Xie Ming

Chapter 155 At this time and that time
In front of Xu's house, Xiao Lang had to say Yuzhen's name in order to reject Jingyi's kindness.

As he spoke, thunder rumbled in the distant sky.

"Jingyi, stop making trouble!"

"Let's go back!"

"It's going to rain soon!"

"I still have to get back to the camp outside town."

"I won't stay any longer!"

After saying this, Xiao Lang felt quite upset and turned around to leave.

But when he did this, Jingyi got anxious and cried even harder!

Woo woo woo.
Behind me, Nizi was crying with tears in her eyes,
Xiao Jingchuan could only suppress his sympathy and compassion, not looking back, and just walked forward!

"Xiao Jingchuan!"

"Come back, come back!"

"You can be Xue Pinggui, and I can be Wang Baochuan!"

"I don't care if you go to Nanjing, marry your Xiliang princess, or become your royal consort!"

"I am still willing to wait for you in the cold kiln for eighteen years!"

"I can!"

"If you don't believe it, just try it!"

Jingyi is stubborn and naive, and she is determined to fight with Xiaolang!
Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan had no choice but to stop and look back.

The two sides parted, but looked into each other's eyes.

a long time!

"Jingyi, that excerpt was not good, don't watch it again!"

"Besides, Wang Baochuan's life was too hard! The result was so sad!"

"You are not Wang Baochuan!"

"I am definitely not your Xue Pinggui!"

"Girl, take care!"

After saying this, Xiao Lang had nothing more to say, so he did not stay any longer and ran to the long courtyard at the entrance of the alley. Without any further delay, he left the place completely!
April 25th, early morning!

In the northeast barracks of Jiulong Town, all the soldiers lined up and were fully prepared to set off!
The target of this march is the hinterland of Liupan Mountain, northwest of Mancheng!

The whole journey is more than 260 miles, and it is estimated to take four to five days to walk through the mountains.

Passing through Jiulong Town - Zhaogezhuang - Heigou - Niugang - Langya Mountain - Liupan Mountain!
The generals who accompanied the army on the expedition included Sun Peizhong, Li Huchen, Wang Chuanwu, Liu Wenbing, Gong Yonggu, Ma Minglu, and Xu Jizu.

The Crown Prince followed the team and was in the middle. A sedan chair was prepared to avoid the long journey as His Highness was too weak to continue!

The old eunuch Wang Zhixin and Qiu Zhizhong accompanied him during his lifetime.

Gu Changting and Xiao Jingchuan were by his side, ready to be ordered at any time.

As for supplies, silver was packed into 200 boxes (medium-sized boxes that could hold 100 kilograms), totaling 200,000 taels, and was taken away and transported by Sun Peizhong's troops during the march.

In terms of food, the Jiulongzhen barracks had consumed 3,000 dan of food in the past half month. For this expedition, each soldier carried five days' worth of food, which consumed more than 600 dan. In addition, Li Huchen's troops, Liu Wenbing's troops, and Wang Chuanwu's troops were also dispatched to transport 1,500 dan of food, which could supply the entire army for more than ten days.

Equipment and military equipment, such as the Tiger Crouching Guard and military uniforms and armor, were transported by Xu Jizu's troops.

The remaining supplies will be kept in Jiulong Town for Qi Dayong, Jin Xuan and Xu Zhi, who will stay here to develop the city in the future!
[Details of the proportion of supplies taken away from Baoding Prefecture/stayed in Jiulong Town base! ]

【Material reserve statistics! 】

[Silver: 20 taels (sent away with the army); 4 taels (left in Jiulong Town)]

【Food: 0.2 dan (transported with the army); 2.3 dan (left in Jiulong Town);】

[Weapons and equipment: 9 tiger squat cannons (transported with the army); 1200 sets of Dashun military uniforms (transported with the army);]

【Soldiers accompanying you! 】

[Sun Peizhong's troops: 248 + 650 = 898 people]

[Li Huchen's troops: 178 + 620 = 798 people]

[Liu Wenbing + Gong Yonggu combined: 77 + 423 = 500 people]

[Xu Jizu's troops: 47 + 207 = 254 people]

[Wang Chuanwu's troops: 300 + 200 = 500 people]

[Total number of soldiers remaining: 2950]

[Soldiers stranded in Kowloon Town! 】

[Qi Dayong + Kim Hyunbu: 500 people]

at the same time!

