Li Zicheng's actions swept away the dispirited officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty.
They were all frightened.
Even Wang Yongji, who had been pretending to be dead, stood up without hesitation, not to mention Song Quan and the others. This was actually the first guy to suggest borrowing troops. Originally, after throwing the blame on Wu Sangui, he found an excuse to run away. But now he couldn't run. After all, he was still the chief assistant. However, he didn't want to be the next Wei Zaode. Wei Zaode was his predecessor. When he thought of the tragedy of Old Wei being beaten to death by his wife, his daughter, who was thrown into the military camp on the street, and his son, who was killed after playing with her for a day, he thought, He felt like he was being whipped.
Then, he immediately showed his swift and decisive side.
Collect the food!
Before Li Zicheng's army arrived, Wu Sangui's Guanning Army, under his command, used their sabers to persuade them to plunder all the grain from the official warehouses and gentry's houses in the surrounding counties such as Lulong, Funing, and Changli, and transport them all back to Shanhaiguan and its affiliated cities.
Catch strong men.
At the same time, he also captured all the able-bodied men in the nearby counties that he could still control. Shanhaiguan stored a large number of armaments, and each of them was given a rusty broken saber. It was time for them to serve the Emperor. The Emperor was watching from behind. In this way, the total military strength of Shanhaiguan and the affiliated cities was suddenly increased to 80,000. As for the combat strength...
What kind of combat strength did cannon fodder need?
Catching fishermen.
Of course, he could think of the things that Li Daoxuan could think of.
Without the Emperor's guidance, Wang Yongji ordered all the fishermen along Yongping's coast, including their fishing boats, to be captured outside the pass. In order to prevent them from escaping, they even captured their wives and children. They were all sent to the abandoned castles in front of the pass to be protected. Then, the fishermen were allowed to fish and supply military supplies, and the Dragon Martial Battalion's navy was in charge of guarding them.
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All in all, the officials and gentry of Shanhaiguan were like clockwork, bringing out the imposing manner they had when they were collecting money, and entering the state of battle as quickly as possible.
These guys had experienced the flames of war outside the pass, so they had enough experience in this kind of thing. Once Li Zicheng's army arrived, Shanhai Pass would definitely fall into a bloody battle. The more prepared they were before the battle, the calmer they would be during the battle. They might even be able to survive this pass. Previously, they were indeed swaying and preparing to be fence-sitters, but now it was obvious that this wasn't a good idea. Wei Zaode had even done shameless things like persuading him to give up his daughter, but he still couldn't avoid getting his brain squeezed out. It could be seen that Li Zicheng only wanted money and money. Although it wasn't that they couldn't surrender, they should try their best to fight for it!
Even the landowners and the rich were very active in collecting grain from Wang Yongji.
They were also frightened by Li Zicheng. When they thought of the suffering of the officials and gentry in Beijing, they felt that the Holy Lord behind the Emperor was incomparably brilliant. In the end, the Emperor was still the best. The Emperor was still the family of the gentry! Now, they were only asked to take out some food, and it was borrowed. Moreover, it was borrowed in the way of returning ten times the amount promised by the imperial edict and giving the Jinyiwei a hereditary position. Compared to Li Zicheng's evil act of forcing them to go bankrupt with a stick, this could simply be described as great.
Besides, didn't they borrow troops?
When they borrowed the Qing soldiers to sweep the rebels and return to the palace, everyone would become a prominent hereditary Jinyiwei. In the end, they would just endure the difficulties for a while. As for the food they handed over, it was also used to raise soldiers to protect their gold and silver treasures, so it was not too much of a loss.
"Haha, I couldn't tell that the people of Yongping are still very loyal!”
Li Daoxuan said happily.
Wang Yongji had plundered enough food for him to support three months. Of course, he was happy. In this way, he basically had no worries.
Li Yutian smiled speechlessly.
To be able to make these fence-sitters sound so great, the emperor was also very humorous.
"Your Majesty, Huang Fei's Internet Water Army has arrived!”
At this moment, Tang Yu's younger brother, the deputy general in charge of guarding the center right station, Tang Quan, hurriedly walked up the city wall and knelt down to report.
Li Daoxuan basically didn't go down the city wall now. He lived and ate with the soldiers. He even slept at Weiyuan Gate. The overseer's residence, which was originally his temporary residence, had been turned into a hospital for the wounded soldiers. Xiaoqian had finally recovered yesterday and brought him a pile of sulfuric acid, causing Li Daoxuan to pour medicine bottles for the whole night. Now, more than a thousand of his wounded soldiers were using this divine medicine given by Taizu. It made his subordinates shed tears of gratitude. They wished they could get up now and go out to kill the enemy for the emperor.
Of course, they didn't know that this was because the Emperor didn't think that staying in the Governor's Office would be as comfortable as living in the Weiyuan Gate's city tower.
"Huang Fei?"
Li Daoxuan was stunned.
Although he had issued an edict to summon Huang Fei to help the king, the messenger had just left Shanhaiguan!
Huang Fei really came.
