Since it was a sneak attack, then Li Daoxuan's sudden appearance in the south of Ji Prefecture two days later and shocking the general of Ji Prefecture, Tian Jianxiu, to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat, was nothing strange.
"Where did this dog Emperor come from?”
He shouted in horror.
At this time, he was leading 1,000 Shun Army cavalry to Beijing. He had just received Li Zicheng's order to go back for a meeting. Li Zicheng also knew that Li Daoxuan was prepared to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. If he and Dorgon did not decide the winner, then the Ming army would definitely not make a move. Therefore, he threw all the flanks to Bai Guangen and did not care. After all, the Ming army was no longer the main threat in his eyes. Even if there was a special existence like Chongzhen, it would be a joke for the Ming army to counterattack Beijing. No matter how powerful that dog emperor was, he could not take care of 100,000 pigs. Now, Dorgon's Eight Banners Cavalry was his biggest threat. He deployed Tian Jianxiu and other trusted generals who were more concerned about the overall situation to Jizhou, Zunhua, and Miyun. Tian Jianxiu was in Jizhou, Liu Fangliang was in Miyun, and Liu Tichun was in Zunhua, blocking the two most likely exits of the Qing army. In Beijing, he was leading Liu Zongmin and the other arrogant generals, along with 50,000 elite soldiers from the old camp. Together with the 50,000 Ming soldiers who had surrendered, they were ready to fight in the field once the Qing army broke through the Great Wall. In addition, Jiang Yao, who was guarding Xuanhua, also led 20,000 troops south to Juyong Pass as reinforcements.
It could be said that Beijing was now filled with armies.
This was all thanks to Li Daoxuan.
Otherwise, Li Zicheng would only know that Duo Ergun had withdrawn from Ningyuan, but he could not find out where Duo Ergun had gone. After all, there was still the Ming army between him and the Qing army. After Duo Ergun withdrew, he also blocked the road to the north. It was difficult for him to know what happened in the north of Lianshan. It was Li Daoxuan's tip-off that gave him enough time to prepare. At present, the main force of the Lian Shun Army in Beijing, the surrendered former government troops, and the able-bodied men from all over the country were gradually gathering a total of 300,000 troops, waiting to fight to the death with Dorgon. Although their composition was relatively chaotic, they had an absolute numerical advantage. After all, the invading Qing army would not exceed one-third of their number.
At this time, Li Daoxuan's intrusion was very abrupt.
"Get into formation!"
As Tian Jianxiu shouted, his 1,000 cavalrymen quickly got into formation.
These elite Northwest men each held a spear in one hand and a shield in the other. They kept controlling the restless warhorses under them. On a green field full of wildflowers, they looked ahead with vigilant eyes, ready to charge at full speed at any time.
In front of them was the Ming army in the same formation.
Five hundred elite cavalrymen were arranged in three rows in the green area. All the cavalrymen were in the same posture as the He Shun Army. Then, twelve dragon flags were separated from the left and right. In the middle of the dragon flags, Li Daoxuan controlled his horse and slowly walked out. Behind him were Zheng Chenggong's generals holding their own weapons. Even Du Yinxi was holding a sword. The scene was quite similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Immediately after, Li Daoxuan stretched out his hand behind him. His personal pretentious assistant, Liang Cheng, hurriedly handed him a huge bow. It was a specially made elm bow. The bow was as thick as an adult's arm. Even Li Daoxuan couldn't hold it at all. Its length was more than two meters. The bowstring was simply made with a lifeline. Li Daoxuan had made more than a dozen of such huge bows. He was even looking for high-quality purple wood to make a bunch of oversized English longbows to learn from Robin Hood. Anyway, he had no hope for composite bows. Unless he could find someone to order modern composite materials in the modern era, he would not be able to find horns that were big enough in this era.
The other Embroidered Uniform Guard immediately stepped forward with a giant arrow in both hands. The Emperor arrogantly drew his bow and aimed at a distance of nearly two hundred meters.
"I will shoot the flag bearer for you!"
After Li Daoxuan finished speaking, he loosened his right hand, and the giant arrow that was one and a half meters long suddenly flew out. It instantly cut through the air with a red tail feather.
Before Tian Jianxiu could react, a red figure flashed in front of him, followed by a miserable cry. The soldier holding the flag flew off his horse with a small spear-like arrow, struggling on the ground and not living.
He sucked in a breath of cold air.
The elites behind him subconsciously retreated.
The Ming army cheered.
"Zhen will shoot that thief general with the spiked club again for you!”
Li Daoxuan continued.
The second giant arrow suddenly flew out. One of the generals in the Shun army, who was either brawny or had heard too many storytelling stories, was pinned to the ground by the giant arrow. The Ming army cheered even louder. Don't underestimate this kind of posturing performance. For an army before the battle, this kind of posturing was the best way to raise morale. This was the effect of Xue Rengui's three arrows.
"I will shoot that rebel general for you!”
Li Daoxuan's next target was Tian Jianxiu.
