Wang Chengen repeated the little eunuch's report to Chongzhen, and Chongzhen, who was speechless by this sudden surprise, looked at the empty hall in a daze, and finally believed that Daming seemed to be saved.

Thinking that when the Ming Dynasty was in danger, there was no courtier who was willing to face the danger with him, Chongzhen regained the emperor's stern expression, and said hatefully, "The hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty are such villains, it seems that I still have to talk to them!"

Wang Chengen asked Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, General Wang is not a rebellious person, why don't you summon him!"

"Don't mention him, don't dare to come to see me alone is a ghost in his heart, he doesn't attack the city, maybe he's just afraid of infamy, a person who sells his reputation and reputation, with hundreds of thousands of people, he doesn't want to support the army and respect himself, pass the order, all my Ming soldiers and civilians must try their best to hunt down and kill Wang Yi!"

Wang Chengen sighed helplessly, Da Ming is really a useless soldier and a loyal minister.

However, the emperor's mind is skilled, and he can't say anything as a eunuch.

Wang Dan led the escort army to slowly advance towards Shanhaiguan, and the Ming army behind did not know what was crazy, after they left the capital, they followed closely, and they followed closely after they left the capital, and they followed the position of ten miles behind the hungry people, and did not attack, as long as Wang Dan sent cavalry to drive away, those Ming troops immediately retreated fifty miles.

Wang Dan saw that they took the initiative to retreat, and did not really pursue, so they moved forward with a tacit understanding with each other.

The Daming towns that passed along the way were all closed, and the local residents were not too afraid, and they stood at the head of the city and watched the guards and hungry armies advance, pointing and pointing.

Wang Dan didn't bother to know what those people who had become numb and indifferent to state affairs were saying.

There is another thing that makes Wang Dan upset, that is, that Li Dingguo, who thought that after getting out of the great wilderness of Henan, the leader of the new generation of uprisings would definitely leave the guard immediately, and Wang Dan had always told him this, but this Li Dingguo seemed to have identified Wang Dan and had been following him honestly.

Once, Wang Dan even had a showdown with Li Dingguo directly, "General Li, you have come to our army in the name of surrender until now." This place has been out of Henan, should you also take your men to leave our army, the people of this world are still waiting for you to rescue. ”

Who would think that Li Dingguo said lightly, "We were forced by corrupt officials to have no way to live, and now that you are a good official with us, then I, Li Dingguo, am not crazy, why do I have to go to the anti-court court for a good life!"

Wang was shocked and said, "You have also seen that the Ming Dynasty no longer regards me as a good person, but just thinks that I have not raised the flag of rebellion, and I have provoked you rebels now, and I have been regarded by the court as a rebel who supports the army and respects himself." I've been angry everywhere, and now I have to go home, what's the matter with you and your men following me?"

Li Dingguo said with a rogue look: "Then I don't care, anyway, my subordinates and I can only eat with you, and we don't need to loot from the people, why not!"

Wang Dan gritted his teeth when he heard this, this nameless person who raised the homeless army had simply become an uncle, but he didn't dare to force them to be anxious. In the end, I had to let it go.

Wang Dan relied on his great strength in martial arts training, and he was very angry.

Along the way, Wang Dan and the guards kept telling the hungry people who followed that they were going out of the customs to Liaodong, and there were many dangers along the way, so don't follow them anymore. But those who were deeply attracted by the Zhao Jiabao described by the guards were so attracted that they couldn't turn back.

It was useless for the king to persuade him, so he had to pass on the word, so that they could be prepared to encounter the Tartars being killed when they left the customs.

Seven or eight days later. Wang Dan can already see the Shanhaiguan from afar, and faintly can see the dense armor soldiers on this world's first male pass.

