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Chapter 430

Liu Zongmin wished he could fly to Juyongguan with his wings.

At this time, the exciting news came again. Dorgon left Wu Sangui to guard the Shanhai Pass, and led Emperor Shunzhi to abandon the city of Beijing. They all left the pass and returned to Shengjing, the hometown of the Tartars.In other words, the current Beijing city and Juyongguan are both empty cities.

However, it has been found out that a Ming army of about [-] troops has been sent from Taiyuan, and it is heading towards Beijing and has reached the Guangchang area.

Liu Zongmin was even more happy, and ordered his subordinates to speed up the march, rush on the road day and night, and must rush ahead of the Ming army to take down Juyongguan and enter Beijing.

When there were still a hundred miles away from Juyongguan, Tian Jianxiu, the infantry leader, suddenly caught up and brought Li Zicheng's order to stop his eastward advance immediately and divert his route to the north.

"The Tartars ran away, leaving the empty city alone and not taking it, what's the reason? Some people must be afraid that I will make great contributions, and they will settle accounts with him after returning to Beijing, don't worry about him!"

Liu Zongmin was furious, and stared his eyes like buns, thinking that it was either Niu Jinxing who was causing trouble, or the newcomer Fan Wencheng who was playing tricks, and the general was outside, and the king's order was not accepted, so he ordered the troops to continue to advance at full speed!
It turned out that Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing were not on good terms. When Beijing was defeated and retreated west last year, Niu Jinxing slandered Li Zicheng and killed the great counselor Li Yan.

Bystanders clear.Liu Zongmin saw this incident clearly, and he was so angry that he once scolded Niu Jinxing face to face, you don't have any credit for it, you dare to kill two generals without authorization, I will definitely kill you.Since then, the gap between the two has ended.

This time Li Zicheng sent Liu Zongmin to send troops to the Tartars. Li Zicheng knew that although Liu Zongmin was brave and resourceful, he was a general and general, but he had a fiery temper and needed a calm and calm think tank by his side.Li Zicheng wanted to send Niu Jinxing, a scholar of Tianyou Temple and the prime minister of Dashun Kingdom, to follow him and advise him, but Liu Zongmin flatly refused. Li Zicheng had no choice but to send Tian Jianxiu, who was four points brave and six points strategy, to him. Be an assistant.

Tian Jianxiu is also a general who has followed Li Zicheng for several years. He is now Li Zicheng's Minister of War and the Jiedu Envoy of the Right Battalion. He is as famous as Liu Fangliang, the Jiedu Envoy of the Zuo Ying. Xiu was Liu Zongmin's deputy general and served as the commander of the infantry.

Of course Tian Jianxiu knew Li Zicheng's intention of sending him to be Liu Zongmin's assistant, so seeing that Liu Zongmin would not obey the imperial decree, he tried his best to dissuade him: "General, Zhu Yousong's troops have also arrived in Beicheng area, we'd better be careful."

"Isn't it just the little Fu Lu Wang? His Majesty slaughtered his father, and this time the general doesn't mind killing him. At worst, he will have another Fu Lu Banquet!" Liu Zongmin dismissed it.

"General, don't be reckless. Although the Tartars have withdrawn from the pass, Zhu Yousong's strength cannot be underestimated. The Tartars' hundreds of thousands of troops and several princes, including Dorgon, are retreating steadily. Don't underestimate the enemy and rush forward. I believe Your Majesty has his own plans."

But Liu Zongmin got angry, even Li Zicheng didn't listen, how could he listen to Tian Jianxiu!
"If you want to change the road, you can change it, but you are not allowed to take away a single soldier!" Liu Zongmin stared arrogantly, and after finishing speaking, he beat Ma Rufei and left Tian Jianxiu here.

Tian Jianxiu shook his head straight. In the end, the deputy general had to submit to the command of the chief general. The [-] Dashun army, with cavalry in front and infantry behind, marched into Juyongguan like lightning.

