Wanquan of the Ming Dynasty commanded the commander of Si Dushi Castle. The wind and sand were so strong that the guards on the castle were so blown that they could not open their eyes. They all hid under the female wall to take shelter from the wind.

"Get up, get up!" At this moment, several people suddenly broke into the fort. The leader rushed over, kicked the two of them, and then took out the riding crop from his waist and started beating them.

While beating him, he cursed loudly: "Straight bitch, you're going to die, aren't you?"

"I asked you to guard the city, but you are all lazy and slippery."

"General Lai, General Lai, the wind and sand are blowing now, and Dushi City is far away from Donglu, why do you blame your brothers so harshly?" As a result, these people still felt full of grievances and couldn't help but complain.

"You bastard, you dare to talk back? I'm looking for a beating!" "General Lai" became even more angry after hearing this, and couldn't help but turn around to look for the complainer.

And just when everyone was making a fuss, a shrill voice suddenly sounded: "Enemy attack!"

"General Lai" and others were stunned when they heard this, and couldn't help turning their heads to look north through the layers of yellow sand.

I saw swarms of cavalry running towards the Monolith Castle under the cover of rolling yellow sand.

"Quick, quick, get up and be on guard for me." "General Lai" couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart, and shouted loudly, "Sentinel, sentry, hurry up and light up the smoke to warn me!"

It turns out that the Wanquan Commandery Department is Xuanfu Town on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, and Dushibao is the headquarters of the Dushima Camp on Xuanfu North Road, and it is also the headquarters of Kaiping Guards.

The isolated north road here is called Juese. In the last years of Zhengtong, he fell into the hands of Yexian.

Later, after it was recovered, it was repaired many times, and now the city is full of wonders.

The large border under its jurisdiction is 514 miles long, and the two sides are 186 miles apart. And under the jurisdiction of this guard, the main border is one hundred and sixty-three miles, and the two sides are one hundred and three miles.

Outside the fort, in the old Kaiping and Mingshawan areas, Mongolian tribes were stationed as herders. Therefore, this area was an important place where Xuanfu Town of the Ming Army faced threats from the north.

It was only since the beginning of the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, after the Han'er tribe launched a western expedition, that the Mongolian tribes in the north suffered losses and migrated, and the threat was no longer there for a while, so the city defenders became slack.

"Donglu, it's Donglu!" As the enemy's cavalry gradually approached, the Ming army on the city finally identified the enemy's origin from the flags.

"Donglu?" "General Lai" couldn't help but change his face when he heard this.

The Dushi Fort is 1,800 miles east of Shenyang. Even if there are many "Donglu" horses, it will take more than ten days to travel day and night.

Unless the "Donglu" had a very big plan, the Monolith Castle would only be "fired at the gate and the fish in the pond would be affected."

Just when the fighting in Dushibao broke out again, Gubeikou and Xifengkou on the Ming Dynasty's nine-border defense line were also attacked by the Hou Jin army.

It turned out that after King Hongtai of Han Dynasty successfully conquered North Korea, he learned that the rebel army had launched a large-scale attack on the Ming army, and he immediately realized that the situation in the pass had changed.

Therefore, after he rushed back to Shenyang, he immediately prepared for the enthronement ceremony. On April 1, the tenth year of Tiancong, he changed the name of the country to "Chongde", named the country "Qing", "practiced the throne of emperor", and called himself "the tolerant and benevolent emperor" .

Dabeile Daishan was granted the title of Prince Heshuoli, Dorgon was named Prince Heshuorui, Duduo was named Prince Heshuoyu, Jierharang was named Prince Heshuozheng, the eldest son Hauge was named Prince Heshuosu, and Aji was named Prince of Heshuosu. The title is Duo Luo Wuying.

Afterwards, they mobilized 130,000 Manchu, Mongolian and Han troops, divided into three groups, and marched towards Dushikou, Gubeikou and Xifengkou at the border of the Ming army, preparing to break through and compete with the "Shun bandits" for the world. .

Among them, Prince Azige of Duoluowuying County led an army of 30,000 to attack Dushikou. Prince Zheng Jierhalang and Prince Duduo of Yu led an army of 30,000 to invade Gubeikou. Hong Taizi, Prince Dorgon of Shuairui and Prince Haugeqi of Su Ten thousand troops stormed Xifengkou.

At this moment, the Ming army had just found out that Hong Tai had conquered North Korea and returned, and then "assumed the title of emperor" in Shenyang. How could they have expected a sudden invasion.

Hong Tai was caught off guard and lost the pass and the city.

After the news reached the Forbidden City in the capital, it immediately frightened the Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian and his officials and officials.

For a time, there were those who advocated war, those who advocated surrender, those who advocated "borrowing the captives to quell the invaders", those who advocated "borrowing the invaders to control the captives", those who advocated migrating south, and those who advocated the imperial conquest in person. .

The government and the public were in panic and couldn't agree on what to do.

