend the only nearby bridge.

Although the Yulin battalion led by Hong Chengchou also carried the same 6-pounder Franc machine guns drawn by horses, like the Liaodong Army.

However, these guns are still in the rear, and it will be a waste of time to wait for them to come.

On the one hand, he ordered some of the musketeers of the Yulin battalion to take advantage of the advantage of range to suppress the rifles on the opposite bank.

On the other side, he directly led the cavalry to wade through the water and force the crossing.

Although it was summer, the drought for several years in a row did not allow the Juma River to flow abundantly and the river was not turbulent.

Although the horses were naturally resistant to the river, they began to neigh and stagnate, but under the whip of the knight's leather whip, they eventually rushed into the river.

The river was much shallower than expected, but it was up to the belly of a horse.

At this time, it was too late for Yuan Chonghuan's infantry to stop the Yulin battalion from crossing the river.

"Bang, bang, bang"

The Lumi guns on the opposite bank provided sufficient fire cover for the cavalry who forced the crossing.

And with the horses ashore, their nightmare began!

The cavalry of the Yulin Battalion brandished the sabers and spears in their hands to their heart's content, and slaughtered mercilessly!

But then they searched the battlefield to the bottom of the sky, but they didn't find Yuan Chonghuan himself.

It turned out that Yuan Chonghuan had horses, and as soon as he saw that the situation was wrong, he decisively abandoned these troops and retreated to Bauhinia Pass alone.

Hong Chengchou scolded angrily: "Yuan Chonghuan is too cunning! ”

However, at this time, he could not go to storm the Bauhinia Pass, because they had now penetrated deep into the rear of Yizhou.

He had to cooperate with the 20,000 Liaodong troops under Mao Yuanyi to eat the 20,000 Ming troops trapped in Yizhou first.

After they eliminated the defenders of Yizhou, when they besieged Bauhinia Pass, they found that there were only more than 10,000 people left on the pass.

Although Hong Chengchou successfully won the Bauhinia Pass, Yuan Chonghuan still crossed the Taihang Mountain with 20,000 henchmen through the mouth of the Feihu and retreated into Shanxi.

At this time, it was reported that the White Lotus Sect gathered a crowd to make a rebellion, captured Baoding Mansion, and killed Zhu Chang, the king of Heng.

After Hong Chengchou heard this, he was shocked, when Li Xianzhong asked him to kill the gentry before, after all, these people were on the wrong side.

But now Li Xianzhong actually killed Zhu Ming's vassal king?

Even if Hongguang Tianzi succeeds to the throne, this world is still the world of the Ming Dynasty, right?

King Heng was originally in Qingzhou, and his subordinate Zhuangtian had already been robbed by Zheng Zhilong, and now he fled to Baoding and still did not survive, it seems that Li Xianzhong is going to clean up Zhu Ming's vassal king.

Mao Yuanyi, who was on the side, said with a smile: "The thieves of the White Lotus Sect are really unforgivable in killing the gentry of the vassal king, Governor Hong should hurry south to recover the lost territory." ”

"As for Chongzhen in Shanxi, the king of Liaodong County has other arrangements!"

With Hong Chengchou's wisdom, how could he not guess Li Xianzhong's true purpose.

He killed both the gentry and the vassal king, and I am afraid that sooner or later he will have to stand on his own!

However, he had already boarded Li Xianzhong's "thief ship" at this time, and I was afraid that there was no way out.

Hong Chengchou said: "Please rest assured, Hong will definitely quickly solve the problem of Liukou and pacify Zhili." ”

Seeing Hong Chengchou take the initiative to take the initiative to deal with the aftermath, Mao Yuanyi also showed a satisfied smile!

At this time, Zhang Yan had already woken up.

When she woke up, she was startled, and she actually returned to Cining Palace.

Are you dreaming?

I've already escaped, why did I come back?

Zhang Yan even pinched herself fiercely.

The pain that came to me told me that she wasn't dreaming.

At this time, Duoduo walked in, and he said, "Queen Mother, have you finally woken up?" ”

Zhang Yan asked nervously: "Xiao Duozi, why did we return to Cining Palace again, Your Majesty?" ”

Duoduo said: "Your Majesty himself ran away with the cavalry, leaving the Empress Dowager in Fangshan. We were taken back to Cining Palace by the Liaodong Army! ”

Chongzhen abandoned himself, how is this possible?