When Wang Dan was worried about how to get out of the customs safely, a man rode up from behind. He said to Wang Dan, "Your Excellency, in order to avoid causing unnecessary conflicts, please allow me to explain to General Wu that you just had a slight misunderstanding with the court, and now you are going home." "This person who came out to relieve Wang Dan's worries is the subordinate sent by Wu Sangui, the guide who has been walking with the escort army, and he can be regarded as having completed the task of leading the way for the escort army in the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Dan nodded and said, "You go and explain, just say that I just borrowed a road to go, and I won't move a brick or a tile in Shanhaiguan." ”

The guide rode to Shanhaiguan, and soon a team of Shanhaiguan Ming troops approached on horseback, and Wang Dan found Wu Sangui among the people who came over.

This famous king of Pingxi in history should now be called Pingxibo's majestic general, smiling and shouting at Wang Dan, "Wang Zongbing's entry into the customs for my Ming rebellion can be described as a lot of gains, only 6,000 people entered the customs, and hundreds of thousands of people will be brought back in a circle in Daming. ”

Wang Dan also clenched his fists and saluted back, "Wu Zongbing said with a smile, these hundreds of thousands of people are just some ordinary people who have no food to eat, and the brothers happen to feed their fields a little, and at the same time increase their own income. ”

The two sides soon met, Wu Sangui looked at Wang Dan's guards with envy, and then looked at the dragon elephant riding under Wang Dan, and finally couldn't help but praise: "Wang Zongbing led a strong army, but in the Ming Dynasty, thousands of soldiers stuck to a small county town, and actually defeated Zuo Liangyu's 800,000 chaotic army and Zhang Xianzhong's million thief army, this record can be regarded as the strongest record of the army killing the enemy since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!"

Wang Dan admitted, "Where, brother, just fortunate to make meritorious service, in fact, these two people were all killed by their own people, otherwise how could they defeat such a huge enemy army with only 6,000 brothers." ”

Wu Sangui said again, "Brother has made such a miraculous feat, why don't you stay in the capital to enjoy the blessings, and go back to the bitter cold place outside the pass! The emperor regards you as the pillar of the Ming Dynasty!"

Wang Dan made a sad expression and said in a low voice, "The soldiers I brought have been lost in this battle, and I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty, now I just want to return to their hometown with the remaining remnants, otherwise I will really have no face to meet the people of Zhaojiabao." ”

Wu Sangui also sighed with embarrassment, "Mr. Wang feels sorry for his soldiers, and he is a real general, but the emperor really needs Mr. Wang to protect the country, and I ask you not to give up the court." ”

Wang Dan nodded heavily, "When I appease the families of the soldiers killed in the battle in Zhaojiabao and train another elite soldier, when the Ming Dynasty encounters another crisis, as long as the emperor decrees, I will immediately come to fight for the emperor." ”

"Okay, with your words, the emperor will also be pleased. Wu Sangui happily praised Wang Dandao. Then he looked at the guards and the hundreds of thousands of hungry people behind him, and said with a numb scalp, "I wanted to have a good drunk with Mr. Wang, but with so many people, please forgive Shanhaiguan for not having too much food to feed, and ask Mr. Wang to lead the team out of the customs immediately!"

The king, who was unable to leave the customs earlier, hurriedly responded, "Okay, I'm also thinking about home, so I'll leave." ”

The two sides exchanged fists and saluted, and then Wang Dan led the escort first, followed by the hungry people, and hundreds of thousands of people began to move slowly again.

Wu Sangui looked coldly at the guards who were going away. It's like watching a bunch of dead people.

A general of the Wu army leaned into Sangui's ear and said, "Why didn't the general soldier leave this remnant army, and the hundreds of thousands of displaced people were not for us to drive at will?"

Wu Sangui said lightly, "Even if it is a remnant army, it has a strong combat power, and we may not be able to eat it." Now the Ming Dynasty is not a small number of people, but there are too many anti-Ming homeless, let these homeless people go out of the customs to Zhaojiabao, it can also disgust and disgust the Houjin Tartars, with these hundreds of thousands of homeless people, the Tartars who have changed their names will live in peace for a while. ”

This general was busy praising Wu Sangui and said, "The general soldier is wise. ”

"Hehehe. Wu Sangui proudly played the naturally born mustache. Quite shrewd.

Wang Dan was greatly relieved after leaving the Shanhaiguan.