An hour later, the Denglai Navy's fifty warships stopped at the mouth of the Ningyuan River. Immediately after, a civil official dressed in the governor's uniform and two military officers dressed in the commander's uniform disembarked and entered the city. They were brought to Li Daoxuan to kneel and kowtow.
"I, Feng Yuanyang, the governor of Tianjin, pay my respects to Your Majesty.”
"I, Cao Youyi, the commander of Tianjin, pay my respects to Your Majesty.”
"I, Huang Fei, the commander of Denglai, pay my respects to Your Majesty!”
Li Daoxuan immediately helped Feng Yuanyang up and said with satisfaction,""Good, good, my Great Ming still has loyal officials.”
Feng Yuanyang was the governor of Tianjin. After Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, he had wanted to organize his troops to resist, but Yuan Yuzong had forced him to surrender to Li Zicheng. He and Cao Youyi, who had led 500 bodyguards to escape but was intercepted by Yuan Yuzong and had no choice but to escape alone, had teamed up. They then seized a few ships and fled Tianjin straight to Dengzhou. Feng Yuanyang had heard some rumors about the Emperor. Li Daoxuan was so arrogant when he left Beijing, so it was impossible that no one else knew about it. Therefore, he went to Dengzhou to trick Huang Fei to lead the army north to investigate. On the way, they met a civilian ship leaving Dagukou. Only then did he know the exact news that the Emperor Taizu had possessed the body and killed his way out of Beijing to Shanhaiguan. When he arrived at Shanhaiguan, he knew that the Emperor was in Ningyuan, so he hurried over to meet the Emperor.
"We implore Your Majesty to board the ship and sail to Nanjing as soon as possible!”
Feng Yuanyang said while lying on the ground.
"Nanjing, I will not go to Nanjing. I am unable to cause the people to suffer. It is already a grave sin. How can I abandon the people in the north and flee south? Even if I die, I will deal with that traitor in the north to the end. I have already decided to follow the example of Tang Suzong and borrow the Qing army to suppress the bandits.”
Li Daoxuan said.
"Borrowing troops?"
Feng Yuanyang was stunned.
"Long live, you must not do this!”
Then, he shouted in shock.
"Oh?"
Li Daoxuan was stunned.
This was very interesting.
At the same time, in Jinzhou, more than a hundred miles away, this problem was also being discussed.
Ai Duli laughed in anger.
In fact, he was already very clear about his own ending. After Huang Taiji died, the Upper Three Banners who supported Hauge and the Two White Banners who supported Duo Ergun almost fought each other. He was the most outstanding among the Upper Three Banners. Duo Ergun had long wanted to find an opportunity to kill him. Now that he had suffered an unprecedented defeat, it was like sending a knife into Duo Ergun's hands. He was just waiting for the latter to cut him down. Under such circumstances, it was needless to say what kind of feelings he had for the culprit, Li Daoxuan.
Old Wang said with a smile.
"As for the matter of the dead, on this battlefield, one is willing to admit defeat. If we were the ones who lost this battle, not to mention hanging our heads on the city wall, you can even use them as chamber pots. Everyone is a man, so I don't think you are more petty than this eunuch, right?”
He continued.
"Do you, a dead eunuch, deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as us Manchurian warriors?”
Ai Duli said disdainfully.
"That's for your Regent.”
Old Wang said.
Ai Duli sneered and opened the letter to Dorgon. After reading it, he opened the letter to Fulin. The contents of the two letters were similar, but the letter to Dorgon added the invitation to go south and talk to Li Daoxuan. When he was reading the letter, an officer rushed in and whispered a few words in his ear. Ai Duli's expression changed. He looked at Wang Chengen and the others with a thoughtful expression, but then he packed the one for Fulin as quickly as possible. He called his own Goshha, then pointed to Yang Kun and Guo Yunlong and said,""Quick, take them out of the east gate to Shengjing immediately. Don't stay.”
Goshha hurriedly brought the confused Yang Kun and the other man out, mounted his horse, and headed straight for Shen Yang.
Ai Duli looked at Old Wang.
He didn't even pack up the letter to Dorgon and sat there, looking at Wang Chengen with interest.
"That's not fake!"
Wang Chengen said proudly.
Ai Duli said.
"Speaking of which, I'm also very confused!”
Ai Duli did not say anything else. He sat there with an expression as if he was thinking about life. Lao Wang looked at him in a daze. After an unknown period of time, Ai Duli suddenly gave Lao Wang a strange smile. Before Lao Wang could react, Ai Duli pulled out the saber on the table and pulled it forcefully across his neck. Blood spurted out like a fountain. He struggled for a while, and with the sound of the saber falling to the ground, he fell onto the chair and did not make a sound.
Old Wang screamed in horror.
All of a sudden, chaotic footsteps and the clattering of iron armor could be heard from outside. A middle-aged man wearing white cotton armor strode in with a sinister expression, followed by a large group of officers and soldiers. He stood in front of the door and coldly looked at the corpse of Aiduli. He expressionlessly waved his hand, and a few soldiers immediately went forward to drag the corpse out.
The man walked directly to Ai Duli's chair under Old Wang's surprised gaze. He sat down without looking at the blood on the chair. He looked at Wang Chengen and said coldly,""This King is the Dorgon you are looking for."
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