Hasn't he always cared most about his imperial sister-in-law?

Duoduo said: "Queen Mother, haven't you forgotten your other identity? ”

"The king of Liaodong is invited!"

Li Xianzhong? Although Zhang Yan had already guessed that the mastermind behind the Intelligence Department was Li Xianzhong, her heart was still full of apprehension when she had to face Li Xianzhong directly!

After all, he still has a family member in Li Xianzhong's hands.

Soon Zhang Yan came to a side hall in the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, Li Xianzhong was looking at a painting with great interest.

I saw that a disheveled aristocratic woman in the painting was being humiliated by a military general!

Zhang Yan's face flushed with shame in an instant.

At this time, she remembered that during the training in "Heaven and Earth", she was forced to make all kinds of head-scratching and posing naked movements, and cooperated with the painter to paint!

Despite the anger in her heart, she did not dare to show it.

Li Xianzhong still had his back to Zhang Yan, and he said: "In the sixth year of Song Lizong's Shaoding, the general Meng Hui led more than 20,000 Song troops from the Jinghu area to the north to conquer Caizhou with the Mongols, and Jin Aizong hanged himself!" ”

"It is said that in order to take revenge for the 'Jingkang shame' of the Jin Kingdom, Meng Gong not only divided Jin Aizong's body in two with the Mongols, but also raped the queen of Jin Aizong, and ordered the painter to observe the painting on the spot."

"This "After Tasting Picture" has also been passed down to this day!"

At this time, Zhang Yan was extremely angry, Li Xianzhong asked her to watch this "After Tasting Picture", could it be that she was implying that she was automatically dedicated?

Seeing that Zhang Yan didn't respond, Li Xianzhong said: "Ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Empress Dowager Zhang has always cared about her brother-in-law, Emperor Chongzhen, and she can't even remember the voice of this king!" ”

When Li Xianzhong said this, it seemed that he had opened the shackles in Zhang Yan's heart.

Because training in "heaven and earth" is extremely harsh, and only one person's training is an exception.

Although he wore a mask, it was clear that the man would have been very handsome if he had not been disfigured, and he was not very old, at most in his early 20s.

In fact, Zhang Yan had the idea of suicide after being sold to the "heaven and earth", and it was this person who told her that the queen had a great responsibility and wanted to persuade the emperor for the people of the world.

He also told himself that the gentry of the world had an elevation of imperial power and exploitation of the people.

To be honest, Zhang Yan was just a little girl under the age of 15, and it was obvious that deep down she had fallen in love with this "teacher", but because she was going to be sent to the palace to be elected, she buried her love deep in her heart!

But he never thought that this person was actually Li Xianzhong himself.

The object of his crush back then was actually the "big devil" Li Xianzhong in his mouth.

Li Xianzhong, who turned around, was still wearing the mask he had at the beginning, and the moment he took off the mask, Zhang Yan was stunned!

With a high nose, sword eyebrows, and a hint of heroism in his gestures, Li Xianzhong is actually more handsome than he thought.

In fact, it was not only Zhang Yan who was excited at the beginning, Li Xianzhong was also attracted by the little girl in front of him.

Otherwise, how could he have found valuable time to enlighten Zhang Yan's class.

You must know that the time he spent in the capital was only a handful.

Li Xianzhong stretched out his hand and gently stroked Zhang Yan's cheek, and then said: "You have been really naughty all these years, and you have actually disobeyed the king's instructions!" ”

"But it doesn't matter, the harder Chongzhen works, the faster Daming will weaken, so he is still satisfied with the work of Empress Dowager Zhang!"

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is a rare diligent monarch in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Yan actually can't understand why he works so hard, but the Ming Dynasty is still getting worse!

Seeing that Zhang Yan was still in shock!

Li Xianzhong said: "Empress Dowager Zhang, if you have anything you want to ask, can you?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "The queen is the Emperor of the Apocalypse himself, why doesn't the prince teach Zhang Yan carpenter work, but he can be sure that Zhang Yan will be elected as the queen." ”

Li Xianzhong said with a smile: "I didn't teach you carpenter work because the person in charge of the Intelligence Department thought that you were not easy to control and not very obedient, so he wanted you to lose the election; But I didn't expect that by mistake, this made you elected! ”

"As for why this king is so sure that you will be elected queen, it is because the three of you candidates are all from this king, no matter who Zhu Youxiao chooses in the end, his queen is a person from the Intelligence Department."