It was as if the latter knew that he was the third target. The moment Li Daoxuan's arrow flew out, Tian Jianxiu threw himself onto the ground. The giant arrow that missed flew past his original position and went straight into the body of a soldier behind him. Just as the soldier screamed and fell off the horse, Tian Jianxiu dove into the formation. When he was pulled onto the horse by a soldier, he did not hesitate to give the order to run.
"How disappointing. I still want to have a good fight!”
Li Daoxuan said speechlessly.
"Your Majesty, the rebel army is going to Beijing. If Chuang Ni knows that Your Majesty is here, I'm afraid he will do something bad to Your Majesty!”
Du Yinxi said.
"Defying?"
"I'm afraid he doesn't have the time," Li Daoxuan said with a sneer.”
Indeed, Li Zicheng had no time to care about him.
Gubeikou is the rear guard city of Miyun.
This was one of the most important gates on the Great Wall in the northern part of the capital. Li Zicheng had set up a separate commander here, but the main garrison was still the former Ming army. After all, there were only so many elites in his old camp. Why didn't he use these worthless cannon fodder? Along the Great Wall, the former Ming army was the main force, but there was a trusted aide of Li Zicheng who served as the commander, or rather, the supervisor, and the former Ming army general served as the deputy general.
It was the same here.
"Quick, light the beacon!"
The Miyun rear guard commander shouted in panic.
On the mountain path ahead of him, an endless stream of cavalry appeared. Like a flash flood in summer, they followed the banks of the Chao River and rushed towards the Great Wall at an extremely fast speed. The sound of hooves trampling on the mountain path was like muffled thunder. Behind the heads of these cavalry, who were wrapped in white cotton armor, one could vaguely see the iconic pig tails, representing their ferocious identity.
Eight Banners Cavalry.
After more than half a month of waiting, the alien invaders finally appeared at the foot of the Great Wall.
In the middle of these cavalrymen, one could even see a striking yellow cranked top. Behind the yellow cranked top, the flag that represented the highest command was waving in the wind.
The soldier next to the officer rushed to the beacon tower not far away at the fastest speed, but just as the torch in his hand was about to light the firewood that had been watered with oil, a Yanling saber suddenly stabbed into his back. The soldier turned his head in shock and looked behind him with angry eyes. He saw the familiar face, who expressionlessly stirred the Yanling saber a few times. The soldier fell down with eyes that died with grievances. The armored ambusher calmly pulled out the saber and kicked the torch under the beacon tower.
"Liu Gui, what do you want?"
The commander exclaimed when he saw this scene.
"What are you doing? Don't you know?”
The officer who had killed the soldier who had lit the beacon held the bloody Yanling Saber in his hand and sneered.
"Liu Gui, you bastard! How did the Roaming King treat you? If it wasn't for Roaming King, you would have been killed by Liu Zongmin. Is this how you repay Roaming King?”
The commander shouted angrily.
At the same time, he pulled out his knife, and so did his hundreds of trusted subordinates. They gathered together and looked around them with angry eyes. Around them were countless soldiers holding weapons but wearing the same clothes.
"Kill them!"
The latter didn't even bother with him and waved his hand.
Then, the soldiers instantly drowned the commander and his subordinates, and then they slashed down. Amidst the continuous screams, the former Ming army general, the current deputy general of the Great Shun army stationed in Miyun, spat and said with disdain,"A bunch of thieves, you think you robbed my family for nothing after robbing ten thousand taels of silver?”
"Quick, open the door to welcome Prince Rui. That Prince Rui was invited by our Imperial Court to suppress the bandits!”
The next moment, he said with a smile.
"It doesn't matter if it's true or not!"
Then, he muttered to himself in a low voice.
The soldiers who had just chopped the commander into minced meat did not care whether the news was true or not. They only knew that they did not have to fight the terrifying Eight Banners anymore. They only knew that the general had said that everyone would be rewarded later. They immediately rushed down the city wall in a mess and opened the north gate. Then, they split to the two sides. In the next moment, a huge flood of cavalry instantly surged into the Great Wall. Just like that, the natural barrier of Gubei Pass was broken, and so was Li Zicheng's defense line at the Great Wall. The foreign cavalry, welcomed by the traitors, charged through the barrier of the Central Plains without stopping. They charged at the kind people with slaughter and slavery, burning death and war on that ancient land.
An hour later, the defenders of Chaohe City surrendered without a fight.
Two hours later, Tudor, who had mounted a light cavalry attack, arrived at Miyun City. Liu Fangliang led the army to fight in a hurry. The Qing army quickly surrounded Miyun. At midnight that day, the Miyun gentry secretly opened the city gate. Then, Tudor's army swarmed in. Liu Fangliang, who was unable to turn the situation around, led 2,000 remaining soldiers to flee south in panic. The northern gate of Beijing was easily opened, and all three lines of defense were broken in a day. The casualties of the Qing army were less than double digits. The next morning, Dorgon arrived at Miyun with the welcome of the garrison and gentry. At this time, the 100,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry led by him were constantly pouring into the Great Wall.
Beijing was just a hundred miles away.
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