He looked back at the highland building, known as the world's largest gate, where countless hungry people were walking out of the gate one by one, and the winding procession stretched out to the snow-covered distant horizon. After looking at Shanhaiguan for a long time, Wang Dan said silently in his heart, "Goodbye, Daming." Brother will not come back to this troubled world, Zhaojiabao is probably my home in this life. ”

"Your Excellency, all the people have already exited the customs. A former outcast soldier reported to Wang Dan that Resarit insisted on training prisoners of war as prisoners of war to be qualified horsemen of Calradia. A qiē salutation and lying are all carried out according to the rules of that world.

Watching the team of hungry people completely walk out of Shanhaiguan, and the gate of this Xiongguan is slowly closing. Wang Dan nodded, and with confidence he took the fifteen warriors to catch up with the escort army at the front of the entire team.

It's not too safe outside the border. Therefore, Wang Dan and his guards were to open the way in front of the team, and everyone was very nervous on the way, for fear that the Tartars would get the news and attack the hungry people.

Don't dare to stop rushing the road, from the early morning to the sunset and dusk, and did not see a tartar, Wang Dan easily talked about the scenery of Daming with the fifteen warriors, and everyone was relaxed, because they would be able to live a safe life in Zhaojiabao after walking for two hours.

And as long as they paid a tenth of the tax, which was a low tax they had never heard of, and the lord of the castle promised never to raise the tax, as long as the lord of the castle remained unchanged, they could live a good life for decades.

Of course, not everyone is completely satisfied, some hungry people still think in their hearts that the king is a saint who does not want taxes, and the days will be more prosperous with the king, but they only dare to hide this in their hearts, in their minds, the king will rule the world sooner or later, and Zhaojiabao outside the gate will also be occupied by the king of Chuang, and this life is very prosperous.

However, just as the guards and the hungry people were rushing to Zhaojiabao full of hope, suddenly from a distance came a series of distant and desolate horn sounds, which were like the howls of hellish ghosts, and rushed straight to the depths of the hearts of the guards and the hungry people, and kept biting.

The world was suddenly silent, the hungry people all stopped, they looked in horror in the direction of the horn sounded, these people who originally lived in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty have also heard of the ferocity of the Liaodong Tartars, and the invincible name has resounded in the Ming Dynasty.

Resarit shouted, "The convoy is arrayed, all of them are ready to meet the enemy!"

The guards immediately lined up in battle formation and walked out of the ranks of the hungry people, and went to meet the direction of the Tartars' attack, and saw the guards lined up in a battle formation that they had never seen before but were extremely powerful to meet the Tartars, and the hungry people suddenly felt a backbone in their hearts.

Resarit reported loudly to Wang Danzhi, "The lord quickly organizes the new subjects to withdraw to Zhaojiabao, our escort army has gone through a series of battles, and now there are not many soldiers who can fight, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop those strange enemies for long." ”

Wang Dan no longer had any doubts when he heard these words, and he and the fifteen warriors shouted, "All the people go forward, Zhaojiabao is not far away, hurry up!"

The guards shouted along, and the hungry people hurried up to speed as if they had just woken up from a dream, and the wounded guards were tasked with leading the way.

The birds in the distance fluttered in the air in a panic, and the earth began to tremble and scream, under the helpless gaze of the blood-colored remnant sun. A strip of weeds and black shadows suddenly appeared on the distant horizon, and then countless enemies appeared, with lightning rods on their heads, riding fierce horses, brandishing sabers in their hands and rushing towards this side like a tidal wave.

The hungry people began to rush forward in a panic, and the stronger ones tried to push away the weaker ones, and the whole team suddenly became a little confused, and Resarit shouted, "Don't mess around, don't squeeze, whoever dares to push will die immediately." ”

At this time, the nature of the Chinese people who only care about themselves is completely revealed. More men who thought they were strong rushed forward, wanting to reach Zhaojiabao earlier, when suddenly an unusually long steel spear swept towards the men who were rushing around, and knocked them out of the ranks.