At this time, Wen Tiren, the cabinet scholar, couldn't help but said: "In peace, culture is valued, and in chaos, military force is valued."

"Now that the world is in panic and the ministers can't agree on what to do, Your Majesty has already issued an edict to summon the border troops to Beijing to serve the king, so as not to repeat the story of Huizong!"

After Zhu Youjian and others heard Wen Tiren's words, they immediately felt like they were grasping at straws.

"Yes, yes, yes! Your Majesty's words make sense. Please draft an edict for me immediately and appoint Ding Kuichu, the governor of Jiliao, as the governor of Jiliao. He will also supervise Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, Zu Dashou, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and Chen Zubao, the governor of Shuntian. , Wu Guojun, the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, led the elite soldiers of the two towns to come to serve the king."

"To Zhang Weishi, the governor of Xuanfu."

"Ahem." Wen Tiren's throat suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"The governor of Xuan Mansion, Zhang Weishi, is guarding Xuan Town and waiting for the opportunity!" Zhu Youjian hesitated for a while and finally said it. The ministers headed by Wen Tiren finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian listened to Wen Tiren's suggestion and recalled almost all the northern governors, generals, soldiers and ministers in one go.

Although the capital was guarded, the four towns of Jiliao and Xuanda were leaderless, which was like surrendering to others.

When the time comes, the entire Ming Dynasty will sit guarding the isolated city, won't they just sit there and wait for death?

"Ask Zhang Jinyan, Secretary of the Ministry of War, to reorganize the capital camp and take full responsibility for the defense of the capital without any mistakes." Zhu Youjian ordered again.

"Your Majesty Zhang Jinyan accepts the order to thank you!" Upon hearing this, Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War, quickly accepted the order with a grimace.

Today is a troubled time in the world, and we have been attacked by "Eastern pirates" and "Western invaders" successively. I am afraid that not only will my life be short-lived, but so will the world's future!

Not to mention how the Ming government and opposition parties responded to the current deadlock, news of Hou Jin's massive invasion soon spread to Datong, west of Xuanfu.

The rebel scouts wandering around Datong got the information and quickly reported it to the commander-in-chief Li Shukong. Li Shukong immediately sent an envoy to report to Zhang Shun after getting the information.

"What? The Qing army entered the pass?" Zhang Shun was shocked when he heard this.

He had made countless calculations, and he had calculated everything in a circle, but he never expected that the "Qing Army" would arrive so quickly this time.

It turns out that the Jin Army not only obtained a lot of food and slaves during their expedition to North Korea, but also mobilized tens of thousands of troops.

Therefore, after Hong Tai became emperor, he only needed to mobilize the remaining troops, which greatly reduced the time for army mobilization.

In addition, Hou Jin had many horses, often with three or even five horses per person, and they marched quickly, so they were able to arrive at Dushi Castle and other places half a month after Hong Tai became emperor.

"Ahem, King Shun made a mistake, it's Donglu!" Sun Chuanting cleared his throat and stepped forward to remind him.

"Oh, yes, it should be Donglu!" Zhang Shun nodded and immediately understood the meaning of Sun Chuanting's words.

At this time, although the news that Hong Tai had "claimed himself emperor" had also spread to the rebels, Zhang Shun had not yet figured out what it meant, but Sun Chuanting accurately judged the intentions of the "Donglu".

It turned out that through Song Xiance's mediation, the two sides had become allies verbally.

Now Hong Taiyi has not announced the proclaimed emperor, and the second has not announced the move to enter the customs. It is obvious that he regards the rebel army as his biggest opponent in the fight for the world.

If at this time, Zhang Shun still followed suit and called him the "Qing Army" and could not change his position, it would inevitably lead to strategic errors in the rebel army's judgment and ideological confusion among the soldiers.

"It seems that we need to deal with the enemy in front of us as soon as possible!" Zhang Shun pondered for a moment, looking at the Ming army engaging in trench warfare with the rebels outside the city, he couldn't help but make up his mind.

"Let Li Zicheng lead the troops and advance eastward as soon as possible; let Li Xin and Cao Wenzhao defeat the enemies of Lu'an Prefecture as soon as possible; let Zhang Tianlin, Dang Shousu, Zhang Rukui, Chen Jitai, Wang Sheng, Zhang Ding, Lu Xiangguan, and Li Wanqing lead the army Come here; take Zhang Sanbai and Zhang Fengyi to deal with the Fenzhou Prefecture as soon as possible; take Yu Chongxiao to stay in Pingyang in case of emergency, no mistakes!"

"As you command, Your Highness!" Everyone looked serious upon hearing this, knowing that the time has come to decide the general trend of the world.

This update should have been made yesterday, but the author was tricked by Governor Shuntian. He couldn't find the name of the governor who took office in the ninth year of Chongzhen. In the end, he had to use the name of his successor Chen Zubao. Everyone just regarded this as a change in the world line. The impact is manually funny!

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