Northward towards the capital and Shanhaiguan.

As early as April 14, the Jiannu, the Mongols, and the Han soldiers who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty almost came out in full force, led by the Regent Dorgon. They adopted the advice of Fan Wencheng and led the Prince of Yu Duoduo, the Prince of Ying Ajige and other princes and generals of the Eight Banners, together with the surrendered generals such as the Prince of Sanshun Kong Youde, to leave Shen and march into the interior of the country, heading south!
The original plan was to bypass Shanhaiguan and break through the border wall and enter the Great Wall from Jizhou and Miyun areas.

But on April 15, when the Jiannu troops reached Weng (near Fuxin, Liaoning today), they suddenly received a letter from Wu Sangui, the then Liaodong general who was guarding Shanhaiguan, begging for troops! Wu Sangui's messenger said: "If you rush troops to rescue us at this time, we should open the gate of Shanhaiguan to welcome the king."

This was a request for help on the condition of dividing the land and defending it. Dorgon was overjoyed when he heard it!
He immediately persuaded Wu Sangui to surrender, changed the marching route, and marched towards Shanhaiguan as fast as possible!
On the evening of April 21st, the Qing troops arrived at Shanhaiguan and stationed at Huanxiling, where they stayed and waited to see what would happen.

Li Zicheng's Dashun Army was one step ahead of the Jiannu on that day and arrived near Shanhaiguan!
After arriving at the pass, Li Zicheng's troops began to encircle Wu Sangui's troops, fighting day and night. The battle was extremely fierce!
By the morning of the 22nd, the northern wing of Shanhaiguan's city defenses were breached.

Just when Wu Sangui's army was about to collapse, the Jiannu soldiers who were well-rested and waiting for the opportunity suddenly appeared and launched a fierce attack on the Dashun army!
Li Zicheng's troops had just experienced a long and fierce battle, and the soldiers and generals were all exhausted!
After being suddenly ambushed by the Jiannu enemy troops who had superior forces, they were caught off guard and suffered heavy losses. They were soon defeated!
That night, Li Zicheng was chased by the enemy army and retreated overnight. On April 26th, he retreated back to Beijing!
Given that the troops stationed in various places cannot be mobilized in large numbers in the short term, the soldiers rushing to support from Zhen, Bao and other places have not arrived yet!

Moreover, the capital was occupied not long ago and has not yet gained a firm foothold!

Therefore, under the pressure of powerful enemies, Li Zicheng could not avoid the danger of defending an isolated city, so he decided to withdraw his troops on a large scale and voluntarily abandon the capital!
On April 29, Li Zicheng held a ceremony to ascend the throne in Wuying Hall, and then "instructed all the people in the city to flee the city for refuge." He even urgently ordered to set fire to the Ming Palace and the gate towers, and fled the capital in a hurry!

Towards Shanhaiguan and Luanzhou.

Upon learning that the Dashun Army had withdrawn from Beijing, the Jiannu regent Dorgon acted decisively and immediately sent troops to pursue them.

At the same time, he followed Fan Wencheng's strategy and personally led his army to the capital under the banner of "We are avenging your king and father, not killing your common people. Now we are only going to kill the rebels!"

Moreover, on the way to the capital, the Jiannu soldiers took the initiative to change their previous bad habit of both attacking and plundering, and intended to enforce strict military discipline. They even took measures to win over Han officials, gentry and landlords, declaring that "officials who come back will be restored to their posts, and civilians who come back will be restored to their jobs. The army disciplines us strictly and will not harm you."

Because of this method, May 2nd!

The Jiannu soldiers were able to take advantage of the situation and, under the guidance of Wu Sangui, successfully entered Beijing through Donghua Gate!
On the same day, Li Zicheng gathered the remnants of his army along the way, abandoned his weapons and armor, fled from the capital, walked from the direction of Fangshan, and fled towards the city of Baoding!

(End of this chapter)