Before they landed, those men scolded and scolded, but these men who thought that the law was not to blame the public had just started scolding, and they were nailed to the ground by several steel spears, and they looked at the steel spears on their chests in surprise and fear, and opened their mouths slightly to say something.

The hungry people suddenly did not dare to move. Resarit then yelled, "Everyone line up, don't rush, that's what happens to these people!"

The Hungry Ranks began to move forward again, this time much faster. And no one dared to run around anymore.

Resarit said to the lord with some apologies, "My lord, I beg your pardon for my command. ”

"You don't have to explain, I know you're doing the right thing, and that's the only way to keep more people alive." ”

Then they focused all their attention on the surging Manchu army. There was no shouting from the enemy troops on the opposite side, only the dull sound of a thousand horses trampling the earth, and the hungry people did not dare to scurry. Are the Manchu iron cavalry that earth-shattering power frightened by the can't, many people just cried out in the walk, the cry as if it will be contagious from the whole team constantly sounded, living in this era they are unfortunate, in the Ming Dynasty from time to time there are all kinds of natural disasters to come, there are corrupt officials and corrupt officials to oppress, there are often bandits and robbers to loot, encounter those for the poor revolt of the peasant army is even more miserable, they do not join this king when they come that king will be killed, when the official army comes, they will be killed as a chaotic people. It's become a pig, a dog, a cow and a sheep for them to kill, and now it's hard to meet a general who seems to be sensible, go with him to beg for a living outside the gate, and when they meet a Tartar, they have to cry for their hard work.

Although they are all timid people, the movement of hundreds of thousands of people crying together is too loud, even comparable to the sound of thousands of horses galloping.

The Eight Banners cavalry on the opposite side heard the cries of the people, and they all laughed strangely, today is a bumper harvest day, of course they are very happy, these hundreds of thousands of people are waiting to be caught by themselves, thinking that each of them can at least share a dozen coats, the eyes of these Eight Banners soldiers are red.

Wang Dan and the cavalry of the escort army stood by the phalanx of soldiers in formation, and the roar of Resarit resounded throughout the battlefield.

"The whole team is ready, stabilize the formation, hold the position, the enemy in front will not be able to break through our shield!"

The Eight Banners Iron Cavalry swooped down on the guards and the migrating people behind them like a mudslide, and Wang Dan could even see the big rotten teeth of the rushing Eight Banners soldiers peeking out of their grinning mouths, Wang Dan once again clenched the king's sword, and Resarit was the only voice in the silent escort formation.

"Hold on, hold on!"

When all the guards were about to confront the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry head-on, the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry army suddenly turned around collectively and ran away against the phalanx of the Guardians, and they kept screaming and shooting their bows and arrows at the side of the Guards, but they seemed to shoot the arrows a little higher.

Just when Wang Dan couldn't figure out what these Eight Banners soldiers were doing, he suddenly heard the screams of the people behind him, and Wang Dan turned around and saw that many of the people were killed and injured by the rain of arrows, and the whole team was in chaos.

Resarit shouted to the king, "Your Excellency, those enemies are attacking the civilians and trying to disrupt our formation, so they will take advantage of the chaos to kill them!"

The king asked Resarit angrily, "Is there anything you can do about it?"

Resarit replied helplessly, "There is no effective way but to keep the army in formation and prevent the civilians from breaking through the defenses. ”

Wang Dan shouted angrily, "Then we just watched the people being slaughtered!"

Rezarit looked at the chaotic crowd in the distance, and could only reply bitterly, "Yes, my lord, if we act rashly, everyone will die!"

Wang dared to shout, "There is no way to save the people!" Seeing that wave after wave of arrows rained down on the heads of the people, the miserable howls and cries kept ringing in Wang Dan's ears, these people thought that they had a good life with them before they arrived outside the pass, if they still stayed in Daming, they would not have suffered such a bloody disaster at all, this is all their own responsibility.

Seeing those innocent people screaming and fleeing on the snowfield, the soldiers of the Eight Banners laughed wildly, and Wang Dan roared angrily, "All the cavalry will go with me to fight the Tartars, and all the guards will go out together!" (To be continued......)