Sure enough, it was a city of Kongguan. Liu Zongmin left a small number of cavalry to guard Juyongguan, and supported Tian Jianxiu's infantry behind him. He personally supervised and led more than [-] cavalry, and rushed straight to Changping without stopping.

Changping is also an empty city. Like Juyongguan, there is not even a single defender.

Liu Zongmin only rested for half an hour in Changping, because the journey day and night was unbearable not only for people, but also for war horses.

Then the [-] cavalry of the Dashun Army left Changping and rushed straight to Beijing.

Changping Mansion is closer to Beijing, and it takes less than an hour to enter the city on a fast horse.

But when Liu Zongmin stepped on the Shahe River and entered Gaobeidian, he realized something was wrong.After passing Gaobeidian, more than ten miles away is Xizhimen in Beijing.

But along the way, I didn't see a single commoner, nor a single soldier. There was deathly silence around Gaobeidian, and the murderous aura made Liu Zongmin rein in his horse.

Following Li Zicheng in the north and south for more than ten years, he fought for thousands of miles, and his experience in many battles told him that there must be an ambush here.

In fact, Liu Zongmin didn't see any flaws, but his unique premonition warned him that this premonition was very accurate.

"Get out of Gaobeidian!" Liu Zongmin ordered decisively, and eight thousand cavalry rushed back like a whirlwind.

Thousands of horseshoes trampled the deathly silence of Gaobeidian.

However, at this moment, a cannon rang, shaking the world, and all directions were ambushes.These ambush soldiers seem to have fallen from the sky, or drilled out of the ground. I don’t know how many there are. The streets, alleys, houses, trees, and walls are all full of soldiers. The entire Gaobeidian trapped Liu Zongmin and his eight thousand cavalry on the long and straight street.

Of course these generals were not Tartars, they were all from the Ming army.The archers each found a favorable position, aimed at Liu Zongmin's eight thousand cavalry, and the other Ming army soldiers drew their swords and guns, and they were ready to fight.

"Master Hou, we are surrounded, let's break through quickly." A guard leader next to Liu Zongmin said, pulling out his knives, and all the cavalry of the Eight Thousand Dashun Army also drew out their knives and guns.

Liu Zongmin was not in a hurry to pass on orders, he had seen many big scenes after many battles, and he had also practiced the calmness of not being surprised before the collapse of Mount Tai. He was lighting up his surroundings with alert eyes.

At this time, a deep voice sounded, "Hahaha, Liu Zongmin, I have been waiting for you here for a long time!"

Liu Zongmin looked back and saw a yellow umbrella cover appearing in the alley diagonally opposite, surrounded by generals, surrounded by two heroines, and under the umbrella was a young general in his twenties He looks like a handsome man, with a silver helmet and plain armor, but his helmet is different. There are eight beads on the rim of the helmet, and there is a dragon pattern on the helmet, which is called the pearl and dragon crown. He has a Chinese character and a white face. Like jade, with thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, two eyes like stars, straight nose and square mouth, imposing manner.

Wearing an apricot-yellow rolling dragon battle robe, with a sword hanging from his waist, he sat on a tall horse with a fiery red body, only the snow-white mane on the horse's forehead was particularly conspicuous.

This voice was made by him, claiming to be Zhen, needless to ask, is this person Zhu Yousong, the little blessing king who was pushed to the throne of God?I really met him, he is quite a handsome man.His father, Old Fu Wang, is a big fat man weighing more than 300 kilograms, yet he has such a handsome and free-spirited son?This person can read and write, but is it okay to command and charge in battle?If he blows him up like a god, this general can't see that he has any abilities!

Seeing this, Liu Zongmin glanced lightly at his mouth, "If this general guesses right, you must be Zhu Yousong. The Fulu Banquet in Luoyang has been in the past for several years. The taste is indeed good, but it has been somewhat forgotten. Today is Why don't I let General have another taste!"

(End of this chapter)