Li Xianzhong said again: "Your family is doing well, this king did not detain them, those are all Cao Huachun scared you!"

"As for Chongzhen, it's very simple, because he got the direction wrong, so the harder he tried, the farther and farther Daming got from the right path!"

Zhang Yan said: "I don't know what else the mourning family can do for the prince?" ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Emperor Hongguang has already ascended the throne as the emperor in Kaiyuan, but in order to show his legitimacy, this king wants you to confirm the authenticity of Wanli Ye's edict and denounce Chongzhen as a pseudo-emperor." ”

Seeing that Zhang Yan didn't answer, Li Xianzhong mocked: "What, I still feel sorry for your little uncle Chongzhen?" ”

Zhang Yan said: "The prince commanded, and the mourning family did it!" ”

Li Xianzhong pinched Zhang Yan's nose and said: "How good it would have been so obedient earlier, this king's orders, do you really do everything?" ”

Then Li Xianzhong pointed to the "After Tasting Picture" with malicious intentions!

Soon the two were entangled!

Chongzhen, under the leadership of Yang Sichang, passed through Juyong Pass all the way and entered Xuanfu Town.

Liang Tingdong, the governor of Xuanda, hurriedly came to greet him in person.

Yang Sichang had already inquired clearly, this Liang Tingdong was the confidant of Shoufu Wen Tiren, so he could leave Yuan Chonghuan, but he didn't dare to leave Wen Tiren.

At this time, Xuanfu and Datong Town had a total of more than 62,000 registered border troops, and the actual strength was 50,000.

Wen Tiren didn't talk nonsense, and directly asked Liang Tingdong to bring the cavalry and go south with him.

Now that he has Liang Tingdong's soldiers and horses, his right to speak in front of Chongzhen is getting heavier and heavier.

However, Liang Tingdong was still a little hesitant at this time, after all, he still made a lot of money in Xuanda.

Now he is still a little reluctant to leave his place of foundation, give up his hard-won territory, and lead troops to escort him south.

After all, here, the Shanxi merchants led by Fan Yongdou paid him a small amount of silver every year.

In desperation, Wen Tiren had to unite with Yang Sichang to do Chongzhen's ideological work.

At present, they only have 8,000 cavalry in their hands, not to mention that they have to pass through Henan under the control of Li Zicheng on the way.

Even if they can escape to Nanjing safely, this little soldier and horse can't stop the scene!

Chongzhen doesn't matter, he is still the emperor when he arrives in Nanjing.

However, Wen Tiren was different from Yang Sichang, and they had to compete for power with the gentry and nobles in Jiangnan after they arrived in Nanjing.

If they don't have soldiers, they don't have the right to speak!

If they could take Liang Tingdong's tens of thousands of main forces of the border army south, then the situation would be completely different.

Wen Tiren is the first assistant, Yang Sichang is the secretary of the military department, plus a Wang Chengen.

The "iron triangle" formed by the three of them will definitely have the right to speak in the imperial court in Nanjing.

Soon the three reached a political alliance.

In order to win over Liang Tingdong, they threw out a promise to knight Liang Tingdong.

As long as Liang Tingdong escorted them safely to Nanjing, he would be named a loyal and brave uncle, hereditary replacement!

Now Liang Tingdong was finally convinced, although silver is a good thing, but he can't buy a hereditary title!

So Liang Tingdong hurriedly gathered 20,000 cavalry to escort south!

As for the two towns of Xuanfu and Datong, they can't take care of it.

Just as Chongzhen and others led 28,000 cavalry into Taiyuan, they received a message sent by King Lu.

On July 18 of the fourth year of Chongzhen, the thief Li Zicheng divided into two ways.

One route crossed the Yellow River from Luoyang to the north, and has now occupied Huaiqing Mansion and is storming Weihui Mansion where King Lu is located!

The other way is to cross the Yellow River from Puban and enter the territory of Pingyang Prefecture, all the way to conquer Linjin, Wenxi and other places, and has surrounded Linfen, the capital city of Pingyang!

There are 600,000 thieves, and now northern Henan and southern Jin are in an emergency!

This news made Chongzhen and the others stunned on the spot, because Li Zicheng blocked their passage to the south!

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